The Cinema Rex fire (Persian: آتشسوزی سینما رکس آبادان, lit. 'Rex Abadan cinema fire') happened on August 19th 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze, killing between 377 and 470 people. The event started when four individuals, who were militants motivated by Islamic extremism, doused the building with airplane fuel before setting it alight.
The Cinema Rex fire (Persian: آتشسوزی سینما رکس آبادان, lit. 'Rex Abadan cinema fire') happened on August 19th 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze, killing between 377 and 470 people. The event started when four individuals, who were militants motivated by Islamic extremism, doused the building with airplane fuel before setting it alight.
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