List of terrorist incidents, 1988
This is a timeline of incidents in 1988 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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- March 16: Michael Stone kills three mourners in a gun and grenade attack on an IRA funeral in Belfast.[1]
- June: The IRA shoots down a British army helicopter in Northern Ireland[2]
- December 1: Four armed men seized a bus with 30 schoolchildren and a teacher in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). Hijackers demanded USD 3 millions and a plane to leave the Soviet Union. Their demands were satisfied, but after landing in Israel terrorists were arrested and extradited back to USSR. There were no fatalities.[3]
- December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland.[4] Two Libyan men were blamed, though only one, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was tried and convicted. Some sources have claimed that former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi personally ordered the attack.[5]
See also
- List of terrorist incidents
References
- ↑ CNN: Michael Stone: Loyalist icon, November 24, 2006
- ↑ BBC News: The IRA's store of weaponry, August 14, 2001
- ↑ Felicity Barringer (December 3, 1988). "After fear-tinged bus ride, tearful and joyous reunion". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Clipper Maid of the Seas: Remembering those on flight 103". panamair.org. 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
- ↑ "Colonel Gaddafi 'ordered Lockerbie bombing". BBC NEWS. 23 February 2011.
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