2016 Qaa attacks | |
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Part of the Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon | |
Location | Qaa, Lebanon |
Date | 27 June 2016 |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
Weapons | Explosives and suicide vests |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 13–30 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State (alleged but denied) |
On 27 June 2016, eight suicide bombers carried out a series of explosions in the Lebanese Christian town of Qaa in Baalbeck-Hermel, near the Syrian border, killing 5 civilians and injuring around 30 others.[1]