A powerful terrorist blast hit Choueifat area on Monday, south east the Lebanese capital of Beirut, wounding two persons.

A powerful terrorist blast hit Choueifat area on Monday, south east the Lebanese capital of Beirut, wounding two persons.

Media reports stated that a suicide bomber has attacked a white-colored passenger bus owned by Hussein Msheik, a Lebanese citizen, on the main road in Choueifat.

Lebanese Red Cross sources said that remains of one person have been found and three wounded have been transported to the hospital.

According to Al-Manar reporter, only the suicide bomber was killed in the attack and the bus driver as well as as a female pedestrian have been taken to the hospital for treatment.

For his part, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked the security services to start probing the explosion.