List of terrorist incidents, 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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January

Date Dead Injured Location and description
January  1  0 0 GuatemalaHuehuetenango, Guatemala, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) rebels bombed a utility station in Guatemala causing extensive damage but no deaths or injuries.[1]
January  2  8 36 CambodiaTbeng Rhpuos Kam Pong Chnnang Province, Cambodia Khmer Rogue rebels attacked a train in Cambodia through the use of an explosive device killing 8 and wounding 36 others.[2]
January  2  2 13 PakistanPunjab Province. An explosive device killed two people and injured 13 others.[3]
January  10  10 15 AlgeriaBatna. Rebels attacked a transportation bus in the city of Batna killing at least ten civilians and injuring 15 others in a brutal massacre that is a sign of the Islamic insurgents raging against the moderate government.[4]
January  11  0 0 United KingdomBelfast, Northern Ireland. A Wolworths department store was fire bombed in Belfast. The store was destroyed but no one was injured or killed in the incident.[5]
January 22 19 61 Israel Beit Lid: 19 people are killed and 61 wounded by a suicide bomber at a bus stop.[6]
January 26 7 52 India Jammu: Three bombs exploding at a rally to celebrate the Indian national holiday killed seven and injured 52. The apparent target of the attack, the governor of Kashmir, K.V. Krishna Rao, escaped unharmed.[7]
January 30 42 286 Algeria Algiers: A car bomb exploding near the police headquarters in Algiers kills 42 and injures another 286.[8][9]
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February

Date Dead Injured Location and description
February 28 76 123 Iraq Zakho: A car bomb, exploding in a crowded market place, killed 76 and injured 123 others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.[10][11]
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March

Date Dead Injured Location and description
March 11 0 63 Algeria Algiers: Hours after a warning by the Armed Islamic Group, threatening to start a campaign to kill women related to police and army personnel, until fundamentalist women were freed from prison, a car bomb exploded near apartment buildings for police officers and their families, injuring 63 people, most of them slightly.[12]
March 20 12 1034 Japan Tokyo: Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by AUM Shinrikyo cultists kills thirteen people and injures 1034 .
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April

Date Dead Injured Location and description
April 9 8 50 Israel Israel Two suicide bombers belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad detonate in Gaza, killing 8 and injuring 50.[13]
April 19 168 800+ United States Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people, 19 of them children; the most deadly act of domestic terrorism in the United States to date.
April 25 0 22 Lebanon Lebanon: A Hizballah suicide bomber wounds 22 in attack on Israeli troop convoy in south.[14]
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June

Date Dead Injured Location and description
June 7 0 1 Turkey Ankara: A car bomb exploded in Ankara wounding leader of the Jewish in the city.[15]
June 11 29 205 Colombia Medellín: Leftist group FARC claims responsibility for a bomb that kills 29 and injures 205 at a music concert in Medellín.[16]
June 14–June 19 172+ 434+ Russia Stavropol Krai: Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis, At least 147 civilians and 25 Russian troops were killed.
June 22 0 16 Algeria Constantion: 16 people were wounded in a car bomb blast in the city of Constantion.[17]
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July

Date Dead Injured Location and description
July 20 17 100 India Jammu: A bomb on a motor scooter exploded at a marketplace in Jammu, killing at least 17 and injuring 100 more. Harkat-ul-Ansar claimed responsibility for the bombing.[18]
July 24 5 32 Israel Tel Aviv: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated on a bus, killing 5 and injuring 32.[14]
July 25 8 80 France Paris: A gas bottle exploded in the Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight were killed and 80 wounded in the bombing, which was part of a series of attacks by the GIA.
July 26 1 42 India Jammu: A bomb hidden in a motor scooter exploded near a Hindu temple and killed a Hindu pilgrim and injured another 42.[19]
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August

Date Dead Injured Location and description
August 21 5 100 Israel Israel: A Hamas suicide bomber detonates on a bus, killing 5 and injuring 100.[14]
August 31 9 104 Algeria Algiers: A car bomb, exploding at a square near the police headquarters in Bab El-Oued killed nine people and left more than 100 injured.[20][21]
August 31 16 30 India Chandigarh: Dilawar Singh Babbar, a member of Babbar Khalsa, killed Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and 15 others in a suicide bombing. At least 30 more were injured in the attack.[22][23]
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September

Date Dead Injured Location and description
September 5 13 25 India Srinagar: Two car bombs, exploding near two banks handling payrolls for Indian army and police units, killed 13 and injured 25.[24]
September 7 0 14 France Lyon: A car bomb exploded outside a Jewish school in Lyon wounding 14 people.[25]
September 8 1 2 India Srinagar:
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October

Date Dead Injured Location and description
October 18 0 29 France Paris, France A bomb was thrown at a underground commuter train as it sped through central Paris. The train was derailed and damaged the train no one was killed but 29 people were injured in the attack.[26]
October 31 33 Iraq Salahuddin: A bomb exploding at the headquarter of the Iraqi National Congress kills at least 33, including the group's chief of security, Lt. Saif Rashid Sindi.[27][28]
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November

Date Dead Injured Location and description
November 11 15+ 59 Sri Lanka Colombo: A double suicide bombing of army headquarters in Colombo kills at least 15 and injures 59. Attack carried out by LTTE.[29][30]
November 13 7 Saudi Arabia Riyadh: Bombing of OPM-SANG building in Riyadh kills seven; five of them Americans and two of them Indians.
November 16 12 20 Iraq Baghdad: A car bomb exploding outside the headquarter of the Ba'ath Party kills 12 and injures 20.[31]
November 19 17 ≈60 Pakistan Islamabad: Bombing of Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad kills 17.[32]
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December

Date Dead Injured Location and description
December 4 11 60+ Russia Grozny: A car bomb exploding at a bazaar near the main government building killed 11 and injured more than 60. Chechen rebels were blamed for the bombing.[33][34]
December 11 6 Spain Madrid, Spain: ETA Basque militant group bombs a military truck in Madrid, killing six civilians.
December 22 32+ 117 Pakistan Peshawar: A car bomb exploding outside a department store killed at least 32 and injured 117 more.[35]
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See also

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References

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  6. ^ Suicide bomber kills 19 in Israel, The New York Times (January 23, 1995)
  7. ^ 3 bomb blasts kill 7, hurt 52 at Kashmir fete, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (January 27, 1995)
  8. ^ A Car Bombing in Algiers Kills 38 and Wounds 256, The New York Times (January 31, 1995)
  9. ^ Algiers Bomb Toll Rises to 42 Dead, The Washington Post (February 1, 1995)
  10. ^ Car Bomb Kills At Least 54 In Kurdish Iraq, The New York Times (February 28, 1995)
  11. ^ Iraq car-bomb explosion kills 76, injures 123, The Dallas Morning News (March 1, 1995)
  12. ^ Bomb Wounds 63 in Families of Algiers Police, The New York Times (March 11, 1995)
  13. ^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/TerrorAttacks.html
  14. ^ a b c http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/incidentcalendar.asp
  15. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2353781.html
  16. ^ AP, June 12, 1995, Paul Haven
  17. ^ http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=08M0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=QCEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6154,2805008&dq=bomb+attack&hl=en
  18. ^ Bomb explodes near Hindu temple, The Sunday Courier (July 27, 1995)
  19. ^ One killed as bomb explodes near Hindu temple in India, The Seattle Times (July 26, 1995)
  20. ^ 10 dead in Algiers car bomb blast, Kingman Daily Miner (August 31, 1995)
  21. ^ World News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 3, 1995)
  22. ^ [Car bomb kills top official, 12 others in northern India], The Buffalo News (August 31, 1995)
  23. ^ Indian security tightens after new assassinations, St. Paul Pioneer Press (September 3, 1995)
  24. ^ Bomb Set by Rebels in Capital of Kashmir Kills 13, Wounds 25, The New York Times (September 5)
  25. ^ [1], News Blaze (May 11, 2008)
  26. ^ "BOMB ATTACK INJURES 29 ON PARIS COMMUTER TRAIN". Sun-Sentinel.com. October 18, 1995. Retrieved October 18, 1995. 
  27. ^ A Fuel Tanker Explodes in Iraq, Killing 10, With 2 From U.N., The New York Times (December 8, 1995)
  28. ^ Toll rises, Deseret News (November 1, 1995)
  29. ^ The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, ROBERT A. PAPE The University of Chicago, American Political Science Review Vol. 97, No. 3 August 2003, Page No 16
  30. ^ Suicide Bombing in Sri Lanka, The Washington Post (November 11, 1995)
  31. ^ The Washington Times (November 22, 1995)
  32. ^ U.S. Sending an F.B.I. Team to Investigate Bombing in Pakistan, The New York Times (November 23, 1995)
  33. ^ Chechnya Bomb Kills 11 At Russian Headquarters, The New York Times (December 5, 1995)
  34. ^ Car Bomb Blast in Chechnya Kills 11, Wounds Scores, The Washington Post (December 5, 1995)
  35. ^ Car Bomb Kills 35 at Pakistan-Afghan Border, The New York Times (December 22, 1995)
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