Tag: Nicaragua

September 6, 1970: Attempted hijacking of aircraft in Amsterdam foiled

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date September 6, 2021
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A PFLP patrol in Jordan, 1969 (Photo: By Thomas R. Koeniges - LOOK Magazine, May 13, 1969. p.27, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

On September 6, 1970 a member of the Sandinista was shot and killed as he tried to hijack an El-Al flight leaving Amsterdam.

Tags hijacking, Netherlands, Nicaragua, terrorism, Today in terrorism

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August 19, 1978: Sandinista gunmen kill 4 officials in Managua

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date August 19, 2020
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On this day in 1978, two officials associated with the Somoza regime were killed and two police officers wounded by likely Sandinista terrorists in Nicaragua.

Tags Nicaragua, terrorism