A Lebanese man runs in front of burned cars, at the scene after two explosions have struck near the Iranian Embassy killing many, in Beirut, Tuesday (19/11). The area is a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group, which is a main ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the civil war next door. AP/Hussein Malla
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - At least 23 were killed, including an Iranian cultural attache, from a twin blasts on the Iranian embassy in Beirut. Al Arabiya's correspondent reported that there were two-minute interval between both blasts that rocked the area.
Footage from security cameras showed a man rushing towards the outer wall of the Iranian embassy in Beirut before blowing himself up. The Lebanese army later added that the second explosion soon followed.
The Lebanese health minister stated that at least 146 people have been injured. "Most of the casualties are civilians," said Al Arabiya correspondent in Beirut, Adnan Ghamloush.
Local media broadcasted live images of smoke billowing from the embassy building. Harrowing pictures of wounded people being carried from the ground zero were also in the broadcast.
The twin blasts occurred in an area considered as a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, which is a main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war next door. It is not clear if the blasts are related to the Syrian civil war.
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