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or its forces (see
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and
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). Assassinations are listed at List of assassinated people.
Definitions of terrorism There is no universal agreement on the legal definition of terrorism, although there exists a consensus academic definition created by scholars. Various legal systems and government agencies use different definitions of terrorism, and gov ...
vary, so incidents listed here are restricted to those that are
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and described as "terrorism" by a consensus of reliable sources.


Pre-1800

Scholars dispute what might be called terrorism in earlier periods. The modern sense of terrorism emerged in the mid-19th century.


1800–1899


1900–1929


1930–1949

* 1936–1939: 1936–1939 Arab revolt, Palestine Arab "gang and terrorist activities" against
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colonial rule, and Jewish immigrants. * 1937–1948: The
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are responsible for numerous attacks in British-mandated Palestine. * 1940, 3 March: Politically motivated bombing targeted at the communist newspaper '' Norrskensflamman'' (''Northern Flame'') by various perpetrators. 5 persons were killed, 2 of which were children, along with 5 others injured. * 1940–1956:
George Metesky George Peter Metesky (November 2, 1903 – May 23, 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, was an American electrician and mechanic who terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, ter ...
, the "Mad Bomber", places over 30 bombs in
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in public places such as Grand Central Terminal and The Paramount Theater, injuring ten during this period, in protest against the local electric utility. He also sends many threatening letters. * 1940, 4 July: Time bomb is recovered from the British Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair, two policemen were killed. * 1946, 22 July: The
King David Hotel bombing The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on 22 July 1946 by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization the ...
by
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paramilitary group
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kills 91 and injures 46 non-fatally. * 1947, 25 July: Three Romanian terrorists kill an aircrew member aboard a Romanian airliner. This is regarded as the first aircraft hijack resulting in a fatality. * 1948, 22 February,
Ben Yehuda Street bombings A series of attacks were perpetrated or ordered by Palestinian Arabs, some of them acting as suicide bombers, on Jewish targets in Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda Street from February 1948 onwards. The attacks took place before the declaration of the S ...
: three
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trucks led by an armoured car driven by Arab irregulars and British deserters exploded on Ben Yehuda Street killing 58 Jewish civilians and injuring 140. * 1949, 7 May: thirteen people are killed as a Philippine airliner explodes in flight travelling from
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to
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. A time bomb detonates 30 minutes after departure near Alabat Island. * 1949, 5 August: 12 killed and dozens injured in the Menarsha synagogue attack, Damascus.


1950–1969

* 1954, 17 March: an Israeli civilian passenger bus is attacked by unknown assailants at the Scorpions Pass in the
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, resulting in the deaths of eleven passengers. * Cyprus 1956, 16 June: The
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vice consul is killed and six other consulate staff are injured when a terrorist throws 2 bombs in a restaurant in Nicosia. * 1957, 30 November: 10 killed and 48 injured in a grenade attack on President Sukarno. * 1958, 15 August: Three people are killed in a bomb blast in
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. The bombing also injures ten more at a grocery store near the Lebanese Parliament. * 1960, 24 June: Attempted assassination of President
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. * 1962, 22 November: Members of the
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' military wing, Poqo targeted the town of
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in the
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, when a crowd of over 200 people armed with axes, pangas and other home-made weapons marched from the Mbekweni township into Paarl and attacked the police station, homes and shops. Two white residents and 5 attackers were killed. Poqo directed its activities at the white population in general. It was also Poqo's avowed policy to attack and kill Black people who were some way or another linked to the
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state. * 1963–1970: Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) committed frequent bombings targeting
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businesses and banks, as well as
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. The whole bombing campaign resulted in 8 known deaths and numerous injuries. * 1963, 29 August: The Tacuara Nationalist Movement robbed a bank, stealing almost 100,000
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s. 2 people died and 3 were injured. * 1963, 15 September,
16th Street Baptist Church bombing The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynami ...
– Four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the front steps of the church. The explosion killed 4 girls and wounded 22. * 1965, 26 June: Two simultaneous explosions took place near a restaurant in the 1965 Saigon bombing during the
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. The attack killed 42 people and 80 were wounded. * 1966: The 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom was a series of massacres committed against
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and other people of southern Nigerian origin living in northern Nigeria starting in May 1966 and reaching a peak after 29 September 1966. Between 8,000 and 30,000 Igbos and easterners have been estimated to have been killed. A further 1 million Igbos fled the Northern Region into the East. These events led to the secession of the eastern Nigerian region and the declaration of the Republic of Biafra, which ultimately led to the
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. * Greece 1967, 12 November: A bomb explodes on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 near
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killing all 66 people on the aircraft. * / 1966, 28–29 September: a group of militant Argentine nationalists hijacked a civilian Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft while flying over Puerto Santa Cruz and forced the captain at gunpoint to land in the
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, where they took several civilians hostage. The crisis was resolved 36 hours later when the hijackers agreed to release their hostages and return to Argentina for trial. * 1968, 4 September: Three bombs are detonated in
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, killing one person and injuring 51 people. * 1969, 21–25 February: Three separate bombings in
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, one in the
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Consulate and two in a supermarket. In one of the bombings at the supermarket two Israelis were killed and in all attacks 20 were injured. One of the terrorist involved was
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. *
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1969, 5 August: A bomb was detonated in
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at the main studio of the state broadcaster, RTÉ. The Protestant extremist group the UVF were responsible. No one was injured. *
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1969 A UPV suicide bomber attacked a power station in
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,
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. There were no casualties other than the attacker. The UVF issued a statement saying the attempted attack was a protest against the
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units "still massed on the border in Co Donegal". The statement added: "so long as the threats from Éire continue, so long will the volunteers of Ulster's people's army strike at targets in Southern Ireland". *
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1969, 31 October: The UVF bombed a monument in
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,
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, dedicated to the Irish Republican hero
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. There were no injuries. * 1969, 12 December:
Piazza Fontana bombing The Piazza Fontana bombing ( it, Strage di Piazza Fontana) was a terrorist attack that occurred on 12 December 1969 when a bomb exploded at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fonta ...
in
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kills at least thirteen people and injures at least 85. Three additional blasts occur in
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, injuring 16 people. *
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1969, 26 December: The UVF bombed the
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monument in
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. There were no injuries but buildings were damaged in a half mile radius. *
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1969, 28 December: The UVF detonate a bomb outside the Garda central detective bureau in
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. The nearby telephone exchange headquarters is suspected to have been the target.


1970–present

* List of terrorist incidents in 1970 * List of terrorist incidents in 1971 *
List of terrorist incidents in 1972 This is a timeline of incidents in 1972 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). Guidelines *To be included, entries ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 1973 * List of terrorist incidents in 1974 * List of terrorist incidents in 1975 * List of terrorist incidents in 1976 * List of terrorist incidents in 1977 * List of terrorist incidents in 1978 * List of terrorist incidents in 1979 * List of terrorist incidents in 1980 * List of terrorist incidents in 1981 * List of terrorist incidents in 1982 *
List of terrorist incidents in 1983 This is a timeline of incidents in 1983 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). Guidelines * To be included, entrie ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 1984 * List of terrorist incidents in 1985 * List of terrorist incidents in 1986 * List of terrorist incidents in 1987 * List of terrorist incidents in 1988 * List of terrorist incidents in 1989 * List of terrorist incidents in 1990 * List of terrorist incidents in 1991 * List of terrorist incidents in 1992 * List of terrorist incidents in 1993 * List of terrorist incidents in 1994 * List of terrorist incidents in 1995 *
List of terrorist incidents in 1996 This is a timeline of incidents in 1996 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). Guidelines *To be included, entrie ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 1997 *
List of terrorist incidents in 1998 This is a timeline of incidents in 1998 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). Guidelines * To be included, entries ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 1999 * List of terrorist incidents in 2000 * List of terrorist incidents in 2001 * List of terrorist incidents in 2002 * List of terrorist incidents in 2003 * List of terrorist incidents in 2004 * List of terrorist incidents in 2005 * List of terrorist incidents in 2006 * List of terrorist incidents in 2007 *
List of terrorist incidents in 2008 This is a timeline of incidents in 2008 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). Guidelines *To be included, en ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 2009 *
List of terrorist incidents in 2010 This is a timeline of incidents in 2010 that have been labelled, or investigated as possible cases of "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Li ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 2011 * List of terrorist incidents in 2012 * List of terrorist incidents in 2013 * List of terrorist incidents in 2014 *
List of terrorist incidents in 2015 This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military con ...
* List of terrorist incidents in 2016 * List of terrorist incidents in 2017 * List of terrorist incidents in 2018 * List of terrorist incidents in 2019 * List of terrorist incidents in 2020 * List of terrorist incidents in 2021 *
List of terrorist incidents in 2022 This is a list of terrorist incidents in 2022, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism-related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included. List of ongoing military conflicts, Ongoing military ...


By country

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List of terrorist incidents in Australia List of incidents in Australia where an organised group, or an individual claiming an association with such a group, attempts or plans an act of violence targeting innocents. References {{Reflist * Australia Australia, officially th ...
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List of terrorist incidents in Denmark This is a list of major incidents in Denmark where an organized group has attempted an act of violence targeting innocents. Dates in boldface are attacks that were carried out, dates without boldface are the date of arrest in plots that were not ...
* List of terrorist incidents in France *
List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain The reasons behind terrorist attacks in Great Britain are many. During the 20th century, most attacks were carried out by various Irish Republican Army (IRA) groups and were linked to the The Troubles, Northern Ireland conflict (the Troubles). I ...
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List of terrorist incidents in India This is a list of terrorist incidents in India. In July 2016, the Government of India released data on a string of terror strikes in India since 2005 that claimed 707 lives and left over 3,200 injured. __TOC__ List of Terror Attacks in Indi ...
* List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia * List of terrorist incidents in Iraq * List of terrorist incidents in the Netherlands * List of terrorist incidents in North Macedonia *
List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan This is the list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan. The War on Terror had a major impact on Pakistan, with terrorism in sectarian violence, but after the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001, it also had to combat the threat of ...
* List of terrorist incidents in the Philippines * List of terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia * List of non-state terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka * List of terrorist incidents in Syria *
List of terrorist incidents in Tunisia Following is a list of major incidents involving terror groups operating in Tunisia. ''Note: the perpetrators are not counted in the dead or wounded below. These are all radical Islamic terrorism unless otherwise noted.'' References {{reflist ...
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Terrorism in Argentina Terrorism in Argentina has occurred since at least the 1970s, especially during the Argentinian Dirty War, where a number of terror acts occurred, with support of both the democratic government of Juan Perón, Isabel Perón and the following de ...
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Terrorism in Australia Terrorism in Australia deals with terrorist acts in Australia as well as steps taken by the Australian government to counter the threat of terrorism. In 2004 the Australian government has identified transnational terrorism as also a threat to ...
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Terrorism in Azerbaijan The fight against terrorism in Azerbaijan is one of Azerbaijan's declared priorities. International organizations banned as terrorist include Al Qaeda, Al-Nusra Front, Azerbaijani Jamaat, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Islamic International Brigade, ISIS, Jeysh ...
* Terrorism in Brazil * Terrorist activity in Belgium * Terrorism in Bangladesh * Terrorism in Burkina Faso * Terrorism in Colombia *
Terrorism in Canada Terrorism and mass attacks in Canada includes acts of terrorism, as well as mass shootings, vehicle-ramming attacks, mass stabbings, and other such acts committed in Canada that people may associate with terroristic tactics but have not been cla ...
* Terrorism in China * Terrorism in Chile * Terrorism in Denmark *
Terrorism in Egypt Terrorism in Egypt in the 20th and 21st centuries has targeted the Egyptian government officials, Egyptian police and Egyptian army members, tourists, Sufi Mosques and the Christian minority. Many attacks have been linked to Islamic extre ...
* Terrorism in Ecuador *
Terrorism in France Terrorism in France refers to the terrorist attacks that have targeted the country and its population during the 20th and 21st centuries. Terrorism, in this case is much related to the country's history, international affairs and political appr ...
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Terrorism in Germany Germany has experienced significant terrorism in its history, particularly during the Weimar Republic and during the Cold War, carried out by far-left and far-right German groups as well as by foreign terrorist organisations. In recent years ...
* Terrorism in Greece *
Terrorism in India Terrorism in India, according to the Home Ministry, poses a significant threat to the people of India. Compared to other countries, India faces a wide range of terror groups. Terrorism found in India includes Islamic terrorism, separatist ...
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Terrorism in Indonesia Terrorism in Indonesia refer to acts of terrorism that take place within Indonesia or attacks on Indonesian people or interests abroad. These acts of terrorism often target the government of Indonesia or foreigners in Indonesia, most notably We ...
* Assassination and terrorism in Iran * :Terrorism in Iraq *
Terrorism in Italy Terrorism in Italy is related to political and subversive terrorism activities, carried out by various groups and organizations with different and sometimes conflicting methods, motivations and interests. This article is primarily about late 20th ...
* Terrorism in Jamaica * Terrorism in Kenya * Terrorism in Kuwait * Terrorism and counterterrorism in Kazakhstan * Terrorism in Kyrgyzstan *
Terrorism in Malaysia This article is about the extent of terrorism in Malaysia, including historical background, laws concerning terrorism, incidence of terrorism and international terrorism from the Malaysian perspective. Etymology Definition of terrorism in Malay ...
* Terrorism in Morocco * Terrorism in Myanmar * Terrorism in Mexico * Terrorism in Norway * Terrorism in New Zealand *
Terrorism in Pakistan Terrorism in Pakistan, according to the Ministry of Interior, poses a significant threat to the people of Pakistan. The current wave of terrorism is believed to have started in 2000 and peaked during 2009. Since then, it has drastically decl ...
* Terrorism in the Philippines *
Terrorism in Russia Terrorism in Russia has a long history starting from the time of the Russian Empire. Terrorism, in the modern sense, means violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating extreme fear. Terrorism was an i ...
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Terrorism in Syria The same Terrorism in Syria has a long history dating from the Islamist Uprising in the early 1980s and to the ongoing Syrian Civil War which witnessed the rise of radical Islamist groups such as ISIL, al-Nusra and other al-Qaeda affiliated gro ...
* Terrorism in South Africa * Terrorism in Somalia * Terrorism in Sudan * Terrorism in Serbia *
Terrorism in Sri Lanka Terrorism in Sri Lanka has been a highly destructive phenomenon during the periods of the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) and the first and second JVP insurrections (1971 and 1987–89, respectively). A common definition of terrorism is the ...
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Terrorism in Saudi Arabia Terrorism in Saudi Arabia has mainly been attributed to Islamic extremists. Their targets included foreign civilians—Westerners affiliated with its oil-based economy—as well as Saudi Arabian civilians and security forces. Anti-Western atta ...
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Terrorism in Spain Terrorism in Spain has been committed by various groups and people. History There have been several phases of terrorism in Spain. Spain was notably affected by a broader wave of anarchist terrorism that started in the late 19th century in Europe ...
* Terrorism in Sweden * Terrorism in Switzerland * Terrorism in Turkey * Terrorism in Tajikistan *
Terrorism in Uzbekistan Prior to the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) posed the greatest threat to the Karimov administration. In 2002 the IMU was reclassified as terrorist by the United States. Since the invasion, the IMU has been g ...
* Crime in Ukraine#Terrorism *
Terrorism in Uganda Terrorism in Uganda primarily occurs in the north, where the Lord's Resistance Army, a militant Christian religious cult that seeks to overthrow the Ugandan government, has attacked villages and forcibly conscripted children into the organization ...
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Terrorism in the United Arab Emirates Terrorism in the United Arab Emirates describes the terrorist attacks in the United Arab Emirates, as well as steps taken by the Emirati government to counter the threat of terrorism. Although terrorist attacks are rare, the UAE has been listed as ...
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Terrorism in the United Kingdom Terrorism in the United Kingdom, according to the Home Office, poses a significant threat to the state. There have been various causes of terrorism in the UK. Before the 2000s, most attacks were linked to the Northern Ireland conflict (the Tr ...
* Terrorism in the United States *
Terrorism in Yemen In its war on terrorism in Yemen, the US government describes Yemen as "an important partner in the global war on terrorism".


See also

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State terrorism State terrorism refers to acts of terrorism which a state conducts against another state or against its own citizens.Martin, 2006: p. 111. Definition There is neither an academic nor an international legal consensus regarding the proper def ...
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Domestic terrorism Domestic terrorism or homegrown terrorism is a form of terrorism in which victims "within a country are targeted by a perpetrator with the same citizenship" as the victims.Gary M. Jackson, ''Predicting Malicious Behavior: Tools and Techniques ...
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Communist terrorism Communist terrorism is terrorism carried out in the advancement of, or by groups who adhere to, communism and its related ideologies, such as Leninism, Marxism–Leninism, Trotskyism and Maoism. Historically, communist terrorism has sometimes ta ...
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Cyberterrorism Cyberterrorism is the use of the Internet to conduct violent acts that result in, or threaten, the loss of life or significant bodily harm, in order to achieve political or ideological gains through threat or intimidation. Acts of deliberate, la ...
* Economic terrorism *
Environmental terrorism Environmental terrorism consists of one or more unlawful or even hostile actions that harm or destroy environmental resources or deprive others of their use. It is different to environmental vandalism, which is a rather permitted but ethically ...
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Left-wing terrorism Left-wing terrorism or far-left terrorism is terrorism committed with the aim of overthrowing current capitalist systems and replacing them with communist or socialist societies. Left-wing terrorism can also occur within already socialist states ...
* Misogynist terrorism *
Narcoterrorism Narcoterrorism, in its original context, is understood to refer to the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of a government or a society through violence and intimidation, and to hinder the enforcement of anti-drug laws by t ...
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Nuclear terrorism Nuclear terrorism refers to any person or persons detonating a nuclear weapon as an act of terrorism (i.e., illegal or immoral use of violence for a political or religious cause). Some definitions of nuclear terrorism include the sabotage of a ...
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Right-wing terrorism Right-wing terrorism, hard right terrorism, extreme right terrorism or far-right terrorism is terrorism that is motivated by a variety of different right-wing and far-right ideologies, most prominently, it is motivated by neo-Nazism, anti-com ...
* List of right-wing terrorist attacks * Terrorism in Europe * Religious terrorism **
Christian terrorism Christian terrorism, a form of religious terrorism, comprises terrorist acts which are committed by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals. Christian terrorists justify their violent tactics through their interpretat ...
** Islamic terrorism **
Islamic terrorism in Europe Islamic terrorism in Europe has been carried out by the Islamic State (ISIL) or Al-Qaeda as well as Islamist lone wolves since the late 20th century. Europol, which releases the annual EU Terrorism Situation and Trend report (TE-SAT), used t ...
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Jewish religious terrorism Jewish religious terrorism is religious terrorism committed by extremists within Judaism.
** Saffron terror *
Number of terrorist incidents by country This is a list of the number of incidents labelled as terrorism and not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). The following tables show the number of incidents, deaths, ...
* List of major terrorist incidents * List of aircraft hijackings * List of assassinations * List of bus attacks *
List of designated terrorist groups A number of national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and fo ...
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List of events named massacres The following is a list of events for which one of the commonly accepted names includes the word "massacre". Definition ''Massacre'' is defined in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people ...
* List of incidents of political violence in Washington, D.C. *
List of mass car bombings This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses etc.) that resulted in at least two deaths. Mass car bombings (by date) 2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1900–1969 List of Irgun operations ...
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Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents. Main lists * List of attacks on nuclear plants * List of Chernobyl-related articles * List of civilian nuclear accidents * List of civilian radiation accidents * List of ...
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List of marauding terrorist incidents This is a list of marauding terrorist incidents. Marauding terrorist incidents refers to terrorist incidents which occur across multiple sites and perpetrated by the same attacker or group of attackers where firearms are the principle weapon. Not ...


References


External links


U.S. National Counterterrorism Center's Worldwide Incidents Tracking SystemFatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993) to September 2000


* * ttp://www.crimsonbird.com/terrorism/timeline.htm History of Terrorism: Timeline of Terrorist Acts – Chronology * Thinkquest
Timeline of Terror
* Infoplease

* Infoplease

(within the United States or against Americans abroad) * '' Frontline''
Terrorist Attacks on Americans
Chronology of significant plots uncovered in Europe both before and after 9/11. January 2004

Listing anarchist terrorist incidents in France, or others countries. In French.

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