Two suicide bombers – one driving a rigged car and the other on a moped with an explosives belt – attacked the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 150, security sources said. An Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the attack.
A senior source said CCTV footage showed the first suicide bomber, who was on a moped wearing an explosive belt, rushed toward the entrance of the embassy in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Bir Hasan in Beirut and blew himself up just before 10 a.m.
Two minutes later a second bomber, who was driving an explosive-laden Sports Utility Vehicle, detonated the vehicle some 50 meters from the embassy compound, the source added.
Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr confirmed the attacks were the work of two suicide bombers.
The security sources said among the victims were Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari, the embassy’s cultural attaché, an Iranian civilian and a Lebanese who was employed at the embassy.
