List of terrorist incidents in 1995

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This is a timeline of incidents in 1995 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

  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.

List

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
January 30 Car bombing 42286 Algiers, Algeria January 1995 Algiers bombing : A car bomb exploded near police headquarters, killing 42 and injuring another 286. [1] [2] GIA Algerian Civil War
February 27Car bombing76123 Zakho, Iraq 1995 Zakho bombing : A car bomb exploded in a crowded marketplace, killing 77 and injuring 123 others. No one claimed responsibility but the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was blamed. [3] [4] PUK Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
March 20Gassing136252Tokyo, Japan Tokyo subway sarin attack : Members of Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas onto five trains of the Tokyo subway Aum Shinrikyo
April 19Truck bombing168680+ Oklahoma City, U.S.The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the bombing killed 168 people and injured more than 680 others in retaliation for the U.S. federal government's handling of the Ruby Ridge and Waco sieges. The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 16-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, causing at least an estimated $652 million worth of damage. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
April 20 Massacre c. 300unknown Atiak, Uganda Atiak massacre Lord's Resistance Army Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
April 28 Shootdown 450 Jaffna, Sri Lanka 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 (CR835) shootdown : LTTE militants shot down a Sri Lankan Air Force plane with a missile shortly after the plane left Jaffna Airport. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
April 29Shootdown520 Jaffna, Sri Lanka 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 (CR834) shootdown : LTTE militants shot down a Sri Lankan Air Force plane that was sent to investigate the previous day's shootdown.LTTESri Lankan Civil War
May 25Massacre42 Kallarawa, Sri Lanka Kallarawa massacre : LTTE cadres attacked a fishing village, where they hacked and shot to death 42 civilians. [5] LTTESri Lankan Civil War
June 14–19 Siege 129-166 (+11)400+ Budyonnovsk, Russia Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis : Dozens of Chechen rebels led by Shamil Basayev attacked the town before taking around 1,500-2,000 hostages at a hospital. After several days of failed negotiations, Russian police stormed the hospital and engaged in heavy gunfire with the militants. Estimates of the number of people killed range from 129 to 166. CRI First Chechen War
June 17 Arson 00 West Perth, Australia 1995 bombing of the French Consulate in Perth, Western Australia : The French consulate building was firebombed by two eco-terrorists who opposed French nuclear weapons testing .Bosco Boscovich
Maya Catts
July 4 Kidnapping 60 Pahalgam, India 1995 Kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir : Six western tourists (two British, two American, one German and one Norwegian) were kidnapped and held for ransom by Islamic radicals and murdered over the following several months. Al-Faran Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
July 24Suicide bombing6 (+1 perpetrator) 30 Tel Aviv, Israel Ramat Gan bus bombing : A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated on a bus, killing 6 and injuring 30. [6] Hamas Israeli–Palestinian conflict
July 25Bombing880Paris, France 1995 France bombings : A gas bottle exploded at a train stationGIAAlgerian Civil War
August 17Bombing017Paris, France 1995 France bombings : Bombing at the Arc de Triomphe GIAAlgerian Civil War
August 21Suicide bombing5 (+1 perpetrator) 100 Jerusalem, Israel Ramat Eshkol bus bombing : A Hamas suicide bomber detonated on a bus, killing 5 and injuring 100. [6] Hamas Israeli–Palestinian conflict
August 26Attempted bombing00 Lyon, France1995 France bombings: Large bomb found and defused near railway tracks.GIAAlgerian Civil War
August 28 Mortar 4375 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Markale massacres#Second massacre : The Army of Republika Srpska launched a mortar targeting Bosniak civilians at a market, similar to an attack they launched the previous year. VRS Bosnian War
September 3Bombing04Paris, France 1995 France bombings : Bombing at a squareGIAAlgerian Civil War
September 7Car bombing014 Lyon, France1995 France bombings: A car bomb exploded outside a Jewish school in Lyon, wounding 14 people. [7] GIAAlgerian Civil War
OctoberMassacres~120 Eastern Province, Sri Lanka October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres : The LTTE carried out several massacres of Sinhalese civilians LTTESri Lankan Civil War
October 6Bombing013Paris, France 1995 France bombings : Bombing at a Paris Métro stationGIAAlgerian Civil War
October 9 Sabotage 178 Arizona, United States 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment : Amtrak's Sunset Limited train was intentionally derailed by unknown perpetrators. Four typed notes criticizing the FBI and ATF for their handling of the Waco siege were found near the scene and signed with "Sons of the Gestapo". However no group called the "Sons of the Gestapo" has ever been uncovered.Unknown
October 18Bombing029Paris, France1995 France bombings: A bomb was thrown at an underground commuter train. The train was derailed and damaged. No one was killed, but 29 people were injured. [8] GIAAlgerian Civil War
October 20Suicide car bombing0 (+1)29 Rijeka, Croatia 1995 Rijeka bombing : A car bomb was detonated in front of a police station. The perpetrator driving the car was the sole fatality. Responsibility was claimed by al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya. [9] al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Bosnian War
November 4 Assassination 11 Tel Aviv, Israel Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin : Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated and his bodyguard wounded by ultranationalist Yigal Amir, who opposed Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords. Yigal Amir Israeli–Palestinian conflict
November 19Car bombing17≈60 Islamabad, Pakistan Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan : Bombing of the Egyptian Embassy killed 17. [10] Egyptian Islamic Jihad
December 11Car bombing619 Madrid, Spain 1995 Vallecas bombing : Basque separatists bombed an army vehicle carrying civilian employees. ETA Basque conflict
December 22Car bombing32+117 Peshawar, Pakistan 1995 Peshawar bombing : A car bomb exploded outside a department store, killing at least 32 and injuring 117 more. [11] Unknown

See also

References

  1. ↑ A Car Bombing in Algiers Kills 38 and Wounds 256, The New York Times (January 31, 1995)
  2. ↑ Algiers Bomb Toll Rises to 42 Dead, The Washington Post (February 1, 1995)
  3. ↑ Car Bomb Kills At Least 54 In Kurdish Iraq, The New York Times (February 28, 1995)
  4. ↑ Iraq car-bomb explosion kills 76, injures 123, The Dallas Morning News (March 1, 1995)
  5. ↑ The Sunday Times, Lighting a candle in the storm.
  6. 1 2 Cordesman, Anthony (2005). The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 24.
  7. ↑ , News Blaze (May 11, 2008)
  8. ↑ "Bomb Attack Injures 29 on Paris Commuter Train". Sun-Sentinel.com. October 18, 1995. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Islamic Group Hits Croatia". by Reuters . New York Times. 1995-10-22. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  10. ↑ U.S. Sending an F.B.I. Team to Investigate Bombing in Pakistan, The New York Times (November 23, 1995)
  11. ↑ Car Bomb Kills 35 at Pakistan-Afghan Border, The New York Times (December 22, 1995)
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