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).
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.
January
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5 May | Arson | 0 | 0 | Macau, China | A number of Molotov cocktails were thrown at a number of vehicles and motorcycles in Macau, China. The attacks, which occurred within a two-hour period, damaged 14 vehicles and 8 motorcycles, but caused no injuries. Two shops were also affected by the fire but suffered only minor damage. This was one of four related attacks. Local media reportedly received anonymous phone calls the day of the attacks claiming that 100 vehicles would be burned in response to the pre-trial detention of Wan.[6] | 14K Triad | Terrorism in China |
11 May | Arson | 0 | 0 | Macau, China | Four Private cars and 15 motorcycles parked on were burned during a wave of similar attacks, believed to have been perpetrated by the 14 K Triad. Following the arrest of eight suspects related to a string of similar attacks, a motorcycle was set ablaze near the Lan Heung Hok restaurant in Macau, China. There were no casualties reported.[7] | 14K Triad (suspected) | Terrorism in China |
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).[8] | 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 8 | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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3 August 8 | 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.[9] | 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.[10] | 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.[11] | 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.[10] | 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 EIJ |
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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.[12] | Real IRA | The Troubles |
September
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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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.[13] | 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 |
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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 | Terrorism in Russia | |
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.[14] | ELN | Colombian Conflict |
19 October | Arson | 0 | 0 | Vail, United States | Militants burned a ski resort in Vail, Colorado, on October 19, costing $12 million. It is considered one of the most expensive eco-terrorist attacks in the modern history.[15][16][17] | The Family | Terrorism in the United States |
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.[18] | 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.[19] | Hamas | Israel-Palestine conflict |
November
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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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.[19] | 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.[20] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
December
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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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
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- "Cayó alias 'Nicanor' tercer jefe del frente 31 de las Farc, uno de los más buscados del país". 2008-12-11.
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- "Farc Paralizaron Vía al Llano". 1998-03-24.
- "22 Muertos en Combates en el Meta". 1998-04-13.
- "GTD Search Results". Global Terrorist Database. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
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- "Masacre de Barranca: Nuevos señalamientos del 'Panadero' a miembros de la Fuerza Pública". 2010-03-11.
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- "Cuando la Gente de Uribe Se Escondió". 1998-08-11.
- The Miami Herald, August 5, 1998, Page 1A
- "Bomb Atrocity Rocks Northern Ireland". BBC News. 16 August 1998. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
- "Secuestrados 20 Agentes en N. De Santander". 1998-09-13.
- "Machuca se consume en el olvido". El país. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- "11 Indicted in 'Eco-Terrorism' Case". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- "Suspect in 1998 eco-terror arson in Vail arrested in Cuba boarding flight to Russia". The Denver Post. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- Rosebraugh, Craig (2004). Bruning Rage of a Dying Planet: Speaking for the Earth Liberation Front. New York: lantern. p. 60. ISBN 1-59056-064-7.
- "Siete Militares Cayeron en Campo Minado". 1998-10-29.
- Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 27.
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