eventid iyear imonth iday approxdate extended resolution country
1 1.97000e+11 1970 7 2 0 58
2 1.97000e+11 1970 0 0 0 130
3 1.97001e+11 1970 1 0 0 160
4 1.97001e+11 1970 1 0 0 78
5 1.97001e+11 1970 1 0 0 101
6 1.97001e+11 1970 1 1 0 217
country_txt region region_txt provstate city
1 Dominican Republic 2 Central America & Caribbean Santo Domingo
2 Mexico 1 North America Federal Mexico city
3 Philippines 5 Southeast Asia Tarlac Unknown
4 Greece 8 Western Europe Attica Athens
5 Japan 4 East Asia Fukouka Fukouka
6 United States 1 North America Illinois Cairo
latitude longitude specificity vicinity location
1 18.45679 -69.95116 1 0
2 19.37189 -99.08662 1 0
3 15.47860 120.59974 4 0
4 37.99749 23.76273 1 0
5 33.58041 130.39636 1 0
6 37.00511 -89.17627 1 0
summary
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6 1/1/1970: Unknown African American assailants fired several bullets at police headquarters in Cairo, Illinois, United States. There were no casualties, however, one bullet narrowly missed several police officers. This attack took place during heightened racial tensions, including a Black boycott of White-owned businesses, in Cairo Illinois.
crit1 crit2 crit3 doubtterr alternative alternative_txt multiple success
1 1 1 1 0 NA 0 1
2 1 1 1 0 NA 0 1
3 1 1 1 0 NA 0 1
4 1 1 1 0 NA 0 1
5 1 1 1 -9 NA 0 1
6 1 1 1 0 NA 0 1
suicide attacktype1 attacktype1_txt attacktype2
1 0 1 Assassination NA
2 0 6 Hostage Taking (Kidnapping) NA
3 0 1 Assassination NA
4 0 3 Bombing/Explosion NA
5 0 7 Facility/Infrastructure Attack NA
6 0 2 Armed Assault NA
attacktype2_txt attacktype3 attacktype3_txt targtype1
1 NA 14
2 NA 7
3 NA 10
4 NA 7
5 NA 7
6 NA 3
targtype1_txt targsubtype1
1 Private Citizens & Property 68
2 Government (Diplomatic) 45
3 Journalists & Media 54
4 Government (Diplomatic) 46
5 Government (Diplomatic) 46
6 Police 22
targsubtype1_txt
1 Named Civilian
2 Diplomatic Personnel (outside of embassy, consulate)
3 Radio Journalist/Staff/Facility
4 Embassy/Consulate
5 Embassy/Consulate
6 Police Building (headquarters, station, school)
corp1 target1 natlty1
1 Julio Guzman 58
2 Belgian Ambassador Daughter Nadine Chaval, daughter 21
3 Voice of America Employee 217
4 U.S. Embassy 217
5 U.S. Consulate 217
6 Cairo Police Department Cairo Police Headquarters 217
natlty1_txt targtype2 targtype2_txt targsubtype2 targsubtype2_txt
1 Dominican Republic NA NA
2 Belgium NA NA
3 United States NA NA
4 United States NA NA
5 United States NA NA
6 United States NA NA
corp2 target2 natlty2 natlty2_txt targtype3 targtype3_txt targsubtype3
1 NA NA NA
2 NA NA NA
3 NA NA NA
4 NA NA NA
5 NA NA NA
6 NA NA NA
targsubtype3_txt corp3 target3 natlty3 natlty3_txt
1 NA
2 NA
3 NA
4 NA
5 NA
6 NA
gname gsubname gname2 gsubname2 gname3 gsubname3
1 MANO-D
2 23rd of September Communist League
3 Unknown
4 Unknown
5 Unknown
6 Black Nationalists
motive guncertain1 guncertain2
1 0 NA
2 0 NA
3 0 NA
4 0 NA
5 0 NA
6 To protest the Cairo Illinois Police Deparment 0 NA
guncertain3 individual nperps nperpcap claimed claimmode claimmode_txt claim2
1 NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA
2 NA 0 7 NA NA NA NA
3 NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA
4 NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA
5 NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA
6 NA 0 -99 -99 0 NA NA
claimmode2 claimmode2_txt claim3 claimmode3 claimmode3_txt compclaim
1 NA NA NA NA
2 NA NA NA NA
3 NA NA NA NA
4 NA NA NA NA
5 NA NA NA NA
6 NA NA NA NA
weaptype1 weaptype1_txt weapsubtype1 weapsubtype1_txt weaptype2
1 13 Unknown NA NA
2 13 Unknown NA NA
3 13 Unknown NA NA
4 6 Explosives 16 Unknown Explosive Type NA
5 8 Incendiary NA NA
6 5 Firearms 5 Unknown Gun Type NA
weaptype2_txt weapsubtype2 weapsubtype2_txt weaptype3 weaptype3_txt
1 NA NA
2 NA NA
3 NA NA
4 NA NA
5 NA NA
6 NA NA
weapsubtype3 weapsubtype3_txt weaptype4 weaptype4_txt weapsubtype4
1 NA NA NA
2 NA NA NA
3 NA NA NA
4 NA NA NA
5 NA NA NA
6 NA NA NA
weapsubtype4_txt weapdetail nkill nkillus nkillter nwound
1 1 NA NA 0
2 0 NA NA 0
3 1 NA NA 0
4 Explosive NA NA NA NA
5 Incendiary NA NA NA NA
6 Several gunshots were fired. 0 0 0 0
nwoundus nwoundte property propextent propextent_txt propvalue
1 NA NA 0 NA NA
2 NA NA 0 NA NA
3 NA NA 0 NA NA
4 NA NA 1 NA NA
5 NA NA 1 NA NA
6 0 0 1 3 Minor (likely < $1 million) NA
propcomment ishostkid nhostkid nhostkidus nhours ndays divert kidhijcountry
1 0 NA NA NA NA
2 1 1 0 NA NA Mexico
3 0 NA NA NA NA
4 0 NA NA NA NA
5 0 NA NA NA NA
6 0 NA NA NA NA
ransom ransomamt ransomamtus ransompaid ransompaidus ransomnote
1 0 NA NA NA NA
2 1 8e+05 NA NA NA
3 0 NA NA NA NA
4 0 NA NA NA NA
5 0 NA NA NA NA
6 0 NA NA NA NA
hostkidoutcome hostkidoutcome_txt nreleased
1 NA NA
2 NA NA
3 NA NA
4 NA NA
5 NA NA
6 NA NA
addnotes
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6 The Cairo Chief of Police, William Petersen, resigned as a result of the attack.
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6 "Police Chief Quits," Washington Post, January 2, 1970.
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6 "Cairo Police Chief Quits; Decries Local 'Militants'," Afro-American, January 10, 1970.
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6 Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005.
dbsource INT_LOG INT_IDEO INT_MISC INT_ANY related
1 PGIS 0 0 0 0
2 PGIS 0 1 1 1
3 PGIS -9 -9 1 1
4 PGIS -9 -9 1 1
5 PGIS -9 -9 1 1
6 Hewitt Project -9 -9 0 -9