1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut
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On September 20, 1984, the Shi'a Islamic militant group Hezbollah, with support and direction from the Islamic Republic of Iran, carried out a suicide car bombing targeting the U.S. embassy annex in East Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 23 people and 1 attacker.
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Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
Date | September 20, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-09-20) 11:44 am |
Attack type | Suicide van bomb |
Weapon | 1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb) explosive laden van |
Deaths | 23 (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 90 |
Perpetrators | Hezbollah, Islamic Republic of Iran |
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Hezbollah had also used suicide car or truck bombs in the April 1983 U.S. embassy bombing and the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings.