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Conflict Incident Report

A car bomb explods as the convoy of the Sunni Grand Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon, Sheikh Hassan Khaled, was passing through West Beirut, killing him and 9 other people, and wounds 76

Associated Timeline/Case: 
The End of the War | January, 1989 to October, 1990
Date of incident: 
May 16, 1989
Death toll: 
10persons
Number of Injured: 
76persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Sheikh Hassan Khaled

A car bomb explodes as the convoy of the Sunni Grand Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon, Sheikh Hassan Khaled, was passing through West Beirut, killing him and 9 other people, and wounds 76.

Primary category: 
Suicide Bombing/Car Bomb