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Terrorist attacks in the United States from 1970 to 2017, by attack type

Number of terrorist attacks in the United States, 1970-2017, by attack type

The data displays the number of terrorist attacks in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017, by attack type. The most common form of terrorist attack in the U.S. was a bombing/explosion type attack. There were 1,389 such incidents in the U.S. between 1970 and 2017.

Bombing/explosion	1389
Facility/infrastructure attack	881
Armed assault	314
Assassination	133
Hostage taking (barricade incident)	62
Unarmed assault	61
Hostage taking (kidnapping)	21
Hijacking	17
Unknown	11

Terrorist attacks in the United States from 1970 to 2017, by attack type

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