On 12 November 2015, two suicide bombers attacked Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that is inhabited mostly by Shia Muslims. Reports of the number of fatalities concluded that 43 people died directly from the detonation. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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Bourj el-BarajnehSouthern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon
BeirutCapital and largest city of Lebanon
Lebanese Shia MuslimsLebanese adherents of Shia Islam
Suicide attackViolent tactic resulting in the attacker's intentional death
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon2014–2017 military conflict in Lebanon, during the Syrian Civil War
Islamic StateSalafi jihadist militant organisation
LebanonCountry in West AsiaIslamic StateSalafi jihadist militant organisation
Lebanese Civil War1975–1990 conflict in Lebanon