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| Five dead in Lebanese city blast | Five dead in Lebanese city blast |
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| At least five people have been killed in a powerful blast in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. | At least five people have been killed in a powerful blast in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. |
| Witnesses and security officials said the explosion targeted a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers. At least a dozen people are believed have been wounded. | Witnesses and security officials said the explosion targeted a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers. At least a dozen people are believed have been wounded. |
| Violent incidents across Lebanon in recent weeks have raised fears of a return to sectarian violence. | Violent incidents across Lebanon in recent weeks have raised fears of a return to sectarian violence. |
| At least 14 soldiers and civilians were killed in a bomb attack that hit a bus in the city last month. | |
| A security official told the AFP news agency that the minibus was heading to the capital Beirut with about 24 people on board when the blast went off. | |
| He said at least six people had been killed, although a TV news channel in the region put the death toll at five. | |
| The official told AFP that three of the dead were soldiers. | |
| TV pictures showed soldiers sealing off the area and preventing people from approaching the scene of the blast. | |
| Several nearby parked cars had shattered windows. | |
| Correspondents say that Tripoli is an area that is rapidly becoming Lebanon's most volatile security hotspot. | |
| It has been rocked by sectarian fighting between pro-government Sunni fighters and pro-Syrian gunmen. | |
| Several of the victims in August's bus attack were off-duty soldiers. | |
| It was Lebanon's deadliest bombing in more than three years. |