List of terrorist incidents in 1989
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This is a timeline of incidents in 1989 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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Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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February 20 | Bombings | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
Two IRA bombs go off at an army barracks at Tern Hill in Shropshire. No-one was hurt.[1] | PIRA | The Troubles |
February 28 | Firebombing | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
The offices of the newspaper The Riverdale Press are firebombed in the Bronx. The attack came shortly after the paper published an article defending Salman Rushdie over his book the Satanic Verses. | Unknown Islamist(s) | The Satanic Verses controversy |
March 21 | Stabbing | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
Two Israeli civilians are killed and a third seriously wounded during a stabbing attack on Purim committed by an Arab lone wolf | Muhammad Zakut | Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
April 30 | Attempted bombing | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
A bomb were about to explode in an immigrant shop in Oslo, consisting of 1.5 kg dynamite, but Police cut the cord just before it went off. Right-wing extremists were suspected. | Right-wing extremists (suspected) | |
May 24 | Assassination | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
Assassinations of Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson: Assassinations of LDS Missionaries serving in La Paz, Bolivia | Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation | |
May 30 | Bombing, attempted assassination | 4 | 37 | ![]() |
A bomb kills four and injures 37 on an assassination attempt against Miguel Maza Márquez head of the Colombian Secret Service.[2] | Unknown | Colombian conflict |
July 5 | Bombing, assassination | 6 | ![]() |
A car bomb kills six, including the governor of Antioquia, Antonio Roldan Betancur. No claim is made for the attack.[3] | Medellin cartel (suspected) | ||
July–December | Bioattack | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
During the summer and fall of 1989, several outbreaks of medflies occurred throughout Southern California, particularly in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The outbreaks devastated crops. On December 8, a group calling themselves "The Breeders" claimed responsibility for the outbreaks and stated it was retaliation for California's malathion aerial spraying program. However, no one from "The Breeders" was ever arrested and they were never heard from again after the attacks ceased. California stopped its malathion program shortly after The Breeders claimed responsibility. | The Breeders/Unknown | |
July 6 | Hijacking | 16 | 27 | ![]() |
An Egged bus is hijacked and driven off a cliff while en route to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The hijacker, Abd al-Hadi Rafa Ghanim of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, miraculously survives. | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
August 18 | Bombings, arson | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
The Medellín Cartel declares "total and absolute war" against the Colombian government. The offices of the two main political parties were bombed and the homes of two local politicians were burned.[4] | Medellin cartel | |
August 31 | Bombing | 0 | 13 | ![]() |
A bomb in a bicycle cart injures 13 in Medellín.[5] | Medellin cartel | |
September 4 | Shooting | 1 (+1 attacker) | 14 | ![]() |
An unidentified man opens fire at the Medellín airport, killing one and wounding 14, before being gunned down by the police.[6] | Medellin cartel | |
September 18 | Bombings | 1 | ![]() |
Three bombs explode in Cali killing one person.[7] | Cali cartel | ||
September 19 | Bombing | 170 | 0 | ![]() ![]() |
French airliner UTA Flight 772 is bombed en route from Brazzaville to Paris, and comes down in the Ténéré desert in Niger. All 170 people on board were killed. The attack is believed to have been carried out by Libyan agents in retaliation for France's support of Chad during the Chadian–Libyan conflict. | Libya (suspected) | |
September 25 | Bombing | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
A bomb kills two and injures one at the Hilton hotel in Cartagena.[8] | Unknown | |
September 28 | Bombing | 2 (believed to be terrorists) | 0 | ![]() |
A bomb kills two at a suburban gas station in Bogotá. The dead are believed to be terrorists.[9] | Medellin cartel (suspected) | |
September 29 | Bombing | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
A bomb injures one at the parking garage of the Intercontinental Hotel in Bogotá. The attack was blamed on the Medellín Cartel.[10] | Medellín Cartel | |
October 8 | Firebombing | 5 | 7 | ![]() |
A fire bomb kills seven and injures seven in a bus in Bogotá. The action is blamed on the Medellín Cartel.[11] | Medellín Cartel | |
October 16 | Car bombing | 4 | ![]() |
A car bomb against the Vanguardia Liberal newspaper kills four in Bucaramanga.[12] | Unknown | ||
October 18 | Bombing | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
A bomb explodes prematurely outside the Colombian Congress, injuring one.[13] | Medellin cartel | |
October 21 | Bombing | 0 | 6 | ![]() |
A car bomb in front of a hotel in Barranquilla leaves six injured.[14] | Unknown | |
November 27 | Bombing | 110 | 0 | ![]() |
Avianca Flight 203 is bombed en route from Bogota to Cali. Medellin cartel hitman Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera is convicted for the bombing. | Medellin cartel | |
November 30 | Bombing, assassination | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
The bomb assassination and murder of banker Alfred Herrhausen in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. The Red Army Fraction was behind the attack. | Red Army Fraction | |
December 6 | Truck bombing | 52 | 1,000+ | ![]() |
A truck bomb at the DAS headquarters kills 52 people and injures over a thousand. The Medellín Cartel was responsible. | Medellín Cartel | |
December 8 | Kidnapping | 0 | 1 (kidnapped) | ![]() |
Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the than home minister of India, is kidnapped by terrorists from the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. She is released five days later after five imprisoned JKLF terrorists were released. | JKLF | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir |
See also
References
- ^ 1989: IRA bombs Tern Hill barracks
- ^ The Washington Post, May 31, 1989
- ^ NYT: Bomb kills 6 in Colombia, July 5, 1989
- ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 1989, Page A01
- ^ The Charlotte Observer, September 1, 1989, Page3A
- ^ The Dallas Morning News, September 5, 1989
- ^ St. Louis Post Dispatch, September 18, 1989, Page 8A
- ^ Chicago Sun-Times, September 26, 1989, Page 2A
- ^ San Jose Mercury News, September 28, 1989, Page 15A
- ^ The Charlotte Observer, September 30, 1989, Page 7A
- ^ Lexington Herald-Reader, October 9, 1989, Page A22
- ^ Dallas Morning News, October 17, 1989
- ^ Washington Post, October 19, 1989, A Section
- ^ St Louis Post Dispatch, October 21, 1989, Page 10A