The follow listing has not been updated since 2000, but is included here for historical reference. For related listings more thoroughly vetted, see these pages:

• List of worst terrorist acts
• Incidents of mass casualty terrorism
• Terrorist and criminal attacks targeting children
• Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel, introduction
• Worst terrorist attacks in Israel

1 Oct 1910	bombing by labor activists at The Los Angeles Times building, Los Angeles, USA; 20 killed.
28 Jun 1914	Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, precipitating World War I.
16 Sep 1920	bomb in horse-drawn wagon exploded near Morgan bank in lower Manhattan, New York City, USA; 34 killed, 200 injured.
13 Dec 1921	bombing in Bessarabia kills 100.
1925	bombing of cathedral in Sophia, Bulgaria; at least 100 killed.
21 Jun 1936	Arab terrorists attack train near Jerusalem, Palestine; 42 killed.
25 Jul 1938	bombing in Haifa, Palestine; 66 killed.
26 Aug 1938	bombing in Jaffa, Palestine; 21 killed, 27 injured.
20 Jul 1944	attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler with a bomb kills one, injures Hitler and 12 others.
19 Apr 1946	Anti-Nazis put arsenic in bread sent to SS prisoners in Camp Stalag 13 near Nuremberg, Germany; 2,283 become ill.
22 Jul 1946	Irgun Zvai Leumi group bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Palestine; 91 killed, 45 injured.
1 Mar 1947	Irgun and Stern groups bomb 16 targets in Palestine; 22 killed, 40 injured.
3 Dec 1947	Paris-Lille mail express train derailed near Arras, France, probably by communist terrorists; 20 killed, 40 injured.
12 Dec 1947	Haganah terrorists attack Arab quarters in Ramleh and Haifa, Palestine; 27 killed.
7 Jan 1948	Irgun group bombs Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, Palestine; 21 killed, including 3 terrorists.
17 Jan 1948	Arab terrorists machine gun Jewish men traveling from Kfar Elzion; 35 killed.
22 Feb 1948	Arab terrorists bomb armored trucks in Jerusalem, Palestine; 54 killed.
29 Feb 1948	Jewish terrorists bomb Cairo-Haifa train in Palestine; 28 killed, 35 injured.
31 Mar 1948	Sternists using land mines bomb Cairo-Haifa train near Haifa, Palestine; 40 killed, 160 injured.
9 Sep 1949	Quebec Airways flight bombed near Sault au Cochon; 23 killed.
1950s	Mau Mau plans to kill livestock with plant toxins.
20 Aug 1955	FLN attack in Philippeville, Algeria, kills 37.
6 Mar 1960	French freighter carrying explosives is bombed in Havana harbor, Cuba, later attributed to accidental causes; 100 killed, 200 injured.
2 May 1962	OAS terrorist car bombing in Algiers, Algeria; 62 killed, 100 injured.
16 May 1962	terrorist gun attack in Algiers, Algeria, kills 42.
22 May 1962	Continental flight bombed near Unionville, USA; 44 killed.
8 Oct 1962	Alpha 66 raid in Isabela de Sagna, Cuba; 20 killed.
15 May 1965	OAS attack in Algiers, Algeria; 51 killed, 25 injured.
8 Jul 1965	Canadian Pacific Airways plane bombed over British Columbia; 52 killed.
20 Apr 1966	Anti-Indian Naga rebels bomb train in Assam state, India; 54 killed, 84 injured.
12 Oct 1967	British European Airways plane explodes near Rhodes, Greece; 66 killed.
21 Feb 1970	Swiss airliner departing Zurich, Switzerland, for Tel Aviv destroyed by mid-air explosion, possibly work of PFLP; 47 killed.
31 May 1972	3 Japanese Red Army men working for PFLP kill 26 and injure 76 at Lod airport, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2 terrorists killed.
5 Sep 1972	Munich massacre: seven Black September terrorists take Israeli dorm in Olympic village, allowed passage to airport with hostages where sharpshooters fire; 11 Israeli athletes, 5 terrorists, 1 policeman, total 17 killed.
1973	Nuclear reactor in Argentina stormed by armed group; staff was held hostage while slogans were painted on walls.
21 Feb 1973	Libyan Boeing 727 airliner shot down straying over Sinai by Israel, fearing it to be hijacked; 108 killed, 5 survive.
17 Dec 1973	Pan-Am airliner firebombed by five NAYLP terrorists, who hijack plane to Kuwait; 33 killed, 40 injured.
15 May 1974	PLO attack on Israeli collective farm at Ma'alot kills 27, injures 134.
17 May 1974	three car bombings by Protestant terrorists in Dublin, Ireland; 35 killed, 180 injured.
8 Sep 1974	TWA flight originating in Israel blown up over Ionian Sea departing Athens for US by NAYLP; 88 killed.
15 Sep 1974	Air Vietnam flight explodes; 70 killed.
21 Nov 1974	PIRA bombs two pubs in Birmingham, England, killing 21 and injuring 168.
15 Aug 1975	Two bombs exploded at Mt. d'Arree NPS compound, Brittany, France, damaging an air chimney for plant buildings; reactor temporarily downed for inspection.
30 Sep 1975	Maley Hungarian airliner explodes; 64 killed.
21 Dec 1975	PFLP terrorists hold 11 OPEC oil ministers hostage in Vienna after killing 3 men.
1 Jan 1976	Middle East airliner explodes; 82 killed.
6 Oct 1976	Cubana airliner explodes after departing Barbados, bombed by CORU; 73 killed.
4 Dec 1977	Malaysian Boeing 737 hijacked and exploded over Straits of Johore; 100 killed.
18 Dec 1977	four ETA terrorists attack guard post at Lemoniz NPS, Spain; 1 terrorist killed; ETA later claimed to have planned to bomb the reactors.
1978	Arab Revolutionary Army Palestinian Commandos poison Israeli citrus products with mercury; about 13 people injured in three European countries.
11 Mar 1978	PLO/al-Fatah raid on coast of Israel kills 46 and injured 85; in addition 11 of the 13 terrorists are killed.
17 Mar 1978	bomb exploded in steam generator of Lemoniz NPS killing 2 construction workers and injuring 14, ten minutes after ETA phoned warning; caused $6,000,000 damage.
20 Aug 1978	Muslim extremists set fire to crowded theater in Abadan, Iran, killing 422.
3 Sep 1978	Air Rhodesia airliner shot down by SAM; 48 killed.
18 Nov 1978	mass suicide by members of People's Temple cult, followers of Jim Jones, in Jonestown, Guyana; 911 killed.
12 Jan 1979	Air Rhodesia airliner shot down in Rhodesia by ZAPU using SAM-7; 59 killed.
13 Jun 1979	ETA bombing at Lemoniz NPS turbine room in Spain kills 1 worker.
4 Nov 1979-20 Jan 1981	Iran holds 52 Americans hostage in Teheran.
before 1980	radioactive graphite fuel element plugs placed under driver's seat of a car in France; victim sustained 25 rad dose to spinal bone marrow and 450 rad dose to testes.
2 Aug 1980	Armed Revolutionary Nuclei bomb at Bologna railway station kills 84, injures 186.
26 Sep 1980	Wehrsportsgruppe Neo-Nazi bomber kills himself and 12 others, injures 312 in Munich, West Germany.
Nov 1980	Red Army faction attempts to manufacture botulinum toxin discovered in Paris police raid, following threats to poision water of German towns.
1 Oct 1981	Front for the Liberation of Palestine conducts car bombing of PLO office in Beirut, Lebanon; 92 killed, 250 injured.
6 Oct 1981	Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat assassinated by Al Takfir Wal Higra group in Egypt.
10 Oct 1981	"Dark Harvest" Commando deposits anthrax-infected soil at chemical warfare center in Porton Down, obtained from Hebridean isle of Gruinard (contaminated by wartime experiments).
28 Nov 1981	Moslem Brotherhood car bomb in Damascus, Syria, kills 64.
15 Dec 1981	Islamic Jihad suicide bomber drives car bomb into Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; 61 killed, 100 injured.
20 Dec 1982	ANC exploded four bombs at Koeberg NPS, South Africa, damaging the nonoperational of the two reactors.
18 Apr 1983	truck bomb destroys U.S. embassy in Beruit, Lebanon, kills 63, including 17 Americans.
23 Sep 1983	Gulf Air flight explodes; 112 killed.
9 Oct 1983	bombing by North Korean agents kills 17 top South Korean officials and 4 others in Rangoon, Burma; South Korean president is among injured; 1 terrorist killed.
23 Oct 1983	truck bomb destroys U.S. Marine barracks in Beruit, Lebanon, killing 241 Americans; shortly afterwards, truck bomb destroys French paratroop barracks in Beruit, Lebanon, killing 58; total 299 killed.
mid 1980s	Tamil secessionists threaten to infect humans and crops with pathogens.
2 Aug 1984	suitcase explodes in Madras airport; 40 killed, 19 injured.
31 Aug 1984	explosion in departure lounge in Kabol airport kills 27, injures 200.
20 Sep 1984	Islamic Jihad truck bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 23.
12 Oct 1984	IRA bombing kills four in Brighton, England; intended target was Margaret Thatcher.
8 Mar 1985	Lebanese agents connected to CIA assassination plot against Shaykh Fadlallah set off car bomb in Beirut, killing 80; Hizballah retaliation kills 11.
21 Apr 1985	Israeli navy sinks ship with Fatah terrorists off Haifa; 20 terrorists killed.
14 May 1985	Tamil Tigers with automatic weapons kill 150 people in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
23 Jun 1985	Air India Boeing 747 blown up off Irish coast, approaching London from Toronto, probably by Sikhs; 329 killed; baggage explodes in Vancouver airport, killing 2.
15 Sep 1985	terrorists throw grenades into theater in Philippines; 35 killed.
7 Oct 1985	Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro with 80 passengers hijacked near Port Said, Egypt, by Palestine Liberation Front; 1 American passenger killed; political crisis topples Italian government.
6 Nov 1985	50 M-19 terrorists seize Palace of Justice in Bogota, Columbia; 12 judges killed, palace is stormed, fire results and kills all terrorists and other hostages; total of 93 killed.
24 Nov 1985	Egyptian Boeing 737 hijacked after departing Athens, flown to Malta where Egyptian forces storm plane; 59 killed, 21 injured.
27 Dec 1985	Abu Nidal attacks on El Al desks at Rome and Vienna airports kill 16 and injure 111; 4 terrorists killed and 3 injured.
5 Apr 1986	Syrian- and Libyan-sponsored bombing of discothequqe in West Berlin kills one U.S. soldier and one other, injures 204.
5 Sep 1986	Abu Nidal terrorists hijack Pan Am Boeing 747 in Karachi; 21 passengers shot and killed, over 100 injured.
6 Sep 1986	two Abu Nidal terrorists attack synagogue in Istanbul, kill 22 Jewish worshippers and themselves.
25 Dec 1986	Iraqi airliner hijacked, probably by Iranians in Saudi Arabia and crashes; 62 killed, 45 survive.
15 Mar 1987	bombs derail train in India; 24 killed.
18 Apr 1987	Tamil Tigers kill 127 Sinhalese and injure 64 in Sri Lanka in ambush of five vehicles.
21 Apr 1987	Tamil Tiger bombing of bus depot in Columbo, Sri Lanka, kills 106, injures 295.
6 Jul 1987	Sikh ambush of bus near Chandigarh, India, kills 38 Hindu.
6 Jul 1987	Tamil Tigers bomb army camp on Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka; 27 killed.
14 Jul 1987	two car bombs in Karachi, Pakistan; 67 killed, 300 injured.
5 Oct 1987	Tamil Tigers kill 8 soldiers being held hostage in Sri Lanka after 12 captured Tigers commit suicide.
9 Oct 1987	car bombing at mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan; 27 killed.
9 Nov 1987	Sinhalese bomb on road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, kills 32.
29 Nov 1987	Korean Air Boeing 747 explodes from bomb off Burma-Thai border, bomb planted by North Korean agents; 115 killed; 1 captured terrorist commits suicide.
10 Apr 1988	explosion at army ammunition depot near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, initiated attributed to stabotage but later attributed to accidental causes; 100 killed.
23 Apr 1988	truck bomb explodes in market in Tripoli, Lebanon; 69 killed, 125 injured.
1 May 1988	Tamil bombing of bus in Sri Lanka; 26 killed.
21 Jun 1988	Sikh bombing of Hindu market in India; 24 killed.
8 Jul 1988	truck bomb in Jalalabad, Afghanistan; 31 killed.
17 Aug 1988	32 killed, including President Zia of Pakistan, aboard plane when it explodes approaching Bahawalpur.
13 Sep 1988	Sikh terrorists fire into crowd in northern India; 20 killed, 60 injured.
4 Nov 1988	Sikh bombings in Punjab state in India; 42 killed, 54 injured.
21 Dec 1988	Pan Am Boeing 747 destroyed in flight and crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland; 270 killed (189 Americans) including 11 on the ground.
11 Feb 1989	Bodo extremists explode bomb on bus in northern India; 20 killed.
4 Mar 1989	Sendero Luminoso attack in Peru; 39 killed.
13 Apr 1989	Tamil car bombing in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; 38 killed, 56 injured.
16 May 1989	car bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, kills 22 including Sunni Muslim leader; 100 injured.
27 Jun 1989	bomb explodes on train in Shanghai, PRC; 24 killed, 11 injured.
19 Sep 1989	French UTA DC-10 in Chad destroyed by explosion of luggage bomb, possibly planted by Libyans; 171 killed.
22 Nov 1989	car bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, kills Lebanese president and 23 others.
27 Nov 1989	Avianca Boeing 727 exploded 5 minutes after leaving Bogota, Columbia; bomb planted by Medellin Cartel and possibly supplied by Middle Eastern terrorists; 107 killed.
6 Dec 1989	car bombing in Columbia kills 50, injures 250.
Feb 1990	Azerbaijani rebels unsuccessfully attack Soviet military depot near Baku where nuclear weapons are stored.
Apr 1990	Aum Shinrikyo cult members attempt to disseminate botulinum toxin from automobile near parliament building in Toyko, Japan.
12 Apr 1990	Sendero Luminoso attack in Alto Pauralli, Peru; 24 killed.
19 Apr 1990	Sendero Luminoso attack in Pathanket, Peru; 50 killed.
14 Jul 1990	Tamil Tigers kill 35 Muslims in ambush of buses.
4 Aug 1990	Tamil terrorists attack two mosques in Sri Lanka; 110 killed.
9 Oct 1990	arson on train in southern India by People's War Group; 60 killed.
16 Feb 1991	car bombing outside bullring in Medellin, Columbia; 21 killed, 126 injured.
21 May 1991	suicide bomber kills former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, herself, and 17 others; LITE suspected.
12-15 Sep 1991	attacks on commuters in townships near Johannesburg, South Africa, kill 99.
Mar 1992	Reportedly, box of radioactive material was stolen from Pridniestroviye, Transdnestr, CIS; thieves threatened to blow up the material if fighting in Moldova was not stopped.
17 Mar 1992	car bomb destroys Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 30 and injuring 252; Islamic Jihad authenticated claim of responsibility.
12 Mar 1993	13 car bombs exploded in Bombay; 317 killed, 1,500 injured; attributed to an Islamic organized crime family.
17 Mar 1993	bombing destroys two apartment buildings in Calcutta, India; 80 killed, over 100 injured.
24 Apr 1993	car bomb explodes in London, UK, financial district; 1 killed, 44 injured, damage estimated at one billion US$.
early Jun 1993	Aum Shinrikyo cult members attempt to disseminate botulinum toxin in downtown Toyko, Japan, from an automobile.
late Jun 1993	members of Aum Shinrikyo cult disseminate anthrax for four days from roof of building in eastern Toyko, Japan.
Mar 1994	at SS-25 mobile ICBM site at Barnaul, Siberia, Russia soldier opens fire with sub-machine gun and kills commander and two other soldiers; soldier takes refuge in armoured vehicle and surrenders after 3 hours.
6 Apr 1994	plane shot down by missile in Africa, killing presidents of Burundi and Rwanda and 8 others.
27 Jun 1994	Sarin gas attack in Matsumoto, Japan, kills 7 and injures 500; Aum Shinrikyo cult suspected.
18 Jul 1994	Jewish community center in Buenos Aires destroyed by car bomb, killing 100, injuring over 200.
20 Jul 1994	commuter plane explodes over Panama; 21 killed, mostly Jews.
11 Oct 1994	mass simultaneous suicide by members of new age cult in Cheiry and Granges-Sar-Salvan, Switzerland, and Morn Heights, Canada; 53 killed.
19 Oct 1994	Palestinian Hamas Suicide bomber blows up bus in Tel Aviv, Israel; 23 killed, 75 injured.
22 Jan 1995	two Palestinian suicide bombers for the Islamic Jihad set off bombs at Beit Lid junction in Nordiya, Israel; 21 killed, 69 injured.
31 Jan 1995	car bombing by Islamic Salvation Front in Algiers, Algeria, kills 42, injures 256.
25 Feb 1995	Indian train in Karbi, Anglong, bombed by rebels; 27 killed, 28 injured.
25 Feb 1995	4 Sunni gunmen enter two Shia mosques in Karachi, Pakistan, and kill 22 and injure 27.
15 Mar 1995	members of Aum Shinrikyo cult plan to disperse botulinum toxin from three briefcases in subway of Toyko, Japan, but one cult members substitutes non-toxic substance.
20 Mar 1995	nerve gas attack (sarin) in Toyko subway system kills 12, injures 5,500; Japanese religious doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo members used 10 liters of sarin in 6 suitcases.
4 Apr 1995	members of Abu Sayyaf, Muslim separatists, kill 53 and injure 44 in shooting rampage in Ipil, Philippines.
19 Apr 1995	truck bombing partially destroys federal building in Oklahoma City, USA; 168 killed, 432 injured; prime suspect believed motivated by anti-federal government views; possibility of bombs emplaced in building not ruled out.
19 Apr 1995	poison-gas attack in Yokohama, Japan, injures 400.
5 May 1995	hydrogen-cyanide gas bomb found in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, before going off.
13 May 1995	gas bomb explodes at airport in Japan.
15 May 1995	gas fumes from chemical weapon at station near Toyko.
26 Jun 1995	Muslim militants in Karachi, Pakistan, kill 33.
~4 Jul 1995	four hydrogen cyanide gas bombs found in Japan; 4 injured.
8 Aug 1995	Tamil Tiger suicide bombing at government building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, kills 24 plus bomber, injures 50.
31 Aug 1995	Tamil rebels hijack Sri Lankan ferry with 136 passengers, later freed after hijackers sink two naval gunboats, killing 28.
5 Nov 1995	Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by Shamil Basayer, member of extremist Jewish group.
22 Dec 1995	car bomb at bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills 32, injures 117.
31 Jan 1996	member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam kills herself driving truck bomb into Central Bank, Colombo, Sri Lanka; 90 killed, over 1,400 injured.
25 Feb 1996	two Palestian Hamas members conduct suicide bombings, one on a bus in Jerusalem, the other at a soldier post in Ashkelon; 26 killed, over 80 injured.
3 Mar 1996	member of Hamas splinter group detonates bomb on bus in Jerusalem, killing 19 plus himself, injures 9.
4 Mar 1996	suicide bombing in a Tel Aviv shopping center killed 20, injures over 100; Hamas and PIJ both claimed responsibility.
28 Apr 1996	bomb on bus in Bhai Pheru, Pakistan, kills 40 and injures 26.
15 Jun 1996	IRA truck bomb explodes at Manchester, UK, shopping center; 206 injured.
26 Jun 1996	truck bombing at U.S. military housing complex near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 19 killed, 515 injured.
24 Jul 1996	two bombs on train kill 54 in Sri Lanka.
23 Nov 1996	Ethiopian flight hijacked and forced to crash land in ocean off Comoros Islands; 127 killed.
17 Dec 1996-22 Apr 1997	23 members of Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement seize Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, with several hundred hostages, all but 72 later released; Peruvian soldiers storm the compound 22 April and save all but one hostage; 1 hostage, 2 soldiers, and 14 guerillas killed.
29 Dec 1996	express train in India bombed; 38 killed, over 60 injured.
Jan 1997	bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, kills 23.
7 Jul 1997	express train in India bombed; 30 killed, 67 injured.
9 Sep 1997	LITE guerrillas attack a merchant ship with RPGs, killing up to 20.
17 Nov 1997	gunmen of the Islamic Group fire on tourists in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt; 62 killed, 26 injured.
19 Nov 1997	car bomb in Hyderabad, India kills 23 and injures 35.
25 Jan 1998	gunmen attack Hindu families in Wandhama, Kashmir, Pakistan; 23 killed.
1 Feb 1998	car bombing in Coimbatore, India; 51 killed.
14 Feb 1998	multiple bombings in Coimbatore, India, with at least four sequential car bombs and a suicide bomber; 43 killed, 200 injured.
23 Feb 1998	Tamil Tigers in eight boats attack two Sri Lankan navy ship in suicide bombing, killing 28 terrorists and 51 soldiers and sailors; 79 killed.
5 Mar 1998	Tamil Tiger suicide bombing in Colombo, Sri Lanka; 36 killed, 257 injured.
22 May 1998	bomb explodes in marketplace in suburb of Algiers, Algeria; 20 killed.
7 Jun 1998	bomb explodes on express train in southern Pakistan; 26 killed, 75 injured.
21 Jun 1998	shooting at Hindu wedding in Doda, Kashmir, India; 25 killed.
26 Jul 1998	shooting in Khelil, Algeria; 20 killed.
4 Aug 1998	gunmen attack construction site in Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 34 and injuring 11.
7 Aug 1998	truck bomb explodes outside U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, destroying adjacent office building; 244 killed, 4,877 injured; within five minutes, a truck bomb explodes outside U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 12 killed.
15 Aug 1998	car bomb explodes in Omagh, Northern Ireland, UK, after telephoned warning directs evacuees towards bomb; 26 killed, 530 injured.
1 Sep 1998	bombing in Algeria; 25 killed, 10 injured.
11 Sep 1998	Tamil Tigers kill mayor of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and others in bombing; 20 killed.
18 Sep 1998	bombing in market in northern Algeria; 22 killed.
18 Oct 1998	oil pipeline in Columbia sabotaged by ELN, causing fire in rural village of Machuca; 71 killed, 100 injured.
26 Oct 1998	rebel soldiers murder and kidnap civilians from two villages in northern Columbia; 36 killed.
3 Nov 1998	FARC rebels attack police barracks in Mitu, Columbia, with rockets, killing police officers and 10 civilians; 138 killed, 30 injured.
10 Dec 1998	machete attack in Algeria; 81 killed.
28 Dec 1998	armed groups attack villages of Khenis-Milana and Ain N'Sour in Algeria using mortars, bombs, and blades; 30 killed, 70 injured.
2 Jan 1999	villagers' throats slashed by Islamic militants in Algeria; 22 killed.
20 Feb 1999	Muslim militants kill 20 people in Jammu, India.
19 Mar 1999	bomb explodes at outdoor market in Vladikavkaz, Russia; 60 killed, 100 injured.
4 Sep 1999	car bomb explodes outside apartment building housing military families in Buinaksk, Russia; 64 killed, 66 injured.
9 Sep 1999	bomb explodes in apartment building in southeast Moscow; 94 killed, 150 injured.
13 Sep 1999	bomb explodes in apartment building in Moscow; 118 killed, 150 injured.
18 Sep 1999	Tamil Tigers conduct machete attack in Gonegalle, Sri Lanka, killing 46; 4 others killed in two nearby villages; total 50 killed.
21 Nov 1999	Tamil Tigers shell a Catholic shrine in Madhu, Sri Lanka; 35 killed, 60 injured.
15 Jan 2000	guerrilla raid on Guayabetal, Columbia; 50 killed.
26 Feb 2000	bombs explode on two buses on ferry arriving at Ozamis City, the Philippines; 45 killed, 30 injured.
10 Mar 2000	14 civilians and 6 policemen killed in abortive suicide bombing on highway near Colombo, Sri Lanka; 20 killed, 46 injured.
21 Mar 2000	gunmen kill Sikh villagers in Kashmir, India; 40 killed.
26 May 2000	armed attack on Indonesian village; 34 killed.
7 Jun 2000	suicide bombing in a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka; 22 killed.
3 Jul 2000	five attacks by Chechen rebels in Russian-controlled towns in Chechnya, including suicide truck bombing of military barracks in Argun, Russia; 37 killed, 81 injured.
2 Aug 2000	several attacks by Muslim militants in Kashmir, India, against Hindu civilians; 93 killed.
28 Aug 2000	two attacks by rebels in Colombia; 22 killed.
3 Sep 2000	rebel attack on town in Colombia with mortars and explosives; 35 killed.
8 Sep 2000	pro-Indonesian militias kill villagers in West Timor; 20 killed.

Summary:
total listed worldwide terrorist acts resulting in 20 or more fatalities: 166
total fatalities in these incidents: 9,925

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