Basbous Denies Booby-Trapped Car Located near his Residence

Internal Security Forces acting chief Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Basbous denied on Sunday that a booby-trapped car was found near his residence in the town of Chheim in Mount Lebanon.

MTV reported earlier that the car was located near Basbous's residence, however, the acting ISF chief denied to LBCI the news.

For his part, Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel also denied the news in comments to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

He voiced hope that media outlets would carefully report news and check with the concerned people first.

MTV said later that the car contains a dynamite and a detonator.

However, security sources told LBCI that residents reported a suspicious car that has gunfire traces on it.

The car belongs to a soldier and was parked in Daraya and moved later on to Chhim.

The reports come after huge explosion rocked the southern suburb of Beirut on Thursday killing at least 27 people and wounding over 336 others.