List of terrorist incidents in 1981

This is a timeline of incidents in 1981 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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January

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
12 January Bombing 0 0 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 11 men disguised as soldiers penetrated into the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and placed bombs on several aircraft, destroying several of them. Boricua Popular Army

March

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
28 March Hijacking 2 (+4 attackers) 2 Indonesia Indonesia 5 members of the islamic extremist group Komando Jihad hijack Garuda Indonesia Flight 206. They kill the pilot and an Indonesian commando before four of them are killed and one is arrested. Komando Jihad

April

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
27 April Kidnapping 2 0 Italy Naples, Italy Christian Democracy politician Ciro Cirillo is kidnapped and his two bodyguards are killed by the Red Brigades. Cirillo was held until 25 July when a ransom was paid. Red Brigades

May

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1 May Assassination 1 0 Austria Vienna, Austria Austrian Socialist Party politician Heinz Nittel who was also the president of the Austrian-Israeli Friendship League. 21-year-old Iraqi Hesham Mohammed Rajeh was convicted for the shooting and was also linked to the 1981 Vienna synagogue attack Hesham Mohammed Rajeh Israel-Palestine conflict
16 May Bombing 1 United States New York City, United States One dead in an explosion in the toilets at the Pan Am terminal at New York's JFK airport. The bombing is claimed by the Puerto Rican Resistance Army.[1] Puerto Rican Resistance Army

June

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
28 June Bombing 73 Iran Tehran, Iran 73 people are killed in a bombing targeting a meeting of leaders of the Islamic Republican Party at the party's headquarters. People's Mujahedin of Iran

August

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
29 August Shooting, grenade 2 30 Austria Vienna, Austria Machine gun and grenade attack on the Stadttempel synagogue in Vienna, 1981 Vienna synagogue attack killing two people and wounding 30. Marwan Hasan and Hesham Mohammed Rajeh were convicted.[2] Abu Nidal Organization Israel-Palestine conflict

September

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
24–25 September Shooting, hostage-taking 1 2 France Paris, France Four gunmen from the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia open fire on the Turkish consulate in Paris before taking 56 hostages. One guard was killed and two other people were wounded. ASALA

October

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
6 October Assassination 11 (+1 attacker) 28 (+3 attackers) Egypt Cairo, Egypt A group of 4 Egyptian Islamic Jihad assassins led by Khalid Islambouli opened fire on a victory parade led by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, killing Sadat and 10 others and wounding 28. 1 gunman was killed and the three others were arrested and executed later. Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
20 October Bombing 3 106 Belgium Antwerp, Belgium Truck bomb attack on a synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium. Three killed and 106 wounded in the 1981 Antwerp bombing. Unknown
20 October Robbery, murder 3 0 United States Nanuet, United States Members of the May 19th Communist Organization (made up of former Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground members) rob a Brink's armored car at Nanuet mall, killing the guard and two police officers who responded to the scene. May 19th Communist Organization

November

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
29 November Car bombing 200+ Syria Damascus, Syria A car bomb destroys four apartment buildings in the Azbakya district of Damascus, Syria, leaving more than 200 people dead. The Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners claimed responsibility for the attack, while the Syrian government put blame on the Muslim Brotherhood.[3][4] Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Islamist uprising in Syria

December

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
15 December Suicide car bombing 61 110 Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon A suicide bomber affiliated with the Iranian group Al-Dawa drove a truck into the Iraqi embassy, killing Lebanon's ambassador to Iraq, Abdul Razzak Lafta, and 60 others. Al-Dawa Iran-Iraq war
17 December Kidnapping 0 0 Italy/United States Verona, Italy US Army Brigadier General James L. Dozier is kidnapped from his apartment in Verona, Italy and held hostage for 42 days by the Red Brigades.[5] Red Brigades

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Terrorism Chronology
  2. ↑ Palestinians Get Life In Austrian Slayings
  3. ↑ Moslems tied to fatal blast, The Courier (November 30, 1981)
  4. ↑ Syrian death toll past 150, The Bryan Times (December 2, 1981)
  5. ↑ Collin, Richard Oliver and Gordon L. Freedman. Winter of Fire, Dutton, 1990.
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