Five injured in Aley blast

Aley, Lebanon: At least five people have been injured after an explosion in the resort town of Aley on Wednesday night.

The explosion, the third in a week around the country, was near a government building according to security sources.

Aley is a predominantly Druze area and the blast comes hours after Walid Jumblatt, the leader of that sect in Lebanon warned of more explosions as fighting between the Lebanese army and the Fatah Al Islam group continued.

One woman was killed when the first bomb went off on Sunday in a mostly Christian area of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

A woman was killed in a Christian area of Beirut on Sunday, while six people were injured in the capital on Monday.

The second blast happened in a predominantly Sunni Muslim area of Beirut on Monday night.