Blast hits army checkpoint in northeastern Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide attacker blew himself up at an army checkpoint after troops tried to search his car Saturday, killing and wounding a number of people including soldiers in the latest blast linked to Syria’s civil war, a senior military official and the state news agency said.

The army general, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists, had no immediate word on casualties from the blast at the entrance of the town of Hermel. The National News Agency said one person was killed and 14 of the wounded were rushed to three hospitals in the area.