List of terrorist incidents in 1994

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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DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
February 5Mortar68144Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaA 120 mm mortar shell hits 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 25Mass shooting29 (+1)125Hebron, West BankIn the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, Israeli Baruch Goldstein kills 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 1Shooting14New York City, United StatesIn the Brooklyn Bridge shooting, Rashid Baz kills 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 19Suicide bombing14 (+1)49Baku, Azerbaijan14 people were killed and 49 injured in the first attack of Baku Metro bombings. Confessions from terrorists indicate the attacks were organized by Armenian secret services[4]Lezgin separatists
April 6Shootdown, assassination120Kigali, RwandaTwelve people, including Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira are killed when their airplane was shot down, most likely by the Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front. The shootdown was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocideRwandan Patriotic Front
April 6Suicide car bombing8 (+1)55Afula, IsraelA Hamas suicide bomber detonates his car packed with explosives in front of an Egged bus that was boarding Israeli studentsHamas
April 13Suicide bombing5 (+1)30Hadera, IsraelA suicide bomber detonates in the city of Hadera, killing 5.[5]Hamas
June 27/28Chemical attack8500Matsumoto, JapanMembers of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release deadly sarin gas in a neighborhood of Matsumoto, Nagano near the homes of several judges who presiding over legal cases involving the cult.Aum Shinrikyo
July 3Bombing1342Baku, AzerbaijanA bomb explodes 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 18Suicide car bombing85 (+1)300+Buenos Aires, ArgentinaA suicide bomber rams 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 the attack and Argentina has named 21-year-old Hezbollah operative Ibrahim Hussein Berro as the bomberUnknown
July 19Bombing210Colón, PanamaAlas Chiricanas Flight 901 is 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've been motivated by the Israeli–Palestinian conflictUnknown
July 26Bombings026London, United KingdomThe Israeli embassy in London is severely damaged by a car bomb and twenty people were injured. Thirteen hours later, the Balfour House, which once housed many Jewish organization was also bombed and six were injured there. Two Palestinian students allegedly linked to Hezbollah were convicted for the bombings.Hezbollah
August 18Shooting182Gingaraba, Chocó Department, ColombiaELN members massacred 8 military men and 11 civilians while burning a bus in Gingaraba, Tadó (Chocó). Only two women survives to the attack.[6]ELN
August 28Shooting8 (+8)0Tamara, Casanare Department, Colombia7 soldiers and 8 guerrillas die after troops of the 16th Brigade of the Army and 28 and 45 fronts of the FARC will face in La Picacha, rural area of the municipality Támara, Casanare[7]ELN
September 4Suicide bombing12 (+2)46Bagratashen, ArmeniaA briefcase bomb planted in crowded market by two ethnic Azeris from Georgia, Imran Huseinov and Turkmen Jafarov, explodes killing the two perpetrators and twelve others.Imran Huseinov
Turkmen Jafarov
September 19Assassination10Medellín, ColombiaELN militants assassinate in Medellín the president of the First Committee of the House of Representatives, José Arlen Uribe Márquez.[8]ELN
October 9Shooting216Jerusalem, IsraelTwo Palestinian policemen who defected to Hamas open fire on Israelis in the Nahalat Shiv'a neighborhood of JerusalemHamas
October 19Suicide bombing22 (+1)56Tel Aviv, IsraelA Hamas suicide bomber detonates on a bus in Tel Aviv, killing 22 and injuring 56.[5]Hamas
October 24Suicide bombing, assassination3+ (+1)Colombo, Sri LankaSri Lankan Leader of the Opposition Gamini Dissanayake and MPs Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi and G. M. Premachandra are assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomberLTTE
November 2Ambush1323Purace, Cauca, ColombiaGuerrillas of the FARC and ELN, ambush in the rural area of Puracé (Cauca), a column of the National Police. 1 captain, 1 lieutenant and 9 agents are killed. In the attack also two students who are mobilized in a school bus die.[9]FARC and ELN
November 9Suicide bombing, assassination1 (+1)Grandpass, Sri LankaFormer MP Ossie Abeygunasekera is assassinated by a female LTTE suicide bomberLTTE
November 11Suicide bombing3 (+1)6Netzarim, IsraelA Islamic Jihad suicide bomber detonates on a bike at Netzarim Junction, killing 3 and injuring 6.[5]Palestinian Islamic Jihad
December 11Bombing110Minamidaitōjima, JapanA bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 which was en route from Cebu to Tokyo. The bomb only managed to kill 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 plotAl-Qaeda
December 24–26Hijacking3 (+4)25Marseille, FranceFour Armed Islamic Group members hijack Air France Flight 8969 with the intention of crashing the plane into the Eiffel Tower. However, they only succeed in killing three passengers before the plane is raided in Marseille by GIGN and all four hijackers were killedGIA
December 25Suicide bombing0 (+1)13Jerusalem, IsraelA Hamas suicide bomber detonates at a bus stop in Jerusalem, wounding 13.[5]Hamas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Settlers remember gunman Goldstein; Hebron riots continue, Haaretz
  2. ↑ Meet the Settlers - Chapter 2, The Telegraph
  3. ↑ Uriel Heilman: "Murder on the Brooklyn Bridge", Middle East Quarterly. Summer 2001. Accessed June 12, 2006.
  4. 1 2 Nikolay Sergeyev (2010-03-30). "Поезд шахидки" [The train of the suicide bomber]. Kommersant. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 23–24.
  6. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-204414
  7. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-216066
  8. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-224642
  9. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-245552
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