As it turns out, someone was indeed targeted and it wasn't a terrorist attempt against civilians only. May all the victims rest in peace. Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan, who led the investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, was killed in the Beirut explosion on Friday, a Lebanese official said.

Picture from Al-Jazeera Update: Watch amateur video of the Achrafieh blast taken by Nadine Abou-Elias. Update2: More pictures of the blast . A big explosion erupted in Achrafieh few minutes ago. Early reports are indicating the blast was caused by a car bomb causing 4 kills and tens of injuries until this hour. So far, all sources denied that a political figure was targeted even though the explosion took place near Kataeb office. You can…