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Lebanon bomb blast kills two - BEIRUT (Reuters)
A senior Lebanese intelligence officer was seriously wounded and two companions were killed by a bomb that exploded in their car near the southern city of Sidon on Tuesday, security sources said.
The officer, identified as Colonel Samir Shehadeh, works for the Interior Ministry's intelligence branch. Police said one of the two men killed was in uniform, the other in plainclothes. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack in the coastal village of Rmeileh. Shehadeh was among officers involved in Lebanon's investigation into last year's assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.The attack occurred ahead of a report this month by U.N. investigator Serge Brammertz on his inquiry in Hariri's killing.
The Lebanese government plans in the next few weeks to authorize an international tribunal to try the culprits. An initial U.N. report said Syrian security officials and their allies in Lebanese security agencies were involved in the bomb blast that killed Hariri in Beirut on February 14, 2005.
Damascus has denied any role in the assassination, which led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in April 2005. Hariri's death was followed by more than a dozen bombings that killed or wounded anti-Syrian politicians and journalists. The last such attack killed prominent Christian journalist and member of parliament Gebran Tueni on December 12.
Police Officer Involved in Probe Into Hariri's Murder Survives Assassination Attempt- (Naharnet-AP)
The former head of the intelligence branch of the internal security forces survived an assassination bombing ambush with minor injuries in southern Lebanon Tuesday.
Media reports said Lt. Col. Samir Shehade was moderately injured in the explosion, which went off as his car drove by the village of Rmaileh, near the southern port city of Sidon. He was taken to the Hammoud hospital in Sidon, and hospital officials said his condition was stable.
Police said one of his bodyguards, Chief Sgt. Wissam Harb, was killed. Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Shehade was involved last year in the arrest of four generals accused of involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination.
The four are Brig. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, Brig. Gen. Ali Hajj, Brig. Gen. Raymond Azar and Brig. Gen. Mustafa Hamdan. Shehade's assassination attempt also came two weeks before Chief U.N. investigator Serge Brammertz is due to submit his second report on the Hariri murder. Security officials said a roadside bomb was detonated by remote control as Shehade's two-vehicle police convoy traveled on a highway between two bridges. Shehade's convoy was riddled with shrapnel, witnesses said. Security forces sealed off the area and began an investigation
A senior Lebanese intelligence officer was seriously wounded and two companions were killed by a bomb that exploded in their car near the southern city of Sidon on Tuesday, security sources said.
The officer, identified as Colonel Samir Shehadeh, works for the Interior Ministry's intelligence branch. Police said one of the two men killed was in uniform, the other in plainclothes. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack in the coastal village of Rmeileh. Shehadeh was among officers involved in Lebanon's investigation into last year's assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.The attack occurred ahead of a report this month by U.N. investigator Serge Brammertz on his inquiry in Hariri's killing.
The Lebanese government plans in the next few weeks to authorize an international tribunal to try the culprits. An initial U.N. report said Syrian security officials and their allies in Lebanese security agencies were involved in the bomb blast that killed Hariri in Beirut on February 14, 2005.
Damascus has denied any role in the assassination, which led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in April 2005. Hariri's death was followed by more than a dozen bombings that killed or wounded anti-Syrian politicians and journalists. The last such attack killed prominent Christian journalist and member of parliament Gebran Tueni on December 12.
Police Officer Involved in Probe Into Hariri's Murder Survives Assassination Attempt- (Naharnet-AP)
The former head of the intelligence branch of the internal security forces survived an assassination bombing ambush with minor injuries in southern Lebanon Tuesday.
Media reports said Lt. Col. Samir Shehade was moderately injured in the explosion, which went off as his car drove by the village of Rmaileh, near the southern port city of Sidon. He was taken to the Hammoud hospital in Sidon, and hospital officials said his condition was stable.
Police said one of his bodyguards, Chief Sgt. Wissam Harb, was killed. Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Shehade was involved last year in the arrest of four generals accused of involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination.
The four are Brig. Gen. Jamil Sayyed, Brig. Gen. Ali Hajj, Brig. Gen. Raymond Azar and Brig. Gen. Mustafa Hamdan. Shehade's assassination attempt also came two weeks before Chief U.N. investigator Serge Brammertz is due to submit his second report on the Hariri murder. Security officials said a roadside bomb was detonated by remote control as Shehade's two-vehicle police convoy traveled on a highway between two bridges. Shehade's convoy was riddled with shrapnel, witnesses said. Security forces sealed off the area and began an investigation
