List of terrorist attacks up to 1968

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The list of terrorist attacks up to and including 1968 contains an incomplete selection of terrorist attacks that were committed up to and including 1968. Assassinations are dealt with separately in the list of known assassinations . The list of explosives attacks also includes non-terrorist attacks. The list of aircraft hijackings contains a list mostly with a terrorist background. Further terrorist attacks are listed in the article right- wing terrorism.

For a large overview, see the list of terrorist attacks .

Explanation

The political or ideological classification of the perpetrators is given in the Political Orientation column : Fascist , racist , nationalist , National Socialist , socialist , communist , anti-imperialist , Islamist ( Shiite , Sunni , Deobandic , Salafist , Wahhabi ), Hindu . If the focus is primarily on state independence or autonomy , the prefix is autonomous , followed by the region or ethnic group and, if applicable, further characteristics of the perpetrators: Armenian , Irish ( Catholic ), Kurdish , Tyrolean , Chechen , Dagestan , Punjab ( Sikhist ), Palestinian .

The number of victims of the attacks are shown in color:

  • unknown number of dead or injured
  • 0 dead or injured
  • 1–19 dead or injured
  • 20–49 dead or injured
  • 50–99 dead or injured
  • 100 and more dead or injured

The dead / injured in brackets () represent the perpetrators killed / injured in the attacks.

18th century

Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
0March 8, 1782 United States Gnadenhütten massacre Pennsylvania Militia Mass execution Christian Indians 96 2 American War of Independence

19th century

Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
0September 3, 1812 United States Pigeon Roost massacre Shawnee Indians Scalp Village, settlers 24
November 18, 1813 United States Attack in Hillabee US troops Villages 64 29
1826 United States Stop in Galveston Bay White colonists Rifle (s) Indians 40-50
1838 United States Mormon War in Missouri Anti-Mormon militiamen Mormon 22nd
February 28, 1847 United States Sutter County attacks US Army, white settlers Firearm (noun) Indians 20th
1865 United States Attacks on freed persons and their allies Ku Klux Klan racist Freedmen and their allies 3000 unknown
December 13, 1867 United Kingdom Clerkenwell bombing IRB Irish Republican, nationalist Explosive device Clerkenwell Prison 12 120 Northern Ireland Conflict
March 15, 1881 United Kingdom Attack in London Fenian Brotherhood Irish Republican Explosive device Mansion House 0 0 Explosive device defused
May 12, 1882 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosive device Mansion House
March 15, 1883 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosives New Scotland Yard , newspaper offices 0 0
October 30, 1883 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosives 2 underground stations 0 70 Northern Ireland Conflict
February 25, 1884 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosives London Victoria Station , Charing Cross , the station Ludgate Hill , Paddington Station 0 0 All explosives except for the one in Victoria have been defused
May 30, 1884 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosives 2 Police Buildings, Carlton Club , Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn's residence, Nelson's Column 0 10
December 13, 1884 United Kingdom Attack in London IRB Irish Republican, nationalist Explosive device London Bridge 0 (+3) 0 Bomb explodes too soon
0January 2, 1885 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosive device Gower Street Station
January 20, 1885 United Kingdom Attack in London Explosive device Subway train in Gower Street Station
January 24, 1885 United Kingdom Attacks in London Explosives City center 0 6th
0May 4, 1886 United States Haymarket Riot probably anarchists anarchist bomb Protesters, police officers 7th 160+
0December 9, 1893 France Attack on the French National Assembly Auguste Vaillant anarchist explosive MPs 0 20th
August 26, 1896 Ottoman Empire Occupation of the Ottoman Bank Armenian Revolutionary Federation autonomist-Armenian Pistols, grenades, dynamite, hand bombs Bank 10+ 0

1901-1960

Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
July 11, 1908 Sweden Attack in Malmö Anton Nilson explosive British strikebreakers on ship 1 23
0October 1, 1910 United States Attack in Los Angeles Lonely wolf explosive office building 21st 105+
July 22, 1916 United States Stop in San Francisco probably anarchists anarchist Suitcase bomb parade 10 40
September 16, 1920 United States Wall Street bombing in 1920 probably anarchists anarchist Explosive device in horse-drawn cart Stock exchange 38 300 Red fear
October 14, 1920 Italy Attack in Trieste Italian nationalists nationalist 6 bombs Socialist newspaper 1 10
October 15, 1920 Italy Attack in Milan Anarchists anarchist 2 explosives hotel 0 2
May 31, 1921 United States Race riot in Tulsa Ku Klux Klan racist 100-300 800+
December 13, 1921 Romania Stop in Bolhrad Bessarabic separatists autonomist-Bessarabian bomb Policemen, soldiers 100
October 31, 1923 Irish Free State Stop in Dublin Right-wing extremists right-wing extremist Firearm (noun) 2 Jews 1 1
April 16, 1925 Bulgaria Bomb attack on the Sveta Nedelja Cathedral Communists Communist explosive building 150 500
1931 Kingdom of Hungary Stop in Biatorbágy Sylvester Matuska explosive traffic 22nd 17th
January 16, 1939 United Kingdom Attacks in London Explosives Power plant, overhead line 0 0
January 17, 1939 United Kingdom Attacks in London Explosive device Bank building 0 0
0March 3, 1940 Sweden Stop in Luleå Ebbe Hallberg, Uno Svanbom, Gunnar Hedenström Arson building 5 5
1943 German Empire Bomb attacks in Berlin Polish Home Army Polish resistance 1939–1945 explosive Transport facilities 68 217 Second World War
July 22, 1946 English mandate area Attack on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem Irgun Tzwa'i Le'umi Zionist explosive Hotel building 91 46
February 22, 1948 English mandate area Attack in Jerusalem Azmi Djaoumi, Eddie Brown, Peter Madison 3 car bombs Civilians 58 140
0May 7, 1949 Philippines Attack on a Philippine passenger plane near Alabat Time bomb plane 13
0August 5, 1949 Syria Attack on the Menarsha Synagogue Muslims anti-jewish Grenades synagogue 12 30th
April 15, 1953 Argentina Attack in Buenos Aires General Confederation of Labor 2 explosives Square, subway station 6th 90+
15th August 1958 Lebanon Attack in Beirut explosive grocery store 3 10
March 17, 1954 Israel Scorpion Pass Massacre Firearm (noun) Passenger bus 12 2
0March 5, 1960 Cuba La Coubre explosion Cargo ship 75-100 200+

1961-1968

Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
January 31, 1961 Italy Explosives attack on the equestrian statue of Mussolini Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive Aluminum duce 0 0
0February 1, 1961 Italy Explosives attack on Ettore Tolomei's house Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive former home of Ettore Tolomei 0 0
June 11, 1961 Italy Fire night 11./12. June 1961 Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive Infrastructure 1
July 12, 1961 Italy Little fire night 12./13. July 1961 Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive Electricity pylons 0 0
June 18, 1961 France Attack on the Strasbourg – Paris express train probably Organization de l'armée secrète explosive Infrastructure 28 170
September 15, 1963 United States Attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church Ku Klux Klan racist explosive Church attended predominantly by Afro-Americans 4th 22nd
August 27, 1964 Italy Attack on Carabinieri near Perca in Val Pusteria Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive Carabinieri 0 4th
02nd September 1964 Italy Attacks on the customs station on the Timmelsjoch and the police station on the Jaufenpass Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean Firearm Customs station and police station 0 0
03rd September 1964 Italy Assassination attempt on Carabinieri near the barracks in Mühlwald Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean Firearm Carabinieri 1 0
0September 9, 1964 Italy Attack on Carabinieri near Antholz Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean Explosives (mine) Carabinieri 0 5
September 10, 1964 Italy Attack on Carabinieri in Ahrntal Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean Firearm Carabinieri 4th 0
June 26, 1965 South Vietnam Attack in Ho Chi Minh City 2 explosives Floating restaurant, tobacco stand 42 80
July 25, 1966 Italy Attack on customs officers Salvatore Gabitta and Giuseppe D'Ignoti Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean Firearm Customs officer 2 0
June 25, 1967 Italy Attack on power pole and security forces stepping on it in the Carnic Alps Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive Electricity pole and Italian security guards 4th 1
November 12, 1967 Greece Cyprus Airways Flight 284 explosive traffic 66
September 30, 1967 Italy Stop on train at the Brenner Railway Liberation Committee South Tyrol autonomist-South Tyrolean explosive The Innsbruck – Trento train and its passengers 2 1
0April 2nd, 1968 Germany Attack in Frankfurt RAF communist, anti-imperialist Arson shopping mall 0 0
04th September 1968 Israel Attack in Tel Aviv-Jaffa 3 explosives 1 51

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terror around Tyrol: Nights of Fire and Torturers . In: profil.at . May 14, 2011 ( profil.at [accessed July 1, 2017]).
  2. ↑ February 14, 1961: Attacks against monuments in South Tyrol. Language regulation BMfAA. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Haymon Verlag: Experiencing Tyrol up close: Heinrich Klier: Contemporary witnesses in conversation . Haymon Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7099-7602-9 ( google.de [accessed July 1, 2017]).
  4. ↑ a b c d e South Tyrol / Terrorists: Death on the Alm . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 1964 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Shedding light on a dark chapter in contemporary history . In: FreieWelt.net . ( freiewelt.net [accessed July 1, 2017]).
  6. ^ Hubert Speckner: Between Porze and Roßkarspitz . Ed .: Austrian security files. Vienna 2013.
  7. ↑ Trento: Bomb attack on a train - two dead. Policemen sacrificed themselves for the travelers . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 1, 1967, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).