List of terrorist incidents in December 2017

This is a list of some of the terrorist, alleged terrorist or suspected terrorist incidents which took place in December 2017, including incidents by violent non-state actors for political, religious, or ideological motives.

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.
  • Casualties 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.

List

Total incidents: 32

Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1 Shooting 9 (+3) 37 Peshawar, Pakistan 2017 Peshawar Agriculture Directorate attack: On 1 December 2017 Friday morning 3–4 gunmen who were burqa-clad, arrived at the Agriculture Training Institute in a rickshaw. 9 people were killed and 37 were injured. Three attackers were also killed.[1][2][3] Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan
1 Ambush 2 (+12) Unknown Beledweyne District, Somalia Two Somali soldiers and 12 militants were killed when al-Shabab militants attacked a convoy.[4] Al-Shabaab War in Somalia
1 Bombing, suicide car bombing 1 (+1) 11 Baghdad, Iraq At least one civilian was killed and eleven others were injured in a series of bombings in southern Baghdad. Another bomb went off in a road next to the capital.[5] Jihad and Reform Front (suspected) Iraqi Civil War
2 Shooting 0 4 Binuangan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines At least four policemen were injured during a gunfight between members of the PNP and militants of the New People's Army.[6] New People's Army Communist rebellion in the Philippines
2 Suicide bombings 15 (+2) 53 Borno State, Nigeria Fifteen persons were killed and 53 others injured in twin suicide bomb attacks in a market in Borno State.[7] Boko Haram Boko Haram insurgency
2 Bombing 25 Unknown Rawa, Iraq 25 people were killed when a house rigged with explosives blew up in Rawa.[8] Islamic State (suspected) Iraqi Civil War
2 Rocket, bombing 3 10 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Three Afghan security officers were killed and 10 other people were injured in three rocket and bomb attacks in Jalalabad.[9] Islamic State War in Afghanistan
3 Shooting 0 0 Sardinata, Colombia An encounter between militants of the EPL and Colombian officers were reported in the municipality of Sardinata in the department of Norte de Santander.[10] Ejercito Popular de Liberación Colombian conflict
3 Suicide bombing 6 (+1) 13 Jalalabad, Afghanistan At least six civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in a blast in Jalalabad.[11] Taliban (suspected) War in Afghanistan
3 Bombings 1 5 Baghdad, Iraq One person was killed while five others were injured in two bomb blasts in northern and eastern Baghdad.[12] Islamic State (suspected) Iraqi Civil War
3 Shooting 2 (+4) 3 Lake Sebu, Philippines At least two soldier and four rebels were killed in an encounter being part of a rebel offensive in the province of South Cotabato.[13] New People's Army Communist rebellion in the Philippines
4 Bombing 0 11 Chapali Bhadrakali, Nepal 11 persons including Nepali Congress youth leader Gagan Thapa have been injured in an explosion targeting his election rally at Chapali.[14] People's Liberation Army, Nepal (suspected) Aftermath of Nepalese Civil War
4 Rockets 2 7 Damascus, Syria Two civilians were killed and another seven were wounded when militant missiles hit the Al-Abassiyeen Bus Station in Damascus.[15] Tahrir al-Sham (suspected) Syrian Civil War
4 Shooting 1 3 Bria, Central African Republic A UN police officer from Mauritania was killed and three others injured in a shooting attack in Bria by Anti-balaka militants.[16] Anti-balaka Central African Republic Civil War
4 Shooting 1 (+2) 0 Qazigund, Kashmir, India A soldier was killed after militants attacked an army patrol in Qazigund area of south Kashmir. The two attackers were killed by the security forces.[17] Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (suspected) Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
4 Assassination 1 0 Puerto Asís, Colombia Is assassinated Luis Alfonso Giraldo, president of the Community Action Board of the village La Brasilia, La Carmelita corregimiento, in Putumayo.[18] FARC Dissidents or Paramilitaries (suspected) Colombian conflict
5 Bombing 8 16 Homs, Syria A bomb blast killed 8 people and injured 16 others on a bus in Syria's Homs city.[19] Islamic State Syrian Civil War
5 Bombing, Car bombing 2 1 Baghdad, Iraq Two persons were killed and another injured in two explosions in Baghdad.[20] Islamic State (suspected) Iraqi Civil War
5 Suicide bombing 6 (+1) 9 Mir Ali, Pakistan Six civilians were killed and nine others were injured in an attack carried out by a suicide bomber in Mir Ali. The target of the attack was a security convoy.[21] Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (suspected) War in North-West Pakistan
6 Shooting, Kidnapping 6 4 Kirkuk, Iraq Five people were killed and four others kidnapped in an armed attack in southwest Kirkuk. Furthermore, a policeman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Kirkuk city.[22][23] Islamic State Iraqi Civil War
6 Execution 1 0 Rajasthan, India A Muslim man was burned alive by a Hindu extremist in Rajasthan, India. The attacker has released a video of the act.[24] Hindu Nationalist (suspected) Terrorism in India
6 Shooting 0 1 Kondagaon district, India A soldier was injured during an attack against the security forces, perpetrated by the naxals.[25] CPI Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
7 Shooting 1 1 Baghdad, Iraq One Iraqi was killed and another one was wounded when armed gunmen shot at them in northern Baghdad.[26] Islamic State (suspected) Iraqi Civil War
6 Bombing 0 5 Ra-ngae District Thailand At least five security forece were wounded which a roadside bomb detonate in Ra-ngae District, province of Narathiwat.[27] Islamist South Thailand Insurgency
7 Melee attack 0 0 (+1) Amsterdam, Netherlands A man carrying a Palestinian flag attacked a Jewish restaurant in Amsterdam with a club while shouting 'Allahu akbar'. There were no injuries in the attack, but the restaurant's windows were destroyed, as two police officers looked on without intervening.[28] The attacker, a 29-year-old Syrian, was released by Dutch authorities on December 20, despite evidence that the man had acted as a trained combatant in Syria's civil war, and despite his claims that he would again resort to violence if sufficiently angered, and despite his statement to the Dutch court that his attack on the restaurant was "only the first step." [29] Palestinian Nationalist Terrorism in Europe
7 Bombing 0 0 Rome, Italy A bomb detonated in front of the Carabinieri headquarters in Vía Britannia, no one was injured. Later in a website the group Federazione Anarchica Informale claim responsibility for the attack and calling for break "the fake peace".[30][31] Informal Anarchist Federation Terrorism in Italy
8 Shooting 19 53 North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo 2017 Semuliki attack: At least 14 UN peacekeepers were killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five soldiers were also killed during the attack. The attack was described as the worst on UN peacekeepers in recent history.[32] Allied Democratic Forces Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
11 Attempted suicide bombing (pipe bomb partially detonated) 0 3 (+1) New York City, United States 2017 Port Authority Bus Terminal explosion: A 27-year-old Bangladeshi national who lived in Brooklyn, is suspected of setting off a home-made pipe bomb at the port authority, in Manhattan. Later he told police his motive was recent Israeli actions in Gaza and that was inspired by the Islamic State.[33] Akayed Ullah Terrorism in the United States
14 Suicide bombing 18 (+1) 20 Mogadishu, Somalia 18 police officers were killed and 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.[34][35] Al-Shabaab War in Somalia
17 Suicide bombing, shooting 9 (+2) 57 Quetta, Pakistan 2017 Quetta church attack: At least nine people, including two women, were killed and 57 sustained injuries when suicide bombers attacked Bethel Memorial Methodist Church located on Quetta's Zarghoon Road.[36] Islamic State War in North-West Pakistan
27 Bombing 0 18 St. Petersburg, Russia 2017 Perekrestok supermarket bombing: At least 18 people were injured in a homemade bomb which exploded in a storage locker at a St. Petersburg supermarket.[37] Islamic State (suspected) Terrorism in Russia
28 Suicide bombing, Bombings 50 (+1) 80 Kabul, Afghanistan December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing: A suicide bomber stormed a Shi‘ite cultural center and news agency in the Afghan capital, killing 50 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference. Two other bombs were detonated in the zone.[38][39] Islamic State War in Afghanistan

See also

References
  1. "Four injured as terrorists attack Peshawar Agriculture Directorate; operation under way". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. "3 injured in suspected militant attack on Peshawar Agricultural Directorate". Dawn. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. "Armed men open firing near Peshawar's Agricultural University". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  4. "2 Somali Soldiers, 12 Militants Killed in Al-Shabab Ambush". Voice of America.
  5. "Twelve people killed, injured in attack, bomb blasts in Baghdad".
  6. "Police station in Misamis Oriental attacked by 'NPA'".
  7. Editor, Online (3 December 2017). "15 Killed, 53 Injured in Suicide Attacks on Borno Market". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 20 January 2018.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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  10. "Enfrentamientos entre Ejército y los Pelusos en zona rural de Sardinata, Norte Santander".
  11. "Six Civilians Killed in Jalalabad Suicide Attack | TOLOnews". TOLOnews. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  12. "6 persons killed, injured in two bomb blasts in Baghdad".
  13. "2 soldiers, 4 NPA rebels killed in South Cotabato firefight | Inquirer News".
  14. "Thapa to continue with election campaign later today, urges to keep morale high". 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  15. "Militants fire missiles into densely populated suburb of Damascus, 2 killed". 4 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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  17. "Soldier injured after militants attack army patrol in Qazigund in south Kashmir". Greater Kashmir. 4 December 2017.
  18. http://www.contagioradio.com/asesinan_luis_alfonso_giraldo_camelita_putumayo-articulo-49658/
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  20. "3 people killed, injured in two bomb blasts in Baghdad".
  21. "Suicide bomb in Pakistan's tribal zone kills civilians". Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  22. "Gunmen kill five civilians, abduct four others, southwest of Kirkuk".
  23. "Police officer killed in drive-by shooting in Kirkuk city".
  24. "India police: Murder of Muslim was apparent religious attack". Associated Press. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  25. "DRG jawan injured in Naxal attack on police camp in Chhattisgarh". 6 December 2017.
  26. "One killed, another wounded in armed attack north of Baghdad".
  27. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30333323
  28. TheJewishSongs (7 December 2017), Palestinian Yelling 'Allahu Akbar' Smashes Jewish Restaurant's Windows in Amsterdam, retrieved 21 December 2017
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  30. "San Giovanni: Ordigno rudimentale esplode davanti la caserma dei carabinieri".
  31. "Attentato contro carabinieri a San Giovanni, c'è la rivendicazione: "Rompiamo la pace"".
  32. "DR Congo: UN peacekeepers killed in attack in North Kivu". bbc.com. 8 December 2017.
  33. "New York Explosion Empties Busy Transit Hub; Suspect Is in Custody". Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  34. "Suicide bomber kills at least 17 at police academy in Mogadishu".
  35. "Suicide bomber kills 18 at Somalia police academy". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  36. "Nine killed, 57 injured in suicide attack on Quetta church". Dunya News. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  37. "Russia supermarket bombing: St Petersburg man charged with terrorism". BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  38. "Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi'ite center in Afghan capital". Reuters. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  39. "Kabul bombing: Death toll rises to 50". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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