List of terrorist attacks in Venezuela
The list of terrorist acts in Venezuela includes an overview in Venezuela perpetrated 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
list
Date / start | city | State | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background |
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4th October 1982 | Anzoátegui | Red flag | Communist, Marxist-Leninist, anti-revisionist | Automatic firearm (s) | Military unit | 26th | 0 | |||
August 12, 1995 | Barquisimeto | Lara | Tear gas | event | 0 | 28 | ||||
July 8, 2016 | Guanars | Portuguesa | Grenades | Police headquarters | 1 (+1) | 25th | Protests in Venezuela since 2014 | |||
4th August 2016 | Maracay | Aragua | 2 explosives | jail | 5 | 30th | Protests in Venezuela since 2014 | |||
September 14, 2016 | San Juan de los Morros | Guárico | grenade | jail | 1 | 22nd | Protests in Venezuela since 2014 | |||
6th July 2017 | Caracas | Distrito Capital | Government supporters | Fireworks, pistols, pipes, sticks, stones | Parliament building, journalist | 0 | 20+ | Protests in Venezuela since 2014 | ||
May 8, 2018 | Bolívar | ELN | Marxist-Leninist | Firearms | miners | 20th | 8th | Armed conflict in Colombia | ||
17th May 2018 | Bolívar | ELN | Marxist-Leninist | Firearms | Mines | 6th | 20th | Armed conflict in Colombia | ||
October 24, 2018 | Upata | Bolívar | Chavistas | chavistic | Clubs, stones | Activists | 0 | 20th | Protests in Venezuela since 2014 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198210040007 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199508120004 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201607080009 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201608040056 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201609140031 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 13, 2018 .
- ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Culpan al ELN por masacre de 20 mineros en zona sin ley de Venezuela. In: PanAm Post . May 10, 2018, accessed March 23, 2019 (sp).
- ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ↑ Seis por personas murieron enfrentamiento con el ELN en el estado Bolívar. In: El Nacional . May 17, 2018, accessed March 23, 2019 (sp).
- ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201810240023 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on February 16, 2020 .