(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Marcus Dysch - In 1986, Nezar Hindawi planned to blow up an El Al plane carrying 370 people by planting a bomb in the luggage of his pregnant fiancee. Irish citizen Anne-Marie Murphy, who later gave birth to Hindawi's daughter, knew nothing of the plot. The Parole Board on Friday rejected his latest appeal for parole, ruling that it was not yet safe to release him. It is widely believed that Syria instigated the attempted bombing on the Heathrow to Tel Aviv flight. The device was discovered by El Al security who stopped Murphy.
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