List of mass car bombings
This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses etc.) that resulted in at least two deaths.
Mass car bombings (by date)
2010s
Year | Date | Country | City | Deaths | Type | More Info |
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Aleppo | 34 | three suicide car bombs | Al-Jabiri Square bombings | |
September 9 |
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Aleppo | 30 | car bomb | [1] | |
July 31 |
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Baghdad | 21 | two car bombs | [2] | |
July 23 |
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13 cities | 116 | suicide bombs, car bombs, shootings | Main article: 23 July 2012 Iraq attacks | |
June 13 |
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Baghdad, 6 other cities | 93 | suicide car bombs, shootings | Main article: 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks | |
May 19 |
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Deir ez-Zor | 9 | car bomb | Main article: 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing | |
May 10 |
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Damascus | 55 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings | |
April 30 |
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Idlib | 20 | car bombs | Main article: April 2012 Idlib bombings | |
April 8 |
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Kaduna | 38 | suicide car bombs | Main article: April 2012 Kaduna bombings | |
March 31 |
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Yala Hat Yai |
16 | car and trucks bombs | Main article: 2012 Southern Thailand bombings | |
March 20 |
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Baghdad, 9 other cities | 52 | car bombs, suicide car bombs, shootings | Main article: 20 March 2012 Iraq attacks | |
March 17 |
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Damascus | 27 | two car bombs | Main article: March 2012 Damascus bombings | |
February 23 |
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Baghdad, 14 other cities | 83 | suicide car bombs, shootings | Main article: 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks | |
February 10 |
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Aleppo | 28 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2012 Aleppo bombings | |
January 27 |
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Baghdad | 32 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing | |
January 10 |
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Jamrud | 30 | car bomb | Main article: 2012 Khyber Agency bombing | |
2012 | January 5 |
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Baghdad Nasiriyah |
73 | suicide car/motorcycle bombs, shootings | Main article: 5 January 2012 Iraq bombings |
December 23 |
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Damascus | 44 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2011 Damascus bombings | |
December 22 |
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Baghdad | 60–72 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings | |
September 25 |
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Karbala | 25 | car bomb, suicide bombings | Main article: 2011 Karbala bombing | |
October 7–13 |
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Baghdad | 64 | car bombs, suicide bombs, IEDs, shootings | Main article: October 2011 Baghdad bombings | |
August 16 |
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Abuja | 21 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing | |
June 25 |
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Logar Province | 20–35 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2011 Logar province bombing | |
June 16 |
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Abuja | 2–6 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing | |
May 26 |
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Fuzhou, Jiangxi | 3 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings | |
May 13 |
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Charsadda District | 98 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2011 Charsadda bombing | |
May 5 |
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Al Hillah | 24 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2011 Al Hillah bombing | |
March 9 |
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Peshawar | 40 | suicide car bomb | Main article: March 2011 Peshawar bombing | |
March 8 |
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Faisalabad | 25 | car bomb | Main article: 2011 Faisalabad bombing | |
January 27 |
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Baghdad | 48 | car bomb | Main article: 27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing | |
January 24 |
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Baghdad Karbala |
27 | car bombs, roadside bombs | Main article: 24 January 2011 Iraq bombings | |
2011 | January 18–20 |
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Baqubah, Karbala, Tikrit | 137 | car bombs, suicide car bombs, shooting | Main article: January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks |
December 6 |
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Ghalanai | 50 | suicide car bombs | Main article: December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings | |
November 11 |
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Karachi | 18 | suicide car bombs, grenades, shootings | Main article: Pakistan CID building attack | |
November 2 |
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Baghdad | 57–62 | car bombs, roadside bombs | Main article: November 2010 Baghdad bomb attacks | |
October 1 |
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Abuja | 12 | two car bombs | Main article: October 2010 Abuja attacks | |
September 19 |
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Baghdad | 31 | car bombs, remote bomb | Main article: 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings | |
August 17 |
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Baghdad | 69 | truck bomb, suicide bomb | Main article: 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings | |
July 22 |
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Oslo | 8 | van bomb | Main article: 2011 Norway attacks | |
June 20 |
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Baghdad | 26 | two suicide car bombs | Main article: 20 June 2010 Baghdad bombings | |
May 10 |
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Baghdad, 8 other cities. | 100 | suicide car bombs, shootings | Main article: 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks | |
April 23–24 |
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Baghdad | 85 | car bombs | Main article: April 2010 Baghdad bombings | |
April 5 |
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Peshawar | 50 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2010 Peshawar bombings | |
April 4 |
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Baghdad | 42 | car bombs | Main article: 4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings | |
March 18 |
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Kabul | 18 | suicide car bomb | Main article: May 2010 Kabul bombing | |
March 12 |
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Lahore | 72 | suicide car bombs | Main article: March 2010 Lahore bombings | |
March 3 |
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Baqubah | 33 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2010 Baqubah bombings | |
February 10 |
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Khyber Agency | 19 | suicide car bomb | Main article: February 2010 Khyber bombing | |
January 25 |
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Baghdad | 41 | three suicide car bombs | Main article: 25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings | |
2010 | January 1 |
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Shah Hasan Khel | 105 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing |
2000s
Year | Date | Country | City | Deaths | Type | More Info |
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December 18 |
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Timergara | 12 | suicide car bomb | Main article: December 2009 Lower Dir mosque bombing | |
December 15 |
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Dera Ghazi Khan | 33 | car bomb | Main article: 2009 Dera Ghazi Khan bombing | |
December 8 |
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Baghdad | 127 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 8 December 2009 Baghdad bombings | |
November 19 |
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Peshawar | 10 | car bomb | Main article: 2009 Peshawar judicial complex bombing | |
November 2 |
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Rawalpindi | 35 | motorcycle bomb | Main article: November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing | |
October 28 |
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Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province | 92 | car bomb | Main article: 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing | |
October 25 |
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Baghdad | 155 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings | |
October 12 |
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Shangla District, Swat Valley | 41 | suicide car bomb against military vehicle | Main article: 2009 in Pakistan | |
October 11 |
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Ramadi, Anbar Province | 26 | coordinated car bombs (3), including one suicide car bomb | Main article: 2009 in Iraq | |
October 9 |
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Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province | 48 | car bomb | Main article: 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing | |
October 8 |
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Kabul | 17 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack | |
September 17 |
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Mogadishu | 21 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu | |
August 25 |
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Kandahar | 43 | car bomb | Main article: 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing | |
August 15 |
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Kabul | 7 | suicide car bomb, attempted assassination | Main article: 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing | |
August 19 |
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Baghdad | 101 | car and truck bombs | Main article: 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings | |
July 4–5, 7 |
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Mindanao | 8 | bombs, car bomb | Main article: July 2009 Mindanao bombings | |
June 30 |
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Kirkuk | 40 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2009 Kirkuk bombing | |
June 24 |
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Baghdad | 65 | motorcycle bomb | ||
June 20 |
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Taza | 80 | truck bomb | Main article: 20 June 2009 Taza bombing | |
June 18 |
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Beledweyne | 35 | car bomb | ||
June 10 |
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Al Batha | 30 | car bomb | ||
June 9 |
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Peshawar | 17 | car bomb | Main article: Pearl Continental hotel bombing | |
May 27 |
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Lahore | 30 | car bomb, shooting | Main article: 2009 Lahore bombing | |
May 20 |
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Baghdad | 38 | car bomb | ||
April 29 |
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Baghdad | 52 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks | |
April 6 |
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Baghdad | 37 | car bombs (6) | Main article: 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings | |
Feb. 22 |
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Mogadishu | 11 | car bomb | Main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu | |
2009 | Jan. 24 |
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Mogadishu | 15 | car bomb | |
Dec. 28 |
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Buner District | 36 | car bomb | [3] | |
Dec. 5 |
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Peshawar | 29 | car bomb | Main article: 5 December 2008 Peshawar bombing | |
Nov. 6 |
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Bajaur Agency | 22 | car bomb | [4] | |
Oct. 29 |
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Bosaso and Hargeisa | 30 | car bombs (5) | Main article: October 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings | |
Oct. 10 |
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Orakzai Agency | 110 | car bomb | Main article: 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing | |
September 29 |
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Tripoli | 7 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombing | |
September 28 |
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Baghdad | 32 | bombs, car bombs | Main article: 28 September 2008 Baghdad bombings | |
September 27 |
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Damascus | 17 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Damascus car bombing | |
September 20 |
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Islamabad | 60 | truck bomb | Main article: Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing | |
September 12 |
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Dujail | 32 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Dujail bombing | |
September 6 |
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20 km from Peshawar | 30 | car bomb | Main article: September 2008 Peshawar bombing | |
Aug. 23 |
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Swat | 20 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2008 Swat Valley bombing | |
Aug. 19 |
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Issers | 44 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Issers bombing | |
July 7 |
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Kabul | 58 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Indian Embassy bombing in Kabul | |
June 17 |
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Baghdad | 65 | car bomb | Main article: 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing | |
June 2 |
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Islamabad | 6–8 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Danish embassy bombing | |
May 2 |
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Sa'dah | 15 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Bin Salman Mosque bombing | |
April 15 |
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Baquba | 53 | car bomb | ||
Febr. 18 |
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Spin Boldak | 38 | suicide car bomb | Main article: Spin Boldak bombing | |
Febr. 16 |
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Parachinar | 47 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Parachinar bombing
The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured | |
2008 | Febr. 10 |
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Balad | 33 | car bomb | Main article: 2008 Balad bombing |
Dec. 13 |
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Amarah | 46 | 3 car bombs | Main article: 2007 Al Amarah bombings | |
Dec. 12 |
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Amarah | 46 | car bombs (3) | ||
Dec. 11 |
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Algiers | 31 | suicide car bombs (2) | Main article: December 11, 2007 Algiers bombings | |
Dec. 9 |
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Matta, Swat District, | 10 | car bomb | [5] | |
Nov. 24 |
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Rawalpindi | 35 | car bombs (2) | .[6] | |
September 8 |
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Dellys | 30 | car bomb | Main article: 2007 Dellys bombing | |
Aug. 14 |
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Yazidi compounds in Kahtaniya | 796 | truck bombs (4) | Main article: 2007 Yazidi communities bombings | |
Aug. 1 |
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Baghdad | 74 | truck bomb, car bombs (2) | Main article: 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings | |
July 26 |
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Baghdad | 92 | car bomb | Main article: 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing | |
July 25 |
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Baghdad | 50 | car bombs (2) | ||
July 19 |
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Baghdad | 87 | car bomb | Main article: 2007 al-Khilani Mosque bombing | |
July 19 |
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Hub | 30 | car bomb | ||
July 16 |
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Kirkuk | 86 | car bombs (3) | Main article: 2007 Kirkuk bombings | |
July 15 |
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Matta, Swat District, | 17 | car bomb (2) | 11 policeofficers among the dead. 47 wounded.[7] | |
July 14 |
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Miranshah | 23 | car bomb | At least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured [8] | |
July 7 |
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Armili | 156 | truck bomb | Main article: 2007 Amirli bombing | |
June 19 |
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Baghdad | 75 | car bomb | Main article: Al-Khilani Mosque bombing | |
June 17 |
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Kabul | 35 | car bomb | ||
May 13 |
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Makhmour | 50 | suicide truck bomb | Main article: 2007 Makhmour bombing | |
May 6 |
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Baghdad | 35 | car bomb | ||
April 28 |
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Karbala | 68 | car bomb | Main article: Imam Abbas Mosque bombing | |
April 18 |
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Baghdad | 198 | car bombs (4) | Main article: 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings | |
April 14 |
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Karbala | 65 | car bomb | Main article: Imam Hussein Mosque bombing | |
April 11 |
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Algiers | 33 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 11 April 2007 Algiers bombings | |
March 29 |
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Khalis | 47 | car bombs (3) | ||
March 27 |
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Tal Afar | 152 | truck bombs (2) | Main article: 2007 Tal Afar bombings | |
Febr. 18 |
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Baghdad | 62 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings | |
Febr. 14 |
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Zahedan | 18 | car bomb | Main article: 2007 Zahedan bombings | |
Febr. 12 |
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Baghdad | 79 | car bombs (3) | Main article: 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings | |
Febr. 3 |
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Baghdad | 135 | truck bomb | Main article: 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing | |
Jan. 22 |
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Baghdad | 88 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings | |
2007 | Jan. 16 |
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Baghdad | 70 | suicide car bombs, school bombings | Main article: Mustansiriya University bombings |
December 30 |
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Madrid | 2 | van bomb | Main article: 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing | |
Dec. 12 |
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Baghdad | 71 | minibus bomb, car bomb | ||
Dec. 2 |
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Baghdad | 51 | car bombs (3) | ||
Nov. 23 |
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Sadr City | 215 | car bombs (6) | Main article: 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings | |
Oct. 16 |
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Digampathana | 100 | truck bomb | Main article: 2006 Digampathana truck bombing | |
Aug. 3 |
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Panjwayi | 21 | car bomb | ||
July 1 |
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Sadr City | 66 | car bomb | Main article: 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing | |
2006 | March 12 |
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Sadr City | 58 | car bombs (2) | |
Nov. 19 |
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Abu Sayda | 50 | car bomb | ||
Nov. 18 |
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Khanaqin | 74 | suicide car bombs | Main article: 2005 Khanaqin bombings | |
September 29 |
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Balad | 102 | car bombs (3) | Main article: 2005 Balad bombings | |
September 14 |
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Baghdad | 114 | car bomb | Main article: 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing | |
Aug. 17 |
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Baghdad | 43 | car bombs (3) | Main article: 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings | |
July 23 |
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Sharm el-Sheikh | 88 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks | |
July 16 |
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Mussayib | 98 | truck bomb | Main article: 2005 Musayyib bombing | |
Febr. 28 |
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Hilla | 125 | car bomb | Main article: 2005 Al Hillah bombing | |
2005 | Febr. 14 |
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Beirut | 22 | truck bomb | |
Dec. 19 |
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Karbala and Najaf | 67 | car bombs (2) | ||
Oct. 7 |
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Hilton Taba, Taba | 31 | truck bomb | ||
Oct. 7 |
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Multan | 40 | car bomb | ||
September 30 |
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Baghdad | 41 | car bombs (3) | Main article: 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing | |
September 14 |
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Police station, Baghdad | 47 | car bomb | ||
September 9 |
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Australian Embassy, Jakarta | 9 | van bomb | Main article: 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing | |
July 28 |
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Police station, Baquba | 68 | suicide car bomb | Main article: 2004 Baqubah bombing | |
June 24 |
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Police stations, Mosul | 62 | car bombs (5) | ||
June 18 |
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Baghdad | 35 | suicide car bomb | Main article: June 2004 Baghdad bombing | |
June 17 |
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Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad | 35 | car bomb | ||
May 15 |
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Mosul | 62 | car bombs | Main article: 2004 Mosul bombings | |
May 13 |
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Karbala, Najaf | 67 | suicide car bombs | ||
April 21 |
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Police stations, Basra | 74 | car bombs (4) | Main article: 21 April 2004 Basra bombings | |
March 2 |
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Karbala Baghdad |
178 | suicide car bombs | Main article: Iraq Ashura bombings | |
Febr. 11 |
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Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad | 47 | car bomb | ||
Febr. 10 |
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Police Station, Iskandariya | 53 | truck bomb | ||
2004 | Jan. 18 |
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Coalition Headquarters, Baghdad | 31 | truck bomb | |
Dec. 27 |
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Coalition targets, Karbala | 19 | car bombs (4) | Main article: 2003 Karbala bombings | |
Dec. 25 |
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Rawalpindi | 14 | truck bombs | Targeted Pervez Musharraf | |
Nov. 20 |
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British targets, Istanbul | 32 | truck bombs | Main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings | |
Nov. 15 |
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Two synagogues, Istanbul | 31 | truck bombs | Main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings | |
Nov. 12 |
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Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah | 33 | truck bomb | Main article: 2003 Nasiriyah bombing | |
Nov. 8 |
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Riyadh | 18 | truck bomb | ||
Oct. 27 |
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Baghdad | 35 | car bombs (4) | Main article: 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings | |
Aug. 29 |
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Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf | 85 | car bomb | Main article: Imam Ali Mosque bombing | |
Aug. 25 |
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Mumbai | 52 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings | |
Aug. 19 |
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United Nations Iraqi Headquarters, Baghdad | 22 | truck bomb | Main article: Canal Hotel bombing | |
Aug. 7 |
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Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad | 19 | truck bomb | Main article: 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad | |
Aug. 5 |
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Jakarta | 12 | car bomb | Main article: 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing | |
Aug. 1 |
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Mozdok, North Ossetia–Alania | 50 | truck bomb | ||
May 12 |
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Riyadh | 35 | car bombs (4) | Main article: Riyadh compound bombings | |
May 12 |
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Znamenskoye, Chechnya | 59 | truck bomb | Main article: 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing | |
2003 | Febr. 7 |
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Bogotá | 36 | car bomb | Main article: 2003 El Nogal Club bombing |
Dec. 27 |
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Government buildings, Grozny, Chechnya | 72 | truck bombs | Main article: 2002 Grozny suicide bombing | |
Nov. 28 |
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Hotel in Mombasa | 13 | car bomb | Main article: 2002 Mombasa attacks | |
Oct. 21 |
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Bus near Hadera | 14 | car bomb | ||
Oct. 12 |
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Bali | 202 | car bomb | Main article: 2002 Bali terrorist bombing | |
September 5 |
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Kabul | 30 | car bomb | Main article: 2002 Kabul bombing | |
June 14 |
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US consulate, Karachi | 12 | truck bomb | Main article: 2002 Karachi consulate attack | |
June 5 |
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Megiddo Junction | 17 | car bomb | ||
May 8 |
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Karachi | 14 | car bomb | Main article: 2002 Karachi bus bombing | |
April 11 |
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Synagogue, Djerba | 21 | truck bomb | Main article: Ghriba synagogue bombing | |
April 7 |
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Villavicencio | 12 | car bomb | ||
2002 | March 21 |
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U.S. Embassy, Lima | 9 | car bomb | |
December 1 |
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Jerusalem | 11 | suicide car bomb | Main article: Ben Yehuda Street bombings | |
Oct. 1 |
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Assembly Building, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | 38 | car bomb | Main article: 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack | |
June 19 |
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Gudermes, Chechnya | 12 | car bombs (3) | ||
2001 | March 24 |
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Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai | 19 | car bomb | |
August 1 |
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Central Jakarta | 2 | car bomb | Main article: 2000 Philippine consulate bombing | |
2000 | July 3 |
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Grozny, Chechnya | 25 | truck bomb | Main article: July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings |
1990s
Year | Date | Country | City | Deaths | Type | More Info |
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September 4 |
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Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan | 64 | car bomb | Main article: Russian apartment bombings | |
1999 | February 16 |
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Tashkent | 16 | 6 car bombs | Main article: 1999 Tashkent bombings |
September 5 |
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Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan | 17 | car bomb | Main article: Russian apartment bombings | |
Aug. 15 |
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Omagh, Northern Ireland | 29 | car bomb | Main article: Omagh bombing | |
Aug. 7 |
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Nairobi and Dar es Salaam | 224 | car bombs (2) | Main article: 1998 United States embassy bombings | |
March 5 |
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Street, Colombo | 36 | mini-bus bomb | ||
1998 | February 14 |
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Coimbatore | 46 | car bombs | Main article: 1998 Coimbatore bombings |
Nov. 19 |
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Hyderabad | 23 | car bomb | ||
1997 | Oct. 15 |
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World Trade Center, Colombo | 18 | truck bomb | |
June 25 |
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Khobar Towers, Khobar (near Dhahran) | 20 | fuel truck bomb | Main article: Khobar Towers bombing | |
Febr. 9 |
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Docklands, London | 2 | truck bomb | Main article: 1996 South Quay bombing | |
1996 | Jan. 31 |
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Central Bank, Colombo | 90 | truck bomb | Main article: Central Bank Bombing |
Dec. 21 |
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Peshawar | 45 | car bomb | ||
Nov. 19 |
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Egyptian embassy in Islamabad | 15 | truck bomb | Main article: Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan | |
Nov. 13 |
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U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh | 7 | car bomb | ||
Febr. 27 |
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Zakho | 76 | car bomb | [9] | |
1995 | Jan. 30 |
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Algiers | 42 | car bomb | [10] |
April 19 |
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Federal building, Oklahoma City | 168 | truck bomb | Main article: Oklahoma City bombing | |
July 18 |
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Jewish center, Buenos Aires | 85 | car bomb | Main article: 1994 AMIA bombing | |
1994 | April 6 |
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Afula | 8 | car bomb | Main article: Afula Bus suicide bombing |
June 21 |
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Madrid | 7 | car bomb | ||
April 24 |
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London | 1 | truck bomb | Main article: Bishopsgate bombing | |
May 27 |
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Uffizi Gallery, Florence | 6 | car bomb | ||
March 12 |
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Mumbai | 257 | car bombs | Main article: 1993 Bombay bombings | |
Febr. 26 |
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World Trade Center, New York City | 6 | truck bomb | Main article: World Trade Center bombing | |
1993 | Jan. 30 |
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Bogotá | 20 | car bomb | [11] |
July 16 |
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Lima | 24 | car bombs (2) | Main article: Tarata bombing | |
April 10 |
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Baltic Exchange, London | 3 | truck bomb | ||
1992 | March 17 |
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Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires | 29 | car bomb | Main article: 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires |
May 29 |
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Vic | 9 | car bomb | Main article: 1991 Vic bombing | |
1991 | March 2 |
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Colombo | 19 | remote control car bomb | Main article: Havelock Road Bombing, 1991 |
1990 | May 12 |
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Bogotá and Cali | 26 | car bombs (2) | [12] |
1980s
Year | Date | Country | City | Deaths | Type | More info |
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Dec. 6 |
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Bogotá | 52 | truck bomb | Main article: DAS Building bombing | |
Nov. 22 |
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Beirut | 24 | car bomb | ||
1989 | April 14 |
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Trincomalee | 38 | car bomb | |
July 8 |
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Jalalabad | 31 | truck bomb | [13] | |
April 23 |
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Tripoli | 60 | truck bomb | ||
April 14 |
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USO Club, Naples | 5 | car bomb | [14] | |
1988 | Feb. 17 |
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Oshakati, South-West Africa | 27 | car bomb | Main article: 1988 Oshakati bomb blast |
Dec. 11 |
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Zaragoza | 11 | car bomb | Main article: 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing | |
Oct. 8 |
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Kabul | 27 | car bomb | [15] | |
July 14 |
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Karachi | 72 | car bombs (2) | [16] | |
July 5 |
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Army camp, Jaffna | 40 | truck bomb | Main article: Vallipuram Vasanthan | |
June 19 |
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Barcelona | 21 | car bomb | Main article: 1987 Hipercor bombing | |
1987 | April 21 |
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Colombo | 106 | car bomb | Main article: Central Bus Station Bombing |
Aug. 19 |
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Tehran | 20 | car bomb | [17] | |
July 14 |
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Madrid | 12 | car bomb | Main article: Plaza República Dominicana bombing | |
March 27 |
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Victoria Police HQ, Melbourne | 1 | car bomb | Main article: Russell Street Bombing | |
1986 | March 17 |
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Military compound, Damascus | 60 | truck bomb | [18] |
Aug. 17 |
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Market, Beirut | 55 | car bomb | ||
May 22 |
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Beirut | 50 | car bomb | ||
1985 | March 8 |
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Beirut | 80 | car bomb | Main article: 1985 Beirut Car Bombing |
Aug. 8 |
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Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt | 2 | car bomb | ||
1984 | September 20 |
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U.S. embassy in Beirut | 23 | car bomb | |
Dec. 21 |
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French Army building, Beirut | 15 | truck bomb | ||
Dec. 17 |
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London | 6 | car bomb | Main article: Harrods bombing | |
Dec. 12 |
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U.S. and French embassies, Kuwait City | 6 | truck bombs | Main article: 1983 Kuwait bombings | |
Nov. 4 | ![]() |
Israeli Army HQ, Tyre | 60 | truck bomb | Main article: Tyre headquarters bombings | |
Oct. 23 |
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United States Marines and French Paratroop barracks, Beirut | 305 | truck bombs | Main article: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing | |
May 20 |
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Church Street, Pretoria | 20 | car bomb | Main article: Church Street bombing | |
April 18 |
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U.S. Embassy, Beirut | 63 | car bomb | Main article: April 1983 US Embassy bombing | |
1983 | Jan. 28 |
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Palestine Liberation Organisation building, Beirut | 45 | car bomb | |
Nov. 11 |
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Israeli military HQ, Tyre | 102 | car bomb | Main article: Tyre headquarters bombings | |
Oct. 1 |
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Central Square, Tehran | 60 | truck bomb | [19] | |
Aug. 1 |
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Baghdad | 20 | car bomb | [20] | |
July 20 |
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Hyde Park parade, London | 4 | car bomb | Main article: Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings | |
1982 | May 24 |
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French embassy, Beirut | 14 | car bomb | [21] |
Dec. 15 |
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Iraqi embassy, Beirut | 61 | car bomb | [22] | |
Nov. 29 |
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Damascus | 64 | car bomb | [23] | |
1981 | Oct. 1 |
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Palestine Liberation Organisation office, Beirut | 83 | car bomb |
1970s
1900–1969
Date (YYYY/MM/DD) | Country | Place | Deaths | Type | Perpetrator/ Suspected perpetrator | Article/Source |
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1965/03/30 | ![]() |
US Embassy, Saigon | 21 | car bomb | [31] | |
1962/05/02 | ![]() |
Algiers | 62 | car bomb | [32] | |
1948/03/11 | ![]() |
Jewish Agency, Jerusalem | 11 | car bomb | ||
1948/03/02 | ![]() |
Office building, Haifa | 14 | truck bomb | ||
1948/02/22 | ![]() |
Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem | 52–80 | truck bombs (2) | Ben Yehuda Street Bombing | |
1948/01/04 | ![]() |
Jaffa | 18 | truck bomb | ||
1947/04/25 | ![]() |
Sarona police compound, Tel Aviv | 5 | truck bomb | ||
1947/01/12 | ![]() |
Haifa | 4 | truck bomb | ||
1927/05/18 | ![]() |
Bath Township, Michigan | 5 | suicide car bomb | Andrew Kehoe | Bath School disaster |
1920/09/16 | ![]() |
Wall Street, New York City | 38 | wagon bomb | Wall Street bombing |
| British Mandate for Palestine
{List of Irgun bombs/attacks} 1937-1948[33]
Assassinations by car bombings
Date | Country | Place | Type | Target | Perpetrator/ Suspected perpetrator |
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2005/12/12 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Gebran Tueni, lawmaker | Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom of al-Sham |
2005/06/28 | ![]() |
Baghdad | suicide car bomb | Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, Iraqi politician | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
2005/06/21 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | George Hawi, former Lebanese Communist Party head | |
2005/06/02 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Samir Kassir, journalist | |
2005/02/14 | ![]() |
Beirut | suicide truck bomb | Rafic Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister (with 20 others) | |
2004/05/17 | ![]() |
Baghdad | suicide car bomb | Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi Governing Council leader | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
2004/02/13 | ![]() |
Doha | car bomb (remote) | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, former President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | |
2003/11/20 | ![]() |
Istanbul | suicide truck bomb | Roger Short, British Consul-General (with 27 others) | |
2003/08/29 | ![]() |
Najaf | car bomb (remote) | Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, Iraqi cleric (with 84 others) | |
2003/08/19 | ![]() |
Baghdad | suicide truck bomb | Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations special representative (with 22 others) | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
2002/05/20 | ![]() |
Beirut | unknown | Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril, son of PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril | |
2002/01/24 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Elie Hobeika, Phalangist militia leader | |
2000/02/22 | ![]() |
Vitoria | car bomb (remote) | Fernando Buesa, Basque Socialist Party leader | ETA |
1999/10/21 | ![]() |
Ankara | car bomb (tilt-based) | Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, prominent Turkish intellectual, lawyer, politician | |
1999/03/15 | ![]() |
Lurgan, Northern Ireland | car bomb (tilt-based) | Rosemary Nelson, Irish human rights lawyer | Red Hand Defenders |
1996/11/01 | ![]() |
Tucson, Arizona | car bomb (remote) | Gary Triano, Businessman | |
1992/05/23 | ![]() |
Capaci, Sicily | car bomb (remote) | Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (with 4 others) | Italian Mafia |
1990/07/30 | ![]() |
Hankham, England | car bomb (remote) | Ian Gow, Conservative MP | Provisional IRA |
1989/11/22 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (with 23 others) | |
1989/05/16 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Hassan Khaled, Lebanese spiritual leader (with 21 others) | |
1988/06/28 | ![]() |
Athens | car bomb (remote) | William Nordeen, United States diplomat | Revolutionary Organization 17 November |
1987/12/22 | ![]() |
Lisburn, Northern Ireland | car bomb | John McMichael, Ulster Defence Association leader | Provisional IRA |
1987/04/27 | ![]() |
County Armagh, Northern Ireland | car bomb (remote) | Sir Maurice and Lady Gibson | Provisional IRA |
1979/03/30 | ![]() |
Palace of Westminster | car bomb (tilt-based) | Airey Neave, Conservative MP | Irish National Liberation Army |
1979/01/22 | ![]() |
Beirut | car bomb (remote) | Ali Hassan Salameh, Black September leader | Mossad |
1976/09/21 | ![]() |
Washington, D.C. | unknown | Orlando Letelier, Chilean exile | |
1976/06/02 | ![]() |
Phoenix, Arizona | car bomb (remote) | Don Bolles, investigative reporter | |
1974/09/30 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | car bomb (remote) | Carlos Prats, Former Chilean army commander | |
1928/12/04 | ![]() |
Saint Paul, Minnesota | unknown | "Dapper" Danny Hogan, "Irish Mob" boss |
See also
- Category:Deaths by car bomb
Notes
- ↑ "(The Daily Star)". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "(BBC)". BBC News. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Abdur Rahman Abid. "Suicide blast rocks Buner on polling day; 36 killed" Dawn, 29 December 2008
- ↑ "Bomber strikes Salarzai jirga in Bajaur, kills 22" Daily Times, 7 November 2008
- ↑ 10 killed in Swat suicide attack Daily Times, December 10, 2007
- ↑ 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi Daily Times, November 25, 2007
- ↑ At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
- ↑ Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops Daily Times, July 15, 2007
- ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Chronology for Kurds in Iraq". Refworld. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Islamic Rebels Admit Setting Off Bomb In Algerian Capital". 6 February 1995. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Escobar's hand seen in Bogotá bomb atrocity". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ The Washington Post, May 13, 1990, Douglas Farah
- ↑ "31 Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack." The Washington Post, July 9, 1988.
- ↑ "A Japanese With Lebanese Links Blamed in Naples U.S.O. Bombing". 16 April 1988. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bomb Kills 27 in Afghan City; Government Blames Moslem Guerrillas for Blast in Kabul." The Washington Post, October 10, 1987.
- ↑ "Bombs Kill 72 and Wound 250 in Pakistani City". 15 July 1987. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Car Bomb Blast in Central Tehran Square Kills 20". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1986.
- ↑ "Damascus Bomb May Have Killed 60". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "At Least 60 Killed, 700 Hurt As Bomb Explodes In Tehran". The Associated Press, October 3, 1982.
- ↑ "Baghdad Bomb Toll." The Washington Post, August 5, 1982.
- ↑ "Bomb Kills 14 at Beirut Embassy." Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1982.
- ↑ "Terrorist Organization Profiles - START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sutton Index of Deaths 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1977". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p.672
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1973". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p.311
- ↑ "This Day in History". History.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Karawan, Ibrahim A., et al. Values and Violence, p. 129.
- ↑ List of Irgun attacks
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