List of terrorist incidents, 1976

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This is a timeline of incidents in 1976 that have been labeled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
January 1	Bombing	81	0	/ Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia	A flight from Beirut to Abu Dhabi is bombed near Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia by unknown perpetrators.	Unknown	Lebanese civil war
January 4	Mass shooting	6	1	County Armagh. Northern Ireland	Two Catholic families, the Reaveys and the O'Dowds, are murdered by members of the Ulster Volunteer Force.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
January 5	Mass shooting	10	1	Kingsmill, Northern Ireland	Kingsmill massacre: Ten Protestant textile factory workers were massacred when 11 gunmen ambushed their minibus, which was traveling along the Whitecross to Bessbrook road in rural County Armagh. The "South Armagh Republican Action Force" claimed responsibility. One worker was spared because he was Catholic, and one other worker survived despite being shot 18 times. In June 2011, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) determined that the Irish Republican Army was responsible for the attack.[1][2]	PIRA	The Troubles
February 3	Hijacking	1		Djibouti	Members of the Somali Coast Liberation Front hijack a school bus, killing one girl.	Somali Coast Liberation Front
March 2	Bombing	2	85	Sapporo, Japan	A time-bomb exploded at the Hokkaido Prefectural office, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, killing two, and injuring another 85. A member of a left-wing group was arrested by Japanese authorities on Seprtember 1.
March 17	Car bombing	4	12	, Dungannon, Northern Ireland	Ulster Volunteer Force bombing of a pub celebrating St. Patrick's Day, killing four civilians including two young boys.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
May 9	Shooting	2	3	Montejurra, Spain	Two members of the Carlist Party are killed and three are wounded by neo-fascist terrorists.	Neo-fascist militants
June 5	Bombing	2		, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Bombing of a bar frequented by Ulster Defence Association members. Two Protestant civilians are killed.	PIRA	The Troubles
June 5	Shooting	5		Belfast, Northern Ireland	Four gunmen from the Ulster Volunteer Force open fire on the Chlorane Bar, killing five men, three Catholic and two Protestant. The shootings were in retaliation for an IRA bombing earlier in the day.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
June 16	Kidnapping	2		Beirut, Lebanon	In Beirut, US Ambassador Francis E. Meloy, Jr., and Economic Councelor Robert O. Waring were kidnapped by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and killed a short time later.	PFLP
July 2	Shooting	6	3	Antrim, Northern Ireland	Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force attack a Catholic-owned pub, killing five Protestant civilians and one Catholic civilian.	Ulster Volunteer Force	The Troubles
July 4	Hostage-taking	4 (+52 terrorists)	15+	Kampala, Uganda	Hijacking of Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Paris) by Palestinian PFLP and German Revolutionary Cells (Revolutionäre Zellen); four hostages, one Sayeret Matkal soldier and 45 Ugandan soldiers killed.	PFLP-EO Uganda	Israel-Palestine conflict
July 21	Bombing	2		Ireland	An IRA landmine kills Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the newly appointed British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, and his secretary Judith Cook.	IRA
August 16	Car bombing	2	20	Keady, Northern Ireland	Ulster Volunteer Force subgroup the Glenanne gang car bombs a Catholic pub, killing two.	Glenanne gang (UVF)	The Troubles
September 10	Hijacking, bombing	1	1	United States	Five Croatian nationalists hijack a plane en route from New York City to Chicago with a hoax bomb. At the same time, a bomb was discovered at Grand Central Station. One police officer was killed and another was wounded while they attempted to defuse it.[3][4]	Croatian nationalists
September 12	Bombing	11	30	Rosario, Argentina	A bomb blast in Rosario kills nine policemen and two civilians and injures at least 30 people. The incident is blamed on a Radical Peronist guerrilla group.[5]
October 4	Mass shooting	5	10	San Sebastián, Spain	Juan María de Araluce Villar, the government appointed president of the Gipuzkoa Province, is killed along with his driver and three bodyguards by ETA.	ETA	Basque conflict
October 6	Bombing	73	0	Bridgetown, Barbados	Bombing of Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 by Anti-Castro exiles. The Cuban government has accused the American CIA and Venezuelan DISIP of organizing the bombing.[6]	Anti-Castro exiles	Cuban dissident movement
November 17	Hostage-taking	4 (+3 terrorists)		Amman, Jordan	Abu Nidal Organization fighters stormed the Intercontinental Hotel in Amman, Jordan and seized several hostages. Jordanian security responded by storming the hotel. In the ensuing fighting 3 terrorists, 2 Jordanian soldiers, and 2 civilians were killed.[7][8]	Abu Nidal Organization	Israel-Palestine conflict
December 4	Hostage-taking	1		The Hague, Netherlands	In the Netherlands, members of the RMS movement occupy the Indonesian diplomatic consulate in The Hague. One Indonesian official is killed.
December 15	Bombing	23	66	Buenos Aires, Argentina	A bomb blast on third-floor of the Argentine Defense Ministry headquarters building in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 23 and injures 66. A Radical Peronist guerrilla group was blamed for the incident.

See also

• List of terrorist incidents
• Air France Flight 139

References

1. Kingsmills massacre: Alan Black says state agents involved, BBC News (February 17, 2014).
2. IRA Kingsmills massacre: full inquest ordered into 1976 killings, Guardian (September 17, 2015).
3. Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism: Croatian Freedom Fighters, Terrorism Knowledge Base, 04/03/2001
4. World And Nation Update Newsday July 25, 2008
5. Nine policemen killed by bomb, Times Daily (September 13, 1976)
6. Letta Tayler: Is he a Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?, Newsday.com, January 3, 2007
7. Mannes, Aaron (2003). Profiles in Terror: The Guide to Middle East Terrorist Organizations. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 105.
8. Jewish Virtual Library List of Terrorist Attacks Attributed to Abu Nidal