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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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1980s
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
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2010s
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 |
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