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Witness History: The attack on Lod Airport

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The attack on Lod Airport

30/05/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The attack on Lod Airport

A survivor on how gunmen opened fire at an Israeli airport in 1972, killing 26 people.

In May 1972, gunmen attacked an Israeli airport, killing 26 people. Hear an account from one of the survivors.

In May 1972, Japanese gunmen attacked Lod airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. They were left-wing militants working for a Palestinian organisation. Twenty-six people were killed that day and more than 70 others were injured. In 2011, Simon Watts spoke to  Ros Sloboda, one of the survivors of the shooting.

PHOTO: Kozo Okamoto, one of the Japanese gunmen, on trial in Israeli in 1972 (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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