1982 Berlin restaurant bombing

Terrorist incident in Germany 1982 Berlin restaurant bombing West Berlin, West Germany 15 January 1982 Bombing 1 46 IED On 15 January 1982, a bomb exploded in the Jewish Mifgash-Israel restaurant in the Wilmerdorf district in West Berlin, West Germany, killing a child and wounding 46 people. The device was attached to a radiator near the entrance to the restaurant. A woman holding a one-year-old baby girl was thrown into the street by the blast, and the child was left in critical condition and later died. Cars parked in front of the restaurant were damaged and the floor, ceiling, and furnishings inside the restaurant were badly damaged. Authorities initially suspected that the growing Neo-Nazi movement in West Berlin was responsible for the explosion, since it took place a few days before the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference that was held in Berlin on January 20, 1942 that coordinated the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", which referred to the deportation and murder of European Jews during the Second World War. Responsibility was claimed by Palestinian nationalists under the names "People's Federation for a Free Palestine" and the "Arab May 15 Organization for the Liberation of Palestine" in two separate claims. Police announced a search for a 30-year-old woman who witnesses described as "arab looking" who had been sitting near the radiator where the bomb had been left. She left the restaurant just before the explosion. Six Palestinian suspected members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were detained by police but released after they had been questioned and their homes searched. Police offered rewards totalling $45,000 for clues leading to the capture of the bomber. On January 20, about 5,000 residents of West Berlin marched through the city to protest anti-Semitism and the restaurant explosion. Mohammed Rashid of the 15 May Organization who led the bombing of Pan Am Flight 830 on 11 August 1982 later reportedly provided information to investigators about the attack. Yehuda Zvi Blum, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, said that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was responsible for the attack. See also Goldenberg restaurant attack References https://www.newspapers.com/image/637898792 Newspapers.com Germans reflect on heinous decision 40 years ago 21 January 1982 7F Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Texas Associated Press Jeffrey Herf Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967–1989 2016 https://books.google.com/books?id=5C7xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA407 Cambridge University Press 407 9781107089860 Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2003 https://www.ict.org.il/Article/893/Terrorist-Incidents-against-Jewish-Communities-and-Israeli-Citizens-Abroad-1968-2003#gsc.tab=0 International Institute for Counter-Terrorism 20 December 2003 17 June 2018 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 https://www.newspapers.com/image/312342694 Newspapers.com Woman Set Bomb? Associated Press 23 January 1982 15 The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Airline bomber convicted in 1982 Pan Am attack set to be released from federal prison http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/airline-bomber-set-released-prison-article-1.1290609 NY Daily News AP 16 March 2013 Berlin Police Question 6 Palestinians on Blast https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/17/world/no-headline-174662.html The New York Times 17 January 1982 Barry Rubin Judith Colp Rubin Chronologies of Modern Terrorism 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 Routledge 196 9781317474654 https://www.newspapers.com/image/344694243 Newspapers.com United Press International World News Briefs: West Berlin bomb kills girl 18 January 1982 2 The Sentinel United Press International Carlisle, Pennsylvania United Press International https://www.newspapers.com/image/1181046254 Newspapers.com The Sanford Herald Sanford, North Carolina 2 Israeli restaurant ripped by bomb in West Berlin 16 January 1982 Berlin collapsed Category:1982 in international relations Category:1982 in West Germany Category:1982 murders in Germany 1982 restaurant bombing Category:Antisemitic attacks and incidents in Europe Category:1982 building bombings 1982 restaurant bombing Category:Attacks on restaurants in Germany 1982 restaurant bombing Category:January 1982 in Europe Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Germany 1982 restaurant bombing Category:Terrorist incidents in Germany in 1982 Category:Building bombings in Germany Category:1980s murders in Berlin Category:Jews and Judaism in Berlin Category:Restaurant bombings in Europe Category:Child murder in Germany