Terrorist attack
Open on the mapIsland of Peace massacre: Seven 11-year-old girls from Beit Shemesh's Feurst School are killed and many other are severely injured by a Jordanian soldier
13 Mar 1997 · 32.64° N, 35.57° E
What the records say
- When
- 13 Mar 1997
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 32.64° N, 35.57° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Island of Peace massacre.
Summary
Island of Peace massacre: Seven 11-year-old girls from Beit Shemesh's Feurst School are killed and many other are severely injured by a Jordanian soldier, who opened fire on the schoolchildren while they were on a class trip at the "Island of Peace", a joint Israeli and Jordanian tourist resort, under Jordanian rule.
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