1982 Berlin restaurant bombing | |
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Location | West Berlin, West Germany |
Date | 15 January 1982 |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | IED |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 46 |
On 15 January 1982, a bomb exploded in the Jewish Mifgash-Israel restaurant in West Berlin, West Germany, killing a child and wounding 46 people. [1] [2] 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. [3] Six Palestinian suspected members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were detained by police but released. [3] 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. [4] Yehuda Zvi Blum, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, said that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was responsible for the attack. [5]
1982 Berlin restaurant bombing | |
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Location | West Berlin, West Germany |
Date | 15 January 1982 |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | IED |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 46 |
On 15 January 1982, a bomb exploded in the Jewish Mifgash-Israel restaurant in West Berlin, West Germany, killing a child and wounding 46 people. [1] [2] 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. [3] Six Palestinian suspected members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were detained by police but released. [3] 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. [4] Yehuda Zvi Blum, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, said that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was responsible for the attack. [5]