Time Bomb - List of Some Notable Incidents Involving Time Bombs

List of Some Notable Incidents Involving Time Bombs

Year Event Location Perpetrator(s) Deaths Injuries Comments
1871 Attack on the Mosel (ship) Bremerhaven Alexander Keith, Jr. 80 unkn. bomb set for insurance fraud purposes; detonated prematurely
1910 Los Angeles Times bombing Los Angeles John J. McNamara and James B. McNamara 21 100 Union-related action
1916 Preparedness Day Bombing San Francisco Labor leaders 10 40 Isolationist political action
1920 Wall Street bombing New York City Anarchists (suspected) 38 400 Followed other bombings in 1919
1939 Bürgerbräukeller Munich Georg Elser 7 63 Assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler
1942 St Nazaire Raid St Nazaire, France (wartime) Royal Navy, British Commandos 590 unkn. To damage port facilities being used by enemy forces
1972 Aldershot Bombing Aldershot, UK IRA 7 18 A 280lb time bomb in a car
1974 M62 Coach Bombing West Yorkshire IRA 12 38 Continuing anti-British campaign
1974 Birmingham pub bombings Birmingham, UK IRA (suspected) 21 182 Continuing anti-British campaign
1974 Guildford pub bombings Guildford, UK IRA 5 65 Targeted against Army personnel
1977 Lucona sinking Indian Ocean Udo Proksch 6 0 Attempted insurance fraud
1984 Brighton hotel bombing Brighton, UK IRA 5 31 Attempt to assassinate PM Margaret Thatcher
1987 Korean Air Flight 858 Andaman Sea North Korea 115 (all) 0 State terrorism against South Korea
1987 Remembrance Day bombing Enniskillen, Northern Ireland IRA 12 63 Continuing anti-British campaign
1988 Pan Am flight 103 Above Lockerbie, Scotland Libya 270 0 Reprisal against UK & US
1989 Deal barracks bombing Deal, Kent, UK IRA 11 21 Targeted against military personnel
1994 Philippine Airlines Flight 434 Between Cebu and Tokyo Ramzi Yousef 1 10 Foiled attempt.
1998 Omagh bombing Omagh, Northern Ireland IRA 29 220 Worst single incident loss of life during the anti-British campaign.
1999 Russian apartment bombings Buynaksk
Moscow
Volgodonsk		 unkn. 293 651 4 bombs over 4 days; purpose unknown.
2006 Moscow market bombing Moscow Racialist organization 13 46 Racially motivated attack

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