List of terrorist incidents in 1997

This is a timeline of incidents in 1997 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).

February

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
23 February	Shooting	1 (+1 attacker)	6	New York City, United States	69-year-old Palestinian immigrant Ali Hassan Abu Kamal opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building killing a Danish musician and injuring 6 other people before committing suicide. 10 years after the attack Kamal's daughter revealed that her father committed the shooting in hopes of influencing the U.S. to support Palestine rather than Israel	Ali Hassan Abu Kamal	Israel-Palestine conflict
25 February	Bombings	9	74	Ürümqi, China	Uyghyr separatists bombed three buses in Ürümqi, killing 9 people, including 3 children, and injuring 74. Another bomb was found at Ürümqi's main railway station but was defused. The bombings were a response to the Ghulja incident in which the Chinese army killed several Uyghur protestors.	Uyghur separatists	Xinjiang conflict
27 February	Car bombing	7	49	Apartadó, Colombia	A car bomb kills seven and injures 49 in the town of Apartadó, Antioquia. No groups claim responsibility.[1]	Unknown	Colombian conflict

March

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
13 March	Mass shooting	7	6	/ Island of Peace, Israeli-Jordanian border	Ahmed Daqamseh, a Jordanian soldier opened fire on a large group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing 7 and wounding 5, as well as 1 teacher	Ahmed Daqamseh	Israel-Palestine conflict
21 March	Suicide bombing	3	46	Tel Aviv, Israel	A Hamas suicide bomber detonated at a Tel Aviv sidewalk café, killing 3 and wounding 46.[2]	Hamas	Israel-Palestine conflict
21 March	Massacre	7	Several	Budgam, India	Seven Kashmiri Pandit civilians are killed and several more are injured by Islamist militants	Islamists	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

April

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
22 April	Raid, shootout	3 (+14 attackers)		Lima, Peru	A team of 142 Peruvian soldiers raided the Japanese embassy where the MRTA were holding several hostages. Two soldiers, one hostage and 14 rebels were killed in a raid.	MRTA	Internal conflict in Peru

June

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
17 June	Truck bombing	8	46	Bogotá, Colombia	Eight elite police officers die after a truck bomb explodes in Bogotá. Authorities say FARC is responsible for the attack.[3]	FARC	Colombian conflict
28 June	Truck bombing	3	7	Moscow, Russia	A bomb explodes on a train traveling from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, killing three and injuring seven.[4]	CRI

July

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
30 July	Suicide bombings	16	178	Jerusalem, Israel	Two suicide bombers detonated at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148.[2]	Hamas	Israel-Palestine conflict

August

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
19 August	Shooting, shootout	4	3	New Hampshire/Vermont, United States	Carl Drega, a man who had a long-term feud with government officials, murdered two New Hampshire state troopers in Colebrook than headed to Colebrook's courthouse and murdered Judge Vickie Bunnell and a reporter who attempted to stop. Drega then crossed state lines into Vermont and wounded three law enforcement officers before being killed.	Carl Drega

September

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
4 September	Suicide bombings	5	180	Jerusalem, Israel	Three Hamas suicide bombers detonate in Jerusalem, killing 5 and injuring 180.[2]	Hamas	Israel-Palestine conflict
4 September	Bombing	1	11	Havana, Cuba	An Italian tourist named Fabio di Celmo was killed in a bomb blast at a hotel. This was one of a series of bombings of hotels in Cuba in 1997. Anti-Castro rebels led by Luis Posada Carriles were convicted of the attack.	Luis Posada Carriles Anti-Castro rebels
18 September	Bombing	0	29	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina	The attack was carried out by al-Qaeda-connected Islamic extremists, and targeted Croatian civilians and policemen as retribution against the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), which had fought Muslim forces for control of the city during the Bosnian War. It remains the most serious terrorist attack in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.	Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina

October

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
15 October	Bombing	15	105	Colombo, Sri Lanka	An LTTE bomb exploded at the Colombo World Trade Centre, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.[5]	LTTE	Sri Lankan civil war

November

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
17 November	Massacre	62	26	Deir el-Bahari, Egypt	6 Islamist gunmen massacre 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptians at the Temple of Hatshepsut	al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
19 November	Car bombing	23	31	Hyderabad, India	A car bomb blast by the Paritala Ravi guerrillas near D. Rama Naidu Film Studio, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Twenty three people were killed, including six local television journalists, and 31 injured, including local film star, Mohan Babu. [6]	Paritala Ravi

December

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
22 December	Massacre	45		Acteal, Mexico	45 members of the indigenous pacifist froup Las Abejas are massacred at a church by a group called "Mascara Roja" (Red Mask)	Mascara Roja

References

1. St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 28, 1997, Page 4A
2. Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 25-26.
3. Tribune News Service, June 18, 1997, Tim Johnson
4. The New York Times: Bomb Blast on Train Kills 3 Near Moscow, June 28, 1997
5. Frontline, Frontline A new declaration of war
6. "23 die in India bomb attack". BBC News. 19 November 1997. Retrieved 7 March 2013.