September 25, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-09-25) c. 4:30
Weapons
Assault rifles, automatic pistols, hand grenades
Deaths
3 civilians
Perpetrator
Fatah's Force 17[1]
No. of participants
3
The Larnaca Yacht killings was a terrorist attack by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca, Cyprus on September 25, 1985, followed by a ten-hour standoff with police.
^Rabinovich, Itamar; Shaked, Haim (1988). Middle East Contemporary Survey: 1984-1985. Vol. lx. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-8133-7445-1.
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