Conflicting Reports over Ammunition Depot Blast in South
A series of blasts rocked an ammunition depot in Khirbit Silim neighborhood in southern Lebanon, local media said Tuesday.
The Voice of Lebanon radio said the explosions were heard shortly after 7 am in al-Dabsheh hills overlooking Khirbit Silim south of the Litani River.
It said the blasts were heard coming from an abandoned building, adding that security forces were investigating the incident.
MTV television, for its part, said the explosions heard in Khirbit Silim were the result of an ammunition depot blast.
El-Nashra website said the blasts were the result of leftover bombs from the July 2006 Lebanon-Israel war.
NOWLebanon website, in turn, quoted security sources as saying that the arms depot belonged to Hizbullah and contains artillery shells, missiles and automatic weapons.