Lebanon mourns 43 killed in Beirut double bomb attack

Lebanon on Friday mourned 43 people killed in south Beirut in a twin bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, the bloodiest such attack in years. The Red Cross said at least 239 people were also wounded, several in critical condition, in the blasts that hit a busy shopping street in the Burj al-Barajneh neighbourhood, where the Shiite Hezbollah movement is popular. The attack harked back to a campaign against the group between 2013 and 2014, ostensibly in revenge for its military support of r