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Miqdam Awan

Miqdam Awan (2 December 1948-24 June 1973) was a PFLP member and one of the hijackers of Lufthansa Flight 273.

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Miqdam Awan was born on 2 December 1948 in Ramallah, West Bank soon after the start of the First Arab-Israeli War. He joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group, and he joined Irfan Noori's terrorist crew for the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 273 on 23 June 1973. Awan was put on crowd control duty, and he was killed when Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos stormed the plane at Damascus International Airport in Syria.

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