List of non-state terrorist incidents, 1984
January
Date Dead Injured Location and description January 1 0 3 Tripoli: Guerrillas bomb a French cultural center and the car of a Israeli-backed militia leader. Three Lebanese were injured in the two attacks.[1] January 1 0 0 Cookstown: Two bombs exploded at a gas station and a factory in Cookstown and a third bomb was defused. The bombings caused little damage and no one was injured.[2] January 18 1 0 Beirut: Malcolm Barr, president of the American University of Beirut was killed by gunmen belonging to Islamic Jihad.[3] January 23 1 5 San Miguel: The bombing of a commuter plane by leftist rebels killed one person and injured another five.[4] January 27 1 0 Dallas: A 60-year-old man was killed when a bomb exploded in a newspaper vending machine. The stepson of the man killed was charged for the bombing.[5] January 31 2 0 Forkhill: Two police officers were killed when driving by a 500kg-bomb planted in a roadside ditch by the IRA.[6]
February
Date Dead Injured Location and description February 28 18 21 San Antonio Grande: The bombing of two trains by leftist guerrillas left 18 people dead and 21 injured.[7]
March
Date Dead Injured Location and description March 7 3 9 Ashdod: Three killed and nine injured in the bombing of a civilian bus in Ashdod.
April
Date Dead Injured Location and description April 2 0 48 Jerusalem: 48 people are wounded by a machine gun attack on a crowded shopping mall in Jerusalem. April 19 24 30 Huambo: The bombing of barracks housing Soviet and Cuban military officers killed at least 24 people and injured 30 more, though some news agencies reported up to 200 people dead. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola claimed responsibility for the bombing.[8][9]
July
Date Dead Injured Location and description July 6 12+ 20+ Baghdad: A truck bomb exploding at the Iraqi Popular Army headquarters in Baghdad leaves dozens dead and scores injured.[10] July 10 1 0 Sarafand: A bomb planted in his car killed Jawad Khalifeh, mayor of Sarafand. [11] July 12 5 26 Durban: A car bomb exploding at an industrial area in Durban kills 5 and injures 26.[12] July 15 10 55 Chimbolo: A bomb exploding near a major pipeline in Cabinda province killed at least 10 people. 55 others were injured.[13][14] July 15 21 4 San Antonio Grande: Guerrillas bombed an empty freight train before firing at the 25 treasury policemen aboard, killing 21 of them and leaving the other four injured.[15]
August
Date Dead Injured Location and description August 3 29 Kancheepuram district: A time bomb blast in counter of Air Lanka, Chennai International Airport, Tirusulam, Kancheepuram district, India, killed at least 29. Blame placed on LTTE.[citation needed] August 17 1 9 Eruh: One soldier killed, 6 soldiers and 3 civilians wounded by the PKK attack to a gendarmeire outpost in Eruh, Siirt. This was the first paramilitary attack by the PKK. August 21 18 300 Teheran: A powerful blast in Rah Ahan railroad station, Iranian capital of Teheran, kills 18 and injures 300. Blame placed on Mujahadin Khalq guerrilla group.[16] August 29 – October 10 0 751 The Dalles: The Rajneeshee cult spreads salmonella in salad bars at ten restaurants in The Dalles, Oregon to influence a local election. Health officials say that 751 people were sickened and more than 40 hospitalized.[17] See also 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
September
Date Dead Injured Location and description September 20 20 Beirut: U.S. embassy annex bombed in Beirut killing 20.
October
Date Dead Injured Location and description October 12 5 31 Brighton: Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA: five are killed in an attempt to kill members of the British cabinet. October 31 1 0 New Delhi: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. The killing was in retaliation for the Indian army's entry into the Golden Temple at Amritsar to flush out Sikh extremists who were using the temple as a base for their operations.
December
Date Dead Injured Location and description December 23 17 250 Florence: A bomb placed on the Naples-Milan Express Train 904 explodes, killing 17 and wounding 250. The attack is attributed to the Mafia. The Italicus Express bombing in 1974 took place on the same line
