List of terrorist incidents in 1998

This is a timeline of incidents in 1998 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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January

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
25 January Suicide bombing 17 25 Kandy, Sri Lanka Four likely members of the Black Tiger squad drove an explosives-laden truck into the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, a major Buddhist shrine, killing seventeen and injuring 25.[1] Black Tiger Sri Lankan Civil War
25 January Massacre 23 Jammu and Kashmir, India 23 Hindus are massacred by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in the town of Wandhama in Jammu and Kashmir Lashkar-e-Taiba Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

February

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
14 February Bombings 58 200+ Coimbatore, India 13 bombs exploded over the course of two hours in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, killing 58 people. The bombs were planted by Islamic extremists from the Al Ummah organization and were meant to target Hindus as well as Hindu nationalist leader L.K. Advani. Al Ummah

March

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1-5 March Assault 64 (+30) 19, 43 Kidnapped (+80) Caquetá Department, Colombia An attack in El Billar (Caquetá) leaves 64 soldiers dead and 43 kidnapped. Counterguerrilla Battalion No. 52 of Mobile Brigade 3 (153 soldiers) is destroyed. It is the greatest defeat of the army in the conflict.[2] FARC Colombian conflict
2 March Ambush, Landmine 10 5 Norte de Santander Department, and Antioquia, Colombia 8 soldiers and 1 civilian of the Army die, and other four were wounded in an ambush that the ELN tends in La Alejandra, near El Zulia (North of Santander). Also a mine exploded in Port Jordan (Arauca), where a minor died and wounded another minor[3] ELN Colombian conflict
23 March Kidnapping 0 25 Kidnapped Cundinamarca Department, Colombia In Monterredondo, a site between Caqueza and Guayabetal (Cundinamarca), 53 FARC guerrillas mount an illegal restraint and kidnap 25 people, including four Americans and one Italian.[4] FARC Colombian conflict

April

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
2/6 April Bombings 0 0 Riga, Latvia On April 2, Latvia's only synagogue, the Peitav Synagogue was bombed. The blast caused extensive damage but did not harm anyone. Four days later the Russian Embassy was bombed. No one was ever convicted but Latvian nationalists are believed to be to have been responsible for the blasts. Latvian nationalists (suspected)
11-12 April Shooting 11 (+11) Unknown Meta Department, Colombia 11 soldiers and 11 irregulars die after they are confronted by troops of the Mobile Brigade No. 1 and guerrillas of the 53rd FARC front in the mountains of Restrepo, San Juanito and El Calvario (Meta).[5] FARC Colombian conflict
17 April Massacre 26 Udhampur, India 26 Hindus are massacred by Islamists in the town of Udhampur in the Jammu and Kashmir state. Islamists Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

May

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
14 May Suicide bombing 1 Jaffna, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Major General Larry Wijeratne was killed in Jaffna by an LTTE suicide bomber. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
16 May Mass Murder 32 0 Barrancabermeja, Colombia A group of AUC, murder and disappears 32 civilians in the popular neighborhoods of the north of Barrancabermeja (Santander).[6] Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia Colombian conflict
17 May Assassination 1 Jaffna, Sri Lanka Jaffna mayor Sarojini Yogeswaran was shot to death outside her home by the LTTE. Her husband Vettivelu Yogeswaran had previously been assassinated by the LTTE in 1989. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War

August

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 August Massacre 35 11 Chamba district, India 35 Hindus were massacred by Pakistani Islamists in two towns in the Chamba district of the Himachal Pradesh Islamists Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
3-4 August Assault 16 26 (+129 Kidnapped) Miraflores, Guaviare, Colombia The FARC attack an anti-drug base in Miraflores (Guaviare), kill 16 police and military personnel and kidnap 129. It is considered one of the most accurate blows to the army and the national police during the conflict.[7] FARC Colombian conflict
4 August Attack 29 32 (+7 Kidnapped) Meta Department, Colombia 600 FARC guerrillas 26, 27, 40 and 43 fronts, attempted to assault the Uribe military base (Meta), where a company of the Infantry Battalion No 21 Vargas, attached to the VII Brigade of the Army. The attack fails, but there are 29 dead, 32 wounded and 7 kidnapped in the ranks of the government.[8] FARC Colombian conflict
4 August Attack 26 Colombia Rebel groups ELN and FARC attack police and army bases, a major dam, oil pipelines and other targets in 17 of the 32 departments, killing at least 26 police officers.[9] ELN
FARC		 Colombian conflict
5 August Shootdown Unknown Unknown Meta Department, Colombia While supporting the troops that repel the subversive attack on the Uribe (Meta), a Bell UH-1 is shot down by FARC militants.[8] FARC Colombian conflict
7 August Truck bombings 224 4,000+ Nairobi, Kenya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Two United States Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were bombed by members of al-Qaeda and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. 224 people were killed in the blasts (213 in Nairobi, 11 in Dar es Salaam) and over 4,000 people were wounded. al-Qaeda
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15 August Car bombing 29 220 Omagh, Northern Ireland The 'real' IRA made a bomb with 500lb of explosives detonated in a market place killing 29 people, one woman who was pregnant with twins and injured 220 others.[10] Real IRA The Troubles

September

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
9 September Massacre 34-39 Lake Radonjić, Yugoslavia The Kosovo Liberation Army massacred between 34 and 39 Kosovo Serbs as well as several moderate Albanians KLA Kosovo war
12 September Attack, Kidnapping 0 20 Kidnapped Norte de Santander Department, Colombia 300 FARC guerrillas, the EPL and the ELN attack the corregimiento of Las Mercedes in Norte de Santander, kidnapping the 20 uniformed soldiers who occupied the police headquarters.[11] FARC, ELN and EPL Colombian conflict
29 September Bombing 55 0 Near Mannar District, Sri Lanka Lionair Flight 602 disappeared off the coast of Mannar District, Sri Lanka shortly after leaving Kankesanturai Airport in Jaffna. The LTTE had issued warning shortly before the plane disappeared. The wreckage of the plane was discovered in October 2012 and appeared to have been bombed. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War

October

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 October Kidnapping 4 Grozny, Russia About 20 Chechen separatists kidnapped four engineers, three British and one New Zealand. The bodies of the engineers were found on 8 December. Chechen separatists
18 October Bombing 84 30 Machuca, Segovia, Colombia The Machuca massacre is known as an attack by the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the town of Machuca, municipality of Segovia (department of Antioquia) after dynamiting a pipeline, which caused a fire and spread to the population of It hurts. 46 houses were burned, 84 people died burned and managed to survive 30 people. Half of the victims were minors.[12] ELN Colombian Conflict
27 October Landmine 7 9 Norte de Santander Department, Colombia The Claudia Isabel Escobar Jerez front of the ELN attack the town of Hacari (Norte de Santader) killing seven policemen. Hours later when troops of the Army come as reinforcement, the subversives activate a minefield and assassinate 7 soldiers.[13] ELN Colombian conflict
29 October Suicide car bombing 1 (+1 attacker) 3 Israel A Hamas suicide car bomber detonates by a school bus killing 1 and injuring 3.[14] Hamas Israel-Palestine conflict

November

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1-4 November Attack 42+ (+~100) 38+ Mitú, Vaupés, Colombia The guerrillas of the FARC occupy Mitú, capital of the department of Vaupés. Sixteen policemen die and 61 more are kidnapped. FARC Colombian conflict
6 November Suicide car bombing 0 (+2 attackers) 25 Jerusalem, Israel Two suicide car bombers detonate in a Jerusalem market wounding 25. Palestine Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.[14] Hamas Israel-Palestine conflict
21-22 November Shooting 20 (+40) 31 (+Unknown) Guaviare Department, Colombia Troops of the Mobile Brigade Number 3 and guerrillas of the fronts 1, 7 and 44 of the FARC, between El Retorno y Calamar (Guaviare). 20 soldiers died and 3 were kidnapped, while more than 40 casualties were counted in the ranks of the rebels.[15] FARC Colombian conflict

December

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
14 December Massacre 6 15 Peć, Yugoslavia Two men believed to be members of the Kosovo Liberation Army opened fire on café and killed six Young Serb men and wounded 15 others. KLA Kosovo war

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Timeline of the Tamil conflict". BBC News. 2000-09-04. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  2. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-4718362
  3. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-761127
  4. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-794743
  5. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-749183
  6. ↑ http://www.verdadabierta.com/la-historia/2277-masacre-de-barranca-los-nuevos-senalamientos-del-panadero-a-miembros-de-la-fuerza-publica
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113905/http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/nacional/articuloimpreso-una-pesadilla-lleva-10-anos
  8. 1 2 http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-739371
  9. ↑ The Miami Herald, August 5, 1998, Page 1A
  10. ↑ "Bomb Atrocity Rocks Northern Ireland". BBC News. 16 August 1998. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  11. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-815381
  12. ↑ "Machuca se consume en el olvido". El país. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  13. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-817737
  14. 1 2 Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 27.
  15. ↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-827700
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