(Friday, December 27, 1985, 9:15 a.m. CET) — Seven Arab terrorists attacked two airports in Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria, today with assault rifles and hand grenades.

Nineteen civilians were killed and over a hundred others were injured before four of the terrorists were killed by El-Al Security personnel and local police, who captured the remaining three.

Responsibility for the two attacks was claimed by the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) in retaliation for Operation Wooden Leg, the Israeli bombing of PLO headquarters in Tunis on Oct. 1, 1985.