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Reid A Lott
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Notable Terrorist Incidents Worldwide, 1971-Sept. 2004
Note: Selected noteworthy incidents, excluding most assassinations, kidnappings, and military targets. Not including 2004 incidents in Iraq
Source: U.S. Dept. of State; Facts On File World News Digest @ Facts.comspamfilter; World Almanac research
1971—Mar. 1. Senate wing of U.S. Capitol Building in Wash., DC, bombed by Weather Underground; no deaths.
1972—July 21. "Bloody Friday." Provisional IRA exploded 20+ bombs across Belfast, N. Ireland; 9 killed, hundreds injured.—Sept. 5. Members of Palestinian group Black September killed 2 Israeli athletes and seized 9 others at Olympic Village in Munich, W. Germany, during Summer Olympics. 9 hostages, 5 militants, 1 Ger. officer died in botched rescue.
1973—Dec. 17. Palestinian gunmen attacked Rome airport and bombed plane on tarmac; hijacked Lufthansa plane with 5 Italian hostages to Athens, then to Kuwait; 31 killed in all.
1974—June 17. Houses of Parliament in London, England, bombed by Provisional IRA; 11 injured.
1975—Jan. 27. Puerto Rican FALN nationalists bombed Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan; 4 killed, 53 injured.—Jan. 29. U.S. State Dept. building in Wash., DC, bombed by Weather Underground; no deaths.
1976—June 27. Palestinian and Baader-Meinhof militants forced Air France jet to land at Entebbe, Uganda. Israeli army rescued 103 hostages from airport terminal in battle with terrorists and Ugandan troops, July 3-4; 32 killed in all.
1978—Mar. 11. Palestinian militants landed on beach nr. Haifa, Israel; shot civilians and hijacked bus with hostages to Tel Aviv; exploded at roadblock; 43 killed.
1979—Nov. 4. Iranian radicals seized U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 66 Americans hostage. 52 were held until Jan. 20, 1981.—Nov. 20. 200 Islamic terrorists seized Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and held hundreds of pilgrims hostage. Saudi forces retook mosque Dec. 4; about 250 died.
1983—April 18. Hezbollah suicide truck bomb at the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 63 people.—Oct. 9. N. Korean agents ambushed a S. Korean govt. delegation in Rangoon, Burma, killing 21.—Oct. 23. Hezbollah suicide truck bombings of U.S. and French military bases, Beirut, Lebanon; 242 Americans, 58 French killed.
1984—Apr. 12. 18 U.S. servicemen killed in bomb blast at restaurant near Air Force base in Torrejon, Spain.—Sept. 20. U.S. embassy annex near Beirut, Lebanon, bombed, killing approx. 20.
1985—June 14. Hezbollah members hijacked TWA Flight 847 with 153 passengers and crew to Beirut; 39 held for 17 days; 1 U.S. Navy sailor killed.—June 23. Air India Flight 182 destroyed by bomb off coast of Ireland; 329 killed. Blamed on Sikh terrorists.—Oct. 7. 4 Palestinians hijacked Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro; 1 passenger killed.—Nov. 23. EgyptAir Flight 648 from Athens to Cairo hijacked to Malta by Palestinian group Abu Nidal; 60 killed in rescue.—Dec. 27. Palestinian militants opened fire at El-Al airline counters at Rome and Vienna airports; 19 killed.
1986—Apr. 5. Nightclub in Berlin, W. Germany, bombed, 3 killed, incl. 2 U.S. servicemen; 200+ hurt. 3 Libyan embassy workers in Germany convicted in bombing.
1987—Apr. 17, 21. Bomb in Sri Lanka capital killed 100+; blamed on Tamil rebels who, 4 days later, attacked Sinhalese travelers on highway, killing 127.—June 19. Basque group ETA bombed supermarket garage in Barcelona, Spain; 21 killed, 45 injured.—Nov. 29. Bomb planted by N. Korean agents exploded on Korean Air Lines Flight 858 over Indian Ocean; 115 killed.
1988—Dec. 21. Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground; Libya took responsibility for bombing in Aug. 2003.
1989—Sept. 19. French UTA Flight 722 from Congo to Paris destroyed by bomb in midair over Niger; 171 killed. Several Libyan officials convicted in absentia; no official admission.
1992—Mar. 17. Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, bombed; 28 killed, 200+ injured. Hezbollah suspected.
1993—Feb. 2. Truck bomb exploded in World Trade Center garage in New York City; 6 killed. Blast later linked to al- Qaeda.—Mar. 12-19. At least 11 bombs ripped through Bombay and Calcutta, India; 300+ killed.
1994—Feb. 25. U.S.-born Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein opened fire in mosque in Hebron, West Bank; about 30 Muslim worshippers killed.—July 18. Buenos Aires Jewish center bombed; 87 killed; blamed on Hezbollah.
1995—Mar. 20. 12 killed and over 5,000 injured when Japanese Aum Shinri-kyu cult members released Sarin nerve gas in several Tokyo subway cars.—Apr. 19. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City bombed, killing 168 and injuring 500+. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols convicted in bombing.—Nov. 13. U.S. miltary compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, bombed by Islamic Movement of Change; about 40 killed.—Nov. 19. Suicide bomber drove into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan; at least 16 killed, 60 injured.
1996—Jan. 31. Tamil Tigers drove explosive-laden truck into Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka; 90 killed.—Feb. 25. Hamas suicide bombers hit 2 buses in Jerusalem; 26 killed.—Mar. 4. Bomb outside Tel Aviv shopping mall killed 14, injured 130.—June 25. Bomb-laden fuel truck exploded outside Khobar Towers, a U.S. military complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; killed 19.—June 27. Bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA, during Summer Games; killed 2, injured 100+; suspect Eric Robert Rudolph arrested in 2003.—Dec. 3. Bomb exploded on subway train in Paris; 4 killed, 86 injured; blamed on Algerian extremists.
1997—Nov. 17. Gamaa al-Islamiya gunmen killed 58 tourists and 4 Egyptians in Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.
1998—Aug. 7. U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, bombed; 257 people killed; al-Qaeda blamed.—Aug. 15. IRA car bomb exploded outside courthouse in Omagh, N. Ireland; killed 29, injured 300+.—Oct. 18. National Liberation Army of Colombia blew up Ocensa oil pipeline; about 71 killed, 100+ injured.
1999—Sept. 9-16. 3 apt. buildings bombed in Moscowspamfilter and Volgodansk, S. Russia; about 300 killed. Blamed on Chechen rebels.
2000—Oct. 12. U.S.S. Cole rammed by dingy full of explosives while docking in Aden, Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors killed, 39 injured. Blamed on al-Qaeda.
2001—Sept. 11. 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 U.S. domestic flights, including planes that crashed into World Trade Center towers and Pentagon. Total dead minus hijackers: 2,973.—Sept.-Nov. 7 letters tainted with deadly anthrax bacteria mailed through U.S. postal system killed 5; unsolved.
2002—Mar. 27. Suicide bombing at hotel in Netanya, Israel, during Passover celebration; 27 killed.—Oct 12. Resort in Bali, Indonesia, bombed; 202 dead; Jemaah Islamiah blamed.—Oct. 23. Chechen guerrillas seized theater in Moscowspamfilter, held 700+ hostages; Russian authorities gassed theater; most guerrillas and about 128 hostages killed in incident.—Nov. 28. Suicide bombers destroyed Israeli-owned hotel near Mombasa, Kenya; 13 killed. At the same time, 2 missiles narrowly missed Israeli plane taking off from Mombasa airport; blamed on al-Qaeda.—Dec. 27. Chechen rebels plowed truck bomb into pro-Russian gov. headquarters in Grozny, Chechnya; 80 killed, 152 injured.
2003—Iraq: Aug. 19. UN headquarters in Baghdad bombed by truck, 22 killed, including UN envoy to Iraq.—Oct. 27. Suicide bombings at Intl. Red Cross and police stations; 40 killed. Other areas:—May 12. Truck bombing near gov. buildings hits Znamenskoye, Chechnya; 59 killed.—May 12-13. Al-Qaeda militants detonated car bombs at 3 residential complexes used by westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 34 killed.—May 16. 5 explosions in Casablanca, Morocco; 44 killed, 100+ wounded. Blamed on al-Qaeda.—May 17-19. 5 suicide bombings in Israel; 17 killed; Hamas and al-Aqsa Martyrs brigade blamed.—Aug. 1. Truck bomb hit military hospital in Mozdok, Russia, near Chechnya; 50 killed; blamed on Chechen rebels.—Aug. 5. Car bomb hit Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia; 12 killed, 150 injured, blamed on Jemaah Islamiah.—Aug. 25. 2 bombs exploded in taxis in Mumbai (Bombay), India; 46 killed, 100+ injured; Islamic militants suspected.—Oct. 15. Bomb hit diplomat convoy in Gaza; 3 Americans killed.—Nov. 15. 2 synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, bombed; 25 killed.—Nov. 20. British consulate and offices of HSBC, a British bank, bombed in Istanbul, Turkey; 27 killed incl. Br. cons. gen. Blamed on al-Qaeda.—Dec. 5. Suicide bombing on commuter train in Yessentuki, S Russia; 44 killed, 150 injured; blamed on Chechen rebels.—Dec. 9. Chechen suicide bombing outside National Hotel in Red Square, Moscowspamfilter; 5 killed.
2004—Feb. 6. Bomb exploded on Moscowspamfilter subway; 39 killed, 130 injured; Chechen rebels blamed.—Mar. 11. Al-Qaeda cell bombed 4 commuter trains during morning rush hour in Madrid, Spain; 191 killed, about 1,200 injured.—Mar. 28-29. Suicide bombings by Muslim militants hit Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 19 killed.—Apr. 21. Car bomb destroyed Saudi govt. security building in Riyadh; 4 killed, 148 injured.—May 29. Al-Qaeda militants stormed foreigner compound in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, taking hostages; 22 killed.—July 30. U.S. and Israeli embassies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, bombed simultaneously; 2 killed.—Aug. 24. 2 Russian passenger planes crashed nearly simultaneously in diff. parts of Russia; 90 killed; blamed on Chechen rebels.—Sept. 1. Militants seized school in Beslan, in N Ossetia, Russia; held 1,000+ hostage for 3 days before Russian troops stormed school. About 330 killed, incl. 27 hostage-takers. Blamed on Chechen militants.—Sept. 9. Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, bombed; 9 killed; blamed on Jemaah Islamiah.
An article from The World Almanac and Book of Facts. © 2006 World Almanac Education Group. A WRC Media Company. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws are prohibited. |
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