2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting
The 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting was a terrorist attack by a lone gunman on an airline ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
On July 4, 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old Egyptian national, shot and killed Victoria Hen, a ticket agent at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport, then opened fire on a line of 90 people at the El Al Airline airport ticket counter, fatally wounding Yaakov Aminov and wounding four others. Hadayet was shot dead by an El Al security guard. The FBI concluded this was terrorism, although the gunman acted alone.[1]
In September 2002, federal investigators concluded that Hadayet hoped to influence U.S. government policy in favor of the Palestinians, and that the incident was a terrorist act.[2][3]
The attack was similar to the Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks.
[edit] References
- ^ "FBI, Justice: El Al attack was terrorism". CNN. 2003-04-12. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/04/12/airport.shooting/. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Federal investigators: L.A. airport shooting a terrorist act". CNN. 2002-09-05. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/09/04/lax.shooting/index.html. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ CNN report on the shooting
