This is a timeline of incidents in 1993 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).
Guidelines To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism". List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST. Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred). Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured). Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims. If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined. Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident. In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
List DateType Dead InjuredLocation DetailsPerpetratorPart ofJanuary 7Car bombing239Medellín, Colombia A car bomb kills two and injures 39 in the parking lot of a building where several judges lived.San Jose Mercury News, January 8, 1993, Page 17AMedellín CartelColombian conflictJanuary 25Shooting23Langley, Virginia, United StatesPakistani immigrant Mir Qazi opened fire on CIA employees outside the CIA headquarters. Qazi committed the shootings because he was angered at U.S. foreign policy towards Muslim nations.Mir QaziTerrorism in the United StatesJanuary 30Bombing2570Bogotá, ColombiaA bomb kills 25 and injures 70, 12 days after a letter was published from fugitive cocaine king Pablo Escobar vowing to renew his all-out war on the Colombian stateMedellín CartelColombian ConflictFebruary 11Bombing1425Barrancabermeja, ColombiaA bomb kills 14 and injures 25 at an auto repair shop.14 killed and 25 wounded by a car bomb in Colombia, New York Times, February 11, 1993UnknownColombian conflictFebruary 15Bombing4100+Bogotá, ColombiaTwo bombs kill 4 and wound over 100.UnknownColombian conflictFebruary 26Truck Bombing61,042New York City, United StatesWorld Trade Center bombing kills six and injures over 1000 people, by coalition of five groups: Jamaat Al-Fuqra'/Gamaat Islamiya/Hamas/Islamic Jihad/National Islamic Front,Official prepared statement of Steven Emerson before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information, on February 24, 1998, Federal Information Systems Corporation, Federal News Service, as downloaded from the Library of Congress, 1998, Made available 4/5/98 see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Ramzi Yousef.Ramzi Yousef and co-conspiratorsMarch 12Bombings2571,400Bombay, India13 bombings targeting banks, hotels, the Bombay Stock Exchange and other buildings. The bombings were organized by Dawood Ibrahim, the leader of D-Company.D-CompanyMarch 20Bombings256Warrington, United KingdomTwo PIRA bombs exploded in trash bins on Bridge Street, killing two children and injuring dozens.PIRAThe TroublesMarch 24Massacre333Elazığ and Bingöl, TurkeyThe May 24, 1993 PKK attack, sometimes referred to as the Bingöl massacre was a Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attack on unarmed Turkish soldiers on the Elazığ-Bingöl highway, 13 km (8.1 mi) west of Bingöl. 33 soldiers and varying conflicting accounts of civilians were killed Kurdistan Workers' PartyKurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)March 25Mass shooting41Castlerock, Northern IrelandThree Catholic civilians and one Provisional IRA member are killed in a UDA attack at a building site.UDAThe TroublesApril 9Land mine2213Karnataka, IndiaA bus is destroyed by a land mine planted by criminal leader Veerappan and his supporters.Veerappan and co-conspiratorsApril 15Bombings8242Bogotá, ColombiaA car bomb with 150 kg of explosives blows up in front of the Centro 93 shopping mall, killing 8 and injuring 242. The blast destroys 100 commercial properties and leave damages valued at 1.5 Bn COP Medellín CartelColombian conflictApril 16Suicide bombing1 7–9Mehola, West Bank Hamas kill 2 in Mehola Junction bombing.HamasIsraeli–Palestinian conflictApril 24Truck bombing144City of London, United KingdomIRA detonate a huge truck bomb at Bishopsgate, killing one person and causing approximately £1bn of damage.BBC: IRA bomb devastates City of London, On this day, April 24, 1993 (See 1993 Bishopsgate bombing.)PIRA The TroublesApril 24–25Hijacking0 0Amritsar, IndiaMohammed Yunus Shah hijacks Indian Airlines Flight 427 but is killed before he is able to harm any of the passengers. India accused the Hizbul Mujahideen of being behind the attack, but they denied responsibility.Mohammed Yunus Shah Hizbul Mujahideen (suspected)Insurgency in Jammu and KashmirMay 1Suicide Bombing1 0Colombo, Sri LankaSuicide bomber from LTTE kills President Ranasinghe Premadasa.BBC News: Timeline of the Tamil conflict, September 4, 2000The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, ROBERT A. PAPE The University of Chicago, American Political Science Review Vol. 97, No. 3 August 2003, Page No 16LTTESri Lankan Civil WarMay 28Arson514Solingen, GermanyFour neo-Nazis set fire to a house belonging to a Turkish immigrant family.neo-NazisJune 21Car bombings729Madrid, SpainETA detonates two car bombs targeting an army convoy.ETABasque conflictJuly–August 18Letter bomb, car bombing 03Caracas, VenezuelaLetter bomb sent to the Supreme Court of Justice and car bomb in the CCCT shopping mall, among other attacks.Ramiro Helmeyer.July 2Arson35 (+2 attackers)51+Sivas, TurkeyA mob of Islamic fundamentalists set a hotel housing Alevi intellectuals on fire. 37 die and more than 51 are injured.Islamic fundamentalistsJuly 5Mass shooting, arson330Başbağlar, Erzincan Province, TurkeySeveral PKK members stormed the village and went on killing civilians one by one after rounding them up. Over 200 houses, a clinic, a school and a mosque were burned down.PKKTurkey-PKK conflictJuly 25Mass shooting1158Cape Town, South AfricaMembers of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, open fire on a congregation inside St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing 11 and injuring fifty.Azanian People's Liberation ArmyAugust 8Bombing117Chennai, IndiaThe head office of the Chennai wing of the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is bombed.IslamistsOctober 5Attempted Attack0 (+13)1Riofrío, Valle del Cauca, ColombiaIn the village of El Bosque, Piedras Portugal, 13 ELN guerrillas died in combat with troops from the Palacé Battalion of the III Brigade. They were surprised while they prepared a handstand.ELNColombian conflictOctober 11Assassination attempt01Oslo, NorwayThe publisher of Aschehoug William Nygaard was shot and got critically injured outside his residence. Police never found the perpetrator, but it is believed that the reason for the assassination was Aschehoug's publication of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel The Satanic Verses, which triggered an Islamist fatwa against the author, the translators and publishers.Islamic republic of Iran October 23Bombing9 57Belfast, Northern IrelandTwo members of the Provisional IRA entered a shop on Shankill Road where they believed a UDA meeting was taking place. However, the meeting had been rescheduled and the bomb detonated prematurely, killing one of the bombers, an UDA member and eight civilians.PIRAThe TroublesOctober 25Massacre3850Çat, Erzurum Province, Turkey The Yavi Massacre was a mass shooting organized by the PKK in the Yavi neighbourhood.Kurdistan Workers' PartyKurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)October 30Mass shooting812Greysteel, Northern IrelandEight civilians (six Catholic, two Protestant) were killed and twelve wounded in a UDA attack on the Rising Sun Bar in County Londonderry. The UDA/UFF claimed that it had attacked the "nationalist electorate" in revenge for the Shankill Road bombing.UDAThe TroublesNovember 18Ambush5Apure State, VenezuelaFive Venezuelan army troops were killed during an ambush attributed to the Colombian ELN in Guafitas.ELNColombian conflictDecember 9Massacre17UnknownAntioquia Department, ColombiaRebels of the Popular Commands (demobilized from the EPL) assassinate 12 workers of a banana hacienda Los Katíos, located between Apartadó and Turbo, affiliated to the Communist Party. On the same day, insurgents of the V Front of the FARC, assassinate 5 members of the Esperanza, Paz, Libertad movement at La Ceja de Turbo.Popular Liberation Army and FARCColombian conflictDecember 16Ambush116 kidnappedSucumbíos Province, EcuadorFARC guerrillas attack an Ecuadorian police patrol in Peña Colorada. One policemen die and three soldiers and others in uniform disappearFARCColombian conflictDecember 18Shooting14 (+10)10Boyacá, ColombiaA fierce shootout in Güicán pits 250 troops from Brigades I and XVI, with 160 guerrillas from the Domingo Laín ELN front. 14 soldiers and ten rebels are dead.ELNColombian conflictDecember 30Mass shooting45Cape Town, South AfricaSix members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, open fire on patrons of the Heidelberg Tavern in Observatory, Cape Town, killing four people (Jose Cerqueira, Lindy-Anne Fourie, Bernadette Langford, and Rolande Palm) and injuring several others.Azanian People's Liberation Army
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