List of terrorist incidents, 1994
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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 1994.
Israel, February 25: Cave of the Patriarchs massacre – Baruch Goldstein kills 29 Palestinian civilians in an attack in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
United States, March 1: In the Brooklyn Bridge Shooting, Rashid Baz kills a Hasidic seminary student and wounds four on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City in response to the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.[1]
Azerbaijan, March 19: A handmade bomb explodes on the Baku Metro in Baku, killing 14 and wounding 58.
United Kingdom, March 20: The IRA shoot down a British army Lynx Helicopter over a military barracks in Crossmaglen with a barrack buster mortar.
Japan, June 28: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas attack at Matsumoto; 7 persons killed, 660 injured.
Colombia, July 2: Andres Escobar was murdered by Humberto Muñoz.- Azerbaijan July 3: A bomb explodes on the Baku Metro, killing 13 and wounding 42.
- United Kingdom, June 18: Six Catholic men shot dead by Loyalists in a pub in Loughinisland, Co Down.
Argentina, July 18: The umbrella organization of all Jewish institutions in the country, AMIA, is car-bombed, killing 85 people and injuring over 300. Attributed to Hezbollah.
Panama, July 19: Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 is bombed, killing 21. Generally attributed to Hezbollah.- United Kingdom, July 26: Israeli Embassy Attack in London and a Jewish charity are car-bombed, wounding 20. Attributed by Britain, Argentina, and Israel to Hezbollah.
- United States, December 10: Advertising executive, Thomas J. Mosser, is killed after opening a mail package from the Unabomber, being the second fatality of the mailbomb campaign.
Philippines, December 11: A small bomb explodes on board Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. Authorities found out that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb to test it for his planned terrorist attack, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
France, December 24: Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked by GIA members who planned to crash the plane on Paris but didn't succeed.
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- ^ Uriel Heilman: Murder on the Brooklyn Bridge, Middle East Quarterly. Summer 2001. Accessed June 12, 2006.
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