List of terrorist incidents in 2000
Date Dead Injured Location Details
December 1 16 17 Assam , India Three attacks killed 16 people and injured 17 in Assam
December 5 0 1 Amman , Jordan An Israeli diplomat was shot and injured in the Jordanian capital . Shlomi Ratzabi was hit in the left leg by gunfire as he drove near the 7th circle in Amman 's Shamhani neighborhood . A group calling itself the Movement for the Struggle of the Jordanian Islamic Resistance claimed responsibility for the attack , the second on Israeli diplomats in Jordan in two weeks- and said it was carried out by the group of the hero Ahmad al-Daqamsa . Daqamsa was a Jordanian soldier who opened fire on a busload of Israeli students in 1997 , killing seven
December 6 7 44 Batticaloa , Sri Lanka The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) set off a Claymore-type bomb aimed at a bus near Batticaloa . Four people were killed and twenty-one injured in the blast . The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) blew up a Colombo-bound civilian passenger bus coming from Batticola . The attack killed three people and injured twenty-three others
December 8 22 ( +1 ) 31 Jarafa , Sudan 2000 Jarafa mosque massacre : Shooting left at least 22 people dead in Jarafa
December 8 3 15 Pyatigorsk , Russia Three people were killed and 30 injured when two car bombs exploded near a market in Pyatigorsk . Forty-eight buildings were also damaged in the blast . Officials stated that the bombs exploded at the same time and yielded 15-20 kilos in terms of TNT . Investigators stated that they saw a 'Chechen trace ' in the attacks . The first bomb exploded in a truck , killing one , injuring at least five and damaging two apartment blocks . Five suspects were arrested in the attack
December 9 21 30 Chechnya , Russia A car-bomb explosion in the Chechen village of Alkhan-Yurt killed 21 people and injured 30 . Most of the victims were under 21 years old . According to AFP and the population of the town Chechen , and not Russian forces , planted the mine . However , Chechen forces claimed they had nothing to do with the incident . Four people were detained in the blast
December 14 4 2 Batticaloa , Sri Lanka Two policemen and two civilians were killed when a bomb exploded in the eastern Batticaloa area
December 18 0 2 Hawwarah , Israel Settlers opened fire at a Palestinian school in the village of Hawwarah near Nablus , wounding two students . The settlers drove to the school 's main gate in three cars . Part of the group then got out and started shooting at students standing near the entrance
December 19 1 3 Zeytinburnu , Turkey One person was killed and three injured when two gunmen opened fire on the Zeytinburnu branch of the Idealist Hearths , an ultra right-wing nationalist group . Note : The Leninist Guerrillas Troops of the Turkish Communist Labor Party/Leninists ( TKEP/L ) claimed responsibility for the attack as their answer to the military operation against the revolutionary prisoners in Turkey . They also stated , Take up arms against Fascism . The communiqué with the claim of responsibility is posted on the Arm the Spirit website http : //burn.ucsd.edu/~ats
December 20 2 17 Tiaret , Algeria Local press report two killed and seventeen injured from a bomb hidden in a taxi van . Tiaret is a frequent site of attacks by the Salafist Group for Call and Combat ( GSPC ) , though no group claimed credit for the attack
December 22 0 3 Israel A Hamas suicide bomber detonates at Jordan Valley
December 24 15 96 Jakarta , Indonesia A wave of bombings erupted in churches across predominantly Muslim Indonesia in what authorities believed was an organized attack against the country 's Christians . The attacks were also thought to be intended to destabilize the nation just as it was beginning to stabilize politically and economically . In Jakarta alone at least seven churches were damaged in separate blasts . Bombs also exploded in Batam , West Java , Sumatra , and several other cities . All of the bombings occurred between 9:00 and 9:30 pm . A total of 15 people were killed and at least 96 injured . Those wounded and killed included children and several policemen . The bombings were condemned strongly even by the Muslim Extremist group , Jihad Warrior . On Dec. 26 , authorities in Bangung announced that they were detaining two individuals for questioning and possibly for involvement in the attacks . The two suspects were in the hospital , as they were wounded in the attack as well . One of the two admitted to attending planning meetings for the bombing and said that the bomb set-up included yellow powder , carbon , an alarm clock , and a cell phone . The detonation was done using a timer and a cell phone . On Jan. 17 , the Jakarta Post stated that they had arrested eight suspects in connection with the Christmas Eve bomb attacks . At least one of the suspects admitted his involvement in the bomb preparation . On Jan. 23 , Police investigators announced that they believed the individual responsible for planning the attacks was in Malaysia . Throughout the investigation , there was much speculation on who had perpetrated the attacks . Several sources reported Army involvement [ in particular Major General Saurip Kadi ] , one suggested that Chairman of the Laskar Sabilillah , Nur Hadayat , was responsible , and one implicated Tommy Soeharto . However , little evidence was offered to support any one of these claims
December 30 22 100 Manila , Philippines Rizal Day bombings : A wave of six blasts in the Philippine capital of Manila left a total of twenty-two people dead and about 100 injured . All the blasts used ammonium nitrate . Investigators suspected that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF ) was responsible for the attack , and even arrested some suspects . However , the MILF denied involvement and instead blamed the Abu Sayyaf Group ( ASG ) for the attacks . An alternate theory claimed that Abu Sayyaf had indeed perpetrated the bombings and would continue to commit such acts until their leaders were released . A final theory blamed members of the police and Philippine 's Senate for the attacks . However , in May 2003 , a detailed terrorist Saifulla Unos involved in MILF and with links to al-Qa'ida admitted to leading the attacks in Manila in 2000 . A fourth blast occurred at a cargo handling facility at Manila 's international airport . No one was injured in this incident . On 2 August , two men were arrested and implicated in connection with all of these bombings . These men , Mamasao Naga and Abdul Pata have ties to the Jemaah Islamiah ( JI ) terrorist group
December 31 2 5 Ofra , West Bank Shots were fired from the village of Ayn Yabrud at an Israeli car carrying Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane and his family near Ofra , killing Kahane and his wife and wounding their five daughters
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This is a timeline of incidents in 2000 that have been labelled as terrorism and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).