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La Belle Discotheque Bombing

By: Erica Pearson
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism
Edited by: Gus Martin
Subject:Terrorism, Terrorism/Counterterrorism, International Security (general)

On April 5, 1986, a bomb packed with nails exploded at the La Belle disco in West Berlin, killing two U.S. soldiers and a Turkish woman and injuring 229 people. The four-pound bomb exploded at 1:40 a.m. on the crowded dance floor; the flying ...

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  Pearson, E. (2011). La belle discotheque bombing. In G. Martin (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of terrorism (pp. 370-340). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n230
  
  Pearson, Erica. "La Belle Discotheque Bombing." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, 2nd ed.edited by Martin, Gus, 370-40. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n230.
  
  Pearson, E. 2011. La Belle Discotheque Bombing. In: Gus Martin Editor, 2011. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, 2nd edn, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 370-340 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n230> [Accessed 14 Jun 2021].
  
  Pearson, Erica. "La Belle Discotheque Bombing." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Edited by Gus Martin.2nd ed Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 370-40. SAGE Knowledge. 14 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412980173.n230.
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