Militant escapes explosion
26/09/2007 14:03  - (SA)  

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Tyre - A Hezbollah militant escaped an attempt on his life after he jumped from his car before a hand grenade exploded under the vehicle in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, police said.

Ahmed Mhanna tried to start his car when he heard an object falling from the vehicle which was parked near his home in Jbal al-Botm, east of the southern port city of Tyre, police said.

He leapt from the vehicle just in time to escape the explosion of the hand grenade which had been placed on the left front tyre. The car was damaged but he was unhurt.

Police said they had started an investigation.

Lebanon has been hit by a spate of assassinations and attempted assassinations targeting anti-Syrian politicians in recent years.

But Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which led last year's devastating war with Israel, spearheads the country's Syrian- and Iranian-backed opposition.

The grenade attack came a day after the Lebanese parliament postponed a vote on a new president to replace pro-Syrian incumbent Emile Lahoud to allow more time for a consensus to be reached between the rival sides.

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