1985 Frankfurt Airport bombing

Terrorist attack in Germany Frankfurt airport bombing Frankfurt, West Germany 19 June 1985 Bombing 3 74 Abu Nidal Organization On the afternoon of 19 June 1985, a bombing at the Frankfurt Airport, West Germany, killed three and wounded 74 people.Palestinian group blamed for airport bombing https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/28/Palestinian-group-blamed-for-airport-bombing/1424586065600/ United Press International 28 July 1988 The bomb had been placed inside a wastepaper basket in the departure lounge at the airport. https://www.newspapers.com/image/149482574 Bomb kills 3, injures 28 in Frankfurt Airport Washington Post 20 June 1985 2 Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Newspapers.com When it exploded, the blast created a three-foot hole in the concrete floor of the terminal and destroyed many of the airline counters close to the counter of Alitalia Airlines. A police spokesman estimated the size of the bomb as weighing several kilograms. A witness to the explosion described seeing a grey suitcase with two handgrips that probably contained the explosives. Other witnesses described observing a young man who ran away from the scene and fled in a blue Mercedes sedan. Two of those killed were Australian children, 2-year-old and 5-year-old siblings, and the third a Portuguese man.Arab Group Asserts it Planted Bomb in Frankfurt https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/22/world/arab-group-asserts-it-planted-bomb-in-frankfurt.html The New York Times 22 June 1985 Shortly after the explosion, a travel agency at the train station in Munich received an anonymous phone call stating that an additional bomb would explode shortly in the departure hall of the Munich Airport. Police evacuated the airport and when no blast occurred, they surmised that the call was a hoax from someone who had heard about the explosion at the Frankfurt Airport. About 30 groups claimed responsibility, among them an unprecedented group calling itself Arab Revolutionary Organisation, having done so because of West German intelligence recruiting Arabs to assassinate members of Arab revolutionary movements in Lebanon.Arab Group Asserts it Planted Bomb in Frankfurt https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/22/world/arab-group-asserts-it-planted-bomb-in-frankfurt.html The New York Times 22 June 1985 Other callers claimed responsibility for the explosion on behalf of Red Army Faction, but officials expressed doubt about that group, since the explosion happened in a manner that was not typical for that group. https://www.newspapers.com/image/622538449 Newspapers.com Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California Associated Press Germans doubt leftists bombed Frankfurt airport 21 June 1985 A13 In July 1988, West German investigators concluded that the Palestinian Abu Nidal Organization, which itself had also claimed responsibility, had perpetrated the attack, and that the Libyan embassy in Bonn had pre-knowledge of the attack. The investigators also claimed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may have played a role in the attack.Newspaper Says Airport Bombing Blamed on Abu Nidal Terrorists https://apnews.com/32e9745282b949fac4586191ddff08cb Associated Press News 28 July 1988 See also 1985 Rome and Vienna airport attacks 1985 Rhein-Main Air Base bombing 1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing References External links View of the destroyed hall B after a bomb exploded at the airport in Frankfurt (Germany) on 19 June 1985 collapsed 50 02 N 8 34 E title Category:1985 in international relations Category:1985 in West Germany Category:1980s in Frankfurt Category:1985 murders in Germany Category:Abu Nidal attacks Category:Crime in Frankfurt Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1985 Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Germany Category:1985 crimes Category:June 1985 Category:June 1985 in Europe Category:Murder in Hesse Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Germany Category:Terrorist attacks on airports in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents in Germany in 1985 Category:Building bombings in Germany Category:Frankfurt Airport