One Armenian injured in Beirut blastSeptember 20, 2007 - 15:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |