The Dubai-based al-Arabiya television channel aired Sunday a video showing a car linked to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri seconds before the incident.

Hariri and some 19 others were killed on Feb. 14 in an explosion, which has plunged the country into political turmoil as opposition parties accused the Syria-backed authorities of being responsible for the assassination.

The tape, taken by the cameras of the HSBC bank showed a white pickup truck slowing down as Hariri's motorcade was passing near Saint Georges Hotel, downtown Beirut.

The images were used by the United Nations in drawing up areport on the assassination that was published last week, said the TV channel.

A UN investigative team on the Hariri incident said in itsreport that the explosion was likely the result of a car bombing and not planted explosives as many suspected.