Table 1 - International Terrorist Incidents and Casualties: 1990-2000
Monday, September 10, 2012
Table 1 - International Terrorist Incidents and Casualties: 1990-2000
| Year | Incidents | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 437 | 900 |
| 1991 | 565 | 344 |
| 1992 | 363 | 727 |
| 1993 | 431 | 1,502 |
| 1994 | 322 | 977 |
| 1995 | 440 | 6,454 |
| 1996 | 296 | 3,226 |
| 1997 | 304 | 914 |
| 1998 | 274 | 6,693 |
| 1999 | 392 | 939 |
| 2000 | 423 | 1,196 |
NOTE: Incidents in 1995, 1996, and 1998 resulted in mass casualties-about 5,000 people were injured during a poisonous gas attack on a Tokyo subway in 1995; a bombing in Sri Lanka caused nearly 1,500 casualties in 1996; and 3 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa resulted in about 5,300 casualties in 1998.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001); and personal communication, Jan. 18, 2002.