(Every blank is a different nation or nationality)

In 1972, three (1) _______ radicals smuggled (2) _______-made assault rifles in violin cases into an airport in (3) _______, where the security ignored them because they were on the lookout for (4) _______ threats. The radicals opened fire and 28 people were killed in the ensuing firefight, including two attackers.

The sole surviving radical plead guilty, saying, “It was my duty as a soldier of the revolution.” He was given a life sentence, but was released in a prisoner exchange after 13 years. Upon release, he became the only person to ever claim political asylum in (5) ______, which does not have an extradition treaty with his home country (where he’s still wanted). He is still alive, at 77, and resides there to this day, reportedly watching cartoons like Tom and Jerry.

In 2008, (6) _______ (ethnicity) families of victims of the attack sued the government of (7) _______ for allegedly supporting the attacks and (8) _______ ordered that country to pay $378 million to the families.

Points awarded for either getting correct guesses or coming up with something that feels more like a game of Mad Libs than the correct answers do. I’ll be especially impressed if anyone guesses (1) correctly.

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  1. Japanese

  2. Czech

  3. Israel

  4. Palestinian

  5. Lebanon

  6. Puerto Rican

  7. DPRK

  8. United States

The Japanese Red Army was wild

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōzō_Okamoto

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2094256/{{

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago
    spoiler

    Am from PR so I was already familiar with the story. I think it’s definitely worth noting that the PFLP had nothing to do with this attack, except for one member who more or less went rogue.

  • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    My brainrot actually left me familiar with this incident, though I think they also used a couple of grenades. For some reason the communist movement movement there just loved doing dumb terror attacks, because this isn’t the only time even if it was the biggest one in terms of international reception.

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      They did also use grenades.

      One of the organization’s founders later said she felt like they turned to these international terror attacks because the left’s lack of success domestically made them feel desperate, and that as radical students they probably should’ve just gone back home to their communities and advocated for their beliefs. The classic, “I’m ready to die for the revolution! But talking to people? No thanks!”

      • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        i dunno it read like some gladio shit to me, but then there was soldier of revolution, so belgium/western europe right out, thought maybe spain/portugal with some basque/cuba shit