Lebanon identifies 2nd bomber in Iran Embassy attack

Lebanese authorities have identified the second bomber responsible for attacking Iranian Embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people, reports said.

He is reported to be a Palestinian national who lived in southern Lebanon, Reuters quoted a security source as saying on Saturday.

There are still murky reports about his identity but some sources identified him as Omar Sobhe.

On Friday, Lebanese national Mouin Abu Daher was named as one of the bombers who targeted Iranian Embassy. He was from the southern port city of Sidon. Abu Daher was identified through DNA tests on his father, Adnan.

Abu Daher was said to be a follower of Salafi Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, whose supporters fought with Lebanese army for two days in June after blocking themselves at a mosque in the city of Sidon.

The two blasts outside Iran’s diplomatic mission in the southern neighborhood of Janah in Beirut left at least 25 people dead, including six Iranian nationals, and wounded over 150 others on Tuesday.

According to reports, the first explosion took place when a bomber blew his explosives near the gate of the embassy, and the second blast happened just meters away when a car bomb went off.

An al-Qaeda-linked group, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, has claimed responsibility for the twin bombings.

Following the attacks, the United Nations Security Council and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued statements and “strongly condemned” the blasts.