By Xinhua
Beirut : A bomb blast occurred Wednesday afternoon in Christian suburb east of Beirut, Lebanese TV reported.
The report said that four people were killed in the explosion in the Sin el-Fil district, a Christian suburb in east Beirut.
The cause of the blast was not immediately known.
The TV station reported that the loud explosion sent a cloud of smoke over the entire area.
In the last two years, Lebanon has been hit by a spate of mysterious bombings, the last of which killed Lebanese Parliament member Walid Eido on June 13.