Terrorists typically employ one or more suicide bombers to ram the car into a building and simultaneously detonate it. In assassination attempts, it is more common for the bomb to be affixed to the underside of the car and then detonated by remote control, by the car's motion, or other means. The bomb explodes as the target approaches or starts the vehicle or, more commonly, after starting into motion and when the target is more likely to be inside. For this reason, guards often check the underside of vehicles with a long mirror mounted on a pole.
Assassinations by car bombings (by date)
When | Where | Target | Type |
---|---|---|---|
March 5, 2003 | Paris, France | Rene Chalon[?] | ignition-based |
January 24, 2002 | Beirut, Lebanon | Elie Hobeika[?], Phalangist[?] militia leader | remote |
May 20, 2001 | Beirut, Lebanon | Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril[?], son of PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril[?] | unknown |
February 22, 2000 | Vitoria, Spain | Fernando Buesa[?], Basque Socialist Party leader | remote |
October 21, 1999 | Ankara, Turkey | Ahmet Taner Kislali[?], prominent Turkish intellectual | tilt-based |
June 28, 1988 | Athens, Greece | William Nordeen[?], U.S. military attache | remote |
September 14, 1982 | Beirut, Lebanon | Bashir Gemayel, Phalangist[?] "president" (and 25 others) | timer |
March 30, 1979 | Palace of Westminster, Great Britain | Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave | tilt-based |
September 21, 1976 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Orlando Letelier, Chilean exile | unknown |
June 2, 1976 | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | Don Bolles[?], investigative reporter | remote (dynamite) |
December 4, 1928 | Chicago, U.S. | "Dapper" Danny Hogan, mobster | unknown |
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