April 13, 1975 · Beirut Theater
April 13, 1975
On April 13, 1975, Phalangist gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Palestinian and Lebanese passengers through the Beirut suburb of Ain el-Rummaneh, killing 27 people. The attack was retaliation for an earlier shooting that wounded Pierre Gemayel, founder of the Phalange party. Within hours, Black Saturday saw dozens more die in tit-for-tat sectarian killings across the capital.
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