1978 London bus attack

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Coordinates: 51°30′45″N 0°9′4″W / 51.51250°N 0.15111°W / 51.51250; -0.15111
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1978 London bus attack
LocationEuropa Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London
Coordinates51°30′45″N 0°9′4″W / 51.51250°N 0.15111°W / 51.51250; -0.15111
Date20 August 1978; 45 years ago (1978-08-20)
13:30 pm
Attack type
Mass shooting, grenade attacks
WeaponsSubmachine guns, hand grenades
Deaths1 civilian (+1 attacker)
Injured9 civilians
PerpetratorPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

On 20 August 1978, a staff bus of

Palestinian Militants.[1] Flight attendant Irit Gidron and one terrorist were killed in the attack, and nine people were wounded.[2][3]

Attack

At around 13:30, a

stopover at the Europa Hotel in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, central London, when two or three men opened fire with submachine guns and hand grenades.[2][3] An El Al flight attendant was killed in the attack, while members of a wedding party were among those wounded by gun shots and a taxi driver was blown from his cab by a grenade.[2][3] A man presumed to be one of the terrorists was found dead after the attack.[2] A second terrorist was captured by the police, while a possible third escaped.[3]

Aftermath

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack.[2][3] The area of the attack was noted as a hotspot of Arab terrorist activity in the country.[4] The flight attendant killed in the attack, Irit Gidron, 29, was buried in Israel next to the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.[4] The terrorist arrested, Fahad Mihyi, was sentenced to life imprisonment[when?] for the attack.[5]

In 2000,

documentary My Terrorist.[6]

References

  1. ISBN 9781317474654
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  2. ^ a b c d e "1978: Two dead after El Al crew ambushed". BBC News. 20 August 1978.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Terrorist Attack on El Al Mini-bus Kills Airline Stewardess, injures 8". JTA. 21 August 1978.
  4. ^ a b "Irit Gidron, Terrorist Victim, Buried Alongside Victims of Munich Massacre". JTA. 23 August 1978.
  5. ^ "Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2003". International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. 20 December 2003. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ^ Naomi Pfefferman (9 May 2003). "'Terrorist' Helped Israeli Heal". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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