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Blast at Tripoli Mosque claim 20 civilian lives after Friday prayer
Associated Timeline/Case:
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident:
August 5, 1983
Death toll:
20persons
Number of Injured:
40persons
August 5, 1983: Twenty people were killed and 40 wounded as they were coming out of a mosque after Friday prayers by a 100-kilogram TNT bomb and 122- and 155-millimeter bombs.
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