St George's Church attack

The St George's Church attack, also known as the massacre of the Saint George Church, was a massacre of Maronite Christian worshipers in the Lebanese village of Brih in the Chouf mountains which took place on August 21, 1977, during the Lebanese Civil War.^[1]

St George's Church attack
Part of the Chouf massacres
Location	Brih, Chouf
Date	August 21, 1977
Target	Maronite Christian worshipers
Attack type	mass shooting
Weapon	Automatic rifles
Deaths	13
Perpetrators	People's Liberation Army Leftist Lebanese Druze gunmen
Motive	Revenge after the death of Kamal Jumblatt

Druze leftist gunmen attacked St George's Church during prayers on Sunday with automatic gunfire inside and around the church killing 13 people.^[1]

Motives

The attack was part of a series of massacres of Christians in the Chouf region which was in response following the March 16 assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, founder of the Progressive Socialist Party by the Syrian army and traditional leader of the Druze community.^[2]

Aftermath

Brih's Christian population fled the village. However, current construction projects have taken place to repair abandoned Christian houses with the aim of repopulating the Christian households of Brih.^[3]

See also

• Lebanese Civil War
• People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)
• Progressive Socialist Party
• Mountain War (Lebanon)