The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorist attack at the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The terrorists were 3 members of the Japanese red army (a militant communist group founded in 1971) who had been recruited by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-External Operations, a Palestinian group. Two of the terrorists were killed in the attack, while the third, Kozo Okamoto, was captured. The airport was prepared for a Palestinian attack, but the three Japanese men with violin cases on the plane from Rome received very little attention by the guards. When they reached the waiting area unpacked the terrorists assault riffles from their violin cases and started shooting. 26 people were killed and another 80 was injured. One of the attackers were accidentally shot dead by one of the two others, while the second attacker to die did so by his own grenade. Okamoto was sentenced to prison but has since been released. He is still today a wanted man by the Japanese government.
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