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The following is a List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems :
Before 1960
Location
Date
Dead
Injured
Details
Perpetrators
Part of
Biatorbágy , Hungary
September 13, 1931
22
120
The Vienna Express was derailed by a bomb planted by Szilveszter Matuska , who said he did it because he got sexual pleasure watching trains crash.
Szilveszter Matuska
Tarnów , Poland
August 28, 1939
20
35
Tarnów train station bombing : A German agent placed a suitcase bomb at a busy railway station.
Antoni Guzy (Nazi German agent)
Nazi German invasion of Poland (World War II )
Rehovot , Mandatory Palestine
April 22, 1947
8
Five British Army officers, two Palestinian Arab adults and a 3-year-old boy were killed when a military train was mined.[1]
Lehi
Lydda , Mandatory Palestine
May 15, 1947
2
11
Seven bombs exploded along train tracks near Lydda , killing two British lieutenants and injuring eleven people.[2]
Lehi
Lydda, Mandatory Palestine
August 9, 1947
1
British troop train bombed, killing the engineer.[3]
Irgun
Haifa , Mandatory Palestine
September 29, 1947
0
1
British troop train bombed near Haifa, one person was injured.[4]
Irgun
Rehovot , Mandatory Palestine
February 29, 1948
28
35
Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948 : Jewish militants mined a British military train in retaliation for the Ben Yehuda Street Bombing . No civilians were hurt in the attack.
Lehi
1948 Palestine war
Binyamina , Mandatory Palestine
March 31, 1948
40
60
Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948 : British military train is mined by Jewish militants. Though some soldiers were on the train, all casualties were civilians.
Lehi
1948 Palestine war
Tokyo , Japan
July 15, 1949
6
20
Mitaka incident : A train was deliberately crashed into the Mitaka Station in Tokyo . The Japanese government blamed the Japanese Communist Party for the attack but the only person convicted of the attack, Keisuke Takeuchim, was not a member of a party and his guilt remains in doubt.
Keisuke Takeuchi (suspected)
Matsukawa , Japan
August 17, 1949
3
Matsukawa derailment : A Tōhoku Main Line train is derailed between Kanayagawa and Matsukawa stations, killing three crew members. The Japanese government blamed the Japanese Communist Party for the attack but later retracted.
Unknown
Col des Nuages , French Indochina
June 24, 1953
100+
1953 Col des Nuages derailment : A passenger train crashed into a ravine after passing through a sabotaged viaduct . Indochinese Communist Party rebels were blamed for the attack.
Viet Minh
First Indochina War
1960s
1970s
Location
Date
Dead
Injured
Details
Perpetrators
Part of
San Benedetto Val di Sambro , Italy
August 4, 1974
12
48
Italicus Express bombing 1974 : A bomb explodes on the Italicus Express second-class train car before dawn. The first explosion was caused by a bomb; the second was thought possibly to be caused by a short circuit. Responsibility was claimed by the neo-fascist terrorist organization Ordine Nero. The defendants, Mario Tuti, Luciano Franci, Piero Malentacchi, and Margherita Luddi were all found not guilty of planting the bomb on the Italicus Rome -Munich vacation express due to a lack of evidence. They were acquitted in 1983. After the acquittals, no group officially took responsibility for the attack.
Ordine Nero
Years of Lead
Wijster , Netherlands
December 2–14, 1975
3
1975 Dutch train hostage crisis : Seven terrorists hijacked the Hoogeveen -Beilen train with about 50 passengers held them hostage for twelve days, killing three hostages.
South Moluccan freedom fighters
Alexandria , Egypt
August 14, 1976
8
51
A bomb explodes on a train loaded with workers and peasants at 10:45 am. The bomb was left on the luggage rack and exploded while the train was traveling from the yard to the station. Egypt blamed Libya for organizing the attack.[5]
Libya (suspected)
Lead up to Libyan–Egyptian War
Moscow , Soviet Union
January 8, 1977
7
37
1977 Moscow bombings : A series of bombings in Moscow. The first bomb went off on a crowded train between the Izmailovskaya and Pervomaiskaya stations of the Moscow Metro .
Unknown
Glimmen , Netherlands
May 23 - June 11, 1977
8
6
1977 Dutch train hostage crisis : Nine South Moluccans hijacked a train and held hostages for twenty days. Two hostages and six hostage-takers were killed and six people were injured before the M-Squadron raided the train.
South Moluccan separatists
Madrid , Spain
July 29, 1979
7
100+
July 1979 Madrid bombings
ETA
Basque conflict
1980s
Location
Date
Dead
Injured
Details
Perpetrators
Part of
Dunmurry , Northern Ireland , United Kingdom
January 17, 1980
3
5
Dunmurry train explosion : A premature detonation of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) incendiary bomb occurred on board a Ballymena to Belfast passenger train service.
Provisional IRA
The Troubles
Bologna , Italy
August 2, 1980
85
200+
Bologna massacre : An IED explodes at Bologna Centrale railway station . The attack has been attributed to the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari and connected to the EU-investigated Operation Gladio .
Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari
Operation Gladio
San Benedetto Val di Sambro , Italy
December 23, 1984
16
200+
Train 904 bombing : A bomb in a train between Florence and Rome killed 16 and wounded more than 200.
Sicilian Mafia
Years of Lead
Bunovo, Sofia Province , Bulgaria
March 9, 1985
7
9
A bomb planted by pro-Turkish terrorists in a train from Bourgas to Sofia killed 7 and wounded 9.[6]
Pro-Turkish militants
Lima , Peru
June 26, 1986
7
38
A bomb blast on a train killed an American and 6 others in Peru. Peruvian government blames Communist insurgents for the bombing.[7]
Shining Path
Internal conflict in Peru
1990s
Location
Date
Dead
Injured
Details
Perpetrators
Part of
Ludhiana district , India
June 15, 1991
80-126
1991 Punjab killings : Sikh militants stopped two trains and massacred Hindu passengers on board. Occurred just five hours after polling closed for the 1991 Indian general election .
Sikh militants
Punjab insurgency
Ludhiana district, India
December 26, 1991
49
20
Sikh militants massacred 49 Hindu passengers aboard a train and injured at least twenty more.[8]
Sikh militants
Punjab insurgency
near Asyut , Egypt
February 19, 1994
0
4
Gunmen open fire on an Asyut-Luxor train from fields beside the railway track.[9]
Unknown
Baku , Azerbaijan
March 19, 1994
14
49
1994 Baku Metro bombings - A suicide bombing takes place on 20 January at a station of Baku Metro . The lead railroad car was destroyed and the station's roof partially collapsed.
Sadval
Baku, Azerbaijan
July 3, 1994
13
58
1994 Baku Metro bombings - A remote controlled-gelatine explosive explodes on a metro train between 28 May and Gənclik stations of the Baku Metro.
Sadval
Tokyo , Japan
March 20, 1995
13
6252
Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway - Sarin Gas was released at 5 locations causing mass injury and loss of life.
Aum Shinrikyo
Paris , France
July 25, 1995
8
80
1995 Paris Metro bombing - A gas bottle exploded in the Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network).
Armed Islamic Group
Algerian Civil War
Palo Verde , Arizona
October 9, 1995
1
78
1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment - Amtrak Sunset Limited derails after rails are deliberately shifted out of position. The saboteurs were never identified.
Unknown
Paris, France
December 3, 1996
4
170
1996 Paris Métro bombing : Bomb explodes in a car of an RER train at Port Royal station.[10]
Armed Islamic Group
Algerian Civil War
Western Assam , India
December 30, 1996
33
Brahmaputra Mail train bombing : The Kokrajhar -Fakiragram Junction mail train was destroyed by a bomb. The rail line was frequently by military trains as well which may have been the bomb's intended target.
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (suspected)
Assam conflict
2000s
Location
Date
Dead
Injured
Details
Perpetrators
Part of
Manila , Philippines
December 30, 2000
22
120
Rizal Day bombings - Islamist militants bombed a train at the Blumentritt LRT Station as part of Rizal Day bombings.
Jemaah Islamiyah (suspected)
Rizal Day bombings
Angola
August 10, 2001
252
165
2001 Angola train attack - UNITA forces derailed a train with an anti-tank mine between the towns of Zenza and Dondo and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire.
UNITA
Angolan Civil War
Jaunpur , India
May 13, 2002
12
80
Jaunpur train crash - An act of sabotage which caused the derailment of a passenger train at Jaunpur , Uttar Pradesh .
Student's Islamic Movement of India (suspected)
Rafiganj , India
September 10, 2002
130
500?
Rafiganj train disaster - The derailment of a train on a bridge over the Dhave River in North-Central India, which was reportedly due to sabotage by a local Maoist terrorist group, the Naxalites .
Communist Party of India
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
Kurnool , India
December 21, 2002
20
80
Kurnool train crash : Deliberate derailment of a passenger train.
Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected)
Mumbai , India
January 27, 2003
1
28
January 2003 Mumbai bombing : A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded outside the Vile Parle railway station in Mumbai, killing a woman and injuring dozens of people.
Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected)
Mumbai, India
March 13, 2003
10
70
2003 Mumbai train bombing : A bomb exploded on a train as it entered Mulund railway station .
Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected)
Stavropol Krai , Russia
September 3, 2003
7
80
A blast which ripped through a commuter train in Stavropol Krai , Russia going from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody .[11]
Riyadus-Salihiin
Second Chechen War
Stavropol Krai, Russia
December 5, 2003
46
170
2003 Stavropol train bombing (December) - A suicide bomber caused a blast which ripped through a commuter train in Stavropol Krai , Russia going from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody as it was leaving Yessentuki .
Riyadus-Salihiin
Second Chechen War
Moscow, Russia
February 6, 2004
41
120
February 2004 Moscow metro bombing - Suicide bomber detonates bomb near Avtozavodskaya station.
Riyadus-Salihiin
Second Chechen War
Madrid, Spain
March 11, 2004
192
2050
2004 Madrid train bombings - Ten near-simultaneous explosions occur between Alcalá de Henares and Madrid Atocha railway station during the morning rush hour. See Reactions to the 2004 Madrid train bombings .
Al-Qaeda
Islamic terrorism in Europe
London , United Kingdom
July 7, 2005
56
700
7 July 2005 London bombings - Four explosions (3 on the London Underground and 1 on a bus) rock the transport network in London.
Al-Qaeda
Islamic terrorism in Europe
Jaunpur , India
July 28, 2005
13
50
2005 Jaunpur train bombing - An explosion destroyed a carriage of an express train near the town of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Unknown
Mumbai, India
July 11, 2006
209
714
11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings - Seven explosions in eleven minutes rock the Western Line on the Mumbai Suburban Railway .
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Kashmir conflict
West Bengal , India
November 20, 2006
7
53
2006 West Bengal train disaster - A bomb explodes on a train near Belacoba station in West Bengal.[12]
Unknown
Panipat , India
February 18, 2007
68
50
2007 Samjhauta Express bombings - Bombs were set off in two carriages, both filled with passengers, just after the train passed Diwana station near the Indian city of Panipat.
Abhinav Bharat or Lashkar-e-Taiba
Kashmir conflict
Colombo , Sri Lanka
May 26, 2008
8
72
A packed commuter train carrying 200 passengers on board, on which a time bomb exploded at Dehiwela railroad station, carried out by the LTTE .[13]
LTTE
Sri Lankan civil war
Mumbai, India
November 26, 2008
58
104
Part of 2008 Mumbai attacks : Three terrorists, including Ajmal Kasab , opened fire on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai . This was deadliest attack of a series of attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 that killed 166 people in total.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Kashmir conflict
Bologoye , Russia
November 27, 2009
27
95
2009 Nevsky Express bombing - A 7-kilogram (15 lb) explosive device derailed at least three of the 14 cars of the Nevsky Express at Bologoye on a journey from Moscow to St Petersburg while traveling at 200 kilometres per hour. A second bomb exploded during salvage operations.[14]
Caucasus Emirate
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
2010s
Location
Date
Dead
Injured
Details
Perpetrators
Part of
Moscow, Russia
March 29, 2010
40
102
2010 Moscow Metro bombings - A double suicide bombing at Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations of the Moscow Metro .
Caucasus Emirate Al-Qaeda
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
West Midnapore , West Bengal , India
May 28, 2010
148
200+
2010 Gyaneshwari Express derailment - In the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India, a sabotaged railway track caused a train to derail before an oncoming goods train, killing at least 148 passengers.
Communist Party of India
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
Minsk , Belarus
April 11, 2011
15
204
2011 Minsk Metro bombing : A nail bomb exploded at the Kastryčnickaja metro station in central Minsk , killing 15. Two men were arrested in connection with the bombings and executed in 2012.
Dzimitry Kanavalau and Vlad Kavalyou
Chennai , India
May 1, 2014
1
14
2014 Chennai train bombing : Two bombs explode on a train entering Chennai Central railway station
Indian Mujahideen (suspected)
Istanbul , Turkey
December 1, 2015
0
5
2015 Istanbul metro bombing : A pipe bomb exploded near the Bayrampaşa—Maltepe station of the Istanbul Metro .
Unknown
Belgium , Brussels
March 22, 2016
20
200
Part of 2016 Brussels bombings : A suicide bomber detonated at the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels about an hour after two other suicide bombers detonated at Zaventem airport
Islamic State
Islamic terrorism in Europe
Würzburg , Germany
July 18, 2016
1
5
2016 Würzburg train attack : A 17-year-old Afghan refugee stabbed four people on a train in Würzburg before fleeing the train, stabbing another person outside before being shot dead by police.
Islamic State
Islamic terrorism in Europe
Madhya Pradesh , India
March 7, 2017
0
10
2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing : Ten passengers were injured in the first ISIS attack in India.[15]
Islamic State
Saint Petersburg , Russia
April 3, 2017
14
64
2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing : A briefcase bomb packed with shrapnel exploded on a Saint Petersburg Metro train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations . A total of 14 people were killed, and 64 others were injured.[16] [17]
Unknown
Unknown
London, United Kingdom
September 15, 2017
0
30
Parsons Green train bombing : An explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green Underground station . Thirty people were injured.
Islamic State
Islamic terrorism in Europe
Hong Kong
July 21 - 22, 2019
0
45
2019 Yuen Long attack : An armed mob of triad societies , over 400 men dressed in white, attacked pro-democracy protesters with steel rods, rattan canes and some ran in the MTR Yuen Long station .
Various Hong Kong Triads
2019–20 Hong Kong protests
Failed attacks
References
^ Palestine Terrorists Kill 8 In Bombing of Troop Train NY Times, April 23, 1947
^ Two Britons Killed in Palestine Mine NY Times, May 16, 1947
^ Terrorists Wreck Haifa Troop Train NY Times, August 10, 1947
^ Terrorists Strike in Palestine Again NY Times, September 30, 1947
^ "Bomb Kills 8 Boarding Train in Egypt" . nytimes.com . New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
^ "30 years since the largest railway assault in Bulgaria" . Bulgarian National Radio. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015 .
^ "Bomb Blast on Train Kills American, 6 Others in Peru" . latimes.com . Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
^ 49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India , The New York Times (December 27, 1991)
^ 2 Foreigners Shot in Egypt - New York Times . Nytimes.com (1994-02-19). Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
^ French officials say bomb caused deadly train blast- Dec. 3, 1996 . CNN. Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
^ Чистосердечное признание пересмотру не подлежит / События / Независимая газета . Ng.ru (2004-09-22). Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
^ "India train bomb kills 7, hurts 53" . CNN. November 21, 2006.
^ "Bomb rocks busy Sri Lankan train" . BBC. 2008-05-26.
^ "Russia train crash "caused by bomb" " . BBC. 28 November 2009.
^ "Ujjain train blast marks first IS attack in India; 10 injured" . Times of India . March 8, 2017.
^ "Число жертв теракта в Петербурге выросло до 14 человек [Number of fatalities of the terrorist act in Petersburg has grown to fourteen people" . Meduza . Meduza. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017 . В результате взрыва в метро Санкт-Петербурга погибли 14 человек, сообщила министр здравоохранения России Вероника Скворцова. [In the aftermath of explosion in the metro of Saint Petersburg 14 people have died, reported by the minister of health of Russia Veronika Skvortsova]
^ "Взрыв в метро Санкт-Петербурга: погибли 10 человек" [Explosion in Metro St. Petersburg, killing 10 people]. BBC Russia (in Russian). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017 .