Dozens Killed and Wounded Following Four Suicide Bombings in Lebanon
Following a terrorist attack on a Christian village in Lebanon, at least 6 people were killed and 15 wounded. According to Lebanese sources, suicide terrorists were responsible for these explosions. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings.
On Monday morning (June 27) as a result of a series of explosions in eastern Lebanon, at least 6 people were killed. According to the French news agency, 15 people were also wounded in these explosions. The explosions occurred in the village of “Al-Qaa,” a Christian-populated area near the Syrian border. Some news agencies reported the number of wounded as 19 people.
The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Red Crescent stated in an interview with the French news agency that at least four suicide bombers were responsible for Monday’s explosions. According to Lebanese sources, four suicide terrorists detonated their bombs with a 10-minute time interval.
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According to Lebanese military sources, one of the attackers intended to detonate his bomb in the house of one of the villagers, but failed to enter. After the first explosion and the gathering of villagers, 3 other bombers detonated themselves in the crowd.
No group has officially claimed responsibility for these suicide operations, but Al-Manar, a network close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, announced that forces of the “Islamic State” (ISIS) were responsible for these explosions. According to Lebanese security sources, all four attackers were also killed.
A Lebanese military official stated that 3 of the wounded are Lebanese army soldiers.
Lebanon: A Scene of Rival Syrian Forces
In recent weeks, explosions also occurred outside two banks in Beirut, but no one was killed in those explosions. One of the explosions occurred outside a bank that had frozen Hezbollah’s bank accounts.
Following Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria’s civil war and support for the Assad regime, Lebanon has become a scene of clashes between Sunni and Shiite forces. So far, hundreds of thousands of Syrian citizens have fled to Lebanon.
Last year, two massive explosions in south Beirut killed dozens and left around 250 wounded. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for those two explosions.
