A massive bombing in Beirut on Wednesday killed anti-Syrian Lebanese parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem and at least four others, a high-ranking Lebanese official confirmed to CNN.
Ghanem was a Christian Maronite and a member of Lebanon's Phalange Party, which is known to take an anti-Syrian stance. He is believed to have been the target of the attack.
Fellow parliamentarian Walid Jumblatt, head of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party, called the killing "a bloody message," as it comes ahead of elections and will reduce the parliamentary majority from 69 to 68, preventing them from electing "a free president for Lebanon." 
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CNN's Nada Husseini and Octavia Nasr contributed to this report.
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