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8 People Killed and 36 Injured in Jabal Mohsen's Explosion

Seven people were killed and many wounded in an explosion that rocked a cafe in Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen.

The National New Agency said that a “suicide bomber blew himself at Cafe Omran in Jabal Mohsen and when the residents of the area gathered another suicide bomber blew himself up.”

"The two suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Jabal Mohsen are Taha Samir Kayyal and Bilal Mohammed Ibrahim from Tripoli's al-Mankobeen," it added.

The Lebanese Army in a statement stated that "a suicide bomber targeted the cafe in Jabal Mohsen, leaving several people dead."

Security measures were taken in the area of the explosion as Health Minister Wael Abou Faour asked all the hospitals to treat the wounded.


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