Explosive Device near Southern Town Brings back Fears over Selling Liquor in South
An explosive device was found on Friday near a liquor store in southern Lebanon, reported the Central News Agency.
It said that the bomb, located in the town of Qaaqaiyat al-Jisr, was not prepared to be detonated.
An explosives expert from the Internal Security Forces was called to the scene and dismantled the device.
Investigations are underway to uncover the details of the incident and apprehend the people who planted the bomb, said the news agency.
It added that the incident may be a warning to the store owner to halt the selling of liquor in the town.
Similar incidents had taken place near liquor stores in the towns of Bfarweh, where a store owner was previously prevented from selling liquor in the town.
The Central News Agency highlighted another incident, in the town of Kfar Ramman, where unknown assailants tossed a fire bomb at a liquor store owned by Ghaleb Saleh.
The perpetrators remain at large.
The southern town of al-Nabatiyeh had witnessed a successful popular campaign to stop the selling of liquor in the town.
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