LEBANON: SMALL BLAST RIPS THROUGH TOILETS OF A McDONALDS RESTAURANT ON OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT
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LEBANON: SMALL BLAST RIPS THROUGH TOILETS OF A McDONALDS RESTAURANT ON OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT
- Title: LEBANON: SMALL BLAST RIPS THROUGH TOILETS OF A McDONALDS RESTAURANT ON OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT
- Date: 5th April 2003
- Summary: (W6) BEIRUT, LEBANON (APRIL 5, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV: POLICE DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF PACKED MCDONALDS OUTLET GATE ENTRANCE 0.08 2. SV: WOMAN WHO LEFT RESTAURANT WALKING FAST AND REFUSING TO TALK TO CAMERA OPERATORS 0.10 3. PAN: AMBULANCE DRIVING PAST GATES 0.20 4. MV: SECURITY AT SITE OF EXPLOSION; SECURITY IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT WITH SHATTERED GLASS IN THE BACKGROUND 0..32 5. MV: MCDONALDS WITH AMBULANCE PARKED ALONG SIDE BUILDING 0.36 6. SV: SECURITY OFFICERS IN PLAIN CLOTHES EXITING RESTAURANT 0.42 7. LV: MCDONALDS BUILDING 0.47 8. MV'S: MEDIA AND MCDONALDS' EMPLOYEES STANDING OUTSIDE (2 SHOTS) 1.04 9. SLV: AMBULANCE'S AND POLICE AT SCENE OF EXPLOSION 1.11 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th April 2003 13:00
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- Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Reuters ID: LVA9FPWZEW8EWT7JT59BJXR78JQC
- Story Text: A small blast has ripped through the toilets of a
McDonalds restaurant on the edge of the Lebanese capital,
Beirut, the latest in a string of attacks on fast food outlets
associated with the United States.
A McDonald's outlet in the outskirts of Beirut was sealed
off by Lebanese security forces on Saturday (April 5, 2003) after
an explosion ripped through its toilets.
According to security sources, at least two people were
lightly injured in the blast, caused by a small chunk of
dynamite hidden in the toilet of the restaurant.
But witnesses at the scene said that up to six people were
injured. A woman rushed out of the restaurant, refusing to
give details to the press concerning what had happened at the
scene.
The building was evacuated as security experts checked for
any other explosives.
Anger at Washington has swelled in Lebanon since the start
of the U.S.-led war on Iraq last month.
Anti-American sentiment had already been building up over
the course of the 30-month Palestinian uprising and attempts
by U.S. ally Israel to crush it.
There has been a string of bombings at fast food outlets
associated with the United States since May 2002, when one
person was injured in a bombing at a Kentucky Fried Chicken
outlet in the northern port city of Tripoli.
In November, small blasts shook three restaurants in
Beirut and northern Lebanon, including two Pizza Hut outlets.
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