For the attack in 1985, see 1985 Frankfurt airport bombing.
2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting
Part of Terrorism in Germany and Islamic terrorism in Europe
An improvised memorial to the victims, a few days after the attack. Wut, Trauer + warum? – Anger, mourning + why?
Location
Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Date
2 March 2011 (UTC+01)
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weapons
FN P35 pistol (9mm)
Deaths
2
Injured
2
Perpetrator
Arid Uka
Motive
Revenge for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan
The 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting occurred on 2 March 2011 at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. The shooter, Arid Uka, was arrested and charged with killing two United States Airmen and seriously wounding two others. He was convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison on 10 February 2012.[1]
According to the court judge at Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt, this was the first terrorist attack in Germany in which the perpetrator had an Islamist motive.[2]
^"Frankfurt airport gunman jailed for life". BBC News. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^"Terrorprozess: Lebenslang für Arid Uka". rtl.de (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. "Wir haben es hier tatsächlich mit dem ersten islamistisch motivierten Terroranschlag auf deutschem Boden zu tun", sagte der Vorsitzende Richter Thomas Sagebiel in seiner Urteilsbegründung. ["We are actually dealing here with the first Islamist-motivated terrorist attack on German soil," said Judge Thomas Sagebiel in his verdict.]
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