# List of major terrorist incidents

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

## Attacks before 1950

| Incident | Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Notes |
| Wall Street Bombing | 1920 | Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | 40 | 143+ | Galleanisti | |
| King David Hotel bombing | 1946 | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine | 91 | 46 | Irgun | |

## Attacks 1950 to 1989

| Incident | Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Notes |
| MV Dara | 1961 | Southwest Asia, Persian Gulf | 238 | | Unknown; possibly Omani separatists | |
| McGurk's Bar bombing | 1971 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 15 | 17 | Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) | |
| Munich massacre | 1972 | Munich, West Germany | 17 | | Black September Organization | |
| Birmingham pub bombings | 1974 | Birmingham, England | 21 | 182 | Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) | |
| Dublin and Monaghan bombings | 1974 | Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland | 34 | 300 | Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) | |
| Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 bombing | 1976 | Over the Caribbean Sea | 73 | 0 | Anti-Communists | |
| Cinema Rex fire | 1978 | Abadan, Iran | 470+ | 200+ | 4 men (unknown affiliation) | The theatre was doused in airplane fuel, locked and started on fire as 700 people were trapped inside |
| Bologna massacre | 1980 | Bologna Centrale railway station, Italy | 85 | 200+ | Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari | |
| 1983 Beirut barracks bombing | 1983 | Beirut, Lebanon | 307 | 150 | Islamic Jihad Organization (claimed responsibility), Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (court finding) | |
| Air India Flight 182 bombing | 1985 | Over the Atlantic Ocean (en route from Montreal to London) | 329 | 0 | Babbar Khalsa | |
| Rome and Vienna Airport attacks | 1985 | Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Vienna International Airport | 19 | | Abu Nidal Organization | |
| Pan Am Flight 103 | 1988 | Lockerbie, Scotland | 270 | 0 | Libya | All 259 people on the plane were killed, as well as eleven others on-ground. |
| Massacre of Trujillo | 1988–1990 | Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | 200–400 | | Paramilitary groups and Cali Cartel members (prominently Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar and Henry Loaiza-Ceballos) | |

## 1990s

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

## 2000s

| Incident | Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Perpetrator | Notes |
| Rizal Day bombings | 2000 | Manila, Philippines | 22 | ~100 | Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf | |
| 2001 Angola train attack | 2001 | Angola | 252 | 165 | UNITA | |
| September 11 attacks | 2001 | United States | 2,996 | 6,000–25,000 | al-Qaeda | American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into One World Trade Center (North Tower) at 8:46 AM EDT. United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into Two World Trade Center (South Tower) at 9:03 AM EDT. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in history. |
| 2001 Indian Parliament attack | 2001 | India | 9 | 18 | Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed | |
| Passover massacre | 2002 | Israel | 30 | 160 | Hamas | An attack conducted on Passover Seder celebrations which were being held at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel. |
| 2002 Bali bombings | 2002 | Indonesia | 204 | 209 | Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda | |
| Moscow theater hostage crisis | 2002 | Russia | 132 | 700+ | Special Purpose Islamic Regiment | |
| Beslan school siege | 2004 | Russia | 334 | 800+ | Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs | |
| 2004 Madrid train bombings | 2004 | Spain | 193 | 2,050 | al-Qaeda | |
| SuperFerry 14 bombing | 2004 | Philippines | 116 | | Abu Sayyaf | |
| 7/7 bombings, London | 2005 | London, England | 56 | 784 | al-Qaeda | |
| 2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings | 2005 | Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt | 88 | ~150 | al-Qaeda | |
| 2006 Mumbai train bombings | 2006 | Mumbai, India | 209 | 714 | Faisal Sheikh, Asif Khan, Kamal Ansari, Ehtesham Sidduqui and Naveed Khan; Islamic extremism | |
| 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings | 2006 | Sadr City, Iraq | 215 | 140 | Unknown; Islamic extremism | |
| Qahtaniyah bombings | 2007 | Iraq | 796 | 1,562+ | | |
| 2008 Christmas massacres | 2008 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 620–860+ | | Lord's Resistance Army | |
| 2008 Mumbai attacks | 2008 | Mumbai, India | 175 | 300+ | Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Lashkar-e-Taiba | |
| Camp Chapman attack | 2009 | Khost Province, Afghanistan | 10 | 6 | Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, al-Qaeda, Pakistani Taliban | |

## 2010 to 2014

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

## 2015

| Date | Incident | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
| January 3–7 | Baga massacre | 150–2,000 | Unknown | Baga, Borno State, Nigeria | Boko Haram militants opened fire on northern Nigerian villages, leaving bodies scattered everywhere, reporting over 100 fatalities with as many as 2,000 people unaccounted for – feared dead. | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
| January 7–9 | January 2015 Île-de-France attacks | 17 (+3 preparators) | 22 | Paris, France | From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants.The main attacks were the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the Porte de Vincennes siege. The organization Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years. | Al-Qaeda | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| March 20 | 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings | 142 | 351+ | Sana'a, Yemen | Islamic State militants in Yemen carried out five suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers in the city of Sana'a. | Islamic State Yemen branch | Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
| April 2 | Garissa University College attack | 148 | 79 | Garissa, Kenya | Six to ten gunmen associated with the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab opened fire at the Garissa University in Kenya. Christians were their main target of the attack, with the Islamic extremists separating the Muslims from Christians before executing them. Up to three hundred students are unaccounted for. One hundred and forty-eight students were reported killed, along with seventy-nine wounded. Four gunmen were killed by security forces. | Al-Shabaab | War in Somalia |
| June 25 | Kobanî massacre | 223+ | 300+ | Kobanî, Syria | On 25 June 2015, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detonated three car bombs in Kobanî, close to the Turkish border crossing. | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| June 26 | 2015 Sousse attacks | 38 (+ the preparator) | 39 | Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia | A mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia. | Islamic State | Islamist extremism |
| July 1–2 | 30 June and 1 July 2015 Borno massacres | 145 | 17 | Kukawa, Nigeria | Boko Haram militants attacked multiple mosques between July 1 and 2. Forty-eight men and boys were killed on the 1st at one mosque in Kukawa. Seventeen were wounded in the attack. Ninety-seven others, mostly men, were killed in numerous mosques on the 2nd with a number of women and young girls killed in their homes. An unknown number were wounded. Boko Haram claimed responsibility. | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
| July 17 | 2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing | 120–130 | 130+ | Khan Bani Saad, Iraq | A car bomb was sent to a crowded market in Khan Bani Saad in Iraq, 30 km north to Baghdad, during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations. The explosion killed at least 120 (15 children among them) and injuring another 170 people and brought down several buildings. ISIL claimed responsibility and said 180 people were killed. | Islamic State | Iraq War |
| September 20 | September 2015 Borno State bombings | 145 | 97–150+ | Maiduguri, Nigeria | Boko Haram executed a series of blasts, some of which were Suicide bombings, in the north eastern city of Maiduguri, targeting a market and civilians in a mosque during night pray and a football match viewers, bringing the total number of casualties to at least 53 dead and over 90 wounded. The attack was said to be made using homemade weapons. | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
| October 10 | 2015 Ankara bombings | 109 | 508 | Ankara, Turkey | Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near Ankara central station where a rally for peace supported by HDP was taking place. The attack left 109 dead and 508 injured. | Islamic State | November 2015 Turkish general election |
| October 31 | Metrojet Flight 9268 | 224 | 0 | Sinai, Egypt | ISIL militants have claimed destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268. Bomb is cited by experts as the most likely cause. | Islamic State | Sinai insurgency |
| November 12 | 2015 Beirut bombings | 43 | 200+ | Beirut, Lebanon | Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh. | Islamic State | Islamist extremism |
| November 13 | November 2015 Paris attacks | 131 (+7 perpetrators) | 200+ | Paris, France | November 2015 Paris attacks: A series of attacks occurred simultaneously in central Paris. The first shooting attack occurred in a restaurant and a bar in 10th arrondissement of Paris. A bomb was detonated at Bataclan theatre in 11th arrondissement of Paris during a rock concert. Dozens were killed, and approximately 100 hostages were taken. Another bombing took place in the Stade de France stadium in the suburb of Saint-Denis during a football game. | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |

## 2016

| Date | Type | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
| 11 January | Bombings | 132 | Unknown | Sharaban, Iraq | January 2016 Iraq attacks: Two huge bomb blasts, one at a teashop and the other at a mosque, killed at least 100 people in the township of Sharaban in Iraq's northern Diyala Governorate. | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 16 January | Massacre | 135–300+ | Unknown | Deir ez-Zor, Syria | ISIL militants attacked the neighbourhoods of Begayliya and Ayash in Deir ez-Zor, killing dozens of people in execution-style murder. Fatality estimates variates between 135 and over 300. International sources reported that the attack was against Syrian Army personnel and killed 85 Syrian soldiers along with 50 civilians while Syrian sources said over 300 people were killed, most of whom were children and women. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed suicide bombers were used. | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War – Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016) |
| 21 February | Bombing | 134 (+2) | 180 | Sayyidah Zaynab, Syria | February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings: Islamic State militants detonated a car bomb and later launched two suicide bombings, about 400 meters from Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, a Shi'ite shrine, believed to contain the grave of Islamic prophet Muhammad's granddaughter. 83 to 134 people were killed and 180 wounded, including children. Syrian media said the attack occurred when pupils were leaving school in the area. At least 60 shops were damaged as well as cars in the area. Islamic State claimed responsibility. | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| 22 March | Bombings | 32 (+ 3 perpetrators) | 340 | Brussels, Belgium | 2016 Brussels bombings: On the morning of 22 March 2016, three coordinated suicide bombings occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels. | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| 17 May | Suicide and car bombings, shooting | 101+ | 194+ | Baghdad, Iraq | May 2016 Baghdad bombings: A series of eight attacks in Baghdad killed numerous people and wounded more. | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 23 May | Suicide bombing | 184 (5) | 200 | Jableh and Tartus, Syria | May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings: Nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| 3 July | Bombing | 347+ | 250+ | Baghdad, Iraq | 2016 Karrada bombing: At least 346 people were killed, and over 246 injured, in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. Early in the evening of July 3, a large car bomb exploded in the middle of a busy market, killing nearly 346 civilians. The blast occurred in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada, which contains Shia Muslims and a large Christian minority. A second car bombing in the district of Sha'ab killed at least 5 people and injured 16, while two more bombings killed at least two more people. | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 14 July | Vehicle-ramming attack | 86 (+1) | 434 | Nice, France | 2016 Nice truck attack: On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. | Lone wolf | Islamic extremism |
| 24 November | Suicide truck bombing | 125 (+1) | 95 | Hillah, Iraq | November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing: A truck bomb killed at least 125 people in Hillah city 95 others are injured. | Islamic State | Iraqi Civil War |
| 19 December | Vehicle-ramming attack | 13 | 55 | Berlin, Germany | 2016 Berlin truck attack: On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was found shot dead in the passenger seat. | Lone wolf | Islamic extremism |

## 2017

| Date | Type | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Suspected perpetrator | Part of |
| April 7 | Vehicle-ramming attack | 5 | 14 | Stockholm, Sweden | 2017 Stockholm truck attack: Stockholm truck attack An attacker used a truck to run over pedestrians along a shopping street before crashing into a department store. Five people were killed and 14 others wounded. Police said the attacker, an Uzbek immigrant, had shown sympathies for extremist organizations including ISIL. He was sentenced to life in prison and lifetime expulsion from Sweden in June 2018. | Sympathiser of ISIL | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| April 15 | Suicide car bombing | 126+ | 60+ | Aleppo, Syria | 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing: In a district of Aleppo a strong explosion occurred. According to provisional data, a motor bomb exploded. The blast killed at least 126 people, including more than 60 children. | Unknown | Syrian Civil War |
| May 22 | Suicide bombing | 22 (+ 1 perpetrator) | 112+ | Manchester, England | Manchester Arena bombing: On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande. | Two Lone Assassins | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| May 31 | Car Bombing | 150+ | 413+ | Kabul, Afghanistan | May 2017 Kabul attack: A car bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter killed at least 150 persons and wounded 413 others. | Islamic Jihad Union (suspected) | War in Afghanistan |
| June 3 | Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing | 8 (+ 3 perpetrators) | 48 | London, England | 2017 London Bridge attack: Three assailants used a van to ram pedestrians on London Bridge and then drove to Borough Market, where the three attacked people with knives before being shot by police. Eight people were killed and 48 were injured. The injured included four unarmed police officers. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| June 7 | Suicide bombing, mass shooting, hostage-taking | 23 | 52 | Tehran, Iran | 2017 Tehran attacks: The 2017 Tehran attacks were a series of two simultaneous terrorist attacks that were carried out by five terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Iranian Parliament building and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, both in Tehran, Iran. | Islamic State | Terrorism in Iran |
| August 17–18 | Vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing | 16 (+ 8 perpetrators) | 152 | Barcelona, Spain | 2017 Barcelona attacks: On 17 August 2017, a van was driven into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, killing 14 and injuring at least 130. The following day, a woman was killed in a related attack in Cambrils when a car tried to run into pedestrians and attackers stabbed people. A policeman shot and killed four of the five attackers while the fifth died later of his injuries. ISIL claimed responsibility for the Ramblas attack. Europol classified the attack as terrorism. | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| October 14 | Suicide truck bombing | 587 | 303 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings: At least 587 people were killed and 303 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Mogadishu. | Al-Shabaab (suspected) | Somali Civil War (2009–present) |
| November 24 | Car bombing and shooting | 311 | 128+ | Bir al-Abed, Egypt | 2017 Sinai mosque attack: A mosque located near the town of Bir al-Abed was attacked by more than 10 militants. The attackers used three car bombs and four off-road vehicles to block escape routes, and opened fire at worshippers during a crowded Friday prayer at al-Rawada. First responders were also attacked upon arrival. | Islamic State Wilayat Sinai | Sinai insurgency Terrorism in Egypt |

## 2018

| Date | Type | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Suspected perpetrator | Part of |
| January 27 | Suicide car bombing | 103 | 235 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 2018 Kabul ambulance bombing: 103 people were killed and 235 others injured when a Taliban suicide bomber exploded an ambulance laden with explosives near Sidarat Square in central Kabul where several government offices are located. | Taliban | War in Afghanistan |
| July 13 | Suicide bombing | 154 | 223 | Mastung, Pakistan | 13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings: 154 people, including the Balochistan Awami Party candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, were killed and 223 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Mastung in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. | Islamic State | War in North-West Pakistan |
| July 25 | Suicide bombings, shootings, hostage taking | 255 (+63) | 180 | As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria | 2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Islamic state militants carried out suicide bombings and gun attacks in the city of As-Suwayda and a number of villages in the southern Syrian governorate of As-Suwayda, killing 255 people, including 142 civilians, and injuring 180 others. At least 63 terrorists were also killed, including the suicide bombers. The jihadists also seized hostages from the villages they had attacked. | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War |
| December 11 | Mass shooting | 5 | 11 | Strasbourg, France | 2018 Strasbourg attack: A French citizen attacked people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg with a gun and a knife, killing five civilians and wounding eleven others. The man was killed two days later by police. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism. | Jihadist attacker | Islamic terrorism in Europe |

## 2019

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

## 2020

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

## 2021

| Date | Type | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Suspected perpetrator | Part of |
| March 21 | Massacres | 137 | Unknown | Tahoua Region, Niger | 2021 Tahoua attacks: 137 people were killed in a series of attacks on villages, camps and hamlet's by armed jihadists. | Islamic State – Sahil Province | Jihadist insurgency in Niger |
| August 26 | Suicide bombing, mass shooting | 183 (including the perpetrator) | 150+ | Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan | 2021 Kabul airport attack: 182 people, including 13 members of the United States military, were killed in a suicide bombing attack near Abbey Gate of the Kabul Airport. The attack took place during the mass evacuation from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the Fall of Kabul. | ISIS-K | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |

## 2022

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

## 2023

| Date | Type | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Suspected perpetrator | Part of |
| 30 January | Suicide bombing | 101 (including the perpetrator) | 220+ | Police Lines area, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing: A suicide bombing inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The bomber triggered a suicide vest during the solar noon Zuhr prayers, killing 101 people and injuring over 220 others | Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| 7 October | Rocket barrage and mass shootings | 1400 | 3,400 | Israel | 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel: Hamas attacks Israel with rockets and militants enter Israeli territory. 859 civilians are killed. The 2023 Israel–Hamas war begins. | Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other militant groups | Israel–Hamas war |

## 2024

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

## 2025

| Date | Type | Killed | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator |
| 1 January | Vehicle-ramming attack | 15 | 57 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | 2025 New Orleans truck attack: Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a United States Military Veteran, drove a rented Ford F-150 Lightning into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, before entering a firefight with police, resulting in his death. | Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar |

## Other attacks

This is a list of terrorist incidents with at least 100 fatalities, that are not included in the chronological timeline.
| Estimated Deaths | Name | Political Ideology | Country | Location | Year |
| 198 | 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2007 |
| 185 | 20 January 2012 Nigeria attacks | Islamic extremism | Nigeria | Mubi, Yola, Gombi, Maiduguri and Kano | 2012 |
| 178+ | 2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Kerbala and Baghdad | 2004 |
| 171 | UTA Flight 772 | State-sponsored terrorism | Niger | | 1989 |
| 168 | Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis | Chechen separatism | Russia | Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye [ru], and Sovetskoye | 1996 |
| 165+ | 2000 Walisongo school massacre | Christian terrorism | Indonesia | Poso | 2000 |
| 155 | October 2009 Baghdad bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2009 |
| 152 | 2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Tal Afar | 2007 |
| 150 | St Nedelya Church assault | Communism | Bulgaria | Sofia | 1925 |
| 148 | Gyaneshwari Express train derailment | Communism | India | West Midnapore | 2010 |
| 141+ | Brak El-Shati airbase raid | Islamic extremism | Libya | Wadi al Shatii District | 2017 |
| 140–256 | 2017 Camp Shaheen attack | Islamic extremism | Afghanistan | Mazar-e-Sharif | 2017 |
| 140 | Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis | Chechen separatism | Russia | Budyonnovsk | 1995 |
| 136 | 2007 Karachi bombing | Islamic extremism | Pakistan | Karachi | 2007 |
| 135 | February 3, 2007 Baghdad market bombing | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2007 |
| 133+ | January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks | Islamic extremism | Iraq | | 2011 |
| 130 | Rafiganj train disaster | Communism | India | Rafiganj | 2002 |
| 127 | Peshawar church attack | Islamic extremism | Pakistan | Peshawar | 2013 |
| 127 | December 2009 Baghdad bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2009 |
| 127 | 2005 Al Hillah bombing | Unknown | Iraq | Al Hillah | 2005 |
| 125 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 | Unknown | Indian Ocean | | 1996 |
| 120 | 2007 Al Hillah bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Al Hillah | 2007 |
| 120 | 2012 Sana'a bombing | Islamic extremism | Yemen | Sana'a | 2012 |
| 120 | Palace of Justice siege | 19th of April Movement | Colombia | Bogotá | 1985 |
| 119 | Bojayá massacre | United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia | Colombia | Choco | 2002 |
| 117 | 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing | Islamic extremism | Pakistan | Peshawar | 2009 |
| 117 | 2004 Irbil bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Irbil | 2004 |
| 114+ | 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2010 |
| 114 | March 2017 Damascus bombings | Islamic extremism | Syria | Damascus | 2017 |
| 113+ | 2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2010 |
| 112 | September 14, 2005 Baghdad bombing | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2005 |
| 112 | Avianca Flight 203 | Narcoterrorism | Colombia | | 1989 |
| 112 | Gulf Air Flight 771 | Palestinian nationalism | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 1983 |
| 110 | 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing | Islamic extremism | Pakistan | Orakzai | 2008 |
| 105 | 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing | Islamic extremism | Pakistan | Lakki Marwat | 2010 |
| 104 | Mohmand Agency attack | Islamic extremism | Pakistan | Mohmand Agency | 2010 |
| 102 | First Tyre truck bombing attack | Islamic extremism | Lebanon | Tyre | 1982 |
| 101 | 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings | Islamic extremism | Iraq | Baghdad | 2009 |
| 100 | Bolgrad palace bombing | Bessarabian separatism | Romania | Bolgrad | 1921 |
| 100+ | 2011 Damaturu attacks | Islamic extremism | Nigeria | | 2011 |
| 100 | Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking | Communism | Malaysia | Tanjung Kupang | 1977 |
| 100 | 2008 Kandahar bombing | Islamic extremism | Afghanistan | Kandahar | 2008 |