Bomb attacks target eastern Lebanese village close to Syria border
A new series of bombing attacks has hit an eastern Lebanese village located close to the border with Syria just hours after another series of explosions in the village.
Late on Monday, three motorcycle-riding attackers detonated bombs in the center of Qaa village, one in the vicinity of a church and the other two outside a municipality building.
According to the Lebanese Red Cross, a large number of civilians were injured in the attack.
"Clashes are ongoing on the outskirts of the village between the Lebanese army and armed groups," said a security source.
Earlier in the day, six civilians were killed and 19 others injured when four terrorists detonated their explosives in a crowded area in the village.
The attack was denounced by the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, who said some countries and entities in the Middle East and across the world are providing terrorists with covert and overt support.
According to reports, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam has declared Tuesday as a day of national mourning.
Lebanon has often seen the infiltration of Takfiri elements from neighboring Syria into its territory, where they attack the civilian population or security forces with bombings.
On June 12, a bomb explosion rocked the western part of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, but did not cause any casualties.
Last November, however, more than 40 people were killed and dozens of others wounded after two bombings, claimed by the Takfiri Daesh militants, targeted a security post in the Bourj el-Barajneh area in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital.
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