The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army condemned the deadly explosion that killed over 20 people in Beirut’s southern suburb on Thursday.
The FSA military command “condemns this criminal act targeting civilians,” Louai Moqdad, the group’s political coordinator, told Agence France Presse, adding that the three masked men did not claim to be Syrian rebels.
“He who takes part in the murder of the Syrian people alongside the criminal is responsible for this crime,” he said.
A huge car explosion killed at least 22 people in Beirut’s Dahieh neighborhood on Thursday afternoon.
A previously unknown group, apparently a Syrian rebel cell, said it carried out Thursday’s attack in the densely populated southern suburbs of Beirut, between Bir al-Abed and Rweiss, districts where Hizbullah security is normally tight.
Police said the death toll had climbed to at least 22, while the Red Cross said 325 people were wounded.
The National News Agency reported that seven people, including a man and his three children, were missing.
Source: Agencies
