Samir Qassir
Year: 2005
Nationality: Lebanon
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Press organization: Al-Nahar
What's Samir Qassir's story?
Columnist Samir Qassir was killed in a car bombing outside his home inBeirut’s Ashrafiyeh neighborhood. Qassir, well-known throughout theregion for supporting democratic reform, died when a bomb explodedunder the driver’s seat of his Alfa Romeo. Qassir’s murder promptedmass demonstrations in Beirut.
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