9 June 1985
✸Thomas Sutherland kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
AttackerIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking fronts➜TargetUnited States
On 9 June 1985 Thomas Sutherland, dean of the faculty of agriculture at the American University, was kidnapped on the airport road. "Islamic Jihad" claimed the kidnapping.