41 Killed in Twin Bombings - Beirut

Before noon (CT) two suicide bombers attacked a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, Lebanon, allegedly on motorbikes. The attacks were claimed by Daesh, the Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Over 40 have been killed by the blasts, while over 200 were injured, the majority of which are in critical condition.
The attacks have been speculated as "a return to a campaign of attacks that targeted the group’s strongholds between 2013 and 2014, ostensibly in revenge for its military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad." Considered the most deadly of the attacks on Hezbollah strongholds, the blasts "hit a narrow shopping street in the Burj Al-Barajneh neighborhood that is also home to a street market."

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