dominic kaine, al jazeera. >>> let's take a closer look at the background of the man who is believedbe the target of this bombing. he became the finance minister in july 2008, he was affiliated to the future movement. he was very close to the former prime minister, the son of late leader who was assassinated in 2005. we can cross now to the scene of the blast. can we assume he was targeted because of his position with regards to the syrian government? >> well, we don't know exactly because investigators are still looking for clues. however, his fellow politicians from the future movement say he was targeted and they accused iron, syria, and hezbollah, and they say he was targeted because he had these allies. here on the spot, i'm going to move out of the camera, and you can see they are still looking for more evidence, but the scene is quieting down, people are going home trying to fix all of their windows and whatever has been broken. five more people were killed in this incident.. and 71 injured. nine of them are still in the hospital. and the aftermath of this assassination is goi