Aleppo Artillery School massacre | |
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Part of Islamist uprising in Syria | |
Location | Aleppo, Syria |
Date | 16 June 1979 |
Target | Syrian Army cadets |
Attack type | Execution |
Weapons | Guns, grenades |
Deaths | 83 |
The Aleppo Artillery School massacre was a sectarian massacre of Syrian Army cadets on 16 June 1979. It was carried out by a handful of members of the Muslim Brotherhood's Fighting Vanguard led by Adnan Uqlah and Ibrahim al-Youssef, without the permission of the leader of the Fighting Vanguard, Hisham Jumbaz.[1][2][3] The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria later tried to cover up their involvement in the massacre by condemning it, but the Syrian government decided to conduct a large-scale crackdown against it to prevent any reoccurrence.[4][5]