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At least 18 people were wounded by a car bomb blast in Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah militant group that has been fighting in Syria's civil war, security sources said. (AFP)

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The sources were unable to confirm initial reports from medics at the scene that an unspecified number were killed in the massive blast. (BCCL)

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Men gather at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs July 9, 2013. (AFP)

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A stronghold for the Lebanese Shi'ite Hezbollah militant group that has been fighting in Syria's civil war, medics said. (AFP)

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"This is the work of agents trying to create strife in Lebanon," said Hezbollah parliamentary deputy Ali Meqdad at the site of the explosion. (AFP)

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A firefighter is helped as he extinguishes fire at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburb neighbourhood of Bir al-Abed on July 9, 2013. (AFP)

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Smoke rises from burning cars at site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburb neighbourhood of Bir al-Abed on July 9, 2013. (AFP)

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A Reuters reporter on the scene saw a large fire raging at the site of the blast, which apparently targeted a shopping mall in the Bir al-Abed area. The area is also home to many Hezbollah political offices. (AFP)

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