BEIRUT, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on Friday sent a telegram to the King of Spain and the Spanish Prime Minister to condemn the terrorist attack in Barcelona and pay condolences to victims.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates also strongly condemned the terrorist attack, saying "the phenomenon of repeated bloody attacks by vehicles plowing into innocent civilians in more than one country calls for swift, decisive and unified response to this global threat."
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah militant group has also issued a statement denouncing the attack.
"Targeting and killing of innocent civilians is part of a satanic plan carried out by these (IS) terrorists, whose goal is to distort the meaning of jihad and to tarnish the image of the true Islamic religion by claiming belonging to it," Hezbollah's statement read.
A van ploughed into a busy pedestrian zone Thursday in Barcelona, killing at least 13 people and injuring over 100 others.
The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the massacre.
