Achille Lauro Hijacking

On October 7, 1985, four Palestinian militants seized the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro off Port Said, Egypt. The hijackers, under the command of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) leader Abu Abbas, held the more than 400 people aboard hostage for ...

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