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Conflict Incident Report

Haret Hreik explosion kills 13 people and wounds 40

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
September 4, 1983
Death toll: 
13persons
Number of Injured: 
40persons

September 4, 1983: In Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik, 13 people were killed, including 5 women and 3 children, and 40 wounded by a car bomb.

Primary category: 
Suicide Bombing/Car Bomb