August[edit source | editbeta] August 5, Trieste: a joint Black September – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine operation blew up six oil tanks, causing $7 million worth of damage. They claimed they did it because the facility supplied oil to Austria and West Germany. August 16, Rome: an El Al flight was interrupted after a bomb allegedly hid in a phonograph machine blew a hole in the baggage compartment. The Nationalist Youth Group for the Liberation of Palestine took credit, but some[who?] believed Black September was the culprit. September[edit source | editbeta] September 5–9, Munich: Munich massacre September 11, Brussels: Ophir Zadok, an official at the Israeli embassy was lured to a local cafe by a man claiming knowledge of a terrorist attack against the embassy. He was shot by two assailants. Black September was suspected. September 16, Amsterdam: 64 mail bombs are mailed from Amsterdam to various Israeli targets in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Africa. September 19, London: Dr. Ami Schechori, the agricultural attache at the Israeli Embassy in London is killed after opening one of the Black September letter bombs personally addressed to him. He reportedly believed the package contained Dutch flower seeds he wanted to plant when he got home. The blast exploded on his desk and the official was killed when a large wooden splinter drove through his heart. Theodore Kaddar, who had recently arrived to succeed Schechori, was also injured.[1] September 19, London: Israeli security agents search the mail and find four letter bombs addressed to members of the embassy staff, and four addressed to Ambassador Michael Comay September 19, London: four letter bombs addressed to members of the staff at the Israeli embassy are found at a London post office. One of the letters opened by the police contained a note from Black September.[2] September 19, Paris: the Israeli embassy discovered two letter bombs.[3] September 20, London: eight more letter bombs are addressed to Israeli officials are intercepted. September 20, Ottawa: six letter bombs were addressed to Israeli officials were discovered.[4] September 20, Montreal: a letter bomb addressed to the Israeli consul general Pinchas Shanaan was discovered.[5] September 20, New York: three letter bombs addressed to Israeli officials were discovered at a post office, addressed to Yosef Tekoah, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Jacob Barrone and Uri Gordon, members of Israels Permanent Mission to the UN.[6] September 20, Geneva: five letter bombs addressed to Israeli officials in Austria were discovered. September 20, Brussels: a letter bomb addressed to an Israeli official was discovered. September 20, Tel Aviv: a letter bomb addressed an Israeli official is found. September 20, Jerusalem: a letter addressed to an Israeli official exploded in a post office, injuring a postal worker. September 20, Australia: five letter bombs addressed to Israeli officials were discovered. September 21, Baranquilla, Colombia: a threat is made against an American firm is made on behalf of Black September. An intruder is spotted at 1:35 am but is chased away by security guards. Officials regard the incident as a "false alarm". September 21, Jerusalem: ten letter bombs were discovered at a post office.[7] September 21, Kinshasa, Zaire: an undisclosed number of letter bombs were discovered at the Israeli embassy.[8] September 21, Buenos Aires: five letter bombs were discovered at the Israeli embassy.[9] September 21, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: a letter bomb was discovered at the Israeli embassy. September 22, London: Scotland Yard volunteered to coordinate a global effort to investigate the letter bombs. September 23, Amman: Jordanian police discover four of the Amsterdam letter bombs addressed to its officials.
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