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.