1985 Beirut car bombings
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On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded between 9[3] and 45 metres[4] from the house of Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt by a Lebanese counter-terrorism unit linked to the Central Intelligence Agency.[2] The bombing killed 80 people and injured 200, almost all civilians.[1][3]
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March 1985 Beirut car bombing | |
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Part of Lebanese Civil War | |
Location | Bir al-Abed, Beirut |
Coordinates | 33.8524°N 35.5105°E / 33.8524; 35.5105 |
Date | 8 March 1985 |
Target | Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah |
Attack type | Car bombing, attempted assassination |
Deaths | 80[1] |
Injured | ~200 |
Perpetrator | CIA linked Lebanese counter-terrorism unit[2] |
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Beirut experienced three other deadly car bombs in following months on 22 May, 14 August and 18 August 1985.[5]