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1998

Bombing of American Embassy in East Africa,1August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded at the entrance of the back door of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 American citizens, 32 foreign employees (FSN) of overseas institutions and 247 Kenyan citizens. Thousands of Kenyans, 6 American citizens and 13 foreign employees of overseas institutions were injured. The building of American Embassy suffered great structural damage. Another bomb exploded almost simultaneously outside the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing seven foreign employees and three Tanzanian citizens, and injuring 1 American citizens and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion caused great structural damage to the facilities of the American embassy. The US government holds Usama bin Laden responsible for the explosion.

"Irish Peace Corps" explosion, Omar, 65438+1August, 1998 15: A 500-pound car bomb planted by the "Real Irish Peace Corps" exploded outside a local court in downtown Omar, Northern Ireland, killing 29 people and injuring more than 330 people.

Colombia transportation pipeline explosion,199810/October 18: A bomb planted by the Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) exploded in the transportation pipeline in Olsensa, Antioquia province, killing about 7 1 person, at least/kloc- The pipeline is owned by the Colombian national oil company and an international consortium, which includes companies from the United States, France, Britain and Canada.

Armed hijacking in Colombia,1998165438+1October 15: A group of armed men followed an American businessman and his family to his home in Cundinamarca province. The militants stole money, jewelry, a car and two mobile phones, and then kidnapped his 1 1 year-old son. The hijackers demanded a ransom of 1 ten thousand dollars, and released the boy on 1, 999+1October 2 1 day.

1999

The Angolan plane was shot down,1999 65438+12 October: According to a UN official, a UN plane carrying an American, four Angolans, two Filipinos and a Namibian was shot down. Casualties are unknown. Angolan authorities accused members of the rebel Uni? o Nacional para a Independê ncia Total de Angola (UNITA) of launching the attack. The personnel of the organization denied participating in the shooting down of the plane.

Ugandan rebel attack,1February 1999 14: A barrel bomb exploded in a bar, killing 5 people and injuring 35 others. An Ethiopian and four Ugandans were killed in the explosion. Among the injured were an American citizen working for USAID, two Swiss, a Pakistani, an Ethiopian and 27 Ugandans. Ugandan authorities accused the Allied Democratic Forces of causing the explosion.

Greek embassy occupied,1February 1999 16: Kurdish demonstrators stormed the Greek embassy in Vienna and occupied it, and six people, including the Greek ambassador, were taken hostage. A few hours later, the demonstrators released the hostages and left the embassy. The attack occurred after the Turkish government announced the successful capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. In the following days, the Kurds also occupied diplomatic facilities in France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Britain and Germany, Kenya, Israel and Greece.

FARC Kidnapping,1February 25th, 999: FARC kidnapped three American citizens who worked for the International Pacific Cultural Protection Organization in Hawaii. The bodies of three victims were found in Venezuela on March 4th.

Hutu Kidnapping1March 1999 1: 150 Armed Hutu rebels attacked three tourist camps in Uganda, killed four Ugandans and kidnapped three Americans, six Britons, three New Zealanders, two Danish citizens, an Australian and a Canadian. Two American citizens and six other hostages were later killed by hijackers.

The National Liberation Army (ELN) kidnapped hostages.123 March 1999: Armed guerrillas kidnapped an American citizen in Boyaca, Colombia. The "National Liberation Army" claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded a ransom of 400,000 US dollars. On July 20th, the "National Liberation Army" rebels received a ransom of $48,000, and the hostages were released safely.

Hostage-taking incident of "National Liberation Army", 1 May 30, 999: Armed elements of "National Liberation Army" attacked a church near Jardin in Caliceuta, Colombia, and kidnapped 160 people, including 6 American citizens and1Frenchman. The rebels released about 80 people that day, including three Americans.

Shell oil rig explosion,1June 27, 999: In port harcourt, Nigeria, militants broke into the Shell oil rig and kidnapped an American citizen, a Nigerian citizen and an Australian citizen. The drilling platform is damaged and the loss is unknown. An organization calling itself "The Niger River can't stand it anymore" claimed responsibility for the incident. Then some oil facilities were occupied.

Abduction of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC),14 August 1999: A faction affiliated with AFRC kidnapped 33 United Nations representatives in Okra Hills near Sierra Leone. Hostages include an American, five British soldiers, a Canadian, a representative of Ghana, a Russian officer, a Kyrgyz officer, a Zambian officer, a Malaysian officer, a local bishop, two United Nations officials, two local journalists and 65,438+06 Sierra Leoneans.

The Myanmar Embassy was occupied, 1 99910/0/01:Burmese dissidents occupied the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, and 89 people were taken hostage, including one American citizen.

Kidnapping "Colombian People's Liberation Army",1999 65438+February 23: The PLA kidnapped an American citizen, but failed to obtain a ransom.

Air india Airbus hijacked,1999 65438+February 24th: Five militants hijacked a plane from Kathmandu to Delhi. There are 189 people on board. The plane and passengers were released on 65438+February 3 1, and no one was injured.

In 2000,

Car bombing in Spain, 65438+2000 127 October: According to the police report, several unidentified people set fire to a Citroen car dealership in Iturita, seriously damaging the commercial building and burning12 cars. This attack has the characteristics of the Basque Nation and Freedom Organization (ETA).

RUF Attack on United Nations Mission, May 1 2000: According to news reports, RUF militants kidnapped at least 20 members of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in Makeni, Sierra Leone, on May 1 2000. They surrounded a facility of the United Nations mission and opened fire. Radicals of the Revolutionary United Front killed five United Nations soldiers in the attack. According to news reports, they kidnapped 300 peacekeepers of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone all over Sierra Leone. The kidnappers released 139 hostages in Foya, Liberia on May 5, 2005. On May 28th, militants released the last batch of United Nations peacekeepers on the border between Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the relevant personnel were not harmed. According to news reports, militants ambushed two military vehicles carrying four journalists in Freetown. A Spaniard and an American citizen were killed in a car bombing in Freetown on May 25th. The Revolutionary United Front may be responsible for this incident. Revolutionary United Front rebels are also suspected of kidnapping 2/kloc-0 Indian UN peacekeepers in Freetown on June 6th. The Revolutionary United Front subsequently launched more attacks on foreign workers.

On June 8, 2000, diplomats were killed in Greece: two unidentified gunmen killed British Defense Commissioner Stephen Sanders in an ambush. "165438+1October 17 Revolutionary Organization" claimed responsibility for this incident.

Colombian "National Liberation Army" kidnapped, June 27, 2000: "National Liberation Army" militants kidnapped a five-year-old American citizen and his Colombian mother in Bogota, Colombia, and demanded a ransom. The ransom amount is unknown.

August 12, 2000 Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: Four American citizens were taken hostage by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the Karasu Valley. These Americans escaped on August 12.

Church explosion in Tajikistan, June 5438+1 October1:Unidentified militants detonated two bombs in a Christian church in Dushanbe, killing 7 people and injuring 70 others. This church was built by a Korean American citizen. Most of the casualties were Koreans. No one claimed responsibility for this matter.

Helicopter hijacking, 10 June 2000 12: Armed hijackers led by members of the former Colombian terrorist organization "People's Liberation Army" (EPL) kidnapped10 employees of Spanish energy international joint company Repsol as hostages in Biausse, Ecuador, sogou. The abductees, including five American citizens, an Argentine, a Chilean, a New Zealander and two French pilots, escaped four days later. On June 30th, 2000, the hijackers killed American hostage Ronald Thornton. After the oil company paid US$ 65,438+US$ 300 million, the remaining hostages were released on February 23rd.

The USS Cole was attacked, June 65438+10/October 65438+February 2000: A small boat full of explosives collided with the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors and injuring 37 others. Supporters of Osama bin Laden are suspected of the case.

Manila bombing, 65438+February 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in the square opposite the US Embassy in Manila, injuring nine people. This may be the work of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

US September 1 1 Event: On September 1 1 Day, 2006, four American civil aircraft were hijacked by terrorists, two of which crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, and two towers collapsed one after another. One plane crashed in the Pentagon near Washington, and the other crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. * * * More than 3,000 people are dead or missing.

●2002

On June 5438+ 10, 2002, a series of explosions targeting foreigners occurred in Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 people and injuring at least 330 others.

10 On June 23rd, a hostage-taking incident occurred in the Cultural Palace of Moscow Bearing Factory, Russia, resulting in more than 120 deaths.

●2003

In May, 2003, 12 and 14, respectively, exploded in the compound of Nadterechinoye government in Chechnya and Gujermes district in Chechnya, killing more than 70 people and injuring more than 200 people.

On May 16, 2003, five consecutive terrorist bombings occurred in Casablanca, Morocco's economic capital, killing 4 1 person.

On August 1 2003, a car bomb attacked a military hospital in Moscow, Russia, killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 50 others.

On August 19, 2003, a terrorist explosion occurred in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, killing 24 people and injuring more than 0/00 people. UN Special Representative for Iraq De Mello was killed in the explosion.

On August 25th, 2003, two bomb explosions occurred in Mumbai, India's largest financial and commercial city, killing 52 people and injuring 167 people.

On August 29th, 2003, a car bomb exploded in Najaf Ali Mosque, a Shiite holy place of Islam in southern Iraq, killing more than1000 people and injuring more than 200 people. Iraqi Shiite religious leader Hakim was killed in the explosion.

On June 27, 2003, the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iraq and the police stations in the east, south, west and north of Baghdad were almost simultaneously attacked by suicide car bombs, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 200 people.

On June 5438+065438+1October 15, 2003, two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey were attacked by car bombs, killing 25 people and injuring more than 300 people.

On June 20, 2003, there were two car explosions in front of HSBC Istanbul Branch and British Consulate General in Istanbul, 165438+, which killed at least 30 people and injured more than 450 people.

On February 5, 2003, 65438, a passenger train exploded in the Stavropol Krai in southern Russia, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 200 people.

●2004

On February 6, 2004, an explosion occurred on the Moscow subway train in Russia, killing nearly 50 people and injuring more than 30 people.

On March 2, 2004, a series of explosions occurred in two Shiite Muslim mosques in Baghdad and Karbala, Iraq, killing 27/kloc-0 people and injuring about 500 people.

March 2004 1 1, Madrid bombing: Three passenger trains exploded in Madrid, Spain, killing at least 198 people and injuring about 1800 people.

On May 9, 2004, an explosion occurred in Dynamo Stadium in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia, killing 7 people and injuring 53 others. Chechen President Kadyrov was killed in this terrorist attack.

China workers were attacked in Afghanistan in 2004: In the early morning of June 10, 2004, the construction site of China Railway 14th Bureau Group Company in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan was attacked by more than 20 gunmen, and 1 1 China workers were killed.

On the night of June 26th, 2002/KLOC-0, and in the early morning of June 22nd, 2004, illegal armed elements attacked the law enforcement agencies in Russian Ingushetia and China Nazran, killing 90 people. Costou Auxeyev, Acting Minister of Interior of Ingushetia, and Ha Diyev, Deputy Minister of Interior, and other senior officials were killed in the attack.

On August 24th, 2004, after taking off from Domodedovo airport in Moscow, two Russian civil airliners crashed almost simultaneously in Tula and Rostov. All 89 passengers and crew on two passenger planes were killed.

On August 3rd, 2004, a terrorist explosion occurred near Riga subway station in Moscow, killing 10 people and injuring 5 1 0 people.

On September 1 2004, the Beslan hostage incident occurred in the Russian Federation. A group of terrorists occupied the No.1 Middle School in North Ossetia and Beslan, taking 1200 students, parents and teachers hostage, resulting in more than 300 deaths, nearly half of them children.

●2005

On July 7, 2005, during the rush hour of 8: 50 am local time in central London, England, the subway stations in London's central financial district began to explode one after another, including Liverpool Street, Murgate and Edmund East. Five bombs were found along the subway. In addition, two buses exploded in the area, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700 people.

●2006

In 2006, there were seven serial explosions during the rush hour, which destroyed many train cars and killed 187 people.

●2008

From the night of October 26th to the early morning of October 27th, 200812008, many buildings in downtown Mumbai, the financial center of India, were attacked by armed terrorists. As of the 29th, the death toll from terrorist attacks in Mumbai has risen to 195, and another 295 people were injured.