LBN33049
| Title | Actors/Parties Involved | Description | Date of incident | Death toll | Number of Injured | Sources of Conflict | Security Incident Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian civilians murdered in response to LF checkpoint | Lebanese Forces (LF) |
September 11, 1983: Twenty-seven Christians in the mixed Druze-Christian village of Ras al-Metn in the district of Baabda were killed. That same day, 21 Christians, including 3 children, were killed in Maasser Beit Eddine in the Shuf. In the same district, 38 Christians were killed in Shartun, 5 each in Shurit and Deir Dourit; and 34 in Wadi al-Sitt. Before the Christians were murdered in Deir Durit, the LF set up a checkpoint and killed 12 Druze who were passing through. |
Sunday, September 11, 1983 | 142persons | 0persons | Forced Displacement of Population, Murder, Raid | |
| PSP murder Christians in Aley and in the Chouf | Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) |
September 7, 1983: PSP militias killed 12 Christians in al-Mreijat. As they advanced through the villages of Shurit, Kfarniss, and al-Bireh, they killed 63 civilians in Majdel Meouch and two in Ain Trez. |
Wednesday, September 7, 1983 | 77persons | 0persons | Murder, Raid | |
| Christian massacres in Chouf and in West Beirut | National Movement (NM) |
Following news of Jumblatt’s death, 177 Christian civilians (including women, elderly, and children) were killed in several villages in the Shuf, but also in some areas in West Beirut that were under the control of Joint Forces militias, where Christian civilians were kidnapped and executed. In the Shuf, Christians were kidnapped and executed, bodies were mutilated and left on the roads to be seen, and women were raped. The killings took place in Mazraat al-Shuf (52); Maasser al-Shuf (21); al-Barouk (28); Botmeh (9), Kfarnabrakh (6), Fraydis (6), as well as in Baadaran, Shurit, and Ain-Zhalta. Many victims were mutilated and women sexually abused. |
Wednesday, March 16, 1977 to Wednesday, March 30, 1977 | 177persons | Cruel Treatment and Torture, Forced Displacement of Population, Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence], Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release], Murder |