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Beirut car bomb: Intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan reported dead (VIDEO)
BEIRUT — One of Lebanon's highest security officials, Wissam al-Hassan, is reported dead in a huge car bomb explosion in central Beirut today.
According to the BBC, at least eight people have been confirmed dead in the blast, which happened in Sassine Square, a busy part of the mostly Christian Ashrafiya district in the eastern part of the Lebanese capital.
Dozens more were injured, Reuters reported, citing witnesses and security officials.
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Hassan was the target of the attack, a Lebanese police official told the Associated Press.
The source said he hadn't yet confirmed whether Hassan was hit, but according to Reuters, at least one Lebanese TV station is reporting that Hassan was among those killed.
He is described as the head of Lebanon's internal security service. The Guardian said he recently led an investigation into a Lebanese former minister, Michel Samara, who supports Syria President Bashar al-Assad and has been accused of planning terrorist attacks.
The 19-month conflict in neighboring Syria has fueled tensions in Lebanon between supporters and opponents of Assad.
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Wissam al-Hassan
Lebanese security official (1965–2012)
In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Adnan and the family name is al-Hassan.
Wissam Adnan al-Hassan (Arabic: وسام عدنان الحسن, romanized: Wisām ‘Adnān al-Ḥasan; 11 April 1965 – 19 October 2012) was a brigadier general at the LebaneseInternal Security Forces (ISF) and the head of its intelligence-oriented Information Branch. Seen as a leading Sunni figure in Lebanon, he was also a key player in the opposition March 14 alliance without having a political position.
Early life
[edit]Al-Hassan was born into a Sunni family in the northern Lebanese city of Btouratige, Koura District, Lebanon, on 11 April 1965.[1][2] However, the UN report cites his birthplace as Tripoli.[3]
From 1992 to 1995 al-Hassan was official guard of the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.[3] During this period, he was an internal security officer under Ali Al Hajj.[3] In 1995, he was appointed Hariri's chief of protocol and served in this post until 1998.[3] Then he was named as the head of the Hariri office (1998 - 2000).[3] He worked as Hariri's head guard detachment from June 2001 to Summer 2004,[4] and also, promoted to the