Event

Two members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA) and two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) made a failed attempt to blow up oil…

31 Jan 1974 · 1.23° N, 103.77° E

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When
31 Jan 1974
Kind
Event
Coordinates
1.23° N, 103.77° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Laju incident.

Summary

Two members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA) and two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) made a failed attempt to blow up oil tanks at the Shell oil refinery complex on Pulau Bukom at Singapore. The terrorists then hijacked the ferry Laju and took its five crew members hostage.

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