Massacre de l'aeroport de Lod

Massacre de l'aeroport de Lod
	31° 59′ 42″ N, 34° 53′ 39″ E / 31.995°N,34.8942°E
Tipus	massacre ; atemptat
Data	30 maig 1972
Localització	Aeroport Internacional de Ben Gurion (Israel)
Estat	Israel
Participant	Exèrcit Roig Japonès ; Front Popular per a l'Alliberament de Palestina-Operacions Externes
Morts	28
Ferits	80
Arma	AK-47; granada de mà

La massacre de l'aeroport de Lod^[1]^[2] fou un atemptat ocorregut el 30 de maig de 1972, en el que tres membres de l'Exèrcit Roig Japonès, reclutats pel grup armat palestí Front Popular per a l'Alliberament de Palestina-Operacions Externes (FPAP-OE),^[2]^[3] atacaren l'aeroport de Lod (des de 1975 Aeroport Internacional Ben Gurion), prop de Tel Aviv, assassinant a 26 persones i ferint 80 més.^[4] Dos dels atacants foren assassinats, mentre un tercer, Kōzō Okamoto, fou capturat després de ser ferit.

Les víctimes mortals corresponen a 17 pelegrins cristians de Puerto Rico, un ciutadà del Canadà, i vuit d'Israel, incloent al professor Aharon Katzir, un biofísic internacionalment conegut. Katzir fou cap de l'Acadèmia Nacional Israeliana de Ciències i un popular científic d'espectacle radiofònic, així com un candidat de les eleccions presidencials israelianes que s'acostaven. El seu germà, Efraïm Qatsir, fou escollit President d'Israel l'any següent.

Tenint en compte que l'aeroport estigué alerta davant la possibilitat d'un atac palestí, l'ús d'activistes japonesos agafà per sorpresa a la seguretat de les instal·lacions. L'atac sovint s'ha descrit com una operació de suïcidi, però també s'ha definit com el resultat fallit d'una operació major no anunciada. Els tres perpetradors —Kōzō Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okudaira i Yasuyuki Yasuda— foren entrenats a Baalbek, Líban. No obstant, la planificació real fou dirigida per Wadie Haddad (Abu Hani), cap del FPAP-OE, amb alguna aportació d'Okamoto.^[5] Com a conseqüència immediata, Der Spiegel especulà que l'origen del finançament provenia d'alguna part dels 5$ milions de dòlars del rescat pagat pel govern de la República Federal d'Alemanya a canvi dels ostatges del segrest del vol Lufthansa 649 de febrer de 1972.^[6]

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*"The short-term impact of the Lod Airport massacre as a precursor to Munich..." Stephen Sloan, John C. Bersia, J. B. Hill. Terrorism: The Present Threat in Context, Berg Publisher, 2006, p. 50. ISBN 1-84520-344-5
- "Two years later, just before the Lod Airport massacre, authorities uncovered the bodies of 14 young men and women on remote Mount Haruna, 70 miles northwest of Tokyo." "Again the Red Army" Arxivat 2013-08-26 a Wayback Machine., Time, 18 agost 1975.
- "Those named by Lebanese officials as having been arrested included at least three Red Army members who have been wanted for years by Japanese authorities, most notably Kōzō Okamoto, 49, the only member of the attacking group who survived the Lod Airport massacre." "Lebanon Seizes Japanese Radicals Sought in Terror Attacks", The New York Times, 19 febrer 1997.
↑ ^2,0 ^2,1 "They were responsible for the Lod Airport massacre in Israel in 1972, which was committed on behalf of the PFLP." Jeffrey D. Simon, The Terrorist Trap: America's Experience with Terrorism, Indiana University Press, p. 324. ISBN 0-253-21477-7
↑ «This Week in History:» (en anglès). JPost.com, 24-07-2012. [Consulta: 24 juliol 2012]. «The assailants, members of communist group the Japanese Red Army (JRA), were enlisted by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),»
↑ "In what became known as the Lod Airport Massacre, three members of the terrorist group, Japanese Red Army, arrived at the airport aboard Air France Flight 132 from Rome. Once inside the airport they grabbed automatic firearms from their carry-on cases and fired at airport staff and visitors. In the end, 26 people died and 80 people were injured." CBC News, The Fifth Estate, "Fasten Your Seatbelts: Ben Gurion Airport in Israel", 2007. consulta 2/6/2008.
↑ Marx, W David. «Interview: Dr. Patricia Steinhoff 4» (en anglès). Neojaponisme.com. Arxivat de l'original el 2021-05-01. [Consulta: 20 febrer 2013].
↑ «Weißer Kreis» (en alemany). Der Spiegel, 05-06-1972, pàg. 82–85. Arxivat de l'original el 21 març 2014 [Consulta: 29 agost 2013].

[1] *"The short-term impact of the Lod Airport massacre as a precursor to Munich..." Stephen Sloan, John C. Bersia, J. B. Hill. Terrorism: The Present Threat in Context, Berg Publisher, 2006, p. 50. ISBN 1-84520-344-5
"Two years later, just before the Lod Airport massacre, authorities uncovered the bodies of 14 young men and women on remote Mount Haruna, 70 miles northwest of Tokyo." "Again the Red Army" Arxivat 2013-08-26 a Wayback Machine., Time, 18 agost 1975.

"Those named by Lebanese officials as having been arrested included at least three Red Army members who have been wanted for years by Japanese authorities, most notably Kōzō Okamoto, 49, the only member of the attacking group who survived the Lod Airport massacre." "Lebanon Seizes Japanese Radicals Sought in Terror Attacks", The New York Times, 19 febrer 1997.

[2] "Two years later, just before the Lod Airport massacre, authorities uncovered the bodies of 14 young men and women on remote Mount Haruna, 70 miles northwest of Tokyo." "Again the Red Army" Arxivat 2013-08-26 a Wayback Machine., Time, 18 agost 1975.

[3] "Those named by Lebanese officials as having been arrested included at least three Red Army members who have been wanted for years by Japanese authorities, most notably Kōzō Okamoto, 49, the only member of the attacking group who survived the Lod Airport massacre." "Lebanon Seizes Japanese Radicals Sought in Terror Attacks", The New York Times, 19 febrer 1997.

[PFLP_p._324-2] 2,0 ^2,1 "They were responsible for the Lod Airport massacre in Israel in 1972, which was committed on behalf of the PFLP." Jeffrey D. Simon, The Terrorist Trap: America's Experience with Terrorism, Indiana University Press, p. 324. ISBN 0-253-21477-7

[3] «This Week in History:» (en anglès). JPost.com, 24-07-2012. [Consulta: 24 juliol 2012]. «The assailants, members of communist group the Japanese Red Army (JRA), were enlisted by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),»

[4] "In what became known as the Lod Airport Massacre, three members of the terrorist group, Japanese Red Army, arrived at the airport aboard Air France Flight 132 from Rome. Once inside the airport they grabbed automatic firearms from their carry-on cases and fired at airport staff and visitors. In the end, 26 people died and 80 people were injured." CBC News, The Fifth Estate, "Fasten Your Seatbelts: Ben Gurion Airport in Israel", 2007. consulta 2/6/2008.

[neojaponisme-5] Marx, W David. «Interview: Dr. Patricia Steinhoff 4» (en anglès). Neojaponisme.com. Arxivat de l'original el 2021-05-01. [Consulta: 20 febrer 2013].

[sp_lod-6] «Weißer Kreis» (en alemany). Der Spiegel, 05-06-1972, pàg. 82–85. Arxivat de l'original el 21 març 2014 [Consulta: 29 agost 2013].

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