UN raps bombings
NEW YORK. – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the recent deadly terrorist attacks that killed over 40 people in Lebanon, saying the perpetrators must be “brought to justice”.
According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, 43 people were killed and nearly 240 people wounded when two large explosions, claimed by the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, rocked a security post in the Borj al-Barajneh area in a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Thursday.
Ban “is deeply saddened at the reported high numbers of fatalities and injured, and extends his condolences to the families of the victims, and to the people and government of Lebanon,” said a statement issued by Ban’s spokesperson on Thursday.
The UN chief described the fatal bomb attacks as “despicable”. — Press TV.
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