List of terrorist incidents, 1988

This is a timeline of incidents in 1988 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).

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March 16: Michael Stone kills three mourners in a gun and grenade attack on an IRA funeral in Belfast.^[1]
June: The IRA shoots down a British army helicopter in Northern Ireland^[2]
December 1: Four armed men seized a bus with 30 schoolchildren and a teacher in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). Hijackers demanded USD 3 millions and a plane to leave the Soviet Union. Their demands were satisfied, but after landing in Israel terrorists were arrested and extradited back to USSR. There were no fatalities.^[3]
December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland.^[4] Two Libyan men were blamed, though only one, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was tried and convicted. Some sources have claimed that former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi personally ordered the attack.^[5]

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