Sources: Lebanon blast hits U.S. embassy car

Sources: Lebanon blast hits U.S. embassy car

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BEIRUT, Lebanon - State Department spokesman says four Lebanese were killed in the explosion targeting a U.S. Embassy vehicle in Beirut on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.

Ambulances and security forces rushed to the scene, witnesses said.

Sources told Reuters that a passenger of the diplomatic vehicle was wounded in the attack. Reuters later reported a source as saying no U.S. personnel had been killed in the blast.

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