Incident Summary:

03/07/1974: An empty Shell Oil Company storage tank was bombed in San Jose, California, United States. There were no casualties, but it is unknown if any damage occurred from the blast. A group calling itself the "Americans for Justice" claimed responsibility for this attack, and additionally for an attack two days later on a Shell service station in Los Altos, California (197403090001). The group was demanding reductions in gasoline prices.

GTD ID:
197403070002

When:
1974-03-07

Country:
United States

Region:
North America

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

California

City:
San Jose

Location Details:
at storage tank

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Shell Oil Company
Specific Description storage tank
Nationality of Target United States
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Additional Information This incident is linked to another bombing of a Shell Oil facility two days later (570a).
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Americans for Justice Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Unknown)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators Unknown
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Around the Nation: Terrorists bomb 2d California oil facility," The Baltimore Sun, March 9, 1974.
Marcia McKnight Trick, "Chronology of Incidents of Terroristic, Quasi-Terroristic, and Political Violence in the United States: January 1965 to March 1976," National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals: Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism, 1976.
Christopher Hewitt, "Political Violence and Terrorism in Modern America: A Chronology," Praeger Security International, 2005.