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2 explosions kill 12 in north Lebanese city - Israel News, Ynetnews
Lebanon's official news agency says at least 12 people have been killed by twin explosions outside two Sunni mosques in a northern city.
The National News Agency said another 25 were wounded in the Friday blasts.
The blasts come amid rising tension in Lebanon resulting from Syria's civil war, which has sharply polarized the country along sectarian lines and between supporters and opponents of the regime of President Bashar Assad. Tripoli has previously seen clashes between Sunnis and Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect to which Assad belongs.
Local media showed a column of thick, gray smoke rising over the city and said the explosion caused extensive destruction.
Blasts rock Tripoli
Blasts rock Tripoli
The officials said the blasts went off near mosques in the overwhelmingly Sunni city on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, when places of worship would be packed. They said there were casualties but did not give a number.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
One of the blasts exploded outside the Taqwa mosque, where Sheik Salem Rafei, a Salafi cleric opposed to Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah group, usually prays. It was not clear whether he was inside.
The second went off about five minutes later in the Mina district of Tripoli, but no details were immediately available.
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Lebanon's official news agency says at least 12 people have been killed by twin explosions outside two Sunni mosques in a northern city.
The National News Agency said another 25 were wounded in the Friday blasts.
The blasts come amid rising tension in Lebanon resulting from Syria's civil war, which has sharply polarized the country along sectarian lines and between supporters and opponents of the regime of President Bashar Assad. Tripoli has previously seen clashes between Sunnis and Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect to which Assad belongs.
Local media showed a column of thick, gray smoke rising over the city and said the explosion caused extensive destruction.
Blasts rock Tripoli
Blasts rock Tripoli
The officials said the blasts went off near mosques in the overwhelmingly Sunni city on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, when places of worship would be packed. They said there were casualties but did not give a number.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
One of the blasts exploded outside the Taqwa mosque, where Sheik Salem Rafei, a Salafi cleric opposed to Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah group, usually prays. It was not clear whether he was inside.
The second went off about five minutes later in the Mina district of Tripoli, but no details were immediately available.
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