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Lebanon hunts suspects after TNT traces found on plane

BEIRUT: Lebanon said Friday it is hunting for six people who flew from Beirut for Australia, leaving traces of explosives on aircraft seats, hours after a powerful bomb killed former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

“Six people left for Australia from Beirut airport a few hours after the attack and traces of TNT powder were recovered from the seats used by some of them,” Justice Minister Adnan Addum said. “These people have links with fundamentalist circles. I can’t say more because of the demands of the investigation,” he added.

One hitherto unknown Islamist group claimed it carried out Mondaay’s bombing, saying it was in revenge for Hariri’s links with Saudi Arabia where security forces have killed members of extremist groups. It gave no proof of its involvement.

Lebanese officials have said the attack was probably carried out by a suicide bomber. afp

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