1995 Rijeka bombing

1995 Rijeka bombing
Part of Islamism and Islamic terrorism in the Balkans
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LocationRijeka, Croatia
Coordinates45°19′40.27″N 14°26′34.66″E / 45.3278528°N 14.4429611°E / 45.3278528; 14.4429611
Date20 October 1995 (1995-10-20)
TargetPolice station
Attack type
Suicide attack
WeaponsCar bomb, 70 kg of TNT
Deaths1 (the perpetrator)
Injured29
PerpetratorJohn Fawza (al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya)
MotiveRetaliation for the arresting of Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim by the Croatian Defense Council

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.