Angry masses mourning the deaths of six Lebanese Shiite pilgrims killed in a Damascus bus blast vowed revenge Monday during funerals across Lebanon.



Sunday's attack is believed to be linked to the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Islamist militants who have been targeting Lebanese Shiites over the past two years over Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian war.



The eastern city of Baalbek also bid farewell to Ali Abbas Balouq in a mass funeral attended by local residents as well as head of Hezbollah's religious committee Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek, Hezbollah MP Hussein Musawi, the party's politburo chief Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed and other senior party officials.



According to the MP, the attack, which he described as a "takfiri front for Zionist orders," served to disrupt Lebanon's joy over Hezbollah's attack on the Sehbaa Farms that killed two Israeli soldiers Wednesday.

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