Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - An explosion at a Lebanese military checkpoint shook the capital Beirut on Monday, Al Arabiya correspondent reported.

The cause of the explosion is not immediately known but initial reports pointed to a car bomb

Al Arabiya correspondent Adnan Ghamlouch said he saw at least five ambulances rushing to the scene of the blast, which occurred in an area of southern Beirut inhabited by supporters of the Shi'ite group Amal, an ally of the militant movement Hezbollah.

Security sources said several people were wounded in the explosion, the second in four days.

On Friday, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a police checkpoint in eastern Lebanon, killing a policeman and wounding several other people.

The car bomb went off near the Abu Assaf cafe, where people had gathered to watch the World Cup matches.

*Al Arabiya