banned in Russia terrorist group “Islamic State” (IG) claimed responsibility for the double bombing in the Lebanese capital Beirut. According to recent reports, his victims were 43 people, another 239 were injured. Among the dead and injured have children.
Explosive devices were powered overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in the camp of Burj el-Barajneh, where the predominantly Shiite population. The attack was the bloodiest in Beirut for the last time – the last time this happened in January last year.
According to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors terrorist activity on the Internet, social networks militants “Islamic state” called the incident “unique security operations”, which was made possible by motorcycle and terrorists mined in the “suicide belt”. Total in the attack were involved in the three militants, but one of them he was the victim of the explosion.
Another suicide after persecution surrendered to the authorities – he was a Lebanese from Tripoli.
The young man willingly confessed to law enforcement agencies that he was a mercenary IG.
The original target was a militant mosque of Imam Hussein – it was on a motorcycle tried to break through the first suicide bomber. The road was blocked by the Shiite militant party “Hezbollah” Adil Turmus. A young man with his life did not allow militant approach the temple, and has thereby saved dozens of lives. After the first explosion, people rushed to help the wounded, and then at intervals of five minutes militants led by a second bomb. It is worth noting that the gunmen used similar tactics in Russia. For example, in 2013 in Buynaksk detonated two homemade bombs, the second explosion occurred when the police arrived at the scene. A year earlier, similar bombings were in Derbent.
The Lebanese army noted that the bombers went on the attack about 18:00 local time, during rush hour, apparently to maximize the number of victims. As the target of a terrorist attack has been selected the lively Ain es Sikka with narrow streets teeming with people, as well as small shops and stalls.
The first explosion occurred near the bakery, the second – not far from the hospital Rasul al-Aazam.
According to the chief doctor Mohamed Beshir, the proximity of the hospital was able to save many lives. “People bring the wounded to the emergency room right on the hands, without waiting for ambulances. Doctors and nurses also showed high professionalism, “- he said. To help and joined the Lebanese Red Cross, which organized the gathering night blood for the victims. “The Lebanese do not sleep and make haste to rescue their brethren. It is not a challenge thrown “Hezbollah”, and throughout Lebanon, “- concluded Beshir.
The attack was condemned by prominent politicians and religious leaders of the country. Example Minister Tamam Salam of Lebanon said that such actions do not have any excuses, and urged fellow citizens’ vigilance, unity and solidarity in the machinations of forces trying to foment civil strife in the country. ” The Prime Minister also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, stressing that “this tragedy should serve as an impetus for politicians to early overcome differences and promote the country’s withdrawal from the protracted crisis, it is necessary to strengthen the internal front face of the onslaught of terrorism, which aims to Lebanon».
In the Burj el-Barajneh, a refugee camp is located, which had previously been mainly populated by Palestinians. However, since then, both in the Syrian civil war broke out in the area began to move and runaway Syrians (at the moment Lebanon is a haven for more than 1 million Syrian refugees). After becoming aware of the terrorist attacks in the area, Palestinian movement Fatah and Islamic Hamas movement strongly condemned the actions of the “Islamic state” and expressed solidarity with the Lebanese people. “Hizbullah” made a statement in which it confirmed the “implacable determination to continue fighting terrorism until its complete eradication,” including through its volunteers, aimed to fight in Syria. Local experts and media uniquely associated with the actions of the terrorist act occurred, “Hezbollah” in Syria, calling the attack in revenge for the recent success of the movement in this country. Over the past two days, government troops backed by “Hezbollah” launched an offensive to the south and east of the city of Aleppo.
As pointed out by Foreign Policy, the attack was carried out in less than two weeks after the IG claimed responsibility for the attack on the aircraft of Russian airline “Kogalymavia” exploded in the sky over the Sinai, killing 224 people. According to the newspaper, it is a “signal of the expansion operational capabilities of the” Islamic state “in the region.” In Iraq and Syria, terrorist attacks IG objectives are, as a rule, the Kurdish militias, “Free Syrian Army” and other forces for displacement of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “On Thursday, staging a terrorist attack on the stronghold of” Hezbollah “in Beirut, extremists have expanded their area of struggle” – writes Foreign Policy.
It is worth adding that the bombings in the Lebanese capital rocked just days days before the summit in Vienna, at which representatives of the US, Russia and the Arab countries will discuss the options out of the five-year crisis in Syria.
In a multilateral format for the first time to take part and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif. It is expected that the parties will first try to find a way out of the impasse relating to the further future of Assad and giving a greater role to Syrian opposition forces.
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