1985 Italian Cruise Ship Hijiacked

The gunmen are demanding.

1985 italian cruise ship hijiacked. Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. 7 1985 the Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean. On October 7 1985 four men including mastermind Muhammad Zaidan aka Mohammed Abul al-Abbas from the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian MS Achille Lauro liner off the coast of Egypt as she was sailing from Alexandria to Ashdod Israel.

Calling themselves the Palestine Liberation Front the gunmen demanded the release of 50 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel. Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria Egypt in order to hijack the luxury liner. On October 7 1985 four members of one of the PLOs factions the Palestine Liberation Front PLF hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

7 1985 by four Palestinian militants associated with a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front PLF. Four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship the Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt. The Achille Lauro An Italian cruise ship sailing the Mediterranean hijacked on October 7 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian terrorists.

7 heavily armed terrorists had hijacked the ship and 400 crewmembers and passengers. This month is the 25th year anniversary of the death of cruise ship passenger Leon Klinghoffer an American Jew who was killed by Palestinian terrorists who hijacked the cruise ship he was sailing on with his wife in the Mediterranean Sea in 1985. 10 1985 the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro ends when US.

Hijacker Released Early For Good Behavior After serving 24 years in prison the last of the four Palestinians. Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. The hijackers took the more.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY Hijacked Italian cruise ship rescued by US. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea. MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples Italy.