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* 6 September 1970: The [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) attempted to hijack an [[El Al]] plane bound for Israel. The airline security officers killed one and wounded another of the terrorists.<ref name=CST>{{cite web|url=https://cst.org.uk/docs/CST%20Terrorist%20Incidents%201968%20-%202010.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004759/https://cst.org.uk/docs/CST%20Terrorist%20Incidents%201968%20-%202010.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
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* 26 December 1983: On [[Boxing Day]] a bomb exploded outside a [[Marks & Spencer]] supermarket in Orchard Street, W1, seriously injuring two people. Although the IRA was initially blamed, it later emerged that the [[Abu Nidal|Abu Nidal Organisation]] was responsible.<ref>[http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=3757 Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) attacked UK Business target] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014084551/http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=3757 |date=14 October 2014 }} 26 December 1983</ref>
 
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===1912===
*29 November 1912: Simultaneous suffragette attacks on post boxes occurred across the entire country using dangerous chemicals. In London, many letters burst into flames upon discovery at post offices. Paraffin and lit matches are also put in pillar boxes.<ref>‘Hundreds of Letters Are Damaged’, ''Dundee Courier'', 29 November 1912</ref><ref>‘Suffragette Outrages’, ''North Devon Journal'', 5 December 1912</ref><ref name="British Library">{{Cite web|title=Suffragettes, violence and militancy|url=https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The British Library|archive-date=10 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910203912/https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Ditrych">{{Cite book|last=Ditrych|first=O.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ICEAwAAQBAJ|title=Tracing the Discourses of Terrorism: Identity, Genealogy and State|date=2014-04-22|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-39496-5|page=31|language=en}}</ref>
 
===1913===
* 8 February 1913: [[Suffragette]] arson attack on the Orchid House at [[Kew Gardens]].<ref name="bl.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy#footnote14|title = Suffragettes, violence and militancy|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=10 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910203912/https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy#footnote14|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="kew.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/fire-and-broken-petals-how-the-suffragettes-made-their-mark-on-kew|title = Fire and broken petals: How the suffragettes made their mark on Kew &#124; Kew}}</ref>
* 19 February 1913: Suffragette bomb attack on [[Lloyd George]]'s house, planted by [[Emily Davison]]. Significant damage was done to the building, but there were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/women-would-have-got-the-vote-earlier-if-not-for-suffragette-terrorists-11227772|title = Letter bombs and IEDs: Were the suffragettes terrorists?}}</ref>
* 20 February 1913: Suffragette arson attack destroying the Tea Pavilion at [[Kew Gardens]]. Olive Wharry and Lilian Lenton were arrested at the scene and both imprisoned.<ref name="bl.uk"/><ref name="kew.org"/>