page_title: Rashid Karami
section_title: Assassination and burial
hierarchical_section_title: Rashid Karami / Civil war / Assassination and burial
caption_attribution_description: English: The Rashid Karami Square in the Southern Lebanese city of Tyre, named after the former President of Lebanon, located at the roundabout that links Rashid Karami Street, Abu Deeb Street and Dr. Ali El Khalil Street near the Western part of the Tyre Hippodrome UNESCO World Heritage site.
context_page_description: Rashid Abdul Hamid Karami was a Lebanese statesman. He is considered one of the most important political figures in Lebanon for more than 30 years, including during much of the Lebanese Civil War, and he served as prime minister ten times, making him the most democratically elected prime minister in history according to the Guinness Book of World Records 2005
context_section_description: On 1 June 1987, Karami was killed after a bomb was placed in his Aérospatiale Puma helicopter en route to Beirut. Karami was the only one killed in the blast. Interior Minister Abdullah Rasi and at least three of a dozen other aides and crew members aboard the helicopter were reported wounded. Maronite militia leader Samir Geagea was accused in 1994 for this assassination.
  Rashid Karami was buried in a cemetery in the Bab al Raml neighborhood of Tripoli.
  The condolences were received in the International fair of Tripoli, a project designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
caption: Rashid Karami Square in the Southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
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