List of terrorist incidents in 1991

This is a timeline of incidents in 1991 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
January 6 Bombing 3 7 La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia A bomb kills three and wounds seven in La Dorada, Caldas. No group claims responsibility.[1] Unknown Colombian conflict
January 9 Shooting 2 (+28) 8 Cerro Girasoles, Meta Department, Colombia The so-called Toma del Cerro Girasoles was an attack perpetrated by the guerrilla of the (FARC) on January 9, 1991 against the Girasoles military base, located on the hill of the same name, located in the mountainous region of the north Of the Serranía de la Macarena, southern Colombia, in the department of Meta.In spite of the number of casualties on the side of the FARC, in the attack they depleted the ammunition of the garrison of the army that was in the base and had to surrender.[2] FARC Colombian conflict
January 29 Ambush 9 Unknown Tibú, Colombia 9 soldiers are killed in an ambush by the National Guerrilla Coordinator (CNG) in Tibú (Norte de Santander). The truck in which it was mobilized with explosive weapons and fire of machine guns.[3] Coordinadora Nacional Guerrillera Colombian conflict
February 7 Mortar 0 4 London, United Kingdom The Provisional IRA launches homemade mortar shells at 10 Downing Street in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister John Major and his war cabinet. PIRA The Troubles
February 18 Bombing 1 38 London, United Kingdom Two bombs at London mainline stations, one at Victoria station and the other at Paddington station killing one person and injuring 38 other people all in the Victoria station bombing.[4] PIRA The Troubles
February 26 Shooting 3 9 Amazonas State, Brazil FARC guerrillas assaulted the Solimoes post in the remote region of the Traira river, border with Colombia. The coup leaves three Brazilian soldiers dead and nine wounded. In rensponse of the attack the Brazilian army launched the Operation Traira[5] FARC Colombian conflict
March 2 Bombing 19 73 Colombo, Sri Lanka At least 19 people, including Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister, Ranjan Wijeratne killed in an LTTE car bomb explosion in Colombo. A further 73 people injured.[6] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
March 20 Shooting, Kidnapping 3 59 Antioquia Department, Colombia At the height of San Jose de Nus, near Cabañas Station, located in the jurisdiction of Caracolí (Antioquia), a group of ELN guerrillas stops a train and kidnaps 42 recruits from the National Army. On the same day, FARC rebels seize the population of Santa Helena del Opón, in Santander, killing 3 soldiers and kidnapping 17 more.[7] ELN and FARC Colombian conflict
March 26 Hijacking 0 (+4) 2 Singapore Four members of the Pakistan People's Party hijack Singapore Airlines Flight 117 and demand the release of Asif Ali Zardari. The hijackers were killed after the plane was stormed by police and were the only fatalities. Pakistan People's Party
March 28 Shooting 3 0 Craigavon, United Kingdom The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) carried out a gun attack on a mobile shop in the Drumbeg estate in the town of Craigavon in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, shooting dead three Catholic civilians. Two of those killed were teenage girls. UVF The Troubles
April 19 Bombing 6 (+1) 94 Patras, Greece Two Palestinian terrorists tried to place a bomb to the British Consulate in Patras. The bomb exploded prematurely possibly due to an adjusting error, killing one terrorist and six other Greek bystanders. Palestinian Islamic Jihad Israeli–Palestinian conflict
May 6–7 Shooting 3 (+20) 10 San Pablo, Bolívar, Colombia Guerrillas of the Simón Bolívar Coordinator attack the municipality of San Pablo (South of Bolívar). Three policemen die, but with backing of units of the Marine Corps, the subversives are rejected and the data of low about 20 militants.[8] CGSB Colombian conflict
May 13 Bombing 9 Unknown Colombia Nine police officers die while deactivating a bomb left behind by leftist guerrillas.[9][10] CGSB Colombian conflict
May 21 Suicide bombing, assassination 15 (+1) Unknown Sriperumbudur, India 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.[11] This is also the first time that the suicide vest is used by any terrorist group. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
May 23 Shooting 10 1 Sardinata, Colombia CGSB guerrillas ambush a police patrol in the corregimiento of Las Mercedes, Sardinata, Norte de Santander. 7 uniformed and 3 civilians killed. In other incident 3 militants were shot dead.[12] CGSB Colombian conflict
May 29 Car bombing 9 44 Vic, Spain A car bomb explodes near a Civil Guards barracks in Vic. Nine people, including 5 children, are killed. ETA Basque conflict
May 30 Bombing 11 8 Dagestan, Soviet Union 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.[13] Unknown
May 31 Bombing 3 14 Northern Ireland, United Kingdom the Provisional IRA launched a large truck bomb attack on a British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base in County Armagh. Three soldiers were killed; ten soldiers and four civilians were wounded. The blast left a deep crater and it could be heard over 30 miles away. Most of the UDR base was destroyed by the blast and the fire that followed. PIRA The Troubles
June 15 Massacre 80-126 Unknown Ludhiana district, India Sikh militants massacre mostly Hindu passengers on two trains near Ludhiana. Sikh militants Insurgency in Punjab
June 19 Shooting 15 15 Sucre, Colombia ELN guerrillas ambush a police patrol in Corral Viejo, corregimiento of San Benito Abad (Sucre); There 7 uniformed die. Meanwhile, in Barranco Colorado, on the banks of the Ariari River, between the towns of Puerto Lleras and San José del Guaviare, guerrillas from front 1 of the FARC ambushed a patrol of the Marine Corps, and killed 8 soldiers.[14] ELN and FARC Colombian conflict
June 21 Suicide car bombing 60 85 Colombo, Sri Lanka Suicide car bombing targeting the build that housed the Joint Operations Command of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
June 28 Bombing 4 30 Seville, Spain A package bomb, presumably sent by ETA, caused the death in the Seville jail of a prison official, two inmates and a relative of an inmate. The explosion, which destroyed several rooms in the center, also injured other 30 people. [15] ETA Basque Conflict
August 15 Attempted Attack 3 (+12) 7 Santa Rosa de Simití, Colombia Guerrillas from the Farc Front 24 are trying to take the population of Santa Rosa de Simití, over the department of Bolivar. The attack fails and 12 insurgents die.[16] FARC Colombian conflict
September 16 Car bombing 3 30 Mutxamel, Spain An ETA car bomb explodes while being towed away from an army barracks. The police were unaware it was a car bomb and had assumed it was an abandoned car. ETA Basque conflict
October Plot 0 0 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Five men of West Indian origin with links to Jamaat ul-Fuqra are arrested near the Canada–US border and later convicted of a plot to bomb a Hindu temple and an Indian theatre. Jamaat ul-Fuqra
October 15 Massacre 202 83 Palliyagodella, Sri Lanka LTTE cadres attacked a Muslim village and shot and hacked to death 182 civilians (171 of them were Muslims), twelve policemen and eight soldiers; 83 others were injured.[17] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
October 18 Bombings 41 140 Rudrapur, India Rudrapur bombings: Two time bomb blast, when people watching a Hindu pageant of Ramila, Rudrapur, Uttar Pradesh, India, which blame on Sikh separatist militant. Killing at least 41 and injuring 140 people.[18] Sikh militants Insurgency in Punjab
2 November Bombing 2 11 Belfast, United Kingdom The Provisional IRA exploded a bomb at the military wing of Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast. Two British soldiers were killed and 11 other people were injured, among them a five-year-old girl and a baby of four months. PIRA The Troubles
November 18 Shooting 15 (+12) Unknown Putumayo District, Colombia 1 petty officer and 9 agents are killed, on the road connecting Villa Garzon and Mocoa (Putumayo).Meanwhile, 12 insurgents, one soldier and three other police officers were killed in other events in several departments of the country.[19] FARC Front 32 Colombian conflict
December 21 Bombing 0 6 Budapest, Hungary Car bomb of RAF explodes near the bus of soviet Jewish migrants.[20] Red Army Faction
December 26 Massacre 49 20+ Punjab, India Sikh militants massacre 49 mostly Hindu passengers on a train traveling between Ludhiana to Ferozepur.[21] Sikh militants Insurgency in Punjab

See also

References
  1. The Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 1991, Page 58
  2. http://www.elespectador.com/node/85044
  3. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-17651
  4. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=18&month=02&year=1991
  5. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-34486
  6. BBC News: "On This Day" March 2, 1991: Sri Lankan hardliner among 19 killed in blast
  7. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-47510
  8. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-79184
  9. San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 1991, Page 5A
  10. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-82932
  11. BBC News: Timeline of the Tamil conflict, September 4, 2000
  12. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-90157
  13. Nezavisimiya Gazeta via Russkiy Zhurnal (in Russian), May 29, 2001
  14. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-107228
  15. https://elpais.com/diario/1991/06/29/portada/678146401_850215.html
  16. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-138661
  17. Sturcke, James (2003-11-14). "Sri Lanka chronology". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  18. "2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India". New York Times. 18 October 1991. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  19. http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-193671
  20. Red Army Faction member faces 15 years for bomb attack, The Scotsman (March 7, 2004)
  21. 49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India, The New York Times (December 27, 1991)
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