(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A terrorist militant group has issued an unusual apology for a twin suicide bombing in Beirut that killed four people and wounded dozens, including children from a nearby orphanage.
The Al-Qaeda-linked Abdallah Azzam Brigades issued a statement published Saturday apologizing for civilian deaths. It said a "technical fault" affected the second of two Feb. 19 suicide bombings targeting an Iranian cultural center in Beirut.
The group said the bombs were meant to be detonated in a way that their shrapnel wouldn't reach a main road nearby, but didn't specify the technical fault.
The Brigades said their target was the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah and Iranian interests in Lebanon, not Shiites in general.
The group has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Lebanon.
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8 March 2014 - 20:30
News ID: 512300
A terrorist militant group has issued an unusual apology for a twin suicide bombing in Beirut that killed four people and wounded dozens, including children from a nearby orphanage.
