List of terrorist incidents in 1991

This is a timeline of incidents in 1991 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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Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
January 6 Bombing 3 7 Colombia La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia A bomb kills three and wounds seven in La Dorada, Caldas. No group claims responsibility.[1] Unknown
February 7 Mortar 0 4 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom The Provisional IRA launches homemade mortar shells at 10 Downing Street in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister John Major and his war cabinet. PIRA The Troubles
March 2 Bombing 19 73 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka At least 19 people, including Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister, Ranjan Wijeratne killed in an LTTE car bomb explosion in Colombo. A further 73 people injured.[2] LTTE Sri Lankan civil war
March 26 Hijacking 4 (attackers) 2 Singapore Singapore Four members of the Pakistan People's Party hijack Singapore Airlines Flight 117 and demand the release of Asif Ali Zardari. The hijackers were killed after the plane was stormed by police and were the only fatalities. Pakistan People's Party
May 13 Bombing 9 Colombia Colombia Nine police officers die while deactivating a bomb left behind by leftist guerillas.[3] FARC Colombian conflict
May 21 Suicide bombing, assassination 15 (+1 attacker) India Sriperumbudur, India Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated in a bomb blast believed to be the work of Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists belonging to the LTTE.[4] This is also the first time that the suicide vest is used by any terrorist group. LTTE Sri Lankan civil war
May 29 Car bombing 9 44 Spain Vic, Spain A car bomb explodes near a Civil Guards barracks in Vic. Nine people, including 5 children, are killed. ETA Basque conflict
May 30 Bombing 11 8 Soviet Union Dagestan, Soviet Union A train traveling from Moscow to Baku explodes near Karvin-Yurt station between Gudermes and Makhachkala in Dagestan, Russia. Eleven people die and eight are injured.[5] Unknown
June 15 Massacre 80-126 India Ludhiana district, India Sikh militants massacre mostly Hindu passengers on two trains near Ludhiana. Sikh militants Insurgency in Punjab
June 21 Suicide car bombing 60 85 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Suicide car bombing targeting the build that housed the Joint Operations Command of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. LTTE Sri Lankan civil war
September 16 Car bombing 3 30 Spain Mutxamel, Spain An ETA car bomb explodes while being towed away from an army barracks. The police were unaware it was a car bomb and had assumed it was an abandoned car. ETA Basque conflict
October Plot 0 0 Canada Toronto, Canada Five men of West Indian origin with links to Jamaat ul-Fuqra are arrested near the Canada–US border and later convicted of a plot to bomb a Hindu temple and an Indian theatre. Jamaat ul-Fuqra
October 15 Massacre 202 83 Sri Lanka Palliyagodella, Sri Lanka LTTE cadres attacked a Muslim village and shot and hacked to death 182 civilians (171 of them were Muslims), twelve policemen and eight soldiers; 83 others were injured.[6] LTTE Sri Lankan civil war
October 18 Bombings 41 140 India Rudrapur, India Rudrapur bombings: Two time bomb blast, when people watching a Hindu pageant of Ramila, Rudrapur, Uttar Pradesh, India, which blame on Sikh separatist militant. Killing at least 41 and injuring 140 people.[7] Sikh militants Insurgency in Punjab
December 21 Bombing 0 6 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Car bomb of RAF explodes near the bus of soviet jewish migrants.[8] Red Army Faction
December 26 Massacre 49 20+ India Punjab, India Sikh militants massacre 49 mostly Hindu passengers on a train traveling between Ludhiana to Ferozepur.[9] Sikh militants Insurgency in Punjab

See also

References

  1. The Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 1991, Page 58
  2. BBC News: "On This Day" March 2, 1991: Sri Lankan hardliner among 19 killed in blast
  3. San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 1991, Page 5A
  4. BBC News: Timeline of the Tamil conflict, September 4, 2000
  5. Nezavisimiya Gazeta via Russkiy Zhurnal (in Russian), May 29, 2001
  6. Sturcke, James (2003-11-14). "Sri Lanka chronology". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  7. "2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India". New York Times. 18 October 1991. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  8. Red Army Faction member faces 15 years for bomb attack, The Scotsman (March 7, 2004)
  9. 49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India, The New York Times (December 27, 1991)
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