(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — A suicide bomber killed two people and wounded at least 20 others at a security checkpoint in Beirut on Friday. The checkpoint lies on the main highway joining Lebanon and Syria’s capitals, according to Lebanese police.
The checkpoint is located in an area where Lebanese Sunni Muslim militants opposed to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad have launched previous attacks on areas under control of the Shi’ite Hezbollah movement.
Police said the bomber was stopped at the checkpoint to be searched and then blew himself up, which suggested he may have been heading to another target.
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