The list of terrorist attacks in 1977 contains an incomplete selection of terrorist attacks that occurred in 1977. 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.
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
January
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 January 8, 1977
Soviet Union
Attack in Moscow
3 explosives
Subway train, 2 grocery stores
7th
37
January 22, 1977
Austria
Attack in Vienna
RAF
left-wing extremist, anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, communist, Maoist, Marxist-Leninist
dynamite
vehicle
1
1
January 24, 1977
Spain
Atocha bloodbath
Neo-fascists
nationalist, fascist
Firearms
building
5
4th
February
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
March
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 March 9, 1977
United States
Attack in Washington
Hanafi Movement
Firearms, hostage-taking
building
2
1
March 27, 1977
Spain
Attack in the Canary Islands
MPAIAC
autonomist-Canarian, anti-imperialist
Explosive device
Airport
0
7th
April
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
April 30, 1977
Germany
Attack in Cologne
Red Zora
left-wing extremist, radical feminist
explosive
Building of the German Medical Association in Cologne
0
0
May
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 May 1, 1977
Mauritania
Stop in Zouérat
Polisario front
autonomist, Sahrawi nationalist, social democratic
Automatic firearms
Mining facility
2
0
0 May 1, 1977
Mauritania
Stop in Zouérat
Polisario front
autonomist, Sahrawi nationalist, social democratic
kidnapping
French tourists
2
0
0 May 8, 1977
Turkey
Attack in Istanbul
explosive
building
0
23
May 29, 1977
Turkey
Attack in Istanbul
Democratic Republic of Armenia
autonomist
explosive
railway station
0
10
May 29, 1977
Turkey
Attack in Istanbul
Democratic Republic of Armenia
autonomist
explosive
Airport
5
42
June
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 June 2nd 1977
United Kingdom
Stop in Ardboe
PIRA
autonomist, Irish Catholic
Sniper rifles
Police patrol
3
Northern Ireland Conflict
June 20, 1977
Yugoslavia
Attack in Ljubljana
Croatian nationalists
Croatian nationalist
explosive
train
1
7th
July
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 2nd July 1977
Argentina
Attack in Buenos Aires
Montoneros
peronistic
Explosive device
Police building
23
60
Dirty war
July 29, 1977
Israel
Attack in Beersheba
explosive
market
0
23
August
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 3rd August 1977
United States
Attack in New York City
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña
autonomist, Puerto Rican nationalist, Marxist-Leninist, communist
explosive
office building
1
8th
September
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
20th September 1977
Spain
Attack in Madrid
Alianza Anticomunista Argentina
right-wing extremist
explosive
Newspaper building
1
16
20th September 1977
Spain
Attack in Barcelona
Alianza Anticomunista Argentina
right-wing extremist
explosive
Newspaper building
1
16
October
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 October 8, 1977
United States
Stop in Richmond Heights
Joseph Paul Franklin
right-wing extremist
Sniper rifle
Jewish civilians
1
2
October 13, 1977
Hijacking of the plane "Landshut"
PFLP
autonomist, Palestinian nationalist
Aircraft hijacking
traffic
1 (+3)
3 (+1)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
October 14, 1977
United Kingdom
Attack in London
IRA
autonomist, Irish Republican, Catholic
Arson
Local
0
14th
Northern Ireland Conflict
November
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
December
Date / start
Affected country
attack
Perpetrator
Political orientation
medium
target
dead
Injured
background
0 4th December 1977
Malaysia
Malaysia Airlines Flight 653
Firearms
plane
100
0
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197701220001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
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↑ Entry with GTD ID 197705010003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 24, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197705010001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 24, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197705080002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197705290003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197705290002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197707290002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197709200003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197709200002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197710080010 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed April 4, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197710140001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 26, 2018 .
↑ Entry with GTD ID 197712040003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
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