Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks

Date: December 27, 1985 • Location: Rome, Italy

Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

Palestinians are an Arab national group native to the region of Palestine, descended from those who have inhabited the area over the millennia. They represent a highly homogenized community who share a cultural and ethnic identity, and close linguistic and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.