Beirut landmark bathed in Belgian colours in solidarity over attack

2016-03-26 11:04:54

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) People carry Belgium national flag flowers and candles during a memorial ceremony in tribute to victims of the Belgium terrorist attacks the ceremony was held in front of the Belgium Embassy Beirut Lebanon 24 March 2016. The attacks at Burssels Belgium killed 31 people and left 300 injured on 22 March 2016 and was claimed by the group known as the Islamic State (IS). EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

BEIRUT: The Lebanese capital Beirut lit up one of its landmarks in the colours of the Belgian flag on Saturday in a gesture of solidarity over the suicide attacks in Brussels which killed 31 people.

The Mediterranean city endured a devastating 1975-1990 civil war and was hit by bombings last November which killed 44 people attacks which were overshadowed by killings in Paris the next day which drew worldwide grief and condemnation.

On Saturday evening one of the Pigeon Rocks striking natural rock arches by Beirut’s sea shore was bathed alternately in the colours of the Belgian and Lebanese flags.

“Today we send a message of solidarity and affection...and we say to everyone quite simply that life must triumph over death” Beirut governor Ziyad Chebib said at a ceremony with Belgium’s ambassador to Lebanon.

(Reporting by Dominic Evans; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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