1981 Vienna synagogue attack

Armed terrorist attacks in Vienna, Austria yes May 2024 1981 Vienna synagogue attack Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria 48 12 38 N 16 22 37 E region:AT_type:event inline,title 1981 08 29 y 20:00 UTC+01:00 Mass shooting, grenade attack Palestinian nationalism Civilians 2 Marwan Hasan and Hesham Mohammed Rajeh 18 * WZ-63 submachine gunhttps://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/21/The-terrorist-who-shot-and-injured-four-people-Saturday/4979401428800/ The terrorist who shot and injured four people Saturday... upi.com 21 September 1982 19 July 2025 grenades The 1981 Vienna synagogue attack was a terror attack that occurred 29 August 1981. The incident took place in the Stadttempel of Vienna, Austria carried out by two terrorists of the Abu Nidal Organization.https://arab.news/6ubhn At least 4 killed, including gunman, in Vienna attacks 2 November 2020 Arab News Attack The mass shooting and grenade attack killed two people and wounded 18 others attending a Bar mitzvah service at the Stadttempel in Vienna on 29 August 1981.Palestinians get life in Austrian Slayings, The New York Times, 22 January 1982 Two terrorists entered the 155-year-old Israelite Temple in the central Vienna area of Seitenstettengasse, posing as Jews. The terrorists then came into a fire exchange with the two already wounded policemen.https://www.jta.org/1981/08/31/archive/terrorists-strike-in-vienna-kill-two-wound-18-in-an-attack-on-a-synagogue Terrorists Strike in Vienna; Kill Two, Wound 18 in an Attack on a Synagogue 31 August 1981 A bodyguard of a local Jewish business owner arrived quickly at the synagogue and pointed his gun directly at one of the perpetrators, shooting him and subdued the other. Police cordoned off the entire area and began a house to house search for possible accomplices and hidden bombs.https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147611 Austria Remembers Attack on Main Vienna Synagogue - Jewish World Israel National News 6 September 2011 According to early reports, three terrorists had been involved in the attack. The Austrian police later said this was not correct and that the only two who had stormed the synagogue were involved. The police were detaining a third person who was arrested in a Vienna apartment shortly after the attack, but no details were available regarding the suspect. Two civilians, a 25-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man were shot and killed in the attack, and several others were critically wounded, amongst two of the policemen. In connection with the attack, the two Palestinian assailants, Marwan Hasan, 25 years old, of Jordan, and Hesham Mohammed Rajeh, 21, born in Iraq, were convicted of terrorist charges and attempted murder. Rajeh was also indicted for the 1 May murder of Heinz Nittel, head of the Austrian-Israel Society. Both men received life sentences. References Category:Abu Nidal attacks Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Austria Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1981 Category:1981 crimes in Austria Category:Antisemitism in Austria Category:Attacks on synagogues in the 1980s Category:1980s in Vienna Category:Crime in Vienna Category:August 1981 in Europe Category:Antisemitic attacks and incidents in Europe Category:1981 mass shootings in Europe Category:1981 murders in Europe Category:1981 murders in Austria Category:Murder in Vienna Category:Grenade attacks in Europe Category:Mass shootings in Austria Category:Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Europe Category:Mass shootings in religious buildings and structures