Two of the terrorists died during the attack but the third, Kozo Okamoto, was caught and sentenced to life in jail by an Israeli court.
In 1985 he was released as part of a prisoner exchange for Israeli soldiers captured during the Lebanon war.
Sixteen Puerto Rican Christian pilgrims were among the dead, and in 2008 some of the victim’s family members filed a lawsuit against North Korea.
Judge Francisco A. Besosa of the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico said: "North Korea's demonstrated and well-known policy to encourage, support and direct a campaign of murder against civilians amply justifies the imposition of punitive damages against it.”
