| Black Thursday | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
| Native name | الخميس الأسود, Jeudi noir |
| Location | Bashoura, West Beirut |
| Date | May 30, 1975 |
| Target | Lebanese Christians |
Attack type | mass shooting |
| Deaths | 30-50 |
| Perpetrators | Muslim Militias (possibly Knights of Ali) |
Black Thursday (Arabic: الخميس الأسود, French: Jeudi noir) was the massacre of between 30 and 50 Lebanese Christians in the area of Bashoura in West Beirut on May 30, 1975.[1] This massacre was one of the first of the widespread sectarian-based abductions, mutilations and executions that followed the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War.
The massacre took place after the murder of a Palestinian man in downtown Beirut; officials estimate that between 30 and 50 Christian Lebanese civilians were summarily executed.[2]
- ^ "Black Thursday". Civil Society Knowledge Centre. 2014-07-25. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Le Mémorial de la Guerre, 30; and Meney, Même les Tueurs Ont une Mère, Paris: La Table Ronde, 1986, cited in de Clerck, Mémoires en Conflit dans le Liban d’Après-Guerre; and Johnson, All Honorable Men, 11.