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1978 London bus attack
"terror" appeared 2 times in the opening in 2020. Today: absent from the opening. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Terrorist attack in which 2 people died On 20 August”. It now reads “Terrorist attack by the PFLP On 20 August”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
1978, a staff bus, of El Al airlines in London , England was attacked by Palestinian terrorists . Flight attendant Irit Gidron and one terrorist were killed in the attack, and nine people were wounded. Chronologies of Modern Terrorism .
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Today
"terror" appeared 2 times in the opening in 2020. Today: absent from the opening. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Terrorist attack in which 2 people died On 20 August”. It now reads “Terrorist attack by the PFLP On 20 August”. Read the current article and compare.
| 2020 | Oct '23 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Where the word went
It left the opening. It did not leave the article. Wikipedia moved it down the page, where a reader arriving from a search result will not reach it.
- “terror” was in the opening on October 6, 2023. Today 3 remain, 67% of the way down the article.
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