
List of terrorist incidents, 2004
Encyclopedia
This is a timeline of incidents in 2004 that have been labelled as "terrorism
" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government
or its forces (see state terrorism
and state-sponsored terrorism
).
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
or its forces (see state terrorism
State terrorism
State terrorism may refer to acts of terrorism conducted by a state against a foreign state or people. It can also refer to acts of violence by a state against its own people.-Definition:...
and state-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism is a term used to describe terrorism sponsored by nation-states. As with terrorism, the precise definition, and the identification of particular examples, are subjects of heated political dispute...
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January 1 | 10 | 30 | ![]() Peureulak Together with Samudera-Pasai, Perlak or Peureulak are earliest port towns converted to Islam, it is believed as early as 9th century. The location of Pasai and Peureulak is at Indonesia's Sumatra, Aceh province, Lhokseumawe or Lokhseumawe.... . Ten people were killed and at least thirty others injured when an explosive device detonated at a music concert in Peureulak, in Aceh Province. The blast caused major damage to the stage. Authorities are blaming Aceh separatists, namely the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), but the group denies responsibility, stating that they never target civilians. Most of the dead and injured were Indonesian teenagers. |
January 1 | 8 | 35 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A car bomb tore through a popular restaurant filled with New Year's Eve revelers, killing eight people and wounding 35. The target of the blast, the Nabil Restaurant, used to be a popular hangout of Baath Party officials but recently has been used by expatriates and upper middle-class Iraqis. |
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January 6 | 12 | 35 | ![]() Kandahar Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level... . At least twelve people were killed and over thirty-five injured in a suspected car bombing attack in Kandahar. The victims included women and children. |
January 10 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Lucciana Lucciana is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Geography:Situated on the eastern coast of Corsica nearly to the south of Bastia, the commune extends itself to the mountainous summit as far as the twisted lagoon of La Marana bordering the Tyrrhenian... . A high-powered explosive charge detonated in Lucciana near a public works company and partially destroyed eight prefabricated buildings. The device was placed in the under-floor space in the buildings, which belonged to the Via Corse company. There were no reported injuries. |
January 10 | 4 | 3 | ![]() Palopo Palopo or Kota Palopo is the capital of regency Luwu and the third-largest city in the province of South Sulawesi in Indonesia. The population of the city is 129,273.- History :... . An explosive device detonated in a karaoke bar in Palopo, on the island of Sulawesi, killing four people and injuring three others. Authorities believe that the bomb was left under a table and the perpetrator was not among the victims. |
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January 14 | 5 | 12 | ![]() Gaza Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,... . A violent suicide bomber blew herself up at one of the entrances to Gaza's main Erex crossing terminal to Israel, killing three Israeli soldiers and a civilian and wounding twelve others. Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (Fatah) jointly claimed responsibility. Hamas stated it used a woman suicide bomber for the first time in order to counter Israeli precautions. |
January 15 | 1 | 0 | ![]() Puerto Guzmán Puerto Guzmán is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia.... . Luis Alberto Campos, a municipal councilor in Puerto Guzman, was murdered. Campos was dragged from his house and killed by a group who claimed to be from the 32nd Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) front. This is the first politician elected at the local level to be murdered this year. |
January 15 | 4 | 0 | ![]() Erez Erez , is a kibbutz in south-western Israel. Located in the north-western Negev around 18 kilometres south of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 333.-History:... . A female Palestinian suicide bomber detonated at the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing two Israeli soldiers, a border policeman, and a security guard for a private manpower company. |
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January 16 | 2 | 6 | ![]() Akkoy Akkoy is a village in Aydın Province, Turkey, situated near the western coast south of İzmir. It is named after its white stone houses .The village of Akkoy is close to the ruins of the ancient city of Miletus.... . Unknown gunmen opened fire on a café in the Kavakbasi area of Akkoy, in Denizli Province. The gunmen killed two people and injured six others. |
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January 24 | 4 | 36 | ![]() Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... . In Samarra, 100 km north of Baghdad, a bomb exploded outside the courthouse and council buildings, killing four Iraqis and wounding thirty-six people, including three US soldiers. US officials said it was an attempt to derail council elections scheduled for that day. |
January 26 | 2 | 3 | ![]() Al-A'amiriya Al-A'amiriya is a western neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. It is an upper-class Sunni neighborhood in the west of the city on the way to Anbar Province.-History:... . Two policemen were killed when assailants opened fire from a car at a checkpoint outside of Amiriyah (45 miles) southwest of Baghdad. The attack also wounded a policeman and two civilians. |
January 27 | 2 | 11 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... . A suicide bomber detonates near an ISAF vehicle killing a Canadian soldier and an Afghan civilian and wounding three Canadian troops and eight civilians. |
January 29 | 0 | 11 | ![]() |
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January 30 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... . A suicide bomber pulls a taxi laden with explosives up to an ISAF vehicle near a military base in Kabul before detonating his cargo, killing a British soldier and wounding four others. |
January 31 | 9 | 45 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... . A car bomb outside of a police station in Mosul killed at least nine people, including policemen and civilians, and wounded forty-five. |
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February 1 | 117 | 221 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... . 117 people were killed and 221 were injured when suicide bombers wearing explosives separately attacked the offices of both the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Among the dead in the near simultaneous attacks was the autonomous region's deputy prime minister Sami Abdul Rahman and Turkish businessman Resat Sevkat Akalin who was in Irbil in order to hold talks with Iraqi officials about the fair to be organized by Iraqi-American Businessmen's Association. Ansar al-Sunnah has claimed responsibility. |
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February 6 | 40 | 122 | ![]() Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... . A blast tore apart a metro train car in Moscow during the morning rush hour. The train was traveling between the Paveletskaya station and the Avtozavodskaya station around 8:40 am. The explosion occurred in the second car of the train, blowing out windows and causing metal pieces of the train to be strewn in all directions. The device had an explosive power of about 4–5 kg of TNT. The device was similar to that used in the commuter train attack in Yessentuki in 2003. Those who survived were forced to walk through the dark tunnel to exit the subway. At least forty people were killed and 122 injured. However, the death toll was expected to rise as many bodies had been torn apart during the explosion and were difficult to identify. Police believe that they have surveillance video of two of the perpetrators. The video shows two suspicious looking people boarding the train with briefcases. In addition to these two people, police had also identified one other suspect, also a woman. The main theory of investigators was that the blast was perpetrated by suicide bombers, probably the two women companions of the man caught on video. However, other theories, including the possibility that the bomb was set on time delay and placed in a briefcase, were also being considered. Police had released a photograph of the male suspect. On February 8, the case was transferred to the FSB, as officials felt that they were unlikely to find the suspect in Moscow. Instead, they were hoping to gain information from other regions. Although Russian officials believe that Chechen rebels were behind the attack, particularly terrorists affiliated with Abu al-Walid al-Ghalidi, Chechen leaders deny involvement. Some officials speculated that the attack had occurred in an attempt to disrupt the upcoming March elections. Putin vowed that this would not happen. There was also some speculation that the was a connection between al-Qaida and this incident. On March 1, several sources reported that a previously unknown terrorist group, known as Gazoton-Murdash (a Chechen group), claimed responsibility for the incident. A statement was received first on February 8, and then several times after that. Kavkaz-Tzentr did not publish the letter until it had been received three times along with a phone call. The leader of the group said that the attack was intended to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the killing of Chechen civilians by Russian soldiers who took control of Groznyy. Chechen authorities were unsure if the group was a valid organization and were attempting to ascertain the true identity of the group leader, Lom-Ali Chechensky, and determine if the claim of responsibility is accurate. On March 4, Izvestiya reported that the statement of Lom-Ali was actually a reaction to the reported killing of Ruslan Gelayev in Dagestan. The source stated that this claim of responsibility was only propaganda, used to deflect attention from the killing of Gelayev and as retaliation for Russian propaganda. On September 28, Officials announced that they believed Anzor Izhayev was responsible for the blast. They believe that he died in the attack. The suspicion was based on genetic tests. |
February 7 | 116 | 0 | ![]() Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... . 116 people lost their lives aboard SuperFerry 14 after it was bombed by the Al-Qaeda link Abu Sayyaf group inside Manila Bay on what is considered the worst terror attack on this nations history. |
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February 9 | 0 | 11 | ![]() |
February 10 | 55 | 67 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A car bomb with approximately 250 kilos of explosives blew up at a police station as dozens of would-be recruits lined up to apply for jobs. An apparent suicide operation, carried out by a driver who detinated his truck as it passed by the station. Fifty-five people were killed and sixty-seven injured. It is unclear if the bomber is part of the mortality count. |
February 12 | 6 | 13 | ![]() |
February 14 | 27 | 36+ | ![]() Fallujah Fallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries.... . Insurgents launched bold twin assaults on Iraqi security positions in Fallujah, sparking a battle with the police that left twenty-three policemen and four attackers dead and dozens injured. According to local police, about fifteen attackers stormed the police station with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons. |
February 14 | 1 | 3 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . One US civilian was killed and three others injured in an ambush attack on their car while traveling on the road between Babil and Baghdad. All four victims were Baptist ministers from the United States. |
February 15 | 7 | 2 | ![]() Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... . Masked men jumped out of two vans in Basra and opened fire at a group of sidewalk alcohol venders. Some sources reported that some of the attackers were wearing police uniforms and may have been a part of the Basra police. At least seven people were killed in the attacks and two wounded. Alcohol shops are the frequent target of attacks in Iraq by extremists who feel the sale of alcohol is a violation of strict Islamic law. |
February 18 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... . No one was hurt and no damage was caused by two explosions near the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Police suspect the blasts are linked to Japan's agreement to send troops to Iraq, a decision unpopular with many Japanese residents. |
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February 22 | 9 | 60 | ![]() |
February 23 | 10 | 45 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed vehicle outside an Iraqi police station in a Kurdish neighborhood killing at least ten people and wounding forty-five others. This is the third blast since late January 2004 to target Kurds. |
February 23 | 2 | 4 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... . The Mosul chief of police was attacked at his home by four men with machine guns leading to several guards being wounded and the death of two of the attackers. The chief was not injured. This is the second attack on Mosul's police chief. He was attacked in the same manner more than two months before and sustained serious wounds then. |
February 24 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... . A bomb, made of a coffee thermos, was left outside the National Civil Registry Office in Medellin. Police were able to defuse the device and no one was injured. Some reports described the perpetrator as a "militiaman" who pretended to be a coffee vendor before planting the bomb and disappearing. |
February 26 | 6 | 7 | ![]() Chechnya The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny... . An explosive device went off in a wooded area in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya. The blast occurred as the residents were returning home by lorry from picking wild leek. Six people were killed and seven others injured in the attack. An investigation had been opened. |
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March 2 | 65 | 320 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A suicide attack occurred at a Shiite holy shrine in Baghdad, killing over sixty-five people and injuring at least 320 others. The attack occurred when three suicide bombers detonated their explosives simultaneously. Authorities are blaming this attack, and another on a Shiite shrine in the city of Karbala, on either groups associated with Al Qaeda or loyalists of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. The attacks come on one of the holiest days of the Shiite calendar and targeted Shiite pilgrims. Iraqi leaders, who were preparing to sign a new constitution, declared three days of national mourning and postponed signing the constitution until the mourning period was over. |
March 2 | 106 | 233 | ![]() Karbala Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people .... . At least 106 people were killed and over 233 injured in a suicide attack on the holy Shiite city of Karbala. At least four bombs detonated (some report up to nine bombs) by the Baghdad Gate in the city, where pilgrims had gathered outside the Shrine of Hussain. This attack came on the same day as another Shiite shrine was attacked in Baghdad and on one of the holiest Shiite holidays. Police suspect a group linked to Al Qaeda or loyalists of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi of carrying out the attacks. The perpetrators used a combination of suicide bombs, mortar rounds and planted bombs. |
March 3 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... . Unknown gunmen attacked a convoy of Turkish trucks in Samarra. One Turkish driver was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. The perpetrators also completely burned two of the trucks, which belong to the International Highway Transport (TIR) company. The attack was probably perpetrated as a statement against foreigners in the area. Unknown attackers injured two Iraqi policemen when they fired a rocket-propelled grenade at their car in the city of Haijah (120 miles) north of Baghdad. |
March 3 | 47 | 130 | ![]() Quetta is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the... . At least forty-seven people were killed and 130 injured following an attack on a Shia Muslim parade in Quetta. All of the injured suffered bullet wounds. Two bodies were found that appeared to be those of bombers who had blown themselves up. The Shia were observing Ashoura. The bombs were reportedly from the group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. |
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March 9 | 2 | 6 | ![]() Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... . Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Masonic lodge in the Kartal neighborhood of Istanbul, killing one person and injuring five others. Only one of the bombers died in the attack, the other was seriously wounded. The attackers began by firing shots with automatic weapons into the Masonic café, they then detonated their bombs at the entrance to the lodge. Witnesses claim that one of the bombers chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) before detonating himself. This leads police to believe that the attackers may have been Islamic militants. There is no belief that this attack is connected to larger al Qaeda attacks in Istanbul in December 2003. By 13 March, authorities had arrested fifteen people in connection with this attack, including two who had received military training in Afghanistan. CNN reports that the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade, the same group that claimed responsibility for the 11 March Madrid train bombings, also claimed responsibility for this incident. At least two of the attackers, Nihat Dogruel (who died in the attack) and Engin Vural (who was injured) had gone to Chechnya to fight after their training in Pakistan/Afghanistan. |
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March 10 | 0 | 6 | ![]() Rawalpindi Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad... . Six people were injured when a bomb went off in Rawalpindi. The blast occurred outside of Tasvir Cinema. |
March 11 | 191 | 2050 }} | ![]() Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... . 191 people were killed and over 600 others were wounded when ten bombs detonated in Madrid on the train line. At least one of these bombs detonated at El Pozo, a small commuter station in Madrid. It is impossible to disaggregate the casualties from any of the blast sites because of poor reporting. The bombs were detonated by cell phones and were left in backpacks. At first the Spanish government blamed the separatist group, the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) for the attacks, but later the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claimed responsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda. By the end of March 2004, authorities had arrested over twenty people in connection with the attack. The suspects hailed from Morocco, Pakistan, Syria and Spain. In their claim of responsibility, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade says that Spain was targeted because of their cooperation with the US in the war in Iraq. In response to the attacks, the ruling Spanish party was defeated in elections mainly because they lied about those attacks(which took place four days after the incident) and the new Prime Minister vowed to remove Spanish troops from combat in Iraq. On 3 April, as the police were closing in on four suspects, including Serjame ben Abdelmajid Fakhet, who they believe was the ringleader in this incident, the suspects blew themselves up in their apartment in Madrid. This blast also killed a police officer. One suspect managed to escape the apartment explosion, as he was taking out the trash at the time of the raid. Abdelmajid Bouchar escaped to Serbia, where he hid out until he was captured in August 2005. |
March 11 | 2 | 0 | ![]() Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... . Gunmen killed two Iraqi women working as translators for the British army. The two women, sisters, were driving home in a taxi in Basra when gunmen stopped the vehicle and opened fire on them. |
March 14 | 0 | 4 | ![]() Turhal Turhal is a town and a district of Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is 48 km in the west of Tokat Province. Turhal is situated on a fertile plain fragmented by the Yeşil Irmak river. It has an elevation of approximately 530 m. The city is best known for its sugar beet... . Four Nationalist Action Party (MHP) members were injured when their election bus was fired upon by unknown perpetrators in Turhal, in Tokat Province. Authorities recovered twenty-two empty cartridges at the scene of the attack. This attack comes only a week before local elections are set to take place all over Turkey. |
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March 15 | 0 | 1 | ![]() South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean... . One woman was injured when an explosive device, which had been rigged onto a tricycle and left outside a courthouse, detonated on a southern Philippine island. The attack took place at the same time several Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were to be arraigned on Jolo Island for various charges. Authorities are blaming this incident on the ASG, though the group has not claimed responsibility. |
March 15 | 2 | 1 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... . Unknown attackers assassinated Akkar Nazal al-Someideh, the leader of Kirkuk's Arab community. He was shot dead on his way to work. One of his bodyguards was killed and another seriously wounded. |
March 17 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Thessaloniki Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace... . A group calling itself the "Committee for Promotion of Intransigence" claimed responsibility for an explosive attack against the Mercedes-Ioannidhis car agency in Thessaloniki. The perpetrators threw three explosive devices, consisting of gas canisters and containers of flammable material outside the shop. The blasts damaged two of the cars parked in the lot. In their claim of responsibility, the group writes, "Early this morning we hit one of the symbols of spectacular misery and consumers' impassive state, the Mercedes agent. |
March 18 | 2 | 2 | ![]() Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... . Two people were killed in a car bomb attack targeting a hotel in Basra. Two others were lightly wounded. After the explosion a crowd seized a man who was suspect and beat him to death. |
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March 18 | 7 | 35 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Seven people were killed and thirty-five wounded when a powerful car bomb packed with 1,000 pounds of explosives destroyed the Mount Lebanon Hotel, which housing foreigners in Baghdad just days ahead of the anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. One of the victims killed was a British citizen. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believe that either Al Qaeda, Ansar al-Islam or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, Tawid and Jihad, were responsible. |
March 19 | 2 | 3 | ![]() Chechnya The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny... . Three utility workers were wounded when they were ambushed by Chechen rebels. The workers were employed under contract in the Achkhoi-Martan district to work on restoration of the Chechen power grid. The rebels opened fire using grenade launchers on the cars carrying the utility workers. Two police officers were killed when they arrived at the scene to help the utility workers. |
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March 22 | 0 | 6 | ![]() Jaffa Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:... . Three people were lightly wounded by an Arab youth in a knife attack on a bus in Jaffa. Israeli investigators believe the attack was probably in retaliation to the killing of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The attacker fled. Earlier three Israelis were attacked and wounded by a Palestinean wielding an axe in Ramat Gan. This was also in retaliation for the assassination of Yassin. |
March 23 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Santiago, Chile Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level... . The Free Fatherland Guerilla Army of the Poor, a group associated with the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), claimed responsibility for a bomb that exploded in the Brazilian Consulate in Santiago. The bomb, placed in the woman's restroom, was discovered due to a phone tip, but exploded before it could be disabled. The MIR later sent out a communiqué which denounced "the deplorable conditions of imprisonment, as well as the constant arbitrariness of the political and judiciary powers in Brazilian Government and State against the comrades detained over the case of millionaire businessman E. Olivetto." No one was injured in the blast but the restroom was entirely destroyed. |
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March 27 | 2 | 19 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... . Two civilians were killed and nineteen people, including two policemen were wounded when unidentified assailants fired Katyusha rockets at the provincial governor's office in Mosul. Nineveh Governor al-Basso was not there at the time. |
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March 30 | 3 | 10 | ![]() |
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April 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Makhachkala -Twin towns/sister cities:Makhachkala is twinned with: Sfax, Tunisia Siping, China Spokane, United States Vladikavkaz, Russia Yalova, Turkey Ndola, Zambia-See also:*... . A explosion occurred on the Mozdok-Qazimammad arterial pipeline near Makhachkala. The explosion was caused by an external explosive device and led to a fire and the disruption of gas supplies to the region. Officials believe that the incident occurred due to an intentional act and may be linked to previous gas line attacks in recent months. |
April 3 | 1 | 2 | ![]() Dhading District -Geography:The district spreads from 27'40" E to 28'17" E and 80'17"N to 84'35"N. The mountain range "Ganesh" is the predominate mountain range located within Dhading. Some of the peaks are over 7,000 meters. The 8,000+ meter mountain "Manaslu" is clearly visible from much of Dhading, although it... . An office employee was killed and other injured when a bomb went off at the District Education Office in Dhading district. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) is responsible for the attack. |
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April 8 | 9 | 50 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Militants detonated a bomb that killed nine and injured about fifty others, including two elected officials. The incident occurred at a People's Democratic Party election rally at Uri. Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti was addressing the audience when the explosion took place. The Save Kashmir Movement later claimed responsibility for the blast. |
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April 12 | 26 | 0 | ![]() Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east... . Naxalites (Maoists guerillas) triggered a landmine that killed at least twenty-six policemen in Jharkhand. Naxalites of the outlawed People's War Group (PWG) are suspected of being involved in the attack. The PWG typically target rich landowners and police, who they accuse of colluding to exploit farmers and rural laborers. |
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April 18 | 10 | 4 | ![]() Herat Herāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan... . Three people were killed in an attack on the Herat-Kandahar Highway. Ten, including policemen and custom staff, were killed and four others were injured, when unidentified men opened fire on a security checkpoint in Delaram, on the main highway. Police suspect the Hizbul-i-Islami (Islamic Party) is responsible for the attack. |
April 20 | 1 | 13 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . A policeman was killed in Jammu and thirteen wounded in an attack during parliamentary voting. Muslim militants and leftist guerillas warned voters to stay from the polls and threatened violence on election day. |
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April 21 | 5 | 148 | ![]() Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a... . Five people were killed and 148 injured when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a barrier outside the national police headquarters in Riyadh. The attack took place 30 minutes before a scheduled meeting between US Deputy Secretary of State Armitage and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal. Their meeting place is close to police headquarters where the attack occurred. No group claimed responsibility, though authorities believe it may have been perpetrated by Al Qaeda. |
April 21 | 73 | 200 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Suicide attackers detonated five simultaneous car bombs against police buildings during morning rush hour killing sixty-eight people and wounding up to 200 people. Five of the injured died overnight from their wounds bringing the death toll up to seventy-three. These are the largest attacks to hit Basra, a mainly Shite city, since the US-led occupation began one year ago. |
April 25 | 4 | 45 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Suspected Muslim militants threw a grenade at a convoy carrying a state lawmaker as she was leaving a rally in the Anantnaga district. Though People's Democratic Party (PDP) member Mehbooba Mufti was uninjured, though four people were killed and forty-five were wounded in the attack. Radicals have warned people to stay away from the elections and voting. |
April 27 | 6 | 0 | ![]() Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... .A statement purporting to be from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a terrorist linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for a boat attack on the Basra oil terminal. Three US Navy sailors died as a result of the attack, in which bombers in three boats blew themselves up in and around the terminal. |
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April 28 | 3 | 59 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... .In Bungam, ten people were injured, including two police officers and eight civilians, when an unidentified person threw a hand grenade at a local representative's convoy. This attack comes only a week before parliamentary elections are set to begin in Kashmir. Suspected Muslim militants threw a hand grenade at a crowd during a candidate's political address, killing three civilians and wounding forty-nine others. The candidate from the National Conference Party was unhurt. This attack comes only a week before nation-wide parliamentary elections are due to take place. |
April 30 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Gaza Strip thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of... . A Hamas suicide car bomber struck an Israelis army patrol, injuring all 4 Israelis soldiers. The attack was filmed by Hamas, the bombers original target was a bus full of Jewish settlers, but the bus slipped away as it was suspicious of the vehicle, the bomber missed it, so instinctively went for the next available target. |
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May 2 | 0 | 17 | ![]() Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... . Two bombs exploded near the Social Protection Ministry in Bogotá late Sunday evening. Eleven civilians and six police were injured in the attack although only two were seriously hurt. Some reports indicate that an initial small explosion was followed by a large explosion and that the second explosion was aimed at those who responded to the first blast. The second blast caused all of the injuries and some material damage to the Ministry as well as other buildings nearby. Army officials believe that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are responsible and that the attack was meant to mark the 40th anniversary of the organization. |
May 2 | 3 | 5 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Two former Fiji soldiers who work for Global Risk Strategies LTD as security contractors in Iraq were killed and two other injured when gunmen attacked their convoy in Mosul. The injured Fijians were identified as Isaia Nainoca Mate and Sailopa Kaumaitotya and the killed Fijians were identified an Emori Vunibokoi and Kelepi Qaranivalu. An American soldier was also killed and three other foreigners of unidentified nationalist injured in the attack. Foreigners who work as private contractors in Iraq are the frequent target of insurgent attacks. |
May 3 | 3 | 11 | ![]() Gwadar Gwadar also known as Godar is a developing port city on the southwestern Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan. It is the district headquarters of Gwadar District in Balochistan province and has a population of approximately 50,000.Gwadar is strategically located at the apex of the Arabian Sea and at the... . Three Chinese engineers were killed when a car bomb exploded in the town of Gwadar, 700 kilometers west of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan. The bombing comes just days before a regional investment conference was to be opened by Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali. The Chinese were helping to build a major seaport in southwest Pakistan, and were financing $199 million for the project. Police say that nationalists protesting discrimination against locals in employment were likely behind the blast. |
May 5 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... . Three explosive devices detonated in succession at a police station in the Kalithea neighborhood of Athens. The blasts caused major damage to the station but there were no reported injuries. An anonymous caller tipped authorities off to the location of the devices, and the area was cordoned off before the blasts took place. The attack comes 100 days before the start of the Olympics. On 13 May, the Revolutionary Struggle claimed responsibility for this attack. In their statement, the group writes, "with regard to the Olympic Games, we say that Greece's transformation into a fortress, NATO's involvement, the presence and activities of foreign intelligence units show clearly that (the Olympics) are not a festival like Games organizers say, but it’s a war.". |
May 7 | 24 | 125 | ![]() Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million... .Twenty-four people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque on the premises of Sindh Madressatul Islam. The blast also severely damaged the old mosque (built in 1894), just before the Zohrain prayers. There were over 100 worshippers in the mosque at the time of the blast. Over 100 were wounded. |
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May 9 | 1 | 21 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... .One person was killed and twenty-one injured, when terrorists lobbed a grenade outside of the premises of the district hospital in Doda. The grenade was most likely aimed at a government convoy passing the hospital at the time. The victim killed was a government official and four of the injured included police officers. Police supsect the Hizbul Mujahideen is behind the attack because the group is most active in the area. |
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May 9 | 0 | 10 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Two attacks in Baghdad injured 10 people. |
May 12 | 1 | 14 | ![]() Jolo Island Jolo is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has a population of approximately 300,000 people.... . A teenaged girl was killed and at least fourteen others were injured when a large explosive device detonated in Sulu Province, on Jolo island. Authorities believe the target of the blast was Hussin Amin, an incumbent Sulu first district congressman. The bomb detonated in front of Amin's house, which is also being used for the congressman's headquarters, only moments before an armored personnel carrier passed by. Authorities are blaming the attack on the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), though there has been no claim of responsibility. |
May 13 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Narathiwat Province Narathiwat is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Yala and Pattani. To the south it borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The southern railway line ends in this province that is one of the nation’s five provinces that borders Malaysia. The name of this... . A powerful explosive device, which contained Power Gel, detonated in a single-story building in Narathiwat Province. This building was being used for a market, but was closed at the time of the blast. The market is part of the government's One Tambon, One Product (OTOP) program. Authorities are blaming local groups who seek to destabilize the government or religious separatists. |
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May 17 | 7 | 7 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A suicide car bombing near an entrance to the coalition headquarters in Baghdad killed the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, Ezzadin Salim, and six other civilians. Salim was killed while waiting in a convoy at a checkpoint leading to the Green Zone. Salim is the second member of the US-appointed council to be assassinated. The bomb wounded five other civilians and two US soldiers. Sami Muhammad Ali Said Jaaf, a lieutenant of Abu Musab Zarqawi, was taken into custody in mid-January 2005. Jaaf admitted to being involved in over thirty-two bombings in Iraq, including this one. |
May 20 | 0 | 4 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... . A newly-laid roadside bomb exploded injuring a policeman and three civilians employed by the Central Statistics Office. Remnants of the Taliban have threatened to disrupt preparations for September parliamentary elections. |
May 21 | 3 | 24 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . A bicycle bomb that was detonated at the Chadoura bridge killed three people and injured twenty-four. The bomb had been planted by suspected militants on a bicycle parked 20 feet from a border security pillbox. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities are blaming Hizbul-Mujahedin. |
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May 22 | 6 | 82 | ![]() Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... . A bomb exploded in a crowded tavern/discothèque at 11:00 pm Saturday night killing six (some reports indicate seven) and wounding eighty-two. The bomb was packed in a small suitcase and left in the bathroom by suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels. It is believed the bombing is part of a FARC campaign marking the organizations 40th anniversary. |
May 22 | 5 | 13 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Another senior Iraqi official was the target of a suicide car bomb which killed at least five people and wounded Abdul-Jabar Youssef al-Sheikhli, deputy interior minister at his home in Baghdad. Sheikhli was a member of the Shiite Dawa Party. Four Iraqi policemen and a bystander were killed and twelve other people aside from al-Sheikhli were wounded. This attack comes five days after Ezzedine Salim, the president of the Iraqi Governing Council, was killed by a suicide bomber. He was also a member of the Dawa Party. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, Tawhid and Jihad later claimed responsibility for this attack. |
May 23 | 2 | 1 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A car bomb exploded near the armored car of several British private security contractors just outside the entrance to the Green Zone and US coalition headquarters in Baghdad. The attack led to the death of two of the British contractors and the injury of one other. Private security contractors in Iraq who work with coalition forces are the frequent target of insurgent attack. |
May 25 | 2 | 2 | ![]() Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million... . A bomb exploded at a Karachi port, killing two and injuring two others. The blast occurred less the 24 hours before an explosion rocked the area near the US Consul General's residence. |
May 26 | 2 | 27 | ![]() Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million... . Two bombs exploded near the U.S. Consul General's residence in Karachi. Suspects riding on a motorcycle are believed to have driven by and stuck an item on to one of two cars which later exploded. The bombs went off in 15-minute intervals. The group Harkat ul Mujahedin is believed to have been involved. Two security men who were supposed to be manning their posts on the usually well-guarded street were absent during the attacks. They were arrested for failing to uphold their duties and are being questioned by the police. |
May 26 | 3 | 4 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Gunmen in Baghdad opened-fire on a bus carrying Russian employees of the energy firm Interenergoservice, killing two Russian electrical specialists and injuring five others. Following the attack the firm decided to pull all of its employees out of Iraq. The killed employees were identified as Vyacheslav Ovsyannikov, and Victor Dynkin, while those injured includes Chubashev, Korenkob, Chernetsky, Derbilov, and Trifonov (last names). One of the employees later died of his wounds. Contractors who work in Iraq on reconstruction projects are the frequent target of insurgent attack. |
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May 30 | 22 | 25 | ![]() Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a... . A shooting rampage and hostage standoff in Saudi's oil industry hub killed twenty-two people, mostly foreigners. This was the worst terror attack on Saudi soil in a year and the second targeting the oil industry in a month. In the early morning, four militants wearing military-style clothing stormed the oil industry office compounds spraying gunfire and killing thirteen people. The militants then moved up the street to Oasis Residential Resort. According to the Saudi Interior Ministry, the militants first tried to ram the gate with an explosives-rigged car but when that failed they scaled the wall. They then proceeded to sort out Muslims from non-Muslims and coralled at least fifty hostages in a hotel. Nine hostages were killed and forty-one resuced by Saudi commandos. Only one of the attackers was captured. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack. |
May 30 | 2 | 5 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of SUVs carrying British security contractors traveling towards Baghdad airport, killing two Iraqis and wounding five others, including several civilians. The man killed was an Iraqi driver, either a contractor or an employee of the Coalition Provision Authority who worked in support of US troops. None of the British members of the convoy were injured in the attack. Several of the convoy members who survived the attack hijacked a passing car to escape. Contractors and those who work with US forces are the frequent target of insurgent attack in Iraq. |
May 31 | 21 | 50 | ![]() Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million... . A bomb blast exploded at the Ali Raza Shia mosque killing twenty-one people, and injuring about fifty others. There were about fifty people inside the mosque when the bomb went off. AP reported that the group responsible for this attack was the Lashkar-e-Jhangui. |
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June 1 | 11 | 18 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A suicide car bomb attack at a checkpoint near a US army base in Baiji, 200 km north of Baghdad, killed eleven Iraqis. Eighteen others were seriously wounded in the attack, including fourteen members of the Iraqi civil defense force. |
June 1 | 25 | 7 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . At least twenty-five people were killed and several others injured as a result of a car bomb in front of the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the al-Ilwiyah district of Baghdad. This attack came as the PUK offices were busy preparing for the 29th anniversary of the founding of their party. |
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June 3 | 0 | 7 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... . A parcel bomb exploded in a security command office injuring seven people. The bomb detonated when one of the staff was attempting to open a package, which was addressed to Mohammed Omar, security commander. He was not in the office at the time, and instructed his staff to open the package for him. |
June 3 | 1 | 3 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Several mortar shells were fired at the Italian Embassy in Baghdad. No Italians were injured in the attack, however, one Iraqi was killed and three were wounded. |
June 4 | 11 | 71 | ![]() Samara, Russia Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast... .An explosion occurred in the central market of Samara. A one kilogram plastic explosive device, detonated by a hand lit fuse, went off near a railway track and behind the traders' containers. Officials speculate that the track may have been the (or an additional) intended target. At least eleven people were killed and seventy-one injured in the incident. On June 10, five Chechens were detained for their suspected involvement in the attack. Police seized huge amounts of ammunition, firearms, and explosives from the suspects during their arrest. Chechen residents of Samara complained that many of the detentions were without cause and sent a letter to President Putin demanding that illegal activity be stopped. Although terrorism remained the most prominent theory, there was speculation that the blast may have been the result of fighting among businesses located in the market. On 10 June 2004, Chechen separatists from Kazakhstan were arrested in connection with this incident. |
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June 5 | 4 | 2 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... .Four employees (two Americans and two Poles) of the US company Blackwater were killed and two others injured in a road attack in Baghdad. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, Tawhid and Jihad, has claimed responsibility for the attack. |
June 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... .A pipe bomb exploded at a house on Beechwood Avenue, in Bangor. There were no reported injuries. Witnesses saw two youths running from the scene slightly prior to the blast. The window, steps and front door of the home were damaged by the explosion. |
June 6 | 1 | 3 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... .Gunmen opened-fire on a civilian convoy carrying British security contractors who work for the London-based firm Armor Group. The attack occurred in Mosul. One British security contractor, Craig Dickens, was killed in the attack, and three other injured. Security contractors in Iraq are the frequent target of insurgent attacks. |
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June 8 | 0 | 23 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... .Twenty-three were injured when suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants threw a grenade into a crowded cinema hall during a town screening of a Hindi movie. The police say that the attacks may be connected to a ULFA call for the banning of Hindi movies last year. The group opposes the state film industry and is believed to have been responsible for explosions at other cinemas in Assam. |
June 8 | 9 | 25 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... .A taxi carrying three suicide bombers exploded near the mayor of Mosul's office. Nine Iraqis were killed and twenty-five were wounded. This bombing repeats a pattern established over the last year whereby suicide attacks are most frequent when the general insurgency is not active in Iraq. |
June 8 | 0 | 6 | ![]() Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... .An explosive device, made of a bottle full of inflammable liquid, a detonator and a timer, detonated at a political rally in Bologna, which featured National Alliance party leader Gianfranco Fini. The device exploded in the middle of Fini's speech, injuring six people, but causing no major damage. The bomb had been hidden inside an election vehicle on the side of the stage and only the detonator managed to explode. Authorities believe that anarchists might be behind the attack. |
June 8 | 0 | 1 | ![]() Pattani Province Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:... .Thawee Nooyom, a teacher at a technical college in Pattani Province, was stabbed and critically injured by suspected Muslim separatists. This is the fourth attack on Buddhist civilians in the past two days and authorities are concerned that sectarian violence is on the rise. Nooyom was mobbed by three unknown perpetrators as he left his apartment on the school's campus. He was stabbed several times and taken to the hospital. |
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June 10 | 0 | 1 | ![]() Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... .About fifty petrol bombs were thrown at police officers in Derry as they escorted electoral officers and ballot boxes from various polling stations. The perpetrators were described as a group of youths, some even children. One man was hit with a device and taken away in an ambulance. |
June 12 | 3 | 7 | ![]() Najaf Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate... .Three people were killed and seven others were wounded when insurgents clashed with Iraqi police in a failed attempt to control the Ghiri police station in Najaf. |
June 12 | 4 | 24 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... .A Pahalgam hotel was the target of a grenade attack, which killed four people, including two tourists. The grenade triggered the explosion of a gas canister in the hotel's restaurant, which made the explosion more deadly. Al-Nasireen has claimed responsibility for the attack. In their claim of responsibility the group states that they hope to discourage "obscenity and nudity being imported into the land of Islam's martyrs.". |
June 13 | 12 | 13 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... .A suicide car bomber killed up to twelve Iraqis, including four policemen, in Baghdad. Police at the scene say they had tried to stop the suspicious vehicle as it hurtled towards an Iraqi military college. thirteen people were wounded as well. |
June 13 | 1 | 8 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... .One Iraqi civilian was killed and eight Iraqis were wounded, including seven policemen, when unknown assailants attacked two police patrols in Kirkuk. |
June 14 | 13 | 60 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... .A car bomb tore through a convoy carrying contractors in Baghdad killing eight Iraqis and three GE employees and two bodyguards- the foreignors included two Britons, one Frenchmen, one American and a Filipino. The blast destroyed eight vehicles and nearby buildings into rubble. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, Tawhid and Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. |
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June 16 | 1 | 1 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... .Northern Oil Company security chief Ghazi Talabani was killed in an ambush as he traveled to work. Three gunmen shot at Talabani's car after his bodyguard left the vehicle in a crowded market. The bodyguard was also wounded. Talabani was the cousin of Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. He is the third official to be killed in Iraq in recent days. |
June 16 | 9 | 10 | ![]() Ramadi Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar Governorate.-History:Ramadi is located in a fertile, irrigated, alluvial plain.The Ottoman Empire founded Ramadi in 1869... .A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi police car and a civilian vehicle carrying several foreigners in Ramadi. Five Iraqi police officers and four foreigners (no nationality given) were killed and ten people, including foreigners, injured in the attack. Foreigners in Iraq are the target of frequent insurgent attack, as they are often suspected of being involved in the US occupation. Police and security officers are also the frequent target of attack. |
June 17 | 35 | 138 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... .A sport utility vehicle packed with artillery shells blew up in a crowd of people waiting to volunteer for the Iraqi military in Baghdad killing at least thirty-five people and wounding 138. The attack was the deadliest since the same recruitment center was bombed in February. Iraq's interior ministerstated that he believes al-Qaeda linked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was responsible. |
June 17 | 2 | 5 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Two Iraqis were killed by a car bomb attack on an electric utility station south of Baghdad. The power plant came under mortar fire before a vehicle exploded at the entrance. Five employees were injured. It marked the fourth attack on the utility in the past three weeks. |
June 19 | 0 | 14 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... . A time bomb planted by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) exploded, injuring fourteen people, most of whom were day wage-earners. No further information is provided.{ |
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June 23 | 0 | 19 | ![]() Bijbehara Bijbiāra , also known as Bijbehara, Vejibyor and Vejibyōr, is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India.-Geography:Bijbehara is located at... . Nineteen people were injured when a grenade was hurled at a security picket at Bijbehara. The grenade missed its target and caused the large number of injuries. |
June 24 | 0 | 7 | ![]() North-West Frontier Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country... . Unidentified assailants attacked a Pakistani police station in northwest Pakistan using rockets and grenades. Seven people were injured in the attack. Authorities believe that the attacks could be in retaliation for Pakistani operations in Waziristan geared towards stemming Al-Qaeda activity. |
June 24 | 4 | 15 | ![]() Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... . An explosive device detonated aboard a passenger bus in Istanbul, killing four people, including the bomber and injuring at least fifteen others. The blast occurred when the bus had traveled into a residential neighborhood, near a university. Police identified the bomber as Semiran Polat, a woman from the mainly Kurdish province of Tunceli. Police believe that this device was not intended to have detonated on the bus but that Polat was transporting it to another unknown target. This attack comes a few days before US President Bush is scheduled to visit the city to attend a NATO summit. It also comes only a few hours after another device detonated at a hotel in Ankara, injuring two people. The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) claimed responsibility for the mistaken attack, stating that "on 24 June, uninvolved people have lost their lives together with our comrade Semiran Polat, when a bomb exploded by mistake in a bus in the Istanbul quarter Capa. The bomb that was carried with our comrade should have been used for a retaliation action in the purchase of the massacre against her comrades in prison.". |
June 24 | 5 | 15 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... . Five passengers on a minibus were killed when United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants triggered a time bomb. Fifteen others were injured in the blast. |
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June 25 | 12 | 12 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Militants shot and killed a dozen people when they opened fire at residential houses. Most of the victims were family members of the local village defense committee. Rebels have targeted security forces and their families in the past. Twelve people were also injured in the attack. |
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June 26 | 2 | 11 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... . A bomb exploded inside of a bus carrying UN Afghan female election workers to voter registration sites. It is the first violence associated with the upcoming parliamentary elections since their announcement. The Taliban have threatened to disrupt activities supporting the September elections. |
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June 28 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Galeria Galeria is the name of a Roman gens, or family. Male members of the gens Galeria bore the nomen Galerius, female members Galeria.Galeria may refer to the following persons:* Galeria , a Roman actress during the 1st century BC.... . An explosive charge detonated at a restaurant in Galeria, in Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica. The blast caused serious damage to the building, but there were no reported injuries. |
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June 30 | 1 | 27 | ![]() Kandahar Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level... . A bomb planted at a security post near a bus station and one placed at a security post on a main road, killed one man and injured twenty-seven others. The two bombs went off shortly after 1:00 pm, both were hidden in fruit carts. Authorities blame anti-government militias of carrying out the attack. |
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July 2 | 5 | 24 | ![]() Van, Turkey Van is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of the Kurdish-majority Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's official population in 2010 was 367,419, but many estimates put this as much higher with a 1996 estimate stating 500,000 and former Mayor Burhan... . A remote-detonated explosive device exploded in Blue Plaza on Ordu Boulevard in Van as Hikmet Tan, the governor of Van was passing through with his convoy. Five people were killed and twenty-four other injured by the blast. Hikmet was uninjured by the bomb. A Kurdish organization calling itself the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility for this assassination attempt. In their claim of responsibility, the group writes, "we will speak in a language that the Turkish state will understand and we will develop our revolutionary resistance struggle in a more radical manner in the face of the unjust and ugly policy that is currently being pursued by the Turkish state.". |
July 2 | 6 | 5 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Six police personnel were killed and five injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device as a convoy was passing by. The convoy was escorting a member of Parliament. |
July 2 | 1 | 1 | ![]() Pokhara Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City is the second largest city of Nepal. Pokhara is city of close to 350,000 inhabitants in central Nepal located at 28.25°N, 83.99°E, which is the centre of the country from east to west or from north to south, 198 km west of Kathmandu or 90 km west of Mugling, and... . Members of the Communists Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) shot the mayor of Pokhara, a major tourist town. Mayor Harkha Gurung was driving through a crowded market place on his way to work, when a pedestrian stopped to shake his hand. When the mayor stopped to talk to the person, they shot him in the face at close range. Two other Maoists rush forward and also opened fire, on the mayor who received five bullet wounds to the head and chest. The mayor's driver was injured in the attack. |
July 4 | 2 | 39 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Two people were killed and thirty-nine injured when a bomb went off near a tourist reception center. The device was placed in a hand cart. No further information is available. |
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July 8 | 5 | 9 | ![]() Jaffna Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical... . A female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber killed four policemen during an attempt to assassinate Eelam People's Democratic Party member Douglas Devananda. The incident occurred at a police station, as the bomber was detected officers. When she refused a body search by two women officers, four policemen were killed when the bomber subsequently exploded. This is the tenth attempt on the minister's life. Sathyaseelan Selvakumar of Jaffna, the woman accomplice of the LTTE suicide bomber is being called for a 17 November court date. This woman is suspected of having access to Minister Devananda's office (target). The four police personnel who were killed in the bombing were Inspector M.H.D. Ekanayake, Sergeant Artygala, and Reserve Police Constables Liyanage and Chandra Jayantha. The woman suicide bomber was also assigned to assassinate Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Leader Douglas Devananda. The bomber and accomplice both had forged national Identity cards. |
July 9 | 1 | 3 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . One child was killed and three people were injured when three mortar shells were fired on the al-Sadeer Hotel, but instead landed at a private home. Two of the mortars hit the home and the third hit a nearby road. The attack was targeting the hotel in Baghdad, where many foreigners stay. |
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July 11 | 1 | 32 | ![]() Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... . An explosive device, packed with ball bearings and bolts, detonated in the bushes behind a bus stop in Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring thirty-two others. The blast took place as a bus was pulling into the stop, and damaged the bus and a nearby apartment building. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, an al-Fatah linked group, claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities speculate that the blast was a response to the ruling by the International Criminal Court that the Israeli security fence is illegal and should be dismantled. Note: The US government reports that this blast was caused by a suicide bomber. |
July 14 | 1 | 3 | ![]() Avtury Avtury is a village in Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Khulkhulau River, east of Shali. Population:... . A bomb blast killed one person and injured three more in the village of Avtury just 30 kilometers southeast of Grozny. |
July 14 | 10 | 40 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A massive suicide attack killed at least ten people and wounded at least forty others, including one US soldier. The bomber drove a car bomb near a checkpoint in Baghdad, next to the British Embassy and the headquarters of the Iraqi interim government, before blowing himself up. The car was packed with more than 1,000 pounds of explosives, the largest bomb seen in the city since the US handed over power to Iraq on 28 June. Many of the casualties were Iraqis who were lined up to apply for jobs from the new interim government. Iraq's Prime Minister said that the attack was in retaliation for the government's recent arrest of over 500 suspected terrorists. |
July 14 | 7 | 0 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... . Ussama Kachmula, the governor of Mosul was shot and killed by four armed militants. Kachmula and two of his bodyguards were killed by the gunmen. During the attack, guards were able to fire back at the gunmen, killing all four of them. The attack took place in the T'lul al-Baj region, about seventy miles south of Baghdad. After the assassination a curfew was imposed on the city of Mosul for a day of mourning. |
July 15 | 10 | 27 | ![]() Haditha Haditha is a city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at . Its population of around 100,000 people is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arabs... . A large car bomb detonated in Haditha, in front of a police station and government buildings. Ten people were killed and twenty-seven other injured by the blast, which authorities believe was targeting the main police station in the city. Haditha is a former strong-hold of Saddam Hussein and his followers. Police and security officers have been targeted all over the country and accused of being collaborators with US forces. |
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July 16 | 0 | 7 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... . United Liberation Forces of Assam (ULFA) militants lobbed a hand grenade at a police patrol in front of a civilian hospital, injuring seven people. Three of the injured were police officers. |
July 18 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Palu Palu is a chartered city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, located 1,650 km northeast of Jakarta, at . It is the capital of the province of Central Sulawesi. The city sits on the mouth of Palu River, at the head of a long, narrow bay. Because of its sheltered position between mountain... . A female priest was killed and four others injured when unknown gunmen entered the Effata church in Palu, and opened fire after the end of a sermon. The victim, Reverend Susianti Tinulele was just finishing her sermon when the gunmen entered and started spraying the premises with bullets. This attack took place near the town of Poso, where some of the worst religious violence has occurred in the last five years. |
July 18 | 2 | 2 | ![]() Tikrit Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate.-Ancient times:... . A car bomb exploded near a police station in Tikrit, killing two officers and injuring two others. This was one of two explosive attacks on police in Tikrit within hours of each other. |
July 18 | 3 | 1 | ![]() Raman In the Indo-Iranian world Raman is:*one of the names of the Hindu God Rama*an important divinity in Zoroastrianism----Raman may refer to*Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist and Nobel laureate, discoverer of Raman scattering... . A group of four unknown attackers shot and killed three people in Raman, Yala Province. The three victims included two police officers and a railway official from the Ban Maikaen railway station. A fourth man, also a police officer, was injured in the attack. Authorities believe that the attack was perpetrated to protest police searches of houses belonging to religious leaders in the area. |
July 19 | 9 | 60 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . Nine people were killed and at least sixty others injured when a large fuel tanker, rigged as a car bomb, exploded as it drove toward a police station in Baghdad. The suicide blast tore a ten meter crater in the group and damaged buildings in surrounding blocks. The incident took place in the morning as police officers were lining up to receive their daily assignments in the Seidiyeh neighborhood in Baghdad. Militants have increased attacks on police in recent weeks in order to destabilize the interim Iraqi government and to punish collaborators with the US-led coalition. |
July 19 | 2 | 5 | ![]() Voronezh Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway... . An explosion occurred at a public transport stop in the center of Voronezh. Two people were reported dead and five wounded. The bus stop is near the city's Genetics Institute. The bomb was hidden in the trash bin near the bus stop. Its power was equivalent to 200-500g of TNT. The bus was damaged. This incident was similar to a February 19 explosion at the same bus stop. Although officials suspended the investigation into this incident, they decided to reopen it and believe that the two attacks may have been carried out by the same person. |
July 20 | 5 | 50 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma escaped a second attempt on his life when militants threw a bomb at his public meeting in Anantnag. Five people were killed and around fifty other injured in the attack. |
July 23 | 1 | 3 | ![]() Chechnya The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny... . A bomb was detonated near a marketplace and a mosque in the Zavodsky district of Groznyy. One person when killed and three injured was the roadside bomb exploded. Police believe the incident was an attempt to destabilize the region in the lead up to the presidential elections. |
July 25 | 0 | 6 | ![]() Neve Dekalim Neve Dekalim was an Israeli settlement and a community in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip. It was founded in 1983 after the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, on sand dunes that were previously uninhabited. The village served as a regional center for the Gush Katif... . children were injured when an anti-tank rocket was fired at a community center in Neve Dekalim. The rocket was fired from Khan Yunis and came as thousands of people were gathered at the center to protest against the Gaza disengagement plan. The children were playing in the yard outside of the center when the rocket struck. The Al-Qassam Brigades, a Hamas-linked militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack. |
July 26 | 1 | 30 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... . One person was killed and thirty-five injured when militants hurled a hand grenade inside of a hospital in Baramula. The injured were those who were hospitalized. The perpetrators probably attacked the hospital because a number of Border Security Forces had been admitted for earlier injuries. |
July 26 | 2 | 6 | ![]() Genç Genç , is a town and district of Bingöl Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The mayor is Abdurrahim Ariç .-Etymology:... . Unknown gunmen fired on a gendarmerie convoy that was on duty in Genc, in Bingol Province. One village guard and one soldier were killed and six other guards were injured in the attack. No further information is provided. |
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July 29 | 0 | 12 | ![]() Bharatpur, Nepal Bharatpur is a city in the central-southern part of Nepal. Located in Chitwan Valley, Bharatpur is the district headquarters of the Chitwan District, as well as a separate Municipal authority, and is the seventh largest city of Nepal with the population of 89,323 . The estimated population for... . About a dozen people were injured when a pressure cooker bomb was detonated in the office building of ward one of Bharatpur municipality in Chitawan district. There were twelve people participating in a seminar when the blast occurred. Authorities are blaming the device on anti-government guerrillas. |
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August 3 | 70 | 138 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A truck bomb exploded at a police recruiting center in Baquabah, where hundreds of job applicants were gathered. Seventy people were killed in the attack. |
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August 5 | 1 | 11 | ![]() Sylhet Sylhet , is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the main city of Sylhet Division and Sylhet District, and was granted metropolitan city status in March 2009. Sylhet is located on the banks of the Surma Valley and is surrounded by the Jaintia, Khasi and Tripura hills... . A bombing occurred in two movie houses in Sylhet. The explosions were timed to take place about a half hour apart. A homeless boy was killed and eleven others injured, though it is impossible to disaggregate the numbers for each individual bomb from the reporting. |
August 5 | 5 | 21 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... . A car bomb exploded outside of a police station in Southern Baghdad, killing five people and injuring twenty-one. The explosion was believed to be the work of a suicide bomber. |
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August 8 | 9 | 50 | ![]() Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011... . A second of two bombs exploded outside of Binoria Bakers. The second bomb, which weighed about one kilogram, was planted on a motorcycle, and exploded fifteen minutes after the first. The high number of casualties was because a number of people had gathered at the scene after the first blast. |
August 8 | 0 | 35 | ![]() Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... . A bomb exploded at a bridge in Medellin moments before a parade of antique cars was scheduled to cross it. Someone tossed a bomb, composed of one kg of R-1 explosive, off the bridge and onto a pile of rocks. Thirty-five spectators were injured in the blast, 3 of whom were seriously injured. Most injuries were caused by flying debris. It is unknown who carried out the attack or what motivated it. The car show was the closing event at the annual Fair of the Flowers. |
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August 15 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Llanes Llanes a municipality of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. Stretching for about 30 km along the coast at the extreme east of the province, Llanes is bounded to the south by the high ridge of the limestone Sierra del Cuera, which rises to over 1,100 m... A very small explosive device detonated in the rubble of a construction site in the tourist city of Llanes. A caller, claiming to be a member of the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) warned of the device prior to its explosion. This is the fifth explosive attack in northern Spain in a little over a week that has either been claimed or is attributed to ETA. Police found the ETA initials scratched into the detonator of this device. |
August 17 | 7 | 42 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A mortar attack on Baghdad City Center killed seven people and wounded forty-two others. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. |
August 19 | 0 | 14 | ![]() Farah Province Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Farah. Farah is a spacious and sparsely populated province that lies on the Iranian border... Over a dozen people were injured, including three foreigners, a radio worker, and several Afghan policemen, when six rapid explosions occurred near a voter registration center in Farah. The attack is being blamed on the Taliban, who have vowed to disrupt national elections. |
August 21 | 1 | 50 | ![]() Baqubah Baqubah is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 467,900 people.... An explosive charge was detonated in the al-Sabtiyah area of Ba'qubah. One Iraqi citizen was killed and fifty others injured. The intended target of the blast was not stated. |
August 21 | 0 | 9 | ![]() Yala, Thailand Yala is a city in the extreme south of Thailand near the Malaysian border, and is administrative capital of Yala Province. The 2005 estimated population was 65,000. The city covers the whole tambon Sateng of Mueang Yala district.... Three bombs detonated in Yala town within twenty minutes of each other. The first of these bombs detonated in front of the Japan Karaoke restaurant, which is next door to the My House Hotel. Nine people were wounded in this blast, and six motorcycles that were parked nearby were damaged. The bomb was planted on a motorcycle that was parked in front of the restaurant. Authorities suspect Muslim insurgents with separatist ideologies. The attacks came only five days ahead of a planned visit by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to the region. |
August 21 | 15 | 20 | ![]() Chechnya The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny... A group of gunmen attacked a police station and several polling sites in the lead up to the elections in Chechnya. Casualty reports varied. Some estimates suggested that ten to fifteen people, including civilians, police officers, and gunmen, died in the incident, while at least twenty others were injured. Other reports placed the death toll much higher, at seventy people killed. The attack came only hours before the visit of President Putin to the region. |
August 24 | 0 | 7 | ![]() Dörtyol Dörtyol is a port city and oil terminus at the head of the Gulf of İskenderun, near the easternmost point of the Mediterranean coast. Dörtyol is located 26 km north of the city of Iskenderun in the province of Hatay in southeastern Turkey.-Geography:... An explosive device, which had been left in front of an Is Bankasi ATM, detonated and injured seven people. The attack took place in Dortyol, in southern Hatay Province. Windows in nearby homes were shattered and a nearby bakery was damaged by the blast. |
August 24 | 2 | 3 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... The Iraqi minister of education, Sami al-Muzaffar, survived an assassination attempt. An explosive charge was set off near his car, killing two people and wounding three others. |
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August 26 | 2 | 2 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... Two children were killed and their parents were injured in a grenade attack on their house in Gandoh. Militants were apparently aiming at the Central Reserve Police Force, when the rocket missed the target and landed on the family's house. |
August 26 | 10 | 0 | ![]() Najaf Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate... Ten Iraqi supporters of al Sistani were killed by gunmen in Najaf. No further information is available. |
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August 26 | 5 | 43 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... Two blasts on bus transportation links killed five people and injured 43 in insurgent racked Assam province. |
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August 28 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James... An explosive device detonated in Santiago de Compostela, a popular Christian tourist destination in northern Spain, after a telephone warning was made about the device. The caller identified himself as belonging to the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA). The device had been planted in the ivy along a wall of a church in the Parque de la Alameda. No injuries were caused. This was one of two explosive attacks on this day that are attributed to ETA. This is the fourth consecutive weekend that ETA has targeted tourist resorts in northern Spain. |
August 29 | 10 | 22 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... Ten people were killed in a bomb attack on the US security firm, Dyncorp, in Kabul. Three Americans, three Afghan nationals, and three Nepalese citizens died in the attack. Dyncorp provides security for Karzai, and is also located near a UN guest house. Numerous others were wounded and dozens of shops and buildings were damaged or destroyed. The bomb was apparently placed in a car and exploded by a remote device. In January 2005, an Afghan judge was arrested in connection with this attack. Authorities who were searching the judge's house, found explosives. The Taliban is reportedly responsible for this attack. |
August 31 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... The Education Department Director General in Kirkuk, Ibrahim Isma'il, was killed when armed men opened fire on him. Two of his guards were injured as were two civilians. |
August 31 | 11 | 50 | ![]() Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... A female suicide bomber blew herself up outside of the entrance to the Rizhshkaya subway station and the Krestovskiy shopping center. The explosive device was equivalent to 2 kg of TNT. The explosion was intended to occur inside the station, but the woman apparently was afraid of the police searching people and papers at the entrance to the station. Police believe that the incident may be connected to the airline crashes that occurred one week earlier, perhaps by one of the other two women seen leaving Khasavyurt with the women suspected of perpetrating the airliner attacks. The same group, the Islambouli Brigade of Martyrs claimed responsibility for the attack. Eleven people were killed in the attack and at least fifty wounded. The suicide bomber was identified as Roza Magayeva, the sister of Aminat Nagayev who is believed to be responsible for one of the two airliner crashes. Later, officials reported that Nikolay Kipkeyev was one of the victims of the blast. Kipkeyev was on the MVD wanted list for participation in illegal and terrorist-related activity. Officials speculate that he may have been involved somehow in the attack. In a letter following the Beslan school hostage taking, Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the incident. |
August 31 | 16 | 85 | ![]() Beersheba Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300.... Two buses near the Beersheba municipality building were blown up by a suicide bomber. The suicide bomber took advantage of the fact that the two buses were standing together. He blew up a bomb on one bus and then exploded a second bomb on the second bus. At least fifteen people were killed and around eighty-five injured. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it as a response to the assassination of Yasin, a leading Hamas official. |
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September 1 | 334 | 727 | ![]() Beslan Beslan is a town and the administrative center of Pravoberezhny District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. In terms of population, Beslan is the third largest town in the republic behind Vladikavkaz and Mozdok... A group of thirty to thirty-five (sources varied) armed Chechen separatists, including men and women, many wearing suicide bomber belts, seized a school in the Southern Russian town of Belsan taking children, parents, and teachers hostage in the school gym. At least ten of the hostage-takers appeared to be from Arab countries. A series of explosions shook the school, followed by a fire which engulfed the building and a chaotic gunbattle between the hostage-takers and Russian security forces. Ultimately, at least 334 hostages were killed, including 186 children. |
September 4 | 21 | 30 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... A suicide car-bomb exploded in front of the Iraqi Police Academy in Kirkuk. At least twenty-one people were killed and over thirty wounded in the attack. Those killed included police, military personnel, and civilians. |
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September 9 | 10 | 182 | ![]() Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... Nine people and at least one suicide bomber were killed when a large car bomb detonated outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. Over 180 others were injured by the blast. No Australians were killed by the bomb, which authorities blame on the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). It is uncertain if the group claimed responsibility for the attack or not. The blast shattered the windows in seven nearby buildings and left a large crater in the pavement. Authorities found traces of TNT and sulfate at the scene, the same materials that were used in the Marriott Hotel bombing in October 2002 and the Bali nightclub bombings. On 17 September, police made their first arrest in this case. They took into custody a man who they believe to have transporting the explosives used in this attack. On 1 October, authorities identified the suicide bomber as Heri Golun, based on DNA tests done at the scene. On 24 November, police announced that they had arrested four more suspects in connection with this attack. The four men were identified as Iwan Darmawan (alias Rois), Hassan, Apuy and Sogir (alias Ansori). |
September 11 | 2 | 3 | ![]() Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... Two people were killed and three others wounded when a road-side explosive charge went off near the offices of the US Embassy in Basra. |
September 11 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Herat Province Herat is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the South-western region of the country... A time bomb explosion damaged parts of the Bahar-e-Azadi Hotel in He'rat Province. There were no casualties or injuries, but the damage is significant. |
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September 12 | 1 | 7 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... Gunmen attacked a group of policemen in Mosul, killing one and wounding seven others. |
September 14 | 47 | 114 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A car bomb exploded outside of the police station on Hayfa Street in Baghdad, where a crowd of volunteers and recruits were waiting to join the police force. Forty-seven people were killed and 114 wounded in the attack. The group headed by Abu Musab al-Zarquawi, Tawhid and Jihad (Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn), claimed responsibility for the attack. |
September 16 | 0 | 5 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Five people were wounded in a blast in Baghdad targeting an alcohol shop. Liquor stores are often the target of attacks by fundamentalists who dislike their presence. |
September 16 | 0 | 5 | ![]() Baqubah Baqubah is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 467,900 people.... A police patrol in Baqubah was hit by an explosive device that wounded four police officers and a civilian. |
September 17 | 5 | 20 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Five people were killed and twenty others wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the National Guard Headquarters in Baghdad. The blast targeted a large number of people who were volunteering for duty. |
September 18 | 21 | 67 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... A suicide bomber drove his car into a crowd waiting to apply for jobs with the National Guard in Kirkuk. Guardsmen opened fire on the car before it blew up. At least twenty-one people were killed and sixty-seven wounded in the attack, all civilians. |
September 20 | 4 | 7 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Four students from the Faculty of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence in Baghdad University were killed and seven other wounded when an armed group opened fire on them. Baghdad University is considered a political target because of connections between the University and both the Iraqi Constitution and the political arena. Two of the members of the Iraqi governing council which drafted the Constitution were affiliated with the University, including Salama al-Khufaji, a female professor of dentistry, and Moshen Abdul Hameed, a professor at the University and the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Wamid Nadmi, also a professor at the University, and a spokesman for the Iraqi National Founding Congress, has been involved in the Sunni movement against the January 30 elections, on the grounds that Sunnis are at a disadvantage. Many Iraqi academics, including professors and the president of Baghdad University, have been killed since the beginning of the insurgency, some because they are Sunni and are considered holdovers from the previous regime and some because they seem to be cooperating with Americans. |
September 22 | 5 | 10 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A suicide car bombing occurred on a street in Baghdad, killing at least five Iraqis and wounding about ten others. The blast targeted a makeshift recruiting center for the Iraqi National Guard. The makeshift recruiting center was moved to this location after it was targeted by another car bomb in another location the day before. |
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September 26 | 10 | 26 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Ten people were killed and twenty-six wounded when a convoy of oil tanker trucks were attacked by rockets in Al-Latifiyah. The tankers belonged to the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. At least five out of the twelve trucks were damaged. |
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September 30 | 10 | 60 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside a crowded complex near Abu Ghraib which houses the mayor's office, a police station, and other government buildings. As many as ten people were killed and sixty wounded in the attack. |
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October 1 | 30 | 50 | ![]() Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011... A bomb exploded at a Shia mosque and killed thirty people and injured dozens of others. The explosion occurred during Friday prayers. Nearly 1,000 people were inside of the mosque at the time. Initial reports suggested that the bomb was set off by a suicide bomber. However, later investigations revealed that the bomb was set of by a remote device, that was passed on to an innocent bystander. The device later exploded. Angry Shia protesters riot in the aftermath of the attack, which came days after Pakistani security forces killed Amjad Hussain Farooq, an al-Qaeda operative. |
October 2 | 13 | 23 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... In Assam militants exploded a bomb that killed thirteen people and injured twenty-three. The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) is believed to be responsible for the attack. The intended target of the attack is unclear. |
October 2 | 10 | 40 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... A second bomb blast occurred at the busy Hong Kong market, almost simultaneously with the railway blast in Assam. The bomb killed ten people and injured at least forty others. The two blasts are thought to have been coordinated. |
October 2 | 12 | 60 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... Twelve people were killed and at least sixty others injured in a bomb blasts targeting a rail line in Assam. The first occurred at the Dimapur railway station, and resulted in the deaths of all twelve people. The platform was packed with people waiting to board a train to Assam's Karbi district. |
October 3 | 3 | 25 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) bombed a market in Dhubri District, killing three and wounding twenty-five people. No further information is provided. |
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October 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its... Several incendiary devices were thrown at a Peugeot dealership in San Sebastian, by unknown assailants. Fire officers were able to prevent the blaze from causing major damages to the upper floors. This may be a retaliatory action on behalf of the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) or groups sympathetic, to the major arrest of several ETA members over the weekend. |
October 4 | 10 | 76 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A truck driven by a suicide bomber was detonated at the entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad. The driver targeted an Iraq police forces compound at one of the Green Zone entrances, and appears to have targeted the police. Initial reports were ten dead and more than seventy wounded. |
October 4 | 2 | 17 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Two people were killed and at least seventeen others injured when a car bomb explod near a hotel complex frequented by Westerners in central Baghdad. The perpetrators were unknown. |
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October 6 | 2 | 4 | ![]() Badakhshan Province Badakhshan is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 28 districts. It is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya. It is part of the Badakhshan region.-Geography:... The governor of Badakhshan Province and three other people were injured in an explosion. Two other people died in the incident, in which a landmine was detonated by remote-control. Hamid Karzai's running mate, Ahmed Zia Masud, was 200 meters away from the explosion. He was not injured in the attack. |
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October 8 | 0 | 10 | ![]() Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... An explosive device detonated at the Indonesian Embassy in downtown Paris, injuring ten people. The explosion shattered the windows in nearby buildings and flying glass was the cause of most of the injuries. A group calling themselves the "French Armed Islamic Front" claimed responsibility for the attack, though authorities are unsure whether they claim is believable or not. The group called for the release of two guerrilla fighters believed to be members of the Algerian Islamic Army (GIA), who are serving life sentences for a bomb attack in Paris in 1990. |
October 10 | 4 | 16 | ![]() Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011... Four people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a powerful bomb at a Jamia Kashmiryan Shia mosque. Roughly 200 Muslims had gathered at the Mosque for Maghrib prayers. The bomber attempted to enter the mosque at the main gate, but was stopped by a security guard who was killed when the bomber shot him. The bomber appeared to have had the bomb in a bag and detonated it at the entrance to the mosque. Sixteen people were also injured by the blast. |
October 12 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Pattani Province Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:... A bomb exploded near a branch office of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperative in Pattani Province's Ka Po district. Police say it was detonated by cell phone. Nearly simultaneously, police found a suspected bomb at a bridge about 10 km away. Seven hours earlier, a paramilitary volunteer was killed and five policemen injured when gunmen opened fire on a government office and nearby police station at Kapho town in Pattani province, just 300 m away from the site of the first blast. There were no reports of any casualties. |
October 12 | 1 | 5 | ![]() Pattani Province Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:... A paramilitary volunteer was killed and five policemen injured when gunmen opened fire on a government office and nearby police station at Kapho in Pattani province. Police are blaming Muslim insurgents. |
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October 15 | 6 | 18 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Two bombs were detonated by suicide bombers in the 'Green Zone' of Baghdad, killing at least ten people, including four Americans (all workers at Dyncorp), and wounding twenty others (including two US state department employees). The bombs were set off close together at a market and popular café. The group led by Abu Musab Al-Zarquawi, Tawhid and Jihad, claimed responsibility for the blasts. Two Jordanian men are suspected of perpetrating the café blast. Both entered the café, drank tea, and then one left. The other detonated his bomb following the exit of the first man. At least six were killed and about eighteen injured in the café blast. None of the killed in this incident were Americans. |
October 17 | 1 | 6 | ![]() Chechnya The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny... } A car bomb exploded outside of a hospital in Groznyy, killing gone police officer and wounding 2 other officers and four pedestrians. |
October 21 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Corsica Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia.... A powerful explosive device detonated at the Aleria gendarmerie on the island of Corsica. The blast occurred in front of one of the entrances to the gendarmerie and was far more powerful than previous blasts targeting gendarmeries on the island. No one was harmed, as an anonymous caller warned of the device a half hour before it detonated and everyone was evacuated from the premises. On 28 October, three Corsican nationalists were arrested in connection with this attack. On 14 February 2005, the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) claimed responsibility for this attack and twelve others on the island. |
October 21 | 1 | 14 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying female employees of the Iraqi Airways at the Baghdad airport, killing one woman and injuring fourteen others. Sources indicate that two cars of armed men stopped the bus on the western outskirts of the capital. One assailant threw at least two hand grenades into the bus and then gunmen opened fire from the outside. |
October 23 | 3 | 8 | ![]() Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide mission carried out on "Chicken Street," a narrow, busy shopping district with jewelry, rug, and antique shops in Kabul. There were reportedly two fatalities, one US woman civilian and an Afghani. There were at least seven others wounded, including three Icelandic ISAF soldiers. Afghan citizens comprise the rest of the wounded group. |
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October 24 | 0 | 6 | ![]() Trabzon Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast... Six people were injured when an explosive device detonated at a McDonalds fast food restaurant in Trabzon. The victims were taken to the hospital immediately after the blast. The perpetrators managed to escape. No further information is available. |
October 25 | 8 | 9 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... Two suicide car bombs detonated in Mosul, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding at least nine government employees. Both suicide attackers were also killed. The first bomb caused most of the casualties and targeted a Nineveh governorate compound. |
October 28 | 0 | 9 | ![]() Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011... There was an explosion in the lobby of a Marriott Hotel in the center of Islamabad. The government of Pakistan claims that there was an electrical short circuit, but there is evidence of foul play. The hotel is frequented by foreign journalists, diplomats, and business people and is located a few hundred meters from the president's house. There were US diplomats and military troops at the hotel. There was a purported "important personality" to arrive at the hotel on 30 November. The explosion occurred while a bomb disposal squad team was doing an inspection. It was reported that despite the "short circuit," all of the lights were still on. A few days later, an al Qaeda activist and tribal leader wanted by Pakistan for the abduction of a Chinese Engineer, Cdr Abdullah Mahsud, claimed responsibility for the explosion. Interior Ministry recommended equipping law enforcement agencies with explosive detectors (despite the fact that the government still claimed the incident to be an electrical failure). |
October 28 | 2 | 20 | ![]() Pattani Province Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:... A bomb exploded outside a bar frequented by tourists in Narathiwat province. Two tourists, Malaysian national Sawakiaat Hoe and Thai national Pissamai Daengdamdi, were killed in the blast. At least twenty-one were wounded. Reports indicate the blast may have been a revenge attack for the eighty-five Muslim protesters crushed to death on October 25 en route to a military detention center. It is not clear if the bar was the intended target. A police station was also nearby the blast. |
October 29 | 2 | 2 | ![]() Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... A bomb exploded near a bus stop along Bogotá's Transmilenio bus system route. A taxi passing by was caught in the blast resulting in the death of the driver and a passenger. Two other passengers were also injured. The explosion damaged about 30 houses in the area. The chief of police believes the attack was aimed at the bus stop but did not comment on the motive of the attack or who was responsible for it. The Transmilenio system has been the target of at least three attacks. |
October 30 | 7 | 19 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A car bomb exploded outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station in Baghdad killing at least seven people and wounding nineteen. The incident was initially claimed by the National Islamic Resistance, 1920 Revolution Brigades. Later this group denied responsibility and the Jihadist Martyrs Brigades in Iraq, Saraya al-Shuhada al-jihadiyah Fi al-Iraq, claimed responsibility. The group claimed that Al-Arabiya was the "mouthpiece of the American occupation in Iraq" and threatened that similar attacks would be launched against any non-neutral media source. The network's staff was in a meeting at the time of the explosion. |
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November 1 | 3 | 32 | ![]() Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... A teenage Palestinian suicide bomber struck on outdoor market in Tel Aviv, killing at least three people and wounding more than thirty. The bomber hit the Carmel Market at 11am, causing a big explosion using 5 kg of explosives. The attack was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The group said they carried our the attack to show that Arafat's illness would not stop the fight against the Israeli occupiers and as a warning to those who talk of reducing the resistance movement. Israeli forces razed the home of the suicide bomber the following day in retaliation. |
November 2 | 0 | 4 | ![]() Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011... 20-25 kilos of TNT, which was packed in a white Suzuki FX with a timing device and was parked behind the office of the provincial chief minister in the city center and 30 meters from the Afghan consulate, detonated. The perpetrator is unknown, but there have been reported low-level insurgency on government targets in the "resource rich" province of Baluchistan. Four people suffered minor injuries from flying glass when the car detonated. Windows were shattered and two homes were damaged. |
November 2 | 8 | 29 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A car bomb exploded on Tuesday near the Ministry of Education in Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding twenty-nine others. The car plowed into the concrete blast walls and protective barriers surrounding the compound. |
November 3 | 1 | 9 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint on the Baghdad Airport Road Baghdad Airport Road The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12 kilometer stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the International Zone, a heavily fortified area at the center of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport . It also links different parts of Baghdad to the Airport and connects neighboring areas to each other... , injuring 9 airline employees who were also waiting at the checkpoint. The suicide bomber detonated his bomb when a soldier approached the car and asked for identification. |
November 4 | 1 | 10 | ![]() Tikrit Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate.-Ancient times:... A suicide bomber blew up a car in front of the building of the municipal council in Tikrit. As a result, ten people were wounded including civilians and National Guard members. Prior to the attack police guards tried to prevent the bomber from reaching the building, but failed. |
November 6 | 4 | 21 | ![]() Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... An attack by gunmen on a police station in central Samarra killed four policemen and wounded six others. The attack occurs on the same day as extensive violence in the city. An attack by gunmen on a police station in southern Samarra killed or wounded fifteen people (the report does not disaggregate the number of killed or injured). The attack occurs on the same day as extensive violence in the city. |
November 6 | 42 | 62 | ![]() Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... A suicide car bomb exploded in front of a police station in Samarra. This was one of four bombs that exploded nearly simultaneously in front of different police stations in the city. The fourth bomb exploded slightly after the first three. At least forty-two people were killed and sixty-two wounded in all four attacks. The group affiliated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the attacks. Note: No information on each individual attack's casualty numbers was available. |
November 8 | 4 | 45 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A car bomb exploded outside St. Matthews Catholic Church in Baghdad. The blast was one of two suicide attacks on churches in Baghdad on this day. The blasts occurred within minutes of each other, killing at least four people and wounding over forty, though it is impossible to disaggregate how many were killed and injured in each attack. |
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November 9 | 0 | 38 | ![]() Sundhara Sundhara is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7242 people living in 1187 individual households.-External links:*... A bomb was planted inside state-owned Employees’ Provident Fund building at Sundhara, a new government office building that was supposed to be populated the next week (after the Hindu Diwali festival). Authorities are blaming the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoists (CPN-M). Thirty-eight laborers and pedestrians were injured. |
November 9 | 45 | 32 | ![]() Baqubah Baqubah is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 467,900 people.... The Tahrir Police Station in Baqubah was attacked by gunmen. This was one of three police station attacks on this day. A total of forty-five people were killed and thirty-two wounded, mostly police men. Note casualty figures obtained only for the three attacks total. |
November 9 | 0 | 2 | ![]() Uroševac Ferizaj or Uroševac is a city and municipality in southern Kosovo, located some south of the capital Pristina.Uroševac is the third most populous city in Kosovo, after Pristina and Prizren.It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district... A car bomb went off in Urosevac, injuring two people, one of them a US member of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (Kfor), and the other a passer-by. Police and Kfor members evacuated the area, on the suspicion that there were explosives placed in the car and while they were inspecting the car, the bomb went off. |
November 11 | 19 | 15 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... At least nineteen people were killed and fifteen wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a car bomb in central Baghdad, in a busy market during rush hour. The blast damages twenty-five cars, twenty shops, and left a hole in the ground. The attack targeted a vehicle carrying Americans. |
November 11 | 0 | 4 | ![]() Kirkuk Kirkuk is a city in Iraq and the capital of Kirkuk Governorate.It is located in the Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk, north of the capital, Baghdad... Insurgents attacked several police stations, overwhelming and eventually controlling some of them. Several police cars were also burned. No information on how many or which police stations were attacked was available. The attacks occurred as US forces tried to control the insurgents in the city. |
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November 13 | 1 | 8 | ![]() Yala Province Yala is the southernmost province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Songkhla, Pattani and Narathiwat. Yala is the only land-locked province in the south of Thailand... A bomb believed to have been detonated by mobile phone exploded in a market in Yala province's Than To province. It instantly killed a vegetable vendor, Sompong Nukhao, and injured eight others. |
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November 15 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... A pipe bomb detonated at the home of Gwen Mulholland and her family in Tamlaght O'Crilly, a small village near Maghera. There were no reported injuries. A Sinn Féin authority blamed the attack on loyalist paramilitaries, though police had not confirmed that accusation. |
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November 17 | 2 | 29 | ![]() Mingora Mingora is the largest city in Swat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of and lies on the banks of River Swat about from Saidu Sharif, the present capital of Swat. As of 1998, the population of Mingora was about 175,000... A bomb exploded in a cinema in Mingora, killing two people and wounding twenty-nine. The bomb was planted under a seat at the back of Palwasha cinema and exploded just before the end of the movie. The bomb was apparently hidden in a plastic bag. It is possible that the suspect could be among the wounded. |
November 17 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Kashmir Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... One person was killed and four other injured when a funeral procession for two youths, Ranjit Kumar and Roshan Lal, was attacked by militants in Tund Nallah. The attackers threw a bomb at the procession and also sprayed the crowd with gunfire. The two dead youths being honored by the funeral had been gunned down by ultras earlier. The Prime Minister was also scheduled to visit the region the next day. |
November 19 | 2 | 10 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle near an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad. One policeman was injured and one killed. Up to ten bystanders were also wounded. |
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November 21 | 0 | 9 | ![]() Kissufim Kissufim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel. Located adjacent to the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. It sits at an altitude of 92 metres above sea level.- History :... Nine Israeli settlers were wounded in a joint attack by the Islamic Jihad and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) groups. The groups ambushed a convoy of vehicles along the Kissufim road. Two vehicles fell into a nearby valley. |
November 25 | 1 | 4 | ![]() Õismäe Õismäe is a subdistrict in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 852 .-References:... A man was detained wearing explosives near a housing block in the residential district of Oismae. While in a police car with four law-enforcement officers, the man activated the explosive device, killing himself and wounding four others. The man was reported as "Russian speaking", but no other details about him are known. |
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November 26 | 6 | 15 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... Four members of a British security firm, Global Risk Strategies, that provides security in Iraq were killed and fifteen wounded when either a rocket or a mortar round hit the firm's compound. The four dead were of Nepalese origin. This attack took place in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone. Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility for the attack. |
November 27 | 2 | 0 | ![]() Chechnya The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny... Two policemen were killed in Germenchuk, in Chechnya's Shali district, when unidentified attackers fired Kalashnikov assault rifles into their car from another car on Germanchuk's central street. The attackers' car was later found abandoned fifteen miles away. |
November 28 | 6 | 5 | ![]() Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... A car bomb killed six people and injured five others when it hit two civilian vehicles in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad. The blast occurred as a minibus drove past a school. All the casualties were passengers in the minibus. |
November 28 | 1 | 6 | ![]() Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... A bomb exploded beside the mayor's office in the Rafael Uribe district of Bogotá on Sunday evening. Initial reports indicated the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were involved. The only fatality was the person who was carrying the bomb. Those injured where passengers in a bus traveling by when the explosion took place. Otherwise the explosion damaged the building and broke the windows of the bus. |
November 29 | 12 | 10 | ![]() Ramadi Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar Governorate.-History:Ramadi is located in a fertile, irrigated, alluvial plain.The Ottoman Empire founded Ramadi in 1869... A suicide bomber drove into a group of policemen waiting to collect their salaries in western Ramadi. Twelve people were killed and ten wounded. Most of the victims were police officers. |
November 30 | 3 | 8 | ![]() Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... Three people were killed and eight wounded when a fragment grenade was left at a supermarket checkout counter. It is believed that the National Liberation Army (ELN) is behind the attack which was carried out in retaliation for the recent capture of one of their chiefs. A man who left the bomb quickly fled through the back exit. |
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December 1 | 3 | 2 | ![]() Farah Province Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Farah. Farah is a spacious and sparsely populated province that lies on the Iranian border... The Taliban attacked the staff of the Ministry of Rural Development in Farah Province. Three were killed, two wounded, and one was taken hostage. The date of the attack was not mentioned, however, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Afghan Rural Development Minister released his statement regarding the attack on 1 December. The tactic and weapon were unknown |
December 2 | 1 | 1 | ![]() Farah Province Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Farah. Farah is a spacious and sparsely populated province that lies on the Iranian border... Chalermpong Muakchumbot, a Buddhist school teacher, was gunned down by motorcycle gunmen, who followed him as he was driving home from school. A passenger in the car, Charal Kanchanarangsri, was also injured in the shooting. The attack took place in the Saiburi district of Pattani province. Police believe that the killings were part of targeted attacks by Muslim militants in Southern Thailand. |
December 2 | 3 | 20 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A mortar attack was launched against the Abi-Nuwwas theater in Baghdad. This was one of several attacks in Baghdad on this day. A total of three people were killed and dozens wounded. |
December 3 | 0 | 6 | ![]() Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... A small, low-potency explosive device, detonated at a petrol station along the N-5 highway (which leads to Lisbon) in Madrid. This was one of five explosive attacks on petrol stations throughout Madrid on this evening. An anonymous caller representing the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) warned of the devices prior to their detonation. Six people were slightly injured in the attacks, though it is impossible to disaggregate the numbers for each individual attack. The attacks came as residents were traveling away from the city for a holiday weekend. |
December 3 | 0 | 10 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... Unknown individual shelled the Ninawa Governorate building in Mosul with three mortar shells. The shells fell on a residential community near the building, wounding at least ten people. |
December 4 | 9 | 38 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A suicide bomber drove a minibus filled with explosives into a police station near the Green Zone, killing eight officers and wounding thirty-eight. Police officers were gathering in front for roll call at the time of the attack. The blast caused the roof of the station to collapse. |
December 4 | 15 | 25 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... Fifteen Kurdish security personnel were killed and twenty-five wounded when a bomb detonated outside of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan headquarters in Mosul. The security personnel were in a bus in front of the headquarters when the bomb detonated. |
December 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Málaga Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe... An explosive device detonated in the city of Malaga, though it is unclear where exactly the blast took place. A caller, representing the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) called in a warning prior to the blast. This was one of seven bomb attacks that took place all over Spain on this day, a holiday to celebrate Spain's independence. All seven of the bombs are being blamed on ETA. These attacks also come only three days after a series of five explosive devices detonated at five gas stations in Madrid. Those attacks are being blamed on ETA as well. |
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December 6 | 0 | 1 | ![]() Ciudad Real Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 74,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles to the north. A high capacity... One police officer was injured in an explosive attack in Ciudad Real. An explosive device detonated in the kitchen of the El Peral café in the city, after an anonymous caller representing the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) called in a warning of the attack. This was one of seven bomb attacks that took place all over Spain on this day, a holiday to celebrate Spain's independence. All seven of the bombs are being blamed on ETA. These attacks also come only three days after a series of five explosive devices detonated at five gas stations in Madrid. Those attacks are being blamed on ETA as well. |
December 6 | 0 | 2 | ![]() Santillana del Mar Santillana del Mar is a historic town situated in Cantabria, Spain. Certain features of this historical town includes Altamira Caves and many historic buildings, attracting thousands of holiday-makers every year.... An explosive device detonated in the Robleda Park in Santillana del Mar, injuring two people; a woman and a child. This was one of seven bomb attacks that took place all over Spain on this day, a holiday to celebrate Spain's independence. All seven of the bombs are being blamed on the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA). These attacks also come only three days after a series of five explosive devices detonated at five gas stations in Madrid. Those attacks are being blamed on ETA as well. |
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December 6 | 9 | 15 | ![]() Jeddah Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The... Five Saudi militants attacked the US consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. Saudi forces killed three of the militants and wounded the other two (one subsequently died of his wounds). The militants threw explosives at the gates of the walled consulate and then entered through the entrance used to deliver mail to the consulate, firing at the guards as they went. They had tried to enter in their car but were blocked by an automatic gate. About eighteen third-country nationals were taken hostage inside the consulate for some time, but were later released. Some reports indicated the hostages were used as human shields when the Saudi guards engaged the militants. American Marines and Saudi guards eventually repelled the militants. Five non-American employees were killed in the attack along with some Saudi security personnel. The victims were of several nationalities: one Yemeni, one Sudanese, one Filipino, a Pakistani, and a Sri Lankan. Several Saudi security personnel were also injured in the attack, along with more embassy personnel (two Yemenis, two Pakistanis, a Lebanese, a Filipino, an Indian, and Sri Lankan). Saudi sources said that several Saudi civilians were also hit by gunfire. Two Americans sustained slight injuries. Consulate workers reported that the militants entered one of the consulate buildings and began screaming: "Where are the Americans?" However, no Americans worked in that building. The attackers failed to reach the main building where Americans work. A Saudi group linked to Al-Qaeda, calling itself Qaeda al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the attack on several Islamic websites. The group said that the attack had been organized by al-Qaeda. However, during the attack the hostage takers called Saudi officials and identified themselves as the Fallujah Brigades (this discrepancy is not yet addressed). The attack occurs exactly one year after the Interior Ministry took the step of listing twenty-six wanted terrorists linked to al-Qaeda. None of the attackers were on this list of most wanted terrorists. Several of the militants were later identified as Fayiz Bin Awwad al-Jihinni, Id Bin Dakhilallah al-Jihinni, and Hasan bin-Hamid al-Hazimi. |
December 7 | 0 | 3 | ![]() Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... Militants bombed two churches in Mosul, wounding a total of three people in the attacks. The first attack occurred at the church of the Chaldean bishopric in Mosul. Three people were wounded in this attack. The attackers ordered the guards out of the church before detonating the explosives. Severe damage was done to the church. |
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December 11 | 2 | 19 | ![]() Colombo Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo... A bomb detonated by an unknown person resulted in two deaths, including one journalist, and nineteen reported injuries. The attack was at an open air stadium staging a concert of the Indian artist Shahrukh Khan in Colombo. The concert was being protested by Buddhist monks for being held on the anniversary of the death of a monk one year before (Gangodawila Soma). The artist observed a minute of silence in honor of the monk and proceeded. Many government dignitaries, including, the High Commissioner of India Nirupama Rao, Minister of Transport Felix Perera, Minister for Medium & Small Plantation Industries & Rural Human Resource Development C.B. Ratnayake, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Industries, and Investment Promotion Arjuna Ranatunga, and the Secretary of the Ministry C. Ramanujan, Thilanga Sumathipala, were all in attendance. |
December 13 | 15 | 58 | ![]() General Santos City The City of General Santos is the southernmost port city of the Philippines. Being a highly urbanized first class city, GenSan is one of the most populous urban centers in the country with a population of 679,588 as per census data of 2010... A bomb exploded in a public market in General Santos City, killing sixteen people and wounding at least fifty-seven others. A week prior to the event, an anonymous source claimed that a group associated with Al-Ghozi (a member of Jemaah Islamiyah) threatened to burn the market in retaliation for the death of one of its members. However, Philippine police initially downplayed the bombing as the result of a feud between Christian and Muslim groups. Soon after the bombing, military intelligence sources concluded that Jemaah Islamiyah was responsible for the bombing and was working with Abu Sayyaf to bomb other targets on Mindanao Island. Police have arrested five suspects in the bombing, including Omar Hassan, an ASG rebel. Another four rebels were arrested in June 2005, including Uztadz Norodin Mangelen, the leader of the group thought responsible for this attack and another in March 2003 against the Davao airport. Mangelen told authorities that he is a local liaison for the JI. |
December 14 | 0 | 3 | ![]() Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... Three people were injured when a small bomb exploded in the back seat of a bus in the Transmilenio rapid transit system in Bogotá. Authorities believe the attack was carried out by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). This is the third such attack in forty-five days. |
December 14 | 13 | 15 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle while in line at a checkpoint at the Western Gate of the Green Zone in Baghdad. Thirteen people were killed and fifteen wounded in the attack. Most of those killed were people waiting to enter the compound. No Americans were killed in the attack. The attack occurs exactly one year after the capture of Saddam Hussein. The group linked to Abu Musab al-Zarquawi, al-Qaeda in Iraq or Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn claimed responsibility for the attack. |
December 14 | 2 | 8 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... Two explosions occurred near the Assam Assembly building. The attacks were carried out by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). Two persons were killed and eight injured. Authorities believe that the group carried out these attacks to mark the completion of a year of the Bhutan operations that have "evicted the ULFA from the Himalayan kingdom." |
December 14 | 7 | 13 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle at the western checkpoint into Baghdad's Green Zone. The blast occurred at the same place as a suicide bomb attack had occurred the day before. There were no US casualties in the attack. |
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December 15 | 12 | 40 | ![]() Karbala Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people .... An explosive charge went off outside one of the entrances to the Imam Al-Husayn Shiite shrine in the city of Karbala. Twelve people were killed and about forty injured. The bomb exploded when a group of people were walking into evening prayers, following an aide to cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The aide, Sheik Abdul Mahdee al-Karbalayee, was wounded in the attack and is believed by some to be the primary target of the attack. He later died of his wounds. Local leaders also believe the attack was intended to fuel tension between Shiites and Sunnis in the lead up to the Iraqi election. The shrine is one of the holiest sites for Shiites and attracts pilgrims every month. |
December 15 | 0 | 12 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... Four explosions in insurgent Assam province injured twelve civilians and police officers. |
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December 17 | 1 | 11 | ![]() Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) carried out a grenade attack on a hotel in the Paltan Bazaar in Guwahati. There were eleven seriously injured and one person was killed. This is following several days of heightened violence and attacks by ULFA. |
December 19 | 14 | 50 | ![]() Karbala Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people .... A car bomb exploded near a bus stop in Karbala, killing fourteen and wounding at least fifty. The attack also occurred near the twin shrines of Hussein and Abbas. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani also lives near the site of the blast. It was unclear if he was a target or not. The attack occurs on the same day as a bombing in Najaf. At least fifty people were detained in connection with the Najaf bombing and could have connections to Karbala as well. |
December 19 | 50 | 91 | ![]() Najaf Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate... A car bomb exploded in the middle of a funeral procession in Najaf. The bomb was detonated only 300 yards from the Imam Ali Shrine, an important Shiite shrine. Nearby were crowds of people waiting for buses. At least fifty people were killed and ninety-one wounded in this attack. The explosion ruptured water pipes and caused damage to nearby shops. The blast occurred only one day after a bomb attack in Karbala. The attacks may be linked to the upcoming elections. On December 20, sources reported that at least fifty people had been detained in connection with the attack. On December 25, the governor of Najaf announced that the perpetrators of the attack had been arrested. |
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December 22 | 2 | 0 | ![]() Pattani Province Pattani is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Narathiwat, Yala and Songkhla.-Geography:... Two teachers were shot dead in Pattani Province. This incident and others in the region in recent days, forced all schools in Pattani to close for the day. |
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December 24 | 9 | 19 | ![]() Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... A fuel tanker exploded in the al-Mansur district of Baghdad, near the Libyan and Jordanian embassies. Several other embassies and government buildings, including the homes of Sunni dignitary Adnan Pachachi and Shiite party leader Ahmed Chalabi, are also located in the area. The fuel tanker was tied with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber. The explosion damaged nearby buildings and killed at least nine people, including guards at the Libyan embassy. At least nineteen people were injured in the attack. |
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December 28 | 0 | 0 | ![]() Arauca Arauca can refer to the following Colombian locations:*The Arauca Department, in the northeastern part of the country*The city and municipality of Arauca, Arauca, capital of the Arauca Department*The Arauca River, a river shared by Colombia and Venezuela... A bomb exploded in the entrance to the government offices in downtown Arauca in an alleged attack on Arauca Governor Julio Enrique Acosta Bernal. The governor passed through the entrance ten minutes before the explosion took place. The bomb was composed of 20 kilos of R-1, and caused severe material damage, but no one was injured. Authorities believe either the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) or the National Liberation Army (ELN) were responsible for the attack. |
December 28 | 41 | 18 | ![]() Tikrit Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate.-Ancient times:... At least twenty-nine people were killed and eighteen wounded, a large number of them Iraqi police, when a powerful bomb exploded in a house that police were raiding. After receiving an anonymous call about a militant hideout, police were on their way to raid this hideout in the Ghazaliya neighborhood. When they were about to enter the house a large explosion occurred. Officials believe the attack was a setup/booby-trap arranged by insurgents. As many as eight surrounding houses were destroyed during the attack. Gunmen attacked a police station in Tikrit, killing twelve police officers. No further information is available. |
December 29 | 1 | 10 | ![]() Samarra Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700.... A suicide bomber detonated his bomb in the center of Samarra. Ten people were wounded in the attack. The target of the blast was not stated in the report. |
December 29 | 3 | 10 | ![]() Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a... A bomb exploded at a center for recruiting emergency troops in Riyadh. The bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber who tried to drive his bomb into the recruiting center. Two security personnel and two bystanders were injured in the attack. This was the second of two bombings, 30 minutes apart on this same night within 5 miles of each other. The attacks come shortly after Saudi security forces were involved in a shootout during a raid of an area where a terror suspect had been killed the night before. Saudi forces carried out raids following the attacks, killing seven militants that they believe were involved. Those involved were members of several radical groups. On January 4, sources reported that a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the blasts, claiming that the targets were the Interior Minister, Nayef bin Abdel Aziz al Saud, and his son. |
See also
- List of terrorist incidents
- ETA attacks in 2004
- List of Qassam rocket attacks
- List of Palestinian suicide attacks
- List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2001–2006