- List of terrorist incidents, 2001
The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state
terrorism in2001 .*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,
January 10 : A car bomb wounds at least 50 in a shopping center parking lot inMedellín . [People's Daily: [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200101/11/eng20010111_60203.html Bomb blast in Colombia injures at least 50] , January 11, 2001]
*flagicon|Russia Russia,February 5 : A bomb blast in Moscow's Byelorusskaya metro station injures 15 people.
*flagicon|Serbia Serbia,February 18 :Podujevo bus bombing , 13Serbia n civilians are killed by a bomb attack on a bus inKosovo by Albanian terrorists..
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,March 1 : A bomb destroys a high-voltage pylon leaving vast areas of the country without power for five hours. Attack is blamed onELN
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom,March 4 : TheReal IRA exploded a car bomb outside the BBC's main news centre inLondon . One London Underground worker suffered deep cuts to his eye from flying glass and some damage was caused to the front of the building. [cite web|title=Bomb blast outside BBC|publisher=BBC News online|date=March 4, 2001|year=2001 |accessmonthday=September 22 |accessyear=2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1201273.stm] (See4 March 2001 BBC bombing )
*flagicon|Russia Russia,March 24 : Twenty people die and 93 are injured in three bomb attacks on Russian towns near the border of Chechnya.
*flagicon|Israel Israel,March 26 : 10-months-old Israeli infantShalhevet Pass is fatally shot in the head by a Palestinian sniper inHebron .
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,May 4 : A car bomb kills four and injures 32 in a luxury hotel inCali . No group claims the attack. [CNN: [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/05/05/colombia.bomb/index.html Colombia car bomb injures at least 32] , May 5, 2001]
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom,May 6 : TheReal IRA detonate a bomb in aLondon postal sorting office. One person was injured. [cite web|title=Second blast at London post office|publisher=BBC, "On this day"|date=May 6, 2001|year=2001|accessmonthday=December 12 |accessyear=2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/6/newsid_2511000/2511873.stm]
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,May 17 : A car bomb kills seven and injures at least 50 in a park inMedellín . [CNN: [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/05/18/colombia.bomb.02/index.html Car bomb blast kills 7 in Medellín] , May 18, 2001]
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,May 24 : Two bombs kill four near theUniversidad Nacional campus inBogotá . One more bomb is defused before it could explode. Right-wing paramilitaries are suspected. [CNN: [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/05/25/colombia.bombs.02/index.html Bomb blasts kill at least 4 in Colombia] , May 25, 2001]
*flagicon|Philippines Philippines,May 28 : Militants of Abu Sayyaf kidnapped 20 tourists from the Dos Palmas resort on the Island of Palawan. 5 of the hostages were killed later.
*flagicon|Israel Israel,June 1 : 21 civilians, mostlyteenager s from the formerSoviet Union , are killed by a Hamas suicide bomber in theDolphinarium massacre inTel Aviv .
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,June 17 : A car bomb injures 16 in the town ofSan Martin ,Meta . No group claims responsibility, but both FARC and AUC are suspected. [People's Daily: [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200106/17/eng20010617_72832.html At least 16 injured in car bomb blast in Colombia] , June 17, 2001]
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Sri Lanka,July 24 : A suicide squad of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) staged an attack onBandaranaike International Airport and the adjoining air force base at Katunayake. The 14 man-squad destroyed or damaged about 20 aircraft and killed seven Sri Lankan workers and soldiers.
*flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom,August 3 : The last (at time of writing) IRA bomb on mainland Britain explodes inEaling , West London, injuring seven people. [cite web|title=Car bombers rock west London|publisher=BBC News online|date=August 3, 2001|year=2001|accessmonthday=September 22 |accessyear=2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1471284.stm] (See3 August 2001 Ealing bombing )
* Israel,August 9 : Asuicide bomber inJerusalem kills seven and wounds 130 in theSbarro restaurant suicide bombing ;Hamas andIslamic Jihad claim responsibility.
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,August 23 : In a series of attacks nearMedellín , 10 bombs kill one and injure 39 others. No group claims responsibility. [CNN: [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/08/24/colombia.bombing/ Powerful bomb explodes in Medellín] , August 24, 2001]
*flagicon|Colombia Colombia,August 23 : At least 15 members of terrorist groupELN die when the explosives they were carrying detonate. [The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20010824/ai_n10712794 Bomb blasts kill 16 in Colombia] , August 24, 2001]
*flagicon|United States United States,September 11 : Attacks kill 2,997 immediately, and many more later from exposure to toxic dust in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: theWorld Trade Center inNew York City ,New York , andThe Pentagon in Arlington,Virginia . A fourth plane, originally intended to hit the United States Capitol Building, crashes in Somerset County,Pennsylvania , after an apparent revolt against the hijackers by the plane's passengers; being the most catastrophic terrorist event ever known.
*flagicon|France France,September 13 :Paris embassy attack plot foiled.
*flagicon|India India,October 1 : A car bomb explodes near the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly inSrinagar , killing 35 people and injuring 40 more.
* Israel,October 17 : Tourism ministerRehavam Zeevi is assassinated by thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine .
*flagicon|United States United States: Anthrax attacks on the offices the United States Congress and New York State Government offices, and on employees of television networks and tabloids.
*flagicon|United States United States,December 12 :Jewish Defense League plot by ChairmanIrv Rubin and followerEarl Krugel to blow up theKing Fahd Mosque inCulver City, California , and the office of Lebanese-American Rep.Darrell Issa , foiled.
*flagicon|India India,December 13 : Terrorist attack onIndian Parliament .
*flagicon|United States United States,December 22 : Richard Reid, attempting to destroyAmerican Airlines Flight 63 , is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb.ee also
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