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Terror raids leave 17 dead at Rome, Vienna airports Attack aimed at Israeli airline
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Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont.
Author: AP-Reuter
Date: Dec 27, 1985
Start Page: A.1
Section: NEWS
Text Word Count: 986
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VIENNA (AP-Reuter) - Simultaneous terrorist attacks today at Rome and Vienna airports left at least 17 people dead and 117 wounded in a barrage of grenades and gunfire.

At the same time the Rome attack began, three gunmen at Vienna's Schwechat international airport killed two people when they exploded grenades at the El Al check-in desk and then fired wildly in the departure area. Up to 40 were injured.

In Tel Aviv, an El Al spokesman, Baruch Tirosh, said both attacks occurred while planes of the government-owned airline were en route to both Vienna and Rome.

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