List of terrorist incidents in 1996

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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).

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  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
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 JanuaryHostage-taking013 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. CRI First Chechen War
31 January Suicide bombing 911400 Colombo, Sri Lanka Central Bank bombing : An attack by the LTTE on the 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
9 February Truck bombing 2200 London, United Kingdom 1996 Docklands bombing : The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a massive truck bomb in the Canary Wharf financial district. PIRA The Troubles
14 March Firebombing 7? Sitra, Bahrain 1996 Sitra attack : Five terrorists throw petrol bombs into a restaurant, killing seven Bangladeshi workers. DFLP 1990s uprising in Bahrain
16 AprilAmbush53-100DozensYaryshmardy, 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. [2] Islamists
15 JuneVan bombing0212 Manchester, United Kingdom 1996 Manchester bombing : The PIRA parked a van containing an enormous bomb in the city centre and phoned a warning to police. The bomb, the largest to explode in Britain since World War II, caused extensive damage. But despite injuring 212 people, the bomb did not kill anyone as the area had been evacuated, although a bomb squad failed to defuse the bomb. PIRA The Troubles
16 JuneMassacre35-43UnknownLa Gabarra, Tibú, Colombia La Gabarra massacre : A massacre was perpetrated by members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC paramilitary group) against alleged members of FARC, killing 35-43 people. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia Colombian conflict
25 JuneTruck bombing19498 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
30 JuneBombing9 (+1)29 Tunceli Province, Turkey The 1996 Tunceli bombing was a suicide bombing targeting a group of 60 unarmed military personnel at a flag raising ceremony. Kurdistan Workers' Party Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
4 JulySuicide 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 JulyBombing64400 Dehiwala, Sri Lanka 1996 Dehiwala train bombing : The LTTE detonated 4 bombs on Colombo-Alutgama train, killing 64 civilians and injuring 400 others.LTTESri Lankan Civil War
27 JulyBombing2111 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
10 NovemberBombing1330Moscow, Russia Kotlyakovskoya Cemetery bombing : A bomb exploded at a cemetery during a funeral for the president of the 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
3 DecemberBombing4170 Paris, France 1996 Paris Métro bombing : A bomb exploded at the Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey metro station. GIA Algerian Civil War
17 DecemberMassacre, invasion71 Novye Atagi, Russia ICRC Hospital of Novye Atagi#The massacre : Five to ten Chechen separatists broke into an ICRC hospital and murdered 6 six nurses and an engineer, all foreign nationals. The head of the hospital was seriously wounded.CRIFirst Chechen War
30 DecemberBombing33+ 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

  1. "Timeline of the Tamil conflict". BBC News. 4 September 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base