Lebanon woke up today in a day of national mourning after the attack that shook yesterday feuding Shiite group Hezbollah in southern Beirut and caused at least 43 dead and 239 injured, according to latest data from the Ministry of Health. EFE
The flags are flying at half mast on government and public buildings, while schools, universities and technical institutes are closed following a decision to that effect by the Minister of Education, Elias Bu Saab.
Lebanese officials and the country's press unanimously condemned this attack, claimed by the terrorist group Islamic State (EI).
The newspaper An Nahar said that is the biggest attack in Lebanon EI, "that violates the calm that prevailed".
Meanwhile, the daily As Safir title "Lebanon respond (to the attack) with its national unity."
Furthermore, in its editorial, the newspaper wrote that terrorists have made Lebanon a "land of jihad".
"Lebanon has become the center of the front, in the heart of terrorism. Lebanese scenes that we saw in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, has now come to Beirut, "he added.
Organizations like the UN and the Arab League condemned the attack.
In a statement, the secretary general of the pan-Arab organization, Nabil al Arabi, branded the attack "heinous" and expressed his "full solidarity with the people and the Lebanese government in its fight against terrorism and extremism".
Also, countries like the United States and Saudi Arabia, majority Sunni confession, also denounced the attack.
Speaking to the official Saudi news agency SPA, Riyadh's ambassador in Beirut, Ali Asiri, said his country "strongly condemns" the attack, and moved "its condolences to the bereaved families and to the Government and the brother people of Lebanon. "
In addition, the NGO Human Rights Watch described the terrorist act of "cruel and despicable" and said it was the first attack in the Lebanese capital since a suicide became explode into a hotel in June 2014.
He also urged the Lebanese authorities to "take appropriate steps to defuse tensions and a potential outbreak of violence in response to attack measures."
For its part, the Brigades spokesman Abdullah Azam, a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, wrote in his Twitter account that "the suburb (delLíbano south) is drowned in blood, in their environment, and that continue to send murderers and criminals to Syria, "adding:" Come out of there. "
The EI, Sunni confession, fighting against militants in Syria Hezbollah, a Shiite, who are allies of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime in the civil conflict taking place in his country since 2011.