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Conflict Incident Report

Bus transporting Palestinians shot at in Ain Al-Remmaneh killing 27 people

Associated Timeline/Case: 
The Two-Year War | February, 1975 to December, 1976
Date of incident: 
April 13, 1975
Death toll: 
27persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Kataeb Party

At around 1 p.m., a bus transporting a group of Palestinians returning from a commemoration parade was passing through Ain al-Remmaneh on its way to the camp of Tel al-Zaatar, located in the eastern suburbs. Gunmen attacked the bus, killing all 27 passengers but not the driver.

Primary category: 
Murder