What the records say
- When
- 27 Dec 2013
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 33.90° N, 35.50° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Assassination of Mohamad Chatah.
Summary
A car bomb explodes in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon, killing eight people, including the former ambassador to the U.S. Mohamad Chatah, and wounding 71 others.
Assassination of Mohamad Chatah
2013 murder in Beirut, Lebanon
The assassination of Mohamad Chatah occurred on 27 December 2013 when a car bomb targeting a convoy detonated in Beirut Central District killing Chatah, his bodyguard, and four others. Chatah had previously served as Lebanon's finance minister and ambassador to the United States, and was known as a leading critic of Hezbollah and the Assad regime among the country's political elite.
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