Ehden Massacre | |
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Part of the Lebanese Civil War and Inter-Christian conflicts in Lebanon | |
Location | Ehden, Lebanon |
Coordinates | 34°18′30″N 35°58′0″E / 34.30833°N 35.96667°E |
Date | 13 June 1978 4 am (GMT+2) |
Target | Frangieh family |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | Approximately 40 people |
Perpetrators | Lebanese Phalanges Party |
Motive | Political rivalry, the murder of the Phalange leader, Joud Al Bayeh, and suspicion of collaboration by Suleiman Franjieh's Marada Brigade with the Syrian government |
The Ehden massacre (Arabic: مجزرة إهدن, romanized: Majzarat Ehden) took place on 13 June 1978, part of the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. It was an inter-Christian attack that occurred between the Maronite clans.[1][2] A Phalangist squad attacked the mansion of Frangieh family in an attempt to capture Ehden, killing nearly 40 people including Tony Frangieh, his spouse and his three-year-old daughter, Jihane.[3][4] After the massacre, the power of the Frangiehs is reported to have declined.[5]