Souhaila Sami Andrawes Sayeh ( ar, سهيلة أندراوس born 28 March 1953 in Beirut
) is a former militant and
Lebanese member of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In 1977 she participated in the
hijacking
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of
Lufthansa Flight 181 and the murder of pilot
Jürgen Schumann
Jürgen Schumann (born 29. April 1940 in Colditz; died 16 October 1977 in Aden, South Yemen (now Yemen) was a German Pilot. In 1977 he was the flight captain of the Lufthansa plane Landshut when it was hijacked. He was murdered by PLFP terrorist ...
. Andrawes was the only one of the four hijackers to survive the
GSG 9
, formerly (), is the police tactical unit of the German Federal Police ''(Bundespolizei (Germany), Bundespolizei)''. The state police (''Landespolizei'') maintain their own tactical units known as the ''Special Deployment Commando, Spezialein ...
storming of the plane in
Mogadishu. During the rescue operation, she was shot in the legs and lungs.
Andrawes was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in
Somalia, but was released a year later due to health-related issues, after which she moved to
Beirut.
In 1991, she moved to
Oslo with her husband Palestinian academic and human rights activist Dr.
Ahmad Abu Matar, and her daughter until she was tracked down by
Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) in 1994 and handed over to Germany in 1995. The arrest was followed by a strong debate on how to deal with foreign terrorists. She was sentenced to 12 years on terrorism charges and was released after three years due to poor health. She was the first woman to be sentenced twice for such a crime. Andrawes has since resided in
Oslo,
Norway with her husband and their daughter.
"Eine Angeklagte leidet – doch ihre Opfer nicht minder"
by Uwe Bahnsen, '' Die Welt'', 29 April 1996
References
1953 births
Living people
People from Beirut
People imprisoned on charges of terrorism
Prisoners and detainees of Somalia
People convicted of murder by Germany
Hijackers
People extradited to Germany
People extradited from Norway
Palestinian emigrants to Norway
Palestinian people imprisoned abroad
Refugees in Norway
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