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The following is anincompletelist of Islamist terrorist attacks.
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | December 1985 – September 1986 | 1985–86 Paris attacks, a series of over a dozen bombings inParis by theIranian-sponsored Committee for Solidarity With Arab and Middle Eastern Political Prisoners.[1] | 13 | 225 |
| Israel | July 7, 1989 | Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack inKiryat Ye'arim,Jerusalem District, by aPalestinian Islamic Jihad militant.[2] | 16 | 27 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | November 5, 1990 | 1990assassination of Meir Kahane.[3][4] | 1 | 2 |
| United States | February 26, 1993 | World Trade Center bombing in New York City.[5] | 6 | 1,042 |
| Tanzania | August 7, 1998 | 1998 United States embassy bombings inDar es Salaam andNairobi.[6][7][8] | 224 | 4,000+ |
| Kenya |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | September 11 | A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda involving the hijacking and crashing of passenger jet airliners.[9] | 2,996 | 25,000+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | October 12 | 2002 Bali bombings in the tourist district ofKuta on the island ofBali.[10][11] | 202 | 240 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | May 12 | Riyadh compound bombings; Al-Qaeda attackers drove three car bombs into residential compounds housing Westerners and others. Nine bombers and another 3 insurgents also died.[12][13] | 27 | 160 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | March 11 | Madrid train bombings.[14][15] | 193 | 2,050 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | July 7 | 7 July 2005 London bombings – Four suicide bombers attackedLondon Underground trains and a double decker bus during the morning rush hour.[16] | 52 | ~784 |
| Egypt | July 23 | 2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings – Bombing attacks through shopping and hotel areas in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.[17] | 88 | ~150 |
| Indonesia | October 29 | 2005 Tentena market bombings. Three attacks in crowded markets and a bus.[18] | 60 | 180+ |
| Jordan | November 9 | 2005 Amman bombings. A series of coordinated suicide attacks on hotels inAmman.[19][20] Four attackers including a husband and wife team were involved.[21] | 60 | 115+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | April 24 | 2006 Dahab bombings – Bomb attacks on the resort city ofDahab.[22] | 23 | ~ 80 |
| India | July 11 | 2006 Mumbai train bombings: Seven bomb blasts over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai.[23] | 209 | 700+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | May 13 | Nine synchronized blasts inJaipur, claimed by theIndian Mujahideen, suspected to be carried out by theHarkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami.[24] | 80 | 216 |
| India | July 26 | 2008 Ahmedabad bombings[25][26] | 56 | 200+ |
| India | November 26 | Aseries of coordinated attacks onMumbai. The Indian government blamed Pakistan-based militant groupLashkar-e-Taiba and stated that the attackers were citizens ofPakistan, which the Pakistani government first rejected but then accepted when given proof. One of the attackers,Ajmal Kasab, was caught alive.[27][28] | 166+ | 300+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | March 3 | A bus carryingSri Lankan cricketers was fired upon by 12 gunmen, believed to be members ofLashkar-e-Jhangvi, near Gaddafi Stadium inLahore. Six members of the Sri Lanka national cricket team were wounded and six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed.[29] | 8 | 9 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | March 29 | Moscow Metro bombings.Caucasus Emirate claimed responsibility[30] | 40 | 102 |
| Pakistan | May 28 | 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacreTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed attacks on two mosques belonging to theAhmadiyya Muslim Community[31] | 86 | 45+ |
| Pakistan | July 1 | July 2010 Lahore bombings, anti-Sufi attack.[32] | 42+ | 175+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | March 11 – 22 | Toulouse and Montauban shootings –Mohammed Merah, a French citizen of Algerian extraction, attacked French soldiers and later children and a teacher from aJewish school inMontauban andToulouse.[33][34] | 7 | 5 |
| Russia | May 3 | Makhachkala attack carried out by the Caucasus Emirate.[35] | 14 | 130 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | April 15 | Boston Marathon bombing – Two brothers,Tamerlan andDzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted two bombs near the finish line of theBoston Marathon inMassachusetts.[36] | 3 | 183 |
| United Kingdom | May 22 | Murder of Lee Rigby inWoolwich,London[37][38] | 1 | 0 |
| France | May 25 | 2013 La Défense attack – A Muslim convert attacked a French soldier with a knife while on patrol inLa Defense,Hauts-de-Seine,Île-de-France.[39][40] | 0 | 1 |
| Kenya | September 21 | Westgate shopping mall attack inNairobi[41][42][43] | 67 | 175 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | February 14 | Borno Massacre[44] | 200+ | |
| Iraq | June 10 | Badush prison massacre. TheIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) killed at least 670Shia prisoners in an attack on theBadush prison. ISIL first separated theSunni inmates before executing the remaining prisoners.[45][46] | 670 | |
| Iraq | June 12 | TheCamp Speicher massacre occurred when ISIL attacked Camp Speicher inTikrit. At the time, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 unarmed cadets in the camp,[47] and ISIL fighters selected the Shias and non-Muslims for execution. | 1,095+ | |
| Australia | September 23 | 2014 Endeavour Hills stabbings. Numan Haider, anAfghan Australian stabbed twocounter terrorism officers inMelbourne. He was then shot dead.[48] | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | October 5 | 2014 Grozny bombing[49] | 6 | 12 |
| Canada | October 22 | 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Lone attacker shot a soldier at a war memorial and attackedParliament.[50] | 1 | 3 |
| United States | October 23 | 2014 Queens hatchet attack. Zale H. Thomson, also known as Zaim Farouq Abdul-Malik, attacked four New York City policemen in the subway with a hatchet, severely injuring one in the back of the head and injuring another in the arm before being shot to death by the remaining officers. A civilian bystander was also shot.[51] | 0 | 5 |
| Nigeria | November 28 | Kano bombing[52][53][54][55] | 120 | 260 |
| Russia | December 4 | 2014 Grozny clashes[56] | 26 | |
| Australia | December 15–16 | Lindt Cafe siege. A lone gunman,Man Haron Monis, held hostage 18 customers and employees of aLindt Café inMartin Place, Sydney, Australia for 16-hours. A police Tactical Operations Unit stormed the café when a hostage was killed by Monis, who was shot dead by the police. Another hostage was killed by a ricochet from a police firearm.[57] | 3 | 4 |
| Pakistan | December 16 | 2014 Peshawar school massacre[58] | 140 | |
| Yemen | December 16 | 2014 Radda bombings. Two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicles into a Shiite rebel checkpoint.[59] | 26 | |
| Nigeria | December 18 | 2014 Gumsuri kidnappings.Boko Haram insurgents also kidnapped at least 185 women and children.[60] | 32 | |
| France | December 20 | 2014 Tours police station stabbing. A man yellingAllahu Akbar attacked a police office with a knife. He was killed and three police officers were injured.[61] | 1 | 3 |
| Iraq | August 2014 | Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State. An estimated 7,000 women and girls were also forced into sex slavery, according to the United Nations.[62] | 5,000 | 4,200–10,800 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | January 7 | Two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaperCharlie Hebdo in Paris and opened fire.[63] | 12 | 11 |
| Nigeria | January 8 | Boko Haramattacked the town of Baga. Another 2,000 were missing.[64] | 200+ | – |
| France | February 3 | 2015 Nice stabbing – A man wielding a knife named Moussa Coulibaly attacked three soldiers guarding a Jewish community center inNice.[65] | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | February 14–15 | 2015 Copenhagen shootings. A gunman opened fire at the Krudttoenden café and later at the Great Synagogue inCopenhagen.[66] | 2 | 5 |
| Tunisia | March 18 | Bardo National Museum attack. Militants linked to ISIL attacked theBardo National Museum with guns.[67] | 21 | 50+ |
| Yemen | March 20 | 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. Bombings on several Shia mosques by ISIL.[68] | 142 | 351 |
| Libya | March 25 | ISIL affiliates, theShura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries carried out suicide bombings inBenghazi.[69] | 12 | 25 |
| Kenya | April 2 | Garissa University College attack by Al-Shabaab.[70][71] | 148 | 79 |
| Saudi Arabia | April 8 | InRiyadh, two policemen were shot dead in an attack blamed on ISIL.[72][73] | 2 | |
| Iraq | April 17 | A series of bombings by ISIL inBaghdad.[74] | 40+ | 59+ |
| Iraq | April 17 | A car bomb exploded at the entrance of the US consulate inErbil. ISIL took credit for the attack.[75] | 3 | 5 |
| Afghanistan | April 18 | A suicide bomb detonated in front of a bank inJalalabad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[76] | 33 | 100+ |
| Somalia | April 20 | A minivan ofUN workers was bombed by Al-Shabaab in thePuntland region.[77] | 9 | 4 |
| Iraq | May 3 | Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks.[78] | 19 | |
| United States | May 3 | Two gunmenattacked the Curtis Culwell Center during a 'Draw Muhammad' cartoon art exhibit inGarland, Texas.[79][80][81][82][83] | 2 | 1 |
| Afghanistan | May 3 | Taliban militants overran checkpoints inWarduj, killing 17 policemen.[84] | 17 | |
| Afghanistan | May 4 | A government bus was attacked by a suicide bomber inKabul.[85] | 1 | 15 |
| Iraq | May 10 | Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad and the surrounding towns ofTaji andTarmiyah. ISIL claimed responsibility.[86] | 14 | 30 |
| Afghanistan | May 10 | A bus carrying government employees was attacked in Kabul by a suicide bomber. The Taliban claimed responsibility.[87] | 3 | 10 |
| Pakistan | May 13 | A bus carrying Shia Muslims was attacked by six armed gunman who rode up in motorcycles. Several Islamist groups claimed responsibility.[88] | 45 | 13 |
| Afghanistan | May 14 | A hotel hosting a cultural event was attacked by Taliban fighters in Kabul leaving 14 dead including an American, an Italian, and 4 Indians.[89] | 14 | |
| Afghanistan | May 17 | A Taliban suicide attack near the entrance ofHamid Karzai International Airport targeting a European police training vehicle.[90] | 3 | 18 |
| Afghanistan | May 19 | A suicide car bombing detonated in the parking lot of aJustice Ministry building in the diplomatic section of Kabul.[91] | 4 | 42 |
| Libya | May 21 | A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a military checkpoint outside ofMisrata killing himself and two guards.[92] | 3 | |
| Saudi Arabia | May 22 | A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque during prayer in al-Qadeeh village. ISIL claimed responsibility.[93] | 21 | 90+ |
| Afghanistan | May 25 | Taliban militants killed 19 policemen and six soldiers during a siege at a police compound inNawzad District.[94] | 25 | |
| Kenya | May 26 | Al-Shabaab militants attacked two police patrols north of Garissa, 5 police officers were injured but were able to kill both of the attackers.[95] | 2 | 5 |
| Iraq | May 28 | Two car bombs were set off minutes apart targeting the Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel and the Babylon.[96] | 10 | 30 |
| Saudi Arabia | May 29 | A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque inDammam detonating the bomb in the parking lot.[97] | 4 | |
| Iraq | June 1 | Three suicide bombers in Humvees attacked a police station in theTharthar region inAl Anbar Governorate.[98] | 41 | 63 |
| Turkey | June 5 | 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings – Twin bombing of aPeoples' Democratic Party (HDP) rally.[99][100] | 4 | 100+ |
| Iraq | June 13 | Four suicide SUV car bombs went off in a police station in Hajjaj near Tikrit and Baiji.[101] | 11 | 27 |
| France | June 26 | Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack – Beheading in a factory near Lyon, head marked with Arabic writing and Islamist flags. Gas canisters set off a fire.[102] | 1 | 11 |
| Tunisia | June 26 | 2015 Sousse attacks – A gunman named Seifeddine Rezgui attacked a hotel targeting European tourists staying there.[103] | 38 | 39 |
| Nigeria | June 26–30 | Boko Haram killed attacked and bombed villages, mosques, and other public spaces.[104] | 200 | |
| Nigeria | July 7 | A bomb exploded in a government office inZaria.[105] | 20 | |
| Cameroon | July 13 | Two suicide bombers exploded in a bar inFotokol and killed 13 people, including a soldier from Chad who was killed in the second explosion.[106] | 15 | |
| United States | July 16 | A civilianopened fire on two military installations inChattanooga, Tennessee, killing 5 military personnel.[107] | 5 | |
| Nigeria | July 17 | Two towns were attacked by two suicide bombers.[108] | 62 | |
| Turkey | July 20 | 2015 Suruç bombing in Kurdish majority city ofSuruç. ISIL claimed responsibility.[109] | 33 | 104 |
| Nigeria | July 22 | A series of explosions at two bus stations in Gombe.[110] | 40 | |
| Cameroon | July 26 | A suicide bomber detonated at a popular nightclub in Maroua.[111] | 15 | |
| India | July 27 | 2015 Gurdaspur attack Three Islamic terrorists of Pakistani origin from Indian-administrated Kashmir disguised in army uniforms attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur District of Punjab. The attack killed 3 policemen, 4 civilians and 15 others were injured. All 3 attackers were killed by security forces.[112] | 10 | 15 |
| Nigeria | August 11 | Explosions at a crowded market in Sabon Gari.[113] | 47 | |
| Iraq | August 13 | August 2015 Baghdad bombing. A truck bomb in a market.[114] | 70+ | 200 |
| France | August 21 | 2015 Thalys train attack. Shooting and stabbing in train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. The incident was believed by French police to be an Islamist terrorist attack.[115] | 0 | 5 |
| Nigeria | August 28–30 | Boko Haram members attacked three villages. 68 alone were killed in the village of Baanu.[116] | 79 | |
| Nigeria | September 10 | Explosion at a refugee camp for people fleeing Boko Haram.[117] | 2 | |
| Iraq | September 17 | Two suicide bombings in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[118] | 12 | 55 |
| Nigeria | September 21 | Multiple explosions.[119] | 54 | |
| Yemen | September 24 | A bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sana'a during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Claimed by ISIL.[120] | 25 | |
| Bangladesh | September 29 | Three men on a motorbike shot and killed an Italian aid worker. The attack was claimed by ISIL.[121] | 1 | |
| Nigeria | October 1 | Multiple suicide bombings by Boko Haram.[122] | 14 | 39 |
| Israel | October 1 | Gunmen opened fire on a car nearNablus on the northernWest Bank, killing a man and woman. Four of their children were also in the car and witnessed the attack, but were uninjured. The attackers were praised by Hamas.[123][124] | 2 | |
| Australia | October 2 | 2015 Parramatta shooting. ANSW Police Force civilian employee was shot dead outside NSW Police Force headquarters on Charles Street,Parramatta, Sydney by a 15-year-old lone gunman. The gunman then engaged with NSW Police Special Constables in a shootout before being killed.[125][better source needed] | 2 | |
| Bangladesh | October 3 | A Japanese man was shot and killed. The attack was claimed by ISIL.[126] | 1 | |
| Iraq | October 3 | Two suicide bombings in Shiite majority neighbourhoods in Baghdad. Attack claimed by ISIL.[127] | 20 | 61 |
| Afghanistan | October 5 | Two suicide bombings in Kabul targeted an intelligence centre. Claimed by the Taliban.[128] | 2 | 3 |
| Somalia | October 7 | Al-Shabaab militants ambushed and killed the nephew of Somali presidentHassan Sheikh Mohamud.[129] | 2 | |
| Turkey | October 10 | 2015 Ankara bombings. ISIL is suspected.[130][131] | 109 | 500+ |
| Chad | October 10 | Multiple suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram.[132] | 33 | 51 |
| Afghanistan | October 11 | A bomb attack in Kabul, targeting a British military convoy injured 7 Afghan civilians. The attack was claimed by the Taliban.[133] | 0 | 7 |
| Nigeria | October 22 | Boko Haram attack in Borno State.[134] | 20 | |
| Nigeria | October 23 | Two separate mosques were attacked by suicide bombers.[135] | 42 | |
| Niger | October 28 | Boko Haram militants attacked a village, allegedly burning down houses and cars during the rampage.[136] | 13 | |
| Egypt | October 31 | Bomb on board a Russian jet brought it down in the Sinai peninsula.[137] | 224 | |
| Lebanon | November 12 | Twin suicide bombings in Beirut.[138] | 42 | |
| France | November 13 | A series of terrorist attacks in Paris involving a series of coordinated attacks which consisted of mass shootings and suicide bombings. This incident was the deadliest event on French soil sinceWorld War II.[139] | 137 | 416 |
| Iraq | November 13 | Suicide attack at a Shia funeral.[140] | 21 | |
| Philippines | November 17 | A Malaysian national was beheaded byAbu Sayyaf.[141] | 1 | |
| Nigeria | November 17 | A suicide attack at a market inYola blamed on Boko Haram.[142] | 30+ | 80+ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | November 18 | A lone wolf Islamist killed two soldiers and injured civilians inSarajevo.[143] | 3 | 5 |
| Nigeria | November 18 | Two explosions blamed on Boko Haram struck a phone market inKano.[144] | 15 | 100+ |
| Iraq | November 20 | A suicide bomber detonated inside a Shiite mosque.[145] | 11 | 5 |
| Cameroon | November 21 | Suicide bombing blamed on Boko Haram.[146] | 10 | |
| Nigeria | November 22 | Suicide bombing.[147] | 8 | |
| Tunisia | November 24 | 2015 Tunis bombing. ISIL claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus transporting members of the Presidential Guard.[148] | 14 | 11 |
| Egypt | November 24 | November 2015 Sinai attack. A day after the second round of parliamentary elections closed, militants attacked a hotel housing election judges in the provincial capital of al-Arish in North Sinai.[149] | 7 | 10+ |
| Niger | November 25 | Boko Haram attacked a village, shot residents and fired rockets.[150] | 18 | |
| Nigeria | November 27 | Boko Haram suicide attack on a Shia procession.[151] | 22 | |
| Egypt | November 28 | Islamist gunmen killed four security personnel in an attack at a police checkpoint in Saqqara.[152] | 4 | |
| Mali | November 28 | Militants fired rockets on aMINUSMA peacekeeping forces base.Ansar Dine claimed responsibility.[153] | 3 | 20 |
| United States | December 2 | In the2015 San Bernardino attack, married coupleRizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire in an office.[154][155] | 14 | 22 |
| Chad | December 5 | Four female suicide bombers from Boko Haram attacked the island of Koulfoua onLake Chad.[156] | 19 | 130+ |
| Yemen | December 6 | The governor ofAden,Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed in a car bomb attack claimed by ISIL.[157] | 1 | |
| Afghanistan | December 8 | In the2015 Kandahar Airport attacks several Taliban members attackedKandahar Airport and surrounding areas.[158][159] | 70+ | 35 |
| Egypt | December 8 | An explosive device by Islamists targeting a military convoy went off inRafah.[160] | 4 | 4 |
| Iraq | December 9 | A suicide bomber detonated in the doorway of a Shiite mosque.[161] | 11+ | 20 |
| Afghanistan | December 11 | In the2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the embassy.[162] | 6 | |
| Syria | December 11 | Tell Tamer bombings. Three truck bombs set off by ISIL in Tell Tamer.[163] | 60 | 80 |
| Iraq | December 12 | A militant detonated his explosives in a truck at an Iraqi position near the Saudi border.[164] | 6 | 14 |
| Nigeria | December 13 | Boko Haram attacked the villages of Warwara, Mangari, and Bura-Shika.[165] | 30 | 20 |
| Afghanistan | December 21 | A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated nearBagram Airfield.[166] | 7 | 3 |
| Nigeria | December 26 | Boko Haram gunmen raided Kimba village, opening fire on residents and torching their homes.[167][168] | 14+ | |
| Afghanistan | December 28 | A Taliban suicide bomber detonated on a road near a school close toKabul International Airport.[169] | 2 | 33 |
| Nigeria | December 28 | Fourteen Islamist female suicide bombers aged 12–18 attempted to simultaneously attackMaiduguri. Seven of the bombers were shot dead by security forces while three managed to escape and detonate themselves in Baderi and near a mosque, killing 26 people and wounding another 85.[170] | 36 | 85 |
| Pakistan | December 29 | A suicide bomber detonated in the entrance of an office of the National Database and Registration Authority inMardan.[171] | 27 | 50+ |
| Russia | December 29 | A gunman opened fire on a group of residents who were visiting a viewing platform at the fortress inDerbent,Dagestan. ISIL claimed responsibility.[172] | 1 | 11 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | January 1 | A Taliban suicide bomber detonated himself in a French restaurant in Kabul.[173] | 2 | 15 |
| India | January 2 | In the2016 Pathankot attack suspectedJaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked an air base killing 7 security force members.[174] | 7 | |
| Iraq | January 3 | Five Islamist suicide bombers attacked a military base.[175] | 15 | 22 |
| Libya | January 7 | In theZliten truck bombing, Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb at the al-Jahfal police training camp inZliten.[176] | 50+ | 100+ |
| France | January 7 | In theJanuary 2016 Paris police station attack an Islamist from Morocco wearing a fake explosive belt attacked police officers with a meat cleaver. He was shot dead.[177] | 1 | 0 |
| Libya | January 7 | Car bombing at a checkpoint in the oil port ofRas Lanuf.[178] | 7 | 11 |
| Egypt | January 8 | In the2016 Hurghada attack two militants armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare stormed the Bella Vista Hotel.[179] | 0 | 3 |
| France | January 11 | A 15-year-old Turkish ISIL supporter attacked a teacher from a Jewish school inMarseille with a machete.[180] | 0 | 1 |
| Iraq | January 11 | ISIL gunmen detonated suicide vests in a shopping mall.[181] | 20 | 40+ |
| Turkey | January 12 | In the2016 Istanbul bombing an ISIL suicide bomber detonated in the historical centre ofIstanbul.[182] | 11 | 15 |
| Indonesia | January 14 | 2016 Jakarta attacks which were orchestrated by ISIL.[183] | 2 | 24 |
| Somalia | January 15 | In theEl Adde attack, Al-Shabaab militants attacked anAfrican Union Kenyan army base in El-Adde.[184] | 63+ | |
| Burkina Faso | January 15 | In the2016 Ouagadougou attacks Islamist gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked theCappuccino restaurant and theSplendid Hotel inOuagadougou.[185] | 20+ | 15+ |
| Pakistan | January 21 | Bacha Khan University attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[186] | 22 | |
| Somalia | January 22 | Al-Shabab attack on beachside restaurant.[187] | 20 | |
| Cameroon | January 25 | Suspected Boko Haram insurgents blew themselves up in a market.[188] | 25 | 62 |
| Nigeria | January 30 | Boko Haram gunmen raided a village.[189] | 65 | 136 |
| Uruguay | March 10 | A 35-year-old man called Carlos Omar Peralta López fromPaysandú repeatedly stabbed to death a Jewish merchant while screaming "Allah is great!" some months after his supposed conversion to Islam and assuming the identity of "Abdullah Omar". The victim's son was injured while trying to stop the attack.[190][191] | 1 | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | March 13 | In the2016 Grand-Bassam shootings, Al-Qaeda gunmen stormed 3 hotels inGrand-Bassam.[192] | 18 | |
| Turkey | March 19 | March 2016 Istanbul bombing; carried out by an ISIL member[193][194] | 5 | 36 |
| Iraq | March 20 | InAnbar, ISIL suicide bombers attacked a municipal building[195] | 24 | |
| Belgium | March 22 | 2016 Brussels bombings. Twosuicide bombings inBrussels Airport and one bombing in theBrussels Metro.[196] | 35 | 300+ |
| Yemen | March 25 | Three ISIL suicide bombers struck security checkpoints in Aden.[197][198] | 29 | |
| Iraq | March 25 | A suicide bomber blew himself up at a football stadium inIskandariya, south of Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[199][200] | 30 | 95 |
| Pakistan | March 27 | The2016 Lahore suicide bombing targeted Christians who had gathered onEaster inGulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The blast was orchestrated byJamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Pakistani Taliban faction.[201][202] | 70 | 300 |
| Afghanistan | April 19 | TheApril 2016 Kabul attack targeted a security team responsible for protecting government VIPs in Kabul. It was the Taliban's biggest attack on an urban area since 2001.[203] | 64 | 347 |
| Bangladesh | April 23 | Attackers hacked a university professor to death inRajshahi. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack stating that they assassinated him "for calling to atheism".[204][205] | 1 | |
| Bangladesh | April 25 | Two gay rights activists were hacked to death inDhaka. An Al-Qaeda affiliated group claimed responsibility for the attacks.[206][207] | 2 | |
| Iraq | May 11 | Car bomb attack on a market in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[208] | 40 | 60 |
| United States | June 12 | Mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The shooter,Omar Mateen, pledged allegiance to ISIL by specifically calling police and journalists several times during the incident.[209][210] | 49 | 53 |
| France | June 14 | A police officer and his wife werestabbed to death in Magnanville by a man swearing his allegiance to ISIL.[211] | 2 | |
| Jordan | June 21 | An ISIS militant attacked a refugee camp at an army post nearRukban.[212] ISIL later claimed responsibility.[213] | 6 | 14 |
| Pakistan | June 22 | Assassination ofAmjad Sabri, claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused him of blasphemy.[214] | 1 | |
| Turkey | June 28 | A simultaneous terrorist attack, consisting of shootings and suicide bombings at the international terminal of Terminal 2 ofIstanbul Atatürk Airport.[215][216] | 45 | 230 |
| Bangladesh | July 1 | Gunmen killed 20 hostages in the affluentGulshan Thana neighborhood of Dhaka. Thirteen hostages were rescued; two police officers and six attackers were killed. One attacker was taken into custody. ISIL claimed responsibility, but according to Bangladeshi officials, the attack was carried out by homegrown militant groupJamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[217] On August 27, Bangladeshi police killed three militants whom they accused of perpetrating the Dhaka attack, including Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a 30-year-old Canadian citizen born in Bangladesh, who was described as "one of the main suppliers of funds and arms for several recent attacks".[218] | 26 | |
| Iraq | July 3 | July 2016 Baghdad bombings Two coordinated bomb attacks.[219] | 341+ | 246 |
| Indonesia | July 4 | A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Central Java, killing himself and injuring a police officer.[220] | 1 | 1 |
| Iraq | July 7 | Acoordinated attack involving suicide car bombers, suicide bombers on foot, and gunmen against the mausoleum ofMuhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi, a Shi'ite holy site in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[221] | 56 | 75 |
| France | July 14 | 2016 Nice truck attack.[222][223] | 87 | 450+ |
| Germany | July 18 | A 17-year-old Afghan refugee went on a stabbing spree inside a train nearWürzburg. The attacker was shot dead when he attacked the arriving police officers.[224] | 1 | 5 |
| Germany | July 24 | Asuicide bombing outside a wine bar inAnsbach, in which a bomber tried to bomb a large music festival going on at the time. Many videos were discovered of him pledging allegiance to ISIL andAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The bomber was the only fatality.[225] | 1 | 15 |
| France | July 26 | A priest's throat was slit and four nuns were taken hostage in a church inRouen. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack. The two attackers were shot dead by authorities. One of the men was known to the French intelligence services and was on the French government's terror watch-list.[226] | 3 | |
| Pakistan | August 8 | 77 people were killed and over 100 injured by a suicide bombing at a government hospital in Quetta.[227] | 77 | 100+ |
| United States | September 17–19 | 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings – three bombs exploded and several unexploded ones were found in the New York metropolitan area. The perpetrator was subsequently charged with attempting to radicalize fellow jail inmates to espouse violent jihadist beliefs.[228] | 0 | 31 |
| India | September 18 | 2016 Uri attack – Four armed militants attacked an army brigade headquarters in Uri area ofBaramulla district inJammu and Kashmir State. 18 soldiers were killed and 19 were injured.[229] | 18 | 19 |
| United States | November 28 | Ohio State University attack. Car ramming attack and mass stabbing atOhio State University. The perpetrator, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was a MuslimSomali refugee and legal permanent resident of the United States.[230] | 0 | 11 |
| Pakistan | November 12 | Bombing at the Shah Noorani shrine inBalochistan. More people were killed and injured during the stampede that resulted from people fleeing the blast. ISIL claimed responsibility.[231][232][233] | 56 | 102 |
| Egypt | December 11 | A suicide bomberkilled 27 people and injured 47 others atSt. Peter and St. Paul's Church (commonly known as El-Botroseya Church) in Cairo. ISIL claimed responsibility.[234][235][236] | 29 | 47 |
| Germany | December 19 | 2016 Berlin truck attack during which atruck was driven into theChristmas market next to theKaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church atBreitscheidplatz inBerlin.[237][238] | 12 | 56 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | January 1 | An ISIL gunman opened fire on a crowd of people in the Reina Nightclub in Istanbul.[239] | 39 | 70 |
| Iraq | January 2 | A suicide bomber with a truck full of explosives attacked a predominantly Shia market in Baghdad. ISIL took responsibility for the attack.[240][241] | 36 | 52 |
| Afghanistan | February 8 | ISIL militants attacked a convoy of aid workers of theRed Cross.[242] | 6 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | February 11 | Taliban suicide car bomber killed seven people outside a bank inLashkargah.[243] | 7 | 21 |
| Pakistan | February 16 | During theSehwan suicide bombing a suicide bomber entered the main hall of theShrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan and detonated his payload amid dozens of worshippers.[244] | 91+ | 300+ |
| Iraq | February 19 | Two suicide bombings that hit districts recently retaken from ISIL in easternMosul. The first attack targeted an army checkpoint, killing three soldiers, and the second a gathering of civilians in the commercial district known as "My Fair Lady," killing two.[245] | 5 | 0 |
| Pakistan | February 21 | Three militants threw hand grenades and opened fire as they launched an assault inTangi, near the border with Afghanistan. Two of the men blew themselves up during the 20-minute gun battle with security forces at the gate, while the third was shot dead by police before he could detonate his explosive vest.[246] | 7 | 22 |
| Egypt | February 22 | Two Coptic Christians were found killed in Al-Arish. The two were believed to have been kidnapped by militants from the ISIL-affiliated group "Sinai Province."[247] | 2 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | February 28 | Twelve policemen were killed in an "insider attack" inLashkar Gah after a Taliban infiltrator allowed militants into the outpost.[248] | 12 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | March 8 | Gunmen dressed as medics attacked a military hospital in Kabul in an assault claimed by ISIL.[249][250] | 40+ | 50+ |
| Iraq | March 8 | Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a wedding party in Hajaj, near Tikrit. ISIL claimed responsibility.[251] | 26 | 67 |
| United Kingdom | March 22 | A mandrove a car into pedestrians on the south side of Westminster Bridge.[252][253] | 6 | 49 |
| Russia | April 3 | A suicide bomber blew himself up on the St. Petersburg metro. The bomber was born in Kyrgyzstan and had ties to radical Islamists.[254] | 5 | 15 |
| Sweden | April 7 | 2017 Stockholm truck attack – A rejectedUzbek asylum seeker stole a beer truck and drove onto a crowded high street to mow down as many pedestrians as possible. According to his testimony he wanted to pressure Sweden into ending its support for the fight against ISIL.[255][256] | 5 | 15 |
| Egypt | April 9 | Palm Sunday church bombings on Christian churches in Tanta and Alexandria.[257] | 47 | 100+ |
| France | April 20 | Three police officers and a bystander were shot by an attacker wielding an AK-47 rifle on theChamps-Élysées in Paris. The attacker was shot dead. He had a note defending ISIL, and had previously attempted to communicate with its fighters in Iraq and Syria.[258] | 2 | 3 |
| United Kingdom | May 22 | TheManchester Arena bombing – 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. | 22 | 1,017 (112 hospitalised)[259] |
| Egypt | May 26 | A gunman opened fire on a convoy carrying Coptic Christians traveling from Maghagha in Minya Governorate.[260] | 28 | 22 |
| United Kingdom | June 3 | The2017 London Bridge attack was an incident where an attacker ran over multiple pedestrians on London Bridge. On Borough Market the occupants of the van stabbed multiple people before being shot by police.[261][262] | 11 | 48 |
| France | June 6 | 2017 Notre Dame attack – A lone wolf carrying knives in his rucksack used a hammer to attack an officer guardingNotre-Dame de Paris. A video pledging allegiance to ISIL was later found.[263] | 0 | 2 |
| Iran | June 7 | 2017 Tehran attacks – In the first attacks orchestrated by ISIL in Iran, Tehran was targeted by suicide bombers and teams of gunmen when they stormedIran's parliament and the nearbyshrine of Ruhollah Khomeini. All 4 attackers at the parliament were killed.[264][265] | 22 | 43 |
| Iraq | June 9 | Suicide bombing inKarbala. The attack was claimed by ISIL.[266] | 30 | 36 |
| India | July 11 | 2017 Amarnath Yatra massacre – 8Hindu civilian pilgrims were killed in an Islamist terror attack.[267][268] | ||
| Egypt | July 14 | 2017 Hurghada attack – An attacker with a knife stabbed foreign tourists.[269] | 2 | 4 |
| Pakistan | August 7 | A truck carrying explosive material accidentally went off at Band Road in Lahore. A few hours after the attack, a clash erupted between 7 militants and the CTD team in which 4 militants were shot dead while 3 others managed to escape. The militants were identified as from thePakistani Taliban.[270] | 2 | 35 |
| Spain | August 17–18 | 2017 Barcelona attacks – Three separate attacks in Barcelona.[271] | 15 | 120 |
| Finland | August 18 | 2017 Turku attack – Stabbing attack inTurku by an eighteen-year-oldMoroccanasylum seeker named Abderrahman Bouanane. According to the police he was aradicalizedlone wolf influenced byISIS. The attacker was shot in the leg by police and was arrested. Police later discovered that the attacker had also planned attacks at different sites. Three other suspects, all Moroccans, were remanded in custody in connection with the attack. He was convicted for terrorism and murder. It was the first time a Finnish court has decreed that a crime was a terrorist act. Finland's prime minister described the stabbings as the country's first terrorist attack in history.[272][273] | 2 | 8 |
| United Kingdom | September 15 | A bomb wrapped in a plastic grocery bag concealed in a bucket exploded at the height of the morning rush at the London Underground. ISIL claimed responsibility for the bombing.[274] | 0 | 29 |
| United States | October 31 | 2017 New York City truck attack – A man drove a pickup truck into cyclists and runners along about 1 mile (2 km) of a bicycle path inLower Manhattan, New York City. After leaving the vehicle, the driver wielded two guns (later found to be a paintball gun and a pellet gun); he was shot in the abdomen by police and arrested.[275] An ISIL flag and a document that read either "It will endure." or "Islamic State will endure forever." in Arabic were found in the truck.[276][277] | 8 | 12 |
| Egypt | December 29 | A gunman opened fire outside a church in Cairo before attempting to storm the building, at least seven people were killed. He had earlier shot at a store, killing two people inside. The Interior Ministry said that the shop was owned by a Copt and that the two dead were Christian men. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks.[278] | at least 9 | 0 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | January 15 | 2018 Baghdad bombings.[279] | 38 | 105 |
| Afghanistan | January 20 | 2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack.[280] | 40 | 22 |
| Afghanistan | January 24 | Save the Children Jalalabad attack[281] | 6 | 27 |
| Afghanistan | January 27 | Kabul ambulance bombing.[282] | 103 | 235 |
| Russia | February 18 | Kizlyar church shooting[283] | 6 | 5 |
| Somalia | February 18 | February 2018 Mogadishu attack.[284] | 45 | 36 |
| Burkina Faso | March 2 | 2018 Ouagadougou attacks[285][286] | 30 | 85 |
| Afghanistan | March 21 | March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing[287] | 33 | 65 |
| France | March 23 | Carcassonne and Trèbes attack –Hostage crisis[288] | 5 | 15 |
| Somalia | April 1 | 2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer.[289] | 59 (+30) | Unknown |
| Afghanistan | April 22 | 22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing[290] | 69 | 120 |
| Afghanistan | April 30 | 30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings[291][292] | 29 | 50 |
| Nigeria | May 1 | 2018 Mubi suicide bombings[293][294] | 86 | 58 |
| Libya | May 2 | 2018 attack on the Libyan High National Elections Commission[295] | 16 | 20 |
| Netherlands | May 5 | Stabbing attack in The Hague.[296] | 0 | 3 |
| France | May 12 | 2018 Paris knife attack[297] | 2 | 4 |
| Indonesia | May 13 | 2018 Surabaya bombings[298] | 25 | 55 |
| Belgium | May 29 | 2018 Liège attack[299] | 4 | 4 |
| Afghanistan | July 1 | July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing[300] | 20 | 20 |
| Pakistan | July 10 | 2018 Peshawar suicide bombing[301] | 22 | 75 |
| Pakistan | July 13 | 2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings[302][303] | 154 | 223 |
| Syria | July 25 | 2018 As-Suwayda attacks – A string of suicide bombings and gun attacks that took place in and aroundAs-Suwayda. The attacks were committed by ISIL.[304] | 258 (+63 attackers) | 180 |
| Tajikistan | July 29 | Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan – Assailants rammed American and European cyclists with a car in theKhatlon region, then attacked them with knives and an axe.[305] | 4 | 2 |
| Jordan | August 12 | An explosion near a police van in Fuheis. Officials claimed that the attackers supported ISIL, but did not have links to the organisation.[306][307][308] | 5 | 26+ |
| Netherlands | August 31 | 2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack – A 19-year-old Afghans with a German residence permit, stabbed twoAmerican tourists with a knife atAmsterdam Centraal station. After the attack he was shot by police in his lower body and arrested.[309] | 0 | 2 |
| Iran | September 22 | 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack – Militants wearing khaki uniforms shot at a military parade inAhvaz. ISIL claimed the attack.[310] | 24+ | 20 |
| Egypt | November 2 | Islamic militants ambushed three buses carrying Christian pilgrims returning from a remoteCoptic Christian monastery and opened fire. ISIL claimed responsibility.[311] | 7 | 19 |
| Australia | November 9 | 2018 Melbourne stabbing attack – Aman of Somali origin set a car on fire and stabbed multiple people in Melbourne. He was shot dead after confronting officers on a busy street. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities said he was only inspired by the group and there did not appear to be direct links.[312][313] | 1 | 2 |
| Morocco | December 17 | Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland – Two female Scandiniavian tourists, a Danish and a Norwegian, were killed (one beheaded) nearImlil in theAtlas Mountains; the murderers filmed their action while branding the two women 'enemies of God' and saying their actions were God's will. Four suspects were arrestedand Moroccan authorities said that they had pledged allegiance to the ISIL beforehand.[314][315][316] | 2 | 0 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | January 15 | Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack – Al-Shabaab militants attacked theDusitD2 hotel in Nairobi.[317] | 21+ | 0 |
| India | February 14 | A manrammed his car full of explosivesinto a convoy of soldiers. The attack was claimed by Pakistan-based terrorist organization,Jaish-e-Mohammed.[318] | 40 (+ 1, the suicide bomber) | 35 |
| Philippines | January 27 | 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings – Two bombs exploded at theOur Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Jolo, as worshipers gathered for Sunday Mass. ISIL claimed responsibility.[319][320][321] | 20+ | 102 |
| Sri Lanka | April 21 | 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings – onEaster Sunday, three churches across the country and three luxury hotels inColombo were bombed. Later that day, there were smaller explosions at a housing complex and a guest house.[322][323][324][325][326] Authorities confirmed that the bombers were Sri Lankan citizens associated withNational Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), a local militant radical Islamist group, but foreign links were suspected.[327] | 269 (+8 bombers) | 500+ |
| Sri Lanka | April 27 | April 2019 Kalmunai shootout – Security forces and militants from NTJ allegedly linked to ISIL clashed after the security forces raided a militant safe house, upon which three suicide bombers blew themselves up.[328][329] | 16 | 2 |
| France | May 24 | 2019 Lyon bombing – Explosion outside a bakery in the center of Lyon. The suspect, a migrant from Algeria possessing jihadist propaganda, his parents and sibling were arrested.[330] | - | 13 |
| Philippines | May 26 | Abu Sayyaf militants attacked a group of soldiers inJolo Island.[331] | 7 | 2 |
| Afghanistan | August 17 | 17 August 2019 Kabul bombing – A suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a wedding hall.[332][333] | 92 | 142 |
| United Kingdom | November 29 | 2019 London Bridge stabbing – Convicted Islamist terrorist Usman Khan stabbed members of the public on London Bridge[334] before being wrestled to the floor by pedestrians and then shot dead by police. | 2 | 3 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | March 25 | Kabul gurdwara attack –ISIL gunmen attacked aSikh religious gathering and took dozens of hostages.[335][336] At least 25 people were killed.[337] After six hours of fighting 80 hostages were rescued.[338][339] | 25 | — |
| Philippines | August 24 | 2020 Jolo bombings – A motorcycle bomb exploded on a busy street inJolo, Sulu. As police and the military responded, a female suicide bomber detonated a second bomb, killing at least 14 people and wounding 75. ISIL is suspected of being behind the bombings.[340] | 14 | 75 |
| France | October 16 | Murder of Samuel Paty – Amiddle-school teacher was attacked and beheaded by an 18 year-old Chechen.[341][342] The teacher had previously shownCharlie Hebdo-Cartoons depictingMuhammad during class. The culprit forewarned of his intentions using his Twitter account.[343] | 1 | |
| Afghanistan | October 24 | October 2020 Afghanistan attacks – A suicide bombing outside an educational centre in Kabul.[344] TheISK claimed responsibility for the attack. | 30+ | 70+ |
| France | October 29 | 2020 Nice stabbing – Stabbing attack inNotre-Dame de Nice, one of the victims was beheaded.[345] | 3 | |
| Austria | November 2 | 2020 Vienna attack – Shooting inStadttempel,Vienna.[346] The Vienna Police Department confirmed that the attacker was an ISIL sympathizer, and that the attack was motivated byIslamic extremism.[347][348] | 4 | 15 |
| Mozambique | November 10 | ISIL-linked militants attacked a village and turned afootball pitch into an "execution site", where they beheaded and dismembered residents. State media reported that several more people were beheaded in another village. Executions and beheadings reportedly continued for two days.[349][350][351] | 50+ | Unknown |
| Syria | December 30 | An assault targeted a bus with personnel from presidentBashar al-Assad's elite Fourth Brigade returning from their posts inDeir ez-Zor. The bus was ambushed in a well-planned operation near the village of Shula by jihadists who set up a false checkpoint to stop the convoy and detonated bombs before opening fire.[352] ISIL claimed responsibility.[353] | 40 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | January 3 | 2021 Machh attack – ISIL claimed responsibility for killing miners inMachh,Balochistan, after kidnapping them and taking them to the mountains.[354][355][356][357][358] | 11 | — |
| Iraq | January 21 | January 2021 Baghdad bombings – ISIL targeted Shia muslims in a clothing market in Tayaran Square.[359][360][361] | 32 | 110 |
| Niger | March 21 | 2021 Tahoua attacks – Gunmen attacked several villages aroundTillia,Tahoua Region, Niger.[362] While the attack was not claimed, the perpetrators are suspected to be theIslamic State in the Greater Sahara.[363] | 141 | Unknown |
| Afghanistan | May 8 | 2021 Kabul school bombing – The attack targeted a girls' school inDashte Barchi, a predominantlyShia area in westernKabul, Afghanistan.[364] The attack took place in a neighborhood frequently attacked byISIS-K.[365] | 90 | 240 |
| Iraq | July 19 | Near the eve of Eid al-Adha, an ISIL suicide bomber detonated his vest in a crowded market in the densely populated neighbourhood ofSadr City. Some shops burned down as a result of the explosion.[366] | 30 | 50 |
| Afghanistan | August 26 | 2021 Kabul airport attack; ISIL claimed two suicide attacks nearHamid Karzai International Airport. 13 US service members and at least 170 Afghans were killed in the attacks.[367] | 183 | 200 |
| New Zealand | September 3 | 2021 Auckland supermarket stabbing: An ISIL supporter stabbed multiple people before being shot by police inAuckland.[368] | 1 | 6 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | March 4 | 2022 Peshawar mosque attack –ISIS-K attacked aShia mosque atQissa Khwani Bazaar inPeshawar.[369] | 63+ | 196+ |
| Somalia | March 23 | March 2022 Somalia attacks; a series of coordinatedattacks byal-Shabaab jihadists inMogadishu andBeledweyne.[370] | 40+ | 108+ |
| Nigeria | June 5 | Owo church attack; mass shooting andbomb attack at aCatholic church in the city ofOwo, Nigeria. Several members of theIslamic State – West Africa Province were arrested after the attack.[371] | 40+ | Unknown |
| Burkina Faso | June 11 | Seytenga massacre – Jihadists from theIslamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked the town ofSeytenga, Burkina Faso.[372][373] | 100+ | Unknown |
| Norway | June 25 | 2022 Oslo shooting – Shooting in a busy nightlife district.[374] | 2 | 21 |
| India | June 28 | Murder of Kanhaiya Lal – AHindu tailor was murdered by twoMuslim assailants inUdaipur. The assailants captured the attack on camera and circulated the video online.[375][376][377] In a second video (taken after the attack), the assailants boasted about the murder toavenge the insult to Islam[378] and also made threats againstPrime MinisterNarendra Modi.[379][380] | 1 | |
| United States | August 12 | Stabbing of Salman Rushdie –The Satanic Verses authorSalman Rushdie was stabbed 33 years after a 1989 fatwa byAyatollah Khomeini, condemning him for the book's allegorical presentation of the possible validity of the so-calledSatanic Verses content of the Quran.[381] | 2 | |
| Egypt | August 30 | A Christian father and son, Salama Waheeb and his son Hany, were shot dead in Gelbana, 20 kilometres east ofEl Qantara by ISIL militants. They were working in their fields at the time.[382][383] | 2 | |
| Afghanistan | September 30 | September 2022 Kabul school bombing – A suicide bombing suspected to be carried out byISK at a tutorial centre during a mock exam for both men and women in aHazara neighbourhood.[384] | 25 | 36 |
| France | October 7 | InChateau-Thierry, a Muslim man stabbed his mother and younger brother and then went on a stabbing spree along the street before being apprehended by police while making Islamic prayers at the roadside.[385] | 6 | |
| Somalia | October 29 | 2022 Somali Ministry of Education bombings –Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a double car bombing in Mogadishu.[386] | 121+ | 350+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | January 1–2 | 2023 Rajouri attacks – The first attack was a shooting which killed 4 people and injured 9.[387] The second attack was anIED which killed 5 and injured 3.[388] | 7 | 12 |
| India | April 8 | Elathur train attack – Sharukh Saifi arsoned coach number D1 of the Alappuzha-Kannur Express, killing 3 passengers, including a child and injuring 9 anothers.[389] | ||
| Pakistan | July 30 | 2023 Khar bombing – ISK carried out a suicide bombing at aJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally inKhar,Bajaur District,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[390] and injuring over 200 others.[391][392] | 63+ | 200+ |
| France | October 13 | Arras school stabbing – A teacher was stabbed to death and two other people were wounded. The attacker shouted "Allahu akbar" according to police.[393][394] | 1 | 2 |
| Mali | September 7 | September 2023 Mali attacks – Al-Qaeda linkedJNIM militants attacked a vessel carrying civilians on theNiger River.[395] | 154 | Unknown |
| Afghanistan | October 13 | 2023 Pul-i-Khumri bombing – During prayer, there was an explosion in the Imam Zaman mosque. Some of the injuries were treated at Pul-i-Khumri Hospital while others were transferred to Kunduz hospital for treatment. TheIslamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack, identifying the attacker as "Sayfullah al-Muwahhid".[396] | 7 | 17 |
| Belgium | October 16 | 2023 Brussels shooting – Two Swedish nationals were shot dead and a third person injured in the attack. In a video posted on social media, a man identifying himself as the gunman claimed “to be inspired by theIslamic State”.[397][398] | 2 | 1 |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | January 3 | 2024 Kerman bombings –ISIS-K carried out a suicide bombing on a commemorative ceremony for assassinated Iranian generalQasem Soleimani at his grave in eastern Kerman.[399] | 103 | 284 |
| Turkey | January 28 | 2024 Istanbul church shooting – Two gunmen entered theChurch of Santa Maria in Istanbul during Sunday mass and shot and killed a man before leaving. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.[400] | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | March 22 | 2024 Crocus City Hall attack –ISIS-K carried out an attack at a concert hall in Moscow, killing 145. Russian officials at first attempted to associate the attack with Ukraine, but it was later admitted to be the work of Islamic terrorists.[401] | 145 | 551 |
| Afghanistan | May 17 | 2024 Bamyan shooting- a group of foreigntourists was attacked by gunmen at a market inBamyan Province in central Afghanistan. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack.[402] | 7 | 7 |
| India | June 9 | 2024 Reasi attack – Pakistani-backed Islamist terrorists belonging to the terrorist groupThe Resistance Front attacked Hindu pilgrims returning from pilgrimage.[403] | 9 | 14 |
| Russia | June 23 | 2024 Dagestan attacks-Twosynagogues, twoEastern Orthodoxchurches, and a traffic police post were attacked simultaneously with automatic weapons andMolotov cocktails. The ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack.[404] | 22 | 45 |
| Oman | July 16 | 2024 Muscat mosque shooting-A shooting occurred in a Shia mosque inMuscat, Oman leaving 9 dead including three attackers and 30-50 injured. TheISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack.[405] | 9 | 30–50 |
| Somalia | August 2 | 2024 Lido Beach attack – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive onLido Beach near the Beach View Hotel. After the bombing,Al-Shabaab militants stormed a hotel and started shooting and killing people.[406] | 50+ | 212+ |
| Burkina Faso | August 25 | 2024 Barsalogho attack – Al-Qaeda linkedJNIM militants attacked civilians and soldiers digging defensive trenches around security outposts, killing at least 600 people and injuring at least 300 others.[407] | 600+ | 300+ |
| Nigeria | September 3 | Tarmuwa massacre – Boko Haram militants attacked a village inYobe State, killing at least 130 villagers accused of collaborating with the Nigerian military.[408] | 130+ | 30+ |
| Mali | September 17 | 2024 Bamako attacks – Armed men attacked several places in Bamako, killing at least 77 people and injuring 255 others. Al-Qaeda linkedJama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin have claimed responsibility for the attack.[409] | 77+ | 255+ |
| Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | January 1 | 2025 New Orleans truck attack – Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar (age 42) intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year Day's revelers on Bourbon Street inNew Orleans' French Quarter early in the day, killing at least 14 people (excluding the perpetrator) and injuring 57 others and two police officers, before being killed in a shootout with police. The rear bumper of the truck held a blackISIS flag and the driver was found to have posted videos on social media pledging his support for theIslamic State group.[410][411] | 15 | 57 |
| Austria | February 25 | 2025 Villach stabbing attack – 23-year-old Syrian attacked pedestrians with a knife and showed theTawhid finger afterwards.[412] | 1 | 5 |
| India | April 22 | 2025 Pahalgam attack – Terrorists affiliated withThe Resistance Front, an affiliate of Pakistan-basedLashkar-e-Taiba andHizbul Mujahideen, opened fire on a group oftourists at theBaisaran Valley inJammu and Kashmir, India, and massacred at least 28 people and injured more than 20 others.[413][414] | 28 | 20 |
| Syria | June 22 | Mar Elias Church attack – at least one attacker opened fire and detonated anexplosive device inside theGreek Orthodox Mar Elias Church as people were praying inDamascus, Syria, killing at least 25 people and injuring 63 others.[415][416] The SyrianMinistry of Interior said theIslamic State was responsible for the suicide attack, while a group calling itselfSaraya Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility for the attack.[417][418] | At least 25 | 63 |
| India | November 10 | 2025 Delhi car explosion – a car exploded near theRed Fort inDelhi, India, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 20 others.[419][420][421] | At least 15 | 20+ |
| Pakistan | November 11 | 2025 Islamabad suicide bombing – a suicide bomber set off an explosion outside of the District Judicial Complex inIslamabad, the capital ofPakistan, killing 12 people and injuring 36, after attempting to enter the structure.[422][423][424]Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of theTehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack.[425][426] | 13 (including the perpetrator) | 36 |
According toFondapol, a Frenchthink tank, between 1979 and May 2021, at least 48,035Islamistterrorist attacks took place worldwide, causing the deaths of at least 210,138 people. During this period, each Islamist attack resulted in the death of about 4.4 persons on average. The most common type of weapon used areexplosives (43.9%). The main target of these attacks is themilitary (31.7%), followed bycivilians (25.0%) and police forces (18.3%).Afghanistan was the country most affected by Islamist terrorism, followed byIraq andSomalia. With at least 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths,France remains the country most affected by Islamist terrorism within theEuropean Union. The majority of Islamist attacks (89.5%) were in Muslim countries and the victims were mainlyMuslims, in the same proportions.[427][better source needed]
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