BEIRUT — A woman was killed in an explosion at an apartment in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Thursday, according to local reports.
Lebanon's official National News Agency said that the apartment was in the Jamous neighborhood — known as a stronghold for the Iran-backed Hezbollah group — belongs to a man identified as M.G., who was arrested by the Lebanese army last month following another blast at the same apartment.
The victim was reportedly the aunt of M.G., and according to the pro-Hezbollah al-Manar website, his mother and another man were inside the apartment at the time.
There are conflicting reports about what caused the explosion. Some media outlets have reported that a bomb went off, while others blamed remnants of explosive devices. A correspondent for the US-funded Al-Hurra news site wrote that dozens of explosive devices were seized when the army raided the apartment in March after the initial explosion. According to al-Manar, the army did a thorough search of the apartment before returning it to M.G.’s family two days ago.
