List of terrorist incidents in 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).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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.
  • Casualties 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.

List
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
February 10 Shooting, grenade attacks 1 23 Munich, West Germany A bus carrying passengers to an El Al airplane at the Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany was attacked by Palestinian terrorists. One person was killed and 23 were wounded in the attack.[1] PDFLP Israeli–Palestinian conflict
February 13 Arson 7 Munich, West Germany Seven Holocaust-survivors die in an arson attack without clear responsibility.[2]
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 5 Assassination 2 0 San Juan, Puerto Rico Two US Navy sailors killed by Puerto Rican nationalists.[3] Puerto Rican nationalists. Independence movement in Puerto Rico
March 6 Premature explosion 3 2 New York City, United States Three Weather Underground members Theodore Gold, Diana Oughton, Terry Robbins, are killed while preparing a bomb in a house in Greenwich Village. The bomb was to be used on Fort Dix. Two other Weathermen, Kathy Boudin and Cathy Wilkerson were injured in the explosion Weather Underground
March 23 Bombing 0 15 New York City, United States 15 injured at the Electric Circus nightclub bombing.[4] Black Panther Party[5]
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
April 3 Shooting 1 0 Saor Éire The Troubles.
April 21 Bombing 36 Philippines Unknown perpetrator.
April 24 Ambush 1 1 Baltimore, United States One police officer killed and another wounded by Marshall "Eddie" Conway. Black Panther Party Black Power movement
May 22 Ambush 12 25 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
June 1 Kidnapping, Assassination 1 0 Timote, Argentina The former president of Argentina Pedro Eugenio Aramburu was kidnapped and shot dead by Montoneros guerrillas in the argentinian district of Timote.[6][7] Montoneros Dirty War
June 1 Shooting, Clash (1+) (2+) Córdoba, Argentina The so-called "Toma de la Calera" was an operation carried out by the Argentine guerrilla organization Montoneros on July 1, 1970, at 07:30 in the morning, in the town of La Calera in Córdoba. They took the police station, stormed the Bank of the Province of Córdoba, took the telephone switchboard. After the withdrawal, several planning and execution errors led to the arrest of several militants, some of them founders of the organization.[8] Montoneros Dirty War
June 27 Riots 6 26 Belfast, Northern Ireland Gun battle between Provisional IRA and Ulster Loyalists. Provisional IRA and loyalist paramilitaries The Troubles
July 22 Bombing 6 66 Gioia Tauro, Italy A bomb attack caused six deaths and 66 injured on the train Palermo–Turin, near the Gioia Tauro railway station.[9] Unknown
July 30 Shooting 1 Unknown Garín, Argentina Assault and take over of a police detachment, a railway station, a telephone switchboard and a bank. At least one police died in an operation to get weapons and ammunition for Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias's militants. FAR Dirty War
31 July–August 10 Assassination 1 0 Montevideo, Uruguay Dan Mitrione, Chief Public Safety Adviser for USAID in Uruguay was kidnapped and murdered by MLN-T militants. In the same day the group kidnapping the Brazilian consul Aloysio Dias Gomide, released on 21 February 1971 for ransom ($250,000). Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros
12 August Bombing 2 0 Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland Two members of the RUC were killed by a booby trap bomb Provisional IRA The Troubles
August 24 Bombing 1 3 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 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) Quebec, Canada FLQ murder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross. FLQ October Crisis
October 15 Hijacking 1 3 USSR Lithuanian father and son Pranas and Algirdas Brazinskas hijack Aeroflot Flight 244 in an attempt to defect to the west. They engage shootout with armed crew members and kill young flight attendant Nadezhda Kurchenko in the process. Pranas and Algirdas Brazinskas
October 22 Assassination 1 0 Santiago, Chile The commander in chief of the Chilean Army was shot dead in his car Right-wing extremist
November 6 Bombing 1 24 Tel Aviv, Israel Two bombs explode in Tel Aviv at the central bus station killing one person and injuring 24.[10] Fatah Israeli–Palestinian conflict

See also

References
  1. "West German Government Condemns Arab Terrorist Attack on El Al Airline". JTA. 12 February 1970.
  2. "Munich: The Return of Antisemitic Terror in 1970". The Berlin Spectator. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  3. Sater, William (October 1981). "Puerto Rican Terrorists: A Possible Threat To US Energy Installations?" (PDF). RAND Corporation.
  4. Knight, Michael (1970-03-23). "15 at the Electric Circus Injured in Bomb Explosion (Published 1970)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  5. Sterns, Robert; Mellins, Thomas and Fishman, David. New York 1960 (The Monacelli Press, 1997) p. 258
  6. Aramburu, la verdad sobre su muerte 1993 by Aldo Luis Molinari, 213 ISBN 9504349056
  7. https://archive.org/stream/http---www_labotellaalmar_com-documentos-listado_htm#page/n1/mode/2up
  8. http://www.lavoz.com.ar/opinion/golpea-en-cordoba-montoneros?page=2
  9. See it:Strage di Gioia Tauro.
  10. "Tel Aviv Bombings Kill One and Hurt 24; 2 Blasts Rock Central Bus Station Al Fatah Aide Claims Responsibility". The New York Times. AP. November 7, 1970. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
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