ISIL Claims Responsibility for Haret Hreik Bombing
The al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Saturday claimed credit for the deadly bombing in the Beirut southern suburb of Haret Hreik.
ISIL managed to penetrate the "security system of the Party of Satan (Hizbullah)... and crush its strongholds... in a first small payment from the heavy account that is awaiting those wicked criminals," according to a statement obtained by U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group.
The statement was published on the ISIL-affiliated Itissam Foundation's account on the social networking website Twitter
Four people died and another 77 were wounded by a suicide car bomb in Haret Hreik on Thursday.
It was the latest strike against the party, whose fighters are aiding Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The army said Saturday that a young man from the North was the bomber who blew himself up.
"The DNA test results on the remains of a suicide attacker found in the car used in the bomb attack... confirm they belong to the youth Qutaiba al-Satem," said the army.
"Investigations are ongoing by the relevant judicial authorities to uncover the full details of the event," it added.
An official from Satem's native area of Wadi Khaled told Agence France Presse on Friday suspicions over the 20-year-old's role were based on a family document found at the scene of the blast.
Satem's father was then called in for DNA tests.
Source: Agence France Presse
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