Islamic state group claimed responsibility for Thursday’s double attack on a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut which killed at least 37 people.
The group said in a statement posted on Twitter by its supporters, that its members blew up a bike loaded with explosives in a street in the Borj al-Barajneh area and when people gathered, a suicide bomber blew himself up among them causing more casualties and killing 40 people.
The Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah group has sent fighters to Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad’s struggle against rebel groups and Islamic State militants.
