July 2013 Beirut bombing
| 2013 Beirut bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon | |
| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Date | 9 July 2013 |
Attack type | Car bomb |
| Injured | 53 |
| Perpetrators | 313 Brigade of Special Forces (Free Syrian Army) |
On July 9 2013 a car bomb exploded in the southern suburb of Beirut, Bir el-Abed. The bombing injured at least 53 people, but no one was killed. The bomb was close to a supermarket which was heavily packed in preparation for Ramadan. The bombing increased fear amongst the Lebanese people that the war in Syria was close to entering Lebanese territory. The bombing took place in the heart of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group's primary location. Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist political party known for supporting, and fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's civil war, leading people to believe that the bombing was intentional.