Iranian Embassy in Lebanon Targeted by 2 Suicide Bombings Killing 23

Twenty-three people were killed when a pair of suicide bombers struck the Iranian embassy in Beirut.

One hundred and forty-six people were injured in the double blast.

It began when a suicide bomber ran up to the wall of the embassy compound and blew himself up.

As a crowd gathered and some ran to give aid to the wounded, a second suicide bomber blew up his car.

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, the Lebanese branch of Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack.