What the records say
- When
- 7 Nov 1983
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 38.89° N, 77.01° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1983 United States Senate bombing.
Summary
1983 U.S. Senate bombing: A bomb explodes in the United States Senate with the intent to kill Republican senators; no one is injured. The perpetrators are members of the May 19th Communist Organization.
1983 United States Senate bombing
Terror attack in Washington, DC, US
The 1983 U.S. Senate bombing was a terrorist attack that took place at the United States Senate on November 7, 1983, as a protest against United States military involvement in Lebanon and Grenada. The attack led to heightened security in the DC metropolitan area, and the inaccessibility of certain parts of the Senate Building.
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