BEIRUT: Two centers for filling gas canisters in the southern Beirut suburb of Bir Hasan have been ordered to shut down after security forces received information they could be targeted by terrorist attacks, a security source told The Daily Star.
Bir Hasan has been rocked by suicide car bombings targeting Iranian interests on two separate occasions, killing scores of people.
The Nov. 19 and the Feb. 19 attacks were claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, citing Iran and Hezbollah's role in the Syrian crisis as well as the continued detention of young Muslim men in Lebanese prisons.
Media reports said Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouq was behind the decision to shut down the gas centers.
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