17 April 1986
✸John McCarthy kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
AttackerIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking fronts➜Target
On 17 April 1986, the same day the bodies of the three hostages were found, the British journalist John McCarthy was kidnapped on the Beirut airport road on his way to leave the country; "Islamic Jihad" claimed the kidnapping, and he remained five years in captivity.