Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport

Quando

19 de fev. de 1978

Tipo

Operação militar

Coordenadas

34.88° N, 33.63° E

Posicionado na área, não em um local exato.

1978 shootout between Egyptian and Cypriot special forces in Larnaca, Cyprus

On 19 February 1978, Egyptian special forces raided Larnaca International Airport near Larnaca, Cyprus, in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking. Earlier, two assassins had killed prominent Egyptian newspaper editor Yusuf Sibai and then captured as hostages several Arabs who were attending a convention in Nicosia.

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