The spare tire had been replaced by one with a high-explosive, which detonated as Mughniyah walked past.The blast completely destroyed the car, left minimum damage on nearby buildings, and killed only Mughniyeh.A Syrian government investigation found that he was killed by a car bomb parked nearby and detonated by remote.Mughniyeh's body was taken to Beirut and a funeral was organized by Hezbollah on 14 February.Senior Iranian officials attended the service; Ali Akbar Velayati representing the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki representing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A symbolic tomb was erected for Mughniyeh in the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery of Tehran.
