1974 Los Angeles International Airport bombing

Terrorist incident in the United States May 2025 February 2025 1974 Los Angeles International Airport Bombing Los Angeles, California Los Angeles International Airport August 6, 1974 Bombing 3 36 Muharem Kurbegovic The 1974 Los Angeles International Airport bombing occurred on August 6, 1974, in the overseas passenger terminal lobby of Pan American World Airways (now Terminal 3) at the Los Angeles International Airport. The attack killed three people and injured 36 others.https://books.google.com/books?id=MrPyPP7gkHYC&pg=PA77 Jonathan B. Tucker Toxic Terror: Assessing Terrorist Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons 77 MIT Press 41-24478 2000 9780262700719 2023-10-18 The attack was perpetrated by 37-year-old Yugoslavian immigrant Muharem Kurbegovic, who was arrested two weeks after the bombing. Kurbegovic was eventually found guilty of first-degree murder for committing the bombing and an additional attack.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-16-me-a2anniversary16-story.html Alphabet Bomber guilty of murder Los Angeles Times October 16, 2006 He was sentenced to life in prison.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/Bomber-gets-life-in-prison/7974343976400/ Bomber gets life in prison United Press International November 25, 1980 Attack The bomb exploded at 8:10 AM inside a locker. There were about 50 people in the airport lobby at the time of the explosion. The terminal was evacuated after the blast. The explosion ripped through 100 ft of the lobby.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19740807&id=JZgtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rMwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2564,2347865 Airport Blast Kills 2 Daytona Beach Morning Journal August 7, 1974 Three people died as a result of the attack, with two victims dying at the scene and an additional victim dying later at the hospital. Thirty-six people were injured in the attack, including a priest who lost a leg.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-26-mn-2708-story.html 1st Parole Bid Denied for 'Alphabet Bomber' Los Angeles Times August 26, 1987 Those killed in the bombing were 46-year-old Leonard Hsu of Lomita, 64-year-old Harper Glass of Inglewood, and 53-year-old Robert Moncur of New Zealand.https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/07/archives/bomb-explosion-kills-2-at-airport-in-los-angeles-flights-diverted.html Bomb Explosion Kills 2 at Airport in Los Angeles New York Times August 6, 1974https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/12/archives/airport-explosion-claims-3d-victim-in-los-angeles.html Airport Explosion Claims 3d Victim in Los Angeles Associated Press New York Times August 12, 1974 Kurbegovic was nicknamed "The Alphabet Bomber" because of his alleged plan to attack places in an order that would make an anagram of Aliens of America. He later disputed this and stated that his objective was to "undermine and erode the foundation of Western Civilization, which is the Holy Bible". In August 1987, Kurbegovic was denied parole. See also Domestic terrorism in the United States References 33em 33.946260 -118.404079 type:event_region:US-CA title Category:1974 in Los Angeles Category:August 1974 in the United States Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1974 Category:Terrorist attacks on airports in the United States Category:1974 murders in the United States Category:Murder in Los Angeles Category:Los Angeles International Airport Category:Terrorist incidents in the United States in 1974 Category:Building bombings in California Category:Terrorist incidents in Los Angeles Category:1974 building bombings