The Bekaa town of al-Qaa bid farewell on Wednesday to the five citizens who were killed in the latest wave of suicide bombings that shook the border village on Monday.
The town turned into a military area amid a heavy deployment of Lebanese army and security forces.
In this context, al-Qaa’s Mayor Bashir Matar stressed the need to draft a strategic plan to protect the town through clear measures, noting that “the source of the problem is well-known.”
“I doubt that the suicide bombers came from outside Lebanon; our weapons will be used upon orders from the army, but when we fell any danger we will not ask anyone,” Matar told LBCI.
For his part, Tourism Minister Michel Faraon told LBCI that “the government has a responsibility towards the border towns,” stressing the need to help these towns in order to remain steadfast in the face of all forms of challenges.
In turn, Lebanese Forces bloc member MP Antoine Zahra called on “the cabinet to control the presence of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon without racism,” hoping that the army’s measures will be permanent.
The eastern village of al-Qaa was targeted on Monday in two waves of suicide attacks that killed five people. The first group of bombers attacked before dawn and the second later at night, two of them blowing themselves up near a church.