| |
date |
type |
target |
perpetrators |
result |
|
1 |
1881 |
assassination |
Tsar Alexander II |
Zemlia i Volia |
1 KIA |
|
2 |
1914 |
assassination |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
Black Hand |
2 KIA |
|
3 |
1946 |
bombing |
King David Hotel (Palestine) |
Irgun (zionist) |
200+ casualties |
|
4 |
1970 |
hijacking |
Dawson Field (Jordan) |
PFLP (Palestinian) |
3 aircraft |
|
5 |
1972 |
hostages |
Munich Olympics |
Black September |
11 KIA |
|
6 |
1973 |
assassination |
Admiral Blanco |
ETA |
|
7 |
1975 |
hostages |
OPEC summit (Vienna) |
PFLP & RAF under Carlos the Jackal |
11 ministers ransomed |
|
8 |
1977 |
assassination |
Hans Martin Schleyer |
Red Army Faction (RAF) |
4 KIA |
|
9 |
1978 |
assassination |
Aldo Moro (former PM Italy) |
Red Brigades |
6 KIA |
|
10 |
1979 |
assassination |
Lord Mountbatten (on yacht) |
IRA |
19 KIA |
|
11 |
1979 |
hostages |
Great Mosque (Mecca) |
Mahdists |
|
12 |
1980 |
bombing |
Bologne Train Station |
Italian fascists |
85 KIA |
|
13 |
1983 |
suicide bombing |
US Marine barracks, Lebanon |
Islamic Jihad |
241 KIA |
|
14 |
1985 |
hostages | Achille Lauro cruise ship |
Abu Abbas |
1 KIA |
|
15 |
1985 |
hostages |
Columbian Supreme Court (11 Justices) |
FARC |
100+ KIA |
|
16 |
1986 |
mortar attack |
10 Downing Street (PM residence UK) |
IRA |
0 KIA |
|
17 |
1988 |
bombing |
Pan Am flight 103 |
Libya |
260 KIA |
|
18 |
1993 |
bombing |
London financial district |
IRA |
400 m. pounds |
|
19 |
1995 |
gas attack |
Tokyo Subway |
Aum Shin Rikyu |
12 KIA |
|
20 |
1995 |
bombing |
Federal Building (Oklahoma) |
militia faction |
168 KIA |
|
21 |
1998 |
bombing |
US embassies, Kenya and Tanzania |
Al Qaeda |
200+ KIA |
|
22 |
2000 |
suicide bombing | USS Cole (Aden) |
Al Qaeda |
11 KIA |
|
23 |
2001 |
suicide bombing |
World Trade Center and Pentagon |
Al Qaeda |
3,000+ KIA |