Attacks (since 1970)
Attack on the El Al counter
15 août 1976·Istanbul, aéroport Yeşilköy
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Istanbul's Yeşilköy airport was one of the stopovers through which Israeli passengers transited on their way to Europe. A commando unit attacked the El Al airline check-in counter there with rifles and grenades, in the midst of travelers.
People were killed and many others wounded before Turkish police subdued the attackers. The victims were, once again, partly travelers with no connection to Israel.
This attack was part of the series that targeted El Al counters and aircraft in Europe and the Mediterranean over a period of some fifteen years, and which made that airline the most closely protected in the world.
- Period :
- Attacks (since 1970)
- Type :
- Attack
- Region :
- Near and Middle East
- Country :
- Turquie
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