DHAKA: Two explosions ripped through the vicinity of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding scores more, security sources said.

The sources told TDS the blasts, only minutes apart, blew up only meters away from the Iranian Embassy in the predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Bir Hasan.

Ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion.

Television footage showed at least two charred bodies lay on the street leading to the embassy. Debris littered the street and several cars were seen burning.

‘I was waiting at the traffic sign on the street parallel to the Iranian embassy when I heard a loud explosion,’ said a motorist, who refused to be identified.

‘I was terrified. I saw black smoke, but I decided to continue my trip to Shweifat (southeast of Beirut),’ she added.

BDST: 1448 HRS, NOV 19, 2013
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