List of terrorist incidents in 1971

This is a timeline of incidents in 1971 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).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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 2 Grenade 2 2 Gaza Strip Members of the Palestine Liberation Organization threw a grenade into a random car in the Gaza Strip, killing two children. PLO Israeli-Palestinian conflict
January 8 Kidnapping 0 1 Montevideo, Uruguay Kidnapping of the British ambassador Geoffrey Jackson.[1] Tupamaros
March 9 Bombing 3 0 Belfast, Northern Ireland Three off-duty Scottish soldiers (John McCaig, Joseph McCaig and Dougald McCaughey) were shot dead by the IRA after being lured from a pub in Belfast. Provisional IRA The Troubles
April 7 Torture murder 1 0 Stockholm, Sweden Miro Baresic and another Ustasa-supporter takes the Yugoslavian ambassador hostage at the embassy in Stockholm. They tie a rope to his neck around a chair, fire shots against his head and body until he bleeds and chokes to death. First terror act on Swedish soil by foreigners made this deed become very big in the media. Miro Baresic
Anđelko Brajković
June 8 Assassination 1 0 Santiago, Chile The group Vanguardia Organizada del Pueblo, an ultra-left movement, whose members were formerly pardoned by President Allende, murdered former Interior Minister Edmundo Pérez Zujovic, in retaliation for the responsibility attributed to him by the so-called " Massacre of Port Mountt".[2] Vanguardia Organizada del Pueblo
August 21 Bombing 9 95 Manila, Philippines Plaza Miranda bombing kills nine at a rally of the Liberal Party in Manilla. Communist Party of the Philippines
November 2 Bombing 3 26 Belfast, United Kingdom Red Lion Pub bombing - the Provisional IRA exploded a bomb inside a pub on the Shankill Road, Belfast. The blast killed three Protestant civilians and around 30 other people were injured, some seriously. There was also a bombing in drapery shop at the same time right beside the pub which injured several more people. Provisional IRA The Troubles
December 4 Bombing 15 17 Belfast, United Kingdom The Protestant Ulster Volunteer Force bomb McGurk's bar in Belfast, in a Catholic neighbourhood, killing 15 and injuring 17. Ulster Volunteer Force The Troubles
December 11 Bombing 4 19 Belfast, United Kingdom To retaliate for the McGurk's bar bombing, the Provisional IRA set off a bomb in front of a furniture showroom in the mainly Protestant Shankill Road area, killing 4 and injuring 19. Provisional IRA The Troubles

See also

References
  1. Day, Peter (January 2002). "Heath's secret deal to free ambassador".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2020-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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