TIMELINE: The worst airport shootings in the last 15 years
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Police officers on guard outside the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Jan. 6, 2017. (AP)
July 4, 2002
LAX
Two people were killed and 4 wounded after Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, an Egyptian national, opened fire at the El Al ticket counter.
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Dec. 7, 2005
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
A man from Costa Rica, 44-year-old Rigoberto Alpizar, who claimed to have a bomb and was running down a jetway, was shot to federal air marshals.
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April 27, 2006
CLEVELAND HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
A scuffle between passenger Kenneth Callaway, 38, and airport employees turned deadly after the man grabbed the gun of a police officer who was trying to restore order. Instead, he was shot.
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March 2, 2011
FRANKFURT AIRPORT - GERMANY
Two American airmen were shot and killed by Arid Uka, an Islamic extremist from Kosovo.
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Oct. 14, 2011
LA MESA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS
Masked gunmen killed six men and wounded three during a shootout in the parking area.
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May 17, 2013
JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
A shooting in the airport rental car parking garage followed 20-year-old Rodney Addison ramming two patrol cars. He was injured by one of the police officers.
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Nov. 1, 2013
LAX
Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, was shot by security officers when he opened fire at a security checkpoint. One man was killed and several injured, including Ciancia.
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June 8, 2014
JINNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KARACHI - PAKISTAN
Ten men armed with automatic weapons, a rocket launcher, suicide vests and grenades killed 36 people and injured 18. The organization Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Dec. 23, 2015
SABIHA GÖKÇEN AIRPORT - ISTANBUL, TURKEY
An explosion in apron area, where airplanes are parked, killed an airport worker and injured another.
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March 22, 2016
BRUSSELS AIRPORT IN ZAVENTEM - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Two coordinated suicide bombings and a third one at a subway station killed 32 people, injured more than 300. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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June 28, 2016
ATATÜRK AIRPORT – ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Armed with automatic weapons and explosive belts, three men carried out a coordinated attack that killed 45 people. More than 230 people were injured. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks but Turkish officials said they had evidence that ISIS leadership was involved.
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Nov. 15, 2016
OKLAHOMA CITY'S WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT
Authorities temporarily shut down the airport after an ambush attack of an airline employee, 52-year old Michael Winchester. The gunman, who was later found dead, lay in wait for hours outside the airport.