1995 Rijeka bombing

1995 Rijeka bombing
Part of Islamism and Islamic terrorism in the Balkans
Location	Rijeka, Croatia
Coordinates	45°19′40.27″N 14°26′34.66″E / 45.3278528°N 14.4429611°E / 45.3278528; 14.4429611
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

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.