List of terrorist attacks in Australia

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The list of terrorist attacks in Australia includes an overview of terrorist attacks that have occurred in Australia .

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 number of perpetrators killed / injured in the attacks is shown in brackets () .

    1978

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    February 13, 1978 Australia Attack in Sydney Explosive device hotel 3 11

    1979

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    April 1979 Australia Stop in Perth explosive Department store 0 9

    1982

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    23rd December 1982 Australia Attack in Sydney PLO autonomist, Palestinian nationalist 2 explosives Israeli consulate, Jewish football club 0 3 Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    1986

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    March 27, 1986 Australia Attack in Melbourne Car bomb Police Headquarters 0 21st
    November 23, 1986 Australia Attack in Melbourne Greek Bulgarian Armenian Front Car bomb Turkish Consulate 1 1

    1994

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0March 2, 1994 Australia Attack in Adelaide Package bomb National Criminal Police Office 1 5
    October 13, 1994 Australia Attack in Gawler Package bomb civilian 1 2
    October 25, 1994 Australia Stop in Perth hostage taking Police station 1 0

    1997

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    February 26, 1997 Australia Attack in Sydney gas shopping mall 0 4th
    February 28, 1997 Australia Attack in Sydney gas Supermarket 0 19th

    2014

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    23rd September 2014 Australia Attack in Melbourne Abdul Numan Haider Islamist Stabbing weapon police officers 0 (+1) 2
    15th December 2014 Australia Attack in Sydney Mon Haron Monis Islamist Hostage taking, shotgun Coffee shop 2 (+ 1) 4th

    2015

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0October 2nd, 2015 Australia Attack in Parramatta City Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar Islamist Firearm Plainclothes officer 1 (+1) 0

    2016

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    September 10, 2016 Australia Attack in New South Wales Ihsas Khan Islamist Hunting knife civilian 0 1

    2017

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0April 7, 2017 Australia Stop in Queanbeyan Islamist Stabbing weapon Petrol station employee Zeeshan Akbar 1 0
    05th June 2017 Australia Attack in Melbourne Islamist hostage taking Prostitute 1 (+1) 3
    December 21, 2017 Australia Attack in Melbourne Saeed Noori vehicle Civilians 1 17 (+1)

    2018

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0February 9, 2018 Australia Attack in Victoria Momena Shoma ( IS ) Salafist, Wahhabi Stabbing weapon civilian 0 1
    0November 9, 2018 Australia Attack in Melbourne Hassan Khalif Shire Ali Islamist Knife, car loaded with propane cylinders Passers-by in the pedestrian zone 1 (+1) 2

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 197802130001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 197904000001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    3. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198212230001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
    4. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198603270001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    5. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198611230003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    6. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199403020007 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 29, 2018 .
    7. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199410130008 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 29, 2018 .
    8. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199410250007 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 29, 2018 .
    9. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199702260006 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    10. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199702280001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    11. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201409230034 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    12. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201412150032 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    13. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201510020040 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on June 22, 2018 .
    14. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201609100025 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on April 11, 2018 .
    15. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201704070064 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 2, 2018 .
    16. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201706050019 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 2, 2018 .
    17. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201712210017 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 2, 2018 .
    18. ↑ Student wearing burqa 'stabbed' man in his sleep while daughter watched. In: The New Zealand Herald . February 10, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 .
    19. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201802090012 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed December 17, 2019 .
    20. ↑ [1]
    21. ↑ [2]
    22. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201811090001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on February 16, 2020 .