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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Guidelines
  • To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
  • List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
  • Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
  • Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
  • If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
  • Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
  • In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
  0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

January
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
January 7Explosion, Shooting10ThailandExplosion at a railroad crossing – no casualties. One Buddhist shot dead in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
January 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
January 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
January 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
February 1Car bomb327Gori, Georgia,The February 1 explosion left three policemen dead and some 27 police and civilian bystanders injured in Gori, Georgia. A blue Lada sedan, left parked under the office window of regional police building, was used as the explosive device. The explosion has been classed as a terrorist act under Article 323 of Georgia's criminal codeSouth Ossetian separatistsGeorgian–Ossetian conflict
February 14Bombing22Beirut, LebanonAssassination of Rafic Hariri: Former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others after a massive bomb detonated near his motorcade.Hezbollah (suspected)
February 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
February 17Car bomb740ThailandSeven people dead, 40 injured by a car bomb outside a hotel in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
February 22Car bomb02Cali, ColombiaA car bomb explodes in front of the offices of RCN TV, injuring two.[2]FARC (suspected)Colombian conflict
February 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
February 28Suicide car bombing127 (+1)HundredsHillah, Iraq2005 Al Hillah bombing: Suicide car bombing of a police recruiting station in HillahIslamist insurgentsIraq War

March
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
March 6Shooting10ThailandA Buddhist monk was killed by gunmen in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
March 7Shooting2 (+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
March 15Bomb13ThailandOne policeman was killed, three injured by bomb in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
March 19Bomb015Thailand15 people, ten of them policemen, injured in two explosions. One of the bombs was detonated via a cellphone.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
March 26Shooting12ThailandOne Buddhist dead, two injured, in two attacks by gunmen in southern Thailand.[1]Pattani separatistsSouth Thailand insurgency
March 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
April 3Bomb2-566Thailand2005 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
April 7Suicide 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
April 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
May 4Suicide bombing60150Erbil, Iraq2005 Erbil bombing: A suicide bomber detonated near a police recruitment center in the mostly Kurdish town of Erbil.Ansar al-SunnaIraq War
May 7Suicide 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
May 7Bombings11162Yangon, MyanmarMay 2005 Yangon Bombings: Two supermarkets are bombed nearly simultaneously.Karen National Union (suspected)Internal conflict in Myanmar
May 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
July 1Bomb1125Makhachkala, RussiaMakhachkala Rus bombing: Blast in Makhachkala killed 10 soldier and wounded 7.[5]Shariat JamaatSecond Chechen War
July 5Shooting, 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
July 6Bombing38-5371Badarmude, 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
July 7Suicide 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.Islamists
July 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
July 16Bombing514Kuşadası, Turkey2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing: A bomb exploded on a minibus carrying people to a beachPKK (suspected)Kurdish–Turkish conflict
July 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.Islamist insurgentsIraq War
July 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.Islamists
July 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
July 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
August 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
August 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
August 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 hospitalIslamist insurgentsIraq War

September
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
September 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
September 29Car bombings95100+Balad, Iraq, Iraq2005 Balad bombings: Three near simultaneous car bombs explode at a market and outside a police station and a bankIslamist insurgentsIraq War

October
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
October 1Bomb0 (+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
October 1Suicide 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
October 7Shooting820Mong, Pakistan2005 Mong shootings: Three unknown men opened fire on an Ahmadiyya mosque.Unknown
October 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
October 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]Islamist insurgentsIraq War
October 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
October 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
October 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
November 9Suicide bombings60 (+3)115+Amman, Jordan2005 Amman bombings: Three suicide bombings targeting hotels frequented by foreign diplomats.Al-Qaeda in Iraq
November 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
November 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.Islamist insurgentsIraq War

December
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
December 5Suicide 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
December 11Suicide bombing0 (+1)3AfghanistanA suicide bomb attack injures three civilians in the southern Kandahar Province.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
December 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
December 20Suicide bombing0 (+1)3AfghanistanA suicide bomber detonates in the western Herat Province, injuring three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers.[4]TalibanWar in Afghanistan
December 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)
December 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. 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. "Afghanistan: A Chronology of Suicide Attacks Since 2001".
  5. "Urgent: 10 killed, 7 wounded in Makhachkala blast".
  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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