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Conflict Incident Report

In the area of Zalka, two pupils were killed, and 45 injured as a car bomb blew up as a school bus passed

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
January 30, 1987
Death toll: 
2persons
Number of Injured: 
45persons

January 30, 1987: A bomb placed between two cars on a main street in the area of Zalka, Mount Lebanon, blew up as a school bus passed. Two pupils were killed, and 45 injured, most of them students; 18 were in serious condition.

Primary category: 
Suicide Bombing/Car Bomb