By Xinhua
Washington : The United States strongly condemned Wednesday’s car bombing in Beirut that killed five people including a Lebanese lawmaker.
“The United States strongly condemns this attack and we will continue to stand with those in Lebanon who are fighting for a free and democratic country,” U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
Earlier Wednesday, Lebanese Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem was killed along with four others during an explosion in eastern Beirut.
The explosion, caused by a car bomb, occurred in the Sin el-Fildi strict, a Christian suburb, leaving a number of injured, the report added.
Antoine Ghanem is a member of the Lebanese Christian Phalange party, to which the assassinated Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel also belonged.