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).

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Guidelines
  • To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
  • List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
  • Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
  • Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
  • If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
  • Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
  • In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
  0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

February
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
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
10 February Car bombing 1 8 Granada, Spain The explosion of an ETA car bomb as a result of an Army van killed the life of 43-year-old Domingo Puente Marín, who worked as a hairdresser at the Armilla air base (Granada). The brutal deflagration destroyed the facade of a building. [1] ETA Basque Conflict
17 February Car Bombing 1 0 Bilbao, Spain The national police officer Modesto Rico Pasarín, 33, was assassinated around 9 in the morning with a bomb that had been placed under the driver's seat of his private car. The agent's body, which was destroyed, was thrown out by the explosion. [2] ETA Basque Conflict
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.[3] Unknown Colombian conflict
28 February Car bombing 0 0 Bilbao, Spain A car bomb exploded around 22:30 in the Bilbao neighborhood of Uribarri, without causing injuries. The explosion occurred next to the Montaño school, about 600 meters in a straight line from the La Salve Civil Guard command, whose walls shook. [4] ETA Basque Conflict

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
11 March Shooting 1 0 San Sebastián, Spain ETA assassinated the psychologist of the Donostiarra prison of Martutene Javier Gómez Elésegui, 37 years old, father of a three year old girl, nationalist sympathizer and historical syndicalist of ELA. ETA Basque Conflict
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.[5] 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
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
24 April Shooting 1 0 Bilbao, Spain Police inspector Luis Andrés Samperio Sañudo, 37, was killed with a shot to the head, when he was going to enter the portal of his Bilbao home. [6] ETA Basque Conflict

June
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
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.[7] 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.[8] CRI

July
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
8 July Train bombing 38 61 Bhatinda, Punjab, India A powerful bomb exploded, blowing apart a railway coach on an Ambala-bound train at Lehrakhana station.[9][10] Unknown Unknown
10-13 July Kidnapping and assassination 1 0 Lasarte, Spain On July 10, 1997, Miguel Angel Blanco was kidnapped by three ETA members, who demanded that the prisoners of the terrorist organization approach the prisons of the Basque Country. Faced with the refusal of the central government, on the afternoon of the 12th he was shot in a field and died at dawn on the 13th. ETA Basque Conflict
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 (+2) 178 Jerusalem, Israel Two suicide bombers detonated at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148.[5] Hamas Israel-Palestine conflict

August
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
8 August Assassination 1 0 Norte de Santander Department, Colombia ELN gunmen assassinate Republican Senator, Jorge Cristo Sahium.[11] 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
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).[12] FARC Colombian conflict
4 September Suicide bombings 5 (+3) 180 Jerusalem, Israel Three Hamas suicide bombers detonate in Jerusalem, killing 5 and injuring 180.[5] 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
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
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.[13] 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.[14] 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
17 November Massacre 62 Deir el-Bahari, Egypt 6 Islamist gunmen massacre 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptians at the Temple of Hatshepsut al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Terrorism in Egypt
19 November Car bombing 23 31 Hyderabad, India A car bomb blast by Maddelacheruvu Suri on Paritala Ravindra, then minister of combined A.P State, 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.[15] Maddelacheruvu Suri Terrorism in India

December
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
01 December Arson 0 0 Lumaco, Chile Three trucks belonging to the company Forestal Arauco were intercepted by community members who would later be known as members of the CAM. This action created a new subjectivity in the Mapuche militancy, modifying its way of doing politics, detonating in a conflict against the security forces.[16] Coordinadora Arauco Malleco Terrorism in Chile
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.[17] 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 paramilitary group called "Mascara Roja" (Red Mask) Mascara Roja militants Chiapas conflict

References
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  2. https://elpais.com/diario/1997/02/18/espana/856220401_850215.html
  3. St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 28, 1997, Page 4A
  4. https://elpais.com/diario/1997/03/01/espana/857170802_850215.html
  5. Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 25–26.
  6. https://elpais.com/diario/1997/04/25/espana/861919216_850215.html
  7. Tribune News Service, June 18, 1997, Tim Johnson
  8. The New York Times: Bomb Blast on Train Kills 3 Near Moscow, June 28, 1997
  9. "Punjab: Bhatinda train blast raises fears of return to militancy". India Today - indiatoday.in. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  10. "Bomb blast in train kills 33 in Punjab". Rediff.com. 9 July 1997. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  11. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-611099
  12. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-620956
  13. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-681776
  14. Frontline, Frontline A new declaration of war Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  15. "23 die in India bomb attack". BBC News. 19 November 1997. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  16. Pairicán Padilla, Fernando; Álvarez Vallejos, Rolando (2011). "La Nueva Guerra de Arauco: la Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco y los nuevos movimientos de resistencia mapuche en el Chile de la Concertación (1997-2009)". Revista Izquierdas (10).
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