At least seven Bangladeshi nationals were injured in bomb blasts in Beirut on Tuesday, an official of the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
It has been gathered that seven Bangladeshi nationals sustained injuries in the blasts and of one of them was in critical condition, said the official.All the injured were receiving medical treatment and Bangladesh Embassy in Beirut was taking care of them, he said.
The embassy also remained in touch with the Lebanese authorities to ensure proper treatment of the injured migrants and was closely following the developments since the incident, said the official.
Two explosions, at least one caused by a suicide bomber, rocked Iran’s embassy in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people, including an Iranian cultural attache, and hurling bodies, cars and debris across the street.
A Lebanese-based al-Qaeda-linked group known as the Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for what it described as a double suicide attack on the Iranian mission in southern Beirut.
-With New Age input
