1988 Khartoum attacks

1988 terrorist attack 1988 Khartoum attacks Khartoum, Sudan 15 May 1988 Shooting, grenade attacks 7 21 Abu Nidal Organization On 15 May 1988, Abu Nidal Organization terrorists carried out machine gun and grenade attacks against two sites frequented by Westerners in Khartoum, Sudan. Seven people were killed and 21 people were wounded in the attacks.https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA202 Chronologies of Modern Terrorism 202 Barry Rubin Judith Colp Rubin Routledge 2015 9781317474654 Attacks On 15 May 1988, terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization attacked two sites in Khartoum, Sudan, using machine guns and hand grenades: the Acropole Hotel, which hosted a large number of foreigners and diplomats, and the Sudan Club, used exclusively by British and Commonwealth citizens. Witnesses and the police said an explosion tore through the dining room of the Acropole as guests were having dinner and ripped two large holes in the ceiling and the floor of the one-story building, scattering severed limbs across the floor. One of the two children killed in the hotel was decapitated. A total of 7 people were killed and 21 wounded in the two attacks.https://apnews.com/article/7ad1448395de3499dae59e09231f4c3a Seven Killed in Attacks in Khartoum 16 May 1988 Salah Zarroug Associated Press https://web.archive.org/web/20230531010834/https://apnews.com/article/7ad1448395de3499dae59e09231f4c3a 31 May 2023 dead The attacks came 30 minutes before a national unity government was sworn in at the presidential palace a few hundred yards away.https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/16/world/7-are-reported-killed-in-2-attacks-in-sudan.html 7 Are Reported Killed in 2 Attacks in Sudan 16 May 1988 The New York Times Reuters registration https://web.archive.org/web/20230531010834/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/16/world/7-are-reported-killed-in-2-attacks-in-sudan.html 31 May 2023 live According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the attacks on the soft targets, which were well known for hosting many Westerners, were "in apparent revenge for the Israeli assassination in Tunisia of the PLO military leader Khalil al-Wazir."1990 Country Report: Sudan The Economist Intelligence Unit 50 In October 1988, five terrorists belonging to a front group of the Abu Nidal Organization were sentenced to death for the attacks. Their death sentences were commuted to prison time when the relatives of the Sudanese victims agreed to the payment of "blood money." In January 1991, shortly before the Gulf War started, the new regime of the Islamist leader Hassan Al Turabi released the five from prison.Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, And Catastrophe Petterson Donald Hachette 2009 References Category:1988 mass shootings in Africa Category:20th century in Khartoum Category:20th-century mass murders in Sudan Category:Abu Nidal attacks Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1988 Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Sudan Category:Attacks on hotels in Africa Category:Grenade attacks in Africa Category:Palestine–Sudan relations Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 1988 Category:Terrorist incidents in Sudan