10/19/2016: Assailants shelled a military post in As Sudays, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled military forces in Ad Dawad, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled military forces in Al-Tuwal, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled military forces in Ar Ramdah, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled military forces in Shab Adh Dhib, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled residential areas in Taizz, Yemen. One civilian was killed and three civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/19/2016: Assailants stopped and set fire to a passenger vehicle near Delina, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Security forces discovered and destroyed five explosives-laden vehicles in Bajwanah, south of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2016: Two explosive devices were discovered at an electricity pylon in Mondonedo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. One of the devices detonated while it was being defused, injuring two police officers. This was one of three related attacks targeting electricity pylons in the area on this date. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN). claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: An assailant shot and killed Hasan Qor, a prominent elder, in Xamar Bile area, Mogadishu, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Malef neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: An explosive device detonated in Basra, Iraq. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2017: An explosive device detonated in Khost, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: An explosive device detonated in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. Four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle between Paluru and Ban Maisung, Narathiwat, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants abducted Colonel Husayn al-Bakurb al-Khumsi near Sirte, Libya. Al-Khumsi, an army officer, was released the following day on October 20, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants abducted Made Babu Rao from Kandulnar, Chhattisgarh, India. Rao was killed on October 20, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists and stated that Rao was accused of being a police informant.
10/19/2017: Assailants attacked a military convoy on a road in Bulabulin, Konduga, Borno, Nigeria. Three soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/19/2017: Assailants attacked a police headquarters in Kajira, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least two police officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants attacked a vehicle carrying Rt. Revd. Samuel Ojo and Revd. David Aiyeola along the road between Imojo and Oyei, Ekiti, Nigeria. Aiyeola was abducted and killed in a failed rescue attempt a few days later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; sources attributed the attack to Fulani extremists.
10/19/2017: Assailants attacked Kichanga, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS).
10/19/2017: Assailants attacked the IKA Social Security Foundation's collections center on 28 Pireos Street, Athens, Attica, Greece. Although there were no reported casualties, various pieces of property and equipment were damaged in the attack. Rubicon (Rouvikonas) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for recent foreclosures.
10/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Shorka neighborhood, Kirkuk, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on a security outpost in Samandag, Hatay, Turkey. One solider was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on the Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia campaign headquarters in Kizilajlo, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. At least five people, including municipal candidate Jeyhun Chovdarov, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on Virgilio Roxas, a city council secretary's bodyguard, in San Jose, Binan, Laguna, Philippines. Roxas was killed and a civilian, identified as Bernard Lacerna, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants raided Tem, Sahel, Burkina Faso. There were no reported casualties, though several buildings, including a school, were set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants set fire to an Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) office in Altun Kupri, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a hotel along Saeed Hasmi Avenue in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least 26 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar grenade attacks in Balochistan on the same day. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility; however, authorities suspected that the incidents were carried out by Baloch nationalists.
10/19/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a restaurant near Safar Khan Chowk in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least 12 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar grenade attacks in Balochistan on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities suspected that the incidents were carried out by Baloch nationalists.
10/19/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Aijaz Ahmad Mir in Wachi, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Mir, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) outpost in Chanae district, Narathiwat, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked a military base in Chashmah, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 43 soldiers and 10 assailants were killed, nine soldiers were injured, and six soldiers were reported missing in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Four assailants shot and killed Regie Fundador, a civilian, in Luz, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting a weapons cache in Dijlah, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2017: Two assailants drove a vehicle into a traffic police post in Yandyri, Ingushetia, Russia. The driver then exited the vehicle and attacked a police officer with a knife before being shot and killed. Three people, including one assailant and two police officers, were also injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2017: Two assailants threw a grenade at a Philippine Army detachment in Labo-Labo, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, Philippines. Five soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/2/1970: Four teenagers, who were members of a Neo-Nazi group, threw four Molotov cocktails and dropped metal grates down a seventy-five foot shaft at a Sewage Pumping Station in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States.  There were no casualties, but the station sustained $2,000 in damages.  The perpetrators attempted to provoke a racial conflict hoping that the incident would be blamed on African Americans.
10/2/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed Prince Lucien Campbell Hall at the University of Oregon in Eugene, United States.  There were no casualties but the building sustained $50,000 in damages.
10/2/1978: In a joint operation, the Macheteros and the Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, stole explosives from the public works warehouse in Manati, Puerto Rico.
10/2/2000: Assailants threw bricks and then firebombs at a synagogue in Dusseldorf, Germany.  No one was injured in the attack and a neighbor who witnessed the attack climbed the perimeter fence and put out the flames before any major damage occurred.  Witnesses stated that the attack was perpetrated by at least two assailants; two 15-year-old young men were taken into custody.  The attack occurred the night before the ten year anniversary of Germany's unity.
10/2/2001: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) detonated a homemade bomb at a pizza parlor frequented by Algerian policemen and soldiers in Laghouat, Algeria.  One person was killed and eight others were wounded.  It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage.
10/2/2002: An unidentified man detonated a bomb in Central Square in Guilin, Guangxi region, China.  The suicide bomber died in the explosion and 18 people were injured.  The specific motive behind the incident is unknown.  However, the country has been on high alert during the holiday week of National Day.
10/2/2002: Bangladeshi miscreants and members of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) attacked Bishnupur village, Tripura state, India.  The assailants abducted eight members of the village, killing one of them when he resisted the abduction.  The captors took the abductees across the border into Bangladesh.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/2/2002: Seven suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) shot and killed thirteen Algerian civilians at their homes in Oued Chorfa, Algeria.
10/2/2010: Five soldiers were killed and ten more were wounded when their convoy was ambushed by members of Al-Qa'idah in the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM).  The ambush occurred in the Bounamane forest, outside of the town of Zekri in Bejaia, Algeria.  The soldiers were hit with both explosive devices and gunfire from automatic weapons.
10/20/1970: Black militants set fire to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Building in Cairo, Illinois, United States.  Firefighters were shot at by sniper fire coming from the nearby Pyramid Courts Housing Project and could not begin to put out the fire until the police secured the premises.  There were no casualties but the building was destroyed at a cost of an estimated $60,000.
10/20/1973: Young white couple, Quita and Richard Hague, were taking an evening stroll on Telegraph Hill, just a block from their residence in San Francisco, California, in the United States, when they were approached by three African-American men in a white van, who ordered them into the van at gunpoint.  Upon entering the van, the couples hands were tied with rope, and Richard was clubbed into unconsciousness with a wrench, while one of the perpetrators sexually assaulted Quita.  Quita and Richard were both slashed brutally with a long machete-like blade.  Both were thrown out of the van on the rails of the Southern Pacific tracks, about four and a half miles from Telegraph Hill. Quita was killed by several slashes from the machete-like blade; Richard survived, but was badly mutilated by slashes in his face and he was robbed of his wallet. Two of the perpetrators, Jesse Cooks and Larry Green, were found, charged and in March 1976, convicted for the kidnapping, armed assault, robbery, and murder.  The third perpetrator, Anthony C. Harris, was given immunity at the trial in exchange for his testimony.  The perpetrators were black Muslims who believed in the teachings of the Nation of Islam, and believed that they had to "destroy the enemy" and "kill devils," which they translated into meaning, kill whites.  The motives were racist in origins and a response to the racial rhetoric of the time. This was the first incident in a series of 20 attacks (with 23 victims) by the perpetrators who came to be know as the Zebra killers.
10/20/1999: A homemade bomb, which was hidden near a farm, went off in Kolea, Algeria, seriously injuring three farmers. The Islamic Armed Group (GIA) was suspected in the attack.
10/20/1999: Unidentified assailants hurled a bomb at a police station in Maltepe district of Istanbul, Turkey. The bomb exploded, breaking the windows of the police station, but causing no injuries.
10/20/1999: Viktor Novoselov, a deputy of the legislative assembly, was killed in an explosion in Saint Petersburg, Russia.  While Novoselov was at a stop light, an assailant attached a magnetic explosive to the roof of his car.  Novoselov's bodyguard was injured in the attack, but managed to shoot and injure the assailant as he fled.  The assailant, Artur Gudkov, was captured and charged for the incident.  Another individual was also arrested but eventually released when authorities determined that he had been carrying a phone, rather than the remote device that they had assumed he was carrying.
10/20/2000: Arson was set to a luxury home under construction near the Phoenix Mountain Preserve in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States, causing significant damage.  There were no casualties in the incident, and the monetary extent of property damage is unknown.  The incident was claimed by the Coalition to Save the Preserves (CSP) in opposition of building and development in the preserved mountain area.  This incident was one in a series of 11 luxury home arsons in the Phoenix area between April 2000 and January 2001.  In June 2001, confessed eco-terrorist Mark Warren Sands was indicted for eight of the arson incidents, pled guilty, and in 2002, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for torching seven luxury homes under construction.  In this particular incident, the victims were homeowners Mario and Melanie Lio, and this was the second time his luxury home was burned after being rebuilt.  The first incident was in April of the same year (40900).
10/20/2000: Corsican separatists were blamed for planting a car bomb in Marseilles, France, which was found a defused before it detonated
10/20/2000: Four soldiers were killed and five wounded when Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels ambushed a security convoy checking a road to be used by a fact-finding mission of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in the village of Daguan, Kapatagan town, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
10/20/2000: In one of three possibly related attacks, a Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) cash machine was attacked by unknown individuals in the Deusto district of Bilbao, Spain. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.
10/20/2000: In one of three possibly related attacks, unidentified individuals sabotaged a La Caixa cash machine on the Avenida del Minero in Gallarta, Spain. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.
10/20/2000: The two suspected members of Hizballah opened fire on two policemen in Diyarbakir's Baglar district. The militants were arrested after a special anti-terror unit was deployed and the neighborhood was put under a brief security blockade. A Turkish policeman was died in the incident.
10/20/2000: Three Russian Federal Security Service (FSS) members were killed and two wounded in an attack on a FSS vehicle located between Kizlyar and Kargalinskaya, Chechnya. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/20/2000: Two and a half hours after a similar attack on this day, unidentified individuals torched a La Caixa cash machine in Gallarta, Spain. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.
10/20/2000: Two men, including a member of the "Patriots" civilian guards, were murdered at roadblocks erected by Islamic militants in the Kabylia mountainous area of Algiers.
10/20/2000: Unidentified people heavily wounded the former Georgian minister of fuel and energy, Davit Zubitashvili, as he passed the front door of his house last night in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Ministry of Internal Affairs believed that an attempt was made to abduct the former minister but after he put up resistance, he was shot point blank.
10/20/2001: A bomb was discovered in the parking lot of the Islamabad airport, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. The bomb consisted of 1 kilogram of explosives in a bag. The bag was moved to a safe location where it exploded.
10/20/2001: Seven police officers in a police patrol were killed by a landmine triggered by the People’s War Group (PWG). The attack occurred at Jagpura, Bihar state, India.
10/20/2001: Ten peasants were killed when gunmen suspected to have paramilitary ties shot them in Alejandria, Antioquia province, Colombia.  The gunmen claimed the peasants were working with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2002: A bomb exploded near a Catholic shrine in Zamboanga, Philippines killing one soldier and injuring 18 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack however the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was suspected.
10/20/2002: Suspected Muslim militants set up a fake roadblock near Ain Kercha, Skikda province, Algeria.  The assailants killed at least seven civilians by slitting their throat.  They also kidnapped another five villagers.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2003: A grenade was thrown into a town square in Anantnag, India.  One person was killed and seven others were injured in the attack.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2003: In a series of related attacks, a grenade was thrown into a bus station in Batmalloo, India.  Two people were killed and 58 were injured in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was made in the attack.
10/20/2004: A pair of suicide car bombings in Samarra, Iraq, killed 10 Iraqi civilians and injured 14 others, including 11 U.S. soldiers and an interpreter. The attack by unidentified perpetrators, which targeted a U.S. army convoy, also killed four children that were at a nearby nursery school by which the convoy was passing.
10/20/2004: Suspected LTTE gunmen shot dead former Tamil National Alliance MP Kingsley Rajanayagam. He had resigned from his seat in Batticaloa from the present Parliament under pressure from the Tigers. He was killed around 6:15pm while getting into his car near the Irudiyapuram cemetery in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka near the Antania Garment factory at Jayanthipura in Batticaloa. He had been a close associated of Karuna Amman, and resigned under LTTE pressure. His bodyguard, a police constable, was also wounded.
10/20/2005: A roadside bomb exploded near the village of Tolstoi-Yurt in Chechnya injuring three people including two policemen. The bomb exploded when a two car convoy carrying the head of the Argun (District) passed near the device. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt.
10/20/2005: Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a Muslim civilian in the Anantnag (District) of India’s Jammu and Kashmir State. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
10/20/2005: Suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bombed a courthouse in Batman, Turkey. The bomb exploded in a courthouse bathroom causing damage, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/20/2005: Suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bombed a shop in Yuksekova, Turkey. Although the bomb, which exploded outside of the shop, caused some damage to the property, no one was harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/20/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Muhammad Harun Hassan, Editor-in-Chief of Nabdh al-Shabab and the Executive Secretary of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/20/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired a mortar round at the Tigris Mixed Primary School located in Baghdad’s Mansour neighborhood. The explosion killed at least one student and left four others injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2006: A bomb hidden in a fruit-cart killed 7 people and wounded 41 more in a Peshawar, Pakistan marketplace. The attack occurred 10 minutes before iftar, the time for breaking the daily fast during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. No one claimed responsibility for the blast.
10/20/2006: A bomb went off in a teashop in Thailand's restive predominantely Muslim, southern province of Songklha, killing 4 people and injuring 9. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/20/2006: An Afghan security official was killed by a remote-controlled roadside bomb while riding his motorcycle in Ismael Khel, west of Khost Province, Afghanistan. The Afghan government stated that the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2006: Four members of the El-Ansar katibat, a faction of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC), set up a fake roadblock near Ouled Abdellah, Algeria, on a road between Timezrit and Ain Zazla.  The assailants stole a vehicle belonging to an Algerian citizen and stabbed Rabah N., a member of the Algerian municipal guard, who they forced off of a bus.  The victim died from his wounds.  The perpetrators subsequently fled the scene in their stolen vehicle.
10/20/2007: Eight Pakistani civilians were killed, 28 more were wounded, and a mini-bus was destroyed when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted in the vehicle by an unknown number of Baloch Republican Army (BRA) perpetrators detonated adjacent to a mini-bus stop in Dera Bugti, Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
10/20/2007: Malik Akhunzada was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening near the Vocational College in Inayat Kalley, Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
10/20/2007: Maulvi Gul Sher Khan, the local leader of Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s Jamaat-e-Islami (JUI), was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening near Belot, Mamond Subdivision, Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
10/20/2007: No casualties were reported but a house was damaged when an unknown number of Animal Liberation Front (ALF) perpetrators broke a window and diverted a garden hose to flood the home of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Professor Edythe London in Beverly Hills neighborhood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
10/20/2007: No casualties were reported but an all-girls high school was destroyed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators entered the location, planted four explosive devices, withdrew, and detonated the devices at approximately 10:00 PM in Miranshah, North Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi Army soldier was killed, three other Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded, and a hotel was damaged when an unspecified number of mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in the evening on an Iraqi Army barracks in Saif Saad neighborhood, Karbala, Karbala Governorate, Iraq.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi civilian sanitation worker was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to them at approximately 10:00 AM in al-Ghadeer neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when a car bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a minivan at approximately 3:15 PM in al-Tobchi neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/20/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in al-Salam district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/20/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and nine more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:30 AM adjacent to their vehicle on the Baghdad-Hilla Road in Iskandriya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/20/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed, four other Iraqi Police officers were wounded, and two Police vehicles were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a Police convoy and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in the evening in al-Saqlawiyah, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
10/20/2008: On Monday early in the morning, two male Taliban militants on a motorcycle fired upon Gayle Williams, a woman of duel British and South African citizenship working for the non-profit organization Serving Emergency Relief and Vocational Enterprises (SERVE), as she was walking from her home to work in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The attack killed the aid worker. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, accusing the NGO of spreading Christianity.
10/20/2008: On Monday night at 0105, unidentified rebels threw two improvised explosive devices into the yard of the NVF leader Magomed Bagabova in Gibden, Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan, Russia. No casualties or damages were reported as the IEDs did not explode. No claim of responsibility was made for the bombing.
10/20/2008: On Monday night,  gunmen from the city of Ramadi attacked members of the Sunni Al-Osan and Al-Ojan tribes in Jurf Al Sakhr. At least 15 men were killed and 40 others were wounded. The targeted tribes had formed an anti-Qaeda militia to oust the jihadists from their areas. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2008: On Monday, a parcel bomb detonated in Sanaa city, San'a province of Yemen, killing Shaykh Mohammad bin Rabeesh Kaalan, security chief for Madghal district. Kaalan received an anonymous phone call from someone who asked him to collect a parcel said to contain security information from a nearby store. A soldier was also wounded by the parcel bomb, which was sent from Sanaa. Al Qaeda was suspected in the attack.
10/20/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb struck a double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two people and wounding seven others. Iraqi police and hospital officials said the bus was carrying employees of Iraq's Housing Ministry through the Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Mashtal in the eastern part of the city when the blast occurred. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2008: On Monday, Taliban insurgents fired upon a 303 passenger bus after it refused to stop at a Taliban checkpoint on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Larmai village outside Ab Band district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The attack killed one female civilian and injured two others. The militants then tortured several of the passengers and afterwards set the bus on fire, causing an unknown amount of damage to the bus. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed claimed responsibility for the incident on behalf of the group.
10/20/2008: On Monday, two journalists were injured when a bomb, planted with a gas geyser, exploded outside offices of the local newspapers in the Universal Complex in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Windows of nearby buildings, shops and a medical complex were smashed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2008: On Monday, unidentified militants blew up a section of a railway track in the Sariab area of Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no casualties were reported.
10/20/2008: On Monday, unknown assailants fired a rocket at a private Etisalat communications mobile tower in Karat-i-Lagan village of Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The rocket attack killed one civilian and caused an unknown amount of damage to the cell tower. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/20/2008: On Monday, unknown rebels left two improvised explosive devices in a city park on Zoi Kosmodemyanskaya Street (house No. six) in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. The bombs, one consisting of a 10 liter metal container filled with five kilos of trotil TNT explosives, ball bearings and shredded wire shrapnel with an attached electronic detonator, and the other consisting of two plastic bottles filled with one kilo of trotil TNT explosives with an electronic detonator, did not cause any casualties or damage as police defused them prior to detonation. No claim of responsibility was made for the attempted bombing.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at 1315, in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines, assailants threw a grenade at the Marawi City Hall area where people were lined up to register for the 2010 elections, killing two civilians and one employee working in the city motor pool, wounding 21 civilians, and damaging the motor pool. No group claimed responsibility but in previous bombings the Philippines military blamed militants affiliated with Al-Qaida.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday in the al-Muhandsen neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two workers were wounded by a magnetic bomb that was stuck to their car. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning around 0800, a magnetic bomb, attached to a civilian minibus, detonated in the Hurriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion wounded three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at 0600, in Baleguian village in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, assailants fired upon a retired soldier in his residence, killing him and damaging the residence. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the New People's Army/Communist Party of the Philippines (NPA-CPP) was responsible.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at 0830, gunmen using silencer pistols, shot and killed an officer working at the Juvenile hall in the al-Shafaa neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 0100, near Collipulli, Malleco Province, Araucania, Chile, assailants armed with incendiaries and firearms set fire to lumber trucks, destroying two trucks and their cargo but causing no icasualties. The Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM) claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 0830, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian car in al-Dula'i neighborhood, part of Hurriyah neighborhood, Al Kazimiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded two civilians and damaged the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday night at around 0200, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) members fired at and killed Umesh Mali, head of a Sastra People's Morcha (SPM), Umesh Singh Bhokta, a local leader of the Lokjanshakti Party, and Ranjit Rajjak, when they were watching a cultural programme in Rajpur village in the Chatra district. Three persons were killed and six others were injured during the attack.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday, in Landi Arbab, Bhanamari Police were informed by the residents about the bomb that was planted at the Government Girls' High School, the school was closed at the time due to high security alerts in the area. Police and the Bomb Disposal Unit responded to defuse the 17 kilogram bomb that was fitted with a pressure cooker. No one has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday, in Timika, Papua, Indonesia, two men were wounded in the latest shooting ambush near US company Freeport McentimetersoRan's gold and copper mine in Indonesia's eastern Papua region. A mine worker and a driver were wounded after the bus they were driving in was shot at around 0930 on the road to the Grasberg mine. A driver, Rudi Palanding, was shot in his finger and a passenger, Kristian, was shot in his right elbow and upper right hip. The police are chasing after the shooters. The attacks were initially blamed by the military on rebels of the Free Papua Movement, but police have said there is no evidence that is the case. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2009: On Tuesday, two suicide bombers wearing off-white and light brown Shalwar Kameez, attacked the International Islamic University Islamabad in the H-10 sector of Islamabad, Pakistan. The first blast occurred at 15:07 in the cafeteria of the women's campus. Five minutes later, the second blast occurred on the first floor at the building of Shariah and Law Department. Each suicide belt bomb consisted of 4-5 kilograms of explosive material, 1 1/2-2 kilograms of pellets and C-4. The main structure of the building, door and windows shattered and dozens of cars near the blast site were damaged. The attacked killed eight people and wounded 33 others; among the dead are students: Sidra Khalid, Hina, Khalil-ur-Rehman, sanitary worker Pervaiz Masih, security guard Shaukat Bhatti, and worker Amna. Police responded to investigate the scene. Suspect 'GM' was arrested after the attack in the cafeteria while he was capturing the scene with a movie camera that was hidden in his green Chadar. The suspect belongs to Khanewal and was a previous student to the campus. Private educational institutions and federal government educational institutions run by Pakistan Army were closed for a week. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday afternoon at 1500, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, a policeman was gunned down by three unidentified militants as he inspected a TV tower. The three militants hid in an abandoned mine and were killed when government forces returned fire. The policeman died later in the hospital. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday afternoon, on Yala-Toh Pakeh road in Suan Som village in Muang, Yala, Thailand, unidentified militants attacked two rubber wood factory workers in a drive by shooting. One worker was killed and one was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday evening around 1800, in Sinawal village in General Santos City, General Santos, Philippines, two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a municipal councilor outside his house. The victim was identified as Meliton Bansalao. A .45 caliber pistol was used in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday evening around 2100, in Bawo village near Yambio, Western Equatoria, Sudan, one civilian was killed and another was injured when unidentified militants attacked the village with firearms, set fire to several houses, and looted an unknown amount of material goods. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Lords Resistance Army was suspected to be responsible for the attack.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday morning around 0800, in Balas village in Lamitan, Basilan, Mindanao, Philippines, militants on a motorcycle drove alongside a village official’s motorcycle and opened fire. The village official, identified as Jainudin Dulah, was injured and his driver was killed. No group claimed responsibility for attack.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday, in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan, unidentified militants planted a land mine near a butcher shop and detonated it, injuring three civilians. The butcher shop provided meat to Afghan Border Police stationed in the province. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday, in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, unknown gunmen fired on the Mercedes driven by Marat Ramazanov, a former member of Dagestan legislature, killing him on Kotrova Street. Ramazanov's car was damaged and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday, in Miram Shah, Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants killed an Afghan national by unknown means. The man was accused of spying for U.S. forces. No group claimed responsibility.
10/20/2010: On Wednesday, in the Usur area in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants fired at a passenger bus carrying civilians and police personnel, causing no casualties. The bus driver sped up as the firing began in which only three bullets hit the bus, denting it. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/20/2011: On Thursday around 1200 noon, on Banbridge Road in Laurencetown, County Down, Northern Ireland, a pipe bomb was planted by unidentified assailants at the entrance to a retired female police officer's house. The bomb was discovered and disposed of in a controlled explosion by army bomb disposal experts. No casualties occurred and no group claimed responsibility, although dissident republicans have been blamed for the attack.
10/20/2011: On Thursday night, in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists assaulted a forest guest house. No casualties were reported in the armed assault. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the Communist Party of India-Maoists group was suspected.
10/20/2011: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq, three roadside bombs went off in a quick succession outside a restaurant. Three civilians were killed and 12 were wounded including three policemen. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2011: On Thursday, in Banghugaon, Koraput, Odisha, India, a group of armed suspected Maoists abducted Krishna Pidika. Pidika was a supporter of CMAS. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the hostage taking, but the Communist Party of India-Maoist group was suspected of being responsible. The status of the hostage is unknown.
10/20/2011: On Thursday, in Keonjhar, Odisha, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists group militants detonated a land mine targeting military vehicles. The windows of the vehicle were damaged. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the Communist Party of India-Maoist group was suspected.
10/20/2011: On Thursday, in Laak, Compostela Valley, Philippines, a group of 25 suspected militants of the New People's Army (NPA) attacked a Japanese run banana plantation by unknown means. During the armed assault two supply trucks were destroyed and weapons were seized form private security guards. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the New People's Army was suspected.
10/20/2011: On Thursday, in Mizoram, India, a group of suspected militants abducted two drivers of Indian Railways identified as P K Bhattacharrya and A K Sharma. No ransom was given and the status of the hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the hostage taking.
10/20/2011: On Thursday, in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, armed militants riding a motorcycle fired upon and killed professor Sanaullah Khan Janikhel with unknown firearms. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2012: An assailant dressed in a police uniform opened fire on police checkpost in Jaji Maidan district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: An explosive device and an anti-tank mine were discovered in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The device and mine were defused before they could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in front of the Sod Sai karaoke shop in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One civilian was injured in the blast. This was one of five nearly simultaneous attacks in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: An explosive device attached to a natural gas pipeline detonated in Eleskirt district, Agri province, Turkey. The pipeline was severely damaged in the attack. This was the same pipeline that was damaged by a blast on October 18, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/20/2012: An explosive device detonated in Hausari ward, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: An explosive device detonated outside of a convenience store in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One person was injured and the shop badly damaged in the blast. This was one of five nearly simultaneous attacks in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: An explosive device hidden in a stolen vehicle was discovered in tambon Khosit, Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Coffee House restaurant of the Taba Plaza Hotel in Taba village, Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One hotel employee was injured and the restaurant severely damaged in the blast. This was one of five nearly simultaneous attacks in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants abducted three Catholic priests from Our Lady of the Poor parish in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a former customs official in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. The official, Ajiya Waziri, and his son were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Boko Haram.
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a Marine Police station in Taba village, Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One assailant was killed and one police officer injured by a gunshot wound. This was one of five nearly simultaneous attacks in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a police and Afghan National Army (ANA) post in the Dehzak area of Farah province, Afghanistan. One soldier and one police officer were killed in the clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a police booth in Kaloleni settlement, Coast province, Kenya. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC).
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint near Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked a pro-government militia checkpoint in Houta town, Lahij governorate, Yemen. Seven militia members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/20/2012: Assailants attacked the residence of Haruna Adamu, a retired police officer, in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. Seven people, including Adamu, his wife, and three children, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Boko Haram.
10/20/2012: Assailants in vehicle opened fire on a prison official in eastern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The official was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants kidnapped a gram rakhi (village guard) in Badural village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
10/20/2012: Assailants kidnapped Daya Chalan from Sandural village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. Chalan's brother was working as a gram rakhi (village guard). The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
10/20/2012: Assailants kidnapped three engineers from the Dambu Aga Reserve Forest in East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. The three victims worked for B. Seenaiah and Company, a road construction company. They were released on October 23, 2012., following a ransom payment of 10 lakh rupees ($18,702 USD). No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
10/20/2012: Assailants kidnapped two liquor salespeople from Tulsa village, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. One victim was released on October 21, 2012; the whereabouts of the second victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a border police officer in the Bibi Mehro Graveyard in Chapahar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The officer was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Adhamiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and one person injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on the Muang Mai karaoke shop in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties, and the shop only suffered minor damage. This was one of five nearly simultaneous attacks in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Two explosive devices detonated less than a minute apart in the Bab al-Darwaza market in Kadhimiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eleven people were killed and 35 injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Two explosive devices detonated near a compact disc (CD) shop in Badbher village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three civilians were injured and three shops damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Two explosive devices detonated near a petrol pump in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported injures, but the petrol pump was damaged in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2012: Two explosive devices targeting a police patrol detonated in Skaikhan area near Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: A gunman attacked a head figure of the Vikwatani Redeemed Gospel Church in Mombasa city, Mombasa county, Kenya. The leader, Charles Matole, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: A landmine detonated when an oxcart struck it in the Yaro Paht area of Sui tehsil, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the Ghazaliyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: A roadside bomb detonated outside of a senior police officer's residence in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated bombings at the same location in a short period of time; this first explosion was designed to draw a crowd that was targeted in a later blast. At least seven people were killed and seven people were injured across both explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at a cafe in the Al-Amil area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated bombings at the same location in a short period of time; this explosion targeted a crowd that had gathered following an earlier blast. At least 34 people were killed and at least 40 other people were injured across both explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: A suicide bomber detonated near North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least one NATO soldier, United States (US) Lance Corporal Christopher Grant, was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/20/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attacked an army checkpoint near Hamah city, Hamah governorate, Syria. At least 31 people, including the assailant, were killed and 24 others were injured in this attack. The blast damaged at least 20 vehicles and several nearby homes and shops. No group claimed responsibility for this incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Nusrah Front.
10/20/2013: A suicidebomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a senior police officer's residence in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated bombings at the same location in a short period of time; this explosion targeted a crowd that had gathered following an earlier blast. At least seven people were killed and seven people were injured across both explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: A vehicle struck a landmine in Sui tehsil, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in the Al-Ameriya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a cafe in the Al-Amil area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated bombings at the same location in a short period of time; this first blast was designed to draw a crowd that was targeted in a later suicide attack. At least 34 people were killed and at least 40 other people were injured across both explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: Assailants armed with automatic weapons and mortars attacked Ajuong village in Jonglei state, South Sudan. This was one of three coordinated attacks in South Sudan on this day, across which at least 79 people were killed, 87 were wounded, and 24 were abducted. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attacks to the David Yau Yau MIlitia and the Murle Tribe. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown.
10/20/2013: Assailants armed with automatic weapons and mortars attacked Maar village in Jonglei state, South Sudan. This was one of three coordinated attacks in South Sudan on this day, across which at least 79 people were killed, 87 were wounded, and 24 were abducted. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attacks to the David Yau Yau MIlitia and the Murle Tribe. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown.
10/20/2013: Assailants armed with automatic weapons and mortars attacked Paker village in Upper Nile state, South Sudan. This was one of three coordinated attacks in South Sudan on this day, across which at least 79 people were killed, 87 were wounded, and 24 were abducted. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attacks to the David Yau Yau MIlitia and the Murle Tribe. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown.
10/20/2013: Assailants attacked a road project camp in Miangpadar village, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties but two JCB machines and several vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/20/2013: Assailants attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers on patrol in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: Assailants crossed the boarder from Pakistan and attacked an Afghan Border Police (ABP) security post in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least 12 people, two border police officers and 10 assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: Assailants fired two rocket-propelled grenades at Supol Phokaew's residence in Mayo district, Pattani province, Thailand. Phokaew, the chief of Ma Yor district, was unhurt as the grenades missed his house. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2013: Assailants in military uniforms stopped motorists at a fake checkpoint near Logumani town, Borno state, Nigeria. The assailants shot and stabbed the victims, killing 19 people and setting fire to several vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/20/2013: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on wedding guests at the Coptic Church of the Virgin in Cairo city, Egypt. At least four people were killed and 17 others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
10/20/2013: Assailants opened fire and launched rocket-propelled grenades at Central Security Force buses in Sheikh Zuweid town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Three soldiers were wounded as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2013: Assailants opened fire on a soldier in a restaurant in Ad Dali governorate, Yemen. The soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at the home of the Thoubal district deputy commissioner in Imphal district, Manipur state, India. The commissioner, Th Ranjit, was not present at the time of the explosion, and no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: At least one suicide bomber detonated at a city council meeting at the municipal headquarters in Rawa city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least five people were killed and at least 10 other people were injured in the blast. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the city within a short period of time. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: At least one suicide bomber detonated at a joint army and police checkpoint in Rawa city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least two police officers were killed and another four people, including two soldiers, were injured in the blast. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the city within a short period of time. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: At least one suicide bomber detonated at a police station in Rawa city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least five police officers were killed and at least 13 other people were injured in the blast. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the city within a short period of time. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2013: Four assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a police check point in the Phari Pura area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least four police officers were killed and an unknown number were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2013: Gunmen ambushed a column of Assam Rifles in Nampisha, Manipur state, India. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2013: Gunmen attacked a tribal leader in Mardain district, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan. The leader, Jaan Morad, was killed as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/20/2013: Gunmen opened fire on four people, including a municipality official, in barangay Buluan, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. All four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: A missile landed near the Donetsk State Chemical Products Factory and detonated in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. A Ukrainian nationalist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: A mortar landed on a private residence and detonated in Bachai Nehar village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three civilians were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: A rocket landed near Hawari Hospital and detonated in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest targeting worshippers at the Al-Khairat Mosque in central Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 10 people were killed and 31 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the residence of Abdullah Idris in Radaa city, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. The house of Idris, the local head of the General People's Congress (GPC), was being used by Huthi supporters. At least ten people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the blast. Additionally, 12 Huthi members were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. This was one of two suicide car bombings targeting Huthi supporters in Radaa on the same day. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting peshmerga members near the Mosul dam in Saslaj area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least 11 peshmerga members were killed and 20 members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: An assailant armed with two grenades was arrested in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. Moaz Khaled Matar was apprehended before he could reach his intended target. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: An assailant in a vehicle struck two Canadian Armed Forces soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu city, Quebec province, Canada. The assailant then led police on a chase, crashed his vehicle, and approached police with a knife before being shot and killed. One of the soldiers was killed while the other was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities identified the attacker as Martin Couture-Rouleau.
10/20/2014: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a Somali National Army (SNA) soldier detonated prematurely in Wardhigley neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the attack.
10/20/2014: An explosive device planted in a truck detonated near Mahfad district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. At least one assailant was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police checkpoint in al-Wind area, Karbala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks in and near Karbala city that occurred nearly simultaneously. At least 16 people were killed and 41 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a school in Hussein area, Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks in the city that occurred nearly simultaneously. At least 16 people were killed and 41 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/20/2014: Assailants abducted a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier from his private residence in Aka Khel village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related incidents targeting soldiers in Shchastya on the same day. At least 14 assailants were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related incidents targeting soldiers in Shchastya on the same day. At least 14 assailants were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/20/2014: Assailants attacked Volodymyr Borosenko with firearms and a grenade near his private residence in Boryspil town, Kyivska oblast, Ukraine. Borosenko, a People's Front parliamentary candidate, was wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Assailants disguised as peshmerga members attacked Qara Tapa town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least 32 people were killed and five were injured in the raid; the victims included assailants, peshmerga members, and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2014: Assailants fired rockets that detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) post in Ghakhi village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were injured in the assault. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on Mali Khani Jan at his private residence in Mando Khel village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Jan, a Kukikhel Grand Jirga member and a tribal elder, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Assailants set fire to Omar Mukhtar Taiora School in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a private residence in Drogheda town, Louth county, Ireland. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: Assailants threw incendiary devices at two vehicles belonging to Shaikh Majeeb Al Asfoor in Capital governorate, Bahrain. Al Asfoor, a parliamentary candidate, was unharmed as there were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2014: Mortars landed near Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and detonated in Avdiivka city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Mortars landed near Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and detonated in Debaltseve city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Mortars landed near Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and detonated in Ridkodub city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Projectiles landed near the Armed Forces of Ukraine 32nd Checkpoint near Smile village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Rockets landed near Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and detonated in Tonenke town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Three assailants abducted Carlos Omar Angarita Navarro from a highway near Hacari town, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. Navarro, a member of the Provincial Assembly of Norte de Santander, was released a few hours later. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2014: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated near the Al-Hassani Mosque in Bab Touarij area, Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks in the city that occurred nearly simultaneously. At least 16 people were killed and 41 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/20/2014: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Aside from the death of the two bombers, there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: An assailant in a vehicle rammed into Israeli civilians at Gush Etzion junction near Alon Shvut, West Bank. Following the initial attack, the assailant exited the vehicle and attempted to stab the civilians. The assailant was killed and at least two people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Hamzeh Moussa al-Imla, as a Palestinian extremist.
10/20/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier near Beit Awwa town, West Bank. The assailant was killed and the soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/20/2015: An explosive deice was discovered and defused at Liaquat Bazaar in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) officer detonated in Chehe subdistrict, Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated along Road 49 in Na Pradu subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at a Krungthai Bank automated teller machine (ATM) in Na Pradu subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at a market in Na Pradu subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at a phone booth in Na Pradu subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at Khok Pho Market in Khok Pho subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at Oranee Market in Na Pradu subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at Telewia phone shop in Khok Pho subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khok Pho subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hamamiyat, Saladin, Iraq. Three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) vehicle in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three people, including two UNAMA security guards, were wounded in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting shops in Tall Muhammad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: An explosive device planted under a bus detonated in Bub Ash Sham, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Ramaguda village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/20/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a school in Ness Ziona city, Central district, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: Assailants abducted Bhima Podiami in Gandhipadar village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. Podiami, a Village Watershed Committee member and former Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) member, was killed on October 30, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/20/2015: Assailants abducted two United Nations (UN) contractors from the United States in Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. One hostage was confirmed dead on November 10, 2015, while the remaining victim was released on November 19, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
10/20/2015: Assailants attacked Ghoryan district in Herat province, Afghanistan. At least 18 people, including three soldiers and 15 assailants, were killed and five other soldiers were wounded in the incident. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Babaji, Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least 25 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: Assailants fired two projectiles at a Philippine Army (PA) base in Sambolawan village, Datu Salibo district, Maguindanao province, Philippines. At least two assailants were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM), which denied involvement.
10/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police checkpost in Boghra neighborhood, Chaman, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two police officers were killed and one civilian was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carry prison guards along the Muhammad al-Qasim highway in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One guard was killed and two guards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on Faizullah Abdul Ali in Sariab, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Ali, a Balochistan Constabulary constable, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: Assailants set fire to a refugee shelter in Munkedal town, Vastra Gotaland county, Sweden. An unknown number of people suffered from smoke inhalation in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: Assailants set fire to crops and buildings in Ngogwa village, Western Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials suspected that the attack was carried out by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), which denied involvement.
10/20/2015: Assailants shot and injured a civilian in Butler Walk neighborhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. Two Sahwa Council members were killed and four members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: Security forces detained two assailants driving an explosives-laden vehicle in Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: Security forces identified and killed at least two suicide bombers targeting the military with explosives-laden vehicles north of Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2015: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Khokpho subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2015: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Velkanguda village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The devices were meant to target Indian Armed Forces soldiers. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/20/2015: Two assailants armed with knives attacked Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Hebron city, West Bank. Both assailants were killed and a soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailants, Bashar Nidal al-Jabari and Hussam Jamil al-Jabari, as Palestinian extremists.
10/20/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting peshmerga forces in Bashiqah, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 20 peshmerga members, including Brigadier Mustafa Gorani, were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An assailant armed with a knife and explosive devices attacked police personnel after he was questioned for placing an ISIL logo on a traffic post in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. At least three officers were injured before police shot and killed the assailant, identified as Sultan Azianzah. Jamaah Ansharut Daulah claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated in Bayaa area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. Three people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle transporting tribal elders in Babar Kech, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two elders were killed and nine other people were injured in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack and alleged that the victims were working with security personnel.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near former Aman Lashkars members in Dawezai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Safla, Helmand, Afghanistan. Four civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle north of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, a soldier from the United States, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Assailants abducted Mohammad Waleed between Jan Mohammad and Turbat in Kech district, Balochistan, Pakistan. Waleed, the Gabd Kalato Union Council chairperson, was killed and his body was discovered on October 31, 2016. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and the Baloch Republican Army (BRA) separately claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim was a state informant.
10/20/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Jobar neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two similar incidents in Jobar on the same day. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint near Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen. At least one assailant and four soldiers were killed while one assailant and two soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a military post in Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen. There were an unknown number of assailant casualties in the ensuing clash. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a paramilitary base in Palongoguen, North Cotabato, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, though assailants set fire to six houses during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Qara Shayki, Faryab, Afghanistan. Five police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Al Mansa mountain area, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Al-Manarah, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Idu area, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Jumayim area, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Milh area, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked a popular resistance committee post in Sahar, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked an army post located on a farm belonging to the president near Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 12 assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mai Mai Mazembe militia.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked joint checkpoints in Azikheel, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least 54 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked military and popular resistance committee forces in Maslub district, Al Jawf, Yemen. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least three soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked military personnel in Guvendagi, Hakkari, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked military positions in Harad, Hajjah, Yemen. At least three soldiers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked Pas Pacheer area in Pachir Agam, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least 35 people, including 22 assailants, were killed and nine people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked security forces in Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/20/2016: Assailants attacked volunteer fighters in Bashir area, Kirkuk, Iraq. It is unknown if the assault resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2016: Assailants destroyed an unknown number of churches in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2016: Assailants executed 70 civilians in Nasr, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2016: Assailants executed three peshmerga members in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2016: Assailants fired two missiles at Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties as the missiles were intercepted by coalition forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants hanged six people in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted the victims were accused of hiding SIM cards for cellular phones.
10/20/2016: Assailants hijacked a South Korean cargo ship and abducted two crew members off the coast of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Both crew members were released unharmed on January 14, 2017. The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Assailants kidnapped Captain Fathi Al-Shatti south of Tripoli, Libya. Al-Shatti, the general director of Libyan Airlines, was released on December 7, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on popular resistance committee forces in Al Jabalayn mountain area, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on popular resistance committee forces in Yam, Nihm district, Sanaa, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of nine related assaults in Nihm district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
10/20/2016: Assailants shelled Hasanat neighborhood in Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks in Taizz on this date. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2016: Assailants shelled Thabat neighborhood in Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks in Taizz on this date. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/20/2016: Assailants shot and killed Joe Reilly, a civilian, at his residence in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Joe Reilly was targeted because the group believed he was a drug dealer.
10/20/2016: Assailants shot and killed Mohamed Tabari Shiqow, a tribal elder, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/20/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Savur district, Mardin, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Security forces discovered and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in Kafruk, Nineveh, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2016: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/20/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in front of the Karamel Hotel in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, one person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near Ceelasha Biyaha, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/20/2017: A suicide bomber detonated inside of the Imam Zaman mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 56 people were killed and 55 people were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2017: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a local anti-Taliban commander in a Sunni mosque in Du Layna, Ghor, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 33 people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/20/2017: An assailant opened fire on Henry Meneses Ruiz, a former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) member, in Miranda district, Cauca, Colombia. Ruiz was killed and the assailant was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Radhwaniyah, south of Baghdad, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: An explosive device detonated near a school in Shaab, Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: An explosive device was discovered and safely detonated at Azire Old Church in Azire, Bamenda, North-West Cameroon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: Assailants armed with projectiles and fireamrs attacked joint security forces in Altun Kupri, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least two soldiers were killed and five other soldiers were injured in the assault. This was one of two related incidents that took place in Altun Kubri on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/20/2017: Assailants attack a security checkpoint in Zana Khan, Ghazni, Afghanistan. One security member was killed and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/20/2017: Assailants attacked a hospital worker's residence in Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Three people, including the hospital worker and two volunteer fighters, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2017: Assailants attacked an under-construction railway line between Kirandul and Visakhapatnam, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties, though five construction vehicles were set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/20/2017: Assailants attacked the Sidi Abu Gharara Mosque in Ghararat neighborhood, Tripoli, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/20/2017: Assailants attacked the Turki al-Rashid gas station in Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: Assailants attempted to attack a military patrol in Missini, Ngala, Borno, Nigeria. Three assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/20/2017: Assailants executed by firing squad three senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members and an unknown number of their family members in Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/20/2017: Assailants fired a mortar into Dur al-Kahraba', Dibis, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/20/2017: Assailants fired rockets at civilians in Altun Kupri, Kirkuk, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed or injured in the attack. This was one of two related incidents that took place in Altun Kubri on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/20/2017: Assailants raided Injil, Bari, Somalia. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jabha East Africa.
10/20/2017: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire at the residence of Mushtaq Ahmad Shah in Tral, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Shah, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/2005: Suspected members of Al-Qaida in Iraq, also known as Tawhid al-Jihad, executed a contractor, Mohammed Mahmoud Alwan, on a video posted to an Islamic website on 10/18/2005. The perpetrators killed Alwan for working with pro-Western forces in Iraq.
10/21/1970: Snipers positioned in and around the Pyramid Court Housing Project, armed with automatic weapons, fired on police headquarters in Cairo, Illinois, United States.  Police fired back in an exchanged that last three hours.  There were no casualties but the police station was hit by hundreds of bullets.
10/21/1979: Joseph Paul Franklin was suspected of shooting Jesse Eugene Taylor, an African American, and his White girlfriend Marian Lisa Bressette outside of a supermarket in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.  Both Taylor and Bressette died from their injuries.
10/21/1986: A group calling itself the Revolutionary Justice Organization released a statement claiming responsibility for the abduction of Edward Tracy, an American writer living in Beirut, Lebanon.  The statement made no ransom demand but accused Tracy of being a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).  Tracy was released on August 10, 1991, almost five years after he was kidnapped.
10/21/1998: Dr. Carlos Hemarino, Municipal Councilor of Gitlahan, Zamboanga del Sur was kidnapped in Mindanao, Philippines. His fate was unknown. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front's Lost Command was believed responsible for this attack.
10/21/1998: Six officials from the Office of the Prosecutor General were kidnapped and another 13 reported missing when the National Liberation Army (NLA) intercepted a judicial commission convoy on a highway between Barrancaseca and La Secretain in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range in Colombia. On October 23, 1998, the Red Cross found 8 of the 19 members alive in a nearby forest. The fate of the remaining victims was not disclosed.
10/21/1999: Ahmet Taner Kislali, a prominent, pro-secular Turkish professor, former public figure and columnist for the leftist daily, Cumhuriyet (Republic), was killed when a bomb left on his car exploded in front of his home in the Cayyolu suburb of Ankara, Turkey. Kislali initially lost his left arm when the bomb exploded as he tried to remove the plastic bag holding the device from the windshield of his car. He died before arriving at the hospital. Kislali served both as Culture Minister and a member of Parliament in the 1970s. The Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front (IBDA-C) claimed responsibility for the incident, which was carried out because the Professor often used his column to criticize Islamic fundamentalism. Two suspects were apprehended, but specific information on them was not disclosed in reports.
10/21/1999: At approximately 3:30am local time, a bomb attack damaged the building housing the town hall and the tax office in Corte, Corsica, France. The explosion tore off the door of the building and caused serious damage to the stairwell, but no casualties. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/21/1999: In Gnjilane, Kosovo, a bomb was thrown into the yard of the house owned by Dobrivoje Metodijevic. The victim was in the house at the time of the attack, but details were not disclosed regarding the consequences of the attack.
10/21/1999: Roberto Julio Torres, a reporter for a radio station and an editor for the daily newspaper Meridiano of Sincelejo, was abducted by five assailants from his home in San Onofre, Colombia.  Torres was killed.  Torres had been anonymously threatened in the past through pamphlets claiming he was linked to the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN).   There are alternate theories concerning his death and debts he had incurred.
10/21/2000: An estate agency was completely destroyed after perpetrators ignited a gas canister near the location in Cambo-les-Bains, France. French police believed Iparretarrak, the French Basque underground movement, was responsible for the attack. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.
10/21/2000: Animal rights activists were blamed for planting a car bomb under a vehicle belonging to hunter in Nutley, East Sussex County, England. The hunter noticed the bomb and notified the authorities to remove the device prior to its explosion. This is one of two bomb incidents targeting hunters that occurred in South East England on 10/21/2000. The previous bomb destroyed a vehicle in South Nutfield, Surrey County, five hours earlier.
10/21/2000: Animal rights activists were blamed for planting a car bomb under a vehicle belonging to hunter in South Nutfield, Surrey County, England. No casualties resulted from the incident but the hunter's vehicle was destroyed in the explosion. This is one of two bomb incidents targeting hunters that occurred in South East England on 10/21/2000. The latter bomb was discovered and removed prior to detonation in Nutley, East Sussex County, five hours after this incident.
10/21/2000: Basque police deactivated a bomb thought to have been placed by the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) in Mondragon, Spain.
10/21/2000: The Mujahidin-e-Khalq fired mortars at the International Trade Fair in Tehran. No causalities resulted in the incident.
10/21/2000: The pack mule loaded with plastic explosives was sent off in the direction of a border security force post in Lapri village, in Udhampur district, India. Two Indian soldiers were killed and four seriously injured in the incident. Unknown Muslim militants were reported responsible for the attack.
10/21/2000: Three Russian policemen were killed after Chechen rebels ambushed them in eastern Chechnya, near Dubovskaya.
10/21/2001: A bomb hidden in a hot dog cart exploded outside of an apartment building in Penol, Antioquia Department, Colombia.  Five people were killed and another two were injured in the explosion; a good portion of the building was also destroyed.  The specific target is unknown; however, there were several police families living in the building.  Authorities believe that the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) is responsible for the incident.
10/21/2001: Two young girls were injured in a blast bomb explosion in North Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.  No group has claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities believe that the device was thrown from the loyalist side towards the nationalist side.  They believe the attack was sectarian.
10/21/2002: Sali Tiron, a Batuan village chairman was shot and killed in Ormoc City, Philippines by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA).
10/21/2002: Suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) rebels kidnapped a Taiwanese merchant and his Filipino aide from his hardware store in Bongao, Philippines. The outcome of this kidnapping was not reported.
10/21/2002: Suspected members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed a passenger bus This incident occurred on a road in between Kampala and Gulu, Uganda. Four civilians were wounded.
10/21/2003: A grenade was thrown at a bus stand in Kulgam, India.  Fourteen people were wounded in the explosion.  No claim of responsibility was made in the attack.
10/21/2004: A bomb exploded at a police station in Aleria, Corsica, France. There were no injuries or fatalities and the perpetrators were unknown.
10/21/2004: In Iraq, a roadside bomb killed four Iraqis overnight on a road in the Latifiyah area, south of Baghdad. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/21/2005: Suspected Islamic insurgents shot and killed a Muslim volunteer security guard who worked at a school in Ban Kamang, Thailand. The perpetrators fired at the victim as he was riding to work on his motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2005: Unidentified perpetrators bombed the Traders Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. The bomb caused minor damage, but did not result in any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/21/2006: A school in the Gomal (District) of Paktika Province, Afghanistan was set on fire by suspected Taliban militants. A portion of the middle school burned, but the remainder was saved by local villagers dousing the flames. Several schools were attacked by militants in Paktika Province in 2006. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/21/2006: A suicide bomber boarded a bus filled with holiday shoppers departing the Shorja, Baghdad, Iraq, marketplace and detonated his explosive device. Four people were killed and another 15 were injured. The victims were mainly Shi i and included women and children. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/21/2006: Eight Afghan laborers traveling home from work at a US military base were killed by militants in an ambush. The attack, which took place in the Korangal area of Konar Province, Afghanistan, resulted in the eight men being robbed of about $6,000 and then shot execution-style. Two men escaped the attack. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2006: Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh's convoy was attacked by gunfire as it passed through the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. No one was injured, but one vehicle caught fire after its passengers had escaped. HAMAS blamed Fatah militants for the attack, but Fatah denied involvement. Motivations for the attack were unclear; HAMAS officials stated it was not an assassination attempt, but the result of familial retaliation by al-Fatah forces against HAMAS paramilitary forces.
10/21/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, ambushed members of the Jijel National Gendarmerie in their vehicle in Zaana, Algeria.  Three gendarmes were shot and killed.  The assailants subsequently stole the victim's Kalashnikovs before fleeing into the mountains.
10/21/2007: In the Suuqa Xoolaha neighborhood of Mogadishu, Somalia, assailants armed with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and firearms attacked an Ethiopian military convoy.  A heavy gun battle ensued resulting in the death of six civillans and three soldiers.  Several other soldiers were wounded and several vehicles sustained damages,  The Mujahideen Youth Movement (MYM) claimed responsibility.
10/21/2007: One Afghan civilian was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in a music shop in eastern Afghanistan.
10/21/2007: One former Iraqi Army officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/21/2007: One Iraqi civilian cement factory employee was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms as he headed to work in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/21/2007: Seventeen Turkish civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted by an unknown number of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) perpetrators, detonated adjacent to a minibus on a road in Daglica, Hakkari Province, Turkey.
10/21/2007: Two Iraqi civilian males were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle in the evening on a roadside in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/21/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers, including a chief of a police center, were killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their patrol in the morning east of Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, Taliban militants detonated a land mine in Khayr Kot district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Authorities reported that the land mine blast killed one civilian. Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed claimed responsibility for the incident over the telephone saying that the blast destroyed the vehicle of a security commander and wounded several policemen.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device on the Sharan-Janikhel Highway in the Kotwal area of Sharan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. The roadside bombing attack killed one civilian, injured two policemen and caused an unknown amount of damage to the vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday early in the morning, suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels set fire to the Turkish embassy in Helsinki, Helsinki province, Finland, throwing several Molotov cocktails at the embassy door. The arson attack injured one person from smoke inhalation and damaged the embassy door before the fire was quickly put. Police speculated that the arson attack was carried out for political reasons. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday morning at 1100, unknown assailants hurled several hand grenades at a hotel on the town square of Tarin Kot district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The grenade attack injured 12 civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the hotel. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday night at 0022, in Chesht-e Sharif, Herat, Afghanistan, armed assailants abducted four security guards from the Salma Dam security post. Assailants then set fire to the post. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday night, militants detonated a roadside bomb containing five kilos of TNT on the route of a traffic police patrol in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. Two policemen were injured from the bombing, but no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday night, militants using firearms attacked the car of the Dagestani deputy minister for sport, Budun Budunov, in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. There was no claim of responsibility made for the armed attack. There were no reported casualties.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday, a live Chinese grenade was recovered and defused at Manglogi in the Ramban district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. No group claimed responsibility for the bomb.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday, an explosion killed five Interior Ministry officers and wounded nine in Sergokalinskiy District, Dagestan province, Russia. The bombing was suspected to be carried out by militants but no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday, in Bodhanelli village in Charla mandal in the Khammam district, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist militants abducted a tribal leader and sarpanch of Kurnavelli gram panchayat, Kaniti Narsaiha. Maoists had tried to abduct another tribal leader as well but he managed to escape. Narsaiha was released on 10/22/2008. No casualties, damage, or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday, militants attacked Interior Ministry officers in an armed attack using firearms in Sergokalinskiy District, Dagestan, Russia. No casualties were reported from the attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday, the press secretary of the Swat chapter of the Tanzim-i-Nifaz-e-Sharaiah Muhammadi, Haji Khalid, was shot dead in Qamber, Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2008: On Tuesday, unknown individuals planted an improvised explosive device at the home of Hamas Izz Al Din Al Qassam Brigades leader Amjad Abu An Naja in the Ma’in neighborhood of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, but were intercepted by Al Qassam gunmen before they could successfully carry out the attack. The attackers planned to detonate the bomb by using a cell phone. The Al Qassam spokesperson accused "fifth columnists" of attempting to fan the flames of the intra-Palestinian rivalry in order to throw off the Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation effort. No one claimed responsibility for the attempt. There were no reported casualties.
10/21/2009: A bomb was discovered in the business district of Setif city, Setif province, Algeria.  Security forces successfully defused the explosive device.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday afternoon in the al-Khadraa neighborhood in Kirkuk city, Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb was detonated near a civilian car killing a cameraman working for the al-Rasheed television, and injuring a journalist with the al-Baghdadiyah channel. No group has claimed responsibility and It is unknown if the target of the blast were the journalists.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday evening, 15 people were injured when unidentified attackers threw a bomb at the car of a Bangladesh politician, Fazle Noor Tapas. Tapas, a member of parliament from the Awami League party of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, escaped unhurt in the attack in central Dhaka. The bomb hit the car as Tapas was getting into it. Police said eight people were taken to hospital. Police said they were trying to determine the type of the bomb and the motive behind the attack. Police and intelligence officials say the militants, mostly from two outlawed Islamist gangs, are trying to regroup and may launch fresh attacks. Earlier they targeted lawyers, judges, police and others. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday evening, an improvised explosive device attached to a bus went off in the Albu Ulwan region of Mahawil district, Babel, Iraq. The blast killed two women and injured another twelve people, including children. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday in al-Jameaa neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one water department employee. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday morning source details that three civilians were wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the Khao Toom area of Yarang in Thailand’s Yala province. They were in a pickup heading for a business in nearby tambon Khao Toom area when they were attacked by gunmen hiding in roadside rubber forest. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday morning, around 1100, in the village of Kor al-Madinah, near Wau, Western Bahr al-Ghazal, Sudan, militants attacked with unknown firearms, a refugee camp for Darfur displaced persons, killing five people including three police, injuring several others and kidnapping around 21 people. No motive for the attack was reported and no additional information concerning the hostages was available. No group has claimed responsibility, but the group Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is thought to be responsible.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a market, wounding six people and damaging the market and several nearby shops and buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday night at 0100, in the village of Anticala, Butuan, Butuan, Philippines, seven armed gunmen kidnapped seven Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) forest rangers from a checkpoint. Police identified the seven as Gabriel Arlan, Teofredo Pujadas, Rito Espinido, Efren Sabuero, Emiliano Gatillo Jr., R.A. Clar and E.A. Abogatal. On 10/22/2009, assailants released two of the hostages. On 10/25/2009, assailants released the remaining five hostages. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday night at 0230, over 100 Maoists blew up a state-run primary school building in the Gerua village under the Belhar police station in the Banka district of India's Bihar state. The Maoists used dynamite for the explosion, causing the roofs of the three-room school to cave in. The school's furniture was also badly damaged. The district administration had earlier planned to set up a police post at the school. No casualties were reported in the attack but the school was destroyed.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday night at about 0200, a group of Maoists fired upon and killed Umesh Mali, head of the naxal outfit ‘Sastra People’s Morcha’ (SPM); Umesh Singh Bhokta, a local leader of the Lok Jan Shakti Party, and Ranjit Rajjak. Six others were critically injured, including a police driver, in the attack. The attack occurred near the Rajpur Middle School as they were watching a cultural program in the Chatra district. The CPI (Maoist) is engaged in a turf war against the SPM, the Jharkhand Prastuti Samiti and the Tritiya Prastuti Samiti. Communist Party of India (Maoists) were believed to be the perpetrators.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday night, 46-year-old former member of the Rangae district council was shot dead in Rangae, Narathiwat, Thailand. No Group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday night, in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia, a group of about fifteen assailants, armed with riffles and swords, raided employees of PT Agung Karya who were conducting repair work on a bridge in the Kalome area in Tingginambut district. The assailants shot and stabbed Thamrin, a construction worker, who died instantly. Besides killing Thamrin, the attackers also stabbed another worker, Epiles, in the ear. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday, a local village official and member of the All India United Democratic Front, Muzaffar Ali, was shot dead from close range with a revolver by four unidentified militants in the Bamuntary area of Barpeta, Assam, India. One of the militants Kader Ali, was captured on the spot and handed over to the Police. No group claims responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday, a woman, was killed and two men, wounded in an ambush by suspected insurgents in Muang, Yala, Thailand. The three were among ten villagers travelling in a pickup truck to work yesterday in Muang district. The vehicle was attacked by armed men hiding in a forest as it neared a bridge in Ban Limanipis. Nit Tinchana, 45, was killed while Chop Jandi and Pian Boonprom were taken to Yala General Hospital for their injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday, between Senaki, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia and Poti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, assailants detonated an explosive device believed to be made from TNT, damaging 100 yards of track and overturned 16 tanker cars but caused no casualties. The motive for the attack was to disrupt transportation on the railroad line. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but rebels from Abkhazia were thought to be responsible.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Mushakai, Qarehbagh, Ghazni, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting civilians, killing three civilians and wounding five others. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Rangae, Narathiwat, Thailand, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed a 54 year old Muslim civilian, who was believed to be a military informant, as he returned home from the market. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/21/2009: On Wednesday, unidentified militants on a motorcycle shot and wounded a senior member of the "pro-talks" faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) at a crowded market in Udalguri, Assam, India. No group claims responsibility.
10/21/2010: On Thursday morning shortly before 1000, on a highway just outside Matalam in North Cotabato, Philippines, a bomb, hidden in a bag placed inside an overhead compartment, exploded in a passenger bus filled with over 50 passengers. Ten were killed and 30 were injured. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected the al-Khobar extortion gang was responsible as the bus company had been targeted for extortion in the past. Five suspects identified as Piko Tnagkulo, Ibrahim Alimanan, alias Siang Ulama, Alex Samal, Yazer Talusiog and Abdulh AlibTalusog, were arrested in connection with the attack, which caused an unknown amount of property damage.
10/21/2010: On Thursday night, in one of two related attacks, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) cadres abducted GovardhanYadav from Chando village and Mohamed Kaiser from Jaigir village, Gaya, Bihar, India. On 10/22/2010, the body of GovardhanYadav was recovered by police from the Gobaria forest at Barachatti, Gaya. The status of Mohamed Kaiser is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that CPI-Maoists were responsible.
10/21/2010: On Thursday night, in one of two related attacks, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) cadres abducted Mohamed Kaiser from Jaigir village and GovardhanYadav from Chando village, Gaya, Bihar, India. The status of Mohamed Kaiser is unknown. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that CPI-Maoists were responsible.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, at the Al-Wathaq Square, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle, wounding two passengers and two other civilians nearby. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in Al Muqdadiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a convoy of Iranian pilgrims, wounding three Iraqi guards and seven pilgrims, including two women and five men. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the convoy and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in Baksan, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, an unidentified militant detonated a grenade in the Gubzh cafe on Kremenchugska Street. No one was injured in the attack and an unknown amount of property damage was caused. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in Garma (Al Karmah), Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of Amer Lahij, a leader of an Awakening Council group, killing Lahij and wounding his wife. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle and no group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in Karabudakhkentsky district, Dagestan, Russia, unknown gunmen attacked the car being driven by Karubadakhkentsky District assembly deputy Mingazhutdin Nurudinov. The attack took place on the Karabudakhkentsky to Kakazhura highway, and the official was not hurt in the attack. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in Pol-e Alam, Lowgar, Afghanistan, a girls’ high school was blown up by suspected Taliban militants. A school caretaker was attacked and wounded by the militants after they had detonated the explosives. No other casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in the Doaba area of Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a former district president of the Awami National Party (ANP), Khogh Badshah, was shot and killed along with his bodyguard during an attack by unidentified militants. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2010: On Thursday, in the Gustavo Restropo barrio of southern Bogota, Capital District, Colombia, the Metropolitan Police of Bogota found a Chevrolet Cavalier vehicle loaded with 10 kilograms of pentolite explosives, 400 grams of Ammonium and two detonators along with some maps of the city. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Antonio Nariño Urban Network intended to detonate the explosives during the passage of an official motorcade of government officials.
10/21/2011: On Friday morning, in an unspecified location in Papua, Indonesia, unknown gunmen ambushed a mine. During the attack three civilians were killed and one seriously wounded. No damages were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/21/2011: On Friday, in Ad Dujayl, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a Shi'ite Mosque under construction was damaged when explosives planted inside were detonated. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2011: On Friday, in Afmadow, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, militants executed by unknown means two Somali men that had been accused of spying for the Kenyan and Somali governments against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released to reporters.
10/21/2011: On Friday, in the Minzari Chinaa area of the Mohmand Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, two people were killed and three people were injured when 45 militants fired rockets and threw several grenades at the home of a local anti-Taliban tribal elder, Malik Noor Mohammed. The anti-Taliban tribal elder was not home at the time of the attack. No group has claimed responsibility, but the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group was thought responsible for the attack.
10/21/2012: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attacked the French-Syrian Hospital in the Sarian district of Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Several people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: An explosive device detonated at a market in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a Joint Task Force (JTF) patrol vehicle on Gashua Road in the Yindiski area of Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/21/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a Narathiwat Task Force patrol in Bare Tai township, Bacho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Three Thai soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in the area on the same day; the second attack targeted the security that was responding to the first. No group claimed responsibility for the related incidents.
10/21/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near an Ethiopian military convoy and civilians in Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/21/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police station in the predominantly Christian area of Bab Tuma borough, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least 13 people were killed and another 29 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: Approximately 60 assailants attacked a military outpost in Calabcab village, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. Two assailants were killed, and nine people, including seven Filipino soldiers, were injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2012: Assailants abducted Deme Ikolomo, the Bayelsa state chair for the Change Advocacy Party (CAP), from his residence in Yenagoa town, Rivers state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: Assailants abducted four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Paktika province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an ANA official attributed it to the Taliban.
10/21/2012: Assailants armed with grenades attacked Somali government forces at the regional headquarters in Kismayo town, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: Assailants attacked Gumpha Kadraka on Bandhugaon-Rayagada Road near Nilabadi in Koraput district, Odisha state, India. Kadraka, a tribal civilian, was killed in the assault. According to letters found at the scene of the killing, Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they attacked Kadraka because they believed that he was a police informant.
10/21/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device, targeting a team of Thai soldiers near Ban Chuwo, Bare Tai township, Bacho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One soldier was killed and another five injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in the area on the same day; this second attack targeted the security team that was responding to the first. No group claimed responsibility for the related incidents.
10/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police post in Barkin Ladi area, Heipang village, Plateau state, Nigeria. At least one police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on Haji Abdul Samad at a mosque in the Lakarai area of Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Samad, an Afghan tribal elder and the father of the Provincial Peace Council's chair, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on Mohamed Mohamud Turyare near a mosque in Wadajir district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Turyare, a journalist for Radio Shabelle, died from his injuries on October 29, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on soldiers during a peace and development operation in Gandara municipality, Samar province, Philippines. Four soldiers were killed and another two individuals injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2012: Assailants set fire to a school in Van province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties; however, the school building was severely damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/21/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Soiraisam Binarani in the Thangmeiband area of Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. Binarani, the municipal commissioner, was unharmed, as the grenade failed to detonate and was subsequently defused by police officials. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2012: Four assailants on two motorcycles opened fire on Preecha Samaimai while he was traveling in his pickup truck in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Samaimai, a sergeant and an instructor at the Ban La-o Border Patrol Police (BPP) School, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed it to separatists.
10/21/2012: Several explosive devices were discovered at Gombe State University (GSU) in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties as police officials safely detonated the devices. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: A Jaffar Express train struck an explosive device on the tracks in Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The blast derailed the train and at least six people were killed and 18 others were wounded. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/21/2013: A landmine detonated targeting a Philippine Army 38th Infantry Battalion convoy in Tulunan town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Following the explosion, approximately 50 assailants opened fire on the soldiers. At least eight soldiers were killed and at least one other was injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in the area on the same day. The second incident occurred as military personnel were responding to this first attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, military officials attributed them to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2013: A landmine detonated targeting soldiers in Luna Norte town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. At least one soldier was killed and at least four others were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in the area on the same day. This blast occurred as military personnel were responding to a previous incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, military officials attributed them to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2013: A magnetic bomb attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an Afghan police vehicle in the Karu area of Dushi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and another four were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/21/2013: A rocket fired from Syria struck a Lebanese Army barracks in Mansoureh, Bekaa governorate, Lebanon. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: A sniper opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one Sahwa member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: A sniper opened fire on an Iraqi Armed Forces checkpoint in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to drive into a police station in Mandali town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Police officers opened fire on the assailant, killing him before he could detonated the explosives. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed it to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
10/21/2013: A suicide bomber, identified as Naida Asiyalova, detonated an explosive device on a city bus near Volgograd city, Volgograd oblast, Russia. In addition to the assailant at least five people were killed and at least 20 others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: An Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Shivan area of Bala Buluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Six ANA soldiers were killed in the resulting blast blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/21/2013: An explosive device detonated as a Yemen military vehicle was passing by in Fuwwah city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Four Special Security Forces soldiers were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants attacked a Levies police station in the Dasht Khadan area of Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, at least two of Levies officials were kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the incident and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
10/21/2013: Assailants attacked a military base in Fortul municipality, Arauca department, Colombia. No casualties or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Ataq city, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources speculated that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) may have been involved.
10/21/2013: Assailants attacked an oil operation at the Yarumal 44 well in Arauca department, Colombia. An energy substation was also impacted in the attack, although specific information about damages is not available. This was one of three similar attacks against utilities in Arauca on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants attacked the Cano Limon Covenas oil pipeline in Arauca department, Colombia. This was one of two attacks on two different stretches of the same pipeline, and one of three similar attacks in Arauca on this day. No oil spills were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants based in an unknown location in Afghanistan fired on civilians across the border in Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants fired a mortar shell at a military patrol in Datu Unsay municipality, Maguindanao province, Philippines. At least three soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/21/2013: Assailants fired mortar shells at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in the Kohna Qala area of Seyah Gard district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Two ANA soldiers were killed and another eight were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, government officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/21/2013: Assailants opened fire on Ahmad Salim Al-Sakani's vehicle in Amran district, Amran governorate, Yemen. Al-Sakani, a member of the General People's Congress (GPC), was unhurt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants opened fire on Lalu Pradhan in the Tetar More area near Gudma village, India. Pradhan, a former member of an anti-Maoist activist group, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants opened fire on residents in Kawuri village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of two similar attacks on villages in the area; at least ten people, including three members of the Joint Task Force (JTF), were killed across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed them to Boko Haram.
10/21/2013: Assailants opened fire on residents in Konduga village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of two similar attacks on villages in the area; at least ten people, including three members of the Joint Task Force (JTF), were killed across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed them to Boko Haram.
10/21/2013: Assailants planted four explosive devices at a Sahwa Council leader's residence in Siniyah town, Iraq. Five of the leader's family members were injured and the house was destroyed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at the Additional Superintendent of Police's residence in Bogra town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. This was one of two attacks targeting police officials in the town on the same night. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks; however, police officials attributed them to Jamaat-Shibir.
10/21/2013: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at the Superintendent of Police's residence in Bogra town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. This was one of two attacks targeting police officials in the town on the same night. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks; however, police officials attributed them to Jamaat-Shibir.
10/21/2013: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a Muslim prayer house in Volgograd city, Volgograd oblast, Russia. The prayer house caught on fire, causing damage to the building, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/21/2013: Gunmen abducted Glenn Arreola from an oil palm plantation in Gambudes village, Arakan municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Arreola, a former Army sergeant and the plantation's security guard, was later executed in front of village residents. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2013: Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers found an explosive device along the Israel-Gaza border in Kissufim village, Southern district, Israel. The device was succesfully defused, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2013: Two assailants shot and killed a soldier in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2013: Two suicide bombers detonated at police headquarters in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The bombings were followed by gunfire, mortar rounds, and grenade attacks. In addition to the bombers, at least two police officers were killed and at least four more people, including civilians, were injured in the attack. The assailants also barricaded themselves in a nearby electricity department building, temporarily taking four people hostage. The hostages were freed a number of hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/21/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated behind a police post in Chaman-i-Hazuri neighborhood, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) bus in Agha Ali Shams area, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Four soldiers were killed in the blast, and six soldiers and six civilians were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a member of a village defense committee in Batmali area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The committee member was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: A sniper opened fire on a security checkpoint in Zayunah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. A police officer was killed and a civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: An assailant threw a grenade at a police booth in Ruseo district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no injuries in the attack, as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: An explosive device detonated at a market in Abu Disheer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/21/2014: An explosive device detonated at a restaurant in central Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were killed and 12 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/21/2014: An explosive device detonated near Shalal Market in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: An explosive device detonated on a commercial street in Madain town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/21/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy in Aalam Godar area, Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: An explosive device planted near a bridge was discovered and defused in Chittarpur city, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/21/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a police patrol in Talibiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/21/2014: Assailants abducted at least 63 people from an unknown location in the center of Central African Republic. The hostages were rescued on October 29, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a United Nations (UN) spokesperson attributed the attack to Seleka militants. In addition, the hostages themselves attributed the attack to an anti-balaka militia.
10/21/2014: Assailants ambushed soldiers near Damboa town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least one soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked a Jubaland Forces (JF) base in Luglow area, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Five assailants were killed and several were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked a prison in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) aid supply convoy traveling to War-dagaal village, Hiiraan Region, Somalia. Seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, military sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked civilians at the entrance to Udayn town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. One person was killed and one was wounded in the attack. This was one of two attacks in Udayn by the same group on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Bakun Allu village, Nassarawa state, Nigeria. This was one of two attacks on villages in the area on the same night. At least 21 people were killed and 40 houses were set on fire in both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Kampany village, Nassarawa state, Nigeria. This was one of two attacks on villages in the area on the same night. At least 21 people were killed and 40 houses were set on fire in both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Pelachiroma community, Borno state, Nigeria. At least four people were killed and churches and houses were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked Territorial Army (TA) Eco-Task Force personnel in Kokrajhar district, Assam state, India. There were no reported casualties in the incident, but rifles were stolen. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
10/21/2014: Assailants attacked the airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. This was one of two attacks on the airport on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device on a railway track in Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/21/2014: Assailants fired rockets into Kikla city, Jabal Al Gharbi district, Libya. At least one civilian was killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Sawaiq Brigade and Al-Qaqa Brigade.
10/21/2014: Assailants in Afghanistan fired mortars into Babra village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A local militia leader, Sher Ali Khan, was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local residents attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/21/2014: Assailants kidnapped 20 military and police officers in Qayyarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The captives were executed on October 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a humanitarian aid truck near Ceel Wareegow, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The driver of the truck was killed and another person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker in Baldia Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The individual, Hanif Mohammeda, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Somali National Army (SNA) official in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The official was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle in Wadi al-Dur town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Armed Forces of Libya battalion headquarters in Qarnada neighborhood, Shahat city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Yamale town, Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic. This was one of two attacks on Yamale by the same assailants over a period of two days. At least 30 people were killed and dozens were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to Fulani militants and Seleka.
10/21/2014: Assailants set fire to two vehicles outside of a gas station in Udayn town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks in Udayn by the same group on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/21/2014: Assailants shelled a military checkpoint in Radaa town, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. Four soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis.
10/21/2014: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Liaquatabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: Assailants stoned a civilian to death in Dharuuro area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the civilian was killed because he had raped a woman three days earlier. The group also stated that this act demonstrated their ability to enforce Islamic law in areas it controls.
10/21/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2014: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated near Habaybnah restaurant in Talibiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were killed and 40 people were injured in the blasts. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/21/2014: Two mortar shells struck the Green Zone, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were targeting the United States embassy.
10/21/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden motorcycle and three other suicide bombers armed with firearms attacked an Afghan Border Police (ABP) compound in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the four assailants, two police officers were killed and two officers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: An assailant attempted to carry out an attack outside the Central Bus Station on Yermiyahu Street in Jerusalem city, Jerusalem district, Israel. The assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: An assailant rammed a vehicle into an Israeli Border Police checkpoint near Ofra settlement, West Bank. At least one police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/21/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in West Bank. The assailant was killed and the soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier near Binyamin, West Bank. The assailants was killed and the soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/21/2015: An explosive detonated as security forces attempted to defuse it near Marinka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Donetsk People's Republic was involved.
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated at a garage in Khokpho subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated at the front gate of the residence of Karam Thamarjit Singh in Kiyamgei village, Manipur state, India. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the residence. Singh, a Member of Legislative Assembly, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of the residence of a Royal Thai Police officer in Khokpho subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 13 related bombings in Khokpho district between the evening of October 20, 2015 and the morning of October 21, 2015. At least four people were injured across the 12 attacks where devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Buddhist Temple and a Shan Literature and Culture Association office in Mongshu town, Shan state, Myanmar. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Shan State Army - North (SSA-N).
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Central Security Forces (CSF) convoy in Masaeed, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least three police officers were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Shuala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting National Uprising Movement (NUM) members in Khamiyab district, Jawzan province, Afghanistan. Five uprising members were killed and seven members were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near government buildings and a hospital on Sermet Street in Semdinli district, Hakkari province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/21/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) supply convoy on the Faryab-Jawzjan highway in Shikhha area, Dawlatabad district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One soldier and five assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: Assailants attempted to set fire to planned refugee housing in Upplands Vasby, Stockholm county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: Assailants fired a mortar at a civilian residence in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least three children were killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Daboua neighborhood, Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of two projectile attacks in different neighborhoods of Taizz on the same day. At least 14 people were killed and 70 others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
10/21/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Tahrir neighborhood, Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of two projectile attacks in different neighborhoods of Taizz on the same day. At least 14 people were killed and 70 others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a journalists' convoy near Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Three people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Philippine Army (PA) soldier traveling with two civilians in Limbocandis village, Sumisip district, Basilan province, Philippines. The soldier was killed and an unknown number of assailants were killed or wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on Alawari Ogili in Yenegoa, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Ogili, the Land of Peace Ministry pastor, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) officers in Sandah village, Patikul district, Sulu province, Philippines. At least one civilian was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilian vehicles and set fire to buildings in Jingalta village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on Philippine Army (PA) soldiers in Tinago, Juban district, Sorsogon province, Philippines. An explosive devices also detonated during the assault. At least three assailants were killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Doulo village, Mayo-Sava district, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. At least eight people were killed and nine others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in KatanKa village, Taraba state, Nigeria. At least five people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/21/2015: Assailants set fire to a civilian vehicle on Islandarragh Road in Capecastle, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: Assailants set fire to five pieces of construction equipment from Alsons Construction in Gumalang village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two incidents targeting construction sites in Davao del Sur overnight. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/21/2015: Assailants set fire to planned refugee housing outside of Perstorp, Skane county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: Assailants threw rocks at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) vehicle in Bayt Umar town, West Bank. As the soldiers exited their vehicle to investigate, another assailant ran them over in a vehicle. At least five people, four soldiers and one assailant, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailants as Palestinian extremists.
10/21/2015: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers opened fire on an assailant who was attempting to carry out a knife attack in Yitzhar settlement, West Bank. The assailant was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle and a number of explosives devices in Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2015: Security forces identified and opened fire on suicide bombers attempting to target a Niger Armed Forces base in Diffa province, Niger. At least one bomber detonated, killing at least six people, including two soldiers and four assailants, and injuring three other soldiers. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/21/2015: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused underneath a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) power tower in Tacupan neighborhood, Carmen city, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2015: Two assailants stabbed an Israeli civilian in Beit Shemesh city, Jerusalem district, Israel. At least one assailant was killed and two other people, the civilian and the second assailant, were injured in the ensuing clash. Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2016: An explosive device detonated at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Sihah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a produce market in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Shuala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least two police officers were killed and one officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Husseinia area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: Assailants abducted 284 civilians in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. All of the hostages were shot and killed in three waves at the Agricultural Facility in Mosul on October 22, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/21/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers raided an unknown number of buildings, including police stations, mosques, government buildings, and civilian homes, in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Security forces responded, leading to two days of clashes that continued until October 23, 2016. At least 34 people and 48 assailants were killed and 100 people were injured in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents and one captured assailant later admitted the attack was designed to draw attention away from the Mosul offensive.
10/21/2016: Assailants assaulted construction workers and set fire to construction equipment in Banchatra, Jharkhand, India. Two construction workers were injured in the attack. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked Hajjah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Leer, Unity, South Sudan. At least 21 assailants and two soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked National Uprising Movement (NUM) checkpoints in Shibirghan, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. At least six assailants were killed and 17 people, including two NUM members and 15 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked Shabwah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants attacked Taizz governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants equipped with chlorine gas and two explosives-laden vehicles raided Hatar, Nineveh, Iraq. It is unknown if the attack resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/21/2016: Assailants executed three people by firing squad in Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of being spies.
10/21/2016: Assailants fired projectiles and snipers opened fire targeting Hurrath, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants fired projectiles and snipers opened fire targeting Najran, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants fired projectiles and snipers opened fire targeting Samtah, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on a convoy in Barue district, Manica, Mozambique. One person was killed and one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on an ambulance in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. Two Palestinian civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on police personnel who attempted to stop their vehicle in Stalskoye, Dagestan, Russia. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of a county commissioner in Nyamini, Central Equatoria, South Sudan. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
10/21/2016: Assailants set fire to an asylum center in Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a hydroelectric power plant in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related attacks targeting the power plant overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Maute Group may have carried out the attacks.
10/21/2016: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at a primary school in Ipekyolu district, Van, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/21/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Kondagaon district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/21/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle near an auto showroom in Habibiya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated at the house of Sheikh 'Adnan al-Bazi, a volunteer fighter leader, in Mutasim, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailants, three people were killed and 15 people, including al-Bazi, were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2016: Two suicide bombers raided a Sunir Company power plant in Dibis, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least 16 people, including several Iranian technicians, were executed before security forces killed the assailants. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/21/2017: A landmine detonated targeting personnel responsible for eradicating illegal crops in El Retorno, Guaviare, Colombia. Two eradicators were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents.
10/21/2017: A suicide bomber armed with an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a military academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 15 cadets were killed and four people were injured in the attack. The Taliban and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State each separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on a police officer in Salto Gloria, Guaviare, Colombia. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents.
10/21/2017: An explosive device detonated at a school in Kurufi, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq. Two people were killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Daranan Choongi neighborhood, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: Assailants abducted 70 people in Qaryatayn, Homs, Syria. At least 26 hostages escaped on October 23, 2017 while the fate of the remaining victims is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/21/2017: Assailants abducted former village chief Hadji Bohong from Basilan, Philippines. The body of the hostage was found on October 22, 2017 in Sumisip. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/21/2017: Assailants abducted three women in Maggar, Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/21/2017: Assailants abducted two people in Lahidi, Odisha, India. One hostage, identified as Mohan Majhi, was killed later the same day, and the fate of the remaining hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists and stated that the victims were accused of being police informants.
10/21/2017: Assailants ambushed gendarmes in Ayorou, Tillaberi, Niger. At least 13 officers were killed and five were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).
10/21/2017: Assailants attacked a quarry in Bonbon, Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to the targeted construction company's activities, which harmed the environment. Sources also suspected that the attack was in response to the company's failure to make an extortion payment.
10/21/2017: Assailants attacked the residence of Mohammad Ashraf Shah, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zonal president, in Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: Assailants detonated and explosive device and opened fire on a military truck in Jamundi district, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. One soldier was killed and four solders were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents.
10/21/2017: Assailants fired a rocket that landed near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base in Sash Darak, Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related missile attacks in the city on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/21/2017: Assailants fired a rocket that landed near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base in Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related missile attacks in the city on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces checkpost in Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on a refugee camp in Sidi Al-Saeh, Jafara, Libya. At least one woman was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kani Brigade.
10/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle between Bodhei and Ijara, Garissa, Kenya. Five civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab carried out the attack.
10/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on Changez Buledi in Minaz, Buleda subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. Buledi, the Buleda Municipal Committee Chairperson, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on two Freeport mining cars in Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua, Indonesia. One person was wounded in the attack. The Free Papua Movement (OPM-Organisasi Papua Merdeka) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was intended to disrupt operations at the Freeport Grasberg mine and revive the group's independence negotiations.
10/21/2017: Assailants raided the residence of Assistant Sub-Inspector Ghulam Ahmad Bhat in Batagund, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: Assailants raided the residence of Fayaz Ahmad Mir in Wachi, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Mir, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: Assailants raided the residence of Ishfaq Ahmad, a Territorial Army member, in Zasoo Tahab, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: Assailants, armed with rocket propelled grenades and missiles, opened fire on a police convoy along the Al-Wahat Al-Baharia road in Giza, Egypt. In addition to an unknown number of assailants, at least 16 police officers were killed and 13 others were injured while one officer was reported missing in the attack. Ansar al-Islam (Egypt) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/21/2017: Assailants, including a suicide bomber, attacked volunteer fighters in northern Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack, killing an assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/1973: White female psychology student, Ellen Linder (this name is a pseudonym given to the victim so as to conceal her identity due to the nature of the incident) was walking down Market Street in San Francisco, California, in the United States, on her way home from a church meeting, when she noticed a black man following her.  As she sped up and reached her front door about to enter, the man approached her with a gun, forced her into a nearby dark parking lot, and raped her in the dirt area behind the bushes. During the incident, he told Linder that racism and oppression of black people needed to stop, and he threatened to kill her and told her that others would also be killed.   Then, he walked Linder home to make sure she would not call the police, and after talking more in her apartment, her raped her a second time in her bedroom. Linder survived and was eventually able to recover from the ordeal. The perpetrator was later identified as Jesse Lee Cooks, one of the eight men who came to be known as the Zebra killers, and this was the second of 20 attacks (with 23 victims) committed by the Zebra murderers, a group of black Muslims who belonged to the Nation of Islam religious sect.
10/22/1998: Perpetrators ambushed a military convoy in Pristina, Kosovo, killing a Yugoslav soldier and wounding another. Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) were blamed for the attack.
10/22/1998: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed responsibility for an attack on the Quick restaurant at Bredabaan in Schoten, Belgium. The activists tried to set fire to the restaurant after getting in through the back door of the building. A passer-by noticed the flames and notified officials, preventing any serious damage to the building.
10/22/1999: Islamic extremist Ahmed Saeed attempted to burn down a Roman Catholic Church in Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan. Firefighters saved the church, but several Bibles, pictures of Jesus Christ, as well as statues and furniture were destroyed in the attack.
10/22/1999: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed responsibility for torching four company vans at the William Harris Furs store in Warwick, Rhode Island in the United States.  Additionally, the group spray painted their initials and the slogan, "Stop selling furs" on the side of the building.  There were no casualties in the incident.  The fire completely destroyed one of the vans, and also damaged three others.  The total cost of damages is unknown.
10/22/1999: Zeljko Kopanja, the editor-in-chief of Nezavisne Novine, a leading Bosnian Serb newspaper, was critically injured as he opened the door of his car in front of the government offices of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kopanja's survived the attack, but his legs has to be amputated as a result of his injuries. The perpetrators of this attack were unknown. Kopanja had published a series of articles detailing war-time atrocities committed against non-Serbs by Serbian and Bosnian Serb forces.
10/22/2000: A Bogota mayoral candidate Antanas Mockus, was detained for three hours by rebels of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) as he campaigned in Sumapaz, Colombia. He was released, unharmed, after the incident.
10/22/2000: An bomb exploded during a Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) rally in Karachi, Pakistan. Three people were killed and 30 injured in the attack. No further information was provided. In addition to this attack, SSP members were shot at by unknown perpetrators.
10/22/2000: Five radio-controlled explosive devices, each made of two 152-mm caliber artillery shells were defused on a road outside Noviye Atari, Chechnya. Russian soldiers, who commonly used this route, were believed to be the target. No one was injured.
10/22/2000: Maximo Casado Carrera, 44, senior warden at the Nanclares de Oca Prison in the southern suburbs of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, was killed in an ETA car bomb attack.
10/22/2000: Mujahidin-e-Khalq militants claimed responsibility for a mortar attack on a security headquarters building in Tehran, Iran. The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq claimed it killed several military personnel in the attack while official government sources denied that there were no injuries or damages caused by the attack.
10/22/2000: The president of the San Sebastian bar association, Jose Maria Muguruza Velilla, received a parcel bomb at his home in San Sebastian, Spain. It was not certain who sent the parcel.
10/22/2000: Unknown perpetrators fired automatic weapons at no less than five buildings in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. No one was hurt in the attack, however the buildings sustained minor damage. The shooters targeted four streets, including Anafa Street, which were not fortified by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
10/22/2000: Unknown perpetrators opened fire on Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) party members in Karachi, Pakistan. One person was killed and 13 others injured in the attack. In addition to this attack, a SSP rally was bombed.
10/22/2001: A bomb exploded at the police station in Tearce, Tearce municipality, Macedonia.  No one was injured but the police station and neighboring municipal building were damaged in the explosion.  The incident occurred just hours after the first mixed-ethnicity police patrols, comprised of Macedonians and Albanians, passed through the area.  The patrols were deployed as a preliminary measure to attempt to regain control of the region controlled by ethnic Albanian rebels.
10/22/2001: A bomb exploded outside of the headquarters of Corse-Matin, the daily newspaper in Aleria, Haute-Corse Department, Corsica.  No one was injured in the explosion; however, the building was damaged.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident and specific motive is unknown.
10/22/2001: Four men attempted to storm the Awantipora air base in Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Two people were killed and two wounded in addition to the four attackers who were killed by guards. The attackers used automatic weapons. Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack via telephone calls to six separate newspapers.
10/22/2001: Twelve Naxalites, 11 men and one woman, bombed the Coca Cola bottling plant at Peda Vadlapadu, Andhra Pradesh state, India. The perpetrators used knives to threaten employees and gain entrance. Three steel drums of explosives were used in the bombing. No one was injured, but Rs 5-6 million (~$111,000-$133,000) in damage was done. The boiler plant was destroyed and three cars were severely damaged. A note was left claiming responsibility and criticizing ‘American imperialism’ and globalization.
10/22/2002: A car bomb exploded outside a police station in Bogota, Colombia killing 7 people and injuring 24. The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) was suspected.
10/22/2002: A suicide car bomb exploded next to a passenger bus outside Pardes Hanna, Israel, killing 14 and wounding 50. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility.
10/22/2003: A car bomb was detonated in the Restapo neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia injuring three people.  At least 20 homes were damaged in the explosion.  Authorities suspected the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) was behind the bombing, although the group did not claim responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2003: A motorcycle bomb was detonated outside the Office of the Prosecutor General in Itagui, Colombia.  11 people were injured in the attack and the explosion damaged the mayor's office along with six nearby stores.  Authorities suspected an organized crime group was responsible, but no group made a claim of responsibility.
10/22/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired guns at an Indian Army post in Wadwal, India killing three soldiers and injuring another. No group claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack.
10/22/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired three mortars at security checkpoint west of Kirkuk, Iraq. Two of the mortars struck near the checkpoint while the third landed near an oil pipeline belonging to the Northern Oil Company. The mortar explosion ignited a large fire that spread to surrounding pipelines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack which resulted in no casualties.
10/22/2005: Unidentified perpetrators threw Molotov cocktails at the offices of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE-EE) in Barakaldo, Spain resulting in minor damage to the building’s exterior. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no casualties were reported.
10/22/2005: Unidentified perpetrators used grenades to bomb the Batamalu and Balgarden neighborhoods of Srinagar in India. The grenades injured 18 people including four Indian soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
10/22/2006: A bomb hidden beneath a car struck patrons waiting in line outside the al-Farasha pastry shop in the New Baghdad neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Two were killed and 10 were wounded. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/22/2006: A bomb hidden inside a trash can and detonated remotely injured a group of five Buddhist monks on their morning alms round. The attack, which took place in Muang Narathiwat, Thailand, also struck the soldiers guarding the monks, killing one and wounding 12 more people. It was unclear who was behind the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/22/2006: A bomb placed beneath a car detonated near al-Arabi market in Central Baghdad, killing 2 people and wounding five. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/22/2006: A taxi carrying four Algerian soldiers was struck by a homemade mortar fired by militants in Kadara, Algeria. The soldiers were seriously wounded, while the civilian driver of the taxi was killed. The attackers escaped and no claim of responsibility was issued.
10/22/2006: An explosive charge aimed at an Iraqi Police patrol wounded three civilians, including one child. The patrol was near Beirut Square in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. The charge was planted by unidentified individuals.
10/22/2006: An explosive charge went off on Al-Ghadir Street in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/22/2006: An unidentified suicide bomber detonated a booby-trapped car in near Al-Farashah market in the al-Jadidah area of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding four others. Two nearby cars were also damaged. No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/22/2006: At least 12 mortars struck a crowded open air market in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. The attacks, striking shoppers preparing for the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, killed 32 and wounded 53. A Sunni insurgent group calling itself the Jihadist Soldiers claimed responsibility and demanded that Shi is and Mahdi Army militia members leave the city. The claim was posted in a Mahmudiyah mosque. Another report claimed that a bicycle bomb also went off at the market.
10/22/2006: Five motorcycle bombs exploded in a crowded Mahmudiyah, Iraq, market. The blasts killed at least 16 people and wounded 60. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in this predominantly Sunni town.
10/22/2006: Unknown individuals fired two RPG rockets at a school in the Charbolak (District) of Balkh Province, Afghanistan. The RPGs missed the school, causing no damage, and school guards and villagers returned fire, forcing the militants to flee. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/22/2006: Unknown individuals set fire to the administrative office of a school in Boka area in Balkh (District) of Balkh Province, Afghanistan. The fire caused significant damage to the school. The perpetrators escaped after committing the act. There were no reported casualties in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, fired a homemade mortar at a taxi cab carrying four Algerian soldiers in Gueddara, Algeria.  The four soldiers were wounded and the driver, an Algerian citizen named Ali S., died from his injuries three days later.  The vehicle was damaged as well.
10/22/2007:  In Mogadishu, Somalia, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) as two militray trucks went by.  One to three soilders were killed along with two children and one civillian.  In response the soldiers opened fired and killed three or four civillians.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2007: A civilian, Rathnasami Premasiri, was returning from the jungle with firewood when his cart hit a mine in Uppuveli, Sri Lanka.  The civilian was killed, as was two bullocks belonging to the victim, and the cart was destroyed.  The land mine was planted by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
10/22/2007: An Iraqi civilian automotive engineer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at approximately 10:00 AM in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2007: Janeth Coral (a Colombian civilian and sister of Puerto Asis mayoral candidate Jorge Coral) was killed, Rosario Cabrales (a Colombian civilian and Coral supporter) was mortally wounded, and seven more Colombian civilians were wounded when an unknown number of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) perpetrators threw a hand grenade into an office of Coral’s campaign headquarters in the morning in Puerto Asis, Putumayo Province, Colombia.
10/22/2007: No casualties were reported but two fires broke out when an unknown number of al-Quds Brigade (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) perpetrators fired six Qassam rockets toward the Western Negev from Gaza, Gaza Strip (Occupied Territories), Palestine.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi Army soldier was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 3:00 PM in al-Jamia’a neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It was unclear from report what the intended target was.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi civilian bodyguard was killed and Jumana Al-Obaidi , an Iraqi civilian female journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. .
10/22/2007: One Iraqi civilian politician, a former member of the Baath Party, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed when a single mortar round launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed on his house in the morning in Eskandariyah, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed, four Iraqi civilians were wounded, and an Iraqi Police vehicle was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 2:00 PM on a roadside near the third bridge in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2007: The  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conducted a two-pronged simultaneous air and ground raid on the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) Base at Saliyapura in Anuradhapura, in the North Central Province in Sri Lanka.  The incident started at about 3:20am when about 21 LTTE suicide commandos from the "Black Tigers" unit struck the airbase, then joined by two planes of the Tamil Eelam Air Force which dropped bombs on the grounded SLAF aircrafts,  altogether destroying a Beechcraft surveillance plane worth $28.7 million, two Russian built MI-24 helicopter gunships, one MI-17 attack chopper, one PT-6, one Bell-212 chopper, a reconnaissance plane, and a CTH-748.  Additionally, 9 soldiers  and 4 SLAF airman in a helicopter searching for the LLTE perpetrators  were killed in the battle. An ammunition storage depot was also blown up and the base runway damaged by the commandoes. It is believed that 20 of the LTTE commandoes were either killed by Sri Lankan security forces in the attack, or otherwise committed suicide to avoid falling prey to Sri Lankan security. Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan claimed the incident while speaking to TamilNet.
10/22/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and eight other individuals, including five civilians and three Police officers, were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in proximity at approximately 7:00 AM at a square frequented by Shi i municipal workers in Zafaraniyah (District), Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed, 13 others were wounded, and a minibus, three cars, and two shops were damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 9:30 AM in Karradah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when a bomb concealed inside a gift by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/22/2008: At least eleven people were injured when two members of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Rajan Mukti (JTMM-R) threw a cylinder bomb into the Land Revenue Office in Janakpur, Dhanusha, Nepal. At least three people were said to be in critical condition following the blast. JTMM-R claimed responsibility for the attack, but their motive is unknown.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, at least eight people, including Rajendra Mahato and Yogeshor Pandit, were injured in a bomb explosion at the Land Revenue Office in Janakpur, Nepal. The Rajan Mukti faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha claimed responsibility for the blast.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, Dhoni Ram Mandi, a doctor, Bharati Maji, a nurse, and Bapi Mishir, a driver, were killed when four landmines, set off by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist militants, exploded at Chaukisol in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. The three killed were part of a West Bengal Health Department team. Villagers claimed they informed police in the morning that wires were lying on the road, although no action was taken.  Two people were arrested in connection with the incident, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday morning at 0900, Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants fired a BM1 rocket in front of the Maydanshahr prison in Maydanshahr district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. The rocket attack caused minor damage to the prison, shattering windows only. Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants, who claimed responsibility for the incident by telephone, said that the rocket attack killed two Afghan police officers, however government authorities disputed this claim. A total of five rockets were fired by Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants at Maydanshahr district, three of which hit unknown targets and another which hit a government building.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday morning at 0900, Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants fired a BM1 rocket near the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) government building in Maydanshahr district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants, who claimed responsibility for the incident by telephone, said that the rocket attack killed several foreigners, however government authorities disputed this claim. A total of five rockets were fired by Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants at Maydanshahr district, three of which hit unknown targets and another which hit a prison.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday morning at 0900, Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants fired three BM1 rockets at Maydanshahr district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. No casualties or damages were reported from the rocket attack. A total of five rockets were fired by Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants at Maydanshahr district, two of which hit a government building and a prison. Hizb-i-Islami / Islamic Party militants claimed responsibility for the incident by telephone.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday morning, unknown assailants on a motorcycle threw a fragmentation grenade at the Inverbaez liquor warehouse in Neiva, Huila department, Colombia. The grenade attack caused an unknown amount of structural damage to the warehouse but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday night at about 2000, in Sitio Baybay, Barangay Tambongon, Pantukan, Compostela Valley, Philippines, three armed assailants with M-14 and M-16 rifles fired upon and killed a senior police intelligence officer, Rex Tacasan, near his residence. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although police suspected the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was responsible.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday night, five people were injured when an unidentified assailant lobbed a hand grenade at people while they were bathing in Kalladi,  Batticaloa, North Eastern province, Sri Lanka. All the victims were Sinhalese, from Southern Sri Lanka, who worked on the National Water Board project in Kanthandkudi. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the Al Thawra neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing four civilians and injuring three others. Damage was done to several nearby buildings and civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday, in Char Bazaar, in the Charbagh tehsil (revenue division) near Mingora in the Swat area of NWFP in Pakistan, Taliban militants kidnapped a head police constable, Bakht Ali. On 10/23/2008, the militants beheaded the constable. No damage or motive were reported. The Taliban confirmed the attack.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Black Sea Tigers attacked two merchant ships, identified as the Ruhuna and Nimalawa, carrying supplies to Jaffna in Sri Lanka's Northern province. The attack was apparently a suicide mission using explosives. The Nimalawa received considerable damage to its hull when one of the suicide boats exploded, however, no casualties were reported. Crew onboard the ships returned fire, destroying two rebel boats. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/22/2008: On Wednesday, unidentified gunmen tried to kidnap Sheikh Abdul Wahab al-Rubaei, the head of the southern region tribes union, from his house in al-Manawi region in Basra, Iraq. The Sheikh and his family opened fire on the gunmen and forced them to retreat. No casualties were reported and no one claimed responsibility for the attempt.
10/22/2009: On Thursday evening, a 37-year-old Muslim man was killed and his wife seriously wounded and their home damaged in a shooting at their home in Yala, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning around 0630, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia armed assailants fired mortars at the Mogadishu International Airport as the President of Somalia was boarding a flight to Uganda. The mortars struck the perimeter of the airport causing no casualties or damage. Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya claimed responsibility.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning at 0850, a bomb attached to the undercarriage of chief of the Malgobek criminal police, Isa Korigov's vehicle, exploded in Ingushetia. The bomb consisted of five kilograms of TNT equivalent. Both Korigov and his wife were wounded, and the driver of the vehicle died from his wounds.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning at the Bahraz district's entry near Ba'qubah, Diyala province of Iraq, assailants detonated and improvised explosive device attached to the car used by the Sahwa council leader. Sheikh Hussam Aziz and his driver were injured by the blast and the car was damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Hussam accused al-Qaeda.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning, a drive-by shooting targeting a Muslim council member in his home in Than To, Yala, Thailand. The council member was killed and his home was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists were suspected.
10/22/2009: On Thursday morning, a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle was detonated on al-Aamal al-Shaabi street in the al-Aamiriya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed the driver of the car and wounded the passenger. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/22/2009: On Thursday night at 2200, in the Obaidi neighborhood, Sab'ah district, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to an empty tanker truck, damaging the truck and causing unspecified damage to the neighborhood. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/22/2009: On Thursday night at 2300, in Taung village in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on the Tangan-Tangan Bridge, damaging the bridge but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected that the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was responsible.
10/22/2009: On Thursday night before 0200, a bomb was thrown at an army base located north of the Northern Ireland capital. The bomb is reported to have been thrown by dissident republicans in the Ashfield Crescent area off the Antrim road.
10/22/2009: On Thursday, in Dab Baoro area in Shamrak, Keshendeh, Balkh, Afghanistan, assailants set on fire four vehicles and kidnapped two government employees, one non-government organization (NGO) employee, one community leader, and a taxi drive, from the vehicles. The victims were questioned and later released. A spokesman for the Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) in the area, Zubair Siddique claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2009: On Thursday, in Islamabad, Pakistan, three unidentified gunmen on motorcycles fired upon the vehicle of Brigadier Moin Haider. Haider and his driver were killed in the attack and other bystanders were injured. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2009: On Thursday, in Sorab, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants threw a grenade at a group of workers repairing a gas pipeline, wounding seven workers. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2009: Suspected members of Al-Qa ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) ambushed a group  of police officers near Maatkas, Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria.  The officers were providing security for the Canadian company SNC-Lavalin at the time of the attack; seven officers were killed and another two were injured.
10/22/2010: On Friday evening around 2045, at Jhitkahi Bridge near Lalgarh in Sheohar district, Bihar, India, unidentified militants triggered a landmine targeting police personnel, killing six men. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/22/2010: On Friday evening at 1900, along the National Highway in Alabiao village in Tuao, Cagayan, Philippines, unidentified armed men ambushed a vehicle. The driver, identified as Sofronio Manba, was killed and two others were injured, including the Vice-Governor’s sister in law Lenny Fausto and Michael Pagaduan. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday evening, in Al Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen, two suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula gunmen opened fire on Colonel Abdul Aziz Mohamd Ba Abbas, an intelligence officer, in front of his home. The Colonel was killed during the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2010: On Friday in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan a 1.5 kilogram remote controlled improvised explosive device was detonated at a mosque. Five people were killed and 22 were wounded in the attack, and the mosque was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2010: On Friday night at 0330, in Salat village in President Roxas, North Cotabato, Philippines, unidentified men fired upon a house, injuring a candidate for village chairman, identified as Abdillah Macalala, and killing his nephew, Baidito Macalalay. No property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday night at 0350, in Kirovograd, Ukraine, Ukraine, in one of three related attacks, unknown militants placed and then detonated an improvised explosive device outside the Kirovograd regional state prosecutor's office. No damage was done to the office and no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday night, in Kirovograd, Ukraine, Ukraine, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants placed and then detonated an improvised explosive device outside a police station. The blast caused no casualties but damaged the windows of the station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday night, in Kirovograd, Ukraine, Ukraine, in one of three related attacks, unknown militants placed and then detonated an improvised explosive device outside a courthouse. There were no casualties or damages and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday night, in the Malakdin Khel area of Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a group of unidentified militants in several vehicles blew up the Government Degree College Kohe Sher Haider building after evening prayers, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Bar Konar, Konar, Afghanistan, unknown gunmen opened fire on civilians, killing one civilian and wounding three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants abducted five members of a Special Police Officer’s family from a bus. On 10/24/2010 the militants released three of the hostages. The status of the two remaining hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility but the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) was suspected.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants kidnapped a Special Police Officer, identified as Irpa Dinesh. On 10/31/2010, the militants strangled Dinesh to death. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Islamabad city, Islamabad province, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen opened fire at the emergency ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science, killing one civilian and injuring five others. One of the shooters was arrested by police. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Jani Khel, Paktika, Afghanistan, unidentified militants opened fire on civilians, killing two children and wounding another child. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Saiko village in Khunti, Jharkhand, India, two militants killed a civilian identified as Roopnath Bhengra. A note left at the scene by Communist Party of India (CPI-M) branded the victim a police informer.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in the al-Manjara area, Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the vehicle of Wijdan Adel, the leader of the Daughters of Iraq. Adel was not in the vehicle and escaped the attack unharmed, but her sister was wounded. The vehicle was severely damaged in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in the Dur Baba district of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, the governor of Dur Baba district, Khorshid, and two of his guards were killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device as he was on his way to work. The attack also injured two others. The attack caused an unknown amount of damage and no group claimed responsibility but pro-Taliban militants are suspected.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in the village of Kandahar near Ganuwa, Bauchi, Nigeria, unidentified militants attacked and killed a local village head, Mohammed Tukur, by unknown means. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was suspected to be responsible for the attack.
10/22/2010: On Friday, in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, two unidentified militants shot and killed an Islamic teacher inside a mosque. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2011: On Saturday evening around 1930, in the Bulunkutu Gomari area of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, militants fired upon and killed a journalist in the journalist’s home. The spokesman for the militant group Boko Haram claimed that the journalist was killed because he had been spying of the Nigerian government.
10/22/2011: On Saturday evening at 2030, in the village of Manas in Karabudakhkentsky, Dagestan, Russia, an improvised explosive device planted by unidentified assailants detonated on a rail line. No casualties were reported, although a freight train derailed causing an unknown amount of damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2011: On Saturday evening, in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, Pakistan, 13 people were injured when armed militants riding motorcycles fired upon a bus carrying cement factory workers on the Sakran road in the Hub Industrial area. Ten of the individuals were identified as Yar Mohammad 50, Zahid 20, Din Mohammed 20, Maula Mohammed 30, Ghulam Dad 25, woman (unidentified) 26, Irfan 35, Hasan 20, Allahdad 20, Khalid Umer 20. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2011: On Saturday night at 2354, near Tindouf, Tindouf, Algeria, two people were injured by gunfire when militants kidnapped three aid workers, two Spanish nationals and one Italian national, from the Rabuni refugee camp. It was believed that the militants took the hostages across the border into Mali in all-terrain vehicles. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was initially thought responsible for the attack, however a previously unknown AQIM splinter, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), claimed responsibility in May 2012, demanding a monetary ranson and release of prisoners in exchange for the hostages. The hostages were released in July 2012, after MUJAO claimed their demands had been met.
10/22/2011: On Saturday night, in Jurf Al Sakhr, Babil, Iraq, unknown gunmen in a car opened fire on a market. The gunmen shot and killed one man and wounded a woman. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2011: On Saturday, in Canas village, Maluso, Basilan, Philippines, a group of militants attacked the village by unknown means. Three civilians were wounded in the armed assault and no damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2011: On Saturday, in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, a group of suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) group militants shot and killed Ramdas Gawde, a police official. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the (CPI-M) group was suspected.
10/22/2011: On Saturday, in Karbi Anglong, Assam, India, suspected militants of the Karbi Peoples’ Liberation Tigers group shot and killed a Congress leader identified as Langtuk Killing. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the Karbi Peoples’ Liberation Tigers Militant group was suspected.
10/22/2011: On Saturday, in Miran village, in the Daymirdad district of Wardak, Afghanistan, 12 people were injured when anti-government militants fired several rockets targeting civilians. Two of the rockets hit and damaged a mosque. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2011: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car. The blast wounded two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/22/2011: On Saturday, in the Khogiani district of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, the Kabul Bank regional manager was killed when militants detonated an improvised explosive device. No material damage was reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/22/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated in Shewa Adda city, Razar tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least six people, including two police officers, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated moments after Ameer Haider Khan Hoti's convoy passed by in Jahangira town, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Hoti, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, escaped unharmed; however, two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device detonated at a police station in the Sintuvu sub-district of Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the traffic police post on the same day. At least three security officials were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, police officials suspected Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT).
10/22/2012: An explosive device detonated at a police station in the Sintuvu subdistrict of Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the traffic police post on the same day. At least three security officials were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, police officials suspected Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT).
10/22/2012: An explosive device detonated at a Yemeni military engineers' camp in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Five soldiers were killed and another two people injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device detonated in the Badiabad area of Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed and another person injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting an Afghan military vehicle on the Torkham-Jalalabad highway in Batikot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the targeted vehicle was damaged in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device placed on a road struck a police vehicle in Mandozayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and another four people injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near a military patrol in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and another personinjured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: An explosive device was discovered in Tentena market, Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties, as police officials successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: Assailants armed with petrol bombs attacked Vangölü Elementary School in Sugecer village, Ozalp district, Van province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties; however, the school building was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/22/2012: Assailants attacked a joint police and military patrol in the Geneva area of Obe district, Herat province, Afghanistan. At least 10 Afghan security personnel and three assailants were killed and eight officers were injured in the clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: Assailants attacked an army patrol in Chatergam village, Badgam district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. At least three Indian soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: Assailants attacked Malam Adamu Jasfa at his residence in the T-Junction area of Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. Jasfa, the director of Finance and Supply of the Yobe State Science and Technical Board; his two sons; and his neighbor were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: Assailants attacked the residence of Yakubu Mainasara, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. No further information is available.
10/22/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The attack targeted Thai security forces as they were responding to the murder of a shopkeeper. There were no reported casualties; however, the shop was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2012: Assailants set fire to the Madale Pentecostal Church in Madale village, Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties; however, the church was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT).
10/22/2012: Assailants set fire to the residence of Alhaji Yusuf Umar, the area comptroller for Katsina/Kaduna, in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. No further information is available.
10/22/2012: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused on the Torkham-Jalalabad highway in the Zara Marko area of Batikot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: A 12 kilogram explosive device was discovered and defused near the Road Patrol Service entry checkpoint for Makhachkala highway in Khasavyurt city, Dagestan republic, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: A petrol bomb and a brick were thrown at a property in Antrim city, county Atrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No one was injured in the attack; however, the back door of the property was damaged and the brick broke a window. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: A single assailant opened fire on Paulino Ersano and Pablo Palis in the Baliwasan area west of Zamboanga city, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. Ersano, a former governor of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (IBP-ZamBaSulTa), and Palis, a pastor, were injured in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden tanker at a police checkpoint in Jurf al-Sakhar town, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least five people, including the suicide bomber, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Rutba city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least five people, four police officers and the bomber killed; three other officers were also injured in the blast. This was one of four attacks targeting police checkpoints in Rutba on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/22/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a military checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: An explosive device detonated at a Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) facility in Warri city, Delta state, Nigeria. At least thirty individuals were injured and the facility was several damaged by the resulting fire. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that it was part of their Hurricane Exodus operation; however, authorities disputed this and stated that the explosion was the result of an accident.
10/22/2013: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle in Nicosia city, Nicosia district, Cyprus. There were no reported casualties; the car and an adjacent home were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely as it was being transported to an attack in Bani Jamra village, Northern governorate, Bahrain. The person carrying the device was killed in the blast and one other person was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a coal train in La Guajira department, Colombia. No casualties were reported; however, seven train cars were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/22/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a shopping center in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: An explosive device, possibly meant to target an Assam Rifles convoy, was discovered and defused in Thamnapokpi town, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Musayib town, Musayib district, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and another 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants armed with explosives, firebombs, and firearms attacked residents and buildings in Goniri village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 18 villagers were killed and another 12 villagers were injured in the attack; several buildings were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
10/22/2013: Assailants attacked a police and military checkpoint west of Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks on checkpoints along the same highway on the same day. At least seven people were killed in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/22/2013: Assailants attacked a police station in Faryab province, Afghanistan. A police officer and eight assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/22/2013: Assailants attacked the hunting camp of Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah, the Qatari Petroleum Minister, in the Buleda area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Abdullah was unharmed as he was not present at the time of the attack; however, a Levies force official was killed and the assailants set fire to the camp. This was the second time the camp had been attacked in the span of three days. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants attacked the residence of Teryima Nguher in Kyado village, Ukum district, Benue state, Nigeria. Nguher, the chairperson of the Ukum Local Government, was unharmed; however, his house was burned down. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants based in the Kunar province of Afghanistan fired three rockets at a security checkpost in Sarkai village, Mamund district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were injured and a civilian residence was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants detonated explosives and opened fire on a security convoy near Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One soldier and one civilian were killed and five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants fired artillery and rocket-propelled grenades at African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) personnel at an airport in Jowhar, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Rutba city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four attacks targeting police checkpoints in Rutba on this day. At least four police officers were killed and six police officers were injured across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Maringue town, Sofala province, Mozambique. There were no reported casualties. The Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on Muhammad Mahmud Tima'ade in Wadajir district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Tima'ade, a journalist, was injured in the attack; he died later from his wounds. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants stormed into a private residence, opened fire and detonated an explosive device in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and the residence was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a civilian residence in Kawit village, Pagadian city, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants threw a pipe bomb at a police vehicle in the Bogside neighborhood of Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties or damages. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Assailants threw explosives at a security building in Al-Kuwaiyah are of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The building was slightly damaged, but there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2013: Assailants threw two molotov cocktails at a police station in Bogra Sadar, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. At least three people, including two police officers, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police sources speculated that Jamaat-Shibir, a sub-group of Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh), may have been behind the attack.
10/22/2013: At least seven assailants kidnapped Archie Hablo, the owner of a hardware store, in Patikul town, Sulu province, Philippines. Hablo was released on June 10, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials speculated that Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was involved.
10/22/2013: Two assailants dressed in Afghan police uniforms opened fire in a police station in Zherai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three Afghan police officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Two assailants threw an incendiary device into the entrance of Russian popular daily "Moskovsky Komsomolets" headquarters in Moscow city, Central oblast, Russia. A security officer was injured and the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2013: Two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the residence of Ramon Polenzon in Pagadian city, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. Polenzon, a village chieftain, was not injured; however, his nephew was wounded in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: A police officer opened fire on a fellow officer in Manzal area. Pashtun Zargun district, Afghanistan. The victim was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources noted that the assailant joined the Taliban after the attack.
10/22/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a military checkpoint in Shabwa governorate, Yemen. Three civilians were killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official suspected the involvement of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/22/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a polio vaccination team in Dabar Qandhar Baba area, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two Levies Forces personnel and a driver were wounded in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the chief of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Libyan Army checkpoint in Daryanah city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
10/22/2014: An assailant attacked a ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial and proceeded to enter the Parliament building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa city, Ottawa province, Canada. Two people were killed, including Corporal Nathan Frank Cirillo and the assailant, and three people were wounded in the attack. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam, was responsible for the incident.
10/22/2014: An assailant in a vehicle attempted to run over civilians in Jerusalem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. At least two people, inlcuding one citizen from the United States (US), were killed and seven others, including two citizens from the United States (US), were injured in the attack. Additionally, the assailant was killed by police as he attempted to flee. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incident to Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
10/22/2014: An explosive device detonated at a bus station in Azare town, Bauchi state, Nigeria. At least eight people, including the assailant that planted the bomb, were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
10/22/2014: An explosive device detonated in a market in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no casualties in the blast; however, several stores were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle at the entrance of Kafr al-Zayat city, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near Cairo University in Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. At least 10 people, including six police officers, were injured in the blast. Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they had targeted police officers at Cairo University for the crimes that they had committed against the student population during a crackdown on protesters the previous week.
10/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near shops in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eight people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle transporting gas cylinders detonated in Dora area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Kondagaon district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/22/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a hospital in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least nine people were killed and 37 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near an Armed Forces of Libya post in Beida area, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the National Theater in Karada area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 28 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants abducted a journalist in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This incident represents one of four similar abductions in the city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants abducted a local councilor in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This incident represents one of four similar abductions in the city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants abducted a Red Crescent employee in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This incident represents one of four similar abductions in the city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants abducted six people from Rodnejo area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants abducted the head of protocol for the Libyan Army in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This incident represents one of four similar abductions in the city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants abducted two construction contractors and a cook from Sibida village, Odisha state, India. At least four additonal people attempting to intervene were injured and locked in a room fora short period of time. The cook was released before the assailants departed, but the whereabouts of the other two victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Sipah area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and at least one other was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked Amiriyat al-Fallujah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 32 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) officer in Azizabad area, Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The officer, Mohammad Zamir, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked Furat area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked Hit town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. It is unknown if the raid resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked national park guards in Baksa district, Assam state, India. No injuries were reported in the attack, but rifles were stolen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Songbijit Faction.
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked security posts in Kalbaat area, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Six assailants, four soldiers, and two police officers were killed in the ensuing clash, and six soldiers were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Misrata Brigades, who were believed to be responding to Egyptian actions against Ansar al-Sharia.
10/22/2014: Assailants attacked the residence of Shah Faisal Afridi, the Deputy Secretary General of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, in Spin Kabir area, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the residence was demolished in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants detonated explosives at an oil pipeline near La Hormiga village, Putumayo department, Colombia. Although there were no reported casualties, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/22/2014: Assailants detonated incendiary devices at a Communist Party of Venezuela office in Caracas city, Capital, Venezuela. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The shell struck a mosque, killing two civilians and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into Sipah area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The shell struck a civilian residence; six civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell that struck a civilian residence in Sipah area, Bara tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a security forces camp in Datta Khel area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and at least one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants in Egypt fired small arms and an anti-tank missile at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) patrol vehicle near Ezuz community, Southern district, Israel. Three assailants were killed and two IDF soldiers were injured in the attack. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants kidnapped 10 power company workers from Silvan district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. The victims were released several hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/22/2014: Assailants kidnapped 40 women and set fire to Waga Mongoro village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a former soldier in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Protestant pastor in Nasibac village, Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines. The pastor and his father were killed and four other people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Avdiivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Yamale town, Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic. This was one of two attacks on Yamale by the same assailants over a period of two days. At least 30 people were killed and 24 others were wounded across both assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to both Fulani militants and Seleka militants.
10/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on soldiers guarding a hospital in Sharif Aguak town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/22/2014: Assailants shelled military checkpoints near Smile town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants shelled the airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No injuries were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/22/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a Lebanese Army checkpoint in Mankoubeen neighborhood, Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. There were no injuries reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a police station in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in a commercial plaza in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Gogdara area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: A magnetic explosive device detonated at the entrance to the Radio Sanga station in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; in addition, a second explosive device was discovered and defused following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban and officials arrested four individuals in connection with the attack.
10/22/2015: A roadside bomb detonated targeting the vehicle of Iftikhar Momand in Shah Burhan area, Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Momand, a Provincial Council member, was unharmed, although one of his guards was injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at the Imambargah Kazmia Chilgiri in Chalgari town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 12 people were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2015: An assailant armed with a sword attacked students and teachers at the Kronan School in Trollhattan, Vastra Gotaland county, Sweden. At least four people, including two teachers, one student, and the assailant, were killed and another student was wounded in the incident. The assailant, identified as Anton Lundin-Pettersson, claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that he was opposed to the immigration policies in Sweden.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near a government girls' high school in Mandozai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Al Bakariyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mushahidah, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Dashir area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near the residence of a local jeweler in Miryan, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Hawr Rajab area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying prisoners in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. One inmate was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Adhamiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Finance employee, was killed and his son was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a Shia mourning ceremony near a mosque in Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 36 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: Assailants abducted a suspected spy from his residence in Chunchuna village, Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The hostage was killed shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/22/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Kerawa town, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. At least nine people were killed and 20 others were abducted in the assault. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
10/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian in Wadajir neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least two people, an assailant and the civilian, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on Opunabo Nko-Tariah in Buguma village, Rivers state, Nigeria. Nko-Tariah, the media and publicity advisor to the governor, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on protesters demanding the release of three hostages in al Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on Rashtriya Rifles soldiers in Manzimpora, Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
10/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Mohammad Dawood in Saa Qala locality, Jaghatu district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Dawood, the Jaghatu district governor, was killed along with his bodyguard. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2015: Assailants set fire to three pieces of construction equipment from Alsons Construction in Lower Tamugan village, Marilog district, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two incidents targeting construction sites in Davao del Sur overnight. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/22/2015: Assailants stabbed and killed a Bangladesh Police assistant sub-inspector at a checkpost in Gabtoli neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
10/22/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Zubair Ahmad Bhat Tahiri in Batamaloo neighborhood, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Tahiri, the Jamait Ahle Hadees vice president, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2015: At least one assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in Tel Rumeida neighborhood, Hebron city, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/22/2016: An assailant attempted to fire a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at military personnel near Al-Kharouba, North Sinai, Egypt. Security forces opened fire, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
10/22/2016: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Abdul Aziz detonated in Mihtarlam, Laghman, Afghanistan. Aziz, a provincial council member, was unharmed; however, eight people, including two of Aziz's guards, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: An explosive device detonated as security forces attempted to defuse it in Hanspukur, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al-Furat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Khanasah, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Fayzabad, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/22/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a hydroelectric power plant in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. This was one of two related attacks targeting the power plant overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Maute Group may have carried out the attacks.
10/22/2016: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Palamu district, Jharkhand, India. The outcome of the blast is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/22/2016: Assailants abducted Nandlal Singh from his house in Khadpani, Jharkhand, India. Singh, a suspected police informant, was shot and killed later the same night. This was one of two related attacks in Gumla district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Maoists.
10/22/2016: Assailants abducted Phuljames Soren from his house in Bodadih, Jharkhand, India. Soren, a suspected police informant, was shot and killed later the same night. This was one of two related attacks in Gumla district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Maoists.
10/22/2016: Assailants attacked a military barracks in Lambar 50, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of military checkpoints in Chora, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: Assailants attacked Kukal Dash, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. A police chief and 11 assailants were killed and two uprising members and 10 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash which lasted until October 24, 2016. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2016: Assailants attacked public uprising forces in Pachir Agam, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least four people were killed, 13 others were injured, and 45 people were abducted during the assault. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on Brigadier General Adel Rajaaie near his residence in El Obour, Qalyubia, Egypt. Rajaaie, a senior army commander, was killed and his driver and guard were injured in the attack. The Revolution's Brigade claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the death of Mohammed Kamal, a Muslim Brotherhood leader.
10/22/2016: Assailants raided Afmadow, Lower Juba, Somalia. At least three people were killed and four people were injured in the attack. Two people, including a soldier, were also abducted, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/22/2016: Assailants raided Al-Biar, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. It is unknown if the assaults resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/2016: Assailants raided Makwan, Adamawa, Nigeria. At least seven assailants were killed and one assailant was injured in the ensuing clash with volunteer fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/22/2016: Assailants raided Mutaybijah, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. It is unknown if the assaults resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/2016: Assailants shot and killed six female civilians during a forced march in Rufeila, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/22/2016: Assailants took a security guard hostage and detonated an explosive device at a mobile phone tower in Gachina, Balochistan, Pakistan. The guard was released following the blast and there were no reported casualties. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility stated that the attack was carried out in order to prevent the expansion of mobile phone networks.
10/22/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Kondagaon district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/22/2016: Security forces discovered and defused four explosive devices between Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2016: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Cavan, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: A suicide bomber detonated explosives in Muna Garage, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the suicide bomber, 13 people were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/22/2017: An assailant breached a secure area of an Amtrak passenger train, travelling from California to Missouri and triggered an emergency stop in Oxford, Nebraska, United States. There were no reported casualties, and the assailant, identified as Taylor Michael Wilson, was detained by Amtrak personnel. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities stated that Wilson possessed neo-Nazi literature and had previously expressed an interest in "killing black people."
10/22/2017: An explosive device detonated against a minibus in Daniga, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least six people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/22/2017: An explosive device detonated at Sapna Market in Chakdara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2017: An explosive device detonated in Mawand, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/22/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Nazk Mir, a former militant commander, at a hotel in Qanyar, Takhar, Afghanistan. At least two civilians, including Mir, were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Maymana, Faryab, Afghanistan. Eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants abducted Ayman Sahmoud, a military contractor, from is car in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants attacked the residence of Farooq Ahmed, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zonal president, in Ashmuji, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two attacks targeting PDP leaders in Kulgam on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/22/2017: Assailants attacked the residence of Sheraz Ahmed, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth president, in Nunmai, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two attacks targeting PDP leaders in Kulgam on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/22/2017: Assailants established a checkpoint on Shu'airf road along the Great Man-Made River pipeline, Misrata, Libya. The assailants forces travelers away from the route and fired shots into the air, but there were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Ahneish Militia.
10/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on a volunteer fighters checkpoint in Shaikh Hamad, north of Baghdad, Saladin, Iraq. A volunteer fighter was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Seer village near Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One person was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
10/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on civilians irrigating a garden in Toratkol, Faryab, Afghanistan. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on religious scholars in Qaysar, Faryab, Afghanistan. Three scholars were killed and a fourth was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants set fire to a vehicle on Carlingford Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three arson incidents targeting the vehicles of foreign nationals in Belfast on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Loyalists.
10/22/2017: Assailants set fire to a vehicle on Florida Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three arson incidents targeting the vehicles of foreign nationals in Belfast on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Loyalists.
10/22/2017: Assailants set fire to a vehicle on Wayland Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three arson incidents targeting the vehicles of foreign nationals in Belfast on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Loyalists.
10/22/2017: Assailants shot and killed Sama Pangi in Chitrakonda, Odisha, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists and stated that Pangi was accused of being a police informant.
10/22/2017: Assailants shot and killed Shakir Ahmed, a snack vendor, in Arwani, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants shot and killed Subae Waeyeengo, a volunteer ranger, in Chuap, Cho-airong, Narathiwat, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a civilian residence in Dawiyah, northeastern Dhi Qar, Iraq. The owner of the residence was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Muhammad Ashraf Bhat in Tral, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Bhat, a National Conference leader and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was unharmed; however, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device at a cafe along the Sadi street in Basra, Basra province, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in Ceelasha Biyaha, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/22/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Muna Dalti, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. The two assailants were killed and at least 13 people were wounded in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/23/1998: A bomb exploded at a bar-restaurant near the Democratic Party office in Tirana, Albania. Officials did not state whether the Democratic Party or the bar-restaurant was the target of this attack.
10/23/1998: An senior army official was killed and three soldiers seriously injured when their vehicle ran over a land mine planted by unidentified perpetrators in Safapura, Baramula District, India. The vehicle sustained major damages.
10/23/1998: Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot in Amherst, New York, U.S.A. Slepian had been the target of anti-abortion protesters since the 1980's.  James Charles Kopp was ultimately found guilty of the killing.
10/23/1998: The Front Nationale (FN) office was the target of a bomb attack in Marseille, France. There were no casualties or damages reported. A group called the Partisan Sharpshooters claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/1999: A group of Amal members attacked an engineering unit of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) that was building fortifications at the Humayyid post in the central sector of the security zone in Southern Lebanon. Injuries were suffered in the attack, but the specific number was not reported.
10/23/1999: A group of Amal members fired rockets on Israeli troops and vehicles at the Balat post and its vicinity, inflicting casualties and hitting buildings inside the post.
10/23/1999: Approximately one-hundred members of the Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) killed four people, burned twenty houses, intimidated drivers and blocked traffic in La Uribe, Colombia. Peace talks were to resume between government negotiators and leftist rebels on the next day.
10/23/1999: At 5:25pm local time, a nail bomb exploded at a crowded street market near Brixton Road and Electric Ave in south London, United Kingdom. A merchant was handed a bag that was thought to have been forgotten during shopping. The salesman opened it and upon seeing the contents, moved the bomb several yards away before it exploded, blowing him across the street and injuring at least 48 people. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/23/1999: At approximately 7:30 pm local time, a powerful bomb explosion injured more than twenty people in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir State, India, when it detonated near the Raghunath Bazaar. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/23/1999: The Basque Socialist Party (PSE-EE) Casa del Pueblo (social club) in Amorebieta, Biscay Province, Spain, was slightly damaged after it was attacked by unidentified perpetrators, who threw a number of incendiary devices inside the building. No injuries were suffered in this attack.
10/23/2000: Fahri Morina, candidate for the Democratic League of Kosovo, was the target of a grenade attack against his home in Djakovica, Kosovo. Morina was not injured in the attack.
10/23/2000: Lechi Yeshurkayev, the administrative head of the province of Kurchaloi was murdered by three unidentified men. The murder was later claimed by Chechen militants loyal to Aslan Maskhadov.
10/23/2000: One gun boat and another naval vessel berthed in the harbor in the town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, were destroyed during a suicide boat attack by the Liberation Tigers [of Tamil Eelam, LTTE] in a Sri Lankan Navy yard. At least 24 combatants -- six on the government side and 18 rebels -- were killed, and 43 sailors were wounded.
10/23/2000: Suspected members of the Muslim Jihad Force attacked the predominantly-Christian village of Kairatu, on Seram island, Indonesia.  The assailants shelled the village with rocket launchers and burned down 17 houses.  Two Christians, including a soldier, and at least five Muslims were killed in the fighting that ensued.
10/23/2000: Suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels lobbed two fragmentation grenades inside a packed billiard hall in the town of Monkayo, Philippines. Three people were killed and 17 others were injured in the attack.
10/23/2000: Suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels threw a grenade in downtown Masina, Philippines, and injured in one person.
10/23/2000: Suspected United Liberation Front of Assam militants attacked a market in Kakogam, India. Witnesses stated that the suspects sprayed bullets indiscriminately at the site. 10 people were killed, and four injured in the attack.
10/23/2000: Three suspected United Liberation Front of Assam militants killed four people, and injured five others at market in Naoholia, India.
10/23/2000: Unidentified assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an apartment building in the Ulpjana district of Pristina, Kosovo, Yugoslavia.  No one was injured in the attack, but a hole was blown in the building.  The attack occurred in a neighborhood populated by many of the Serbians still remaining in Pristina.  In addition, the targeted area in the building was occupied exclusively by Serbians.  Authorities state that the attack was a revenge attack against Serbians and sources indicate the perpetrators were most likely ethnic Albanians.
10/23/2000: Unidentified assailants killed a policeman in the town of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
10/23/2000: Unknown assailants ransacked a Protestant church in Nagpur, India. Four people were injured in the attack.
10/23/2001: The editorial offices of the newspaper Daily Jang received an anthrax-laden letter in Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan.  No staff members were infected by the anthrax.  No group claimed responsibility and specific motive is unknown; however, the newspaper has generally supported President Pervez Musharraf, a staunch supporter of the United States war against the Taliban.
10/23/2002: A suspected improvised explosive device was discovered hidden in a child's toy near the main United Nations guest house in Kabul, Kabul province, Afghanistan.  Members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were called in to control-detonate the suspected device.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2002: Forty Chechen rebels attacked Dubrovka Theater in Moscow, Russia and took 912 hostages.  The assailants demanded a complete pullout of all Russian military forces from Chechnya in exchange for the release of the hostages.  The siege lasted until 26 October 2002, when Russian special forces filled the building with an unidentified gas intended to subdue the perpetrators. The gas killed all 40 perpetrators and 125 hostages. Five additional hostages were killed by the attackers during a shoot-out.
10/23/2002: Seven people were injured when a bomb exploded in a market in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. No one claimed responsibility.
10/23/2002: Suspected Islamic militants threw a grenade into a market in Anantnag, Kashmir wounding seven people. No specific group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/23/2002: Suspected Maoist rebels detonated a bomb outside of the National Trading Corporation in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nine people were injured. A specific group was not identified.
10/23/2003: A bomb detonated at a stadium that was being used as an electoral center in Fortul, Colombia.  The explosion injured two people and caused some material damage to the stadium and surrounding buildings.  The polling station was relocated to a nearby school following the attack.  No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/23/2004: 16 people were killed in Algeria when gunmen opened fire on youths as they drove to a soccer match near the town of Medea, about 30 miles south of Algiers.  It is not known who was responsible for the ambush.
10/23/2004: A suicide bomber struck at a police training academy and station in the town of Baghdadi, about 125 west of the capital, killing at least 16 recruits and injuring as many as 40. It was not known who was responsible for the attack.
10/23/2004: In Iraq, a suicide bomber struck an Iraqi National Guard post in the town of Ishaki, just south of Samarra. Four guardsmen were killed and six wounded. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/23/2004: In Kabul, Afghanistan, an Afghan girl and an unidentified American woman were killed and nine people, including three Icelandic peacekeepers, were wounded when a suicide bomber, with six grenades strapped to his body, blew himself up at approximately 3:30pm local time in the city's bustling shopping area known as "Chicken Street."
10/23/2005: Nepalese Maoists kidnapped over 200 people from four villages in the Doti (District). Local authorities were unsure of where the victims were being held captive. Although no group claimed responsibility for the abductions, Maoists had previously kidnapped civilians in the area forcing them to undergo instruction in the group’s ideology.
10/23/2005: Palestinian militants attacked an Israel Defense Force detail west of the town of Jenin. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2005: Suspected Sunni insurgents detonated a car bomb targeting a police patrol near Baghdad’s Tahrir Square killing two officers and injuring two others. Nine civilian bystanders were also hurt in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/23/2005: Two people were killed and six others injured when a remotely detonated bomb exploded near Qashla-e Jadid, Afghanistan. The victims were de-mining workers employed with the British company, Hallo Trust. No group was indicated in the attack.
10/23/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired guns at a complex containing numerous government offices in Khost Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2005: Unidentified perpetrators killed a police officer in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province. No group claimed responsibility for the murder.
10/23/2005: Unidentified perpetrators threw a bomb at the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Khulna City, Mijanur Rahman, killing him. Local authorities suspected that Maoists belonging to the outlawed Purbobanglar Communist Party were responsible for the attack.
10/23/2005: Unidentified perpetrators threw a Molotov cocktail at a car traveling on a road southwest of Qalqilia, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2006: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol killed two policemen and wounded eight. In addition, one civilian was killed and five were wounded. A police car was also damaged. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/23/2006: A Tamil man was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant in Trincomalee town, Sri Lanka.  The victim, Jeyaratnam Jesuthadasan, was found dead at St. Anthony's Lane.  One source stated that the victim was killed by a guman on a motorcycle.
10/23/2006: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels shot and killed a lorry driver and wounded a second driver in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
10/23/2006: The Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) was blamed for attacking a truck carrying Algerian security forces with a roadside bomb, killing 2 soldiers and wounding five.
10/23/2007: An Iraqi civilian energy worker of the Hawija Electricity Directorate was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening in al-Ahnaf village, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq. The victim’s fate was not reported.
10/23/2007: Five civilian oil workers, including three Sudanese, one Egyptian, and one Iraqi, were kidnapped and 20 Sudanese Army troops were killed when an unknown number of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) perpetrators stormed the Bafra oil field, overwhelmed the garrison, and absconded with hostages in West Kurdufan State, Sudan.
10/23/2007: Liliana Polania (a Colombian civilian regional assembly candidate) and Gratiniano Murcia (a Colombian civilian candidate for mayor of Cartagena) were killed by an unknown number of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) perpetrators just prior to a rally in El Diamante, Caqueta Department, Colombia.
10/23/2007: No casualties were reported but a residential building in Sderot was damaged when an unknown number of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) perpetrators fired approximately 21 Qassam rockets and 12 mortar shells from Beit Hanoun in Gaza at Sderot and surrounding areas in Southern (District), Israel.
10/23/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded and several vehicles were damaged when a car bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a vehicle on a main road south of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM adjacent to his vehicle in Zayouna (District), Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 7:45 AM adjacent to his vehicle in Zafaraniyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: One Russian perpetrator was killed and five civilians were wounded when a single unknown female suicide bomber detonated an F1 grenade aboard a minibus at approximately 11:40 AM about 100 meters from a police station on the border of Khasavyurt and Kazbek (District)s, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation.
10/23/2007: Three Iraqi civilians (two males and one female) were killed and 10 Iraqi civilians (including five males and five females) were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a minibus near Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: Three Thai civilians, including a Muslim male, his 11-month-old son, and his 10-year-old daughter, were killed and five more Thai civilians were wounded when seven unknown perpetrators riding in a Toyota pickup truck opened fire with small arms (M-6 assault rifles) on a barbershop and several homes at approximately 7:00 PM in Lamai, Tambon Borngor, Rangae (District), Narathiwat Province, Thailand.
10/23/2007: Two Iraqi civilian bodyguards of a Turkmen political leader were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated near their vehicle on a roadside in al-Wasiti neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them as the officers guarded the Al Mamoun Intermediate School. The police returned fire killing two perpetrators and wounding one more. The incident occured at approximately 12:30 PM in west Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/23/2007: Two Russian civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) consisting of eight kilograms of TNT (or its equivalent) and unspecified shrapnel material planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to the victims’ moving taxi at approximately 10:55 PM on a roadside in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation.
10/23/2007: Two Thai civilian Buddhist females, Wiparat Marnjan and Pimjai Khoracharin, were killed when two unknown perpetrators drove by on a motorcycle and the passenger fired three rounds with a .38 caliber pistol at them at approximately 2:30 PM on a road linking Tonyongmas and Dusongyor in Tombon Bango Sato, Narathiwat Province, Thailand.
10/23/2008: On Thursday afternoon at 1310, suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) 51st Front detonated a low-powered home-made improvised explosive device amid a housing complex on 25th Street and 69th Avenue in the Salitre neighborhood near the German Embassy and the Maloca Scientific Center in western Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack injured three civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage. This was the first of six serial bombing attacks that took place during a protest march by thousands of civil servants in the capital city of Bogotá. The bombs, which contained less than 500 grams of benclo (sodium benzoate and potassium chlorate) and ammonium nitrate and used timed clocks, were placed near garbage cans in sectors where there are no surveillance cameras. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, and even though police suspect the FARC as being responsible, several government officials doubt if this was in fact a FARC attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday afternoon at 1311, suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) 51st Front detonated a low-powered home-made improvised explosive device at 139th Street and 9th Avenue near the Palatino Shopping Center in northern Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack injured one civilian and caused an unknown amount of property damage. This was the second of six serial bombing attacks, occurring only one minute after the first bomb blast, which took place during a protest march by thousands of civil servants in the capital city of Bogotá. The bombs, which contained less than 500 grams of benclo (sodium benzoate and potassium chlorate) and ammonium nitrate and used timed clocks, were placed near garbage cans in sectors where there are no surveillance cameras. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, and even though police suspect the FARC as being responsible, several government officials doubt if this was in fact a FARC attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday afternoon at 1700, suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) 51st Front detonated a low-powered home-made improvised explosive device at 123rd Street and 11th Avenue near Unicentro in northern Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack injured six civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage. This was the sixth of six bombing attacks, occurring approximately three hours after the first bomb blast, which that took place during a protest march by thousands of civil servants in the capital city of Bogotá. The bombs, which contained less than 500 grams of benclo (sodium benzoate and potassium chlorate) and ammonium nitrate and used timed clocks, were placed near garbage cans in sectors where there are no surveillance cameras. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, and even though police suspect the FARC as being responsible, several government officials doubt if this was in fact a FARC attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday afternoon at or after 1311, suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) 51st Front detonated a low-powered home-made  improvised explosive device at 99th Street and 9th Avenue in Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack injured two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage. This was one of six bombing attacks that took place during a protest march by thousands of civil servants in the capital city of Bogotá. The bombs, which contained less than 500 grams of benclo (sodium benzoate and potassium chlorate) and ammonium nitrate and used timed clocks, were placed near garbage cans in sectors where there are no surveillance cameras. Five suspected youths were arrested in connection t the attack. However, no claim of responsibility was made for the incident, and even though police suspect the FARC as being responsible, several government officials doubt if this was in fact a FARC attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday afternoon at or after 1311, suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) 51st Front detonated a low-powered home-made improvised explosive device at 121st Street and 21st Avenue in Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack injured two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage. This was one of six bombing attacks that took place during a protest march by thousands of civil servants in the capital city of Bogotá. The bombs, which contained less than 500 grams of benclo (sodium benzoate and potassium chlorate) and ammonium nitrate and used timed clocks, were placed near garbage cans in sectors where there are no surveillance cameras. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, and even though police suspect the FARC as being responsible, several government officials doubt if this was in fact a FARC attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday afternoon at or after 1311, suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) 51st Front detonated a low-powered home-made improvised explosive device at 80th Street and 6th Avenue near the Peruvian Embassy in Bogotá, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack injured two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage. This was one of six bombing attacks that took place during a protest march by thousands of civil servants in the capital city of Bogotá. The bombs, which contained less than 500 grams of benclo (sodium benzoate and potassium chlorate) and ammonium nitrate and used timed clocks, were placed near garbage cans in sectors where there are no surveillance cameras. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, and even though police suspect the FARC as being responsible, several government officials doubt if this was in fact a FARC attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday at 1200 noon, Chechen rebels belonging to the Urus-Martanovskiy mujahedin ambushed a group of Russian supporters of the local Russian administrator who were in a Russian convoy in Saadi-Kotar, Chechnya, Russia. They bombed a convoy of Russian supporters of the local Russian administrator using a landmine that was previously planted in the city of Saadi-Kotar, Komsomolskoye, Chechnya, Russia.  The landmine damaged the Russian convoy, however no casualties were reported. The heavy shooting resulted in the deaths of four Russians and injured eight. The Chechens claimed responsibility for the attack on a chechen website.
10/23/2008: On Thursday at 1200 noon, suspected Chechen rebels belonging to the Urus-Martanovskiy group set fire to the house of the local Russian administer in the village of Saadi-Kotar, Komsomolskoye, Chechnya, Russia. No casualties were caused by the fire but it completely destroyed the house. No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday morning at 0800, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-improvised explosive device after ramming into the convoy of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the central Bab as Sharqi neighborhood, killing between three and eight civilians, three police officers, three or four private security guards; wounding between 16 and 20 civilians, two police officers, four private security guards; damaging two vehicles, one police vehicle, three civilian vehicles, and a dozen shops.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2008: On Thursday night at 0300, unidentified men launched a grenade outside the former rebel office belonging to the Aceh Transitional Commission in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia.  No casualties were reported and only minor damage was done. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, a land mine was recovered and defused by the Border Security Force personnel at Chakra Border Out Post at Bobiya in the Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing and there were no reported casualties.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, a school teacher, identified as Sunil Raya Yadav, was shot dead by an unidentified group in Prempur Village Development Committee of Rautahat, Narayani, Nepal. Yadav was allegedly an active militant of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum. Nobody claimed responsibility for the murder.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, a suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into the convoy of Mahmoud Jawad Al Radhi, the minister of labor, in the Bab al- Sharji area in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing 11 and wounded 22 others. The blast also destroyed two of the convoy's vehicles and a police vehicle as well as damaged three civilian cars. Al Radhi was not in the convoy during the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, at least two civilians were killed and two others were wounded when a mortar round fell into their house in Al Falahiya district in eastern Kut, Wasit, Iraq. An unknown amount of damage was done in the attack. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, Communist Party of India (Maoist) rebels attacked four trucks, killing one of the drivers, when they were passing through Kurpurti village in Ranchi, India. The rebels set fire to three other trucks. The rebels claimed the targeted company was continuing work despite the shutdown call given by the outfit in protest against the killing of one of its leaders.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, militants of the Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT), also known as the People's Liberation Front of India, set afire six vehicles of a private construction company near Tetai village in the Latehar district of Jharkhand, India.  Claiming responsibility for the attack, the PLFI claimed the construction company was continuing work despite the shutdown call given by the outfit in protest against the killing of one of its leaders. No casualties were reported.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, suspected Taliban militants killed eight pro-government tribesmen in an ambush in Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The gunmen stopped their vehicle, ordered the tribesmen out and shot them dead one by one. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, three Hizbul Mujahedeen militants opened fire on a village-level self governing institution meeting going on in the house of a teacher in the Babariwala village in the Haddal area of Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One militant, a village headman and a civilian, identified as Hashim Din, were killed during the attack. Two of the militants, one of whom was identified as Mohd Yasir, fled from the scene. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/23/2008: On Thursday, unknown assailants set fire to a passenger bus near the El Dorado airport in Bogota, Capital District, Colombia. The arson attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the bus but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/23/2009: On Friday a 40-year-old Muslim man who sat on a local police committee was shot dead and the mosque damaged as he left Friday prayers in the Krongpinang district of Yala, Thailand. Police said the gunmen were also wounded but managed to flee the scene by motorbike. No group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/23/2009: On Friday evening, a suicide bomber driving a VAZ-2114 car attempted to assassinate Chechen President, Ramzan Kadyrov and MP, Adam Delimkhanov, but was shot dead. A 200-kilogram container with wires attached to it was found in the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2009: On Friday, a bomb attached to a civilian car was detonated in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed a man and wounded his wife and their three sons. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, gunmen shot dead a traffic policeman in the Karama neighborhood of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of municipal council member, killing the council member and one civilian family member, wounding three other family members, and damaging their vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, in Hayatabad, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting a restaurant, wounding 15 civilians and damaging several buildings, several houses, several power lines, and the restaurant. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2009: On Friday, in the night, a group of about 20 suspected Communist Party of India- Maoist cadres abducted Pappu Singh and Mohammad Ansari, former cadres of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a rival outfit. They were taken from their houses and shot on the outskirts of the village. The bodies were recovered on 10/24/2009. The cadres left a note accusing the two men as working as police informers. Police, however, believe the killings were due to a turf war with the TPC. Communist Party of India (Maoists) were responsible.
10/23/2009: On Friday, in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, assailants detonated a firebomb outside the Socialist party office of Greece's Deputy Civil Protection Minister, damaging the office but causing no casualties. The motive for the attack was to disrupt the Greek Government. The Council for the Destruction of Order claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2009: On or before Friday, in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, assailants fired upon and killed a Muslim civilian. Friday morning police came across the body of a 29 year old Muslim villager who was shot and killed and left on the side of the road. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/23/2010: On Saturday at 0000 midnight, in Barabhum, Ayodhya, Puruliya, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants abducted an intelligence branch inspector, identified as Partha Biswas, and an non-governmental organization (NGO) worker, identified as Samarjit Basu. As of 01/13/2011, the police still had no information on the hostages’ whereabouts or condition. The Communist Part of India-Maoist (CPI-M) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2010: On Saturday between 0400 and 0600, in Nulliguda of Podia block in Malkangiri, Orissa, India, a group of 20 to 40 cadres blew up a panchayat (village level local self-government institution) office and destroyed a godown (warehouse) using pickaxes and spades. Some plastic pipes and documents in the warehouse were also set on fire. No casualties were reported the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) claimed responsibility for the attack. Leaflets left at the scene of the attack demanded that the Government stop killing their cadres in the name of Operation Green Hunt and withdraw the Border Security Forces (BSF) from the district.
10/23/2010: On Saturday night, in Rwindi, North Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa), 50 militants armed with AK-47 rifles and homemade weapons attacked a United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo peacekeeper base. No casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Mai Mai was suspected to be responsible for the attack.
10/23/2010: On Saturday, in Herat, Herat, Afghanistan, four Taliban suicide bombers dressed as police and women attacked the main United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UN) compound, two attackers, including a car bomber, blew themselves up at the entrance and another detonated his bomb just inside the compound, while a fourth was shot and killed. The attackers used rockets, machine guns and explosives. No casualties were reported from the UN staff and two police officers were wounded in the attack, but ultimately the attack was not successful. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. A Taliban commander, Mullah Bilal, claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of the group. One fighter had blown himself up and others had entered the compound, he told Reuters by telephone. Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, in talks with media via telephone from undisclosed locations, also claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that the attackers on UNAMA office inflicted casualties on employees, however, he did not give more details.
10/23/2010: On Saturday, in the Creggan Heights area of Londonderry, County Derry, Northern Ireland, a pizza delivery man was shot and wounded in a paramilitary-style attack by unidentified gunmen. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2010: On Saturday, in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, wounding the civilian and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2010: On Saturday, in the Wardhigley district of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, five people were killed when unidentified militants attacked the presidential palace by unknown means. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/23/2011: On Sunday evening at 1900, in Muang, Narathiwat, Thailand, in one of two related bombings, suspected militants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a Jintai Junior convenience store. The blast killed three civilians, wounded four others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the supermarket. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday evening at 1910, in Muang, Narathiwat, Thailand, in one of two related bombings, suspected militants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the Sui Hua Panich convenience store. The blast killed two civilians, wounded three others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the supermarket. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday morning at 1130, in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded and wounded Noorul Aziz when his car struck the IED. Aziz is the director of religious affairs at Kandahar provincial government and also a former Taliban shadow governor from southern Kandahar. The car was damaged and no group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday night around 0200, in one of two linked incidents in Saminaka, Kaduna, Nigeria, an unknown number of casualties were reported when militants detonated an improvised explosive device made with dynamite in a police station. The police station was completely destroyed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/23/2011: On Sunday night around 0200, in Saminaka, Kaduna, Nigeria, an unknown number of casualties were reported in several linked incidents when armed militants detonated dynamite at the entrance of the First Bank building. The armed militants then detonated dynamite to destroy the bank safe in order to steal an unknown amount of money. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the bank. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought responsible for the attack.
10/23/2011: On Sunday night, in Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated three improvised explosive devices inside a Sunni mosque. The blasts caused no casualties and completely destroyed the mosque. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday night, in the Druzhba district of Buinaksk, Dagestan, Russia, an improvised explosive device planted by unidentified assailants detonated under a parked car owned by a bank officer of the OAO Rosselkhozbank at house number 46. No casualties occurred and the attack caused an unknown amount of damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday, in an unknown area of Parvan, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber targeted and attempted to detonate a suicide belt targeting the motorcade of the Afghan Interior Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, but nearby Afghan police fired upon and killed the suicide bomber before the suicide belt could be detonated. No material damage was reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/23/2011: On Sunday, in an unspecified village near Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire on Ismail al-Wadi, a teacher, near his house. The gunmen killed the teacher and his daughter in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed on off duty police official, Brigadier General Mahmoud Abdullah, in his car near his home. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday, in Sapah Bulak village in Sumisip, Basilan, Philippines, five rubber plantation workers were killed and eight others were wounded in an armed attack by unidentified militants. No group claimed responsibility, but Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) militants are suspected.
10/23/2011: On Sunday, in the Saidiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen armed with silenced pistols opened fire on Ziyad Tariq, an official in the Iraqi Oil Ministry. The gunmen killed the official, and wounded his driver in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2011: On Sunday, near the al-Nahdah intersection, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police patrol. The blast wounded two traffic policemen, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the patrol. No group claimed responsibility.
10/23/2012: A mortar shell landed on a highway in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured and a civilian's car damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attacked the Kizlyar security checkpoint near Chermen village, North Ossetia republic, Russia. One police officer was killed and another four injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device detonated after being struck by the vehicle of Mohammad Salim Mubarez in Pur Chaman city, Farah province, Afghanistan. Mubarez, the chief administrator of the district, was killed and two of his security guards injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device detonated at the main courthouse in Fermo city, Fermo province, Marche region, Italy. There were no reported casualties. According to a leaflet found at the scene of the attack, an unidentified anarchist group claimed responsibility for the incident, stating simply, "Free the Jailed Anarchists."
10/23/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a government convoy in Dipili village, Bayog municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) patrol near Kibbutz Kissufim, Southern, Israel. An IDF commander was seriously injured in the blast. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device inside a bucket detonated after it was picked up by a local villager near a boys' primary school in Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The villager was seriously injured in the blast. Following the attack, security officials discovered and defused a second explosive device that had been planted inside the school. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device planted along a road was discovered in the Skaikhan area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, as the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device planted in a house that was under construction detonated as a Frontier Constabulary (FC) patrol was passing in Badbher village, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three FC personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosive device was discovered by a local junior high school student in Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties, as bomb disposal units safely detonated the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and another six injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Kadhimiyah town, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and another three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Approximately 10 assailants attacked a passenger van and abducted seven people on National Highway in Dhadar city, Bolan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants attacked a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) detachment in the Villaflores village of Makilala town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a military official attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/23/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convoy in Besram village, Laghman province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; however, a NATO vehicle was damaged in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in Chak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. A United States (US) soldier, Michael S. Duskin, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants attacked the residence of Musa Magazai in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. Magazai, the headmaster of Ari Primary School, and three other people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/23/2012: Assailants attempted to plant explosive devices along a road in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Afghan police officials arrested the assailants before the devices could be placed. This was one of two similar incidents that occurred in the provinces of Zabul and Helmand on the same day. At least five assailants were apprehended across the two provinces. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, a source attributed them to the Taliban.
10/23/2012: Assailants attempted to plant explosive devices along a road in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Afghan police officials arrested the assailants before the devices could be placed. This was one of two similar incidents that occurred in the provinces of Zabul and Helmand on the same day. At least five assailants were apprehended across the two provinces. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, a source attributed them to the Taliban.
10/23/2012: Assailants launched mortar shells that struck nearby houses in Miran Shah town, North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The assailants were targeting a local military checkpoint; however, at least three civilians were killed and another nine injured, as the shells missed their intended target. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Mohammad Umar and Mohammad Ikram near a public call office in the Soldier Bazaar Two area of Jamshed town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Umar and Ikram, supporters of the Ahl-i-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) religious party, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Muhammad Qasim and Eid Muhammad on Eidgah road in Khuzdar town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Qasim and Muhammad, officials of the district administration, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on the vehicle of Jameel al-Dahaby near a military base in Al Dali governorate, Yemen. Al-Dahaby, a senior security officer for the Yemeni military, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a government official suspected Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/23/2012: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply container in Kalat district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the targeted container was partially damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants opened fire on Ahmed Farah Sakin in Las Anod town, Sool region, Somalia. Sakin, a Somali journalist for the Universal television station, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Assailants planted and detonated an explosive device inside of an empty oil tanker near the Taru Jabba oil depot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, two oil tankers were destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Mortar shells landed in the predominantly Shia Muslim area of Chikouk district, Kadhimiyah town, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and another 10 injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Several explosives-laden vehicles detonated simultaneously in the predominantly Shia Muslim area of Shula district, Kadhimiyah town, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and another 14 injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2012: Three assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. Two of the assailants were killed in the clash, while the third fled the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: A mortar shell detonated near the Exhibitions City in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties or damages in the blast. This was one of four mortar attacks on targets in Damascus city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/23/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police checkpoint on a bridge in Rutba city, Al Anbar province, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least four police officers and three civilian truck drivers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated along Bannu-Miranshah road in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated at a market in Madean town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 13 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated at a restaurant in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated at an outdoor market in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Al-Naft Club in the Ur neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated in the Doaba area of Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Al-Shu'lah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed or injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated near Iraqi Police Service (IPS) personnel in Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device detonated on a commercial street in Amariya district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Dudhnoi town, Assam state, India. This was one of two explosive devices discovered in Dudhnoi town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/23/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Hajo area near Dudhnoi town, Assam state, India. This was one of two explosive devices discovered in Dudhnoi town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/23/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a church and a military checkpoint in the Mashru Dummar district of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused near a power station in Janzour village, Tripoli district, Libya. This was one of two related attacks by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/23/2013: Assailants abducted 26 people in Upira, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The victims, who included the chair of Upira and his family, were taken to Makembi and Tshutshubo. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/23/2013: Assailants abducted Arbab Abdul Zahir Kasi, an Awami National Party (ANP) senior leader, from Patel Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Kasi was released on October 5, 2014. His kidnappers had demanded a ransom equivalent to $9,834,780.00 dollars that was not paid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants abducted the captain and chief engineer of the United States (US) flagged C-Retriever from their boat approximately 65 Km off the coast of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The two sailors, both from the United States (US), were released unharmed after a $2 million ransom was paid on November 12, 2013. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Mullakhel area of Baghlan-e Markazi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. One police officer and four assailants were killed; three civilians and seven assailants were wounded in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants attacked Somali Armed Forces (SAF) troops in Ceelbarde town, Bakool region, Somalia. At least five people were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/23/2013: Assailants attacked Tunisian National Guards in Sidi Ali Bin Aoun town, Sidi Bou Zid governorate, Tunisia. At least eight soldiers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade. Authorities also suspected that the incident was carried out by Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia).
10/23/2013: Assailants attempted to kidnap a civilian rancher in Horqueta town, Concepcion department, Paraguay. The outcome of the kidnapping attempt is unknown. This is one of two incidents in Horqueta on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, officials attributed the incidents to the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP).
10/23/2013: Assailants detonated a sticky bomb on the vehicle of an employee of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The employee was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a mosque in the Mukhaysah area of Abu-Saydah village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the mosque was damaged. Authorities attributed the incident to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2013: Assailants detonated explosive devices and opened fire on police vehicles in Horqueta town, Concepcion department, Paraguay. Police Chief Manuel Escurra was killed and two other police officers were injured in the attack. This is one of two incidents in Horqueta on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, officials attributed the incidents to the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP).
10/23/2013: Assailants fired mortar rounds at a gas pipeline near the airport in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack; however, the pipeline was damaged, resulting in a blackout in the city and surrounding area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants fired mortars at the Natural Sciences Faculty Building of Damascus University in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties or damages. This was one of four mortar attacks on targets in Damascus city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/23/2013: Assailants fired mortars towards the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least two people were injured in the attack. This was one of four mortar attacks on targets in Damascus city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/23/2013: Assailants fired rockets at the District Governor's office in Hesarak district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The rockets missed and hit a private residence; two civilians were killed and three were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants fired two mortar shells at Abaseen square in downtown Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least four people were killed and another 18 were injured in the attack. This was one of four mortar attacks on targets in Damascus city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/23/2013: Assailants kidnapped a government employee from the Ministry of Rural Development in Farah province, Afghanistan. The abductee was executed a few hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/23/2013: Assailants kidnapped two Sahwa members in Sin-Dhibban village, Hawija district, Kirkuk, Iraq. Both Sahwa members were killed later on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on a military bus in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported injuries or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on a National Mobile Force patrol in Janzour village, Tripoli district, Libya. At least two soldiers were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint in Tamada town, North Siani governorate, Egypt. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on Elbireir Idris's vehicle in the Dagrase area of Nyala city, South Darfur state, Sudan. Idris, the Director of the Elsaqya Charity Organisation, was killed in the attack and his driver was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on Osama Faitouri Ali, a Libyan security officer and former political prisoner, in the Almajora area, Libya. Ali was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants set a woman on fire in Rasuwa district, Central development region, Nepal. The woman, who belonged to the United Communist Party of Nepal -Maoist (UPCN-M), was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya).
10/23/2013: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Bishnu Paudel, an election candidate for the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M), in Kaski district, Gandaki development region, Nepal. Although Paudel was unharmed, his campaign vehicle was severely damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police attributed the incident to the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya).
10/23/2013: Assailants shot and killed an employee of the provincial Investment Department in Al-Hadba neighborhood of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants threw a pipe bomb at a police patrol vehicle, which then failed to detonate, in Newtownabbey town, Newtownabbey district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Assailants threw explosives at the "Garyounis 17 February" militia headquarters in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Three militia personnel, who were guarding the targeted facility at the time, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Four suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a United Nations (UN) checkpoint in Tessalit town, Kidal Region, Mali. In addition to the bombers, at least two UN peacekeepers from Chad and one civilian were killed in the blast; another six peacekeepers were also injured. Ansar al-Dine (Mali) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Security forces spotted a suicide bomber at a checkpoint in the Zarmela area of Kurram agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The bomber detonated when told to surrender; he was the only reported casualty resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Two assailants shot Saidakhmat Satayev on Batyr Murzayev Street, Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia. Satayev, a senior tax official of the Khasavyurt city tax service, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2013: Two explosives devices detonated in front of the residence of Muhammad Shah Nawaz in Azimpur neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nawaz, an Election Commissioner, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blasts. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim, a Shia Muslim professor, would be killed in revenge for the Iraqi government's execution of a Sunni Muslim.
10/23/2014: A landmine detonated near Tunisian Armed Forces (FAT) soldiers in Sakiet Sidi Youssef area, Kef province, Tunisia. Five soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: A mortar landed in a market in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two civilians were killed and at least 12 other people were wounded in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), and Lashkar-e-Balochistan each separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near the vehicle of Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Rehman, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), was not harmed; however, in addition to the bomber, at least three people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the blast. Jundallah claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victim was targeted for his pro-democracy stance.
10/23/2014: An assailant attacked a police patrol with a hatchet in Queens, New York City, United States. The assailant was killed and two officers and a bystander were wounded in the attack. Zale Thompson, a convert to Islam, was responsible for the incident.
10/23/2014: An assailant opened fire on a the caretaker of an Imambargah in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: An assailant opened fire on Munir Faraj Saaiti in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Saaiti, an an Operation Dignity lieutenant, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2014: An explosive device detonated in Aka Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a liquor store in Saadoun area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a bank in Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Shah Rak area, Farah province, Afghanistan. Three police officers and three attackers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked Amiriyat al-Fallujah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. It is unknown if the raid resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked Bagumbayan village, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. Three people, including two assailants, were killed and two civilians were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked General S.K. Pendatun town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked police officers heading to the scene of an earlier attack in Ghorak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A district police chief was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked residents in Ndongo town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 17 people were killed and 30 youths were kidnapped in the raid. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked security personnel in a market in Aka Khel area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Sabiid village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants attacked the vehicle of a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate, near a polling station in Pakhyana, Pakistan. Thirteen people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants executed Staff Brigadier General Abd al-Lahibi in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into a residential area of Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Four civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an Afghan official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/23/2014: Assailants fired mortars at Armed Forces of Ukraine positions near Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Four soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the shelling to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/23/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a military helicopter carrying a Cameroonian general in Fotokol, Cameroon. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol in Gandachera area, Tripura state, India. One BSF soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT).
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a bus carrying Hazara Shias in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Eight people were killed and at least one other was wounded in the attack. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a civilian in Langlakso area, Diphu, Karbi Anglong district, Assam state, India. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Karbi People's Liberation Tigers (KPLT).
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a former Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) official in Pirabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The official, Aslam Niazi, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental province, Philippines. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police constable outside his home in Qaimoh area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The constable, Rafiq Ahmad Mir, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a tribal elder in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The elder, Nader Khan, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on security guards at the Great Man Made River Project Authority in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two guards were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on the chief of the local Department of National Security in Farah province, Afghanistan. The police official, Asadullah Zalal, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on the home of the secretary-general of the local council in Lahij area, Lahij governorate, Yemen. The secretary-general, Haydarah Ali Matir, was not harmed in the attack, but one civilian was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants set fire to the private residence of a Moroccan Embassy media worker in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/23/2014: Assailants set fire to the residence of a parliamentary candidate, in Diraz, Northern governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties; however, the residence and two vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail onto police vehicles in Damanhour city, Beheira governorate, Egypt. Three police officers were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Security forces discovered an explosive device planted in the garden of a house in Strabane town, Strabane district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2014: Security forces seized an explosives-laden vehicle in a khat market in Ibb city, Ibb governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at Jambutu Juma'at Mosque in Yola, Adamawa state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least 27 people were killed and 96 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated near a 9th Muharram Procession in Jacobabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 27 people were killed and 19 others were injured in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier at the Gevaot checkpoint in Al-Dayr, West Bank. At least two people, the soldier and the assailant, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/23/2015: An explosive device detonated as it was being defused outside of Le Meridien Hotel at the Rimaya intersection in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. At least four people, including two police officers and two hotel guards, were injured in the blast. The Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a produce shop in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian National Police (ENP) convoy in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least one officer was killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al Sahaa area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Bub Ash Sham, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near the residence of Ziaullah in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Ziaullah, the United Council (UC) Mondan zakat chair, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: An explosive device planted under a culvert was discovered and defused near Chhatiari village, Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the gate of an Imambargah in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a government girls' primary school in Fatamakhel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Assailants abducted 21 Frontier Works Organization (FWO) construction workers in Neeli Kach, South Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. All 21 hostages were released unharmed on November 12, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Assailants abducted Chief Geoffrey Agorodo in Ogbia town, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The whereabouts of Agorodo, a local leader, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Assailants abducted Huchangi Prasad in Davangere city, Karnataka state, India. Prasad, an author, was beaten up and released a short time later. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to right-wing extremists.
10/23/2015: Assailants abducted two Ugandan civilians in Abushaka forest, Wau district, Western Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
10/23/2015: Assailants crucified a former Tripoli Province of the Islamic State member from Sudan in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/23/2015: Assailants detained and publicly flogged four Sudanese civilians for smoking in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/23/2015: Assailants executed three people, including a former Tripoli Province of the Islamic State member from Chad, in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/23/2015: Assailants fired mortars at a group of protesters at Al-Keesh Square in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least 12 people were killed and 39 others were injured in the attack. The Free Libya Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State and Ansar al-Sharia (Libya). The attack was also attributed to the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, who denied involvement.
10/23/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Habbaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. One person was killed and six people were injured in both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Khalidiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. One person was killed and six people were injured in both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on a boat transporting local councilors and civilians in Caugbasan village, Gandara district, Samar province, Philippines. At least four people were killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers in Aman Chowk, Swabi town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two officers were killed in the assault. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Assailants set fire to an under construction refugee shelter in Eskilstuna, Sodermanland county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: Assailants set fire to five Indian Railways trucks near Geedam, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/23/2015: Assailants set fire to Imam Malik Bin Anas Mosque in Taraif neighborhood, Riyadh city, Riyadh province, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: Assailants set fire to planned refugee housing in Munkedal, Vastra Gotaland county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: Assailants shot and injured a Somali Ministry of Transportation and Airspace employee in Nasteho neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at an Israeli vehicle on Highway 60 between Beit El and Givat Assaf, West Bank. At least three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: At least one suicide bomber detonated at the Central Mosque in Jidari neighborhood, Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least 10 people were killed and 11 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/23/2015: Security force members discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Albu Jawari, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
10/23/2015: Security force members discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
10/23/2015: Security forces arrested a suicide bomber before he could detonate at a 9th Muharram Procession in Pir Qayyum, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2015: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated near Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in the southeast of Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast and ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources separately attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Nusrah Front.
10/23/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a military convoy in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, at least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: An explosive device attached to a Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle detonated in Kabul, Afghanistan. The driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Sheikh Omar area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Dora neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a family fleeing Hawad, Nineveh, Iraq. Three people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighters' patrol in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. One volunteer was killed and four were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a police vehicle in Genc district, Bingol, Turkey. At least two police officers were killed and 19 people, including police officers and civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/23/2016: Assailants abducted 37 activists and elders in Al-Haqab, Ad Dali, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/23/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers equipped with explosives-laden vehicles raided Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least five people and 16 assailants were killed in ensuing clashes that continued until October 25, 2016. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2016: Assailants armed with grenades and firearms attacked police personnel after being stopped in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash, and an explosive device was later defused inside the assailants' vehicle. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Assailants armed with rifles and rocket launchers attacked the district governor's residence in Bingol, Turkey. There were no reported casualties as police forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/23/2016: Assailants executed 16 people by throwing them off a bridge in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2016: Assailants executed 50 police officers outside of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in a neighborhood in western Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2016: Assailants fired rockets at Al-Tuwal district, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen.
10/23/2016: Assailants fired rockets at Najran, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen.
10/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) officers in Jiwani, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least four people, including two officers, were killed in the assault. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2016: Assailants raided a farm in Tawilah, North Darfur, Sudan. One person was killed and two people were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Assailants shot and killed Cletus Suwe Gompil, a mobile police sergeant, at his residence in Kwanga, Plateau, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Fulani militants carried out the attack.
10/23/2016: Assailants threw two hand grenades at a hospital in Hundung, Manipur, India. At least one Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
10/23/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Dulab, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices along Manatu-Chak road in Palamu district, Jharkhand, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Security forces discovered and destroyed 20 explosive devices in Dulab, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Security forces identified and detained three people driving an explosives-laden vehicle in Kunar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in southern Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two similar attempted attacks in the city on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber near a bank in central Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two similar attempted attacks in the city on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2016: Security forces opened fire on assailants attempting to steal firearms from a police post in Sirnoo, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2016: Three suicide bombers equipped with explosives-laden motorcycles attacked security forces in Bartella, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing the three assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2016: Two suicide bombers were identified in Sandaouadjiri, Extreme-North, Cameroon. One of the bombers detonated, killing herself and injuring five members of the local vigilance committee. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/23/2017: A roadside bomb detonated in Nasr al-Salam, Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: A sniper opened fire on a soldier in La Tolerancia, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Liberation Army (EPL).
10/23/2017: A suicide bomber detonated and two other assailants opened fire targeting police personnel in Tawaleb, Old City, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the three assailants, an unknown number of police officers were killed and injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2017: An explosive device detonated in Cukurca, Hakkari, Turkey. A soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/23/2017: An explosive device detonated near a construction material store in Madain, south of Baghdad, Diyala, Iraq. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistani Police vehicle escorting Hazara civilians at a vegetable market in Hazar Ganji, Balochistan, Pakistan. Several people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2017: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Mushahada, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and three others, including a captain, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants abducted Gajju Achla from his residence in Mendra, Chhattisgarh, India. Achla was beaten and killed shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists and stated that the victim was accused of being a police informant.
10/23/2017: Assailants abducted retired Superintendent of Police, Chief James Omafuaire, his wife, and one of his customers in Akoko-Edo, Edo, Nigeria. His wife was released the same day and Omafuaire and his customer were released on October 25, 2017. Fulani extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants abducted three Palestinian workers from a tunnel in Gaza, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The three hostages were taken into Egypt and were released on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/23/2017: Assailants abducted two civilians from a farm near Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of two related attacks near Afgoye on this date carried out by the same assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Al-Shabaab.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked a gendarmerie post in Dioro, Segou, Mali. There were no reported casualties. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked a gendarmerie post in Ouan, Segou, Mali. One person was killed and two others were injured in the attack. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties as security forces repelled the assault. This was one of two related attacks near Afgoye on this date carried out by the same assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Al-Shabaab.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Waghaz, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least four police officers were killed and two officers were injured, while the assailants sustained and unspecified number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked a water distribution company in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. There were no reported casualties, but a truck was stolen during the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked an area south of Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack, killing six assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked and looted a market in Kutum, Kottom, North Darfur, Sudan. The assailants fled after security forces arrived and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked joint security forces in Qaysoumai, near Abbassi, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks targeting joint security forces in Abbassi on this date. Two soldiers were killed and two volunteer fighters were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2017: Assailants attacked joint security forces in Wardiya, near Abbassi, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks targeting joint security forces in Abbassi on this date. Two soldiers were killed and two volunteer fighters were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/23/2017: Assailants fired two rockets that landed near the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in the 16th police district of Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Sheikh Baba Gulloono, Safi subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least five soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/23/2017: Assailants opened fire on officers who were evacuating the body of a police officer killed in clashes on the previous day near the Grasberg mine, 10 km northeast of Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia. Four police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants shot and injured a civilian, identified as Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, in Kellar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Bangladesh Awami Jubo League leader, Abdur Razzak, along Aramdanga-Pirpurkulla road near Damurhuda, Khulna, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/23/2017: Five suicide bombers equipped with an explosives-laden vehicle and explosives-laden vests attacked a military checkpoint in Mudiyah, Abyan, Yemen. In addition to the five assailants, four soldiers were killed and ten others were injured in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/1970: Black militants ignited a fire in a White owned grocery store across the street from the Pyramid Courts Housing Project in Cairo, Illinois, United States.  Due to sniper fire, firefighters were unable to get close to the building.  There were no casualties but the store burnt down.
10/24/1970: Fifteen to eighteen Black militants, dressed in military fatigues and armed with rifles, opened fire on police headquarters in Cairo, Illinois, United States, three separate times during a six hour period.  Police were able to repel each of the three attacks.  One Black militant was injured and one bystander was hit by a stray bullet.  Buildings in the surrounding area were also damaged by bullets.  In response to this attack, the mayor claimed that there was an "open armed insurrection" taking place in Cairo.
10/24/1975: Unknown perpetrator(s) placed a bomb in a telephone booth outside of a Safeway supermarket in Oakland, California, United States.  There were no casualties but the telephone booth was destroyed and the windows of the Safeway store were shattered.
10/24/1986: A pipe bomb exploded in the foyer of Dimic's Restaurant and Bar, a Yugoslavian establishment in Detroit, Michigan, United States. There were no casualties from the incident, but it is unknown whether any property damage resulted.  Additionally, the perpetrator(s) are unknown, and no individual or group claimed responsibility for the bombing, which authorities believe targeted Yugoslavian delegates present in the restaurant on this day.
10/24/1992: Members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) cut 53 coyote pens, and set 15 coyotes free from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Predator Ecology Project field station in Millville, Utah in the United States, and then set the station on fire, causing $500,000 in damage.  There were no casualties reported in the incident.  This is linked to a similar incident on this day where members of ALF also firebombed the Utah State University office of Frederick Knowlton, the station director of the Project (102492b).  Both incidents were claimed by ALF in an unsigned press release sent by fax to The Moscow-Pullman Daily News in Moscow, Idaho, stating that the raids were meant to slow the   genocidal war'' against native wildlife, and the actions of the group were "nonviolent acts of self-defense on behalf of free and imprisoned coyotes everywhere.''  ALF member, Rodney Coronado, who launched "Operation Bite Back" in 1991, a five-state arson campaign against the fur industry, was later captured and indicted on federal charges for these incidents.  He did not act alone, but the other perpetrators are unknown. Coronado spent three and a half years in prison for fur industry arsons.
10/24/1992: Members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) firebombed the office of Frederick Knowlton, the station director of the USDA Ecology Predator Project at the Utah State University in Logan, Utah in the United States. The incident caused more than $200,000 in damage.  There were no casualties reported in the incident. This is similar to another incident on the same day in which ALF members cut coyote pens and set fire to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Predator Ecology Project field station in Millville, Utah (102492), just a few miles away.  Both incidents were claimed by ALF in an unsigned press release sent by fax to The Moscow-Pullman Daily News in Moscow, Idaho, stating that the raids were meant to slow the   genocidal war'' against native wildlife, and the actions of the group were "nonviolent acts of self-defense on behalf of free and imprisoned coyotes everywhere.''  ALF member, Rodney Coronado, who launched "Operation Bite Back" in 1991, a five-state arson campaign against the fur industry, was later captured and indicted on federal charges for these incidents.  He did not act alone, but the other perpetrators are unknown. Coronado spent three and a half years in prison for fur industry arsons.
10/24/1999:  An explosive device was thrown at the house of Nenad Milosevic, a famous Leskovac forensic expert, in southern Macedonia.  No one was injured in the explosion but the house and car were damaged.  No group has claimed responsibility and the motive is unknown.
10/24/1999: At approximately 6:45 pm local time, an unknown perpetrator on a motorcycle threw a homemade bomb at the Krueng Sabee Police Sector Command headquarters in Kreung Sabee, West Aceh, Indonesia. The roof, walls and windows of the building were badly damaged in the blast, but there were no casualties were suffered.
10/24/1999: Unidentified perpetrators used a Mazda 626 car to attack the main branch of Banco Ganadero on El Dorado Avenue in Medellin, Colombia. A large number of offices were destroyed, and two people sustained minor injuries in the attack. The damages were estimated at one billion pesos (approximately $513,000).
10/24/2000: A large arms depot exploded in Mashhad, Iran. No one was killed or injured in the explosion. Its cause was not known but followed recent attacks by People's Mujahedeen militants.
10/24/2000: A small bomb damaged the Ajaccio, France political office of conservative lawmaker, Roland Francisci, who was known for his fierce opposition to an accord aimed at giving greater autonomy to Corsica. The entrance to the office was damaged by the explosion. No one was injured. No one claimed responsibility for the blast, but there was speculation that it may have been linked to Francisci's opposition to the plan worked out by Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.
10/24/2000: An unidentified group threw a number of petrol bombs at the home of a sister of the Popular Party (PP) spokeswoman of Getxo council, Marisa Arrue, in Bilbao, Spain. One of the incendiary devices reached the inside of the house and started a small fire which was immediately put out. One person was slightly injured in the attack.
10/24/2000: Members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) raided Kamandugu village, Northern province, Sierra Leone.  They killed at least eight villagers and burned down at least a hundred homes.  Remaining villagers fled to the town of Kabala.  The rebels attacked the villagers because they refused to join the RUF; those villagers that survived the attack and were unable to flee were forced to join the rebels.  RUF members also attacked two other villages the same day.
10/24/2000: Members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) raided Koman village, Northern province, Sierra Leone.  They killed at least eight villagers and burned down at least a hundred homes.  Remaining villagers fled to the town of Kabala.  The rebels attacked the villagers because they refused to join the RUF; those villagers that survived the attack and were unable to flee were forced to join the rebels.  RUF members also attacked two other villages the same day.
10/24/2000: Members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) raided Sokure village, Northern province, Sierra Leone.  They killed at least eight villagers and burned down at least a hundred homes.  Remaining villagers fled to the town of Kabala.  The rebels attacked the villagers because they refused to join the RUF; those villagers that survived the attack and were unable to flee were forced to join the rebels.  RUF members also attacked two other villages the same day.
10/24/2000: Suspected members of the United Bengali Liberation Front (UBLF) threw bombs at a jeep in Sashisangmapara, Dhalai district, Tripura state, India.  One woman was killed and seven others were injured in the attack.  The motive has not been identified.
10/24/2000: Two officers from the Philippine National Police were killed while on board a mobile car after New People's Army (NPA) rebels ambushed them in Quitang Village, Philippines.
10/24/2000: Unidentified assailants threw a bomb outside of the University of the Philippines campus in Cebu, Cebu province, Philippines.  One traffic police officer was injured in the attack and three cars were damaged.  The attack occurred the day before President Joseph Estrada was scheduled to address a rally in the vicinity of the University.  Authorities have not stated the reason for the attack and are not immediately linking it to the President's speech; however, they are not ruling out a possible connection.
10/24/2001: Suspected Jewish gunmen opened fire on Palestinians near Hebron, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip.  Six Palestinians traveling in a taxi were injured when the assailants, traveling in a vehicle with Israeli license plates, overtook the vehicle and began firing with an automatic weapon.  The attackers fled and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2002: A homemade bomb exploded in a shopping mall in Bandung, Indonesia, injuring two civilians. No group or individual claimed credit for the attack.
10/24/2002: A suspected member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) threw a grenade at a police vehicle in Bogota, Colombia killing one police cadet.
10/24/2004: A 7-year-old Lebanese boy was kidnapped by unidentified perpetrators and released a few days later in Mosul, Iraq. He was believed to be the youngest known foreign kidnapping victim in Iraq since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion. The boy's father said a ransom of $1,725 was paid, far less than the $150,000 the kidnappers had demanded.
10/24/2004: Edward Seitz, the Assistant Regional Security Officer (RSO) at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, died in a mortar (or possible rocket) attack at Camp Victory near Baghdad airport. An American soldier was also injured and several trailers were damaged in the incident. Seitz was a Special Agent for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, the law enforcement and investigative branch of the State Department. He was believed to be the first U.S. diplomat killed after the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
10/24/2004: In Iraq, nearly 50 police recruits were ambushed and executed on a remote stretch of road outside the town of Mandali in eastern Iraq. The group of former al-Qaida front man in Iraq, Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the attack but the claim could not be verified.
10/24/2004: In Karbala, Iraq, Muslim al-Taie, an aide to senior Shiite cleric Hussein al-Sadr, was killed in a drive-by shooting by unknown perpetrators. One of al-Taie's bodyguards also was killed and another was injured in the attack.
10/24/2004: In Makin, Pakistan, a tribal elder identified as Haji Khan Gul was killed after a landmine, which was planted near his residence, exploded as he and relatives were going to a bazaar. He was the brother of Ahmed Shad Mehsud, also injured in the blast, who was the leader of the local peace committee.
10/24/2004: Three Pakistani Frontier Corps soldiers were injured, two of which may have later died as a result of their injuries, in a landmine blast staged by unidentified militants in Shoral Gad, South Waziristan, Pakistan.
10/24/2005: Nepalese Maoists kidnapped Min Bahadur Mahatara in Tushara, Nepal. The Maoists accused the victim of having joined Nepal’s Army. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
10/24/2005: One Pakistani soldier was killed and 11 others were wounded when a remote controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle 24 miles northeast of South Waziristan’s capital of Wana. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2005: Suspected Taliban members fired two rockets into Faizabad, Afghanistan, injuring a Nepalese national employed with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). One of the rockets struck an IOM building causing minor damage to the structure while the other hit the office of the city’s police commander. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2005: Unidentified perpetrators detonated three car bombs near a fortified hotel compound in Baghdad, Iraq killing 12 people and injuring 12 others. Two of the perpetrators were suicide bombers who appeared to be targeting foreign journalists in Baghdad. The bombs exploded below concrete towers near the Sheraton and Palestine Hotels which housed many foreign journalists and Western workers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2005: Unidentified perpetrators killed 12 Iraqi construction workers in the town of Al-Musayyab, Iraq. The perpetrators then kidnapped the contractor who employed the workers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. The kidnap victim’s fate was not reported
10/24/2006: Suspected Islamic militants bombed a cable television office in Indian Kashmir, in the city of Sopore, which is located north of the state capital of Srinagar. The explosion killed one civilian. No group claimed responsibility for this act.
10/24/2007: Five Afghan bodyguards and four Afghan civilians were wounded when Taliban suicide car bomber Abdul Basir crashed his Toyota Hilux Surf into the convoy of Khost Province Governor Arsala Jamal and immediately detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 5:00 PM approximately five kilometers outside Khost Province City, Khost Province, Afgahnistan.
10/24/2007: Nine Iraqis were killed and 23 others were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated approximately 30 seconds and 30 yards apart at about 7:00 AM at a minibus pickup area near Diyala Bridge in Jisr Diyala, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: One Iraqi Police officer and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when a single mortar shell launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 4:00 PM in Zayuna neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: One Israeli soldier and one Israeli civilian were wounded and five cars were damaged when an al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade (Al-Fatah) perpetrator emerged from a parked blue van 150 meters from a bus stop and sprayed the area with small arms (automatic rifle) fire before entering the vehicle again, whereupon it drove away and the shooter fired on five moving vehicles, wounding the civilian. This took place late in the morning near Ariel, West Bank (Occupied Territories), Palestine. The perpetrator was not apprehended.
10/24/2007: Seven Somali civilians were killed, 12 more were wounded, and a minibus was destroyed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their moving minibus in Sagah neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banadir Region, Somalia.
10/24/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed and 24 others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators from Hidaid neighborhood landed at approximately 5:45 PM in Hibhib neighborhood, Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed their home and shot them at approximately 6:00 PM in Zaghanya village, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: Two Iraqi National Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 8:00 AM adjacent to their patrol near the Islamic Party Center in al-Qadisiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/24/2007: Two Thai Muslim civilian male footballers, Sommartrohbee Kare and Panumad Jehsoh, were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired on them with small arms as the victims rode a motorcycle home from a match sometime after 8:00 PM in Yaha (District), Yala Province, Thailand.
10/24/2008: On Friday evening at 1800, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels attacked a police checkpoint using long-barreled weapons against the Turkish Special Operations Teams on duty in the Esentepe section of Tunceli 1.5 kilometers from the town center in Yenimahalle, Turkey. The armed assault, which continued intensely for about one hour, was carried out where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was scheduled to visit his party's central district and take part in various inaugural activities. Two rebels were wounded from the crossfire. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/24/2008: On Friday night, an improvised explosive device planted by unknown assailants, was located and safely defused by police outside the headquarters of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company in the coastal suburb of Palaio Faliron, Athens, Athens province, Greece. The bomb was composed of three kilos of dynamite and a timer inside a plastic toolbox. Police believed that the bombers were also targeting the Olympic Properties, which is located near the oil company headquarters. No casualties were reported as the bomb was defused by police prior to detonation. An anonymous caller alerted police to the bomb. Police suspected that either the Revolutionary Struggle group or the leftist Enedra group was responsible for the incident, mainly because the bomb components were identical to the bomb components of previous bombings by the Revolutionary Struggle and the fact that the callers informed the police instead of the media as Enedra has been known to do.
10/24/2008: On Friday night, unknown arsonists threw incendiary devices at a Kurdish club in Vienna-Fuenfhaus, Australia. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility for the arson attack was made.
10/24/2008: On Friday, according to a military spokesman, at least four mortar shells fell on Baidoa airport in Baidoa district, Bay province, Somalia, causing damage, but no casualties.  However, a local hospital reported admitting five injured soldiers, following the attack. The assault was carried out by an unknown gourp of insurgents and no claim of responsibility has been issued for the attack.
10/24/2008: On Friday, the deputy of an estate, Abdol Ahad, was abducted by unknown gunmen from his house in an unspecified city of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident although the assailants sent a letter to Abdol Ahad's house, saying that unless $100,000 was paid to them in three days, they would kill Abdol Ahad. The status of the hostage is unknown.
10/24/2009: On Saturday afternoon, around 1500, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest at the office of the National Unity Gathering, a political party, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq. The blast killed one security guard who stopped the attacker from entering inside the building, injured seven other guards and two civilians. The explosion left severe damage to the building. No group has claimed responsibility, but the bomber is believed to be an Arab citizen.
10/24/2009: On Saturday afternoon, around 1600, an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a car of an off duty policeman was detonated by unknown assailants in central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded the officer and another civilian. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/24/2009: On Saturday, in Islamabad, Pakistan, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting police officers, killing one police officer. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2009: On Saturday, in Mae Lan, Pattani, Thailand, four armed gunmen fired upon a Buddhist school janitor riding his motorcycle out side a teashop, killing him and damaging his motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/24/2009: On Saturday, in Muang, Pattani, Thailand, in a drive-by shooting, when four assailants fired upon and killed a Muslim farmer. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/24/2009: On Saturday, suspected Maoists triggered three simultaneous landmines, targeting a motorbike convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans near Kantapahari, seven kilometers from Lalgarh in West Bengal, India. The rebels subsequently opened fire on the jawans immediately after the explosions. A gun battle ensued when the jawans retaliated until the Maoists finally fled the scene. Paschim Midnapore Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Verma said six CRPF jawans were on their way to the Kantapahari camp when the landmines went off. The exchange of fire continued for a few minutes. Combing operations have been launched. There were no casualties reported in the attack. Communist Party of India (Maoist) was responsible.
10/24/2010: On Sunday afternoon around 1430, at a family-owned grocery store in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, two unidentified armed men shot and killed a town councilor, identified as Estela Vidad. A nine millimeter pistol was used in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2010: On Sunday evening around 1800, in Poblacion San Miguel, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, Philippines, a village councilor was shot and killed by a gunman with a pistol near his house. The victim was identified as Valentine Campos. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2010: On Sunday evening around 2100, in Mahayahay village in Lingig, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines, unidentified gunmen barged into the house and shot and killed a candidate for village councilor using a handgun. The victim was identified as Eduardo Tacder. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2010: On Sunday morning, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device in the parking lot of a medical center between the Public and Republican Hospitals, killing two civilians and wounding 10 others. Reports have indicated that the casualties could be as high as five killed and 21 wounded, but that claim has not been confirmed. Ten vehicles were destroyed and surrounding buildings were severely damaged in the attack and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2010: On Sunday morning, in Usur, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants abducted a panchayat (village level local self-government institution) member, Bhothraj Sodi. The status of the hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility but the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) was suspected.
10/24/2010: On Sunday, at a transportation terminal in Neiva, Huila, Colombia, authorities safely defused a remote controlled explosive device composed of one kilogram of pentolite explosives, which had been placed on the tire of one of the buses at the terminal. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was responsible for the attempted bombing.
10/24/2010: On Sunday, at an airport in Tibu, Norte Santander, Colombia, authorities safely defused an improvised explosive device composed of one cylinder of unspecified explosives and other elements, which had been placed on the planes' take off area. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intended to use the explosives against Colombia's First Lady, Cecilia Soler, who was schedule to arrive in the city for humanitarian aid efforts.
10/24/2010: On Sunday, in Awapalli village, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants abducted five youths on the suspicion that they had applied for the post of Special Police Officer (SPO). On 10/31/2010 the militants released the victims, Ramesh Wasam, Potram Raju, Hemla Potram, Dinesh and Nakka Raju when they denied having applied for the post of SPO along with the warning to refrain from anti-naxal activities like 'Salwa Judum' and 'Gandhigiri'. The Maoists had reportedly tied their hands, feet and eyes and took them to forest. While in captivity, they were questioned whether they had applied for the post. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/24/2010: On Sunday, in Chandra village in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants shot and injured a Class 10 student, identified as Kartik Mahato. Though the exact cause of the attack on Kartik is not known, the West Bengal police claim that the Maoists wanted the school student to join the movement. However, Kartik's parents were against his joining the Maoists. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
10/24/2011: On Monday evening around 2000, in Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, one person was killed and 18 people were injured when militants threw a grenade into a bus station. The attack caused a minor amount of property damage to the bus station. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/24/2011: On Monday evening, in the neighborhood of Chakra Goth in Korangi, Sindh, Pakistan, a man and boy were killed and their driver was injured when four militants riding two motorcycles fired upon the private car of Crime Investigation Department (CID)’s Sub-Inspector Ashiq Khosa. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2011: On Monday morning at 0930, in the village of Shiekh Utar in the Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, two armed militants riding on a motorcycle opened fire on three men, a father, his son, and a friend, who were having tea at a local hotel. The father, Ghulam Ayaz was killed, the friend, Adab Khan was injured, and the son, Muhammad Imran, managed to escape. No group has claim responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2011: On Monday night around 0115, in Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, two people were killed and 13 others were injured when militants threw a grenade into the Mwauras nightclub. The attack caused a minor amount of property damage to the nightclub. The militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in an interview with reporters.
10/24/2011: On Monday night, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden inside a water container that was placed inside the house of a former member of Mehdi Army militia, Ali al-Gureity. The blast killed the man's wife and son, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2011: On Monday night, in Ghazni, Ghazni, Afghanistan, armed militants kidnapped a policeman and later killed the policeman on the same night. It was reported that the militants dumped the policeman’s body in the Hyderabad area of Ghazni, Ghazni, Afghanistan on 10/25/2011. No group has claimed responsibility, but the Taliban was thought responsible for the attack.
10/24/2011: On Monday night, in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp, Sidon, Southern Province, Lebanon, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device planted in a trash bin near the house of Palestinian official Abed Makdah. The blast wounded six civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2011: On Monday, at an airport in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia, a local police chief was shot and killed by two unidentified gunmen. The victim was identified as Dominggus Awes. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2011: On Monday, in al-Mudafer Square, near the Nahda bus terminal, in the Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic policeman's vehicle. The blast wounded five, including two traffic policemen, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2011: On Monday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his improvised explosive device vest targeting an emergency response team responding to a previous bombing targeting a traffic police patrol. The blast killed one response team member, wounded six others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2011: On Monday, in the Abu Ghraib neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated multiple improvised explosive devices inside the house of a policeman. The blasts killed his wife, wounded him and two of his children, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2011: On Monday, in the village of Tikan near Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, two Wazir tribesmen riding a bicycle were kidnapped by unknown militants that were traveling in a car. No casualties were reported. The status of the hostages was unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2011: On Monday, in Vishakhaptnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, a group of suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants shot and killed a former home guard identified Korra Balaraju. No group claimed responsibility, but the Communist Party of India-Maoist group were suspected.
10/24/2011: On Monday, on the Palestine Street, in Beirut Square, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police patrol. The blast wounded four traffic policemen and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the patrol. No group claimed responsibility.
10/24/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Mansour district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The explosion targeted first responders arriving on the scene of an earlier shooting. At least three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2012: A suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked the residence of the father of Rafei al-Essawi, the Iraqi finance minister, in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Al-Essawi's father escaped the attack unharmed; however, one person was killed and another five injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: An explosive device detonated along a road near a police vehicle on Kandahar-Uruzgan highway in the Kas area of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and another two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: An explosive device planted underneath a bridge detonated near the Awami National Party (ANP) headquarters in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the bridge, the ANP headquarters, and several houses were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: An explosive device struck a passenger vehicle in Muqur district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Two Afghan civilians, a married couple, were killed. Additionally, their three children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an Afghan official attributed it to the Taliban.
10/24/2012: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated, targeting Ali al-Hashemi's convoy in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Al-Hashemi, an Iraqi politician, escaped unharmed; however, one person was killed and four injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Mosul city, Mosul district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. An Iraqi soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two British soldiers died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
10/24/2012: Assailants attacked the Mayan Dara bazaar in Pashtun Kot district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. At least 25 assailants, five police officers, and two civilians were killed in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/24/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a government boys' school in Wisalabad, Swabi district, Khyber Paktunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school's boundary wall was severely damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants detonated explosive devices at two government boys' schools in Malik Aurangzeb and Malik Delawar, Halimzai tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the two schools were completely destroyed in the blasts. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants in a vehicle opened fire on a military checkpoint in Mansour district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Mansour district on the same day; the second attack targeted police officials who were responding to this first incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2012: Assailants in a vehicle threw two grenades at a crowd of Durga Puja participants near the railway crossing in the Basugaon area of Chirang district, Assam state, India. One of the two grenades failed to detonate and was subsequently defused by police officials upon its discovery. One person was killed and another three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants in Gaza fired a rocket into southern Israel. Three agricultural workers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to Palestinians.
10/24/2012: Assailants in Gaza fired rockets into Eshkol city, Southern, Israel. At least five people, including three Thai poultry workers, were injured in the attack. The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and Hamas' (Islamic Resistance Movement) Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants in Gaza launched a rocket that landed in an area near Ashkelon city, Southern, Israel. This was one of three rocket attacks that hit an intended target and one of 10 total attacks in the area on the same day. Three people were injured and property was damaged in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
10/24/2012: Assailants in Gaza launched a rocket that landed in Eshkol Regional Council, Southern, Israel. This was one of three rocket attacks that hit an intended target and one of 10 total attacks in the area on the same day. Three people were injured and property was damaged in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
10/24/2012: Assailants in Gaza launched a rocket that landed in Sha'ar Hanegev regional council, Southern, Israel. This was one of three rocket attacks that hit an intended target and one of 10 total attacks in the area on the same day. Three people were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
10/24/2012: Assailants in Gaza launched a rocket that was intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Iron Dome system in southern Israel. This was one of seven rockets that were successfully intercepted and one of 10 total attacks in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
10/24/2012: Assailants kidnapped a tribal villager from his residence in the Manikpur area of Dhalai district, Tripura state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed it to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and claimed that the villager was kidnapped after he had refused to provide shelter for the assailants.
10/24/2012: Assailants opened fire on a passenger minibus carrying Al-Nasra State Industry Company employees in Mushahidah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least seven workers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants opened fire on an Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) activist in the Jackson Market area of North Nazimabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The activist was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants opened fire on Rodolfo Estoque in Agoo town, La Union province, Philippines. Estoque, a local council member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2012: Assailants opened fire on Yamashita Mangacop in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Mangacop, a mayoral candidate, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2012: Assailants set fire to the residence of Alhaji Mohammed Salisu Auwal in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. Auwal, the head of Gwojin district, was unharmed, as he was not present at the time of the attack; however, his two sons were killed after the assailants cut their throats and threw them into the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered and defused in the Carlisle Parade area of Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: A roadside bomb detonated as an Afghan Air Force (AAF) vehicle was passing by in Adraskhan district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Six AAF soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and another four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: A roadside explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Jamjamo village, Jani Khel district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Four suspected assailants were killed. This was one of two incidents involving roadside bombs that occurred in Jani Khel district on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/24/2013: A roadside explosive device detonated targeting a tractor-trolley in Hasti village, Jani Khel district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and three people were wounded in the blast. This was one of two incidents involving roadside bombs that occurred in Jani Khel district on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An assailant threw a molotov cocktail at a mosque in Voroshilovsky District, Volgograd city, Volgograd oblast, Russia. There were no reports of casualties or property damage in this attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Family Line Chowk in Thul town, Jacobabad district, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three people were injured in the blast. This was one of three incidents involving explosive devices that occurred in Thul town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated in Nari district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated inside a civilian house in Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Madean town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and fourteen people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated near a Russian Internal Troop convoy on Khasavyurt-Babayurt motorway, Daghestan republic, Russia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device detonated on Imam Shamil Avenue in Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. There were no reported casualties; however, energy infrastructure was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device planted under Ramazan Ramazanov's car detonated in Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. Ramazanov, an investigator with the Russian Investigative Committee's Dagestan branch, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the home of Mumtaz Jakhrani, a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) minister, in Thul town, Jacobabad district, Sindh province, Pakistan. This was one of three incidents involving explosive devices that occurred in Thul town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the home of Shah Abdul Latif Chowk, a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) minister, in Thul town, Jacobabad district, Sindh province, Pakistan. This was one of three incidents involving explosive devices that occurred in Thul town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Lathama Bridge in Sabri neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused underneath the vehicle of a Libyan National Police (LNP) officer in Almajouri neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2013: An explosive device was remotely detonated near a lumber warehouse in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One child was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: An explosive in an ambulance detonated near Egyptian soldiers in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants abducted an Illegal Immigration Combat Unit member in Kuwaifia neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The officer was killed the following day, on October 25, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2013: Assailants armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) opened fire on Howaid police station in Bannu town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three officers were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint next to the NNPC Mega Station at the outskirts of Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting police and security forces on the same night in Damaturu. At least 95 assailants, 22 soldiers, and 8 police officers were killed and unknown number injured across all six attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least six soldiers were injured in this incident and two other unrelated attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least six soldiers were injured in this incident and two other unrelated attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least six soldiers were injured in this incident and two other unrelated attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked the C Division police station in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting police and security forces on the same night in Damaturu. At least 95 assailants, 22 soldiers, and 8 police officers were killed and unknown number injured across all six attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) building in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting police and security forces on the same night in Damaturu. At least 95 assailants, 22 soldiers, and 8 police officers were killed and unknown number injured across all six attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked the hunting camp of Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah, the Qatari Petroleum Minister in the Buleda area of Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Abdullah was not present at the time of the attack; however, four people from his hunting party were abducted and two vehicles were set on fire. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked the mobile police base in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting police and security forces on the same night in Damaturu. At least 95 assailants, 22 soldiers, and 8 police officers were killed and unknown number injured across all six attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: Assailants attacked the police area command building in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting police and security forces on the same night in Damaturu. At least 95 assailants, 22 soldiers, and 8 police officers were killed and unknown number injured across all six attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: Assailants in a vehicle opened fire on a fast food restaurant in Amariyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another eight people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants kidnapped Soumendra Beti from his home in Jhiliguda town, Odisha state, India. Beti, a sarpanch, was shot and killed; his body was discovered on the morning of October 25, 2013. Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that they targeted Beti because he was a police informer.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on a group of Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Dawlatabad district, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed the incident; however authorities suspected the Taliban was responsible.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Lebanese Army patrol when the soldiers tried to stop their vehicle in Hawsh al-Harimeh, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The soldiers returned fire, killing two assailants and wounding two others. The security forces were responding to a tip that individuals were in the area with a large amount of explosives; after the exchange of fire, it was discovered that one of the perpetrators was wearing an explosive vest. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on Abdulqader Najm outside of his residence in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Najm, a journalist for the Al-Mosuliya television station, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Adel Khalil al-Tawahi, a senior officer in the Libyan Air Force, near his residence in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Tawahi was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on Orlan Mollejon, a candidate for barangay chairman, in Divisoria village, Masbate province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on police officers sitting in a restaurant in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed and a third officer was injured in the attack; one assailant was killed by return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants planted an explosive device on Ferhad Rifa'at's vehicle in Khanaqin city, Iraq. Rifa'at, the head of Khanaqin's anti-crime office, was not injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Assailants stormed an Afghan Local Police (ALP) outpost in Bala Murghab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. At least four police officers and two assailants were killed and another five people, including two assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2013: Assailants stormed General Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting police and security forces on the same night in Damaturu. At least 95 assailants, 22 soldiers, and 8 police officers were killed and unknown number injured across all six attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a police checkpoint in Janale town, Lower Shabeelle region, Somalia. At least two people were killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: At least 40 assailants abducted six village officials from Sabud village, Loreto town, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. One of the hostages, village councilor Maria Gina Bantuasan, was released on October 26, 2013, with the assailants' demands; the other hostages were released on November 22, 2013. This was one of two related incidents carried out by the same assailants in Loreto town on this day. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: At least 40 assailants attacked a Philippine Army patrol base in Sabud village, Loreto town, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. One soldier was injured in the attack. This was one of two related incidents carried out by the same assailants in Loreto town on the same day. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/24/2013: At least a dozen rockets fired from Afghanistan landed in Angoor Adda village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least nine people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: At least one explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Khales city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Gunmen opened fire on Salih Al-Hidary's vehicle in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Hidary, a marine Colonel, was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Two assailants opened fire on Colonel Abdulrahman Mohammed al-Shami, an intelligence official, in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Shami was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the shooting to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/24/2013: Two female assailants left three explosive devices which were later discovered and defused on a bus in Jalukbari town, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2013: Two suicide bombers wearing suicide vests in two explosives-filled vehicles detonated at the Operations Command center in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the two suicide bombers, at least three people were killed and five were wounded in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2014: A rocket landed near the international airport in Labraq area, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near security personnel in Nawa village, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The district head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) was killed and three security personnel were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near an Egyptian Army checkpoint in Karm al-Qawadis, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. In addition to the bomber, at least 33 soldiers were killed and 28 others were injured in the blast. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: An assailant threw a Molotov cocktail at civilian cars on a highway near Silwad village, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) respondents killed the assailant, but there were no other casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: An assailant threw a Molotov cocktail into a civilian vehicle in Tasek Gelugor town, Penang state, Malaysia. There were no casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Al-Nu'man Gardens in Adhamiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a Raskamboni Movement official in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The official was killed and five of his bodyguards were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted a former New People's Army (NPA) member and his spouse from Callawa village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. The former NPA member, Arnel Genita Recta, was killed and his body was discovered on October 28, 2014. The whereabouts of the other abductee are unknown. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that Recta was targeted for collaboration with the military in its counter-insurgency activities.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted a shepherd in Garoua-Mboulai area, East region, Cameroon. This was one of four related kidnappings in which nine people were taken in the same area of Cameroon on the same day. Four of the hostages were rescued on October 25, 2014, while the remaining five victims were rescued on November 26, 2014. The Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted a village chief in Dole village, East region, Cameroon. This was one of four related kidnappings in which nine people were taken in the same area of Cameroon on the same day. Four of the hostages were rescued on October 25, 2014, while the remaining five victims were rescued on November 26, 2014. The Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted Ashraf Abadi in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Abadi was one of three journalists kidnapped from Mosul on the same day. Abadi was executed on February 16, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted four civilians in Yokosire village, East region, Cameroon. This was one of four related kidnappings in which nine people were taken in the same area of Cameroon on the same day. Four of the hostages were rescued on October 25, 2014, while the remaining five victims were rescued on November 26, 2014. The Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted Talal Qais in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Qais was one of three journalists kidnapped from Mosul on the same day. Qais was executed on February 8, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted three civilians in Garoua-Mboulai area, East region, Cameroon. This was one of four related kidnappings in which nine people were taken in the same area of Cameroon on the same day. Four of the hostages were rescued on October 25, 2014, while the remaining five victims were rescued on November 26, 2014. The Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted two Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers from Pusht Rod district, Farah province, Afghanistan. The two officers were killed and their bodies were discovered the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Taliban.
10/24/2014: Assailants abducted Walid Akidi in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Akidi was one of three journalists kidnapped from Mosul on the same day. Akidi was released unharmed on November 20, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants armed with Molotov cocktails and fireworks attacked police personnel in Faisal neighborhood, Giza governorate, Egypt. Although there were no reported casualties, a police vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to "pro-Morsi" elements.
10/24/2014: Assailants attacked a police post in Lal Por district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. A police officer and four assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/24/2014: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Hawz area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks carried out on the same day. At least three people were killed and 10 people were injured across all three attacks. The victims included police officers and soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Hay al-Iskan area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks carried out on the same day. At least three people were killed and 10 people were injured across all three attacks. The victims included police officers and soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Street 20 area, Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks carried out on the same day. At least three people were killed and 10 people were injured across all three attacks. The victims included police officers and soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants attacked Glawi village, Cameroon. At least four people were killed, including Nigerian refugees, and one another was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/24/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device beside an oil pipeline in Arqain area, Marib governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to tribesmen.
10/24/2014: Assailants fired rockets into the Green Zone in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. One guard was injured in the attack. A spokesperson for the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to an agreement between the Afghan president and the United States (US) that would allow US soldiers to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014.
10/24/2014: Assailants fired three rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Chankan area, Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A civilian was killed and three others, including a civilian and two FC officials, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants fired two rockets at the residence of Naseer Ahmed, a local Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, in Panjgur town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no casualties; however, the house and a vehicle were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Five civilians were killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Lebanese Army patrol in Khan al-Askar area, Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. One assailant was killed and three soldiers were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Mawlawi and Mansour Group.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police sergeant in Abu Kabir town, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. The sergeant, Ismail Ali Amin, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Somali National Army (SNA) soldier in Suqa Holaha area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab of carrying out the attack.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Bala Buluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks targeting ALP checkpoints in Farah on the same day. At least 26 people, including assailants and ALP officers, were killed and 49 others were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Shamal Gah district, Farah province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks targeting ALP checkpoints in Farah on the same day. At least 26 people, including assailants and ALP officers, were killed and 49 others were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Egyptian Armed Forces checkpoint in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Egyptian officials suspected the involvement of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
10/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on the residence of a member of the provincial assembly in Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants raided Azim region, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier and 12 assailants were killed and seven soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants set fire to the commercial garage of Mohammed Mahdi Al Ekri, a parliamentary candidate, in Sitra city, Capital governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Hussein Salman Al Hamer, a parliamentary candidate, in Diraz area, Northern governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two instances where parliamantary candidates' vehicles were attacked in Diraz in the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants set fire to three vehicles belonging to Jaffar Ibrahim Al Asfoor, a parliamentary candidate, in Diraz area, Northern governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two instances where parliamentary candidates' vehicles were attacked in Diraz in the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants shot and killed a taxi driver in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at a Diwali celebration in Itakhola town, Assam state, India. Five people were wounded in the blast. The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), Songjibit faction, claimed responsibility for the incident, , stating that the attack was carried out in retaliation to the harassment and arrests of Boro civilians.
10/24/2014: Assailants threw an incendiary device through the window of the Islamic Center of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Assailants threw incendiary devices at vehicles belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Suez city, Suez governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties; however, two vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Four assailants attacked a hydroelectric power plant in Kagizman town, Kars province, Turkey. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle parked in a bazaar in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices at the Fadiliyah Bridge area, Yusufiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Fahilah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Yusufiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2014: Two explosive devices detonated at a cafe in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: A female suicide bomber detonated in Dala Yazaram neighborhood, Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least three people were killed and 10 others were injured in the blast. A second suicide bomber was arrested before she could detonate. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/24/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a joint checkpoint in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, two security force members were killed and nine members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting security forces in Jeraishi, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Following the blast, assailants opened fire on security force members. At least five security members and seven assailants were killed and 12 security members were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2015: An assailant armed with a knife attacked a rabbi and Jewish civilians outside of a synagogue in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, France. At least three people, including the rabbi, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant as a right wing extremist.
10/24/2015: An assailant armed with a knife attacked an Israeli civilian in Old City neighborhood, Jerusalem, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: An assailant disguised as a candy vendor attempted to stab a Defense Ministry Crossings Authority security guard at a checkpoint in Jalame, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Muhammad Zakarna, as a Palestinian extremist.
10/24/2015: An explosive device detonated at Shihab Ahmad Khudir's house in Al-Armushiyah, Saladin, Iraq. Khudir, a former deputy head of the Saladin Court, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a car park in Wihdah, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a produce market in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least three officers were killed and nine others were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Shia procession in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: Assailants abducted five health workers in Kohistan district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The workers were released on October 25, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
10/24/2015: Assailants abducted four people, including Osman Sheikh Ahmad Ma'ane in Mareerey town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Ma'ane, the Mareerey commissioner, was executed in Bariirey town on December 24, 2015, while the fate of the remaining three hostages is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2015: Assailants abducted three farmers from the Dankoj refugee camp in Wadi Bari, south of Serif Omar, North Darfur state, Sudan. Two of the hostages were released on the same day, while the fate of the remaining victim is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2015: Assailants attacked a construction site in Bhadrakali, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. This was one of three similar incidents targeting construction sites in Bijapur on the same day. There were no reported casualties but 37 construction vehicles and machines were set on fire across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/24/2015: Assailants attacked a construction site in Bhopalpatnam, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. This was one of three similar incidents targeting construction sites in Bijapur on the same day. There were no reported casualties but 37 construction vehicles and machines were set on fire across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/24/2015: Assailants attacked a construction site in Tarlaguda, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. This was one of three similar incidents targeting construction sites in Bijapur on the same day. There were no reported casualties but 37 construction vehicles and machines were set on fire across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/24/2015: Assailants attacked Mustafa Barghouthi in Al-Tira neighborhood, Ramallah city, West Bank. Barghouthi, the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) secretary-general, was wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Israeli extremists.
10/24/2015: Assailants attacked peshmerga members in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Five assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: Assailants attacked Yamgan district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Five assailants and three police officers were killed and seven assailants were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2015: Assailants fired mortar shells at the Samarra Operations Command in Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. Eight people were injured in the attack, including both civilians and volunteer fighters. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on Leemo Kama at her residence in Ban E-yo, Bare Nuea subdistrict, Narathiwat, Thailand. Kama, the mother of subdistrict head Niseng Kama, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mostafa Abdelrahman in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Abdelrahman, an Al-Nour Party candidate, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/24/2015: Assailants set fire to a passenger bus in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties as the assailants forced the passengers to exit the bus before setting it ablaze. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/24/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of a Socialist Justice Party (JS) member in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of seven attacks on JS targets in Gothenburg on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of Kristofer Lundberg in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland county, Sweden. Lundberg, the Socialist Justice Party (JS) president, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of seven attacks on JS targets in Gothenburg on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: Assailants shot and killed an Egyptian National Police (ENP) officer in Beni Suef city, Beni Suef governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2015: Assailants stoned a civilian to death in a village 30 miles north of Firozkoh, Ghor province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2015: Assailants threw five explosive devices at an Ashura Shia Procession in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. At least two people were killed and more than 100 others were injured in the blasts. Two of the devices failed to detonate and were defused following the attack. The Islamic State in Bangladesh and Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) both claimed responsibility for the incident. However, the government denied the presence of the Islamic State in Bangladesh in the country and questioned the veracity of the claim.
10/24/2015: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2015: Security forces discovered and destroyed five explosives-laden vehicles in Ash Sharif Abbas, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the unsuccessful attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2015: Security forces opened fire on a suicide bomber targeting a Shia procession in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The assailant detonated, killing a security force member and injuring nine people, including both security personnel and civilians. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in As Sayad area, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the area on the same day. Other than the assailants, it is unknown if the blasts resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in Khazir area, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the area on the same day. Other than the assailants, it is unknown if the blasts resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in Warade, Extreme-North, Cameroon. In addition to the assailant, one civilian was killed and one civilian was injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/24/2016: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated at a khat market in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least one person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: An explosive device detonated at a noodle shop in Muang Pattani district, Pattani, Thailand. At least one person was killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Bayaa area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Ban Sungabaru, Pattani, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Daricha Koh, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2016: Assailants attacked a school in Amadi, West Equatoria, South Sudan. This was one of two related incidents on this day in which 30 students were abducted. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), which denied involvement.
10/24/2016: Assailants attacked Halgan, Hiiraan, Somalia. An unknown number of civilians were beheaded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/24/2016: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Alasay, Kapisa, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Kapisa on the same day. An assailant was killed and three assailants were injured across the ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2016: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Tagab, Kapisa, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Kapisa on the same day. An assailant was killed and three assailants were injured across the ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2016: Assailants attacked popular resistance committee posts in Mudhaffar neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/24/2016: Assailants attacked security posts in Rabat, Badghis, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2016: Assailants detonated explosives targeting the Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline near La Cieba, Arauca, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/24/2016: Assailants equipped with nine explosives-laden vehicles attacked peshmerga forces in Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 15 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2016: Assailants fired missiles at a residential area in Benina, Benghazi, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a toll station in Sanankoroba, Koulikoro, Mali. Three people were killed and four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Muslim extremists may have carried out the attack.
10/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on Akbar Ali in Sardaryab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ali, a Pakistani Police intelligence sub-inspector, was killed in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians at a construction shop near Tuyong, Pattani, Thailand. Two people were killed and one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on Pakistan Customs vehicle in Shamsabad neighborhood, Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two officials were killed and another was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on police personnel guarding the residence of Abdul Rehman Veeri, the provincial Works Minister, in Veeri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
10/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on the helicopter of Okram Ibobi Singh in Ukhrul, Manipur, India. Although Singh, the Manipur Chief Minister, was not harmed, at least one Manipur Rifles member was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
10/24/2016: Assailants raided Laylan area, Kirkuk, Iraq. Nine assailants were killed and an unknown number of security force members were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Assailants raided Safiyyah, Arbil, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2016: Assailants set fire to Government High School in Kawoosa Khalisa, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Assailants set fire to Government Middle School near Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Assailants shot and killed Abdulaziz Araye, a National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officer, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a truck in Khanpora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The driver of the truck was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Security forces discovered and defused nine explosive devices in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Three suicide bombers attacked a Pakistani Police training center in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Approximately 300 police cadets were taken hostage during the overnight standoff with security forces. Two bombers detonated and the third assailant was shot and killed by security forces. In addition to the three assailants, at least 64 people, including 62 cadets, one army captain, and one paramilitary soldier, were killed and 161 other people were injured in the incident. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources questioned the veracity of these claims. Separately, Halqa-e-Mehsud and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) also claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated at the fourth bridge area in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the area on the same day. Other than the assailants, it is unknown if the blasts resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2017: A landmine detonated targeting a military vehicle in Tenenkou, Mopti, Mali. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: A planted grenade was discovered and defused at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) complex in Imphal, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
10/24/2017: A roadside bomb detonated in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, Saladin, Iraq. A farmer was killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden cart targeting a police station in Bosaso, Bari, Somalia. The assailant was killed and six people were injured in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Bosaso on this date. Jabha East Africa claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/24/2017: An explosive device detonated at a market in Ad Dawanim, Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: An explosive device detonated at a tea and khat shop in Bosaso, Bari, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Bosaso on this date. Jabha East Africa claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/24/2017: An explosive device detonated in Saydiyah, Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: An explosive device detonated near an industrial area in Wihdah, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused along Ring Road in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the residence of a postal worker in Imphal, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailant attacked members of Brigade 456 in Ubari, Wadi Al Hayaa, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants abducted Aulio Isarama Forastero, an indigenous governor, in Choco, Colombia. Forastero was killed shortly after the kidnapping. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Aulio Isarama Forastero was targeted because of his alleged connection to Colombian military intelligence.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Sasawa, Damaturu, Yobe, Nigeria. At least nine people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed and five civilians were injured in the attack. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Koshki Kohna, Herat, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were killed and five were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) post in Belandi, Farah, Afghanistan. At least nine soldiers and 17 assailants were killed and four soldiers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) post in Chora, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. At least two soldiers were killed and six soldiers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked Hanif Shah, a former Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) provincial office head, in Shashtai, Paktia, Afghanistan. Shah and two of his relatives were killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked military personnel guarding Satom employees between Soumpi and Niafunke, Timbuktu, Mali. Two soldiers were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the attack. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked police posts in Darwish Muhammadi, Badghis, Afghanistan. At least two assailants and one police officer was killed and two police officers and three assailants were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants attacked two civilian vehicles in Bismillah gate, near Mellit, North Darfur, Sudan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants destroyed a bridge in Shotor Jangal, Baghlan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2017: Assailants equipped with an explosives-laden vehicle and other weapons attacked a Syrian Army headquarters in Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. At least 10 soldiers were killed and eight other soldiers were injured in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/24/2017: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at the Municipality of Misrata building in Misrata, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on Christopher Iban Lozada, a radio broadcaster, in Coleto, Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Lozada was killed and one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Fara, Tulus, South Darfur, Sudan. Three people were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants raided and set fire to civilian residences in Mirza Wulang, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed an Armed Forces corporal, Rhuphel Lihay-lihay, in Santa Maria, Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/24/2017: Assailants threw grenades at a police patrol in Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/24/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked security forces in Hatra, Nineveh, Iraq. Four volunteer fighters and 24 assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/24/2017: Security forces identified and killed three assailants, including two suicide bombers, targeting security personnel in the Makhoul Mountains, Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/1970: Unknown perpetrators sent a mail bomb that exploded at the main post office in Washington D.C., United States.  The bomb caused no damage to the building, but one person was injured.  Minutes after the explosion, an anonymous phone caller told the post office, apparently unaware that the bomb already detonated, to evacuate the building because there was a bomb.  Authorities were unable to determine who the mailbomb was intended for.
10/25/1972: Four self described "white-middle class revolutionaries" attempted to rob the Arlington Trust Company branch in Crystal City, Virginia, United States.  Two of the perpetrators cut the bank's telephone lines and then, dressed as telephone repairmen and armed with guns, entered the building and asked to meet with the bank manager.  Upon telling manager Harry J. Candee of their intentions to rob the bank, Candee made a sudden movement and was shot and killed.  Gladys Willier, a bank teller, was shot and wounded in the incident.  Subsequently, Arlington Police Officer Israel P. Gonzalez, summoned into the bank to investigate the dead telephone lines, drew his gun on the perpetrators but was also shot and killed.  However, he did manage to wound one of the robbers.  The perpetrators escaped from the bank before they could steal any money.
10/25/1985: Unknown perpetrators set fire to the Hallmark Clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.  There were no casualties but the abortion clinic sustained $153,000 in damages.
10/25/1988: Members of the Evan Mecham Eco-Terrorist International Conspiracy (EMETIC), claimed responsibility for using an acetylene torch to cut through one of the main steel poll supports for the cable ski lift at the Fairfield Snow Bowl Ski Resort in Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States.  At 6:30am on October 26, an unidentified male caller phoned a radio station and claimed he was part of the EMETIC group, and claimed responsibility for the incident, similar to the incidents from 1987.  Additionally, several media representatives received letters from the group, also claiming their involvement in the incident. In 1991, Marc Leslie Davis, Margaret Katherine Millet, Ilse Washington Asplund, and Marc Andre Baker were sentenced for the attacks on the Fairfield Snow Bowl ski resort. No casualties resulted from the incident, but there was property damage, which amounted to over $26,000, after the previous incident in November 1987, and this incident combined.
10/25/1994: Three members  of the Aryan Republican Army robbed the Columbus National Bank in Columbus, Ohio, United States.  The perpetrators left an explosive device at the bank that authorities later determined to be operable.  $3,400 was stolen.
10/25/1996:  Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosive-laden boat into a Sri Lankan navy vessel off the coast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.  All 12 members of the navy crew were killed in the attack.  The attack occurred after navy patrol boats detected the presence of approximately 10 LTTE boats in the area.  The one vessel was rammed while the other battled with the remaining LTTE boats until reinforcements arrived.  The remaining LTTE boats fled with casualties.
10/25/1998: Rebels with the Self-Defense Groups of Cordoba and Uraba (ACCU: Peasant Self-Defense Group of Cordoba and Uraba) raided San Carlos, Colombia, killing ten civilians and one soldier. A local police garrison was damaged in the attack.
10/25/1998: Shadid Bargishev, Chief of the anti-kidnapping department of Chechnya's State Shariat Security Ministry, was killed when a remote-controlled bomb detonated near his vehicle in Grozny, Chechnya. His two bodyguards were also killed in this attack. There was no claim of responsibility for this incident, but Chechen Rebels were suspected.
10/25/1998: Ten people were gunned down and killed by unidentified assailants in La Pacha, Colombia. The nearby town of Altos del Rosario was also attacked. No further information was provided on this incident.
10/25/1998: Twenty people were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in Altos del Rosario, Colombia. The nearby town of La Pacha was also attacked. No further information was provided on this incident.
10/25/1999:  A group named the Justice Department poisoned razor blades used by Medical researchers, fur farmers, and fur representatives in Canada.  No injuries were reported in the incident.
10/25/1999: A farm was the target of a bomb attack in Tallone, Corsica, France, which completely destroyed the depot of the farm. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/25/1999: An unknown number of researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States, received booby-trapped letters containing razor blades, as part of  an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/25/1999: An unknown number of researchers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States, received booby-trapped letters containing razor blades, as part of  an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/25/1999: Four researchers at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon in the United States, received booby-trapped letters containing razor blades.  One of those researchers was Dr. Don P. Wolf, a senior scientist, who turned the letter over to authorities. There were no injuries in the incidents. These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/25/1999: Four researchers at the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center at Tulane University in Covington, Louisiana in the United States, received booby-trapped letters containing razor blades.  The Director of the Center, Peter Gerone, was among those who received a letter; it was opened by his secretary, but there were no injuries as she used an envelope opener. These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). In all, the communiqué listed eleven Tulane researchers as targets.  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/25/1999: Researcher Sarah Williams-Blangero, received a bobby-trapped letter suspectedly lined with a razor blade, at her office at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas in the United States. There were no injuries in the incident.  This letter was part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/25/1999: Three researchers at the University of California-Davis in Davis, California in the United States, received booby-trapped letters containing razor blades.   There were no injuries in the incidents. These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/25/1999: Three returning East Timorese refugees were injured when unidentified pro-Indonesian militia members hijacked their vehicle in the West Timor capital of Kupang, Indonesia. Approximately 50 refugees were being taken in a three-vehicle convoy to board a ship that would carry about 2,000 East Timorese home from camps in West Timor. The bus was hijacked at a traffic light, one passenger was forced off the bus and injured with a stone and two other passengers were injured by broken glass as the windshield of the bus was shattered by stones. Police then intervened and the attackers fled the scene.
10/25/2000: An explosive bomb attack took place near an Israeli convoy near the Morag settlement in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. No was injured in the attack. The Umar al-Mukhtar Martyr Forces claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2000: Suspected Islamic fundamentalists attacked a family celebrating the birth of a baby in their home in Bati district, on the outskirts of Madea, Algeria.  After killing the baby with an axe, the assailants shot dead seven members of the family, and injured at least three more.  The injured victims died in the days following the attack, bringing the death toll to ten victims.  Before the assailants fled the house, they rigged two improvised explosive devices (IED's), which detonated after they left.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/25/2001: A bomb exploded at a Hindu festival in Gauripur, Assam state, India.  The device was hidden under a stage designed to worship Durga Puja, the goddess of justice.  At least four people were killed and at least another 24 were injured in the blast.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities suspect that National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was involved.
10/25/2001: Three Tunisian soldiers were killed and several were injured by a homemade mine in Oum Ali, Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) was suspected of involvement in the attack.
10/25/2002: A bomb partially exploded outside of the Windsor House, a large office complex in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.  Media sources received a warning call from Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) that reported that there was an explosive device hidden in a white van.  The detonator exploded while the police were still trying to clear the area; however, the detonator failed to ignite drums of fuel that were attached to it.  No one was injured in the thwarted attack.
10/25/2003: A bus carrying Kurdish athletes going to Kirkuk was fired upon by an unknown group of attackers near the town of Harmin, Iraq.  Eleven people were injured, three seriously.  No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
10/25/2003: Unknown perpetrators torched a $4.5 to $6 million lakeside mansion under nearing completion on the 6900 block of North Shore Trail in Forest Lake, Minnesota in the United States.  The arson completely destroyed to home to ashes, but there were no casualties in the incident. The fire was called in at about 3:00am, and after investigation was ruled an arson.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident, and though an environmental group may have been involved in harassing phone calls and messages to the owners of the home days prior to the incident, there were no substantial links made between the calls and the arson. A $100,000 reward was offered for a conviction.
10/25/2004: A car bomb struck an Australian military convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing three Iraqi civilians and wounding nine people, including three Australian soldiers who suffered minor injuries. Al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic Army of Iraq both claimed responsibility for this attack on postings to websites. Neither claim was verified.
10/25/2004: Hans Ulrich Herpos, a Swiss National married to a Tamil woman, was killed while taking a shower in his home in Batticaloa town, Sri Lanka.  Although no group claimed responsibility, one source noted that the victim was believed to be engaged in a land dispute with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  (LTTE) at the time of the killing.  The victim owned a piece of land that fell within LTTE territory.
10/25/2004: In Mosul, Iraq,  the convoy of General Motaz Faqaa, a member of the liaison committee in the Andalous district in northern Mosul, was attacked with a suicide car bomb. Faqaa was not harmed, but two of his guards were injured in the blast. Approximately 20 minutes earlier, there was also an attack on Governor Duraid Kashmula at the Nineveh Governorate building.
10/25/2004: In Mosul, Iraq, the Nineveh Governorate building was attacked by a suicide car bomb, followed by a mortar. The target was Governor Duraid Kashmula, who was in the building at the time. Three people were killed and a fourth was seriously wounded in the incident. A second attack occurred 20 minutes later, targeting the convoy of a top administrator, General Motaz Faqaa.
10/25/2004: Thirty suspected Islamic militants decapitated three soldiers in Algeria at a roadblock 90 miles east of Algiers. The soldiers, one of them a naval officer, were beheaded; two other people, including a police officer, were also killed in this attack.
10/25/2004: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, detonated a homemade bomb outside of a Municipal guard billet on the Staiha road near Skikda, Algeria.  Two municipal guardsmen were wounded.  A second bomb detonated three hours later targeting reinforcements of Algerian soldiers arriving on the scene.  The blast did not cause any casualties or property damage.
10/25/2005: A suicide car bomb exploded outside the gate of the offices of the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/25/2005: Four assailants, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, shot and killed an Algerian policeman and wounded a soldier who were sitting at a café across from an office of the National Liberation Front (FLN) in Medea, Algeria.  The perpetrators subsequently headed to a town market shooting and killing one Algerian citizen and wounding another.  Algerian security forces responding to the attacks killed two of the perpetrators before the rest fled to safety.
10/25/2005: Three members of the Sudanese Liberation Army shot and killed a bank manager in Al-Fashir, Sudan. The perpetrators killed the manager when he refused to hand over the keys to his bank. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired guns at a police academy vehicle in Fateh Abad, Afghanistan killing an instructor and injuring two other people. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
10/25/2006: A bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraq, wounded two Iraqi policmen. No details on those responsible or the type of weapon were available. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/25/2006: A suicide bomber ran his vehicle into a Baquba, Iraq, police checkpoint and detonated his weapon. Two Iraqi police were killed, while one bystander was wounded. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2006: A woman was killed and her husband wounded when militants fired four rockets in the area of their house in Konar Province, Afghanistan. Three of the rockets landed in a nearby river, but one struck the house. One report indicated that an army battalion and a UN office were both in the vicinity as well and may have been the intended targets. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2007:  In Mingora, Pakistan, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) near a Frontier Constabulatory (FC) truck.  Seventeen soldiers and three civillains were killed and twenty-three soliders as well as eleven civillans were reported wounded.  Damages included two destroyed vehicles and nearby shops and a gasoline pump.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2007: Cadres of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) shot dead Mohammed Taj Miyan in Bara, Nepal. Leaflets left behind at the scene stated that Miyan was killed for spying on the group.
10/25/2007: Four Iraqi civilian children were killed and a residential building was damaged when eight mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 12:00 PM in Ijimi village, Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/25/2007: No casualties were reported but five electrical transmission towers were damaged (two severely and three moderately) by explosives planted by an unknown number of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) perpetrators in the morning in La Perezosa, Huila Department, Colombia.
10/25/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and a car was destroyed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to his moving vehicle in the morning on a roadside outside Hilla City, Hilla Governorate, Iraq.
10/25/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and another was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them outside their home in a village near Suwayra, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/25/2007: Prapa Thongpid (a Thai civilian female) and Kuean Intharak (a Thai civilian male) were killed and the female’s father was wounded when six unknown perpetrators forced entry to their home and shot them with small arms before setting fire to the premises with an unknown accelerant and departing on motorcycles at approximately 12:00 PM in Sai Buri (District), Pattani Province, Thailand.
10/25/2007: Ramdev Yadav was abducted by six members of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) from his home in Patthargadha-5, Saptari, Nepal. JTMM-J district coordinator stated that Yadav was abducted because he had been spying on the group. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
10/25/2007: Shiva Yadav was abducted by members of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) from his home in Chapena-9, Saptari, Nepal. JTMM-J district coordinator stated that Yadav was abducted because he had been spying on the group. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
10/25/2007: Six Somali bodyguards were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to the vehicle convoy of Afgoye (District) Commissioner Mohamed Omar Mudey in Afgoye (District), Lower Shabelle Region, Somalia.
10/25/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when three mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed early in the day in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/25/2008: On Saturday evening at 1945, four Muslim civilians were wounded when a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant lobbed a grenade into the Al-Husiniya Mosque in Kaththankudi, Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/25/2008: On Saturday evening at 2100, Abul Kalam, a trader, was shot dead by suspected Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) militants during an attack at a cloth shop in the Tarash area of Sirajganj district, Rajshahi province, Bangladesh. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/25/2008: On Saturday night at 0030, unknown radicals bombed the Eusko Tren train station of Berriz, Vizcaya, Spain, on Geltoki street using a mixed type of bomb composed of liquid, gas and a small pyrotechnic fuse. The bomb caused considerable damage to the station, but no casualties were reported as the explosion occurred before the station was opened. No claim of responsibility for the bombing was made.
10/25/2008: On Saturday night at 0230, unknown radicals attacked the Eusko Tren train station of Amorebieta, Vizcaya, Spain, using Molotov cocktails. The bombs caused some damage to the train station, but no casualties were reported as the explosion occurred before the station was opened. No claim of responsibility for the arson attack was made.
10/25/2008: On Saturday night at 0430, unknown arsonists threw several Molotov cocktails through the door and window of a Kurdish club on Jurekgasse Street in  Rudolfsheim-Fuenfhaus 15th district of Vienna, Vienna (Wien) province, Austria. The incendiary devices went out before the firefighters arrived on the premises and therefore caused no casualties and only minimal damage to the Kurdish club. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/25/2008: On Saturday night, suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) supporters smashed the window of a Turkish club with a stone in the district of Vogelweiderstrasse, Salzburg, Salzburg province,  Austria. The infrastructure attack caused minor damage to the club and no casualties were reported. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, however the Interior Ministry suspected that PKK supporters were responsible.
10/25/2008: On Saturday night, Taliban gunmen abducted 17 road construction workers and engineers of the Hollywood Construction Company in the Shorik area of Monagi district of Konar province, Afghanistan. It was reported that four of the 17 hostages were released shortly after their abduction as a result of protests from local civilians in the area. A local Taliban commander claimed responsibility for their abduction in a telephone call to the media, although the status of the remaining 13 hostages is unknown.
10/25/2008: On Saturday night, unidentified gunmen fired upon and killed Muhammad Omar, a local influential tribal elder, in his home in Khan Abad village, Char Bolagh district, northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, a bomb attached to a civilian car exploded near Al Firdous square in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one man and injuring two others, including a high ranking officer in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, a female Somali aid worker was shot and killed, in the city of Gurilel in Galgudud province of central Somalia.  According to a statement by the head of the Lida Aid organization, Duniya Sheik Daud was shot by unknown gunmen, on her way home.  An unknown weapon was used in this attack and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, in Miramshah, North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan, Taliban militants kidnapped one of their senior commanders, Abdul Khaliq Haqqani,  for his alleged involvement in embezzlement of "donations" collected for "Mujahideen." Taliban sent their armed militants who bundled their once close ally in their 4x4 double-cabin truck and disappeared in broad daylight. The condition of the hostage is unknown. No damage was reported and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, suspected Taliban gunmen abducted two prosecutors, a father and son, while they were on their way to their office in Khak-e-Safid district, Farah province, Afghanistan. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident and the status of the hostages is unknown.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, Taliban insurgents kidnapped two Bangladeshi NGO workers of the BRAC Charity in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. On 11/02/2008 on Sunday, Taliban militants released the Bangladeshi hostages in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan, at the request of religious scholars. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed, in claiming responsibility for the incident on behalf of the group, stated that the NGO workers were released because they were convinced that the two were Muslims and had not come to Afghanistan for any destructive activities or were involved in any misleading religious programs or in any activity which might benefit Americans in Afghanistan.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, unknown gunmen killed an imam of a mosque and another man in a drive-by shooting northeast of Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2008: On Saturday, unknown gunmen killed two policemen while they were off duty in the Al Sinaa area in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2009: On Sunday afternoon around 1300, gunmen shot and killed two Buddhist villagers as they were riding on a motorcycle looking for food. Four gunmen shot dead the two men aged 55 and 46 in Pattani province, leaving their bodies by the side of the road near their motorcycle. The attack was carried out by gunmen on two motorcycles as the two victims were riding around with friends. They were shot in the head and body, but the three friends managed to escape. No group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/25/2009: On Sunday morning at 1030, one of two suicide bombers detonated at an intersection near the justice and municipalities ministries in Haifa street in the Al Karkh district in the As Salihiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. One of the vehicles was identified in footage, when driving up to the justice ministry building, as a white Renault truck with the logo of the Department of Water in Fallujah. The truck was loaded with two tons of explosives. A total of 77 people were killed, including thirty-five employees of the Ministry of Justice, and 360 were wounded including two U.S. contractors. The explosions damaged the Ministry of Justice building, one hotel, one embassy, 156 vehicles, and destroyed dozens of cars and smashed water pipes. The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the attack by posting the claim on the internet.
10/25/2009: On Sunday morning at 1030, one of two suicide bombers detonated nearby Baghdad provincial government offices in the Al Karkh District of the Salhiyeh neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, which also houses Baghdad's governor. A minibus packed with explosives detonated killing 76, including twenty-five staff members of the Baghdad Provincial Council. The attack also wounded 360, including one U.S. contractor. The explosion damaged the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works, and the Baghdad Provincial Administration building, one hotel, one embassy, and 156 vehicles, as well as destroyed dozens of cars and smashed water pipes. The Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for the attack by posting the claim on the internet.
10/25/2009: On Sunday morning at about 0930, Ingush opposition leader, Maksharip Aushev, was killed when unidentified gunmen approached his vehicle and opened fire in Western Kabardino-Balkaria. The attack resulted in a passenger being injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2009: On Sunday night at 0004, a roadside bomb targeted the tracks of an electric train in the Kirvosky district of Makhachkala. The explosion was between the Makhachkala-1 and Makhachkla-2 train stations in the vicinity of Ordzhonikidz Street. No casualties were reported, nor did any group claim responsibility for the bombing.
10/25/2009: On Sunday, an anti-naxal police patrol came under fire early in the morning in the jungles of Anjrel, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India. The police returned fire killing a woman naxal. Arms and Ammunition were recovered from the site. Communist Party of India (Maoists) were responsible.
10/25/2009: On Sunday, early in the morning, Communist Party of India-Maoists, also known as Naxals, opened fire on an anti-naxal squad that was patrolling the Basguda police station limits. The police killed one naxal in retaliatory fire. The body was recovered from the incident site along with arms and ammunition. Communist Party of India (Maoist) were believed to be responsible.
10/25/2009: On Sunday, in Beled Xaawo, Gedo, Somalia, assailants shut down the office for Advancement for Small Enterprise Programme (ASEP) and kidnapped by unknown means three employees for allegedly spying to western governments. No material damage, casualties, or and additional information concerning the hostages was reported. The group Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya claimed responsibility for the attack with a personal claim to reporters.
10/25/2009: On Sunday, in Bicheli, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India, a landmine triggered by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (Naxals) killed four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans, wounded two others, and blew up a jeep. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2009: On Sunday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants fired on the Balochistan Education Minister, Shafiq Ahmed Khan, killing the minister and wounding one civilian. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: An explosive device, buried near the western entrance of the town of Si Mustapha in Boumerdes, Algeria; detonated.  One soldier was killed and four more were wounded.  The attack was attributed to El Arkam and some sources claim that the militants opened fire on the soldiers after the explosion.
10/25/2010: On Monday afternoon around 1700, in Gilotong village in Cawayan, Masbate, Philippines, five unidentified gunmen shot and killed two brothers of Jeffrey Malagad, incumbent village chief of Gilotong village. Another relative, identified as Jekyll, was also injured in the attack. The militants used M14 and M16 rifles and a .45-caliber pistol to shoot the victims. One of the gunmen was stabbed and injured during the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday afternoon, in the al-Arsat district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a convoy of Interior Ministry, injuring three policemen and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday morning at 0620, in Kapor district, Pattani, Thailand, an improvised explosive device detonated in a rubber plantation. Two were injured in the blast. Preliminary investigation found the presumed insurgents planted two bombs at two rubber trees within a 100 meter radius. The injured were Pan Khunpromya, a village defense volunteer and Rapiah Hawae. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday morning, in Raman, Yala, Thailand, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated, when a rubber farmer, identified as Samlee Lert-ngam, stepped on it. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday morning, in Rusoh, Narathiwat, Thailand, an improvised explosive device detonated at a rubber plantation owned by a Thai Buddhist, killing one rubber farmer. The victim was identified as a female, Aree Paisongkhram. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday morning, in the Zhob district of Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants on motorcycles shot and killed Shiekh Ayub Mandokhel, the Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Nazariati, as he stepped out of his home. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday night around 0200, in Barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Labu City, Philippines, five militants in a car fired upon a vehicle. The driver, identified as Demetrio Sumalpong Jr., was killed and three others, including SPO1 Dennis Carillo and former scout rangers Alejandro Serano Viloria and Montero, were injured. Dennis Carillo, whose wife was running for barangay councilor, was believed to be the target. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday night, at a farm near Harare city, Harare province, Zimbabwe, unidentified militants fired upon and killed a prominent white Zimbabwean farmer, Kobus Joubert, and beat the his wife and stole a laptop and cash from the farmers home. The militants accused the farmers of supporting Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change. No group has claimed responsibility, but militants loyal to Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe were thought responsible for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday night, at a private residence in Karaki village in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India, a group of 30 militants killed a civilian, identified as Dhansai Kovasi. Kovasi was beaten and then shot. The militants were angry that the man’s two daughters had joined the Chhattisgarh police force and that he had refused to budge under ultras pressure asking him to force his daughters to quit the force. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) cadres were responsible.
10/25/2010: On Monday night, in the Koza Bandai area of Kaba tehsil, in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at a government-run school, damaging the school but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although the Taliban was suspected.
10/25/2010: On Monday, at the residence of Meitram Kesho in Taothong Apheiba, Imphal West, Manipur, India, unidentified militants hurled two hand grenades at the house. One grenade hit the roof and caused some damages to the upper portion of the house. The other grenade landed in front of the verandah but did not explode. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in Taanda village in the Orakzai agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, three Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan militants were killed and two others injured when their car struck a landmine. The landmine was planted by members of a rival group. The vehicle was completely destroyed in the blast and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of an employee of Iraq’s Defense Ministry, wounding him and two people in a nearby car. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the two vehicles and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Heyag Banda area of Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants fired on and killed Malak Shah Farosh, a pro-government tribal elder, while he was on his way to the Khar tehsil. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Mandev Khas area of Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in one of two related attacks, unidentified militants detonated unknown explosive devices at the government Mando primary school for boys, partially damaging an unknown number of rooms and damaging the guesthouse and main gate of a nearby residence. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Saddar Khan Mandev area of Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in one of two related attacks, unidentified militants detonated unknown explosives at the government Mando primary school for girls, destroying two rooms. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Saydiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen in a car opened fire on the Senior Director-General of the Electricity Minister, Saad Bakr, while he was driving his car, killing the employee. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in the Yangi Qala district of Takhar, Afghanistan, unidentified armed men kidnapped a Dutch aid worker along with his Afghan driver. He worked for the Streams Organization which helps disabled people in Takhar, and was heading towards Konduz when he was kidnapped. On 12/02/2010 the hostages were freed and no ransom payment was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday, in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan, the journalist, Lala Hameed Baloch, and friend, Hamid Ismail, were kidnapped by unknown assailants. Baloch was a reporter and photographer for daily titles Karachi and Tawar, president of the Baloch national movement, a political organization pressing for an autonomous Balochistan, and a founding member of Gwadar Press Club. The hostages bodies were found on 11/18/2010 in the Sami River of Turbat district having been shot to death. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The assailants left a note with Baloch’ body that read “A Gift of Eid for the Balochs.” No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2010: On Monday, near the Alwiya Hospital in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, three civilians and an employee of the Iraqi Directorate of Nationality and Civil Affairs were wounded when an improvised explosive device planted in the vehicle of the government employee was detonated. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2010: On Monday, on an unspecified road between Ibague and Rovira, Tolima, Colombia, the Sixth Brigade of the Colombian Army found and safely defused five improvised explosive devices composed of seven kilograms of Pentolite, Indugel, ANFO and shrapnel. No group claimed responsibility but authorities suspected the 21st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intended to use the explosives against civilians or troops traveling on the road.
10/25/2010: Shots were fired overnight at a Marine Corps recruiting substation in Chantilly, Virginia, United States.  No one was injured and no major damage was reported.  Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist, was arrested on June 17, 2011, for an unrelated incident but was charged on June 21, 2011, for the Chantilly shooting and several other similar attacks in the area, including two shootings on the National Museum of the Marine Corps, one at the Pentagon, and one at a Coast Guard recruiting station.  Sources report that Melaku was fascinated by Al-Qa ida, but did not claim to be a member of the organization.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday afternoon at 1400, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the sixteenth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a convenience store near a market. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage as the IED detonated in front of the convenience store. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday evening at 1930, in the Nengmandalgre village in East Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India, three suspected militants of the Garo National Liberation Army shot and wounded a woman who was suspected of working with the police. The group lead by Jenny alias Ringrang went to the victim’s house of Rabilla Ch Marak and shot at her left arm and leg below the hips. A note was left behind accusing her of collaborating with the police. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the Garo National Liberation Army was suspected.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday evening at 2145, in Taung village, Patikul, Sulu, Philippines, unknown militants bombed a concrete bridge. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the bridge, and no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, but both suspected Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and Abu Sayyaf are suspected.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning at 1140, in Soi Siputra, Yala, Yala, Thailand, in one of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting an old market. The blast killed two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the market. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the eighth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting the Park View Hotel. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the hotel. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the eleventh of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the Esso gas station. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the gas station. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the fifteenth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a fruit stand. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the stand. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the fifth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting an education district office. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the office. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the fourteenth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a convenience store. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the store. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the second of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the Sab Illi Restaurant. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the restaurant. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the seventh of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a food center. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage as the IED detonated near the food center. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the sixth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the new market. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the market. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the tenth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting an Isuzu car showroom. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage as the IED detonated near the showroom. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the third of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting a roadside restaurant. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage to the restaurant as the IED detonated nearby the restaurant. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the twelfth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting the Phatthana School. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage to the school as the IED detonated in front of the school. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, on Pitiuthit Road in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the thirteenth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, on Ruammit Road in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the fourth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a beer garden. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the beer garden. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday morning shortly after 1140, on Ruammit Road in Yala, Yala, Thailand, in the ninth of 16 related attacks, suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting the Shayabushi Restaurant. It is unknown if the blast caused any property damage as the IED detonated near the restaurant. Cumulatively the attacks wounded 50 civilians and resulted in several power outages throughout the city. Most of the bombs were hidden inside motorcycles in which suspected insurgents parked them in various locations. No group claimed responsibility, however, the attacks occurred on the anniversary of the 2004 suppression of an anti-government protest in Tak Bai in neighboring Narathiwat province.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday night, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed Ali al-Massudi, the mayor of Al Iskandariyah. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday night, in Parchaman, Farah, Afghanistan, suspected Taliban militants kidnapped ten civilians during an armed assault. No casualties were reported in the hostage taking. The status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a car carrying leaders of the Sahwa council. The blast killed one of the members, wounded two others and caused an unknown amount of property damage to their car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Mundher village, Sambalpur, Odisha, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants set fire to 20 vehicles and equipment of a private construction company. Maoists then attacked a group of security forces during an operation in the area. The militants fired 150 rounds at the security forces. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the arson, but the CPI-M was suspected.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, Pakistan, armed militants fired upon and injured the Chief Justice in Pakistani administered Kashmir, Ghulam Mustafa Mugha, with unknown firearms while he was walking through a college campus. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, at Matani-Shaikhan Road, suspected militants killed a member of a peace body of the Bara area of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The peace body member, Mohammad Amin, was a pro-government tribesman, who had recently shifted to Peshawar. His son was also injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, Doctor Zabiullah was injured  when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on his medical clinic located in a market. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in the Baladiyat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device detonated targeting a traffic police vehicle. The blast wounded three traffic policemen, including a lieutenant, and two policemen, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in the Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police patrol. The blast killed one traffic policeman, wounded three others including one traffic policeman, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the patrol. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, in the Zaafaraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants attacked a traffic police patrol. The assailants wounded two traffic police officers and three nearby civilians by unknown means. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, near Baghdad's Oil Club, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire on a traffic police patrol. The gunmen killed one traffic policeman and wounded another in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/25/2011: On Tuesday, near Gindra More, Jharkhand, India, a youth, identified as Dhondha Mahto was abducted by two suspected cadres of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). Mahto was held captive a kilometer off the village of Ginda. No group has claimed responsibility but the PLFI is suspected of being involved. The body of Mahto was found beheaded on 10/25/2011.
10/25/2012: An assailant dressed in an Afghan police uniform opened fire on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Khas Uruzgan district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two United States (US) soldiers, Kashif M. Memon and Clinton K. Ruiz, were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the assailant was a Taliban infiltrator.
10/25/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated targeting a police patrol near a military checkpoint on in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least five police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: An explosive device detonated at a local police commander's residence in the Biro area of Muqur district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The police commander's wife and infant daughter were killed and his son critically injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: An explosive device was discovered near a bungalow in Block A of the North Nazimabad area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, as the Bomb Disposal Squad (BSD) successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Assailants attacked a joint Frontier Constabulary (FC) and police patrol near Aka Khel area, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. An FC official was injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Assailants attacked a market area in the Badbher area of Peshawar city, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. A Frontier Constabulary (FC) member was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Assailants attacked a park rangers' patrol in Virunga National Park near Lake Edward outside of Bulambo village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five assailants, two park rangers and one soldier were killed in the attack. Additionally, five other people were injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Congolese Patriotic Resistence: Patriotic Armed Forces (Pareco/FAP).
10/25/2012: Assailants attacked the Bar Beach Beer Parlor in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. One person, a former civil servant, was killed and another two people injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
10/25/2012: Assailants attacked the district government compound in Registan district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least 17 assailants were killed and an Afghan National Police (ANP) official injured in the ensuing three-hour clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a civilian residence in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. A female adolescent was killed and three members of her family injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Si Av village, Bakwa district, Farah province, Afghanistan. An Italian trooper was killed and three others injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Afghan security officials attributed it to the Taliban.
10/25/2012: Assailants opened fire on Danny McKay at his residence in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McKay, a local drug dealer, was killed in the attack. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Assailants opened fire on Sardar Mohammad at his residence in the Charbagh area of Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Mohammad, a member of an anti-Taliban peace militia, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
10/25/2012: Assailants opened fire on Tajim Gul outside of a mosque in the Charbagh area of Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Gul, a member of an anti-Taliban peace militia, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
10/25/2012: Five assailants attacked the residence of Doctor Denis Mukwege in Bukavu city, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mukwege, a gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, escaped unharmed; however, his security guard was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying the sons of Nadeem Gurganari, the president of the Khuzdar Press Club, in the Eidgah area of Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One of his sons, Siraj Ahmed, was killed, while the other, Manzoor Ahmed, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2012: Two assailants on motorcycles opened fire on Colonel Ali al-Yemeni and Abdullah al-Saidy while they were traveling in a vehicle in Dhamar governorate, Yemen. Al-Yemeni, a counterterrorism official, and al-Saidy, a local police chief, were killed in the assault. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: A landmine detonated in Barkhan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One Frontier Corps (FC) member was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: A letter bomb addressed to Chief Constable Matt Baggot was intercepted and defused in Mallusk town, Antrim district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. This was one of two letter bombs addressed to police officials discovered on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the incident to Dissident Republicans.
10/25/2013: A letter bomb addressed to Chief Inspector John Burrows was intercepted and defused in Lisburn city, Lisburn district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. This was one of two letter bombs addressed to police officials discovered on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the incident to Dissident Republicans.
10/25/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the Aslah area of Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of six similar bombings targeting homes belonging to Shia families and police officers. At least four people were killed and eight people were injured across all six attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the Dora district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in the Dujail area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an Iraqi Army patrol in Mazrah village, Sladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: A single assailant opened fire on Musad Hujayr, a Fatah member, in a Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon city, South governorate, Lebanon. Hujayr was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: An explosive device attached to a Shia civilian's vehicle detonated in the Buhriz area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: An explosive device detonated at a cafe in the Basmaya district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 15 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle in the Kaimakli neighborhood of Nicosia city, Nicosia district, Cyprus. There were no reported casualties; the car was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near an election office of Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the chairman of the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M), in Siraha district, Eastern development region, Nepal. This was one of two incidents in which explosive devices were discovered in Siraha targeting the UCPN-M on this day. Madhesh Rastra Janatantrik Revolutionary (RJR) - Nepal claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents and stated that they were a warning to Chairman Dahal.
10/25/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused outside the residence of Anjum Aqeel, member of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) and former Member of National Assembly (MNA), in the Gora neighborhood of Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: An explosive device was found and defused outside of the offices of the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) in Dharan municipality, Eastern development region, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the Osama Bin Zeid mosque in Suq Wadi Barada town, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. At least 40 people were killed and 24 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this incident; however, state sources reported Al-Nusra Front was responsible for the attack.
10/25/2013: Assailants abducted four individuals from Gatibeda town, Odisha state, India. One of the victims, Bishnu Meher, was killed by his captors on October 28, 2013, while another, Karna Meher, managed to escape. The status of the remaining two victims are unknown. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident in posters left near the body of Meher, stating that victims were targeted for being police informers.
10/25/2013: Assailants attacked a Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) campaign team in Dang district, Mid Western development region, Nepal. No casualties were reported, but a vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya).
10/25/2013: Assailants attacked a police security checkpoint near a power dam in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three attackers were killed and another two were injured in the ensuing clash; the targeted police officers did not suffer any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants detonated a hand grenade targeting military troops in Bakaaraha market in Hawlwadaag district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least two people were killed and several people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants fired a rocket that landed at the TB Sanitorium in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, at least two vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants launched a rocket at a gas factory in Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties as the rocket missed its intended target. This was one of three rocket attacks in Al Sharqia on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2013: Assailants launched a rocket at an Egyptian army unit in Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties as the rocket missed its intended target. This was one of three rocket attacks in Al Sharqia on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2013: Assailants launched a rocket at the Anshas Airbase in Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties as the rocket missed its intended target. This was one of three rocket attacks in Al Sharqia on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police check point in Ungwan Dosa neighborhood of Kaduna city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. One police officer was killed and two other people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram was behind the attack.
10/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Iran Border Guard Police patrol in Saravan city, Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran. At least 14 border guards were killed and six other guards injured in the attack. Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack, stating they targeted Iran due to the government's involvement in a Syrian massacre and the poor treatment of Sunnis in the country.
10/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Faraj Balrwin of the Libyan Army in the Al-Hadaeq area of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Colonel Balrwin was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on Rasool Bakhsh Khetran, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Khetran and one other person were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Bonifacio Daguman, a village councilmember, in Naboran village, Labangan municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, Daguman's home sustained minor damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Rey Prospero, a village councilmember, in Santa Lucia village, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, Prospero's home sustained minor damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants set fire to a polling station in Tsaratanana district, Mahajanga province, Madagascar. No injuries were reported; the polling station was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants shot and killed an Iraqi Ministry of Justice employee in the Amiriya district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a school bus in Yaabud village, West Bank territory, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported injuries or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Assailants threw hand grenades at the residence of Akbar Khan, a tribal elder, in the Korr area of Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: At least 30 assailants attacked United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) campaign team in Mehele village, Taplejung district, Eastern development region, Nepal. At least one UCPN-M member was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya).
10/25/2013: Gunmen opened fire on Debasish Saha in a market in Bhaoraguri town, Assam state, India. Saha, a businessman, was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the attack was carried out by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
10/25/2013: Two assailants in a vehicle opened fire on a police checkpoint in Vinsovkhoz district, Khasavyurt city, Dagestan republic, Russia. One Internal Troop soldier was injured in the attack; police returned fire and killed the two assailants. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/25/2013: Two explosive devices detonated at an outdoor market in Youssifiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and another 15 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Two explosive devices detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2013: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused near the village committee office of Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) in Siraha district, Eastern development region, Nepal. This was one of two incidents in which explosive devices were discovered in Siraha targeting the UCPN-M on this day. Madhesh Rastra Janatantrik Revolutionary (RJR) - Nepal claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents and stated that they were a warning to Chairman Dahal.
10/25/2013: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosive device near a military patrol in Ez-Zendan district area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the two assailants, at least three soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: A landmine detonated as the chief of a mine defusing squad was defusing it in Pashtun Kot district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The chief was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: A landmine detonated near a motorcycle in Sharana city, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Mama Karez area, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Mang area, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt targeting security personnel in Taji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least seven soldiers and volunteer fighters were killed and 17 more were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a government official detonated near a hotel in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least one person was killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/25/2014: An explosive device detonated as a United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping water supply convoy passed near Kidal town, Kidal region, Mali. Three UN personnel were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: An explosive device detonated at a football field in Hay al-Muasasah, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three children were killed and seven children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: An explosive device detonated near shops in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants abducted a soldier in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. The soldier was released the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to Al-Nusrah Front.
10/25/2014: Assailants abducted Kenji Goto, a journalist, in Aleppo governorate, Syria. Goto was executed on January 31, 2015. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants attacked a neighborhood with mortars and firearms in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least nine people, including seven assailants and two People's Protection Units (YPG) members, were killed and an unknown number were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2014: Assailants attacked a police security post in Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed and two police officers and six assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants attempted to kidnap a group of soldiers in Mhamra village, North governorate, Lebanon. Army forces foiled the attempt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants drove a vehicle into and set fire to an All Progressives Congress office in Effurun city, Delta state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants fired mortars at Jubaland Forces (JF) troops on Kudhaa Island, Kismayo district, Lower Juba region, Somalia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/25/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a Lebanese Army vehicle in Minieh village, North governorate, Lebanon. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants kidnapped a Levies Forces officer in Shalobar area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The whereabouts of the officer are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants kidnapped two soldiers in Ghormach district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The bodies of the victims were found in Pashtun Kot district on November 25, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire at a police booth in Van province, Turkey. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Congolese National Radio Television (RTNC) journalist near Goma city, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The journalist was injured in the attack and his equipment was stolen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on a security patrol in Kathikund area, Jharkhand state, India. There were no reported injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on an army vehicle near Bhannine village, North governorate, Lebanon. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on soldiers in Mhamra village, North governorate, Lebanon. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on Staff Brigadier General Abd al-Lahibi's funeral procession in Qayyarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although an unknown number of mourners were kidnapped in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on truck drivers near Keimei area, Manipur state, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Zeliangrong Revolutionary Front.
10/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on Turkish soldiers in Yuksekova town, Hakkari province, Turkey. Three soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Turkish military officials attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/25/2014: Assailants shot and killed Nasif Jasim Ghurkan, the brother of a tribal leader, in As Suwayrah district, Wasit governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Assailants threw explosives at and opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Merca town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Three civilians were killed and four others were wounded in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2014: Security forces discovered and defused 40 explosive devices planted on the side of the road in Dulab area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: A landmine detonated after it was struck by a civilian vehicle in Tessalit district, Kidal region, Mali. Three civilians were killed in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Tessalit on this date; the second blast took place as United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeepers responded to this first bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2015: A landmine detonated after it was struck by a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) vehicle as it was responding to an earlier attack in Tessalit district, Kidal region, Mali. Two MINUSMA peacekeepers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Tessalit on this date; this second blast took place as MINUSMA peacekeepers responded to the first bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military base in Albu Aziz, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, 10 people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers and volunteer fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military base in Albu Eitha, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, 15 people were killed and 27 people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers and volunteer fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2015: An assailant attempted to stab Israeli Border Police officers in Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/25/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israeli civilian at the Gush Etzion junction, near Alon Shvut, West Bank. The civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/25/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israeli civilian near Ariel city, West Bank. The civilian was injured in the attack. Security forces apprehended a Palestinian extremist, who confessed to carrying out the attack.
10/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near a refugee's house in Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Zafaraniyah, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighter patrol in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. Three volunteer fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Dora area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed and two passengers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Ad Dawla'i area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated prematurely as assailants were approaching a checkpoint near Njimtilo area, Borno state, Nigeria. Four assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
10/25/2015: Approximately 30 assailants attacked a supermarket in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. An unknown number of civilians were held hostage and freed after about an hour. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) carried out the attack in protest of men and women socializing at the targeted supermarket. Sources also noted that the assailants demanded that female workers must wear a face covering.
10/25/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base of Ethiopian troops in Bardere town, Gedo region, Somalia. At least three civilians were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/25/2015: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Anori town, Antioquia province, Colombia. A soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/25/2015: Assailants attacked military forces in Subhayat area, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two assaults on military targets in the area on the same day. Both attacks were repelled, resulting in 12 assailant casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2015: Assailants attacked military headquarters in al-Hayakil area, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two assaults on military targets in the area on the same day. Both attacks were repelled, resulting in 12 assailant casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2015: Assailants attacked security forces in Chaki Wardak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Security forces repelled the assault, killing an assailant and injuring another two. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/25/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) bases and detonated explosive devices in Mamal al-Ismint, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2015: Assailants fired a grenade at a military detachment in Linantangan village, Mamasapano district, Maguindanao province, Philippines. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/25/2015: Assailants fired rockets at Al-Rawdaha Hospital in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of at least three rocket attacks in Taizz on this date. Seven civilians were killed and 36 others were injured in the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
10/25/2015: Assailants fired rockets at Al-Thawra Hospital in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of at least three rocket attacks in Taizz on this date. Seven civilians were killed and 36 others were injured in the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
10/25/2015: Assailants fired rockets into residential areas in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of at least three rocket attacks in Taizz on this date. Seven civilians were killed and 36 others were injured in the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
10/25/2015: Assailants fired rockets that struck the Church of Saint Francis in Aziziyeh neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least seven people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Assailants in Afghanistan fired rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Khandwala Pass, Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least four soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Assam Rifles (AR) convoy in Satang area, near Kwatha village, Chandel district, Manipur state, India. A jawan was killed and two others were injured in the attack. The Manipur People's Army (MPA), a subgroup of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. A CRPF jawan was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/25/2015: Assailants set fire to a civilian vehicle in Umm Tuba neighborhood, East Jerusalem, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Israeli settlers claimed responsibility for the incident and stated in a note left at the scene that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the arrest of right-wing Jewish activists.
10/25/2015: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Nataliya Kravchenko, the election commission head and Opposition Bloc party representative, in Lysychansk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Assailants stabbed two police officers in Tanta city, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. Both police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Assailants stormed the main prison in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties, although a prisoner was freed during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
10/25/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle in Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Manipur People's Army (MPA), a subgroup of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF).
10/25/2015: Assailants threw crude bombs at the residence of Suman Singh in Jankipuram area, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Singh, the director of a non-governmental organization, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Assailants threw three explosive devices at an election rally for Amod Rai in Deshrajpur village, Mahnar, Vaishali district, Bihar state, India. Rai, a Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) candidate, was unharmed and there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Ganai area, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: A explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside the Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in Antalya, Turkey. At least ten people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: A sniper opened fire on a security checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. A conscript was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and assailants opened fire targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia. At least 11 assailants and two soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured in the attack and ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: An assailant shot and killed Liza Ednalan, a village treasurer, in Iba, Zambales, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated as it was being defused by Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officers in Daudzai neighborhood, Peshawar, Pakistan. At least one officer was injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Daudzai; this later incident targeted security forces responding to the scene of an earlier explosion. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State separately claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle outside of Yeniyazi, Bingol, Turkey. Following the blast, assailants then attacked the vehicle. At least one soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near Levies Forces officers guarding a polio vaccination team in Banda, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least six people, including three officers, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near Pakistani Police officers guarding a polio vaccination team in Daudzai neighborhood, Peshawar, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed and another person was injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Daudzai; this first incident was designed to draw a crowd. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State separately claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Nuayriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. One soldier was killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting United States military personnel near Bagram Airbase in Bagram, Parwan, Afghanistan. Two United States soldiers were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants abducted six people in Katlang, Odisha, India. Five hostages were released while one hostage, a village guard, was killed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists, noting that the village guard was accused of being a police informant.
10/25/2016: Assailants attacked a border police checkpoint in Torkham, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least eight police officers were killed and two others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants attacked and abducted 30 civilians in Feroz Koh, Ghor, Afghanistan. At least 27 hostages were killed and the remaining three were injured and escaped later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State and the Taliban. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack.
10/25/2016: Assailants attempted to extort money from Dilip Debnath, a local Village Child Development Center (VCDC) chair, in Bakulguri, Assam, India. Two assailants were injured after nearby residents intervened. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
10/25/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on a guesthouse in Mandera, Kenya. At least 12 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices targeting the Chevron Escravos pipeline in Warri South-West district, Delta, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that international oil companies delay repairing damaged pipelines during ongoing negotiations.
10/25/2016: Assailants equipped with an explosives-laden boat and a rocket-propelled grenade attacked the Galicia Spirit liquefied natural gas tanker off the coast of Dhubab district, Taizz, Yemen. An unknown number of assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants executed 15 civilians and threw their bodies in a river in Safinah, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2016: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least four Bangalzai tribal members were killed and another member was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2016: Assailants opened fire on Gerardo Santos's vehicle in Binan, Laguna, Philippines. Santos, a General Services Office head, was killed and his driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants raided a house in Albu Aythah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three brothers employed by the Ministry of Defense and the volunteer forces were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants set fire to buildings at the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, Hauts-de-France, France. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the No Borders Group.
10/25/2016: Assailants set fire to construction materials at the Museum of Free Derry in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants set fire to Government High School in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants set fire to Government Higher Secondary School in Ashmuqam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants shot and injured Leonor Angeles, a village chair, in Santa Clara, Batangas, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at the home of Selcuk Yay, a Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth branch head, in Muradiye district, Van, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/25/2016: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails and opened fire on a police patrol in Jhenaidah, Khulna, Bangladesh. Two assailants were killed and three police officers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
10/25/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2016: Three assailants opened fire on police personnel in Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between Arbiska and Lafoole, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least seven people, including four assailants, were killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash; the victims included soldiers and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2017: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated targeting Ukrainian Radical Party Member of Parliament, Ihor Mosiychuk, near the Espreso TV channel studio on Mitskevycha Street, Kiev, Ukraine. At least two people were killed, and three people, including Mosiychuk, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: An explosives-rigged house detonated as civilians were inspecting it in western Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2017: Approximately 15 assailants set fire to a truck carrying bananas in Banahao, Lianga, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/25/2017: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in an area 60 kilometers to the south of Ajdabiya, Wahat, Libya. Two soldiers were killed and three other soldiers were injured in the attack. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: Assailants attacked Evangelismos Hospital in Athens, Attica, Greece. There were no reported casualties. Rubicon (Rouvikonas) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the doctor was targeted for accepting bribes.
10/25/2017: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Chaki Wardak, Wardak, Afghanistan. At least five assailants were killed and four assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/25/2017: Assailants attacked security posts in Faqir, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. At least six assailants and one police officer were killed and eight assailants were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: Assailants attacked Zawya, west of Makhoul Mountains, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack, killing an assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/25/2017: Assailants opened fire on a volunteer fighters checkpoint in Al Hawrah, Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. A volunteer fighter was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Two assailants were killed and one was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: Assailants shot and injured Special Police Officer (SPO) Ashiq Hussain on the outskirts of Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member in Tumanding, Arakan, North Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/25/2017: Assailants shot and killed a police officer, identified as Kaaha Jama, in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/25/2017: Assailants stormed Afghan National Army (ANA) posts in Ziruk, Paktika, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed while two soldiers and 11 assailants were injured in ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Taliban.
10/25/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the Hub Press Club in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of three attacks targeting media agencies in Balochistan overnight. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/25/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Jalil Hanoun, the chairperson for Al Mina' Sports Club, at an unknown location in Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/25/2017: Seven assailants attacked a Federal Police checkpoint in Al-Rifa'ie, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Five police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/1972: Two African Americans, who might have been affiliated with the Black Panthers, ambushed Police Officer Jerry L. Spruill in Houston, Texas, United States.  Officer Spruill was shot in the back six times and died from his wounds.
10/26/1982: Unknown perpetrators ignited a fire at the Cherry Hill Women's Center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States.  There were no casualties but the abortion clinic was destroyed resulting in over $100,000 in damages.
10/26/1995: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are suspected to be responsible for the assassination of Tamil Deputy Mayor of Batticaloa, Thomas Anthony.  Anthony was shot dead as he was exercising and playing football in a school playground in  Batticaloa, in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.  Authorities stated that  Anthony represented the rival Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) whose members were working with security forces in their drive against the LTTE, which was fighting for independence in Sri Lanka's northeast.
10/26/1998: A 28-year-old Jewish security guard was shot to death by two Palestinian gunmen in Kiryat Arba, Israel. After the attack the victim's body was hurled from a speeding car and left by the roadside. There were no immediate suspects in this incident..
10/26/1998: A 69-year-old Palestinian man was killed in his olive grove outside the Jewish settlement of Itamar, Israel. An anonymous, Hebrew-speaking caller said he had committed the act to avenge the death of an Israeli man that was killed in Kiryat Arba.
10/26/1998: Chechnya's leading Islamic cleric, Akhmed-Hajji Kadyrov, narrowly survived a car bomb attack in Grozny, Chechnya. This attack occurred a day after a similar car bomb killed Chechnya's top security official for fighting kidnappers. There was no claim of responsibility for this incident, but Chechen Rebels were suspected.
10/26/1999: In Northern Ireland, police discovered a pipe bomb in a van that they had stopped on Moy Road near Dungannon. An Army bomb expert escaped unhurt when the pipe bomb detonated as he attempted to carry out a controlled explosion. It was believed that Loyalists were responsible for the device. Two suspects were arrested at the scene, but additional information on them was not disclosed.
10/26/1999: In one of two related incidents, a parcel bomb was delivered to a Carabinieri Police station in Milan, Italy, wrapped with leaflets signed by the Angry Brigade. The device was successfully disarmed without incident. The group, which had last been heard from in the 1970s, demanded the release of Greek anarchist Nikos Maziotis, who had been sentenced to fifteen years in prison by an Athens court in July 1999 for attempted bombings in Greece.
10/26/1999: Iranian security detained an alleged member of Mujahidin-e-Khalq after he attempted to hijack an Iran Air passenger airplane traveling from Tehran to the northwestern city of Orumiyeh, Iran. The number of passengers on the plane and type of weapon used were not reported in this incident.
10/26/1999: Marta Colburn and her parents were kidnapped in the Marib area of Yemen.  The American citizens were kidnapped by the Bani Jaber tribe, who demanded the release of tribal members arrested for blowing up portions of the oil pipeline in the area.  In response, 25 tribesmen were arrested in order to put pressure on the assailants to release the hostages.  The hostages were released on October 28, 2999.
10/26/1999: National Liberation Army (NLA) rebels kidnapped Henry Romero, a photographer who often worked for Reuters in Cali, Colombia. ELN said he would be tried for revealing the identity of one of their commanders in a photo.
10/26/1999: Six scientists at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts  in the United States, received booby-trapped letters in envelopes lined with razor blades.  Only one letter was opened, but there were no injuries in the incident.  These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communique claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).  In all, the communique listed twelve Harvard researchers as targets.  Five of the targets that did receive the letters worked at the Harvard-owned New England Regional Primate Research Center in Southboro, Massachusetts.  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/26/1999: Two primate researchers, Patricia Fultz and Jiri Mestecky, working at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States, received booby-trapped letters containing razor blades, at their campus offices.  There were no injuries in the incident.  The letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/26/2000: A Palestinian suicide bicycle bomber blew himself up next to an Israeli army post in the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip, slightly injuring an Israeli soldier.
10/26/2000: An explosion was reported by the Tibet Information Network (TIN) as having occurred in Lhasa, Tibet, China.  No one was harmed in the explosion, believed to have taken place at a court building, and nothing was damaged.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive is unknown, although TIN does note that the explosion followed the appointment of a new party secretary for Tibet.
10/26/2000: Unidentified assailants exploded a bomb on a passenger train traveling between Bhatinda and Sirsa stations, Bikaner division, Punjab state, India.  Two people were killed and at least 19 were injured in the explosion.  The explosive device is believed to consist of high-velocity Dawali crackers, also known as an "atom bomb", that resulted in a low intensity explosion.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive is unknown.
10/26/2000: Unknown assailants threw a packaged fragmentation bomb over the wall and into Bayrampasa prison, in Bayrampasa district, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey.  The bomb was safely defused before it could explode.  No group has claimed responsibility and the motive is unknown.
10/26/2001: A grenade was thrown at a Border Security Force (BSF) vehicle in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir State, India. Three people were injured. No group was named in the attack.
10/26/2001: Gerard Diver, a councilor for the Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP), was the target of a pipe bomb at his home in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. No one was injured in the blast. The front door and windows and roof were damaged. The pipe bomb had four-inch nails attached to the outside of the device. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, anthrax was discovered at the off-site facility that sorts mail for the U.S.A. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Cross-contamination with anthrax-laced letters to other areas was suspected. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/26/2001: Two members of Jaish-e-Mohammad attacked the police station in Charura, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. They used automatic weapons and grenades. One of the attackers was killed. Three members of the security forces were injured.
10/26/2002: A bomb exploded in the bathroom of the Philippine College of Science and Technology in Calasiao, Philippines. One student was injured. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/26/2003: A series of rockets were fired at the Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq.  At least six struck the building and damaged several floors.  One person was killed and 15 others were wounded in the attack.  US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz was staying at the hotel at the time of the attack.  There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2004: At least 14 tribesmen died and six were injured when a torrent of mortars (or possibly rockets) hit the small Pakistani village of Sheikh Ziyarat, located near the Afghan border. About 300 people had gathered to discuss how to evict foreign militants from their areas.
10/26/2005: A roadside bomb exploded as a bus carrying border guards was approached Zainakote, India. One guard was killed and 15 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/26/2005: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in Hadera, Israel, killing five people and injuring 25 others. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack stating that the bombing was retaliation for the assassination of Lu'ay al-Sa'di, the group’s military leader in the West Bank.
10/26/2005: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, ambushed three soldiers in a vehicle on a road near Beni Oulbane, Algeria.  One soldier, already wounded by a bullet, was stabbed and killed by the assailants.  The other two soldiers were able to escape unharmed.
10/26/2005: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, remotely detonated a landmine underneath a car carrying Algerian citizens near Beni Oulbane, Algeria.  Both of the passengers were killed and the vehicle was damaged.  It is suspected that the intended target of the assailants were Algerian soldiers.
10/26/2006: A car bomb exploded next to a police checkpoint in front of Al-Rahmah Hospital in the city of Baquba, in the Diyala (Governorate) of Iraq. The blast killed two policeman and wounded one policeman. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/26/2006: A local municipal official named Ibrahim Nahar Jassim was killed by three cars filled with gunmen who laid in wait in front of his home in Mosul, Iraq. The gunmen escaped and no one has claimed responsibility.
10/26/2006: Insurgents fired rockets at a passenger train traveling on the Rawalpindi-bound Quetta Express train as it reach the town of Mashkaf in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Two people were injured by machine gun fire in the attack, but the rockets missed the train.
10/26/2006: Iraqi police raiding the suspected location of several kidnapped Iraqi police in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, were ambushed by a well armed Sunni insurgent force. The battling left 24 Iraqi police dead and 7 wounded. 18 insurgents were killed, 8 were wounded and 27 were captured. Several Iraqi police, after running out of ammunition, were shot execution-style by the insurgents. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/26/2006: Militants detonated a roadside explosive device on the road to the city of Baan Kadae, in the Narathiwat province of southern Thailand. The blast occurred near the city of Narathiwat, in the Rangae district. The explosion targeted a police patrol in the area. The blast injured four officers, one of them critically. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/26/2006: Three ETA-affiliated Basque men were caught and charged with setting off an explosive device near an automatic teller machine (ATM) in Vitoria, Spain. The device detonated, but caused only a small fire and no casualties.
10/26/2006: Three members of a political group that broke away from the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) were killed in an ambush attack while they and members of their cadre were sleeping in and around the premises of an Indian Temple in the city of Batticaloa, in the eastern province of Sri Lanka. Eight other people were critically injured. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/26/2007: An unknown number of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) cadres killed civilian Mukta Karki in Pipariya Dostiya, Rautaha, Nepal. The district secretary for JTMM-J claimed responsibility for the attack, accusing Karki of having spied on the group.
10/26/2007: Fahima Hussein Mohammed, an Iraqi civilian nurse, was mortally wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at her home in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Five people were abducted by suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Thambarawewa area of Sri Lanka on October 26, 2007.  Two abductees managed to escape and reported the incident to police on November 5, 2007.  They relayed that the remaining three abductees had been killed and their bodies had been dumped in the jungle.  Police found the bodies with cut marks.
10/26/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in central Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to an Iraqi Police patrol in the evening near the Asdiqaa Petrol Station in Wasiti neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Members of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) abducted Shyam Kumar Rai, Bishwas Rai, and Bibek Rai from Dhodhana, Siraha, Nepal, as the three were returning from a football match. Ruphansingh Bidrohi, a JTMM-J member, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping on behalf of the group. The motive and outcome of the kidnapping are unknown.
10/26/2007: Members of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) kidnapped three youths in Siraha district for allegedly spying on the group. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
10/26/2007: No casualties were reported but three windows were damaged when a single unknown perpetrator on a bicycle threw two hand grenades (replicas filled with explosive powder) at the Mexican Consulate at 27 East 39th Street in New York City, New York, United States at approximately 3:40 AM. There were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi civilian farmer was killed and three other Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle on a roadside in Buhriz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside the gates of the local headquarters of the 1920 Revolution Brigades in Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi police officer was killed and six others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 PM adjacent to their patrol in al-Asriya neighborhood, Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: One Iraqi police officer was killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening in Nidaa neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Seven Pakistani civilians were removed from their van and kidnapped by an unknown number of suspected Taliban perpetrators carrying unspecified weapons at an illegal roadblock in Matta, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
10/26/2007: Six Iraqi Kurdish truck drivers were killed, six others were wounded, and six trucks carrying concrete blast walls for a U.S. base were damaged when three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated successively in proximity to the vehicles south of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Three Pakistani Police officers and three Pakistani paramilitaries were kidnapped by an unknown number of suspected Taliban perpetrators carrying unspecified weapons as they were shopping late in the day at a bazaar in Matta, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
10/26/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed near Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated next to their vehicle on a roadside in Dagghara, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/26/2007: Two members of the Colombian Navy and one Colombian civilian were killed and three more sailors and three civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) perpetrators detonated adjacent to a military convoy on a roadside in a hamlet outside Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.
10/26/2008: On Sunday in Goma, Bandundu, Congo (Kinshasa), National Congres pour la Defense (CNDP) militants attacked a United Nations convoy, traveling on the outskirts of the city, with rocket propelled grenades.  According to reports, an unknown number of UN soldiers were injured in the attack, however no deaths were reported.
10/26/2008: On Sunday morning, in a forested area near Karepalli village in Aheri tehsil in the Gadchiroli district, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist militants ambushed a police party, killed four personnel and wounded four others. The 23-member Police party, a C-60 commando unit with four officers, was on a routine patrol in the area. Those killed have been identified as provisional sub-inspector S. R. Parekar and constables Vinod Uike, Ajay Maste and Vasant Madavi. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, 20 militants, six militiamen and four bystanders were killed when Taliban militants attempted to abducted a tribal militia leader in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. One of the militiamen was beheaded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and stated the attack "was a lesson for anyone who tried to oppose them."
10/26/2008: On Sunday, a police informer and six of his family members were beheaded by suspected pro-Taliban militants in Shah Latif Town in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, four employees from Iraq's Health Ministry were injured when a bomb planted in their utility sport vehicle detonated while traveling near an intersection in Bab al-Mu'adham district in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosive charge was of a magnetic kind, which had been stuck in the victims' vehicle. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, in Sangin, Helmand, Afghanistan, three armed assailants knocked on a civilian's door, punched him in the face, put the barrel of a Kalashnikov rifle in his mouth, and gouged out his eyes with a knife in the presence of his wife and seven children. The civilian was suspected of spying for international forces, and was severely injured. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed that the Taliban was responsible.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, in Swat, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, the Taliban kidnapped and beheaded one soldier; and kidnapped 62 other tribal elders and two soldiers. On 10/31/2008, the 62 tribal elders were released. No damage or motive was reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, near Jaffarabad in Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants fired a rocket at the camp of Shahzain Bugti, son of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti. The attackers managed to escape, after guards opened fire on them. No casualties, damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, suspected Taliban fighters grabbed a militia chief, Pir Samiullah, from his home and were hustling him to a getaway car when dozens of local tribesmen confronted them and took him back in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, three civilians and two militants were killed after suspected pro-Taliban militants attacked a barber's shop in the Sambat area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. Two other militants were injured in the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen wounded Ahmed Dawoud Marzouq, the Anbar provincial representative of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. The gunmen clashed with guards at the house before entering the home and wounding Marzouq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2008: On Sunday, unknown insurgents attacked the Laas Caanood hotel, in Gaalkacyo, Mudug province, Somalia, with mortar fire.  According to reports, the attack was targeted at a group of Somali ministers that were sataying there. The local district commisioner confirmed the attack and advised that there were no casualties. There were no claims of responsibility.
10/26/2009: On Monday morning, a bomb stuck to a civilian car detonated in east Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast injured the owner of the car. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/26/2009: On Monday morning, in Bartalah, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, wounding one civilian and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2009: On Monday morning, in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, two suicide bombers fired small arms, threw grenades, and detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the vehicle of Gul Aga Sherzai, governor of Nangarhar province, wounding one police officer and damaging the vehicle. The governor's one guard had been injured and the suicide attacker had blown up himself after exchange of fire with police forces in Nangarhar Hotel. Responding to the officials' claim that one Taleb had been killed and the other detained said: "Both the suicide bombers were wearing suicide jackets, and the claim that one [suicide bomber] was captured is not true. Regarding the one who carried out suicide attack, his death is certain and it is possible that he had been martyred."
10/26/2009: On Monday, in Pattani, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon a 23 year old Muslim civilian on a motorcycle, killing the civilian and damaging his motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/26/2009: On Monday, two Buddhist villagers, aged 19 and 46, were killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani, Thailand, by four militants travelling on two motorbikes. No group claimed responsibility however, Islamic insurgents are suspected.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday evening around 1900, between Barangays Ilaya and Mapili, Balud, Masbate, Philippines, two unidentified men shot and killed a town councilor, identified as Ronald Ariola. The councilor was a part of a group transporting ballot boxes. The militants used M16 rifles for the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday morning at 0800, near the National Theater in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the convoy of Mehdi al-Alak, a deputy planning minister and head of the statistics office. The blast wounded two of his bodyguards, and two nearby civilians. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday night around 0130, in a village in Pikit, North Cotabato, Philippines, unidentified armed men, believed to be supporters of defeated barangay (village) candidates, torched a school building. Five classrooms inside Gocotan Elementary School were torched to the ground. The school was the polling place of at least five precincts for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth council) elections. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday night, in Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan, two unidentified suicide bombers attacked the residence of the head of the provincial intelligence directorate, Gen Abdol Samad, killing an Intelligence officer and wounded two others but causing no damage. The senior officer was not harmed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack; their spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi, told Afghan Islamic Press that four Taliban, equipped with light and heavy weapons, carried out a face-to-face attack on the house of the head of the Farah Province intelligence directorate last night and that two of his guards were killed and three others injured. Qari Ahmadi also said that two of those Taliban had lost their lives and the other two had managed to escape safely from the scene of the incident.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday night, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a police force discovered an improvised explosive device planted by unidentified assailants in front of the Ashraf restaurant. Three restaurant workers were wounded when anti-explosive experts tried to defuse the explosive, causing it detonate. The restaurant was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday night, in Marwah, Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, militants abducted two Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers, identified as Ghulam Mohammad and Irshad Ahmed. One of the victims, Ghulam, was able to escape that same night. On 10/27/2010, Irshad was released. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. Two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, including Sajjad Ahmed alias Rezwan and Shakir Hussain alias Chota Hafeez, have been identified in connection with the attack; while two others remain unidentified.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday, in a forested area in Badakihathiya, Munger, Bihar, India, 45 heavily-armed militants set ablaze three Tarapur Assembly constituency, Congress and Janvadi Samajwadi Party campaign vehicles. The militants thrashed and pulled the occupants of the vehicles out before setting them on fire. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) was responsible.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday, in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found in a metal container 70 meters from the state theater-concert hall. The IED consisted of a plastic canister filled with six kilograms of trotil TNT, shrapnel made from shredded armature wire, and bolts and screws. The attack caused no casualties or property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday, in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, unidentified armed assailants kidnapped an alleged informer providing information on terrorist outfits in Wana and took him to an unknown location. Soon after, the assailants shot and killed the victim. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday, in the village of Rawhinku, east of the city of Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, suspected Muslim Fulani tribesman attacked the Christian village by unknown means, killing six civilians and wounding three others. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday, in the Wali Kor area of Safi tehsil, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, militants detonated an explosive device a government run school for boys, Malak Lal Syed, damaging the school. No casualties were reported and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman later claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2010: On Tuesday, on Abu Tayara Street in the al-Doura neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car. The civilian was seriously wounded and the car was damaged as well. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday afternoon, in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India, in the Tadvai forest area, a group of militants from the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) fired on a Special police party that was combing the forest area. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, but the CPI-Maoist group was suspected.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday evening at 2000, in Imphal, Manipur, India, outside Milan Enterprises unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) that wounded three civilians. The explosion ripped the metal shutters of Milan Enterprises and caused damages to a major portion of the shop. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday evening at 2000, on the staircase of Indian Overseas Bank in Imphal, Manipur, India, four civilians were wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device. The collapsible doors of the Indian Overseas Bank were damaged by the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday morning around 0845, in the Derizliyah district, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting the office of nationality cards. The blasts killed two people, wounded 16 others including two soldiers and three policemen, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the office. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday morning at dawn, in Kut, Wasit, Iraq, unknown assailants broke into the house of a policeman. The attackers stabbed the policeman's 28 year old wife to death. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday night around 2200, near Niyala, Janob Darfur, Sudan, two refugees were killed and one was injured when armed militants fired upon a group of civilians with unknown firearms in the Kalma refugee camp. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Liberation Justice Movement (LJM) was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday night at 0100, in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, a group of unidentified men set fire to a Roman Catholic Church-run radio station, dzVT, in Barangay Labangan Poblacion. The fire damaged the station’s five-kilowatt AM transmitter, an FM transmitter, sound and engineering equipment, 10 desktop computers and two laptops, amounting to P10 million in damages. Police have ruled out communist rebels as possible suspects, but believe that the fire was politically motivated. No casualties occurred and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday night at 2230, in Imphal, Manipur, India, an unidentified person launched a hand grenade at the Canchipur residence of Public Work Department (PWD) Chief Engineer, M. Lokendra Singh. One 7th Manipur Rifles battalion personnel and a driver sustained injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday night, in a restaurant in Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device which killed two civilians and wounded seven others. The bombing caused an unknown amount of property damage to the restaurant. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday night, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated multiple improvised explosive devices targeting the house of Safaa al-Mussawi, a Shiite cleric and Friday prayer leader. The blast killed the cleric's wife and daughter while wounding him and his son, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday night, in the Essakkhel village of Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a private residence was damaged in an improvised explosive device attack by unidentified militants. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the house of Sheikh Safa Jasim, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The blast killed a woman and her daughter, wounded a father and three of his children, and completely destroyed the house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in Al Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims. The blast wounded seven Iranian pilgrims and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the bus. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, two unknown gunmen attacked the Mukhtar of Police district. The gunmen shot and wounded the man in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in Bara, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a volunteer of Akkakhel, an anti-Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan tribal militia, was abducted by suspected militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Islami (LeI). His beheaded body was found at a deserted place on 10/27/2011. No group claimed responsibility, although LeI was suspected.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in Churachandpur, Manipur, India, Arun Kumar Jain, 30, was abducted by unknown militants while he was on his way home from his shop to celebrate Diwali. The family received a telephone call demanding a ransom of $29,755 USD (INR 1.5 million) was paid to the abductors, and then Arun would be released from the captors. The family paid the ransom at an undisclosed place at Kanglatongbi. Arun's body was recovered at Heingken village on 10/29/2011. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car. The blast wounded the driver and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, in the Zari area of the Lowi Mamond sub-district in Bajaur Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan, a tribal elder and member of a local peace committee was killed during a rocket and mortar attack by suspected pro-Taliban militants outside his private residence. The victim was identified as Rehman Khan. The house was partially damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, however the Taliban were suspected.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, on a crowded street in the Baya' neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car. The blast caused an unknown amount of casualties and property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2011: On Wednesday, on Saadoun Street in the Bab al-Sharji neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device close to a restaurant. The blast wounded two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the restaurant. No group claimed responsibility.
10/26/2012: A landmine detonated after a security official stepped on it in Miran Shah town, North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The security official and a Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) employee, who was repairing an electric power line at the time, were critically injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: A mortar shell struck a silk factory in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform attacked a mosque in Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. At least 42 people, including approximately 19 members of the Afghan security forces, were killed and another 50 people injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/26/2012: A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform attempted to attack an Eid festival hosted by the provincial security commandment in Baghlan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties, as the would-be suicide bomber was detained by security forces before he could detonate his explosives. The assailant claimed that he was aiming to assassinate Asadullah Shirzad, Baghlan's provincial security chief. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to the Taliban.
10/26/2012: An assailant opened fire on General Abdul Sammad at a mosque in Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. Sammad, the provincial chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), escaped unharmed; however, another intelligence official was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosive device detonated inside a government girls' primary school in the Sara China area of Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school was severely damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosive device detonated prematurely as an assailant was planting it along a road in Aka Khel area, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a convoy of Italian soldiers in Khormaleq area, Farah province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; however, an armored vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a former police officer's family while they were traveling in their vehicle in the Pahlawan Baba area of Mehtar Lam city, Laghman province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and another injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a cafe in the Khalis town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 12 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a makeshift playground near a mosque in the Daff el-Shouq area near Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least eight people were killed and another 30 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Shia mosque in Mahawil district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two Shia worshippers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated, targeting a military checkpoint on Hanano Street in Daraa city, Daraa governorate, Syria. Approximately three Syrian soldiers were killed and another eight injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Approximately 50 assailants attacked Pandu Madkami at his residence in Parasanapalli village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. Madkami, the head of the village, was kidnapped, taken to the edge of the village, and then killed. According to a pamphlet found at the scene of the killing, Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted Madkami because he was a police informant.
10/26/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in western Afghanistan. The soldier, whose nationality was not disclosed, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Assailants attacked a passenger bus on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Andar district near Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least five civilians, who were members of the Hazara community, were killed after the assailants pulled them off of the bus. The victims' bodies were discovered on October 27, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/26/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline in southern Turkey. There were no reported casualties; however, crude oil exports were halted as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting an Assam Rifles convoy on National Highway Two in the Wangjing area of Thoubal district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) religious party activists at a hotel in Gulberg town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Five ASWJ activists were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Buhriz town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and another two people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint near Sarbaz town, Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2012: Assailants opened fire on Abdulrahaman in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Abdulrahaman, the son of a former Nigerian government official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
10/26/2012: Two assailants threw a grenade at the Babina Diagnostics collection center of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences in the Porompat area of Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. At least four people, including a customer and three staff members, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: A crude bomb was thrown at the house of Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad in the Baridhara neighborhood of Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Ahmad, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), was not injured in the blast. This was one of four targeted bombing attacks against government officials that occurred in Dhaka on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) military vehicle in Karukh district, Herat province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and another three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near Adhaim town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: A sticky bomb attached to a vehicle detonated at a Sahwa checkpoint in Yathrib town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one Sahwa member was killed and two other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: A sticky bomb attached to the vehicle of a lawyer detonated in the Mansur area of western Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The lawyer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a police checkpoint on a highway west of Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, six police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device attached to a police vehicle detonated in Dujail town, Saladin province, Iraq. One police officer was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device detonated at a government-run girls' school in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the school building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device detonated inside of a vehicle owned by a private college official in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device detonated near an police vehicle in Shar-e-Kohna town, Farah province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Demistan town, Northern governorate, Bahrain. Several police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Armed Forces patrol in Al-Mada'in town, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of Idriss al-Ghadi, a Libyan election official, detonated outside of a school being used as a municipal election office in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Ghadi was unharmed and there were no other reported casualties; however, in addition to the targeted vehicle, several nearby cars and buildings were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Rossfield area of Tallaght town, Dublin county, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosive device was discovered under the vehicle of the vice president of the Popular Resistance Committee and defused in Zanjibar city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated as Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were inspecting it on the Quetta-Taftan Highway in Dringhar area, Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The blast was targeting a convoy of Shia Muslim pilgrims, which the FC personnel were escorting at the time of the attack. At least two FC soldiers were killed and several other security officials were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Assailants abducted five employees of the Halo Trust mine clearing agency in Kohsan district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The captives were released unharmed on October 27, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2013: Assailants ambushed a truck of village volunteers returning to their village in the Bannang Sata area, Yala province, Thailand. Two volunteers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Assailants ambushed Somali National Army (SNA) troops at a checkpoint on the highway between Afgoye and Walaweyn in Lower Shabele region, Somalia. The number of casualties is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/26/2013: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Almar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and four civilians were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Assailants attacked an armored vehicle in Dewana Khan village, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Two people, a civilian and a security official, were killed and another was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an Afghan official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2013: Assailants fired rockets at a provincial government compound in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Afghan authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2013: Assailants kidnapped three women from Buur Dhuxule village, Bakool region, Somalia. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they kidnapped the women because they were married to men with ties to the government.
10/26/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a barangay hall in the Matti village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. A village watchman was injured in the attack. This was one of three similar attacks in Digos on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Muslim fabric shop in Muang Pattani district, Pattani province, Thailand. At least five people were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Assailants opened fire on a passenger bus and two civilian vehicles on the highway in Muxungue town, Sofala province, Mozambique. One civilian was killed and ten others were injured in the attack. Government authorities attributed the incident to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR); however, MNR denied responsibility.
10/26/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police station in the Hawaid area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Assailants opened fire on Javed Ali in the Malam Jabba area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Ali, a peace committee member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at Tureen Afroz in front of her residence in the Uttara neighborhood of Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Afroz, a prosecutor for the International Crimes Tribunal and a professor at Brac University, was not injured in the attack. This was one of four targeted bombing attacks against government officials that occurred in Dhaka on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2013: Assailants threw two crude bombs at the residence of Barrister Shafique Ahmed in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Ahmed, the Law Minister, was not injured in the incident. This was one of four targeted bombing attacks against government officials that occurred in Dhaka on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2013: Assailants threw two explosive devices at the residence of Mirza Jalil, the chairperson for the Privatization Commission and an adviser to the Awami League, in Adabor neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties; the residence was damaged in the blast. This was one of four targeted bombing attacks against government officials that occurred in Dhaka on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2013: Gunmen broke into the home of two pro-government Sahwa movement members in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The assailants killed the two Sahwa members and five members of their family. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped two people, including a tribal Sheikh in Basra governorate, Iraq. The two victims were found dead on November 26, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a bus of Shia pilgrims in Balad district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and 11 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted at a primary school in the Katchkot Asad Khan area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused at the entrance to Khat Market in Zinjibar city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Muslim fundamentalists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2013: Two assailants on a motorcycle threw a Molotov cocktail at the Don Mariano Marcos Elementary School, a polling station, in Digos city, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, school property was damaged in the ensuing fire. This was one of three similar attacks in Digos on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2013: Two assailants on a motorcycle threw a Molotov cocktail at the Isaac Abalayan Elementary School, a polling station, in Barangay San Jose, Digos City, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the ensuing fire. This was one of three similar attacks in Digos on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/26/2014: A landmine detonated in Puli Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. A police officer and three guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: A mortar shell fell near a mosque in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. Twelve civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: A rocket struck a school in Kish neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: A shell struck an armored personnel carrier (APC) near Smile town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/26/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a military gathering in Dayum town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, three soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: An explosive device detonated in Al-Durah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: An explosive device detonated in Rashidiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Ranger vehicle in Tabing subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. No injuries were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) official in Maydan Shahr city, Wardak province, Afghanistan. The official was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: An explosive device disguised as a toy detonated as children were playing with it in Akhunzadgan area, Halimzai subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One child was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants abducted an assistant attorney general south of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The whereabouts of the attorney general, Abdul Nasser Al-Geroushi, remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Zawiya Martyrs Brigade.
10/26/2014: Assailants abducted Hasan Ozay, a village chief, and two local residents from Yapraktepe village, Siirt province, Turkey. The hostages were released the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/26/2014: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Zain Koh area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants attacked security forces in Albu Tamah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2014: Assailants attacked several police check posts in Warduj district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. At least four police officers were killed and seven others were wounded. Additionally, 17 officers were abducted in the attack. Five of the kidnapped officers were rescued on November 25, 2014; the remaining hostages were released on December 6, 2014. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants beheaded four members of the Shaitat Tribe in Albu Kamal town, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/2014: Assailants fired mortars at the Mursitpinar Border Crossing in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least one People's Protection Units (YPG) member was killed and seven others were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/2014: Assailants fired on two teachers in Darkheynley neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The two teachers were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants fired rockets at the Green Zone in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. No injuries were reported in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants kidnapped a soldier in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. The whereabouts of the soldier are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to Al-Nusrah Front.
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire in a market in Miringa town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least five people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a joint military and police patrol in Sitio Marmol area, Gupitan village, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military officials attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a member of parliament in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The official, Abdullahi Roble, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Al-Shabaab.
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying oil in Kharan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Jubaland Forces (JF) troops in Abdale Birole village, Lower Juba region, Somalia. At least nine people, including soldiers and assailants, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Lebanese Army soldiers in Dor Muhammara area, Minieh town, North governorate, Lebanon. Four soldiers and several assailants were killed and six soldiers were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Lebanese Army troops in Bhannine area, North governorate, Lebanon. Several assailants were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2014: Assailants set fire to the campaign tent of Abdulla Tarrar Sultain Ali, a parliamentary candidate, in Hamad Town, Northern governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties; however, the campaign tent was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Somali National Army (SNA) soldier in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab of carrying out the attack.
10/26/2014: Assailants stormed a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) office in G.O.R. colony, Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two activists were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Security forces discovered and defused a roadside bomb in Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2014: Two mortars landed near the Hoda Shaarawi School and detonated in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least two people were killed and several others were wounded in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/26/2015: A roadside landmine detonated targeting an Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) vehicle in Roshani Meni area, Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two AIHRC employees were killed and another two were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident; additionally, an AIHRC official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt at Al-Mashhad mosque in Najran city, Najran province, Saudi Arabia. In addition to the bomber, one person was killed and 12 people were injured in the blast. The Hijaz Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest at a Popular Resistance Committee checkpoint in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. In addition to the bomber, four Popular Resistance members were killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State. Additionally, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
10/26/2015: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a Shia procession in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: An assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/26/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier near the Beit Einun junction, West Bank. The assailant was killed and the soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Raed Jaradat, a Palestinian extremist.
10/26/2015: An explosive device detonated in Silopi district, Sirnak province, Turkey. A child was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/26/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in El Bahr neighborhood, Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in At Talbiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: An explosive device detonated near restaurants in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and five soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying Ministry of Electricity employees in Dawr, Saladin, Iraq. Two employees were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused along Rizal Avenue in Lamitan city, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/26/2015: Assailants abducted 31 United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers north of Malakal city, Upper Nile state, South Sudan. Eighteen peacekeepers were released on October 29, 2015 and the remaining 13 peacekeepers were released on November 1, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
10/26/2015: Assailants armed with firearms distributed leaflets at the University of Aden in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. The Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded gender segregation, a ban on music, and students to carry out collective prayers at the targeted university.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked a Dole Stanfilco plantation in Luna Sur village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, although two trucks were torched during the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Luna Sur village on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked a house in Kakar district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed in the attack. In addition, 14 civilians were abducted in the attack and the hostages were released on October 31, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked a military position in Jericho village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of three coordinated attacks in North Kivu on this day. At least 11 soldiers and 19 assailants were killed and three soldiers were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked a military position in Makembi village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of three coordinated attacks in North Kivu on this day. At least 11 soldiers and 19 assailants were killed and three soldiers were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked a military position in Nadui village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of three coordinated attacks in North Kivu on this day. At least 11 soldiers and 19 assailants were killed and three soldiers were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked a Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) vehicle and abducted four senior UPC members in Combattant neighborhood, Bangui city, Central African Republic. Three of the hostage victims, including UPC spokesperson Ahmat Nejad and secretary-general Ahssan Bouba, were killed on the same day while the fourth hostage was wounded, but escaped. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anti-Balaka Militia.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police officers' houses in Waza Khwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police posts in Waza Khwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) candidate Fikret Sinasi Kazancioglu's election office in Malatya city, Malatya province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked police forces in Kamenge district, Bujumbura, Burundi. At least one police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked security forces in Bujumbura, Burundi. One civilian was killed and seven police officers, two soldiers, and three civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Opytne village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related attacks on this day. One soldier was killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Pisky village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related attacks on this day. One soldier was killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on security personnel guarding election workers in Guican town, Boyaca department, Colombia. Twelve security personnel were killed and three others were injured in the assault; the victims included soldiers and police officers. Additionally, two soldiers were abducted in the attack and were released on November 16, 2015. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants detonated two explosive devices and opened fire on an Assam Rifles (AR) convoy in Khokai area, Kamjong subdivision, Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. One soldier and one civilian were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the attack. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants executed three civilians in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/26/2015: Assailants fired on Muhammad Ashraf, a doctor, and abducted his son in Ghani Khel area, Shinwar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Ashraf was killed in the attack and the whereabouts of his son are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants flogged and crucified 12 individuals in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/26/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants raided the Kamenge Youth Center (CJK) in Cibitoke, Burundi. This was one of two related attacks in Cibitoke on this date. Two civilians were injured across both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources noted that the assailants shouted slogans in opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza during the attacks.
10/26/2015: Assailants set fire to a refugee shelter in Lund, Skane county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants set fire to two railcars between Kamaluru and Bansi, Andhra Pradesh state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/26/2015: Assailants set two vehicles on fire, including one owned by local councillor Harold Halewijn, in Oostknollendam, North Holland, Netherlands. There were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire on police personnel at the Nyabagere Primary School in Cibitoke, Burundi. This was one of two related attacks in Cibitoke on this date. Two civilians were injured across both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources noted that the assailants shouted slogans in opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza during the attacks.
10/26/2015: Assailants tied three civilians to Roman-era columns on a structure outside Palmyra, Homs governorate, Syria. The assailants then detonated explosive devices, killing the three civilians in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted at the residence of Surendra Yadav, a Nepali Congress (NC) member, in Rajbiraj Municipality, Eastern region, Nepal. Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2015: Twenty assailants attacked Opili village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A civilian was killed and property was stolen in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Patriotic Resistance Front in Ituri (FRPI).
10/26/2015: Twenty assailants opened fire on a military detachment in Luna Sur village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks in Luna Sur village on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/26/2015: Two assailants lit a bible on fire and threw rocks at the Kikebo school which was housing refugees in Oskarshamn, Kalmar county, Sweden. There were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: A landmine detonated following a grenade attack in Sharana, Paktika, Afghanistan. At least six people were injured in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Sharana on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/26/2016: An assailant threw a hand grenade in Sharana, Paktika, Afghanistan. At least 11 people were injured in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Sharana on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/26/2016: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated outside a nightclub in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: An explosive device detonated in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No casualties were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Hamamiyat, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Kultur neighborhood, Bingol, Turkey. At least four people, including police officers and civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/26/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Disheer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in As Sulaykh area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants abducted Abdullah Nasser, a political security officer, in Al-Wadea, Abyan, Yemen. Nasser was killed and his body was discovered the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/26/2016: Assailants abducted Liliya Kots in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Kots was released as part of a prisoner exchange on December 27, 2017. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Kots was allegedly planning to abduct a Donetsk People's Republic member.
10/26/2016: Assailants abducted three people in Selpang, Odisha, India. Two hostages were released while one hostage, identified as Lalu Harijan, was killed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists, noting that Harijan was accused of being a police informant.
10/26/2016: Assailants abducted two fishermen off the coast of Pangutaran, Sulu, Philippines. The hostages were rescued on January 19, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/26/2016: Assailants ambushed and attempted to sexually assault civilians in Bella, Central Darfur, Sudan. One person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Abbala extremists.
10/26/2016: Assailants attacked a military convoy in Barire, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/26/2016: Assailants attacked Khwaja Sabz Posh, Faryab, Afghanistan. At least 16 assailants were killed and 17 assailants and two uprising members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2016: Assailants attacked police officers in Maydan Shahr, Wardak, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of six related attacks in this area on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants attacked the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Sorpal, Wardak, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of six related attacks in this area on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants attacked the Kabul-Kandahar highway near Shatir, Wardak, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of six related attacks in this area on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants attacked the Kabul-Kandahar highway near Shirazi, Wardak, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of six related attacks in this area on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants attempted to shell security posts, but hit a hospital in Maydan Shahr, Wardak, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and eight civilians were wounded in the attack. This was one of six related attacks in this area on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants executed 190 people in Hammam al-Alil, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/2016: Assailants executed 42 people in Arij, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/2016: Assailants fired a rocket that was intercepted and destroyed over Bagram airbase in Bagram, Parwan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade targeting the Melati Satu liquefied natural gas tanker off the coast of Dhubab district, Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Huthi extremists may have carried out the attack.
10/26/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Kokab, Hamah, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks in Kokab on the same day. The Southern Front and Al-Nasir Army (Syria) separately claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Maan, Hama, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants in Lebanon opened fire on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel in Metula, Northern, Israel. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants in Syria fired a rocket that struck a field in Elbeyli district, Kilis, Turkey. One civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants opened fire on a bus along Juba-Nimule road near Loa, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police outpost in Sanjenbam, Manipur, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Qnaga valley, Central Darfur, Sudan. Three civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants set fire to a government primary school in Tappar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants set fire to a number of Sunni civilian houses in Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blazes. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Mobilization Forces.
10/26/2016: Assailants shelled Maydan Shahr municipality in Maydan Shahr, Wardak, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of six related attacks in this area on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2016: Assailants shot and killed a Baghdad Municipal Council employee in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Assailants shot and killed a polio worker in Ghundi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan) claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also attributed the incident to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
10/26/2016: Assailants shot and killed Fiscal Rolando Acido, a government prosecutor, outside the Hall of Justice in Dahican, Davao Oriental, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Two assailants opened fire on Siyad Mohamed Ahmed, a senior army officer, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Ahmed was killed and one assailant was injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Two assailants shot and killed Terence Troy Liscano, a village watchperson, in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2016: Two assailants threw Molotov cocktails at an office housing pro-Russian internet activists in Saint Petersburg, Russia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) convoy between Tessalit and Aguelhok, Kidal, Mali. Three Chadian peacekeepers were killed and two others were injured in the blast. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Taji, north of Baghdad, Saladin, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: An unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles and explosive devices detonated targeting security forces in Rawah, Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/26/2017: Assailants attacked and killed two farmers in Gaunan, Mlang, North Cotabato, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/26/2017: Assailants fired a rifle grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker in Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One CRPF officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: Assailants fired a rocket into Maydan Shahr, Wardak, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/26/2017: Assailants fired mortars at a Jubaland Forces (JF) base in Bulo Gaduud, Lower Juba, Somalia. Five soldiers were killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on a truck transporting newspapers in Awaran district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties but the assailants set fire to the newspapers after shooting out the tires of the truck. This was one of three attacks targeting media agencies in Balochistan overnight. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on joint police and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on residents at a demonstration in Al Mashlab neighborhood, Raqqah, Syria. At least 12 people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
10/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a Ministry of Science and Technology employee west of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. The employee was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: Assailants publicly executed a civilian by stoning in Saakow district, Middle Juba, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and accused the victim of committing adultery.
10/26/2017: Assailants raided Ruwenzori in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least five civilians were killed in the ensuing clash with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/26/2017: Assailants set fire to five police vehicles in Meylan, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. There were no reported casualties. Feminist extremists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in order to "fight sexism" and "gender" and was perpetrated as a "desire for revenge."
10/26/2017: Assailants shot and killed police officer Charlie Liba in Tupi, South Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/26/2017: Assailants stabbed and injured a civilian outside a polling station in Likoni, Mombasa, Kenya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that the victim was going to vote at the time of the attack.
10/26/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a Pak-News Agency office at the corner of Main Road and Advocate Galli Road in Malik Abad neighborhood, Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least eight people, including a Pakistan Traffic Police officer, were injured in the blast. This was one of three attacks targeting media agencies in Balochistan overnight. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/26/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a police patrol in Damhal Hanjipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Four people, including three police officers and a civilian, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/26/2017: Assailants threw firebombs at a police station in Pefki district, Athens, Attica, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to anarchists.
10/27/1985: Brent Paul Braud, Derrick James Jarreau, John David Newchurch, and Charles Albert Cheshire Jr. pled guilty to igniting a fire at the River City Women's Clinic In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.  There were no casualties but the abortion clinic was destroyed resulting in $300,000 in damages.
10/27/1998: A bomb exploded at a police guard post in Karachi, Pakistan, near the Sindh Provincial Assembly Building and injured six people. There was no claim of responsibility for this incident.
10/27/1998: A bomb, that was planted in a car, exploded outside the passport office in Karachi, Pakistan, and injured at least six people. There was no claim of responsibility for this incident.
10/27/1998: A Lebanese Islamic Jihad leader was injured when his booby-trapped car exploded in Sidon, Lebanon. Three other people were also injured and the car was destroyed. There was no claim of responsibility for this attack.
10/27/1998: A pipe bomb was found on the steps outside the Concord Public Library in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A.. Authorities discovered the device after Governor Jeanne Shaheen's office received a threatening letter. The device did not explode.
10/27/1998: A pipe bomb was found on the steps outside the New Hampshire State Library in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A.. Authorities discovered the device after Governor Jeanne Shaheen's office received a threatening letter. The device did not explode.
10/27/1998: At least three people were killed and 40 injured when a bomb exploded near a mosque operated by Ahle Hadith in Sialkot, Pakistan. The bomb, believed to be contain two five pounds of explosives, was planted on a bicycle left close to the mosque and was activated by remote trigger by unknown perpetrators.
10/27/1999: A time bomb was found outside a hotel in Milan near leaflets signed by the Angry Brigade. The device was disarmed without incident. The group, which had last been heard from in the 1970s, demanded the release of Greek anarchist Nikos Maziotis, who had been sentenced to fifteen years in prison by an Athens court in July 1999 for attempted bombings in Greece.
10/27/1999: At approximately 5:00am local time, an explosives attack caused serious damage to La Calypso disco in Sollies-Pont, Var Department, France. The perpetrators of this incident were not known.
10/27/1999: Five gunmen stormed the Armenian Parliament in Yerevan, Armenia. Eight individuals, including Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, were killed and another fifty were taken hostage. After a one-day standoff, all but one of the hostages were released. The remaining hostage was released once the attackers had made their getaway. Reporters in the parliament chamber at the time of the attack identified the leader of the gunmen as Nairi Unanian, an extreme nationalist and former journalist, according to reporters in the chamber at the time of the attack. His brother and uncle were also among the attackers.
10/27/1999: Four researchers, working with primates at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States, received booby-trapped letters in envelopes containing razor blades.  There were no injuries in the incident.  These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).  The communiqué listed eight researchers from the University of Wisconsin, but only four letters had been found.  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and were allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/27/1999: Police safely carried out a controlled explosion of an explosive device, which was planted by unknown perpetrators, at the door of an unnamed bank in Barcelona, Spain.
10/27/1999: Six booby-trapped letters laced with razor blades ( similar to those sent to Harvard University researchers)were intercepted at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center housed at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. There were no injuries in the incident.  These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and sent out on October 25.
10/27/1999: Six University of Washington (UW) scientists in Seattle, Washington in the United States, received booby-trapped letters in envelopes containing razor blades.  One was received by a pharmacy professor. These letters were part of an 80-letter razor-blade campaign, claimed by the animal rights group, The Justice Department.  The group targeted scientists, many specifically from Regional Primate Centers across America, who were conducting AIDS and cancer-related research on non-human primates, and the group was against the use of primates for laboratory tests.  A communiqué claiming the incident was posted on both The Justice Department's  website as well as that of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).  In all, the communiqué listed seventeen UW researchers as targets.  Not all of the letters, which also contained diagrams of simple homemade bombs and threats demanding the researchers release the animals and leave the vivisection industry, were confirmed or reported by researchers.  The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas, Nevada and allegedly sent out on October 25.
10/27/2000: Six or seven suspected militants from the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) fired indiscriminately at Hindu devotees leaving a temple in Nalbari town, 120 kilometers (74 miles) west of Guwahati, the Assam state capital in India. 10 people were killed and 5 wounded in the attack.
10/27/2000: Two militants from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e Toiba group, armed with sophisticated weapons, attacked the joint camp of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police and India's paramilitary force, the Central Reserve Police (CRPF), in Surankote in Poonch district, India. The attack sparked off a gun fight in which one of the militants and one of the Indian security personnel were killed.
10/27/2001: Fifteen people were injured by a grenade which was thrown at a security patrol in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2001: Four policemen were killed and 3 civilians injured when members of Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM) blew up a police jeep with a landmine. The attack occurred in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The group claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to the Associated Press.
10/27/2001: Suspected members of United Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) shot and killed five people in Chiriguana, Cesar Department, Colombia.  The assailants, dressed in civilian clothing, forced the victims from their homes and executed them in front of their family members.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/27/2001: Two relatives of a government minister were kidnapped by the Naxalites at Koram, Andhra Pradesh state, India. Ten men entered the house of Marthanda Rao and kidnapped him and his son-in-law Vinod. A ransom was demanded, but no amount was made public.
10/27/2002:  At least 15 members of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attacked the village of Dadgiri, Assam state, India.  The assailants went from house to house, asking the men to come outside, where they were lined up and shot.  20 villagers were killed immediately and two more died of their wounds shortly after the incident.  At least 12 people were injured in the assault.  Specific motive is unknown; however, authorities believe that the attack was an "ethnic cleansing".
10/27/2002: Four Israelis were killed and 30 injured when a suicide bomber detonated himself at a gas station near the Ariel settlement in Israel. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility.
10/27/2002: Suspected rebels fired a mortar at a housing complex in Dispur area of Guwahati, Assam state, India.  The complex houses state ministers and bureaucrats.  No one was injured in the attack; however, the mortar damaged several cars.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2003: A car bomb exploded at a police station in the al-Khadra neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  he bombing was one of four related attacks in Baghdad, which killed a total of 35 people and injured more than 240 others.  US Army Lieutenant Colonel Eric Nanz indicated that one Iraqi policeman died, three civilians were killed, and four Iraqi policemen were wounded in this attack.  There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2003: A car bomb exploded at a police station in the al-Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  The car bombing was one of four related incidents in Baghdad.  The four attacks resulted in the deaths of 35 people and left more than 240 injured.  Although reports were vague, they indicated that the greatest number of casualties occurred in the al-Shaab bombing.  There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2003: A car bomb exploded at the Daura patrol station in the Bayaa neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  The bombing was one of four related attacks in Baghdad.  The four attacks killed a total of 35 people and left more than 240 others injured.  15 Iraqis and one US soldier were reported to have died in the explosion.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2003: In a series of coordinated attacks, a car bomb exploded at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Baghdad, Iraq.  The four attacks killed 35 people and injured more than 240 others.  Red Cross headquarters in Geneva said 12 people were killed in the bombing including two employees.  There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2004: In Iraq, a news anchor with Iraq's independent Al-Sharqiya television was killed, along with a translator, in a drive-by shooting in southern Baghdad. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/27/2004: Shosei Koda, a 24-year-old Japanese traveler, was kidnapped and subsequently murdered by militants associated with former Jama'at al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad (JTJ) chief Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi. Koda's body was found in Baghdad.
10/27/2005: A remote controlled bomb attached to a bicycle exploded killing a police officer and injuring two civilians in Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan. The bomb was detonated near a police vehicle. The incident was attributed to the Taliban, but the group made no claim of responsibility.
10/27/2005: Unidentified guerilla fighters remote detonated a land mine near a military patrol in Pratappur, Nepal injuring three soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2006: A van carrying Shi i mourners returning from a funeral was ambushed by gunmen near Baquba, Iraq. Four of the passengers were killed and five were wounded. No claim of responsibility for the attack was issued.
10/27/2006: In Sri Lanka, a claymore mine that was planted on the Medawachchiya-Kebbethigollawa road, in the city of Batticaloa, was detonated. The blast killed a two year old child, and injured five other civilians. LTTE was blamed for this incident.
10/27/2006: The Shi i Shaykh Isma'il shrine south of Kirkuk was totally destroyed by militants in an explosion. No group claimed responsibility for this act and there were no casualties
10/27/2007: 18 Indian civilians were killed and three more were wounded when approximately 25 Naxalite (Indian Maoist) perpetrators fired small arms (likely assault rifles) at approximately 150 persons gathered to watch a cultural program after a football match sometime before dawn in Chilkhari, Jharkhand State, India.
10/27/2007: An Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Ausama al-Abadi, an Iraqi civilian and member of the Supreme Election Committee in Basra, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Colonel Amer Insaief, police chief of Muqdadiyah, and seven of his guards were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms and manning a false checkpoint in the afternoon at Saida, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Eight Iraqi civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a garbage pile by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 7:30 AM outside a group of restaurants frequented by government employees and construction workers in Jisr Diyala, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Five Indian civilians were kidnapped by an unknown number of Naxalite (Indian Maoist) perpetrators carrying small arms late in the evening in Boda, Latehar (District), Jharkhand State, India.
10/27/2007: One Iraqi civilian politician of the Islamic Party was killed, three others were wounded, and two others were kidnapped when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms attacked their vehicle convoy in the evening in al-Zubair, Basra Governorate, Iraq. The fate of the kidnap victims was not reported.
10/27/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: One Thai civilian Buddhist female was killed and 14 more Thai civilians were wounded when a remote-detonated (cell-phone trigger) improvised explosive device (IED) consisting of seven kilograms of explosives packed inside a PVC pipe planted under a restaurant table by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in the early morning at a food stall in front of a railway station in Rangae (District), Narathiwat Province, Thailand.
10/27/2007: Panfilo Donton, a Filipino village barangay chairman up for reelection, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Talacogon neighborhood, Lugait, Misamis Oriental Province, Philippines.
10/27/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in the morning in the village of al-Dulab, Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed when an unspecified number of mortar rounds launched by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed in al-Dulab village, Muqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their patrol in al-Zanbour village, al-Khalis, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/27/2008: On Monday afternoon at about 1535, a bomb planted in a civilian car detonated while it was passing near the al-Khallani Square, killing two civilians and injuring seven others, in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosive charge was of a magnetic kind, which had been stuck in the victims' car. The powerful blast also caused damages to several nearby civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday morning at 0900, suspected rebels belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) 34th Front, fired upon a boat carrying the Mayor of Atrato, Luis Gorgonio Moreno Valencia, in the Atrato River in a rural area of Medio Atrato, Chocó department, Colombia. The attack killed a female civilian passenger, wounded the Mayor, one bodyguard and two other civilian passengers and caused an unknown amount of damage to the boat. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/27/2008: On Monday morning at 1012, a Taliban suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police station in Pul-e-Khurmi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. The suicide bombing attack killed two American soldiers, wounded five civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the police building and to several police Ranger vehicles parked outside. The attack was carried out while Afghan officials were meeting with U.S. troops who were advising a police training program. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the blast in a phone call to an Associated Press reporter.
10/27/2008: On Monday night, in the Bhalaipur area of Chuadanga, Khulna, Bangladesh unidentified militants killed a senior militant in the Purba Banglar Communist Party - Marxist Leninist faction (PBCP-ML), identified as Anwarul Islam Aanu, alias Joy. Police sources said the incident took place when the extremist leader was trying to collect extortion from local businessmen. He was beaten to death.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a car bomb exploded in a parking lot near government offices and the Iranian consulate in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. A rickshaw driver and another person died and ten others were injured. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb detonated near two minibuses carrying passengers who were traveling in al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, killing three civilians and injuring six others. Several minibuses, nearby shops and civilian cars were damaged in the attack. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a roadside bomb killed a government employee and wounded six others when it struck a minibus in Dour, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, a sticky improvised explosive device went off against a civilian car in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding seven others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, an explosive charge went off near the house of a police officer in the al-Rashidiya region in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, causing material damage to his car without leaving casualties. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, an improvised explosive roadside bomb wounded four people in the Al Nahda district of central Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, an Iraqi soldier was killed by a bomb that had been planted on his personal car in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, in the Baldia area of the Pakistani city of Karachi, Pakistan, four civilians were killed after unidentified militants opened fire on them as they left Jamia Siddiqi-i-Akber mosque. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2008: On Monday, Indian security forces discovered and safely defused an improvised explosive device weighing seven kilograms placed in the Mahore area of Reasi district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/27/2008: On Monday, one civilian was killed and nine others were wounded by an explosion in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2008: On Monday, one Iraqi government official was killed and six others were wounded after an improvised explosive device was detonated as their vehicle passed nearby in the town of Doure, Salah ad Din, Iraq, near Tikrit. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday afternoon around 1430, at Banstala station, about eight kilometers from Jhargram, Lalgarh, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, about 25 armed Maoists backed by 400 activists stopped and captured the Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani Express Train and held hostage approximately 1,200 people. At about 1830, the passengers were instructed to get out of the train and sit on the platform. The assailants then detained the train engineer and fled the area. No damages were reported in the attack, but one civilian was injured by gunfire. The hostages were released after about five hours. The train was detained to demand the release of a top rebel leader, Mahato Gandhy. The People's Committee Against Police atrocities (PCPA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at 1600, in Azazga, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, between the villages of Ait Bouada and Cheurfa, wounding a civilian. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, a bomb planted near the house of Falah Hassan Younes, the director of al-Ayadiya district in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, was successfully defused by members of the Iraqi army. There were no casualties in the incident. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday evening around 2145, two men approached a Athens police post on a motorcycle and fired upon the officers with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle, injuring six policemen and one civilian. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday evening, between Keradari and Barkakana, Hazaribgah district, Jharkhand, India, suspected Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) militants abducted a government official, Nirmal Toppo, a circle officer of Keredari block (administrative division) and his driver, later freeing the driver. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday morning at 1045 , suspected militants hurled a grenade inside a Roman Catholic Church in the southern Philippines but there were no casualties in the attack. The blast occurred inside the church along Arolas Street in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Philippine troops blamed militants belonging to the Abu Sayyaf group.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 0900, between Tadmait, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria and Naciria, Boumerdes, Algeria, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on a railroad track linking the provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Algiers together, damaging the track but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday morning, in Islamabad, Pakistan, two armed assailants riding a motorcycle fired upon the vehicle of Brigadier Waqar Ahmed in the I-9 residential neighborhood. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Taliban was responsible.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Giridih district of Jharkhand, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists blew up the Upgraded Dharpahari School, causing no casualties but damaging its structure. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Maoists usually trigger blasts in schools used by security forces as shelters during anti-naxal operations.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday morning, in the Giridih district of Jharkhand, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists blew up the Upgraded Haridih School, causing no casualties but damaging its structure. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Maoists usually trigger blasts in schools used by security forces as shelters during anti-naxal operations.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday night, in Jamdohora village, 12 kilometers from Pirrakhuli, in the Lalgarh region of Midnapore, West Bengal, India, about 100 suspected Communist Party of India- Maoist (CPI-Maoist) rebels raided and torched four Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) leader's houses, damaging the houses. There were no casualties reported in the arson. This is part of a multiple incident.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday night, in Pirrakhuli village, 14 kilometers from Lalgarh, West Bengal, India, a group of 100 suspected Communist Party of India- Maoists (CPI-Maoist) barged into the house of Ratan Mahato, branch secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist's Bhimpur committee, and dragged him out accusing him of corruption. Mahato was beaten and declared dead on 10/28/2009 after he was taken to the hospital. No damages were reported in the attack. This is part of a multiple incident.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb blew up an oil tanker near Tikrit, Iraq. Two civilians within the vehicle were killed. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday, in Chandra, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, a local government official, Pratap Nayak, was shot and killed by Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants. Nayak was a member of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist). It is unknown if the attack caused any damage.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday, in Haskah Mena, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, armed assailants kidnapped 13 children. During their captivity, all 13 children were assaulted and wounded and subjected to starvation. The children were kept in Dogar area of Tirah Valley in Pakistan's lawless tribal region of Khyber Agency. Three children had escaped captivity on about 11/01/2009. The other 10 children escaped on 11/16/2009. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2009: On Tuesday, in Jaffar, Shah Joy, Zabol, Afghanistan, assailants kidnapped four tribal leaders. Later, the assailants assaulted the victims by beheading them, killing all four tribal leaders. The elders had been accused of spying for foreigners. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
10/27/2010: A bomb, which was left in an ababndoned bag, exploded in a passenger bus on the Butawal-Bhairahawa section of the Sidhartha Highway in Shankarnagar, Rupandehi, Nepal, injuring two men and two women. Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) claimed responsibility for the attack, but the motive behind the attack remains unknown.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday afternoon at 1310, in the Afghantsev park area of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, an improvised explosive device was discovered on Soldatskaya Street and security forces were able to successfully disarm it before it could detonate. There were no casualties or damages and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday afternoon, on a village road in tambon Kortor Tuera, Raman, Yala, Thailand, two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle fired at two Muslim men on a motorcycle. Harong Haza was killed and Hidareh Isormusor was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday around 1215 noon, on Lumding-Silchar meter gauge hill section between Lower Haflong and Bagetar stations in North Cachar Hills, Assam, India, unknown explosives were triggered by unidentified militants, which derailed four coaches of the 5963 Down Barak Valley Express. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the attack took place a few kilometers from where Assam governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was inaugurating an international tourism festival at the famous Jatinga village. Furthermore, although it is unclear which group is responsible for the attack, the Dilip Nunisa faction of the Dima Halom Daoga (DHD) had called an indefinite bandh in the hill district on Tuesday night, complaining of harassment by the police. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday evening, on the bridge linking al-Jaderiya with al-Sidiya neighborhoods in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging their car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday morning, in the Sabie Abkar neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Sunni Endowment office, damaging the building. The Sunni Endowment is a religious organization responsible for the Sunni mosques across the country. Two guards were killed and four others wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, at Qambar Khel market of Bara, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a remote controlled bomb planted in a motorcycle exploded near the vehicle of a local pro-government tribal elder, Malik Amal Gul, and head of the peace committee, killing two people and wounding eight, including the tribal elder. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed the responsibility of the blast but police feared that it might be the Taliban because local peace committees have been working and fighting against the Taliban in the area.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in Beled Weyne, Hiiraan, Somalia, about 10 unidentified militants fired upon and killed two women accused of spying for the Somali government. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was suspected to be responsible for the attack.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in Cadaado, Galgudud, Somalia, unidentified gunmen fired upon and killed two religious clerics. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a car, wounding two off duty policemen in the car. No group claimed responsibility. The amount of property damage from the attack is unknown.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in Sa'dah city, Sa'dah state, Yemen, unidentified militants killed a one civilian and wounded three others in an ambush attack. The victims have not been identified. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Al Houthi Followers were suspected.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the al-Iskan neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle carrying gas cylinders, causing an unknown amount of property damage. The blast killed the truck driver and wounded one other person. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle carrying Propane cylinders, causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. The blast killed one civilian, and wounded four others. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the Pashad area of Sakano, Konar, Afghanistan, Taliban militants kidnapped two policemen who were later killed on 11/03/2010. Qari Yasin, who introduced himself as a Pakistani Taliban spokesman in Konar, said the policemen, seized in the Pashad area of Sarkano, were killed Wednesday night.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the Saidiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-born improvised explosive device inside a civilian car, causing an unknown amount of property damage. One civilian was killed, and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the Shankamagar area of Rupandehi, Bagmati, Nepal, an improvised explosive device that was placed under a seat on a public bus detonated. Four people were injured and the bus was damaged. The victims were identified as Shiva Sharma, Goma Bhujel, Sunita Paudel and Kundan Shrestha. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2010: On Wednesday, in the Shna Ghundai area of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, three men were abducted, two Pakistanis and one Afghan refugee, by militants of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). On 10/28/2010 the three men were beheaded execution style by the militants for supposed “criminal acts.” A purported spokesman of Taliban in the region, Sajjad Muhmand, claimed responsibility for the killing of the three abducted men. Residents claimed a note was found by the bodies. "They were involved in various crimes, including theft and kidnapping for ransom, posing as Taliban. We killed them so others may learn a lesson from this," the note said.”
10/27/2011: On Thursday afternoon at 1430, in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan, armed militants seized a building and began firing on the Provincial Reconstruction Team compound in the Shirkat Miwa area of the 10th police district. One local translator was killed and eight people were injured including five North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops. Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2011: On Thursday afternoon at 1730, in Khurik, Tabasaranskiy District, Dagestan, Russia, two unidentified gunmen carrying pistols and wearing camouflage uniforms, shot and killed Sheikh Sirazhudin Khurikskiy while the Sheikh was in the yard of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday evening at 1900, in the Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a shop selling music CDs. The blast killed two civilians, wounded six others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday evening at 1904, in the Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting rescue workers and other civilians rushing to the scene of the previous blast. The second blast killed 18, wounded 45 others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday morning, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 11 people were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near the shops in the Rampura bazaar. Eyewitness told media that the blast took place when a shopkeeper tried to open the shutter gate of his grocery shop. Four shops and four vehicles were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday morning, in the Rampuura area of Peshawar, Pakistan, eleven people were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated. The blast occurred in an area which is frequented by daily wage workers. Eyewitnesses said that a man had parked his motorcycle outside a grocery shop in the area and that the explosion occurred after he left the spot. Three kilograms of explosives were used in the small handmade improvised explosive device, which was reportedly placed in a canister of cooking oil. Two shops and one vehicle were damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday night around 0245, in Qaraoun, Becca, Lebanon, unknown assailants threw a percussion bomb at the private residence of Fadi Shibli, an official in the Al-Mustaqbal, or Future Movement party. The blast caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to multiple vehicles and shattered windows. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday night at 2305, in Dima Hasao, Assam, India, a crude bomb blast caused minor damage to the train tracks between the Mahur and Phiding railway station on Lumding-Silchar section of North-east Frontier Railway. Haflong Police said the blast was of low impact and did not hamper train service. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the Hills Tiger Force was suspected of being behind the bombing.
10/27/2011: On Thursday night, in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, militants destroyed the Amirzada Government School for girls at Mandani village, a girls' high school, when they detonated explosives. The building was destroyed. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, but the Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan were suspected.
10/27/2011: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen with silenced weapons opened fire on a military general. The general was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday, in Mandera, North Eastern, Kenya, eight education and security officials were killed when militants fired several rocket propelled grenades and unknown firearms at a government bus. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the bus. The militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in an interview with reporters.
10/27/2011: On Thursday, in Qamdo, Tibet, China, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded inside a local government building, injuring an unknown number of people and causing an unknown amount of damage to the building. The IED was planted by unidentified militants. A graffiti exclaiming "Tibet's Independence" had been left behind on the building's walls and pamphlets entitled "Free Tibet" were left at the scene. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday, in the al-Hibibiyah area of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police vehicle. The blast wounded two traffic policemen and one nearby civilian, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday, in the al-Saidiyah intersection, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, an unknown sniper opened fire on a traffic police patrol. The sniper shot and killed one traffic policeman in the attack.. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2011: On Thursday, on Ring Road in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants threw a grenade which subsequently exploded targeting CNG petrol station. No casualties were reported and it is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/27/2012: A grenade detonated inside the Ilocos Norte National High School compound in Laoag city, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: A landmine detonated after a civilian stepped on it at a rubber plantation in Ban Mai Ngam, Bang Por township, Muang district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed it to separatists.
10/27/2012: A landmine detonated at a cafe near the entrance of Kismayo city, Kismayo district, Lower Juba region, Somalia. One person was killed, and another four people, including two government soldiers, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: An assailant on a motorcycle threw a grenade at a restaurant in Taluban municipality, Sai Buri district, Pattani province, Thailand. At least nine people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: An explosive device detonated at the Al-Bawiah market in the predominantly Shia Muslim Maamel neighborhood in Rusafa district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and another 25 injured in the blast. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosive device detonated at the Kismayo police station in Kismayo city, Kismayo district, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: An explosive device detonated in a market in the Al-Jihad neighborhood of Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No casualties were reported in the blast. This was one of two attacks in the Al-Jihad neighborhood that took place only a few minutes apart. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosive device detonated prematurely as two assailants were planting it near the Bauchi Local Government Secretariat on Illelah Street in Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. The two assailants were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official attributed it to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/27/2012: An explosive device magnetically attached to a minibus carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims detonated in Taji town, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people, including Iranian pilgrims, were killed and another 12 injured in the attack. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they had carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a market in the predominantly Shia Muslim area of Sadr City in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were killed in the blast. This was one of two car bombings in Sadr City on the same day by the same group. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in the Al-Jihad neighborhood of Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and another five injured in the blast. This was one of two explosions in the Al-Jihad neighborhood that took place only a few minutes apart. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mosque in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a restaurant in the predominantly Shia Muslim area of Sadr City in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 23 people were killed in the blast. This was one of two car bombings in Sadr City on the same day by the same group. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of the al-Serian Church in Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. At least five people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated, targeting the offices of a Shia Muslim religious foundation in Tuz Khormato town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were injured in the blast. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered near a Shia Muslim shrine in Mosul city, Mosul district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, as security forces successfully defused the explosives. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: Approximately three assailants attacked government soldiers at Biyo Dageenka in the Suuqa Xoolaha neighborhood of Huriwaa district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One government soldier was killed and another injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2012: Assailants abducted 13 civilians from Korjin village, Chahar Sada district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. The 13 civilians were released on October 31, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/27/2012: Assailants abducted Fidaa Itani from A'azaz town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Itani, a Lebanese journalist, was released on November 1, 2012 after six days of captivity. The Free Syrian Army's (FSA) Azaz Northern Storm Brigade claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they held Itani in order to safeguard their secret revolutionary tactics.
10/27/2012: Assailants attacked a Shabak family's residence in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four injured in the assault. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: Assailants attacked a Shabak family's residence in the Al-Kafa'at neighborhood of Mosul city, Mosul district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed in the assault. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: Assailants attacked a Somali and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) joint military convoy in an area between Afmadow and Kismayo districts in Lower Juba region, Somalia. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/27/2012: Assailants attacked the predominantly Shia Muslim city of Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks in Muqdadiyah on the same day. Two people were killed and another five injured across both assaults. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device inside a Shabak family's residence in the Al-Karamah neighborhood of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least six people were injured in the blast. In a statement posted online, Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/27/2012: Assailants hijacked two passenger vans in Bayugan city, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. One civilian driver escaped, while the other victim was released unharmed. The assailants absconded with the two vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official suspected the New People's Army (NPA).
10/27/2012: Assailants opened fire on Raul Matamorosa outside of an electronics repair shop on Diversion Road in Naga city, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. Matamorosa, the mayor of Lupi town, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an army patrol in Rashidiyah neighborhood, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least three soldiers were killed and one was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a group of Iraqi Armed Services personnel waiting to collect paychecks in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 14 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed and 25 others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated at a police officer's private residence that was under construction in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of eight attacks targeting houses belonging to security officials in Tikrit on the same day. At least eight construction workers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated in a market targeting Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and five soldiers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated in Daur district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one Sahwa Council member was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated in Herat province, Afghanistan. At least one Afghan soldier was killed and three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated in the washroom of a train station in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting trains arriving with spectators for the Narendra Modi political rally. At least one assailant was killed in the explosion. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near a building owned by the advisor to the governor for security affairs in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of eight attacks targeting houses belonging to security officials in Tikrit on the same day. At least eight construction workers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near a childrens' park in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting spectators at the Narendra Modi political rally. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. At least seven people were killed and 81 others were injured in the blasts surrounding Gandhi Maidan. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near a civilian bus in the vicinity of Habib Gulda village, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least 18 civilians were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near a market in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near an army convoy east of Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one soldier was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol in Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near Regent Cinema in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting spectators at the Narendra Modi political rally. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. At least seven people were killed and 81 others were injured in the blasts surrounding Gandhi Maidan. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Old Ghandi statue in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting spectators at the Narendra Modi political rally. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. At least seven people were killed and 81 others were injured in the blasts surrounding Gandhi Maidan. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near the State Bank of India (SBI) office in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting spectators at the Narendra Modi political rally. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. At least seven people were killed and 81 others were injured in the blasts surrounding Gandhi Maidan. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Twin Tower in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting spectators at the Narendra Modi political rally. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. At least seven people were killed and 81 others were injured in the blasts surrounding Gandhi Maidan. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near Udyog Bhawan in Patna city, Bihar state, India. The blast was targeting spectators at the Narendra Modi political rally. This was one of seven attacks targeting the rally within the span of a few hours. At least seven people were killed and 81 others were injured in the blasts surrounding Gandhi Maidan. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baladiyat neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 11 others were injured in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Saba Al Bor town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Ur neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. There were an unknown number of casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a bus station in Mashtal neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a busy marketplace in Nahrawan town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two blasts in Nahrawan within minutes of each other and one of 10 in and around Baghdad on the same day. At least seven people were killed and 15 others were injured across the two explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a public market in Abu Dsheer neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 13 others were injured in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a public market in Huriya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. This was one of 10 attacks in and around Baghdad on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: Assailants abducted a National Dialogue Conference (NDC) representative from his private residence in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The hostage, who was beaten and tortured, was released on October 28th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants abducted Alrusdi Kasim Jainul in Isabela city, Basilan province, Philippines. The outcome of the kidnapping of Jainul, the incumbent Barangay Council captain, is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants abducted four Nepali Congress (NC) party members from Gaunkharka village, Central development region, Nepal. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants armed with rockets and firearms attacked an army checkpost in Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one soldier was killed and three others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint on Bama-Banki Junction road in Banki town, Borno state, Nigeria. Four security personnel were killed in the assault; in addition, the assailants set fire to several buildings and filling stations. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/27/2013: Assailants attacked an Independent Election Commission voter registration center in Qades district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; however, two vehicles were destroyed and weapons were stolen. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban, noting that the attack was led by a Taliban commander that had recently joined the peace process.
10/27/2013: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an armored security vehicle near Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2013: Assailants fired mortar shells at houses in Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks targeting homes in the district on the same day. At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2013: Assailants fired multiple rocket-propelled grenades at a checkpoint in Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. At least three soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Rangers patrol in Orangi Town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one assailant was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities suspected that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was behind the attack.
10/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Salarzai Peace Committee member in Salarzai town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one person was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on Merlinda Alvarez in Palanas town, Masbate province, Philippines. At least four people, including Alvarez, an election officer, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on off-duty soldiers in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least two soldiers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on the private residence of a Sahwa Council member in Daur district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on the private residence of Joel Almasan in Tiguma village, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. Almasan, a candidate for the Barangay Council, was not injured as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2013: Assailants set fire to the Denganen Elementary School in Denganen village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. The school was targeted because it was a polling location. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants shot and killed a human resources officer in Sumisip town, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at Shiraz Cinema, which houses two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) units, in Khanyar neighborhood, Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Five explosive devices were discovered and defused in a market in Usoor village, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Maoists were behind the attack.
10/27/2013: Security forces discovered and defused several explosive devices planted in the Lovisam area of the Khar tehsil area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Two explosive devices detonated outside of the Election Commission office in Bangladesh. There were no casualties reported in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2013: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Mir Ali town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a bomb disposal squad in Hilal Khial Charmang area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Nine security personnel were wounded in the blast; the victims included Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers and Levies Forces officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and assailants stormed the Court of Appeals in Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least twelve people, including the assailants, were killed and at least 10 others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was in retaliation for death sentences recently given to Taliban members.
10/27/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near the entrance to the office of the governor in Idlib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. Following the blast, other assailants stormed and briefly took control of the building. In addition to the bomber, at least 70 Syrian Army officers were decapitated in the assault. This was one of five attacks in Idlib by the same group on this date. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed this attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: A suicide bombers detonated near a Syrian Army checkpoint in Idlib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. Aside from the bomber, the number of casualties in the blast is unknown. This was one of five attacks in Idlib by the same group on this date. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2014: An assailant set fire to a backpack on a subway car in Santo Domingo city, National district, Dominican Republic. At least 35 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, security officers arrested and charged an individual, Frankelis Holguin, in connection with the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosion occurred south of Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Four civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosive device detonated in Guwahati city, Assam state, India. A civilian was injured and a motorcycle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sulaykh area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Electricity engineer, was killed and his companion was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated at a market in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a security checkpoint near Jurf al-Sakhar region, Babil governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 21 soldiers and volunteer fighters were killed and 24 more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/27/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Wathiq Square in Karada area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and 27 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a hospital run by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mayadin town, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. At least three people were killed and several others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2014: Assailants abducted a gubernatorial candidate in Lafia city, Nassarawa state, Nigeria. The candidate, Chris Mamman, was rescued by security forces on October 28, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Mamman attributed the kidnapping to his political opponents.
10/27/2014: Assailants armed with explosive devices and small arms attacked civilians in Makra village, West Bengal state, India. Three people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked a police post in Kala Marsha area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks on police posts in Ghorak on this date. Eight police officers were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked a police post in Surkhabad area, Ghorak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks on police posts in Ghorak on this date. Eight police officers were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked a Yemeni Army post in Shabwah governorate, Yemen. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked and took control of the Syrian Police Headquarters in Idlib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of five attacks in Idlib by the same group on this date. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Gidan Idi village, Taraba state, Nigeria. Five people were killed, eight people were injured, and six houses were set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Kukawa town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and an unknown number of buildings, including a police station and the government lodge, were set on fire during the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked residents in Abulagu village, Nassarawa state, Nigeria. This was one of two similar attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least three people were killed across both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
10/27/2014: Assailants attacked residents in Wayo village, Nassarawa state, Nigeria. This was one of two similar attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least three people were killed across both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
10/27/2014: Assailants blew up a bridge in Seleznivka village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three bridges targeted on the same night in Donetsk oblast. There were no reports of casualties in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants blew up a bridge in Zakitne village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three bridges targeted on the same night in Donetsk oblast. There were no reports of casualties in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants blew up a railway bridge in Novobakhmutivka village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three bridges targeted on the same night in Donetsk oblast. There were no reports of casualties in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants hijacked a truck in Silopi district, Sirnak province, Turkey. The driver of the truck was released later on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the hijacking to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped a journalist in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped a police official and a military officer in Al-Zawiyah village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Abu-Shahd, a journalist, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Ahmad Rafi, a journalist, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Mahmud Shakir, a journalist, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Muhammad Yunis, a journalist, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Yasir al-Haj, a journalist, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Yasir al-Qaysi, a journalist, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of seven similar kidnappings in the city on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the abductions to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2014: Assailants opened fire at a Frontier Works Organization (FWO) crushing plant in Gramkan area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A child was wounded in the ensuing clash. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on Armed Forces of Ukraine positions near Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants set fire to a government office in Don Rak area, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks on subdistrict administration offices in the province on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants set fire to a government office in Pulopuyo area, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks on subdistrict administration offices in the province on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine positions near Nikishyne village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine positions near Pavlopil town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attacks near Pavlopil on this date. There were no reports of casualties in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a Lebanese Army position in Sidon city, South governorate, Lebanon. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Explosive devices detonated at a school in Hakim Khan Kili village, Bara district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, but the school was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Pakistani officials attributed the incident to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
10/27/2014: Rockets landed near an Armed Forces of Ukraine base and detonated in Avdiivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/27/2014: Security forces discovered and defused 15 explosive devices in Duwaylibah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Security forces discovered and defused a pipe bomb planted outside a house in Brownstown area, Kildare county, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Security forces discovered and defused eight explosive devices in Abu Raqibah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2014: Three explosive devices detonated near an Afghan Police post in Hadda neighborhood, Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. At least two police officers were injured in the blasts. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2015: A cane bomb was discovered and defused in Basi village, Paraiya, Gaya district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/27/2015: An assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in Tel Rumeida neighborhood, Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated in Hamamiyat, Saladin, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated in Sitio Halaw area, Latih village, Sulu province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Two soldiers and a police officer were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Baghdad al-Jadeeda area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Washash area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Latih village, Patikul district, Sulu province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/27/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting volunteer fighters in Balad Ruz district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two volunteers were killed and a third volunteer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: An explosives-laden bicycle detonated as a police vehicle passed by in Sanae Square, Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One police officer and five civilians were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Assailants abducted Jude Rangku T Sangma, a Block Development Officer, in Diganggre area, South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. Sangma was released on November 3, 2015. The Garo National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that the government halt its ongoing operations against the group in exchange for the release of Jude Rangku T Sangma.
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked As-Safirah city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked Bunga village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A civilian was killed and two others were sexually assaulted during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Patriotic Resistance Front in Ituri (FRPI).
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked government buildings in Darqad district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks on Darqad on the same day. Four police officers and an unknown number of assailants were killed, and two police officers were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked Hamrin mountains in Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing five assailants and injuring three assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked Mahmoud Abdel Hamid in an unknown location in Egypt. Hamid, an Al-Nour Party candidate, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked military forces stationed at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 17 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked the governor's house in Darqad district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks on Darqad on the same day. Four police officers and an unknown number of assailants were killed, and two police officers were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2015: Assailants attacked Vukutu area, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties, although property was stolen during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Patriotic Resistance Front in Ituri (FRPI).
10/27/2015: Assailants executed Muhammad Jihan, a civilian, in Misrata city, Misrata district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/27/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Camp Speicher near Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Assailants fired rockets at a Levies Forces personnel in Ghaiba Khore, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. This was one of two attacks in Ghaiba Khore on the same day; this later incident targeted reinforcements responding to an earlier attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2015: Assailants in Afghanistan opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) post in Angoor Ada, South Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least seven soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the assault. Majlis-e-Askari claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces checkpost in Ghaiba Khore, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed and another was injured in the assault. This was one of two attacks in Ghaiba Khore on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ministry of Finance employees along Al Qanat Street in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An employee was killed and two employees were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Jakana village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least eight farmers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on Tariq Islam in Talwara Mughlain, Punjab province, Pakistan. Islam, a former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) local emir and a current Union Council candidate, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on Wedihenyo Gonzales in Obi village, Caramoran district, Catanduanes province, Philippines. Gonzales, a suspected informant, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/27/2015: Assailants shot down a helicopter in Al-Maya area, Jafara district, Libya. At least 19 people were killed in the attack; the victims included senior Operation Dawn officer Colonel Hussein Abu Diyya, General National Congress (GNC) officials, and bank employees. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Army of the Tribes.
10/27/2015: Assailants threw a firebomb at a planned refugee center in Faringtofta, Skane, Sweden. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a liquor store in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Police discovered and defused an explosive device in Singjamei, Imphal, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Police recovered a crude bomb from the roof of an international dormitory at Rajshahi University in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Al-Islah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Albu Awsaj area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in eastern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Security forces discovered and defused at least one explosives-rigged house in Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Security forces discovered and destroyed an unknown number of explosive devices in Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Security forces identified and intercepted suicide bombers attempting to attack Kubla village, Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria. At least four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/27/2015: Security forces identified and killed four suicide bombers targeting police and military members in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the unsuccessful attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2015: Security forces opened fire on a suicide bomber targeting a checkpoint with an explosives-laden vehicle in Tharthar, Al Anbar, Iraq. The vehicle detonated killing the assailant and two security members and injuring seven members. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2015: Two assailants stabbed an IDF soldier at the Gush Etzion junction, near Alon Shvut, West Bank. Both assailants were killed when the soldiers returned fire, while the stabbed soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
10/27/2016: An assailant shot and killed Ruslan Botashev, a district court judge, in Pervomaysky, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An assailant stabbed a General Service Unit officer guarding the United States embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. The assailant was killed and the officer was injured in the attack. Jabha East Africa claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources also suspected that Al-Shabaab may have been involved in the attack.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated against a military vehicle in Gamboru, Borno, Nigeria. At least one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in As Sulaykh area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in Khadizai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Hizam Brigade patrol vehicle in Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen. At least two soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Falahat, Saladin, Iraq. At least three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Kigi district, Bingol, Turkey. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military forces in Hani district, Diyarbakir, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/27/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Cukurca district, Hakkari, Turkey. One soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants abducted and killed two civilians in Tayeeglow, Bakool, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab and stated that the victims were accused of working with security personnel.
10/27/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked a secondary school and a sports ground in Jobar neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked a Syriatel mobile communication station near Hirbathirs, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Shamiya Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers near the 1070 Apartments in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. Ahrar al-Sham claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the 3000 Apartments in Hamdaniyeh neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Shamiya Front, the Southern Front, and Ajnad al-Sham all separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) al-Assad Military Academy in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. Jaysh al-Islam (Syria), the Shamiya Front, and the Free Idlib Army all separately claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also attributed the incident to Al-Nusrah Front and Ahrar al-Sham.
10/27/2016: Assailants attempted to extort money from a Bhutiachang Village Child Development Center (VCDC) chair in Tangla, Assam, India. Police personnel intervened and one assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
10/27/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Al-Hara mosque in Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Popular Mobilization Forces.
10/27/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Imam Bukhari mosque in Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Popular Mobilization Forces.
10/27/2016: Assailants detonated explosives targeting a natural gas pipeline near Gurbulak, Agri, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carried out the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants fired a missile at Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties as the missile was intercepted by Saudi defense forces. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident but denied targeting the city of Mecca.
10/27/2016: Assailants fired a mortar at military personnel in Cukurca district, Hakkari, Turkey. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/27/2016: Assailants fired a projectile that struck a residential building in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/27/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at a railway station Suran, Hamah, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Al-Nasir Army (Syria) and the Free Syrian Army separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants kidnapped 23 youths in Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Mobilization Forces.
10/27/2016: Assailants opened fire on a military vehicle in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least four soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. Jabha East Africa and Al-Shabaab separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants opened fire on a militia post in Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Four militia members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/27/2016: Assailants opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Lambar 50, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/27/2016: Assailants opened fire on an army patrol in Tangdhar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants opened fire on two army logistics trucks in Fortul district, Arauca, Colombia. Two drivers were killed and the two trucks were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/27/2016: Assailants raided Grimari, Ouaka, Central African Republic. At least 10 people were killed and 12 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) carried out the attack.
10/27/2016: Assailants raided Mile One near Kaninkon, Kaduna, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on this date. At least seven people were killed across the four assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Fulani militants. Sources also suspected that Boko Haram may have carried out the attacks.
10/27/2016: Assailants raided Passakori near Kaninkon, Kaduna, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on this date. At least seven people were killed across the four assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Fulani militants. Sources also suspected that Boko Haram may have carried out the attacks.
10/27/2016: Assailants raided Tudun Wada near Kaninkon, Kaduna, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on this date. At least seven people were killed across the four assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Fulani militants. Sources also suspected that Boko Haram may have carried out the attacks.
10/27/2016: Assailants raided Ungwan Misisi near Kaninkon, Kaduna, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on this date. At least seven people, including a village head, were killed across the four assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Fulani militants. Sources also suspected that Boko Haram may have carried out the attacks.
10/27/2016: Assailants set fire to a government middle school in Sondipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants set fire to the Pir Sahib Ghazi Sufi Shrine in Kot Najibullah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants sexually assaulted a woman in Darzab, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. The woman was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/27/2016: Assailants shelled Al-Kharasin, North Sinai, Egypt. Three civilians were killed and two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants shot and killed Pongsak Yodla-iad, a state employee, in Lamphu, Narathiwat, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants shot and killed Wilson Belda, a retired Army Staff Sergeant, near Gunicolay, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a police post in Kralagund, India. There were no reported casualties as the device failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a liquor store in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Two assailants attacked Krasimir Kanev near Sofia, Grad Sofia, Bulgaria. Kanev, the head of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2016: Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused along a road in North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police bus along the Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Highway in Jidhafs, Northern, Bahrain. At least one police officer was killed and nine other officers were injured in the blast. Saraya Waad Allah claimed responsibility for the incident. Saraya Waad Allah claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was "out of revenge for the guiltless blood and proud souls that were sacrificed."
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated along Pakistan Railways tracks as the Akbar Bugti Express was passing through in Hirak, Machh subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. Two additional devices were discovered and defused at the scene. At least six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated at a building in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul, Turkey. This was one of two explosions in Istanbul on this day. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated at a building in Esenyurt, Istanbul, Turkey. This was one of two explosions in Istanbul on this day. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated in Goth Gola Wah, Chattar subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Chattar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated in Goth Hadi, Chattar subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one person was killed in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Chattar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated in Raqqah city, Syria. At least one person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated near Pakistan Armed Forces soldiers in Karkanro, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Muse Yahud's vehicle in Garsaale, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least five soldiers were killed and Yahud, the Adale district commissioner, was injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of Tawfiq Abu Naim, a Hamas security chief, detonated outside of a mosque in central Gaza, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were an unknown number of injuries as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/27/2017: An explosive device planted inside the vehicle of Abdul Razak detonated near Shahrag, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two people, including Razak, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader and his brother, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2017: Assailants armed with knives, iron knuckles, and iron chains forced Ahmed Noorani and his driver out of their vehicle in Zero Point neighborhood, Islamabad, Pakistan. Both Noorani, a The News reporter, and his driver were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/27/2017: Assailants attacked Balukhali camp area in Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Rohingya extremists.
10/27/2017: Assailants attacked police officers in Dara-i-Nur, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/27/2017: Assailants fired a missile and hit a residential compound in Beir Askar, Najran, Saudi Arabia. At least one civilian was injured in the attack. Houthi extremists (Ansar Allah) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Bati Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Spin Ade, Herat, Afghanistan. There were no casualties reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: Assailants set fire to Rajdhar Coal Siding equipment near Piparwar, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/27/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a coffee shop in Tamemm, south of Baghdad, Babil, Iraq. At least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device near Markanar, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in Mukashafah, Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/27/2017: Security forces intercepted suicide bombers attempting to attack Ngala, Borno, Nigeria. One assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
10/28/1970: Suspected revolutionary leftists bombed a police car parked at the Whitefish Bay Police Station in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States.  The blast was coordinated to go off during the middle of a shift change, however there were no casualties.  Two police cars were damaged in the attack.  This incident was believed to be linked to the many bombings in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area during this time period.
10/28/1970: Unknown perpetrators threw five firebombs at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Florida, United States.  Two of the bombs landed inside the building and three of the bombs landed outside the building.  There were no casualties and the building sustained less than $500 in damages.
10/28/1983: Four members of The Order (also known as Silent Brotherhood), Robert Mathews, Bruce Carroll Pierce, Daniel R. Bauer, and Randolph Duey, robbed World Wide Video Store, a pornography video arcade shop in Spokane, Washington, United States.  This was the first of many robberies for the group, and acted as the start to their anti-government, white supremacist revolution.  The men, armed with pistols and knives, dressed in disguise and bound and gagged two store clerks with duct tape, before getting away with $369.10.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a homemade bomb was discovered at the Army Reserve Center in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.  The device failed to explode due to a faulty blasting cap.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a homemade bomb was discovered at the Army Reserve Recruiting Station in Cayey, Puerto Rico.  The device was discovered and subsequently deactivated.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a homemade bomb was discovered at the Army-Navy Recruiting Office in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.  The device failed to explode due to a faulty blasting cap.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a homemade bomb was discovered at the National Armory in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.  The device failed to explode due to a faulty blasting cap.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a homemade bomb was discovered at the United States Army Reserve Recruiting Station in Santurce, Puerto Rico.  The device failed to explode due to a faulty blasting cap.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a pipe bomb was detonated at Fort Buchanon in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Two other bombs at Fort Buchanon were also discovered unexploded.  There were no casualties, but one military truck was destroyed.
10/28/1986: In a series of seven related attacks carried out jointly by the Macheteros, Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution, and the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), a pipe bomb was detonated outside of the Navy Recruiting Station in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.  Rafael Ocasio Figueroa was injured and one military truck was destroyed.
10/28/1996: Two members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and Earth Liberation Front (ELF), Jacob Ferguson and Josephine Overaker, were responsible for placing two incendiary devices at the Detroit Ranger Station in the Williamette National Forest in Detroit, Oregon in the United States.  One device was lit and placed on the roof of the station, and the second ignited in the back of one of the United States Forest Service (USFS) pickup trucks.  The one on the roof failed to detonate, but the arson from the second incendiary caused about $21,500 worth of damage to the ranger station facilities.  There were no casualties in the incident.  Ferguson and Overtaker also spray-painted graffiti on the trucks and walls of the building with slogans such as “Earth Liberation Front," the anarchist “A,” and “STOP RAPING OUR FORESTS U.S.F.S.” Ferguson and Overtaker were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which proceeded to commit nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.  Upon fear of a life behind bars, Ferguson became a government informant and witness in the case, landing him a sentence of 2 years probation, and as of 2008, Overtaker remained a fugitive being sought by the government after being indicted for her involvement in the crimes.
10/28/1997: A gunman attempted to assassinate Dr. David Gandell, a physician who performed abortions, while he was at his home in Fairport, New York, United States. Authorities suspect Army of God member James Charles Kopp, who has been convicted of a similar attack that took place in 1998.
10/28/1998: Pillar Vallejo, 42, a member of the Liberal Party of Colombia, was murdered by unknown perpetrators outside her home Manizales, Colombia. No further information was provided on this incident.
10/28/1998: The car of Jordanian Embassy advisor Zahi Smadi was parked in front of his Athens, Greece, home and was partly burnt. Police believe the attack was carried out by amateurs belonging to an anarchist group.
10/28/1998: Thirty-six people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack in Kanyosha, south of Bujumbura, Burundi. Forces Nationales de Libération (FLN - National Liberation Forces) were suspected of the attack.
10/28/1999: A large group of 1,500 - 1,600 suspected Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) forces carried out an attack on a convoy of Serbian refugees in Pec, Kosovo. The 156 refugees were travelling from Orahovac, Kosovo, to Rozaj, Montenegro, in a convoy of four buses and twenty-one civilians cars, escorted by Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers. As a result of this incident, four people disappeared, 35 were put up at the KFOR base in Pec and 117 reached their destination of Rozaj.
10/28/1999: In Northern Ireland, Army bomb disposal experts defused what police considered to be a particularly deadly device, which would have caused death or serious injury had it exploded. The bomb, attached to a container of fuel and packed around with 6-in nails, was left on the windowsill of the home of a Catholic family at La Salle Park off the Falls Road. Police suspected that Loyalists were responsible for the attack.
10/28/2000: Rebels from the Popular Liberation Army (Ejircito Popular de Liberaciyn - EPL) assassinated Jose Rodriguez, the suspended mayor of Ocana, in the nearby town of Teorama, Colombia.
10/28/2001: Eleven people were killed and 48 injured in a bomb attack on at the Zamboanga Puericulture Center in Zamboanga, Basilan province, the Philippines. The device appeared to be homemade, and another device was located and detonated safely. Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was suspected of being behind the attack.
10/28/2001: Five policemen were killed and four were injured when their patrol was ambushed by suspected terrorists in Dhubri, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility, and the perpetrators escaped.
10/28/2001: Four Israelis were killed and fourteen injured in an attack by two men with automatic weapons in Hadera, Haifa District, Israel. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to Al-Jazirah.
10/28/2001: Members of National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) kidnapped Jeremy Parks, a British tourist, outside of Quibdo, Choco Department, Colombia.  Parks was on a passenger bus traveling to Medellin when they encountered an ELN roadblock.  The assailants forced Parks off the bus and took him captive.  Several hours later, the ELN and a military patrol exchanged fire; Parks was killed.  The ELN claims that the army shot him.  Specific motive behind the kidnapping is unknown.
10/28/2001: Sixteen people were killed in an attack by six men with Kalashnikov rifles on a church in Bahawalpur, Punjab province, Pakistan. Lashkar-e-Omar claimed responsibility for the attack through a press release to newspapers.
10/28/2001: Two people were killed and 18 injured in a bomb attack on a bus in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2001: Two people were wounded when terrorists attacked in Bouira, Bouira Province, Algeria. An unidentified number of men stormed the town and opened fire. No group was named in the attack.
10/28/2002: A gunman shot and killed Lawrence Foley outside of his home in Amman, Capital Governorate, Jordan.  Foley was a United States diplomat working for United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  The assailant sprayed Foley with bullets, then fled the scene.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but Joranian authorities and the US Department of State attribute responsibility to Abu Musab Zarqawi's network, Tawhid and Jihad. Zarqawi was convicted and sentenced to death in absentia in 2004 for masterminding the attack. Also sentenced to death were two people accused of carrying out the shooting, Libyan Salem Saad bin Suweid and Jordanian Yasser Freihat, who were arrested in December 2002.
10/28/2003: A grenade was thrown at the central telegraph office in Srinagar, India.  The attack injured at least 36 people. The Kashmir Freedom Party claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2004: A Polish woman and longtime resident of Iraq, identified as Teresa Borcz Khalifa, was kidnapped from her home in Baghdad. In a video shown on Al-Jazeera, the unknown perpetrators demanded that Poland pull out its troops from Iraq that the US-led coalition free all Iraqi women held at Abu Ghraib prison. Poland refused to response to these demands and Khalifa was suddenly released, with no explanation as to why, on November 24, 2004.
10/28/2004: In Iraq, a U.S. soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a patrol in Balad, north of Baghdad. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/28/2004: In southern Thailand, a Malaysian tourist and a Thai woman were killed and 20 injured after a bomb exploded at a bar.  It is not known who was responsible for the attack.
10/28/2004: The killing of the 11 Iraqi National Guardsmen was claimed by Ansar al-Sunna, which posted a videotape of the incident on its website. The soldiers were apparently abducted on the main road between Baghdad and Hillah, 60 miles to the south of the capital.
10/28/2004: Three United Nations election workers were kidnapped in Kabul, Afghanistan. They were held captive for nearly three weeks before being released unharmed. The hostages were identified as Annetta Flanigan, from Northern Ireland, Shqipe Hebibi, a Kosovan woman, and Angelito Nayan, a Filipino diplomat. Jaysh al-Muslimin (Army of the Muslims) claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
10/28/2005: 12 unidentified gunmen stormed a mosque in Shekhan, Afghanistan killing two worshippers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2005: An unidentified man bombed a minibus in Parigi, Indonesia leaving one man severely burned. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/28/2005: Members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and Al-Quds Brigade fired two rockets at the Israeli Tzuqim settlement. A communiqué on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade’s website claimed the attack was in response to the assassinations of the group’s leaders, Shadi Muhana and Majid Natat.
10/28/2005: Two Islamic militants disguised as veiled Muslim women shot and killed a senior imam of the Borko village mosque, Matorhe Dueramae, in Thailand’s Sungai Padi (District). Borko’s Deputy Headman, Mayusho Yitasor was injured in the attack as well. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
10/28/2006: 14 Afghan civilians were killed when their pickup truck, en route to holiday celebrations, struck a landmine in the Oruzgan province of Afghanistan. It was unclear whether the mine had been recently laid by militants or, as the Taliban claimed, was an old mine.  There has been no claim of responsibility for this event.
10/28/2006: A bomb went off on a minibus in Sadr City,Iraq, killing one man. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2006: An Iraqi women's rights activist was killed when 10 unidentified gunmen broke into her home and shot her to death. The attack took place in the town of Hawijah, Iraq, a town plagued by Sunni insurgent groups. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/28/2006: Female Iraqi state television host Nakshin Hamid was abducted in Baghdad, Iraq along with her driver, Anas Qassem Najm; 30 minutes later her unidentified abductors called her television station and reported that they had killed her. Later that same day, both people were found dead, along with four other unidentified civilians on Haifa Street in Baghdad, Iraq. The Kurdish Hamid was known for aiming her programming towards Kurdish and Christian minorities. No group claimed responsibility for the killing.
10/28/2006: In the town of Udhaim, in the Diyala (Governorate) of Iraq, which is located 20 kilometers north of the city of Baquba, Iraq, insurgents kidnapped eleven Iraqi army soldiers. The insurgents had set up a fake checkpoint and stopped the bus that was transporting the soldiers from Kirkuk to Baghdad.
10/28/2006: One person was killed and 12 wounded by a cycle bomb that went off in front of a police barracks in Quetta, Pakistan. Six cycles and three vehicles were destroyed and eight shops were damaged. No claim of responsibility was issued, though officials blamed Balochistan nationalists.
10/28/2006: Suspected Islamic militants threw a grenade at a police patrol that had stopped in a busy Sopor market in Indian Kashmir. One civilian was killed while three police officers and twenty civilians were wounded. There was no claim of responsibility issued.
10/28/2006: Three people were killed and 20 injured when a bomb went off in a Dhekiajuli, India vegetable market. The bomb was placed in a bag and hung on a bicycle before detonation. Police suspected the United Liberation Front of Asom for the attack.
10/28/2006: Two bombs detonating just minutes apart on the outskirts of Guwahati, India killed 4 and wounded 21. Police suspected the United Liberation Front of Asom for the attack.
10/28/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, ambushed a National Gendarmerie roadblock outside of the headquarters of the Municipal People's Assembly (APC) in Ain Zaouia, Algeria.  One gendarme and two civilians were wounded before the assailants fled the scene.
10/28/2007: An Iraqi civilian female was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed her home and shot her in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2007: An Iraqi Police colonel and his driver were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle in north Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2007: An Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle in central Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2007: Eight Iraqi civilian tribal chiefs (five Shi is of the Anbakiya and three Sunnis of the al-Azza tribe), all leaders of groups in Diyala (Governorate) opposed to al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI), were kidnapped by an unknown number of Special Groups (reported to be Iranian-backed Shi i terrorist units) perpetrators carrying small arms at a false checkpoint in Husseiniyah neighborhood, al-Shaab district, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2007: Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) cadres exploded a bomb in a medical shop inside Neuro hospital in Biratnagar, Morang, Nepal, injuring one Suresh Mandal. It is believed that two youths on bicycles set off the bomb. JTMM-J claimed responsibility for the attack, but their motive is unclear.
10/28/2007: No casualties were reported but a house and some electrical wires were damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired five MRB-12 rockets between 3:15 AM and 4:00 AM from the vicinity of Bazitkhel village into Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
10/28/2007: One Iraqi bodyguard for the head of the local Department of Sunni Endowments was killed and four more were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle in Basra, Basra Government, Iraq.
10/28/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed, 21 more were wounded, and several dozen buildings, shops, and vehicles were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 3:10 PM near a bus station in al-Shorjha neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2007: Three members of the Communist Party of India – Maoist (CPI-M) were killed when an unknown number of Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) perpetrators hurled grenades at a CPI-M camp in Sherkhanchak, Khejuri (District), Jharkhand State, India.
10/28/2007: Three Turkish civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at an anti-Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rally in Izmit, Kocaeli Province, Turkey.
10/28/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated at approximately 5:15 PM at the Atifiyah-Kadhemiyah intersection in north Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 5:15 PM adjacent to a passing American patrol on a roadside in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday at 1215 noon, four Tamil Makkalai Viduthalai Puligal members were killed when suspected LLiberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants attacked their political office in the Chenkalady area of Batticaloa district in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday morning, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near a popular marketplace in Baghdad's Hay al-Jihad neighborhood, killing five people and wounding 14 others. The blast also caused damage to several nearby shops, stalls and civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday night, at approximately midnight, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants fired upon and wounded a traffic police officer.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday,  four civilians were injured by a roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad's central district of Nahdha. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, a bomb planted by unknown assailants exploded at a Spanish Roman Catholic mission in Rutshuru, North Kivu province, Congo (Kinshasa). The bomb blast critically wounded a Spanish missionary and a Spanish nun. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside improvised explosive device wounded three civilians on Al Nidal street in the Al Nahdha commercial district in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, government troops disarmed three home-made bombs left at a bus depot in Kabacan town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No claim of responsibility was issued for the attack. There were no reported casualties.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, gunmen staged a drive-by shooting which targeted Iraqi police recruits in the Al Amil neighborhood, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Four recruits were killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, three Sri Lankan policemen and two civilians were wounded in a hand grenade attack by unidentified militants in the Kalladi area of Batticaloa district in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants were killed by retaliatory fire after they attacked a security forces training camp in the Nallamala forest near Ravulapuram in Bollepalle Mandal in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Five Maoists were able to escape into the forest. Police recovered one AK-47 from the scene. No group claimed responsibility, though CPI-Maoists were believed to be responsible.
10/28/2008: On Tuesday, unidentified militants blew up a girl's school on the outskirts of the city of Mingora in the Swat district of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. There were no casualties, and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at 1615, in Bhaderwah, Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India, assailants detonated a bomb targeting the restaurant of Hotel Broadway located in Seeri Bazaar, damaging most of the window panes of the hotel and adjoining shops, but causing no casualties. The blast was caused by a crude explosive device fitted with fuse and gelatin under a table. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, at about 1300, in People's Mandi, Peshawar, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, assailants detonated a remote-controlled vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at the crowded Mina Bazaar market, killing 120 civilians and children, injuring 200 others, and damaging at least 50 shops, 50 vehicles, several residences, several buildings, and a nearby mosque. The probable motive for the attack was in revenge for the Pakistan army's offensive against Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban is thought to be responsible.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday around 0000 midnight, in Konapur village, in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India, about 20 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) rebels shot and killed Narasimhapur Reddy, an activist of the CPI-Maoist party outside of his house, accusing him of being a police informer. No damages were reported in the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday at about 0000 midnight, in Neiva, Huila, Colombia, police was able to neutralized a bomb composed by 40 kilograms of ammonium nitrate inside a plastic container with one electrical initiator and a type of un-electrical slow burner initiator. The explosive was located in eighth street between second and third street of the Civic Plaza, in front of a store of Exito warehouses. Police officers in patrol surprised Frellin Alberto Noreña Ochoa, alias ‘Mono’, a member of the Fifth Company of the Teófilo Forero Castro Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, as he intended to active the explosive. Workforce of Grupo Armados Ilegales de la Sección de Inteligencia of Sijin and the Guala Police took part in deactivating the bomb. No group claimed responsibility. Department of Huila, Colombia, on 10/28/2009.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday morning at about 0500, three Taliban militants wearing suicide vests attacked the Bekhtar United Nations guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan. The three gunmen in police uniforms with AK-47s were dropped off at the location by an official green Afghan national police truck and started with killing the Afghan guards at the front gate of the guesthouse and later used grenades during the two hour gun battle at the guesthouse; the three militants, six foreign UN employees, two Afghan security force personnel and a civilian were killed and nine others injured. The militants were killed by security personnel during the attack. This is related to the emergency crews responding to the scene by 0900. Also, the United Nations has implemented a "white city" lockdown, which confines all the staff to the guesthouses and banning any movement within the city until further notice. Furthermore, the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. This attack was targeting UN personnel because of their involvement in the electoral process in Afghanistan and the second run-off in the presidential election that will occur shortly.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday morning, a Buddhist civilian, Chatri Chit-arree, 78, was attacked while he was riding a motorcycle back home from his food shop on the Na Gate-Khok Pho road. He was shot in his back and later died at Khok Pho hospital. His motorcycle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, armed assailants fired mortars at the Mogadishu International Airport as the President of Somalia's flight arrived, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) headquarters, and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) in Hodan district, prompting retaliatory fire. In the ensuing crossfire, mortars and bullets hit populated locations, killing at least seven people and wounding 16 people and destroying one AMISOM tank. The motive for the attack was to overthrow the fragile Somali government; Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday night, in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, assailants fired four mortar rounds targeting the United States consulate located at the Babil Hotel, causing no casualties or damage. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday night, in Goaltore, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants kidnapped an activist of the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-Marxist), Tapan Mudi. The victim's body was found shot dead on 10/29/2009 in Binpur. No damages were reported in the attack. The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) is believed to be responsible.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday night, in Manidaha village, in Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants kidnapped a local committee member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist), Dilip Mahato, from his home and later shot and killed him. Mahato's home was also set ablaze. The People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) is believed to be responsible for the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, a magnetic bomb attached to a minibus, detonated near al Baladiyat intersection in Al Hamza Sq. in the Shia neighborhood near Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed three women and injured four other people. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb detonated at a grain mill factory in Adan Sq. of al Hurriya neighborhood in the northwestern Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded six people, including three guards. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, an exclusive hotel favored by foreigners was attacked by a rocket, forcing the guests to flee to the underground bunkers in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan. Police have blocked off large sections to Kabul traffic because the city remained in high security alert due to militants dressed in police uniforms still being at large. No group claimed responsibilty.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, four live Katyusha-type rockets, which were set with timers, were found by Lebanese military in a half-built house belonging to the Hula mayor in the border village in Hula, Nabatieh, Lebanon. The rockets were aimed towards Israel. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for attempted attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device near a busy road junction, killing one civilian and injuring three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, in Laogai in the Kokang area of north-east Myanmar, twelve explosive devices were detonated sequentially by unidentified militants. The explosions targeted the residence of, and a shop owned by, the new leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army Pai, Song Chein. The dozen bombs exploded one after the other from 2000 to 0000. There were no casualties reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, in Shabqadar, North West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a school, destroying the school but causing no casualties. Banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mohmand chapter claimed responsibility for the attacks on security forces in Mattak area and blowing up a girls school in Shabqadar. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, in Simdega, Jharkhand, India, railway authorities discovered a five kilogram bomb on the railway track near Bano Railway Station. Two trains were halted at Bano and two trains were cancelled. There were no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, in the western Mafraq district of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle, wounding three civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, near Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one Sahwa Council leader. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic state of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, near Samarra', Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of a Sahwa Council official, wounding one civilian and damaging the vehicle and one residence. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2009: On Wednesday, police forces defused a sticky bomb that was attached to the car of Major Ziyad Mohammed at the gate of the Nineveh provincial authority in Mosul, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
10/28/2009: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the detachment commander of the communal guard in Ath Aissi, Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria.  The commander was getting into his car when the assailants shot him with automatic weapons; he was badly wounded in the assault.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident and specific motive is unknown.
10/28/2010: A group of armed men, reported to be part of an Islamist group, ambushed an army convoy in the forest near Zekri in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.  Two soldiers were killed and three or four more were wounded.  The armed med used both firearms and remotely triggered explosives.
10/28/2010: On Thursday evening around 2140, in Malibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, a home-made bomb was hurled at the gate of Desh TV Station and the daily Bhorer Kagoj at Shahid Sangbadik Selina Parveen sarak. No casualties were reported, but the glass door on the ground floor of the station was shattered by the blast. The bottle of explosives targeted Karnafuli Media Point in which both the offices are located. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2010: On Thursday morning, in the al-Jihad neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the motorcade of General Hussein Mahdi Goumaa, the Deputy assistant of the Interior Ministry. Goumaa was wounded, and his car damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2010: On Thursday morning, on 62nd Street in the al-Karada neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car. The driver of the car was wounded in the blast, as well as a civilian nearby. No group claimed responsibility and the amount of damage from the attack is unknown.
10/28/2010: On Thursday night, near Ranchi in Jharkhand, India, unidentified militants attacked a staff member and set fire to two vehicles of the state-owned Central Coalfield Ltd (CCL). A Bolero vehicle and a pay loader were set ablaze. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, at Hajj camp in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria, unknown assailants kidnapped five Hajj pilgrims as they entered a taxi and took them to an unknown location. One of the pilgrims was released and found in a state of insanity by a civilian. The outcome of the other four pilgrims is unknown and a search party had been sent to find the pilgrims. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of a South Oil Company employee, wounding him. No group claimed responsibility and the amount of property damage from the attack is unknown.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol, Russia, unknown assailants attached an improvised explosive device (IED) to a car. The IED was later defused by police after being warned by citizens in the area. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. No damage was reported.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in Talo Halo area in Raman, Yala, Thailand, an improvised explosive device exploded in a rubber plantation. One woman rubber tapper, identified as Seri Sumboon, was injured in the blast. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in the al-Aamel neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of Colonel Abdulrazaq Abdulwahab, from the Interior Ministry. Abdulwahad was killed during the blast and an unknown amount of damage occurred to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in the Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of a police brigadier general. The general was severely wounded and the vehicle was also damaged during the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of a Housing and Construction Ministry employee. The employee was wounded in the blast and an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, in the oil field of Osiama in an unspecified city of Bayelsa, Nigeria, unidentified militants detonated two improvised explosive devices targeting two oil pipelines used by the Italian oil firm Eni Spa, destroying both pipelines. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, near the Jordi School building in Aurangabad, Bihar, India, unidentified militants planted four improvised explosive devices. Three explosives were successfully defused, while the fourth explosive detonated as it was being defused, injuring one police constable. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/28/2010: On Thursday, on Masjid Road in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed four Shiite Muslim traders. The assailants managed to escape from the scene of the incident. No group claimed responsibility.
10/28/2010: Shots were fired for the second time in two weeks at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in the town of Triangle, Virginia, United States.  No one was in the building at the time of the attack and there were no reports of major damage.  Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist, was arrested on June 17, 2011, for an unrelated incident but was charged on June 21, 2011, for the Museum shooting and several other similar attacks in the area, including the second shooting on the National Museum of the Marine Corps, another at the Pentagon, and two at recruiting stations.  Sources report that Melaku was fascinated by Al-Qa ida, but did not claim to be a member of the organization.
10/28/2010: Two soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in the forest near the town of Tagma in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
10/28/2011: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Alampatti, Tamil Nadu, India. The device was intended to target the vehicle of L.K. Advani, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2011: On Friday afternoon around 1500, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a 23-year-old gunman, identified as Mevlid Jasarevic, opened fire on the United States embassy building with an AK-47 rifle. One police officer was injured. Police returned fire and injured Mevlid before arresting him. There were no other casualties and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. Police believe that Mevlid acted alone.
10/28/2011: On Friday evening, in the Ayub Khel village of Lakan, Khost, Afghanistan, armed militants opened fire on a civilian car. Four civilians, who reportedly worked for a foreign military supply convoy, were killed in the attack. No damages were reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack by unknown means.
10/28/2011: On Friday, in Aden, Adan, Yemen, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting a top police commander, identified as Colonel Ali al-Hajji. The colonel was head of Aden's anti-terrorism unit. The blast killed the colonel and wounded two of his children, while causing an unknown amount of property damage. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility by unknown means.
10/28/2011: On Friday, in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, an improvised explosive device exploded in the Shabqadar area of the city. Four adjoining music shops were destroyed by the blast and the tailor of the Mehbub Ali Market was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2011: On Friday, in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, armed militants opened fire on the building where the Nangarhar governor, Gol Agha Sherzai, the police chief, and some other government officials were sitting. A few minutes later, foreign helicopters bombed the area with improvised explosive devices, killing or wounding some residents of the Sepai tribe and causing an unknown amount of damage. The casualty count was not confirmed but reports said that 30 people were killed, and 18 more were wounded. The Sepai and Ali Sherkhel tribes have disputed over a desert close to Sya Chop village of Achin District for the past few years, and this assault was in relation to this dispute. It was also reported that militants took more than 60 people of the Sepai tribe into custody in relation to this incident. Information on the offsite location and status of these hostages was not reported. No group claimed responsibility but the Ali Sherkhel tribe is suspected.
10/28/2011: On Friday, near Garssa, North Eastern, Kenya, three security officers were injured when a paramilitary vehicle struck a landmine on the Dadaab-Liboi road. An unknown amount of material damage was sustained by the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although al-Shabaab is suspected.
10/28/2012: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosive device in Tarin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Afghan police officers shot and killed the assailant before he could carry out the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: A suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked Saint Rita's Catholic Church at Ungwa Yero in the Malali area of Kaduna city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. At least three people, including the attacker, were killed and another 100 individuals injured in the blast. Riots broke out following the suicide bombing attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/28/2012: A suspected suicide bomber attempted to attack a church in the Yelwa suburb of Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties, as the potential suicide bomber was apprehended before he could detonate an explosive device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, following his capture, the assailant told security personnel that "eminent religious leaders" in Bauchi sponsored his attempted suicide attack.
10/28/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated at the Kaka Sahib Sufi shrine in Nowshera city, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least four people were killed and another 25 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) carried out the attack despite their denials.
10/28/2012: An explosive device detonated at Mamudpur in Boran village, Naihati city, West Bengal state, India. A civilian was injured in the blast. Police found eight other explosive devices at the scene of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected that the injured civilian was attempting to hide the explosives when the detonation occurred.
10/28/2012: An explosive device detonated close to a police security checkpoint in Hakkari province, Turkey. A child was critically injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: An explosive device detonated close to the Salman al-Mohammadi Shia shrine in Madain town, Al-Madain district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eight people died in the blast. This was one of two simultaneous attacks in Madain town on this date. In a statement posted online, Al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) claimed responsibility for the related incidents, stating that they were carried out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/28/2012: An explosive device detonated near a market in Madain town, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six injured in the blast. This was one of two simultaneous attacks in Madain town on this date. In a statement posted online, Al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI) claimed responsibility for the related incidents, stating that they were carried out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/28/2012: An explosive device was discovered at a plantation during a security search operation in the Tamanjeka area of Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties, as police successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Itaifiya area, Kadhimiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. This was one of three similar attacks in Baghdad governorate on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/28/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Media quarter of Saiydiya neighborhood, Rashid district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. This was one of three similar attacks in Baghdad governorate on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/28/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the predominately Shia neighborhood of Kadhimiyah, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 10 people were killed and another 28 injured in the blast. This was one of three similar attacks in Baghdad governorate on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for Iraq's Shia-led government's alleged actions of persecuting and interning Sunni women for the purpose of pressuring "their wanted relatives [into] turning themselves [in] to Iraqi security forces."
10/28/2012: Approximately five assailants opened fire on the patrons of a local bar in Gindin Akwati village, Gashish district, Plateau state, Nigeria. Four people were killed and another seven injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
10/28/2012: Assailants abducted a North Gas Company official from an area just south of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of five simultaneous attacks against security locales in Sirnak province on the same day. One police officer was killed as a result of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/28/2012: Assailants attacked a police department in Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of five simultaneous attacks against security locales in Sirnak province on the same day. One police officer was killed as a result of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/28/2012: Assailants attacked a police security checkpoint in the Imam Wais area of Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and at least one other person injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants attacked General Mohamed Ibrahim Farah's military convoy in the El Waregow area close to Merca city, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Farah, the commander of the Somali National Army's Fifth Battalion, and at least two of his bodyguards were killed in the assault. Additionally, one person was injured. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants attacked the provincial government building in Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of five simultaneous attacks against security locales in Sirnak province on the same day. One police officer was killed as a result of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/28/2012: Assailants attacked Turkish security forces in Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of five simultaneous attacks against security locales in Sirnak province on the same day. One police officer was killed as a result of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/28/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a government girls' high school in the Khati Ghari area of Mardan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The school's watchperson was injured and the building destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a private school in Mian Mandi bazaar area, Haleemzai tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, two rooms of the building were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but the police arrested the school's watchperson in connection with the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants launched two mortar shells that landed near a military checkpoint in a village north of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle threw a grenade at the residence of Ghazanfar Ali in Basti Ustrana city, Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Ali, a police inspector, was unharmed; however, at least one person was killed and six others injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: Assailants opened fire on Ali Garbojo in Danyile district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Garbojo, a National Security Agency official and Al-Shabaab defector, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2012: At least 15 assailants set construction equipment on fire at a site near Malkangiri Pottery village in Kalimela area, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, a large amount of heavy machinery and other construction equipment was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Maoists.
10/28/2013: A letter bomb was discovered in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The letter was mailed to the prosecution services' offices, but was intercepted before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to dissident republicans.
10/28/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the National Directorate of Security (NDS) compound in Khair Kot district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least two NDS agents were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated as it was being defused by members of the Narathiwat Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit in Kayomati district, Narathiwat state, Thailand. At least three police officers were killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Arab Jubur neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle west of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least one civilian was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a convoy of oil protection police officers in Qayarah city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least one officer was killed and two other were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a medical facility in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a truck carrying air force personnel in eastern Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan Local Police (ALP) vehicle in Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least three civilians was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near multiple oil tankers in Charikar city, Parwan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; however, several of the oil tankers, shops, and houses were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Ambar town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) office in Nawalparasi district, Western development region, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the Isabela City Pilot Elementary School in Isabela city, Basilan province, Philippines. The school was being used as a polling center. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the private residence of Haji Ghafar, a tribal elder, in Jamrud town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least nine assailants were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2013: Assailants attacked Ramesh Lingden in Ilam town, Eastern development region, Nepal. Three people, including Lingden, a Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) electoral candidate, were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya) was behind the attack.
10/28/2013: Assailants kidnapped photo-journalist Ziad Al-Homsi at a checkpoint north of Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Ziad Al-Homsi was released on November 24th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire at an elementary school in San Pablo city, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. At least two people were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on a boat traveling on a river in Matnog district, Sorsogon province, Philippines. Board of Election Inspectors of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) employees, poll workers, and police officers were transporting ballot boxes to Matnog Municipal Hall. There were no reported casualties or damages in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Lebanese Army patrol in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Police post in Darbar village, Logar province, Afghanistan. At least five assailants were killed and two officers were injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Iraqi Army vehicle near Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) security checkpoint in Falluja city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and another was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on members of the Al-Abidate tribe in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The tribe members were holding a sit-in at the gates of Tisbisti Hotel. At least two people were killed and five others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on Paizal Mohammad in Bohelebung village, Basilan province, Philippines. Mohammad, a candidate for barangay kagawad, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on relatives of a candidate for barangay chair in Rajah Buayan district, Maguindanao province, Philippines. At least two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Mansoura University Bridge checkpoint in Mansoura city, Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. At least three police officers were killed while an unknown number were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Arif Shah Kakar in Hazarganji area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Kakar, the director of the Pakistan Ministry of Agriculture, was not harmed in the attack as there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Narahari Acharya in Dhapasi village, Central development region, Nepal. Acharya, a Nepali Congress (NC) party electoral candidate, was not injured as there were no reported casualties; however, the targeted vehicle and election materials were damaged in the incident. This was one of two related attacks against electoral candidates in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya) was behind the attacks.
10/28/2013: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Rajendra Pandey near Narayanhiti Museum in Kathmandu city, Central development region, Nepal. Pandey, a Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) electoral candidate, was not injured as there were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks against electoral candidates in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya) was behind the attacks.
10/28/2013: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Sushil Koirala in Nepalgunji city, Mid-Western development region, Nepal. Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress (NC) party, was not injured as there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya) was behind the attack.
10/28/2013: Assailants shot and injured a barangay chairperson near Ungkaya Puyan district, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants stabbed and injured an off-duty soldier outside of an office in Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Patriotic and Revolutionary Youth Movement, which is the student wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/28/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at the private residence of Joselito Mercado in Mlang town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Mercado, a former mayoral candidate, was not harmed in the blast as there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the private residence of Artemio Tajon in Digos city, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. Tajon, a provincial prosecutor, was not harmed in the blast as there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at the Yanama Function Hall in Majuri neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties; however, the reception hall was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2013: Three assailants drove a vehicle through a crowd in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. At least five people, including the three drivers, were killed and 40 others were injured in the attack. The Turkestan Islamic Party claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: A mortar struck the Al-Imam al-Azzam Faculty building in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two students were killed and two people were injured in the blast. The Military Council of the Tribal Revolutionaries (MCTR) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2014: An explosive device detonated in Saberi district, Khost province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and another was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: An explosive device detonated near a civilian residence in Dera Allah Yar area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported in the blast, but the residence was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Baidoa town, Bay region, Somalia. No casualties were reported in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: An explosive device detonated while security forces were defusing it in Zumar town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least four deminers were killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a security headquarters in Tubruq city, Butnan district, Libya. There were no casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a police station in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants abducted a teacher from his residence in Damas Kaksona village, in Mendipathar area, Meghalaya state, India. The teacher was released on October 30, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
10/28/2014: Assailants abducted four civilians from Bangui city, Central African Republic. The hostages were rescued on October 29, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the hostages attributed the attack to anti-balaka militants, saying that they were targeted for selling goods at a market in a mainly Muslim neighborhood.
10/28/2014: Assailants attacked a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somalia National Army (SNA) base in Ceel Garas area, Galguduud region, Somalia. At least five assailants were killed in the attack and an unknown number were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/28/2014: Assailants attacked a quarry in Sinoda village, Kitaotao district, Bukidnon province, Philippines. Although there were no reported casualties, at least 10 pieces of heavy construction equipment were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the New People's Army (NPA).
10/28/2014: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Yoontooy town, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Ten soldiers were killed and an unknown number were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/28/2014: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Chernukhino town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Mius town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell that landed near a civilian residence in Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants fired shells at a house in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants fired three rockets at Hermel town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants fired two explosive devices at the parliament building in Skopje city, Skopje region, Macedonia. The building was empty at the time of the attack, and no one was injured. Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a former peace committee member near his residence in Sher Palam village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a muezzin in Lyari neighbohood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) container truck in Kuchlak area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The driver of the truck was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in a market in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and at least seven civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a security patrol in Chamtala area, Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. One assailant was killed and four were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint near Smile village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two checkpoints near Smile targeted on this date. No further information is available.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Awami National Party (ANP) leader in Larama neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The leader, Malik Jehanzeb, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a local leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The individual, Asif Bloch, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Hranitne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Maiorska town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Maloorlivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Mykolayivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants shelled Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Pisky town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Assailants shelled the airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attacks on the airport on this date. No casualties were reported in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/28/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the Islamic Research Centre near Gulberg neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. A child was killed and at least seven people were wounded in the blast. Tehrik-e-Khilafat claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device near a school in Faisal neighborhood, Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: A roadside landmine detonated targeting a police vehicle in Sayed Karam district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed and another was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: A rocket struck Mariyam Market in Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were injured and a number of houses were damaged in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: An assailant attempted to enter an asylum center and attack refugees in Vanersborg, Sweden. There were no reported casualties and the assailant was detained. An individual claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in Tel Rumeida neighborhood, Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/28/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israeli civilian at the Gush Etzion junction, near Alon Shvut, West Bank. The civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/28/2015: An explosive device detonated against a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) road opening party in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Three CRPF personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/28/2015: An explosive device detonated in Al-Kifah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighters' vehicle in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. One fighter was killed and three fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of Sheikh Suleiman Kabylie detonated in Ajdabiya town, Wahat district, Libya. Kabylie, an imam at the Tawhid mosque, was killed in the blast. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants abducted 12 plane crew members, including 11 foreign nationals, after an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) aircraft crashed in Cumar Beere locality, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants abducted four customs officials at the Islam Kala dry port in Kohsan district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three of the hostages were released on October 31, 2015, while the whereabouts of the remaining hostage are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
10/28/2015: Assailants abducted three civilians from Obo, Haut-Mbomou prefecture, Central African Republic. The hostages were killed and their bodies were discovered on October 31, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
10/28/2015: Assailants abducted two civilians in Um al-Rizam town, Derna, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded a ransom in exchange for the victims.
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Moqokori village, Hiiraan region, Somalia. Specific casualties were not reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked Ala village, Diffa region, Niger. At least 14 people were killed and three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of checkpoints in Omna district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks in Paktika and one of two related attacks in Omna on this date. At least seven people, including three Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers and four assailants, were killed and two ALP officers and one assailant was injured across the two attacks in Omna. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked Ethiopian soldiers in Tepi town, Southern Nations, Ethiopia. Twenty soldiers and two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Tepi Youth claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the alleged harassment of villagers by security forces.
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked Huwaysh area, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although four military vehicles were destroyed in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked the district headquarters in Omna district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks in Paktika and one of two related attacks in Omna on this date. At least seven people, including three Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers and four assailants, were killed and two ALP officers and one assailant was injured across the two attacks in Omna. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants attacked the district headquarters in Waza Khwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Fifteen assailants were killed and dozens of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of three related attacks in Paktika on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/28/2015: Assailants in a vehicle opened fire on Russian police officers at a checkpoint in Buinaksk district, Dagestan Republic, Russia. Four assailants were killed in the retaliatory fire from the police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2015: Assailants launched mortar shells at a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) base in Kidal town, Kidal region, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA) camp in San Felipe village, Basud town, Camarines Norte province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/28/2015: Assailants raided Bara town, Yobe state, Nigeria. The assault resulted in an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/28/2015: Assailants set fire to a nursery school that was set to be come housing for refugees in Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants set fire to a refugee center in Malmo, Skane, Sweden. Three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants set fire to the Haji Glon Secondary School in Puli Alam city, Logar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the University of Aden in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Assailants threw four incendiary devices at a planned refugee housing site in Dresden city, Saxony state, Germany. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Security forces discovered and defused 28 explosive devices in Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Suicide bombers targeted security forces with four explosives-laden vehicles in Huwaysh, Saladin, Iraq. Two assailants successfully detonated, killing 10 security force members. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2015: Thirty assailants attacked a Geogen-Nickel Asia Mining Corporation mining compound in Dimaluade village, Dinapigue town, Isabela province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, although vehicles and mining equipment were torched during the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the mining site's precarious activities and the company's refusal to pay an extortion.
10/28/2016: A magnetic explosive device attached to an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle detonated in Kabul, Afghanistan. Five people, including two soldiers and three civilians, were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An assailant attempted to ram his vehicle into an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) checkpoint in Ofra, West Bank. Security forces opened fire, injuring the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated against a civilian vehicle in Aynak, Helmand, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated near a tractor in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Sihah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Nigeria Gas Company valve station in Edo state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police convoy in Ain Shams neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt. At least one civilian was killed and another civilian was injured in the blast. Muslim extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) personnel in Biraguda, Chhattisgarh, India. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting volunteer fighters in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. Two volunteers were killed and four volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: An explosive device was discovered and safely detonated at the residence of Soler Undug, a provincial engineer, in Isabela, Basilan, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/28/2016: Assailants abducted an African Union Regional Task Force (AURTF) member between Nzara and Yambio, Gbudwe, South Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
10/28/2016: Assailants abducted ten traders in Dumnikura, Meghalaya, India. One hostage was released later the same day and the remaining nine hostages were released on November 2, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Achik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK).
10/28/2016: Assailants ambushed a police patrol in Obi district, Nasarawa, Nigeria. At least one police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants attacked a girls' school in Jawzjan, Afghanistan. An unknown number of security guards were injured and the building was torched during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/28/2016: Assailants attacked a military base near Bardere, Gedo, Somalia. Four soldiers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/28/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of security posts in Wor Mayi, Paktika, Afghanistan. Security forces repelled the attack, killing at least 30 assailants and wounding 60 assailants. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants attacked police forces in Bambari, Ouaka, Central African Republic. Ten people, including six police officers and four civilians, were killed in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Bambari on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants attacked the district headquarters in Shinwari, Parwan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/28/2016: Assailants attacked United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) personnel in Bambari, Ouaka, Central African Republic. A child was injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Bambari on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the anti-Balaka militia.
10/28/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported in the blasts. Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), a subgroup of Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh), claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets at the Syrian Air and Air Defense Forces Al-Nayrab Military Airport in eastern Aleppo city, Syria. An unknown number of Russian Armed Forces soldiers were injured in the attack. Ahrar al-Sham, the Shamiya Front, and the Free Idlib Army all claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Al Faid neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Al Furqan neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Al Meridian neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Hamdaniyeh neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Ajnad al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham, and Al-Nusrah Front all claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Jamiliyeh neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Masharqa neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Qardaha, Lattakia, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Lattakia on the same day. At least one person was killed and six others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim extremists.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Saladin neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated near the Syrian Air and Air Defense Forces Humaymin Airbase outside of Jableh, Lattakia, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Lattakia on the same day. At least one person was killed and six others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim extremists.
10/28/2016: Assailants kidnapped and executed 100 former police officers near Hammam al-Alil, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/28/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Kenyan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy near Afmadow, Lower Juba, Somalia. No casualties were reported in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants opened fire on an Indian Army patrol in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One assailant was killed and one soldier was beheaded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) carried out the attack.
10/28/2016: Assailants opened fire on non-formal education personnel in Mayo, Pattani, Thailand. A teacher was killed and another employee was injured in the attack. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to the killing of Malay people.
10/28/2016: Assailants set fire to Iqra Public School in Verinag, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Umar Kumar, a Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants shot and injured Satyendra Singh, a District Transport Office (DTO) employee, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants shot and killed Colonel Ismail, a police officer, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Assailants shot and killed Zainab urf Rubi, a civilian, in her residence in Sangam Bijbehara, near Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2016: Security forces discovered and safely detonated an explosive device in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/28/2016: Three suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles near Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Dahiyat Assad neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Following the blast, assailants also fired rockets that landed and detonated in the neighborhood. This was one of eight related attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. In addition to the three bombers, at least 15 people were killed and 100 others were injured across all eight attacks. Several groups, including Al-Nusrah Front, Ahrar al-Sham, the Shamiya Front, Jaish al-Mujahideen (Syria), Ansar al-Din Front, Al-Sham Legion, Authenticity and Development Front, and Ajnad al-Sham, all claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
10/28/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol in Hawr Rajab, Baghdad, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt at a funeral for a volunteer fighter outside of a mosque in Mushahada, north of Baghdad, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, three people were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and assailants stormed the Nasa Hablod Two Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Mogadishu on this date. In addition to four assailants, at least 29 people were killed and more than 40 people were injured across both incidents; the victims included government officials, police officers, and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/28/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the former parliament building in Mogadishu, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Mogadishu on this date. In addition to four assailants, at least 29 people were killed and more than 40 people were injured across both incidents; the victims included government officials, police officers, and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/28/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused along Pakistan Railways tracks in Hamuwala, Punjab, Pakistan. The device was meant to target a Khushal Khan Khatak Express train. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused outside a seminary along Charsadda Road in Sardar Colony neighborhood, Peshawar, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: Assailants abducted five people from an unknown village in Cameroon. This was one of three unrelated kidnappings that occurred over a one month period in which 18 total people were abducted. At least one of the hostages was killed and 17 other hostages were freed, four of which were injured, during a rescue operation carried out by the Cameroonian military on December 28, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Argahandab, Zabul, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks on checkposts in the district on the same night. At least six police officers and eight assailants were killed and eight police officers and 12 assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/28/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Surkh Qala, Ghazni, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks on checkposts in the area on this date. At least nine police officers were killed, and two assailants and five police officers were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/28/2017: Assailants attacked Goniri, Gujba, Yobe, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/28/2017: Assailants equipped with batons attacked a civilian at his residence on Alexandra Avenue in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Kayole neighborhood, Nairobi, Kenya. Two officers were killed and their weapon were stolen in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Maulana Mian Muhammad Hussain Jalali in Peshawar, Pakistan. Jalali, a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/28/2017: Assailants shot and killed Sheikh Adel Shehri, an imam, in Enma, Aden, Yemen. There were no other reported injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: Assailants shot and wounded Ronillo Duhaylungsod in Lower Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: Assailants threw incendiary devices into Circo Bar, a gay club, in Santurce neighborhood, San Juan, Puerto Rico. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailants as anti-LGBT extremists.
10/28/2017: Assailants threw petrol bombs at the house of T M Selvaganapthy, a former Tamil Nadu state minister, in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/28/2017: Nine assailants abducted Rajendra Mahato in Darla, Jharkhand, India. Mahato, a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, escaped shortly after the kidnapping. This was one of two attacks targeting Mahato on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/28/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device along National Highway 102 in Thoubal district, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
10/28/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle and motorcycle, along with suicide vests, at a shopping mall in Bayrampasa, Istanbul, Turkey. One assailant was injured while security forces apprehended four assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/28/2017: Security forces discovered and defused between three and nine explosives-laden vehicles and more than 300 explosive devices around Qaim, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/28/2017: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices along the Basaguda-Tarren road in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists and stated that the explosive devices were intended to target security personnel.
10/28/2017: Three assailants shot and killed Rajendra Mahato, a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, near his residence in Darla, Jharkhand, India. One assailant was also killed in the ensuing clash with villagers. This was one of two attacks targeting Mahato on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/28/2017: Two explosive devices detonated targeting canalization department workers in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast and two additional devices were defused at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/1970: Two unknown perpetrators threw two Molotov cocktails into the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, California, United States.  The firebombs landed in the motor pool area but caused no damage.
10/29/1973: In San Francisco, California in the United States, white female student, Frances Rose was shot three times, once in the chest and twice in the face by Jesse Cooks, one of the men who was also responsible for the murder of Quita Hague and the assault of her husband, Richard Hague, just ten days earlier.  Rose was driving up to the entrance gate of the University of California at Berkeley extension center in her gold 1967 Ford Mustang, when she was approached by Cooks, who walked in front of her car, leaned on the window and asked for a ride.  Rose stepped on the accelerator at which point the two got into an argument, leading Cooks to shoot and kill Rose with a .22 caliber gun.   Cooks was caught by detectives, and confessed to the murder of Frances Rose the same night.  He was eventually convicted and sentenced to prison for her murder.  The motives were racist in origin and a response to the racial rhetoric of the time. This was the second in a series of 20 attacks  (with 23 victims) on random whites by black Muslims who came to be known as the Zebra Killers.
10/29/1986: Dennis John Malvasi, Carl Cenera, Frank Wright, Jr., and Donald C. Pyor pled guilty to the bombing of the Eastern Women's Center in Manhattan, New York, United States.  Two pedestrians on the street received minor injuries and the abortion clinic sustained $10,000 in damages.
10/29/1998: A member of HAMAS rammed an explosives-packed car into an Israeli Army jeep escorting a bus full of Israeli children in Kfar Darom, Israel. None of the 40 students on board the bus were hurt, but the bomb killed an Israeli soldier in the jeep. The assailant also died in the attack.
10/29/1998: A rock concert planned by the National Front (FN) council, was put off when a bomb destroyed the generator of the stadium in the theater where the concert was due to be held. There were no casualties in this incident and the perpetrators were unknown. A caller claiming to be a member of the Partisan Irregulars Group (Francs-tireurs partisans) initially claimed responsibility for the incident. Another call, however, to the Agence France Presse by a Partisan Irregulars Group member denied involvement. The latter call was verified.
10/29/1998: Eight unidentified gunmen killed one Abkhazian policeman and seriously wounded another in an attack on a police patrol car in Abkhazia, Georgia. The Abkhazian Interior Ministry placed responsibility for the act on "Georgia's authorities" and "power structures" who violated earlier cease-fire agreements in the security zone of the Gali District.
10/29/1998: Martyr 'Abd-al-Jabir Zadah Group attacked a radar station in a military installation near the occupation post in al-Dabshah, Lebanon, scoring direct hits. The radar was completely destroyed as a result. Any resulting casualties from this incident were not reported.
10/29/1998: Rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacked the village of Baykoy, Turkey, killing one person. Local military soldiers who attempted to thwart the attack hit a landmine and six soldiers were injured.
10/29/1999: Unidentified perpetrators threw two petrol bombs at the home of a Popular Party councilor in Fuenterrabia, Guipuzcoa Province, Spain. The devices did not burst into flames and therefore no injuries or damage were reported.
10/29/2000: 51 soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Ollanta Humala Tasso took brief control of the Toquepala copper mine and the mining town of Masocruz, Tacna province, Peru.  They fled with four hostages, including three mine workers and General Oscar Bardales, and took several vehicles belonging to the mine.  They later released the three mine workers and returned the vehicles the next day.  The army captured the renegade soldiers the next day, although eight remained at large, including the leader.  The soldiers who revolted questioned the legitimacy of the President Alberto Fujimori and his former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos.  They stated that the President had not been elected by the people.
10/29/2000: A powerful explosion tore through a cafe frequented by Russian troops in the town of Chiri-Yurt, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Chechnya's capital, Grozny. The explosion killed the female owner and at least 7 Russian servicemen who were in the cafe at the time of the explosion. It was not immediately known what caused the blast, but there were reports that Chechen rebels have claimed responsibility.
10/29/2000: Muslim separatist rebels planted a homemade bomb under a major bridge connecting the southern Philippine city of Pagadian to nearby areas. The attack disrupted the movement of goods across the bridge and caused panic. There were no reported injuries, but it halted traffic between Pagadian and nearby areas. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the army said it could be the handiwork of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
10/29/2001: Charles Folliard, a Protestant, was shot and killed in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.  Folliard was approached by two suspected republican paramilitary members as he was getting into his car; they shot him several times before fleeing.  Folliard had served seven years in prison for his involvement in a Protestant paramilitary group that was plotting a bomb attack; however, acquaintances state that he had severed all paramilitary ties when he was released.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, Kathy Nguyen, an employee at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York, New York, U.S.A. was diagnosed with the inhalation form of anthrax. She died on October 31st. It was not clear how she contracted the disease, although she had previously worked in the stockroom of the hospital. The perpetrator(s) of this incident was not known. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/29/2001: Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killed two fisherman at the Maduru Oya reservoir in the Polonnaruwa district in Sri Lanka.  It is believed that the perpetrators fired at the fishermen indiscriminately.
10/29/2001: The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) was responsible for the takeover and bombing of a bus in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Advanced warning was given via a phone call to a Belfast journalist. Two attackers took over the bus and forced the driver to drive to a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station. The bomb exploded and caused some damage to the bus and the front of the station. The bomb consisted of 5 kg of explosives.
10/29/2001: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were suspected in a suicide bomb attack that killed five other people and wounded 16. The attack took place in Narahenpita, Western Province, Sri Lanka. The bomber exploded his device when police attempted to apprehend him. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/29/2002:  A bomb exploded outside of the My Garden Hotel in Pattani, Pattani province, Thailand.  No one was injured in the explosion, but several windows on the hotel shattered and motorcycles and vehicles were damaged.  Police believe that the device was a timed device hidden in a motorcycle and left in the car park.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2002: A bomb exploded in a mosque in the Dhlamini area of Suweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.  The mosque was badly damaged but no one was injured in the explosion.  An attendant from a nearby filling station reported seeing two white men placing a suitcase under a vehicle parked outside of the mosque.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect that right-wing Afrikaners were involved.  The bombing was one of nine different explosions that occurred in Suweto that night.
10/29/2002: A bomb was located and defused at a gas station in Suweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.  An attendant at the station noticed two white men in the area and called the police; they discovered a bomb wired to a clock in the vicinity of the station.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect that right-wing Afrikaners are involved.  Nine different explosions occurred in Suweto that night; this was the only bomb that failed to detonate.
10/29/2002: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) killed eight Algerian civilians at their homes in Boukaat Sidi Bouaissa, Algeria.
10/29/2002: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for a gunman who snuck into the Israeli settlement of Hermesh and opened fire and killed two girls and a woman. The gunman was killed. An Israeli soldier and another civilian was wounded in the attack.
10/29/2003: A group of gunmen opened fire on a car carrying two Israeli settlers on a road east of Jenin in the West Bank.  Both settlers were injured, one seriously.  The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2003: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) set up a fake roadblock on a road near Hameur El Ain, Algeria.  The assailants shot and killed three Algerian civilians.
10/29/2004: A roadside bomb exploded near a jeep carrying Pakistani troops on a road near Razmak in North Waziristan, Pakistan, killing a 10-year-old boy and wounding at least three other people. The perpetrators of the attack were not known.
10/29/2004: Two bombs exploded in succession near a tea shop and kindergarten in southern Thailand.  At least 20 people were wounded, eleven of whom were police officers responding to the second, more powerful, blast.
10/29/2004: Unidentified perpetrators targeted two police buses en route to Korydallos, a maximum-security prison located near Athens, Greece. The bomb had been tied to a railing along a busy overpass in the industrial district of Tavros in Athens and was detonated from 30 meters away via a cable. No one was injured and there was no claim of responsibility. The police buses sustained minor damage in the attack.
10/29/2005: An unidentified perpetrator threw a grenade at a police building in the village of Veliki Trnovac in Serbia and Montenegro. The explosion damaged the exterior of the building and a police vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2005: Lashkar-e-Taiba militants under the command of Ali Khan alias Ali Baba alias Abu Hufeza detonated three explosive devices in the Sarojini and Paharganj marketplaces of New Delhi, India.  The attack killed 55 and wounded 155.  The extent of property damage was unknown.
10/29/2005: Members of the group Mahaz-e-Inquilab claimed responsibility for three explosions in New Delhi, India that killed a total of 61 people. The first attack occurred when a bomb exploded in the city's Paharganj market.
10/29/2005: Members of the group Mahaz-e-Inquilab claimed responsibility for three explosions in New Delhi, India that killed a total of 61 people. The second of the attacks occurred when multiple bombs exploded at the Sarojini Nagar market.
10/29/2005: Members of the group Mahaz-e-Inquilab claimed responsibility for three explosions in New Delhi, India that killed a total of 61 people. The third attack occurred when a bomb exploded on a New Delhi Transport Corporation bus in the Govindpuri area of the city.
10/29/2005: Suspected Islamic militants beheaded three Christian school girls in Poso, Indonesia. No group claimed responsibility for the murders.
10/29/2005: Suspected Taliban members set fire to an all girls school that was under renovation in Afghanistan’s Logar Province. No group claimed responsibility for the arson attack.
10/29/2005: The Abu-Ali Mustafa Brigade clamied responsibility for a car bomb that exploded near an Israel Defense Force convoy in Ras al-Ayn, Israel causing no casualties.
10/29/2005: The Taliban claimed responsibility for killing a provincial council candidate, Abdol Ghani, and two of his companions in Qasim Karez, Afghanistan. The perpetrators attacked Ghani’s car as he was returning from a feast killing his son and cousin as well.
10/29/2005: Unidentified perpetrators bombed a repeater station along the Sui Southern Gas Company’s Quetta Pipeline causing the station to shut down. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2006: A bomb planted in a taxi killed a taxi driver and a Colombian soldier in front of an army base in Villavicencio, Colombia. The other people were injured in the blast. Officials blamed FARC for the bombings and believed that the presence of 50 kilograms of R1 explosive planted in the taxi were unknown to the driver.
10/29/2006: A bus of Sunni pilgrims returning from Mecca was attacked by gunmen in the vicinity of al-Khalis, Iraq. The pilgrims' imam, Sheik Ghazi al-Dulaimi from Baquba, was killed, while four pilgrims were wounded. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/29/2006: An individual, believed to be affiliated with Algerian Islamic extremists, placed a bomb next to a permanent Judicial Police Mobile Brigade (BMPJ) roadblock in Bordj Menaiel, Algeria.  The night before the planned bombing, the assailant was arrested by Algerian authorities.  He notified Algerian security forces of the location of the  explosive device and it was subsequently defused.  This incident took place during a major deployment of Algerian security forces into the region.
10/29/2006: At least six people were killed, including the assailant, when a bomb detonated in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka.  The assailant was carrying a claymore mine on a bicycle when it exploded in Udupiddy, killing at least five pedestrians on the roadway.  It is unclear whether the mine detonated accidently or intentionally.  The assailant is believed to be a cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
10/29/2006: Four members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a family of four at their residence in Eravur, Batticaloa in the evening.  An eleven year old girl was fatally shot, and her sister, brother-in-law, and one year old niece were shot and injured.
10/29/2006: In Western Darfur, Sudan, between 300 and 500 perpetrators attacked nine communities. Overall, they killed 33 children, 28 civilians, two police officers, and caused community damage. No claim of responsibility was reported, but it was believed that the Janjaweed Militia was responsible.
10/29/2006: Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki's convoy came under attack by unidentified gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq's al-Rashad neighborhood. Al-Maliki was not present at the time, but his bodyguard was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2006: Seventeen Iraqi police instructors and two translators were killed on their way home from a British-run training school near Basra, Iraq. The workers were stopped by unidentified gunmen in Basra's al-Kibla area and killed. The bodies were taken by the attackers back to the vicinity of a British base and scattered around the area. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/29/2007: An off-duty Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms from their vehicle into his in the evening near Mirouj Pharmacy in al-Nasir neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed and one more was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed a house and shot the occupants in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated at approximately 2:00 PM near the bus station in al-Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: One Iraqi civilian child was killed and seven others were wounded when a single rocket fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 4:30 PM on a playground in al-Obaid neighborhood, Tikrit, Salaheddin Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: One Iraqi civilian street cleaner was killed and another was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired on them with small arms from a vehicle in al-Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators firing small arms in Fallujah, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Professor Adel Abdul Hadi, an Iraqi civilian professor of philosophy, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in the evening in al-Mutanabi neighborhood, Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Professor Sulaiman Mustafa, a professor at Diyala University, was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators by unspecified means at his home in Hay al-Thubat neighborhood, Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Three Afghan civilians were killed and five more (including a police officer and his child) were wounded when a single unknown teenage male suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a taxi stand as a police patrol passed during morning rush hour (unspecified time) in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
10/29/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed, 14 others were wounded, and a mill and several vehicles were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 7:00 AM adjacent to a police checkpoint in Siniyah, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/29/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 3:15 PM on a roadside in al-Wathiq Square in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Twelve Indian civilians were wounded at approximately 1:30 AM during a celebration of Lakshmi Puja when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators hurled a single grenade at a makeshift food stall in Dhansirighat, Udalgari (District), Assam State, India.
10/29/2007: Twenty-eight Iraqi Police recruits were killed and 19 more recruits and two Iraqi civilians were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated an explosive vest containing ball bearing projectiles at approximately 8:00 AM in the assembly area of a police training camp in Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/29/2007: Two Filipino civilian candidates for barangay (local council) offices were killed by an unknown number of New People’s Army (NPA) perpetrators firing small arms in Silvino Lobos, Samar Province, Philippines.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday between Goma and Rutshuru, North Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa), suspected National Congress for the Defence of People (CNDP) militants fired five rockets at a United Nations Mission for the Democratic Republic of Congo (UNMONUC) convoy.  The peacekeepers were escorting civilians, traveling on the road between Goma and Rutshuru, near the village of Kalenera.  No casualties were sustained in this attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday evening at 2010, unknown Islamic militants shot and killed a security guard who was a former member of the Algerian Legitimate Defense Group near his home not far from the Geni-Sider apartment complex in Boumerdes district, Boumerdes province, Algeria.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday in Kotum, Shamal Darfur, Sudan, unknown gunmen attacked a water well, being guarded by United Nations African Union Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (UNAMID) peacekeepers, killing one and seriously injuring another.  No group claimed the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday in Sudan, two oil workers were killed and a third was kidnapped by unknown militants at an oil field in south Sudan. All the three were employees of a Yemeni petroleum company. The two killed men were Sudanese while the nationality of the third person was unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday morning, arsonists hurled small cooking gas canisters at a military court in Athens, Athens province, Greece. The arson attack caused minor damage to the entrance of the military building but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday morning, suspected Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants launched an air bombing attack at the Kelani-Tissa power plant in Kelanitissa, Colombo province, Sri Lanka. The blasts caused minor damages to the premises and killed one civilian. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday morning, unknown armed assailants hurled a fragmentation grenade at the Builes Alfonso Correa school in Planeta Rica, Cordoba department, Colombia. The grenade attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the school but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a blast was heard outside of the District Police Officer department in Bannu, North West Frontier, Pakistan.  There were no reported casualties. There was no claim of responsibility for the activity.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a bomb killed a 4-year old girl and wounded eight other civilians including women and children at a market in central Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a bomb was recovered in Poso, Central Sulawesi, believed to be set up for a retaliation attack regarding the execution of three of the Bali bombers. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Education Ministry employees in the Ur neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two employees and wounding six others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded another in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeted the United Nations Development Programme offices, in the Hargeysa district in the Somaliland capital, Woqooyi Galbeed province, Somalia.  According to reports, this attack was coordinated with four other similar suicide attacks, across northern Somalia.  At least two Somali UN workers were killed in this attack, along with an unknown number of other casualties.  No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was driven into Somaliland presidential palace, in Hargeysa, Woqooyi Galbeed province, Somalia, by unknown militants.  According to reports, the attack was coordinated with four other vehicle-born improvised explosive device attacks. The Presidential secretary and an unknown number of other people were killed in the attack. The Somaliland president was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, a vehicle-borne suicide bomb was detonated against the Ethiopian diplomatic compound, in Hargeysa district of the capital city of Somaliland, Woqooyi Galbeed province, Somalia.  According to reports, this attack was coordinated with four other similar suicide attacks, across northern Somalia.  An unknown number of casualties resulted from the explosions.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, four people were wounded, including two suspected bomb carriers, Guiadel Narrex Hadjiali and Singon Muhalidan, when an explosion occurred in Esperanza town, Sultan Kudarat province along the National Highway in Barangay Sallao, Philippines. The carriers were suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen killed two police intelligence officers in the central Shiite city of Hilla, Babil, Iraq, as they visited friends. Two other officers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen shot dead a policeman in front of his house in Hilla, Babil, Iraq. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, security forces discovered and defused a hand grenade planted outside the residence of Yumnam Muhindro, executive engineer of Dolaithabi project of state Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD), in Yumnam Leikai of Imphal West distric in Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, Taliban militants on Wednesday briefly took more than 100 children hostage at a state-run school in Mohmand district, North West Frontier, Pakistan, while they were fighting against security forces. Later that day, the Taliban militants released the children. There were no reported casualtiesand no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, three members of a family were killed in what appeared to be a sectarian attack carried out near the Mufti Mehmood Memorial Hospital on Darband Road in Dera Ismail Khan, Northwestern Frontier Province, Pakistan. The family was fishing in a river after attending the hearing in a sectarian attack case in an anti-terrorism court. There were no claims of responsibility.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen attacked the house of Abdul Karim Hassan, a leader of an Awakening Council group, killing three of his children in Dahalka village in Ba’quba, Diyala, Iraq. Hassan was wounded along with 11 other people. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Unknown firearms were used in the attack.
10/29/2008: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen shot and killed two Sudanese oil workers, employed by a Yemeni oil firm, in Bentiu district in the southern Sudanese province of Al Wahdah.  According to reports, the two men were killed enroute to the oil station where they worked. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/29/2008: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, killed a former member the Legitimate Defense Group (GLD) near his home in Zemmouri, Algeria.
10/29/2009: On Thursday afternoon at about 1440, near Itam Thong on the Imphal-Ukhrul road under Lamlai Police Station, in Imphal, Manipur, India, four suspected militants opened fired on Assam Rifles personnel, injuring one civilian but causing no property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday around 1200 noon, Colonel Musa Matsiev, head of the special communications department at the Ingush Interior Ministry, was kidnapped in the North Ossetia area of Nazran. The status of the hostages is uknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday evening at 2030, in Thangal Surung village in Senapati, Manipur, India, three Kuki National Army (KNA) militants assaulted and wounded the village chief, K. Lengkham Thangal, and the secretary of the village authority, Salas Thangal. No damages were reported in the attack. The KNA militants, led by Thangpao Touthang, carried out the attack after Lengkham refused to pay 20000 Indian Rupees (423.05 USD) demanded by Touthang for wood the villagers sold.
10/29/2009: On Thursday evening, in Bamundiha village under Belpahari Police Station, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, about eight Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) rebels shot dead two local leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TC), Jalad Baran Kar and Ashis Kar. outside of their homes. No damages were reported in the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday night at 0000 midnight, in Chindgarh village, in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, approximately sixty heavily-armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) members kidnapped a senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader, Jaisingh Manjhi, his brother, and nephew. Assailants took the victims to a nearby field and slit their throats with sharp weapons. The bodies of the victims were found on 10/30/2009. No damages were reported in the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday night, in Shahukhel near Hangu, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, assailants detonated at least one improvised explosive device made from over 80 kilograms of explosives, destroying three residences, a state-run high school for boys, and one medical clinic but causing no casualties. No motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, a roadside bomb targeted civilians on Palestine Street in east Baghdad, Iraq. Five civilians were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device detonated on al Quds Street, behind al Mansour Mosque in central Kirkuk, Iraq. No casualties or damage occurred. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, an improvised explosive device that was attached to a civilian car injured the driver when it detonated in central Ramadi, Iraq. The victim is named Ahmed al Dulaimi and is an employee of the Anbar Investment Department. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, in Khadgaon, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants shot dead a special police officer (SPO), Bisru Ram, near a shop. The shopkeeper was also injured in the incident. No damages were reported.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, in Koz Shad Khan Village, Khaiwa, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, assailants set fire to a the vehicle of an official of the Education Ministry, damaging the vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, assailants fired upon and killed the deputy prosecutor of the Kirovsky district as he entered his vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, in the Binpur block of Midnapore, West Bengal, India, armed assailants ransacked and set ablaze six buildings of the Silda Range Office, damaging the buildings and injuring one range officer. Assailants left behind posters demanding the unconditional release of Chhatradhar Mahato and other leaders of the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA). The Sidhu-Kanhu Gana Militia, the armed wing of the PCPA claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, in the Pamana Charai area of Khas Konar District, Konar, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device exploded when it was struck by passenger vehicle, killing one civilian, injuring eight others and one child, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2009: On Thursday, in the Sangroghat area of Bankura, West Bengal, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist assailants slit the throat of Trinamool Congress supporter, Ajit Das, and threw his body into a pond. No damages were reported in the attack.
10/29/2010: Authorities intercepted a FedEx plane in Dubai, UAE when they were alerted to the presence of an explosive device on board. Officials located and safely defused an improvised explosive device, a package containing PETN hidden inside a printer cartridge, before it could detonate. Four militants were arrested in connection with the incident, which was linked to a similar attempt on a UPS cargo plane that was grounded in the United Kingdom. The packages were sent from Yemen, addressed to synagogues in Chicago. Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula  claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2010: On Friday night around 0330, in East Midlands Airport in Lockington, Leicestershire, Great Britain, British authorities conducted a search of UPS Flight 232, which had been bound for the United States and was diverted to East Midlands Airport after authorities were alerted by Saudi intelligence that there were parcels carrying explosive devices on board. Officials located and safely defused an improvised explosive device, reportedly not long before it was set to detonate. The IED was a package containing PETN hidden inside a printer cartridge. The packages were sent from Yemen, addressed to synagogues in Chicago. Four militants were arrested in connection with the incident, which was linked to a similar attempt on a FedEx cargo plane that was grounded in Dubai. Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula  claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2010: On Friday, in a rural area near Dabeiba, Antioquia, Colombia, during search and control operations the 82nd counterinsurgency troops of the Colombian Army found and safely defused an unspecified number of explosives. No group claimed responsibility but authorities suspected the 5th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intended to use the explosives against military troops and civilians in the area.
10/29/2010: On Friday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his improvised explosive device inside an Iraqi cafe. The blast killed 25 civilians, wounded 70 others, and destroyed the cafe. No group claimed responsibility and the amount of the damage from the attack is unknown.
10/29/2010: On Friday, in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, an improvised explosive device was found and safely disarmed on Soldatskaya Street, outside a home for the elderly. The facility and adjoining buildings were evacuated and the street was closed to traffic while sappers worked to disable the device. There were no casualties or damages and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/29/2010: On Friday, in Marja, Helmand, Afghanistan, two female aid workers who ran a jam production project for women, Mahjoba Herawi, were abducted by unknown militants. On Sunday, 10/31/2010, the aid workers' bullet-riddled bodies were found in Marja, Helmand, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2010: On Friday, in the Chingaro area of Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, in one of two related attacks, Zakir Hussain, the brother of Dr. Khan Badshah, was killed by unknown means during a kidnapping attempt. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that militants loyal to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Deputy Chief Mulana Faqir Mohmmad were responsible.
10/29/2010: Three soldiers were injured when one stepped on a bomb buried next to a road in the mountains near Ahnif in Bouira, Algeria.
10/29/2011: A van filled with explosives ran into a NATO bus and blew up, killing thirteen Americans, five of whom were ISAF troops, and four Afghan civilians.  The Taliban claimed responsibility; however, it is believed the Haqqani network is behind the attack.
10/29/2011: On Saturday afternoon around 1320, in Bingol, Turkey, a female suicide bomber blew herself up on Genc Street near the building of the provincial branch of the ruling Justice and Development Party, killing herself and two others and injuring 20 people. The blast shattered glass and shop windows on surrounding buildings. No group has claimed responsibility, but the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is suspected.
10/29/2011: On Saturday evening at 1915, in the Kaleri Ward of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, two armed gunmen fired upon and killed an Islamic cleric inside the cleric’s home. The cleric was identified as Mallam Ali Gana'a. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in Asadabad, Konar, Afghanistan, a female teenage militant detonated her suicide improvised explosive device, outside the local office of the National Directorate of Security. The attack killed one civilian and injured five others including two guards. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in Ashdod, Southern District, Israel, unknown assailants from the Gaza Strip fired three Katyusha rockets into Ashdod. The first rocket landed in the yard of a school, the second landed in an open area, and the third landed near Gan Yayneh. The attack wounded two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the school. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel, a rocket fired by unknown assailants in the Gaza Strip landed in the area. The blast killed one civilian identified as 56 year old civilian, Ami Moshe. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in Pashtun Kot, Faryab, Afghanistan, three engineers from the Afghan non-governmental organization named COAR were kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants. It was reported on 11/13/2011 that two of the hostages has been killed on the same day they were kidnapped and their bodies thrown into a desert. The status of the third hostage is still unknown. The militants demanded a ransom for an unspecified amount; part of which had been paid, yet the militants still killed the hostages. No group claimed responsibility for the hostage taking, although Taliban militants are suspected.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip, unknown militants attempted to launch long-range rockets at Israeli targets, however, they were attacked by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) before they could launch the rockets. Five Islamic militants were killed during the IDF's operation. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified assailants fired several bullets at a local peace committee member, Qazi Marjan, as he drank tea at a local hotel at Rorj under the jurisdiction of Kulachi Police Station. Marjan was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in the Saidiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of an off duty police officer. The blast wounded the police officer and two nearby civilians, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, in the Saydiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of Tareq Hashem, an employee of the Science and Technology Ministry. The blast killed the government employee, wounded two nearby civilians, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2011: On Saturday, near the Shatra township, in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq, unknown assailants set fire to an oil pipeline. The fire caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the pipeline. The fire would later be put out by a Fire Extinguishing Team. No group claimed responsibility.
10/29/2012: An explosive device detonated after being struck by an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least two ANA soldiers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: An explosive device detonated during a military search operation in the Shalobar area of Bara tehsil, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A Pakistani soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police dormitory on Patimura Street in Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: An explosive device detonated near Fazl Ahmad Khalili's vehicle in Adraskan district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Khalili, the commander of the district's police training center, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting security forces in Joimissiya village, Suwayrah district, Wasit governorate, Iraq. A civilian was seriously injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: An explosive device was discovered on the Rajouri-Poonch highway near Dalagra village, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties, as the Indian army successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a bakery and a police station on al-Rawada Street in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least 10 people were killed and another 41 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants abducted Chief Dennis Anaekwe, the traditional prime minister of the area, from his vehicle in Enugwu Ukwu town, Njkoka local government area, Anambra state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants armed with petrol set Fernando Vidal, an outspoken radio journalist, on fire during his show in Yacuiba city, Gran Chaco province, Tarija department, Bolivia. Vidal sustained serious burns in the assault, although he survived. In addition, a source reported that Karen Anza, a radio studio technician, was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants attacked a Colombian police patrol in Padilla town, Cauca department, Colombia. At least six police officers were killed and another person injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/29/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) logistics convoy on the Northern Salang Highway in Salang district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. One convoy worker was killed and another two people injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants attacked a Pakistani military convoy in the Nala Malik Din Khel area of Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
10/29/2012: Assailants attacked Pakistani security officials in the Aka Khel area of Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One security official was killed and another three people injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants attacked the vehicle of Shem Onyango Kwega in Kisumu town, Kisumu county, Nyanza province, Kenya. Kwega, the parliamentary candidate for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), was killed and his wife injured in the assault. Moreover, the attack sparked riots throughout the town. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting Indian security forces near Erakonda village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to Maoists.
10/29/2012: Assailants launched a mortar shell that struck a house in Jaghatu district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. Six civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a local media source attributed it to the Taliban.
10/29/2012: Assailants opened fire on an oil tanker in Doshi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and another two injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a government official suspected anti-government rebels.
10/29/2012: Assailants opened fire on Gul Zabit in Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Zabit, a counterterrorism police officer, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants opened fire on Lazaro Gayo at his office in Agoo municipality, La Union province, Philippines. Gayo, an attorney, district board member candidate, and the erstwhile vice mayor of the town of Tubao, died from his wounds on October 30, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2012: Assailants opened fire on Warsame Shire Awale near his residence in Waberi district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Awale, a well-known radio journalist, poet, composer, and comedian, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab, who denied involvement.
10/29/2012: Assailants threw two grenades into a crowded market in Uldaguri town, Uldaguri district, Assam state, India. Only one of the two grenades detonated. One person was killed and another five injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
10/29/2013: A letter bomb mailed to Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was intercepted and defused in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to dissident republicans.
10/29/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck near a police station in Mowla village, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least seven people, including three police officers, were killed and 21 others were wounded in the blast. This was one of two attacks that the same location. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at the gate of a private residence belonging to a leader of the Sahwa Council in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks at this home on the same day; this later blast was meant to target party guests who were fleeing from the site of an earlier explosion. In addition to the two bombers, at least 12 people, including members of the Sahwa Council and the Iraqi Armed Forces, were killed and 23 others were injured across to two explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: A suicide bomber detonated in the garden of a private residence belonging to a leader of the Sahwa Council in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks at this home on the same day; this first blast was meant to create panic in the middle of a dinner party. In addition to the two bombers, at least 12 people, including members of the Sahwa Council and the Iraqi Armed Forces, were killed and 23 others were injured across to two explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: A suicide bomber detonated near Hyderabad Market in Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties beyond the death of the bomber. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of an Iraqi Army colonel detonated in Qahira neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The colonel was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated in a public parking garage in Tuz Khormato town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated in Al-Medain neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one military officer was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated in Block-6 area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least four people were injured and vehicles and buildings were damaged in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near a border guard patrol in Rutba district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least three guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near a Somali National Army (SNA) convoy in Yaaqshid neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and an unknown number were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near a telecom system of the Libyan International Telecom Company in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy in Kohistanat district, Sar-e-Pol province, Afghanistan. The blast was followed by a gunfight that lasted until the following day, October 30, 2013. At least two soldiers and one assailant were killed between the explosion and assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near Khwairamband Market in Imphal city, Manipur state, India. At least five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near the private residence of a military officer in Celebrations Square neighborhood, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of six bombings targeting houses of security personnel in Kirkuk on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near the private residence of an employee of the Office of the Inspector General in Aroba neighborhood, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six bombings targeting houses of security personnel in Kirkuk on the same day. At least two people were injured across the five attacks that did not occur in Celebrations Square neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near the private residence of an employee of the Office of the Inspector General in Askari neighborhood, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six bombings targeting houses of security personnel in Kirkuk on the same day. At least two people were injured across the five attacks that did not occur in Celebrations Square neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near the private residence of an employee of the Office of the Inspector General in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six bombings targeting houses of security personnel in Kirkuk on the same day. At least two people were injured across the five attacks that did not occur in Celebrations Square neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near the private residence of an employee of the Office of the Inspector General in Mamdodah neighborhood, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six bombings targeting houses of security personnel in Kirkuk on the same day. At least two people were injured across the five attacks that did not occur in Celebrations Square neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in front of a hardware shop in Dera Murad Jamali city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Shri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna city, Bihar state, India. This was one of three sites where explosive devices leftover from the attacks on the Narendra Modi political rally in Gandhi Maidan on October 27, 2013 were discovered. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/29/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the police headquarters in Patna city, Bihar state, India. This was one of three sites where explosive devices leftover from the attacks on the Narendra Modi political rally in Gandhi Maidan on October 27, 2013 were discovered. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/29/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the private residence of Hamid Shah, the local leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal, in the vicinity of Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused on a railway track in Naushahro Feroze district, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the municipal council building in the vicinity of Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Approximately 50 assailants set fire to and opened fire on the private residence of Lieutenant John Kamango in Lubumbashi city, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kamango, the commander of the provincial military police, was not harmed; however, at least six people, including three assailants, were killed and nine assailants were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mayi Mayi.
10/29/2013: Assailants abducted Mike Khemani in Cotabato City, Maguindanao province, Philippines. At least one person was killed and another was injured during the kidnapping attempt. Khemani, a mall owner, was later released unharmed on November 15, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants attacked a joint base of the Ras Kamboni Militia and Kenyan Army near Kismayo city, Lower Juba, Somalia. At least four assailants were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/29/2013: Assailants attacked a truck in Rapale district, Nampul province, Mozambique. The driver was killed and at least 10 passengers were abducted during the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/29/2013: Assailants fired rockets at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Dhoobley town, Lower Juba region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/29/2013: Assailants kidnapped Qisam Gul from the Jamrud town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Gul, a teacher at Khyber Public School, was found shot to death with his body left in a playground near Ghundi village on October 30, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire at the private residence of Dodha Khan in Zain village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Khan, a tribal elder, and six of his family members were killed and four others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on a bus in Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Congolese Military Police ammunition depot in Lubumbashi city, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least four soldiers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mayi Mayi.
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on a convoy in Muxungue district, Sofala province, Mozambique. At least one civilian was killed and four others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on Ali Dost in Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Dost, an assistant sub-inspector, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on an ambulance in Mowla village, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least one crew member was killed and three others were injured in the assault. This was one of two attacks in Mowla on the same day; this later incident targeted an ambulance responding to an earlier explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a Sahwa Council member in Al-Siniyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The driver of the vehicle was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants set fire to several vehicles, including a minibus and an oil tanker, in Kotri town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack; however, the vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants set fire to vehicles belonging to Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) election candidates in Dhankuta town, Eastern development region, Nepal. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at Al-Murtaza House in Larkana town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at Chandka Bridge in Larkana town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a post office in Mandaveli neighborhood, Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India. There were no reported casualties in the fire. This was one of two attacks on post offices in Chennai on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a post office in Mylapore neighborhood, Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India. There were no reported casualties in the fire. This was one of two attacks on post offices in Chennai on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a bus stop in Dadu town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police checkpoint in Larkana city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police post in Qasimabad neighborhood, Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people, including two police officers, were injured in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police station in Mehrabpur town, Naushero Feroz district, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a press club in Dadu town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a railway crossing near a medical center in Jamshoro town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a railway station in Khairpur city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a utility store in Hingorja town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at Khyber Hotel in Sachal Goth neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people were injured in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at railway tracks in Brohi Chowk, Larkana town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at the Civil Hospital in Khairpur city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at the Shahi Bazaar in Khairpur city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device in Hyder Chowk, Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device in Johi Chowk, Larkana town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device in Khaki Shah Pul, Khairpur city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device in Mallah Chowk, Dadu town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device in Mirpurkhas town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device in Pacca Chang town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device near Mohini Bazaar in Nawabshah town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device on Jail Road in Dadu town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device on Phulji Road in Larkana town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device on railway tracks near a station in Mehrabpur town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device on Station Road in Dadu town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw explosive devices and opened fire on Nazrul Islam in Jessore town, Khulna division, Bangladesh. Islam, an Awami League (AL) general secretary, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw explosive devices at a bus in Khurshid Colony, Kotri town, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least two people were injured in the blast. This was one of 28 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Assailants threw two explosive devices in Johi town, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of 29 attacks involving cracker bombs across Sindh on the same day, with authorities speculating that the incidents were linked to a strike that was called for the following day by Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2013: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused near Magadh Mahila College in Patna city, Bihar state, India. This was one of three sites where explosive devices leftover from the attacks on the Narendra Modi political rally in Gandhi Maidan on October 27, 2013 were discovered. Indian Muhajedeen claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the goal was to create a stampede in retaliation for the Muzaffarnagar riot in August 2013.
10/29/2013: Two explosive devices were discovered in the school bag of a student and defused in Kasur city, Punjab province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in front of a journalist's residence in Batikot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Dir Khan area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two members of a local militia were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Yusufiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least four people were killed and 15 people were injured in the blast; the victims included police officers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a bus stop in Zahra neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least 37 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2014: An assailant opened fire on the executive director of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem city, Jerusalem district, Israel. The director Yehuda Glick, was seriously injured in the attack. The Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was in response to the current conditions in Jerusalem. The assailant also denounced the "plan of Judaizing Jerusalem." Sources noted that the victim was attacked shortly after speaking about plans to build a Jewish temple on Temple Mount.
10/29/2014: An explosive device detonated inside of a tea shop in Madhwapur town, Bihar state, India. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Huthi office in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Nine people were killed and an unknown number were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: An explosive device detonated near shops in Ur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a security patrol in Diriyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast; the victims included Sahwa Council members and soldiers. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer patrol in Zalayah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One volunteer was killed and five volunteers were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting Salim al-Musallamawi's convoy in Jurf al-Sakhar area, Babil governorate, Iraq. Musallamawi, a member of parliament, was not harmed; however, three of his aides were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a police major, was killed in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailant executed 30 members of the Albu-Namr family clan in Hit town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).
10/29/2014: Assailants abducted Mohamed El Heidi Dango, a journalist, in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/29/2014: Assailants ambushed Ukrainian army scouts near Petrivske, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Three Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked a police chief in Harad district, Hajjah governorate, Yemen. The chief, Colonel Sadiq al-Muqbali, was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked a Yemeni Army checkpoint in Usaylan district, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. An unknown number of assailants were wounded when army forces repelled the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) officer in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. The officer was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked members of a community militia in Mahaday town, Bay region, Somalia. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab, saying that the militia members were attacked for allegedly refusing to pay taxes.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Mubi city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. This was one of two similar raids on towns on the same day by the same group. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Uba town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. This was one of two similar raids on towns on the same day by the same group. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked the center of Bentiu town, Unity state, South Sudan. At least 11 people were killed in the attack. In addition, twenty-eight people were taken hostage; of these, three were quickly released and eight others were killed. The whereabouts of the remaining victims is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants attacked the Shaer Oil and Gas Field in Shaer town, Homs governorate, Syria. At least 30 people, including pro-government militia members and security guards, were killed in the incident while the number of assailants that were killed or injured is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a funeral tent in Majouri neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Seven people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants kidnapped 150 members of the Albu Nimr tribe from villages near Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The victims were executed and buried in Albu Ali al-Jasim area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/29/2014: Assailants kidnapped a nurse in Marib city, Marib governorate, Yemen. The victim was released unharmed on February 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants kidnapped a radio journalist in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The individual was found dead the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint in Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces official in Kharan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The individual was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers in Kutum district, North Darfur state, Sudan. Two South African peacekeepers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on an individual in Rawdah neighborhood, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on an off-duty soldier in Diyarbakir city, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants shelled the town of Talakivka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One Armed Forces of Ukraine soldier stationed inside the town was killed by the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police check post in Kote Sangi neighborhood, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Frontier Corps (FC) forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Kholu area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2014: Two explosive devices detonated in a sewage project in Al Sharqia, Egypt. There were no reported casualties; however, two pipes were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: A grenade detonated at the Shaheed Shamsuzzoha Hall of Rajshahi University in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: A homemade explosive device detonated targeting a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) electricity tower in Patani village, Marawi city, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related bombings targeting electricity towers in Patani on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2015: A landmine detonated after it was stepped on by a Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) officer near Pandemurga village, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The officer, identified as Samund Dewangan, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/29/2015: A magnetic explosive device detonated near Kifayat Market in Roza area, Mazari Sharif city, Balkh province, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and nine civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier at a security post near Beit Hadassah, Hebron, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Farouk Abdel Qader Omar Sidr, a Palestinian extremist.
10/29/2015: An assailant fired a flare gun at a munitions factory, causing it to explode, in Svatovo, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier and one civilian were killed, and four soldiers and four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An assailant opened fire at a bus stop in the Ofra area, near Ramallah, West Bank. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/29/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in Hebron, West Bank. The assailant was killed and the soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Mahadi al-Muhatseb, a Palestinian extremist.
10/29/2015: An assailant threw a grenade at the residence of Andriy Sadovyi, the mayor of Lviv, in Lviv city, Lviv oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Oleksandr Gzhivinsky, an army deserter.
10/29/2015: An electricity pole was set ablaze in Kabang district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated at a phone booth in Highway 15 area, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated at an electricity pole in Batu Tamong village, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated at Phong Yuerai Power Station, Muang Yala district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated at Thasap Bridge in Muang Yala district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in Ban Rae subdistrict, Than To district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in Katong subdistrict, Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. No one was injured, but four poles were damaged in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in Phong Lukka village, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near a bridge crossing the Pattani River in Krong Pi Nung district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near an electricity pole in Aiyoeweng subdistrict, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near an electricity pole in Kayu Boko, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near an electricity pole in Mechai area, Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near an electricity pole near Balo area, Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near electricity poles in Muang Yala district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the poles were damaged. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near the convoy of Mir Gul Khan Bijarani Marri in Mawar, Quetta district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Following the blast assailants then fired rockets at the vehicles. At least eight people, including Khan, a tribal elder, were killed in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in al-Midan area, Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least six police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Sahwa Council vehicle in Hawr Rajab area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa Council members were killed and two members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Ukrainian soldiers near Syze, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Island Street neighborhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: An explosives-laden and chlorine-laced tank detonated prematurely as assailants targeted security forces in Al-Fhilat, Al Anbar, Iraq. An unknown number of assailants were killed and injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/29/2015: An unspecified number of electrical poles were set on fire near Tha Sap subdistrict, Muang Yala district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: Assailants abducted a barber in Bin Jawad town, Sirte district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2015: Assailants abducted a civilian in Sirte, Sirte district, Libya. The hostage was executed on October 31st, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2015: Assailants abducted journalist Mohamed Neili outside of his home in Tripoli, Libya. Neili, a Xinhua News Agency photographer, was released on November 27, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: Assailants armed with swords attacked Naing Ngan Lin in Thaketa, Yangon, Myanmar. Lin, a National League for Democracy (NLD) member of parliament, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: Assailants attacked security force members along the highway in Ramadi district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/29/2015: Assailants attacked Ufurow village, Bay region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/29/2015: Assailants fired rockets at Camp Liberty in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 23 people were killed and 24 people were injured in the attack; the victims included Iranian Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) exiles and security force members. The Mukhtar Army claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victims were targeted because they refused to leave the Iraqi region.
10/29/2015: Assailants fired rockets at the Baghdad airport but instead struck Al-Maski area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2015: Assailants fired rockets at the Baghdad airport but instead struck Radwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on Al-Khalid Public School in Shabqadar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties as the assailants fled after local residents and school guards responded to the assault. This was one of two similar attacks at schools in Shabqadar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on Almashriq Girls' School in Shabqadar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties as the assailants fled after local residents and school guards responded to the assault. This was one of two similar attacks at schools in Shabqadar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Allama Nazir Hussain Imrani along Farooq-e-Azam Road in Sadiqabad neighborhood, Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least two people, including Imrani, the Imambargah Qasr-i-Sajjad caretaker and a Jamia High School Islamiat teacher, and his security guard, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2015: Assailants planted an explosive device near an electricity pole in Katong subdistrict, Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. The explosive device was safely defused on November 2, 2015. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: Assailants raided a civilian residence in Arab Ebjur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: Assailants set fire to 29 mining vehicles at the Chargaon mines in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh state, India. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/29/2015: Assailants set fire to five vehicles in Gumda village, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/29/2015: Assailants set fire to the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) district office in Kohlu, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: Assailants set fire to the Tanao Pute Subdistrict Administrative Organization office in Tanao Pute subdistrict, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a market in Satellite Town neighborhood, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks at the same market on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: Assailants threw a pipe bomb at Israeli Border Police officers in Tur area, East Jerusalem, West Bank. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2015: Six explosive devices detonated in Melayu-Bangkok intersection, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 18 coordinated attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/29/2016: A female suicide bomber detonated near a gas station in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the assailant, at least three people were killed in the blast. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Maiduguri on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/29/2016: A female suicide bomber detonated outside an internally displaced persons camp in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the assailant, at least five people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Maiduguri on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/29/2016: A sniper opened fire on a checkpoint in Bir Lahfan, North Sinai, Egypt. One officer was killed and one officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting Haji Farid, a police chief, in Tiri Hada, Kandahar, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, a police officer was killed and three others, including Farid, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting the central bank in Aden, Adan, Yemen. The assailant was killed and at least five security guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists and suspected that it was carried out in response to the transfer of the bank from Sanaa to Aden.
10/29/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near Al Beyruti Cafe in central Baghdad city, Bagdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting Ashura celebrations in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: An explosive device detonated in Bagh-Pai, Kandahar, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and two civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: An explosive device detonated in Imphal, Manipur, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: An explosive device detonated in Khazina, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one child was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2016: An explosive device detonated in Shibirghan, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. A child was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle near Gora, North Sinai, Egypt. At least two soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Pat Feeder, Nasirabad district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Kish neighborhood, Benghazi, Libya. At least four people, including anti-corruption activist Mohamad Bugaighis, were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants abducted Elias Tsogoro, the Ruela village chief, from his residence in Manica district, Manica, Mozambique. Tsogoro was beaten before being rescued on October 31, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/29/2016: Assailants abducted two tribal elders, identified as Salah Abshir and Suleyman Haydar, in Afmadow, Lower Juba, Somalia. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/29/2016: Assailants abducted Vitaliy Rudenko, a judge, between Severodonetsk and Krasnodon in Luhansk, Ukraine. Rudenko was injured before being released on July 29, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/29/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Ramouse neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two projectile incidents in Ramouse on the same day. The Shamiya Front claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the area surrounding the 1070 Apartments in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two projectile incidents in the same Aleppo neighborhood on this date. The Turkestan Islamic Party claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/29/2016: Assailants attacked a border police post in Shamulzayi, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Two civilians and one officer were killed and one officer and two civilians were wounded in the attack. In addition, the assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants attacked a Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) oil pipeline in Ughelli, Delta, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) claimed responsibility for the incident and refused to negotiate with the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, citing the group's lack of trust in the Forum's members.
10/29/2016: Assailants attacked an armored vehicle in Sheikh Zuwaid, North Sinai, Egypt. Two soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants destroyed power lines near Sabha, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on a Ugandan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy near Bulo Marer, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/29/2016: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) positions in Zahra neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Following the blast, assailants then attacked the soldiers with projectiles and firearms. Several groups, including the Nur-al-Din al-Zinki Movement, the Free Syrian Army, the Shamiya Front, the Free Idlib Army, and the Southern Front, claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants fired a missile at Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties as the missile was intercepted by coalition air defense forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/29/2016: Assailants fired mortars at military personnel in Cukurca district, Hakkari, Turkey. Three soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/29/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in different neighborhoods in western Aleppo city, Syria. At least six people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants in Syria fired three mortars into Hatay province, Turkey. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants kidnapped and executed 130-145 former police officers near Hammam al-Alil, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/29/2016: Assailants kidnapped and executed 40 former security personnel and threw their bodies in the Tigris River north of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of working with security forces.
10/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on a non-local shopkeeper in Moreh, Chandel district, Manipur, India. The shopkeeper was killed and his wife was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Shia procession in Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least five people, including one United Kingdom citizen and one United States citizen, were killed and six others were injured in the assault. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also attributed the attack to Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ-Pakistan).
10/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on As Sidrah checkpoint in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of two related assaults on checkpoints in Rafah on this date. At least two conscripts were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on Ruthi Gillis's vehicle near Karmei Tzur, West Bank. Gillis, an Israeli civilian, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
10/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Amoumane Kalakouwa, a former Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) member, near Agadez, Niger. Four people, including Kalakouwa, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on Wahshi checkpoint in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of two related assaults on checkpoints in Rafah on this date. At least two conscripts were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2016: Assailants raided Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar's house in Lokaja, Kogi, Nigeria. Abubakar, the state chair of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Fulani militants may have carried out the attack.
10/29/2016: Assailants raided Kangarawa, Extreme-North, Cameroon. At least three people were killed and three people were injured in the attack, in which assailants also set fire to several houses. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/29/2016: Assailants set fire to a Jawahar Nehru Vidyala (JNV) school in Ashmuqam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Assailants shot and injured Avirut Rojbamrung, a State Railway of Thailand employee, in Rangae, Narathiwat, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Three assailants shot and killed a police officer in Ziadia area, Constantine, Algeria. The Algeria Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2016: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Dalbandin, Chagai district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2016: Two assailants shot and injured Bulent Tezcan, the Republican People's Party (CHP) vice chair, at a restaurant in Aydin, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: An explosive device detonated along railway tracks in the Moghbazar, Tejgaon, Dhaka city, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle along Arish-Al Qantarah highway, Arish, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the vehicle. At least two officers were killed and 10 other officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: An explosive device detonated near brick factories in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting joint police forces near Tetam, Chhattisgarh, India. One police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/29/2017: Assailants abducted a Jordanian farmer in Tal Shihab, Daraa, Syria. The hostage was tortured and released on December 3, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2017: Assailants abducted four civilians from their residences in Badadengini, Odisha, India. The hostages were released unharmed on November 2, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and stated that the victims were suspected of being police informants.
10/29/2017: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked an Aman Lashkars post in Zakha Khel, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two assailants were killed and an unknown number of other assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/29/2017: Assailants attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces post in Makin, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Khanabad, Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least 13 officers were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/29/2017: Assailants attacked a volunteer fighters checkpoint along the bank of the Diyala river, to the east of Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack and there no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/29/2017: Assailants attacked Gouderi, Mayo-Sava, Extreme-North, Cameroon. At least 11 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/29/2017: Assailants attacked the Sudanese embassy in As Sabain, Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists (Ansar Allah).
10/29/2017: Assailants attempted to set fire to the house of Barrister Felix Agbor Balla, President of the Fako Lawyers Association (FAKLA), in Buea, South-West, Cameroon. This was one of two attacks on homes of Balla on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Movement for the Restoration of the Independence of Southern Cameroons.
10/29/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive at a checkpoint in Muna Garage area, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. One Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/29/2017: Assailants opened fire on a bus transporting students in Kimlawis, Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines. Two students were killed and eight were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources separately suspected the involvement of the New People's Army and tribesmen.
10/29/2017: Assailants opened fire on Brimob police personnel in Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Free Papua Movement (OPM-Organisasi Papua Merdeka) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: Assailants set fire to the house of Barrister Felix Agbor Balla, President of the Fako Lawyers Association (FAKLA), in Bakwelle, South-West, Cameroon. This was one of two attacks on homes of Balla on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Movement for the Restoration of the Independence of Southern Cameroons.
10/29/2017: Assailants set up a checkpoint and searched civilian vehicles in Wadi al-Haniwa, Sirte, Libya. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/29/2017: Assailants stabbed and killed Erkan Sharif, a photojournalist, at his residence in Khur Si, Daquq, Kirkuk, Iraq. Sharif's family was also briefly held hostage during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: Four assailants attempting to plant an explosive device were identified and arrested at Shah Alam Bridge in Gulbahar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device along the Dornapal-Pinta road in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists and stated that the explosive device was intended to target security personnel.
10/29/2017: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused along Takhtabad Road in Daudzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The devices were meant to target Pakistani Police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/29/2017: Two female suicide bombers were identified along Maiduguri-Gamboru Highway, near Muna Garage, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. One of the assailants detonated while the other was killed by security forces; there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/29/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives before reaching their target in Maggar, Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria. The two assailants were killed and two civilians were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Boko Haram.
10/3/1971: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the R.O.T.C. building at the University of Tampa in Florida, United States.  It is not known if the building sustained any damage.
10/3/1996: Geoffrey Barr bombed the Back Door Bar, a gay establishment, in Lancaster, California, United States.  One person was injured and the bar sustained minor damage.
10/3/1999: A bomb exploded in the Christian Maronite church in Diwanah, Beirut, Lebanon.  The bomb had been left in a handbag and when the church deacon opened the bag to inspect it, it exploded, killing him.  Authorities believe the incident was intended to undermine security.
10/3/2002: A miscreant shot and killed C K Pradhan in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India.  Pradhan was the former Executive Councilor of Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.  The assailant fled; no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/3/2002: Steve Kim fired seven shots at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York, United States.  Four bullets hit the building between the eighteenth and twentieth floors.  There were no casualties but windows were shattered.  Immediately, after the shooting, Kim released a flier portraying the horrors of life in North Korea and called for the United Nations to end the Kim Jong-Il regime.
10/3/2008: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, detonated a bomb targeting a newly completed municipal guard headquarters near Timizart, Algeria.  There were no casualties, but the ground floor of the building sustained heavy damage.
10/30/1970: In a series of three related incidents, unknown perpetrators bombed the Army Reserve Center in Queens, New York, United States.  There were no casualties but a hole was torn into the building.
10/30/1970: In a series of three related incidents, unknown perpetrators bombed the Police Motorcycle Headquarters in the Bronx, New York, United States.  There were no casualties but two holes were blown into the ceiling of the facility and a window was shattered.
10/30/1970: In a series of three related incidents, unknown perpetrators bombed the United States Naval Militia Armory in Queens, New York, United States.  Minutes before the blast, an anonymous caller stated that a bomb was set to go off in the armory in five minutes.  There were no casualties but the building and surrounding area sustained around $7,500 in damages.
10/30/1970: On a day of multiple bombings in New York City, postman Anthony Muranelli discovered two apparent homemade bombs in a bag lying against a tree stump in the Bronx, New York, United States.  He turned the bombs over to the police and they were subsequently disarmed.
10/30/1983: The U.S. Federal Building, housing the FBI headquarters in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, was blasted with a bazooka.  Specifically, it was a light anti-tank weapon which was made for use by the U.S. Army.  No casualties resulted from the attack; however, the blast caused shattered windows and frames, and damage to air conditioners and ceiling as well as minor damage to the U.S. Department of Agriculture nearby. There were at least three perpetrators in the attack. The Macheteros claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to the Associated Press in San Juan, at which time the caller expressed the group's support for the people of Grenada and opposition towards the US for the invasion of Grenada. Additionally, the group left communiqués which stated the blast was in protest of the policies of the U.S. and Ronald Reagan, who the Macheteros claim, took advantage of the people of Grenada to reestablish imperialism.
10/30/1985: Brent Paul Braud, Derrick James Jarreau, John David Newchurch, and Charles Albert Cheshire Jr. pled guilty to igniting a fire at the Delta Women's Clinic In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.  There were no casualties but the abortion clinic sustained $20,000 in damages.
10/30/1990: In the village of Thanthirimale in the Anuradhapura district in Sri Lanka, members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shot and hacked to death five civilians including a female. The specific motive is unknown but the civilians were reported by one source to be Sinhalese.
10/30/1996: Three members of the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts (ALF and ELF), Jacob Ferguson, Kevin Tubbs and Josephine Overaker, set a gasoline fire at the Oakridge Ranger Station in the Williamette National Forest in Oakridge, Oregon in the United States.  One incendiary device was placed in a recycling dumpster at the southwest corner of the ranger station, and the second was planted on the outside of one of the walls of the station, causing an estimated $3,316,150 in damages to replace the building, and $1,758,039 for the contents, for a total loss of $5,074,189, in addition to a vast amount of lost research material.  There were no casualties in the incident.  The three selected the Oakridge Ranger Station for the target of this arson due to their familiarity with it during their opposition to the Warner Creek timber sale sometime earlier.  The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which proceeded to commit nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.  Upon fear of a life behind bars, Ferguson became a government informant and witness in the case, landing him a sentence of 2 years probation, and as of 2008, Overtaker remained a fugitive being sought by the government after being indicted for her involvement in the crimes. Tubbs was sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in prison for his involvement.
10/30/1998: An armed Kurdish militant hijacked an airplane in Ankara, Turkey. The plane was carrying 39 passengers and the hijacker demanded to fly to Switzerland. The pilot fooled the assailant into believing they had entered Bulgarian airspace and landed the plane at Ankara's Esenboga Airport. The plane was intercepted by local authorities and the assailant, a suspected member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), was killed. The hijacker said he was acting to protest against Turkey's crackdown on Kurdish rebels.
10/30/1998: Elite suicide cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) blasted their fiberglass-boat against a Dvora-class navy gunboat off the coast of Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, killing 10 crewmen. Two other gunboats were damaged, seriously wounding eight crew members.
10/30/1998: One unidentified female and seven unidentified male perpetrators used firearms to attack the Ozturk recreation center near Resadiye District, Turkey. The assailants fired shots at gasoline pumps, causing a fire. There were no casualties, but the center sustained some fire damage.
10/30/1998: Six people died in an attack by unknown perpetrators in the Boucherahil Municipality of Medea Province, Algeria.
10/30/1998: The town hall of Belfort, France was bombed, causing damage that was estimated at several million Francs (several hundred-thousand dollars). There were, however, no casualties. The Breton Revolutionary Army (ARB) claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/30/1999: At approximately 6:00 pm local time, a bomb was thrown by unknown perpetrators from a gray Mercedes at a group of Serbian youths who were playing soccer in a field in the Novo Naselje district of Lipljan, Kosovo. Three people were seriously injured in the attack.
10/30/1999: Suspected Palestinian militants opened fire on a bus in the West Bank, injuring five Israelis and causing slight damage. The bus was traveling from the settlement of Kiryat Arba when the gunmen opened fire near the Palestinian village of Tarkumiya. The attack came two days ahead of a major peace summit.
10/30/1999: Two Brigade Mobile de la Police Judiciaire (BMPJ) policemen were killed on the road linking Baghlia to Naciria, in Boumerdes Province, Algeria, when unidentified perpetrators, who were hiding on a nearby hilltop, fired a heb-heb (homemade mortar) at them.
10/30/1999: Unidentified youths seized a Royal Dutch Shell PLC helicopter near Warri, Nigeria. They kidnapped the three British pilots and forced them to fly to an undisclosed location. Information regarding the fate of the hostages was not known.
10/30/2000: A young Palestinian man shot two Israeli policemen in the back of the head with a pistol at close range at the entrance of the state-run Israeli National Insurance Office in east Jerusalem. One of the injured died at the hospital. A previously unknown Islamic group, the Martyrs of the al-Aqsa Uprising, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement faxed to Agence France Presse in Beirut.
10/30/2000: An outpost of the Water and Air Police in Kuala Langsa, East Aceh, was attacked by some 30 armed civilians believed to be separatist rebels. One policeman and one of the armed civilians were killed.
10/30/2000: Four gunmen riding inside a car opened fire on Ahmadi worshipers when they emerged from the mosque in Khatiawala village, Pakistan, killing 5 and injuring 10. A spokesman at the Ahmadi head office in Rabwah, Punjab blamed the attack on Islamic militants.
10/30/2000: Judge Jose Francisco Querol, a member of the Spanish Court's Military Tribunal, his driver and bodyguard died instantly in a massive car bomb explosion in a residential area of Madrid. At least 30 people were also injured. The Basque separatist group Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) was blamed for the attack.
10/30/2001:  Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) threw hand grenades at several houses in the Muttur village in Trincomalee District in Sri Lanka, killing a six-year-old girl and injuring seven other civilians in the village.  The incident occurred at about 1:00am, and the targets were identified by authorities as Muslim civilians.  The extent of property damage is unknown.  At the time, there were ongoing clashes between groups of Muslims and Tamils in the area, and "a senior police official accused the LTTE of carrying out indiscriminate grenade attacks on Muslim civilians with a view to inspiring further clashes."
10/30/2001: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade placed a bomb in the home of navy Captain Natan Barak in Ra'anana, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Center District, Israel.  Barak woke up during the night and found an explosive device and cellular phone attached to a fire extinguisher next to his bed.  After removing the device from the home, experts control-detonated it.  The assailants claimed responsibility for the attack later that day, stating that the bomb was a message to Barak and others "whose hands are soaked in Palestinian blood."
10/30/2001: Palestinian gunmen fired at a car with Israeli license plates parked near Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel.  There were two Israeli people in the car at the time; neither were injured.  The assailants fled and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2001: The Silk Pride, a Sri Lankan Navy oil tanker, was the target of a suicide bomb attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The attack, which occurred off Sri Lanka’s Point Pedro, killed six people in addition to the four perpetrators who drove boats laden with explosives into the tanker. Two women were among the bombers. The LTTE admitted responsibility on their own radio station. Four other boats besides the suicide boat were used in the attack.
10/30/2002: A bomb exploded at the Midway railway station in Suweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.  The explosion disrupted commuter traffic; however, no one was injured in the explosion.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.  The bombing was one of nine different explosions that occurred in Suweto that night.
10/30/2002: Three bombs exploded at a bridge located at the New Canada railway station in Suweto, Johannesburg,  Gauteng province, South Africa.  The debris from the explosion fell onto a shack, killing a woman and injuring her husband.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.  These bombings were three of nine different explosions that occurred in Suweto that night.
10/30/2002: Two bombs exploded approximately 400 meters from the New Canada railway station in Suweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa.  The rail line was badly damaged, disrupting commuter traffic; however, no one was injured in the explosion.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.  These bombings were two of nine different explosions that occurred in Suweto that night
10/30/2004: Seven people were killed and 19 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the Baghdad offices of the Al-Arabiya satellite Arabic television station.  A group calling itself Brigades of the 1920 Revolution claimed responsibility in a statement posted on an Islamist website, whose authenticity could not be confirmed.  Shortly afterwards, another unknown group called the Jihad Martyr's Companies in Iraq claimed responsibility in a competing claim.
10/30/2005: Four perpetrators armed with Kalashnikovs, believe to be associated with a local 'emir,' assassinated Taleh Rabah, an Algerian municipal guardsman, while he was driving with his wife in Ouled Bentafath, Algeria.  Rabah's wife was wounded in the shooting.
10/30/2005: Members of a factions of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) planted a bomb that detonated in the vehicle of Ali Rial, an elected assemblyman, in Zemmouri, Algeria.  Rial was wounded by the blast and his car sustained heavy damage.
10/30/2005: Nine to twelve members of the Ibad Errahman Brigade, a faction of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC), ambushed an Algerian police patrol in Taher, Algeria.  The assailants threw homemade grenades and fired gunshots at vehicles driven by the Judicial Police Mobile Brigade (BMPJ).  One policeman was killed and four other were wounded.  Three Algerian citizens in the area were wounded as well.
10/30/2005: Suspected Islamic militants attacked Takienthong temple in Thailand’s Pattani Province. The perpetrators fired guns at the temple and set fire to a monk’s living quarters located on the grounds. They also set fire to several nearby cars. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2005: Two unidentified gunmen attacked a police patrol in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killing one officer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2005: Unidentified gunmen ambushed the car of Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi’s brother in Baghdad, Iraq. Ghalib Abdul Mehdi, was injured while his driver was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the ambush.
10/30/2005: Unidentified gunmen attacked a police station in Gambela, Ethiopia killing four officers and injuring six others. Among those killed in the attack was State Commissioner Didmu Amud. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed the head of Sri Lanka’s First Military Intelligence Corps, T.M. Meedin, near his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2005: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, shot and killed an Algerian male (identified as Boualem S.) in front of a café in Benrahmoune, Algeria.  A ten year old child was also wounded in the incident.  It is unknown if Boualem was the specific target of the assailants or if he was shot indiscriminately.
10/30/2006: A car bomb detonated in Baghdad, Iraq's commercial Baiyaa district. The attack occurred just after midday, killing at least three people, wounding 10 others and damaging nearby cars and shops. No claim of responsibility was issued, and the perpetrators remain unidentified.
10/30/2006: A suicide bomber dressed as a police officer walked into a Kirkuk, Iraq police station and detonated his weapon. 2 policemen and one girl were killed while 13 were wounded. The identity of the bomber was unknown, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2006: Two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed Issam al-Rawi, a geology professor, on his way to class in Baghdad, Iraq. Two associates were wounded. Accounts differed as to whether he was a voice of Sunni moderation or extremism. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/30/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, remotely detonated a roadside bomb underneath a vehicle of an Algerian civilian driving on National Road 68 on the south side of Les Issers, Algeria.  The Algerian civilian was injured by the shrapnel and it is unknown if his/her vehicle sustained any damages.  This attack took place during a major deployment of Algerian security forces into the region.
10/30/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were killed and eight others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated adjacent to their checkpoint sometime before noon in Zubaidiya, Salaheddin Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: One Iraqi civilian street cleaner was killed and six others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators threw a grenade from their moving vehicle into the victims’ vehicle at approximately 12:00 PM on al-Rubai Street near the Information and Culture Ministry in Zayouna neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a bomb planted inside a minibus detonated at approximately 3:05 PM at the Alawi bus terminal, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: One Thai civilian female child was killed and one other Thai civilian (her mother) was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them from a moving vehicle at approximately 7:20 AM in Yala Province, Thailand.
10/30/2007: Three Iraqi private security officers were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them from a vehicle in the evening approximately 35 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when a bomb planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a minibus in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were wounded when a single mortar round fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 10:00 AM near the Milky Master shop in al-Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/30/2008: On Thursday evening at 1700, Black Widow militants killed at least seven police personnel at Langlai near Thujuari of North Cachar Hills district in Assam, India. Three militants were also killed in retaliatory firing. Haflong police sources said that the militants opened fire on the police party who were carrying the body of a Dima Halim Daogah (DHD) leader, Naklai Dimasa, who was killed by the militants on 10/29/2008, from Haflong Civil Hospital to Diyongmukh. Out of the seven slain police personnel, four were constables in the 8th Battalion of Assam Police, two were from the District Armed Branch and one from the Home Guard. No group claimed responsibility, though the Black Widow militants were believed to be responsible. Dinob Dimasa, spokesman of Black Widow, denied any involvement on behalf of the group.
10/30/2008: On Thursday morning at 1100, a car bomb exploded near the Tobchi market in the neighborhood of Hurriya in north Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and wounding five. The powerful blast caused damages to several shops, stalls and civilian cars. Nobody claimed the responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2008: On Thursday morning at 1108, Taliban insurgents of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ambushed the convoy of Atiqollah Ludin, the newly appointed governor to the central province of Lowgar, in the in Shahmzar area of Baraki district, Lowgar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility. The governor escaped the attack unharmed, but five people were killed and seven others were seriously wounded. Two vehicles in the convoy were also completely destroyed in the ambush. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed claimed responsibility for the incident on behalf of the group.
10/30/2008: On Thursday morning at 1130, the first six of 13 explosions occurred in three different locations in Guwahati, Assam, India. One took place near the Ganeshguri flyover near the high-security capital complex housing the Assembly building in Dispur district. This was followed closely by explosions in the Paltan Bazar and Fancy Bazar.  At least 33 to 41 people were killed, and 235 wounded. Two of the boms included RDX. The bomb in Ganeshguri was allegedly placed in a car. Police suspected that United Liberation Front of Assam or Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami militants were responsible for the blasts. Five people were arrested on 11/07/2008 as being connected to the incident, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/30/2008: On Thursday morning, a bomb exploded in a market place in Bongaigaon, Assam, India. At least five to 10 people were injured during the blast. This was one of 13 other related bombings in Assam within an hour.  The bomb was allegedly placed in a car. Police suspected United Liberation Front of Assam or Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami militants were responsible for the blasts. Five people were arrested for their supposed connection to the incidents on 11/07/2008 in Nalbiri, Assam, India. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/30/2008: On Thursday morning, twin blasts occurred in Barpeta Road town of Barpeta distric, Assam, India. These were two of 13 attacks that took place at the same general time in Assam.  At least 12 to 15 people were killed and 46 injured during the blasts. The bombs were allegedly placed in cars. Police suspected United Liberation Front of Assam or Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami militants were responsible for the blasts. Five people were arrested in connection with the incident on 11/07/2008, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident..
10/30/2008: On Thursday morningat 1135, three bombs exploded in a crowded market place in Kokrajhar, Assam, India. These were three of 13 related attacks that took place in Assam within an hour. At least 19 to 21 people were killed and 64 injured during the blasts. The bombs were allegedly placed in cars. Police suspected United Liberation Front of Assam or Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami militants were responsible for the blasts. Five people were arrested on 11/07/2008 for their supposed connection to the incidents, however no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, a bomb was lobbed into the compound of Constitutional Court judge Jaral Phakdeethanakul's residence in Klong Tan district, Bangkok, Bangkok province, Thailand.There were no reported casualties or claims of responsibility.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, a bomb was recovered in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, believed to be set up for a retaliation attack regarding the execution of three of the Bali bombers. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, a grenade was lobbed against security guards of the People's Alliance for Democracy at Makkhawan Rungsan Bridge in an unknown location in Thailand, injuring ten. There were no claims of responsibility.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, a Hamas police officer was killed and several other Palestinians were wounded when an explosive device detonated in a police station in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. A spokesperson for the movement, Islam Shahwan, said the device had been discovered earlier in the day within the Hamas controlled territory and taken to a police station to be dismantled. Nobody claimed responsibility.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, a Taliban suicide attacker blew himself up inside the Information and Culture Ministry building in Kabul, Kabul province, Afghanistan, killing at least five people and 18 others. The bomb exploded in a conference room underneath the office of Minister Abdul Karim Khoram who was believed to be the target, but he was not harmed as he was not in the building at the time. The attacker first shot dead a guard at the entrance to the building and then ran into the conference room where he blew himself up. The suicide bombing attack caused a significant amount of damage to the building with broken glass and office equipment scattered among the rubble. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed claimed responsibility for the incident by telephone on behalf of the group and added that there were three original attackers, two of whom facilitated the suicide bomber to enter the building and then escaped after the attack.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, an explosive device carried by two suspected Muslim rebels prematurely detonated at the front of a restaurant in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province, Philippines.  Four people, including the two suspects, were injured. The rebels were believed to be from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, Basque Fatherland And Liberty (ETA) members planted a car bomb which exploded at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Navarra province, Spain, injuring 17 people. The car, a white Peugeot 307, was packed with more than 50 kilos of explosives police believe to be ammonal, which with a liquid reinforcer, ignited a fire upon detonation converting the ammonal into amonitol. An unidentified caller warned authorities prior to the attack.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, Black Widow militants shot and killed a leading member of the Dima Halom Daoga (DHD), identified as Naikhlai Dimasa, at his private residence in Doyangbra in the North Cachar Hills district of the Indian state of Assam. No group claimed responsibility, though the Black Widows were believed to be responsible.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, gunmen killed an off-duty policeman in southern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, militants blew up a section of a water pipeline in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion tore an 18-inch hole in the pipe that carried drinking water to Baghdad's Adhamiyah, Rusafa and Karrada districts. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2008: On Thursday, one of two aid workers, Esperancita Hupida, was released by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in a remote village of an unknown city in Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties and no claim of responsibility for the incident (the original hostage taking attack took place on 09/15/2008 in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, Philippines).
10/30/2008: On Thursday, suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels set fire to a building belonging to a telecommunications company in the Burdeos area of Polilo island, Quezon province, Philippines. No casualties were reported in the attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/30/2009: On Friday evening at about 2030, in Iflissen, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, 20 armed assailants attacked a hotel, kidnapping the hotel owner and the hotel bus driver and stealing the bus. The next day the bus driver was found, and two days after that the hotel owner was released. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Al-Ansar battalion of Al-Qaida Organization in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was responsible.
10/30/2009: On Friday morning a Muslim rubber tapper was shot dead while he was working in his rubber plantation in Muang, Yala, Thailand. Police said the man was from Tambon Sateng Nok. No group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/30/2009: On Friday morning around 0600, in Kampala, Central, Uganda, Ugandan security agencies foiled a bomb plot on the main street, near the Bhatia Tower. Gerald Olengor, a night watchman, found a bomb that looked like a small wall clock with chains and newspaper around it and notified police. A bomb squad took the bomb away in a special vehicle to a unknown place. The motive for the attack could have connected with Al Shabaab's claim to strike within Uganda in retaliation for civilian deaths allegedly caused by the African Union Mission in Somalia. No material damage or casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but the Al Shabaab is thought responsible for the attempted attack.
10/30/2009: On Friday morning at about 0730, a taxi heading to a market in Khogyani hit a bomb buried in the road in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. All eight people on board were killed. The vehicle was damaged. No one has claimed responsibility for the bomb.
10/30/2009: On Friday morning, in Athens, Attiki, Greece, a timed bomb targeted the home of the former Minister of Education and current European Parliament member, damaging a building and one car but no casualties. Twenty minutes before the explosion calls were made to Eleftherotypia newspaper and Alter TV channel warning of the bomb. The motive for the attack was to disrupt the European Union legislatures. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2009: On Friday morning, in Nazranovskiy, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants detonated a bomb underneath a propane tank at a gas station, lightly damaging the station but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2009: On Friday morning, in Troitskaya, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants detonated a bomb underneath a propane tank at a gas station, lightly damaging the station but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2009: On Friday night at about 0100, in Busekera village, Lubero, North Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa), armed assailants attacked the village, firing upon and killing one person and burning huts, killing five people in the fire and destroying 152 huts. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Mai-Mai were responsible. The FDLR denied responsibility.
10/30/2009: On Friday night at about 0150, in Nong Chik, Pattani, Thailand, assailants set fire to the Ban Tanyong Pao School, completely destroyed the building and educational equipment furthermore, a barrier was made by tiers set on fire to prevent security official from getting to the crime scene, but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, however a message was found on the schools wall stating that soldiers be withdrawn from the area, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/30/2009: On Friday night at around 0330, at the Bamunimaidam market in Noonmati, Guwahati, Assam India, four National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants attempted to plant explosives at the market to mark the first anniversary of deadly serial blasts that occurred in the city last October of 2008. After entering the market, the militants engaged in crossfire with security forces near Railway Gate Number Six. One militant was killed in the attack. Two programmable timer devices, an electronic detonator, batteries, and a pistol were recovered from the dead militant. No damages were reported.
10/30/2009: On Friday, a small explosive device was detonated by unidentified militants in a post box outside a bank in the city of Pasig in the Metro Manila province of the Philippines. There were no casualties but the post box suffered light damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2009: On Friday, in Athens, Attiki, Greece, a bomb exploded outside car dealership, causing no casualties or damage. No motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2009: On Friday, in Khakriz, Kandahar, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device exploded when it was struck by a vehicle on a roadside, killing two civilians and two children, injuring two civilians, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
10/30/2009: On Friday, in Makali, near Goaltore, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants ransacked and set ablaze the Panchayat village local government office, damaging the office but causing no casualties. The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) is believed to be responsible.
10/30/2009: On Friday, in Quezon, Quezon City, Philippines, two explosions, one in Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City and another in Meralco Avenue in Pasig, were reported. Around the same time of the incident in Quezon City on Friday dawn, a second explosion occurred at Unionbank Plaza along Meralco Avenue in Ortigas Center, radio dzMM reported. Initial findings by operatives from the Eastern Police District said that the explosion at the Unionbank Plaza was caused by a pillbox, causing minor damage to the building's plant boxes. Police bomb experts suspected improvised explosive devices with timing mechanism were used in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility. No casualties were reported.
10/30/2009: On Friday, in Quezon, Quezon City, Philippines, two explosions, one in Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City and another in Meralco Avenue in Pasig, were reported. The first explosion occurred at One Burgundy Plaza, a residential condominium along Katipunan Avenue and across Ateneo de Manila University around 0200. Radio dzMM reported that the explosion came from a bag left behind a parked red Honda Civic. The car was damaged in the incident, and the explosion was strong enough to knock out glass windows from the third floor of the building. Police bomb experts suspected improvised explosive devices with timing mechanism were used in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2009: On Friday, in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, assailants detonated a bomb outside the Spanish consulate, causing no casualties or damage. The motive for the attack was to disrupt the Spanish government. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2010: At 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) outpost in Barmal, Paktika, Afghanistan, armed with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, and small arms. Eighty assailants were killed and five soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources indicated that the assailants were Taliban insurgents who had crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan.
10/30/2010: On Saturday afternoon, on the Napradu-Sai Khao Road in tambon Sai Khao, Khoh Pho, Pattani, Thailand, two unidentified male militants on a motorcycle shot and killed a village headman. The victim was identified as Arun Thongsai. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2010: On Saturday evening, in an unspecified area of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, a police chief along with a police constable and a tribal elder were killed as their vehicle hit a landmine planted by suspected Taliban. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility, although the Taliban was strongly suspected.
10/30/2010: On Saturday night, in Bundu village in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, over 50 militants raided the village and damaged the houses of six villagers with a bulldozer. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police suspect that the attack was carried out to protest against the arrest of the zonal commander of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), Mohammad Irfan. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the TPC were responsible for the attack.
10/30/2010: On Saturday, in a village in Cotabato City, Maguindanao, Philippines, unidentified armed men opened fire inside villagers' houses. Three villagers, identified as Abubakar Sangcad, Toto Abdul Salim, and Andis Edon were killed. Three others, identified as Mukraben Zacaria, Totok Taya Pinoh, and Tatoh Dalga, were injured. The gunmen were looking for the house of a certain Eddie Sabalsa. Sabalsa is a member of Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) assigned at Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. CAFGU units are tasked to prevent the re-infiltration of insurgents into communities that have already been cleared of their influence by combat operations conducted by regular units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. When the suspects learned Sabalsa was not in his house, they fired on his house and houses nearby causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2010: On Saturday, in the Saidiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing the driver. No group claimed responsibility and the amount of property damage from the attack is unknown.
10/30/2010: On Saturday, near the Korangi Road in Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan, unidentified men kidnapped a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement activist and took him to an unknown location. The victim was identified as Shahid. On 10/31/2010 The kidnappers shot and killed him and dumped his body in the same area. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2010: On Saturday, on the Jadiriya bridge, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car. The driver was killed during the blast, and the car was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday afternoon around 1330, in Untsukulskiy District, Dagestan, Russia, two improvised explosive devices planted by unidentified assailants, detonated under an electrical transmission tower. The facility was damaged, but electrical service was not interrupted and no casualties occurred. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday evening, in the Marangada village in Khunti, Jharkhand, India, three masked militants of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) barged into the house of an alleged police informer, Iswari Tuti, and shot him dead. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, although CPI-Maoist militants were suspected.
10/30/2011: On Sunday morning at 0500, in Khunti, Jharkhand, India, Maoist militants beheaded a man in public at Kamaria Village. The man was identified as Sukram Munda. A note left beside the body said that the victim was involved in murder, rape and robbery in the area and that others like him would meet the same fate. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants claimed responsibility by leaving behind pamphlets acknowledging the killing and calling it "justice".
10/30/2011: On Sunday morning, in Narathiwat, Narathiwat, Thailand, four insurgents riding on two motorcycles opened fire on a grocery store. One man was shot and killed and a woman and a boy were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2011: On Sunday night, in Al Sa idiyah, Diyala, Iraq, unknown gunmen attacked an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The gunmen shot and wounded two guards in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday night, in northern Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia, unknown militants targeted and fired upon a car with unknown firearms, killing a peace activist. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2011: On Sunday night, in the Adhamiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a lawyer's car. The blast killed the lawyer, wounded a nearby traffic policeman, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in Ashdod, Southern District, Israel, unknown assailants fired a rocket in the city that landed near a residential building. The rocket missed the building but landed nearby. The blast caused no casualties and damaged multiple cars. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, the Malir town President of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Jabbar Qureshi, was shot and killed in a target attack at Korangi Crossing. His companion Imdadullah was injured. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed an off duty police officer. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed a restaurant and shot and killed a man who served as a police officer under Saddam Hussein. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan, the Jama’at-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Panjgur General Secretary, Hafiz Ahtishamul Haq, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen while he was standing outside of his house in Kori Kohan. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat, Thailand, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a gift shop. The blast caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in the Takbai district, Narathiwat, Thailand, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the Anabarn Somthawin School. The blast caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the school. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, in the Tirah Sakorhi village of Kukikhel , Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, four people were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated at the shop of Nek Amal Khan. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, near Aden's International Airport in Aden, Adan, Yemen, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device inside a police vehicle. The blast killed one policeman, wounded three others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, near the Naditola district in Khunti, Jharkhand, India, an unidentified body of a civilian was found dead. The man's head had been crushed by a stone. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants were suspected.
10/30/2011: On Sunday, on a main street in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a lawyer. No group claimed responsibility.
10/30/2012: A grenade detonated at a popular tea shop in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. At least four civilians were killed and 12 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: A group of 20 assailants attacked Filipino soldiers and militia members as they were conducting peace operations in Liboron village, Don Victoriano Chiongbian municipality, Misamis Occidental province, Philippines. A soldier and a militia member were injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Filipino military officials attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/30/2012: A group of assailants threw incendiary devices at a passenger van carrying participants of Pasumpon village's Muthuramalinga Thevar Guru Pooja as they were traveling near Avaniyapuram municipality, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu state, India. At least seven people were killed and another 14 injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the police arrested 10 individuals, who stated that they carried out the attack to "intimidate" the Pooja participants.
10/30/2012: An assailant dressed in an Afghan police uniform opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in the Malgir area of Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two NATO soldiers identified as members of the British Royal Gurkha Rifles were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the assailant was a Taliban infiltrator.
10/30/2012: An explosive device detonated after being struck by a passenger vehicle in Maruf town, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Six people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Muhammad Ibrahim Akhundzada in the Diwana Varkh area of Deh Rawud district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Akhundzada, the head of the Uruzgan provincial council, escaped the attack unharmed; however, the vehicle was damaged in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: An explosive device detonated on a road close to a military station in Tunceli province, Turkey. Two civilians delivering food to the outpost were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/30/2012: Assailants abducted two employees from a high school in Nusaybin town, Mardin province, Turkey. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/30/2012: Assailants attacked the Chibuk Divisional Police Station in Chibuk town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four related attacks in the town of Chibuk on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
10/30/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in Ma'rib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/30/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at an electricity tower in the Ghitani area of Mach town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the targeted tower was partially damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: Assailants in a pickup truck opened fire on Mahama Ma-ae while he was traveling on Highway 401 in Khao Tum township, Yarang district, Pattani province, Thailand. Ma-ae, a Muslim religious teacher, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Garissa city, Garissa county, North Eastern province, Kenya. A police officer was killed and another person injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: Assailants opened fire on Mullah Karimulla Ibragimov's vehicle in Derbent city, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Ibragimov, a radical Islamic cleric, was killed along with his father and brother. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2012: Assailants set fire to a Bible school in Chibok town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four related attacks in the town of Chibuk on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the related incidents; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
10/30/2012: Assailants set fire to a primary school in Chibuk town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four related attacks in the town of Chibuk on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the related incidents; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
10/30/2012: Assailants set fire to multiple telecommunication masts owned by the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) firm in Chibuk town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four related attacks in the town of Chibuk on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the related incidents; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
10/30/2013: A explosives-laden vehicle detonated as soldiers were approaching it near Sheikh Zuwayid town, North Siani governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A roadside bomb detonated as a military vehicle was passing by in Sarwekai village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least five soldiers were killed and two other soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a police officer's vehicle in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and a police captain was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol near Udheim town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One police officer and one civilian were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi Army patrol in Al-Mokhisah village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A roadside explosive device detonated targeting soldiers in the village of Zatrai in South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and four were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A suicide bomber attempted to attack the tomb of Habib Bourguiba, the former president of Tunisia, in Monastir city, Monastir governorate, Tunisia. Police officials apprehended the assailant before he could detonate his explosives. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two similar incidents that occurred in Tunisia on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, Tunisian authorities arrested five Ansar al-Sharia members in connection with the attacks.
10/30/2013: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosives-laden laptop computer inside a government building in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Security forces were able to arrest the bomber before the attack was carried out. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint west of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, six other people were killed and 11 were injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks on this checkpoint on this day; this first blast was designed to draw first responders. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/30/2013: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives on a beach near the Riadh Palm hotel in Sousse city, Sousse governorate, Tunisia. After being denied entry to the aforementioned hotel, the assailant then detonated his explosives on the nearby beach. The bomber was killed in the blast and there were no other reported casualties. This was one of two similar incidents that occurred in Tunisia on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, Tunisian authorities arrested five Ansar al-Sharia members in connection with the attacks.
10/30/2013: An assailant attempted to throw a grenade at Turkish citizens doing road construction in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Government security forces protecting the construction workers opened fire, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/30/2013: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated near an auto parts market in the Double Road area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The explosion caused a fire, which ignited a gas cylinder, causing a second blast. At least five people were killed and 17 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device attached to police officer's vehicle detonated in Adhamiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The officer, a member of the anti-terrorism unit, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of an Interior Ministry employee detonated in the Adhamiya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The employee was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Yaiskul Bus Stop in western Imphal city, Manipur state, India. At least three people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device detonated in a marketplace in Udheim town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2013: An explosive device detonated near a market in Abu Ghraib city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a liquor store in Makhachkala, Dagestan republic, Russia. This was one of two bombings of liquor stores next to each other on this day; this first attack was intended to draw a crowd. At least one person was killed and 17 people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/30/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a liquor store in Makhachkala, Dagestan republic, Russia. This was one of two bombings of liquor stores next to each other on this day; this second attack targeted the crowd drawn by the earlier blast. At least one person was killed and 17 people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/30/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The police vehicle was damaged in the blast; there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in a market in Ramgram town, Western development region, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Charanga area of Bhimeshwar town, Central development zone, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Murad Market in Shabqadar town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused on Whitewell road in northern Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An unknown number of landmines were discovered and defused in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An unknown number of landmines were discovered and defused in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An unknown number of landmines were discovered and defused in Nawozad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: An unknown number of landmines were discovered and defused in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants attacked a convoy in Muxungue district, Sofala province, Mozambique. At least five people were injured and several vehicles were damaged in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/30/2013: Assailants attacked a Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) candidate and activists in Dailekh area, Mid-Western region, Nepal. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya).
10/30/2013: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in the Peer Koti area, Paktika province, Afghanistan. At least one police officer was killed and one was wounded in the assault; one assailant was killed and four were wounded by return fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants attacked locals in Shallouh area of Talkalakh city, Homs governorate, Syria. At least 11 people were killed and seven were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants detonated a petrol bomb near the car of the Vice President of Nepali Congress, Ramchandra Paudel, in Tanahun district, Western development region, Nepal. No injuries were reported; however, the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya) was involved.
10/30/2013: Assailants fired rockets at the Mazraa mosque in the Damaj area near Saada city, Saada governorate, Yemen. At least four people were killed and 14 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
10/30/2013: Assailants fired shells towards the airport in Gao city, Gao region, Mali. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim Fundamentalists.
10/30/2013: Assailants fired two rockets at a house where Pakistani Army rescue personnel were stationed in Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants killed Abdul Ghayas Muhammad Hasni, a tribal leader, in the Koshak area of Khuzdar town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants launched a mortar at a residential area in Ghani Khail town, Wardak province, Afghanistan. At least four people were killed and one person was injured in the blast; the victims were all from the same family. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that the Taliban was involved.
10/30/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a police officer in Dand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The police officer, who was a female was injured, and her son was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/30/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on the vehicle of Colonel Qasim al-Maflahi in Yemen. Colonel Al-Maflahi, the Dhamar Central Prison Director, was not injured in the attack; however, one of the Colonel's escort was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants opened fire on Alfredo Aldover's vehicle in Barangay Poblacion in San Pascual city, Batangas province, Philippines. Aldover, a former vice mayor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) convoy in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. At least one police officer and four civilians were killed and a second police officer was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/30/2013: Assailants opened fire on an ambulance at a police checkpoint west of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One medic was killed and three people were wounded in the shooting. This was one of two attacks on this checkpoint on this day; the shooting targeted medical workers responding to the first blast. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
10/30/2013: Assailants opened fire on troops of the 18 Mahur Regiment as they were on patrol in Bhalukjhora village, Assam state, India. One assailant was killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants set fire to a Nepali Congress Party (NC) campaign jeep in Lamatiya village, Mid Western development region, Nepal. The jeep belonged to candidate Sushila Chaudhary, who was unharmed in the attack; however, the jeep was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants tossed two pipe bombs at a police vehicle in Kinatintavida town, Kerala state, India. When the vehicle stopped, four more pipe bombs were thrown at the vehicle; five of the bombs detonated. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2013: Assailants with machine guns and rockets attacked a National Security building in Aden city, Aden governorate, Yemen. At least two people, including one soldier, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/30/2013: At least 30 assailants attacked a pig farm in Libona municipality, Bukidnon province, Philippines. The attackers tied up the farm owners, burned sacks of animal feed, and attacked the pigs that were kept on the farm. No group claimed responsibility; however, military sources attribute the attack to Front 68, a subgroup of the New People's Army (NPA).
10/30/2013: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Wichan Chadarat near a community library in Panare district, Pattani province, Thailand. Chadarat, a government official, was killed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: A remote-controlled bomb detonated targeting a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in Hazarganji area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast, but some nearby houses were damaged. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was retaliation for the killing of three Baloch youths.
10/30/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Mandera town, Mandera county, Kenya. No one was injured in the blast, but a vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: A roadside landmine detonated as the Dharkenley district commissioner passed in Huriwa district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The commissioner, Adan Mohamed Omar, was not injured; however, four guards were wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a National Intelligence Security Agency (NISA) vehicle detonated in Bondhere district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One person, an NISA official, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
10/30/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck at an army checkpoint in Ajdabiya town, Al Wahat district, Libya. No one aside from the bomber was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: An explosive device detonated as assailants were planting it to target security forces in Akhunzada village, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/30/2014: An explosive device detonated in Regi area, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three civilians riding a tractor were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, but stated that the victims were intelligence officials.
10/30/2014: An explosive device detonated in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Merca, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings targeting AMISOM personnel in Merca on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab carried out the attacks.
10/30/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy responding to a previous attack in Merca, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings targeting AMISOM personnel in Merca on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab carried out the attacks.
10/30/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants abducted an alleged police informer in Pantimetla area, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. The victim was killed shortly after the abduction. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/30/2014: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Bani Bangou town, Tillaberi region, Niger. There were no reported casualties from the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Tillaberi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants attacked a prison in Ouallam town, Ouallam department, Tillaberi region, Niger. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but several prisoners were able to escape. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Tillaberi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants attacked a refugee camp in Mangaize town, Tillaberi department, Tillaberi region, Niger. Two assailants and nine security force members were killed and six people, including an unstated number of assailants, were injured in the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Tillaberi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants attacked an oil pipeline in Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the oil supply was disrupted. This was one of three attacks on pipelines in Marib on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants attacked civilians with machetes in the town of Kampi, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 18 people were killed and seven people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/30/2014: Assailants attacked peshmerga forces in Kobashi area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/30/2014: Assailants executed 75 members of the Albu-Nimer tribe in Hit town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a 39th Armored Brigade soldier in Al-Mahfad district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a convoy of Afghan Border Police (ABP) and Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) near Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed and three ABP officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a group of people at a restaurant in Afmadow city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on Fadl Al Majidi in Huta city, Lahij governorate, Yemen. Majidi, a police commander, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Ibrahim in Akhund Baba village, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Ibrahim, the local director of the literacy department, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on Qalandar Bakhsh in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Bakhsh, a police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) responsible for security at an imambargah, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants raided Vimtim town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. At least one person, the son of the Emir of Mubi, was killed and a residence belonging to the Ministry of Defense Chief of Staff and a hospital were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/30/2014: Assailants set fire to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat building in Port Harcourt city, Rivers state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants shelled a reservoir in Gorlivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2014: Assailants shelled the city of Novotoshkivske, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One person was killed and an unstated number of people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/30/2014: Assailants stormed a security headquarters in Ibb city, Ibb governorate, Yemen. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
10/30/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device outside of an imambargah in Gulistan-i-Johar area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people were wounded in the blast. Tehrik-e-Khilafat claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an armored police vehicle in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least seven people were injured in the blast; the casualties include both civilians and police officers. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: A roadside bomb was discovered and defused in Rapanpalli forest area, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security post in Chah Anjeer area, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Five soldiers were killed and ten soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: An assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier at a junction between Ramallah and Beit El, West Bank. The assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/30/2015: An assailant stabbed and wounded United States student at a light rail station on Bar-Lev Street in Old City, East Jerusalem, West Bank. Police officers opened fire in response, killing the assailant and wounding an Israeli civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated in Hayy Al Qahirah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Armed Forces patrol in Sandana, Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one soldier was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near police officers near Phron subdistrict, Muang Yala district, Yala province, Thailand. Three police officers were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) was involved.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near soldiers in Tambon Ban Hae, Than To district, Yala province, Thailand. One ranger and one soldier were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Yala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) was involved.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near two vehicles in Dunlavin, Wicklow county, Ireland. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of a residential building in Batawin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at Farooq Shah Market in Thal, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in a civilian residence in the Blanchardstown neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: Approximately 30 assailants attacked Genevieve Gbadin Chour in Nguerengou village, Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic. Chour, the sub-prefect of Damara, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Anti-Balaka Militia.
10/30/2015: Assailants abducted Brujlal Tulavi and Anil Kalko, two local villagers, from Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Tulavi and Kalko were killed shortly after the kidnapping. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Brujlal Tulavi and Anil Kalko were targeted for operating a police informant network.
10/30/2015: Assailants abducted two Concern Worldwide aid workers in Kibua town, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both aid workers were released unharmed a few hours later in Kashebere town. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction.
10/30/2015: Assailants armed with sharp-edged weapons attacked two Special Police Officers (SPO) near Sawargaon village, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra state, India. The two officers were killed in the attack. According to pamphlets discovered at the scene, Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/30/2015: Assailants attacked a military convoy between Badiana and Djinaki villages, Bignona district, Ziguinchor, Senegal. An unspecified number of assailants were killed and four soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance.
10/30/2015: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Afmadow district, Lower Juba region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/30/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoints in Khak Yarak area, Pasaband district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/30/2015: Assailants attacked Kursenga Ballar Sha in Kheriguda village, Tiryani subdistrict, Telangana state, India. Sha, a civilian, was killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Kursenga Ballar Sha was targeted because they believed he was a police informant and involved in a 1995 encounter.