Blatant Reality

A bomb went off in Beirut, Lebanon today presumed to have been targeting a US Embassy vehicle.

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.

UPDATE (10:24pm EST)

Here is TIME’s account of the bomb attack in Beirut.