A CAR BOMB HAS EXPLODED IN A BUSY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE LEBANESE ...

World | May 20, 2002, Monday // 00:00

A car bomb has exploded in a busy commercial district of the Lebanese capital Beirut, killing the son of hardline Palestinian leader Ahmed Jibril. Forty-year-old Muhammad Jihad Jibril reportedly detonated an estimated two kilogrammes (4.4 pounds) of explosives, when he tried to start his Peugeot 504. Ahmed Jibril's group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian-General Command (PFLP-GC) is one of the most implacable enemies of Israel, opposing any negotiated settlement with the Jewish state.

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