List of terrorist incidents, 1992
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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 1992.
January 17: Eight Protestant British army contractors are killed by an IRA bomb on their way to work at an Army base near Omagh.
February 5: Three civilians were killed and 29 injured by East Turkestan Islamic Movement two bus bombs in Urumqi (see: 5 February 1992 Urumqi Bombings)- February 28, 1992: A bomb explodes at London Bridge station injuring 29 people.
March 17: Israeli Embassy bombing by "Islamic Jihad" in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 29 killed, 242 injured.
April 5, 1992: The Iranian embassy in Ottawa is stormed by members of MEK, an Iraq-supported religious right group.- April 10, 1992: The IRA detonate a massive bomb in St Mary Axe in the City of London killing three people and injuring 91. Many buildings are heavily damaged and the Baltic Exchange is completely destroyed.
September 1: Nine die, including a six-month old baby, and seven are injured when a bomb explodes in a suburb of Medellín.[1]- October 12, 1992: A device explodes in the gents' toilet of the Sussex Arms public house in Covent Garden killing one person and injuring four others.
- November 11: Bombs explode in nine Colombian cities, leaving one person dead and 35 injured. The Medellín Cartel is held responsible for the attacks.[2]
- December 3: Ten police officers and four civilians die when a bomb planted by drug traffickers explode in Medellín.[3]
- December 3: Two IRA bombs expoled in Manchester center, killing two people. The IRA admitted to the bombings the next day.
- December 29: Two police officers and 50 civilians wounded when a car bomb explodes at a party in a suburban area of Medellín.[4]
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