A bomb exploded yesterday in Tripoli, wounding three people. According to the AFP:
Three people, including a child, were wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded in northern Lebanon, a security official said.
Zein al-Alouf, 10, was seriously wounded when the bomb exploded in the mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen area of the northern port city of Tripoli, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Two adults were moderately wounded and the army has launched an investigation, he added.
In recent years Tripoli has been hit by deadly sectarian violence between the city’s Sunni and Alawite communities and by sporadic bombings, mainly targeting the Lebanese army.
In the summer of 2007, the army fought a 15-week battle with the Al-Qaeda inspired Fatah al-Islam militia in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli that left 400 people dead, including 168 soldiers.
Lebanon has had a relatively peaceful summer, but incidents like this are evidence that sectarian divisions are simmering just beneath the surface.
