2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting
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The 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting was a terrorist attack by a lone gunman on an airline ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport
in Los Angeles
, California
.
On July 4, 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
, a 41-year-old Egyptian national, shot and killed Victoria Hen, a ticket agent at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport
, then opened fire on a line of 90 people at the El Al
Airline airport ticket counter, fatally wounding Yaakov Aminov and wounding four others. Hadayet was shot dead by an El Al security guard. The FBI concluded this was terrorism, although the gunman acted alone.
In September 2002, federal investigators concluded that Hadayet hoped to influence U.S. government policy in favor of the Palestinians, and that the incident was a terrorist act.
The attack was similar to the Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks
.
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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On July 4, 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet was an Egyptian-American terrorist who on July 4, 2002, murdered 2 people and wounded 4 others at Los Angeles International Airport in the 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting. The two people murdered were Israelis at the El Al ticket counter at the airport, identified as a...
, a 41-year-old Egyptian national, shot and killed Victoria Hen, a ticket agent at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
, then opened fire on a line of 90 people at the El Al
El Al
El Al Israel Airlines Ltd , trading as El Al , is the flag carrier of Israel. It operates scheduled domestic and international services and cargo flights to Europe, North America, Africa and the Far East from its main base in Ben Gurion International Airport...
Airline airport ticket counter, fatally wounding Yaakov Aminov and wounding four others. Hadayet was shot dead by an El Al security guard. The FBI concluded this was terrorism, although the gunman acted alone.
In September 2002, federal investigators concluded that Hadayet hoped to influence U.S. government policy in favor of the Palestinians, and that the incident was a terrorist act.
The attack was similar to the Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks
Rome and Vienna airport attacks
The Rome and Vienna airport attacks were two major terrorist strikes carried out on December 27, 1985.- The attacks :At 08:15 GMT, four gunmen walked to the shared ticket counter for Israel's El Al Airlines and Trans World Airlines at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport outside Rome, Italy, fired...
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