The World - News from April 8, 1985
Two people were killed and 10 wounded, including three at an Easter service, in fighting around Beirut and the southern Lebanese port of Sidon. Both deaths were caused by sniper fire into Christian East Beirut, reportedly touched off when East Beirut residents fired tracer bullets into the air to mark Easter. In the Sidon area, fighting between Christian militiamen in the hills and Muslim and Palestinian fighters on the city’s eastern outskirts entered its 10th day.
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