'Hoax Bomb' Found under Car in Shiyyah

A fake bomb was placed under a car in the Beirut southern suburb of Shiyyah on Tuesday.

“A hoax bomb consisted of fake dynamite sticks, a nonoperational clock and a nylon bag was found under a car in the Asaad al-Asaad Street in Shiyyah,” the Internal Security Forces said on its Twitter page.

Al-Mayadeen television also reported that the suspicious object was a “fake bomb.”

Earlier on Tuesday, state-run National News Agency said that “after a suspicious car on Shiyyah's Asaad al-Asaad Street was inspected, it turned out that an armed bomb connected to a fuse was placed under it.”

It said a military expert dismantled the parcel which consisted of “a dynamite stick and a TNT filling.”

An army unit had cordoned off the area according to NNA.

The development comes in the wake of a powerful car bombing in central Beirut that killed former minister Mohammed Shatah and seven other people on Friday. Dozens of people were also injured in the attack.