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Conflict Incident Report
Jumblatt assassination
Associated Timeline/Case:
An Untenable Truce | January, 1977 to December, 1982
Date of incident:
March 16, 1977 to August 21, 1977
Death toll:
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved:
Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)
National Movement (NM)
Following the March 16, 1977, assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, founder of the PSP, traditional leader of the Druze community, and leader of the NM, as well as former MP and minister, a series of mass killings took place in the Shuf, which went on throughout the following months.
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