REPORT: Mouein Adnan Abou Daher identified as one of the Iranian Embassy suicide attackers

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22-11-2013 | 12:40
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REPORT: Mouein Adnan Abou Daher identified as one of the Iranian Embassy suicide attackers
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REPORT: Mouein Adnan Abou Daher identified as one of the Iranian Embassy suicide attackers

Lebanese citizen Mouein Abou Daher who hails from the southern city of Sidon, was identified on Friday as one of the suicide attackers who targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.

Sources mentioned that he was close to the radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad Assir.

Same sources also reported to LBCI that his father, Adnan Abou Daher, recognized the photo of his son Mouein which was circulated on Thursday by the Guidance Directorate and headed to the Defense Ministry where he assured that his son was unreachable for two months however contacted him from Syria few days before the explosion.

It is worth noting that DNA tests are being conducted to identify the body of the suicide bomber, and their results will be issued within 48 hours.

Sources also added to LBCI that the Guidance Directorate will be circulating the photo of the second suicide attacker who targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.

A double suicide attack targeted on Tuesday, November 19 the Iranian embassy in south Beirut’s Bir Hassan region, killing at least 23 people, wounding 146 and damaging buildings in the embassy compound.

Live footage from local news channels showed charred bodies on the ground as flames rose from the remains of several vehicles. Aid workers and residents carried away some of the victims on blankets.

Caretaker Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil stated that the Cultural Attache of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sheikh Ibrahim Ansari was killed in the blasts. Ansari took his post in Lebanon a month ago and was overseeing all regional cultural activities.

The Abdullah Azzam brigades, a Lebanon-based al-Qaeda affiliate, said it was behind a double suicide attack on the Iranian embassy.

 

To watch Bassam Abou Zeid's report, please click on the VIDEO above

News Bulletin Reports

Mouein

Adnan

Daher

identified

Iranian

Embassy

suicide

attackers

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