Beirut, May 7, SPA -- At least one person has been killed in an explosion in Lebanon's port town of Jounieh, security sources said. More than seven people were reported injured in the blast, near the town's center, AFP reported. The cause of the blast was not immediately known, but police were seen checking the mangled remains of a car parked in an alleyway. The two-storey building housing the Sawt al Mahaba radio station was destroyed and the adjacent Mar Yuhanna Church suffered massive damage, an AFP photographer said. A female Sri Lankan worker was reportedly killed and three Egyptian nationals were among the wounded. One radio station worker was pulled to safety after being buried for more than two hours in the rubble. Condemning the attack, President Emile Lahoud noted that it came on the eve of "important political developments" in Lebanon. --SPA1429 Local Time 1129 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/260527
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