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Conflict Incident Report

TNT bomb blows up in a busy vegetable market, killing 39 civilians and wounding 133 in Beqaa, Baalbek

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
August 7, 1983
Death toll: 
39persons
Number of Injured: 
133persons

August 7, 1983: In Beqaa, Baalbek, a 100-kilogram TNT bomb blew up in a busy vegetable market, killing 39 civilians and wounding 133.