A Lebanese man was injured in an overnight explosion in front of the office of Qatar Airways in Beirut, police said Thursday, cited by AFP.
The civilian was slightly wounded in his hand when the explosive charge of about 200 grams went off just outside the entrance of the airline offices in the Ain el-Tineh seafront neighborhood, they said.
Police said the man was a by-stander at the corner of the street at the time of the explosion.
There was still no information on the reasons behind the explosion, they said, adding that an investigation was still underway.
A few years ago, a small bomb exploded in a waste bin close to the Qatari embassy after Doha had begun relations with Israel which opened a trade office there in 1996.
Qatar will host a WTO meeting in November, and Israel has been invited. There have been calls against Israeli participation, which Doha ignored.
Its Foreign Minister , Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, reportedly visited Israel secretly two week ago to deliver the invitation.
Qatar keeps an Israeli commercial office open despite Arab summits’ decisions to sever all ties with Israel, except for Jordan and Egypt, which are bound by peace treaties with Tel Aviv – Albawaba.com
