2 Hurt as Suicide Bomber Blows Up Passenger Van in Shwaifat
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A suicide bomber blew himself up Monday inside a passenger van in the Shwaifat area, south of Beirut, leaving two people wounded, including the minibus driver.
Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said a suicide bomber entered the passenger van minutes before the explosion.
"A man wearing an explosive belt boarded a public minibus in Shwaifat and blew himself up," Charbel told al-Mayadeen television channel.
According to state-run National News Agency, the explosion went off inside the van near the al-Rishani gas station.
It said the van driver and owner Hussein Dib Msheik was critically wounded while a woman identified as Amal al-Ahmadiyeh was also injured in the explosion. The two were rushed to the Kamal Jumblat Hospital for treatment.
Red Cross communications director Ayad Monzer confirmed the attacker was killed in the latest blast, and two others were wounded.
"The bomber was killed, and two others were injured. A man, who is in critical condition, and a woman with moderate injuries," he told Agence France Presse.
"A white van carrying a license plate with the number 375121/M was passing on the Shwaifat road when it exploded," OTV said.
"The Hyundai van that exploded is registered in the name of a man from the Msheik family and it was carrying a genuine red license plate," LBCI TV said.
Ali Msheik said on LBCI TV that his brother Hussein was the man injured in the blast and had been driving the minibus.
"When the bomber got on, he noticed that his stomach area looked bulky and asked him about it, then the bomber detonated his explosives," he said.
He told the channel that his brother was undergoing surgery in a nearby hospital after surviving the attack.
Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said the driver usually transports passengers from Shwaifat to Dahiyeh.
Quoting Red Cross sources, al-Mayadeen said "human remains belonging to one person were found at the Shwaifat blast scene and three wounded people were rushed to hospitals."
"Security forces are interrogating a taxi driver who shuttled the suicide bomber to the al-Rishani gas station in Shwaifat," LBCI reported.
Meanwhile, security sources told MTV that "the bomb was not big but it contained metallic balls aimed at causing major damage."
Later on Monday, the army announced that the suicide bomber used “a belt containing five kilograms of explosives.”
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr asked the relevant authorities to start probing the blast, tasking a doctor to conduct DNA tests in a bid to identify the suicide bomber.
Shwaifat lies south of Beirut, not far from the suburbs of the city, which have been targeted in multiple bomb attacks in recent months.
Footage from the scene broadcast on Lebanese TV stations showed the mangled remains of a vehicle surrounded by shards of glass and other material in the middle of the road.
The blast comes after at least four people were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in the Bekaa town of Hermel, where Hizbullah has widespread support.
Lebanon has been hit by a string of bomb attacks in recent months, many targeting areas sympathetic to Hizbullah which has dispatched fighters to battle alongside the Syrian regime against rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.
Extremist jihadist groups believed to be linked to those fighting in Syria have claimed responsibility for most of the attacks, saying they will continue for as long as Hizbullah fights in Syria.
But while the blasts have apparently targeted the group, the victims of the attacks have been almost exclusively civilians.
03 February 2014, 18:35
1314
Sadly, it's just the beginning. The end of this suffering will be when Lebanese will have the courage to raise up against Hizbullah operatives and supporters in Lebanon.
03 February 2014, 19:04
1113
Please, mowaten you know this is not true. When Hajj Hollo was riddled with bullets I was extremely sad.
03 February 2014, 19:12
1213
blind m8 want to ignore the fact hizbushaitan started hostilities against the Syrian people!
as I have repeated so many times:
suicide bombers cannot be stopped, and the shia community can thank hizbushaitan for bringing these extremists to their homes.
03 February 2014, 20:01
109
Wawou flame u surely have the sence of observation, well those takfiri came this winter to blow themselves here bc the weather is nice, not bc hezbos went to syria.. Sorry i think we were on a wrong track.. Thank u for showing us the way man..
No go hv some chupachups..
03 February 2014, 20:10
106
@mowaten,
"if HA decided to fight back..."
You mean to say HA is not fighting? You mean to say their involvement in Syria has nothing to do with the many suicide bombings? Are you kidding me?
P.S.: Not a M14 supporter. Just like to observe from a neutral perspective.
03 February 2014, 20:43
77
@FT,
The diversity of backgrounds within these radical groups only reflect the growing recruitment power of the groups themselves. HA's actions in Syria will not help that. That is my main concern. HA's actions in Syria have no benefit to the Lebanese, and I would argue that they harm the Lebanese because - as a LEBANESE group - they are extending the battleground to Lebanon.
Khayeh, if you don't agree with me, that's fine. But give the damn Lebanese a chance to discuss it. If they pride themselves on being Lebanon's defensive army, then subject your actions to a democratic vote, and let people voice their objections.
03 February 2014, 20:47
76
@FT,
If an Iraqi militant group instead of HA participated and aided the Syrian regime, then you would see more radicals flocking to Iraq to do their jihadi operations, rather than in Lebanon. So HA is, at the very least partly responsible for what is going on.
While it is true that HA was always despised by these groups, its actions in Syria have only widened the crosshairs and got more people to despise it and willing to engage in war against it - hence the increase in attacks against it inside Lebanon.
03 February 2014, 21:01
89
stupid m8 guys: if it suits you to put the bame on others, so be it :)
deal with what is going on. deal with the fact your families are at risk, because of????
hizbushaitan is the worst thing that happened to you, and soon enough, at this rate, you will start realizing it.
you prefer to remain blind and stubborn? your choice.
04 February 2014, 06:06
42
It has gone beyond Hizbullah. They are now out to get the Lebanese (Christian, Druze, Shia and Sunni, alike). They are terrorists with a mission to destroy tolerant and accepting societies. They will make the woes of the civil war seem minor in comparison. Their intent is to take the Lebanese (and those of the entire Levant society) to the dark ages.
May God have mercy on all Lebanese of True Faith who want to dwell in harmony.
May God judge the instigators of these tragedies (KSA and their mercenaries, Qatar, US and EU) and bring His judgement on them!
04 February 2014, 12:02
12
The end of the suffering will be, when the resistance alongside Syria has won against the takfiri invaders.
04 February 2014, 15:28
01
blaming everyone but the terrorists. This site has become an al qaida forum. just as it was america's fault for 911. just as it was the fault of britain for the london bombings. Australia's fault for bali. Spain's fault for the madrid train bombings etc etc. sick and ignorant minds... I feel sorry for you idiots especially Geha, the "christain from keserwan".
03 February 2014, 18:11
1012
Suicide bombings are now a daily occurrence in Lebanon. Indeed very sad! HA brought death, chaos, and destruction to Lebanon.
03 February 2014, 18:33
915
Liberty, it is a Zionist-American conspiracy and ashraf en nass are protecting Lebanon: repeat after me, 1000 times a day.
If you dare to think differently -or simply if you just think let say: you are declared an enemy encouraging sectarism so you have to be eliminated. FT and Mowaten will transmit to their Iranian masters.
03 February 2014, 19:04
139
no, you repeat after me: we have to kill more shias to save them from suffering! the foreign terrorists have righteousness and virtue on their side! we love takfiris and their saudi masters!
03 February 2014, 19:06
911
mowaten, please don't turn this debate into a sectarian one. When Shias are targeted I consider all of Lebanon being targeted.
03 February 2014, 20:07
107
Hachem selman was a shiite, u remember him, the protestor in shot dead in front of iranian ambassy, with pictures taken then but it was just on the moment act (3afawi) as said mister nasrallah so it is fine...
Guess what there is patriotic shiite and all ur sectarian speaches, intemidation wont change a thing, the problem is not and will not be shiite, the problem is hezbollah dragging all the shiite community into hell and assassinating in front of cameras patriotic shiite who are not aligned to his political stands...
Again mowaten, thanks for ur input, go get some chupachups man, really...
03 February 2014, 18:23
1911
only one solution: eradicate all takfiris and their supporters.
03 February 2014, 20:03
118
ya mowaten ...u say it started way before HA intervention...i am giving you a second chance to correct that very inaccurate and false statement.....
03 February 2014, 18:37
1012
mowaten the sectarian is now calling for eradicating "supporters" too, but is the first one to cry foul when HA supporters are targeted.
03 February 2014, 18:56
169
anonyme: the attacks started way before HA's intervention, and the threats even before. they said in the first months of the syrian so-called revolution, that they were coming for lebanon's shias and christians next.
fool yourself into thinking that they needed an excuse or waited for an invitation if you want, we know what happened and at each step HA did what was necessary.
if their problem was with HA fighters they would fight HA fighters, in syria, or even in lebanon, but that's not what they're doing. they're aiming for any shia because their problem is with shias.
03 February 2014, 19:13
109
one word to the idiots mowaten and southern who want to eradicate all extremists(are they talking about the Iranian ones too?):
HITLER.
03 February 2014, 19:35
99
These are the original terrorist takfiris
http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/hezlist-origins/12119258-1-eng-US/hezlist-origins_full_600.jpg
and this is their sponsor, patron and avid supporter explaining why jihadist terrorist takfirism is such a wonderful thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knAA-glMEEM
mouwaten, southern boys get out of the sauna, go get yourselves a refreshing beverage
03 February 2014, 20:06
107
yislam timmik ya hajjeh!!1 :) ...go get a cocktail or a juice guys u earned it
03 February 2014, 20:07
37
Y'know up until mid-2013 I've never even heard of the term Takfiri and now in 2014 learned a new term "Takfirism" where did all of this come from? 5 years ago was the first time I heard of the term "Salafi" and considering the openess of the world now, surprised these psychos even exist---- why are these people showing up all over the place now? How can we eradicate the virus before it spreads?
03 February 2014, 19:36
116
That's not a solution Mowaten. Kill one and 10 more will appear. The only solution is in removing the excuses used by brainwashers to convince them to conduct such horrible acts. Animosity drives them to do this. Animosity caused by the atrocious actions of Hezbollah and their pitiful excuses to go to war instead of admitting their real agenda.
I do not see suicide bombers blowing themselves up in Jounieh or Batroun (and no, this is not a sectarian comment).
Killing Ben Laden did not eradicate Al Qaeda.
The only solution is disassociation from the Syrian war. If Bashar is strong as you so claim, then he can defend himself and prevent takfiris from entering Lebanon. Hezbollah can defend Lebanese borders as much as they want from within Lebanon !
03 February 2014, 20:10
67
Muwaten. Please post a link to story of a suicide bombing prior to nassy openly declaring his interference. Just one would suffice. I await your reply.
03 February 2014, 21:06
96
i said attacks not suicide bombings. there were many massacres in border villages, the rockets on hermel and the kidnappings.
these (especially the massacres in border villages) made ten times more victims in much less time than the suicide bombings.
thanks to the intervention in quseyr they could not continue as they started, and resorted to cowardly attacks in an attempt to intimidate HA.
03 February 2014, 18:29
1012
May HA and Al Qaeda eradicate each other from now till eternity.
03 February 2014, 18:41
1015
great, continue with this eradication mentality and see where it will lead you. You went to Syria to eradicate them and all I see is AL Qaeda eradicating you and by doing so you brought a curse onto all Lebanese.
03 February 2014, 18:52
1011
Who do you want to eradicate? You say M14 follow them is that who you mean? You want to eradicate me?
03 February 2014, 19:36
96
ok mr. southern "continue with the job" and bear the consequences.
03 February 2014, 18:38
915
نصرالله عن دخول الجيش نهر البارد
هل تريدون ان نفتح صراعا مع القاعدة فى لبنان حيث نستقطب عناصرها من كل العالم ليخوضوا صراعهم ضد الاميركيين
03 February 2014, 19:13
810
I feel sorry for us, for living in a country where a sectarian militia is stronger than the State. What kind of future awaits us..... now, even taking a bus is not safe anymore! Thank you Nassrallah.....
03 February 2014, 19:14
89
"This will just strengthen our resolve " By "our" I guess you mean you, southern,FT and mowaten, you could start something like the "Avengers" you can wear capes and fly around the place deciding whos a takfiri and "exterminate" him.
03 February 2014, 19:21
59
@ Mowaten How do you suggest the eradication of ALL takfiris? Hizballah interference in Syria has created an endless supply of human filth threatening all Lebanese. Kabir 3allak.
03 February 2014, 19:28
79
HA invited gloom and doom into our country. Nasrallah's arrogance knows no limits. Is basher's survival more important than innocent Lebanese blood....?
03 February 2014, 19:39
810
Nasrallah should have followed his own advise and stayed out of Syria.. on second thought he couldn't and here he explains the legitimate reason why he couldn't..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWjgln7EBU0
03 February 2014, 19:52
79
yeah southern the terrorists did start in Iraq and Bashar was sending there..
"Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Monday that 90 percent of foreign terrorists who infiltrate Iraq did so via Syria" Sep 2009
03 February 2014, 20:00
31
There was a man who is of European descant one Lebanese woman asked him when will the west leave the middle east alone. His reply was astounding I love his line of thought.. He replied " Madam the whole of Europe speaks 150 languages in total the middle east speaks ONE language and that is enough to make a strong impact on the world stage. When people in coffee shops stop blaming UK, Europe or other nations and start to relise that the west doesn't care whether you are shite or Sunni or they are after is wealth and they will take it from you unless you are united." Having thought this mans words to the lady this very true the middle east speaks a universal language Arabic. and the beauty of the different religions , makes us even stronger. A christian calls god Allah and a Muslim calls God Allah and yet sadly you hear so much hatred from people within the middle east always at each other.
03 February 2014, 20:06
31
OH and another thing, it makes sense Israel is happy because we are so hateful towards each other and so ununited they are please that there is so much unrest amongst us. There was a time when a Muslim and a christian were speaking the same beautiful Arabic language and living in harmony , sadly its gone further where Muslims of various backgrounds speaking the same Arabic language yet are hurting each other . And Israel is laughing at us . What a crying shame
03 February 2014, 20:07
95
This is all to do with the problem of Israel and that it isn't trusted by Hezbollah.
Hezb is wanting to maintain strength in numbers which means keeping Syria out of the hands of the possibility of any U.S. / Israeli-influenced leaders. The weaker Hez becomes the stronger and more favorable it is for Israel to do what it wants in the region.
If Hez goes down and Israel comes back into Lebanon, who will get them out? The answer to this is relevant.
It's a compliment to Hezb fighters in Syria that Hezb is being targeted. It says because Hezb is there in Syria the rebels just can't win. That can be taken as a compliment to the Lebanese fighter - isn't Hezb Lebanese?
The conflict in Syria is a set-up by secret agencies to cause trouble in the middle east. Those higher up with the millions are playing a chess game at the expense of poor and innocent.
03 February 2014, 20:25
77
Israel was puseh out from beirut before hezbollah was even created.. The patriotic lebanese resistance initiated by Geoges Hawi (march 14 martyr) lead by elias attalah (march 14 figure and very less good politician than military guy..) succed in throwing them out of beirut.. That was before hezbos assassinated comunist leaders in south lebanon, took control of the resistance with their ISLAMIC RESISTANCe (this is the official name so please use it..
U know we love our country and we will still be here to defend it, now go get some rest man and hv some chupachups...
03 February 2014, 20:50
66
No georges hawi was behind the lauching of the lebanese PATRIOTIC resistance, elias attalah was miltary comander of the PATRIOTIC resistance, people from beirut and patriots from all lebanon came a threw israelly out of beirut...
Lebanese patriotic resistance front was an englobing resistance with wouman like lola abboud, sanaa mhaydleh (snsp), souha bchara.. (Yes women had their legitim part in it!!) a litle different from hezbollah ISLAMIC resitance who didnot yet existed by then...
After it was lauched hezbos spent most of their time fighting amal untill 1986 (aklim al toufah...
Flame, or ur too young, or u are an ungratefull guys for the men and women who degend ur country... (This given if u are lebanese..)
Now seriously go hv some chupachups...
03 February 2014, 20:14
77
So we must support nassralah and his shiite armed group or officially:islamic resistance, well guess what, we wont, and maybe i only speek for myself, but i wont fell in the trap of assad; me or takfiris, i believe in syrian people, they are more than 20millions, one days this will be over people will not forget what hezbollah did so...
Till then thanks nassi for dragging us into this hell, waitting for the "if i knew" phrase... Low countou a3lam...
03 February 2014, 20:32
77
Yes we will continu to blame hezbollah for dragging our country in this mess, and u can call us what ever u want, when we asked for syruan troupes to leave lebanon we were zonist/ imperialist... Now we are takfiri/ksa...
Anyway say what u want it wont change the fact that hezobllah is dragging us and all the shiite community into hell..
He kills in front of cameras dissident ptriotic shiite like hachem selman (and all nasralah find to say is that is was spontane "3afawiyeh", what do u expect from such a party?..
Chupachups for u to man, u need some, really...
03 February 2014, 21:23
55
I support the syrian people, oppressed like we were (and a lot more cause livining in syria under assad), i support them with worlds, stand any demicratic way..
I support (and wish for) hezbollah retreat from syria, i support making camps for refugies so that they can live descently ,no on the street in the cold and hunger and that we know who is there.. I support only one official army in my country where we can leave all under the same law and have the same rights...
And after all this i wont support march 14 debiles but find myself a party who think more like me...
Now lebpat, man really, go have dome chupachups...
03 February 2014, 22:09
52
Of course i'm against saudi involvement in bahrain and right of bahrani for democracy..
For yemen it is different: armed millicia trying to get more land before federalism, that's debatable but for bahrain clearly for same law, freedome and rights for all...
Man please stop assuming stuff...
U are starting to believe that we are really takfiri even if we are the same people posting on this site for months now...
U to bigjohn go hv some chupachups..
03 February 2014, 22:56
53
There you go comrade Qawmi John in action doing what he's supposed to be doing, defending the magnificent Syrian regime and attacking the hated KSA. It is perfectly logical to compare a sovereign country with a security agreement with another sovereign country ie KSA and Bahrain, with a militia independent of one sovereign country it is based in that gets ordered by a the Supreme leader of a second sovereign country to go help a third sovereign country the second sovereign country consider strategic to it's regional plans regardless of it's negative ramifications on the first sovereign country, yep very logical indeed.
03 February 2014, 20:56
67
So lebpatriot we understand that HA= Batman and Al Qaeda= The Joker?
03 February 2014, 21:28
57
All these attacks on Shiite civilians is horrible. I am against this. I am against HA in syria, I am against HA arms in Lebanon. But does not mean I am happy about takfiri whether Lebanese or other blowing themselves up in my country. I do not agree that this is justified. I believe that HA did bring this upon themselves, that they had to expect this, but I am not happy about it, and I am not happy this happens to civilians of any sect. Just because these are M8 civilians, who support HA arms does not make it ok for them to be hurt or killed. These are still our people. HA usually does a good job of keeping it military when they attack. HA is not big on civilian Lebanese murders. I know I might get a lot of thumbs down, but I really believe this.
03 February 2014, 21:28
56
I understand the Assad regime has a much worse track record against civilians, and they are allies with HA. However, HA has a good track record avoiding civilians love them or hate him, I personally do not like them, and they lost me after they attacked Beirut over phone lines. But again, I do not support Shiite Lebanese civilian deaths, nor will I joke about it.
03 February 2014, 21:50
46
Cedre, Hariri is not behind takfiri if that is the implication. Israel is not behind the takfiri. It is a segment of the Sunni population, a minority that over the past 20 years has been growing exponentially. It is a serious dynamic we cannot ignore. Although I believe KSA is filled with extremist, and are very sectarian, I do not believe their government is supporting takfiri, but their people are.
03 February 2014, 21:43
55
ويكيليكس من صحيفة الأخبار
حركة أمل محمد جواد خليفة
“اذا لم تستطع سوريا التوصل الى اتفاق بشأن تحقيقات لجنة التحقيق الدولية التابعة للأمم المتحدة فان حزب الله سيجعل حياتنا جحيما من الناحية السياسية. سوريا ايضا، تشق طريقها في طرابلس من خلال دعوة رجال دين سنة وقيادات اخرى للتدرب والتبليغ في سوريا”.ا وستكون هناك عودة الى السيارات المفخخة والهجمات الارهابية، وسوريا تستطيع ايضا استخدام وكلائها الفلسطينيين وعملائها النائمين في لبنان
فريد الخازن التغيير والاصلاح
الخازن عبر عن غضبه من "أكاذيب" الأمين العام لـ"حزب الله" السيد حسن نصرالله
03 February 2014, 21:44
53
zahle1, I agree with you except you forgot that HA through his bombing of politicians has killed just as many civilians as these "terrorists" making them just as bad. I feel bad for the poor people who are being murdered on both sides and for those who will have to live with disabilities and pain thanks to the arrogance that exists in both these groups. These extremists were no where near Lebanon before HA got involved in Syria. For god's sake if they want to protect Lebanon, bring their troops from Syria and place them in Dahyie and Hermal ..etc. to protect their own people, because as it stands it seems protecting Assad is more important.
03 February 2014, 22:11
22
Yes, wherever the fanatics strickes it will still be hezbollah's fault of dragging us there...
Happy, and i'm not jocking, dahiyeh chouaiyfat tripoli bchareh arsal baalblak.. All part of lebanon and all in shit bc hezbollah/syrian regim actions..
Now really bigjohn go have some chupachups
03 February 2014, 22:31
53
Comrade Qawmi John is here look everybody.. not here here in Lebanon but here on this page pretending to know what's going on as usual!
But I think comrade Qawmi John being so far away from Lebanon and Koura is particular, is not to blame for screwing up the rhetoric this time. After all he's got only this puny article saying bomb in Shwaifat to work with, that's it. So he stepped in it up to the nostrils and it shows. But we are informing him, as I write this love letter to him, that although it all happened in Shwaifat it was on the border of Dahieh.
The terrorist takfiri anti sourrya ya habibati boarded a bus heading into Hay el Sellom but after he was immediately challenged by the bus driver blew himself up. That's what all the local TV stations reported and comrade Qawmi John would have know that if he was here. But no worries you M14 crowd, Qawmi John will be back with a cleaver comeback very soon so stay tuned.
03 February 2014, 23:10
65
He is going straight to hell with the rest of the evil cannibal terrorists
04 February 2014, 00:04
55
You are simpleminded Tex. If you don't exterminate a virus, it will continue to grow until you can no longer resist.
04 February 2014, 00:06
65
as long that nusra-la the terrorist isn't condemned 4 his heinous crimes, lebanon and his shia community will remain a target of retaliatory terrorism.
04 February 2014, 08:55
11
this morning alakhbar newspaper accused al-Assir. I think a big error was to attack 3abra in that way,not smart at all. They created that big sunni frustration and let him escape with his collaborators. A big political error and a big military failure.
