List of terrorist incidents, 1977
This is a timeline of incidents in 1977 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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USSR, January 8: Three explosions in Moscow. A bomb was detonated on a Moscow Metro train as it rolled into Kurskaya station. Seven people died and 33 were seriously injured in the incident.[1]
United States, July 24: The home of Morris J. Amitay was bombed in the early morning hours.[2] Amitay was executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. None of the sleeping family was hurt.
West Germany, October 13: Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by a group of four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and taken to Mogadishu, Somalia; it was later released after a rescue operation launched by a GSG 9 commando group.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Oberg, James E. Uncovering Soviet Disasters: Exploring the Limits of Glasnost. New York: Random House, 1988: 104.
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19770725&id=J0YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m9kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3409,6106739
- ↑ McNab, Chris. Storming Flight 181 – GSG 9 and the Mogadishu Hijack 1977 Osprey Raid Series No. 19; Osprey Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84908-376-8.
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