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).

Guidelines

  • To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
  • List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
  • Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
  • Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
  • If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
  • Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
  • In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
  0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

February

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
February 5Mortar68144Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMarkale massacres: A 120 mm mortar shell hit 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 BankCave of the Patriarchs massacre: Israeli Baruch Goldstein killed 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

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
March 1Mass shooting14New York City, United States1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting: Rashid Baz killed 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, Azerbaijan1994 Baku Metro bombings: 14 people were killed and 49 injured in the first attack of the Baku Metro bombings. Confessions from terrorists indicate the attacks were organized by Armenian secret services.[4]Lezgin separatists

April

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
April 6Shootdown, assassination120Kigali, RwandaAssassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira: Twelve people, including Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were 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, IsraelAfula bus suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives in front of an Egged bus that was boarding Israeli studentsHamas
April 13Suicide bombing5 (+1)30Hadera, IsraelHadera bus station suicide bombing: A suicide bomber detonated in the city of Hadera, killing 5.[5]Hamas

June

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
June 27/28Chemical attack8500Matsumoto, JapanMatsumoto sarin attack: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult released 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

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
July 3Bombing1342Baku, Azerbaijan1994 Baku Metro bombings: A bomb exploded 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, ArgentinaAMIA bombing: A suicide bomber rammed 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 behind the attack and Argentina has named 21-year-old Hezbollah operative Ibrahim Hussein Berro as the bomberUnknown
July 19Bombing210Colón, PanamaAlas Chiricanas Flight 901: a plane was 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 have been motivated by the Israeli–Palestinian conflictUnknown
July 26Bombings026London, United Kingdom1994 London Israeli Embassy attack: The Israeli embassy in London was severely damaged by a car bomb and twenty people were injured. Thirteen hours later, the Balfour House, which once housed many Jewish organizations was also bombed and six were injured there. Two Palestinian students allegedly linked to Hezbollah were convicted for the bombings.Hezbollah

August

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
August 18Mass shooting182Gingaraba, Chocó Department, ColombiaELN members massacred 8 military men and 11 civilians while burning a bus in Gingaraba, Tadó (Chocó). Only two women survived the attack.[6]ELN
August 28Shootout8 (+8)0Tamara, Casanare Department, Colombia7 soldiers and 8 guerrillas died after troops of the 16th Brigade of the Army and 28 and 45 fronts of the FARC clashed in La Picacha, a rural area of the municipality Támara, Casanare[7]ELN

September

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
September 4Suicide bombing12 (+2)46Bagratashen, Armenia1994 Bagratashen bombing: A briefcase bomb planted in crowded market by two ethnic Azeris from Georgia, Imran Huseinov and Turkmen Jafarov, exploded, killing the two perpetrators and twelve others.Imran Huseinov
Turkmen Jafarov
September 19Assassination10Medellín, ColombiaELN militants in Medellín assassinated the president of the First Committee of the House of Representatives, José Arlen Uribe Márquez.[8]ELN

October

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
October 9Mass shooting216Jerusalem, IsraelNahalat Shiv'a#Terrorist incidents: Two Palestinian policemen who defected to Hamas opened fire on Israelis in the Nahalat Shiv'a neighborhood of JerusalemHamas
October 19Suicide bombing22 (+1)56Tel Aviv, IsraelDizengoff Street bus bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated on a bus in Tel Aviv, killing 22 people 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 were assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber.LTTE

November

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
November 2Ambush1323Purace, Cauca, ColombiaGuerrillas of the FARC and ELN, ambush a column of the National Police in the rural area of Puracé (Cauca). A captain, a lieutenant and 9 agents were killed, as were two students in a school bus.[9]FARC and ELN
November 9Suicide bombing, assassination1 (+1)Grandpass, Sri LankaFormer MP Ossie Abeygunasekera was assassinated by a LTTE female suicide bomberLTTE
November 11Suicide bombing3 (+1)6Netzarim, IsraelNetzarim Junction bicycle bombing: A Islamic Jihad suicide bomber detonated on a bike at Netzarim Junction, killing 3 people and injuring 6.[5]Palestinian Islamic Jihad

December

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetrators
December 11Bombing110Minamidaitōjima, JapanPhilippine Airlines Flight 434: A bomb exploded on a plane which was en route from Cebu to Tokyo. The bomb only killed 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, FranceAir France Flight 8969: Four GIA members hijacked an Air France plane with the intention of crashing it into the Eiffel Tower. However, after killing three passengers, the plane was 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. Nikolay Sergeyev (2010-03-30). "Поезд шахидки" [The train of the suicide bomber]. Kommersant. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  5. 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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