Fakhri Al Omari
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Fakhri Al Omari | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 |
| Died | 14 January 1991 (aged 54–55) Carthage, Tunisia |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Burial place | Amman, Jordan |
Fakhri Al Omari, known as Abu Muhammad, (Arabic: فخري العمري; 1936 – 14 January 1991) was a Palestinian who was a member of the Fatah movement. He was an aide of Salah Khalaf. They were assassinated by the Abu Nidal Organization in Tunisia on 14 January 1991.
Al Omari was born in Jaffa in 1936.[1][2] He was one of the participants in the first meeting of the Fatah movement in Cairo in 1955.[1] He was trained in specialist intelligence in Cairo in 1969.[3] He served as an aide to the Fatah founder Salah Khalaf and was an operations officer in the group.[4]
Al Omari was a member of the Black September Organization which attacked and killed the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in September 1972.[4][5] He was one of the planners of the attack.[4] The decision to organize the Munich attack was taken by Salah Khalaf, Abu Daoud and Al Omari in a meeting at a Roman coffee shop in early July 1972.[3] Al Omari took the weapons from the lockers in the Munich central railway station.[4] These weapons which would be used in the attack were put there by two Palestinians on 23 August 1972.[4]
Al Omari was allegedly among those who planned the assassination of the Jordian Prime Minister Wasfi Tal in Cairo in November 1971.[5]
Due to his direct involvement in the Munich attack Al Omari was on the assassination list of the Mossad's Committee X.[6]