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5 dead in Beirut bomb attack

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Published 12 December, 2007, 09:54

An explosion has rocked a Christian suburb of east Beirut, killing a senior military official and at least four others.

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Early reports say that a car bomb caused the blast.

The attack comes amid a power vacuum in the country, a day after a parliamentary vote to elect a new president was postponed for the eighth time.

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