A group of suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a Lebanese village near the border with Syria on Monday, killing and wounded several people, Lebanon’s state-run news agency said. (Associated Press)BEIRUT — A group of suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a northeastern Lebanese village near the border with Syria on Monday, killing five people and wounding at least 15, a Lebanese military official and paramedics said. Lebanese policemen stand guard around a damaged ambulance that attacked by one of the suicide bombers, in Qaa, a predominantly Lebanese Christian village only few hundred meters (yards) away from the Syrian border, eastern Lebanon, Monday, June 27, 2016. The National News Agency said the blasts occurred in the predominantly Christian village of Qaa, only few hundred meters (yards) away from the border. Hezbollah has been fighting in Syria alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces in the Syrian civil war, which has stoked sectarian tensions in Lebanon.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2016 05:11 UTC