FRANCE CONDEMNS THE DOUBLE ATTACK IN BEIRUT LEBANON BY DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING

USPA NEWS - At least 41 people were killed & 200 injured Thursday in a double suicide bombing in a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, Lebanon. Sunni jihadist group has claimed the attack Daech. President Hollande condemns this terrorist attack and conveys condolences to the families and relatives of victims.

DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN SOUTH BEIRUT-LEBANON---------------------------------------------------------------------- At least 41 people were killed and 200 injured Thursday in a double suicide bombing in a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, Lebanon. Sunni jihadist group has claimed the attack Daech (ISIL)-------------------------------------------------------------- The toll rises by the hour: at least 41 people were killed and 200 injured Thursday in a double suicide bombing in a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, Lebanon. According to police, two men on foot detonated their explosive belts outside a shopping center in the district of Burj al-Barajne. A few hours later, the Sunni jihadist group has claimed the attack Daesh. In his statement released on the internet Daesh says they "managed to detonate a bomb against a parked motorcycle rally 'Rafida' (pejorative term Shias) in Bourj al-Barajné (...) After apostates rushed on the scene of the attack, one of our fighters detonated his explosive belt in the middle of the group." This is the first attack against the stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah since June 2014. A security guard was killed while preventing a suicide car bomb. Previously a dozen other attacks had overshadowed the Hezbollah strongholds throughout Lebanon between July 2013 and February 2014, most claimed by Sunni extremist groups.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONDOLENCES OF PRESIDENT OF HOLLANDE WHO CONDEMNS THIS ATTACK--------------------------- “The President of the Republic expresses its indignation and fear after the attack that killed dozens of people and injured over a hundred this afternoon in the district of Bourj el Barajneh in Beirut. He denounced this despicable act and conveys its condolences to the families and relatives of the victims. The French share the Lebanese national mourning. France is more than ever committed to peace, unity and stability of Lebanon.“ Official statement Elysee