List of terrorist incidents, 1999
Encyclopedia
This is a timeline of incidents in 1999 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
).
Pakistan, January 3: Gunmen open fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad
mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25. Turkey, March 4: A PKK suicide bomber detonates in Batman, wounding 4. Turkey, a pair of bombs detonated
in Istanbul on March 13 killing 13 and March 14 injuring 2. Sri Lanka, March 16: A LTTE suicide bomber detonates, killing 4. Russia, March 19: A bomb was detonated
in a crowded market in Vladikavkaz
, North Ossetia-Alania
killing 62 and injuring many. Turkey, March 28: A PPK suicide bomber, wounds 10. United Kingdom, April
: David Copeland
's nail bomb
attacks against ethnic minorities and gays in London
kill three people and injure over 160. Turkey, April 8: A PPK suicide bomber, kills 2 and wounds 9. Russia, April 26: An explosion inside an elevator at the Intourist
hotel in Moscow
injured eleven people. Sri Lanka, May 29: A LTTE suicide bomber detonates killing Tamil leader and 2 others. Turkey, June 5: A PPK suicide bomber detonates in Adana wounding 14. France, June 18: The separatist Breton Revolutionary Army
dynamites a tax office in Cintegabelle
causing extensive damage. . Sri Lanka, July 29: LTTE suicide bomber kills Tamil lawander and wounds 7 people. Colombia, July 30: A car bomb kills nine and injures 38 at a military base in Medellín
. Authorities blame leftist guerrillas for the attack. Sri Lanka, August 16: Two LTTE suicide boat bombers drove there explosive-laden gunboat into a sailors boat, killing 10 sailors. Russia, August 31 – September 22: Russian Apartment Bombings
kills about 300 people, leading Russia into Second Chechen War
. Jordan, December
: Jordan
ian authorities foil a plot to bomb US and Israeli tourists and pick up 28 suspects as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots
Sri Lanka, September 2: A LTTE suicide bomber kills Tamil militia leader. Colombia, November 12: Seven die and dozens are injured when a bomb explodes in Bogotá
. No claim for responsibility is made. Turkey, November 27: Troops kill PPK leader Haydar Alparsian.
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
or its forces (see state terrorism
State terrorism
State terrorism may refer to acts of terrorism conducted by a state against a foreign state or people. It can also refer to acts of violence by a state against its own people.-Definition:...
and state-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism is a term used to describe terrorism sponsored by nation-states. As with terrorism, the precise definition, and the identification of particular examples, are subjects of heated political dispute...
).
Pakistan, January 3: Gunmen open fire on Shi'a Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25. Turkey, March 4: A PKK suicide bomber detonates in Batman, wounding 4. Turkey, a pair of bombs detonated
1999 Istanbul bombings
The 1999 Istanbul bombings were a pair of bombings that took place in Istanbul, Turkey on March 13 killing 13, and March 14, 1999 injuring 2. A third bomb was found in a Burger King outlet but successfully defused....
in Istanbul on March 13 killing 13 and March 14 injuring 2. Sri Lanka, March 16: A LTTE suicide bomber detonates, killing 4. Russia, March 19: A bomb was detonated
1999 Vladikavkaz bombing
The 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing took place in a crowded market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia on March 19, 1999 killing 62 and injuring many.The bombers were tried and convicted on December 15, 2003...
in a crowded market in Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz
-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...
, North Ossetia-Alania
North Ossetia-Alania
The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania is a federal subject of Russia . Its population according to the 2010 Census was 712,877.-Name:...
killing 62 and injuring many. Turkey, March 28: A PPK suicide bomber, wounds 10. United Kingdom, April
April 1999
April 1999 was a month with thirty days.The following events also occurred during the month:...
: David Copeland
David Copeland
David John Copeland is a former member of the British National Party and the National Socialist Movement, who became known as the "London Nail Bomber" after a 13-day bombing campaign in April 1999 aimed at London's black, Bangladeshi and gay communities.Over three successive weekends between 17...
's nail bomb
Nail bomb
The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its wounding ability. The nails act as shrapnel, leading almost certainly to greater loss of life and injury in inhabited areas than the explosives alone would. The nail bomb is also a type of flechette weapon...
attacks against ethnic minorities and gays in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
kill three people and injure over 160. Turkey, April 8: A PPK suicide bomber, kills 2 and wounds 9. Russia, April 26: An explosion inside an elevator at the Intourist
Intourist
Intourist is a Russian travel agency, 66%-owned by Moscow-based holding company Sistema.Before privatisation in 1992, Intourist was renowned as the official state travel agency of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1929 by Joseph Stalin and was staffed by NKVD and later KGB officials...
hotel in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
injured eleven people. Sri Lanka, May 29: A LTTE suicide bomber detonates killing Tamil leader and 2 others. Turkey, June 5: A PPK suicide bomber detonates in Adana wounding 14. France, June 18: The separatist Breton Revolutionary Army
Breton Revolutionary Army
The Breton Revolutionary Army , is an illegal armed organization that is part of the Breton nationalism movement in the Brittany region of France.-I- Origins of the conflict:...
dynamites a tax office in Cintegabelle
Cintegabelle
Cintegabelle is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
causing extensive damage. . Sri Lanka, July 29: LTTE suicide bomber kills Tamil lawander and wounds 7 people. Colombia, July 30: A car bomb kills nine and injures 38 at a military base in Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
. Authorities blame leftist guerrillas for the attack. Sri Lanka, August 16: Two LTTE suicide boat bombers drove there explosive-laden gunboat into a sailors boat, killing 10 sailors. Russia, August 31 – September 22: Russian Apartment Bombings
Russian apartment bombings
The Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk in September 1999, killing 293 people and injuring 651. The explosions occurred in Buynaksk on 4 September, Moscow on 9 and 13 September, and...
kills about 300 people, leading Russia into Second Chechen War
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting 26 August 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade ....
. Jordan, December
December 1999
December 1999 was the 12th month of that year. It began on a Wednesday and ended 31 days later on a Friday. It was the last month of the 1990s decade.The following events also occurred during the month:...
: Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ian authorities foil a plot to bomb US and Israeli tourists and pick up 28 suspects as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots
2000 millennium attack plots
The Year 2000 attack plots were terrorist attacks planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000: the bombing of four sites in Jordan, the bombing of Los Angeles International Airport , and the bombing of the USS The Sullivans. The first two plots were foiled by law enforcement agencies; the third was...
Sri Lanka, September 2: A LTTE suicide bomber kills Tamil militia leader. Colombia, November 12: Seven die and dozens are injured when a bomb explodes in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. No claim for responsibility is made. Turkey, November 27: Troops kill PPK leader Haydar Alparsian.
- ((Seattle,Washington)) USA Battle of SeattleWTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activityProtest activity surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations, occurred on November 30, 1999 , when the World Trade Organization convened at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington,...
November, 30, 1999 United States, December 14: Ahmed RessamAhmed RessamAhmed Ressam is an Algerian al-Qaeda member who lived in Montreal, Canada.He was convicted of attempting to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999, as part of the foiled 2000 millennium attack plots...
is arrested on the United States-Canada border in Port Angeles, WashingtonPort Angeles, WashingtonPort Angeles is a city in and the county seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 19,038 at the 2010 census. The area's harbor was dubbed Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza in 1791, but by the mid-19th century the name had...
; he confessed to planning to bomb the Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles International AirportLos Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
as part of the 2000 millennium attack plots2000 millennium attack plotsThe Year 2000 attack plots were terrorist attacks planned to occur on or near January 1, 2000: the bombing of four sites in Jordan, the bombing of Los Angeles International Airport , and the bombing of the USS The Sullivans. The first two plots were foiled by law enforcement agencies; the third was...
Sri Lanka, December 18: A LTTE suicide bomber detonates at an election rally, killing 23 and injuring 100 more. India, December 24: Indian Airlines Flight 814Indian Airlines Flight 814Indian Airlines Flight 814 commonly known as IC 814 was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India on Friday, December 24, 1999, when it was hijacked...
from Kathmandu, NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, to DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
is hijacked. One passenger is killed and some hostages are released. After negotiations between the Taliban and the IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n government, the last of the remaining hostages on board Flight 814 are released in exchange for release of three terrorists. Lebanon, December 30: A Hizballah suicide bomber wounds 12. United States, December 31 An arson fire causes one million dollars in damage and destroys the fourth floor of Michigan State University'sMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Agriculture Hall. In 2008 four people that the U.S. government claimed were Earth Liberation FrontEarth Liberation FrontThe Earth Liberation Front , also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the exploitation and destruction of the environment".The ELF was founded...
members were indicted for that incident.