BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing one person and wounding another, security officials said.

It was not immediately clear if the bomb in the busy suburb of Antelias went off by mistake or whether it had a timer, the security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with regulations.

The explosion in a parking lot damaged at least four cars, including one with judicial license plates, the officials said.

The officials said they do not believe the judge was the target since his car has been used for some time by his son, who works in the area.

The man who was seriously wounded appeared to have had been laying on the ground when the bomb went off, cutting his right arm and left leg, the officials said. It was not clear if he was placing the bomb or trying to throw it away when it exploded, the officials said.

Shortly after the explosion went off, security forces sealed the area and brought in bomb sniffing dogs.

Such explosions are not uncommon in Lebanon but there have been no targeted killings in the past three years.

Last month, a roadside bomb blew up next to a United Nations convoy carrying French peacekeepers in south Lebanon, wounding at least five of them.

The last person to be assassinated in Lebanon was police Maj. Wissam Eid, who was one of the country’s top terrorism investigators. He was killed along with several other people in a roadside bomb in 2008.

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