This is a podcast about some of the most spectacular terrorist attacks in history. In this podcast, I tell the stories of the terrorists, their victims and the consequences for the survivors and society. About people who will sacrifice their own lives or the lives of others for a political, economic, religious or social goal. Who was behind it, who did they want to hit, and why. My name is Natasja, and I am a journalist with a Master's in Middle Eastern Studies. Unfortunately, I have experienced terror in my life several times. The massacre in Utøya in Norway happened half an hour's drive from where some of my immediate family lives. A good friend of mine was only a meter away from one of the suicide bombers on the London Underground in 2005. He miraculously escaped with two burst eardrums. Finally, I worked in Afghanistan some time ago, where a major terrorist attack on a local cafe claimed the lives of 21 people. Among other things, the owner, who had served me a layer cake on my birthday the year before. Fortunately, I have never been in the middle of a terrorist attack myself...
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episode 7: The attack on the rainbow community
It was August 1 2009, in Israel's largest city, Tel Aviv. The weather was over 30C, even though it was approaching 11pm. The Aguda building Bar-Noar, which housed the Tel Aviv Gay and Lesbian Association, is a restored Bauhaus building in Meir Park in the city centre. As always, the centre was attended by gay teenagers who participated in social activities and listened to music. This evening, several young people gathered for a Youth Get Together event, a weekly support group for homosexuals. Suddenly, the event was abruptly interrupted when a masked man dressed entirely in black entered the centre. Then everything became chaos. The man carrying an automatic weapon began to open fire, shooting randomly at the youths. They desperately tried to hide under a bed and some tables, but avoiding the perpetrator's bullets was difficult because the centre was so small and had only one terrace. After causing regular carnage, he fled on foot. Two people were left dead, and fifteen injured, six in critical condition.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-shooting-idUSTRE5701V520090801
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/02/three-killed-at-gay-teen-center/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-decade-on-parents-of-lgbt-center-shooting-victims-still-waiting-for-answers/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ml-israel-gay-shooting-080109-2009aug01-story.html
https://jweekly.com/2014/09/26/mom-of-slain-gay-israeli-tells-her-agony-to-activism-tale/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ml-israel-gay-shooting-080109-2009aug01-story.html
https://www.start.umd.edu/publication/types-minority-discrimination-and-terrorism
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-4446.12799
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-said-to-obtain-new-evidence-in-2009-gay-youth-club-murders/
https://www.haaretz.com/2009-08-02/ty-article/police-still-hunting-for-tel-aviv-gay-center-gunman/0000017f-e881-dea7-adff-f9fbfcd80000
Music used in this episode
Israel By: TribeSoundRecords, https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/77142119-israel
O Come O Come Emmanuel By: soundsvisual, https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/75480618-o-come-o-come-emmanuel-piano-and-violins-version
Gunshot, Bus Interior, Slowed Pistol Fires, Metallic Bangs, Multiple Shots By: ProSoundEffects, https://www.pond5.com/sound-effects/item/116376888-gunshot-bus-interior-slowed-pistol-fires-metallic-bangs-mult
Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/
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