Bombing of Jewish center in Buenos Aires
The bombing of the AMIA (Argentine Jewish Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires on the morning of July 18, 1994 supplanted the 1992 attack as the deadliest terrorist attack the country had ever seen. Eighty-five people were killed and over 300 wounded when a truck packed with over 600 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and fuel oil detonated in a densely built part of the city.
Though Mughniyeh has been connected to both Buenos Aires attacks, responsibility for the AMIA bombing remains a subject of debate. Many Argentines believe Tehran was behind the attack, financing an operation that Hezbollah carried out. Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman went so far as to indict former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for the crime. In 2013, Iran and Argentina announced a joint diplomatic commission to investigate the origin of the attack, leading to anger among Israeli officials and tension between Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires.
Above, firemen search as the wounded walk amid the debris.
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