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Al Qaeda affiliate claims Iranian embassy attack in Beirut

2013-11-19 7 Dailymotion

WARNING: STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT<br/> <br />This was the immediate aftermath of twin suicide blasts that rocked the Iranian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday.<br/> <br />At least 23 people were killed, including Iran's Cultural Attache, and some 150 wounded.<br/> <br />Witnesses describe the moments after the first blast.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE SHOP OWNER, RABIH ISTANBULI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Some went out onto balconies, others went into the street, all looking at the blast site. The second explosion that happened was very big, everyone was wounded because of it. I saw them myself. People falling from balconies, others hit by things from balconies falling on them."<br/> <br />Lebanese officials say security camera footage shows a man wearing an explosives belt rushed at the embassy's outer wall, before blowing himself up.<br/> <br />They say the second explosion was from a car bomb two buildings away.<br/> <br />Medical teams rushed survivors to hospital.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BLAST VICTIM, IBRAHI

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