Death Toll In Lebanon Bomb Rises To Seven

The bomb attack on Monday targeted a bus transporting troops in the northern city of Tripoli. Four of those killed were soldiers.

Two men have died from their wounds in a bomb blast in north Lebanon, taking the death toll from the attack to seven, security sources said on Tuesday.

The bomb attack on Monday targeted a bus transporting troops in the northern city of Tripoli. Four of those killed were soldiers. The others were civilians.

There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack, the second against the military in the city in less than two months. An Aug. 13 bomb killed 15 people, 10 of them soldiers, at a bus stop in Tripoli.

There were no claims of responsibility for that attack either, although investigators suspected Islamist militant involvement early in their inquiry.

The Aug. 13 attack was the deadliest day for the army since its 15-week battle last year with al Qaeda-inspired Islamist militants based at a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.

Neighbouring Syria, which dominated Lebanon until 2005, has recently spoken of a growing threat of Sunni Islamist militancy in north Lebanon.