This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2019, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
Total incidents:
| Date | Type | data-sort-type="number" | Dead | data-sort-type="number" | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January | Suicide bombing, shootings, hostage taking | 21 (+5) | 28 | Nairobi, Kenya | 2019 Nairobi hotel attack | At least one suicide bomber stormed the luxury complex DusitD2 hotel and detonated his explosives. Several gunmen took hostages and attacked the hotel with firearms.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | Al-Shabaab | Terrorism in Kenya | ||
| 16 January | Suicide Bombing | 19 (+1) | 3 | Manbij, Syria | 2019 Manbij bombing | The US military announced four personnel were among the dead.[6] [7] | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War | ||
| 17 January | Suicide car bombing | 20 (+1) | 68 | Bogotá, Colombia | 2019 Bogotá car bombing | A car bomb entered a police school compound and detonated after hitting a wall.[8] [9] [10] | José Aldemar Rodríguez, aka Mocho Kiko (ELN) | Colombian conflict | ||
| 21 January | Suicide car bombing, shooting | 36–126 (+3) | 58–70 | Maidan Shar, Afghanistan | Maidan Shar attack | Attacked on a military checkpoint. The assault begun when an attacker rammed a vehicle full of explosives in the compound, then two other attackers stormed the compound and opened gunfire, before being killed.[11] [12] [13] NDS' reports however showed only 36 killed and 58 injured.[14] | Taliban | War in Afghanistan | ||
| 27 January | Bombings | 22 | 102 | Jolo, Sulu, Philippines | 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings | Two bombs exploded in a cathedral during Sunday mass.[15] [16] | Moro conflict | |||
| 29 January | Suicide bombings, shooting, grenade attack | 9 (+3) | 22 | Loralai, Pakistan | 2019 Loralai attack | Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) office.[17] [18] | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | War in North-West Pakistan | ||
| 4 February | Car bombing | 11 | 10 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 4 February 2019 Mogadishu bombing | Car bombing at a shopping mall.[19] [20] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War | ||
| 11 February | Shooting | 141 | Unknown | Kajuru, Nigeria | 2019 Kaduna State massacre | An attack on the Adara settlement of Ungwar Bardi by suspected Fulani gunmen killed 11. Reprisal attack by an Adara militia targeted settlements of the Fulani. The death toll rose to 141 a few days later with 11 Adara and 130 Fulani dying per the government. The governor spoke that the motive was to destroy specific communities. The attacks took place in Kajuru LGA of Kaduna State. Miyetti Allah was reported to have published a list of 131 dead, but later clarified that 66 Fulani were buried and 65 remain missing.[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] | Fulani gunmen (suspected) and Adara militia | Communal conflicts in Nigeria Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria | ||
| 13 February | Suicide car bombing | 27 (+1) | 13 | Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran | Iran Khash-Zahedan suicide bombing | A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying paramilitary revolutionary guard soldiers.[26] [27] [28] | Jaish al-Adl | Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency | ||
| 14 February | Suicide car bombing | 40 (+1) | 35 | Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, India | 2019 Pulwama attack | Personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed an explosive laden vehicle on a convoy in the Pulwama District. Several other vehicles were damaged.[29] [30] | Jaish-e-Mohammed | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir | ||
| 17 February | Shooting | 6-9 | 15 | Turbat, Pakistan | 2019 Balochistan attack | Six to nine Frontier Corps personnel were killed and several others were injured in a shooting attack.[31] [32] [33] | Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar | |||
| 24 February | Attempted hijacking | 0 (+1) | 1 | Bangladesh | Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight 147 | A man who wanted to speak with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tried to hijack the aircraft and was shot dead by special forces. A flight attendant was injured.[34] [35] [36] [37] | Mohammed Polash Ahmed | Terrorism in Bangladesh | ||
| 28 February | Suicide car bombings, shooting, grenade attack | 29 (+2) | 80 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 28 February 2019 Mogadishu bombings | Two suicide car bomb blasts near a hotel in a busy street.[38] [39] | Al-Shabaab | Somali civil war | ||
| 15 March | Mass shooting | 51 | 40 | Christchurch, New Zealand | Christchurch mosque shootings | An Australian self-described "Ethno-nationalist, Eco-fascist", "racist" terrorist, opened fire on Muslim worshipers attending Friday Prayer at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre, livestreaming the attack on Facebook Live.[40] [41] | Brenton Harrison Tarrant | |||
| 17 March | Stabbing, shooting | 2 | 1 | Ariel, West Bank | 2019 Samaria combined attack | Two people, including a rabbi, were killed when a Palestinian gunman opened fire after fatally stabbing a soldier. Another soldier was seriously injured.[42] [43] | Palestinian nationalist | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| 18 March | Shooting | 4 | 2 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 2019 Utrecht shooting | A 37 year old Turkish man opened fire in a tram before being arrested.[44] [45] | Gökmen Tanis | Islamic terrorism in Europe | ||
| 20 March | Kidnap, arson | 0 | 12 | Crema, Italy | 2019 Italian bus hijack | A school bus driver in Lombardy doused the bus in petrol and ordered three adults on board to tie up 50 children. The police broke the rear window to free those on board before the flames could spread.[46] The perpetrator, a man of Senegalese descent who said he was avenging deaths of African migrants, was convicted of forced confinement with terrorist intent and sentenced to 24 years in prison.[47] [48] | Ousseynou Sy | Terrorism in Italy | ||
| 23 March | Shooting, machete attack, arson | 160 | 0 | Mopti Region, Mali | Ogossagou massacre | Fulani Herders were killed in an attack launched on the villages of Ogossagou and Welingara near the town of Bankass. The attackers were dressed as Dozo hunters and the attack appeared to have been ethnically motivated.[49] [50] [51] | Dozo Dogon Militants | Northern Mali Conflict | ||
| 24 March | Arson | 0 | 0 | Escondido, California, United States | California mosque fire | Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque was set on fire. When the police arrived they found graffiti referencing the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand, that said "For Brenton Tarrant -t /pol/" a reference to the Australian perpetrator behind the two terrorist attacks. The shooter of the Poway synagogue shooting at the Chabad of Poway in Poway, California, one month later in April claimed responsibility in his manifesto that he posted on 8chan.[52] [53] | John T. Earnest | Terrorism in the United States | ||
| 26 March–4 April | Arson | 0 | 0 | Opelousas, Louisiana, United States | Louisiana black church fires | After the burning of a church on March 26, two other churches were burned down in St. Landry Parish. The Greater Union Baptist Church on April 2 and the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on April 4. The son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy was charged with arson.[54] [55] | Holden Matthews | Terrorism in the United States | ||
| 12 April | Suicide bombing | 20 (+1) | 48 | Quetta, Pakistan | 2019 Quetta bombing | Suicide attack at a vegetable market in Hazarganji.[56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Islamic State[62] [63] | Insurgency in Balochistan | ||
| 18 April | Shooting | 14 | 0 | Makran Coastal Highway, Pakistan | 2019 Makran massacre | Baluchi separatists stopped buses and shot at people who they identified to be Pakistani Navy officers on the Highway. The attackers who were wearing Frontier Corps uniforms later fled from the scene.[64] | Baloch nationalists | Insurgency in Balochistan | ||
| 21 April | Suicide bombings | 259 | 500+ | Colombo, Negombo & Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings | Explosions at three churches, three hotels and two other places in several cities.[65] [66] | Islamic State, National Thowheeth Jama'ath[67] [68] | Terrorism in Sri Lanka | ||
| 27 April | Shooting | 1 | 3 | Poway, United States | Poway synagogue shooting | A man fired at Jews in the Chabad of Poway synagogue. The suspect published an anti-Semitic and racist open letter on 8chan where he blamed Jews for a supposed white genocide and other ills. He was inspired by Australian terrorist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in New Zealand, and Robert Bowers, perpetrator of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation.[69] | John T. Earnest | Terrorism in the United States | ||
| 1 May | Bombing | 16 | Unknown | Gadchiroli, Gadchiroli district, India | 2019 Gadchiroli Naxal Attack | Police personnel and a driver were killed when Naxalites triggered a powerful explosive device near their vehicle.[70] | Naxalite | Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | ||
| 3–6 May | Rocket attacks | 19 (+10) | 270–400+ | Southern Israel | Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019) | Clashes between Gaza and Israel escalated when two Israeli soldiers were shot by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad sniper[71] [72] and militants from Gaza fired more than 600 rockets into Israel. This resulted in 4 Israelis dead and reportedly more than 125 injured. In return Israel Defense Forces conducted several operations inside Gaza in which more than 10 militants and 15 civilians were killed and reportedly injured more than 150 people.[73] [74] [75] [76] [77] | Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, National Resistance Brigades, Tawhid al-Jihad, and Israel Defense Forces | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | ||
| 8 May | Suicide bombing | 13 (+1) | 24 | Lahore, Pakistan | 2019 Lahore bombing | Suicide bombing at the gate for female visitors at the Sufi Data Darbar shrine.[78] [79] [80] [81] | Jamaat-ul-Ahrar | Terrorism in Pakistan | ||
| 11 May | Shooting | 5 (+3)[82] | 6 | Gwadar, Pakistan | 2019 Pearl Continental Hotel attack | Three terrorists wearing security uniform and armed with rifles and grenades attacked a luxury hotel, triggering an hours-long shootout.[83] | Balochistan Liberation Army | Insurgency in Balochistan | ||
| 24 May | Bombing | 3 | 20 | Kabul, Afghanistan | Kabul mosque bombing 2019 | Explosion in a mosque during Friday prayers.[84] | Taliban (allegedly) | War in Afghanistan | ||
| 24 May | Bombing | 0 | 13 | Lyon, France | 2019 Lyon bomb explosion | A 24-year-old Algerian man riding a bike dropped a bomb in front of a bakery. The suspect told investigators that he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.[85] [86] [87] | Islamic State | Islamic terrorism in Europe | ||
| 26 May | Bombing | 4 | 7 | Kathmandu, Nepal | May 2019 Kathmandu bombings | Three separate accidental explosions by a splinter group of former Maoist rebels.[88] [89] | Communist Party (Biplab) | Terrorism in Nepal | ||
| 2 June | Car bombing | 22 | 45 | Azaz, Syria | June 2019 Syria attacks | Car bombing near a market and a mosque.[90] | Islamic State | Syrian Civil War | ||
| 2 June | Shooting, assassination | 1 | 0 | Kassel, Germany | Murder of Walter Lübcke | CDU politician Walter Lübcke was shot dead in front of his residence in Wolfhagen. A suspect from a far-right group was arrested.[91] [92] [93] | Combat 18 | Terrorism in Germany | ||
| 3 June | Bombing, shooting | 4 (+1) | 0 | Tripoli, Lebanon | 2019 Tripoli shooting | A militant attacked a security patrol with a bomb and then opened fire killing two policemen and two soldiers. The attacker then detonated his explosives after he was holed up in a building.[94] | Islamic State | Terrorism in Lebanon | ||
| 10 June | Shooting | 35 | Unknown | Mopti Region, Mali | Sobane Da massacre | About 50 heavily armed men surrounded and attacked the village of Sobane-Kou, which was inhabited by people belonging to the Dogon ethnic group. The government has suspected a terrorist group but an official blamed a Fulani militia. 95 bodies were claimed to have been found, but 19 people were still missing.[95] [96] The toll was based on claims of soldiers and the district mayor. Mali government revised it to 35 after a personal count by an expert team, the confusion being due to those who fled.[97] | Fulani militia or jihadists (suspected) | Northern Mali conflict | ||
| 12 June | Rocket attack | 0 | 26 | Abha, Saudi Arabia | Abha International Airport attack | A Houthi-fired rocket landed in the arrivals hall of the Abha International Airport.[98] | Houthi movement | Yemeni Civil War | ||
| 16 June | Suicide bombings | 30 (+3) | 40+ | Konduga, Nigeria | 2019 Borno bombings | Three Boko Haram suicide bombers detonated in the Mandareri-Sambisa ward of the Konduga Local Government Area in central Borno State. The bombers targeted a crowd of civilians watching a football match.[99] [100] [101] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency | ||
| 17 June | Shooting | 0 (+1) | 1 | Dallas, United States of America | 2019 Dallas courthouse shooting | A gunman attacked the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse. The shooter was shot dead by security forces. The gunman appears to have self-radicalized online, posting memes from an incel, extremist far right memes including ideas about the Confederate States and Nazism, combining eco-friendly and libertarian ideas with far-right authoritarianism.[102] [103] [104] [105] | Bryan Isaack Clyde | Terrorism in the United States | ||
| 28 June | Suicide bombings | 6 (+2) | 22 | Indanan, Philippines | 2019 Indanan bombings | Two suicide bombers attacked a military camp.[106] [107] [108] [109] | Islamic State (claimed) Abu Sayyaf (suspected) | Moro conflict | ||
| 1 July | Car bombing, shooting | 40 (+5) | 100+ | Kabul, Afghanistan | 1 July 2019 Kabul attack | Assault on a defense ministry building. Five attackers were also killed.[110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] | Taliban | War in Afghanistan | ||
| 12 July | Suicide car bombing, shooting | 26 (+4) | 56 | Kismayo, Somalia | Asasey hotel attack | Four gunmen stormed the Asasey hotel after a suicide car bombing and laid siege in the building.[117] [118] [119] [120] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War (2009–present) | ||