List of terrorist incidents, 1987

List of terrorist incidents, 1987

The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 1987.

*flagicon|Sri Lanka April 21: Car bomb at bus terminal in Colombo, Sri Lanka kills 110 people.BBC News: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/51435.stm Timeline of the Tamil conflict] , September 4, 2000] This attack was carried by LTTE. [ [http://www.danieldrezner.com/research/guest/Pape1.pdf The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, ROBERT A. PAPE The University of Chicago, American Political Science Review Vol. 97, No. 3 August 2003] ] page number
*flagicon|Greece April 25: Bombing of Greek Air Force bus carrying American military personnel. A group called November 17 claims responsibility. [New York Times: [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDA113FF935A15757C0A961948260 Leftists Claim Athens Attack] , April 26, 1987]
*flagicon|United Kingdom May 8: An assault by an IRA team on Loughgall RUC base is stopped by SAS commandos, who kill eight attackers and a civilian. See Loughgall Ambush.
*flagicon|Spain June 19: Basque militant group ETA plant a bomb in the parking lot under the Hipercor hypermarket in Barcelona. It kills 21, 45 are injured.
*flagicon|United Kingdom November 8: Remembrance Day Bombing parade in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh by the IRA. Eleven are killed and 63 injured.
*flagicon|South Korea November 29: KAL Flight 858 bombed by North Korea.
*flagicon|Spain December 11: Basque militant group ETA bomb a Guardia Civil police barracks in Zaragoza, killing eleven, 40 are injured.

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*List of terrorist incidents

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