List of terrorist incidents, 1986

This is a timeline of incidents in 1986 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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February

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
19 February Land mine 39 Sri Lanka Serunuwara, Sri Lanka When refugees from Serunuwara, Dehiwatta were being escorted by army personnel along Ella/Kantalai road, LTTE exploded a mine killing 35 civilians and four army personnel.[1] LTTE Sri Lankan civil war

March

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
13 March Car bombing 60 Syria Damascus, Syria Car bombing in Damascus. Pro-Iraqi militants were blamed for the attack. Pro-Iraqi militants (suspected)
27 March Car bombing 1 22 Australia Melbourne, Australia Car bombing of the Russell Street Police Headquarters in Melbourne by three men linked to organize crime. Policewoman Angela Taylor was the sole fatality. Craig Minogue
Stan Taylor
Peter Reed

April

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
2 April Bombing 4 7 Greece Argos, Greece Bombing of TWA Flight 840 mid-flight, killing four Americans, including a baby. Flight 840 had previously been hijacked in 1969. Investigators concluded the bomb had been planted by a Lebanese woman who was an Abu Nidal Organisation member. Abu Nidal Organisation Israel-Palestine conflict
5 April Bombing 3 229 West Germany West Berlin, West Germany Bombing at a discothèque frequented by American soldiers, killing two and a Turkish woman. A trial in the U.S. found Libya guilty of organizing the attack. Four Libyans
April Car bombings 144 Syria Damascus, Syria Car bombings in five towns around Damascus. Pro-Iraqi militants were blamed for the attack. Pro-Iraqi militants (suspected)
17 April Attempted bombing 0 0 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom A Semtex bomb was found in the luggage of an Irish woman who was about to board an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv. The bomb had been planted by her Jordanian husband Nezar Hindawi who was arrested the next day. Nezar Hindawi

May

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 May Bombing 21 41 Sri Lanka Katunayake, Sri Lanka LTTE bomb explodes aboard Air Lanka flight carrying mainly French, British and Japanese tourists killing 21 (including 13 foreigners - of whom 3 British, 2 German, 3 French, 2 Japanese, 1 Maldivian and 1 Pakistani) and injuring 41 on Bandaranaike International Airport.[1] LTTE Sri Lankan civil war

July

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
14 July Car bombing 12 32 Spain Madrid, Spain Car bombing of a traffic school in which young Civil Guards were studying. ETA Basque conflict

September

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
5 September Hijacking, hostage-taking 20 120 Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan Four gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization hijack Pan Am Flight 73 at Sahar International Airport in Karachi. After a 16-hour siege, the Pakistani Army raided the plane and the militants opened fire on the passengers, killing 20. Abu Nidal Organization Israel-Palestine conflict
6 September Mass shooting 22 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization open fire on the Neve Shalom Synagogue, killing 22. Abu Nidal Organization Israel-Palestine conflict

November

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
23 November Bombing 1 (an attacker) 0 Australia Melbourne, Australia Two members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Hagop Levonian and Levon Demirian attempt to bomb the Turkish Consulate in Melbourne. The bomb prematurely detonated and Levonian was killed. Armenian Revolutionary Federation

December

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
25 December Hijacking, grenade 63 Dozens Saudi Arabia Arar, Saudi Arabia Four men hijacked Iraqi Airways Flight 163 en route from Baghdad to Amman. A grenade explosion forced the plane to attempt an emergency landing, however another grenade exploded and causing the pane to crash near Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 60 passengers and 3 crew members. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and Iraq has accused Iran of organizing the attack. Islamic Jihad Iran-Iraq war
31 December Arson 98 140 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Three employees at the Dupont Plaza Hotel set the hotel on fire over a labor dispute. Their intention was only to scare tourists away. Héctor Escudero Aponte
José Rivera López
Arnaldo Jiménez Rivera

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