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The Meenambakkam bomb blast was a terrorist attack that occurred on August 2, 1984, at Meenambakkam International Airport in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, now known as Chennai International Airport in Chennai, India. A total of 33 people were killed, and 27 others were injured.
Khava Barayeva blew herself up at a Russian Army outpost on June 7, 2000. In 2001, [47] Aiza Gazuyeva killed Russian general Gaidar Gadzhiyev in a suicide bombing, the first female suicide bombing of the Chechen insurgency. [48] The group carried out the Moscow theater hostage crisis and a number of them were involved in the Beslan school siege.
Kalaivani Rajaratnam (26 July 1968 – 21 May 1991) was a prominent Sri Lankan Tamil militant associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Born in Kaithady Nunavil in the Jaffna Peninsula, she is notably recognized for her role as a suicide bomber in the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola claimed responsibility for the bombing. [12] [13] UNITA: Angolan Civil War: April 20 0 22: London, United Kingdom 1984 Heathrow Airport bombing: A bomb exploded in the baggage area of Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport. The bomb exploded at 7:55 pm, as 60 people were inside the baggage ...
Meenambakkam bomb blast was an explosion that occurred on 2 August 1984 at Meenambakkam International Airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 33 persons were killed and 27 others were injured. The Tamil Eelam Army was suspected.
The old terminal at Meenambakkam, now used for cargo. In 1952, the Civil Aviation Department took over the operations of the airport. [20] The first passenger terminal was built in 1954 on the northeastern side of Meenambakkam, and the airport operated as a customs airport with limited international services.
During the Sri Lankan Civil War, the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) adopted suicide bombing as a tactic, using bomb belts and female bombers. The LTTE carried out their first suicide attack in July 1987, [ b ] [ 134 ] and their Black Tiger unit committed 83 suicide attacks from 1987 to 2009, killing 981 people [ 135 ] including former Indian Prime ...
0–9. 1957 Ramnad riots; 1978 Villupuram atrocity; 1990 Madras riots; 1995 Kodiyankulam violence; 1995 Vellore Fort jailbreak; 1997 Melavalavu massacre; 2004 Kalapatti violence