February
Date |
Dead |
Injured |
Location and description |
Perpetrator |
Part of |
February 6–7 |
15 (+7) |
Unknown |
Cimitarra, Colombia: FARC militants shoot dead at least 15 peasants on two farms (La Traviata and Las Palmas) located in rural Cimitarra, Santander. In other incident the army shot dead seven militants of the M-19.[6] |
FARC Militants and M-19 |
Colombian conflict |
February 23 |
1 |
0 |
Guipuzcoa, Spain Senator Enrique Casas was murdered at the door of his house on February 23, 1984, on the third anniversary of the failed 23-F state coup by the terrorist group Mendes of the Comandos Autónomos Anticapitalistas. This group made him responsible for the repression of the left of the Basque Country because of his status as a member of the Basque Country Security Board.[7] |
Comandos Autónomos Anticapitalistas |
Basque conflict |
February 28 |
18 |
21 |
El Salvador San Antonio Grande: The bombing of two trains by leftist guerrillas left 18 people dead and 21 injured.[8] |
FMLN |
Salvadoran Civil War |
February 28 |
0 |
21 |
Jerusalem, Israel: 21 people were injured after two grenades exploded outside a clothing store on Jaffa Road.[9] |
PLO |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
April
Date |
Dead |
Injured |
Location and description |
Perpetrator |
Part of |
April 2 |
0 (+1) |
48 |
Jerusalem, Israel: 48 people are wounded by a machine gun attack on a crowded shopping mall in Jerusalem. One attacker was shot by armed civilians.[9] |
DFLP |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
April 12–13 |
1 (+4) |
8 |
Tel Aviv, Israel, Bus 300 affair: Four PFLP members hijacked an Egged bus near Tel Aviv. During a counter-operation, one civilian and two hijackers were killed and eight more civilians injured. The remaining two hijackers were captured than immediately executed by IDF soldiers. |
PFLP |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
April 19 |
24-200 |
30 |
Huambo, Angola: The bombing of barracks housing Soviet and Cuban military officers killed at least 24 people and injured 30 more, though some news agencies reported up to 200 people dead. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola claimed responsibility for the bombing.[11][12] |
UNITA |
Angolan civil war |
April 20 |
0 |
22 |
London, United Kingdom, 1984 Heathrow Airport bombing: A bomb exploded in the baggage area of Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport. The bomb exploded at 7:55 pm, as 60 people were inside the baggage area. The blast injured 22, one seriously. No one has claimed responsibly for the bombing. |
Unknown |
|
August
Date |
Dead |
Injured |
Location and description |
Perpetrator |
Part of |
August 3 |
33 |
27 |
Kancheepuram district, India, Meenambakkam bomb blast: A time bomb blast in counter of Air Lanka, Chennai International Airport, Tirusulam, Kancheepuram district, India, killed at least 29. Blame placed on LTTE. |
LTTE |
Sri Lankan Civil War |
August 15 |
3 |
11 |
Siirt, Turkey: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) forces attacked the gendarmerie station in Eruh in Siirt and killed one gendarmerie soldier and injured six soldiers and three civilians. Simultaneously, PKK forces attacked a gendarmerie open-air facility, officer housings and a gendarmerie station in Şemdinli, Hakkâri[19] and killed two police officers[20] and injured one police officer and a soldier.[19] |
PKK |
Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
August 21 |
18 |
300 |
Teheran, Iran: A powerful blast in Rah Ahan railroad station, Iranian capital of Teheran, kills 18 and injures 300. Blame placed on Mujahadin Khalq guerrilla group.[21] |
Mujahadin Khalq |
Iran–Iraq War |
August 29 – October 10 |
0 |
751 |
The Dalles, United States, 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack: The Rajneeshee cult spreads salmonella in salad bars at ten restaurants in The Dalles, Oregon to influence a local election. Health officials say that 751 people were sickened and more than 40 hospitalized.[22] See also 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack |
Rajneeshee |
|
October
Date |
Dead |
Injured |
Location and description |
Perpetrator |
Part of |
October 12 |
5 |
31 |
Brighton, United Kingdom: Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA: five are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet. |
PIRA |
The Troubles |
October 27 |
0 |
5 |
Santiago, Chile: A car bomb exploded near a military base in the city of Santiago. The blast wounded five people. |
Unknown |
|
October 31 |
1 (+1) |
0 |
New Delhi, India: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. The killing was in retaliation for the Indian army's entry into the Golden Temple at Amritsar the temple complex in 3 days. The incidents have not been covered well by western press as they were ejected from Amritsar before the events took place. |
Satwant Singh and Beant Singh |
|
References
- ↑ Bomb destroys French cultural center in Tripoli, Eugene Register-Guard (January 2, 1984)
- ↑ 3 bombs blast Ireland; no injuries reported, The Ledger (January 2, 1984)
- ↑ American university head shot in Beirut, The Age (January 19, 1984)
- ↑ Rebels bomb commuter plane; 1 dead, Mohave Daily Miner (January 24, 1984)
- ↑ Ulster Bomb Kills 2 Officers, The New York Times (February 1, 1984)
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19840207&printsec=frontpage&hl=es
- ↑ http://elpais.com/diario/1984/02/24/espana/446425201_850215.html
- ↑ Guerrillas bomb 2 trains in El Salvador, killing 18, Gainesville Sun (February 29, 1984)
- 1 2 3 ARABS WITH GUNS AND GRENADES WOUND 48 IN JERUSALEM CROWDS
- ↑ Chronology of Terrorist Attacks Against Public Transit
- ↑ Bomb deaths estimates vary, Spokane Chronicle (April 23, 1984)
- ↑ Angola reports bomb killed 24, Toledo Blade (April 24, 1984)
- ↑ Iran reports bomb set off in Iraq, Spokane Chronicle (July 7, 1984)
- ↑ Car bomb kills mayor, Toledo Blade (July 10, 1984)
- ↑ Bomb blast fatal, Spokane Chronicle (July 13, 1984)
- ↑ Bomb Kills 10 in Angola, The New York Times (July 15, 1984)
- ↑ Angola oil pipeline blown up by rebels; casualty tolls differ, Toledo Blade (July 16, 1984)
- ↑ El Salvador guerrillas kill 21 policemen, Gainesville Sun (July 16, 1984)
- 1 2 Turkish Weekly Chronology of the Important Events in the World/PKK Chronology (1976–2006) Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine., 13 September 2006
- ↑ Jean-Christophe Peuch. "Turkey: Government Under Growing Pressure To Meet Kurdish Demands". Rferl.org. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ 18 killed, 300 injured as bomb explodes near Iran station, The Courier (August 21, 1984)
- ↑ Carol Eisenberg: Agroterrorism - Behind this very real threat, Newsday, December 15, 2006
- 1 2 LTTE Atrocities, Year 1984, Ministry of Defence, Government of Sri Lanka
- ↑ Letter sent by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the Centre for Human Rights, Government of Sri Lanka, 9 August 1994
- ↑ http://pdh.minjusticia.gob.cl/filesapp/tomo2.zip
- ↑ "Rebels in Sri Lanka Shoot Four as 'Traitors'". New York Times. 1984-12-31. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
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