List of terrorist incidents in 1997
# 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).

## Guidelines

* To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
* List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
* Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
* Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
* Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
* If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
* Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
* In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:

       0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
       1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
       20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
       50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
       100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

## List

| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrators | 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 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| 25 February | Bombings | 9 | 74 | Ürümqi, China | Uyghyr separatists bombed three buses, killing 9 people, including 3 children, and injuring 74. Another bomb was found at the 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 |
| 13 March | Mass shooting | 7 | 6 | Island of Peace, Israeli-Jordanian border | Ahmed Daqamseh, a Jordanian soldier opened fire on a group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing 7 and wounding 5, as well as 1 teacher | Ahmed Daqamseh | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| 21 March | Suicide bombing | 3 | 46 | Tel Aviv, Israel | A Hamas suicide bomber detonated at a sidewalk café, killing 3 and wounding 46. | Hamas | Israeli–Palestinian 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 |
| 22 April | Raid, shootout | 3 (+14 attackers) | | Lima, Peru | A team of 142 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 |
| 15-20 July | Massacre | ~30 | 0 | Mapiripán, Meta, Colombia | The Mapiripán Massacre was a mass murder of civilians that was carried out by the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, a right-wing paramilitary group. | Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia | Colombian conflict |
| 30 July | Suicide bombings | 16 (+2) | 178 | Jerusalem, Israel | Two suicide bombers detonated at Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 16 and injuring 148. | Hamas | Israeli–Palestinian 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 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 | |
| 15 October | Bombing | 15 | 105 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | An LTTE bomb exploded at the World Trade Centre, killing 15 and injuring hundreds. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| 22 October | Massacre | 15 | Unknown | Ituango, Colombia | The AUC assassinates 15 people in the El Aro Massacre and causes the forced displacement and the dispossession of lands of several families | AUC | Colombian conflict |
| 17 November | Massacre | 62 | | Deir el-Bahari, Egypt | 6 Islamist gunmen massacre 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptians at the Temple of Hatshepsut | al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya | Terrorism in Egypt |
| 21 December | Shooting, Clashes | 11 | 18 Kidnapped | Patascoy, Colombia | FARC militants attack an army base near the border with Ecuador. 11 soldiers killed and 18 kidnapped. | FARC | Colombian conflict |
| 22 December | Massacre | 45 | | Acteal, Mexico | 45 members of the indigenous pacifist froup Las Abejas are massacred at a church by a paramilitary group called "Mascara Roja" (Red Mask) | Mascara Roja militants | Chiapas conflict |
| 27 December | Shooting | 1 | 0 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners shot dead Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) leader and fellow prisoner Billy Wright inside the maximum-security Maze Prison. | INLA | The Troubles |
