List of terrorist incidents in 2005

Total Incidents: This is a timeline of incidents in 2005 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).

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January

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
07Explosion, Shooting10ThailandExplosion at a railroad crossing – no casualties. One Buddhist shot dead in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
13Car bombing, shooting6 (+3)5Karni crossing, IsraelKarni border crossing attack: Three Palestinian militants destroyed the border fence at Karni crossing with a car bomb and then they crossed into Israeli territory and opened fire on civiliansHamas
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Popular Resistance Committees		Second Intifada
15Raid, shootout4 (+6)Dagestan, RussiaJanuary 2005 Dagestan Raids: Russian security forces raid two Islamist safehouses in Makhachkala and Kaspiysk in Dagestan, 4 Russian commandos died in the raids as did six militants.Shariat JamaatSecond Chechen War
16Bombing150+Southern ThailandOne person dead, over 50 others injured in an explosion in a commercial area in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency

February

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
14Bombing22Beirut, LebanonAssassination of Rafic Hariri: Former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others after a massive bomb detonated near his motorcade.Hezbollah (suspected)
16Kidnapping10Asunción, ParaguayCecilia Cubas, 32, was abducted by gunmen two blocks from her home in Asunción on September 21, 2004, sparking a massive search by security forces who hoped to rescue her alive, was found dead on February 16, 2005, underneath a house near Asunción, nearly five months after she was kidnapped. Cubas was the third kidnapping victim officially recognized in a decade in Paraguay.Partido Patria Libre militants
17Car bomb740ThailandSeven people dead, 40 injured by a car bomb outside a hotel in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
22Car bomb02Cali, ColombiaA car bomb explodes in front of the offices of RCN TV, injuring two.[2]FARC (suspected)Colombian conflict
25Suicide bomber5 (+1)50+Tel Aviv, IsraelStage Club bombing: A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv kills five Israelis and undermines a weeks-old truce between the two sides.[3]Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
28Suicide car bombing127 (+1)HundredsHillah, Iraq2005 Al Hillah bombing: Suicide car bombing of a police recruiting station in HillahAl-Qaeda in Iraq (suspected)Iraq War

March

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
06Shooting10ThailandA Buddhist monk was killed by gunmen in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
07Shooting2 (+3)0ThailandTwo policemen and three unknown attackers were killed in a shootout with five gunmen disguised as veiled Muslim women at a police station in southern Thailand.[1]UnknownSouth Thailand insurgency
15Bomb13ThailandOne policeman was killed, three injured by bomb in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
19Bomb015Thailand15 people, ten of them policemen, injured in two explosions. One of the bombs was detonated via a cellphone.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
26Shooting12ThailandOne Buddhist dead, two injured, in two attacks by gunmen in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
27Bomb, Shooting020+ThailandTwo bombs used to stop an armored train patrolling in southern Thailand, terrorists then fired on the policemen on the train. Approximately 20 policemen and some other passengers were wounded.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency

April

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
03Bomb2-566Thailand2005 Songkhla bombings: Two people killed (possibly five), 54 injured, by three explosions in Hat Yai -one at the airport, one at a hotel, and another at a department store.[1]PULOSouth Thailand insurgency
07Suicide Bomber3 (+1)18Cairo, EgyptApril 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on Sharia al-Moski in Islamic Cairo. Three foreign tourists (two French and one American) were killed, and 11 Egyptians and seven other overseas visitors were injured.Abdullah Azzam Brigades
30Suicide bombing, shooting0 (+3)10Cairo, EgyptApril 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks: A man suspected of being involved in the 7 April attack in Cairo committed a suicide bombing at a bus station while being pursued by police, injuring seven people. A few hours later, two women opened fire on a tourist bus, injuring three people before they committed suicide.Abdullah Azzam Brigades

May

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
04Suicide bombing60150Erbil, Iraq2005 Erbil bombing: A suicide bomber detonated near a police recruitment center in the mostly Kurdish town of Erbil.Ansar al-SunnaIraq War
07Suicide bomber2 (+1)5Kabul, AfghanistanA suicide bomber attacks an Internet cafe at a guesthouse in Kabul, killing a UN engineer and an Afghan national and injuring five others.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
07Bombings11162Yangon, MyanmarMay 2005 Yangon Bombings: Two supermarkets are bombed nearly simultaneously.Karen National Union (suspected)Internal conflict in Myanmar
28Bombings2290Sulawesi, Indonesia2005 Tentena market bombings: Two bombs were detonated at an open air market frequented by Christians.Jemaah Islamiyah

June

Total Incidents: 0

July

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
01Bomb1125Makhachkala, RussiaMakhachkala Rus bombing: Blast in Makhachkala killed 10 soldier and wounded 7.[5]Shariat JamaatSecond Chechen War
05Shooting, grenade1 (+5)3Ayodhya, India2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack: Five terrorists attacked the Ram temple in Ayodhya before being killed by security forces.Lashkar-e-TaibaAyodhya dispute
06Bombing38-5371Badarmude, NepalBadarmude bus explosion: A bomb was detonated near a bus while is passing across a bridge, causing the bridge collapse.Communist Party of Nepal (suspected)Nepalese Civil War
07Suicide bombing52 (+4)700+London, United Kingdom7 July 2005 London bombings: Four suicide bombers detonated bombs that were hidden in back packs, killing 52 people and injuring 700. Three were in tube trains and one on a number 30 bus, the incident happened a day after London was announced to be host of the 2012 Olympic Games.Al-Qaeda (suspected)
12Suicide bombing5 (+1)90+Netanya, Israel12 July 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: Islamic Jihad takes responsibility for a suicide bombing in Netanya, which kills five people at a shopping mall.[6]Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
16Bombing514Kuşadası, Turkey2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing: A bomb exploded on a minibus carrying people to a beachPKK (suspected)Kurdish–Turkish conflict
16Suicide bombing100150Musayyib, Iraq2005 Musayyib bombing: A suicide bomber detonates in a crowded market. A gas truck was passing as the bomber detonated, which made the event even more disastrous.Al-Qaeda in IraqIraq War
21Bombings01London, United Kingdom21 July 2005 London bombings: Four small explosions at three London Underground stations and on a bus, but only detonators of the bombs exploded and no major injuries occurred. A fifth bomber dumped his device without attempting to detonate. The attackers were attempting to recreate the successful bombings on London public transportation that occurred two weeks earlier.Al-Qaeda (suspected)
23Bombings64-88150Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt2005 Sharm el-Sheikh bombings: A market and two hotels frequented by foreigners are bombed in Sharm el-Sheikh. The Egyptian government claimed 64 people were killed but local hospitals reported 88 deaths.Abdullah Azzam Brigades
28Bombing1350Jaunpur, India2005 Jaunpur train bombing: An express train en route to Delhi is bombed near Jaunpur. The perpetrators were never caught but Islamic extremists are strongly suspected.Islamic extremists (suspected)

August

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
15Shooting20Sri LankaLakshman Kadirgamar, the foreign minister of Sri Lanka and an ethnic Tamil was shot by an alleged LTTE sniper.[7]LTTESri Lankan Civil War
17Bombings2100+Across Bangladesh2005 Bangladesh series bombings: Over 500 bombs exploded in over 300 cities and towns across 63 of Bangladesh's 64 districts.Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
HuJI		Internal conflict in Bangladesh
17Car bombings4376Baghdad, Iraq17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings: Two car bombs detonated at a busy bus station in Baghdad. A third bomb detonated on a road that was being used to transport victims of the first blasts to the hospitalAl-Qaeda in Iraq (suspected)Iraq War

September

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
14Suicide bombings160570Baghdad, Iraq14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings: More than a dozen bombs rip through Baghdad. The deadliest blast occurred in the mostly Shia district of Kadhimiya and targeted a crowd of laborers looking for work.Al-Qaeda in IraqIraq War
29Car bombings95100+Balad, Iraq, Iraq2005 Balad bombings: Three near simultaneous car bombs explode at a market and outside a police station and a bankAl-Qaeda in Iraq (suspected)Iraq War

October

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
01Bomb0 (+1)0United States2005 University of Oklahoma bombing: Joel Henry Hinrichs III detonated a bomb near the packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma killing himself in the process.[8]Joel Henry Hinrichs III
01Suicide car bombings20 (+3)100Bali, Indonesia2005 Bali bombings: Three suicide car bombings target a resort and Kuta town square in Bali, places popular with western tourists.Jemaah Islamiyah
07Shooting820Mong, Pakistan2005 Mong shootings: Three unknown men opened fire on a Ahmadiyya mosque.Unknown
13/14Raid49 (+89)115+Nalchik, Russia2005 Nalchik raid: Several hundred militants belonging to the Caucasian Front and Yarmuk Jamaat attack several targets across Nalchik, including several government buildings, several police stations and the city's airport. In total, 142 people were killed in the attacks including at least 35 members of Russian security forces, at least 14 civilians and at least 89 militants.Caucasian Front
Yarmuk Jamaat		Second Chechen War
24Car bomb20+Baghdad, IraqMultiple car bombs explode outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, killing at least 20. It is thought that the attacks were targeting journalists inside the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Ishtar.[9]Al-Qaeda in IraqIraq War
26Suicide bomber7 (+1)55Hadera, IsraelHadera Market bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a bomb near a falafel stand in Hadera that kills himself and six others. Twenty-six people were also wounded.[10]Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
29Assault31Poso, Indonesia2005 Indonesian beheadings of Christian girls: In Poso, Central Sulawesi, four Christian schoolgirls aged 15 to 17 years on their way home from school were assaulted by six masked Muslim men who beheaded three of them, Theresia Morangke, Alfita Poliwo, and Yarni Sambue, with machetes and placed their severed heads in front of a church and a police station. The fourth girl, Noviana Malewa, survived but suffered serious machete wounds. The terrorists belong to the group Tanah Runtuh whose leader Hasanuddin confessed at his trial that the well-planned assault was inspired and financed by Guru Sanusi, a former Muslim rebel (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) from Mindanao.[11][12] Central Jakarta District Court sentenced two of the killers to 14 years in prison and mastermind Hasanuddin to 20 years.[13]Islamists
29Bombings62210Delhi, India2005 Delhi bombings: Two markets and a bus are bombed in a span of about 30 minutes in Delhi.Lashkar-e-Taiba

November

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
09Suicide bombings60 (+3)115+Amman, Jordan2005 Amman bombings: Three suicide bombings targeting hotels frequented by foreign diplomats.Al-Qaeda in Iraq
14Suicide bombing9 (+2)Kabul, AfghanistanTwin suicide attacks in Kabul target NATO-led peacekeepers, killing a German soldier and eight Afghans and marking the first attack in a wave of suicide bombings that will continue into 2006.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
18Suicide car bombings74+ (+2)100+Khanaqin, Iraq2005 Khanaqin bombings: Two suicide car bombers detonate at two Shia mosques in the town of Khanaqin near Iranian border.Al-Qaeda in IraqIraq War

December

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
05Suicide bombing5 (+1)40+Netanya, Israel5 December 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: A suicide bomb attack kills at least five people in Netanya in north-western Israel.[14]Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
11Suicide bombing0 (+1)3AfghanistanA suicide bomb attack injures three civilians in the southern Kandahar Province.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
14Suicide bombing0 (+1)0AfghanistanA suicide attack rocks the famous blue mosque of Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province but did not cause serious injuries.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
20Suicide bombing0 (+1)3AfghanistanA suicide bomber detonates in the western Herat Province, injuring three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
28Shooting14Bangalore, India2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting: Two men stormed the Indian Institute of Science and opened fire, killing Munish Chander Puri, the Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at IIT Delhi and wounding four others. The perpetrators were never caught but are strongly suspected to be Islamic extremists.Islamic extremists (suspected)
31Bombing853Palu, Indonesia2005 Palu market bombing: A butcher's shop that was frequented by Christians and sold non-Halal food was bombed.Jemaah Islamiyah

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B. Raman: Terrorism in Thailand: Tech & Tactics Savvy, Observer Research Foundation, May 4, 2005
  2. ↑ CPJ News: "CPJ News Alert 2005", February 22, 2005
  3. ↑ "USATODAY.com – Syria-based Islamic Jihad claims role for Tel Aviv bombing". Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1064789.html
  5. ↑ http://en.ria.ru/russia/20050701/40828625.html
  6. ↑ Netanya bombing death toll rises to 5 – published in Ynet on July 14, 2005
  7. ↑ "EU 'actively considering' Tiger ban". BBC Sinhala. May 19, 2006.
  8. ↑ Wikipedia: 2005 University of Oklahoma Bombing, October 1, 2005
  9. ↑ Fox News: Journalists' Hotel Attacked in Iraq, October 24, 2005
  10. ↑ Reuters: Suicide bomber kills five in market attack, October 27, 2005
  11. ↑ AsiaNews: Men involved in the decapitation of three Christian schoolgirls go on trial in Jakarta, November 15, 2006
  12. ↑ The Guardian: Machete killings fuel Indonesia's religious hatred, November 20, 2005
  13. ↑ AsiaNews.it: Lenient sentence for those who beheaded three Christian girls, March 21, 2007
  14. ↑ Five Israelis killed in mall suicide bombing – published on The Daily Telegraph on December 6, 2005
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