29 Mar 2024
Friday 13 November 2015 - 21:47
Story Code : 188571

Daesh bombings hit security post in Beirut suburb, 41 killed

Daesh bombings hit security post in Beirut suburb, 41 killed
More than 40 people have reportedly been killed and dozens ofotherswounded after two large explosions claimed by the Daesh Takfiri militants rockeda security post in the Borj al-Barajaneh area in a southern suburb of Lebanons capital, Beirut.

According to the Lebanese al-Manar television, the explosions were carried out by two bombers near the General Security Post in Hussaineya street in Borj al-Barajneh on Thursday.

Lebanese Health MinisterWael Abu Faoursaid41people have been killed and some 200others injured in the attacks.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] The photo shows the site of two blasts at a market in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on November 12, 2015.[/caption]

The number of the dead is expected to rise as many of the wounded are in critical condition, the Lebanese ministeradded.

According toreports, the twobombs explodedwithin fiveminutes and20 meters from each other.

Security forces have cordoned off the area ofthe blasts.

Lebanon has declared Friday as a day of national mourning following the deadlybomb attacks.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam condemned the attacks as "unjustifiable", and called for unity against "plans to create strife" in the country.

He also urgedofficials to overcome their differences.

Meanwhile, Lebanon's Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk strongly condemned the bombings and vowed to track down the perpetrators.

"We will not be lenient in apprehending those behind these attacks," he said.

A large number of people have lost their lives in terrorist attacks in the Lebanese capital and some areas in the countrys east over the past months.

This comes as the Lebanese army has been, for months, carrying out operations in the Lebanese town of Arsal on the border with Syria, where thousands of militants from the terrorist group Nusra Front and Takfiri Daesh group, are believed to be operating.

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By Press TV
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