Qaa massacre
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| Qaa Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
 Victims of the massacre | |
| Location | Qaa, Lebanon |
| Date | 28 June 1978 |
| Target | Kataeb members |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 26 people |
| Perpetrators | Rifaat al-Assad |
| Motive | Revenge for the murder of Tony Frangieh |
The Qaa massacre (Arabic: مجزرة القاع) took place on June 28 1978, four villages in Baalback were attacked Ras Baalback, Qaa, Fakiha and Jdeide.
The New York Times reported that the victims were believed to have taken part in the killing of 34 people two weeks ago in the northern town of Ehden. The report quotes Camille Chamoun as saying that the attack on the four villages was by “non-Lebanese, non-civilians” and that the gunmen entered the villages with lists of names. Phalangist radio reported forty people were kidnapped and twenty-six of them killed. The dead were reported to be members of the Phalangist Kataeb party and Chamoun’s National Liberal Party.
Background
15 days earlier, Kataeb committed a massacre in Ehden, killing forty people including Tony Frangieh.
References
- ^ "Lebanese Christians Are Slain by Gunmen". The New York Times. 29 June 1978.
- ^ Naor, Dan (2016-07-02). "The Ehden massacre of 1978 in Lebanon: The creation of a resistance myth". The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 7 (3): 321–337. doi:10.1080/21520844.2016.1228041. ISSN 2152-0844.
