24 January 1987
✸Beirut University College professors kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
AttackerIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking fronts➜TargetUnited States
On 24 January 1987 three American lecturers and an Indian from Beirut University College were kidnapped by gunmen disguised as police; the last mass kidnapping of foreigners. "Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine" claimed the kidnapping.