Shoot-out

Black militant, Black Muslims. New York: City, New York:. A shoot-out at a Muslim temple leaves eight wounded. Policeman Phillip Cardillo is killed.

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Bombing/explosive

Revolutionary leftist. Manchester, New Hampshire. The police department is bombed, causing $5000 in damage. The People’s Liberation Army claims responsibility for the attack.

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Shoot-out

Black militant. Black Liberation Army. St. Louis, Missouri, A shoot-out with police results in the death of a BLA member Ronald Carter, and the arrest of two other BLA members. The gun found was later identified as the one taken from one of the policemen killed in New York in January 1972

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Shooting

Black militant, Black Liberation Army. New York City, New York. Two policemen, Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, are ambushed and killed as they leave a restaurant after enquiring about an illegally parked Car One of the three attackers does a victory dance after the Shooting

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Bombing/explosive

Jewish, Jewish Defense League. New York City, New York. Sol Hurok’s booking office is bombed, killing Iris Kones, a secretary. Hurok was targeted by the JDL because he booked Soviet performers. Vigilantes shouting “Never again!”—the slogan of the Jewish Defense League—firebombed the office of a talent booker who handled Soviet acts. (One secretary died.) “Fire Bomb Kills Woman, Hurts 13 in Hurok Office,” NYT.

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Shoot-out

Black militant ,Black Muslims. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In a shoot-out between Black Muslims and police, four people are killed, two sheriffs and two Black Muslims; another 31 people are wound,-d.

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Bombing/explosive

Black militant. Black Liberation Army. New York City, New York. A police patrol car is chasing a stolen car when a grenade is thrown at the police car. The occupants of the stolen car are identified as members of the BLA by photos shown to witnesses.

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Hijacking

Black militant, Republic of New Africa. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three members of the Republic of New Africa successfully hijack a plane to Cuba.

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Shoot-out

Black militant, Black Liberation Army. San Francisco, California. Two BLA members in a car are arrested after attempting to machine· gun a police car when both cars were stopped at a traffic light. The machine gun jammed and the police car pursued the suspects’ car until it crashed. The gun found in the car was that taken from slain New York policeman Joseph Piagentini killed on May 21, 1971.

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