List of terrorist incidents in 1974
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This is a timeline of incidents in 1974 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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Guidelines
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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| January 31 | Hostage-taking | 0 | 0 | Singapore/Kuwait | Laju incident: JRA–PFLP attack on a Shell facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait. | Japanese Red Army PFLP |
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| February 4 | Bombing | 12 | 39 | West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 12 people (nine soldiers and three civilians) are killed by the IRA in the M62 Coach Bombing. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| April 11 | Massacre | 18 (+3) | 15 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Kiryat Shmona massacre: at an apartment building by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members, killing 18 people, nine of whom were children. | PFLP | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| May 2 | Bombing | 6 | 18 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | The Loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force detonated a bomb inside a Catholic owned bar, killing six people & injuring 18. | Ulster Volunteer Force | The Troubles |
| May 15 | Massacre | 31 (+3) | 70 | Ma'alot, Israel | Ma'alot massacre: at the Ma'alot High School by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members: 26 hostages were killed, 66 wounded. | PFLP | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| May 17 | Car bombings | 35 | 300 | Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland | Ulster Volunteer Force detonate three car bombs, killing 35 civilians, the deadliest toll of any one day in 'The Troubles'. It is suspected that the British security forces may have assisted the bombers to plan and carry out the attacks. The UK government have so far refused to release files about the bombings.[1] | Ulster Volunteer Force | The Troubles |
| May 28 | Bombing | 8 | 102 | Brescia, Italy | Piazza della Loggia bombing: Eight people are killed and at least 90 wounded when a bomb placed in a rubbish bin explodes. | Ordine Nuovo | |
| June 24–25 | Shooting | 4 (+3) | 8 | Nahariya, Israel | 1974 Nahariya attack | Fatah | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| July 23 | Attempted bombing | 0 | 0 | Manchester, United Kingdom | The Provisional IRA planted a bomb on a passenger airliner. They called The Irish News to issue a warning that the plane could blow up. The PIRA later said they never intended on blowing up the plane but wanted to prove they could smuggle a bomb onto a passenger plane. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| July 24 | Torture murder | 1 | 0 | Belfast, United Kingdom | Ann Ogilby is tortured and murdered by two teenage girls from the Ulster Defence Association in retaliation for Ogilby having an affair with a married UDA commander. | Ulster Defence Association | The Troubles |
| August 4 | Bombing | 12 | 48 | San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy | Italicus Express bombing: train between Rome and Brennero explodes, killing twelve and injuring 44. | Ordine Nero | |
| August 6 | Bombing | 3 | 36 | Los Angeles, California, United States | The 1974 Los Angeles International Airport bombing occurred in the overseas passenger terminal lobby of Pan Am. The attack killed three people and injured 36 others. | Muharem Kurbegovic | |
| August 30 | Bombing | 8 | 378 | Tokyo, Japan | 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing: Powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi. Eight killed, 378 injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities. | East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front | |
| September 8 | Bombing | 88 | 0 | Ionian Sea, Greece | TWA Flight 841: Bomb kills 88 on jetliner. Attributed to Abu Nidal and his terrorist organization. | Abu Nidal Organization | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| September 13 | Bombing | 13 | 71 | Madrid, Spain | Cafetería Rolando bombing Basque group ETA bombs the "Rolando" cafeteria and kills twelve people. | ETA | Basque conflict |
| September 13 | Hostage-taking | 0 | 1 | The Hague, The Netherlands | 1974 French Embassy attack: Three members of the Japanese Red Army take hostages at the French embassy. They wound a Dutch policewoman. All hostages are released without harm in exchange for JRA prisoner being released. | Japanese Red Army | |
| September 15 | Hijacking, bombing | 75 | 0 | Phan Rang, South Vietnam | Le Duc Tan, a South Vietnamese ranger who had recently had his position in the army demoted hijacked Air Vietnam Flight 706 and demanded to be flown to Hanoi. After the pilots refused to give in to his demands, Tan detonated grenades and caused the plane to crash, killing everyone on board. | Le Duc Tan | Vietnam War |
| October 5 | Bombings | 5 | 65 | Guildford, United Kingdom | Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves four off-duty soldiers and a civilian dead and 44 injured. | Provisional Irish Republican Army | The Troubles |
| November 7 | Bombing | 2 | Woolwich, United Kingdom | Bombing of the Kings Arms, Woolwich | Provisional IRA | The Troubles | |
| November 19 | Shooting | 4 (+3 terrorists) | 20+ | Beit She'an, Israel | 1974 Beit She'an attack | DFLP | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| November 21 | Bombings | 21 | 182 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham pub bombing by the IRA kills 21 people, injures 182. | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
| December 19 | Bombing, Car bomb | 0 | 9 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA exploded a car bomb outside Selfridges department store on Oxford Street. The bomb caused £1.5 million worth of damage. There was 100 lbs of high explosives in the car, the biggest bomb the IRA had used in England at that time.[2] | Provisional IRA | The Troubles |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sheils McNamee, Michael. "The British government still has unreleased files on Ireland's worst terrorist attack". thejournal.ie. The Journal. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Melaugh, Dr Martin. "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974". cain.ulst.ac.uk.