List of terrorist incidents in 1985

This is a timeline of incidents in 1985 that have been labeled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Guidelines
  • To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
  • List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
  • Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
  • Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
  • If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
  • Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
  • In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
  0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

January
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
20 January Bombing 32 Sri Lanka 22 soldiers and 10 civilians are killed in a train explosion set off by the LTTE.[1] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
21 January Bombing 0 0 Magelang, Indonesia Bombing of the Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java. Believed to have been carried out by Islamists in retaliation for the Tanjung Priok massacre Islamists

February
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
23 February Bombing 1 18 Paris, France Paris Marks & Spencer shop, one bomb, one dead, 18 wounded, attributed to pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah.[2] Hezbollah
February 7 Mortar 9 37 Newry, Northern Ireland The Provisional IRA launches homemade mortar shells at an RUC base in Newry, killing nine police officers and wounding thirty-seven. PIRA The Troubles

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
8 March Car bombing 80 175 Beirut, Lebanon Car bomb explodes in Beirut, killing 80, injuring 175; allegedly planned and executed by "rogue elements" of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.[3] CIA (alleged) Lebanese Civil War
8 March Bombing 0 18 Paris, France Paris, Cinema Rivoli, Jewish film festival, 18 injured, pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah[4] Hezbollah
12 March Shooting, bombing, hostage-taking 1 0 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Three Armenian Revolutionary Army militants storm the Turkish embassy, killing a security guard, blasting open the gate in front of the building with a bomb, and taking 12 people hostage before surrendering. Armenian Revolutionary Army

April
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
9 April Suicide bombing 2 (+1 attacker) Israel A suicide car bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into an Israeli army patrol, killing 2 soldiers. This was the world's first female suicide bomber, at just 17 years old.[5][6] Palestinian Israeli–Palestinian conflict
12 April Bombing 18 82 Madrid, Spain Bombing of the El Descanso restaurant outside Madrid. American servicemen frequented the restaurant and were believed to have been the target. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Islamic Jihad Lebanese Civil War

May
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
12 May Clashes, Shooting 8 1 kidnapped Buga, Colombia Heavy fighting faces members of the M-19 and Army troops in the mountainous area of Buga (Valle). A helicopter is shot down and 8 military personnel are killed. One more is kidnapped.[7] M-19 Colombian conflict
14 May Massacre 146 85 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka LTTE gunmen shoot dead 146 Sinhalese civilians and injure 85 others as they were praying at Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred Buddhist shrine in Anuradhapura.[8] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
 26 may.  Bucharest attack

June
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
14 June Hijacking 1 Athens, Greece TWA Flight 847 hijacking, Hezbollah, see FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. Terrorists take passengers of an Athens-Rome flight hostage, murdering US Navy Seaman, Robert Stethem.[9] Hezbollah Lebanese Civil War
19 June Shooting 12 San Salvador, El Salvador Left-wing guerrillas opened fire on the Zona Rosa nightclub in San Salvador, killing 12 people including six Americans. Central American Revolutionary Workers' Party Salvadoran civil war
19 June Bombing 3 74 Frankfurt, West Germany 3 killed and 74 wounded at Frankfurt Airport by bomb. Police defuse second bomb.[10] Abu Nidal Organization
20 June Bombings 8 Several Across Nepal Bombs explode in several cities in Nepal, including the capitol Kathmandu, as well as in Jhapa, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Mahendranagar, Nepalganj and at Bhairahawa Airport. Nepal Janabadi Morcha claimed responsibility. Nepal Janabadi Morcha
23 June Bombing 2 4 Narita, Japan A bomb intended for Air India Flight 301 explodes before being loaded on the plane. The bombing was committed by the same people who bombed Air India Flight 182 the same day. Babbar Khalsa Punjab insurgency
23 June Bombing 329 0 Atlantic Ocean, Ireland Air India Flight 182 is destroyed by a bomb en route from Montreal to Delhi. Canadian investigation determined the bomb had been planted by Sikh militants from the Babbar Khalsa and was in retaliation for Operation Blue Star Babbar Khalsa Punjab insurgency
28 June Attack 15 Unknown Quindío Department, Colombia The M-19 takes the population of Genoa (Quindío Department) and kills 8 policemen, 2 soldiers and 5 civilians.[11] M-19 Colombian conflict

July
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1 July Bombing, shooting 1 29 Madrid, Spain Bombing at the Trans World Airlines and British Airways offices in Madrid, killing one woman and injuring 27. A follow-up submachine gun shooting and attempted grenade attacks on the Alia Royal Jordanian Airline office injured two.[12] Linked to the Abu Nidal Organization.[13] Abu Nidal Organization
22 July Bombings 1 32 Copenhagen, Denmark Two near-simultaneous bombs in Copenhagen, at the Jewish synagogue and at the offices of Northwest Orient, explode, killing one and injuring 32. The bombers are interrupted while placing a third, more powerful, bomb, which they later dispose of in the city's harbour. The bombs are later linked to Islamic Jihad.[14] Hezbollah

August
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1 August Kidnapping 0 0 Mediterranean and Libya A Belgian–French family is kidnapped from their yacht Silco in the Mediterranean and held in Libya for several years. Abu Nidal Organization Israeli–Palestinian conflict

September
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
23-24 September Robberies, shootings 21 (+5 attackers) 11 (+2 attackers) Lahad Datu, Malaysia A group of Moro pirates raid the town of Lahad Datu, Sabah and commit several robberies and random shootings. Moro pirates Moro attacks on Sabah
25 September Shooting 4 1 Bayonne, France 4 members of the Spanish government backed death squad Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación kill 4 ETA members and injured a civilian in an attack on a hotel bar. GAL Basque conflict

October
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
2 October Shooting 10 (+20) Unknown (+4 Kidnapped) Tolima and Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia Violent fighting between Army troops and M-19 guerrillas occurs in Monteloro, a rural area of Tulua (Valle), and La Virgen (Chaparral, Tolima). In the clashes, at least a dozen soldiers and 20 armed rebels die. Another 4 uniformed men are kidnapped.[15][16] M-19 Colombian conflict
5 October Mass shooting 8 4 Ras Burqa, Egypt Egyptian soldier Suleiman Khater kills 7 Israeli tourists, including four children, and another Egyptian soldier in the beach resort town Ras Burqa Suleiman Khater Israeli–Palestinian conflict
7 October – 10 October Hijacking 1 Mediterranean Achille Lauro hijacking: cruise ship hijacking by Palestinian Liberation Front, during which passenger Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old wheelchair-using Jewish American citizen, is shot dead and thrown overboard.[17] PLF Israeli–Palestinian conflict
20 October Shooting 3 0 Armenia, Colombia M-19 guerrillas attack the facilities of the Cisneros Battalion in Armenia (Quindío). Three soldiers die.[18] M-19 Colombian conflict
31 October Bombing 0 28 Athens, Greece An young Iraqi was carrying a bomb inside a bus, which exploded by accident and twenty eight student in the bus were injured. Unknown Unknown

November
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
November – Enero 1986 Massacre 164+ Unknown Toribío, Cauca, Colombia Tacueyó massacre was a massacre that occurred between November 1985 and January 1986 in the township of Tacueyó, where the guerrilla "Comando Ricardo Franco Frente-Sur" was attacked. The massacre was discovered on December 13, 1985 and was executed by guerrillas Hernando Pizarro Leongómez and Jose Fedor Rey (alias Javier Delgado) alleging that the 164 guerrillas killed in their own group were, according to them, infiltrators or informers of the National Army of Colombia or the CIA.[19] Comando Ricardo Franco Frente-Sur Colombian conflict
6 November Siege, shootout 98 Several Bogotá, Colombia Members of the 19th of April Movement take over the Palace of Justice, the home of the Supreme Court of Colombia, in hopes of forcing a trial of Colombian president Belisario Betancur. 98 people were killed during the siege, including 35 militants, 48 Colombian soldiers and 11 of the 25 Supreme Court Justices. M-19 Colombian conflict
23 November Hijacking 58 (+2 attackers) Several Luqa, Malta EgyptAir Flight 648 is hijacked en route from Athens to Cairo by three members of the Abu Nidal Organization. The flight is diverted to Luqa Airport where the militants engage in a standoff with the Egyptian military. The Egyptian military stages a raid in which 60 people, including 2 of the attackers, are killed. Abu Nidal Organization Israeli–Palestinian conflict

December
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
7 December Bombings 0 43 Paris, France Two bombs explode, at the Galerie Lafayette and the Galerie Printemps, wounding 43 people. The attacks are claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated Committee for Solidarity With Arab and Middle Eastern Political Prisoners (CSPPA).[20] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
27 December Shootings, grenade 19 (+4 attackers) 138 (+1 attacker) Rome, Italy
Vienna, Austria		 Four gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization open fire on the El Al ticket counter at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, killing 16 and wounding 99. Nearly simultaneously, three more gunmen attack Vienna International Airport, targeting passengers boarding a flight for Tel Aviv. Three people are killed and 39 injured. Four of the seven terrorists are also killed in the attacks. Abu Nidal Organization Israeli–Palestinian conflict

See also

References
  1. "3 Killed in Sri Lanka As Train is Blown Up". New York Times. New York Times. 1985-01-21.
  2. 1 Killed in Third Mystery Bombing at Marks & Spencer Store in Paris
  3. "Some American press reports said the CIA was behind the attack, which was meant to kill Sheikh Fadlallah." "Operatives allegedly trained by the CIA set off a car bomb in an attempt to kill Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah... President Reagan and the CIA call off covert operations."
  4. Thousands of Parisians Are Outraged by Bombing of a Cinema Where a Jewish Film Festival Was Taking Place
  5. FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS
  6. The Cult of the Suicide Bomber
  7. "La Guerra Llega a los Barrios".
  8. "Timeline of the Tamil conflict". BBC News. 2000-09-04. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  9. Smith, William E. June 24, 2001. Terror Aboard Flight 847. TIME Magazine. Retrieved: 24 November 2012.
  10. "Palestinian group blamed for airport bombing". United Press International. 28 July 1988.
  11. "El Tiempo - Google News Archive Search".
  12. "Premises of TWA In Madrid Bombed". The Washington Post. 2 July 1985.
  13. Jessup, John E. (1998). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Greenwood. p. 5. ISBN 9780313281129.
  14. 27 Injured in 3 Terrorist Explosions in Copenhagen
  15. "Valle: La Guerra Abierta".
  16. "El Tiempo - Búsqueda en el archivo de Google Noticias".
  17. Bohn, Michael K. (2004). The Achille Lauro Hijacking: Lessons in the Politics And Prejudice of Terrorism. Potomac Books, Inc. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-1-574-88779-2.
  18. "Holocausto del Palacio comenzó en el Quindío II parte".
  19. http://www.dmsjuridica.com/jurisprudenciadms/corte_suprema_de_justicia/sala_penal/2004_2006/Docs/2000/12297jun.doc%5B%5D
  20. Levitt, Matthew (2015). Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God. Georgetown University Press. pp. 57–60. ISBN 9781626162013.
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