List of terrorist incidents, 1997
Encyclopedia
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
).
Pakistan, January 19: When a Sipah-i Sahaba leader Zia-ul Rehman Farooqi and Mauiana Azam Tariq arrive on trial for murder charges in Lahore Session Court, following bomb blast nearby area, Lahore
, Pakistan
. Blame placed on the Guardian of the Friends of Prophet extremist group, which kills 25 people and injures 100. Algeria, January 19: A powerful bomb blast nearby Musset Cinema area, Belcourt zone, Algeria
n capital of Algiers
, which responsible for Islamic Salvation Army fundamentalist group. Kills 21 people with injures 60. Cuba: Luis Posada Carriles
organized a string of bombings at luxury hotels in Cuba
in 1997 in order to discourage the growth of the tourism industry. One Italian tourist died. United States, February 24: Ali Abu Kamal opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building
in New York City
, killing a Danish
national and wounding visitors from the United States
, Argentina
, Switzerland
and France
before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine". His widow claimed he became suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture. In a 2007 interview with the New York Daily News
his daughter said her mother's story was a cover crafted by the Palestinian Authority and that her father wanted to punish the United States for its support of Israel
. China, February 25: Three bus bombs in Urumqi
destroy the No. 2, 10, and 44 buses, killing nine people. Colombia, February 27: A car bomb kills seven and injures 49 in the town of Apartadó
, Antioquia. No groups claim responsibility. Israel, March 21: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated at a Tel Aviv sidewalk café, killing 3 and wounding 46. Russia, June 28: A bomb explodes on a train traveling from Moscow
to Saint Petersburg
, killing three and injuring seven. Colombia, June 17: Eight elite police officers die after a truck bomb explodes in Bogotá
. Authorities say FARC is responsible for the attack. India, July 8: A five cars of commuter train, carrying 500 people on board left Bhatinda railroad station, following blast in Punjab
, India. Which blame for Sikh separest group, with kills 36 people and injures 70. Israel, July 30: Two suicide bombers detonated at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148. Israel, September 4: Three Hamas suicide bombers detonate in Jerusalem, killing 5 and injuring 180. Sri Lanka, October 4 LTTE attack in Colombo
on Hilton Hotel and Parliament kills 17, 100 wounded. Running gun battle on streets with government forces. Egypt, November 17: Luxor Massacre – Islamist gunmen attack tourists at Deir el-Bahri
in Luxor
, killing 62 and injuring 24 people, most of them European and Japanese holidaymakers. India, November 19: A car bomb blast nearby D. Rama Naidu Film Studio, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
, India, which responsibility for Paritala Ravi guerrilla group, and kills 23, include six local television journalist with injures 31 people, include local film star, Mohan Babu
. Mexico, December 22: Acteal massacre
– 46 killed while praying in Acteal
, Chiapas
. A paramilitary group associated with ex-president Salinas
is held responsible.
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
or its forces (see state terrorism
State terrorism
State terrorism may refer to acts of terrorism conducted by a state against a foreign state or people. It can also refer to acts of violence by a state against its own people.-Definition:...
and state-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism is a term used to describe terrorism sponsored by nation-states. As with terrorism, the precise definition, and the identification of particular examples, are subjects of heated political dispute...
).
Pakistan, January 19: When a Sipah-i Sahaba leader Zia-ul Rehman Farooqi and Mauiana Azam Tariq arrive on trial for murder charges in Lahore Session Court, following bomb blast nearby area, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Blame placed on the Guardian of the Friends of Prophet extremist group, which kills 25 people and injures 100. Algeria, January 19: A powerful bomb blast nearby Musset Cinema area, Belcourt zone, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n capital of Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
, which responsible for Islamic Salvation Army fundamentalist group. Kills 21 people with injures 60. Cuba: Luis Posada Carriles
Luis Posada Carriles
Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles is a Cuban-born Venezuelan anti-communist and former Central Intelligence Agency agent....
organized a string of bombings at luxury hotels in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
in 1997 in order to discourage the growth of the tourism industry. One Italian tourist died. United States, February 24: Ali Abu Kamal opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, killing a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
national and wounding visitors from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine". His widow claimed he became suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture. In a 2007 interview with the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
his daughter said her mother's story was a cover crafted by the Palestinian Authority and that her father wanted to punish the United States for its support of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. China, February 25: Three bus bombs in Urumqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
destroy the No. 2, 10, and 44 buses, killing nine people. Colombia, February 27: A car bomb kills seven and injures 49 in the town of Apartadó
Apartadó
Apartadó is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, ColombiaIs located near the atlantic ocean in the Gulf of Urabá, the economy is based in Bananas and Plantain....
, Antioquia. No groups claim responsibility. Israel, March 21: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated at a Tel Aviv sidewalk café, killing 3 and wounding 46. Russia, June 28: A bomb explodes on a train traveling from Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, killing three and injuring seven. Colombia, June 17: Eight elite police officers die after a truck bomb explodes in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. Authorities say FARC is responsible for the attack. India, July 8: A five cars of commuter train, carrying 500 people on board left Bhatinda railroad station, following blast in Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
, India. Which blame for Sikh separest group, with kills 36 people and injures 70. Israel, July 30: Two suicide bombers detonated at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148. Israel, September 4: Three Hamas suicide bombers detonate in Jerusalem, killing 5 and injuring 180. Sri Lanka, October 4 LTTE attack in Colombo
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
on Hilton Hotel and Parliament kills 17, 100 wounded. Running gun battle on streets with government forces. Egypt, November 17: Luxor Massacre – Islamist gunmen attack tourists at Deir el-Bahri
Deir el-Bahri
Deir el-Bahari or Deir el-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt....
in Luxor
Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 , with an area of approximately . As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", as the ruins of the temple...
, killing 62 and injuring 24 people, most of them European and Japanese holidaymakers. India, November 19: A car bomb blast nearby D. Rama Naidu Film Studio, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India, which responsibility for Paritala Ravi guerrilla group, and kills 23, include six local television journalist with injures 31 people, include local film star, Mohan Babu
Mohan babu
Mohan Babu is an actor & producer in Telugu Cinema. He is a former Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha and Educationist from Andhra Pradesh...
. Mexico, December 22: Acteal massacre
Acteal massacre
The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of children and pregnant women, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas , in the small village of Acteal in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican...
– 46 killed while praying in Acteal
Acteal
Acteal is a small village in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 20 km north of San Cristóbal de las Casas. It became known internationally at the end of 1997 for the massacre of 45 indigenous people....
, Chiapas
Chiapas
Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...
. A paramilitary group associated with ex-president Salinas
Carlos Salinas
Carlos Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Earlier in his career he worked in the Budget Secretariat all the way up to Secretary...
is held responsible.