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A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073687
South African History Online (2012) 'A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073687 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).
South African History Online, A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073687, (accessed 6 August 2026).
"A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073687. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "A Somali gunman hijacks a Lufthansa Airbus over Austria with 104 people aboard and orders it flown to New York, where he surren." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073687.
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