List of terrorist incidents in 1983

This is a timeline of incidents in 1983 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.
  • Casualty 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.

January
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
13-14 January Shooting 2 (+4) 3 Cauca, Colombia Guerrillas of the 6 front of the Farc, are taken the population of Toribio (Cauca). 1 policeman, 1 councilman and 4 subversives die.[1] FARC Militants Colombian conflict
27 January Shooting 1 0 Talcahuano, Chile During a robbery in an IKEA store a clerk was shot dead Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

February
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4 February Ambush 11 Unknown Caqueta, Colombia Ambush of the FARC to an army convoy that was mobilized by the road that unites the departments of Huila and Caquetá, in the place La ruidosa in the environs of Florence. An officer, two non-commissioned officers and nine soldiers died. FARC militants Colombian conflict
18 February Mass Murder 2,191 Unknown Assam, India A massacre claimed the lives of 2,191 people (unofficial figures run at more than 10,000) from 14 villages—Alisingha, Khulapathar, Basundhari, Bugduba Beel, Bugduba Habi, Borjola, Butuni, Indurmari, Mati Parbat, Muladhari, Mati Parbat no. 8, Silbheta, Borburi and Nellie—of Nagaon district. Assam mobs

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4 March Shooting 1 0 Santiago, Chile During a raid in a supposed MIR Warehouse for weapons a policeman was shot dead Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
24 March Bombing 0 0 Valdivia, Chile Bombs went off in two different banks in the chilean city of Valdivia Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
29 March Bombing 1 0 Santiago, Chile A bomb explodes in a street of Santiago, killing one civilian Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

April
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 April Massacre 69 3 Lucanamarca, Peru Members of the communist group Shining Path massacre 69 peasants in the village of Lucanamarca. Most of the victims were hacked with axes and machetes though some were shot. Shining Path Internal conflict in Peru
14 April Bombing, Sabotage 0 0 Valparaiso, Chile A charge of dynamite explode in a railway of a train line and derail it Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
18 April Suicide bombing 63 (+1 attacker) 120 Beirut, Lebanon 1983 United States Embassy bombing takes place. A suicide car bomber stole a van carrying 2,000 pounds of explosives and slammed into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon killing 63 people including 18 Americans.[2] Islamic Jihad Organization Lebanese civil war
19 April Shooting 2 0 Santiago, Chile After a bank robbery, MIR militants clashed with two police man killing both Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
April 20 Ambush 2 0 Santiago, Chile During a barricade in a working class neighborhood a police patrol was ambushed by MIR militants killing two policeman. Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
27 April Ambush 9 4 Santander Department, Colombia In the village of San Fernando del Magdalena Medio Santandereano, guerrillas from the IV front of the FARC massacre 5 peasants accused of collaborating with paramilitaries.[3] FARC militants Colombian conflict

May
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
9 May Attack 7 Unknown Caqueta, Colombia About 100 guerrillas of the M-19 are taken the population of El Paujil (Caqueta). The next day, a reinforcing column is attacked and 7 soldiers die.[4] M-19 Colombian conflict
18 May Attack 5 (+4) Unknown Antioquia Department, Colombia One hundred FARC guerrillas enter the municipality of El Bagre (Antioquia). Three policemen, two civilians and four guerrillas die.[5] FARC militants Colombian conflict
20 May Car bombing 19 217 Pretoria, South Africa Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress bombs the headquarters of the South African Air Force Umkhonto we Sizwe Internal resistance to apartheid

June
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 June Shooting 5 (+1) 14 Eppstein, West Germany A 34-year-old Czech refugee Karel Charva, fatally shot three students, a teacher and a police officer and injured another 14 people using two semi-automatic pistols, before committing suicide Lone Wolf Terrorism in Germany
13 June Bombing, Sabotage 0 0 Santiago and Rancagua, Chile High powered explosive devices exploded in various power pylons around the cities of Santiago and Rancagua, causing a massive blackout. Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
22 June Bombing, Sabotage 0 0 Valparaiso, Chile A Electric tower was bombed by extremist. Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
27 June Bombing 0 0 Santiago, Chile A empty subway cabin was bombed by far-left extremist. Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)

July
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
15 July Bombing 8 55 Paris, France Members of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia bomb the Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport ASALA
14 July Assassination 1 0 Brussels, Belgium Turkish diplomat Dursun Aksoy by an unknown member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia and Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide ASALA
JCAG
23 July Ambush 13 2 Jaffna, Sri Lanka 13 government soldiers are killed in an LTTE ambush in Jaffna.[6] This incident sparked the Black July riots in country and is considered to be the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[7] LTTE Sri Lankan civil war
27 July Shooting, suicide bombing 2 (+5 attackers) 2 Lisbon, Portugal Five militants belonging to the Armenian Revolutionary Army attack the Turkish embassy in Lisbon, killing the wife of a Turkish diplomat and a Portuguese police officer before killing themselves with a bomb Armenian Revolutionary Army
30 July Bombing, Sabotage 0 0 Santiago, Chile A power line and a train station were bombed causing no casualties Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)

August
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4-12 August Massacre 20 0 Antioquia Department, Colombia Massacre in the villages of Cañaveral and Altos de Manila in the municipality of Remedios (Antioquia): 20 peasants are killed by a mixed patrol of soldiers and civilians in the service of Fidel Castaño Gil.[8] Fidel Castaño Gil´s Paramilitaries Colombian conflict
6-15 August Shooting, Raid 1 (+18) Unknown Cimitarra, Colombia Offensive of the Army against the IV Front of the Farc, in the sector of the Corcovada in Cimitarra (Santander). 18 guerrillas and 1 petty officer killed.[9] FARC Militants Colombian conflict
8 August Riots, Arson 0 0 Santiago, Chile During a nationwide strike against the dictatorship, up to 7 public buses were burned or bombed Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
30 August Shooting 3 0 Santiago de Chile, Chile At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement in Chile.[10][11] Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

September
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1 September Bombing 0 0 Santiago, Chile Three bombs exploded in three banks in Santiago United Popular Action Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
11 September Shooting 1 0 Santiago, Chile A policeman making guard of the house of a ministry was shot dead by extremist Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
15 September Bombing 1 5 Viña Del Mar, Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile Two bombs exploded in police headquarters causing 4 injuries in Viña del Mar and 1 injury in Valparaiso. Also in Santiago a bomb exploded in a Pinochetist radio killing one person Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
23 September Bombing 112 0 Near Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates Gulf Air Flight 771, a flight from Karachi, Pakistan to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is destroyed by a bomb near Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, killing everyone on board. The bomb was likely planted by the Abu Nidal Organization in an attempt to extort money from Saudi Arabia. Abu Nidal Organization Israeli–Palestinian conflict

October
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
9 October Bombing, attempted assassination 21 46 Rangoon, Burma A bomb targeting a visit by South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan explodes and kills 21 people, though Chun escaped injury as his car had been delayed. North Korea was found to have coordinated the attack. North Korea Division of Korea
13 October Shooting, Ambush 1 0 Santiago, Chile A policeman was ambushed, killed and his gun abducted by extremist Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
23 October Suicide bombings 305 (+2 attackers) 75 Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks Bombing occurs. A suicide car bomber in a truck carrying 2500 pounds of explosives crashed through the gates of a US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon killing 241 American servicemen and wounding 81. 58 French troops from the multinational force are also killed in a separate attack.[12] Islamic Jihad Organization Lebanese civil war

November
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4 November Suicide bombing 60 40 Tyre, Lebanon Tyre headquarters bombings Hezbollah Lebanese Civil War
6 November Assassination 1 0 Santiago, Chile Officer Hector Fuentealva, radio operator of the dept of intelligence of the chilean police (Carabineros) was shot dead Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
7 November Bombing 0 0 Washington, D.C., United States The "Resistance Conspiracy" faction of the May 19th Communist Organization detonate a bomb in the United States Capitol building, though no one is injured. May 19th Communist Organization
14 November Bombing, Sabotage 0 0 Santiago, Chile Two bombs detonated in two power towers in Santiago Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
17 November Bombing, Sabotage 0 0 Santiago, Chile A railway line was bombed by MIR militants Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
18-19 November Hijacking 5 (+3 attackers) Several Tbilisi, USSR 7 Georgians hijack Aeroflot Flight 6833 in hopes of escaping the Soviet Union. The siege ended with USSR forces storming the plane and resulting in the deaths of 3 passengers, 2 crew members and 3 hijackers. The remaining hijackers were executed. 7 Georgians
20 November Shooting 3 7 Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Gunmen opened fire on a Protestant church service in Darkley, County Armagh, killing 3 churchmen and injuring several more. The attack was claimed by the "Catholic Reaction Force", however, one of the gunmen was a member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and INLA weapons were used. Irish National Liberation Army The Troubles

December
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
8 December Torture murder 1 0 Sakhnin, Israel Israeli teenager Danny Katz is kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered by 5 Palestinian militants. 5 Palestinians Israeli–Palestinian conflict
10 December Bombing 0 5 London, United Kingdom Provisional IRA bombing targeting the Royal Artillery Barracks Provisional IRA The Troubles
12 December Suicide bombings 6 86 Kuwait City, Kuwait A series of bombings target the American and French embassies, Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait's main oil refinery, an electricity control center and building housing American employees of Raytheon. The bombings caused extensive damage, but relatively few casualties as many of the bombs failed to properly detonate. Had all the bombings succeeded, the attacks would have been among the worst terror attacks in history. The perpetrators have never been identified but are believed to be connected to Iran and committed the bombings due to America's, France's and Kuwait's support of Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War. Unknown Iran–Iraq War
12-15 December Bombing, Sabotage and Arson 0 0 Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile A massive campaign of 4 bombings of power lines in Santiago leave the entire city in a blackout. With this came the burning of two public buses and the bombing of a railway of the CODELCO copper industry. Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
17 December Car bombing 6 90 London, United Kingdom The Provisional IRA detonate a time bomb at the Harrods department store in central London, killing 3 civilians and 3 police officers. Provisional IRA The Troubles
23 December Shooting 2 0 Santiago, Chile In separate bank robberies two police officers were killed by extremist Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)
28 December Shooting 1 0 Santiago, Chile In incidents with protestors a policeman was killed by snipers Revolutionary Left Movement Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)

See also

References
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