9 Sporting Events Impacted by Terrorism by: Esteban On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Tags: Boston Marathon Boston Marathon Bombing Terror Attacks Terrorism Tragedy As tragic as the events were that unfolded at the Boston Marathon on Monday, this was not the first time a major sporting event has been negatively impacted by an act of terrorism. In fact, this wasn’t even the first time a marathon had been impacted by an act of terrorism. All across the globe, sport unites and inspires. Thus, unfortunately, it will always be a target for evil people looking to inflict pain, division, and turmoil. Today, while we remember and pray for all those still suffering as a result of the tragic bombings in Boston, let’s also remember some of the others who have suffered as the result of terrorist attacks on sporting events. As tragic as the events were that unfolded at the Boston Marathon on Monday, this was not the first time a major sporting event has been negatively impacted by an act of terrorism. In fact, this wasn’t even the first time a marathon had been impacted by an act of terrorism. All across the globe, sport unites and inspires.

Thus, unfortunately, it will always be a target for evil people looking to inflict pain, division, and turmoil. Today, while we remember and pray for all those still suffering as a result of the tragic bombings in Boston, let’s also remember some of the others who have suffered as the result of terrorist attacks on sporting events. The Grand National is the most prestigious horse race in England and, with a prize in 2013 of $1.5 million, the most lucrative race in Europe. The steeplechase is normally run on the first Saturday in April; however, in 1997 the race was postponed for two days after two separate bomb threats were called in by the IRA. Fortunately no bombs were ever detonated, but police did have to evacuate 60,000 fans, jockeys, horses, and race track staff. And since the police obviously could not allow any cars to leave the premises, about 20,000 out-of-towners were left stranded and had to be taken in by local Liverpool residents. 9.

Grand National Bomb Scare (1997) The Grand National is the most prestigious horse race in England and, with a prize in 2013 of $1.5 million, the most lucrative race in Europe. The steeplechase is normally run on the first Saturday in April; however, in 1997 the race was postponed for two days after two separate bomb threats were called in by the IRA. Fortunately no bombs were ever detonated, but police did have to evacuate 60,000 fans, jockeys, horses, and race track staff. And since the police obviously could not allow any cars to leave the premises, about 20,000 out-of-towners were left stranded and had to be taken in by local Liverpool residents. In 2002, just a few hours before Real Madrid was to host arch rival Barcelona in a Champions League semifinal match, a car bomb exploded outside Madrid’s famous Bernabéu Stadium. Fortunately only 17 people were injured by the blast and no one was killed, but one would have to think the bomb was supposed to go off as people were filing into the stadium.

Eleven people were eventually arrested, all members of the Batasuna, a group linked to the Basque separatist group ETA. UEFA allowed the game to go on as scheduled, by the way, which was a questionable decision. Luckily the game went down without a hitch. 8. Bombing at Bernabéu (2002) In 2002, just a few hours before Real Madrid was to host arch rival Barcelona in a Champions League semifinal match, a car bomb exploded outside Madrid’s famous Bernabéu Stadium. Fortunately only 17 people were injured by the blast and no one was killed, but one would have to think the bomb was supposed to go off as people were filing into the stadium. Eleven people were eventually arrested, all members of the Batasuna, a group linked to the Basque separatist group ETA. UEFA allowed the game to go on as scheduled, by the way, which was a questionable decision. Luckily the game went down without a hitch. The Iraqi Olympic team was the target of not one but three separate terrorist attacks in 2006.

First, on May 17, 15 athletes and staff members of the taekwondo team were kidnapped while traveling to a competition in Jordan and never seen or heard from again. Then, on May 26, gunmen killed the Iraqi tennis coach and two players. And finally, on July 15, the head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee was kidnapped along with 37 athletes and officials. Only 13 of them were ever released. 7. Iraqi Olympic Team (2006) The Iraqi Olympic team was the target of not one but three separate terrorist attacks in 2006. First, on May 17, 15 athletes and staff members of the taekwondo team were kidnapped while traveling to a competition in Jordan and never seen or heard from again. Then, on May 26, gunmen killed the Iraqi tennis coach and two players. And finally, on July 15, the head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee was kidnapped along with 37 athletes and officials. Only 13 of them were ever released. The Togo national soccer team united their small West African nation by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time ever in 2006.

Sadly, just four years later, this same team was attacked by terrorists while riding in their team bus en route to Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations. On January 8, 2010, a dozen heavily armed Angolan separatist guerillas opened fire on the bus, killing three people (none of them players) and wounding nine. Obviously, the team did not end up competing in the competition. 6. Togo Soccer Team (2010) The Togo national soccer team united their small West African nation by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time ever in 2006. Sadly, just four years later, this same team was attacked by terrorists while riding in their team bus en route to Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations. On January 8, 2010, a dozen heavily armed Angolan separatist guerillas opened fire on the bus, killing three people (none of them players) and wounding nine. Obviously, the team did not end up competing in the competition. Just under a year before the Togo national soccer team was attacked in Angola, the Sri Lankan national cricket team was targeted in a very similar attack in Pakistan.

En route to a match against Pakistan, the team bus was ambushed by 12 gunmen outside the stadium in Lahore. Eight people were killed in the firefight (six police officers and two civilians) while nine others (six players, two staffers, and an umpire) were injured. It’s believed a militant group associated with Al-Qaeda carried out the attack. India had originally been scheduled to play the match, but they withdrew because of security concerns following the Mumbai bombings the previous year. The team from Sri Lanka agreed to take their place, but, sadly, India’s fears proved to be well-founded. 5. Sri Lankan Cricket Team (2009) Just under a year before the Togo national soccer team was attacked in Angola, the Sri Lankan national cricket team was targeted in a very similar attack in Pakistan. En route to a match against Pakistan, the team bus was ambushed by 12 gunmen outside the stadium in Lahore. Eight people were killed in the firefight (six police officers and two civilians) while nine others (six players, two staffers, and an umpire) were injured. It’s believed a militant group associated with Al-Qaeda carried out the attack.

India had originally been scheduled to play the match, but they withdrew because of security concerns following the Mumbai bombings the previous year. The team from Sri Lanka agreed to take their place, but, sadly, India’s fears proved to be well-founded. The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 was not the first time a visiting cricket team had been attacked by terrorists inside Pakistan. On May 8, 2002, a suicide bomber struck the hotel where the New Zealand cricket team was staying during a tour of Pakistan. No New Zealand players were hurt, but the blast killed 14 people, including the host team’s physiotherapist. The team obviously called off the tour and returned home. 4. New Zealand Cricket Team (2002) The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 was not the first time a visiting cricket team had been attacked by terrorists inside Pakistan. On May 8, 2002, a suicide bomber struck the hotel where the New Zealand cricket team was staying during a tour of Pakistan. No New Zealand players were hurt, but the blast killed 14 people, including the host team’s physiotherapist.

The team obviously called off the tour and returned home. On April 6, 2008, the world witnessed a bombing at a marathon far more deadly than the one witnessed in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013. At the start of the Sri Lankan New Years Marathon, a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonated an explosive device that killed 15 people, including a dozen athletes, and injured almost 100 others—all while spectators looked on in horror in person and on television. 3. Sri Lanka New Years Marathon (2008) On April 6, 2008, the world witnessed a bombing at a marathon far more deadly than the one witnessed in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013. At the start of the Sri Lankan New Years Marathon, a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonated an explosive device that killed 15 people, including a dozen athletes, and injured almost 100 others—all while spectators looked on in horror in person and on television. Until the 2013 Boston Marathon, this was the most famous act of terrorism inflicted on a sporting event held in the United States.

On July 27, 1996, one week after the start of the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, a bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park just after midnight during a free outdoor concert. Two people were killed—one directly from the explosion, another from a heart attack—and 120 others were injured. The devastation could have been a whole lot worse had it not been for the actions of security guard Richard Jewell. He discovered the bomb just before detonation and managed to clear people from the area. Sadly, the hero was initially labeled as a suspect by the FBI and the media, but he was later completely exonerated. The real perpetrator was a former U.S. Army explosives expert named Eric Rudolph. He believed that “the conception and purpose of the so-called Olympic movement is to promote the values of global socialism,” so he decided to take matters into his own deranged hands. 2. Olympic Park Bombing (1996) Until the 2013 Boston Marathon, this was the most famous act of terrorism inflicted on a sporting event held in the United States.

On July 27, 1996, one week after the start of the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, a bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park just after midnight during a free outdoor concert. Two people were killed—one directly from the explosion, another from a heart attack—and 120 others were injured. The devastation could have been a whole lot worse had it not been for the actions of security guard Richard Jewell. He discovered the bomb just before detonation and managed to clear people from the area. Sadly, the hero was initially labeled as a suspect by the FBI and the media, but he was later completely exonerated. The real perpetrator was a former U.S. Army explosives expert named Eric Rudolph. He believed that “the conception and purpose of the so-called Olympic movement is to promote the values of global socialism,” so he decided to take matters into his own deranged hands. The worst act of terrorism ever perpetrated at a sporting event is the one carried at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by Palestinian terrorist organization Black September. They stormed the athletes village on September 5 and took members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage.

After a 16-hour standoff and a botched rescue attempt, the terrorists slaughtered 11 athletes and coaches plus one German police officer. The Games were temporarily suspended, and a memorial service was held on September 6. However, following the tragedy a number of Olympic contingents left Munich early—most notably the Israelis and the Egyptians, who feared reprisals. Interestingly, the IOC President at the time, Avery Brundage, did not even mention the murdered athletes in his speech at the memorial service. This oversite foreshadowed another IOC blunder 40 years later in London, when the IOC decided not to do anything to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragedy at the 2012 Summer Games. 1. Munich Massacre (1972) The worst act of terrorism ever perpetrated at a sporting event is the one carried at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by Palestinian terrorist organization Black September. They stormed the athletes village on September 5 and took members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage. After a 16-hour standoff and a botched rescue attempt, the terrorists slaughtered 11 athletes and coaches plus one German police officer.

The Games were temporarily suspended, and a memorial service was held on September 6. However, following the tragedy a number of Olympic contingents left Munich early—most notably the Israelis and the Egyptians, who feared reprisals. Interestingly, the IOC President at the time, Avery Brundage, did not even mention the murdered athletes in his speech at the memorial service. This oversite foreshadowed another IOC blunder 40 years later in London, when the IOC decided not to do anything to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragedy at the 2012 Summer Games. When sport is turned into a target - CNN.com When sport is turned into a target By CNN Staff Updated 10:57 AM ET, Tue April 16, 2013 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded in the crowded street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 140 others.

It was the latest in a series of terrorist attacks on sporting events going back to the 1970s. See all photography related to the Boston bombings. Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – The 1972 Munich Olympics is remembered for tragedy, rather than sporting excellence, after 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – The Olympics were targeted again in 1996 when a bomb at Centennial Park killed one and injured hundreds of others during a free concert in the U.S. city of Atlanta. Hide Caption 3 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – Between May and July 2006, Iraqi sportspeople were the target of a number of attacks. The 15 members of the Taekwondo team were kidnapped and never seen again, while a national tennis coach and two players were killed following an attack on a sports conference in Baghdad.

Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – In April 2008, a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonated a device at the start of a marathon celebrating Sri Lanka's New Year. Highways minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, former Olympic marathon runner KA Karunaratne and the national athletics coach, Lakshman de Alwis, were among the dozen people killed. Hide Caption 5 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming was forced to hold back the tears in May 2002, after his team ended its tour of Pakistan when a suicide bomber attacked outside the team's hotel in Karachi. Fourteen people were killed, including 11 French Navy experts, two Pakistanis and the Pakistan team's physiotherapist. Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – Sri Lanka's national cricket team was evacuated by helicopter during its tour to Pakistan in 2009 after seven people were killed when the team bus was attacked in Lahore.

Hide Caption 7 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – Three people were killed and nine were injured when the Togo football team bus was ambushed in Angola before the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Rebels used machine guns on the vehicle as it traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich region of Cabinda. Hide Caption Two deadly bombs struck the Boston Marathon Monday Sporting events have often been the target of attacks Countries previously affected include Germany, Pakistan and the U.S. The fatal bombing of the Boston Marathon is not the first time a sporting event has been targeted. Gunmen, suicide bombers and kidnappers have attacked athletes and venues across the world - from Munich, to Angola, Pakistan and the United States. They have been separatists, militants and activists. Here are some of the attacks: September 1972: Palestinians going by the name of "Black September" kill two Israeli athletes and take nine hostage at the 1972 Munich Olympics, demanding that Israel release 200 political prisoners. All the Israeli hostages are later killed. A German police officer and five of the kidnappers also die.

Read more: The Munich massacre a survivor's story July 1996: An 18kg (40 pound) pipe bomb explodes during a nighttime music concert at the Centennial Olympic Park, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others. In 2005, Eric Robert Rudolph admits responsibility for the attack. He says he wanted to shame the U.S. for its legalization of abortion but had planned to knock out Atlanta's power grid not to harm innocent civilians. MUST WATCH Munich Games massacre remembered 02:49 May 2002: Seventeen people are injured when a car bomb is detonated near the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid hours before a Champions League semifinal between Real Madrid and Barcelona FC. UEFA makes security checks before deciding to go ahead with the match. The Basque newspaper Gara says the Basque separatist group ETA gave advance warning of the attack. Read more: Bombs explode near Madrid stadium 2006: Fifteen members of Iraq's Olympic taekwondo team are kidnapped for ransom while driving to Jordan in May. A year later , 13 of their bodies are found.

The same month the Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players are shot dead. The BBC reports that the men were shot by militants who objected to the players wearing shorts. In July, gunmen snatched more than 20 Iraqi sports officials -- including the head of Iraq's Olympic Committee from an Iraq National Olympic Committee meeting in Baghdad. It remains unclear what happened to the officials. Read more: Rogge asks for release of hostages In December four football players were wounded in a mortar attack while training in Baghdad. Read more: Iraqi players hurt in mortar blast April 2008: A senior Sri Lankan Cabinet minister and at least 13 other people -- including police and government officials -- are killed in a suicide bombing at the start of a marathon just outside the capital city Colombo. The minister had been waving the starting flag for the race when he was killed. Tamil Tigers -- then fighting for an independent Tamil state -- are suspected of being behind the blast. Read more: Suicide blast kills Sri Lankan minister March 2009: The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked as it travels by bus to a match in Lahore, Pakistan. Seven players and an assistant coach are killed, as are at least six Pakistani police providing security for the team.

Local police say they believe the gunmen wanted to kidnap the cricketers to exchange them for jailed militants. Read more: Analysis -- attack puts sport in terror gunsights January 2010: Gunmen open fire on the Togo national soccer team, in Angola killing the team's assistant coach, its communication officer and the bus driver dead. The attack is claimed by separatist group Forces for Liberation of the State of Cabinda. Cabinda is a disputed oil-rich enclave in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the soccer team was heading to play in the African Cup of Nations tournament. 10 sporting events marred by terrorism - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 10 sporting events marred by terrorism By Emily Benammar Following two fatal explosions at the Boston Marathon, we look back at moments in sporting history when events have been marred by terrorism. Munich Olympics, 1972: The 1972 attack is globally recognised as the darkest day in Olympic history. During the Games in Munich, Palestinian militant group Black September took members of the Israeli national team hostage and, after a 16-hour siege, killed 11 athletes and coaches together with one German police officer.

The aftermath marked the first time in Olympic history that competition was suspended in order for a memorial service to be held in the Olympic Stadium. Atlanta Olympics, July 27 1996: During an evening music concert at the Centennial Olympic Park, a bomb was detonated, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others. The bomb was planted by a man called Eric Rudolph - a former explosives expert for the US army - who believed the Olympics "promoted the values of global socialism". Rudolph is currently serving four life sentences with no chance of parole. The Olympics went on as planned. External Link: Atlanta Olympics bombing Grand National, April 5 1997: England's most famous horse race was called off after two bombs threats were called in, reportedly from the IRA. Some 60,000 spectators - including Princess Anne - were evacuated while police inspected the course. The race was run 48 hours later in front of a reduced crowd. Champions League, May 1 2002: Just hours before Real Madrid's semi-final tie against rivals Barcelona was set to kick-off, a car bomb was detonated close to the Bernabeu Stadium in Spain's capital.

The explosion followed the arrest of 11 members of the Batasuna (a group linked to ETA) though it was not immediately clear if the attack was directed at either club. Despite 17 people being injured in the blast, the match went ahead after UEFA were satisfied with security checks. Photo: Emergency workers the debris after a car bomb exploded near Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium, hours before a Champions League semi-final in 2002. (Reuters) Pakistan v New Zealand, May 8 2002: Fourteen people - 11 French Navy experts, two Pakistanis and the host team's physiotherapist - were killed after a suicide bomber staged an attack outside the hotel where the New Zealand cricket team were staying in Karachi, Pakistan. There was no action in the scheduled Test and the team returned home. The Australian cricket team has not played in Pakistan since 1998 due to safety concerns. In 1996 they also refused to play preliminary World Cup matches in Sri Lanka a week after a huge bomb blast in Colombo killed 80 people and injured 1,200. Photo: The aftermath of an explosion near the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi.

(Aamir Aureshi, AFP) Iraq's Olympic squad and committee, July 15 2006: The year saw three deadly attacks on the country's sportsmen and women the most notable of which saw the head of Iraq's Olympic Committee Ahmed al-Hadjiya kidnapped along with 30 athletes and officials after a sports conference in Baghdad was stormed by 50 gunmen in July. On May 17 of the same year, 15 athletes and staff members of the taekwondo team were kidnapped en route to a competition in Jordan - they were never seen again. Nine days later, gunmen killed the Iraqi tennis coach together with two of his players. Dakar Rally, January 4 2008: The threat of an Al Qaeda attack meant that organisers deemed staging the race too dangerous in 2008 and it was subsequently cancelled for the first time in its 30-year history. Scheduled to have started in Lisbon, Portugal and end in Dakar, Senegal it was felt that the security of participants could not be guaranteed particularly in the Mauritania area where the rally was scheduled to spend eight days.

The month prior to the race a French family on holiday in Mauritania was murdered and al-Qaida are believed to be responsible. Sinhala and Tamil New Year Marathon, April 6 2008: Fifteen athletes were killed and at least 90 others were injured when a suicide bomber attacked the start of a marathon held to celebrate the start of Sri Lanka's new year. Highways minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, army officer Lt Colonel Udayadeera, former Olympic marathon runner KA Karunaratne and the national athletics coach, Lakshman de Alwis, were among the dead. The Sri Lankan government blamed the Tamil Tigers for the attack. Photo: Sri Lankan people carry the coffin of slain Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle during his funeral ceremony in Welihena outside Colombo. (AFP PHOTO/Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI ) Sri Lanka v Pakistan March 3, 2009: En route to a match against Pakistan, the Sri Lankan cricket team bus was attacked by 12 masked gunmen outside a stadium in Lahore.

Rockets and grenades were thrown while multiple rounds of ammunition were fired killing eight - six policemen and two civilians - and injuring nine - six players, two staff and an umpire. The attack was believed to have been carried out by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the outlawed militant groups with close links to Al-Qaeda. Sri Lanka had only agreed to play the Test after India withdrew owing to safety concerns following the Mumbai attacks the year before. The Pakistan government had guaranteed the team "presidential-style security". The same year the second edition of the Indian Premier League was staged in South Africa because of security concerns in India. External Link: Sri Lanka team bus attacked Commonwealth Games 2010: Australia's Dani Samuels, Travis Meyer and Stephanie Sang were among a plethora of athletes from around the world who withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in Delhi owing to safety concerns. Athletes around the world were warned of the "high threat of terrorism throughout India" nation of the event following the Mumbai attack in 2008, an attack on and IPL match earlier in the year and on a cafe in Pune. It was also widely reported that security provisions for the competition were "nowhere near ready" particularly the ability organisers had to sweep for explosives.

Despite the threats, the competition was completed without an attack. First posted April 16, 2013 14:08:15 Top Stories Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. or Against Americans World > Disasters Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. or Against Americans The following timeline lists terrorist attacks against the United States and Americans living either in the U.S. or abroad. Morgan , killing 35 people and injuring hundreds more. Bolshevist or anarchist terrorists believed responsible, but crime never solved. 1975 Jan. 24, New York City: bomb set off in historic Fraunces Tavern killed 4 and injured more than 50 people. Puerto Rican nationalist group (FALN) claimed responsibility, and police tied 13 other bombings to the group. 1979 Nov. 4, Tehran, Iran: Iranian radical students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were freed after 444 days on the day of President Reagan's inauguration. 1982–1991 Lebanon: Thirty US and other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah.

Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were eventually released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days. 1983 April 18, Beirut, Lebanon: U.S. embassy destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Oct. 23, Beirut, Lebanon: Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport, killing 241 marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58 French paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut. Dec. 12, Kuwait City, Kuwait: Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80. 1984 Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon: truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S. military. Dec. 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Kuwait Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait to Pakistan, hijacked and diverted to Tehran. 2 Americans killed. 1985 April 12, Madrid, Spain: Bombing at restaurant frequented by U.S.

soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82. June 14, Beirut, Lebanon: TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome hijacked to Beirut by Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver executed. Oct. 7, Mediterranean Sea: gunmen attack Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. One U.S. tourist killed. Hijacking linked to Libya. Dec. 18, Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria: airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were Americans. Bombing linked to Libya. 1986 April 2, Athens, Greece:A bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens, killing 4 Americans and injuring 9. April 5, West Berlin, Germany: Libyans bombed a disco frequented by U.S. servicemen, killing 2 and injuring hundreds. 1988 Dec.

21, Lockerbie, Scotland: N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse University students and many U.S. military personnel. Libya formally admitted responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7 billion compensation to victims' families. 1993 Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center , killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected. 1995 April 19, Oklahoma City: car bomb exploded outside federal office building, collapsing wall and floors. 168 people were killed, including 19 children and 1 person who died in rescue effort. Over 220 buildings sustained damage.

Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols later convicted in the antigovernment plot to avenge the Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Tex., exactly 2 years earlier. (See Miscellaneous Disasters .) Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen. 1996 June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah , were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001. 1998 Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan , were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison.

A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden , who remained at large. 2000 Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden , or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network. 2001 Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism .) 2002 June 14, Karachi, Pakistan: bomb explodes outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.

2003 1 May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected. 2004 May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American. June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks. Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: terrorists storm the U.S. consulate, killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security. 2005 Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan: suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt, and Days Inn, in Amman, Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility. 2006 Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria: an attack by four gunman on the American embassy is foiled. 2007 Jan.

12, Athens, Greece: the U.S. embassy is fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but no injuries. Dec. 11, Algeria: more than 60 people are killed, including 11 United Nations staff members, when Al Qaeda terrorists detonate two car bombs near Algeria's Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices. 2008 May 26, Iraq: a suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills six U.S. soldiers and wounds 18 others in Tarmiya. June 24, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills at least 20 people, including three U.S. Marines, at a meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town west of Baghdad. June 12, Afghanistan: four American servicemen are killed when a roadside bomb explodes near a U.S. military vehicle in Farah Province. July 13, Afghanistan: nine U.S.soldiers and at least 15 NATO troops die when Taliban militants boldly attack an American base in Kunar Province, which borders Pakistan. It's the most deadly against U.S. troops in three years. Aug.

18 and 19, Afghanistan: as many as 15 suicide bombers backed by about 30 militants attack a U.S. military base, Camp Salerno, in Bamiyan. Fighting between U.S. troops and members of the Taliban rages overnight. No U.S. troops are killed. Sept. 16, Yemen: a car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. At least 25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for the attack. Nov. 26, India: in a series of attacks on several of Mumbai's landmarks and commercial hubs that are popular with Americans and other foreign tourists, including at least two five-star hotels, a hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5 Americans. 2009 Feb. 9, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator near a police checkpoint. April 10, Iraq: a suicide attack kills five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen.

June 1, Little Rock, Arkansas: Abdulhakim Muhammed, a Muslim convert from Memphis, Tennessee, is charged with shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting center. One is killed and the other is wounded. In a January 2010 letter to the judge hearing his case, Muhammed asked to change his plea from not guilty to guilty, claimed ties to al-Qaeda, and called the shooting a jihadi attack "to fight those who wage war on Islam and Muslims." Dec. 25: A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security personnel in the airport. The alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The suspect was already on the government's watch list when he attempted the bombing; his father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S. government that he was worried about his son's increased extremism. Dec. 30, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan.

It's the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda. 2010 May 1, New York City: a car bomb is discovered in Times Square, New York City after smoke is seen coming from a vehicle. The bomb was ignited, but failed to detonate and was disarmed before it could cause any harm. Times Square was evacuated as a safety precaution. Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty to placing the bomb as well as 10 terrorism and weapons charges. May 10, Jacksonville, Florida: a pipe bomb explodes while approximately 60 Muslims are praying in the mosque. The attack causes no injuries. Oct. 29: two packages are found on separate cargo planes. Each package contains a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11-14 oz) of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism. The bombs are discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. The packages, bound from Yemen to the United States, are discovered at en route stop-overs, one in England and one in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. 2011 Jan.

17, Spokane, Washington: a pipe bomb is discovered along the route of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial march. The bomb, a "viable device" set up to spray marchers with shrapnel and to cause multiple casualties, is defused without any injuries. 2012 Sept. 11, Benghazi, Libya: militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fire upon the American consulate, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton said the U.S. believed that Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a group closely linked to Al Qaeda, orchestrated the attack. 2013 Feb. 1, Ankara, Turkey: Ecevit Sanli detonates a bomb near a gate at the U.S. Embassy. Sanli dies after detonating the bomb. One Turkish guard is also killed. Didem Tuncay, a respected television journalist, is injured in the blast. Unlike the bombing at the embassy in Benghazi last September, the U.S. government immediately calls the bombing a terrorist attack.

According to Turkish officials, the attack is from the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party, which has been labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S. and other nations. April 15, Boston, Mass.: multiple bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two bombs go off around 2:50 in the afternoon as runners finish the race. Three people are killed. One is an eight year old boy. More than 260 people are injured. Three days later, the FBI releases photos and video of two suspects in the hope that the public can help identify them. Just hours after the FBI releases the images, the two suspects rob a gas station in Central Square then shoot and kill a MIT police officer in his car. Afterwards, the two men carjack a SUV and tell the driver that they had set off the explosions at the marathon. Police pursue the vehicle into Watertown. During the shootout, a MBTA officer is shot and one of the suspects, identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26, is killed. A suicide vest is found on his body. The other suspect, Dzhokhar A.

Tsarnaev, age 19, remains at large for several hours, causing a massive manhunt and lockdown for all of Boston, Cambridge, and many other surrounding communities. The manhunt ends when he is found alive, but seriously injured, hiding in a boat behind a house in Watertown. The two suspects are brothers and had been living together in Cambridge. They have lived in the U.S. for about a decade, but are from an area near Chechnya, a region in Russia. 2014 July 17, Ukraine: A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crashes in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, killing all 298 passengers and crew members. The crash occurs in territory where pro-Russian separatists have been battling Ukrainian troops. President Poroshenko says the crash is an act of terror. "I would like to note that we are calling this not an incident, not a catastrophe, but a terrorist act," he says. Ukrainian and American officials say the plane is shot down by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile, citing satellite images. Poroshenko accuses the separatists of launching the missile, which they deny. Russian president Putin also denies having any role in the disaster.

A day after the crash, President Obama says he believes that the rebels shot down the plane. He calls the crash a "global tragedy" and faults Putin for continuing to arm the rebels and for not stopping the fighting. Most analysts say rebels may have thought they were targeting a military transport plane rather than a commercial jet. A day before the crash, the U.S. and Europe impose further sanctions on Russia in response to Putin's refusal to stop arming the separatists. August 19: Members of ISIS behead American journalist James Foley, 40, in apparent retaliation for U.S. airstrikes against the group. Foley, who worked for GlobalPost, went missing in Syria in November 2012. Sept. 2: An ISIS militant decapitates another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, 31, who worked for Time and other news outlets. He was abducted in 2013 in Syria. 2015 Dec. 2, San Bernadino, Calif.: Fourteen people are killed and more than 20 wounded when two people open fire at a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center, a service facility for people with disabilities and special needs in San Bernardino, California.

The suspects, husband and wife Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, are killed in a shootout with police after the rampage. Officials say they believe the attack is terrorism related. It is the worst mass shooting in the United States since 26 people were killed in Dec. 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. (Dec. 8): The F.B.I. announces that Farook and Malik had been "radicalized." The FBI also concludes that while the couple was not working with ISIS directly, their actions were inspired by the Islamic State. 2016 June 12: A mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub in the early hours of Sunday, June 12, 2016, leaves 50 people dead, including the gunman, and more than 50 injured. The shooter is identified as Omar Mateen, 29, who entered the nightclub armed with an assault rifle and a pistol. According to authorities, Mr. Mateen pledged his allegiance to ISIS via a 911 call from inside the nightclub. This massacre is the deadliest mass shooting on U.S. soil.

Boston Marathon latest on the list of mass sporting events and teams hit by attacks Boston Marathon latest on the list of mass sporting events and teams hit by attacks World | Associated Press | Updated: April 16, 2013 09:25 IST EMAIL PRINT COMMENTS The blasts during Boston Marathon on Monday was the latest in the list of terrorist attacks on major sporting events around the world. Here is a glance at some sporting events and teams that have been affected by attacks and threats: September 5-6, 1972: Palestinians going by the name of "Black September" kill 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. April 21, 1987: A car bomb kills more than 100 people at a bus station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The blast came during a tour of the country by the New Zealand cricket team. The three-Test tour was cut to one. February 11, 1996: Cricket teams from Australia and the West Indies refuse to play preliminary World Cup matches in Sri Lanka a week after a huge bomb blast in Colombo killed 80 people and injures 1,200.

July 27, 1996: Centennial Park bombing at Atlanta Olympics. The attack took place during a nighttime music concert at the Centennial Olympic Park. The explosion killed one person and injured over 100 others. April 5, 1997: The Grand National, the most famous horse race in England, was abandoned after two coded bomb threats were reportedly received from the IRA. Sixty-thousand spectators (including Princess Anne), jockeys, race personnel and local residents were evacuated, and the course was secured by police. The race was run two days later. May 1, 2002: Hours before the Champions League semifinal between Real Madrid and Barcelona, a car bomb was detonated near Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. Seventeen people were injured. UEFA made security checks before going ahead with the match. May 8, 2002: A suicide bomber killed 14 people outside the hotel where the New Zealand cricket team was staying in Karachi, Pakistan. Fourteen people died in the attack and the New Zealand team returned home. 2006: Iraqi sportsmen and women were targeted three times.

On May 17, 15 athletes and officials of the Iraqi taekwondo team were kidnapped as they headed to Jordan for a training camp. None of the athletes were seen alive again. On May 26, gunmen shot and killed the Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players. The final attack on July 16 involved 50 gunmen who attacked a sports conference in Baghdad. They kidnapped 30 athletes and officials, including the head of Iraq's Olympic Committee, Ahmed al-Hadjiya. April 9, 2008: A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonated a device at the start of a marathon celebrating the start of Sri Lanka's new year. Highways minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, former Olympic marathon runner KA Karunaratne and the national athletics coach, Lakshman de Alwis, were among the dozen people killed. January 4, 2008: The Dakar Rally was canceled for the first time in its 30-year history. The threat of an attack from Al Qaeda made the race too risky for the organizers.

March 3, 2009: The Sri Lankan cricket team bus was attacked by masked gunmen as they traveled in their team bus outside a stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Seven people were killed in the attack and six of the Sri Lankan cricket players were wounded. January 8, 2010: Assistant coach Abalo Amelete and communications director Stanislas Ocloo of the Togo soccer team were killed when gunmen fired on the team's bus in Angola, site of the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament. The Angolan driver was also killed and nine members of Togo's party were wounded including Togo's reserve goalkeeper. April 15, 2013: Two bombs exploded in the crowded street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and injuring more than 130 others. The explosions occurred about four hours into the race and about three hours after the men's winner crossed the line. By that point, more than 17,000 of the runners had finished the race, but thousands of others were farther back along the course.

Photos: Sport events and terror attacks Photos: Sport events and terror attacks Updated 8:12 AM ET, Sun April 21, 2013 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded in the crowded street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 140 others. It was the latest in a series of terrorist attacks on sporting events going back to the 1970s. See all photography related to the Boston bombings. Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – The 1972 Munich Olympics is remembered for tragedy, rather than sporting excellence, after 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – The Olympics were targeted again in 1996 when a bomb at Centennial Park killed one and injured hundreds of others during a free concert in the U.S.

city of Atlanta. Hide Caption 3 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – Between May and July 2006, Iraqi sportspeople were the target of a number of attacks. The 15 members of the Taekwondo team were kidnapped and never seen again, while a national tennis coach and two players were killed following an attack on a sports conference in Baghdad. Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – In April 2008, a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonated a device at the start of a marathon celebrating Sri Lanka's New Year. Highways minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, former Olympic marathon runner KA Karunaratne and the national athletics coach, Lakshman de Alwis, were among the dozen people killed. Hide Caption 5 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming was forced to hold back the tears in May 2002, after his team ended its tour of Pakistan when a suicide bomber attacked outside the team's hotel in Karachi.

Fourteen people were killed, including 11 French Navy experts, two Pakistanis and the Pakistan team's physiotherapist. Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – Sri Lanka's national cricket team was evacuated by helicopter during its tour to Pakistan in 2009 after seven people were killed when the team bus was attacked in Lahore. Hide Caption 7 of 8 Photos: Sport events and terror attacks worldwide Sport events and terror attacks worldwide – Three people were killed and nine were injured when the Togo football team bus was ambushed in Angola before the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Rebels used machine guns on the vehicle as it traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich region of Cabinda. Hide Caption A look at teams and sporting events impacted by attacks | Fox News A look at teams and sporting events impacted by attacks Published April 15, 2013 A glance at some sporting events and teams that have been affected by attacks and threats: __ Sept.

5-6, 1972 — Palestinians going by the name of "Black September" kill 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. April 21, 1987 — A car bomb kills more than 100 people at a bus station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The blast came during a tour of the country by the New Zealand cricket team. The three-Test tour was cut to one. Feb. 11, 1996 — Cricket teams from Australia and the West Indies refuse to play preliminary World Cup matches in Sri Lanka a week after a huge bomb blast in Colombo killed 80 people and injures 1,200. July 27, 1996 — Centennial Park bombing at Atlanta Olympics. The attack took place during a nighttime music concert at the Centennial Olympic Park. The explosion killed one person and injured over 100 others. April 5, 1997 — The Grand National, the most famous horse race in England, was abandoned after two coded bomb threats were reportedly received from the IRA.

Sixty-thousand spectators (including Princess Anne), jockeys, race personnel and local residents were evacuated, and the course was secured by police. The race was run two days later. May 1, 2002 — Hours before the Champions League semifinal between Real Madrid and Barcelona, a car bomb was detonated near Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. Seventeen people were injured. UEFA made security checks before going ahead with the match. May 8, 2002 — A suicide bomber killed 14 people outside the hotel where the New Zealand cricket team was staying in Karachi, Pakistan. Fourteen people died in the attack and the New Zealand team returned home. 2006 — Iraqi sportsmen and women were targeted three times. On May 17, 15 athletes and officials of the Iraqi taekwondo team were kidnapped as they headed to Jordan for a training camp. None of the athletes were seen alive again. On May 26, gunmen shot and killed the Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players. The final attack on July 16 involved 50 gunmen who attacked a sports conference in Baghdad.

They kidnapped 30 athletes and officials, including the head of Iraq's Olympic Committee, Ahmed al-Hadjiya. April 9, 2008 — A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber detonated a device at the start of a marathon celebrating the start of Sri Lanka's new year. Highways minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, former Olympic marathon runner KA Karunaratne and the national athletics coach, Lakshman de Alwis, were among the dozen people killed. Jan. 4, 2008 — The Dakar Rally was canceled for the first time in its 30-year history. The threat of an attack from al Qaeda made the race too risky for the organizers. March 3, 2009 — The Sri Lankan cricket team bus was attacked by masked gunmen as they traveled in their team bus outside a stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Seven people were killed in the attack and six of the Sri Lankan cricket players were wounded. Jan.

8, 2010 — Assistant coach Abalo Amelete and communications director Stanislas Ocloo of the Togo soccer team were killed when gunmen fired on the team's bus in Angola, site of the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament. The Angolan driver was also killed and nine members of Togo's party were wounded including Togo's reserve goalkeeper. April 15, 2013 — Two bombs exploded in the crowded street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and injuring more than 130 others. The explosions occurred about four hours into the race and about three hours after the men's winner crossed the line. By that point, more than 17,000 of the runners had finished the race, but thousands of others were farther back along the course.

Advertisement Boston bombings 2013: Devices that killed three including Martin Richard and Krystle Campbell are used by terrorists in Afghanistan | Daily Mail Online Boston marathon bombs were pressure cooker IEDs packed with ball-bearings: Devices that killed three, including eight-year-old boy waiting for his runner dad are used by terrorists in Afghanistan Pressure-cooker bombs were packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings Devices are frequently used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to Homeland Security An al-Qaeda magazine last year listed U.S. sporting events as one of 'the most important enemy targets' An eight-year-old boy and a 29-year-old woman were among the three killed in the attack 176 people injured, at least 17 of them in critical condition and 'a lot' of amputations have been performed Surgeons describe numerous severe injuries from 'pellets, shrapnel or nails from inside the bombs' Investigators do not know of motive for the bombs or who is behind them but are questioning 'many people' Obama vows to bring bombers to justice: 'The American people will not be terrorized'

Question: At which sporting event were 3 people killed by a terrorist bomb on 15 April 2013?
Answer: Boston Marathon