12 September 1986
✸Joseph Cicippio kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
AttackerIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking fronts➜TargetUnited States
On 12 September 1986 Joseph Cicippio, the American University's comptroller, was kidnapped from the university campus; the "Revolutionary Justice Organisation" claimed the kidnapping, and he was released on 2 December 1991.