A large explosion has hit a shopping centre in southern Beirut, with initial reports from the scene saying several people have been killed and others injured.
Southern Beirut is a stronghold for the Lebanese pro-Syrian Shi'ite Hizbollah militant group.
The group claims that the blast, in the Bir el-Abed area, was caused by a car bomb.
Hizbollah's Al-Manar TV station broadcast pictures of black smoke rising into the sky and people rushing to help the wounded.
Tensions have been high following the intervention of Hizbollah fighters in the Syrian war where Sunni Muslim rebels are trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
Hizbollah fighters were vital in a recent victory when government forces regained control of the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border.
Some Syrian rebel groups, which are mainly Sunni, have threatened to strike in Lebanon.
In May, two rockets hit southern Beirut and injured four people.
The attack came hours after Hizbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah promised to help the Syrian regime defeat rebel forces.
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