- List of terrorist incidents, 1972
The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state
terrorism in1972 .*flag|SFR Yugoslavia,
January 26 : Yugoslavian Airlines Flight 364 is brought down by an explosion. Officially a bomb was placed on the plane byUstasa agents, but speculation exists that the plane was downed by twoCzechoslovak SA-12 surface-to-air missiles because it has entered a restricted military area without permission. TheMcDonnell Douglas DC-9 airplane is destroyed and 27 of 28 passengers die. Onestewardess survives a 10,160 meter (33,330 ft) drop.
*flag|United States,January 27 : Two policemen, Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, are shot in the back by at least three persons; four suspects in the case are members of theBlack Liberation Army ; one suspect is later killed in a street battle with St. Louis police; the recovered pistol matches Laurie's.the talking drum collective/Jacuma Kambui: [http://thetalkingdrum.com/freedomfighters.html Listing of Justice Department Report on BLA Activity from January, 1970 - January, 1976] ,September 18 1979 ]
*flag|Japan,February 19 : A stand off fiveJapanese United Red Army and many Japanese police, riot controller begin taking the 31 years-old wife has hostarged lodge house atKaruizawa . Aftermath, nine-days, the Japanese authorities attempt to rescue a female hostage ends with a standoff between five Japanese United Red Army and the authorities, in which two policemen are killed and 12 injured.
*flag|United Kingdom,February 22 : TheOfficial Irish Republican Army kills seven civilians in Aldershot after it bombs a British Army military barracks.
*flag|Canada,April 4 : Cuban officialSergio Pérez Castillo is killed by an explosion at the Cuban consulate at Montreal.
*flag|Belgium, flag|Israel,May 8 : FourPLO terrorists hijacked the aeroplane ofSabena Flight 572 carrying 99 passengers and ten crew members on route fromBrussels toTel Aviv . In a mission titled "Operation Isotope ", 16 members ofSayeret Matkal posed as refueling and technical personnel and stormed the plane, killing the terrorists and releasing the passengers.
*flag|Israel,May 30 :Lod Airport Massacre by theJapanese Red Army terrorists, killing 26 and injuring 78.
*flag|United Kingdom,July 21 :Bloody Friday nine are killed and 130 injured asProvisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) sets off 22 bombs.
*flag|United Kingdom,July 31 :Claudy bombings ; three car bombs are detonated inClaudy , killing nine people. No group has claimed responsibility.
*flag|Israel, flag|West Germany,September 5 : Black September kidnaps and kills elevenIsrael i Olympic athletes and one German policeman in theMunich Massacre .
*flag|United Kingdom, flagicon|Israel,September 19 : The group Black September post a letter bomb to the Israeli embassy inLondon killing an Israeli diplomat. [BBC: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/19/newsid_2523000/2523027.stm 1972: Parcel bomb attack on Israeli embassy] , "On this day",September 19 1972 ]
*flag|United States,October 27 : Police car bombing inLos Angeles claimed byBlack Liberation Army .the talking drum collective/Jacuma Kambui: [http://thetalkingdrum.com/freedomfighters.html Listing of Justice Department Report on BLA Activity from January, 1970 - January, 1976] ,September 18 1979 ]
*, December 1972: A travel agency in Queens,New York , is bombed; the incident is attributed to FIN, aCuban exile groups opposed to the government of Fidel Castro.Fact|date=May 2007
*,December 11 : New York City. The VA-Cuba Forwarding Company is bombed.Cuban exile groups opposed to the government of Fidel Castro suspected.Fact|date=May 2007
*flag|United States,December 28 : ABrooklyn ,New York bartender is held for $12000 ransom by theBlack Liberation Army .the talking drum collective/Jacuma Kambui: [http://thetalkingdrum.com/freedomfighters.html Listing of Justice Department Report on BLA Activity from January, 1970 - January, 1976] ,September 18 1979 ]ee also
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