BEIRUT — A suicide bombing in a southern Beirut neighborhood killed a security officer and wounded 20 people, officials said Tuesday, as an al-Qaida-linked group warned that such attacks will continue as long as the militant Hezbollah group is taking part in Syrias civil war. The overnight attack — the second such bombing this week — heightened fears that Lebanon was reverting to a cycle of violence after a few months of respite. The explosion occurred near a checkpoint and a cafe in the Shatila area of the Lebanese capital just after midnight Tuesday. The area is a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group, which has been heavily involved in fighting alongside President Bashar Assads army in neighboring Syria. The state-run news agency said Tuesday that security officer Abdul-Karim Hodroj died in the explosion. It wasnt clear if the checkpoint, where Hodroj was deployed, was the intended target of the attack. Read more here: fresnobee/2014/06/24/3993418/lebanon-1-dead-20-hurt-in-overnight.html#storylink=cpy fresnobee/2014/06/24/3993418/lebanon-1-dead-20-hurt-in-overnight.html
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