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List of left-wing terrorist attacks

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This is a list of left-wing terrorist attacks. Left-wing terrorism is terrorism inspired by left-wing or far-left ideologies, most prominently socialism, communism, anarchism, eco-terrorism, anti-imperialism, and left-wing nationalism.

1910s-1940s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Milwaukee Police Department bombing 24 November 1917  United States 10 2 Galleanisti (alleged) Anarchism, antireligion (suspected) [1][2]
Operation Nemesis 19 June 1920-25 July 1922 Georgia
 Ottoman Empire
Germany Germany
Italy 		10 0 Armenian Revolutionary Federation Revenge for the Armenian Genocide [3]
Wall Street bombing 16 September 1920  United States 40 Hundreds Galleanisti (alleged) Anarchism, possibly revenge for the arrest of Sacco and Vanzetti (suspected) [4]

1950s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Toussaint Rouge 1 November 1954 Template:Country data French Algeria 10 Unknown FLN Arab Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism [5]

1960s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
1965 Saigon bombing June 25, 1965  South Vietnam 42 80 Viet Cong Communism, Anti-Americanism [6]
Montreal Stock Exchange bombing 13 February 1969  Canada 0 27 Front de libération du Québec Québec Separatism [7]
Marine Midlands Building bombing 20 August 1969  United States 0 20 Sam Melville Opposition to the Vietnam War [8]

1970s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Sterling Hall bombing August 24, 1970  United States 1 3 Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine and Leo Burt Protest against the Vietnam War [9][10]
Assassination of Efraim Elrom May 17 1971  Turkey 1 0 People's Liberation Army of Turkey Communism [11]
Assassination of Edmundo Pérez Zujovic June 8 1971  Chile 1 0 VOP Communism [12]
Asama-Sansō incident February 19 – 28, 1972  Japan 3 12 United Red Army Communism [13]
1972 Aldershot bombing 22 February 1972  Great Britain 7 19 Official Irish Republican Army Irish Republicanism [14]
Sabena Flight 571 8 May 1972  Israel 1 (+2 hijackers) 3 Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian Nationalism [15]
Lod Airport massacre 30 May 1972  Israel 26 (+2 shooters) 80 (+1 shooters) Japanese Red Army Communism [16]
Primavalle fire 16 April 1973  Italy 2 2 Potere Operaio Anti-fascism [17]
1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking 17–18 December 1973  Italy  Greece  Syria  Kuwait 34 22 (+1 terrorist) Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian Nationalism [18]
Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco 20 December 1973  Spain 3 0 Euskadi Ta Askatasuna Basque Seperatism [19]
Kiryat Shmona massacre 11 April 1974  Israel 18 (+3 shooters) 15 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command Palestinian Nationalism [20]
1974 Nahariya attack 24–25 June 1974  Israel 4 (+3 attackers) 8 Fatah Palestinian Nationalism [21]
TWA Flight 841 (1974) September 8 1974  Greece 88 0 Abu Nidal Organization Palestinian Nationalism [22]
1974 Beit She'an attack 19 November 1974  Israel 4 (+3 shooters) 20 Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian Nationalism [23]
Fraunces Tavern bombing 24 February 1975  United States 4 50+ FALN Puerto Rican Independence [24]
Savoy Hotel attack 6 March 1975  Israel 11 (+7 shooters) 0 Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian Nationalism [25]
West German Embassy siege in Stockholm 24 April 1975  Sweden 2 (+2 terrorists) 10 (+4 terrorists) Red Army Faction Communism [26]
Argentine Federal Police bombing 2 July 1976  Argentina 23 60 Montoneros Left-Wing Peronism [27]
Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar 4 October 1976  Spain 5 10 Euskadi Ta Askatasuna Basque Separatism [28]
Assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea 8 October 1977  Spain 3 0 Euskadi Ta Askatasuna Basque Separatism [29]
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 4 December 1977  Malaysia 100 0 Unknown (suspected Japanese Red Army) Communism [30]
Coastal Road massacre March 11, 1978  Israel 39 (+9 terrorists) 76 Fatah Palestinian Nationalism [31]
Attack on the Montclair Hotel 9 May 1978  Rhodesia 2 3 Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army African Socialism [32]
1978 Orly Airport attack 20 May 1978  France 2 (+3 shooters) 5 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian Nationalism [33]
1978 London bus attack 20 August 1978  United Kingdom 1 (+1 shooter) 9 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestinian Nationalism [34]
Air Rhodesia Flight 825 3 September 1978  Rhodesia 48 8 Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army African Nationalism [35]
October 1978 Getxo attack 22 October 1978  Spain 3 1 Euskadi Ta Askatasuna Basque Separatism [36]
Air Rhodesia Flight 827 12 February 1979  Rhodesia 59 0 Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army African Nationalism [37]
Assassination of Airey Neave 30 March 1979  England 1 0 Irish National Liberation Army Irish Republicanism [38]
July 1979 Madrid bombings 29 July 1979  Spain 7 100 ETA political-military Basque Separatism [39]
Assassination of Ahmet Benler 12 October 1979  Netherlands 1 0 Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia Armenian nationalism [40]

1980s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Church Street, Pretoria bombing 20 May 1983  South Africa 19 217 uMkhonto we Sizwe Anti-Apartheid [41]
1983 Orly Airport attack 15 July 1983  France 8 55 ASALA Armenian nationalism [42]
1983 Turkish embassy attack in Lisbon 27 July 1983  Portugal 7 2 Armenian Revolutionary Army Armenian nationalism [43]
1983 United States Senate bombing 7 November 1983  United States 0 0 May 19th Communist Organization Opposition to U.S. actions in Granada and Lebanon [44]
Amanzimtoti bombing 23 December 1985  South Africa 5 40 uMkhonto we Sizwe Anti-Apartheid [45]
Rhein-Main Air Base bombing 8 August 1985  West Germany 2 23 Red Army Faction Anti-American sentiment [46]
1986 Paris police station attack 9 July 1986  France 1 22 Action Directe Anti-police sentiment [47]
Johannesburg Magistrate's Court bombing 20 May 1987  South Africa 4 15 uMkhonto we Sizwe Anti-Apartheid [48]

1990s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Bonn embassy attack 13 February 1991  Germany 0 0 Red Army Faction Opposition to the Gulf War [49]
Blue Market massacre 13 March 1999  Turkey 13 5 Kurdistan Workers' Party Kurdish nationalism [50]

2000s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
2001 Istanbul suicide bombing 10 September 2001  Turkey 3 (+1 attacker) 17 Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front Communism [51]
Assassination of Pim Fortuyn 6 May 2002  Netherlands 1 0 Volkert van der Graaf Anti-racism [52]
Rafiganj train wreck 10 September 2002  India 130-200 150+ Naxalites Communism [53]
El Nogal Club bombing 7 February 2003  Colombia 36 200+ FARC Communism [54]

2010s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Pheasant farm raid March 2012  United States 0 0 Animal Liberation Front Eco-terrorism [55]
Family Research Council shooting 15 August 2012  United States 0 1 Lone wolf Support for gay rights [56]
2013 Neo Irakleio Golden Dawn office shooting 1 November 2013  Greece 2 1 The Fighting People's Revolutionary Powers Anti-Fascism, revenge for the murder of Pavlos Fyssas [57]
2014 killings of NYPD officers 20 December 2014  United States 2 (+1 shooter) 1 Lone wolf Anti-police sentiment, Black Nationalism [58]
2015 Chapel Hill shooting 10 February 2015  United States 3 0 Lone wolf Antireligion [59] [60]
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers 7 July 2016  United States 5 (+1 shooter) 11 Lone wolf Anti-police sentiment, Black Nationalism [61]
Congressional baseball shooting 14 June 2017  United States 0 (+1 shooter) 6 Lone wolf Anti-Conservatism [62]
2018-2020 Saxony and Thuringia attacks Unknown date in 2018 (first occurrence)  Germany 0 13 Antifa Anti-Fascism [63]
2019 Tacoma attack 13 July 2019  United States 0 (+1 attacker) 0 Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Opposition to ICE [64]

2020s[edit]

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation Reference(s)
Murder of Aaron Danielson 29 August 2020  United States 1 (+1 shooter) 0 Antifa Anti-conservativism [65][better source needed]
2022 Pregnancy Center attacks 8 May-5 July 2022  United States 0 2 Jane’s Revenge Abortion-rights movement [66]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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