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Conflict Incident Report

A woman and her son killed when an RPG hit their car as they were fleeing Ras al-Nabeh

Associated Timeline/Case: 
New Wars, No Peace | January, 2006 to December, 2008
Date of incident: 
May 8, 2008
Death toll: 
2persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Resistance Regiments (AMAL)

In Ras al-Nabeh, Beirut, a 59-year-old woman and her son were killed when an RPG hit their car as they were fleeing. The woman’s two sons were later seriously injured when opposition gunmen shot them in their backs as they were trying to reach their mother and brother at the hospital.

Primary category: 
Murder