3 December 1984
✸Peter Kilburn kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
Attacker➜TargetUnited States
On 3 December 1984 the American University librarian Peter Kilburn disappeared in West Beirut; no group claimed his kidnapping, and it was later said that his kidnappers sold him to Libya, which killed him in reply to the American raid of April 1986.