In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" id="mwAac" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, 23 people, including former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Lebanon" id="mwAag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Lebanon">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafic_Hariri" id="mwAak" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rafic Hariri">Rafic Hariri</a>, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000<span id="mwAao" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>kg of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitrotoluene" id="mwAas" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trinitrotoluene">TNT</a> is detonated while Hariri's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcade" id="mwAaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Motorcade">motorcade</a> drives through the city.<sup about="#mwt84" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_14#cite_note-15" id="mwAa0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAa4">[15]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"><cite about="#mwt81" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCBQ"><a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/14/lebanon" id="mwCBU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Former PM killed in Beirut blast"</a>. <i id="mwCBY">The Guardian</i>. 14 February 2005. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190415074103/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/14/lebanon" id="mwCBc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 15 April 2019<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCBg">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCBk">17 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt81" class="Z3988" id="mwCBo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Former+PM+killed+in+Beirut+blast&amp;rft.date=2005-02-14&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2005%2Ffeb%2F14%2Flebanon&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+14"></span></span>