List of terrorist incidents in 1976

This is a timeline of incidents in 1976 that have been labeled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

Guidelines

• 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

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
January 1	Bombing	81	0	Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia	A flight from Beirut to Abu Dhabi is bombed by unknown perpetrators.	Unknown	Lebanese Civil War
January 4	Mass shooting	6	1	County Armagh. Northern Ireland	Two Catholic families, the Reaveys and the O'Dowds, are murdered by members of the Ulster Volunteer Force.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
January 5	Mass shooting	10	1	Kingsmill, Northern Ireland	Kingsmill massacre: Ten Protestant textile factory workers were massacred when 11 gunmen ambushed their minibus, which was traveling along the Whitecross to Bessbrook road in County Armagh. The "South Armagh Republican Action Force" claimed responsibility. One worker was spared because he was Catholic, and one other worker survived despite being shot 18 times. In June 2011, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) determined that the Irish Republican Army was responsible for the attack. [1] [2]	PIRA	The Troubles
February 3	Hijacking	1		Djibouti	Members of the Somali Coast Liberation Front hijack a school bus, killing one girl.	Somali Coast Liberation Front
March 2	Bombing	2	85	Sapporo, Japan	A time-bomb exploded at the Hokkaido Prefectural office, killing two, and injuring another 85. A member of a left-wing group was arrested by Japanese authorities on September 1.	East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front
March 17	Car bombing	4	12	Dungannon, Northern Ireland	Ulster Volunteer Force bombing of a pub celebrating St. Patrick's Day, killing four civilians including two young boys.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
April 19	Assassination	1	0	Colombia	The M-19 executes union leader, Jose Raquel Mercado, held hostage since February.	M-19	Colombian Conflict
May 9	Shooting	2	3	Montejurra, Spain	Two members of the Carlist Party are killed and three wounded by neo-fascists	Warriors of Christ the King militants	Neofascist terrorism in Spain
June 5	Bombing	2		Belfast, Northern Ireland	Bombing of a bar frequented by Ulster Defence Association members. Two Protestant civilians are killed.	PIRA	The Troubles
June 5	Shooting	5		Belfast, Northern Ireland	Four gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force open fire on the Chlorane Bar, killing five men, three Catholic and two Protestant. The shootings were in retaliation for an IRA bombing earlier in the day.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
June 16	Kidnapping	2		Beirut, Lebanon	US Ambassador Francis E. Meloy, Jr., and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring were kidnapped by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and killed a short time later.	PFLP
June 18	Bombing	1	1	Buenos Aires, Argentina	The head of the Federal Police, General Cesareo Angel Cardozo, was killed by a bomb packed with 700 grams of TNT under his bed, also seriously wounding his wife. [3]	Montoneros	Dirty War
July 2	Shooting	6	3	Antrim, Northern Ireland	Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force attack a Catholic-owned pub, killing five Protestant civilians and one Catholic civilian.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
July 2	Bombing	23	60+	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Montoneros attacked the Federal Security Superintendency (also known as Federal Coordination) of the Federal Police, causing the collapse of the roof of the dining room when the place was full of officers having lunch. 23 people died, including one female civilian who was visiting, and about 60 were injured, in response for the coup d'état of March 24. [4]	Montoneros	Dirty War
July 4	Hostage-taking	4 (+52)	15+	Kampala, Uganda	Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Paris) by PFLP and German Revolutionary Cells (Revolutionäre Zellen); four hostages, one Sayeret Matkal soldier and 45 Ugandan soldiers killed.	PFLP-EO Uganda	Israeli–Palestinian conflict
July 21	Bombing	2	0	Ireland	An IRA landmine kills Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the newly appointed British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, and his secretary Judith Cook.	IRA
August 16	Car bombing	2	20	Keady, Northern Ireland	Ulster Volunteer Force subgroup the Glenanne gang car bombs a Catholic pub, killing two.	Glenanne gang (UVF)	The Troubles
September 10	Hijacking, bombing	1	1	United States	Five Croatian nationalists hijack a plane en route from New York City to Chicago with a hoax bomb. At the same time, a bomb was discovered at Grand Central Station. One police officer was killed and another was wounded while they attempted to defuse it. [5] [6]	Croatian nationalists	Terrorism in the United States
September 12	Bombing	11	30	Rosario, Argentina	A bomb blast kills ten policemen and two civilians and injures at least 30 people. [7]	Montoneros	Dirty War
September 21	Assassination, Car Bombing	2	1	Washington, D.C., United States	Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet who was living in exile in the United States, was killed along with Ronni Karpen Moffitt, who was in the car along with her husband Michael, who worked for Letelier.	DINA	Terrorism in the United States
October 4	Mass shooting	5	10	San Sebastián, Spain	Juan María de Araluce Villar, the government appointed president of Gipuzkoa Province, is killed along with his driver and three bodyguards by ETA.	ETA	Basque conflict
October 6	Bombing	73	0	Bridgetown, Barbados	Bombing of Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 by Anti-Castro exiles. The Cuban government accused the CIA and Venezuelan DISIP of organizing the bombing. [8]	Anti-Castro exiles	Cuban dissident movement
November 17	Hostage-taking	4 (+3)		Amman, Jordan	Abu Nidal Organization fighters stormed the Intercontinental Hotel and seized several hostages. Security then stormed the hotel. In the ensuing fight 3 terrorists, 2 soldiers, and 2 civilians were killed. [9] [10]	Abu Nidal Organization	Israeli–Palestinian conflict
December 4	Hostage-taking	1		The Hague, Netherlands	Members of the RMS movement occupy the Indonesian consulate. One Indonesian official is killed.	Republik Maluku Selatan
December 14	Shooting	1		Athens, Greece	Two terrorists killed Evangelos Mallios, a dishonorably discharged police officer and torturer during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974	Revolutionary Organization 17 November

See also

• List of terrorist incidents
• Air France Flight 139

References

1. Kingsmills massacre: Alan Black says state agents involved, BBC News (February 17, 2014).
2. IRA Kingsmills massacre: full inquest ordered into 1976 killings, Guardian (September 17, 2015).
3. "Muere en atentado el jefe de la policía federal argentina". El País. 1976-06-19.
4. "Superintendencia de Seguridad Federal".
5. Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism: Croatian Freedom Fighters, Terrorism Knowledge Base, 04/03/2001
6. World And Nation Update Newsday July 25, 2008
7. Nine policemen killed by bomb, Times Daily (September 13, 1976)
8. Letta Tayler: Is he a Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?, Newsday.com, January 3, 2007
9. Mannes, Aaron (2003). Profiles in Terror: The Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 105.
10. Jewish Virtual Library List of Terrorist Attacks Attributed to Abu Nidal