Lebanon fears new terror wave after multiple suicide attack

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qaa village mapThe Lebanese government warned on Tuesday of a heightened terrorist threat after eight suicide bombers targeted a Christian village at the border with Syria, the latest spillover of its conflict into Lebanon.

The village of Qaa was targeted on Monday in two waves of suicide attacks that killed five people. The first group of bombers attacked before dawn and the second later at night, two of them blowing themselves up near a church.

Security officials believe Islamic State militants were behind the attack. There has been no claim of responsibility.

In reference to the number of attackers, the Lebanese government said the attack and the “unfamiliar way” it was carried out represented a new phase of “confrontation between the Lebanese state and evil terrorism”.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam “expressed his fear that what happened in Qaa is the start of a new wave of terrorist operations in different areas of Lebanon,” Information Minister Ramzi Jreij said in televised comments after a cabinet meeting.

Sunni Islamist militants have repeatedly struck in Lebanon since the eruption of the war in neighboring Syria, where the powerful Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah is fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk, speaking from Qaa, said most of the attackers had come from inside Syria, and not refugee camps hosting Syrian refugees who number well over 1 million in Lebanon.

Local authorities had imposed curfews on Syrian refugees in the area following the attacks

REUTERS

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5 responses to “Lebanon fears new terror wave after multiple suicide attack”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    At least, Hind, an update which mentions it was mostly a Christian village.
    Sounds like Talibanies … blow up whatever they can get into.

    1. Zenobia Avatar

      Not accurate at all. They are Nusra, not “Talibanies”.

      1. master09 Avatar
        master09

        Tali, Isis, HA, Nusra bla bla donkeys Wankers call them what you will they all follow the same path.

        1. Rascal Avatar

          Agreed, all a bunch of Jihad Joes killing for allah. Doesn’t matter if sunni or shiite brand they are two sides of the same coin.

    2. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      How’s the summer? 🙂

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