1995 Rijeka bombing
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The 1995 Rijeka bombing occurred on 20 October 1995 in Rijeka, Croatia, when an Islamic terrorist organization attempted to destroy a police station by driving a car with a bomb into the wall of the building. Twenty-seven employees in the police station and two bystanders on the street were injured, although the only person killed was the perpetrator.
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Part of Islamism and Islamic terrorism in the Balkans | |
Location | Rijeka, Croatia |
Coordinates | 45°19′40.27″N 14°26′34.66″E |
Date | 20 October 1995 (1995-10-20) |
Target | Police station |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
Weapons | Car bomb, 70 kg of TNT |
Deaths | 1 (the perpetrator) |
Injured | 29 |
Perpetrator | John Fawza (al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya) |
Motive | Retaliation for the arresting of Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim by the Croatian Defense Council |
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