Beirut-A car bomb exploded in a crowded commercial center in Muslim west beirut yesterday killing one person wounding 31 and causing extensive damage police and hospital sources said
The booby-trapped car laden with 45 kilogrammes of explosives blew up at the entrance of a movie theater at the far end of the bustling hamra shopping district in the heart of Syrian-policed west Beirut
The explosion sent a burst of shrapnel cutting through the crowds of shoppers police said-UPI