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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.
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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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 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] |
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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Toussaint Rouge | 1 November 1954 | French Algeria | 10 | Unknown | FLN | Arab Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism | [5] |
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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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] |
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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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] |
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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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] |
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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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] |
Event | Date | Country | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Motivation | Reference(s) |
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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] |
In the United States, domestic terrorism is defined as terrorist acts that were carried out within the United States by U.S. citizens and/or U.S. permanent residents. As of 2021, the United States government considers white supremacists to be the top domestic terrorism threat.
Jewish religious terrorism is religious terrorism committed by extremists within Judaism.
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Revolutionary Struggle is a Greek anarchist, anti-imperialist, urban guerrilla group known for its attacks on Greek government buildings and the American embassy in Athens. It is designated as a terrorist group by the Greek government, the European Union (EU), and the United States.
Terrorism in Indonesia refer to acts of terrorism that take place within Indonesia or attacks on Indonesian people or interests abroad. These acts of terrorism often target the government of Indonesia or foreigners in Indonesia, most notably Western visitors, especially those from the United States and Australia.
Terrorism in Australia deals with terrorist acts in Australia as well as steps taken by the Australian government to counter the threat of terrorism. In 2004 the Australian government has identified transnational terrorism as also a threat to Australia and to Australian citizens overseas. Australia has experienced acts of modern terrorism since the 1960s, while the federal parliament, since the 1970s, has enacted legislation seeking to target terrorism.
In the United States, a common definition of terrorism is the systematic or threatened use of violence in order to create a general climate of fear to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political, religious, or ideological change. This article serves as a list and a compilation of acts of terrorism, attempts to commit acts of terrorism, and other such items which pertain to terrorist activities which are engaged in by non-state actors or spies who are acting in the interests of state actors or persons who are acting without the approval of foreign governments within the domestic borders of the United States.
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The Hanau shootings occurred on 19 February 2020, when eleven people were killed and five others wounded in a terrorist shooting spree by a far-right extremist targeting a shisha bar, a bar and a kiosk in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. After the attacks, the gunman returned to his apartment, where he killed his mother and then committed suicide. The massacre was called an act of terrorism by the German Minister of Internal Affairs.
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