8 June 1999
☠Four judges assassinated
PartiesArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)Government
On 8 June 1999 gunmen stormed a courtroom in the Sidon courthouse and killed four judges during a trial session; the crime was attributed to the group of Bassam Kanj, which fought the Dinniyeh events months later.