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Souhaila Andrawes

Souhaila Andrawes (28 March 1953-) was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group.

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Souhaila Andrawes was born on 28 March 1953 in Beirut, Lebanon. She joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group, and in 1977 she helped in the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181, killing the pilot Jurgen Schumann. She was the only hijacker to survive when the GSG-9 of West Germany assaulted the plane in Mogadishu, Somalia, and she was imprisoned for a year in Somalia before being released. In 1991, she moved to Oslo, Norway, and in 1994 she was arrested before being sent to Germany the next year. She was released after three years for ill health, and she married human rights activist Ahmad Abu Matar.

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