List of terrorist incidents in 1997

This is a timeline of incidents in 1997 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.
  • Casualty 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.

February
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
23 February Shooting 1 (+1 attacker) 6 New York City, United States 69-year-old Palestinian immigrant Ali Hassan Abu Kamal opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building killing a Danish musician and injuring 6 other people before committing suicide. 10 years after the attack Kamal's daughter revealed that her father committed the shooting in hopes of influencing the U.S. to support Palestine rather than Israel Ali Hassan Abu Kamal Israeli–Palestinian conflict
25 February Bombings 9 74 Ürümqi, China Uyghyr separatists bombed three buses in Ürümqi, killing 9 people, including 3 children, and injuring 74. Another bomb was found at Ürümqi's main railway station but was defused. The bombings were a response to the Ghulja incident in which the Chinese army killed several Uyghur protestors. Uyghur separatists Xinjiang conflict

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
13 March Mass shooting 7 6 Island of Peace, Israeli-Jordanian border Ahmed Daqamseh, a Jordanian soldier opened fire on a large group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing 7 and wounding 5, as well as 1 teacher Ahmed Daqamseh Israeli–Palestinian conflict
21 March Suicide bombing 3 46 Tel Aviv, Israel A Hamas suicide bomber detonated at a Tel Aviv sidewalk café, killing 3 and wounding 46.[1] Hamas Israeli–Palestinian conflict
21 March Massacre 7 Several Budgam, India Seven Kashmiri Pandit civilians are killed and several more are injured by Islamist militants Islamists Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

April
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
22 April Raid, shootout 3 (+14 attackers) Lima, Peru A team of 142 Peruvian soldiers raided the Japanese embassy where the MRTA were holding several hostages. Two soldiers, one hostage and 14 rebels were killed in a raid. MRTA Internal conflict in Peru

June
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of

July
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
15-20 July Massacre ~30 0 Mapiripán, Meta, Colombia The Mapiripán Massacre was a mass murder of civilians that took place in Mapiripán, Meta Department, Colombia. The massacre was carried out from July 15 to July 20, 1997, by the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, an outlawed right-wing paramilitary group. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia Colombian conflict
30 July Suicide bombings 16 (+2) 178 Jerusalem, Israel Two suicide bombers detonated at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148.[1] Hamas Israeli–Palestinian conflict

August
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of

September
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4 September Bombing 1 11 Havana, Cuba An Italian tourist named Fabio di Celmo was killed in a bomb blast at a hotel. This was one of a series of bombings of hotels in Cuba in 1997. Anti-Castro rebels led by Luis Posada Carriles were convicted of the attack. Luis Posada Carriles
Anti-Castro rebels
18 September Bombing 0 29 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina The attack was carried out by al-Qaeda-connected Islamic extremists, and targeted Croatian civilians and policemen as retribution against the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), which had fought Muslim forces for control of the city during the Bosnian War. It remains the most serious terrorist attack in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina

October
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
15 October Bombing 15 105 Colombo, Sri Lanka An LTTE bomb exploded at the Colombo World Trade Centre, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.[2] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
22 October Massacre 15 Unknown Ituango, Colombia The AUC assassinates 15 people in the El Aro Massacre and causes the forced displacement and the dispossession of lands of several families AUC Colombian conflict

November
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
17 November Massacre 62 Deir el-Bahari, Egypt 6 Islamist gunmen massacre 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptians at the Temple of Hatshepsut al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Terrorism in Egypt

December
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
21 December Shooting, Clashes 11 18 Kidnapped Patascoy, Colombia FARC militants attack an army base on the hill of Patascoy, southwest of Colombia near the border with Ecuador. 11 military killed and 18 kidnapped.[3] FARC Colombian conflict
22 December Massacre 45 Acteal, Mexico 45 members of the indigenous pacifist froup Las Abejas are massacred at a church by a paramilitary group called "Mascara Roja" (Red Mask) Mascara Roja militants Chiapas conflict
27 December Shooting 1 0 Belfast, Northern Ireland Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners shot dead Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) leader and fellow prisoner Billy Wright inside the maximum-security Maze Prison. INLA The Troubles

References
  1. Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 25–26.
  2. Frontline, Frontline A new declaration of war Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.elespectador.com/node/2434
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