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Explosion hits hotel in Lebanese capital

Lebanese security forces carry the coffin of Abdul-Karim Hodroj, a security officer who was killed Tuesday by a car bomb, during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. A powerful car bomb was detonated by a suicide attacker on Tuesday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah. The explosion occurred around midnight near a checkpoint and a cafe, killing one person and wounding several people. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese security forces carry the coffin of Abdul-Karim Hodroj, a security officer who was killed Tuesday by a car bomb, during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. A powerful car bomb was detonated by a suicide attacker on Tuesday in a south Beirut neighborhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah. The explosion occurred around midnight near a checkpoint and a cafe, killing one person and wounding several people. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

By Associated Press June 25, 2014 1 min read

BEIRUT (AP) – Lebanese security officials say an explosion has hit a hotel in central Beirut.

The officials say Wednesday’s blast occurred inside the Duroy Hotel in the Raouche district along the Mediterranean Sea. No further details were immediately available.

The explosion is the second to hit the Lebanese capital in days. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a checkpoint outside a cafe just after midnight on Monday.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.