Several people have been killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber struck the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday morning.
The blast took place on Arid Street at 10:55 am, the same busy commercial street that was targeted by a deadly suicide car bombing in early January. The death toll was marked at four, with at least 30 people injured, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
The state media also stated that the "remains of the suicide bomber body" were found strewn at the blast site, while Lebanese channel Al-Manar TV reported that the car used in the blast was a Kia Sportage.
Speaking to Al-Akhbar, many of the residents were defiant after the bombing.
"This is our home and we will never leave it. We were born here and God willing, we will die here. Even if there is a 100 bombs in one day, it strengthens us, we carry on. There is nothing in this area, there is no Hezbollah and no army, just civilians," Houssam Wehbe, a 21 year-old resident of the neighborhood said to Al-Akhbar's reporter at the scene.
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