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Conflict Incident Report
Civilians killed in Mtein
Associated Timeline/Case:
The Two-Year War | February, 1975 to December, 1976
Date of incident:
March 25, 1976
Death toll:
53persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)
Fifty-three Christian civilians, including a nun, were killed in Mtein. A number of them were affiliated to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP). Their houses were looted and burned, churches were destroyed, and some graves were desecrated.
Primary category:
Murder
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