NNA - Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam condemned the blast which rocked Beirut Southern Suburb on Tuesday before noon and called on "the Lebanese to fortify the domestic front."



He described in his Tuesday statement the blast as "a terrorist act," asking the Lebanese to face this act with wisdom and to fortify Lebanon at the security and political levels.



Salam offered condolences to the relatives of the martyrs and wished those wounded a speedy recovery.



The Prime Minister-designate demanded that security apparatuses exert dauntless efforts, pursue perpetrators, and drag them to justice.



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