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This is a timeline of incidents in 1992 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (seestate terrorism andstate-sponsored terrorism).
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| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Bombing | 8 | 6 | Northern Ireland | A landmine killed eight Protestant men and wounded six others at Teebane Crossroads nearCookstown, County Tyrone. The men had been working for the British Army at a base in Omagh and were returning home on a minibus. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| January 25 | Bombing | 0 | 0 | Panama City,Panama | An improvised device was detonated in front of a newspaper offices. The attack no left casualties.[1] | Movimiento 20 de Diciembre (M20) | Terrorism in Panama |
| February 5 | Bombings | 3 | 23 | Ürümqi, China | Four bombs targeting public buildings and two buses explode, killing three and injuring 23. | Uyghur nationalists | Xinjiang conflict |
| February 4 | Mass shooting | 3 | 0 | Belfast,Northern Ireland | Three Catholic civilians are killed in an attack by a rogueRUC officer on an office of the political wing of the Provisional IRA,Sinn Féin. | Allen Moore | The Troubles |
| February 5 | Mass shooting | 5 | 9 | Belfast,Northern Ireland | Five Catholic civilians are killed in aUDA attack on anIrish nationalist shop. | UDA | The Troubles |
| February 6 | Car bombing | 5 | 7 | Madrid, Spain | Four military personnel and a civilian employee of the military are killed by anETA car bomb | ETA | Basque conflict |
| February 15 | Assassination | 1 | 0 | Villa El Salvador,Peru | A Sendero Luminoso commando assassinates community leader María Elena Moyano, known as "Madre Coraje".[2] | Sendero Luminoso | Internal conflict in Peru |
| February 22 | Shooting | 13 | Unknown | Puerto Berrío,Colombia | 12 soldiers and 1 civilian are killed in an explosive attack targeting an Army convoy in a semi-rotund spot in the Ité River Canyon, on the border of Remedios and Puerto Berrio (Antioquia).[3] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
| March 1 | Bombing | 0 | 0 | Istanbul, Turkey | TheNeve Shalom Synagogue is bombed byHezbollah but no one is hurt. The bombing was the second of three attacks to occur at the synagogue with the others occurring in 1986 and 2003.[4] | Hezbollah | South Lebanon conflict |
| March 7 | Car bombing | 1 | 3 | Ankara, Turkey | A booby-trapped car exploded near a market in Ankara, killing Israeli embassy security chief Ehud Sadan and wounding three bystanders.[5] | Islamic Jihad Organization Islamic Revenge Organization Hezbollah (suspected) | South Lebanon conflict |
| March 17 | Suicide car bombing | 29(+1 attacker) | 242 | Buenos Aires,Argentina | AnIslamic Jihad suicide bomber rams his car into theIsraeli embassy, destroying the embassy and a Catholic church and school that were nearby. Many of the dead were children.Argentina accusedHezbollah of being involved in the attack. | Islamic Jihad Hezbollah (suspected) | South Lebanon conflict |
| April 10 | Truck bombing | 3 | 91 | London, United Kingdom | TheBaltic Exchange building is destroyed by aProvisional IRAsemtex truck bomb. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| April 12 | Shooting | 13 | 0 | Huila Department,Colombia | FARC guerrillas attack the Silvania Inspection and kill 8 soldiers. In response, the Army killed 10 insurgents in Tolima, Magdalena, Cesar and Arauca, while seizing weapons and dynamite inAntioquia andNariño.[6] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
| April 28–29 | Bombings | 1 | 4 | Taipei andKaohsiung,Taiwan | Seven bombs were discovered atMcDonald's restaurants, three of which exploded. One police officer was killed and four civilians were injured. A plumber named Chen Hsi-Hsieh was convicted of the bombings and was found to have been attempting to extort money from McDonald's. His accomplice Pan Che-Ming was also convicted. | Chen Hsi-Hsieh Pan Che-Ming | |
| April 29 | Massacres | 157 | Polonnaruwa District,Sri Lanka | A series of massacres occur in several towns. TheLTTE,Home Guards andSri Lankan Police were blamed for the massacres. | LTTE Home Guards Sri Lankan Police | Sri Lankan Civil War | |
| May 1 | Bombing | 1 | 23 | Northern Ireland | The Provisional IRA, using a van modified to run on railway tracks, launched an elaborate bomb attack on a British Army checkpoint in South Armagh. The checkpoint was obliterated. One soldier was killed and 23 wounded. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| May 24 | Melee attack | 1 | Bat Yam,Israel | A 15-year-old Jewish girl namedHelena Rapp is stabbed to death by 18-year-oldIslamic Jihad member Fouad Abd El Hani El Omrin. | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
| May 31 | Massacre | 5 | 0 | Meta Department,Colombia | Five leaders of thePatriotic Union party were assassinated by paramilitary forces.[7] | Paramilitary | Colombian conflict |
| June 5 | Truck Bombing | 3 | 20 | Jesus María DistrictLima,Peru | A Truck Bomb loaded with half a ton of dynamite, went to the front of a television station and exploded, destroying it.[8] | Shining Path | Internal conflict in Peru |
| July 16 | Truck bombings | 25 | 155 | Lima,Peru | Two large truck bombs explode in the wealthyMiraflores District, killing 25, injuring 155 and damaging hundreds of houses and businesses. The communist groupShining Path claimed responsibility. | Shining Path | Internal conflict in Peru |
| August 8 | Land mine | 8 | Jaffna,Sri Lanka | Eight high ranking Sri Lankan military officers, includingMohan Jayamaha andDenzil Kobbekaduwa are killed by anLTTE land mine. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War | |
| September 1 | Bombing | 9 | 7 | Medellín,Colombia | Nine die, including a six-month-old baby, and seven are injured when a bomb explodes in a suburb.[9] | Medellín Cartel | Colombian conflict |
| November 6 | Bombing | 0 | 12 | Panama City, Panama | A bomb attack caused partial damage to both the prosecutor's car and the building, causing 12 injuries, including the prosecutor and several of his escorts. The perpetrator of the attack was never identified and there was no official adjudication, although the National Security Council of Panama pointed out the main suspect to the Colombian Cartels or a guerrilla group called "Movimiento 20 de Diciembre".[10][11] | Colombian Mafia/Movimiento 20 de Noviembre | Terrorism in Panama |
| November 12 | Shooting | 2 (+12) | 1 (+Unknown) | Geneva,Valle del Cauca Department,Colombia | During a failed attack on the town, 12 FARC guerrillas die in combat.[12] | FARC | Colombian conflict |
| November 15 | Massacre | 9 | 0 | Medellín,Colombia | At least eight children and one young adult killed by police. | Colombian National Police | Colombian conflict |
| November 16 | Suicide bombing, assassination | 4(+1 attacker) | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Head of theSri Lankan NavyClancy Fernando is killed in a suicide bombing along withLieutenant commander Sandun Gunasekera, hisFlag Lieutenant and his driver. | LTTE | Sri Lankan Civil War | |
| November 26 | Assassination | 1 | 0 | Meta Department,Colombia | José Rodrigo García Orozco, a member of thePatriotic Union and Deputy of the Departmental Assembly, was assassinated.[13] | Paramilitary | Colombian conflict |
| December 3 | Bombing | 14 | 0 | Medellín,Colombia | Ten police officers and four civilians die when a bomb planted by drug cartels explode.[14] | Medellín Cartel | Colombian conflict |
| December 9 | Bombing | 0 | 10 | Bogotá, Colombia | Ten injured as bombs explode in several hotels[15] | ELN | Colombian conflict |
| December 10 | Shooting, Kidnapping | 3 | 50 kidnapped | Antioquia,Colombia | About 40 gunmen of the Medellín Cartel, install an illegal stop on the avenue of Las Palmas, on the road that leads to the airport of Rionegro. 3 people are killed and 50 civilians kidnapped.[16] | Medellín cartel | Colombian conflict |
| December 29 | Bombing | 0 | 52 | Medellín,Colombia | Two police officers and 50 civilians wounded when a car bomb explodes at a party in a suburban area.[17] | Medellín Cartel | Colombian conflict |
| December 29 | Bombings | 2 | 7 | Aden,Yemen | Al-Qaeda bombs theGold Mohur Hotel and Aden Mövenpick Hotel in hopes of killing American soldiers, but only succeed in killing an Austrian tourist and a hotel employee. The bombings were the first attack on Americans by Al-Qaeda. | Al-Qaeda |