List of major terrorist incidents

Casualties of terrorist incidents worldwide

This is a list of terrorist incidents, conducted by non-state actors, resulting in more than 100 deaths.

1950 to 1999

2000 to 2014

2015

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
January 3–7	Baga massacre	150+	Unknown	Baga, Borno State, Nigeria	Boko Haram militants opened fire on northern Nigerian villages, leaving bodies scattered everywhere, reporting over 100 fatalities with as many as 2,000 people unaccounted for—feared dead.[1]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
March 20	2015 Sana'a mosque bombings	137	345	Sana'a, Yemen	Islamic State militants in Yemen carried out five suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers in the city of Sana'a.[2]	Islamic State Yemen branch	Yemeni Civil War (2015)
April 1	Storming and hostage taking	151+	79	Garissa, Kenya	Six to ten gunmen associated with the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab open fired at the Garissa University in Kenya. Christians were their main target of the attack, with the Islamic extremists separating the Muslims from Christians before executing them. Up to three hundred students are unaccounted for. One hundred and forty-seven students were reported killed, with fears the toll will rise, along with seventy-nine wounded. Four gunmen were killed by security forces.[3][4]	Al-Shabaab	War in Somalia
June 25	Massacre	146	0	Kobani, Syria	On 25 June 2015, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detonated three car bombs in Kobanî, close to the Turkish border crossing.	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
July 1–2	Shooting	145	17	Kukawa, Nigeria	Boko Haram militants attacked multiple mosques between July 1 and 2. Forty-eight men and boys were killed on the 1st at one mosque in Kukawa. Seventeen were wounded in the attack. Ninety-seven others, mostly men, were killed in numerous mosques on the 2nd with a number of women and young girls killed in their homes. An unknown number were wounded. Boko Haram claimed responsibility.	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
July 17	Suicide car bombings	120+	170	Khan Bani Saad, Iraq	A car bomb was sent to a crowded market in Khan Bani Saad in Iraq, 30 km north to Baghdad, during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations. The explosion killed at least 100 (15 children among them) and injuring another 170 people and brought down several buildings. ISIL claimed responsibility and said 180 people were killed.[5][6][7]	Islamic State	Iraq War
September 20	Bombings, suicide bombings	145	97-150+	Maiduguri, Nigeria	Boko Haram executed a series of blasts, some of which were Suicide bombings, in the north eastern city of Maiduguri, targeting a market and civilians in a mosque during night pray and a football match viewers, bringing the total number of casualties to at least 53 dead and over 90 wounded. The attack was said to be made using homemade weapons.[8]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
October 10	Suicide bombings	102	508	Ankara, Turkey	Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near Ankara central station where a rally for peace supported by HDP was taking place.[9] The attack left 102 dead[10] and 508 injured.[11]	Islamic State	Turkish general election, November 2015
October 31	Bombing (suspected)	224	0	Sinai, Egypt	ISIL militants have claimed destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268. Bomb is cited by experts as the most likely cause.[12]	Islamic State	Sinai insurgency
November 13	Shootings, suicide bombings, hostage taking	136[13]	200+	Paris, France	A series of attacks occurred simultaneously in central Paris. The first shooting attack occurred in a restaurant and a bar in 10th arrondissement of Paris. A bomb was detonated at Bataclan theatre in 11th arrondissement of Paris during a rock concert. Dozens were killed, and approximately 100 hostages were taken. Another bombing took place in the Stade de France stadium in the suburb of Saint-Denis during a football game, and the last attack took place in Les Halles mall.[14]	Islamic State (suspected)

2016

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
11 January	Bombings	100+	Unknown	Sharaban, Iraq	January 2016 Iraq attacks: Two huge bomb blasts, one at a teashop and the other at a mosque, killed at least 100 people in the township of Sharaban in Iraq's northern Diyala province.	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
16 January	Massacre	135-300+	Unknown	Deir ez-Zor, Syria	ISIL militants attacked the neighbourhoods of Begayliya and Ayash in Deir ez-Zor, killing dozens of people in execution style murder. Fatality estimates variates between 135 and over 300. International sources reported that the attack was against Syrian Army personal and killed 85 Syrian soldiers along with 50 civilians while Syrian sources said over 300 people were killed, most of whom were children and women. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed suicide bombers were used.[15][16][17]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War − Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016)
21 February	Bombing	134 (+2)	180	Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria	February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings : Islamic State militants detonated a car bomb and later launched two suicide bombings, about 400 meters from Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, a Shia shrine, believed to contain the grave of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter. 83 to 134 people were killed and 180 wounded, including children. Syrian media said the attack occurred when pupils were leaving school in the area. At least 60 shops were damaged as well as cars in the area. Islamic State claimed responsibility.[18][19]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
17 May	Suicide and car bombings, shooting	101+	194+	Baghdad, Iraq	May 2016 Baghdad bombings: A series of eight attacks in Baghdad killed numerous people and wounded more.[20][21][22][23][24]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
23 May	Suicide bombing	184 (5)	200	Jableh and Tartus, Syria	May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings: Nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.[25][26]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
3 July	Bombing	342+ (+1)	246+	Baghdad, Iraq	2016 Karrada bombing: At least 346 people were killed, and over 246 injured, in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. Early in the evening of July 3, a large car bomb exploded in the middle of a busy market, killing nearly 346 civilians.[27] The blast occurred in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada, which contains Shia Muslims and a large Christian minority. A second car bombing in the district of Sha'ab killed at least 5 people and injured 16, while two more bombings killed at least two more people.[28][29]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
24 November	Suicide truck bombing	125 (+1)	95	Hillah, Iraq	November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing: A truck bomb killed at least 125 people in Hillah city 95 others are injured.[30]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War

2017

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected Perpetrator	Part of
March 11, March 15	Bombings	114	150+	Damascus, Syria	March 2017 Damascus bombings: Three terrorist attacks occurred in the city of Damascus. At least 114 persons were killed in the bombings.	Tahrir al-Sham, Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
April 15	Suicide car bombing	126+	60+	Aleppo, Syria	2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing: In a district of Aleppo a strong explosion occurred. According to provisional data, a motor bomb exploded. The blast killed at least 126 people, including more than 60 children.[31][32]	Unknown	Syrian Civil War
April 21	Shooting	140-256 (+10)	160+	Balkh Province, Afghanistan	2017 Camp Shaheen attack: Attack of military base by Taliban insurgents in northern Afghanistan killed 256 Afghan soldiers. More than 160 were also injured.[33]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
May 20	Shooting	141+	100+	Wadi al Shatii District, Libya	Brak El-Shati airbase raid: At least 141 soldiers and civilians were killed in an attack in Southern Libya.[34]	Misrata Militants (suspected)	Second Libyan Civil War
May 31	Car Bombing	150+	413+	Kabul, Afghanistan	May 2017 Kabul attack: A car bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter killed at least 150 persons and wounded 413 others.[35][36]	Islamic Jihad Union (suspected)	War in Afghanistan
October 14	Suicide truck bombing	655	303	Mogadishu, Somalia	14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings: At least 655 people were killed and 303 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Mogadishu.[37][38]	Al-Shabaab (suspected)	War in Somalia (2009-present)
November 24	Car bombing and shooting	311	128+	Bir al-Abed, Egypt	2017 Sinai mosque attack: A mosque located near the town of Bir al-Abed was attacked by more than 10 militants. The attackers used three car bombs and four off-road vehicles to block escape routes, and open fired at worshippers during a crowded Friday prayer at al-Rawada. First responders were also attacked upon arrival.[39]	Islamic State Wilayat Sinai	Sinai insurgency Terrorism in Egypt

2018

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected Perpetrator	Part of
January 27	Suicide car bombing	103	235	Kabul, Afghanistan	2018 Kabul ambulance bombing: At least 103 people were killed and 235 others injured when a Taliban suicide bomber exploded an ambulance laden with explosives near Sidarat Square in central Kabul where several government offices are located.[40][41]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
July 13	Suicide bombing	149	186	Mastung, Pakistan	13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings: At least 149 people, including the Balochistan Awami Party candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, were killed and 186 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Mastung in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.[42][43]	Islamic State	War in North-West Pakistan
July 25	Suicide bombings, shootings, hostage taking	255 (+63)	180	As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria	2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Islamic state militants carried out suicide bombings and gun attacks in the city of As-Suwayda and a number of villages in the southern Syrian governorate of As-Suwayda, killing 255 people, including 142 civilians, and injuring 180 others. At least 63 terrorists were also killed, including the suicide bombers. The jihadists also seized hostages from the villages they had attacked.[44][45][46]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War

Other Attacks

This is a list of terrorist incidents with at least 100 fatalities, that are not included in the chronological timeline.

See also

• List of battles and other violent events by death toll
• List of terrorist incidents

References