Car bomb kills at least 3 in Lebanon

BEIRUT: A car bomb blew up Saturday near a gas station in northeast Lebanon, killing at least three people, officials said.

The bomb was the second to hit the town of Hermel, in the latest attack that appeared linked to the war in neighboring Syria.

Lebanon´s Red Crescent said three were killed and another 18 wounded. The organization initially reported that four people were killed, but later revised the number downwards.

Eyewitnesses said Lebanese security was surrounding the area and preventing people from reaching it.

The blast occurred near a school run by a charity group for impoverished children, some of them orphans. (AP)