Explosion near Beirut kills three, injures five
{{date|March 23, 2005}}
[[Image:Lebanon flag large.png|180px|right|Explosion near Beirut kills two, injures three]]
Three people are dead and five are injured after an explosion tore through a shopping center near the port of Jounie, 20 kilometres north of [[w:Beirut|Beirut]], [[w:Lebanon|Lebanon]]. The 45-pound bomb, which was placed under a stairwell, exploded around 1:30am local time (0330 UTC).

Police say they believe the bomb was placed there just before the center closed.

The blast caused serious damage to the shopping center, breaking windows, causing false ceilings to collapse, and pillars to warp within a radius of several hundred meters.

==See also==
*{{source|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lebanon's_opposition_holds_Syria_responsible_for_Beirut_explosion
|title=Lebanon's opposition holds Syria responsible for Beirut explosion
|author=
|pub=WikiNews	
|date=March 22, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Explosion_injures_11_in_Beirut
|title=Explosion injures 11 in Beirut
|author=
|pub=WikiNews	
|date=March 20, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lebanese_President_to_skip_Arab_Summit
|title=Lebanese President to skip Arab Summit
|author=
|pub=WikiNews	
|date=March 19, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Protestors_rally_in_Beirut 
|title=Protestors rally in Beirut
|author=
|pub=WikiNews	
|date=March 15, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Syria_affirms_withdrawal_intentions 
|title=Syria affirms withdrawal intentions
|author=
|pub=WikiNews	
|date=March 13, 2005}}
* [[w:Cedar Revolution|Cedar Revolution]]. ''[[w:Main Page|Wikipedia]]''

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/138848/1/.html
|title=Two dead, three injured in Beirut explosion
|author=
|pub=AFP
|date=March 23, 2004}}

*{{source|url=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3098301
|title=Explosion near Beirut kills at least 2
|author=
|pub=AP
|date=March 23, 2004}}

*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4885597,00.html
|title=Explosion North of Beirut Kills Two
|author=Hussein Dakroub
|pub=AP
|date=March 23, 2004}}

*{{source|url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0323lebanon-blast23.html
|title=3 dead in Lebanese bomb blast
|author=Nadim Ladki
|pub=Reuters
|date=March 23, 2004}}

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Explosion near Beirut kills two, injures three
Three people are dead and five are injured after an explosion tore through a shopping center near the port of Jounie, 20 kilometres north of Beirut, Lebanon. The 45-pound bomb, which was placed under a stairwell, exploded around 1:30am local time (0330 UTC).

Police say they believe the bomb was placed there just before the center closed.

The blast caused serious damage to the shopping center, breaking windows, causing false ceilings to collapse, and pillars to warp within a radius of several hundred meters.

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