This is a timeline of incidents in 2000 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
List of total incidents:
| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Shooting | 21 | 40 | Kosheh, Sohag Governorate, Egypt | Kosheh massacres Coptic Christians killed by Muslims during 2 days of religiously motivated riots | |||
| January 12 | Shooting | 3 | 4 | Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa | A right-wing extremist shot seven black South Africans aboard a bus, killing three.[1] | |||
| February 16–18 | 60-100+ | Unknown | Villa del Rosario-El Salado, Bolívar Department, Colombia | El Salado Massacre Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia militants kill more than 60 people. It´s considered the worst attack of the group.[2] | Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia | Colombian armed conflict | ||
| April 12 | mass shooting, grenade attack | 11-15 | 20+ | Mulawali, Pakistan | Armed attackers entered a Shia mosque during prayer time and opened fire as they threw grenades at worshippers. While security forces said that 11 people had been killed, local Shia leaders said that the death toll was 15.[3] | |||
| April 19 | bombing | 1 | 0 | Quévert, Brittany, France | A bomb explodes at a McDonald's restaurant, killing a female employee. The bomb was planted by Breton nationalists.[4] [5] [6] | Breton Liberation Front | ||
| 28 May | school massacre, shooting, machete attack | 165-191 | Unknown | Poso Regency, Indonesia | Walisongo school massacre Hundreds of schoolchildren and villagers hiding inside a boarding school were massacred by Christian militias. | Christian militas | Poso riots | |
| July 2 | 54 (+6) | 100+ | Chechnya, Russia | July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings Insurgents launched five suicide bomb attacks on the Russian military and police headquarters and barracks within 24 hours. Six bombers killed at least 37 Russian troops (with four more missing) and 11 civilians, and wounded more than 100 people | ||||
| 1-2 August | 89-105 | 62 | Jammu and Kashmir, India | 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre Hindu pilgrims were subjected to a series of repeated attacks by Islamist rebel militants. | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir | |||
| August 17 | 1 | 35 | Riga, Latvia | 2000 department store "Centrs" bombing Two explosives placed at the shopping center Centrs detonated. The two blasts occurred in the lobby of the supermarket ten minutes apart. One person died of their injuries and 35 were wounded in the attack. Police were investigating, but had not yet arrested any suspects.[7] | Unknown | |||
| October 12 | 17 (+2) | 39 | Aden, Yemen | USS Cole bombing Suicide attack against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG-67) while it was docked. 17 American sailors and two attackers were killed. | ||||
| October 30 | car bombing | 3 | 64 | Madrid, Spain | October 2000 Madrid bombing | ETA | Basque conflict | |
| November 20 | bombing | 2 | 5 | Kfar Darom, Gaza Strip | Palestinian militants attacked a school bus near an Israeli settlement. Five children were wounded and two adults killed.[8] | Second Intifada | ||
| November 22 | car bombing | 2 | 61 | Hadera, Israel | Multiple Palestinian groups claimed responsibility[9] | Second Intifada | ||
| November 24 | 4 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 2000 Cambodian coup d'état attempt | Cambodian Freedom Fighters | ||||
| December 8 | 22 (+1) | 31 | Jarafa, Sudan | 2000 Jarafa mosque massacre Shooting left at least 22 people dead. | ||||
| December 24 | bombings | 18 | 118 | Indonesia | Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings | Jemaah Islamiyah | ||
| December 30 | 22 | 100 | Manila, Philippines | Rizal Day bombings A wave of six blasts left a total of 22 people dead and about 100 injured. In May 2003, a detained terrorist Saifulla Unos who was involved in MILF and with links to al-Qa'ida admitted to leading the attacks. A fourth blast occurred at a cargo handling facility at Manila's international airport. No one was injured in this incident. On 2 August, two men were arrested and implicated in connection with these bombings. These men, Mamasao Naga and Abdul Pata have ties to the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist group. |