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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- 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.
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| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Bombing | 3 | 7 | La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia | A bomb kills three and wounds seven. No group claims responsibility.[1] | Unknown | Colombian conflict | |
| January 9 | Shooting | 2 (+28) | 8 | Cerro Girasoles, Meta Department, Colombia | The Toma del Cerro Girasoles was an attack perpetrated by the guerrilla of the (FARC) against the Girasoles military base, located in the mountainous region of the Serranía de la Macarena. In spite of the number of casualties on the side of the FARC, in the attack they depleted the ammunition of the garrison of the army that was in the base and had to surrender.[2] | FARC | Colombian conflict | |
| January 29 | Ambush | 9 | Unknown | Tibú, Colombia | 9 soldiers are killed in an ambush by the National Guerrilla Coordinator (CNG) in Norte de Santander. The truck in which it was mobilized with explosive weapons and fire of machine guns.[3] | Coordinadora Nacional Guerrillera | Colombian conflict | |
| February 7 | Mortar attack | 0 | 4 | London, United Kingdom | Downing Street mortar attack | 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 |
| February 18 | Bombing | 1 | 38 | London, United Kingdom | Victoria station and Paddington station bombings | Two bombs at London mainline stations, one at Victoria station and the other at Paddington station killing one person and injuring 38 other people all in the Victoria station bombing.[4] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| February 26 | Shooting | 3 | 9 | Amazonas State, Brazil | FARC guerrillas assaulted the Solimoes post in the remote region of the Traira river near the border with Colombia. The attack left three Brazilian soldiers dead and nine wounded. In response the Brazilian army launched Operation Traira[5] | FARC | Colombian conflict | |
| March 2 | Bombing | 19 | 73 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Havelock Road Bombing | At least 19 people, including Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister, Ranjan Wijeratne killed in an LTTE car bomb explosion. A further 73 people injured.[6] | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| March 20 | Shooting, Kidnapping | 3 | 59 | Antioquia Department, Colombia | At San Jose de Nus, near Cabañas Station, located in Caracolí, a group of ELN guerrillas stops a train and kidnaps 42 recruits from the National Army. On the same day, FARC rebels attack the town of Santa Helena del Opón, in Santander, killing 3 soldiers and kidnapping 17 more.[7] | ELN and FARC | Colombian conflict | |
| March 26 | Hijacking | 0 (+4) | 2 | Singapore | Singapore Airlines Flight 117 | 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 | |
| March 28 | Shooting | 3 | 0 | Craigavon, United Kingdom | Craigavon mobile shop killings | The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) carried out a gun attack on a mobile shop in the Drumbeg estate in County Armagh, shooting dead three Catholic civilians. Two of those killed were teenage girls. | UVF | The Troubles |
| April 19 | Bombing | 6 (+1) | 94 | Patras, Greece | Two Palestinian terrorists tried to place a bomb to the British Consulate. The bomb exploded prematurely possibly due to an adjusting error, killing one terrorist and six other Greek bystanders. | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
| May 6–7 | Shooting | 3 (+20) | 10 | San Pablo, Bolívar, Colombia | Guerrillas of the Simón Bolívar Coordinator attack the municipality. Three policemen die, but with backing of units of the Marine Corps, the rebels are rejected.[8] | CGSB | Colombian conflict | |
| May 13 | Bombing | 9 | Unknown | Colombia | Nine police officers die while deactivating a bomb left behind by leftist guerrillas.[9][10] | CGSB | Colombian conflict | |
| May 21 | Suicide bombing, assassination | 15 (+1) | 43 | Sriperumbudur, India | Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi | 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.[11] This is also the first time that the suicide vest is used by any terrorist group. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| May 23 | Shooting | 10 | 1 | Sardinata, Colombia | CGSB guerrillas ambush a police patrol in the village of Las Mercedes, Norte de Santander. 7 uniformed and 3 civilians killed.[12] | CGSB | Colombian conflict | |
| May 29 | Car bombing | 10 | 44 | Vic, Spain | Vic bombing | A car bomb explodes near a Civil Guards barracks. The attack killed 10 people, including five children, and injured 44 people. | ETA | Basque conflict |
| May 30 | Bombing | 11 | 8 | Dagestan, Soviet Union | A train traveling from Moscow to Baku explodes near Karvin-Yurt station between Gudermes and Makhachkala in Russia. 11 people die and eight are injured.[13] | Unknown | ||
| May 31 | Bombing | 3 | 14 | Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | Glenanne barracks bombing | The Provisional IRA launched a large truck bomb attack on a British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base in County Armagh. Three soldiers were killed; ten soldiers and four civilians were wounded. The blast left a deep crater and it could be heard over 30 miles away. Most of the UDR base was destroyed by the blast and the fire that followed. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| June 15 | Massacre | 80–126 | Unknown | Ludhiana district, India | 1991 Punjab Killings | Sikh militants massacre mostly Hindu passengers on two trains. | Sikh militants | Insurgency in Punjab |
| June 19 | Shooting | 15 | 15 | Sucre, Colombia | ELN guerrillas ambush a police patrol in Corral Viejo, village of San Benito Abad; 7 police die. Meanwhile, in Barranco Colorado, on the banks of the Ariari River, between the towns of Puerto Lleras and San José del Guaviare, guerrillas from front 1 of the FARC ambushed a patrol of the Marine Corps and killed 8 soldiers.[14] | ELN and FARC | Colombian conflict | |
| June 21 | Suicide car bombing | 60 | 85 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | JOC bombing | Suicide car bombing targeting the headquarters of the Joint Operations Command of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| June 28 | Bombing | 4 | 30 | Seville, Spain | A package bomb, presumably sent by ETA, caused the death in jail of a prison official, two inmates and a relative of an inmate. The explosion, which destroyed several rooms in the center, also injured other 30 people.[15] | ETA | Basque Conflict | |
| August 15 | Attempted Attack | 3 (+12) | 7 | Santa Rosa de Simití, Colombia | Guerrillas from FARC Front 24 attacked the town. The attack fails and 12 insurgents die.[16] | FARC | Colombian conflict | |
| September 16 | Car bombing | 3 | 30 | Mutxamel, Spain | Mutxamel bombing | 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 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 1991 Toronto bomb plot | 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 | Palliyagodella, Sri Lanka | Palliyagodella massacre | 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.[17] | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| October 17 | Bombings | 41 | 140 | Rudrapur, India | 1991 Rudrapur bombings | Rudrapur bombings: Two time bomb blasts, when people watching a Hindu pageant of Ramila, which was blamed on Sikh separatist militant. At least 41 killed and 140 injured.[18] | Sikh militants | Insurgency in Punjab |
| 2 November | Bombing | 2 | 11 | Belfast, United Kingdom | Musgrave Park Hospital bombing | The Provisional IRA exploded a bomb at the military wing of Musgrave Park Hospital. Two British soldiers were killed and 11 other people were injured, among them a five-year-old girl and a baby of four months. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 18 | Shooting | 15 (+12) | Unknown | Putumayo District, Colombia | 1 petty officer and 9 agents are killed on the road connecting Villa Garzon and Mocoa. Meanwhile, 12 insurgents, one soldier and three other police officers were killed in other events in several departments of the country.[19] | FARC Front 32 | Colombian conflict | |
| 20 November | Assault transport helicopter | 22 | 0 | Karakend, near Khojavend District, Azerbaijan | 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown | Occurred when an Azerbaijani MI-8 military helicopter, carrying a peacekeeping mission team consisting of 13 Azerbaijani government officials, 2 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani Ministry of Internal Affairs officials, 3 Azerbaijani journalists and 3 helicopter crew was shot down amidst heavy fighting by Armenian separatists.[20][21] All 22 people (19 passengers and 3 crew) on board were killed in the crash.[22] | Armenian separatists | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict |
| December 21 | Bombing | 0 | 6 | Budapest, Hungary | Car bomb of RAF explodes near the bus of Soviet Jewish migrants.[23] | Red Army Faction | ||
| December 26 | Massacre | 49 | 20+ | Punjab, India | Sikh militants massacre 49 mostly Hindu passengers on a train traveling from Ludhiana to Ferozepur.[24] | Sikh militants | Insurgency in Punjab | |
| December 30 | Car bomb | 15+ | 120 | West Beirut, Lebanon | Mainly Shi’a district.[25] |
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- The Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 1991, Page 58
- "Condenan a 'Martín Sombra' por toma de base militar de Girasol| El Espectador". www.elespectador.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29.
- San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 1991, Page 5A
- BBC News: Timeline of the Tamil conflict, September 4, 2000
- Nezavisimiya Gazeta via Russkiy Zhurnal (in Russian), May 29, 2001
- Sturcke, James (2003-11-14). "Sri Lanka chronology". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- "2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India". New York Times. 18 October 1991. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- Roman Glebov (1991-11-25). "Республики. В Азербайджане сбит вертолет с VIP на борту" [Republics. A helicopter with VIP on board has been shot down in Azerbaijan.] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- Menashri, David (1998). Central Asia Meets Middle East. London, Great Britain: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. p. 155. ISBN 0-7146-4600-8.
- "Azerbaijan Association. 17 year passes since "Mi-8" military helicopter was shot in Garakand sky – complete list of the perished people". November 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
- Red Army Faction member faces 15 years for bomb attack, The Scotsman (March 7, 2004)
- 49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India, The New York Times (December 27, 1991)
- Middle East International No 416, 10 January 1992 Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir p.12