1969 Athens airline office attack explained

1969 Athens attack
Location:Athens, Greece
Date:27 November 1969
Type:Grenade attacks
Fatalities:1
Injuries:14
Perps:Palestinian Popular Struggle Front

On 27 November 1969, El Al offices in Athens, Greece were attacked[1] with grenades by two terrorists belonging to the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PSF). A 2-year-old Greek boy later died from his injuries, while 14 others were wounded in the attack.[2] The two terrorists were arrested but subsequently released in the wake of the Olympic Airways Flight 255 hijacking.[3]

In 2019, Mansour Saif al-Din Mourad, a member of Jordan’s House of Representatives, in a television interview bragged about carrying out a terrorist attack against El Al offices in Greece in 1969 which was thought to have been this attack, although the date was cited as 27 December.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Terrorist Hurls Grenade into Athens El Al Office, Injuring 14 Persons–2 Seriously. 28 November 1969. Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  2. Web site: Dec. 12, 1969 - Two-Year Old Greek Boy Dies After Arab Guerrilla Attack On Israeli Airline Office In. imago. 12 December 1969.
  3. News: Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2003. International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. 20 December 2003. 26 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210326041448/https://www.ict.org.il/Article/893/Terrorist-Incidents-against-Jewish-Communities-and-Israeli-Citizens-Abroad-1968-2003#gsc.tab=0. dead.
  4. News: Jordanian MP brags about carrying out terror attack against El Al office in 1969. 20 December 2019. The Times of Israel.