January
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 21 | 40 | Kosheh, Sohag Governorate. Coptic Christians killed by Muslims during 2 days of religiously motivated riots (see Kosheh massacre) |
| January 2 | 2 | 3 | Colombo. Bomb explodes in auto/rickshaw killing 2, wounding 3. LTTE blamed. |
| January 3 | 20 | 0 | Srinagar. A bomb exploded in a maket in the city of Srinagar killing twenty people. |
| January 5 | 7 | 30 | Colombo. A woman suicide bomber detonated a bomb outside of the Sri Lankan prime minister's residence killing herself and six security personnel. According to police such suicide bombings are the hallmark of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). |
| January 6 | 0 | 22 | Old Delhi. At least twenty-two persons were injured when a bomb exploded in the coach of a train at the Old Delhi station. Authorities detained two people they believe may be connected to the incident. |
| January 7 | 21 | 60 | Ratmalana. A senior cabinet minister, C.V. Gooneratne was killed when a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Ratmalana. The bomb exploded during a march to commemorate war Heroes Day. The blast killed over twenty people and injured about sixty others. |
| January 10 | 1 | 2 | El Omaria. A worker for Algeria's national utility company (Sonelgaz) was killed when a bomb exploded in Tafal. A further two workers were injured in the attack, which followed closely on an earlier sabotage of electric power lines in nearby El Omaria. The workers were sent to the region to address this prior incident, which had cut power for two days previous. |
| January 16 | 9 | 13 | Vavuniya. LTTE blamed for land mine blast killing 9 soldiers, wounding 13: killing civilian, near Vavuniya. |
| January 17 | 0 | 20 | Hadera, Israel - Pipe bomb explodes, wounding 20; Palestinian militants blamed. |
| January 17 | 8 | 14 | Karachi, Pakistan - A powerful explosive device detonated in front of a sugarcane juice shop in Karachi. At least eight people were killed in the blast and 14 injured. Al-Nawaz claimed responsibility for the blast. In their statement of claim, the group writes, "we will continue spreading the intense fear as a protest against the hijacking of our favorite leader Mohammad Nawaz Sharif's elected government." |
| January 21 | 1 | 4 | Madrid. After the truce period which started in September 1998 and which the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) broke in December 1999, the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) reinitiated its attack campaign on 21 January 2000 in Madrid, killing Army Lieutenant Colonel, Pedro Antonio Blanco and injuring at least four others in a car bomb explosion. A spokesman for the Euskal Herritarrock (EH) – the platform set up by the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) – apologized for the death of Blanco but said that the responsibility "falls on their perpetrators." A second explosion followed this one about 45 minutes later. Note: On 8 March, ETA claimed responsibility for this attack. In their communiqué, ETA criticized the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) for having slowed down the peace process. |
| January 25 | 0 | 0 | Barakaldo, Biscay, Spain. After the truce period which started in September 1998 and which the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) broke in December 1999, ETA restarts its attack campaign with an attack in Madrid, killing Army Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Antonio Blanco and injuring at least four others in a car bomb explosion. A spokesman for the Euskal Herritarrock (EH) – the platform set up by the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) – apologized for the death of Blanco but said that the responsibility "falls on their perpetrators." A second explosion followed this one about 45 minutes later. ETA claimed responsibility for this attack on March 8 and in their communiqué criticizes the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) for having slowed down the peace process. |
| January 25 | 4 | 6 | Kashmir. Rocket attack kills 4, wounds 6; Harakat ul-Mujahedin responsible. |
| January 27 | 10 | 20 | Northern Sri Lanka. A parcel bomb ripped through a post office in northern Sri Lanka killing ten people. The bomb went off across the street from a police station. Police suspect a timing device was used. |
| January 27 | 2 | 7 | Qayumbad. At least two people were killed and seven others were injured in a bomb explosion that took place at a mosque in Qayumbad. The blast took place during prayers. The premises was slightly damaged by the attack. |
| January 27 | 8 | 70 | Vavuniya. Bomb shatters post office, kills 8, wounds 70 in Vavuniya. LTTE blamed. |
| January 31 | 0 | 1 | Copenhagen. Boris Zhilko, a Russian diplomat, was injured when a bottle containing an incendiary mixture was thrown into the Russian Consular Office in Copenhagen. The attacker was detained and claimed he attacked the embassy "in response to Russia's actions in Chechnya." |
Read more about this topic: List Of Terrorist Incidents, 2000
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