List of terrorist incidents in 1986

This is a timeline of incidents in 1986 that have been labelled 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
9 January Bombing 0 2 Valparaíso, Chile A bomb explodes in Valparaíso wounding two children of 12 and 8 years Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

February
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 February Bombing 0 8 Paris, France A bomb exploded in a shopping gallery at the Champs-Élysées, wounding eight people. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated Committee for Solidarity With Arab and Middle Eastern Political Prisoners (CSPPA).[1] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
4 February Bombing 0 4 Paris, France A bomb exploded in the basement record section of the Gibert Jeune bookstore on the Place Saint-Michel, tearing up the floor and setting the building ablaze. Four people were wounded. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[2] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
4 February Limpet bomb 0 2 Rentería, Spain A limpet bomb blast left two seriously injured, a national police officer and their 9-year-old daughter.[3] ETA Basque Conflict
5 February Bombing 1 16 Santiago, Chile A bomb was detonated in front of a police bus killing one police and wounding 16 others Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
5 February Bombing 0 9 Paris, France a bomb exploded at a book and record shop of the Fnac chain in the Forum des Halles underground complex, wounding nine people.[2] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
6 February Shooting and Grenade attack 2 1 Madrid, Spain A vice-admiral of the navy and his driver were killed by an ETA command who machine-gunned the official vehicle in which they were traveling. The terrorists later threw a hand grenade at the vehicle. A commander was also wounded in the attack.[4] ETA Basque Conflict
8 February Shooting 0 5 Bayona, France Two children, two basque refugees and a person of French nationality were injured when they were shot in a bar frequented by basque refugees.[5] GAL Basque Conflict
9 February Land mine 39 Serunuwara, Sri Lanka When refugees from Serunuwara, Dehiwatta were being escorted by army personnel along Ella/Kantalai road, LTTE exploded a mine killing 35 civilians and four army personnel.[6] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
16 February Shooting 2 0 Bidarray, France Two French civilians were shot dead by suspected GAL members GAL(Suspected) Basque Conflict
26 February Shooting 1 0 Santiago, Chile During an opposition protest a policeman was shot dead by extremist Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
2 March Bombing 1 1 Osorno, Chile A bomb exploded in a train rail killing a woman and injuring critically another person Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
9 March Bombing 0 2 Santiago, Chile A bomb exploded in a bank hall wounding critically 2 customers Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
10 March Shooting 9 Unknown Córdoba, Colombia Militants of EPL kill one corporal and eight police officers during an ambush in Cintura, a rural area of Pueblo Nuevo in southern Córdoba.[7] EPL Colombian conflict
13 March Car bombing 60 Damascus, Syria Car bombing in Damascus. Pro-Iraqi militants were blamed for the attack. Pro-Iraqi militants (suspected)
17 March Bombing 0 9 Paris, France A bomb exploded on the TGV Paris-Lyon high-speed rail, wounding nine people. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[2] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
20 March Bombing 2 28 Paris, France A bomb exploded in the Point-Show shopping gallery on the Champs-Élysées, killing two people and wounding 28. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[8] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
20 March Ambush 8 16 Cauca Department, Colombia A thick column of guerrillas ambushes a mixed patrol of the Army and the police that composed by 10 vehicles and 3 armored ones were mobilized by the place known as The S in the way that of Caloto leads to Toribio in the north of the Cauca. In armored attack 1 is destroyed, and 7 agents die and 1 soldier and wound other 16.[9] Coordinadora Nacional Guerrillera Colombian conflict
27 March Car bombing 1 22 Melbourne, Australia Car bombing of the Russell Street Police Headquarters in Melbourne by three men linked to organize crime. Policewoman Angela Taylor was the sole fatality. Craig Minogue
Stan Taylor
Peter Reed
31 March Knife attack 0 2 Santiago, Chile Two policeman were attacked with knives during opposition protest Unknown Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

April
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
2 April Bombing 4 7 Argos, Greece Bombing of TWA Flight 840 mid-flight, killing four Americans, including a baby. Flight 840 had previously been hijacked in 1969. Investigators concluded the bomb had been planted by a Lebanese woman who was an Abu Nidal Organisation member. Abu Nidal Organisation Israeli–Palestinian conflict
5 April Bombing 3 229 West Berlin, West Germany Bombing at a discothèque frequented by American soldiers, killing two and a Turkish woman. A trial in the U.S. found Libya guilty of organizing the attack. Four Libyans
April Car bombings 144 Damascus, Syria Car bombings in five towns around Damascus. Pro-Iraqi militants were blamed for the attack. Pro-Iraqi militants (suspected)
11 April Ambush 0 1 Santiago, Chile A policeman was wounded when he was shot in his patrol car by extremist Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
17 April Attempted bombing 0 0 London, United Kingdom A Semtex bomb was found in the luggage of an Irish woman who was about to board an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv. The bomb had been planted by her Jordanian husband Nezar Hindawi who was arrested the next day. Nezar Hindawi

May
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 May Bombing 21 41 Katunayake, Sri Lanka LTTE bomb explodes aboard Air Lanka flight carrying mainly French, British and Japanese tourists killing 21 (including 13 foreigners – of whom 3 British, 2 German, 3 French, 2 Japanese, 1 Maldivian and 1 Pakistani) and injuring 41 on Bandaranaike International Airport.[6] LTTE Sri Lankan Civil War
16 May Ambush 8 20 Antioquia, Colombia guerrillas ambush an Army truck in Alto La Brava, corregimiento of the municipality of Remedios, Antioquia. 8 military deaths and other 20 wounded.[10] FARC Militants Colombian conflict
29 May Armed Attack 12 (+11) Unknown Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia Members of the M-19 and the indigenous guerrillas of Quintin Lame ambush units of the III Army Brigade in Restrepo (Valle). Five soldiers die and 11 subversives die. In the fighting, 7 civilians were also killed, hit by a bomb while taking refuge in a school.[11] M-19 and Quintin lame armed movement Colombian conflict

June
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
10 June Shooting 0 1 Santiago, Chile In a vehicle in movement FPMR militants shoot at a group of policemen injuring one police Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)

July
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
3 July Bombing 0 4 Santiago, Chile A bomb detonated inside a bus injuring 4 passengers Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
14 July Car bombing 12 32 Madrid, Spain Plaza República Dominicana bombing. The Plaza República Dominicana bombing was an attack carried out by the armed Basque separatist group ETA in Madrid, Spain on 14 July 1986, which killed 12 people and injured a further 32. ETA Basque conflict
21 July Anti-tank grenade 0 10 Madrid, Spain Six anti-tank grenades hit the facade of the Ministry of Defense in a spectacular ETA attack. 10 people were injured, one of them in serious condition.[12] ETA Basque Conflict
25 July Bombing 0 36 Santiago, Chile A bomb was detonade in a trashcan near a bus wounding 36 persons Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
26 July Booby trap and Anti-tank grenade 2 0 Arétxabaleta, Spain The attacks left 2 civil guards dead.[13] ETA Basque Conflict

August
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
4 August Car Bombing 1 1 Santiago, Chile A car bomb was detonated outside the "los libertadores" regiment killing one soldier and wounding other Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)]
13 August Ambush 7 Unknown Santander Department, Colombia ELN guerrillas attempt to assassinate the commander in charge of the V Army Brigade, Colonel Elkin Antonio Bocaccio, on the Barrancabermeja-Bucaramanga road. One corporal and six high school welders were shot dead.[14] ELN Colombian conflict
14 August Shooting 4 (+2) 3 (+4) Cali, Colombia Rescue operation of a cattle rancher in the neighborhood Alfonso López Pumarejo, to the northeast of Cali. The arrested, 3 civilians (included a child) and 2 guerrillas of the M-19, die in the combat.[14] M-19 Colombian conflict

September
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
5 September Hijacking, hostage-taking 20 120 Karachi, Pakistan Four gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization hijack Pan Am Flight 73 at Sahar International Airport in Karachi. After a 16-hour siege, the Pakistani Army raided the plane and the militants opened fire on the passengers, killing 20. Abu Nidal Organization Israeli–Palestinian conflict
6 September Mass shooting 22 6 Istanbul, Turkey Gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organization open fire on the Neve Shalom Synagogue, killing 22. Abu Nidal Organization Israeli–Palestinian conflict
7 September Shooting 5 11 Cajón del Maipo, Chile The President Augusto Pinochet suffered an armed attack while returning from a rest weekend at his residence in El Melocotón. The attack, carried out by the armed organization of extreme left called Patriotic Front Manuel Rodríguez (FPMR), finished with 5 dead and 11 wounded; However, the FPMR did not achieve its objective and Pinochet remained alive.[15] Frente Patriotico Manuel Rodriguez Armed resistance in Chile (1973–90)
8 September Bombing 2 28 Paris, France A bomb exploded in the post office of the Paris City Hall, killing one person and wounding 18 others. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[8] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
12 September Bombing 0 54 Paris, France A bomb exploded in the cafeteria of the Casino supermarket in the Quatre Temps shopping centre in La Défense, wounding 54 people. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[8] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
14 September Bombing 2 0 Paris, France A bomb exploded after being found in the Pub-Renault, a fashionable cafe and restaurant on the Champs-Élysées, killing two policemen. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[8] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
15 September Bombing 1 56 Paris, France A bomb exploded in the Paris Police Prefecture, killing one person and wounding 56. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[8] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks
17 September Bombing 7 60 Paris, France A bomb was thrown into a shopping street at rue de Rennes from a passing car, blowing in several store fronts and cars. The attack killed seven people and wounded 60. The bombing was claimed by the Hezbollah-affiliated CSPPA.[8] CSPPA, Hezbollah 1985–86 Paris attacks

November
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
17 November Assassination 1 0 Paris France Georges Besse the general manager of the nationalized Renault group was shot dead at approximately 20:30 local time (19:30 UTC).[16] Action Directe
23 November Bombing 1 (an attacker) 0 Melbourne, Australia Two members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Hagop Levonian and Levon Demirian attempt to bomb the Turkish Consulate in Melbourne. The bomb prematurely detonated and Levonian was killed. Armenian Revolutionary Federation

December
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
25 December Hijacking, grenade 63 Dozens Arar, Saudi Arabia Four men hijacked Iraqi Airways Flight 163 en route from Baghdad to Amman. A grenade explosion forced the plane to attempt an emergency landing, however another grenade exploded and caused the pane to crash near Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 60 passengers and 3 crew members. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and Iraq has accused Iran of organizing the attack. Islamic Jihad Iran–Iraq War
31 December Arson 98 140 San Juan, Puerto Rico Three employees at the Dupont Plaza Hotel set the hotel on fire over a labor dispute. Their intention was only to scare tourists away. Héctor Escudero Aponte
José Rivera López
Arnaldo Jiménez Rivera
  • A bomb place on a bus in the West Bank kills one and severely injures three. A Jordanian Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta is arrested, extradited to Israel, convicted, sentenced to life in prison and freed by the Israeli Supreme Court. After the September 11 attacks, he was confused with ringleader Egyptian Mohamed Atta.[17]

See also

References
  1. Levitt, Matthew (2015). Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God. Georgetown University Press. pp. 57–60. ISBN 9781626162013.
  2. "Les précédents attentats". Libération (in French). 26 July 1995.
  3. https://elpais.com/diario/1986/02/05/espana/507942016_850215.html
  4. https://elpais.com/diario/1986/02/07/espana/508114807_850215.html
  5. https://elpais.com/diario/1986/02/09/espana/508287620_850215.html
  6. "BBC News, "On this Day" 1986: Bomb kills 21 in Sri Lanka"". BBC News. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19860311&printsec=frontpage
  8. Tuppen, John H. (1991). Chirac's France, 1986–88: Contemporary Issues in French Society. Springer. pp. 60–63. ISBN 9781349099641.
  9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19860321&printsec=frontpage&hl=es
  10. http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/las-dos-caras-de-la-verdad/7765-3
  11. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19860531&printsec=frontpage&hl=es
  12. https://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/22/espana/522367205_850215.html
  13. https://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/27/espana/522799203_850215.html
  14. http://www.semana.com/economia/articulo/la-guerra-sin-fin/8065-3
  15. Brian Latell, Castro´s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba´s Intelligence Machine (New York: Palgrave MacMilllan, 2012), pp. 125-126.
  16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/17/newsid_2540000/2540123.stm
  17. Anti-Defamation League: A Case of Mistaken Identity: Mohammad Atta Not Linked to Bus Bombing Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, 2001
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