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Left Wing Terrorism in Chile (view source)
Revision as of 00:45, January 6, 2017
, 00:45, January 6, 2017→Terrorism in the 1980s
On 27 June 1985, the driver of a locomotive is killed while removing an electricity pole lying across the train track, victim of a bomb blast.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/la/carta/Crono.html Cronología del terrorismo socialista]</ref>
On 27 June 1985, the driver of a locomotive is killed while removing an electricity pole lying across the train track, victim of a bomb blast.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/la/carta/Crono.html Cronología del terrorismo socialista]</ref>
On 12 July 1985, leftist terrorists wound three policemen in a bus with a hand grenade and detonate 15 bombs in all the major Chilean cities.
On 19 July 1985, leftists attack the United States Consulate in Santiago. In the operation, guerrillas of the [[Patriotic Front Manuel Rodríguez]] (FPMR) detonate a high explosive bomb, killing a civilian passer-by and wounding another two. The following month, another leftist bomb is planted in the [[Paseo Ahumada]], wounding another five pedestrians.
On 9 August 1985, leftist militants operating in the Chilean capital cause major blackouts in Santiago, and shoot and wound two policemen in their patrol car and destroy with Molotov cocktails four passenger buses.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19850811&id=xPhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=huEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,2537351&hl=en Police, protesters battle in Chile; 2 dead, 12 hurt]</ref>
On 6 December 1985, a policeman is shot dead by four leftist guerrillas who opened fire with machine guns as he walked home. That same month, 15 passenger buses in Santiago are destroyed with petrol bombs and the marxist guerrillas plant another bomb in the Santiago Metro subway, before escaping after a gun-battle with the police.
In all, 866 Left-Wing terrorist attacks take place during 1984 and 1985.
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