May
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
|---|---|---|---|
| May;1 | 0 | 0 | Liberatador Municipality An explosive device, resembling a pipe bomb, exploded at the home of Lina Ron, the political coordinator for the People's Support Network. Ron, the target of a second attack within the last few months, blames political groups that oppose Vladimir Villegas' candidacy for mayor of Liberatador Municipality. |
| May;2 | 0 | 2 | Northern Ireland Paul MacDonald was shot four times as he lay in his bed in Dungannon. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is presumed responsible, as they had ordered him out of Northern Ireland in August 1999. MacDonald had returned only for the birth of his daughter. After shooting him, the assailants also beat him with a baseball bat and a hammer. His partner, Yolanda Hamilton was also injured in the attack. |
| May;3-4 | 1 | 2 | 17-year-old youth hijacked a bus "the Wakakusu" (Western-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.) in Fukuoka, Japan, stabbing one passenger to death and two injured. The Special Assault Team then stormed the hijacked bus and captured the youth alive. |
| May;11 | 0 | 0 | Gaziantep province A time bomb exploded in a third floor bathroom of the TEDAS (state-run electricity company) building in Gaziantep province. It is estimated that this bomb belongs to the Revolutionary People's Salvation Party-Front (DHKP-C). |
| May;12 | 3 | 18 | Chechnya A bus carrying local inhabitants was blown up by a remote-controlled mine near the village of Dzhaglargi in Chechnya. Three people were killed and 18 were wounded. The investigation was in progress, but Russian authorities blamed Chechen groups for the attack, noting that the explosive device was similar to those used in attacks by Chechen rebels on military vehicles. |
| May;15 | 5 | 0 | Kashmir Hizbul Mujahedin bomb attack kills power minister, 4 others, in Kashmir |
| May 15 | 2 | 3 | Bogotá Woman killed by 'collar' bomb; 1 other killed 3 wounded. FARC blamed. |
| May;17 | 29 | 80 | Buddhist festival bomb attack kills 29, wounds 80. LTTE blamed. |
| May;18 | 23 | 70 | Over twenty people were killed in a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) bomb attack near a Buddhist temple where people were celebrating Vesak, a Buddhist festival. Most of the vicitms were Sinhalese Buddhists. |
| May;18 | 5 | 24 | Jolo Town Grenade, bomb attacks kill 5, wound dozens in Jolo town, Zamboanga. Abu Sayyaf suspected. |
| May;19 | 0 | 13 | Makati A bomb exploded in the upscale Glorietta mall in the financial district of Makati, injuring thirteen and causing a collapse in the peso and stock market. Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado suggested that the attack was intended to create a situation of disorder and panic. Muslim rebels were among the prime suspects. |
| May;21 | 1 | 8 | Manilla A bomb exploded in a moviehouse inside the Philippines' largest shopping mall, causing at least eight casualties and one death. The blast occurred inside the women's bathroom and the majority of injuries occurred to utility workers. Police had not ruled out the involvement of Muslim separatists. |
| May;23 | 0 | 0 | Kashmir In what is believed to be an assassination attempt on the Kashmir Chief Minister's life, a bomb went off at a golf course where the minister had been playing all day with several other VVIP's. The blast took place in the middle of the night and thus, no one was injured. The Hizbul Mujahadin claimed responsibility. |
| May;28 | 0 | 33 | Medan District Three homemade bombs were found in churches through the Medan district. Two of the bombs did not explode, but one of them injured dozens of Christians when it exploded in an Indonesian Protestant Church during a Sunday morning service. Investigators were looking into the incident and some sources suggested that the attack had been perpetrated with the intent of creating some kind of religious conflict. |
| May;29 | 0 | 7 | Algiers A bomb exploded in one of the cars of a passenger train traveling from Algiers to Blida, with seven injured in the attack. The Algiers-Blida route, which is a busy commuter line, has been a frequent target of attacks in the past. |
| May;31 | 1 | 0 | Pereira Humberto Agudelo Gutierres, the Risaralda Assembly Vice President, was shot and killed by unknown assailants while in his vehicle in Pereira. |
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