What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 2013
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 33.85° N, 35.52° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, August 2013 Beirut bombing.
Summary
At least 20 people are killed and 200 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
August 2013 Beirut bombing
Islamist terror attack in Lebanon
On 15 August 2013, a car bomb exploded in Beirut, Lebanon killing 27 people and injuring over 200 people. The car bomb was intended for the stronghold of Hezbollah. It was reportedly the "worst explosion in south Beirut" since a 1985 truck bomb assassination attempt targeting top Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
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