List of terrorist incidents in 1988

This is a timeline of incidents in 1988 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).

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
February 17	Car bombing	27	70	Oshakati, South-West Africa	Car bombing of the Barclays bank in Oshakati, Ovamboland, South West Africa (now Oshana Region, Namibia). SWAPO, the main Namibian liberation organization, and the South African police were both blamed for the bombing by each other.	SWAPO or South African police
March 7	Shooting, hijacking	3 (+3 terrorists)	8	Aroer, Israel	Three PLO members hijack a civilian bus carrying passengers to the Negev Nuclear Research Center.	PLO	Israeli-Palestinian conflict
March 16	Massacre	3	68	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Michael Stone kills three mourners in a gun and grenade attack on an IRA funeral in Belfast.[1]	Michael Stone (UDA)	The Troubles
March 19	Shooting, stabbing, beating	2	0	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Two British soldiers, David Howes and Derek Wood, are shot, stabbed and beaten by a mob of Provisional IRA supporters at a funeral procession for an IRA member. The attackers believed the soldiers were Ulster loyalists intent on a repeat of the Milltown Cemetery attack which occurred three days prior.	PIRA	The Troubles
April 22 - May 5	Hostage-taking	2 (+19 terrorists)		Ouvéa, New Caledonia	Members of the FLNKS take dozens of gendarmes in Ouvéa hostage and demand the independence of New Caledonia from France.	FLNKS	New Caledonia independence movement
May 9	Bombing	0	2	Cannes, France	Bombing of a hostel for immigrant workers in Cannes	PNFE
June	Shootdown	0	0	Northern Ireland	The IRA shoots down a British army helicopter in Northern Ireland[2]	PIRA	The Troubles
June 15	Car bombing	6	11	Lisburn, Northern Ireland	Provisional IRA bombs an unmarked van carrying British soldiers, killing six soldiers and injuring eleven other people.	Provisional IRA	The Troubles
July 11	Mass shooting	9	98	Athens, Greece	Three gunmen from the Abu Nidal Organisation attack the City of Poros ship, killing nine Europeans, mostly tourists, before fleeing.	Abu Nidal Organisation	Israeli-Palestinian conflict
August 20	Bombing	8	28	Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	The Provisional IRA bombed a bus carrying British soldiers, killing eight and injuring 28.	Provisional IRA	The Troubles
December 1-2	Hijacking	0	0	Vladikavkaz, USSR	Four armed men seized a bus with 30 schoolchildren and a teacher in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). Hijackers demanded USD 3 millions and a plane to leave the Soviet Union. Their demands were satisfied, but after landing in Israel terrorists were arrested and extradited back to USSR. There were no fatalities.[3]	Pavel Yakshiyants Vladimir Muravlev German Vishnyakov Vladimir Anastasov
December 19	Bombings	1	12	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	2 firebombs exploded at a hostel for immigrant workers near Nice. 18 members of the far-right group French and European Nationalist Party were arrested for the bombings.	PNFE
December 21	Bombing	270	5	Lockerbie, Scotland	Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland.[4] Two Libyan men were blamed, though only one, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was tried and convicted. Some sources have claimed that former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi personally ordered the attack.[5]	Libya (suspected)

See also

• List of terrorist incidents

References