Suleiman, Miqati Condemn Mar Mikhael Blasts, Urging All Sides to Avert Strife
President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati condemned on Sunday the Mar Mikhael blasts, saying that they are aimed at creating strife in Lebanon.
Suleiman urged in a statement “citizens to exercise the highest levels of diligence to avert strife and maintain national and civil peace.”
He described the assailants as “terrorist saboteurs who do not want peace or stability for Lebanon or the Lebanese people.”
For his part, Miqati said in a statement: “The attacks are aimed at creating security tensions and certain retaliations, given the timing of the incident.”
“We call on all sides to act wisely to prevent those seeking strife to achieve their goals,” he stressed.
Moreover, he urged all leaderships to ease the tensions “during the critical and dangerous phase that the region is passing through.”
Miqati later discussed details of the incident with caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.
He also requested that the army carry out the necessary investigations in the attack.
Four people were wounded on Sunday when two rockets were fired at Beirut's southern suburbs of Mar Mikhael.
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