A parcel bomb left on a doorstep badly injured three Druze women, including the sister of a member of parliament, when it blew up at Aley, east of Beirut, Wednesday, relatives said.
"The three women, among them the sister of the Druze deputy Akram Chehayeb, were badly hurt when they opened a gift-wrapped packet," one said.
The package was addressed in English to Daoud Jamal Eddine, the husband of Chehayeb's sister. She opened it, in the presence of her daughter and a female visitor.
The three women were rushed to hospital in Beirut.
Chehayeb is a close associate of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, but a police source denied that the blast was politically motivated – BEIRUT (AFP)
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