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Conflict Incident Report

13 people were killed in an explosion in Sed al-Bawshriyyeh, in Beirut’s eastern suburbs

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
August 14, 1985
Death toll: 
13persons
Number of Injured: 
118persons

August 14, 1985: In Sed al-Bawshriyyeh, in Beirut’s eastern suburbs, 13 people were killed
(including a woman and 3 children) and 118 people injured, as well as two children missing, as a result of a 200-kilogram TNT bomb.