Lebanese Christian politician killed

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Lebanese Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel -- a key member of the anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanese parliament -- has been gunned down in an assassination that heightened tensions amid a showdown between opponents and allies of Syria.

Gemayel, Lebanon's industry minister and a member of the Phalange Party, had just left a church and was driving through his mainly Christian constituency of Jdeideh when at least one vehicle rammed his car, security officials said.

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