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<blockquote>On the 11th, three other priests were slain and mutilated in their beds in DeirAchache, caza of Zghorta: Boutros Sassine (93 years old), Antoine Thamine (78 years old) and brother Jean Maksoud (60 years old). On October 25, the Jesuit father Louis Dumas was shot in Beirut, in front of the French Faculty of Medicine, and dragged, dead, on the road. On October 30, the Palestinians destroyed and burned the convent of Naamé, near Damour, and tortured the priests they found there. On December 12, three more priests were killed at Deir-Achache.</blockquote> | <blockquote>On the 11th, three other priests were slain and mutilated in their beds in DeirAchache, caza of Zghorta: Boutros Sassine (93 years old), Antoine Thamine (78 years old) and brother Jean Maksoud (60 years old). On October 25, the Jesuit father Louis Dumas was shot in Beirut, in front of the French Faculty of Medicine, and dragged, dead, on the road. On October 30, the Palestinians destroyed and burned the convent of Naamé, near Damour, and tortured the priests they found there. On December 12, three more priests were killed at Deir-Achache.</blockquote> | ||
| − | The case of Boutros Sassine:<ref>Near East/South Asia Report. United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1987. p.58.</ref> He was 93 years old, blind, and confined to bed. Armed men entered his room in Deir-Achache and slashed his veins until he bled to death on 9 September 1975.</blockquote> | + | The case of Boutros Sassine:<ref>Near East/South Asia Report. United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1987. p.58.</ref><blockquote>He was 93 years old, blind, and confined to bed. Armed men entered his room in Deir-Achache and slashed his veins until he bled to death on 9 September 1975.</blockquote> |
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Revision as of 21:11, December 20, 2022
The Deir Ashash killing (Deir Achache killing) occurred on 10 September 1975, the Christian village of Deir Ashash in the north of Lebanon was attacked, with the slaughter of three very elderly priests and forcing inhabitants from their homes.[1][2]
Throughout the month of September 1975, battles broke out in the north of Lebanon. On September 10, Al Saaka Palestinian-Syrian forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash and killed three priests. All residents had to flee. [3]
Written in 1982:[4]
On the 11th, three other priests were slain and mutilated in their beds in DeirAchache, caza of Zghorta: Boutros Sassine (93 years old), Antoine Thamine (78 years old) and brother Jean Maksoud (60 years old). On October 25, the Jesuit father Louis Dumas was shot in Beirut, in front of the French Faculty of Medicine, and dragged, dead, on the road. On October 30, the Palestinians destroyed and burned the convent of Naamé, near Damour, and tortured the priests they found there. On December 12, three more priests were killed at Deir-Achache.
The case of Boutros Sassine:[5]
He was 93 years old, blind, and confined to bed. Armed men entered his room in Deir-Achache and slashed his veins until he bled to death on 9 September 1975.
See also
- Damour massacre
- Bait Mallat massacre
- Tal Abass massacre
- Naameh massacre
- Hosh Barada massacre
- Kab Elias massacre
- Aishiyeh massacre
- Shekka massacre
- Brih massacre
References
- ↑ Mordechai Nisan (2004) "The Conscience of Lebanon: A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz)." p. 158
- ↑ Syrian Chronicals 1973-1990 TayyarCanada.org. September 10, 1975: El Saaka Syrian forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash, in Northern Lebanon, killing three priests and causing its residents to flee.
- ↑ Bassil A. Mardelli (2012) "Middle East Perspectives: From Lebanon (1968–1988)." p. 303.
Throughout the month of September 1975, battles broke out in the north of Lebanon... On September 10, Al Saaka Palestinian-Syrian forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash and killed three priests. All residents had to flee. The next day, they attacked the village of Bait Mallat killing seven and kidnapping ten of its Christian dwellers....
Al Saaka (or al-Saika, or al-Saeqa) rumored to have been a Syrian Ba'athist tool working against the Lebanese.
- ↑ Nasr, Nicolas. Faillite syrienne au Liban, 1975-1981: 1975-1978. Lebanon: Editions Dar el-amal, 1982. 42.
Voici quelques échantillons: Le 11, trois autres prêtres ont été égorgés et mutilés dans leurs lits à DeirAchache, caza de Zghorta: Boutros Sassine (93 ans), Antoine Thaminé (78 ans) et le frère Jean Maksoud (60 ans). Le 25 octobre , le père Jésuite Louis Dumas a été fusillé à Beyrouth, devant la Faculté française de Médecine, et traîné, cadavre, sur la chaussée. Le 30 octobre, les Palestiniens ont détruit et incendié le couvent de Naamé, près de Damour, et soumettent à la torture les prêtres qu'ils y trouvent. Le 12 décembre, trois autres prêtres sont tués à Deir-Achache.
- ↑ Near East/South Asia Report. United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1987. p.58.