This is a timeline of incidents in 2005 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).
Total incidents:
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13 | Car bombing, shooting | 6 (+3) | 5 | Karni border crossing attack Three Palestinian militants destroyed the border fence with a car bomb and crossed into Israeli territory, opening fire on civilians | Second Intifada | |||
| January 15 | Raid, shootout | 4 (+6) | Dagestan, Russia | January 2005 Dagestan Raids Russian security forces raid two Islamist safehouses in Makhachkala and Kaspiysk, 4 commandos died in the raids as did six militants. | Second Chechen War |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 14 | Bombing | 22 | Assassination of Rafic Hariri Former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others after a massive bomb detonated near his motorcade. | Hezbollah (suspected) | Unknown | |||
| February 25 | Suicide bomber | 5 (+1) | 50+ | Stage Club bombing A suicide bomber kills five Israelis and undermines a weeks-old truce between the two sides.[1] | Second Intifada | |||
| February 28 | Suicide car bombing | 127 (+1) | Hundreds | 2005 Al Hillah bombing | Islamist insurgents | Iraq War |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 | Bomb | 2-5 | 66 | 2005 Songkhla bombings Two people killed (possibly five), 54 injured, by three explosions in Hat Yai -one at the airport, one at a hotel, and another at a department store.[2] | South Thailand insurgency | |||
| April 7 | Suicide Bomber | 3 (+1) | 18 | April 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on Sharia al-Moski. Three foreign tourists (two French and one American) were killed, and 11 Egyptians and seven other overseas visitors were injured. | ||||
| April 30 | Suicide bombing, shooting | 0 (+3) | 10 | April 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks A man suspected of being involved in the 7 April attack committed a suicide bombing at a bus station while being pursued by police, injuring seven people. A few hours later, two women opened fire on a tourist bus, injuring three people before they committed suicide. |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | Suicide bombing | 60 | 150 | 2005 Erbil bombing A suicide bomber detonated near a police recruitment center. | Iraq War | |||
| May 7 | Bombings | 11 | 162 | May 2005 Yangon Bombings Two supermarkets are bombed nearly simultaneously. | Karen National Union (suspected) | Internal conflict in Myanmar | ||
| May 28 | Bombings | 22 | 90 | 2005 Tentena market bombings Two bombs were detonated at an open air market frequented by Christians. |
Total Incidents: 0
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Bomb | 11 | 25 | Makhachkala, Russia | Makhachkala Rus bombing Blast killed 10 soldiers and wounded 7.[3] | Second Chechen War | ||
| July 5 | Shooting, grenade | 1 (+5) | 3 | Ayodhya, India | 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack Five terrorists attacked the Ram temple before being killed by security forces. | Ayodhya dispute | ||
| July 6 | Bombing | 38-53 | 71 | Badarmude bus explosion A bomb detonated near a bus while passing across a bridge, causing the bridge to collapse. | Communist Party of Nepal (suspected) | Nepalese Civil War | ||
| July 7 | Suicide bombing | 52 (+4) | 700+ | London, United Kingdom | 7 July 2005 London bombings Four suicide bombers detonated bombs that were hidden in back packs, killing 52 people and injuring 700. Three were in tube trains and one on a number 30 bus, the incident happened a day after London was announced to be host of the 2012 Olympic Games. | Islamists | ||
| July 12 | Suicide bombing | 5 (+1) | 90+ | 12 July 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing Islamic Jihad takes responsibility for a suicide bombing which kills five people at a shopping mall.[4] | Second Intifada | |||
| July 16 | Bombing | 5 | 14 | Kuşadası, Turkey | 2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing A bomb exploded on a minibus carrying people to a beach | PKK (suspected) | ||
| July 16 | Suicide bombing | 100 | 150 | 2005 Musayyib bombing A suicide bomber detonates in a crowded market. A gas truck was passing as the bomber detonated, which made the event even more disastrous. | Islamist insurgents | |||
| July 21 | Bombings | 0 | 1 | London, United Kingdom | 21 July 2005 London bombings Four small explosions at three London Underground stations and on a bus, but only detonators of the bombs exploded and no major injuries occurred. A fifth bomber dumped his device without attempting to detonate. The attackers were attempting to recreate the successful bombings on London public transportation that occurred two weeks earlier. | Islamists | ||
| July 23 | Bombings | 64-88 | 150 | 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh bombings A market and two hotels frequented by foreigners are bombed. The Egyptian government claimed 64 people were killed but local hospitals reported 88 deaths. | ||||
| July 28 | Bombing | 13 | 50 | Jaunpur, India | 2005 Jaunpur train bombing An express train en route to Delhi is bombed near Jaunpur. The perpetrators were never caught but Islamic extremists are strongly suspected. | Islamic extremists (suspected) |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 | Bombings | 2 | 100+ | 2005 Bangladesh bombings Over 500 bombs exploded in over 300 cities and towns across 63 of Bangladesh's 64 districts. | Internal conflict in Bangladesh | |||
| August 17 | Car bombings | 43 | 76 | 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings Two car bombs detonated at a busy bus station. A third bomb detonated on a road that was being used to transport victims of the first blasts to the hospital | Islamist insurgents | Iraq War |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14 | Suicide bombings | 160 | 570 | 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings More than a dozen bombs rip through Baghdad. The deadliest blast occurred in the mostly Shia district of Kadhimiya and targeted a crowd of laborers looking for work. | Iraq War | |||
| September 29 | Car bombings | 95 | 100+ | 2005 Balad bombings Three near simultaneous car bombs explode at a market and outside a police station and a bank | Islamist insurgents | Iraq War |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Bomb | 0 (+1) | 0 | Norman, Oklahoma, United States | 2005 University of Oklahoma bombing Joel Henry Hinrichs III detonated a bomb near the packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma, killing himself in the process.[5] | |||
| October 1 | Suicide car bombings | 20 (+3) | 100 | 2005 Bali bombings Three suicide car bombings target a resort and Kuta town square, places popular with western tourists. | ||||
| October 7 | Shooting | 8 | 20 | Mong, Pakistan | 2005 Mong shootings Three unknown men opened fire on an Ahmadiyya mosque. | Unknown | ||
| October 13–14 | Raid | 49 (+89) | 115+ | Nalchik, Russia | 2005 Nalchik raid Several hundred militants belonging to the Caucasian Front and Yarmuk Jamaat attack several targets across Nalchik, including several government buildings, police stations and the airport. In total, 142 people were killed in the attacks including at least 35 members of Russian security forces, at least 14 civilians and at least 89 militants. | Second Chechen War | ||
| October 26 | Suicide bomber | 7 (+1) | 55 | Hadera Market bombing A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a bomb near a falafel stand that kills himself and six others. Twenty-six people were also wounded.[6] | Second Intifada | |||
| October 29 | Assault | 3 | 1 | 2005 Indonesian beheadings of Christian girls In Central Sulawesi, four Christian schoolgirls aged 15 to 17 years on their way home from school were assaulted by six masked Muslim men who beheaded three of them, Theresia Morangke, Alfita Poliwo, and Yarni Sambue, with machetes and placed their severed heads in front of a church and a police station. The fourth girl, Noviana Malewa, survived but suffered serious machete wounds. The terrorists belong to the group Tanah Runtuh whose leader Hasanuddin confessed at his trial that the well-planned assault was inspired and financed by Guru Sanusi, a former Muslim rebel (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) from Mindanao.[7] [8] Central Jakarta District Court sentenced two of the killers to 14 years in prison and mastermind Hasanuddin to 20 years.[9] | Islamists | |||
| October 29 | Bombings | 62 | 210 | Delhi, India | 2005 Delhi bombings Two markets and a bus are bombed in a span of about 30 minutes in Delhi. |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
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| November 9 | Suicide bombings | 60 (+3) | 115+ | 2005 Amman bombings Three suicide bombings targeting hotels frequented by foreign diplomats. | ||||
| November 18 | Suicide car bombings | 74+ (+2) | 100+ | 2005 Khanaqin bombings Two suicide car bombers detonate at two Shia mosques near Iranian border. | Islamist insurgents | Iraq War |
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| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Location | Details | Perpetrators | Part of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5 | Suicide bombing | 5 (+1) | 40+ | 5 December 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing A suicide bomb attack kills at least five people.[10] | Second Intifada | |||
| December 28 | Shooting | 1 | 4 | Bangalore, India | 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting Two men stormed the Indian Institute of Science and opened fire, killing Munish Chander Puri, the Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at IIT Delhi and wounding four others. The perpetrators were never caught but are strongly suspected to be Islamic extremists. | Islamic extremists (suspected) | ||
| December 31 | Bombing | 8 | 53 | 2005 Palu market bombing A butcher's shop that was frequented by Christians and sold non-Halal food was bombed. |