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rdfs:label | - Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport
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skos:prefLabel | - Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport
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skos:altLabel | - incidents
- 1978 raid at Locna airport in Cyprus
- Cyprus Airways hijacking
- Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport
- Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport
- Larnaca International Airport Raid
- Raid on Larnaca Airport
- The unauthorized raid
- exchanged gunfire
- raid on Larnaca International Airport
- the hijacking
- Egyptian commando forces raided Larnaca International Airport
- Cypriot National Guardsmen shot dead Egyptian Commandos
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clgo:causalties | - 1 Jeep all-terrain vehicle destroyed
- 15 commandos killed
- 18 commandos wounded
- 1C-130aircraft destroyed
- 3 members of the C-130 crew killed
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clgo:combatant | - Egypt
- *Cypriot National Guard
- *Unit 777
- 22px|borderCyprus
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clgo:date | |
clgo:place | |
clgo:result | - Cypriot victory; diplomatic ties between Egypt and Cyprus severed for 3 years.
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clgo:strength | - 60-75 commandos
- 65 persons - one infantry platoon from 395 Battalion (35 persons with two 0.50M2 Brownings and two M40 A/T guns) and a commando platoon (30 persons)
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