A car bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut on Friday killing at least five people, including a top police official who dealt with terrorist bombings, authorities said.National police chief, Brig. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, said the bomb was planted on a street in Hazmieh, on the Lebanese capital's Christian eastern edge.
He told reporters that one of those killed was Capt. Wissam Eid, a senior police intelligence official.
Eid was an engineer who was handling "very important" files, including "all those having to do with the terrorist bombings" in Lebanon, Rifi said.
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