List of terrorist incidents, 1991
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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 1991.
January 6: A bomb kills three and wounds seven in La Dorada, Caldas. No group claims responsibility.[1]
February 7: The IRA launched a mortar shell into the back garden of 10 Downing Street, London. (See 10 Downing Street#Security)- February 16: The Medellín Cartel detonates a 440-pound car bomb near the Medellín bullring, killing 22 people, including 9 police officers.[2]
- May 13: Nine police officers die while deactivating a bomb left behind by leftist guerillas.[3]
May 21: Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated in a bomb blast believed to be the work of Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists belonging to the LTTE.[4] This is also the first time that the suicide vest is used by any terrorist group.
May 29: Basque ETA terrorist group bombs the Guardia Civil police barracks in Vic (Barcelona), killing ten people.
May 30: A train traveling from Moscow to Baku explodes near Karvin-Yurt station between Gudermes and Makhachkala in Dagestan, Russia. Eleven people die and eight are injured.[5]- July 12: Leftist groups bomb the runway at the Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena.[6]
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- ^ The Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 1991, Page 58
- ^ AP: Untitled, February 18, 1991
- ^ San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 1991, Page 5A
- ^ BBC News: Timeline of the Tamil conflict, September 4, 2000
- ^ Nezavisimiya Gazeta via Russkiy Zhurnal (in Russian), May 29, 2001
- ^ AP, July 12, 1991
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