2001 Angola train attack

Incident during the Angolan Civil War February 2026 2001 Angola train attack 10 August 2001 Angola 252 165http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/aug2001/ang-a23.shtml Train bombing signals new UNITA offensive in Angola Wsws.org 13 January 2009 21 March 2010 11 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090711020604/http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/aug2001/ang-a23.shtml live UNITA The 2001 Angola train attack was an attack during the Angolan Civil War when on 10 August 2001 UNITA forces derailed a train travelling between towns of Zenza and Dondo with an anti-tank mine and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire. History The Angolan Civil War had been going on since 1975 and was a legacy of the Cold War. As part of its ongoing efforts to overthrow the government, the 2001 Angola train attack occurred on 10 August 2001 when a passenger train in Angola hit an anti-tank mine placed on the track by National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. After its derailment, rebels attacked the passengers with gunfire, killing around 250 people of the 500 who were on the train.ICtBL 2002 66Riley 2004 5Osmańczyk Mango 2003 96https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1486448.stm Africa | Angola train toll rises BBC News 12 August 2001 21 March 2010 The attack took place about 150 km mi south-east of the capital, Luanda. On 16 August 2001, members of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the attack, calling it a "terrorist attack".https://www.un.org/apps/news/storyAr.asp?NewsID=1244&Cr=Angola&Cr1= Angola: Security Council members condemn 'terrorist' UNITA train attack United Nations 16 August 2001 21 March 2010 4 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604184843/http://www.un.org/apps/news/storyAr.asp?NewsID=1244&Cr=Angola&Cr1= live On 13 August, UNITA took responsibility for the attack.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1489317.stm AFRICA | Rebels claim Angolan train attack BBC News 13 August 2001 21 March 2010 See also Angolan Civil War Transport in Angola List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems References Notes 2 Bibliography 2 ICtBL International Campaign to Ban Landmines Landmine monitor report 2002: toward a mine-free world 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20260201051928/https://the-monitor.org/api/assets/reports/Landmine-Monitors/2002-Full-Report.pdf 1 February 2026 live 2002 https://the-monitor.org/api/assets/reports/Landmine-Monitors/2002-Full-Report.pdf Human Rights Watch 1-56432-277-7 - Total pages: 922 Osmańczyk Edmund Jan Mango Anthony Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: A to F 2003 2003 Taylor & Francis 0-415-93921-6 - Total pages: 2941 Riley Jack RAND Corporation March 2004 Terrorism and Rail Security 1–14 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/22652783/Terrorism-and-Rail-Security 25 March 2010 RAND Corporation docstoc.com 1 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401192658/http://www.docstoc.com/docs/22652783/Terrorism-and-Rail-Security live Angola Category:August 2001 crimes in Africa Category:Attacks in Africa in 2001 Category:2001 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2001 2001 Angola train attack Category:2001 in Angola Category:Railway accidents in 2001 Category:Terrorist incidents in Angola Category:Derailments in Angola Category:Massacres in 2001 Category:August 2001 in Africa Category:2001 disasters in Africa Category:21st-century disasters in Angola Category:Massacres in the Angolan Civil War