Black Saturday (Lebanon)

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event in the Lebanese Civil War massacre

Black Saturday (Lebanon) was a notorious day of sectarian massacres and retaliatory killings in Beirut during the early phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Black Saturday (Lebanese Civil War)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ massacre ⓘ
aftermath	increase in tit-for-tat sectarian killings ⓘ widening of militia control over Beirut neighborhoods ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Black Saturday NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateNumberOfVictims	hundreds killed ⓘ
ArabicName	السبت الأسود NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	escalation of sectarian tensions in Beirut ⓘ retaliation for killings of Christians earlier that day ⓘ
chronology	occurred months after the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 ⓘ
city	Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Lebanon ⓘ
date	1975-12-06 ⓘ
hasContext	presence of Palestinian armed groups in Lebanon ⓘ sectarian conflict between Christian and Muslim factions in Lebanon ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbol of sectarian brutality in the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ turning point in the escalation of violence in Beirut ⓘ
isRememberedFor	role in deepening mistrust among Lebanese communities ⓘ scale of killings in a single day in Beirut ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
location	Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ East Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ
method	identification of victims by sectarian affiliation ⓘ summary executions at checkpoints ⓘ
natureOfEvent	retaliatory killings ⓘ sectarian massacre ⓘ
partOf	early phase of the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
perpetrators	Christian militias ⓘ Lebanese Front–aligned gunmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Phalangist militias NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTargets	Muslim civilians ⓘ Palestinian civilians ⓘ drivers and passengers stopped at roadblocks ⓘ
region	Mount Lebanon Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of the Hotels NERFINISHED ⓘ Bus massacre of Ain El Remmaneh NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	further polarization between Christian and Muslim communities in Lebanon ⓘ intensification of the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ large-scale sectarian killings in Beirut ⓘ
timePeriod	early Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
typeOfViolence	political violence ⓘ sectarian violence ⓘ
victimIdentificationCriterion	names and identity documents ⓘ religious affiliation ⓘ

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Phalange Party militia → involvedInEvent → Black Saturday (Lebanon) ⓘ

Battle of the Hotels → relatedEvent → Black Saturday (Lebanon) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Saturday (Lebanese Civil War)