2015 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings: what Wikipedia removed
Two suicide bombers killed nine people in a café in the Alawite-majority Jabal Mohsen district of Tripoli, Lebanon in January 2015. The 2015 opening stated that the al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group Nusra Front took responsibility for the attacks, which targeted members of the Alawite sect. Today’s opening reports only the casualty count and that two suicide bombers attacked the café; the word survives 4 times in the body but not the opening. A reader today does not learn who claimed responsibility for the bombing or that it targeted the Alawite sect specifically.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 4. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The sentence naming the al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front as the group claiming responsibility for the attacks is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 664939293):
On 10 January 2015, nine people were killed and more than 30 wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded café in Jabal Mohsen, Tripoli , North Lebanon . After the first explosion, the second suicide bomber approached the Abu Imran café and shouted “allahu aklhbar”. Before he could blow himself up, 60 year old father of seven “Abu Ali” Issa Khaddour rushed and tackled the bomber, and prevented many deaths. The wounded were taken to the hospital in Zgharta , as Jabal Mohsen residents are afraid mobs will kill wounded if taken to a hospital in Tripoli. The dead were buried on January 12. The al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group Nusra Front took responisibility for the attack…
2025 (revision 1273858717):
On 10 January 2015, nine people were killed and more than 30 wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded café in Jabal Mohsen, Tripoli , Lebanon . ^ “8 People Killed and 36 Injured in Jabal Mohsen’s Explosion” . Naharnet .
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