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The following is a list of terrorist incidents that have not been carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Assassinations are listed at List of assassinated people.
Definitions of terrorism vary, so incidents listed here are restricted to those that:
- are not approved by the legitimate authority of a recognized state
- are illegally perpetrated against people or property
- are done to further political, religious, or ideological objectives
Pre-1800
Scholars dispute what might be called terrorism in earlier periods. The modern sense of terrorism emerged in the mid-19th century.[1]
1800–1899
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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1865–1877 | Murders | c. 3,000 | unknown | United States | c. 3,000 Freedmen and their Republican Party allies are killed by the Ku Klux Klan and well-organized campaigns of violence by other local whites in a campaign of terrorist violence that weakens the reconstructionist governments in the Southern United States and helped re-establish legitimized segregation.[2][3] | Ku Klux Klan | Reconstruction |
13 December 1867 | Prison escape | 12 | 120 | United Kingdom | The "Clerkenwell Outrage": a bomb was exploded next to a wall of Clerkenwell Prison as an attempt to abet the escape of an arms dealer | Fenian Society | |
1880 | Attempted Assassination | 0 | 0 | Russia | Attempted assassination of General Mikhail Loris-Melikov | ||
1881 | Assassination by Bombing | 2 | 12 | St.Petersburg, Russia | Assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. | Nikolay Rysakov and Ignacy Hryniewiecki members of 'Narodnaya Volya ' terrorist group. | |
1881-5 | Bombing | 0 (+3) | 98 | United Kingdom | Fenian dynamite campaign | Irish Republican Brotherhood | |
1884 | Assassination | 2 | 0 | Russia | Assassination of Colonel Soudekine, Chief of Police. | Nihilist Movement | |
4 May 1886 | Bombing | 7 (+4) | 160+ | Chicago | Haymarket Affair. A peaceful rally in Haymarket, Chicago, Illinois, is disrupted when a bomb was detonated as police were dispersing the public demonstration. | FOTLU | |
23 July 1892 | Assassination attempt | 0 | 1 (+1) | Pittsburgh | Alexander Berkman, a Russian expatriate, attempts to assassinate Henry Clay Frick, an American industrialist, financier, and art patron, in Pittsburgh. Berkman is arrested and Frick survives. Berkman claims inspiration from the Haymarket Affair. | Alexander Berkman | |
9 December 1893 | Bombing | 0 | 20 | Paris | French anarchist Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies injuring 20 deputies. | Auguste Vaillant | |
26 August 1896 | Hijacking | 10+ | 0 | Constantinople, Ottoman Empire | Occupation of the Ottoman Bank by Armenian separatists. A resulting anti-Armenian pogrom killed around 6,000 individuals. | Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
1900–1929
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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29 July 1900 | Assassination | 1 | 0 | Monza, Italy | Gaetano Bresci and Italian-American Anarchist assassinated Umberto I of Italy | Gaetano Bresci | |
15 April 1902 | Assassination | 1 | 0 | St.Petersburg, Russia | Minister of the Interior Dmitry Sipyagin was assassinated in the Marinsky Theatre. | Socialist Revolutionary Stepan Balmashov | |
28 April – 1 May 1903 | Bombings | 0 (+4) | Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire | Members of the Boatmen of Thessaloníki, a Bulgarian anarchist group, carry out a series of bombings in Thessaloniki | Boatmen of Thessaloníki | ||
18 May 1904 | Kidnapping | 0 | 2 kidnapped | Morocco | Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley are kidnapped and held for ransom by bandit Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli in Morocco.[4] | Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli | |
15 February 1905 | Bombing | 2 | +1 | Russia | Assassination of Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich Romanov by Socialist-revolutionaries. His coach driver Andrei Rudinkin was also killed. | Socialist Revolutionary Ivan Kalyayev | |
25 August 1906 | Bombing | 28 | Several | Aptekarsky Island, Russia | 28 people are killed when three terrorists bombed a reception in an attempt to assassinate Pyotr Stolypin. | Union of Socialists Revolutionaries Maximalists | |
11/12 July 1908 | Bombing | 1 | 23 | Malmö, Sweden | Night between 11 and 12 July: Bombing of the boat Amalthea where British strikebreakers lived by Anton Nilsson One was killed and 23 wounded. | Anton Nilsson | |
1 October 1910 | Bombing | 21 | 105+ | Los Angeles, United States | Los Angeles Times bombing kills 21 people and wounds over 100 others. | Lone wolf (terrorism) | |
14 September 1911 | Shooting | 1 | 0 | Kiev, Russia | Assassination of Pyotyr Stolypin Russian Prime Minister | Dmitri Bogrov | |
1912-14 | various | 1 | 0 | United Kingdom | Protest campaign by militant suffragettes campaigning for women's right to vote, including acts of disruption and violence aimed at property | Women's Social and Political Union | |
June 1914 | Shooting | 2 | 1 | Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. | Gavrilo Princip | |
22 July 1916 | Bombing | 10 | 40 | San Francisco, United States | Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing in San Francisco, California on 22 July 1916, when the city held a parade in anticipation of the United States' entry into World War I. During the parade, a suitcase bomb was detonated, killing ten and wounding forty. | Galleanist Anarchists (suspected) | |
16 September 1920 | Bombing | 38 | 300 | New York City, United States | Wall Street bombing kills 38 people and wounds 300 others.[5] | Galleanist Anarchists (suspected) | Red Scare |
14 October 1920 | Bombings | 1 | 10 | Trieste, Italy | In Trieste, nationalists throw six bombs at the editorial office of a Socialist newspaper, resulting in one death and ten injuries.[6] | Italian Nationalists | |
15 October 1920 | Bombings | 0 | 2 | Milan, Italy | In Milan, anarchists are responsible for throwing two bombs at a hotel holding a British delegation attending the Milan International Conference; there are two injuries.[6] | Anarchists | |
8 December 1920 | Bombing | 3 | 3 | Bucharest, Romania | A bomb placed by a left-wing terrorist group blows up in the Romanian Senate, killing the Minister of Justice and two other senators. Likewise, President of the Senate and two Orthodox bishops are severely injured. | Max Goldstein, Leon Lichtblau and Saul Ozias | |
31 May 1921 | Riot | 39-300 | 800+ | Tulsa, United States | The Tulsa race riot killed at least 39 people and injured over 800.[7] | Ku Klux Klan | |
13 December 1921 | Bombing | 100 | Bolgrad, Romania | The Bolgrad palace bombing occurred when a bomb thrown by Bessarabian separatists at the Bolgrad palace, killed 100 soldiers and police officers.[8] | Bessarabian separatists | Union of Bessarabia with Romania | |
31 October 1923 | Shooting | 1 | 1 | Dublin, Irish Free State | Far-right extremists shot two Jewish men as they walked across St. Stephen's Green in Dublin. One of the men was killed.[9] | Far-right extremists | |
16 April 1925 | Bombing | 150 | ~500 | Sofia, Bulgaria | St Nedelya Church assault – The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) blew up the church's roof during the funeral service of General Konstantin Georgiev, who had been killed in a previous Communist assault on 14 April. 150 people, mainly from the country's political and military elite, were killed in the attack and around 500 were injured.[10] | Bulgarian Communist Party |
1930–1949
- Kingdom of Hungary, 1931: A Hungarian terrorist, Szilveszter Matuska detonated a personnel train at Biatorbágy. 22 passengers died in the attack, 17 others were severely injured.[11]
- Mandatory Palestine 1936–39: 1936–39 Arab revolt, Palestine Arab "gang and terrorist activities"[12] against British colonial rule, and Jewish immigrants.
- Mandatory Palestine 1937–48: The Irgun are responsible for numerous attacks in British-mandated Palestine.
- Sweden 1940, 3 March: Politically motivated bombing targeted at the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman (Northern Flame) by various perpetrators. 5 persons were killed, 2 of which were children, along with 5 others injured.
- United States 1940–1956: George Metesky, the "Mad Bomber", places over 30 bombs in New York City in public places such as Grand Central Terminal and The Paramount Theater, injuring ten during this period, in protest against the local electric utility. He also sends many threatening letters.[13]
- United States 1940, 4 July: Time bomb is recovered from the British Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair, two policemen are killed.[14]
- Mandatory Palestine 1946, 22 July: The King David Hotel bombing by Zionist paramilitary group Irgun kills 91 and injures 46 non-fatally.[15]
- Romania 1947, 25 July: Three Romanian terrorists kill an aircrew member aboard a Romanian airliner.[16] This is regarded as the first aircraft hijack resulting in a fatality.[citation needed]
- Mandatory Palestine 1948, 22 February, Ben Yehuda Street bombings: three British Army trucks led by an armoured car driven by Arab irregulars and British deserters exploded on Ben Yehuda Street killing 58 Jewish civilians and injuring 140.[17][18]
- Philippines 1949, 7 May: thirteen people are killed as a Philippine airliner explodes in flight travelling from Daet to Manila. A time bomb detonates 30 minutes after departure near Alabat Island.[19]
- Syria 1949, 5 August: 12 killed and dozens injured in the Menarsha synagogue attack, Damascus.
1950–1969
- Israel 1954, 17 March: an Israeli civilian passenger bus is attacked by unknown assailants at the Scorpions Pass in the Negev, resulting in the deaths of eleven passengers.[20][21]
- Cyprus 1956, 16 June: The United States vice consul is killed and six other consulate staff are injured when a terrorist throws 2 bombs in a restaurant in Nicosia.[22]
- Lebanon 1958, 15 August: Three people are killed in a bomb blast in Beirut. The bombing also injures ten more at a grocery store near the Lebanese Parliament.[23]
- Cuba 1960, 5 March: The French freighter La Coubre explodes, killing between 75 and 100 people with 200 injured. The government suspects sabotage.[24]
- Canada 1963–1970: Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) committed frequent bombings targeting English businesses and banks, as well as McGill University. The whole bombing campaign resulted in 8 known deaths and numerous injuries.
- United States 1963, 15 September, 16th Street Baptist Church bombing – Four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the front steps of the church. The explosion killed 4 girls and wounded injured 22.[25]
- South Vietnam 1965, 26 June: Two simultaneous explosions took place near a restaurant in the 1965 Saigon bombing during the Vietnam War. The attack killed 42 people and 80 were wounded.
- Greece 1967, 12 November: A bomb explodes on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 near Rhodes killing all 66 people on the aircraft.[26]
- Israel 1968, 4 September: Three bombs are detonated in Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring 51 people.[27]
- Israel 1969, 21–25 February: Three separate bombings in Jerusalem, one in the British Consulate and two in a supermarket. In one of the bombings at the supermarket two Israelis were killed and in all attacks 20 were injured. One of the terrorist involved was Rasmea Odeh.[28][29]
- Ireland 1969, 5 August: A bomb was detonated in Dublin at the main studio of the state broadcaster, RTÉ. The Protestant extremist group the UVF were responsible. No one was injured.[30]
- Ireland 1969 A UPV suicide bomber attacked a power station in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. There were no casualties other than the attacker. The UVF issued a statement saying the attempted attack was a protest against the Irish Army units "still massed on the border in Co Donegal". The statement added: "so long as the threats from Éire continue, so long will the volunteers of Ulster's people's army strike at targets in Southern Ireland".
- Ireland 1969, 31 October: The UVF bombed a monument in Bodenstown, Dublin, dedicated to the Irish Republican hero Wolfe Tone. There were no injuries.[31]
- Italy 1969, 12 December: Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan kills at least thirteen people and injures at least 85. Three additional blasts occur in Rome, injuring 16 people.[32]
- Ireland 1969, 26 December: The UVF bombed the Daniel O'Connell monument in Dublin. There were no injuries but buildings were damaged in a half mile radius.
- Ireland 1969, 28 December: The UVF detonate a bomb outside the Garda central detective bureau in Dublin. The nearby telephone exchange headquarters is suspected to have been the target.
1970–present
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- List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2011
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- List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2012
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- List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2013
- List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2013
- List of terrorist incidents in January–June 2014
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- List of terrorist incidents in January 2015
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- List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
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- Terrorism in Azerbaijan
- Terrorism in Tajikistan
See also
- Islamic terrorism in Europe (2014–present)
- Number of terrorist incidents by country
- List of terrorist incidents by death toll
- List of aircraft hijackings
- List of assassinated persons
- List of designated terrorist organizations
- List of events named massacres
- List of incidents of political violence in Washington, D.C.
- List of mass car bombings
- Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
- List of marauding terrorist incidents
References
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- ^ "Reactionary murders in Ireland". Come Here To Me!. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Sofia Church Terror Attack Vie for Bulgaria Top Event". The Free Library. 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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- ^ "POLICE DIE IN BLAST; Timed Device Explodes After it is Taken out of Pavilion". The New York Times. 5 July 1940. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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- ^ "Pair Admits Planting Bomb That Killed 13". The Telegraph-Herald. 3 June 1949. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ Israel's Border Wars, 1949–1956, p. 309, Benny Morris, Oxford University Press, 1997
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- ^ Bigart, Homer (17 June 1956). "U.S. Vice Consul Is Killed By Cyprus Terrorist Bomb". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Brewers, Sam Pope (16 August 1958). "TERRORIST'S BOMB KILLS 3 IN BEIRUT". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Phillips, R. Hart (5 March 1960). "75 DIE IN HAVANA AS MUNITIONS SHIP EXPLODES AT DOCK". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Know 1 Radio.com
- ^ "Crash Off Turkey Kills All 66 on Jet". The New York Times. 12 October 1967. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Feron, James (5 September 1968). "Fatal Bombing in Tel Aviv Stirs Mob Attack on Arabs". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Marcus, Itamar (8 December 2016). "Rasmieh Odeh is responsible for murder of two, her accomplice tells PA TV". Palestinian Media Watch.
- ^ Pharr, Jasper (25 January 2016). Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Terrorist on U.S. Soil. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 9781480966468.
- ^ "Bomb Blast at RTÉ". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "When loyalists bombed O'Connell". Come Here To Me!. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Blast in Milan Kills 13, Hurts 85; 3 More Bombs Injure 16 in Rome". The New York Times. 13 December 1969. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
External links
- U.S. National Counterterrorism Center's Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
- Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993) to September 2000
- Assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan: Documents from the U.S. National Archives
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- History of Terrorism : Timeline of Terrorist Acts – Chronology
- Thinkquest: Timeline of Terror
- Infoplease: Terrorist Attacks on Americans
- Infoplease: Terrorist Attacks (within the United States or against Americans abroad)
- Frontline : Terrorist Attacks on Americans
- PBS Frontline/New York Times "Al Qaeda's New Front" Chronology of significant plots uncovered in Europe both before and after 9/11. January 2004
- "Ephéméride Anarchiste" Listing anarchist terrorist incidents in France, or others countries. In French.
- Selected terrorist incidents worldwide, through September 2000: complied by Wm. Robert Johnston