A relative of Samer Huhu, who was killed in a twin bombing attack that killed 44 people in Beirut. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group and was the bloodiest such attack in years. Picture: AFP/Joseph Eid.
WHILE the world mourns those lost in the Paris terror attacks, Angelina Jolie has turned her attention to Beirut — which saw at least 43 people killed in twin suicide bombings.
In a post that calls on the world’s media to include the Beirut blasts in their coverage, Jolie wrote, “Whilst everyone talks about #Paris no one mentions the #ISIS attack in #Lebanon yesterday. I pray for both countries”.
Angelina Jolie raising awareness of the twin suicide bombings in Beirut on Thursday. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook
The twin suicide bombing attack, which occurred on Thursday evening, also left 239 people injured or in a critical condition and was the deadliest in the capital since the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1990.
The bombings, which occurred in a busy residential and commercial area that is a stronghold for Lebanese Shi’ite movement Hezbollah, were claimed by Islamic State. The explosions were the first attacks in more than a year to target a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon. Hezbollah forces are fighting IS in neighbouring Syria.
Lebanese workers clear debris from the site of a twin bombing attack in the area. Picture: AFP/Joseph Eid.Source:AFP
Jolie, who visited Lebanon in June this year with her daughter Shiloh, wasn’t the only celebrity to raise concern over the lack of coverage on the Beirut bombings.
Ruby Rose was on the receiving end of a social media backlash after turning her attention from Paris to the whole world.
Users took to social platforms to condemn the actor, saying her post was detracting from the Parisian tragedy.
“@RubyRose stop erasing what happened ... acknowledge the terror attacks as the tragedies they are,” one twitter user wrote.
In an attempt to cool down criticism around her post, the 29-year-old replied with, “Wow! Guys my pray for the world post is not taking away from Paris. It’s about the other incidents today #pairs #syria #lebanon.
“There were bombings in Lebanon and Paris today. I am saying the world is in trouble. Terrorism is at large.
“Love breeds love. Hate breeds hate ... My heart and my love goes to Paris and everywhere in state of emergency right now. Heartbreaking day,” she wrote.
Lebanese youth Jannat, 12, who was wounded in a twin bombing attack that rocked a shopping street in the area of Burj al-Barajneh. Picture: AFP/Anwar.Source:AFP
Lebanon held a day of mourning for the lives lost in the blast, which occurred when two men wearing suicide vests carried out the bloody attacks. The first bomber detonated his explosives outside a Shia mosque, while the second man blew himself up inside a nearby bakery.
A third bomber was found dead outside the scene of the second blast, after failing to detonate his explosives.
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