Suicide bomber wounds 2 Syrians at Lebanon border

DAMASCUS, Nov 28 (Reuters) A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Syrian-Lebanese border crossing point today, wounding two Syrian security officials, the official SANA news agency said.

SANA said Omar Hamra, was the military commander of a Muslim militant organisation called al-Tawheed Wal Jihad, which is pursued by Syrian authorities.

A Lebanese security official said earlier that the man was killed when his own grenade exploded during a clash with Syrian police on the crossing point into Lebanon.

The incident took place on the Syrian side of Jdaidet Yabous crossing point with Lebanon, SANA said.

''He was trying to cross the border with false documents. He shot at security forces with a pistol, tried to escape and then blew himself up with an explosives belt,'' the agency added.

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