BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 29th of November 1987 37 Years Ago |
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115 Die in Korean Airlines Boeing 707-3B5C Flight 858 bomb explosion in Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea. On their escape, the bombers were arrested in Bahrain. They were 25-year-old Kim Hyon-Hui aka Ok Hwa and 69-year-old Kim Seung Il aka Shinichi Hachiya, who posed as her father, acting on behalf of Kim Jong-Il and the North Korean government. Kim Seung Il bit a cyanide pill that was hidden in a cigarette and died. Kim Hyun Hui unsuccessfully attempted to do the same, but a Bahraini policewoman snatched the cigarette out of her mouth just as she started to ingest the poison. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_858 |
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