1980 Antwerp attack

yes Attack on a Jewish community in Belgium 1980 Antwerp attack Antwerp, Belgium Jewish civilians outside Agoudath Israel cultural centre 1980 7 27 yes Bombing 1 child 20 civilians Said Al Nasr Palestinian nationalism 2 grenades On 27 July 1980, Said Al Nasr, a Syria-born Palestinian, used grenades to attack a group of 40 Jewish children waiting with their families for a bus to take them to summer camp. One boy was killed and 20 other people were wounded in the attack. The attacker was convicted. Attack The attack took place outside the Agoudath Israel cultural centre in Antwerp. The group of children, aged 10 to 14, originating from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Austria, and Belgium, were accompanied by their families as they waited to board a bus to take them to a summer camp in the Ardennes hills of southern Belgium.Jewish youth dies in blast of grenade The Globe and Mail 28 July 1980 386914648 The explosion killed one boy, 15-year-old Parisian David Kohane, and wounded 20, aged 8 to 27, eight of whom had to be hospitalized, including a 13-year-old Belgian girl with critical brain injuries and a pregnant woman. 2 young brothers Zevi and Motti Glejser aged 8 and 9 respectively were walking past at the time of the attack and were wounded and hospitalised. The attacker was arrested after witnesses chased him down. In addition to the thrown grenades, he was carrying a pistol and "several magazines of ammunition" that had not used in the attack.Arab Held in Fatal Attack On Young Jews in Belgium The Washington Post 28 July 1989 147136318 The attack was among a number of anti-Jewish attacks worldwide in the early 1980s.Jewish Targets: Recent Attacks: Chronology Associated Press The New York Times 7 September 1986 426275757 Perpetrator Al Nasr, a Syrian-Palestinian, was convicted in Belgium in 1980, for throwing two hand grenades into a group of Jewish children waiting for a bus in Antwerp on 27 July 1980.Mickolus Edward International Terrorism in the 1980s: 1980-1983 1989 Iowa State University Press 71 He was carrying a Moroccan passport at the time of his arrest. In 1990, the jailed Al Nasr was "traded" for part of the Houtekins-Kets family, a Belgian-French family kidnapped in Libya—a demand of the Abu Nidal group—during the Silco incident.FREED HOSTAGES 'IN BELGIAN HANDS' FAMILY HEADS HOME AFTER PALESTINIAN GUERRILLA LEAVES PRISON NEAR BRUSSELS Reuters Orlando Sentinel 13 January 1991 277798387 References Further reading "We hebben zes jaar van ons leven gemist"; Familie Houtekins spreekt voor het eerst na gijzeling in Libie Het Nieuwsblad 24 March 2005 Een vergissing van bijna zes jaar; Verbitterde familie Houtekins doorbreekt na 14 jaar de stilte De Standaard 23 March 2005 Een Eeuw in Beeld - 1980 Het Belang van Limburg http://www.hbvl.be/dossiers/-e/eeuw/1980/1980_0.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061024053245/http://www.hbvl.be/dossiers/-e/eeuw/1980/1980_0.html 2006-10-24 1980 attack Category:1980 murders in Belgium Category:20th-century attacks on Jewish institutions Category:Abu Nidal attacks Category:Antisemitism in Belgium Category:Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Europe 1980 attack Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1980 Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Belgium Category:Jewish Belgian history Category:Jews and Judaism in Antwerp Category:1980 crimes Category:July 1980 in Europe Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Belgium Category:Terrorist incidents in Belgium in 1980 Category:Grenade attacks in Europe Category:Violence against children in Belgium