List of terrorist incidents, 1970

This is a timeline of incidents in 1970 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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Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
February 21 Bombing 47 0   Switzerland A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich, killing 38 passengers and all 9 crew members. The attack was carried out by Palestinian group PFLP-GC PFLP-GC Israeli-Palestinian conflict
March 31 Plane hijacking 0 0  Japan  South Korea
 North Korea 		Japan Airlines Flight 351, carrying 131 passengers and 7 crew from Tokyo to Fukuoka, is hijacked by nine members of the Japanese Red Army group. 23 passengers were freed at Fukuoka Airport, mainly children or old aged. 108 passengers and all crew members with Red Army group left Fukuoka, bound for Gimpo Airport, near Seoul. Three days later, Red Army group asks to be flown to North Korean capital Pyongyang, before leaving from Seoul, 103 passenger and crew hostages are freed, and nine Red Army group members surrendered to North Korean authorities. Japanese Red Army
May 22 Ambush 12 25 Israel Avivim, Israel Two bazooka shells were fired at a school bus by Palestinian PLO members, killing 12, including 8 children and wounding another 25. PFLP-GC Israeli-Palestinian conflict
July 22 Bombing 6 66 Italy Gioia Tauro, Italy a bomb attack caused six deaths and 66 injured on the train Palermo-Turin, near the Gioia Tauro railway station.[1] unknown
August 24 Bombing 1 3 United States Madison, Wisconsin, United States The Army Mathematics Research Center on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus was blown up resulting in one death and wounding another three. Anti-Vietnam War protestors
September 6 Plane hijacking 1 (perpetrator) 1 Jordan Zarqa, Jordan Coordinated hijacking of four airliners. One hijacking is foiled in midair and two planes are diverted to Jordan’s Dawson Field. Nicaraguan Sandinista hijacker Patrick Argüello was killed and all passengers were freed after negotiated release of captured hijacker Leila Khaled and three PFLP prisoners. The following day a fifth aircraft was also hijacked. PFLP Black September
October 5 – October 17 Kidapping, murder 1 1 (kidnapped) Canada Quebec, Canada FLQ murder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross. FLQ October Crisis
October 22 Bombing 0 0 United States San Francisco, California, United States An antipersonnel time bomb explodes outside a San Francisco church, showering steel shrapnel on mourners of a patrolman slain in a bank holdup; no one is injured. The Black Liberation Army is suspected.[2] Black Liberation Army (suspected)
November 6 Bombing 1 24 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel Two bombs explode in Tel Aviv at the central bus station killing one person and injuring 24.[3] Fatah Israeli-Palestinian conflict

 United States, 1970-1972: The Jewish Defense League was linked with a bomb explosion outside Aeroflot's New York City office, and a detonation outside of Soviet cultural offices in Washington. Also a JDL member allegedly fired a rifle into the Soviet Union's mission office at the United Nations. Two JDL members were convicted of bomb possession and burglary in a conspiracy to blow up the Long Island residence of the Soviet Mission to the [New York The Bronx].May 1, 1970 Mira A terrorist group of Puerto Rico detonated two bombs in Two movie theaters in Bronx New York Total of 11 People injured

See also

References

  1. ↑ See it:Strage di Gioia Tauro.
  2. ↑ the talking drum collective/Jacuma Kambui: Listing of Justice Department Report on BLA Activity from January, 1970 - January, 1976, September 18, 1979
  3. ↑ "Tel Aviv Bombings Kill One and Hurt 24; 2 Blasts Rock Central Bus Station Al Fatah Aide Claims Responsibility". AP (The New York Times). November 7, 1970. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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