List of terrorist incidents in 1996
This is a timeline of incidents in 1996 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.
- Casualties 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 i4ndicate 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.
January
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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9-18 January | Hostage-taking | 200+ | Dagestan, Russia | Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis: Around 200 Chechen rebels raided an air base near Kizlyar and took thousands of civilians hostage. The events concluded in a battle between the Chechens and Russian Army in the village of Pervomayskoye that resulted in the deaths of around 200 Russian soldiers, 96 Chechen rebels and at least 26 civilians. | CRI | First Chechen War | |
16-19 January | Hostage-taking | 0 | 13 | Black Sea | Black Sea hostage crisis: Chechen rebels took over the ferry MV Avrasya and held the 232 passengers and crew hostage for 3 days before releasing them without bloodshed. | CRI | First Chechen War |
31 January | Suicide bombing | 91 | 1400 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Central Bank bombing: An attack by the LTTE on the Colombo Central Bank killed 91 and injured a further 1,400 civilians, damaging other buildings in the process. It was the most deadly LTTE attack on a civilian target in the history of the group's operations.[1] | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
February
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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9 February | Truck bombing | 2 | 200 | London, United Kingdom | 1996 Docklands bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a massive truck bomb in the Canary Wharf financial district of London. | PIRA | The Troubles |
25 February – 4 March | Suicide bombings | 60 | 284 | Israel | Four suicide bombers killed 60 people and injured 284 others.[2] | Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict |
March
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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20 March | Shooting | 0 (+4) | Unknown | Tolima Department, Colombia | In the village of El Rodeo, in Cajamarca (Tolima), troops from the Army and guerrillas from the Jaime Bateman Cayon group confronted each other. Alonso Grajales Lemus, alias El Pollo, maximum leader of the organization, died a week later in the north of the Cauca.[3] | Jaime Bateman Cayon | Colombian conflict |
April
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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11 April | Ambush | 1 (+1) | 1 | Santiago, Chile | Two armed men attacked the National Gendarmerie School in Santiago. In the shootout one gendarmie was killed and another gendarmie was wounded, also a terrorist was killed.[4] | Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front | |
16 April | Ambush | 53-100 | Dozens | Yaryshmardy, Russia | Shatoy ambush: Chechen rebels led by Ibn al-Khattab ambushed and massacres a battalion of Russian soldiers. | CRI | First Chechen War |
18 April | Mass shooting | 18 | Cairo, Egypt | 1996 Cairo shooting: 18 people were killed when Islamist gunmen fired on Greek tourists outside the Europa hotel in Cairo.[5] | Islamists | ||
22 April | Massacre | 13 | Unknown | Segovia, Colombia | At least eight gunmen who counted on the collaboration of the public force that was in charge of the municipality, shot dead 13 people in the town of Segovia (Antioquia).[6] | Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia and Colombian Police | Colombian conflict |
22 April | Attack | 3 | 1 | Dečani, Serbia | In an attack on a kafana Čakor, three people: Stana Radusinović, Đorđe Dragić and Blagoje Okuka were killed and one, Branko Bibić, was heavily injured. This is one of the first terrorist attacks of the Kosovo Liberation Army.[7] | Kosovo Liberation Army | Bosnian War |
28 April | Bombing | 50+ | 24 | Bhai Pheru, Pakistan | A bomb on board a bus in Bhai Pheru, Kasur District, Punjab, Pakistan exploded, killing over 50 people and injuring another 24. |
June
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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11 June | Bombing | 4 | 12 | Moscow, Russia | A bomb explodes on a train traveling on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, killing four people and seriously injuring at least twelve others.[8] | CRI | First Chechen War |
15 June | Van bombing | 0 | 212 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1996 Manchester bombing: The PIRA parked a van containing an enormous bomb in Manchester city centre and phoned a warning to police. The bomb, the largest to explode in Britain since World War II, injured 212 people, causing extensive damage but amazingly not killing anyone. | PIRA | The Troubles |
16 June | Massacre | 35-43 | Unknown | La Gabarra, Tibú, Colombia | La Gabarra massacre: On June 16, 1996 a massacre was perpetrated by members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC paramilitary group) against alleged members of the FARC guerrillas, killing 35-43 people. | Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia | Colombian conflict |
25 June | Truck bombing | 19 | 498 | Khobar, Saudi Arabia | Khobar Towers bombing: A truck bombing targeting an apartment complex that housed U.S. servicemen. 19 American servicemen were killed and nearly 500 people of various nationalities were injured. | Saudi Hezbollah |
July
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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4 July | Suicide bombing, assassination | 20+ | 60 | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | Ananda Hamangoda#LTTE suicide bombing: At least 20 people, including Brigade 51-2 Commanding Officer Ananda Hamangoda, were killed in a suicide bombing. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
24 July | Bombing | 64 | 400 | Dehiwala, Sri Lanka | 1996 Dehiwala train bombing: The LTTE detonated 4 bombs on Colombo-Alutgama train in Dehiwala, killing 64 civilians and injuring 400 others. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
27 July | Bombing | 2 | 111 | Atlanta, United States | Centennial Olympic Park bombing: Army of God member Eric Robert Rudolph detonated a pipe bomb at Centennial Olympic Park to try to cancel the 1996 Summer Olympics due to his anger at the U.S. government allowing abortion. | Eric Robert Rudolph AOG |
August
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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21 August | Ambush | 4 | 3 | Miraflores, Guaviare, Colombia | FARC guerrillas ambushed a Marine infantry boat while it was patrolling the Miraflores canals, Villa Otilia (Guaviare). 4 uniformed men were shot dead.[9] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
30-31 August | Assault | 30 (+12) | 16+ (+25) +60 Kidnapped | Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia | FARC guerrillas attacked the military base of "Las Delicias" in Putumayo. A company of regular soldiers was destroyed at least 27 dead and were 60 kidnapped.[10] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
September
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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24-26 September | Shooting, raid | 2 (+25) | Unknown | Antioquia Department, Colombia | Troops of Brigades IV and XVII with reinforcements of the VIII launched Operation Black September to regain control of the way to the sea in Mutata and Dabeiba (Antioquia). During the fighting to recover the area, 25 guerrillas and 2 soldiers were killed.[11] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
November
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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10 November | Bombing | 13 | 30 | Moscow, Russia | Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing: A bomb exploded at a cemetery during a funeral for the president Soviet-Afghan war veterans group who had been murdered. The group had ties to organized crime. The assailants were two former members of the group who had formed a splinter group. | Andrei Anohin Mikhail Smurov |
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12 November | Arson | 0 | 0 | Bloomington, Minnesota, United States | Members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are suspected to be responsible for throwing an incendiary through the window of Alaskan Fur Company Inc., near Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, arson which caused an estimated $2 million in property damage to fur coats and other merchandise as well as $250,000 in structural damage to the two-story brick building. There were no casualties in the incident.[12] | Animal Liberation Front | Terrorism in the United States |
December
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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3 December | Bombing | 4 | 170 | Paris, France | 1996 Paris Métro bombing: A bomb exploded at the Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey metro station. | GIA | Algerian Civil War |
4 December | Massacre | 11 | 0 | Sucre Department, Colombia | 50 paramilitaries from the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), killed 11 people in the Pichilín, Morroa (Sucre) corregimiento.[13] | Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá | Colombian conflict |
17 December | Massacre, invasion | 7 | 1 | Novye Atagi, Russia | ICRC Hospital of Novye Atagi#The massacre: Five to ten Chechen separatists broke into a ICRC hospital and murdered 6 six nurses and an engineer, all foreign nationals. The head of the hospital was seriously wounded. | CRI | First Chechen War |
30 December | Bombing | 33+ | Western Assam, India | Brahmaputra Mail train bombing: Assamese nationalists bombed a Brahmaputra Mail train. The railway the train was on was also used by military trains, which may have been the militants targets. | NDFB | Assam conflict |
See also
References
- "Timeline of the Tamil conflict". BBC News. 4 September 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 25.
- http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-325634
- https://elpais.com/diario/1996/4/11/internacional/829173611_850215.html
- MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
- http://rutasdelconflicto.com/interna.php?masacre=48
- Ekipa Glasa javnosti (10 April 2008). "Početak oglašavanja OVK". Glas javnosti (in Serbian). Belgrade. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- CNN: Bomb rocks Moscow subway, 11 June 1996
- "Mueren cuatro infantes de Marina en ataque en el Guaviare". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 22 August 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- https://www.ejercito.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=77040
- http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-515230
- Maria Elena Baca, "Animal rights coalition condones fur-firm arson; Bloomington fire-bombing probed", Star Tribune, Minneapolis, 14 November 1996
- http://rutasdelconflicto.com/interna.php?masacre=17
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