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List of major terrorist incidents

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This is a list of major terrorist incidents conducted by violent non-state actors, i.e. excluding state terrorism.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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[1] The exact criteria by which incidents are added to this list are described on the list's talk page.

[2] Including the 5 perpetrators

[6] No survivors on the plane

[11] According to rulings by Russian courts

[12] rding to David Satter, Alexander Litvinenko, Yuri Felshtinsky and some other researchers

[73] Including the two suicide bombers

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"Colonel Gaddafi 'ordered Lockerbie bombing". BBC News. BBC. 23 February 2011.

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"Iran charged over Argentina bomb". 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

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"10 years later, Passover Massacre victims find solace in one another". 28 March 2012.

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"Israel seals off territories for Passover". 16 April 2003.

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"Boko Haram killed between 100 and 2000 people in Nigeria". The Guardian. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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"3 suicide bombings target Shiite rebel mosques in Yemen". Associated Press. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

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"Gunmen storm Garissa University College in Kenya; 30 people hospitalized". CNN. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

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"Gunmen kill more than 70 at university in Kenya". Associated Press. Retrieved April 2, 2015.

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"ISIS claims Iraq car bomb attack, 90 killed". english.alarabiya.net.

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"ISIS Car Bombing Kills Dozens In Iraq". The Huffington Post. Associated Press. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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Qassim Abdul-Zahra/AP. "ISIS Suicide Attack at Iraq Marketplace Kills 115". TIME.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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"Four fatal blasts in Maiduguri". news24. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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"Ankara explosions leave almost 100 dead – officials". BBC News. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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"Ankara Bombing death toll rises to 102: Chief Public Prosecutor's Office". 16 October 2014.

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"Disaster which killed 224 people caused by 'external impact on plane' as it emerges Metrojet airline had not paid employees for two months". The Daily Telegraph. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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Phipps, Claire (14 November 2015). "Paris terror attacks: eight attackers dead after killing at least 120 people – live updates". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-14.

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BFMTV. "Fusillades à Paris: au moins 120 morts dans les attaques".

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"Islamic State kills dozens in Syria's Deir al-Zor city". Reuters. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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"135 killed, including civilians, in IS Syria onslaught: monitor". Yahoo News. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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"ISIS commits massacre in village in Deir Ezzor, claiming the lives of 300 civilians". Syrian Arab News Agency. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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"IS blasts kill more than 140 as US, Russia press Syria truce". Yahoo News. Agence France-Presse. 21 February 2016.

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"Syrie: 134 morts dans un attentat au sud de Damas". L'Express. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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"Wave of Bombings in Baghdad Kill 69". ABC News. ABC News.

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Kareem Raheem (17 May 2016). "After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deploy in some areas". Reuters.

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Amre Sarhan (17 May 2016). "Bomb blast kills 1 person, wounds another in al-Rashid south of Baghdad". Iraqi News.

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Abdelhak Mamoun (17 May 2016). "9 security members killed, wounded in battles of Rutba District". Iraqi News.

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Abdelhak Mamoun (17 May 2016). "9 people killed, wounded in bomb blast in eastern Baghdad". Iraqi News.

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John Davison (23 May 2016). "Bombs kill nearly 150 in Syrian government-held cities: monitor". Reuters.

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"Death toll rises to 161 in bombings of Syrian government strongholds". Fox News. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

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"Iraq violence: IS bombing kills 125 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad". BBC. 3 July 2016.

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Adel, Loaa (2016-07-03). "Bomb explosion in western Baghdad, one al-Hashd al-Shaabi member killed". Iraqi News. Retrieved 2016-07-22.

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Sarhan, Amre (2016-07-03). "Car bomb blast kills civilian in al-Latifiya in southern Baghdad". Iraqi News. Retrieved 2016-07-22.

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"Suicide truck bomb kills more than 80 in Iraq, most of them Iranian pilgrims". Reuters. 24 November 2016.

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"Suicide car bombing kills at least 100 people in Syria". The Washington Post. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

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"Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory". Reuters. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

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"Zoobe Bombing Claimed 655 Lives Latest Figures Show". Radio Dalsan. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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"ISIS raises stakes with Egypt mosque attack". NBC News. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

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"102 killed, almost 200 injured in suicide car bomb attack near Indian embassy in Afghanistan capital Kabul". 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

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"At Least 103 Killed, 235 Wounded In Taliban Car Bombing In Kabul". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

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"Mastung suicide blast martyrs 128, including BAP candidate Siraj Raisani". Retrieved 2018-07-14.

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"Death toll in Mastung suicide attack in Pakistan rises to 149". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

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"More than 220 dead in IS attacks on southern Syria". AFP. Retrieved 2018-07-26.

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"Islamic State kills 215 in southwest Syria attacks: local official". U.S. Retrieved 2018-07-26.

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"Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll soars to 290". BBC. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019. ^{[verification needed]}

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"Multiple explosions in Sri Lanka: Blasts during Easter Sunday service in Colombo". The National. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019. ^{[verification needed]}

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Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator
Black Tom Explosion	1916	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.	4-7	100+	German Empire
Wall Street Bombing	1920	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.	40	143+	Galleanisti
King David Hotel bombing	1946	Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine	91	46	Irgun

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
MV Dara	1961	Southwest Asia, Persian Gulf	238		Unknown; possibly Omani separatists
McGurk's Bar bombing	1971	Belfast, Northern Ireland	15	17	Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Munich massacre	1972	Munich, West Germany	17 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Black September Organization
Birmingham pub bombings	1974	Birmingham, England	21	182	Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA)
Dublin and Monaghan bombings	1974	Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland	34	300	Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 bombing	1976	Over the Caribbean Sea	73		Anti-Communists^[1]^[2]^[3]
Cinema Rex fire	1978	Abadan, Iran	470+	200+	4 men (unknown affiliation)	The theatre was doused in airplane fuel, locked and started on fire as 700 people were trapped inside
Bologna massacre	1980	Bologna Centrale railway station, Italy	85		Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari
1983 Beirut barracks bombing	1983	Beirut, Lebanon	307	150	Islamic Jihad Organization (claimed responsibility), Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (court finding)
Air India Flight 182 bombing	1985	Over the Atlantic Ocean (en route from Montreal to London)	329	0^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Babbar Khalsa
Rome and Vienna Airport attacks	1985	Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Vienna International Airport	19		Abu Nidal Organization
Pan Am Flight 103	1988	Lockerbie, Scotland	270		Libya^[4]
Massacre of Trujillo	1988-1990	Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia	200-400		Paramilitary groups and Cali Cartel members (prominently Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar and Henry Loaiza-Ceballos)

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers	1990	Eastern Province, Sri Lanka	600-740		Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires	1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina	30 (including 1 suicide bomber)		Islamic Jihad Organization, Imad Mughniyeh
1993 World Trade Center bombing	1993	North World Trade Center tower, Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States	6	1042	Ramzi Yousef, Eyad Ismoil
1993 Bombay bombings	1993	Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India	257	1400	D-Company
Greysteel massacre	1993	Greysteel, Northern Ireland	8	19	Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
AMIA bombing	1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	86 (including 1 suicide bomber)		Suspected Hezbollah and Iranian involvement^[5]^[6]^[7]
Loughinisland Massacre	1994	Loughinisland, Northern Ireland	6	5	Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 bombing	1994	near Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport, Colón, Panama	21	0	Ali Hawa Jamal (unknown affiliation)
Tokyo subway sarin attack	1995	Tokyo, Japan	13	1,000-6,000	Aum Shinrikyo (Ikuo Hayashi, Kenichi Hirose Toru Toyoda, Masato Yakayama and Yasuo Hayashi)
Oklahoma City bombing	1995	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	168		Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
1995 France bombings	1995	Paris, France	8	190	Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Rais massacre	1997	village of Rais, near Sidi Moussa and south of Algiers, Algeria	98–800	120	Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Bentalha massacre	1997	village of Bentalha about 15 km south of Algiers, Algeria	200–400		Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
US Embassy Bombings	1998	Kenya, Tanzania	224	4,000+	Al-Qaeda
Omagh bombing	1998	Omagh, Northern Ireland	29	220+	Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)
Russian apartment bombings	1999	Buynaksk, Moscow and Volgodonsk, Russia	307	1700+	Ibn Al-Khattab, Achemez Gochiyayev and accomplices ^{[lower-alpha 4]}, or Federal Security Service and GRU ^{[lower-alpha 5]}

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
Rizal Day bombings	2000	Manila, Philippines	22	~100	Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf
2001 Angola train attack	2001	Angola	252	165	UNITA
September 11 attacks	2001	United States	2,996	6000-25000	Al-Qaeda	American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the original One World Trade Center (North Tower) at 8:46 AM EDT. United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into Two World Trade Center (South Tower) at 9:03 AM EDT. American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. Killing 2,505 people at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, it is the deadliest terror attack in history.
2001 Indian Parliament attack	2001	India	9	18	Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed
Passover massacre^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]	2002	Israel	30 civilians^[13]	140	Hamas^[14]	An attack conducted on Passover Seder celebrations which were being held at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel.
2002 Bali bombings	2002	Indonesia	204	209	Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda
Moscow theater hostage crisis	2002	Russia	132	700+	Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Beslan school siege	2004	Russia	334	800+	Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs
2004 Madrid train bombings	2004	Spain	193	2050	al-Qaeda
2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing	2004	Philippines	116		Abu Sayyaf
7/7 bombings, London	2004	London, England	56	784	al-Qaeda
2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings	2005	Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt	88	~150	al-Qaeda
2006 Mumbai train bombings	2006	Mumbai, India	209	714	Faisal Sheikh, Asif Khan, Kamal Ansari, Ehtesham Sidduqui and Naveed Khan; Islamic extremism
23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings	2006	Sadr City , Iraq	215	140	Unknown; Islamic extremism
Qahtaniyah bombings	2007	Iraq	796	1562+
2008 Christmas massacres	2008	Democratic Republic of the Congo	620-860+		Lord's Resistance Army
2008 Mumbai attacks	2008	Mumbai, India	175	300+	Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Lashkar-e-Taiba
Camp Chapman attack	2009	Khost Province, Afghanistan	10	6	Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, al-Qaeda, Pakistani Taliban

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator
2011 Norway attacks	2011	Oslo, Norway & Utøya, Norway	77	320+	Anders Behring Breivik
2013 Boston Marathon Bombings	2013	Boston, Massachusetts	6	281	Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (brothers)
Westgate shopping mall attack	2013	Nairobi, Kenya	71	175	Al-Shabaab
Camp Speicher massacre	2014	Iraq	1,095-1700		Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre	2014	Nigeria	300		Boko Haram
2014 Peshawar school massacre	2014	Pakistan	156	114	Pakistani Taliban

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Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
January 3–7	Baga massacre	150–2000	Unknown	Baga, Borno State, Nigeria	Boko Haram militants opened fire on northern Nigerian villages, leaving bodies scattered everywhere, reporting over 100 fatalities with as many as 2,000 people unaccounted for – feared dead.^[15]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
January 7–9	January 2015 Île-de-France attacks	17 (+3 preparators)	22	Paris, France	From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants.The main attacks were the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the Porte de Vincennes siege. The organization Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years.	Al-Qaeda	Islamic terrorism in Europe
March 20	2015 Sana'a mosque bombings	142	351+	Sana'a, Yemen	Islamic State militants in Yemen carried out five suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers in the city of Sana'a.^[16]	Islamic State Yemen branch	Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
April 2	Storming and hostage taking	148	79	Garissa, Kenya	Six to ten gunmen associated with the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab opened fire at the Garissa University in Kenya. Christians were their main target of the attack, with the Islamic extremists separating the Muslims from Christians before executing them. Up to three hundred students are unaccounted for. One hundred and forty-eight students were reported killed, along with seventy-nine wounded. Four gunmen were killed by security forces.^[17]^[18]	Al-Shabaab	War in Somalia
June 25	Massacre	223+	300+	Kobanî, Syria	On 25 June 2015, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detonated three car bombs in Kobanî, close to the Turkish border crossing.	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
June 26	2015 Sousse attacks	38 (+ the preparator)	39	Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia	A mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia.	Islamic State	Islamist extremism
July 1–2	Shooting	145	17	Kukawa, Nigeria	Boko Haram militants attacked multiple mosques between July 1 and 2. Forty-eight men and boys were killed on the 1st at one mosque in Kukawa. Seventeen were wounded in the attack. Ninety-seven others, mostly men, were killed in numerous mosques on the 2nd with a number of women and young girls killed in their homes. An unknown number were wounded. Boko Haram claimed responsibility.^{[citation needed]}	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
July 17	Suicide car bombings	120–130	130+	Khan Bani Saad, Iraq	A car bomb was sent to a crowded market in Khan Bani Saad in Iraq, 30 km north to Baghdad, during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations. The explosion killed at least 120 (15 children among them) and injuring another 170 people and brought down several buildings. ISIL claimed responsibility and said 180 people were killed.^[19]^[20]^[21]	Islamic State	Iraq War
September 20	Bombings, suicide bombings	145	97–150+	Maiduguri, Nigeria	Boko Haram executed a series of blasts, some of which were Suicide bombings, in the north eastern city of Maiduguri, targeting a market and civilians in a mosque during night pray and a football match viewers, bringing the total number of casualties to at least 53 dead and over 90 wounded. The attack was said to be made using homemade weapons.^[22]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
October 10	Suicide bombings	109	508	Ankara, Turkey	Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near Ankara central station where a rally for peace supported by HDP was taking place.^[23] The attack left 109 dead^[24] and 508 injured.^[25]	Islamic State	November 2015 Turkish general election
October 31	Bombing (suspected)	224	0	Sinai, Egypt	ISIL militants have claimed destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268. Bomb is cited by experts as the most likely cause.^[26]	Islamic State	Sinai insurgency
November 12	2015 Beirut bombings	43	200+	Beirut, Lebanon	Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh.	Islamic State	Islamist extremism
November 13	Shootings, suicide bombings, hostage taking	130 (+7 preparators)^[27]	200+	Paris, France	November 2015 Paris attacks: A series of attacks occurred simultaneously in central Paris. The first shooting attack occurred in a restaurant and a bar in 10th arrondissement of Paris. A bomb was detonated at Bataclan theatre in 11th arrondissement of Paris during a rock concert. Dozens were killed, and approximately 100 hostages were taken. Another bombing took place in the Stade de France stadium in the suburb of Saint-Denis during a football game.^[28]	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
11 January	Bombings	132	Unknown	Sharaban, Iraq	January 2016 Iraq attacks: Two huge bomb blasts, one at a teashop and the other at a mosque, killed at least 100 people in the township of Sharaban in Iraq's northern Diyala Governorate.	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
16 January	Massacre	135–300+	Unknown	Deir ez-Zor, Syria	ISIL militants attacked the neighbourhoods of Begayliya and Ayash in Deir ez-Zor, killing dozens of people in execution-style murder. Fatality estimates variates between 135 and over 300. International sources reported that the attack was against Syrian Army personnel and killed 85 Syrian soldiers along with 50 civilians while Syrian sources said over 300 people were killed, most of whom were children and women. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed suicide bombers were used.^[29]^[30]^[31]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War – Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016)
21 February	Bombing	134 (+2)	180	Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria	February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings: Islamic State militants detonated a car bomb and later launched two suicide bombings, about 400 meters from Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, a Shi'ite shrine, believed to contain the grave of Islamic prophet Muhammad's granddaughter. 83 to 134 people were killed and 180 wounded, including children. Syrian media said the attack occurred when pupils were leaving school in the area. At least 60 shops were damaged as well as cars in the area. Islamic State claimed responsibility.^[32]^[33]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
22 March	Bombings	32 (+ 3 perpetrators)	340	Brussels, Belgium	2016 Brussels bombings: On the morning of 22 March 2016, three coordinated suicide bombings occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels.	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe
17 May	Suicide and car bombings, shooting	101+	194+	Baghdad, Iraq	May 2016 Baghdad bombings: A series of eight attacks in Baghdad killed numerous people and wounded more.^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
23 May	Suicide bombing	184 (5)	200	Jableh and Tartus, Syria	May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings: Nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.^[39]^[40]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
3 July	Bombing	347+	250+	Baghdad, Iraq	2016 Karrada bombing: At least 346 people were killed, and over 246 injured, in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. Early in the evening of July 3, a large car bomb exploded in the middle of a busy market, killing nearly 346 civilians.^[41] The blast occurred in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada, which contains Shia Muslims and a large Christian minority. A second car bombing in the district of Sha'ab killed at least 5 people and injured 16, while two more bombings killed at least two more people.^[42]^[43]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
14 July	Vehicle-ramming attack	86 (+1)	434	Nice, France	2016 Nice truck attack: On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.	Lone wolf	Islamic extremism
24 November	Suicide truck bombing	125 (+1)	95	Hillah, Iraq	November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing: A truck bomb killed at least 125 people in Hillah city 95 others are injured.^[44]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
19 December	Vehicle-ramming attack	13	55	Berlin, Germany	2016 Berlin truck attack: On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was found shot dead in the passenger seat.	Lone wolf	Islamic extremism

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected Perpetrator	Part of
April 7	Vehicle-ramming attack	5	14	Stockholm, Sweden	2017 Stockholm truck attack: Stockholm truck attack An attacker used a truck to run over pedestrians along a shopping street before crashing into a department store. Five people were killed and 14 others wounded. Police said the attacker, an Uzbek immigrant, had shown sympathies for extremist organizations including ISIL. He was sentenced to life in prison and lifetime expulsion from Sweden in June 2018.	Sympathiser of ISIL	Islamic terrorism in Europe
April 15	Suicide car bombing	126+	60+	Aleppo, Syria	2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing: In a district of Aleppo a strong explosion occurred. According to provisional data, a motor bomb exploded. The blast killed at least 126 people, including more than 60 children.^[45]^[46]	Unknown	Syrian Civil War
May 22	Suicide bombing	22 (+ 1 perpetrator)	112+	Manchester, England	Manchester Arena bombing: On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande.	Two Lone Assassins	Islamic terrorism in Europe
May 31	Car Bombing	150+	413+	Kabul, Afghanistan	May 2017 Kabul attack: A car bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter killed at least 150 persons and wounded 413 others.^[47]^[48]	Islamic Jihad Union (suspected)	War in Afghanistan
June 3	Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing	8 (+ 3 perpetrators)	48	London, England	2017 London Bridge attack: Three assailants used a van to ram pedestrians on London Bridge and then drove to Borough Market, where the three attacked people with knives before being shot by police. Eight people were killed and 48 were injured. The injured included four unarmed police officers. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe
June 7	Suicide bombing, mass shooting, hostage-taking	23	52	Tehran, Iran	2017 Tehran attacks: The 2017 Tehran attacks were a series of two simultaneous terrorist attacks that were carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran.^[49]^[50]	Islamic State	Terrorism in Iran
August 17–18	Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing	16 (+ 8 perpetrators)	152	Barcelona, Spain	2017 Barcelona attacks: On 17 August 2017, a van was driven into pedestrians in Las Ramblas, Barcelona, killing 14 and injuring at least 130. The following day, a woman was killed in a related attack in Cambrils when a car tried to run into pedestrians and attackers stabbed people. A policeman shot and killed four of the five attackers while the fifth died later of his injuries. ISIL claimed responsibility for the Ramblas attack. Europol classified the attack as terrorism.	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe
October 14	Suicide truck bombing	587	303	Mogadishu, Somalia	14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings: At least 587 people were killed and 303 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Mogadishu.^[51]^[52]	Al-Shabaab (suspected)	Somali Civil War (2009–present)
November 24	Car bombing and shooting	311	128+	Bir al-Abed, Egypt	2017 Sinai mosque attack: A mosque located near the town of Bir al-Abed was attacked by more than 10 militants. The attackers used three car bombs and four off-road vehicles to block escape routes, and opened fire at worshippers during a crowded Friday prayer at al-Rawada. First responders were also attacked upon arrival.^[53]	Islamic State Wilayat Sinai	Sinai insurgency Terrorism in Egypt

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected Perpetrator	Part of
January 27	Suicide car bombing	103	235	Kabul, Afghanistan	2018 Kabul ambulance bombing: At least 103 people were killed and 235 others injured when a Taliban suicide bomber exploded an ambulance laden with explosives near Sidarat Square in central Kabul where several government offices are located.^[54]^[55]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
July 13	Suicide bombing	154	223	Mastung, Pakistan	13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings: At least 149 people, including the Balochistan Awami Party candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, were killed and 186 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Mastung in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.^[56]^[57]	Islamic State	War in North-West Pakistan
July 25	Suicide bombings, shootings, hostage taking	255 (+63)	180	As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria	2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Islamic state militants carried out suicide bombings and gun attacks in the city of As-Suwayda and a number of villages in the southern Syrian governorate of As-Suwayda, killing 255 people, including 142 civilians, and injuring 180 others. At least 63 terrorists were also killed, including the suicide bombers. The jihadists also seized hostages from the villages they had attacked.^[58]^[59]^[60]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
December 11	Mass shooting	5	11	Strasbourg, France	2018 Strasbourg attack: A French citizen attacked people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg with a gun and a knife, killing five civilians and wounding eleven others. The man was killed two days later by police. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism.	Jihadist attacker	Islamic terrorism in Europe

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected Perpetrator	Part of
March 15	Mass shooting	51	40	Christchurch, New Zealand	Christchurch mosque shootings: Brenton Tarrant carried out two mosque shootings, killing 51 people and injuring 40 more.	Brenton Tarrant	White supremacy
April 21	Suicide bombings	259	500+	Sri Lanka	2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: On Easter Sunday, three churches across Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital Colombo, were bombed. Later that day, two smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex and a guest house, killing mainly police officers investigating the bombings and raiding suspect locations. 258 people were killed, including at least 35 foreign nationals, and around 500 were injured in the bombings.^[61]^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]^[66]^[67]	National Thowheeth Jama'ath	Islamic extremism

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
4-6 January	Arson, mass shooting, massacres	200+	Unknown	Anka and Bukkuyum, Zamfara State, Nigeria	2022 Zamfara massacres: Bandits massacred an estimated 200 people after a military crackdown occurred.	Bandits	Nigerian bandit conflict
4 March	Mass shooting, suicide bombing	63	196	Peshawar, Pakistan	2022 Peshawar mosque attack	Islamic State – Khorasan Province	Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State
29 October	Car bomb, Suicide attack, Mass shooting	110+	322+	Mogadishu, Somalia	October 2022 Mogadishu bombings	Al-Shabaab	Somali Civil War

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
30 January	Suicide bombing	84	220+	Police Lines area, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	2023 Peshawar mosque bombing: A suicide bombing inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The bomber triggered a suicide vest during the solar noon Zuhr prayers, killing 101 people and injuring over 220 others	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan	insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
7 October	Rocket barrage and mass shootings	1100+	Unknown	Israel	2023 Hamas attack on Israel: Hamas attacks Israel with rockets and militants enter Israeli territory. 859 civilians are killed. The 2023 Israel–Hamas war begins.	Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other militant groups	2023 Israel–Hamas war

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator
3 January	Suicide bombings	96+^{[lower-alpha 6]}	284	Kerman, Iran	2024 Kerman bombings: Two suicide bombers from the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, IS-K attack a commemorative ceremony for Qasem Soleimani	Islamic State – Khorasan Province
22 March	Mass shooting, slashing attacks, fire	133+	145+	Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Russia, on the western edge of Moscow	Crocus City Hall attack: Four gunmen carried out a mass shooting, as well as slashing attacks on the people gathered at the venue and used incendiary devices to set the venue on fire. Investigators said the following day the attack had killed at least 133 people, with more than 100 concertgoers injured. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS–KP), a South-Central Asia-based regional affiliate of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility shortly after the attack.	Islamic State

Estimated Deaths	Name	Political Ideology	Country	Location	Year
198	18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
185	20 January 2012 Nigeria attacks	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Mubi, Yola, Gombi, Maiduguri and Kano	2012
178+	2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Kerbala and Baghdad	2004
171	UTA Flight 772	State-sponsored terrorism	Niger		1989
168	Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye [ru], and Sovetskoye	1996
165+	2000 Walisongo school massacre	Christian terrorism	Indonesia	Poso	2000
155	October 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
152	2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Tal Afar	2007
150	St Nedelya Church assault	Communism	Bulgaria	Sofia	1925
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment	Communism	India	West Midnapore	2010
141+	Brak El-Shati airbase raid	Islamic extremism	Libya	Wadi al Shatii District	2017
140–256	2017 Camp Shaheen attack	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Mazar-e-Sharif	2017
140	Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Budyonnovsk	1995
136	2007 Karachi bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Karachi	2007
135	February 3, 2007 Baghdad market bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
133+	January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq		2011
130	Rafiganj train disaster	Communism	India	Rafiganj	2002
127	Peshawar church attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2013
127	December 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
127	2005 Al Hillah bombing	Unknown	Iraq	Al Hillah	2005
125	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961	Unknown	Indian Ocean		1996
120	2007 Al Hillah bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Al Hillah	2007
120	2012 Sana'a bombing	Islamic extremism	Yemen	Sana'a	2012
120	Palace of Justice siege	19th of April Movement	Colombia	Bogotá	1985
119	Bojayá massacre	United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia	Colombia	Choco	2002
117	28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2009
117	2004 Irbil bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Irbil	2004
114+	10 May 2010 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
114	March 2017 Damascus bombings	Islamic extremism	Syria	Damascus	2017
113+	2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
112	September 14, 2005 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2005
112	Avianca Flight 203	Narcoterrorism	Colombia		1989
112	Gulf Air Flight 771	Palestinian nationalism	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1983
110	10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Orakzai	2008
105	2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lakki Marwat	2010
104	Mohmand Agency attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Mohmand Agency	2010
102	First Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Tyre	1982
101	19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
100	Bolgrad palace bombing	Bessarabian separatism	Romania	Bolgrad	1921
100+	2011 Damaturu attacks	Islamic extremism	Nigeria		2011
100	Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking	Communism	Malaysia	Tanjung Kupang	1977
100	2008 Kandahar bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kandahar	2008