Assassination of Meir Kahane | |
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Part of terrorism in the United States | |
Location | 525 Lexington Avenue New York Marriott East Side, Manhattan, New York City |
Coordinates | 40°45′20″N 73°58′22″W / 40.75556°N 73.97278°W |
Date | 5 November 1990 (18 Cheshvan 5751) Shortly after 9:00 p.m. (EST) |
Target | Meir Kahane |
Weapons | .357-caliber pistol[1] |
Deaths | 1 (Meir Kahane) |
Injured | 3 (1 bystander, 1 police officer, the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | El Sayyid Nosair |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
Meir Kahane, an Israeli American rabbi and ultranationalist politician, was assassinated by El Sayyid Nosair on 5 November 1990 at the New York Marriott East Side hotel in Manhattan, New York City.