List of terrorist incidents in 1994
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This is a timeline of incidents in 1994 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
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Guidelines[]
- To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
- List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
- Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
- Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
- Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
- If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
- Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
- In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
- 0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.
List[]
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of |
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February 5 | Mortar | 68 | 144 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Markale massacres: A 120 mm mortar shell hit the center of a Markale (market) in Sarajevo, killing 68 people. The Army of Republika Srpska was blamed for the attack and perpetrated a similar massacre the next year. | Army of Republika Srpska | |
February 25 | Mass shooting | 29 (+1) | 125 | Hebron, West Bank | Cave of the Patriarchs massacre: Israeli Baruch Goldstein killed 29 and injures 125 Palestinian worshippers in an attack in the Cave of the Patriarchs (Ibrahimi Mosque) in Hebron before being killed.[1][2] | Baruch Goldstein | |
March 1 | Mass shooting | 1 | 4 | New York City, United States | 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting: Rashid Baz killed a Hasidic seminary student and wounds four on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City in response to the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.[3] | Rashid Baz | |
March 19 | Suicide bombing | 14 (+1) | 49 | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1994 Baku Metro bombings: 14 people were killed and 49 injured in the first attack of the Baku Metro bombings. Confessions from terrorists indicate the attacks were organized by Armenian secret services.[4] | Lezgin separatists | |
April 6 | Shootdown, assassination | 12 | 0 | Kigali, Rwanda | Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira: Twelve people, including Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed when their airplane was shot down, most likely by the Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front. The shootdown was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide | Rwandan Patriotic Front | |
April 6 | Suicide car bombing | 8 (+1) | 55 | Afula, Israel | Afula bus suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives in front of an Egged bus that was boarding Israeli students | Hamas | |
April 13 | Suicide bombing | 5 (+1) | 30 | Hadera, Israel | Hadera bus station suicide bombing: A suicide bomber detonated in the city of Hadera, killing 5.[5] | Hamas | |
June 27/28 | Chemical attack | 8 | 500 | Matsumoto, Japan | Matsumoto sarin attack: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult released sarin gas in a neighborhood of Matsumoto, Nagano, near the homes of several judges who presiding over legal cases involving the cult. | Aum Shinrikyo | |
June 16 | Mass shooting | 3 | 1 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Three UVF members were killed by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) on the Shankill Road, Belfast. | INLA | The Troubles |
June 18 | Mass shooting | 6 | 5 | Loughinisland, Northern Ireland | Six Catholic civilians were killed and five wounded in an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack at on a pub in Loughinisland, County Down. | UVF | The Troubles |
July 3 | Bombing | 13 | 42 | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1994 Baku Metro bombings: A bomb exploded on the Baku Metro, killing 13 and wounding 42 in the second attack of Baku Metro bombings. Confessions from terrorists indicate the attacks were organized by Armenian secret services.[4] | Lezgin separatists | |
July 18 | Suicide car bombing | 85 (+1) | 300+ | Buenos Aires, Argentina | AMIA bombing: A suicide bomber rammed his car into the building of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) killing 85 people. The bombing has never been officially solved, but Argentina, Israel and the United States have all accused Hezbollah and Iran of being behind the attack and Argentina has named 21-year-old Hezbollah operative Ibrahim Hussein Berro as the bomber | Unknown | |
July 19 | Bombing | 21 | 0 | Colón, Panama | Alas Chiricanas Flight 901: a plane was brought down by a bomb shortly after takeoff, killing all 21 people on board, twelve of whom were Jews. The bombing was never solved though an organization calling itself Ansar Allah claimed responsibility and the fact that many of passengers were Jews suggests that the bombing could have been motivated by the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Unknown | |
July 26 | Bombings | 0 | 26 | London, United Kingdom | 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack: The Israeli embassy in London was severely damaged by a car bomb and twenty people were injured. Thirteen hours later, the Balfour House, which once housed many Jewish organizations was also bombed and six were injured there. Two Palestinian students allegedly linked to Hezbollah were convicted for the bombings. | Hezbollah | |
August 18 | Mass shooting | 18 | 2 | Gingaraba, Chocó Department, Colombia | ELN members massacred 8 military men and 11 civilians while burning a bus in Gingaraba, Tadó (Chocó). Only two women survived the attack.[6] | ELN | |
August 28 | Shootout | 8 (+8) | 0 | Tamara, Casanare Department, Colombia | 7 soldiers and 8 guerrillas died after troops of the 16th Brigade of the Army and 28 and 45 fronts of the FARC clashed in La Picacha, a rural area of the municipality Támara, Casanare[7] | ELN | |
September 4 | Suicide bombing | 12 (+2) | 46 | Bagratashen, Armenia | 1994 Bagratashen bombing: A briefcase bomb planted in crowded market by two ethnic Azeris from Georgia, Imran Huseinov and Turkmen Jafarov, exploded, killing the two perpetrators and twelve others. | Imran Huseinov Turkmen Jafarov |
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September 19 | Assassination | 1 | 0 | Medellín, Colombia | ELN militants in Medellín assassinated the president of the First Committee of the House of Representatives, José Arlen Uribe Márquez.[8] | ELN | |
October 9 | Mass shooting | 2 | 16 | Jerusalem, Israel | Nahalat Shiv'a#Terrorist incidents: Two Palestinian policemen who defected to Hamas opened fire on Israelis in the Nahalat Shiv'a neighborhood of Jerusalem | Hamas | |
October 19 | Suicide bombing | 22 (+1) | 56 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Dizengoff Street bus bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated on a bus in Tel Aviv, killing 22 people and injuring 56.[5] | Hamas | |
October 24 | Suicide bombing, assassination | 3+ (+1) | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan Leader of the Opposition Gamini Dissanayake and MPs Ossie Abeygunasekera, Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi and G. M. Premachandra were assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber. | LTTE | ||
November 2 | Ambush | 13 | 23 | Purace, Cauca, Colombia | Guerrillas of the FARC and ELN, ambush a column of the National Police in the rural area of Puracé (Cauca). A captain, a lieutenant and 9 agents were killed, as were two students in a school bus.[9] | FARC and ELN | |
November 9 | Suicide bombing, assassination | 1 (+1) | Grandpass, Sri Lanka | Former MP Ossie Abeygunasekera was assassinated by a LTTE female suicide bomber | LTTE | ||
December 11 | Bombing | 1 | 10 | Minamidaitōjima, Japan | Philippine Airlines Flight 434: A bomb exploded on a plane which was en route from Cebu to Tokyo. The bomb only killed one passenger and did not destroy the plane. Ramzi Yousef had planted the bomb on the previous leg of the plane's journey from Manila to Cebu. The bombing was a test run for the later unsuccessful Bojinka plot | Al-Qaeda | |
December 24–26 | Hijacking | 3 (+4) | 25 | Marseille, France | Air France Flight 8969: Four GIA members hijacked an Air France plane with the intention of crashing it into the Eiffel Tower. However, after killing three passengers, the plane was raided in Marseille by GIGN and all four hijackers were killed | GIA | |
December 25 | Suicide bombing | 0 (+1) | 13 | Jerusalem, Israel | A Hamas suicide bomber detonates at a bus stop in Jerusalem, wounding 13.[5] | Hamas |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Settlers remember gunman Goldstein; Hebron riots continue, Haaretz
- ^ Meet the Settlers - Chapter 2, The Telegraph
- ^ Uriel Heilman: "Murder on the Brooklyn Bridge", Middle East Quarterly. Summer 2001. Accessed June 12, 2006.
- ^ a b Nikolay Sergeyev (2010-03-30). "Поезд шахидки" [The train of the suicide bomber]. Kommersant. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ a b c Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 23–24.
- ^ "Habrá Investigación Penal y Disciplinaria". 21 August 1994.
- ^ "Muertos 8 Militares y 15 Guerrilleros en Combates". 30 August 1994.
- ^ "Asesinan al Congresista Arlén Uribe". 20 September 1994.
- ^ "Asesinan en Cauca 11 Policías y 2 Escolares". 3 November 1994.
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