List of terrorist incidents in 1997
This is a timeline of incidents in 1997 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
February
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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Unknown February | Gun Attack | 1 | 1 | Bessbrook, Northern Ireland | A soldier was killed and a Catholic woman was injured when a sniper opened fire on a checkpoint in South Armagh. | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
23 February | Shooting | 1 (+1 attacker) | 6 | New York City, United States | 69-year-old Palestinian immigrant Ali Hassan Abu Kamal opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building killing a Danish musician and injuring 6 other people before committing suicide. 10 years after the attack Kamal's daughter revealed that her father committed the shooting in hopes of influencing the U.S. to support Palestine rather than Israel | Ali Hassan Abu Kamal | Israel-Palestine conflict |
25 February | Bombings | 9 | 74 | Ürümqi, China | Uyghyr separatists bombed three buses in Ürümqi, killing 9 people, including 3 children, and injuring 74. Another bomb was found at Ürümqi's main railway station but was defused. The bombings were a response to the Ghulja incident in which the Chinese army killed several Uyghur protestors. | Uyghur separatists | Xinjiang conflict |
27 February | Car bombing | 7 | 49 | Apartadó, Colombia | A car bomb kills seven and injures 49 in the town of Apartadó, Antioquia. No groups claim responsibility.[1] | Unknown | Colombian conflict |
March
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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13 March | Mass shooting | 7 | 6 | Island of Peace, Israeli-Jordanian border | Ahmed Daqamseh, a Jordanian soldier opened fire on a large group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing 7 and wounding 5, as well as 1 teacher | Ahmed Daqamseh | Israel-Palestine conflict |
21 March | Suicide bombing | 3 | 46 | Tel Aviv, Israel | A Hamas suicide bomber detonated at a Tel Aviv sidewalk café, killing 3 and wounding 46.[2] | Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict |
21 March | Massacre | 7 | Several | Budgam, India | Seven Kashmiri Pandit civilians are killed and several more are injured by Islamist militants | Islamists | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir |
April
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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22 April | Raid, shootout | 3 (+14 attackers) | Lima, Peru | A team of 142 Peruvian soldiers raided the Japanese embassy where the MRTA were holding several hostages. Two soldiers, one hostage and 14 rebels were killed in a raid. | MRTA | Internal conflict in Peru |
June
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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17 June | Truck bombing | 8 | 46 | Bogotá, Colombia | Eight elite police officers die after a truck bomb explodes in Bogotá. Authorities say FARC is responsible for the attack.[3] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
28 June | Bombing | 3 | 7 | Moscow, Russia | A bomb explodes on a train traveling from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, killing three and injuring seven.[4] | CRI |
July
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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15-20 July | Massacre | ~30 | 0 | Mapiripán, Meta, Colombia | The Mapiripán Massacre was a mass murder of civilians that took place in Mapiripán, Meta Department, Colombia. The massacre was carried out from July 15 to July 20, 1997, by the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, an outlawed right-wing paramilitary group. | Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia | Colombian conflict |
30 July | Suicide bombings | 16 | 178 | Jerusalem, Israel | Two suicide bombers detonated at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148.[2] | Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict |
August
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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8 August | Assassination | 1 | 0 | Norte de Santander Department, Colombia | ELN gunmen assassinate Republican Senator, Jorge Cristo Sahium.[5] | ELN | Colombian conflict |
19 August | Shooting, shootout | 4 | 3 | New Hampshire/Vermont, United States | Carl Drega, a man who had a long-term feud with government officials, murdered two New Hampshire state troopers in Colebrook then headed to Colebrook's courthouse and murdered Judge Vickie Bunnell and a reporter who attempted to stop. Drega then crossed state lines into Vermont and wounded three law enforcement officers before being killed. | Carl Drega | Terrorism in the United States |
September
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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1 September | Attempted Assault | 4 (+20) | 7 | San Miguel, Putumayo, Colombia | Army troops and police forces reject an attack of the Farc in San Miguel (Putumayo).[6] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
4 September | Suicide bombings | 5 (+3) | 180 | Jerusalem, Israel | Three Hamas suicide bombers detonate in Jerusalem, killing 5 and injuring 180.[2] | Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict |
4 September | Bombing | 1 | 11 | Havana, Cuba | An Italian tourist named Fabio di Celmo was killed in a bomb blast at a hotel. This was one of a series of bombings of hotels in Cuba in 1997. Anti-Castro rebels led by Luis Posada Carriles were convicted of the attack. | Luis Posada Carriles Anti-Castro rebels |
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18 September | Massacre | 10 | 26 (+ 2 assailants) | Cairo, Egypt | Terror attack on tourists in a bus in Cairo | Islamists | |
18 September | Bombing | 0 | 29 | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina | The attack was carried out by al-Qaeda-connected Islamic extremists, and targeted Croatian civilians and policemen as retribution against the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), which had fought Muslim forces for control of the city during the Bosnian War. It remains the most serious terrorist attack in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. | Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
October
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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15 October | Shooting, Clashes | 14 (+11) | 3+ | Antioquia Department, Colombia | Guerrillas of the Farc take the population of Caicedo in Antioquia and assassinate 8 policemen. In the days that follow, the fighting with the Army leaves 6 soldiers and 11 subversives dead.[7] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
15 October | Bombing | 15 | 105 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | An LTTE bomb exploded at the Colombo World Trade Centre, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.[8] | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
22 October | Massacre | 15 | Unknown | Ituango, Colombia | The AUC assassinates 15 people in the El Aro Massacre and causes the forced displacement and the dispossession of lands of several families | AUC | Colombian conflict |
November
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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17 November | Massacre | 62 | 26 | Deir el-Bahari, Egypt | 6 Islamist gunmen massacre 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptians at the Temple of Hatshepsut | al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya | |
19 November | Car bombing | 23 | 31 | Hyderabad, India | A car bomb blast by the Paritala Ravi guerrillas near D. Rama Naidu Film Studio, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Twenty three people were killed, including six local television journalists, and 31 injured, including local film star, Mohan Babu.[9] | Paritala Ravi |
December
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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21 December | Shooting, Clashes | 11 | 18 Kidnapped | Patascoy, Colombia | FARC militants attack an army base on the hill of Patascoy, southwest of Colombia near the border with Ecuador. 11 military killed and 18 kidnapped.[10] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
22 December | Massacre | 45 | Acteal, Mexico | 45 members of the indigenous pacifist froup Las Abejas are massacred at a church by a group called "Mascara Roja" (Red Mask) | Mascara Roja |
References
- ↑ St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 28, 1997, Page 4A
- 1 2 3 Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 25–26.
- ↑ Tribune News Service, June 18, 1997, Tim Johnson
- ↑ The New York Times: Bomb Blast on Train Kills 3 Near Moscow, June 28, 1997
- ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-611099
- ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-620956
- ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-681776
- ↑ Frontline, Frontline A new declaration of war Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "23 die in India bomb attack". BBC News. 19 November 1997. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ↑ http://www.elespectador.com/node/2434
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