Black_Thursday_(Lebanon)
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 first of the widespread sectarian-based abductions, mutilations and executions that followed after the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War.
The massacre took place after a murder of a Palestinian man in downtown Beirut took place; officials estimate that between 30 and 50 Christian Lebanese civilians were summarily executed.[2]