Hariri from Beirut airport: Terrorism has no religion

Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Monday that terrorism has “no religion,” adding that it targets everyone.

 

Hariri’s comments were made from the Beirut International Airport while welcoming those who were injured in Istanbul’s attack along with the bodies of the victims.

 

Three Lebanese nationals were killed and five others were wounded in the New Year's Eve massacre at an Istanbul nightclub.

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“Lebanon will address terrorism with its national unity,” he stressed.

 

Hariri also noted that the Lebanese state is following up with the Turkish authorities the whereabouts of the gunman who carried out the attack.

This as Turkish authorities are close to fully identifying the gunman responsible for an attack on an Istanbul nightclub which killed 39 people on New Year's Day and have detained eight other people, the government's spokesman said on earlier Monday.