Lod Airport massacre

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airport attack mass shooting terrorist attack

The Lod Airport massacre was a 1972 terrorist attack at Israel’s Lod (now Ben Gurion) Airport in which members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire and detonated grenades, killing and wounding dozens of people.

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Surface form Occurrences
Lod Airport massacre (1972) 1
Lydda Airport massacre 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport attack ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
airportRenamed Ben Gurion Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ben Gurion Airport attack (1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lod Airport attack NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackerName Kozo Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsuyoshi Okudaira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yasuyuki Yasuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackType grenade attack ⓘ
shooting ⓘ
capturedAttackerName Kozo Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
carriedOutBy Japanese Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
city Lod NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
date 1972-05-30 ⓘ
fatalities 26 ⓘ
injured 70 ⓘ
laterDevelopment Kozo Okamoto released in 1985 prisoner exchange ⓘ
legalOutcome Kozo Okamoto sentenced to life imprisonment in Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Ben Gurion Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lod Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
motive anti-Israeli terrorism ⓘ
support for Palestinian cause ⓘ
notableVictimGroup Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico ⓘ
numberOfAttackers 3 ⓘ
oneAttackerCaptured true ⓘ
oneAttackerKilled true ⓘ
oneAttackerSuicideByGrenade true ⓘ
partOf Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator Japanese Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
plannedBy Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
result increased airport security in Israel ⓘ
mass civilian casualties ⓘ
significance one of the deadliest attacks at an international airport ⓘ
target Puerto Rican pilgrims ⓘ
airport passengers ⓘ
civilians ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
victimNationality Canadian ⓘ
Israeli ⓘ
Puerto Rican ⓘ
weaponUsed hand grenades ⓘ
submachine guns ⓘ
year 1972 ⓘ

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Aharon Katzir → killedIn → Lod Airport massacre ⓘ
Aharon Katzir → deathEvent → Lod Airport massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lod Airport massacre (1972)
Lydda Airport → notableEvent → Lod Airport massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lydda Airport massacre