Carlos the Jackal was the most prominent international terrorist for two decades. Here is a partial chronology of terror attacks in which he was believed to be involved.
July 1971: Carlos receives military training from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Lebanon.
May 1972: Twenty-six pilgrims killed, 78 wounded in a joint attack at Israel’s Lod Airport by the Japanese Red Army and PFLP.
December 1973: Carlos shoots prominent Jewish businessman and Zionist Edward Sieff in the face at his London home. Sieff survives.
January 1974: Carlos claims responsibility for bombing the London branch of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim.
August 1974: Two right-wing French newspapers and the Jewish monthly L’Arche are bombed.
December 1974: Two people killed, 30 injured in a grenade attack on the Jewish- owned cafe Le Drugstore in Paris. Carlos is a chief suspect.
January 1975: Carlos is instrumental in two rocket attacks on El Al planes at a Paris airport. Terrorists are captured but allowed to fly to the Middle East.
June 1975: Carlos kills two French secret-service agents investigating the rocket attacks and their Lebanese informant.
December 1975: Three people killed when Carlos leads attack on an OPEC conference in Vienna. Eleven oil ministers are seized but later released for a huge cash ransom.
March 1982: Five people killed and 27 injured in a bomb attack on a Paris- Toulouse express train carrying then-Paris mayor — now French President – – Jacques Chirac. Carlos is a chief suspect.
April 1982: Carlos claims responsibility for bombing French embassy and Air France office in Vienna.
December 1983: Five people die and scores injured, in two bomb attacks in France — one in Marseilles, another on a high-speed train. Carlos is a chief suspect.
August 1983: One person killed, scores wounded, in bomb attack on French cultural center in Berlin. Germany issues warrant for Carlos’ arrest.
January 1984: Carlos claims responsibility for bombing French cultural center in Tripoli, Lebanon.
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