Deaths by car bombing

This is a list of deaths caused by car bombing as the primary method.

DateCountryPlaceTypeTargetPerpetrator/
Suspected perpetrator
2017/10/17  Malta Bidnija car bomb (remote) Daphne Caruana Galizia, journalist and blogger Unknown, pending investigation[1]
2017/06/27  Ukraine Kiev car bomb Maksym Shapoval, Chief officer of Ukrainian intelligence agency
2016/07/20  Ukraine Kiev 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
1996/11/01  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) Italian Mafia
1992/05/23  Italy Capaci, Sicily car bomb (remote) Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (with 4 others) Italian 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

References

  1. "Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in car bomb attack". BBC News. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  2. Lettieri, Mike (1 June 2007). "Posada Carriles, Bush's Child of Scorn". Washington Report on the Hemisphere. 27 (7/8).
  3. Dictan nueva orden de detención en caso Prats Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, El Mostrador, May 22, 2000 (in Spanish)
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