March 11, 1994: Ramzi Yousef Attempts to Bomb Israeli Embassy in Thailand; Killing One

Despite being the most wanted man in the world after the 1993 WTC bombing, Ramzi Yousef plots a new attack. He works with a group of militants in Bangkok, Thailand, to bomb the Israeli embassy there on March 11, 1994. Yousef builds a bomb that literally weighs a ton. His associates steal a truck, kill the driver, and throw his body into the back of the truck. They fill the truck with enough explosives to destroy a whole city block. One of Yousef’s associates drives the bomb to the embassy, but the truck gets hit by a motorcycle taxi on the way there, and the driver flees as the police start to arrive. The police impound the truck, but take a week before they search it and find the bomb. By that time, Yousef has fled Thailand. Seventeen Iranians are later arrested but then released. [Lance, 2003, pp. 191-192, 473]