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serangan berani mati di pinggir bandar selatan Beirut telah menyebabkan
sekurang-kurangnya 43 orang terbunuh, kata Kementerian Dalam Negeri. Angka
kematian dijangka meningkat dengan Palang Merah Lubnan meletakkan jumlah mereka
yang cedera di lebih 200.
Menteri
Kesihatan, Wael Abu Faour berkata 43 orang terbunuh dan 240 orang cedera,
menurut Reuters.
Militan
Negara Islam (IS) telah mengaku bertanggungjawab terhadap serangan itu. IS
(dahulu ISIS/ISIL) mendakwa di Twitter bahawa ejen-ejen mereka meletupkan
basikal dengan bahan letupan di pertengahan jalan di pinggir bandar selatan
Beirut.
Letupan yang
pertama berlaku di luar sebuah masjid Syiah, manakala yang lain berlaku di
dalam kedai roti yang berhampiran sebelum 06:00 Pengebom berani mati memakai
bahan jaket letupan, AFP melaporkan.
Bom yang ke-2
dilaporkan daripada 7 minit kemudian sebagai pejalan kaki cuba membantu mereka
yang cedera dalam letupan awal.
Over
40 killed, dozens wounded as twin suicide bombings rock Beirut . . .
Two
suicide bombings in the southern suburbs of Beirut have left at least 43 people
dead, the Interior Ministry said. The death toll is expected to rise with
Lebanon's Red Cross putting the number of those injured at over 200.
Health
Minister Wael Abu Faour said 43 people were killed and 240 people were wounded,
according to Reuters.
Islamic State
militants have claimed responsibility for the attack. IS (formerly ISIS/ISIL)
claimed on Twitter that their agents blew up a bike with explosives in the
middle of a street in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
The first
blast occurred outside a Shiite Mosque, while the other took place inside a
nearby bakery just before 6 p.m. The suicide bombers were wearing explosives
vests, AFP reports.
The
second bomb reportedly went off seven minutes later as passers-by tried to help
those injured in the initial blast.
Double blast in southern Beirut suburb of Burj
al-Barajneh, #Lebanon. At least 8
martyrs and dozens more wounded (letupan berkembar di selatan Beirut pinggir
bandar Burj al-Barajneh, #Lebanon. Sekurang-kurangnya 8 orang yang maut dan
berpuluh-puluh lagi yang tercedera)
Seorang
penyerang yang ke-3 yang berpotensi telah dibunuh sebelum beliau berjaya
meletupkan dirinya. Dia ditemui mati dengan kaki yang terkoyak di luar tetapi
masih memakai tali pinggang bahan letupan', seorang pegawai keselamatan Lubnan melaporkannya,
menurut AP.
Letupan
menggegarkan kawasan komersial di selatan Borj al-Barajneh pinggir bandar ibu
negara Lubnan, BNO News melaporkan. Kawasan kejiranan sibuk dianggap kubu kuat
pergerakan Syiah Hezbollah, yang telah berjanji untuk terus berjuang menentang
Negara Islam berikutan serangan itu.
A
potential third attacker was killed before he managed to blow himself up. He
was found dead with his legs torn off but still wearing an explosives’ belt, a
Lebanese security official reported, according to AP.
The
explosions rocked the commercial area in the southern Borj al-Barajneh suburb
of the Lebanese capital, BNO News reported. The busy neighborhood is regarded a
stronghold of Shiite movement Hezbollah, who promised to keep on fighting
against Islamic State in the wake of the attack.
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the #Hezbollah section
Burj El-Barajneh moments ago (2 pengebom berani mati meletupkan diri mereka
dalam seksyen #Hezbollah saat-saat Burj El-Barajneh lalu) #Beirut #Lebanon
Hospital-hospital
di selatan Beirut menggalakkan orang ramai untuk menderma darah kerana bilangan
yang belum pernah berlaku kemalangan jiwa.
Orang
ramai juga diminta untuk meninggalkan kawasan itu sejak kehadiran mereka
menghalang ambulans daripada mengambil yang cedera kepada institusi perubatan.
Masih ada kemungkinan serangan lanjut sedang dijalankan.
Lubnan
Perdana Menteri Tammam Salam telah mengisytiharkan hari berkabung pada hari
Jumaat, 13 November.
Hospitals
in the south of Beirut are encouraging people to donate blood due to an
unprecedented number of casualties.
People
were also asked to leave the area since their presence is hindering ambulances
from taking the injured to medical institutions. There is still the possibility
of further attacks being carried out.
Lubnan telah digegarkan dengan beberapa letupan tahun ini, yang telah membunuh berpuluh-puluh orang. Serangan terbaru menyaksikan letupan bom di bandar Arsal, berhampiran sempadan Syria. Bom itu disembunyikan dalam motosikal dan membunuh 6 yang lain, menurut Agensi Berita Nasional.
Lebanon
has been rocked by several explosions this year, which have killed dozens of
people. The latest attack saw a bomb blast in the town of Arsal, near the Syrian
border. The bomb was hidden in a motorcycle and killed six people, according to
the National News Agency.
