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Conflict Incident Report
Zgharta Christian kills Tripoli Muslims
Associated Timeline/Case:
The Two-Year War | February, 1975 to December, 1976
Date of incident:
September 7, 1975
Death toll:
12persons
A Christian man from Zgharta executed 12 passengers of a bus that was on its way to Tripoli on the Beirut-Tripoli road. In retaliation, stores, businesses, and buildings owned by Christians in Tripoli were blown up and looted, and so were many homes.
Primary category:
Murder
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