Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
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France | January 7 | Two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris and opened fire.[64] | 12 | 11 |
Nigeria | January 8 | Boko Haram attacked the town of Baga. Another 2,000 were missing.[65] | 200+ | – |
France | February 3 | 2015 Nice stabbing – A man wielding a knife named Moussa Coulibaly attacked three soldiers guarding a Jewish community center in Nice.[66] | 0 | 2 |
Denmark | February 14–15 | 2015 Copenhagen shootings. A gunman opened fire at the Krudttoenden café and later at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen.[67] | 2 | 5 |
Tunisia | March 18 | Bardo National Museum attack. Militants linked to ISIL attacked the Bardo National Museum with guns.[68] | 21 | 50+ |
Yemen | March 20 | 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings. Bombings on several Shia mosques by ISIL.[69] | 142 | 351 |
Libya | March 25 | ISIL affiliates, the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries carried out suicide bombings in Benghazi.[70] | 12 | 25 |
Kenya | April 2 | Garissa University College attack by Al-Shabaab.[71] [72] | 148 | 79 |
Saudi Arabia | April 8 | In Riyadh, two policemen were shot dead in an attack blamed on ISIL.[73] [74] | 2 | |
Iraq | April 17 | A series of bombings by ISIL in Baghdad.[75] | 40+ | 59+ |
Iraq | April 17 | A car bomb exploded at the entrance of the US consulate in Erbil. ISIL took credit for the attack.[76] | 3 | 5 |
Afghanistan | April 18 | A suicide bomb detonated in front of a bank in Jalalabad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[77] | 33 | 100+ |
Somalia | April 20 | A minivan of UN workers was bombed by Al-Shabaab in the Puntland region.[78] | 9 | 4 |
Iraq | May 3 | Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks.[79] | 19 | |
United States | May 3 | Two gunmen attacked the Curtis Culwell Center during a 'Draw Muhammad' cartoon art exhibit in Garland, Texas.[80] [81] [82] [83] [84] | 2 | 1 |
Afghanistan | May 3 | Taliban militants overran checkpoints in Warduj, killing 17 policemen.[85] | 17 | |
Afghanistan | May 4 | A government bus was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul.[86] | 1 | 15 |
Iraq | May 10 | Two car bombs were detonated ten minutes apart in Baghdad and the surrounding towns of Taji and Tarmiyah. ISIL claimed responsibility.[87] | 14 | 30 |
Afghanistan | May 10 | A bus carrying government employees was attacked in Kabul by a suicide bomber. The Taliban claimed responsibility.[88] | 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.[89] | 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.[90] | 14 | |
Afghanistan | May 17 | A Taliban suicide attack near the entrance of Hamid Karzai International Airport targeting a European police training vehicle.[91] | 3 | 18 |
Afghanistan | May 19 | A suicide car bombing detonated in the parking lot of a Justice Ministry building in the diplomatic section of Kabul.[92] | 4 | 42 |
Libya | May 21 | A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a military checkpoint outside of Misrata killing himself and two guards.[93] | 3 | |
Saudi Arabia | May 22 | A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque during prayer in al-Qadeeh village. ISIL claimed responsibility.[94] | 21 | 90+ |
Afghanistan | May 25 | Taliban militants killed 19 policemen and six soldiers during a siege at a police compound in Nawzad District.[95] | 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.[96] | 2 | 5 |
Iraq | May 28 | Two car bombs were set off minutes apart targeting the Cristal Grand Ishtar Hotel and the Babylon.[97] | 10 | 30 |
Saudi Arabia | May 29 | A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in Dammam detonating the bomb in the parking lot.[98] | 4 | |
Iraq | June 1 | Three suicide bombers in Humvees attacked a police station in the Tharthar region in Al Anbar Governorate.[99] | 41 | 63 |
Turkey | June 5 | 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings – Twin bombing of a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) rally.[100] [101] | 4 | 100+ |
Iraq | June 13 | Four suicide SUV car bombs went off in a police station in Hajjaj near Tikrit and Baiji.[102] | 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.[103] | 1 | 11 |
Tunisia | June 26 | 2015 Sousse attacks – A gunman named Seifeddine Rezgui attacked a hotel targeting European tourists staying there.[104] | 38 | 39 |
Nigeria | June 26–30 | Boko Haram killed attacked and bombed villages, mosques, and other public spaces.[105] | 200 | |
Nigeria | July 7 | A bomb exploded in a government office in Zaria.[106] | 20 | |
Cameroon | July 13 | Two suicide bombers exploded in a bar in Fotokol and killed 13 people, including a soldier from Chad who was killed in the second explosion.[107] | 15 | |
United States | July 16 | A civilian opened fire on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing 5 military personnel.[108] | 5 | |
Nigeria | July 17 | Two towns were attacked by two suicide bombers.[109] | 62 | |
Turkey | July 20 | 2015 Suruç bombing in Kurdish majority city of Suruç. ISIL claimed responsibility.[110] | 33 | 104 |
Nigeria | July 22 | A series of explosions at two bus stations in Gombe.[111] | 40 | |
Cameroon | July 26 | A suicide bomber detonated at a popular nightclub in Maroua.[112] | 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.[113] | 10 | 15 |
Nigeria | August 11 | Explosions at a crowded market in Sabon Gari.[114] | 47 | |
Iraq | August 13 | August 2015 Baghdad bombing. A truck bomb in a market.[115] | 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.[116] | 0 | 5 |
Nigeria | August 28–30 | Boko Haram members attacked three villages. 68 alone were killed in the village of Baanu.[117] | 79 | |
Nigeria | September 10 | Explosion at a refugee camp for people fleeing Boko Haram.[118] | 2 | |
Iraq | September 17 | Two suicide bombings in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[119] | 12 | 55 |
Nigeria | September 21 | Multiple explosions.[120] | 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.[121] | 25 | |
Bangladesh | September 29 | Three men on a motorbike shot and killed an Italian aid worker. The attack was claimed by ISIL.[122] | 1 | |
Nigeria | October 1 | Multiple suicide bombings by Boko Haram.[123] | 14 | 39 |
Israel | October 1 | Gunmen opened fire on a car near Nablus on the northern West 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.[124] [125] | 2 | |
Australia | October 2 | 2015 Parramatta shooting. A NSW 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.[126] | 2 | |
Bangladesh | October 3 | A Japanese man was shot and killed. The attack was claimed by ISIL.[127] | 1 | |
Iraq | October 3 | Two suicide bombings in Shiite majority neighbourhoods in Baghdad. Attack claimed by ISIL.[128] | 20 | 61 |
Afghanistan | October 5 | Two suicide bombings in Kabul targeted an intelligence centre. Claimed by the Taliban.[129] | 2 | 3 |
Somalia | October 7 | Al-Shabaab militants ambushed and killed the nephew of Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.[130] | 2 | |
Turkey | October 10 | 2015 Ankara bombings. ISIL is suspected.[131] [132] | 109 | 500+ |
Chad | October 10 | Multiple suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram.[133] | 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.[134] | 0 | 7 |
Nigeria | October 22 | Boko Haram attack in Borno State.[135] | 20 | |
Nigeria | October 23 | Two separate mosques were attacked by suicide bombers.[136] | 42 | |
Niger | October 28 | Boko Haram militants attacked a village, allegedly burning down houses and cars during the rampage.[137] | 13 | |
Egypt | October 31 | Bomb on board a Russian jet brought it down in the Sinai peninsula.[138] | 224 | |
Lebanon | November 12 | Twin suicide bombings in Beirut.[139] | 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 since World War II.[140] | 137 | 416 |
Iraq | November 13 | Suicide attack at a Shia funeral.[141] | 21 | |
Philippines | November 17 | A Malaysian national was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf.[142] | 1 | |
Nigeria | November 17 | A suicide attack at a market in Yola blamed on Boko Haram.[143] | 30+ | 80+ |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | November 18 | A lone wolf Islamist killed two soldiers and injured civilians in Sarajevo.[144] | 3 | 5 |
Nigeria | November 18 | Two explosions blamed on Boko Haram struck a phone market in Kano.[145] | 15 | 100+ |
Iraq | November 20 | A suicide bomber detonated inside a Shiite mosque.[146] | 11 | 5 |
Cameroon | November 21 | Suicide bombing blamed on Boko Haram.[147] | 10 | |
Nigeria | November 22 | Suicide bombing.[148] | 8 | |
Tunisia | November 24 | 2015 Tunis bombing. ISIL claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus transporting members of the Presidential Guard.[149] | 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.[150] | 7 | 10+ |
Niger | November 25 | Boko Haram attacked a village, shot residents and fired rockets.[151] | 18 | |
Nigeria | November 27 | Boko Haram suicide attack on a Shia procession.[152] | 22 | |
Egypt | November 28 | Islamist gunmen killed four security personnel in an attack at a police checkpoint in Saqqara.[153] | 4 | |
Mali | November 28 | Militants fired rockets on a MINUSMA peacekeeping forces base. Ansar Dine claimed responsibility.[154] | 3 | 20 |
United States | December 2 | In the 2015 San Bernardino attack, married couple Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire in an office.[155] [156] | 14 | 22 |
Chad | December 5 | Four female suicide bombers from Boko Haram attacked the island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad.[157] | 19 | 130+ |
Yemen | December 6 | The governor of Aden, Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed in a car bomb attack claimed by ISIL.[158] | 1 | |
Afghanistan | December 8 | In the 2015 Kandahar Airport attacks several Taliban members attacked Kandahar Airport and surrounding areas.[159] [160] | 70+ | 35 |
Egypt | December 8 | An explosive device by Islamists targeting a military convoy went off in Rafah.[161] | 4 | 4 |
Iraq | December 9 | A suicide bomber detonated in the doorway of a Shiite mosque.[162] | 11+ | 20 |
Afghanistan | December 11 | In the 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the embassy.[163] | 6 | |
Syria | December 11 | Tell Tamer bombings. Three truck bombs set off by ISIL in Tell Tamer.[164] | 60 | 80 |
Iraq | December 12 | A militant detonated his explosives in a truck at an Iraqi position near the Saudi border.[165] | 6 | 14 |
Nigeria | December 13 | Boko Haram attacked the villages of Warwara, Mangari, and Bura-Shika.[166] | 30 | 20 |
Afghanistan | December 21 | A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated near Bagram Airfield.[167] | 7 | 3 |
Nigeria | December 26 | Boko Haram gunmen raided Kimba village, opening fire on residents and torching their homes.[168] [169] | 14+ | |
Afghanistan | December 28 | A Taliban suicide bomber detonated on a road near a school close to Kabul International Airport.[170] | 2 | 33 |
Nigeria | December 28 | Fourteen Islamist female suicide bombers aged 12–18 attempted to simultaneously attack Maiduguri. 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.[171] | 36 | 85 |
Pakistan | December 29 | A suicide bomber detonated in the entrance of an office of the National Database and Registration Authority in Mardan.[172] | 27 | 50+ |
Russia | December 29 | A gunman opened fire on a group of residents who were visiting a viewing platform at the fortress in Derbent, Dagestan. ISIL claimed responsibility.[173] | 1 | 11 |
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Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
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Afghanistan | January 1 | A Taliban suicide bomber detonated himself in a French restaurant in Kabul.[174] | 2 | 15 |
India | January 2 | In the 2016 Pathankot attack suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked an air base killing 7 security force members.[175] | 7 | |
Iraq | January 3 | Five Islamist suicide bombers attacked a military base.[176] | 15 | 22 |
Libya | January 7 | In the Zliten truck bombing, Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb at the al-Jahfal police training camp in Zliten.[177] | 50+ | 100+ |
France | January 7 | In the January 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.[178] | 1 | 0 |
Libya | January 7 | Car bombing at a checkpoint in the oil port of Ras Lanuf.[179] | 7 | 11 |
Egypt | January 8 | In the 2016 Hurghada attack two militants armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare stormed the Bella Vista Hotel.[180] | 0 | 3 |
France | January 11 | A 15-year-old Turkish ISIL supporter attacked a teacher from a Jewish school in Marseille with a machete.[181] | 0 | 1 |
Iraq | January 11 | ISIL gunmen detonated suicide vests in a shopping mall.[182] | 20 | 40+ |
Turkey | January 12 | In the 2016 Istanbul bombing an ISIL suicide bomber detonated in the historical centre of Istanbul.[183] | 11 | 15 |
Indonesia | January 14 | 2016 Jakarta attacks which were orchestrated by ISIL.[184] | 2 | 24 |
Somalia | January 15 | In the El Adde attack, Al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union Kenyan army base in El-Adde.[185] | 63+ | |
Burkina Faso | January 15 | In the 2016 Ouagadougou attacks Islamist gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou.[186] | 20+ | 15+ |
Pakistan | January 21 | Bacha Khan University attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[187] | 22 | |
Somalia | January 22 | Al-Shabab attack on beachside restaurant.[188] | 20 | |
Cameroon | January 25 | Suspected Boko Haram insurgents blew themselves up in a market.[189] | 25 | 62 |
Nigeria | January 30 | Boko Haram gunmen raided a village.[190] | 65 | 136 |
Uruguay | March 10 | A 35-year-old man called Carlos Omar Peralta López from Paysandú 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.[191] [192] | 1 | 1 |
Ivory Coast | March 13 | In the 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings, Al-Qaeda gunmen stormed 3 hotels in Grand-Bassam.[193] | 18 | |
Turkey | March 19 | March 2016 Istanbul bombing
- carried out by an ISIL member[194] [195]
| 5 | 36 |
Iraq | March 20 | In Anbar, ISIL suicide bombers attacked a municipal building[196] | 24 | |
Belgium | March 22 | 2016 Brussels bombings. Two suicide bombings in Brussels Airport and one bombing in the Brussels Metro.[197] | 35 | 300+ |
Yemen | March 25 | Three ISIL suicide bombers struck security checkpoints in Aden.[198] [199] | 29 | |
Iraq | March 25 | A suicide bomber blew himself up at a football stadium in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[200] [201] | 30 | 95 |
Pakistan | March 27 | The 2016 Lahore suicide bombing targeted Christians who had gathered on Easter in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The blast was orchestrated by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Pakistani Taliban faction.[202] [203] | 70 | 300 |
Afghanistan | April 19 | The April 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.[204] | 64 | 347 |
Bangladesh | April 23 | Attackers hacked a university professor to death in Rajshahi. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack stating that they assassinated him "for calling to atheism".[205] [206] | 1 | |
Bangladesh | April 25 | Two gay rights activists were hacked to death in Dhaka. An Al-Qaeda affiliated group claimed responsibility for the attacks.[207] [208] | 2 | |
Iraq | May 11 | Car bomb attack on a market in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[209] | 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.[210] [211] | 49 | 53 |
France | June 14 | A police officer and his wife were stabbed to death in Magnanville by a man swearing his allegiance to ISIL.[212] | 2 |
Jordan | June 21 | An ISIS militant attacked a refugee camp at an army post near Rukban.[213] ISIL later claimed responsibility.[214] | 6 | 14 |
Pakistan | June 22 | Assassination of Amjad Sabri, claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused him of blasphemy.[215] | 1 | |
Turkey | June 28 | A simultaneous terrorist attack, consisting of shootings and suicide bombings at the international terminal of Terminal 2 of Istanbul Atatürk Airport.[216] [217] | 45 | 230 |
Bangladesh | July 1 | Gunmen killed 20 hostages in the affluent Gulshan 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 group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[218] 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".[219] | 26 | |
Iraq | July 3 | July 2016 Baghdad bombings Two coordinated bomb attacks.[220] | 341+ | 246 |
Indonesia | July 4 | A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Central Java, killing himself and injuring a police officer.[221] | 1 | 1 |
Iraq | July 7 | A coordinated attack involving suicide car bombers, suicide bombers on foot, and gunmen against the mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi, a Shi'ite holy site in Baghdad. ISIL claimed responsibility.[222] | 56 | 75 |
France | July 14 | 2016 Nice truck attack.[223] [224] | 87 | 450+ |
Germany | July 18 | A 17-year-old Afghan refugee went on a stabbing spree inside a train near Würzburg. The attacker was shot dead when he attacked the arriving police officers.[225] | 1 | 5 |
Germany | July 24 | A suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach, 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 and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The bomber was the only fatality.[226] | 1 | 15 |
France | July 26 | A priest's throat was slit and four nuns were taken hostage in a church in Rouen. 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.[227] | 3 | |
Pakistan | August 8 | 77 people were killed and over 100 injured by a suicide bombing at a government hospital in Quetta.[228] | 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.[229] | 0 | 31 |
India | September 18 | 2016 Uri attack – Four armed militants attacked an army brigade headquarters in Uri area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir State. 18 soldiers were killed and 19 were injured.[230] | 18 | 19 |
United States | November 28 | Ohio State University attack. Car ramming attack and mass stabbing at Ohio State University. The perpetrator, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, was a Muslim Somali refugee and legal permanent resident of the United States.[231] | 0 | 11 |
Pakistan | November 12 | Bombing at the Shah Noorani shrine in Balochistan. More people were killed and injured during the stampede that resulted from people fleeing the blast. ISIL claimed responsibility.[232] [233] [234] | 56 | 102 |
Egypt | December 11 | A suicide bomber killed 27 people and injured 47 others at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (commonly known as El-Botroseya Church) in Cairo. ISIL claimed responsibility.[235] [236] [237] | 29 | 47 |
Germany | December 19 | 2016 Berlin truck attack during which a truck was driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin.[238] [239] | 12 | 56 | |
Location | Date | Description | Deaths | Injuries |
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Turkey | January 1 | An ISIL gunman opened fire on a crowd of people in the Reina Nightclub in Istanbul.[240] | 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.[241] [242] | 36 | 52 |
Afghanistan | February 8 | ISIL militants attacked a convoy of aid workers of the Red Cross.[243] | 6 | 0 |
Afghanistan | February 11 | Taliban suicide car bomber killed seven people outside a bank in Lashkargah.[244] | 7 | 21 |
Pakistan | February 16 | During the Sehwan suicide bombing a suicide bomber entered the main hall of the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan and detonated his payload amid dozens of worshippers.[245] | 91+ | 300+ |
Iraq | February 19 | Two suicide bombings that hit districts recently retaken from ISIL in eastern Mosul. 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.[246] | 5 | 0 |
Pakistan | February 21 | Three militants threw hand grenades and opened fire as they launched an assault in Tangi, 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.[247] | 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."[248] | 2 | 0 |
Afghanistan | February 28 | Twelve policemen were killed in an "insider attack" in Lashkar Gah after a Taliban infiltrator allowed militants into the outpost.[249] | 12 | 0 |
Afghanistan | March 8 | Gunmen dressed as medics attacked a military hospital in Kabul in an assault claimed by ISIL.[250] [251] | 40+ | 50+ |
Iraq | March 8 | Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a wedding party in Hajaj, near Tikrit. ISIL claimed responsibility.[252] | url= http://www.9and10news.com/story/34703810/twin-suicide-bombing-kills-20-at-a-wedding-north-baghdad Twin suicide bombing kills 26 at a wedding north of Baghdad] 9 and 10 news, retrieved Mar 12, 2017. | 26 | 67 |
United Kingdom | March 22 | A man drove a car into pedestrians on the south side of Westminster Bridge.[253] [254] | 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.[255] | 5 | 15 |
Sweden | April 7 | 2017 Stockholm truck attack – A rejected Uzbek 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.[256] [257] | 5 | 15 |
Egypt | April 9 | Palm Sunday church bombings on Christian churches in Tanta and Alexandria.[258] | 47 | 100+ |
France | April 20 | Three police officers and a bystander were shot by an attacker wielding an AK-47 rifle on the Champs-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.[259] | 2 | 3 |
United Kingdom | May 22 | The Manchester 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)[260] |
Egypt | May 26 | A gunman opened fire on a convoy carrying Coptic Christians traveling from Maghagha in Minya Governorate.[261] | 28 | 22 |
United Kingdom | June 3 | The 2017 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.[262] [263] | 11 | 48 |
France | June 6 | 2017 Notre Dame attack – A lone wolf carrying knives in his rucksack used a hammer to attack an officer guarding Notre-Dame de Paris. A video pledging allegiance to ISIL was later found.[264] | 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 stormed Iran's parliament and the nearby shrine of Ruhollah Khomeini. All 4 attackers at the parliament were killed.[265] [266] | 22 | 43 |
Iraq | June 9 | Suicide bombing in Karbala. The attack was claimed by ISIL.[267] | 30 | 36 |
Egypt | July 14 | 2017 Hurghada attack – An attacker with a knife stabbed foreign tourists.[268] | 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 the Pakistani Taliban.[269] | 2 | 35 |
Spain | August 17–18 | 2017 Barcelona attacks – Three separate attacks in Barcelona.[270] | 15 | 120 |
Finland | August 18 | 2017 Turku attack – Stabbing attack in Turku by an eighteen-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker named Abderrahman Bouanane. According to the police he was a radicalized lone wolf influenced by ISIS. 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.[271] [272] | 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.[273] | 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 in Lower 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.[274] 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.[275] [276] | 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.[277] | at least 9 | 0 |
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