1988 Ordzhonikidze bus hijacking
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1988-ordzhonikidze-bus-hijacking-188-9527065
title:
1988 Ordzhonikidze bus hijacking
text:
On 1 December 1988, a LAZ-687 bus carrying around thirty pupils and one teacher from school 42 in Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union was hijacked by five armed criminals, led by Pavel Yakshiyants. The local authorities conceded to the hijackers' demands and provided an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft to fly the hijackers to Israel. Upon landing at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport however, the hijackers surrendered to local troops and police without resistance. They were extradited to the Soviet Union and sentence
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Bus hijacking event in the Soviet Union
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Ordzhonikidze_bus_hijacking
date created:
2014-07-10T12:09:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T23:57:11Z
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