Explosion Kills Local Official in Northern Lebanon
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An explosion killed a local official in Lebanon's northern Bekaa Valley region on Wednesday, local media reported.
Media reports said the attack took place in the morning in the town of al-Ain, some 20 km (13 miles) west of the Lebanese-Syrian border, and killed the town's deputy mayor, according to Reuters.
A security source, who described it as an assassination, said a bomb exploded inside the local official's van, killing him and severely injuring his brother.
