By Xinhua
Damascus : Syria on Friday condemned a huge explosion in a Christian neighborhood in Beirut earlier in the day that killed a senior police intelligence officer, the official SANA news agency reported.
The bombing was targeting the security and stability of Lebanon, an official source with the information ministry was quoted as saying.
The source reiterated Syria’s permanent care for the security and stability of Lebanon, claiming that the perpetrators of the bombing were “Lebanon’s enemies,” SANA said.
Lebanese Red Cross Committee announced that at least four people were killed and 20 others injured in the powerful explosion in Beirut on Friday morning.
The level of destruction suggested a huge amount of explosives was used, with dozens of cars wrecked and a massive crater left in the broken asphalt.
Earlier, the Lebanese private Future TV put the death toll at 10, saying that Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) Capt. Wissam Eid was among the victims, adding Eid is a senior officer with the ISF’s Intelligence Bureau.