List of terrorist incidents in 1982

This is a timeline of incidents in 1982 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).

June

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
3 June	Attempted assassination	0	1	London, United Kingdom	Three gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization opened fire on Israeli ambassador to the UK Shlomo Argov, paralyzing him. The attempt on his life led to the 1982 Lebanon war.	Abu Nidal Organization	1982 Lebanon war

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
2 July	Bombing	1	11	Oslo, Norway	1 person were killed in a home-made bomb at the Central Station of Oslo and injuring 11 others. The 9th of October an 18-year-old young man confessed that he was behind the attack.	Lone wolf

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
7 August	Shooting, bombing, hostage-taking	9 (+1 attacker)	72 (+1 attacker)	Ankara, Turkey	Two Armenian gunmen from the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia open fire on and bomb Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara before taking hostages. 1 attacker is killed and the other is arrested and executed.	ASALA
9 August	Shooting, bombing	6	22	Paris, France	Two men believed to be members of the Abu Nidal Organization open fire on a Jewish restaurant in the Marais district in Paris.	Abu Nidal Organization	Israel-Palestine conflict
11 August	Bombing	1	16	Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii	A bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 830, killing a Japanese teenager. A Jordanian named Mohammed Rashed, who was linked to 15 May Organization, was convicted of placing the bomb on the plane.	15 May Organization

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
14 September	Shooting, ambush	4	1	Errenteria, Spain	Six members of ETA stalk and open fire on 5 Civil Guards, killing four and wounding one.	ETA	Basque conflict
16-18 September	Massacre	460-3,500		Beirut, Lebanon	Hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese Shi'a civilians are massacred by Israel Defense Force ally Kataeb Party in Beirut.	Kataeb Party	Lebanese civil war
18 September	Shooting	0	4	Brussels, Belgium	Four people are wounded when a synagogue in Brussels is attacked in a "shoot and run" incident. Guards were taken by surprise and the gunman, believed to be from the Abu Nidal Organization, escaped.	Abu Nidal Organization	Israel-Palestine conflict

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
9 October	Shooting, grenade	1	10	Rome, Italy	Attack with grenades and machine guns on the central synagogue in Rome, Italy. A child dies, ten people are injured.^[1]	Abu Nidal Organization	Israel-Palestine conflict

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
11 November	Suicide bombing	89-102	55	Tyre, Lebanon	A suicide car bomber drove an explosive laden vehicle into the Israeli military headquarters in Tyre, the building was destroyed and 75 Israelis and other Lebanese prisoners died in the blast.^[2]	Ahmad Qassir	1982 Lebanon war

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
23 December	Bombings	0	2	Sydney, Australia	A bomb exploded outside the Israeli Consulate in Sydney, injuring two and causing extensive damage. A few hours later, a bomb partially exploded outside a Jewish soccer club. No one was injured in this bombing. No one has ever been convicted for these bombings.	Unknown

^ Mickolus, Edward (1989). International Terrorism in the 1980s: 1980-1983. Iowa State University Press. p. 21.
^ Bergman, Ronen (September 2008). The Secret War With Iran. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1-4165-5839-X.

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