By DPA
Beirut : Lebanon observed Saturday a day of mourning after a high-ranking police terror investigator and five other people were killed in a bomb blast in eastern Beirut.
An official funeral was held for Captain Wissam Eid, the target of the attack, and his bodyguard at a police station just outside of Beirut.
The bodies of the captain and his bodyguard were taken to the northern city of Tripoli after the ceremony in order to be buried in their respective villages.
Four passers-by were also killed and nearly 39 people wounded in Friday’s bombing, an attack expected to further deepen the already divided country.
Friday’s blast took place in the mainly Christian area of Hazmieh that houses many offices of major companies.
Lebanon has suffered so far at least 30 bombings in the last three years, mainly targeting anti-Syrian politicians and journalists.
Police sources said at least five people were rounded up from the scene for questioning.