West Berlin Discotheque Bombing

Date: April 5, 1986 • Location: Friedenau, Germany

The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, resulting in three deaths and 229 others injured.

On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau locality of West Berlin. The entertainment venue was commonly frequented by United States soldiers; two of the dead and 79 of the injured were Americans.