June
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
|---|---|---|---|
| June;1 | 0 | 0 | London - An explosive device detonated at the Hammersmith Bridge in West London, injuring no one but causing the bridge to be closed for a day. The Hammersmith Bridge has been the target of multiple Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacks in the past. This blast comes only hours before the arrival of Sinn Féin member Gerry Kelly in London. The Continuity Irish Republican Army claims responsibility but police believe that the Real Irish Republican Army are the true perpetrators. |
| June;4 | 1 | 0 | Durango Biscay, Spain - Town councillor Jesús María Pedrosa Urquiza shot and killed. ETA claims responsibility. |
| June;7 | 22 | 60 | A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber kills a minister and 21 others and injures 60 during War Heroes Procession. |
| June;10 | 0 | 1 | Cape Town, South Africa - A bomb hidden in a car exploded outside a Cape Town bagel shop, injuring one. The owner of "New York Bagels", Leslie Milner, has both American and Jewish links, fueling suspicion that the attack may have been motivated by anti-Western or anti-Semitic sentiment. |
| June;15 | 0 | 0 | Frankfurt, Germany - A car belonging to an official employed by the Accounts Department of the Iranian consulate in Frankfurt was blown up. The car had been parked outside the home of this individual. No information on motive or responsibility is given. |
| June;16 | 13 | 42 | Suspected Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) bomb at a market kills 13, wounds 42. |
| June;19 | 2 | 11 | Old Delhi, National Capital Territory, India - Two bombs kill two people and injure 11 at the Red Fort. |
| June;21 | 0 | 2 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom - Two men were injured in an explosive attack on a private home in a nationalist area of Belfast. The blast comes only one day after loyalist paramilitaries threatened to end their ceasefire if attacks on Protestant homes were not stopped. |
| June;24 | 0 | 9 | Getxo, Spain - A car bomb exploded in Getxo, injuring nine people. Police had been forewarned by a call to the newspaper Gara by someone claiming to be a member of ETA. The caller said that the bomb was "an attack on the Oligarchy." The explosive device had been placed in a Mercedes with French license plates and exploded before the police arrived. |
| June;24 | 1 | 36 | General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines - Six bomb blasts occurred within minutes of each other in the southern Philippines city of General Santos, killing one person and injuring at least 36 others. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) denied involvement in the attack. However, the fact that they did claim responsibility for attacks in this city in May, aroused suspicion upon them regardless. The sixth blast occurred outside of a row of banks. |
| June;29 | 3 | 2 | Punjab, India - Three killed when a bomb went off in a tea shop during a cultural function. |
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