List of terrorist incidents in 1987

This is a timeline of incidents in 1987 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).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Guidelines
  • To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
  • List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
  • Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
  • Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
  • If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
  • Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
  • In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
  0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

List
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
15 January Shooting 0 1 Santiago, Chile During a shootout with far left extremists an investigation detective was wounded Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
January 25 Shooting 8 Unknown Santander Department, Colombia Troops from the Battalion of Caldas engineers are attacked in Palestine, rural area of San Vicente de Chucuri (Santander). 8 military were shot dead.[1] FARC Militants Colombian conflict
January 30 Car bombing 2 40 Zaragoza, Spain A commander of the land army and a civilian were killed in Zaragoza when a car bomb, loaded with more than 50Kg of Goma 2, exploded. In addition 40 people were injured, of whom 27 were military and 13 civilians.[2] ETA Basque Conflict
March 27 Car bombing 1 18 Barcelona, Spain A civil guard was killed and 18 other people suffered injuries of varying degrees from the explosion of a car bomb that occurred at the entrance to the port of Barcelona.[3] ETA Basque Conflict
April 2 Car bombing 1 7 Barcelona, Spain A passer-by was killed and seven others injured, including three civil guards, when a car bomb exploded last night in Barcelona in an attack, allegedly committed by ETA Militar.[4] ETA Basque Conflict
April 17 Massacre 127 64 North Central Province, Sri Lanka 127 Sri Lankan Sinhalese civilians, who were travelling in 3 buses and 2 trucks to Trincomalee were killed by the cadres of the cadres of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization, commonly known as LTTE.[5][6][7] The cadres clad in military uniforms stopped the vehicles and dragged out the passengers and shot them to death with automatic weapons after brutally assaulting them with clubs. The near the village of Aluth Oya, on the Habarana Trincomalle road in North Central Province of Sri Lanka. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
April 21 Car bombing 110 Colombo, Sri Lanka Car bomb at bus terminal in Colombo, Sri Lanka kills 110 people.[8] This attack was carried by LTTE.[9] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
April 25 Bombing 0 18 Athens, Greece Bombing of Greek Air Force bus carrying American military personnel. A group called November 17 claims responsibility.[10] November 17 Organization Terrorism in Greece
June 2 Massacre 34 4 Ampara District, Sri Lanka A bus carrying Buddhist monks was stopped and 30 Buddhist monks and four civilians were killed in Arantalawa by LTTE. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
June 12 Shooting 15 0 Apure State, Venezuela 15 National Guard troops were killed by an ELN militants.[11] ELN Colombian conflict
June 19 Car bombing 21 45 Barcelona, Spain A car bomb at the Hipercor shopping centre placed by Basque separatist group ETA kills 21 people and injures 45 more. ETA Basque conflict
July 5 Truck bomb 18 Jaffna Peninsula A truck bomb in an army camp killed 18 people by the LTTE.[12] LTTE none
July 6 Massacre 38 Haryana, India 38 Hindu bus passengers are massacred by Sikh militants in Haryana.[13] Khalistan Commando Force Punjab insurgency
July 7 Massacre 34 30+ Haryana, India Sikh militants from the Khalistan Commando Force massacre 34 Hindu bus passengers after setting up a phony road block in Haryana. Khalistan Commando Force Punjab insurgency
August 6 Explosive device 2 1 Vitoria, Spain Two policemen were killed and a woman slightly injured when an explosive device consisting of 10kg of amonal and abundant shrapnel exploded as two police cars passed[14] ETA Basque Conflict
August 10 Car bombing 0 14 Éibar, Spain 14 people were slightly injured when a car bomb exploded in Eibar. ETA Basque Conflict
August 18 Grenades 2 16 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka A member of the banned communist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front) threw two hand grenades into the Parliament of Sri Lanka, narrowly missing president J. R. Jayewardene and prime minister Ranasinghe Premadasa and killing an MP and a Ministry secretary. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna JVP insurgency
September 8 Assassination 1 0 Bilbao, Spain The second lieutenant of the Civil Guard, Cristóbal Martin Luengo, was killed by a shot to the neck by members of ETA[15] ETA Basque Conflict
September 10 Homemade explosive 1 0 Borjas Blancas, Spain Bomb attack against the Court in Borjas Blancas. As a result of the terrorist attack dies Emilia Aldomà i Sans. Terra Lliure Terrorism in Spain
October 30 Roadside Bombing 10 Unknown Tame, Arauca, Colombia Guerrillas of the ELN Domingo Lain Front, dynamite a vehicle of the National Police, in the area of Betoyes, jurisdiction of Tame (Arauca). Captain Jose Ignacio Ayala and 9 agents are killed.[16] ELN Colombian conflict
October 31 Assassination,Shooting 8 0 Cundinamarca Department, Colombia In Bejucales Veracruz of Yacopi (Cundinamarca), guerrillas of the 22nd Front of the FARC, murdered 8 peasants accused of collaborating with the Public Force.[17] FARC militants Colombian conflict
November 1 Assassination 1 0 Ordizia, Spain A corporal of the Civil Guard was killed by several shots to the head by members of ETA in Ordizia.[18] ETA Basque conflict
November 8 Bombing 12 63 Enniskillen, Northern Ireland PIRA Bombing targeting a group of Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at a remembrance service for those lost in conflict. Most of the deaths were civilians. PIRA The Troubles
December 11 Car bombing 11 88 Zaragoza, Spain ETA car bombing targeting a Civil Guard barracks in Zaragoza. Eleven people, five of them children, were killed and 88 people, mostly civilians, wounded. ETA Basque conflict
December 26 Grenade attack 1 9 Barcelona, Spain On December 26, 1987, a bomb attack on a United Service Organizations (USO) club in Barcelona, Spain killed an American sailor and injured nine others. Catalan Red Liberation Army Terrorism in Spain
December 31 Massacre 30 Kathankadu, Sri Lanka LTTE cadres armed with sharp weapons and small arms, carried out the killing of 30 Muslim civilians in Kathankadu.[19] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War

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  4. https://elpais.com/diario/1987/04/03/espana/544399205_850215.html
  5. Tamils Kill 18 Near Site of Massacre, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1987
  6. Map of worst terrorist attacks worldwide: 100 or more fatalities, Robert Johnston
  7. Gory carnage of killing innocent civilians-Chronology of Ltte Terror - Part 30, Daily News
  8. BBC News: Timeline of the Tamil conflict, September 4, 2000
  9. defence.lk
  10. New York Times: Leftists Claim Athens Attack, April 26, 1987
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