23 February 1997; 27 years ago (1997-02-23) 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Attack type
Mass shooting, murder-suicide
Weapons
Beretta 84 handgun
Deaths
2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured
6
Perpetrator
Ali Hassan Abu Kamal
Motive
Anti-Zionism
On February 23, 1997, Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, a 69-year-old Palestinian teacher, opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York City. The gunman killed one person and wounded six others before taking his own life with a gunshot to the head.[1]
Law enforcement officials ruled it was a premeditated attack after finding notes indicating Abu Kamal's anger over Palestine and Israel. At the time, Abu Kamal's widow stated the shooting spree was not politically motivated, but rooted in his despondency over financial ruin.
Ten years after the shooting, Abu Kamal's daughter revealed that she had lied in hiding that her father's actions had in fact been motivated by Palestinian nationalism. Her mother's 1997 account was a cover story fabricated by the Palestinian Authority as Abu Kamal sought revenge against the Americans, the British, and the French for supporting Israel.
^"Gunman shoots 7, kills self at Empire State Building". CNN. February 24, 1997. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
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