Word: terrorist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ahmad, who was returning from a world sociology conference in Bombay, died from bullet wounds inflicted by the terrorist hijackers, said Harvard spokesman Peter Costa. Soon after Ahmad was shot, Pakistani commandoes stormed Pan Am flight 73 and captured the hijackers, ending 17 hours of terror for the 400 passengers on board...
...said the terrorists were killed by three hand grenades they detonated at close range. The legs and lower trunk of one terrorist were blown off by the explosion, he added...
Though the precautions for Prince Charles' visit stemmed in part from fears of a terrorist attack by supporters of the lrish Republican Army, no arrests or security problems were reported. "It's nice when it's like this," said a Boston Police officer. "I've been with [Prince Charles] since he came in at Logan, and there hasn't been any sign...
...presence of the Prince of Wales in theBoston area, which has a high Irish-Americanpopulation and is thought to be a major source offunding for the Irish Republican Army, brings upthe possibility of terrorist attacks, according toFord...
...Although we haven't received any intelligencereports yet of possible overt terrorist acts, wealways have to keep it in the back of our minds,"said Johnson...