Tadmor Prison massacre

The Tadmor Prison massacre (Syria) occurred on 27 June 1980, the day after a failed attempt to assassinate Syrian president Hafez el-Assad. Members of the units of the Defence Brigades, under the command of Rifaat El Assad, brother of the president, entered in Tadmor Prison and assassinated about a thousand prisoners in the cells and the dormitories.

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