New America 's tally shows that 87 people have been killed in right-wing extremist attacks since 11 September 2001 . Incidents causing death were the following : A report in '' The Washington Post '' , published on November 25 , 2018 , showed violent right-wing-related incidents up , and left-wing-related incidents down . Total domestic terrorism incidents was down to 41 in 2001 , from a high of 468 in 1970 , but then went up to 65 in 2017 . Of those 65 events in 2017 , 36 were right-wing-related ( with 11 fatalities ) , 10 were left-wing-related ( with 6 fatalities ) , 7 were related to Islamist extremism ( with 16 fatalities ) , and 12 , including the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , were categorized as " Other/Unknown " ( with 62 fatalities , including 58 from the Las Vegas incident ) . The report found that 2018 was a particularly deadly year , with 11 people dying in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting , 2 others in an incident in Kentucky , and two more in a shooting in Tallasshee . All three incidents were right-wing related
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Right-wing terrorism