List of terrorist incidents in 1970


This is a timeline of incidents in 1970 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces.

Guidelines

  • To be included, entries must be notable 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.
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately.
  • 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 – 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

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
February 10Shooting, grenade attacks123Munich, West Germany1970 Munich bus attack: A bus carrying passengers to an El Al plane at the Munich-Riem Airport was attacked by militants.DFLPIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
February 21Bombing470SwitzerlandA bomb exploded in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich, killing 38 passengers and all 9 crew members.PFLP-GCIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
March 6Premature explosion32New York City, United StatesGreenwich Village townhouse explosion: Three Weather Underground members Theodore Gold, Diana Oughton, Terry Robbins, are killed while preparing a bomb in a house in Greenwich Village. The bomb was to be used on Fort Dix. Two other Weathermen, Kathy Boudin and Cathy Wilkerson were injured in the explosionWeather Underground
March 31Plane hijacking00Japan, South Korea, North KoreaJapan Airlines Flight 351, carrying 131 passengers and 7 crew from Tokyo to Fukuoka, was hijacked by nine members of the Japanese Red Army. 23 passengers were freed at Fukuoka Airport, mainly children or old aged. 108 passengers and all crew members with Red Army left Fukuoka, bound for Gimpo Airport in Seoul. Three days later, the hijackers asked to be flown to the North Korean capital Pyongyang, before leaving, 103 hostages were freed, and nine Red Army members surrendered to North Korean authorities.Japanese Red Army
April 21Bombing360PhilippinesUnknown
May 22Ambush1225Avivim, IsraelAvivim school bus bombing: Two bazooka shells were fired at a school bus by, killing 12, including 8 children and wounding another 25.PFLP-GCIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
June 1Kidnapping, Assassination10Timote, ArgentinaFormer President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu was kidnapped and shot dead.MontonerosDirty War
June 27Riots626Belfast, Northern IrelandGun battle between Provisional IRA and Ulster Loyalists.Provisional IRA and loyalist paramilitariesThe Troubles
July 22Bombing666Gioia Tauro, ItalyBomb attack on the train Palermo–Turin, near the Gioia Tauro railway station.Unknown
31 July–August 10Kidnapping10Montevideo, UruguayDan Mitrione, Chief Public Safety Adviser for USAID in Uruguay was kidnapped and murdered by militants. In the same day the group kidnapping the Brazilian consul Aloysio Dias Gomide, released on 21 February 1971 for ransom.Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros
August 11Bombing20Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland1970 Crossmaglen bombing: Two members of the RUC were killed by a booby trap bombProvisional IRAThe Troubles
August 24Bombing13Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesSterling Hall bombing The Army Mathematics Research Center on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus was blown up.Anti-Vietnam War protestors
September 6Plane hijacking1 1Zarqa, JordanCoordinated hijacking of four airliners. One hijacking was foiled in midair and two planes were diverted to Jordan's Dawson Field. Nicaraguan Sandinista hijacker Patrick Argüello was killed and all passengers were freed after negotiated release of captured hijacker Leila Khaled and three PFLP prisoners. The following day a fifth aircraft was also hijacked.PFLPBlack September
October 5 – October 17Kidnapping, murder11 Quebec, CanadaMurder of Pierre Laporte, kidnapping of James Cross.FLQOctober Crisis