2016 Qaa bombings

2016 Qaa attacks
Part of the Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
2016 Qaa bombings is located in Lebanon
2016 Qaa bombings
LocationQaa, Lebanon
Date27 June 2016
Attack type
suicide bombing
WeaponsExplosives and suicide vests
Deaths5
Injured13–30
PerpetratorsIslamic 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]

  1. ^ "Lebanon army detains 100 Syrians after Qaa bombings". BBC News. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2022.