List of terrorist incidents, 1991

List of terrorist incidents, 1991

The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 1991.

*flagicon|Colombia January 6: A bomb kills three and wounds seven in La Dorada, Caldas. No group claims responsibility. [The Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 1991, Page 58]
*flagicon|United Kingdom February 7: The IRA launched a mortar shell into the back garden of 10 Downing Street, London. (See 10 Downing Street#Security)
*flagicon|Colombia February 16: The Medellín Cartel detonates a 440-pound car bomb near the Medellín bullring, killing 22 people, including 9 police officers. [
http://www.aparchive.com/user/GetOneUp.aspx?id=w086187&links=BOMB,COLOMBIA,USABL&media=Text&pu=h Untitled] , February 18, 1991
]
*flagicon|Colombia May 13: Nine police officers die while deactivating a bomb left behind by leftist guerillas. [San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 1991, Page 5A]
*flagicon|India May 21: 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.BBC News: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/51435.stm Timeline of the Tamil conflict] , September 4, 2000] This is also the first time that the suicide vest is used by any terrorist group.
*flagicon|Spain May 29: Basque ETA terrorist group bombs the Guardia Civil police barracks in Vic (Barcelona), killing ten people.
*flagicon|USSR May 30: 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. [ [http://old.russ.ru/ist_sovr/express/1991_22.html Nezavisimiya Gazeta via Russkiy Zhurnal (in Russian)] , May 29, 2001]
*flagicon|Colombia July 12: Leftist groups bomb the runway at the Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena. [AP, July 12, 1991]
*flagicon|United Kingdom November 15: Two IRA members were killed in St Albans when their bomb detonated prematurely. A civilian was also injured.cite web | title = A Chronology of the Conflict - 1991 | author = | url = http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch91.htm | publisher = "CAIN" | date = | accessdate = 2007-04-07]

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*List of terrorist incidents

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