Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

CHRONOLOGY • xxxiiiEight Black September terrorists seize Israeli team at Munich SummerOlympics after killing two team members. Eventually all hostages aremurdered and all but three terrorists killed when Bavarian police openfire on terrorists moving the hostages. 1 March: Eight Black Septembermembers seize Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, andmurder U.S. ambassador, his chargé d’affaires, and a Belgian diplomat.29 March: Irish navy seizes cargo ship Claudia filled with Libyansuppliedarms and explosives being smuggled to Northern Ireland byfour Irish Republican Army members.1973 28 September: Two al Sa’iqa terrorists seize five Jewish hostageson Chopin Express train used to transport Soviet Jews emigratingto Israel via Austria, forcing closure of transit facilities for émigré Jews.20 December: Basque Fatherland and Liberty members assassi nateSpanish Prime Minister Luís Carrero Blanco by exploding mined roadas his automobile passes over charges. 31 December: Venezuelan terrorist“Carlos” attempts assassina tion of Teddy Zeiff, Jewish owner ofBritish Marks and Spencer department store chain, but fails when hisgun jams.1974 5 February: Symbionese Liberation Army abducts Americanheiress Patricia Hearst. 11 April: Popular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine terrorists attack northern Israel town Qiryat Shemona, kill ing 18and injuring 16. 13 April: New People’s Army murders three U.S. Navypersonnel outside Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines. 15 May:Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine gunmen seize schooltogether with more than 100 students and teachers as hostages in Israelitown of Ma’alot. Gunmen kill 27 students as Israeli troops try to stormbuilding. 17 May: Core group of Symbionese Liberation Army is killedin shoot-out with Los Angeles police. 19 August: Cypriot right-wingnationalist EOKA-Beta gunmen stage riot at U.S. embassy in Nicosia andmurder U.S. ambassador Rodger P. Davies in revenge for perceived U.S.support for Turkey. 13 September: Three Japanese Red Army membersseize French embassy in the Hague in order to free comrade from prison.All four are allowed to leave for Syria. 6 October: Puerto Rican nationalistgroup, the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN), initiatesmain land U.S. bombing campaign striking five New York City banks.9 November: Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang) murders headof West German Supreme Court, Günter von Drenkmann, at his Bonn