Assassination of Mohamad Chatah

Assassination of Mohamad Chatah
Assassination of Mohamad Chatah is located in Beirut
Assassination of Mohamad Chatah
Assassination of Mohamad Chatah is located in Lebanon
Assassination of Mohamad Chatah
LocationBeirut Central District, Beirut, Lebanon
Date27 December 2013 (2013-12-27)
9:40 am (approximately)
Attack type
Car bomb
Assassination
Deaths8
Injured70

The assassination of Mohamad Chatah occurred on 27 December 2013 when a car bomb targeting a convoy detonated in Beirut Central District killing Chatah, his bodyguard, and four others. Chatah had previously served as Lebanon's finance minister and ambassador to the United States and was known as a leading critic of Hezbollah and the Assad regime among the country's political elite. Described as a political assassination, the killing was widely seen as a message to Lebanon's March 14 movement.[1]

  1. ^ Arabic, Carine TorbeyBBC (2013-12-27). "Beirut blast kills Sunni politician". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-02-05.