40 years ago September 15, 1986: Seoul airport explosion
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 15, 1986.
By: Editorial
2 min readSep 15, 2026 06:52 AM IST First published on: Sep 15, 2026 at 06:40 AM IST
Five people were killed and 26 wounded in a bomb blast in the crowded arrival hall of Seoul’s Gimpo Airport, police said. The incident fanned fears that terrorists would try to sabotage the Asian Games. A police spokesman said the explosion was caused by a bomb planted in a bin near a terminal gate.
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