Two other people died of wounds in the blast targeting a Lebanese army bus Monday morning in the northern city of Tripoli, raising the death toll to seven, LBC TV reported on Wednesday, citing security officials.

Earlier, four soldiers and one civilian were killed and 32 others wounded by the Monday explosion which wrecked the military bus carrying up to 24 soldiers to their military bases.

Anger and grief were witnessed in Lebanon Tuesday as the four young Lebanese soldiers were buried in north Lebanese towns, LBC TV reported.

As the soldiers were laid to rest, sorrow and anger raged among families and friends, TV footage showed.

Pan-Arab al-Hayat daily said Wednesday that Lebanese army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji toured army units in north Lebanon, and told them that no matter how long terrorism persists, it will not crush the Lebanese people or the army.

Former Prime Minister Najeb Mikati blamed for Monday's attack fundamentalist Islamic groups who were involved in last year's clashes with the Lebanese army in the Palestinian refugee camp of Naher al-Bared in north Lebanon.

Monday's attack against Lebanese army bus carrying soldiers is the second of its kind in two months.

On Aug. 13, a roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying troops on a busy Tripoli street, killing over 15 Lebanese soldiers and civilians.

(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2008)