List of major terrorist incidents

This is a list of major terrorist incidents conducted by violent non-state actors, i.e. excluding state terrorism.^[a]

Casualties of terrorist incidents worldwide

Attacks before 1950

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
Wall Street Bombing	1920	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.	40	143+	Galleanisti
St. Nedelya Church bombing	1925	Sofia, Bulgaria	213	500+	Bulgarian Communist Party
King David Hotel bombing	1946	Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine	91	46	Irgun

Attacks 1950 to 1989

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
MV Dara	1961	Southwest Asia, Persian Gulf	238		Unknown; possibly Omani separatists
McGurk's Bar bombing	1971	Belfast, Northern Ireland	15	17	Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Lod Airport massacre	1972	Tel Aviv, Israel	26	80	Japanese Red Army
Munich massacre	1972	Munich, West Germany	17 [b]		Black September Organization
Birmingham pub bombings	1974	Birmingham, England	21	182	Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA)
Dublin and Monaghan bombings	1974	Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland	34	300	Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 bombing	1976	Over the Caribbean Sea	73	0[c]	Anti-Communists[1][2][3]
Cinema Rex fire	1978	Abadan, Iran	470+	200+	4 men (unknown affiliation)	The theatre was doused in airplane fuel, locked and started on fire as 700 people were trapped inside
Bologna massacre	1980	Bologna Centrale railway station, Italy	85	200+	Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari
1983 Beirut barracks bombing	1983	Beirut, Lebanon	307[d]	150	Islamic Jihad Organization (claimed responsibility), Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (court finding)
Brighton hotel bombing	1984	Grand Brighton Hotel, England	5	31	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Attempted assassination of the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.[4]
Air India Flight 182 bombing	1985	Over the Atlantic Ocean (en route from Montreal to London)	329	0[e]	Babbar Khalsa
Rome and Vienna Airport attacks	1985	Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Vienna International Airport	19		Abu Nidal Organization
Pan Am Flight 103	1988	Lockerbie, Scotland	270	0[f]	Libya[5]	All 259 people on the plane were killed, as well as eleven others on-ground.
Massacre of Trujillo	1988–1990	Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia	200–400		Paramilitary groups and Cali Cartel members (prominently Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar and Henry Loaiza-Ceballos)
UTA Flight 772	1989	Near Termit Massif, Niger	170	0[g]	Libya	A suitcase bomb was planted on the plane, before detonating mid-flight, causing the plane to break up.

1990s

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers	1990	Eastern Province, Sri Lanka	600–740		Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires	1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina	30 (including 1 suicide bomber)	242	Islamic Jihad Organization, Imad Mughniyeh
1993 World Trade Center bombing	1993	North Tower, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States	6	1,042	Ramzi Yousef, Eyad Ismoil
1993 Bombay bombings	1993	Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India	257	1,400	D-Company
Greysteel massacre	1993	Greysteel, Northern Ireland	8	19	Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
AMIA bombing	1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	86 (including 1 suicide bomber)	300+	Suspected Hezbollah and Iranian involvement[6][7][8]
Loughinisland Massacre	1994	Loughinisland, Northern Ireland	6	5	Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901 bombing	1994	near Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport, Colón, Panama	21	0	Ali Hawa Jamal (unknown affiliation)
Tokyo subway sarin attack	1995	Tokyo, Japan	13	1,050	Aum Shinrikyo (Ikuo Hayashi, Kenichi Hirose Toru Toyoda, Masato Yakayama and Yasuo Hayashi)
Oklahoma City bombing	1995	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	168–169	680+	Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
1995 France bombings	1995	Paris, France	8	190	Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Rais massacre	1997	village of Rais, near Sidi Moussa and south of Algiers, Algeria	98–800	120	Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
Bentalha massacre	1997	village of Bentalha about 15 km south of Algiers, Algeria	200–400		Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
US Embassy Bombings	1998	Kenya, Tanzania	224	4,000+	Al-Qaeda
Omagh bombing	1998	Omagh, Northern Ireland	29	220+	Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)
Russian apartment bombings	1999	Buynaksk, Moscow and Volgodonsk, Russia	307	1,700+	Ibn Al-Khattab, Achemez Gochiyayev and accomplices, [h] or Federal Security Service and GRU [i]

2000s

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
Rizal Day bombings	2000	Manila, Philippines	22	~100	Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf
2001 Angola train attack	2001	Angola	252	165	UNITA
September 11 attacks	2001	United States	2,977 (+19 perpetrators)	6,000–25,000	al-Qaeda	American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into One World Trade Center (North Tower) at 8:46 AM EDT. United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into Two World Trade Center (South Tower) at 9:03 AM EDT. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. At 9:28 AM EDT, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania after a struggle between hijackers and civilians onboard. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in history.
2001 Indian Parliament attack	2001	India	9	18	Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed
Passover massacre[9][10][11][12][13]	2002	Israel	30[j][14]	160	Hamas[15]	An attack conducted on Passover Seder celebrations which were being held at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel.
2002 Bali bombings	2002	Indonesia	204[k]	209	Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda
Moscow theater hostage crisis	2002	Russia	132	700+	Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Beslan school siege	2004	Russia	334	800+	Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs
2004 Ashura massacre	2004	Kerbala and Baghdad, Iraq	80-100	150-200	Unknown	Anti-Shia sentiment
2004 Madrid train bombings	2004	Spain	193	2,050	al-Qaeda
SuperFerry 14 bombing	2004	Philippines	116		Abu Sayyaf
7/7 bombings, London	2005	London, England	52 (+4 perpetrators)	784	al-Qaeda
2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings	2005	Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt	88	~150	al-Qaeda
2006 Mumbai train bombings	2006	Mumbai, India	209	714	Faisal Sheikh, Asif Khan, Kamal Ansari, Ehtesham Sidduqui and Naveed Khan; Islamic extremism
23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings	2006	Sadr City, Iraq	215	140	Unknown; Islamic extremism
18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings	2007	Iraq	198	251	Unknown; Anti-Shi'ism
Qahtaniyah bombings	2007	Iraq	796	1,562+
2008 Christmas massacres	2008	Democratic Republic of the Congo	620–860+		Lord's Resistance Army
2008 Mumbai attacks	2008	Mumbai, India	175	300+	Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Lashkar-e-Taiba
Camp Chapman attack	2009	Khost Province, Afghanistan	10[l]	6	Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, al-Qaeda, Pakistani Taliban

2010s

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
2011 Norway attacks	2011	Oslo, Norway & Utøya, Norway	77	320+	Anders Behring Breivik
20 January 2012 Nigeria attacks	2012	Northern Nigeria	185	Hundreds	Boko Haram
2013 Boston Marathon bombing	2013	Boston, Massachusetts	5	281	Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (brothers)
Westgate shopping mall attack	2013	Nairobi, Kenya	71	175	Al-Shabaab
Camp Speicher massacre	2014	Iraq	1,095–1,700		Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre	2014	Nigeria	300		Boko Haram
2014 Peshawar school massacre	2014	Pakistan	155[m]	114	Pakistani Taliban

2015

Date	Incident	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
January 3–7	Baga massacre	150–2,000	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.[16]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
January 7–9	January 2015 Île-de-France attacks	17 (+3 preparators)	22	Paris, France	From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants.The main attacks were the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege . The organization Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years.	Al-Qaeda	Islamic terrorism in Europe
March 20	2015 Sana'a mosque bombings	142	351+	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.[17]	Islamic State Yemen branch	Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
April 2	Garissa University College attack	148	79	Garissa, Kenya	Six to ten gunmen associated with the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab opened fire 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-eight students were reported killed, along with seventy-nine wounded. Four gunmen were killed by security forces.[18][19]	Al-Shabaab	War in Somalia
June 25	Kobanî massacre	223+	300+	Kobanî, 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
June 26	2015 Sousse attacks	38 (+ the preparator)	39	Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia	A mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia.	Islamic State	Islamist extremism
July 1–2	30 June and 1 July 2015 Borno massacres	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.[citation needed]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
July 17	2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing	120–130	130+	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 120 (15 children among them) and injuring another 170 people and brought down several buildings. ISIL claimed responsibility and said 180 people were killed.[20][21][22]	Islamic State	Iraq War
September 20	September 2015 Borno State 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.[23]	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
October 10	2015 Ankara bombings	109	508	Ankara, Turkey	Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near Ankara central station where a rally for peace supported by HDP was taking place.[24] The attack left 109 dead[25] and 508 injured.[26]	Islamic State	November 2015 Turkish general election
October 31	Metrojet Flight 9268	224	0[n]	Sinai, Egypt	ISIL militants have claimed destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268. Bomb is cited by experts as the most likely cause.[27]	Islamic State	Sinai insurgency
November 12	2015 Beirut bombings	43	200+	Beirut, Lebanon	Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh.	Islamic State	Islamist extremism
November 13	November 2015 Paris attacks	131 (+7 perpetrators)[28]	200+	Paris, France	November 2015 Paris attacks: 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.[29]	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe

2016

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
11 January	Bombings	132	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 Governorate.	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 personnel 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.[30][31][32]	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 Shi'ite shrine, believed to contain the grave of Islamic 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.[33][34]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
22 March	Bombings	32 (+ 3 perpetrators)	340	Brussels, Belgium	2016 Brussels bombings: On the morning of 22 March 2016, three coordinated suicide bombings occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels.	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe
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.[35][36][37][38][39]	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.[40][41]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
3 July	Bombing	347+	250+	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.[42] 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.[43][44]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
14 July	Vehicle-ramming attack	86 (+1)	434	Nice, France	2016 Nice truck attack: On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.	Lone wolf	Islamic extremism
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.[45]	Islamic State	Iraqi Civil War
19 December	Vehicle-ramming attack	12 (+1)	55	Berlin, Germany	2016 Berlin truck attack: On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was found shot dead in the passenger seat.	Lone wolf	Islamic extremism

2017

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
April 7	Vehicle-ramming attack	5	14	Stockholm, Sweden	2017 Stockholm truck attack: Stockholm truck attack An attacker used a truck to run over pedestrians along a shopping street before crashing into a department store. Five people were killed and 14 others wounded. Police said the attacker, an Uzbek immigrant, had shown sympathies for extremist organizations including ISIL. He was sentenced to life in prison and lifetime expulsion from Sweden in June 2018.	Sympathiser of ISIL	Islamic terrorism in Europe
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.[46][47]	Unknown	Syrian Civil War
May 22	Suicide bombing	22 (+ 1 perpetrator)	112+	Manchester, England	Manchester Arena bombing: On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande.	Two Lone Assassins	Islamic terrorism in Europe
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.[48][49]	Islamic Jihad Union (suspected)	War in Afghanistan
June 3	Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing	8 (+ 3 perpetrators)	48	London, England	2017 London Bridge attack: Three assailants used a van to ram pedestrians on London Bridge and then drove to Borough Market, where the three attacked people with knives before being shot by police. Eight people were killed and 48 were injured. The injured included four unarmed police officers. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe
June 7	Suicide bombing, mass shooting, hostage-taking	23	52	Tehran, Iran	2017 Tehran attacks: The 2017 Tehran attacks were a series of two simultaneous terrorist attacks that were carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran.[50][51]	Islamic State	Terrorism in Iran
August 17–18	Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing	16 (+ 8 perpetrators)	152	Barcelona, Spain	2017 Barcelona attacks: On 17 August 2017, a van was driven into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, killing 14 and injuring at least 130. The following day, a woman was killed in a related attack in Cambrils when a car tried to run into pedestrians and attackers stabbed people. A policeman shot and killed four of the five attackers while the fifth died later of his injuries. ISIL claimed responsibility for the Ramblas attack. Europol classified the attack as terrorism.	Islamic State	Islamic terrorism in Europe
October 14	Suicide truck bombing	587	303	Mogadishu, Somalia	14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings: At least 587 people were killed and 303 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Mogadishu.[52][53]	Al-Shabaab (suspected)	Somali Civil War (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 opened fire at worshippers during a crowded Friday prayer at al-Rawada. First responders were also attacked upon arrival.[54]	Islamic State Wilayat Sinai	Sinai insurgency Terrorism in Egypt

2018

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
January 27	Suicide car bombing	103	235	Kabul, Afghanistan	2018 Kabul ambulance bombing: 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.[55][56]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
July 13	Suicide bombing	154	223	Mastung, Pakistan	13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings: 154 people, including the Balochistan Awami Party candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, were killed and 223 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Mastung in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.[57][58]	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.[59][60][61]	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
December 11	Mass shooting	5	11	Strasbourg, France	2018 Strasbourg attack: A French citizen attacked people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg with a gun and a knife, killing five civilians and wounding eleven others. The man was killed two days later by police. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism.	Jihadist attacker	Islamic terrorism in Europe

2019

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
March 15	Mass shooting	51	40	Christchurch, New Zealand	Christchurch mosque shootings: Brenton Tarrant carried out two mosque shootings, killing 51 people and injuring 40 more.	Brenton Tarrant	White supremacy
April 21	Suicide bombings	259	500+	Sri Lanka	2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: On Easter Sunday, three churches across Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital Colombo, were bombed. Later that day, two smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex and a guest house, killing mainly police officers investigating the bombings and raiding suspect locations. 258 people were killed, including at least 35 foreign nationals, and around 500 were injured in the bombings.[62][63][64][65][66][67][68]	National Thowheeth Jama'ath	Islamic extremism

2020s

2020

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
November 2	Mass shooting	4 (+ 1 perpetrator)	23	Vienna, Austria	2020 Vienna attack: Four people were killed and 22 were injured in a shooting attack in 1st district, Vienna. The gunman was wearing a fake suicide vest and was shot dead by police.	A sympathiser of the Islamic State	Islamic extremism

2021

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
March 21	Massacres	137	Unknown	Tahoua Region, Niger	2021 Tahoua attacks: 137 people were killed in a series of attacks on villages, camps and hamlet's by armed jihadists.	Islamic State – Sahil Province	Jihadist insurgency in Niger
August 26	Suicide bombing, mass shooting	182 (+1)	150+	Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan	2021 Kabul airport attack: 182 people, including 13 members of the United States military, were killed in a suicide bombing attack near Abbey Gate of the Kabul Airport. The attack took place during the mass evacuation from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the Fall of Kabul.	ISIS-K	Islamic State–Taliban conflict

2022

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
4–6 January	Arson, mass shooting, massacres	200+	Unknown	Anka and Bukkuyum, Zamfara State, Nigeria	2022 Zamfara massacres: Bandits massacred an estimated 200 people after a military crackdown occurred.[69]	Bandits	Nigerian bandit conflict
4 March	Mass shooting, suicide bombing	63 (including the perpetrator)	196	Peshawar, Pakistan	2022 Peshawar mosque attack	Islamic State – Khorasan Province	Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State
29 October	Car bomb, Suicide attack, Mass shooting	121	350	Mogadishu, Somalia	2022 Somali Ministry of Education bombings	Al-Shabaab	Somali Civil War

2023

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Suspected perpetrator	Part of
30 January	Suicide bombing	101 (including the perpetrator)	220+	Police Lines area, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	2023 Peshawar mosque bombing: A suicide bombing inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The bomber triggered a suicide vest during the solar noon Zuhr prayers, killing 101 people and injuring over 220 others	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan	insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
7 October	Mass shooting (and other methods)	1,195 - 1,207	3,400	Villages, cities and roads in Southern Israel, including the nova music festival and army bases.	October 7th Attacks: [1] Thousands of Hamas terrorists launched a coordinated attack on Israel, firing thousands of rockets, simultaneously invading the Israel-Gaza border and then shooting indiscriminately at civilians. 815 Civilians killed. They took 251 hostages into Gaza. Third deadliest terrorist attack in history. Gaza War begins.	Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, other armed groups	Islamic Extremism 2023 Israel Gaza War
21 December	Mass shooting	14	22	Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic	2023 Prague shootings

2024

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator
3 January	Suicide bombings	105[o]	284	Kerman, Iran	2024 Kerman bombings: Two suicide bombers from the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, IS-K attack a commemorative ceremony for Qasem Soleimani	Islamic State – Khorasan Province
22 March	Mass shooting, slashing attacks, fire	145	551	Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Russia, on the western edge of Moscow	Crocus City Hall attack: Four gunmen carried out a mass shooting, as well as slashing attacks on the people gathered at the venue and used incendiary devices to set the venue on fire. Investigators said the following day the attack had killed at least 133 people, with more than 100 concertgoers injured. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS–K), a South-Central Asia-based regional affiliate of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility shortly after the attack.	Islamic State – Khorasan Province
24 August	Mass shooting	600+	300+	Barsalogho, Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso	2024 Barsalogho attack: JNIM militants opened fire on civilians and soldiers digging defensive trenches for the army, killing at least 600 people and injuring over 300 others.[70][71]	Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
3 September	Mass shooting, arson, looting, massacre	130	30+	Mafa, Tarmuwa, Yobe State, Nigeria	Tarmuwa massacre: Terrorists opened fire on worshippers and villagers at homes and markets, looted and set ablaze houses, schools and shops, killing 130 people and injuring at least 30 others.[72]	Islamic State – West Africa Province[73]
17 September	Mass shooting, arson	81-100+	255+	Bamako, Mali	2024 Bamako attacks: Gunmen attacked several locations across Bamako, killing at least 81 people and injuring over 255 others.[74]	Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin
9 November	Suicide bombing	32[p]	55	Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan	Quetta railway station bombing: A suicide bomber identified as Muhammad Rafiq Bizenjo detonated an explosive device at the Quetta railway station, killing himself and 31 other people, and injuring 55 others. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.[75][76][77]	Balochistan Liberation Army

2025

Date	Type	Killed	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator
January 1st	Vehicle ramming attack	15[q]	57	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	2025 New Orleans truck attack: Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a United States Military Veteran, drove a rented Ford F-150 Lightning into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, before entering a firefight with police, resulting in his death.	Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar[r]
March 11	Hijacking, bombings, mass shooting, hostage situation	64[s]	38	Bolan Pass, Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan	2025 Jaffar Express hijacking: Militants derailed the Jaffar Express train with explosives before killing people and taking hostages, killing 31 security personnel and civilians and injuring 38 others. 33 attackers were also killed.[78]	Balochistan Liberation Army
April 22nd	Mass shooting	26	-	Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India	2025 Pahalgam attack: Militants attacked tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 civilians, mainly Hindus. The terrorists asked victims about their religion and targeted non-Muslims. Police sources linked the attack to the Pakistan-backed group TRF. India responded with diplomatic action against Pakistan, border closures, and military retaliation. The attack worsened India-Pakistan tensions and was condemned internationally.	The Resistance Front, Lashkar-e-Taiba

Other attacks

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

Estimated Deaths	Name	Political Ideology	Country	Location	Year
168	Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye [ru], and Sovetskoye	1996
165+	2000 Walisongo school massacre	Christian terrorism	Indonesia	Poso	2000
155	October 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
152	2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Tal Afar	2007
150	St Nedelya Church assault	Communism	Bulgaria	Sofia	1925
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment	Communism	India	West Midnapore	2010
141+	Brak El-Shati airbase raid	Islamic extremism	Libya	Wadi al Shatii District	2017
140–256	2017 Camp Shaheen attack	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Mazar-e-Sharif	2017
140	Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Budyonnovsk	1995
136	2007 Karachi bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Karachi	2007
135	February 3, 2007 Baghdad market bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
133+	January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq		2011
130	Rafiganj train disaster	Communism	India	Rafiganj	2002
127	Peshawar church attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2013
127	December 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
127	2005 Al Hillah bombing	Unknown	Iraq	Al Hillah	2005
125	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961	Unknown	Indian Ocean		1996
120	2007 Al Hillah bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Al Hillah	2007
120	2012 Sana'a bombing	Islamic extremism	Yemen	Sana'a	2012
120	Palace of Justice siege	19th of April Movement	Colombia	Bogotá	1985
119	Bojayá massacre	United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia	Colombia	Choco	2002
117	28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2009
117	2004 Irbil bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Irbil	2004
114+	10 May 2010 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
114	March 2017 Damascus bombings	Islamic extremism	Syria	Damascus	2017
113+	2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
112	September 14, 2005 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2005
112	Avianca Flight 203	Narcoterrorism	Colombia		1989
112	Gulf Air Flight 771	Palestinian nationalism	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1983
110	10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Orakzai	2008
105	2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lakki Marwat	2010
104	Mohmand Agency attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Mohmand Agency	2010
102	First Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Tyre	1982
101	19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
100	Bolgrad palace bombing	Bessarabian separatism	Romania	Bolgrad	1921
100+	2011 Damaturu attacks	Islamic extremism	Nigeria		2011
100	Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking	Communism	Malaysia	Tanjung Kupang	1977
100	2008 Kandahar bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kandahar	2008

See also

• List of terrorist incidents

Notes

1. The exact criteria by which incidents are added to this list are described on the list's talk page.
2. Including the 5 perpetrators
3. No survivors on the plane
4. Including the two suicide bombers
5. No survivors on the plane
6. No survivors on the plane
7. No survivors on the plane
8. According to rulings by Russian courts
9. according to David Satter, Alexander Litvinenko, Yuri Felshtinsky and some other researchers
10. Including the suicide bomber
11. Including the two suicide bombers
12. Including the suicide bomber
13. Including the six attackers
14. No survivors on the plane
15. Including the two suicide bombers
16. Including the suicide bomber
17. Including attacker
18. Islamic Extremism inspired by the Islamic State
19. Including 33 attackers