List of right-wing terrorist attacks

This is a list of right-wing terrorist attacks. Right-wing terrorism is terrorism that is motivated by a variety of different right-wing and far-right ideologies, most prominently by neo-Nazism, neo-fascism, ecofascism, white nationalism, white separatism, ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, and anti-government patriot/sovereign citizen beliefs and occasionally by anti-abortionism and tax resistance.[1]

1960s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation
Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt 24 June 1960  Venezuela 2 4 Rafael Trujillo Anti-democracy
Vitry-Le-François train bombing 18 June 1961  France 28 100+ Organisation armée secrète French colonialism
Issy-les-Moulineaux bombing 10 March 1962  France 3 47 Organisation armée secrète French colonialism
16th Street Baptist Church bombing 15 September 1963  United States. 4 22 Ku Klux Klan White supremacy
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner 21 June 1964  United States. 3 0 Ku Klux Klan White supremacy
Piazza Fontana bombing 21 December 1969  Italy 17 88 Ordine Nuovo Neo-fascism

1970s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation
Assassination of René Schneider 25 October 1970  Chile 1 1 Camilo Valenzuela, Roberto Viaux and far-right militants Prevent the arrival of Salvador Allende to the presidency
Ezeiza massacre 20 June 1973  Argentina 13+ 365+ Peronist commando Right-wing Peronism
Algerian consulate bombing 14 December 1973  France 4 23 Charles Martel Group Anti-Arab sentiment
Piazza della Loggia bombing 28 May 1974  Italy 8 102 Ordine Nuovo Neo-fascism
Italicus Express bombing 4 August 1974  Italy 12 48 Ordine Nuovo Neo-fascism
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre 14 August 1974  Cyprus 126 0 EOKA B Anti-Turkish sentiment
Assassination of Carlos Prats 30 September 1974  Argentina 2 0 DINA Anti-Allendism
Attempted assassination of Bernardo Leighton 6 October 1975  Italy 0 2 DINA Pinochetism
Montejurra massacre 9 May 1976  Spain 2 3 Franquist commando Neo-fascism
Assassination of Orlando Letelier 21 September 1976  United States 2 1 DINA Anti-Allendism
Cubana Flight 455 bombing 6 October 1976  Barbados 73 0 Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations Anti-Castroism
Atocha massacre 24 January 1977  Spain 5 4 Franquist commandos Anti-communism
Bahçelievler massacre 9 October 1978  Turkey 7 0 Grey Wolves Turkish Ultranationalism
Maraş massacre December 1978  Turkey 105 - 185 1,000 - 3,000 Grey Wolves Turkish Ultranationlism
Greensboro Massacre 3 November 1979  United States 5 12+ Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi Party White supremacy

1980s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Perpetrator Motivation
Alonsotegi bombing 20 January 1980  Spain 4 10 Grupos Armados Españoles Anti-Basqueism
Bologna massacre 2 August 1980  Italy 85 200+ Armed Revolutionary Nuclei Neo-Fascism
Oktoberfest bombing 26 September 1980  West Germany 13 211 Gundolf Köhler Neo-Nazi terrorism
Paris synagogue bombing 3 October 1980  France 4 46 FANE Antisemitism
Spanish coup d'etat attempt 23-24 February 1981  Spain 0 0 Neo-Francoist civil guards Neo-Fascism
Riocentro attack 30 April 1981  Brazil 1 (+1 bomber) 1 Guilherme Pereira do Rosário and Wilson Luiz Chaves Machado Attempt to halt Brazil's transition to democracy
Alfortville Armenian Genocide Memorial bombings 3 May 1984  France 0 13 Grey Wolves Anti-Armenianism
National Assembly of Quebec shooting 7 May 1984  Canada 3 13 Denis Lortie Opposition to Parti Québécois
Murder of Alan Berg 18 June 1984  United States 1 0 The Order Antisemitism, white supremacy
Athens bar bombing 2 February 1985  Greece 0 78 National Front Anti-Americanism
Rivoli Beaubourg cinema bombing 30 March 1985  France 0 18 Unknown Antisemtism
Murder of the Goldmark family 24 December 1985  United States 4 0 David L. Rice Antisemitism, anti-communism
Murder of Neal Rosenblum 17 April 1986  United States 1 0 Tielesh and Sanford Gordon Antisemitism
Cannes and Nice attacks 9 May 1988 & 19 December 1988  France 1 16 PNFE Islamophobia
Saint-Michel cinema attack 22 October 1988  France 0 14 Right-wing Catholic extremists Christian fundamentalism
Murder of Mulugeta Seraw 13 November 1988  United States 1 0 White Aryan Resistance White supremacy
Strijdom Square Massacre 15 November 1988  South Africa 8 16 Barend Strydom Xenophobia
École Polytechnique massacre 6 December 1989  Canada 15 (+1 gunman) 14 Marc Lépine Antifeminism

1990s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Motivation
1990 Auckland Jewish daycare stabbing 16 July 1990  New Zealand 0 4 Antisemitism
1991 riot in Zadar 2 May 1991  Croatia 13 0 Anti-Serb sentiment
Battle of Ventersdorp 9 August 1991  South Africa 4 48 Opposition to negotiations to end apartheid
Hoyerswerda riots 17 September 1991 to 23 September 1991  Germany 0 32 Neo-Nazism
1992 Copenhagen bombing 16 March 1992  Denmark 1 0 Neo-Fascism
Santa massacre 2 May 1992  Peru 9 0 Anti-communism
Toronto abortion clinic firebombing 18 May 1992  Canada 0 0 Opposition to abortion
1992-1993 Norway church arson attacks 6 June 1992 to January 1993  Norway 0 0 Satanism, anti-religious beliefs
Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots 22 August 1992 to 24 August 1992  Germany 0 204 Neo-Nazism
Murder of David Gunn 10 March 1993  United States 1 0 Opposition to abortion
Assassination of Chris Hani 10 April 1993  South Africa 1 0 Anti-communism
Murder of Sandro Beyer 29 April 1993  Germany 1 0 Neo-Nazism
1993 Solingen arson attack 28 May 1993  Germany 5 14 Neo-Nazism
Storming of Kempton Park World Trade Centre 25 June 1993  South Africa 0 0 Opposition to negotiations to end apartheid
Luigi's Restaurant Shooting 6 August 1993  United States 4 8 (+ 1 gunman) Opposition to President Bill Clinton lifting ban on homosexuals to serve in the military
Austria IED bombings December 1993 to 1 October 1997  Austria 4 15 Xenophobia
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre 25 February 1994  Palestinian Territories 29 (+ 1 gunman) 125 Kahanism, Islamophobia
Invasion of Bophuthatswana 11 March 1994  South Africa 54 288 White Supremacy, opposition to negotiations to end apartheid.
1994 Osijek café shooting 18 June 1994  Croatia 4 8 Anti-Serb sentiment, Croatian nationalism
Ladies Center shooting 29 July 1994  United States 2 1 Opposition to abortion
1994 Garson Romalis assassination attempt 8 November 1994  Canada 0 1 Opposition to abortion
Brookline abortion clinic shootings 30 December 1994  United States 2 5 Opposition to abortion
Oklahoma City bombing 19 April 1995  United States 168[2] 680 Revenge for Waco, opposition to US government
Macedonia Baptist Church arson 21 June 1995  United States 0 0 White supremacy
Murder of John Hron 17 August 1995  Sweden 1 0 Neo-Nazism
Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin 4 November 1995  Israel 1 0 Opposition to Rabin's peace initiative with Palestine.
Vercors Massacre 15 December 1995 or 16 December 1995  France 16 (+2 gunmen) 0 Support for the Order of the Solar Temple
Mueller Family Murders 11 January 1996  United States 3 0 Antisemitism
Centennial Olympic Park bombing[3][4] 27 July 1996  United States 1+1 indirect 111 Opposition to abortion and socialism
Northside Family Planning bombing 16 January 1997  United States 0 6 Opposition to abortion
Otherside Lounge bombing 21 February 1997  United States 0 5 Opposition to LGBT rights
Victory Memorial to Soviet Army bombing 5 June 1997  Latvia 2 (+2 bombers) 0 Latvian nationalism
Keillers Park murder 23 July 1997  Sweden 1 0 Homophobia
1997 Cuba hotel bombings 4 September 1997  Cuba 1 11 Anti-Castroism
Murder of Dušan Jovanović 18 October 1997  Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 Anti-Romani sentiment
Birmingham abortion clinic bombing 29 January 1998  United States 1 1 Opposition to abortion
Murder of Barnett Slepian 123 October 1998  United States 1 0 Opposition to abortion
Panda Bar massacre 14 December 1998  Serbia and Montenegro 6 15 Anti-Serb sentiment
London nail bombings 17 April 1999  United Kingdom 3 140 Neo-Nazism
1999 Illinois and Indiana shootings 2 July 1999 to 4 July 1999  United States 2 (+ 1 gunman) 10 Neo-Nazism
Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting 10 August 1999  United States 1 5 Neo-Nazism
Wedgewood Baptist Church shooting 15 September 1999  United States 8 (+ 1 gunman) 7 Anti-baptism
Murder of Björn Söderberg 12 October 1999  Sweden 1 0 Neo-Nazism

2000s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Motivation
2000 Pittsburgh shootings 28 April 2000  United States 5 1 Neo-Nazism
2000 Garson Romalis assassination attempt 11 July 2000  Canada 0 1 Opposition to abortion
National Socialist Underground murders 9 September 2000 to 25 April 2007  Germany 10 1 Neo-Nazism
Murder of Benjamin Hermansen 26 January 2001  Norway 1 0 Neo-Nazism
Podujevo bus bombing 16 February 2001  Serbia and Montenegro 12 40 Anti-Serb sentiment
East Melbourne Fertility Clinic shooting 16 July 2001  Australia 1 0 Opposition to abortion
Murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi 15 September 2001  United States 1 0 Islamophobia, Anti-Middle Eastern sentiment
2001 Dallas Shootings 16 September 2001 & 21 September 2001 & 4 October 2001  United States 2 1 Islamophobia
2002 Soweto bombings 30 October 2002  South Africa 1 3 White supremacy
Sizzlers massacre 20 January 2003  South Africa 9 1 Homophobia
Goraždevac murders 13 August 2003  Serbia and Montenegro 2 4 Anti-Serb sentiment
Cologne bombing 9 June 2004  Germany 0 22 Islamophobia
Shefa-Amr attack 4 August 2005  Israel 4 12 Kahanism
2005 Cronulla riots 11 December 2005  Australia 0 2 Anti-Arabism
Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue stabbing 11 January 2006  Russia 0 8 Antisemitism
Jacob Robida shootings and manhunt 2 February 2006 to 5 February 2006  United States 3 (+ 1 gunman) 3 Neo-Nazism, homophobia
Moscow market bombing 21 August 2006  Russia 13 47 Xenophobia
Paturis Park murders February 2007 to August 2008  Brazil 13 0 Homophobia
Death of Sean Kennedy 16 May 2007  United States 1 0 Homophobia
Murder of Carlos Palomino 11 November 2007  Spain 1 0 Neo-Nazism
Skierlik township shooting 14 January 2008  South Africa 4 8 White supremacy, Afrikaner nationalism
2008-2009 Murders of Roma in Hungary 2 June 2008 to 3 August 2009  Hungary 6 0 Neo-Nazism
Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting 28 July 2008  United States 2 7 Hatred of liberals and Democrats
Woodburn bank bombing 12 December 2008  United States 2 2 Anti-government beliefs
2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers 4 April 2009  United States 3 3 Antisemitism
2009 Vítkov arson attack 18 April 2009  Czech Republic 0 3 Antiziganism
Assassination of George Tiller 31 May 2009  United States 1 0 Opposition to abortion
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting 10 June 2009  United States 1 2 (+ 1 gunman) Neo-Nazism
2009–10 Malmö shootings 10 October 2009 (first incident)  Sweden 2 13 Xenophobia.[5]

2010s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Motivation
2010 West Memphis police shootings 20 May 2010  United States 4 (+2 gunmen) 2 Support for the sovereign citizen movement
2011 Tucson Shooting 8 January 2011  United States 6 15 Anti-government beliefs, specifically targeted U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords who was injured.
Spokane bombing attempt 17 January 2011  United States 0 0 White supremacy
Murder of James Craig Anderson 26 June 2011  United States 1 0 White supremacy
2011 Norway attacks 22 July 2011  Norway 77 319 Islamophobia[6]
2011 Florence shootings 13 December 2011  Italy 3 (+ 1 gunman) 3 Racism
Murder of Daniel Zamudio 2 March 2012  Chile 1 0 Homophobia
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting 5 August 2012  United States 8 (+ 1 gunman) 3 White supremacy[7]
Murder of Mohammed Saleem 29 April 2013  United Kingdom 1 0 Islamophobia, white supremacy
2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting 1 November 2013  United States 1 7 Hatred for TSA and US Government
2013 Stockholm riots 15 December 2013  Sweden 0 4 Neo-Nazism
Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting 13 April 2014  United States 3 0 Neo-Nazism
2014 Las Vegas shootings 8 June 2014  United States 3 (+ 2 gunmen) 0 Anti-government beliefs[8]
2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack 12 September 2014  United States 1 1 Attempt to start a revolution
2014 Swedish mosque arson attacks 25 December 2014 & 29 December 2014 & 1 January 2015  Sweden 0 0 Islamophobia
Charleston church shooting 17 June 2015  United States 9 1 White supremacy[9]
Trollhättan school stabbing 22 October 2015  Sweden 4 (+ 1 perpetrator) 1 Racism
Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting 27 November 2015  United States 3 9 Opposition to abortion
Murder of Jo Cox 16 June 2016  United Kingdom 1 1 White supremacy[10]
2016 Minneapolis Shooting 29 June 2016  United States 0 2 Islamophobia
2016 Munich Shooting 22 July 2016  Germany 10 (+ 1 gunman) 36 Xenophobia
Comet Ping Pong shooting 4 December 2016  United States 0 0 Support for Pizzagate conspiracy theory
Quebec City mosque shooting 29 January 2017  Canada 6 19 Islamophobia
2017 Olathe, Kansas shooting 22 February 2017  United States 1 2 Anti-Iranian sentiment
Murder of Timothy Caughman 20 March 2017  United States 1 0 White supremacy
2017 Portland train attack 26 May 2017  United States 2 3 White supremacy and Islamophobia
2017 Finsbury Park attack 19 June 2017  United Kingdom 1 10 Islamophobia
Bloomington Mosque bombing 5 August 2017  United States 0 0 Islamophobia
Assault of DeAndre Harris 12 August 2017  United States 0 1 Neo-Nazism
Charlottesville car attack 12 August 2017  United States 1 28 Neo-Nazism[11]
Murder of Blaze Bernstein 10 January 2018  United States 1 0 Neo-Nazism
Macerata shooting 3 February 2018  Italy 0 6 Racism
Murder of Mireillie Knoll 23 March 2018  France 1 0 Antisemitism
October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts 22 October 2018  United States 0 0 Support for Donald Trump[12]
2018 Jeffersontown shooting 24 October 2018  United States 2 0 White supremacy
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 27 October 2018  United States 11 6 Antisemitism
Christchurch mosque shootings 15 March 2019  New Zealand 51 49 Islamophobia, white supremacy
Escondido mosque fire 24 March 2019  United States 0 0 Islamophobia
Louisiana black church fires 26 March 2019 & 2 April 2019 & 4 April 2019  United States 0 0 White Supremacy
Poway synagogue shooting 27 April 2019  United States 1 3 Antisemitism
Murder of Walter Lübcke 2 June 2019  Germany 1 0 Neo-Nazism
2019 Dallas courthouse shooting 17 June 2019  United States 1 (The gunman) 1 Support for the Alt-Right
2019 El Paso shooting 3 August 2019  United States 23 23 White supremacy, Hispanophobia.[13]
Bærum mosque shooting 10 August 2019  Norway 1 1 Islamophobia
Halle synagogue shooting 9 October 2019  Germany 2 2 Antisemitism
Bayonne mosque shooting 28 October 2019  France 0 2 Islamophobia
2019 South Korean Capitol attack 16 December 2019  South Korea 0 0 Hatred for South Korean government
Monsey Hanukkah stabbing 28 December 2019  United States 1 4 Antisemitism

2020s

Event Date Country Deaths Injuries Motivation
2020 Hanau shootings 19 February 2020  Germany 10 (+ 1 gunman) 5 Xenophobia
2020 boogaloo killings 29 May 2020 & 6 June 2020  United States 2 4 (+1 gunman) Support for the Boogaloo movement
2020 Zagreb shooting[14][15] 12 October 2020  Croatia 1 (The gunman) 1 Support for the alt-right
United States Capitol attack[16][17] 6 January 2021  United States 5 138+ Support for Donald Trump
London, Ontario truck attack[18][19] 6 June 2021  Canada 4 1 Islamophobia

See also

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