4 Wounded in Rocket Attack in north Lebanon

Four women were injured when a rocket smashed into a building in north Lebanon's main city of Tripoli, the army said.

"A rocket hit the roof of a building in Jabal Mohsen, wounding four women," an army spokesman said, without elaborating.

A security official told AFP that the rocket hit an apartment in the building.

The mostly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, along with Tripoli's predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tebbaneh quarter, has been hit by deadly sectarian violence and sporadic bombings in recent years.

Lebanese politicians have expressed concern that such rocket incidents may aggravate tensions in Lebanon, already running high over the U.N.-backed tribunal that is probing the 2005 assassination of Lebanese ex-premier Rafik Hariri, amid unconfirmed reports the court will indict members of Hizbullah.

Hizbullah has warned such an eventuality will have repercussions in Lebanon.

Fighting erupted on August 24 between Hezbollah members and armed supporters of a Sunni faction also loyal to neighboring Syria. Three people died in those clashes.(AFP-Naharnet)