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La Belle Discotheque bombing  

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  • On April 5, 1986, a bomb packed with nails exploded at the La Belle discotheque in the 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 nails caused such grave injuries that dozens of the victims lost their limbs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; La Belle Discotheque Bombing]

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