Two suicide bombers from Tripoli brought the climate of fear back to the city and the entire country after blowing themselves up among the patrons of a popular café in Jabal Mohsen. The bombing, however, did not awaken sectarian strife, which — by Lebanese standards — is an achievement after this slaughter. Nonetheless, people there are worried about the series of repercussions.
A twin suicide bombing hit the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood in Tripoli. The two suicide bombers are Lebanese, from the city itself, and were born and raised in the Mankoubeen neighborhood, only meters away from the Abu Omran coffee house where they blew themselves up. This café is one of the most popular in the area and is frequented by the old and young, in addition to many poor and marginalized youth. This is where blood and body parts mixed with coffee and tea cups.
The two suicide bombers,Taha al-Khayal and Bilal al-Mariyan, originate from the same area they bombed. This is an important detail. For many years, the killers shared the same life of hardship, poverty and deprivation in Tripoli with their victims, with whom they only one difference: their sect.