
Rescuers and inhabitants search for victims, on March 08, 1985 15 minutes after a car, packed with an estimated 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of TNT exploded in a crowded street of the southern Bir al-Aabed district in mainly Shiite southern suburb of Beirut. At least 75 people were killed and 256 injured in the explosion. The hit area was near the resident of Shiite leader of the Hezbollah Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. / AFP PHOTO / NABIL ISMAIL