See Selected terrorist attacks and related incidents worldwide: Introduction for explanation of criteria used and completeness and for sources.

Part 2: 2001-2010
Part 3: 2011-2015
Part 4: 2016-present

date	location	killed	injured	description
13 Mar 1881	St. Petersburg, Russia	1	20	assassination of Alexander II in bomb attack en route to the Winter Palace
2 Jul 1881	Washington, DC, United States	1	0	President James Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau in Washington, DC, died 19 Sep
4 May 1886	Chicago, Illinois, United States	12	60	bomb thrown during labor rally at Haymarket Square kills 7 policemen, many injured; police fire into crowd, killing 4; 8 anarchists accused
28 Feb 1890	Washington, DC, United States	1	0	Kentucky Representative William Taulbee shot outside U.S. Capitol by Charles Kincaid; Taulbee died 11 March
7 Nov 1893	Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain	30	80	anarchist bombing of Liceu theater during opera performance
24 Jun 1894	Lyons, Rhone, France	1	0	French president Sadi Carnot assassinated in stabbing attack by Italian anarchist
8 Aug 1897	Mondragon, Gipuzkoa, Spain	1	0	Spanish prime minister Canovas assassinated in shooting attack by Italian anarchist
6 Sep 1901	Buffalo, New York, United States	1	1	President William McKinley shot by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY, died 14 Sep
25 Aug 1906	St. Petersburg, Russia	28	33	bombing of dacha in assassination attempt on Russian premier Pyotr Stolypin by 3 socialist suicide bombers; Stolypin and two of his children were injured
1 Oct 1910	Los Angeles, California, United States	21	20	bombing by labor activists at The Los Angeles Times building caused partial collapse of the building; two bombs at other locations were defused
28 Jun 1914	Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina	2	21	Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife assassinated, precipitating World War I; bombing attempt missed them but injured 20; the Archduke and his wife were fatally shot while attempting to visit injured in a hospital
16 Sep 1920	New York City, New York, United States	38	300	bomb in horse-drawn wagon exploded near Morgan bank in lower Manhattan
4 Nov 1921	Toyko, Japan	1	0	Japanese premier Hara Takashi assassinated in stabbing attack by Korean right-wing terrorist
13 Dec 1921	Bolgard, Bessarabia, Romania	100	?	bombing of Siguranzia palace in Bolgard (Ograd?) in Bessarabia
16 Apr 1925	Sophia, Bulgaria	160	500	bombing by communist terrorists of Sveta Nedelya Cathedral during funeral; cathedral dome collapsed, killing mostly officials attending the funeral
18 May 1927	Bath, Michigan, United States	46	58	(criminal) explosion of bomb placed in school, followed by suicide bombing
9 Oct 1934	Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France	4	12	King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Marthou assassinated in shooting attack by Croatian nationalist; 1 other killed, 12 injured; terrorist killed by police and crowd
21 Jun 1936	Jerusalem, British Palestine	42	?	Arab terrorists attack train near Jerusalem, killing 40 Arabs and 2 Jews
6 Jul 1938	Haifa, British Palestine	23	79	Irgun bombing in Arab market
25 Jul 1938	Haifa, British Palestine	66	46	Irgun bombing in market, killing 65 Arabs and 1 Jew
26 Aug 1938	Haifa, British Palestine	21	27	bombing in Arab vegetable market
25 Nov 1940	Haifa, British Palestine	267	172	bombing and sinking of ship carrying Jewish immigrants
20 Jul 1944	Rastenburg, Germany	1	13	attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler with a bomb kills one, injures Hitler and 12 others
19 Apr 1946	Nuremberg, FR Germany	0	2283	cyanide poisoning of bread for SS prisoners in Camp Stalag 13 near Nuremberg
22 Jul 1946	Jerusalem, British Palestine	91	45	Irgun Zvai Leumi group bombs British offices at the King David Hotel, after telephoned warning
1 Mar 1947	British Palestine	22	40	Irgun bombing of officer's club in Bevingrad, killing 20 and injuring 30; bombings at 15 other sites in Palestine killing 2, injuring 10
3 Dec 1947	Arras, France	20	40	Paris-Lille mail express train derailed near Arras, probably by communist terrorists
12 Dec 1947	British Palestine	27	?	Haganah terrorists attack Arab quarters in Ramleh and Haifa, Palestine
4 Jan 1948	Haifa, British Palestine	15	100	bombing of Arab headquarters
5 Jan 1948	Jerusalem, British Palestine	25	17	bombing of Semiramis Hotel
7 Jan 1948	Jerusalem, British Palestine	21	50	Irgun group bombs bus stop near Jaffa Gate, killing 17 Arabs and 3 terrorists
17 Jan 1948	Kfar Elzion, British Palestine	35	?	Arab terrorists machine gun Jewish men traveling from Kfar Elzion
22 Feb 1948	Jerusalem, British Palestine	54	?	Arab terrorists bomb armored trucks
29 Feb 1948	Rehoboth (Rehovot), British Palestine	28	35	Jewish terrorists bomb Cairo-Haifa train with landmines; 28 British soldiers killed
31 Mar 1948	Haifa, British Palestine	40	160	Sternists using land mines bomb Cairo-Haifa train near Haifa
9 Sep 1949	Sault au Cochon, Quebec, Canada	23	0	(criminal) Quebec Airways flight bombed near Sault au Cochon
1 Nov 1950	Washington, DC, United States	2	1	in assassination attempt on President Harry Truman, two Puerto Rican nationalists try to shoot their way into Blair House; 2 killed, including 1 terrorist
12 Aug 1952	Brazil	24	0	Brazilian airline crashes after explosion of bomb on board
11 Apr 1955	Great Natuna Island, Sarawak, Indonesia	16	3	airliner en route from Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia, crashed after bomb exploded on board; bombing may have been assassination attempt on Chinese premier who had planned to be aboard but cancelled
20 Aug 1955	Philippeville (Skikda), Algeria	37	?	FLN attack
1 Nov 1955	Longmont, Colorado, United States	44	0	(criminal) United Air Lines DC-8 exploded and crashed near Longmont, CO, destroyed by bomb planted by John Graham in insurance plot to kill his mother, a passenger
1 Nov 1958	Punta Tabaio, Cuba	17	3	Cubana Airlines flight hijacked from Miami by members of 26th of July Movement; plane crashed near Punta Tabaio, Cuba, killing 17 of 20 aboard
6 Jan 1960	Boliva, North Carolina, United States	34	0	(criminal) National Airlines flight bombed in insurance plot, crashing near Boliva, NC
4 Mar 1960	Havana, Cuba	75	200	(accident) French freighter carrying explosives explodes in Havana harbor, Cuba, later attributed to accidental causes
10 May 1961	Ghadames, Libya	78	0	Air France airliner en route from Fort Lamy, Chad, to France crashed in Libya after bomb exploded on board
2 May 1962	Algiers, Algeria	62	100	OAS terrorist car bombing
16 May 1962	Algiers, Algeria	42	?	terrorist gun attack
22 May 1962	Unionville, Missouri, United States	44	0	(criminal) Continental flight bombed
8 Oct 1962	Isabela de Sagna, Cuba	20	?	Alpha 66 raid in Isabela de Sagna, Cuba
22 Nov 1963	Dallas, Texas, United States	1	2	President John Kennedy shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, himself later fatally shot by Jack Rudy before trial
1 May 1964	San Ramon, California, United States	44	0	(criminal) Frank Gonzalez, intending to commit suicide, shot pilot of Pacific Air Lines flight, causing plane to crash
15 May 1965	Algiers, Algeria	51	25	OAS attack
8 Jul 1965	100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada	52	0	(criminal?) Canadian Pacific Airways plane crashed after mid-air bombing over British Columbia
20 Apr 1966	Assam, India	54	84	anti-Indian Naga rebels bomb train
22 Oct 1966	Aden, Yemen	30	0	Aden Airways plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Aden after bomb exploded on board
12 Oct 1967	Rhodes, Greece	66	0	British European Airways plane suffers bomb explosion in cabin; plane broke up during descent and crashed into ocean
22 Dec 1969	Nha Trang, Vietnam	34	?	bomb exploded on Air Vietnam Douglas DC-6B on approach to airport; aircraft landed but overshot the runway, crashing into a school and other buildings; 10 of 77 aboard were killed plus 24 killed on ground
21 Feb 1970	Wurenlingen, Switzerland	47	0	Swiss airliner departing Zurich, Switzerland, for Tel Aviv suffered midair bomb explosion shortly after takeoff and crashed while attempting to return to Zurich; bombing claimed by PFLP; similar explosion on same day aboard an Austrian Airlines plane caused no injuries
21 Apr 1970	Manila, Philippines	36	0	Philippine Air Line plane crashed after bomb exploded aboard
8 May 1972	Ben-Gurion APT, Israel	10	?	Israeli forces storm a hijacked Belgian Sebena airliner at Ben Gurion Airport; fatalities include 1 passenger, 5 Israeli soldiers, and all 4 terrorists
30 May 1972	Ben-Gurion APT, Israel	28	78	26 killed (including 20 Puerto Ricans), 78 injured in attack with guns and grenades at Ben Gurion Airport; two terrorists also killed
15 Jun 1972	Pleiku, Vietnam	81	0	(criminal?) Cathay Pacific Airways airliner en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong crashed after board exploded aboard
5 Sep 1972	Munich, FR Germany	17	?	Munich massacre: seven Black September terrorists take Israeli dorm in Olympic village, allowed passage to airport with hostages where sharpshooters fire; 11 Israeli athletes and 1 policeman (plus 5 terrorists) killed
21 Feb 1973	Sinai, Egypt	108	5	(accident) Libyan Boeing 727 airliner shot down straying over Sinai by Israel, fearing it to be hijacked; 108 killed, 5 survive
19 Mar 1973	Ben Me Thuot, Vietnam	62	0	Air Vietnam flight en route from Saigon to Ban Me crashed after bomb exploded aboard
25 Mar 1973	Atucha 1 NPS, Argentina	0	0	Atucha I nuclear reactor construction site stormed by 15 members of People's Revolutionary Army; guards and staff were held hostage while slogans were painted on walls
18 May 1973	Chita, Siberia, USSR	100	0	mid-air bombing of Aeroflot airliner over Siberia
17 Dec 1973	Rome, Italy	34	40	Pan-Am airliner at Rome airport firebombed by five NAYLP terrorists, killing 30 on the plane and 2 in the terminal and injuring 40; the terrorists shot and killed another person while hijacking a second plane; 1 hostage was killed and another injured before the plane stopped in Athens; in Kuwait the hostages were released
15 May 1974	Maalot, Israel	27	134	PLO attack on Israeli collective farm
17 May 1974	Dublin, Ireland	35	180	three car bombings by Protestant terrorists
8 Sep 1974	Ionian Sea, Greece	88	0	TWA flight originating in Israel blown up by NAYLP over Ionian Sea after departing Athens for US by NAYLP
15 Sep 1974	Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam	75	0	Air Vietnam flight en route from Danang to Saigon was hijacked and crashed attempting to land at Phan Rang Air Base possibly when hijacker set off grenades
21 Nov 1974	Birmingham, England, United Kingdom	21	168	PIRA bombs two pubs
2 Mar 1975	Nairobi, Kenya	27	100	bombing of bus
15 Aug 1975	Brennilis NPS, Brittany, France	0	0	two bombs exploded at Mt. d'Arree NPS compound, damaging an air chimney for plant buildings; reactor temporarily downed for inspection
30 Sep 1975	Lebanon	60	0	(accident?) Maley Hungarian airliner crashes off Lebanon coast, cause unknown
21 Dec 1975	Vienna, Austria	3	?	PFLP terrorists hold 11 OPEC oil ministers hostage in Vienna after killing 3
1 Jan 1976	Al Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia	82	0	Middle East airliner destroyed by midair bombing en route from Beirut to Dubai, crashing near Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia
6 Oct 1976	Barbados	78	0	Cubana airliner crashes after CORU bomb explodes on board shortly after departing Barbados; 78 killed, including 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese, 5 North Koreans, and 5 crew
15 Dec 1976	Baghdad, Iraq	40	300	bombing at airport
4 Dec 1977	Malaysia	100	0	crash of hijacked Malaysian Boeing 747 airliner in Straits of Johore near Malaysia
18 Dec 1977	Lemoniz NPS, Spain	1	0	four ETA terrorists attack guard post at Lemoniz NPS, Spain; 1 terrorist killed; ETA later claimed to have planned to bomb the reactors
26 Jan-13 Feb 1978	multiple	0	13	Arab Revolutionary Army Palestinian Commandos poison Israeli citrus products with mercury; about 13 people injured in three European countries, including 5 children
11 Mar 1978	Tel Aviv, Israel	51	72	43 killed (including 1 American), 72 injured in shooting attack on Tel Aviv beach; thirteen PLO/al-Fatah terrorists land by boat on beach near Tel Aviv and seize a bus, engaging police in gun battle during which bus explodes (nine terrorists also killed)
17 Mar 1978	Lemoniz NPS, Spain	2	14	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	Abadan, Iran	477	10	arson of theater
3 Sep 1978	Rhodesia	48	?	Air Rhodesia airliner shot down by SAM
18 Nov 1978	Guyana	918	11	(criminal) shooting attack on US Congressman Leo Ryan and others at Port Kaituma, killing 5 and injuring 11, followed by mass suicide of 913 members of People's Temple cult in Jonestown and Georgetown, latter including 276 children killed
12 Jan 1979	Rhodesia	59	?	Air Rhodesia airliner shot down in Rhodesia by ZAPU using SAM-7
13 Jun 1979	Lemoniz NPS, Spain	1	?	ETA bombing at Lemoniz NPS turbine room in Spain kills 1 worker
4 Nov 1979-20 Jan 1981	Tehran, Iran	0	53	Following Islamic revolution in Iran, mob stormed US embassy and took 66 Americans hostage; 13 were released in Nov 1979, 1 in July 1980, remaining 52 on 20 Jan 1981; most were tourtured during captivity
20 Nov-5 Dec 1979	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	240	600	hostage taking at Grand Mosque (includes 87 terrorists killed)
2 Aug 1980	Bologna, Italy	85	300	Armed Revolutionary Nuclei bomb at railway station
26 Sep 1980	Munich, FR Germany	13	312	Wehrsportsgruppe Neo-Nazi bomber kills himself and 12 others, injures 312
Nov 1980	Paris, France	0	0	Red Army faction efforts to manufacture botulinum toxin discovered in Paris police raid, following threats to poison water of German towns
31 Dec 1980	Nairobi, Kenya	20	81	bombing of Norfolk hotel
30 Mar 1981	Washington, DC, United States	0	4	President Ronald Reagan and 3 others injured in attempted assassination by Hinkley
1 Oct 1981	Beirut, Lebanon	83	300	car bombing by FLP of PLO office
6 Oct 1981	Cairo, Egypt	13	28	Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat assassinated by Al Takfir Wal Higra group
10 Oct 1981	Porton Down, England, United Kingdom	0	0	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	Damascus, Syria	64	?	Moslem Brotherhood car bombing
15 Dec 1981	Beirut, Lebanon	61	100	Islamic Jihad suicide bomber drives car bomb into Iraqi embassy
9 Feb 1982	Tokyo-Haneda Airport, Japan	24	149	(criminal) pilot intentionally crashed Japan Air Lines passenger aircraft into Toyko Bay short of runway; 24 passengers were killed; the pilot was among 150 aboard who survived
1 Oct 1982	Tehran, Iran	60	700	truck bombing in public square
15 Dec 1982	Baghdad, Iraq	76	?	bombing
20 Dec 1982	Koeberg NPS, South Africa	0	0	ANC exploded four bombs at Koeberg NPS, South Africa, damaging the nonoperational of the two reactors
18 Apr 1983	Beirut, Lebanon	63	?	truck bomb destroyed U.S. embassy, killing 63, including 17 Americans
23 Sep 1983	United Arab Emirates	112	0	crash of Gulf Air flight following mid-air bombing over the UAE
9 Oct 1983	Rangoon, Burma	22	?	bombing by North Korean agents killed 17 top South Korean officials and 4 others; South Korean president is among injured; 1 terrorist killed
23 Oct 1983	Beirut, Lebanon	301	161	simultaneous truck bombings of U.S. Marine and French barracks
18 Jul 1984	San Ysidro, California, United States	22	19	(criminal) shooting attack at McDonalds restaurant
2 Aug 1984	Madras, Tamil Nadu, India	40	19	suitcase explodes in Madras airport
29 Aug 1984	The Dalles, Oregon, United States	0	2	followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh use water to infect two officials with salmonella; both sickened, one hospitalized
31 Aug 1984	Kabul, Afghanistan	27	207	explosion in departure lounge in Kabul airport
9-19 Sep 1984	The Dalles, Oregon, United States	0	751	salmonella poisoning in restaurants by followers of Bhadwan Shree Rajneesh
20 Sep 1984	Beirut, Lebanon	23	?	Islamic Jihad truck bombing of U.S. Embassy
12 Oct 1984	Brighton, England, United Kingdom	4	?	IRA bombing of hotel; intended target, Margaret Thatcher, escaped injury
8 Mar 1985	Beirut, Lebanon	91	200	Lebanese agents connected to CIA assassination plot against Shaykh Fadlallah set off car bomb, killing 80; Hizballah retaliation kills 11
21 Apr 1985	Haifa, Israel	20	?	Israeli navy sinks ship with Fatah terrorists attempting to land near Haifa; 20 terrorists killed
14 May 1985	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	150	85	armed attack on crowds
23 Jun 1985	multiple	331	4	mid-air bombings of Air India flight off Cork, Ireland, killing 329; bomb intended for second Air India flight exploded in Narita Airport, Japan, killing 2 and injuring 4
15 Sep 1985	Philippines	35	?	terrorists throw grenades into theater
7 Oct 1985	Egypt	1	?	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	Bogota, Columbia	100	?	50 M-19 terrorists seize Palace of Justice in Bogota, Columbia; 12 judges killed, palace is stormed, fire results and kills all terrorists and additional hostages
24 Nov 1985	Malta	59	21	Egyptian Boeing 737 hijacked after departing Athens, flown to Malta where Egyptian forces storm plane
27 Dec 1985	multiple	23	140	Abu Nidal attacks on El Al counters at airports in Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria; 19 killed, 137 injured (4 terrorists also killed and 3 injured)
5 Apr 1986	West Berlin, FR Germany	2	204	Syrian- and Libyan-sponsored bombing of discotheque kills one U.S. soldier and one other
3 May 1986	Bandaranaike IAP, Sri Lanka	21	41	bomb exploded in cargo on Air Lanka Flight after it arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Dubai
5 Sep 1986	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	21	101	Abu Nidal terrorists hijack Pan Am Boeing 747 in Karachi; 21 passengers shot and killed, over 100 injured
5 Sep 1986	New York City, New York, United States	0	30	tear gas bomb set off 5 minutes before end of Russian dance troupe performance at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House by Jewish extremists
6 Sep 1986	Istanbul, Turkey	22	?	two Abu Nidal terrorists attack synagogue in Istanbul, kill 22 Jewish worshippers and themselves
25 Dec 1986	Arar, Saudi Arabia	62	?	Iraqi airliner hijacked, probably by Iranians in Saudi Arabia and crashes; 62 killed, 45 survive
31 Dec 1986	San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico	97	140	(criminal) three employees set fire in Dupont Plaza Hotel; most fatalities were in the hotel casino; the employees were in a labor dispute with the hotel's management
15 Mar 1987	India	24	?	bombs derail train
18 Apr 1987	Alut Oya, Sri Lanka	127	64	Tamil Tiger roadway ambush of Sinhalese in five vehicles near Alut Oya
21 Apr 1987	Columbo, Sri Lanka	106	295	Tamil Tiger bombing of bus depot
6 Jul 1987	Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India	38	?	Sikh ambush of bus near Chandigarh, India, kills 38 Hindu
6 Jul 1987	Jaffna, Sri Lanka	27	?	Tamil Tigers bomb army camp on Jaffna Peninsula
14 Jul 1987	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	72	300	twin car bombs and two other bombs in shopping area
6 Sep 1987	Zamboanga City, Philippines	19	140	water poisoning with pesticide at constabulary
5 Oct 1987	Sri Lanka	20	?	Tamil Tigers kill 8 soldiers being held hostage in Sri Lanka after 12 captured Tigers commit suicide
9 Oct 1987	Kabul, Afghanistan	27	?	car bombing at mosque
9 Nov 1987	Colombo, Sri Lanka	32	?	Sinhalese bomb on road
29 Nov 1987	Burma	115	0	mid-air bombing of Korean Air flight near Burma
7 Dec 1987	near Paso Robles, California, USA	43	0	(criminal) Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashed after a recently fired employee aboard shot several crewmembers
10 Apr 1988	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	100	3000	(accident) explosion at army ammunition depot near Rawalpindi, initiated attributed to sabotage but later attributed to accidental causes
23 Apr 1988	Tripoli, Lebanon	69	125	truck bomb explodes in market
1 May 1988	Sri Lanka	26	?	Tamil bombing of bus
21 Jun 1988	India	24	?	Sikh bombing of Hindu market
8 Jul 1988	Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan	31	?	truck bombing
17 Aug 1988	Bahawalpur, Pakistan	32	?	32 killed, including President Zia of Pakistan, aboard plane when it explodes approaching Bahawalpur
13 Sep 1988	India	20	60	Sikh terrorists fire into crowd in northern India
4 Nov 1988	Punjab, India	42	54	Sikh bombings
21 Dec 1988	Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom	270	12	mid-air bombing of Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland
11 Feb 1989	India	20	?	Bodo extremists explode bomb on bus in northern India
4 Mar 1989	Peru	39	?	Sendero Luminoso attack
13 Apr 1989	Trincomalee, Sri Lanka	38	56	Tamil car bombing
16 May 1989	Beirut, Lebanon	22	100	car bombing, kills 22 including Sunni Muslim leader
27 Jun 1989	Shanghai, PR China	24	11	bomb explodes on train in Shanghai
21 Aug 1989	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	0	15	gas canister in parcel explodes at NAACP regional office
19 Sep 1989	Bilma, Niger	171	0	mid-air bombing of French UTA flight near Bilma
22 Nov 1989	Beirut, Lebanon	24	?	car bombing kills Lebanese president and 23 others
27 Nov 1989	Bogota, Columbia	110	?	mid-air bombing of Avianca flight in Bogota, killing all 107 aboard plus 3 on the ground
6 Dec 1989	Bogota, Columbia	52	1000	truck bombing at federal police building in Bogota
Jan 1990	Baku, Azerbaijan	?	?	Azerbaijani rebels attack Soviet military depot near Baku where nuclear weapons are stored; Soviet troops repel the attack, and nuclear warheads are quickly removed from the base
25 Mar 1990	New York City, New York, United States	87	0	(criminal) arson fire in social club
Apr 1990	Tokyo, Japan	0	0	Aum Shinrikyo cult members attempt to disseminate botulinum toxin from automobile near parliament building
12 Apr 1990	Alto Pauralli, Peru	24	?	Sendero Luminoso attack
19 Apr 1990	Pathanket, Peru	50	?	Sendero Luminoso attack
14 Jul 1990	Sri Lanka	35	?	Tamil Tigers kill 35 Muslims in ambush of buses
3 Aug 1990	Kathankudy, Sri Lanka	140	70	armed attack at two mosques
13 Aug 1990	Eravur, Sri Lanka	122	79	armed attack at mosque
2 Oct 1990	Guangzhou, PR China	132	49	crash of hijacked PRC airliner
9 Oct 1990	India	60	?	arson on train in southern India by People's War Group
16 Feb 1991	Medellin, Columbia	21	126	car bombing outside bullring
21 May 1991	India	19	?	suicide bomber kills former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and 17 others plus herself; LITE suspected
12-15 Sep 1991	Johannesburg, South Africa	99	?	attacks on commuters in townships near Johannesburg
16 Oct 1991	Killeen, Texas, United States	24	20	(criminal) shooting attack at Luby's restaurant
Mar 1992	Pridniestroviye, Transdnestr, Moldova	0	0	box of radioactive material reportedly stolen from Pridniestroviye, Transdnestr, CIS; thieves threatened to blow up the material if fighting in Moldova was not stopped
17 Mar 1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina	30	252	car bomb destroys Israeli embassy; Islamic Jihad authenticated claim of responsibility
3 Oct 1992	Hakurk, Iraq	60	?	armed attack
26 Feb 1993	New York City, New York, United States	6	1040	truck bombing in garage of World Trade Center
28 Feb 1993	Waco, Texas, United States	86	25	(criminal) Branch Davidian cult members kill 4 ATF agents, injure 16, when agents raided their compound in Waco, TX; 10 cult members killed; compound was sieged until 19 Apr when another raid was attempted and the compound burned down
12 Mar 1993	Mumbai (Bombay), India	317	1400	15 bombings throughout city
17 Mar 1993	Calcutta, West Bengal, India	80	100	bombing destroyed two apartment buildings
24 Apr 1993	London, England, United Kingdom	1	44	car bomb explodes in London financial district, damage estimated at one billion US$
early Jun 1993	Tokyo, Japan	0	0	Aum Shinrikyo cult members attempt to disseminate botulinum toxin in downtown Toyko, Japan, from an automobile
late Jun 1993	Tokyo, Japan	0	0	members of Aum Shinrikyo cult disseminate anthrax for four days from roof of building in eastern Toyko, Japan
22 Sep 1993	Sukhumi, Georgia	106	26	crash of airliner struck by missile
21 Jan 1994	Ormancik, Turkey	16	?	attack with chemical grenades on village of Ormancik
25 Feb 1994	Hebron, West Bank	39	250	39 Palestinians killed, 250 injured in shooting attack by Jewish extremist at Cave of the Patriarchs
Mar 1994	Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia	3	?	(criminal) shooting by solider at SS-25 ICBM site
6 Apr 1994	Kigali IAP, Rwanda	12	0	plane shot down during landing approach, killing presidents of Burundi and Rwanda, 2 other Burundi officials, 5 other Rwanda officials, and 3 French crew members
13 Jun 1994	Suleimaniyah, Iraq	51	40	armed attack at funeral
27 Jun 1994	Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan	7	270	sarin nerve gas attack, attributed to Aum Shinrikyo
18 Jul 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	87	201	Jewish community center destroyed by car bomb
20 Jul 1994	Colon, Panama	21	0	Alas Chiricanas commuter flight suffered on board bomb explosion and crashed; 12 passengers were Jewish; bombing was claimed by anti-Israeli terrorists
21 Aug 1994	near Tizounine, Morocco	44	0	(criminal) pilot intentionally crashed Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 passenger aircraft about 10 minutes after takeoff
11 Oct 1994	multiple	53	0	(criminal) mass suicide/murder by members of new age cult in Cheiry and Granges-Sar-Salvan, Switzerland, and Morn Heights, Canada
19 Oct 1994	Tel Aviv, Israel	23	75	22 killed (including one Dutch), 75 injured by suicide bombing (one terrorist killed) on bus
22 Jan 1995	Netanya, Israel	24	69	22 killed (including 20 soldiers), 69 injured by two separate suicide bombers (both terrorists killed) at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya (three of the soldiers killed died after the bombing of injuries, one of whom died 16 December 1996)
31 Jan 1995	Algiers, Algeria	42	256	car bombing by Islamic Salvation Front
25 Feb 1995	Karbi, Anglong, Assam, India	27	28	bombing of Indian train in Karbi, Anglong
25 Feb 1995	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	22	27	shooting attack by four Sunni gunmen entering two Shia mosques
27 Feb 1995	Zakho, Iraq	76	141	car bombing
15 Mar 1995	Tokyo, Japan	0	0	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	Toyko, Japan	12	5511	sarin nerve gas attack in subway
4 Apr 1995	Ipil, Philippines	53	44	shooting attack by Abu Sayyaf, Muslim separatists
19 Apr 1995	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	169	675	truck bombing of federal building, causing partial collapse
19 Apr 1995	Yokohama, Japan	0	272	tear gas attack
5 May 1995	Tokyo, Japan	0	0	hydrogen-cyanide gas bomb found in Shinjuku Station before going off
13 May 1995	Japan	0	0	gas bomb explodes at airport in Japan
15 May 1995	Tokyo, Japan	0	0	gas fumes from chemical weapon at station near Toyko
14-19 June 1995	Budennovsk, Stavropol, Russia	143	435	hostage taking at hospital and two failed rescue attempts
26 Jun 1995	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	33	?	attack by Muslim militants
4 Jul 1995	Japan	0	4	four hydrogen cyanide gas bombs found
8 Aug 1995	Colombo, Sri Lanka	25	50	Tamil Tiger suicide bombing at government building, kills 24 plus bomber
31 Aug 1995	Sri Lanka	28	?	Tamil rebels hijack Sri Lankan ferry with 136 passengers, later freed after hijackers sink two naval gunboats
5 Nov 1995	Israel	1	?	1 killed: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by a member of an extremist Jewish group
22 Dec 1995	Peshawar, Pakistan	32	117	car bombing at bazaar
9 Jan 1996	Kizlyar, Dagestan, Russia	23	0	hostage taking
31 Jan 1996	Columbo, Sri Lanka	91	1400	suicide truck bombing of Central Bank
25 Feb 1996	Jerusalem, Israel	28	80	26 killed (including 9 soldiers and 3 Americans), 80 injured (including 3 Americans) by two suicide bombings on buses in Jerusalem; first bombing killed 23 (including 3 Americans) and injured at least 50; second bombing 30 minutes later killed 3, injured at least 25
3 Mar 1996	Jerusalem, Israel	20	7	19 killed (including 3 soldiers, 1 Ethiopian, and 7 Romanians), 7 injured by suicide bombing (one terrorist killed) on bus in Jerusalem; one of the Romanians died on 9 Mar of wounds
4 Mar 1996	Tel Aviv, Israel	14	163	13 killed (including 1 soldier and 5 teenagers), 163 injured (including 2 Americans) by suicide bombing at Dizengoff Center
28 Apr 1996	Bhai Pheru, Pakistan	40	26	bombing on bus
15 Jun 1996	Manchester, England, United Kingdom	0	206	IRA truck bomb explodes at shopping center
26 Jun 1996	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	19	515	truck bombing at U.S. military housing complex near Dhahran
17 Jul 1996	East Moriches, New York, United States	230	0	(accident?) mid-air explosion of TWA 800, attribution to accidental explosion has been disputed; victims included 20 children and 38 French citizens
17 Jul 1996	Sri Lanka	70	600	bombing of train
24 Jul 1996	Sri Lanka	54	?	two bombs on train
16 Nov 1996	Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia	67	?	bombing of Russian border guard housing; 20 children killed
23 Nov 1996	Moroni, Comoros	127	48	crash of hijacked Ethiopian Air flight off Comoros during forced landing off shore
17 Dec 1996-22 Apr 1997	Lima, Peru	17	?	23 members of Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement seize Japanese Ambassador's residence, 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	India	38	61	bombing of express train
13 Jan 1997	Lahore, Pakistan	23	?	bombing
26 Mar 1997	Rancho Sante Fe, California, United States	39	0	(criminal) discovery of mass suicide by 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult, tied by cult members to Comet Hale-Bopp
7 Jul 1997	Lehra Khanna, Runjab, India	33	67	bombing of express train
30 Jul 1997	Jerusalem, Israel	18	178	16 killed (including 1 American), 178 injured (including 2 Americans) by two suicide bombings in Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem; three of those killed died subsequently of wounds (on 11 Aug, 29 Aug, 3 Oct)
29 Aug 1997	Algeria	238	?	attacks at Sidi Moussa and Hais Rais
4 Sep 1997	Jerusalem, Israel	8	181	5 killed (including 1 American teenager), 181 injured by three suicide bombings in Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem
9 Sep 1997	Sri Lanka	37	10	rocket attack on Chinese merchant ship
22 Sep 1997	Ben Talha, Algeria	277	?	armed attack
7 Nov 1997	Sidekan, Iraq	57	?	attack on militia post
17 Nov 1997	Luxor, Egypt	62	26	gunmen of the Islamic Group fire on tourists in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor
19 Nov 1997	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India	23	35	car bombing
19 Dec 1997	Musi River delta, Sumatra, Indonesia	104	0	(criminal) SilkAir Flight 185 aircraft broke up and crashed following rapid descent under control of the pilot; U.S. NTSB concluded the pilot likely intentionally crashed the aircraft; those killed included 46 Singapore citizens, 23 Indonesians, 10 Malaysians, 5 Americans
30 Dec 1997	Ami Moussa, Algeria	272	?	armed attack
4 Jan 1998	Algeria	182	?	attacks at Had Chekala, Remka, and Ain Tarik, Algeria
11 Jan 1998	Sidi Hamed, Algeria	103	70	attack on movie theater and mosque
25 Jan 1998	Wandhama, Kashmir, Pakistan	23	?	gunmen attack Hindu families
1 Feb 1998	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India	51	?	car bombing
14 Feb 1998	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India	43	200	multiple bombings with at least four sequential car bombs and a suicide bomber
23 Feb 1998	Sri Lanka	79	?	Tamil Tigers in eight boats attack two Sri Lankan navy ship in suicide bombing, killing 28 terrorists and 51 soldiers and sailors
5 Mar 1998	Columbo, Sri Lanka	32	300	bombing of bus
22 May 1998	Algiers, Algeria	20	?	bomb explodes in marketplace in suburb of Algiers
7 Jun 1998	Pakistan	26	75	bomb explodes on express train in southern Pakistan
21 Jun 1998	Doda, Kashmir, India	25	?	shooting at Hindu wedding
26 Jul 1998	Khelil, Algeria	20	?	shooting attack
4 Aug 1998	Himachal Pradesh, India	34	11	gunmen attack construction site
7 Aug 1998	multiple	303	4954	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	Omagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	29	530	two car bombings, with telephoned warning directing evacuees towards one bomb
31 Aug 1998	Algiers, Algeria	25	10	car bombing
11 Sep 1998	Jaffna, Sri Lanka	20	?	Tamil Tigers kill mayor of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and others in bombing
14 Sep 1998	Zougala, Ain Defla, Algeria	37	?	attack on village
18 Sep 1998	Tiaret, Algeria	29	100	bombing in market
18 Oct 1998	Machuca, Columbia	71	100	oil pipeline in Columbia sabotaged by ELN, causing fire in rural village
26 Oct 1998	Columbia	36	?	rebel soldiers murder and kidnap civilians from two villages in northern Columbia
29 Oct 1998	Goteborg, Sweden	63	200	(criminal) arson attack on dance hall
3 Nov 1998	Mitu, Columbia	138	30	FARC rebels attack police barracks with rockets, killing police officers and 10 civilians
8 Dec 1998	Tadjena, Algeria	81	?	machete attacks on three villages
28 Dec 1998	Algeria	30	70	armed groups attack villages of Khenis-Milana and Ain N'Sour in Algeria using mortars, bombs, and blades
2 Jan 1999	Oued Laatache, Algeria	22	?	villagers' throats slashed by Islamic militants in Oued Laatache, near El Bayadh
20 Feb 1999	Jammu, India	20	?	attack by Muslim militants
19 Mar 1999	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia	64	104	bombing at outdoor market
4 Sep 1999	Buinaksk, Dagestan, Russia	64	66	car bombing of apartment building housing military families
9 Sep 1999	Moscow, Russia	94	180	bombing of apartment building in southeast Moscow
13 Sep 1999	Moscow, Russia	130	150	bombing of apartment building
16 Sep 1999	Volgodonsk, Rostove, Russia	17	480	car bombing
18 Sep 1999	Gonegalle, Sri Lanka	50	?	Tamil Tigers conduct machete attack, killing 46; 4 others killed in two nearby villages
31 Oct 1999	Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts, United States	217	0	intentional crash of Egypt Air flight off Nantucket Island by copilot
21 Nov 1999	Madhu, Sri Lanka	35	60	Tamil Tigers shell a Catholic shrine
15 Jan 2000	Guayabetal, Columbia	50	?	guerrilla raid
26 Feb 2000	Ozamis City, Philippines	45	30	bombs explode on two buses on ferry arriving at Ozamis City
10 Mar 2000	Colombo, Sri Lanka	20	46	14 civilians and 6 policemen killed in abortive suicide bombing on highway near Colombo
21 Mar 2000	Kashmir, India	40	?	gunmen kill Sikh villagers
26 May 2000	Indonesia	34	?	armed attack on Indonesian village
7 Jun 2000	Sri Lanka	22	?	suicide bombing in a suburb of Colombo
8 Jun 2000	Jajarkot, Nepal	37	?	Maoist attack on police post; 7 civilians, 9 police, and 21 terrorists killed
2 Jul 2000	Chechnya, Russia	42	101	suicide bombings in Argun, Gudermes, and Novogrozny
2 Aug 2000	Kashmir, India	93	?	several attacks by Muslim militants in Kashmir, India, against Hindu civilians
28 Aug 2000	Columbia	22	?	two attacks by rebels in Colombia
3 Sep 2000	Columbia	35	?	rebel attack on town in Colombia with mortars and explosives
8 Sep 2000	West Timor, Indonesia	20	?	pro-Indonesian militias kill villagers
11 Nov 2000	Nizhny Kurchali, Chechnya, Russia	36	53	ambush on troops
9 Dec 2000	Alkham-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia	21	21	car bombing near mosque

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