Security Council Condemns Karantina Attack

The U.N. Security Council on Friday sharply condemned the bomb attack which killed three civilians and targeted a U.S. embassy car in a northern suburb of Beirut earlier this week.

 

In a statement read by Libya”s U.N. envoy Giadalla Ettalhi, who chairs the 15-member body this month, the 15 council members “strongly condemn” the attack and stressed the need to bring the perpetrators, organizers and organizers to justice.

 

They reaffirmed that terrorism “in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats” to international peace and security and was “criminal and unjustifiable” under any circumstances.

 

Three people were killed in Tuesday”s bombing, the latest in a string of attacks in the troubled country.

 

The bombing on a seafront road on the northern edge of the Lebanese capital came amid a deep political crisis in Lebanon with ruling majority and the Syrian-backed opposition deadlocked over efforts to find a successor for Emile Lahoud who stood down as president in November.