List of terrorist incidents in 1995 explained

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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List

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
January 30Car bombing42286Algiers, AlgeriaJanuary 1995 Algiers bombing

A car bomb exploded near police headquarters, killing 42 and injuring another 286.[1] [2]

GIAAlgerian Civil War
February 27Car bombing76123Zakho, Iraq1995 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]

PUKIraqi Kurdish Civil War
March 20Gassing131,050+Tokyo, JapanTokyo 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 20Massacrec. 300unknownAtiak, UgandaAtiak massacreLord's Resistance ArmyLord's Resistance Army insurgency
April 28Shootdown450Jaffna, Sri Lanka1995 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.

LTTESri Lankan Civil War
April 29Shootdown520Jaffna, Sri Lanka1995 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 25Massacre42Kallarawa, Sri LankaKallarawa massacre

LTTE cadres attacked a fishing village, where they hacked and shot to death 42 civilians.[5]

LTTESri Lankan Civil War
June 14–19Siege129-166 (+11)400+Budyonnovsk, RussiaBudyonnovsk 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.

CRIFirst Chechen War
June 17Arson00West Perth, Australia1995 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 4Kidnapping60Pahalgam, India1995 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-FaranInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
July 24Suicide bombing6 (+1 perpetrator) 30Tel Aviv, IsraelRamat Gan bus bombing

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated on a bus, killing 6 and injuring 30.[6]

HamasIsraeliPalestinian conflict
July 25Bombing880Paris, France1995 France bombings

A gas bottle exploded at a train station

GIAAlgerian Civil War
August 17Bombing017Paris, France1995 France bombings

Bombing at the Arc de Triomphe

GIAAlgerian Civil War
August 21Suicide bombing5 (+1 perpetrator) 100Jerusalem, IsraelRamat Eshkol bus bombing

A Hamas suicide bomber detonated on a bus, killing 5 and injuring 100.

HamasIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
August 26Attempted bombing00Lyon, France1995 France bombings: Large bomb found and defused near railway tracks.GIAAlgerian Civil War
August 28Mortar4375Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMarkale 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.

VRSBosnian War
September 3Bombing04Paris, France1995 France bombings

Bombing at a square

GIAAlgerian Civil War
September 7Car bombing014Lyon, France1995 France bombings: A car bomb exploded outside a Jewish school in Lyon, wounding 14 people.[7] GIAAlgerian Civil War
OctoberMassacres~120Eastern Province, Sri LankaOctober 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres

The LTTE carried out several massacres of Sinhalese civilians

LTTESri Lankan Civil War
October 6Bombing013Paris, France1995 France bombings

Bombing at a Paris Métro station

GIAAlgerian Civil War
October 9Sabotage178Arizona, United States1995 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)29Rijeka, Croatia1995 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-IslamiyyaBosnian War
November 4Assassination11Tel Aviv, IsraelAssassination 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 AmirIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
November 19Car bombing17≈60Islamabad, PakistanAttack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan

Bombing of the Egyptian Embassy killed 17.[10]

Egyptian Islamic Jihad
December 11Car bombing619Madrid, Spain1995 Vallecas bombing

Basque separatists bombed an army vehicle carrying civilian employees.

ETABasque conflict
December 22Car bombing32+117Peshawar, Pakistan1995 Peshawar bombing

A car bomb exploded outside a department store, killing at least 32 and injuring 117 more.[11]

Unknown

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2D8163BF932A05752C0A963958260 A Car Bombing in Algiers Kills 38 and Wounds 256
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023082316/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-818967.html Algiers Bomb Toll Rises to 42 Dead
  3. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0D8143DF93BA15751C0A963958260 Car Bomb Kills At Least 54 In Kurdish Iraq
  4. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D5AA841AAD86&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Iraq car-bomb explosion kills 76, injures 123
  5. http://sundaytimes.lk/981004/news2.html The Sunday Times, Lighting a candle in the storm.
  6. Book: Cordesman, Anthony. The Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalating to Nowhere. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2005. 24.
  7. https://archive.today/20130131145704/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21411964.html?dids=21411964:21411964&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+08,+1995&author=SCOTT+KRAFT&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Car+Bomb+Injures+14+at+Jewish+School+in+France;+Terrorism:+Blast+in+Lyon+suburb+is+latest+in+a+weeks-long+campaign+of+fear.+No+one+claims+responsibility+for+attack.&pqatl=google
  8. News: October 18, 1995. Bomb Attack Injures 29 on Paris Commuter Train. Sun-Sentinel.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604203602/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/18379016.html?dids=18379016:18379016&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18,+1995&author=Reuters&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=BOMB+ATTACK+INJURES+29+ON+PARIS+COMMUTER+TRAIN&pqatl=google. dead. June 4, 2011. March 17, 2010.
  9. News: 1995-10-22. Islamic Group Hits Croatia. by Reuters. New York Times. 2008-08-10.
  10. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1D91339F930A15752C1A963958260 U.S. Sending an F.B.I. Team to Investigate Bombing in Pakistan
  11. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7D61439F931A15751C1A963958260 Car Bomb Kills 35 at Pakistan-Afghan Border