Terrorism in the United States
1990–99

Terrorism in the United States

Section Title: 1990–99
Table Section Text: None

#	Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location(s)	Details	Perpetrator

91	November 5, 1990	Assassination, shooting	1	0	New York (state) New York City	Assassination of Meir Kahane: El Sayyid Nosair, a member of an Islamist terror cell led by Sheik Omar Abdul-Rahman, disguises himself as an orthodox Jew in order to assassinate politician and Rabbi Meir Kahane by shooting him at point-blank range.	El Sayyid Nosair

92	January 25, 1993	Shooting	2	3	Virginia Langley, Virginia	CIA Shooting – Pakistani Mir Qazi (a/k/a Mir Aimal Kansi), outraged by U.S. policy toward Palestinians, opens fire on cars stopped at a traffic signal outside CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia.	Mir Qazi

93	February 26, 1993	Truck bombing	6	1042	New York (state) New York City	World Trade Center bombing – Ramzi Yousef, a member of Al Qaeda, masterminds the truck-bombing of the World Trade Center. The bomb is meant to destabilize the foundation of the building, causing it to collapse and destroy surrounding buildings, leading to mass casualties.	Al Qaeda

94	March 10, 1993	Shooting	1	0	Florida Pensacola, Florida	Murder of David Gunn – Army of God member Michael F. Griffin ambushes and shoots gynecologist David Gunn three times in the back outside the Pensacola Women's Medical Services clinic.	Michael F. Griffin

95	March 1, 1994	Shooting	1	3	New York (state) New York City	Brooklyn Bridge Shooting – Lebanese-born Rashid Baz ambushes and shoots up a van full of Jewish students returning from a visit with Rabbi Menachem M.	Rashid Baz

96	July 29, 1994	Shooting	2	1	Florida Pensacola, Florida	Army of God member Rev. Paul Jennings Hill murders gynecologist John Britton and Britton's bodyguard James Barrett with a shotgun at close range, outside the Ladies Center clinic in Pensacola, Florida.	Paul Jennings Hill

97	December 10, 1994	Bombing	1	0	New Jersey North Caldwell, New Jersey	Advertising executive Thomas J. Mosser is killed by a mail bomb sent by the Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski).	Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber)

98	December 30, 1994	Shooting	2	5	Massachusetts Brookline, Massachusetts	Anti-abortion activist John C. Salvi III shoots and kills 2 employees and injures 5 others in a rampage attack at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts.	John C. Salvi III

99	December 31, 1994	Shooting	0	0	Virginia Norfolk, Virginia	Salvi attacks the Planned Parenthood clinic in Norfolk, Virginia. A security guard returns fire and Salvi flees.	John C. Salvi III

100	April 19, 1995	Truck bombing	168	680+	Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Oklahoma City bombing – Timothy McVeigh parks a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City which explodes killing 168 people, including 19 children.	Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols

101	April 24, 1995	Bombing	1	0	California Sacramento, California	Timber industry lobbyist Gilbert P. Murray, is killed in the third and final mailbomb attack by the Unabomber.	Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber)

102	July 27, 1996	Bombing	1	111	Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, Georgia	Centennial Olympic Park bombing: Army of God member Eric Robert Rudolph places a three pipe bombs in a backpack, which he leaves in busy Centennial Olympic Park.	Eric Robert Rudolph

103	January 16, 1997	Bombing	0	6	Georgia (U.S. state) Sandy Springs, Georgia	Army of God member Eric Robert Rudolph bombs a women's health clinic in Sandy Springs, Georgia. There are two bombs; the first meant to kill people inside the clinic, the second bomb placed in the parking lot and time-delayed to kill first-responders.	Eric Robert Rudolph

104	February 21, 1997	Bombing	0	5	Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, Georgia	Army of God member Eric Robert Rudolph bombs the Otherside Lounge, a gay bar in Atlanta, Georgia. There are two bombs; the first left on the outdoor patio, the second bomb left in the parking lot, time-delayed to kill first-responders.	Eric Robert Rudolph

105	February 23, 1997	Shooting	1 (+1)	6	New York (state) New York City	1997 Empire State Building shooting: Palestinian Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, opens fire on tourists from an observation deck atop the Empire State Building.	Ali Hassan Abu Kamal

106	July 31, 1997	Police raid, planned suicide bombings	0	3	New York (state) New York City	1997 Brooklyn bombing plot: Two Palestinian illegal immigrants are shot and arrested in a police raid that found two pipe bombs in a Brooklyn apartment.	Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer

107	January 29, 1998	Bombing	1	1	Alabama Birmingham, Alabama	Army of God (United States) member Eric Robert Rudolph bombs a women's clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 1 and critically injuring another.	Eric Robert Rudolph

108	June 7, 1998	Murder	1	0	TexasJasper, Texas	Three white gang members men, dragged James Byrd Jr. to his death behind their truck and left his body in front of an African-American church.	Shawn Berry, Lawrence Russell Brewer, John King

109	June 18, 1999	Arson	0	0	California Sacramento, California	Brothers Matthew and Tyler Williams, inspired by the Christian Identity movement and anti-Semitic literature, set fires to Congregation B'nai Israel, Congregation Beth Shalom, and Knesset Israel Torah Center in Sacramento, California.	Matthew and Tyler Williams

110	July 1, 1999	Shooting	2	0	California Happy Valley, California	Murder of Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder:The Williams brothers murder gay couple Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder in Happy Valley, California.	Matthew and Tyler Williams

111	July 2, 1999	Arson	0	0	California Sacramento, California	The Williams brothers set fire to the Country Club Medical Building in Sacramento County, California, which houses an abortion clinic.	Matthew and Tyler Williams

112	July 2–4, 1999:	Shootings	2 (+1)	9	Illinois/Indiana Illinois and Indiana	Neo-Nazi World Church of the Creator member Benjamin Nathaniel Smith goes on a two-state shooting spree in Indiana and Illinois. Starting on July 2, Smith wounds nine Orthodox Jews in drive-by shootings in Chicago.	Benjamin Nathaniel Smith

113	August 10, 1999	Shootings	1	5	California Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting: white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr., armed with an Uzi-type sub-machine gun, walks into the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, California and begins spraying bullets, wounding five.	Buford O. Furrow Jr

114	December 31, 1999	Arson	0	0	Michigan East Lansing, Michigan	Four members of the Earth Liberation Front start a fire in Michigan State University's Agriculture Hall causing $1 million in damage.	Earth Liberation Front

Sentence(s)

On April 19, 1995, In the Oklahoma City bombing, a truck bomb shattered the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

final_sentence: On April 19, 1995, In the Oklahoma City bombing, a truck bomb shattered the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.