Judge awards $1 billion-plus to terrorism victims

Published January 29, 2013 10:43pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has awarded more than $1 billion each to 26 victims — including estates and family members — of the deadly 1985 terrorist attacks on the Rome and Vienna airports.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola issued the award against Syria. He concluded the attacks by the Abu Nidal Organization could not have taken place “without Syria’s direct support.”

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