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Improvised bombing
An improvised explosive device (IED; also known as a roadside bomb due to contemporary use) is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. One may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a...
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Wall Street bombing
The Wall Street bombing occurred at 12:01 p.m. on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of New York City. Thirty-eight people were killed and 400 injured by the blast. It was more deadly than the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times...
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- Sep 16, 1920 —
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing occurred on April 19, 1995 when American militia movement sympathizer Timothy McVeigh, with the assistance of Terry Nichols, destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was the...
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- Apr 19, 1995
USS Cole bombing
The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. Seventeen American sailors were killed.
On 12 October 2000, USS Cole, under the command...
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- Oct 12, 2000 —
World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a car bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,500 lb (680 kg) urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to knock...
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- -1 years (Feb 26, 1993 12:18pm — Feb 26, 1993)
1998 United States embassy bombings
In the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings (August 7, 1998) hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the United States embassies in the major East African cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The attacks,...
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- Aug 7, 1998 —
2002 Bali bombing
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, 152 of whom were foreign nationals ...
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- Oct 12, 2002
Myyrmanni bombing
The Myyrmanni bombing took place on October 11, 2002 in the Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland, in Greater Helsinki, in the local Myyrmanni shopping mall. The bomb killed seven, including two teenagers, a 7-year-old child and the bomber. 166 people were...
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- Oct 11, 2002 —
King David Hotel bombing
The King David Hotel bombing was an attack carried out by the militant Zionist group Irgun, on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. The hotel was the site of the central offices of the British Mandatory authorities of Palestine, the Secretariat of the...
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- Jul 22, 1946 —
Omagh bombing
The Omagh bombing was a paramilitary car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), a splinter group of former Provisional Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Belfast Agreement, on Saturday 15 August 1998, in Omagh,...
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- Aug 15, 1998 —
Kenyan hotel bombing
The 2002 Mombasa attacks refer to an Israeli-owned hotel and a plane belonging to an Israeli airline in Mombasa, Kenya that were targeted on 28 November 2002. A red all-terrain vehicle crashed through a barrier outside the Paradise Hotel and blew up...
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- Nov 28, 2002 —
Bloody Friday
Bloody Friday is the name given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) Belfast Brigade in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on 21 July, 1972, which killed nine people including two soldiers, and injured 130 civilians....
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- Jul 21, 1972 —
Canal Hotel Bombing
The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100. The blast targeted the United...
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- Aug 19, 2003 —
UTA Flight 772
UTA Flight 772 of the French airline Union des Transports Aériens was a scheduled flight operating from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Paris CDG airport in France.
On 19 September 1989 the McDonnell Douglas DC-10...
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- Sep 19, 1989 —
1986 Berlin discotheque bombing
The Berlin discotheque bombing of April 5, 1986 was a terrorist attack on the La Belle discotheque, West Berlin, Germany, that was frequented by U.S. soldiers. A bomb placed under a table near the DJ booth exploded at the club, killing a Turkish...
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- Apr 5, 1986 —
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a racially motivated terrorist attack on September 15, 1963, by members of a Ku Klux Klan group in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The bombing of the African-American church resulted in the deaths...
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- Sep 15, 1963
Khobar Towers bombing
The Khobar Towers bombing was a terrorist attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, located near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran. In 1996, Khobar Towers was being used to house foreign...
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- Jun 25, 1996 —
Brighton hotel bombing
The Brighton hotel bombing occurred on 12 October 1984 at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. The bomb was planted by Patrick Magee, a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). It was intended to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret...
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- Oct 12, 1984 —
Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating on the route was blown up in midair by a bomb in Irish airspace in the single deadliest terrorist attack...
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- Jun 23, 1985 —
Birmingham pub bombings
The Birmingham pub bombings occurred in Birmingham, England on 21 November 1974. The explosions killed 21 people and injured 182. The devices were placed in two central Birmingham pubs – the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town (now renamed the...
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- Nov 21, 1974 —
Rizal Day bombings
The Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on December 30, 2000. The explosions occurred in close succession within a span of a few hours....
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- Dec 30, 2000
JAT Flight 364
JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367, was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft (registration YU-AHT) which exploded shortly after overflying NDB Hermsdorf, East Germany while en route from Stockholm to Belgrade on January 26, 1972. The aircraft broke...
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- Jan 26, 1972 —
1983 Beirut barracks bombing
In the Beirut barracks bombing (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299...
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- Oct 23, 1983 —
Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires
The Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires was a bomb attack against Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 17, 1992. At 2:42pm, a pickup truck driven by a suicide bomber and loaded with explosives smashed into the front of the Israeli...
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- Mar 17, 1992 —
AMIA Bombing
The AMIA bombing was an attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; Argentine Israelite [i.e., Jewish] Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, that killed 85 people and injured hundreds. It was Argentina's...
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- Jul 18, 1994 —
2003 Casablanca bombings
The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country's history. The attacks occurred four days after the Riyadh compound bombings that...
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- May 16, 2003 —
Central Bank Bombing
The Central Bank bombing was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks carried out by the LTTE during the Separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tigers. The attack took place on January 31, 1996, Sri Lankan city of...
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- Jan 31, 1996 —
1993 Mumbai bombings
The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India on March 12, 1993. The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history. The single-day attacks...
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- Mar 12, 1993 —
Avianca Flight 203
Avianca Airlines Flight 203 was a Boeing 727 that was destroyed by a bomb over Colombia on November 27, 1989.
The aircraft took off from the Colombian capital Bogotá en route to Cali. It was in the air five minutes and flying at a speed of 794...
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- Nov 27, 1989 —
Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a Boeing 707-3B5C en route from Saddam International Airport to Kimpo International Airport in 29 November 1987. Two North Korean agents left a bomb in the passenger cabin before departing the plane in a stopover at Abu...
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- Nov 29, 1987 —
Gulf Air Flight 771
Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight from Karachi, Pakistan to the Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 was on approach to Abu Dhabi International Airport, a bomb exploded in the baggage compartment. The plane...
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- Sep 23, 1983 —
Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901, registry HP-1202AC, was an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante aircraft which exploded shortly after departing Colón, Panama for Panama City on July 19, 1994. All 21 on board, including 12 Jews, were killed in the bombing. Both...
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- Jul 19, 1994 —
RFA Fort Victoria
RFA Fort Victoria (A387) is a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Fort Victoria was ordered from Harland and Wolff in 1986, and was launched in 1990. Just a few weeks after being christened, on 6 September, she became...
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- Sep 6, 1986 —
Ghriba synagogue bombing
The Ghriba synagogue bombing was a deadly bombing carried out by Niser bin Muhammad Nasar Nawar in Tunisia on the El Ghriba synagogue.
On April 11, 2002, a natural gas truck fitted with explosives drove past security barriers at the ancient Ghriba...
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- Apr 11, 2002 —
2002 Karachi bus bombing
The 2002 Karachi bus bombing was one of a series of deadly strikes on Westerners in Pakistan in 2002.
On May 8, 2002, a man driving a car bomb stopped next to a bus in Karachi outside the Sheraton Hotel. He detonated the car, ripping the bus apart,...
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- May 8, 2002 —
11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings
The 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings consisted of a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías (commuter train) system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004 (three days before Spain's general elections), killing 191 people...
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- Mar 11, 2004
Jerusalem bus 20 massacre
The Kiryat Menachem bus bombing was the suicide bombing of a public bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem in Jerusalem on November 21, 2002. A Hamas suicide bomber blew himself on a crowded bus in a Jerusalem suburb, killing 11 people and...
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- Nov 21, 2002 —
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing
The Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing was the suicide bombing of a crowded public bus in the Shmuel HaNavi quarter in Jerusalem, Israel, on August 19, 2003. Twenty-three people were killed and over 130 wounded. Many of the victims were children. The...
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- Aug 19, 2003 —
1995 bombings in France
The 1995 bombings in France were carried out by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), who were broadening the Algerian Civil War to France. In total, these attacks killed eight and injured more than 100. The first stage of the extension of the Islamists'...
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- 2 months (Jul 25, 1995 — Oct 17, 1995)
Warrington bomb attacks
The Warrington bombings took place in Warrington, England in 1993. The first attack, on a gasworks, created a huge fireball but no fatalities, but a police officer was shot and injured after stopping a van connected to the attacks. The second attack...
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- Feb 26, 1993 —
Israeli Embassy Attack in London
In the Israeli Embassy Attack in London — which took place on July 26, 1994, eight days after the AMIA Bombing in Argentina — a car bomb exploded outside the Israeli embassy in London, injuring 20 people. The car was packed with 20 to 30 pounds of...
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- Jul 26, 1994 —
Rangoon bombing
The 1983 Rangoon bombing was an assassination attempt against then-South Korean President, Chun Doo-hwan, allegedly orchestrated by North Korea.
On October 9, 1983, President Chun Doo-hwan was on an official visit to Yangon, the capital of Myanmar....
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- Oct 9, 1983 —
Sydney Hilton bombing
The Sydney Hilton bombing occurred on 13 February 1978, when a bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia. At the time the hotel was the site of the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting (CHOGRM), a regional off...
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- Feb 13, 1978 —
Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004
The Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004 were terrorist attack on two domestic Russian passenger aircraft at around 23:00 on August 24, 2004. Both planes had flown out of Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow.
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- Aug 24, 2004 —
2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta
The 2004 Australian embassy bombing took place on 9 September 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
A one-tonne car bomb, which was packed into a small Daihatsu delivery van, exploded outside the Australian embassy at Kuningan District, South Jakarta, at...
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- Sep 9, 2004 —
1989 Deal barracks bombing
The 1989 Deal barracks bombing was the destruction of a recreational centre and accommodation barracks of the Royal Marines School of Music at the Royal Marines barracks at Deal, Kent, England on September 22, 1989. The building collapsed following...
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- Sep 22, 1989 —
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing
The Ben Yehuda Street bombings refer to a series of attacks by Arab terrorists and suicide bombers on civilians in downtown Jerusalem, Israel from 1948 until today. The attacks were carried out on Ben Yehuda Street, a major thoroughfare, later a...
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- Feb 22, 1948 —
Russell Street Bombing
The Russell Street Bombing refers to the March 27, 1986 bombing of the Russell Street Police Headquarters complex in Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The explosion was caused by a car bomb hidden in a stolen 1979 Holden Commodore.
The...
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- Mar 27, 1986 —
1996 Manchester bombing
The 1996 Manchester bombing was a bomb attack undertaken by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred on 15 June 1996 in Manchester, England. The bomb, placed in the city centre, targeted the infrastructure and economy of Manchester...
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- Jun 15, 1996 —
Swissair Flight 330
Swissair Flight SR330 was a regularly scheduled flight from Zürich International Airport in Kloten, Switzerland to Tel Aviv, Israel.
On February 21, 1970, HB-ICD a Convair CV-990 Coronado jet named “Baselland” was flying on the route with 38...
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- Feb 21, 1970 —
Guildford pub bombing
The Guildford pub bombings occurred on 5 October 1974. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, England. The pubs were targeted because they were popular with British Army personnel....
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- Oct 5, 1974 —
Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
The Dublin and Monaghan bombings on May 17, 1974 were a series of car bombings in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The attacks left 33 persons dead and almost 300 injured: the largest number of casualties in any single day in the...
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- May 17, 1974 —
M62 coach bombing
The M62 coach bombing happened on 4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in England, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members. Twelve people were...
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- Feb 4, 1974 —
1985 Beirut Car Bombing
On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded 9-45 metres from the house of Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt. The bombing killed more than 80 people and injured 200, almost entirely...
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- Mar 8, 1985 —
Piazza Fontana bombing
The Piazza Fontana Bombing (Italian: Strage di Piazza Fontana) was a terrorist attack that occurred on December 12, 1969 at 16:37, when a bomb exploded at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (National Agrarian Bank) in Piazza...
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- Dec 12, 1969 —
April 2005 terrorist attacks in Cairo
The April 2005 attacks were three related incidents that took place in the city of Cairo, Egypt, on 7 April and 30 April 2005. The latter two incidents are generally considered to have been minor, in that they caused no loss of life other than those...
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- Apr 30, 2005 —
Tarata bombing
The Tarata bombing was a terrorist attack in Lima, Peru, on July 16, 1992 by the Shining Path guerrilla group. The blast was the deadliest Shining Path bombing during the Internal conflict in Peru and was part of a larger bombing campaign in the...
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- Jul 16, 1992 —
Frecuencia Latina bombing
The Frecuencia Latina bombing was a terrorist attack in Peru in June 1992 against Frecuencia Latina, a private television network. Shining Path insurgents attacked the network installations, killing three people.
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- Jun 1992 —
Continental Airlines Flight 11
Continental Airlines Flight 11, registration N70775, was a Boeing 707 aircraft which exploded close to Centerville, Iowa, while en route from O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, on May 22, 1962. The aircraft crashed in a...
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- May 22, 1962 —
Cubana Flight 455
Cubana Flight 455 was a Cubana flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down by a terrorist attack on October 6, 1976. All 73 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed in what was then the most deadly terrorist airline attack in...
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- Oct 6, 1976 —
National Airlines Flight 2511
National Airlines Flight 2511, registration N8225H, was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft which exploded over Bolivia, North Carolina en route from New York International (Idlewild) Airport, New York City, New York, to Miami, Florida on January 6, 1960. All...
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- Jan 6, 1960 —
