List of terrorist incidents in March 2015

This is a timeline of terrorist incidents which took place in March 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

List 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.

March
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
1 Bombing 2 5 Assouan, Egypt A bomb killed two civilians and wounded 5 others near a police station[1] Unknown Insurgency in Egypt
2 Bombing 2 3 Nangarhar, Afghanistan A bomb killed two students and wounded three others, all civilians. The Taliban are suspected.[2] Taliban (suspected) War in Afghanistan
2 Bombing 6 2 Nangarhar, Afghanistan A bomb killed six civilians and wounded two others, all civilians. The Taliban are suspected.[3] Taliban (suspected) War in Afghanistan
2 Bombing 2 9 Cairo, Egypt A bomb killed two civilians and wounded nine other civilians near the Supreme Court.[4] Unknown
3 Bombing 3 2 Hadramout, Yemen Three soldiers were killed and two others wounded when a bomb exploded near their vehicle.[5] ISIL (suspected) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
4 Bombing 3 2 Diffa, Niger Two soldiers were killed and one other wounded when a bomb exploded near their position.[6] Boko Haram (suspected) Boko Haram insurgency
5 Melee attack 0 1 Seoul, South Korea The Ambassador of the United States, Mark Lippert, was injured in a knife attack conducted by a Korean nationalist[7] Korean nationalist
6 Mass shooting 5 9 Bamako, Mali One French, one Belgian and three Malians were killed in an attack in a district of Bamako frequented by Westerners[8] Al-Mourabitoun[9] Northern Mali conflict
6 Vehicular assault, Melee attack 0 7 East Jerusalem A Palestinian driver rammed his car into a crowd of border police, and then attacked them with a knife[10] Palestinian man
(lone wolf)[11]		 Israeli–Palestinian conflict
6 Mass shooting 5 6 Kabul, Afghanistan Five people were killed and six others injured in the attack of a Sufi mosque in Kabul[12] Unknown War in Afghanistan
7 Suicide bombing 58 139 Maiduguri, Nigeria Suicide bombs killed 58 and wounded 139 people in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria. Attacks occurred roughly hour after each other in local markets and a car lot.[13] Boko Haram Boko Haram insurgency
8 Bombing 1 9 Alexandria, Egypt A series of explosions killed one person and wounded nine in Alexandria near a supermarket and a police station[14] Unknown
8 Artillery 3 Dozens Kidal, Mali Three people, a UN soldier and two civilians were killed and a dozen injured in Kidal according to minusma[15] Unknown Northern Mali conflict
8 Bombing 1 1 (+2) Joypurhat, Bangladesh A bomb killed one and another was injured.[16] Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir
15 Suicide bombing 14 70 Lahore, Pakistan A Church attack occurred on 15 March 2015 at 10:00 am in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two suicide bombers belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar blew themselves up at two churches in the Youhanabad area. At least 14 people were killed and seventy were wounded in the attacks. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar War in North-West Pakistan
18 Shooting, hostage taking 21 40+ Tunis, Tunisia Bardo National Museum attack: One or two gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in the center of Tunis, killing 21 people including 18 foreign tourists from 6 European countries as well as Japan, Russia and Australia. One Tunisian woman and a Tunisian army soldier were also killed. ISIL Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
20 Shooting 4 10 Kashmir, India Two heavily armed militants wearing Indian Army uniforms opened fire on a police station near the Pakistani border early Friday, killing three Indian security personnel and a civilian.[17] Unknown Kashmir conflict
20 Suicide bombing 142 351 Sana'a, Yemen 2015 Sana'a mosque: ISIL militants in Yemen carried out four suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers in the city of Sana'a.[18] bombings ISIL Yemen branch Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
25 Suicide bombing 17 25 Benghazi, Libya An ISIL affiliate, "the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in Libya," carried out three suicide bombings in the city of Benghazi. Twelve were killed and 25 wounded. Five additional dead during attacks with a local militia.[19] ISIL (affiliate) Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
25 Kidnapping Unknown Unknown Damasak, Nigeria Boko Haram reportedly kidnapped up to 500 civilians, mostly children, while retreating from Damasak.[20] Boko Haram Boko Haram insurgency
25 Melee attack 0 (+1) 1 Hebron, West Bank A 16-year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israel border policeman in the head and chest and was shot dead by Israeli troops. The Palestinian Authority and the family condemned the killing, and dismissed charges that he had tried to stab soldiers.[21] 16-year-old Palestinian lone wolf Israeli–Palestinian conflict
26–27 Suicide bombing, Shooting 24 28 Mogadishu, Somalia Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack: Six gunmen associated with the Al-Shabaab stormed an upscale hotel for diplomats and government officials in Mogadishu. Seventeen hotel guests, one soldier, and six militants were killed along with twenty-eight wounded. Combat between the militants and Somali troops ended on the second day of the siege after twelve hours of fighting. Somalia's ambassador to Switzerland, Yusuf Bari-Bari, was among the dead.[22] Al-Shabaab War in Somalia
31 Shooting 1 (+3) 2 Istanbul, Turkey In Istanbul at a courthouse, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey took one hostage a prosecutor dealing with the case of a 15-year-old who died in a police gas attack. The situation ended with police killing the gunmen. The prosecutor later died at the hospital. Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey

Total Incidents: 23

References
  1. "Egypte: attentat à la bombe dans la ville touristique d'Assouan". Le Monde.fr. March 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Deux élèves tués dans une explosion dans l'est de l'Afghanistan". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Un attentat à la bombe fait six morts en Afghanistan". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. "Explosion d'une bombe près de la Cour suprême en Egypte". Le Monde.fr. 2015-03-02. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. "Yémen: al-Qaida tue trois soldats". Le Figaro. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. "Une bombe tue deux soldats nigériens". Le Figaro. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  7. "VIDEO. L'ambassadeur américain à Séoul attaqué au couteau par un nationaliste coréen". 2015-03-05. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  8. RFI (7 March 2015). "Bamako frappée au cœur: une première depuis l'opération Serval". RFI. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  9. "Mali: Le groupe terroriste de Belmokhtar revendique l'attentat de Bamako". 20minutes.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  10. Nir Hasson and Ido Efrati and The Associated Press (6 March 2015). "Seven wounded in Jerusalem terror attack". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  11. "7 injured, including 6 female soldiers, in Jerusalem car-ramming attack, police say". Fox News. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  12. "Afghanistan: 5 morts lors d'une attaque dans une mosquée soufi à Kaboul". i24news. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  13. "Boko Haram pledges allegiance to IS after carnage in Maiduguri". AFP. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  14. "Attentats à la bombe à Alexandrie". Le Figaro. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  15. "Mali: trois tués dont un soldat de l'ONU dans des tirs de roquette à Kidal (nouveau bilan)". L'Orient-Le Jour. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  16. "Injured bus passenger dies after bomb attack in Joypurhat".
  17. Kumar, Hari (20 March 2015). "Militants Attack Police Station in India". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  18. "3 suicide bombings target Shiite rebel mosques in Yemen". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  19. "Islamic State group car bomb, clashes leave 17 dead in Libya". Associated Press. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  20. "Official: Boko Haram abducts hundreds of Nigerian civilians". Associated Press. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  21. "Terrorist shot dead after stabbing Border Policeman in Hebron". The Jerusalem Post.
  22. "Official: Al-Shabab siege at Somali hotel ends, 24 dead". Associated Press. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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