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Lebanon arrests five Syrians, one Palestinian suspect in Beirut bombings - senior security source


    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese authorities arrested five Syrians and a Palestinian suspected of being implicated in the twin-suicide bombings in central Beirut on Thursday that killed 43 people, a senior security source said on Saturday.

    The bombings in a busy residential and commercial area that is a stronghold for Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah were claimed by Islamic State.

    (Reporting by Laila Bassam; Writing by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Jon Boyle)