List of terrorist attacks in Namibia
The list of terrorist attacks in Namibia contains an overview of the terrorist attacks that have occurred in Namibia and South West Africa . It carries out particularly serious terrorist attacks with at least 5 dead and / or 10 injured and those that have received special media attention. Many of the terrorist attacks occurred as part of the Namibian liberation struggle .
The worst case of mass killing took place on 29 June 1985 Eenhana by the Angolan armed forces , ie the regular army of Angola held, with 62 dead and an injured person.
The number of victims of the attacks are shown in color:
- unknown number of dead or injured
- 1–5 dead or injured
- 6–10 dead or injured
- 11–20 dead or injured
- 21 and more dead or injured
list
| date | Place area |
Perpetrator | Affiliation | medium | target | dead | comparison last |
background |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 1978 | Swakopmund | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | bomb | Independence of Namibia | > 37-60 | Attack on Café Putensen / Treff | |
| June 28, 1979 | Owamboland | PLAN (presumed) | SWAPO military wing | mine | Independence of Namibia | 5 | 8th | Attack on a bus |
| December 31, 1984 | Ondangwa | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | bomb | Independence of Namibia | 5 | 15th | Attack on a post office |
| November 13, 1985 | Ruacana | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | Assault rifles, grenades | Independence of Namibia | 6th | ||
| 2nd August 1986 | Walvis Bay | unknown | bomb | 5 | 23 | Attack on a butcher shop | ||
| 19th February 1988 | Oshakati | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | Car bomb | Independence of Namibia | 15th | 24 | Attack on a branch of the First National Bank |
| July 6, 1988 | Windhoek | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | bomb | Independence of Namibia | 1 | 18th | Attack on a butcher shop |
| July 20, 1988 | Windhoek Katutura | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | bomb | Independence of Namibia | 1 | 20th | Attack on a military truck |
| September 1, 1988 | Windhoek | PLAN | SWAPO military wing | bomb | Independence of Namibia | 2 | 14th | Attack on the Continental Hotel |
| August 2, 1999 | Katima Mulilo | CLA | Military wing of the CLM | Assault rifles | Independence of the Caprivi Strip | 13 | 25th | Attacks on a police station, NBC broadcaster and army base in the context of the Caprivi conflict |
| August 18, 2000 | Shinyungwe | UNITA | Assault rifles, mines | 5 | Angolan rebels attack a village in Namibia | |||
| December 17, 2000 | Omegal | UNITA (presumed ) | mine | 1 | 47 | Angolan rebels attack a truck in Namibia |
Web links
- Namibia ; In: Global Terrorism Database.