jan 20, 1976 - Damour massacre
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The Damour massacre took place on January 20, 1976, during the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. Damour, a Maronite Christian town on the main highway south of Beirut, was attacked by Lebanese Muslim and left-wing militants of the Lebanese National Movement with help from Palestine Liberation Organisation units. Many of its people died in battle or in the massacre that followed, and the others were forced to flee.150-583 Victims
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jan 20, 1976
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~ 49 years ago