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Conflict Incident Report

Four more suicide bombers hit northeast Lebanon after early morning bombings

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
June 27, 2016
Death toll: 
4persons
Number of Injured: 
13persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Syrian Civilians/Refugees

In a statement, the army said two of the bombers arrived on motorcycles to Mar Elias Church in the town of Al-Qaa. The first attacker threw a grenade outside the church before detonating his suicide belt. The second attacker arrived shortly afterwards as a crowd gathered outside the church before blowing himself up.

Those bombings wounded 13 people, according to the National News Agency, while the Lebanese Red Cross put the count at eight, including one in critical condition.

Two other suicide bombers attempted to target soldiers, but detonated their belts without causing any casualties other then themselves, the army statement said.

Primary category: 
Suicide Bombing/Car Bomb
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.