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Conflict Incident Report
Artillery shelling on Burj al-Barajneh and Chatila claim 96 lives
Associated Timeline/Case:
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident:
May 20, 1985
Death toll:
96persons
Number of Injured:
630persons
May 20, 1985: Fighting went on 21 hours. By the end of the month, between 76 and 96 people had been killed, and 630 were injured from the fighting in Burj al-Barajneh and Chatila. These included summary executions of prisoners, Palestinian civilians, and victims of the artillery shelling.
Primary category:
Clashes/Armed Conflict
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Beirut / Artillery shelling on Burj al-Barajneh and Chatila claim 96 lives