List of terrorist incidents in 1999

This is a timeline of incidents in 1999 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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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
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
16 Car bombings 16 120 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1999 Tashkent bombings: Six car bombs targeting government buildings and Uzbek president Islam Karimov exploded over the course of an hour and a half. IMU Islamic terrorism
25 Kidnapping, murder 3 0 Arauca Department, Colombia Three American indigenistas were kidnapped on February 25, 1999 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. FARC killed the three US citizens, Terence Freitas, Ingrid Washinawatok and Laheenae Gay of Native American origin who were advising the U'wa community.[1] FARC Colombian conflict

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
6 Bombing 10 150 Jessore, Bangladesh 1999 Jessore bombings: Islamist group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami used two time bombs to attack Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi, killing 10 people and injuring another 150. Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Terrorism in Bangladesh
13 & 14 Arson, bombing 13 6 (+1) Istanbul, Turkey 1999 Istanbul bombings: Two bombings at a shopping centre (Blue Market massacre) and one under a car killed 13 and wounded seven others. The Kurdistan Workers' Party were blamed. PKK Kurdish–Turkish conflict
19 Bombing 62 168 Vladikavkaz, Russia 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing: Four young Chechen men of the Chechen Repiublic of Ichkeria detonated a bomb in a crowded market, killing 62 people. They also committed two other bombings of a Russian military housing complex and a train station and also kidnapped four Russian soldiers later in 1999. CRI Terrorism in Russia

April
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
12 Hijacking 1 0 Bucaramanga, Colombia Flight 943 of Avianca was hijacked by a group of six guerrillas from the National Liberation Army (ELN). The plane had 41 passengers and five crew members aboard. One person was killed.[2] ELN Colombian conflict
17-30 Bombings 3 140 London, United Kingdom 1999 London nail bombings: Neo-Nazi David Copeland detonated three nail bombs during the latter half of April 1999. The first bombing occurred on 17 April in Brixton and targeted blacks. 48 people were injured. The second bombing, on April 24, targeted Bengalis on Brick Lane and wounded 13. The final bombing occurred on 30 April in Soho at a gay bar called the Admiral Duncan. Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and 79 were injured. Copeland told police he hoped the bombings would spark a race war. David Copeland Terrorism in United Kingdom
26 Bombing 0 11 Moscow, Russia An explosion inside an elevator at the Hotel Intourist in Moscow injured eleven people.[3] Chechen separatists (suspected) Terrorism in Russia

August
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
10 Mass shooting 1 5 Los Angeles, United States Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting: Aryan Nations member Buford O. Furrow opened fire on a Jewish community center, wounding an elderly secretary, a teenage counselor and three young boys. After fleeing, Furrow murdered a Filipino-American mail carrier and then took a taxi to Las Vegas, where he surrendered to authorities. Aryan Nations Terrorism in the United States
13 Shooting 1 0 Bogotá, Colombia Journalist and comedian Jaime Garzón was assassinated by hitmen at the service of the AUC in alliance with army officers.[4] AUC Colombian conflict
31 Bombing 1 40 Moscow, Russia Russian apartment bombings#Moscow mall: A bomb exploded at a mall in Moscow, killing one person and injuring 40 others. Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan War of Dagestan

September
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4-16 Bombings 293 1,000+ Russia Russian apartment bombings: A series of bombings at apartment buildings occurred in Russia during September 1999. The first occurred on 4 September in Buynaksk, Dagestan, the next bombings occurred in Moscow on the 9th and 13th. The final bombing occurred on the 16th in Volgodonsk. Overall, 293 people were killed and over 1,000 more were wounded. The government blamed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for the blasts, however, many Chechen separatists as well several Russian journalists have accused the Federal Security Service of Russia of staging these bombings as a false flag in order in bring Vladimir Putin into power and garner support for the Second Chechen War, which had just commenced. Disputed Second Chechen War
18 Massacre 54 Ampara District, Sri Lanka Gonagala massacre: LTTE cadres massacre at least 50 Sinhalese civilians in Gonagala, a village in Ampara District.[5][6] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War

October
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
7 Hostage taking 0 0 Bangkok, Thailand 1999 Myanmar Embassy siege: A group of militants from the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors took 89 people hostage at the Burmese embassy. The attackers released all of the hostages and escaped without bloodshed. VBSW Internal conflict in Myanmar

November
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
9 Bombing 0 9 Bogotá, Colombia Eight people were injured including two CTI agents, when a bomb exploded in a residential neighborhood. The attack appeared to be an attempt to murder the director of the Colombian judicial investigative agency.[7] FARC (suspected) Colombian conflict
12 Bombing 7 Dozens Bogotá, Colombia Seven people were killed and dozens were injured when a bomb exploded. No claim for responsibility is made, but FARC was suspected to behind the attack.[8] FARC (suspected) Colombian conflict
17-18 Shooting +1 (+120?) 5+ (+Unknown) Inírida, Colombia At least 1,000 guerrillas from the 16 and 44 fronts of the mobile company Juan José Rondon attempted to seize the port of the capital of Guainía Department, but the marine corps reaction and air force bombing prevented the culmination of the attack. About 120 rebels were killed or injured, and one soldier was killed and another five were injured.[9] FARC Colombian conflict

December
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
18 Suicide bombing 12 (+1) 7 Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka Twelve people, including former army Chief of Staff Lakshman Algama, were killed by LTTE. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War

See also

References
  1. "Abatido alias 'El Marrano', acusado de matar a tres indigenistas estadounidenses". Caracol Radio. 2008-05-10.
  2. http://www.fac.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=22793&facmil_2007=17eb953004a495a35bf207a70d
  3. CNN: Eleven hurt in Moscow hotel elevator explosion, April 26, 1999
  4. "REFERENCIA: ALEGATO PARA SENTENCIA. Radicado No. 402-7 por el homicidio del periodista JAIME HERNANDO GARZÓN FORERO". 9 December 2003. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. "Sri Lanka rebels kill 50". BBC News. 1999-09-18. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  6. Sambandan, V.S. (1999). "Carnage in eastern Sri Lanka". Frontline. 16 (20). Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  7. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "HISTORIA DE OTRAS BOMBAS". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  8. BBC: Colombia bomb kills seven, November 12, 1999
  9. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-957341
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