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The Orly Airport attack was the 15 July 1983 bombing of a Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport in Paris, France, by the Armenian terrorist organization ASALA as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian Genocide.〔(The New York Times. Sympathy Won't Help ). July 24, 1983〕 The explosion killed eight people and injured 55.〔(The New York Times, October 9, 1983. French Hold Armenians in Orly Airport Bombing )〕 == Attack == The bomb exploded inside a suitcase at the Turkish Airlines check-in desk in the airport's south terminal, sending flames through the crowd of passengers checking in for a flight to Istanbul. The bomb consisted of a half kilo of Semtex explosive connected to three portable gas bottles (which explained the extensive burns on the victims).〔Stephen Segaller. Invisible armies: terrorism into the 1990s. Joseph, 1986. ISBN 0-7181-2704-8, 9780718127046, p. 68〕 Three people were killed immediately in the blast and another five died in hospital. Four of the victims were French, two were Turkish, one was American, and one was Swedish.〔Brian Forst, Jack R. Greene, James P. Lynch. Criminologists on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 0-521-89945-1, 9780521899451, p. 431〕 The death toll made the Orly bombing the bloodiest attack in France since the end of the Algerian War in 1962.〔The Associated Press. Orly Blast Claims Seventh Victim, New Threats. July 21, 1983. (Ocala Star-Banner, July 21, 1983 )〕〔The New York Times. (Death Toll Rises to 7 After Terror at Orly ). July 22, 1983〕 The dead included a French child, and a man with dual U.S.-Greek citizenship.〔The Associated Press. (Fear American Among Six Killed at Orly. ) Ludington Daily News, July 15, 1983〕 The dual national was identified as Anthony Peter Schultze, who was studying in Paris and came to the airport to see off his Turkish fiancée. She was out of the check-in area when the bomb exploded, and was uninjured.〔United Press International. American student killed in bomb explosion. July 16, 1983〕〔The Associated Press. (Armenian Terrorists Warn Turks Of New Surge of Bloody Attacks ). Lakeland Ledger, July 17, 1983〕 ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack. French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy came to the airport and condemned the attack, promising to find and punish the perpetrators. Later he visited the hospital where the most seriously injured were being treated.〔The Associated Press. (Terrorists Bomb Airport In Paris; 5 Killed In Blast. ) () The Palm Beach Post, July 16, 1983〕 French President François Mitterrand visited some of the hospitalized victims and condemned the attack, calling it a "crime for crime's sake". The Orly bombing came only five days before the second Armenian World Congress was due to open at Lausanne.〔Armenian Terrorism by Paul Wilkinson. The World Today © 1983 Royal Institute of International Affairs〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orly Airport attack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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