- List of terrorist incidents, 1990
The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state
terrorism in1990 .*flagicon|Colombia
January 6 : A car bomb explodes outside private offices inBogotá . While no casualties are reported, the office belonged to the son of the personal secretary of Colombian president,Virgilio Barco . [http://www.aparchive.com/user/GetOneUp.aspx?id=w042533&links=BOMB,COLOMBIA,USABL&media=Text&pu=h Untitled] , January 8, 1990]
*flagicon|United Kingdom February: The IRA detonate a bomb atLeicester Army Recruiting Office. MPKeith Vaz suggests that the army may have planted the bomb. [BBC: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1137824.stm Keith Vaz: Minister and networker] , "Profile of Keith Vaz", January 26, 2001]
*flagicon|United KingdomFebruary 12 : The IRA shoot down a British army helicopter inCounty Tyrone , Northern Ireland, near the border with the Republic of Ireland. [
*flagicon|ColombiaApril 6 : Colombian police defuse a truck containing more than a half-ton of explosives in a wealthy residential area ofBogotá . The truck had been parked in front of a high school and was set to go off during the morning rush. [AP, April 6, 1990]
*flagicon|ColombiaApril 11 : A bomb kills 14 and injures 100 inMedellín . The bomb was directed at a group of Elite Police and it is blamed on theMedellín Cartel , which had offered $100,000 for every anti-terrorism police killed and $ 4,500 for every regular policeman assassinated. [
*flagicon|ColombiaApril 25 : A car bomb kills nine inMedellín . Authorities believe theMedellín Cartel is responsible. The next day, presidential candidateCarlos Pizarro Leongómez is assassinated while onboard a commercial airliner. [
*flagicon|ColombiaApril 25 : A bomb hidden in a dump truck kills six and injures at least 36 inBogotá . [AP, April 26, 1990]
*flagicon|ColombiaMay 4 : A bomb exploded in front of a pharmacy inCali , killing four and wounding 20. It is blamed on the ongoing war between the two rival drug cartels in Colombia.
*flagicon|ColombiaMay 7 : A car bomb kills one and injures five, outside a government building inPereira , capital ofRisaralda State. No group claims responsibility but the government blames drug lords who declared war on the country nine months earlier. [San Jose Mercuary News, May 8, 1990]
*flagicon|ColombiaMay 13 : Two car bombs explode simultaneously in the Quirigua and Niza shopping malls duringMother's Day inBogotá killing 19, including six children, and wounding 140, while another bomb exploded in a restaurant inCali , killing six and injuring 20. Authorities say theMedellín Cartel is to blame for the attacks. [The Washington Post, May 13, 1990, Douglas Farah]
*flagicon|United KingdomMay 16 The IRA detonate a bomb under a military minibus in London, killing Sgt Charles Chapman, and injuring four other soldiers. [House of Commons (UK): [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960304/text/60304w13.htm Terrorist Incidents] , Hansard for Session 1995-96, Vol 273, March 4, 1996]
*flagicon|ColombiaMay 17 : A bomb inside a shopping mall in Cartagena wounds 22. TheMedellín Cartel is blamed. [AP, May 18, 1990]
*flagicon|ColombiaMay 25 : A suicide bomber detonates a car bomb when stopped by police, killing himself and three others inMedellín . [Reuters, May 25, 1990]
*flagicon|United Kingdomflagicon|GermanyJune 1 : A British Royal Artillery officer is assassinated by the IRA in Dortmund inWest Germany . [Malcolm Sutton: [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1990.html An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland] , Conflict Archive on the INternet (CAIN)]
*flagicon|ColombiaJune 15 : A car bomb kills four near a police station inMedellín . Authorities blame theMedellín Cartel which had previously pledged to murder police in retaliation to the government's anti-drug policies. [
*flagicon|ColombiaJune 29 : A car bomb kills 14 and injures 30 inMedellín . TheMedellín Cartel is blamed by authorities. [
*flagicon|ColombiaJuly 15 : A round of terrorist attacks leaves 40 dead inMedellín . Another bomb exploded inPuerto Asís , killing six and injuring five. [AP, July 16, 1990]
*flagicon|United KingdomJuly 20 : The IRA detonate a bomb at theLondon Stock Exchange causing damage to the building. Nobody was injured in the blast. [BBC: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/20/newsid_2515000/2515667.stm 1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange] , "On this day", July 20, 1990]
*flagicon|United KingdomJuly 30 :Ian Gow MP killed by a car bomb planted by the IRA while at his home inSussex .
*flagicon|USSRAugust 10 : A bus going fromTbilisi , Georgia to Agdam,Azerbaijan is blown up. Twenty people die and 33 are injured.
*flagicon|United KingdomOctober 24 : A series ofcar bomb ings directed by the IRA in Northern Ireland leave six British soldiers and a civilian dead and 37 wounded.
*flagicon|Israel PLF attack in the beaches onTel Aviv .
*flagicon|IsraelPLO attack on the US embassy.
*flagicon|Colombia September: Rebels bomb two sections of Colombia'sCaño Limón pipeline. It is the fourth attack against the pipeline in two weeks, and rebel groupELN claims responsibility. [The Miami Herald, September 16, 1990]
*flagicon|United StatesNovember 5 : Assassination ofMeir Kahane head of Israel'sKoch party and founder of the Americanvigilante group theJewish Defense League in aManhattan ,New York hotel lobby by early elements ofAl Queda .
*flagicon|ColombiaDecember 13 : A remote control bomb kills seven police officer and injures 23 more inMedellín . Authorities blame theMedellín Cartel for the attack. [St. Louis Post Dispatch, December 14, 1990, Page 15A]ee also
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