List of terrorist incidents, 1990
This is a timeline of incidents in 1990 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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May 7: A car bomb kills one and injures five, outside a government building in Pereira, capital of Risaralda State. No group claims responsibility but the government blames drug lords who declared war on the country nine months earlier.[1]- May 13: Two car bombs explode simultaneously in the Quirigua and Niza shopping malls during Mother's Day in Bogotá killing 19, including six children, and wounding 140, while another bomb exploded in a restaurant in Cali, killing six and injuring 20. Authorities say the Medellín Cartel is to blame for the attacks.[2]
May 16 The IRA detonate a bomb under a military minibus in London, killing Sgt Charles Chapman, and injuring four other soldiers.[3]
June 11: Over 600 unarmed police officers are shot dead by the LTTE in Police Stations across eastern Sri Lanka.[4][5][6]- July 20: The IRA detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange causing damage to the building. Nobody was injured in the blast.[7]
- August 3: Over 30 Tamil Tiger cadres attacked four Muslim mosques in Kattankudy in Batticaloa district, killing at least 147 Muslims who were praying in the mosques.[8]
- December 13: A remote control bomb kills seven police officer and injures 23 more in Medellín. Authorities blame the Medellín Cartel for the attack.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ San Jose Mercuary News, May 8, 1990
- ↑ The Washington Post, May 13, 1990, Douglas Farah
- ↑ House of Commons (UK): Terrorist Incidents, Hansard for Session 1995-96, Vol 273, March 4, 1996
- ↑ "Recalling the saddest day in Lankan Police history". Lanka Newspapers. Lanka Newspapers. 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- ↑ "Killing of 774 policemen". Rivira. Rivira. 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Human Rights Practices, 1995". US State Department (US State Department).
- ↑ BBC: 1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange, On this day, July 20, 1990
- ↑ Frontline: A timely and prudent step by the LTTE - Interview with Rauf Hakeem, Volume 19, Issue 12, June 8–21, 2002
- ↑ St. Louis Post Dispatch, December 14, 1990, Page 15A
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