Terrorist attack
Open on the mapThe Orly Airport attack in Paris leaves eight dead and 55 injured
15 Jul 1983 · 48.72° N, 2.38° E
What the records say
- When
- 15 Jul 1983
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 48.72° N, 2.38° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1983 Orly Airport attack.
1983 Orly Airport attack
Bombing in Orly airport by ASALA
The Orly Airport attack was the 15 July 1983 bombing of a Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport in Paris, by the Armenian militant organization ASALA as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian genocide. The explosion killed eight people and injured 55.
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