History of terrorism
List of non-state groups accused of terrorism

History of terrorism

Section Title: List of non-state groups accused of terrorism
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Name	Location	Founded	Ceased attacks	Founder	Subsequent leaders	Tactics	Famous attack	Influenced by	Accused of terrorism by

Fenians	Ireland	1858	young Irelanders rebellion	Government of the United Kingdom

Narodnaya Volya	Russian Empire	1878	1883	bombings, assassinations	Assassinated Tsar Alexander II, 1881

Hunchakian Revolutionary Party	Ottoman Empire	1887	1896	Avetis Nazarbekian	Destroyed Ottoman coat of arms, 1890	Narodnaya Volya

Armenian Revolutionary Federation	Ottoman Empire	1890	1897	Christopher Mikaelian	Held hostages at Ottoman Bank, 1896	Hunchakian Revolutionary Party

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization	Ottoman Empire	1893	1903	Hristo Tatarchev	Led Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, 1903	Narodnaya Volya

Irish Republican Army	Ireland	1916	1923	Éamon de Valera	Michael Collins	Kilmichael Ambush, 1920	Irish Republican Brotherhood;	Government of the United Kingdom

Irgun	British Mandate Palestine	1931	1948	Avraham Tehomi	Menachem Begin	bombings	King David Hotel bombing, 1946	Irish Republican Army	British Colonial Office

Lehi	British Mandate Palestine	1940	1948	Abraham Stern	Yitzhak Shamir	assassinations	Lord Moyne assassination, 1944	Irish Republican Army	British Colonial Office

Muslim Brotherhood	Egypt	1928	Hassan al-Banna	assassinations	Assassinated former PM Mahmud Fahmi al-Nuqrashi, 1948	British Colonial Office

Front de Liberation National	Algeria	1954	1962	Toussaint Rouge attacks, 1954	Indochina rebels	French Government

EOKA	Cyprus	1955	1959	George Grivas

ETA	Spain	1959	bombings, assassinations	Assassinated "President" Blanco, 1978	Spanish Government

Fatah	Palestine	1959	Yasser Arafat	Munich Olympics massacre, 1972	Algerian rebels	Israeli Government

PLO	Palestine	1964	Yasser Arafat	1978 Coastal Road massacre	Israeli Government

PFLP	Palestine	1967	Black September skyjacking, 1970	Che Guevara	Israeli Government

PFLP-GC	Palestine	1968	Hangglider shooting, 1970	Israeli Government

DFLP	Palestine	1969	Avivim school bus massacre, 1970	Israeli Government

Front de libération du Québec	Canada	1963	1971	Georges Schoeters	bombings, kidnappings, assassinations	October Crisis kidnappings, 1970	Che Guevara; the FLN	Canadian Government

Provisional IRA	Ireland	1969	2005	Seán Mac Stíofáin	bombings, assassinations	Bloody Friday bombings, 1972	Government of the United Kingdom, Government of the Republic of Ireland

Ulster Defence Association (UDA)	Ireland	1972	Johnny Adair	assassinations, mass shootings	Castlerock killings, 1993 & Greysteel massacre, 1993	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	Government of the United Kingdom, Government of the Republic of Ireland

Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)	Ireland	1966	Gusty Spence	assassinations, bombings	Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, 1974 & Loughinisland massacre, 1994	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	Government of the United Kingdom, Government of the Republic of Ireland

FALN	Puerto Rico	1974	bombings	Four NYC bombs, 1975	Government of the United States

ASALA	Turkey	1975	1986	Hagop Tarakchian	Attack on Ankara airport, 1982	Turkish Government

PKK	Turkey	1978	Abdullah Ocalan	Başbağlar massacre	Mao Zedong; FLN	Turkish Government

Red Army Faction	Germany	1968	1998	Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof	German Autumn killings, 1977	Che Guevara; Mao Zedong; Vietcong	German Government

Weathermen	US	1969	1977	Chicago police statue bombing, 1969	Mao Zedong; Black Panthers

Italian Red Brigade	Italy	1970	1989	Renato Curcio	Assassinated former Prime Minister Aldo Moro, 1978

Japanese Red Army	Japan	1971	2001	Fusako Shigenobu	Lod Airport Massacre, 1972

Tamil Tigers	Sri Lanka	1976	2009	Columbus bus terminal bombing, 1987	Government of Sri Lanka

Hezbollah	Lebanon	1982	Hassan Nasrallah	April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing, 1983 Beirut barracks bombing	Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Egyptian Islamic Jihad	Egypt	1980	Omar Abdel-Rahman	Luxor massacre, 1997

Hamas	Gaza	1987	Sheikh Ahmed Yassin	Passover massacre, Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing	Muslim Brotherhood

Al-Qaeda	Saudi Arabia	1988	Osama bin Laden	9/11 attacks, 2001	Mujahideen

East Turkestan Liberation Organization	China	1990

Aum Shinrikyo	Japan	1990	1995	Shoko Asahara	Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, 1995

Lashkar-e-Taiba	Pakistan	1991	Mumbai train bombings, 2006 and 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Chechnyan Separatists	Russia	1994	Shamil Basayev	Beslan school hostage crisis, 2004

Jundallah	Iran	2003	Abdolmalek Rigi	Zahedan bombings, 2007	Government of Iran

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