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On 27 November 1969, El Al offices in Athens, Greece were attacked[1] with grenades by two terrorists belonging to the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PSF).[2] A 2-year-old Greek boy later died from his injuries, while 14 others were wounded in the attack.[3] The two terrorists were arrested but subsequently released in the wake of the Olympic Airways Flight 255 hijacking.[2]

LocationAthens, Greece
Date27 November 1969
Attack type
Grenade attacks
Deaths1
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1969 Athens attack
LocationAthens, Greece
Date27 November 1969
Attack type
Grenade attacks
Deaths1
Injured14
PerpetratorsPalestinian Popular Struggle Front
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In 2019, Mansour Saif al-Din Mourad, a member of Jordan’s House of Representatives, in a television interview bragged about carrying out a terrorist attack against El Al offices in Greece in 1969 which was thought to have been this attack, although the date was cited as 27 December.[4]

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