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Subj: Today in History - Oct 13
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Oct 13, 1977:
Palestinians hijack German airliner
Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa airliner and demand the
release of 11 imprisoned members of Germany's Baader-Meinhof
terrorist group, also known as the Red Army Faction. The Red Army
Faction was a group of ultra-left revolutionaries who terrorized
Germany for three decades, assassinating more than 30 corporate,
military, and government leaders in an effort to topple
capitalism in their homeland.
The Palestinian hijackers took the plane on a six-country
odyssey, eventually landing at Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 17,
after shooting one of the plane's pilots. Early the next morning,
a German special forces team stormed the aircraft, releasing 86
hostages and killing three of the four hijackers. Only one of the
German commandos was wounded. The Red Army Faction's imprisoned
leaders responded to the news later that day by committing
suicide in their jail cell, in Stammheim, Germany.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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