Letter Bombs
Israel's intelligence service, the Mossad, had tried to assassinate Alois Brunner, but failed. In 1961, the Mossad sent a bomb package to Brunner. . Two Damascus postal workers were killed, but Brunner was “only” injured. Brunner lost an eye and fingers on his left hand from letter bombs sent to him in 1961 and in 1980 by the Mossad. In December 1999, rumours surfaced saying that he had died in 1996 and had been buried in a cemetery in Damascus. However, German journalists visiting Syria said Brunner was living at the Meridian Hotel in Damascus. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, Brunner was last seen alive by reliable witnesses in 1992, and by journalists in 1996.
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