[californiadisasters] In CA Terrorism History: 1974 LAX Bombing

Bombing At LAX International Terminal

On August 6,1974 Yugoslavian terrorist Muharem Kurbegovic (The Alphabet Bomber) placed an explosive device in a coin operated locker adjacent to the Pan AM ticket counter. At approximately 8:10 that morning the device detonated. Two people were killed and 38 others injured.

The Alphabet Bomber who represented the terrorist group "Aliens Of America" was arrested on August 20,1974. In addition to the LAX bombing, he was charged with arson endangering the lives of two LAPD commissioners and a Judge.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lafdhs/7606456576/

1974 Summer: "Alphabet Bomber" Muharem Kurbegovich bombs the Pan Am Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport killing three and injuring eight. He also fire bombed the houses of a judge and two police commissioners as well as one of the commissioner's cars. He burned down two Marina Del Rey apartment buildings and threatened Los Angeles with a gas attack. His bomb defused at the Greyhound Bus station was the most powerful the LAPD bomb squad had handled up until that time. His personal vendetta against a judge and the commissioners grew into demands for an end to immigration and naturalization laws, as well as any laws about sex.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States

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