1982 French embassy bombing in Beirut

French embassy bombing in Beirut
LocationEmbassy of France, Beirut, Lebanon
Date24 May 1982
8:10 a.m.
Attack type
Car bomb
Deaths11
Injured27

A car bomb exploded inside the French embassy compound in Beirut on the morning of 24 May 1982. It killed ten Lebanese people and two French people; it wounded 27 other people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "BEIRUT BOMB KILLS 12 AT FRENCH EMBASSY (Published 1982)". The New York Times. 25 May 1982. Archived from the original on 2022-10-22.
  2. ^ Lucien George (1982-05-25), "L'attentat a fait onze morts", Le Monde