22 May 1985
✸Michel Seurat and Jean-Paul Kauffmann kidnapped
Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991
AttackerIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking fronts➜TargetFrance
On 22 May 1985 the researcher Michel Seurat and the journalist Jean-Paul Kauffmann were kidnapped on the Beirut airport road as soon as they arrived; "Islamic Jihad" claimed the operation.