February
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
23 February |
Bombing |
1 |
18 |
Paris, France |
Paris Marks & Spencer shop, one bomb, one dead, 18 wounded, attributed to pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah.[2] |
Hezbollah |
|
March
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
8 March |
Car bombing |
80 |
175 |
Beirut, Lebanon |
Car bomb explodes in Beirut, killing 80, injuring 175; allegedly planned and executed by "rogue elements" of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.[3] |
CIA (alleged) |
Lebanese Civil War |
8 March |
Bombing |
0 |
18 |
Paris, France |
Paris, Cinema Rivoli, Jewish film festival, 18 injured, pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah[4] |
Hezbollah |
|
12 March |
Shooting, bombing, hostage-taking |
1 |
0 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Three Armenian Revolutionary Army militants storm the Turkish embassy, killing a security guard, blasting open the gate in front of the building with a bomb, and taking 12 people hostage before surrendering. |
Armenian Revolutionary Army |
|
April
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
9 April |
Suicide bombing |
2 (+1 attacker) |
|
Israel |
A suicide car bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into an Israeli army patrol, killing 2 soldiers. This was the world's first female suicide bomber, at just 17 years old.[5][6] |
Palestinian |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
12 April |
Bombing |
18 |
82 |
Madrid, Spain |
Bombing of the El Descanso restaurant outside Madrid. American servicemen frequented the restaurant and were believed to have been the target. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. |
Islamic Jihad |
Lebanese Civil War |
May
26 may. Bucharest attack
June
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
14 June |
Hijacking |
1 |
|
Athens, Greece |
TWA Flight 847 hijacking, Hezbollah, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. Terrorists take passengers of an Athens-Rome flight hostage, murdering US Navy Seaman, Robert Stethem.[9] |
Hezbollah |
Lebanese Civil War |
19 June |
Shooting |
12 |
|
San Salvador, El Salvador |
Left-wing guerrillas opened fire on the Zona Rosa nightclub in San Salvador, killing 12 people including six Americans. |
Central American Revolutionary Workers' Party |
Salvadoran civil war |
19 June |
Bombing |
3 |
74 |
Frankfurt, West Germany |
3 killed and 74 wounded at Frankfurt Airport by bomb. Police defuse second bomb.[10] |
Abu Nidal Organization |
|
20 June |
Bombings |
8 |
Several |
Across Nepal |
Bombs explode in several cities in Nepal, including the capitol Kathmandu, as well as in Jhapa, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Mahendranagar, Nepalganj and at Bhairahawa Airport. Nepal Janabadi Morcha claimed responsibility. |
Nepal Janabadi Morcha |
|
23 June |
Bombing |
2 |
4 |
Narita, Japan |
A bomb intended for Air India Flight 301 explodes before being loaded on the plane. The bombing was committed by the same people who bombed Air India Flight 182 the same day. |
Babbar Khalsa |
Punjab insurgency |
23 June |
Bombing |
329 |
0 |
Atlantic Ocean, Ireland |
Air India Flight 182 is destroyed by a bomb en route from Montreal to Delhi. Canadian investigation determined the bomb had been planted by Sikh militants from the Babbar Khalsa and was in retaliation for Operation Blue Star |
Babbar Khalsa |
Punjab insurgency |
28 June |
Attack |
15 |
Unknown |
Quindío Department, Colombia |
The M-19 takes the population of Genoa (Quindío Department) and kills 8 policemen, 2 soldiers and 5 civilians.[11] |
M-19 |
Colombian conflict |
July
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
1 July |
Bombing, shooting |
1 |
29 |
Madrid, Spain |
Bombing at the Trans World Airlines and British Airways offices in Madrid, killing one woman and injuring 27. A follow-up submachine gun shooting and attempted grenade attacks on the Alia Royal Jordanian Airline office injured two.[12] Linked to the Abu Nidal Organization.[13] |
Abu Nidal Organization |
|
22 July |
Bombings |
1 |
32 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Two near-simultaneous bombs in Copenhagen, at the Jewish synagogue and at the offices of Northwest Orient, explode, killing one and injuring 32. The bombers are interrupted while placing a third, more powerful, bomb, which they later dispose of in the city's harbour. The bombs are later linked to Islamic Jihad.[14] |
Hezbollah |
|
October
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
2 October |
Shooting |
10 (+20) |
Unknown (+4 Kidnapped) |
Tolima and Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia |
Violent fighting between Army troops and M-19 guerrillas occurs in Monteloro, a rural area of Tulua (Valle), and La Virgen (Chaparral, Tolima). In the clashes, at least a dozen soldiers and 20 armed rebels die. Another 4 uniformed men are kidnapped.[15][16] |
M-19 |
Colombian conflict |
5 October |
Mass shooting |
8 |
4 |
Ras Burqa, Egypt |
Egyptian soldier Suleiman Khater kills 7 Israeli tourists, including four children, and another Egyptian soldier in the beach resort town Ras Burqa |
Suleiman Khater |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
7 October – 10 October |
Hijacking |
1 |
|
Mediterranean |
Achille Lauro hijacking: cruise ship hijacking by Palestinian Liberation Front, during which passenger Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old wheelchair-using Jewish American citizen, is shot dead and thrown overboard.[17] |
PLF |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
20 October |
Shooting |
3 |
0 |
Armenia, Colombia |
M-19 guerrillas attack the facilities of the Cisneros Battalion in Armenia (Quindío). Three soldiers die.[18] |
M-19 |
Colombian conflict |
31 October |
Bombing |
0 |
28 |
Athens, Greece |
An young Iraqi was carrying a bomb inside a bus, which exploded by accident and twenty eight student in the bus were injured. |
Unknown |
Unknown |
November
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
November – Enero 1986 |
Massacre |
164+ |
Unknown |
Toribío, Cauca, Colombia |
Tacueyó massacre was a massacre that occurred between November 1985 and January 1986 in the township of Tacueyó, where the guerrilla "Comando Ricardo Franco Frente-Sur" was attacked. The massacre was discovered on December 13, 1985 and was executed by guerrillas Hernando Pizarro Leongómez and Jose Fedor Rey (alias Javier Delgado) alleging that the 164 guerrillas killed in their own group were, according to them, infiltrators or informers of the National Army of Colombia or the CIA.[19] |
Comando Ricardo Franco Frente-Sur |
Colombian conflict |
6 November |
Siege, shootout |
98 |
Several |
Bogotá, Colombia |
Members of the 19th of April Movement take over the Palace of Justice, the home of the Supreme Court of Colombia, in hopes of forcing a trial of Colombian president Belisario Betancur. 98 people were killed during the siege, including 35 militants, 48 Colombian soldiers and 11 of the 25 Supreme Court Justices. |
M-19 |
Colombian conflict |
23 November |
Hijacking |
58 (+2 attackers) |
Several |
Luqa, Malta |
EgyptAir Flight 648 is hijacked en route from Athens to Cairo by three members of the Abu Nidal Organization. The flight is diverted to Luqa Airport where the militants engage in a standoff with the Egyptian military. The Egyptian military stages a raid in which 60 people, including 2 of the attackers, are killed. |
Abu Nidal Organization |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
December
Date |
Type |
Dead |
Injured |
Location |
Details |
Perpetrator |
Part of
|
7 December |
Bombings |
0 |
43 |
Paris, France |
Two bombs exploded, at the Galerie Lafayette and the Galerie Printemps, wounding 43 people. The attacks were claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated Committee for Solidarity With Arab and Middle Eastern Political Prisoners (CSPPA).[20] |
CSPPA, Hezbollah |
1985–86 Paris attacks |
27 December |
Shootings, grenade |
19 (+4 attackers) |
138 (+1 attacker) |
Rome, Italy Vienna, Austria |
Four gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization open fire on the El Al ticket counter at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, killing 16 and wounding 99. Nearly simultaneously, three more gunmen attack Vienna International Airport, targeting a passengers boarding a flight for Tel Aviv. 3 people were killed and 39 injured. Four of the seven terrorists were also killed in the attacks. |
Abu Nidal Organization |
Israel-Palestine conflict |
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