Assassination of Meir Kahane
Assassination of Meir Kahane | |
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Part of New York Marriott East Side, Manhattan, New York City | |
Coordinates | 40°45′20″N 73°58′22″W / 40.75556°N 73.97278°W |
Date | 5 November 1990 (18 Cheshvan 5751) Shortly after 9:00 p.m. (EST) |
Target | Meir Kahane |
Weapons | .357-caliber pistol[1] |
Deaths | 1 (Meir Kahane) |
Injured | 3 (1 bystander, 1 police officer, the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | El Sayyid Nosair |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
Assassination
On the evening of 5 November 1990, Kahane gave a speech in the second-floor lecture hall of the
After shooting Kahane, the assassin fled from the hotel and reached
At the time, it was believed that Nosair's assassination of Kahane was an
Prosecution of Nosair
Nosair was charged with the murder of Kahane. During the legal proceedings, Nosair denied all charges against him. Although there were witnesses who identified Nosair as the assassin, Nosair was not convicted of Kahane's assassination, in part because Kahane's family had opposed the performing of an autopsy after the assassination and the extracting of the bullets. However, Nosair was convicted of assault, possession of an illegal firearm, and of shooting a United States Postal Inspection Service agent. Nosair was sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment, the maximum allowed.[8]
Conspiracy to free Nosair from prison
Nosair was to serve his sentence at
Nosair's confession of Kahane's assassination
Several years after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Nosair made a confession to federal agents of assassinating Kahane.[11]
Possible accomplices
In August 2010, the Israeli newspaper
See also
- Jewish Defense League, a terrorist organization founded by Kahane
References
- ^ a b c d McQuiston, John T. (6 November 1990). "Kahane Is Killed After Giving Talk in New York Hotel". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Juergensmeyer, Mark (2003). Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence. University of California Press. p. 59.
- ^ Hamm, Mark S. (2007). Terrorism as Crime: From Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and Beyond. NYU Press, p. 29
- ^ Specter, Michael (6 November 1990). "Jewish Leader Kahane Slain in New York". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Ganor, Boaz (16 December 2018). "Terrorism or hate crime?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Ebrahim, Zak; Giles, Jeff (4 September 2014). "I Grew Up the Son of an Islamic Jihadist". Time. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "An early Islamic terrorist in the U.S." Los Angeles Times. May 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Ronald (30 January 1992). "Judge Gives Maximum Term in Kahane Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Burton, Fred; Stewart, Scott (18 June 2008). "The Destruction of Sarposa". Stratfor Worldview. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ O'Grady, Jim (23 September 2020). "The Sheikh". WNYC Studios. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ a b Stern, Gil; Shefler, Stern (15 August 2010). "'Sharon was Kahane killer's target'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
External links
- Kahane Is Killed After Giving Talk in New York Hotel – published in The New York Times on 6 November 1990
- Kahane Suspect Is a Muslim With a Series of Addresses – published in The New York Times on 7 November 1990
- Kahane's Followers in Israel Bury Him and Vent Anger – published in The New York Times on 8 November 1990