This is a timeline of incidents in 1977 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).
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:
List Total incidents: DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart ofJanuary 4Shooting 1(+1)1Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWhile integrating a group that carried out a traffic control near San Justo, Buenos Aires Province, conscript Guillermo Félix Dimitri was shot dead by a high-speed car occupied by Ana María González and two men. The security forces repelled the attack and seriously wounded one of the men and the young woman, who died hours later in a shelter of the organization and his body was cremated by his companions.ERP (Suspected)Dirty WarJanuary 8Bombings737Moscow, USSRThree explosions in Moscow. A bomb was detonated on a Moscow Metro train as it rolled into Kurskaya station. Seven people died and 33 were seriously injured.Oberg, James E. Uncovering Soviet Disasters: Exploring the Limits of Glasnost. New York: Random House, 1988: 104.UnknownJanuary 24Massacre54Madrid, SpainMassacre of members of Workers' Commissions and Communist Party of Spain members at the Atocha railway station. Group calling itself Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista claimed responsibility and the men who carried out the shooting were linked the neo-fascist party Fuerza NuevaFuerza Nueva militantsTerrorism in SpainFebruary 18Attempted bombing00Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, ArgentinaThe so-called "Gaviota Operation" was an assassination attempt against the dictator of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla, by the guerrilla organization People's Revolutionary Army, but by faults in the detonator, exploded after (when the airplane was in the air).ERPDirty WarMarch 9–11Hostage-taking21Washington, D.C., United States12 gunmen from Nation of Islam splinter group "Hanafi" take over Washington City Hall, the headquarters of B'nai B'rith and the Islamic Center of Washington. They took 149 hostages and killed a radio journalist and a police officer and wounded future Washington mayor Marion Barry.Hanafi movementMarch 27Bombing that helped lead to a plane crash, due in part to the dangerous situation the terrorists created by overloading Tenerife North Airport by diverting aircraft there 583 (indirectly)7 (directly) 61 (indirectly)Canary Islands, SpainA small bomb is detonated at the Gran Canaria Airport. Although only injuring one person, the consequent closure of the airport and the resulting confusion led to the deadliest aircraft accident in history, killing 583 people when two 747 airplanes collided in the regional airport of Tenerife.MPAIACTerrorism in Spain Tenerife airport disasterApril 7Shooting30West GermanyFederal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver Wolfgang Göbel, and judicial officer Georg Wurster were shot by two Red Army Faction members.Red Army FactionApril 13Kidnapping10 Verrières-le-Buisson, FranceLuchino Revelli-Beaumont, director of FIAT in France was abducted and executed by a group of people who had been involved in guerrilla organizations in Argentina. According to the relatives of the businessman the fact was committed with the purpose of obtaining a ransom that, finally, was 2 million dollars. The kidnapping was released after 89 days and all but one of them were arrested but could not be tried.Argentinian MilitantsDirty WarMay 1Massacre34136Taksim Square, Istanbul, TurkeyResulted in the deaths of 34 people and the injury of 136 people on International Workers' Day.Counter-GuerrillaMay 23 – June 11Hostage crisis00Bovensmilde, NetherlandsFour South Moluccan youths took 110 hostages at a primary school. The crisis ended after 20 days, when authorities decided to launch an assault. The hostage takers surrendered after learning about their companions' fate in the assault on the train on which they held hostages of their own.South Moluccan freedom fightersMay 23 – June 11Hijacking2 (+6)6Glimmen, NetherlandsNine South Moluccan youths hijacked a train and took an estimated 50 hostages. The ordeal lasted 20 days and was carried out concurrently with the school hostage taking in Bovensmilde.South Moluccan freedom fightersMay 29Bombings5+64Istanbul, TurkeyA double bombing in railroad station and airport killed five persons and wounded 64.Yves Ternon, La Cause arménienne, Paris: Le Seuil, 1983, p. 221; Armand Gaspard, Le Combat arménien, Lausanne: L'Âge d'homme, 1984, p. 75.Justice Commandos of the Armenian GenocideTerrorism in TurkeyJune 2Shooting30Ardboe, United KingdomThree members of a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Police Force mobile patrol were shot and killed by Provisional Irish Republican Army snipers in County Tyrone.PIRAThe TroublesJune 9Assassination10Rome, ItalyAssassination of Taha Carım, Turkish ambassador to the Holy SeeJustice Commandos of the Armenian GenocideJuly 6Bombing122Petah Tikva, IsraelA pipe bomb exploded in a vegetable market, killing one and wounding 22.PalestiniansJuly 24Bombing0 (1 dog) 0United StatesThe home of Morris J. Amitay was bombed in the early morning hours. Amitay was executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. None of the sleeping family was hurt but the family dog was killed.UnknownJuly 30Murder, attempted kidnapping10Oberursel, West GermanyJürgen Ponto was shot and killed in a botched kidnapping attempt by members of the Red Army Faction.Red Army FactionAugust 3Bombing18New York City, United States Puerto Rican nationalist group Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña in Manhattan bombed the offices of Mobil Oil and a building containing United States Department of Defense security personnel, killing one person and injuring eight others in the Mobil offices. In addition, the group warned that bombs were located in thirteen other buildings, including the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center, resulting in the evacuation of a hundred thousand people. Five days later, a bomb attributed to the group was found in the American Express building.National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism: August 3, 1977 , Terrorism Incidents & Significant DatesFALNSeptember 28 – October 3Hijacking00Dhaka, BangladeshFive members of the Japanese Red Army hijack Japan Airlines Flight 472 and demand $6 million USD as well as the release of nine imprisoned JRA members. The hijackers released all hostages without incident after their demands were met and after being given a safe passage to Algeria.Japanese Red ArmySeptember 29Murder10Chipinga, RhodesiaA 6-month old baby, Natasha Glenny, is bayoneted to death during an attack on a homestead near the Mozambican border.Rhodesian Bush WarOctober 8Assassination30Guernica, SpainGuernica mayor and President of the Provincial Deputation of Biscay Augusto Unceta Barrenechea is assassinated along with his two bodyguards by ETA.ETABasque conflictOctober 13Hijacking1 (+3)3 (+1)Mogadishu, Somalia Lufthansa Flight 181 was hijacked by a group of four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and taken to Mogadishu; it was later released after a rescue operation launched by a GSG 9 commando group.McNab, Chris. Storming Flight 181 – GSG 9 and the Mogadishu Hijack 1977 Osprey Raid Series No. 19; Osprey Publishing, 2011. .PFLPIsraeli–Palestinian conflictOctober 18Kidnapping, murder10West Germany/FranceHanns Martin Schleyer is murdered by the Red Army Faction in France after three RAF members were found dead in prison. The RAF had kidnapped Schleyer six weeks earlier in Cologne.Red Army FactionGerman AutumnDecember 4Hijacking1000Tanjung Kupang, MalaysiaMalaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked by an unknown perpetrator and crashes about 40 minutes after the first reports of a hijacking. The hijacker and the circumstances of the crash have never been identified, however, several gunshots were heard over the cockpit voice recorder and the pilots may have said over the CVR that the hijacker was a Japanese Red Army member.UnknownDecember 19Bombing00Paris, France A bomb destroyed the luxury food shop Fauchon.December 28Bombing10San Ġwann, MaltaKarin Grech is killed by a letterbomb. Her father, Edwin Grech, who was the head of the OB/GYN department at St. Luke's Hospital was the likely target as there was a worker's strike going on St. Luke's at the time of the bombing.Unknown
See also
List of (non-state) terrorist incidents
References