BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said the car bomb attack in the Beirut southern suburbs was a "terrorist act" that bore the fingerprints of Israel. The car bomb attack in the Beirut southern suburb of Ruwaiss - a stronghold of Hezbollah- claimed the lives of at least 16 people and wounded over 200. Security sources earlier put the death toll at 22. “This is a criminal act that bears the fingerprints of terrorism and Israel and is aimed to destabilize Lebanon and deal a blow to the resilience of the Lebanese,” Sleiman said. Hezbollah’s political rival in Lebanon, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned the attack and called on the Lebanese not to be dragged to strife. Hariri described the suburbs explosion as a “horrific crime” that targeted innocent civilians in the southern suburbs )
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:32:10 +0000
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