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Suicide attack targets church in Lebanese village

Published: 28 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 08:06 am
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Lebanese Christian Maronites take pictures of a statue depicting Father Stephen Nehme in the village of Kfifan north of Beirut on June 27, 2016. Stephen Nehme (March 1889- 30 August 1938) was a Lebanese Maronite Catholic monk in the Lebanese Maronite Order. He was beatified on 27 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. AFP / PATRICK BAZ

 

 

BEIRUT: Four suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a church in a Lebanese village on Monday as residents were preparing for the funerals of victims of a multiple suicide attack earlier in the day, security sources said.

Medical sources said at least 15 people had been wounded in the attack in the Christian village of Qaa, on Lebanon’s border with Syria.

Earlier on Monday, four suicide bombers had killed five people in the village.  

(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

Reuters