Wikinews tag terrorism

Terrorism since 1972

  • Munich, Germany (Europe)

    Munich, Germany (Europe)
    A man named Gundolf Kohler killed 12 people and injured 213 others. Gundolf Kohler placed the bomb in a trash can at the front of the Oktoberfest festival. Gundolf Kolher was a member of a Neo-Nazi militant group called the Hoffman. His reason for the bobming was to cause terror, panic and death.
  • Melbourne, Victoria (Austraila)

    Melbourne, Victoria (Austraila)
    A car bomb was place in a parking lot underneath a Turkish Consulate. When the bomb exploded it only killed one person, the bomber him self. The bombers name is Hagop Levonian was a part of the Armenian revolutionary Federation. The reason for thier attack is because of thier lpng hated for the Turkish
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina (South America)

    Buenos Aires, Argentina (South America)
    An Islamic Jihad Organization had one of thier members go on a suicide bombing by driving a truck filled with explosives into an Israel Embassy. There were 29 deaths and 242 people injured, most of those injuries were childern. Three buildings were destroyed in the process the Embassy, a church, and a school. The reason for thoer attack was revenge for the assassination of the Hezbolla secretary General Sayed Abbas al-Musawi.
  • Across the United States (North America)

    Across the United States (North America)
    Theodore John Kaczynski aka. The Unabomber. He sent 16 bombs by mail. He killed three people and injured 23 over a coures of 20 years. Theodore John Kaczynski was a Harvard student at the age of 16. THe reason why he sent the bombs is because he hated the fedral government amd the use of technology
  • Oklahoma City bombing (North America)

    Oklahoma City bombing (North America)
    On April 19, 1995 a man named Timothy McVeigh drove a moving truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Fedral building in Oklashoma City. The moving truck contianed expolsives, when it exploded the blast killed 168 people and injured about 680 others. The blast radius reached 16 blocks destroying car and building in the process. Timothy McViegh was not part of an organization he only had a partner Terry Nichols. The reason why they did this is because they hated the federal government.
  • Washington, D.C. West Palm Beach, Florida New York, New York (North America)

    Washington, D.C. West Palm Beach, Florida New York, New York (North America)
    In 2001 the Bruce Edward twins launched a biochemical attack on the east coast. Using anthrax they killed 5 people and injured 17 others. They had no clear motive to thier attacks, but they were thought to have terrorist ties.
  • Bali. Indonsia (Asia)

    Bali. Indonsia (Asia)
    Three members of the Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah planted and exploded three bombs a vest bomb, a car bomb, and a suicide bomb. The vest bomb and the suicide bomb were set off att two diffent night clubs and the last bomb, the car bomb was set off at the American embassy. Both clubs were destroyed and and the American embassy had minor damages. 202 people were killed and 209 were injured. Revenge for supporting the United States and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor
  • West Islands, Nairobi, Kenya (Africa)

    West Islands, Nairobi, Kenya (Africa)
    The Islamic group al-Shabaab shot up the Westgate Shopping mall of the West Islands. The four guman used AK-47s and standard hand granades. THey killed 67 people and injured 175 others. The four guman were shot and killed by authorities. Their reason for doing this was revenge for the Kenyan military sending troops to Somaila.