History

Terrorist Attacks since 1972-Present

  • Munich Olympics

       Munich Olympics
    It happened in West Germany in Munich. The Black September I think was in charge of it. It killed eleven iseral athletes. Nine hostages and 5 terrorist were killed. The attackers were apparently given logistical assistance by German neo-Nazis. Five of the eight members of Black September were killed by police officers during a failed rescue attempt. The three surviving attackers were captured, but later released by West Germany.
  • Piazza della Loggia bombing

    Piazza della Loggia bombing
    It killed 8 people and left over 100 wounded. It happened during an anti-fascist protest. The bomb was in a trash bin at the end of the street. The suspect is Delfo Zorzi he was born their.
  • FALN

    FALN
    IT killed four and harmed more than 50. It was caused by FALN. It was located at Fraunces Tavern. FALN was led by Filiberto Ojeda Ríos...he was one of the FBI's most wanted. The reason why they did this was to draw attention to what they descried as the "colonial condition" of Puerto Rico through armed action against the United States government and the military. They told the people that they were the one's who did it by using the press.
  • Bombing at the Jewish-owned Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya

    Bombing at the Jewish-owned Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya
    At least 15 people were killed and 85 injured. The Kenyan government said the bomber was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
  • 1st World Trade Center Bombing

    1st World Trade Center Bombing
    A yellow Ryder moving van was driven into the World Trade Center’s public parking garage in the North Tower. Minutes later, 1500 pounds of nitrate-hydrogen gas exploded, punching a hole 98 feet wide through four levels of concrete. Fatalities: 6; Injuries: 1,040. The plan was carried out by a group that called itself The Liberation Army, 5th Battalion.
  • Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing

    Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing
    Target U.S. federal government Attack type Truck bombing, domestic terrorism, mass murder Death 168 Injured 680 People in charge wasTimothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols Motive Retaliation for the Ruby Ridge and Waco sieges
  • Acteal Massacre

    Acteal Massacre
    Killing 45. In charge was paramilitary group Mascara Roja, or Red Mask. The youngest dead was 8 months old. And the oldest 57. Soldiers at a nearby military outpost did not intervene during the attack, which lasted for hours. The next morning, soldiers were found washing the church walls to hide the blood stains.Some of the pregnant women were stabbed and shot in the belly to kill their unborn children. It happened attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople.
  • East African Embassy Bombings

    East African Embassy Bombings
    "Nearly simultaneous bombs blew up in front of the American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 224 people died in the blast and 4,500 people were wounded. Four members of the al Qaeda terrorist network were envolved.Ffrom this attack the FBI works with international law enforcement and intelligence agencies to stop terrorists in their tracks."
  • Bombing of USS Cole

    Bombing of USS Cole
    Planned by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. 17 killed
    39 injured.This event was the deadliest attack against a United States Naval vessel since 1987. It happened when they stopped to refeul.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    Planes were taken by Al-Qaeda known as Osama bin Laden. It is believed that Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, and Mohammed Atef were the ones who plotted the attacks after meeting together in 1999. 2,996 people died that day.
  • London Bombing

    London Bombing
    Hasib Hussain, Mohammad Sidique Khan, Germaine Lindsay, Shehzad Tanweer were in charge. 52 victims and 4 suicide bombers. Injured is about 700. It targeted people using public transportation. It happened underground and above ground. There where 3 trains that exploded 50 seconds of each other. And the Tavistock Square bus.
  • Afghanistan suicide bombing

    Afghanistan suicide bombing
    "A bomber slipped into a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan and detonated a suicide vest, killing eight CIA officers in one of the deadliest days in the agency's history. This was carried out by the Al Ka Dau.This attack was of political reasons toward s the government and not so many people knew about the devistations."
  • Boston Bombings

    Boston Bombings
    The bombs exploded about 13 seconds and 210 yards apart, near the finish line on Boylston Street. The people in charge of this bombing was Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. They were brother's. They killed 5 people. And harmed 280 people.