10 h 30 m, 13 abr 1975 ano - PLO-KRF clashes
Descrição:
This would have been just another stupid and tragic incident among many of the kind, if had not been followed by a dramatic event that took place an hour or so later at that same church. At 10:30 am when the congregation was concentrated outside the front door of the church upon the conclusion of the ceremony, a gang of unidentified gunmen approached in two civilian cars – oddly enough, rigged with posters and bumper stickers belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a PLO faction – and suddenly opened fire on the VIPs present, killing four people.
Among the dead caused by the drive-by shooting were Joseph Abu Assi, a Phalange militant and father of the baptised child, plus three bodyguards – Antoine Husseini, Dib Assaf and Selman Ibrahim Abou, shot while attempting to return fire on the assailants[4][5][6][7] – of the personal entourage of the Maronite za'im (boss) Pierre Gemayel, the powerful leader of the right-wing Phalangist Party, who managed nevertheless to escape unscathed. The attackers fled the scene under fire by the surviving bodyguards and KRF militiamen on duty at the time.
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Lebanese Civil War
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