Lebanese MP Antoine Ghanem was killed along with four other people in a massive car bombing on Wednesday in a busy mainly Christian neighborhood of Beirut, the latest in a spate of attacks against prominent anti-Syrian figures.
The bomb consisted of more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of TNT packed in a Mercedes car parked nearby with fake license plates. It was detonated via remote control.
Ghanem was the eighth member of the anti-Syrian majority to be assassinated since the February 2005 murder of five-time Prime Minister and billionaire tycoon Hariri.
Shahan Kandakharyan, the editor-in-chief of Azdak newspaper told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that resident of Beirut Armen Ghalfayan was slightly injured in the blast.
