1991 Patras bombing

Terrorist attack in Patras, Greece April 2026 1991 Patras bombing Patras, Greece British consulate (intended); Apartment building at Votsi Street, 14 (actual) 38.2461 21.7320 type:event_region:GR it 19 April 1991 Bombing 7 (6 citizens, 1 terrorist) Ibrahim HasikehAsar Al NobaniBaykarat Khalil, Awad Khalil Dynamite Asar Al Nobani, Baykarat Khalil, Awad Khalil Asar Al Nobani (25 years in prison)Baykarat Khalil (25 years in prison)Awad Khalil (3 years in prison) The 1991 Patras bombing was a terrorist attack carried out on 19 April 1991 in the centre of Patras, Greece, killing six citizens and the terrorist who was carrying the bomb. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/04/19/Seven-killed-in-Patras-bomb-explosion/1546672033600/ Seven killed in Patras bomb explosion - UPI Archives UPIhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-20-mn-236-story.html Mail Bomb Kills 7, Injures 10 at Air Courier Office in Greece L. A. Times Archives April 20, 1991 Los Angeles Times Attack and victims The bomb was carried by Ibrahim Hasikeh, a 26 year old Palestinian terrorist, who allegedly belonged to a group linked to Abu Nidal's network. The target of Hasikeh is believed to be the British consulate, at the junction of Votsi and Othonos Amalias streets. But Hasikeh, either because he wanted to do a final check of the explosive devicehttps://tempo24.news/eidisi/69454/19-aprilioy-1991-i-mera-poy-i-patra-pnigike-sto-aima-mnimes-kai-eikones-poy-haraxan 19 Απριλίου 1991: Η μέρα που η Πάτρα "πνίγηκε" στο αίμα- Μνήμες και εικόνες που "χάραξαν" βαθιά όσους έζησαν την τραγωδία της Βότση - ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ April 19, 2022 tempo24.news or because there were people in the consulate who might suspect him or due to some mishandling of the bomb,https://www.e-radio.gr/post/80224/san-simera-i-ekrixi-vomvas-stin-odo-votsi-stin-patra-me-6-nekroys Σαν σήμερα: Η έκρηξη βόμβας στην οδό Βότση στην Πάτρα με 6 νεκρούς (pics) E-Radio.gr entered the apartment building on Votsi Street, 14, and headed to the elevator. There, probably trying to change the time of the bomb's explosion, which consisted of 11 kilograms of dynamite, the bomb exploded dismembering Hasikeh and killing six people who were in a company courier on the ground floor of the apartment building. Outside the building was waiting Hasikeh accomplice, Asar Al Nobani, 29, who disappeared after the explosion. The six citizens who were killed due to the explosion were: George Papasotiropoulos, 58, Vassilis Kyriakopoulos, 53, Yannis Kavkas, 25, Olga Stagalinou, 25, Dimitris Seitanidis, 23, and Georgia Verra, 24. Prosecutions Police officers who checked the debris after the explosion found pieces of the Hasikeh student ID and one of his shoes and soon managed to identify him. A few days later they arrested Al Nobani and two other Palestinians, Baykarat and Awad Khalil. In the autumn of 1995, Al Nobani and Baykarat Khalil were sentenced to 25 years in prison while Awad Khalil in three years. The court also ordered their immediate deportation after serving their sentences. Memorial Every year on 19 April, a memorial service is held in Patras for the six dead from the bomb explosion on Votsi Street.https://www.patrasevents.gr/article/222114-patra-oi-mnimes-apo-tin-ekriksi-stin-odo-votsi-den-tha-svisoun-pote-pics Πάτρα: Οι μνήμες από την έκρηξη στην οδό Βότση δεν θα σβήσουν ποτέ (pics) | Patras Events April 19, 2016 www.patrasevents.gr References Category:Abu Nidal attacks Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Greece Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1991 Category:20th-century mass murders in Greece Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1991 Category:1991 mass murders Category:Suicide bombings in 1991 Category:April 1991 in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents in Greece in the 1990s Category:Letter and package bombings