1983 Orly Airport attack

Orly Airport attack
LocationOrly Airport, Paris, France
Coordinates48°43′24″N 2°22′46″E / 48.7233°N 2.3794°E / 48.7233; 2.3794
Date15 July 1983
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths8
Injured55
PerpetratorsArmenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia

The Orly Airport attack was the 15 July 1983 bombing of a Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport in Paris, by the Armenian militant organization ASALA as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian genocide.[1] The explosion killed eight people and injured 55.[2][3]

  1. ^ The New York Times. Sympathy Won't Help. 24 July 1983
  2. ^ Ap (9 October 1983). "AROUND THE WORLD; French Hold Armenians in Orly Airport Bombing". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Echikson, William (19 July 1983). "Armenian bombing at Orly ends pact between Socialists and terrorists". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 13 July 2020.