List of terrorist incidents, 1996

The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 1996.

*flagicon|Russia Russia, January: In Kizlyar, 350 Chechen militants took 3,000 hostages in a hospital. The attempt to free them kills 65 civilians and soldiers.
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom, January: Provisional Irish Republican Army plants a bomb that police defuse at the Canary Wharf towers in London.
*flagicon|Indonesia Indonesia, January 9: The separatist Free Papua Movement kidnapped several Western and Indonesian scientists. In May, after weeks of failed negotiations, the Indonesian Army launched a rescue operation in which two hostages and six guerillas were killed. [ [http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=7920 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base ] ]
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, January 31: LTTE carries out Central Bank Bombing in Colombo, killing 90 and wounding 1,400.
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom, February 9: IRA plants a bomb near the South Quay station in London, killing two people and causing over $1 billion worth of damage. (see 1996 Docklands bombing)
*flagicon|Israel Israel, February 25 - March 4: A series of four suicide bombings leave 60 dead and 284 wounded within ten days.
*flagicon|Egypt Egypt, April 18: 18 people are killed when Islamist gunmen fire on the Europa hotel in Cairo. [ [http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=7980 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base ] ]
*flagicon|Russia Russia, June 11: A bomb explodes on a train traveling on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, killing four people and seriously injuring at least twelve. [CNN: [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9606/11/moscow.blast/ Bomb rocks Moscow subway] , June 11, 1996]
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom, June 15: A bomb containing 1500 kg of explosives was detonated by the IRA in Manchester city centre. Due to a warning being given the area was evacuated and nobody was killed. Following the large number of bombings in major English cities and the huge monetary damage inflicted on the British State, it was decided to reopen peace negotiations with the IRA. A year later the Good Friday Agreement was signed securing a ceasefire which is still in place. (see Manchester bombing by IRA).
*flagicon|Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, June 25: Khobar Towers bombing – In all, 19 U.S. servicemen and one Saudi were killed and 372 wounded, by Hizballah Al-Hijaz (Saudi Hizballah) with Iranian support, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, July 24: LTTE plants bomb on commuter train in Sri Lanka kills 57.
*flagicon|United States United States, July 27: Centennial Olympic Park bombing, killing two and wounding 111.
*flagicon|Russia Russia, August: Marina Roscha Synagogue in Moscow is bombed shortly after being rebuilt after a fire in 1993.
*flagicon|France France, October 17: The Algerian Armed Islamic Group bombs an underground train injuring 28 people. [ [http://www.tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=8127 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base ] ]
*flagicon|Comoros flagicon|Ethiopia Comoros "'Ethiopia, November 23: 125 people died after a hijacked jet (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961) crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros.
*flagicon|Peru Peru, December 17: Japanese embassy hostage crisis begins in Lima; it ends April 22, 1997 with the deaths of 14 rebels, two soldiers and a hostage.

ee also

*List of terrorist incidents

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