2015 Beirut bombings

When

12 Nov 2015

Kind

Event

Coordinates

33.85° N, 35.50° E

Description

2015 Beirut bombings: Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.

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2015 Beirut bombings: Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others

Suicide bombings in Beirut, Lebanon

On 12 November 2015, two suicide bombers attacked Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that is inhabited mostly by Shia Muslims. Reports of the number of fatalities concluded that 43 people died directly from the detonation. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Теракты в шиитском районе Бейрута”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Beirut, Líbano, dos terroristas suicidas del grupo Estado Islámico detonan sendas bombas (Bombardeos en Beirut de 2015)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “تفجيرٌ انتحاريّ في محلَّة بُرج البراجنة في ضاحية بيروت الجنوبية التابعة أمنيًّا لِحزب الله، يُوقع حوالي 41 قتيلًا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “黎巴嫩首都貝魯特發生連環自殺式炸彈襲擊，造成43死239傷，極端組織伊斯蘭國承認策動襲擊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page