List of bus attacks explained

Bus attacks are a crime in which passengers and/or drivers of a bus are targeted, oftentimes in an act of terrorism.^[1] The high frequency of bus attacks are attributed to the ease of the attackers' access to a large group of unprotected people within an enclosed space. As such, it is one of the most common methods of public transportation being targeted or used as weapons, with a high potential for mass-casualties.^[2] Bus attacks occur most commonly in regions such as South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, including countries such as Pakistan and Israel.^[3]

Afghanistan

• Kabul bombings (2021)

Azerbaijan

• Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing (1990)

China

• Ürümqi bus bombings (1997)

Germany

• Borussia Dortmund team bus bombing (2017)

India

• Mumbai bus bombing (2002)

Israel

• Ma'ale Akrabim massacre (1954)
• Avivim school bus bombing (1970)
• Coastal Road massacre (1978)
• Afula bus suicide bombing (6 April 1994)
• Hadera bus station suicide bombing (13 April 1994)
• Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 1994)
• Ramat Gan bus bombing (July 1995)
• Ramat Eshkol bus bombing (August 1995)
• Jaffa Road bus bombings (1996)
• Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack (November 2001)
• Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2001)
• Umm al-Fahm bus bombing (March 2002)
• Patt Junction Bus bombing (June 2002)
• Allenby Street bus bombing (September 2002)
• Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 2002)
• Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre (January 2003)
• French Hill suicide bombings (May 2003)
• Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 2003)
• Davidka Square bus bombing (June 2003)
• Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 2003)
• Gaza Street bus bombing (January 2004)
• Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 2004)
• Beersheba bus bombings (August 2004)
• Jerusalem bus stop bombing (2011)
• Tel Aviv bus bombing (2012)
• Bat Yam bus bombing (2013)
• Jerusalem bus bombing (2016)

Kenya

• Nairobi bus bombing (1975)
• Nairobi bus bombings (2014)

Lebanon

• Beirut bus massacre (1975)

Pakistan

• Bhai Pheru bus bombing (1996)
• Karachi bus bombing (2002)
• Peshawar bus bombing (2016)

The Philippines

• Bukidnon bus bombing (2014)

Russia

• Krasnodar bus bombing (1971)
• Volgograd bus bombing (2013)

Serbia

• Lužane bus bombing (1999)
• Podujevo bus bombing (2001)

Sri Lanka

• Colombo central bus station bombing (1987)
• Madhu school bus bombing (January 2008)
• Piliyandala bus bombing (April 2008)
• Moratuwa bus bombing (June 2008)

Tunisia

• Tunis bombing (2015)

United Kingdom

• Ballygawley bus bombing (1988)
• 1990 Wembley bombing (1990)
• Aldwych bus bombing (1996)
• Tavistock Square bus bombing (2005)

Yemen

• Sadah bus bombing (2018)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4 April 2019 . Bus Attacks Highlight Potential Tactics and Mitigation Efforts .
2. Holgersson . Annelie . Björnstig . Ulf . March 2014 . Mass-casualty attacks on public transportation . Journal of Transportation Security . en . 7 . 1 . 1–16 . 10.1007/s12198-013-0125-z . 168079085 . 1938-7741.
3. Book: Michael., Jenkins, Brian . Terrorist attacks on public bus transportation : a preliminary empirical analysis . 2010 . Mineta Transportation Institute, College of Business, San José State University . 608318542.