List of deaths by car bombing
This is a list of deaths caused by car bombing as the primary method.
| Date | Country | Place | Type | Target | Perpetrator/ Suspected perpetrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/08/20 |  Russia
|
Bolshiye Vyazyomy | car bomb | Darya Dugina, journalist and activist | |
| 2017/10/17 |  Malta
|
Bidnija | car bomb (remote) | Daphne Caruana Galizia, journalist and blogger | Unknown, pending investigation[1] |
| 2017/06/27 |  Ukraine
|
Kyiv | car bomb | Maksym Shapoval, Chief officer of Ukrainian intelligence agency | |
| 2016/07/20 | Ukraine
|
Kyiv | car bomb | Pavel Sheremet, Belarusian journalist and human rights activist. | |
| 2011/04/02 |  United Kingdom
|
Killyclogher, Northern Ireland | car bomb | Ronan Kerr, PSNI officer | Dissident republicans |
| 2008/10/23 |  Croatia
|
Zagreb | motorcycle bomb (remote) | Ivo Pukanić, Croatian journalist（with one other） | Serbian mafia |
| 2007/07/09 |  China
|
Jinan | car bomb (remote) | Liu Haiping, Official of the natural resources department of Jinan. | |
| 2005/12/12 |  Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Gebran Tueni, lawmaker | Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom of al-Sham |
| 2005/06/28 |  Iraq
|
Baghdad | suicide car bomb | Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, Iraqi politician | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| 2005/06/21 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | George Hawi, former Lebanese Communist Party head | |
| 2005/06/02 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Samir Kassir, journalist | |
| 2005/02/14 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | suicide truck bomb | Rafic Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister (with 20 others) | |
| 2004/05/17 |  Iraq
|
Baghdad | suicide car bomb | Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi Governing Council leader | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| 2004/02/13 |  Qatar
|
Doha | car bomb (remote) | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, former President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | GRU |
| 2003/11/20 |  Turkey
|
Istanbul | suicide truck bomb | Roger Short, British Consul-General (with 27 others) | |
| 2003/08/29 | Iraq
|
Najaf | car bomb (remote) | Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, Iraqi cleric (with 84 others) | |
| 2003/08/19 | Iraq
|
Baghdad | suicide truck bomb | Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations special representative (with 22 others) | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| 2002/05/20 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | unknown | Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril, son of PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril | |
| 2002/01/24 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Elie Hobeika, Phalangist militia leader | |
| 2000/02/22 |  Spain
|
Vitoria | car bomb (remote) | Fernando Buesa, Basque Socialist Party leader | ETA |
| 1999/10/21 | Turkey
|
Ankara | car bomb (tilt-based) | Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, prominent Turkish intellectual, lawyer, politician | |
| 1999/03/15 | United Kingdom
|
Lurgan, Northern Ireland | car bomb (tilt-based) | Rosemary Nelson, Irish human rights lawyer | Red Hand Defenders |
| 1996/12/25 |  India
|
Dimapur, Nagaland | car bomb (remote) | Assassination attempt on Kihoto Hollohon. He escaped but his wife and 4 others were killed. | NSCN-IM |
| 1996/11/01 |  United States
|
Tucson, Arizona | car bomb (remote) | Gary Triano, Businessman | |
| 1992/07/19 |  Italy
|
Palermo, Sicily | car bomb (remote) | Paolo Borsellino, Italian judge (with 5 others) | Sicilian Mafia |
| 1992/05/23 | Italy
|
Capaci, Sicily | car bomb (remote) | Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (with 4 others) | Sicilian Mafia |
| 1990/07/30 | United Kingdom
|
Hankham, England | car bomb (remote) | Ian Gow, Conservative MP | Provisional IRA |
| 1989/11/22 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (with 23 others) | |
| 1989/05/16 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Hassan Khaled, Lebanese spiritual leader (with 21 others) | |
| 1988/06/28 |  Greece
|
Athens | car bomb (remote) | William Nordeen, United States diplomat | Revolutionary Organization 17 November |
| 1987/12/22 | United Kingdom
|
Lisburn, Northern Ireland | car bomb | John McMichael, Ulster Defence Association leader | Provisional IRA |
| 1987/04/27 | United Kingdom
|
County Armagh, Northern Ireland | car bomb (remote) | Sir Maurice and Lady Gibson | Provisional IRA |
| 1979/03/30 | United Kingdom
|
Palace of Westminster | car bomb (tilt-based) | Airey Neave, Conservative MP | Irish National Liberation Army |
| 1979/01/22 | Lebanon
|
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Ali Hassan Salameh, Black September leader (with 8 others) | Mossad |
| 1976/09/21 | United States
|
Washington, D.C. | unknown | Orlando Letelier, Chilean exile (with one other) | Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional[2] |
| 1973/12/20 | Spain
|
Madrid | car bomb (remote) | Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain. See also: Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco | ETA |
| 1976/06/02 | United States
|
Phoenix, Arizona | car bomb (remote) | Don Bolles, investigative reporter | |
| 1974/09/30 |  Argentina
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina | car bomb (remote) | Carlos Prats, Former Chilean army commander under Salvador Allende Presidency | Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional[3] |
| 1928/12/04 |  United States
|
Saint Paul, Minnesota | unknown | "Dapper" Danny Hogan, "Irish Mob" boss |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in car bomb attack". BBC News. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ Lettieri, Mike (1 June 2007). "Posada Carriles, Bush's Child of Scorn". Washington Report on the Hemisphere. 27 (7/8).
- ^ Dictan nueva orden de detención en caso Prats Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, El Mostrador, May 22, 2000 (in Spanish)