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Killing of Hezbollah commander "terrorist act": Syria

DAMASCUS
Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:00pm EST

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah in Damascus was a "terrorist act", Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed said on Wednesday.

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In the first official reaction to Tuesday's killing, Abdel Majeed told the official Syrian news agency that an investigation was under way to determine who was behind a car bomb that killed Moughniyah in the Syrian capital.

Hezbollah has accused Israel of carrying out the attack but Israel denied involvement.

(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; Editing by Charles Dick)
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