250 Kgs of Explosives Found in Car near Naameh Municipality Building
Explosive materials and devices were found on Saturday evening in a car parked near the municipality building of the Naameh neighborhood in Mount Lebanon's Shouf district.
"Five barrels of TNT, explosive material, fuses and detonators were found in the car,” the state-run National News Agency reported, noting that the weight of the explosives is estimated at 250 Kgs.
The NNA detailed: “The car was parked on the main road in Naameh, specifically near the town's municipality building. It is an Audi and has a fake number plate.”
“The car was set to be remotely detonated,” it said.
Security forces asked civilians and reporters to stay away from the scene as it is still being inspected by experts, according to the same source.
Later, MTV said the experts dismantled the explosives that were planted in the car's door.
Earlier on Saturday, the NNA said security forces cordoned off the Naameh region after suspecting that a car parked in a building's parking is booby-trapped.
Lebanese regions have been a scene of several violent attacks in the last months.
On Thursday, a huge explosion rocked the southern suburb of Beirut, killing 27 people and wounding over 325 others.
And in July, a booby-trapped car exploded at a parking lot in Dahieh's Bir al-Abed, leaving 53 people wounded and causing extensive material damage.
Meanwhile, on May 26, four people were wounded in a rocket attack on Beirut's southern suburbs.
Earlier this month, one Egyptian national was killed and two other people were wounded when they were setting up explosive devices in Mount Lebanon's Iqlim al-Kharroub's region.
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