Sandbags and security in Shi'ite Beirut after bombings


  • World
  • Friday, 31 Jan 2014

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Eight years ago Hassan Ghamlouche's jewellery shop was gutted when Israeli jets bombarded the Hezbollah-controlled district of southern Beirut where he works.

Now a wall of sandbags stands in front of the glittering gold in his shop window to protect Ghamlouche and his customers from a new threat - a wave of car bombs which have struck the capital's Shi'ite neighbourhoods in the last six months.

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