19 police recruits in the Philippines die from poisoned water and candy from an unknown source
19 Filipino police recruits die after drinking and eating water and candy from an unknown person.
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Alleged attempt to infect the water supply to a refugee camp with biological agents
The Civilian Cooperation Bureau, a covert South African unit, is accused of an attempt to infect the water supply of a refugee camp in Dabora, Namibia, with cholera and yellow fever. The attempt is thought to fail due to the high chlorine content in the water.
Police report nine people are sickened by the intentional contamination of the water supply of a private apartment building in S
At least nine people from a private apartment building in Edinburgh, Scotland report coming down with a diarrheal disease caused by Giardia lamblia. Investigators of the incident believe that the water supply to the apartment had been deliberately contaminated with fecal matter containing Giardia.
Bomb on water tank injures 15
A bomb placed under a water tank explodes, injuring 15 people in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Water and other ecological threats used as justification for attack on cattle company
A fire is set in a cattle company building outside of Sacramento, California, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. An unidentified caller claiming to be part of Earth First! states he set the fire “because we are opposed to the livestock industry because it causes irreparable damage to the environment by putting chemicals in food and water and destroying natural habitat for wildlife.”
Bomb discovered near a water pumping station prior to detonation
A large amount of dynamite is discovered near a water pumping station near Moshav Ramon, prior to detonation. The detonation would have likely caused flooding and damage to agricultural land.
Yugoslavian army destroys dam
The 65-meter high Peru?a Dam on the Cetina River was Yugoslavia’s second-largest hydroelectric facility before the country’s breakup with the Croation War beginning in 1991. On January 28, 1993, Serbian/Yugoslav army forces detonate explosives at the dam in an attempt to wipe out Croatian villages and the port city of Omi’. A successful Croation counter-attack allows military engineers to reach the dam and release water on time to prevent it from bursting, saving an estimated twenty- to thirty-thousand civilians. Credit…
Iran threatens West’s water
A report suggests that proposals were made at a meeting of fundamentalist groups in Tehran, under the auspices of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, to poison water supplies of major cities in the West “as a possible response to Western offensives against Islamic organizations and states.”
Moldova threatens Russian army’s water
Reported threat by Moldavian General Nikolay Matveyev to contaminate the water supply of the Russian 14th Army in Tiraspol, Moldova with mercury.
Police prevent students from protesting the lack of water on campus
Three students are seriously wounded in a clash with police at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Police are preventing students from protesting the lack of water and electricity on campus.