Army units began Tuesday implementing search and raid operations in the village of al-Qaa and its surroundings in search of suspects, one day after eight suicide bombers attacked the town.
The funeral of the martyrs, which was scheduled to be held today at 5 pm, was postponed until further notice due to security reasons.
This as a police patrol arrested several weapon bearers in al-Qaa.
In the same context, the UN Security Council condemned al-Qaa bombings, calling upon all the countries to take the necessary measures to help combating terrorism.
Eight suicide bombers attacked the village of al-Qaa on Lebanon's border with Syria on Monday, killing five people and wounding dozens more, in the latest violent spillover of the five-year-old Syrian war into Lebanon.
A first wave of attacks involved four suicide bombers who struck after 4 am in the village of al-Qaa on Lebanon's border with Syria, killing five people, all civilians.
The first bomber blew himself up after being confronted by a resident, with the other three detonating their bombs one after the other as people arrived at the scene. The Lebanese army said four soldiers were among the wounded.
A second series of attacks, involving at least four bombers, took place in the evening as residents were preparing the funerals of those killed earlier. Two of the four bombers blew themselves up outside the church of Mar Elias, security sources said. Nobody was killed.
The other suicide bombers attempted to target soldiers, but detonated their belts without causing any casualties other than themselves.
Lebanese Red Cross chief George Kettani said that these bombings wounded 13 people, who were admitted to the hospitals of Hermel.
One person was critically injured and was transported to a hospital in Beirut.
Al-Qaa mayor Bashir Matar urged residents to stay at home and shoot anyone suspicious. The governor of Baalbek-Hermel Bashir Khodr meanwhile imposed a curfew on Syrian refugees in the area.
Security forces called on residents in the town to remain at home and avoid crowding around attack sites.
The army brought in additional reinforcements to the town, and army units began implementing search and raid operations in the town and its surroundings in search of suspects.