00/00/2014: Sometime between February 23 and March 1, 2014, assailants attacked the 115th Infantry Brigade in Lawdar district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Two soldiers and two assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
00/00/2014: Sometime between July 23 and August 6, 2014, assailants attacked internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were farming in Mukjar area, Central Darfur state, Sudan. Three people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Janjaweed.
00/00/2014: Sometime between September 28 and October 1, 2014, assailants abducted a former Filipino Army master sergeant, Lino Filipino, from his home in Tanay area, Rizal province, Philippines. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
00/00/2014: Sometime between September 28 and October 4, 2014, assailants attacked and killed a Muslim civilian in his vehicle east of Bambari city, Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anti-Balaka militia.
00/00/2014: Sometime between September 28 and October 4, 2014, four explosive devices were discovered and defused near a school at the San Andres de Pisimbala reservation in Cauca department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Ambrosio Gonzalez Mobile Column of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/00/2006: American soldiers discovered three decapitated bodies on a soccer field west of Baghdad, Iraq. It is unknown when the attack took place, who the victims were, or who was responsible.
01/00/2006: At least two Qassam rockets were launched by unknown perpetrators in the Gaza Strip toward Sederot, Israel. Both landed in open areas in the western Negev, and no damage or casualties were reported. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/00/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq, police found the bodies of 11 men inside a truck that were handcuffed, blindfolded, and shot. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, but some suspect that sectarian death squads perpetrated the attack.
01/00/2006: Twenty students from Basra, Iraq were wounded when an explosive charge planted by gunmen near the wall of the Al-Sina'ah Elementary School building in Al-Andalus detonated. A British soldier was also slightly wounded. The perpetrators of this attack are unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/00/2006: Unidentified armed men set fire to a middle school for girls in Farah Province of Afghanistan after overpowering the school’s security guards. No casualties were reported. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban have been responsible for similar attacks in the past.
01/00/2006: Unidentified assailants shot and killed a butcher who supplied the Iraqi Army in Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/00/2013: Sometime between January 2, 2013 and January 23, 2013, perpetrators kidnapped Asmatullah Kharoti from an unknown location in Afghanistan. Kharoti's body was found, bearing torture marks and gunshot wounds, on a roadside on January 23rd, 2013 in South Waziristan, Pakistan. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident in a note appended to the body. The note said that Kharoti had been killed because he was a spy who had implanted tracking devices in digital Korans that he had given as a present to Mullah Nazir, a commander who was later killed by a drone strike.
01/00/2013: Sometime between January 7, 2013 and January 12, 2013, a female journalist was kidnapped from an unknown location in Afghanistan. Her body was found on January 13, 2013, in Chaki district, Wardak province. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2014: Sometime between December 25, 2013 and January 8, 2014, assailants kidnapped Mukesh Kumar in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Kumar, a trader, was killed during an unsuccessful rescue attempt on January 21, 2014. Jaish-e-Islam claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/00/2014: Sometime between January 1 and January 31, 2014, assailants abducted Farooq from Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Farooq, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker, was killed and his body was discovered in Nooriabad on February 27, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2014: Sometime between January 1 and January 6, 2014, assailants threw grenades at a cinema in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four people were killed and 31 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2014: Sometime between January 1, 2014 and January 31, 2014, assailants abducted a Dutch citizen from Norte de Santander department, Colombia. The hostage was released on February 11, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/00/2015: Assailants fired explosive devices at Svitlodarsk town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, gas pipelines and electricity towers were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2015: At some point between January 15 and January 18, 2015 assailants attacked a bridge along the Moguang-Phakant road in Hpakant district, Kachin state, Myanmar. This attack represents one of five bridges attacked along the same road in a four-day span. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to The Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
01/00/2015: At some point between January 15 and January 18, 2015, assailants attacked a bridge along the Moguang-Phakant road in Hpakant district, Kachin state, Myanmar. This attack represents one of five bridges attacked along the same road in a four-day span. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to The Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
01/00/2015: Sometime between January 1, 2015 and January 30, 2015, assailants threw a grenade at an under-construction building on Bawany Road in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. Muhim Khan, a Lashkar-e-Balochistan member, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 1 and January 31, 2016, assailants attacked and killed Khudaidad, a local police commander, in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar attacks targeting local police commanders that occurred in Baghlani Jadid district during January 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 1 and January 31, 2016, assailants attacked and killed Salar, a local police commander, in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar attacks targeting local police commanders that occurred in Baghlani Jadid district during January 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 1 and January 31, 2016, assailants attacked and killed Shamsullah, a local police commander, in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar attacks targeting local police commanders that occurred in Baghlani Jadid district during January 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 1, 2016 and January 31, 2016, assailants set fire to St. John of the Cross Church in Aylsham, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 1, 2016 and January 31, 2016, assailants threw grenades at electricity transmission lines in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. Maheem Khan, a member of Lashkar-e-Balochistan, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 17, 2016 and January 21, 2016, assailants threw a petrol bomb at a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus in Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 24 and February 3, 2016, assailants raided and set fire to the house of Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander Mohammad Nabi in Qalay-i-Zal district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the raid. This was one of six related attacks in the district over a 10-day period. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/00/2016: Sometime between January 24 and February 3, 2016, assailants raided and set fire to the house of an Afghan Local Police (ALP) member in Qalay-i-Zal district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the raid. This was one of six related attacks in the district over a 10-day period. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/00/2017: Sometime between January 1, 2017 and January 7, 2017, an explosive device detonated near Cameroon Armed Forces (FAC) soldiers in an unknown location of Cameroon. At least one soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/00/2017: Sometime between January 15, 2017 and January 21, 2017, an explosive device detonated targeting the Cano-Limon Convenas pipeline in Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of seven attacks on the pipeline during the same week. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/00/2017: Sometime between January 16, 2017 and January 31, 2017, assailants entered a school in Lassa, Sahel, Burkina Faso. The assailants required that the educators teach Arabic or close the school. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
01/00/2017: Sometime between January 22, 2017 and January 28, 2017, three assailants attacked and killed Imaji Omojayi, a traditional ruler, in Oganenigu, Kogi, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/1998: Hutu Rebels attacked a Burundi military target at Bujumbura Airport. The attack resulted in 104 fatalities, including 100 perpetrators, and six injuries.
01/01/1998: In Russia, a small bomb hidden in a purse and left in an underground passage of the Moscow Metro system exploded, injuring three transportation workers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/1998: The breakaway Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) claimed responsibility for the murder of Eddie Trainor, a 31 year old Catholic, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The victim was killed by machine gun fire. No one else was injured or killed in the attack.
01/01/1999: A car bomb exploded at approximately 7:00 p.m. on New Year's Day in a parking lot outside of the complex housing the Nu Metro cinema at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. Two passersby were slightly injured. A caller to a radio station later claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of a Islamic group, but the group later disavowed any part in the action.
01/01/1999: A United Nations (UN) chartered C-130 cargo plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed 20 minutes after it took off from Huambo, Angola, about 300 miles southeast of Luanda. The aircraft had four UN workers and four crewmembers on board. The Angola government accused National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) of carrying out this attack.
01/01/2000: A bank in Gernika, Vizcaya Province, was attacked with petrol bombs by unknown perpetrators. Damage was caused to the reception area and windows were broken. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
01/01/2000: A Civil Guard barracks in Galdacano, Vizcaya Province was attacked by Basque radicals with 36 petrol bombs. One person was injured and an unknown amount of damage was done to the facilities.
01/01/2000: A pipe bomb exploded outside an Istanbul pharmacy. There were no casualties and minor damage to the building in this attack by un known perpetrators.
01/01/2000: A Romany (gypsy) house in Pec, Kosovo, was bombed by unknown perpetrators, injuring one person.
01/01/2000: A Serb woman and girl were fired on by unknown attackers in Gorazdevac, Kosovo. Serbs from Gorazdevac protested by blocking a road from the village toward Pec.
01/01/2000: An Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) pipeline was blown up with a time bomb in Kakotibari. It was suspected that the United Liberation Front of Assam was responsible. No one was killed or injured.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, approximately 10 bombs exploded near the Laldighi venue of the public meeting of the Awami League (AL). No casualties were suffered in this attack.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, at 6:30pm local time a three hour battle began between unidentified opposition activists and police and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) paramilitaries at the Bahaddarhat bus-stand. At least 30 people were injured and 12 individuals were arrested in this attack.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, at approximately 11:30 am local time, five youths riding in an autorickshaw arrived at the Chittagong Press Club and threw nine bombs, including four petrol bombs, at the club building. Windows panes of the building were damaged, as was the Agrani Bank, which was situated on the premises. Four of the devices did not explode and were later defused by the police.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, at approximately 7:00 pm local time, one luxury bus, private car and three rickshaws were set on fire by a mob in front of the Chittagong EPZ gate.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, at approximately 7:00 pm local time, perpetrators threw bricks at the on-duty police in the port area, injuring one. Sporadic bombings on the port also occurred throughout the evening.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, at approximately 7:30 pm local time, several bombs were detonated at the Chittagong Circuit House.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, bomb blasts occurred in the Agrabad Commercial area of Chittagong.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, bombs were detonated at the New Market and Reazuddin Bazar area.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, bombs were hurled at trucks carrying ballot boxes throughout Chittagong. No casualties resulted, but two undisclosed persons were arrested in these attacks.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, Faruq Khaled Chowdhury, a commissioner candidate of Chawkbazar ward was injured when perpetrators fired at him from an autorickshaw, while he was campaigning in the Chandanpura area of Chittagong.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, more than 100 bombs were detonated and at least 12 vehicles were damaged in the Chawkbazar area of Chittagong.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation office was targeted.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, the Lucky Plaza shopping center at Agrabad was bombed, injuring one person.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, the Port Administrative Building was attacked.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers around Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, unidentified perpetrators threw bombs at a police van in the Kadamtali area of Chittagong, injuring two police constables.
01/01/2000: In a series of related incidents, numerous bombs were detonated by unidentified attackers in Chittagong, Bangladesh, in an attempt to disrupt Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on January 3, 2000. In this incident, over 100 bombs detonated, amid heavy gunfire, in the Bahadderhat area of Chittagong at approximately 6:30 pm local time. The violence and ensuing panic forced shopkeepers and other businesses to shut down for the day, but there were no causalties reported. The perpetrators also set fire to an autorickshaw in the area. The situation improved after police intervened at about 7:00 pm, but later deteriorated again.
01/01/2000: In the first of two related incidents, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) members attacked a tavern in the village of Muitjiku, Namibia. The owner of the tavern fired back at UNITA, injuring some of the rebels.
01/01/2000: In the second of two related incidents, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) attacked the Bush Babies nightclub in the village of Muitjiku, Namibia, injuring seven and kidnapping 20. The fate of the hostages was not known.
01/01/2000: Members of Lashkar-e Taiba attacked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 68 battalion camp at Umorha Morhcamp in Udhampur, killing one and injuring two.
01/01/2000: Over six people were killed and ten were injured when their truck was attacked by a group of armed men. The victims were milk traders leaving Mogadishu. The attack was suspected to be clan-based revenge.
01/01/2001: The United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC - Las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) kidnapped 24 peasants in Northeastern Colombia. 17 were released on January 7, 2001 after it was clear they had no connection to the guerilla organizations in the area. The fate of the rest of the hostages was unknown.
01/01/2001: The wall of an Anglican Church was partially destroyed by an explosive charge causing extensive property damage. The explosive charge was placed in a waste bin outside the church in the Tawahi district in Aden, Yemen. There were no reported injuries or fatalities and the group responsible was unknown.
01/01/2002: A bomb exploded in Pentecost Church in Palu, Indonesia. At least three people were severely wounded, including two policemen.
01/01/2002: A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of 'Area-51, a nightclub in the southern district of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan injuring 12 New Years revelers. No one claimed responsibility or was apprehended.
01/01/2002: A grenade exploded outside of Bulungan fried chicken restaurant in south Jakarta, Indonesia, seriously injuring one person, and damaging a car. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/01/2002: A vehicle carrying US special operations forces came under fire while traveling along the highway between Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad. A US military spokesman said a soldier was shot in the leg but his condition was not serious. The unidentified assailants fled the scene.
01/01/2002: An Indian army camp was attacked by militants at Waripora Tangmarg, India. The militants escaped after firing on army personnel with automatic weapons. No injuries or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2002: Approximately 40 hooded assailants hurled Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices at a unidentified Spanish bank in Guernica, Spain. The perpetrators also assaulted local police patrols arriving on the scene. There were no reports of casualties. No one claimed responsibility for the incident but police suspected Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) involvement. This was one of four banks attacked.
01/01/2002: In Setif, Algeria, soldiers and members of self-defense groups on a search operation were ambushed by terrorists. One member of the self-defense group was shot in the leg and one soldier was injured in a fall.
01/01/2002: Rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) raided a farming village in Maguindanao's Shariff Aguak town in the Philippines and set at least three houses on fire after its owners refused to shell out ‘revolutionary taxes’. The attack forced some 600 families to evacuate. The rebels fled when Philippine army troops arrived.
01/01/2002: Suspected Islamic rebels killed six members of a Hindu family in Dangu Pir, India. The head of the family, a former Indian soldier, was tortured before being shot.
01/01/2002: Suspected Kashmiri militants shot dead three Indian army personnel and seriously injured four after ambushing their vehicle at Dangu Pir in Kangra district, 90 km north of Indian state Himachal Pradesh bordering Punjab. The militants fired rockets from a mountain top and fired indiscriminately, killing two soldiers on the spot and wounding four, one of whom died on way to the hospital.
01/01/2002: Suspected Muslim militants entered the house of Mohammad Akbar Khan in Bandipora in Jammu and Kashmir, and killed him with an unspecified firearm. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/01/2003: Guerrillas of the 48th Front of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) were accused of planting eleven explosive charges on the Trans-Andean Pipeline between the villages of Puerto Colon and San Miguel, and in the Balestra region. The explosions resulted in the pipeline being shut down while technicians of the Colombian Petroleum Enterprise (Ecopetrol) replaced the damaged pipes.
01/01/2003: In the village of Oktyabr, Chechnya; an unknown number of assailants attacked a district police post temporarily located in a private residence leaving a policeman and the owner of the house dead. The perpetrators were presumed to be members of a bandit group active in Chechnya's Kurchaloi district.
01/01/2003: Indonesian police, investigating the shooting of two women including the wife of a known human rights campaigner, came under fire from unknown gunmen in the Papuan capital Jayapura. One military officer accompanying the policemen was wounded when three bullets hit his car
01/01/2003: Jugs of gasoline, which were set under three vehicles at Bob Ferrando Ford Lincoln Mercury in Girard, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. were set ablaze. Two pickup trucks, one sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a car were destroyed. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that it targeted SUVs in a fight "to remove the profit motive from the killing of the natural environment."
01/01/2004: A homemade explosive was detonated near a state sponsored peace rally in Srinagar, India. There are conflicting reports as to the specific target of the explosion. However, there was a high profile state sponsored peace rally not far from the actual location of the explosion. It seems the bomb was detonated prematurely, and the intended target was in fact the peace rally. The group affiliation of the perpetrator is unknown, however, Muslim groups protesting Indian control of Kashmir are suspected of involvement. The peace rally was an attempt to promote upcoming peace talks between India and Pakistan over the status of Kashmir.
01/01/2004: Colombian guerrillas launched 11 coordinated attacks against separate oil installations throughout southwestern Colombia. Authorities suspect the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia of committing the attacks. The rebels used explosives to disrupt the flow of oil through the state run pipeline, which transports 30,000 barrels of oil a day.
01/01/2004: Palestinian militants crossed into Israeli territory from the Gaza strip and fired a rocket at the Kfar Aza settlement, a small kibbutz on the outskirts of Sderot. The Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the attack through a website affiliated with HAMAS. The attack was said to be in retaliation to the Zionist occupation, however, no injuries were reported.
01/01/2004: Unidentified militants disguised themselves as Indian soldiers and attacked commuters at the Jammu rail station. The ensuing gun-battle lasted several hours with both perpetrators killed, as well as 4 Indian police. The attack comes one day before a regional summit on the status of Kashmir and is believed to be an effort to derail the summit. The attackers are suspected Muslim militants with potential ties to Pakistan.
01/01/2005: A girl was wounded when an unknown assailant threw a grenade at a house belonging to Nikola Munjiza in Tukovi, Bosnia and Herzegovina. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2005: A mortar was fired at the Netzarim settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2005: A Qassam rocket was fired at the Elei Sinai settlement. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. No damage was reported.
01/01/2005: A suicide bomber killed four people employed with the security firms Kroll Inc. and Bearing Point after ramming his vehicle into theirs in Baghdad, Iraq. The bomb exploded near Baghdad’s green zone killing three British workers and an American. The bomber was targeting a US manned checkpoint near the green zone. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/01/2005: Anti-tank rockets were fired at the Neve Deqalim settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2005: Approximately 150 members of the Etnocacerista Movement attacked and took over the police station in Andahuaylas, Peru. The perpetrators killed four police officers and took 10 others hostage in the armed intrusion. The movement’s leader, Antauro Humala, said that the objective was to force Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to resign and to protest the government's decision to impose early retirement on more than 250 military and police officers. Peruvian troops launched an assault on the station on January 3, 2005, to regain control. The outcome of the hostage situation was not known.
01/01/2005: In a series of arson attacks, assailants set fire to the Baan Koto Duera School in the Raman district of Yala Province, Thailand. Telephone booths, and a garage of a local resident were also set on fire at the same time.
01/01/2005: Joshua Hall set arson to the Burgess pulp mill, damaging logging equipment and an office trailer owned by T.R. Dillon Logging.  There were no casualties reported in the incident, and the monetary extent of damage is unknown.  Hall was later convicted in the incident, but the motivations are unclear.
01/01/2005: Suspected Maoists ambushed police and military forces in Malbase, Nepal. Members of the Royal Nepalese Army’s Second Brigade were clearing obstructions placed on the Koshi Highway when the perpetrators attacked them. Eight soldiers and four policemen were killed while another 10 security personnel were injured in the ambush attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2005: Suspected members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) killed 17 people in Tame, Colombia. The perpetrators accused the victims of helping self dense groups in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2005: Unknown attackers detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) hidden on a scooter in an attempt to assassinate Ravinder Kotwal, an Indian Deputy Inspector General. The IED detonated via remote control as Kotwal was passing by the scooter in his vehicle in Anantnag, India. The explosion injured 17 people including Kotwal and nine other policemen. Several surrounding buildings were damaged in the explosion as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2007:  A small bomb was thrown at a mosque in Chaing Mai, Thailand, injuring a janitor.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2007: Thirteen people were killed in two ambushes in southern Sudan by suspected fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/01/2007: Two civilians were wounded in gunfire as Hamas abducted 7 members of Al-Fatah who, in turn, also abducted a total of 10 members of Hamas in an incident in northern Gaza, Palestine.
01/01/2008:  A bomb exploded at the offices of a branch of the Komercijalna Banka, a Serb bank, in the south of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo causing considerable damage but no injuries.
01/01/2008:  A joint group of fighters from the National Resistance Brigades of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Al-Aqsa Brigades of Fatah and the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), claimed responsibility for firing three homemade projectiles at the Israeli town of Sderot, in western Negev.
01/01/2008:  A suicide bomber killed at least 36 people and wounded 30 others at a gathering in Baghdad to mourn the death of a retired Shia army officer.
01/01/2008:  A total of five bombs exploded at two hotels in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok municipality in the early hours of January 1, injuring 32 people, two of them critically.
01/01/2008:  Al Qaeda fighters kidnapped a farmer and two of his sons in in a small village near the town of Dhuluiya 90 kilometers north of Baghdad, and also stole 200 of the farmer's sheep. One of the farmer's three sons was killed. The al-Qaida fighters also stole the family tractor as well as several civilian vehicles from the nearby houses in the village.
01/01/2008:  An ambush in Salahuddin province killed one Iraqi police officer and injured six others, including the Salam Iraqi police commander. The report added that three Iraqi National Police officers also were injured in the attack.
01/01/2008:  An explosive device went off near an Iraqi army patrol in Zab, wounding three soldiers. The jdsklf of the Al-Fatihin Army (AFA) claimed responsibility for the attack on their website.
01/01/2008:  Between 3-5 men with guns and grenades ambushed the Central Reserve Police Force recruitment centre  in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India early yesterday (Tuesday), in an attack that killed seven police officers and one rickshaw puller. The men opened fire at the centre located in Rampur over 250 kilometers north-west of state capital Lucknow at about 2:20 am. After they shot and killed two police officers and the rickshaw puller, the men threw a grenade over the gate of the centre which killed 5 more officers. Five reserve officers and two constables from the state police were also injured in the gun battle.  No group has claimed responsibility but it is suspected that the Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba are the attackers. They were not captured.
01/01/2008:  Four Pakistani troops were abducted in South Waziristan as they moved toward their base.  In a phone call to media Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar confirmed the troops had been seized by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization of Pakistani Taliban.
01/01/2008:  In Burdwan a group of assailants, suspected of having connections with the Maoists, killed the 52-year-old Sisir Chatterjee, a CPI-M zonal committee member, in the Mangalkot area.
01/01/2008:  In Diyala, nine Iraqi soldiers were wounded when bombs exploded as the soldiers came to reinforce a checkpoint in the province that had been attacked by insurgents.
01/01/2008:  In Eldoret, Kenya, tribal militia burned a church to the ground killing all 50 people inside.
01/01/2008:  In Jalawlah, a village northeast of Muqdadiya in Diyala Province, there was an abduction, and subsequent and killing of five relatives. One of the five killed was a policeman. The perpetrators were not identified .
01/01/2008:  John Granville, a 33-year-old official with the US Agency for International Development, and his Sudanese driver were killed by gunmen in a passing car who cut them off while driving in Sudan's capital.
01/01/2008:  Leftist guerrillas shot dead Pahalan Kumar Majhi in Purulia district after the insurgents dragged him out of his home.
01/01/2008:  One army soldier was killed and another wounded when their convoy was ambushed by a group of militants in the Kohe Safi area of the north-eastern province of Parwan.
01/01/2008:  Police in Khost killed a would-be suicide bomber who was carrying hand grenades as he tried to enter a police checkpoint.
01/01/2008:  Prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian Thiagarajah Maheswaran of the main opposition United National Party was shot dead at a Hindu temple. One of his bodyguards was also killed.
01/01/2008:  Suspected communist rebels have raided the base camp of the Tampakan copper and gold mining project in the Philippines, burning two buildings and firing grenade launchers and automatic weapons. No one was injured.
01/01/2008:  Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead four policemen in the state of Bihar.
01/01/2008:  Suspected militants attacked two police stations, a luxury hotel and a night club in Nigeria's oil city Port Harcourt yesterday leaving 18 people dead.
01/01/2008:  Taliban fighters fired eight rockets on Pul-i-Alam, capital city of the central Logar province at around 11 pm last night causing no casualties. The rockets hit the outskirts of the city along the mountains. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack and also claimed that some officers were killed as a result. However, Logar Police Chief Gen. Ghulam Mustafa Muhsini confirmed that there were no casualties.
01/01/2008:  Taliban fighters had carried out an attack on a police checkpoint in the border Mangan area of Balamorghab district of the province.  A police vehicle was damaged, one policeman was killed and two others were wounded.
01/01/2008:  Taliban insurgents carried out a rocket attack on the house of Police Chief Col. Salih Mohammad of Zal district in the northern Kunduz province.  There were no casualties and the house was partially damaged by the one rocket during that evening.
01/01/2008:  Taliban insurgents claim torching five vehicles supposedly carrying logistic supplies to the foreign forces stationed in the southeastern Paktia province.
01/01/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1425, the first bomb of a series of three bomb attacks occurred in a market place in Birubari area of Guwahati, Assam, India. The bomb was planted in a GMC garbage bin near the Assam Association of the Deaf office and used steel ball bearings. The second bombing occurred at 1725 at a marketplace in the Bootnath area. The third bombing occurred at 1740 at a marketplace in Bhangagarh. The two bombs were attached to bicycles and were packed with steel balls. The combined casualties of all the attacks are five dead and 50 wounded. Two of the deceased were identified as Amal Das (45) and Kohil Sheikh (7). A shop, a market and the garbage dumpster were damaged in the attack. Police said the serial blasts took place as Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram was on an official visit to Guwahati to review security in India's restive northeast. A senior security official said that one of the bombs went off near the route the home minister was scheduled to take. Police suspect the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to be responsible. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday afternoon at about 1300, in Sundhara area, Kathmandu, Nepal, assailants detonated a bomb, wounding one Indian child. Bimal Kumar Gupta (16), was selling his garments when the bomb exploded near the Kathmandu Mall in front of the post office, injuring his left leg. The bomb was reportedly concealed in a white plastic bag. Gupta was admitted to Bir Hospital for treatment. The blast did not cause any damage to the property. Ranbir Sena claimed responsibility. According to police, a pamphlet of the group was recovered from the blast site. The police said three people were detained for questioning.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening at 1725, the second bomb of a series of three bomb attacks occurred in a market place in Bhootnath area of Guwahati, Assam, India. The bomb was attached to a bicycle and used steel ball bearings. The first bombing occurred at 1425 in a GMC garbage dumpster in Birubari, Guwahati near the Assam Association of the Deaf office. The third bombing occurred at 1740 at a marketplace in Bhangagarh. The bomb was also attached to a bicycle and used steel ball bearings. The combined casualties of all the attacks are five dead and 50 wounded. Two of the deceased were identified as Amal Das (45) and Kohil Sheikh (7). A shop, a market and the garbage dumpster were damaged in the attack. Police said the serial blasts took place as Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram was on an official visit to Guwahati to review security in India's restive northeast. A senior security official said that one of the bombs went off near the route the home minister was scheduled to take. Police suspect the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to be responsible. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening at 1740, the third bomb of a series of three bomb attacks occurred near a road in Bhangagarh area of Guwahati, Assam, India. The first bombing occurred at 1425 in a GMC garbage bin near the Assam Association of the Deaf office and used steel ball bearings. The second bombing occurred at 1725 at a marketplace in the Bootnath area. The bomb was also attached to a bicycle and used steel ball bearings. The combined casualties of all the attacks are five dead and 50 wounded. Two of the deceased were identified as Amal Das (45) and Kohil Sheikh (7). A shop, a market and the garbage dumpster were damaged in the attack. Police said the serial blasts took place as Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram was on an official visit to Guwahati to review security in India's restive northeast. A senior security official said that one of the bombs went off near the route the home minister was scheduled to take. Police suspect the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to be responsible. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening at about 1700, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty Facilities Protection Service guard. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening, in Ashqelon, Southern District Israel, assailants fired eight Muqawamah-type rockets and four mortars at communities and a military base, causing no injuries or damage. National Resistance Brigades claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening, in Sa'ad, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired eight Muqawamah-type rockets and four mortars at communities and a military base, causing no injuries or damage.  National Resistance Brigades claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening, in Sederot, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired eight Muqawamah-type rockets and four mortars at communities and a military base, causing no injuries or damage.  National Resistance Brigades claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday evening, near Nahal 'Oz, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired eight Muqawamah-type rockets and four mortars at communities and a military base, causing no injuries or damage.  National Resistance Brigades claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, an unknown number of al Shabaab insurgents attacked AU peacekeepers using mortars killing at least eight people and wounding at least 10 near the KM4 and Bakara market.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, armed militants fired at a passenger jeep in Inagongan village, Tagoloan town, Lanao del Norte province, injuring six civilians. No group claimed responsibility, although the Moro Islamic Liberation Front was suspected to be responsible.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan assailants fired on a former mayor from Vardak Province, wounding several security guards.  The former mayor, Anayatullah Rasooli, was not injured.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, Brig. Kawa Ghareeb, the director of the Kirkuk Police Academy, survived an attempt on his life when a sticky IED attached to his vehicle detonated in central Kirkuk. There were no casualties or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, in Mendli, Diyala, Iraq, three civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near their car in the Nada region. The blast damaged the car and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, militants took three civilians hostage who were accused of spying for the United States in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The body of one civilian was found hanging upside down in a tree. The two other bodies were found on a road side covered in bullet wounds on 01/05/2009. Notes left with the bodies state that the men were spies for the United States. No group claimed responsibility, though its believed that the Taliban were responsible.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, on the main road near Beit Ummer, north of Hebron, West Bank and Gaza Strip, an explosive charge was hurled at a settler bus. No casualties were reported. The amount of damage caused is unknown. No claims of responsibility have been made.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, Taliban militants executed an alleged kidnapper in public in Kurram, FATA, Pakistan. The method of execution was hanging.
01/01/2009: On Thursday, Taliban militants fired six rockets on government offices in Khar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four civilians were killed and 16 were injured.
01/01/2010: On Friday afternoon, in the Dwamand district of Khost, Afghanistan, four security guards for a road construction crew were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday late in the day, in one of three related attacks, around 50 unknown militants blew up a basic health unit after first planting bombs in two schools for boys in Malangi area of Warh Mamond Tehsil, Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The five-room building of a primary school was destroyed completely and seven to eight rooms of the 14 or 15-room high school were destroyed. No damages were reported in the attack on the health unit. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday late in the day, in one of three related attacks, around 50 unknown militants planted bombs in two schools for boys in Malangi area of Warh Mamond Tehsil, Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The five-room building of a primary school was destroyed completely and seven to eight rooms of the 14 or 15-room high school were destroyed. The militants then blew up a basic health unit the same way. No damages were reported in the attack on the health unit. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, Amanullah, one of six boys who escaped the Taliban captivity on 01/08/2010 in the Gat Peochar area of Swat, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was kidnapped. All the boys are from Matta Tehsil and were kidnapped by the Taliban from their schools and homes on unreported dates. The boys were identified as Amanullah, Shah Hussain, Zakirullah, Hazrat Bilal, Ziaur Rahman and Rahmatullah and were between 12-16 years old. They reported that the militants told them that the security forces were not good people and Jihad against them had to be done. Once the boys got a chance, they ran away from the militant's hideout area and contacted the security forces. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, an anti-Taliban tribal elder, Gulshali Khan, and five civilians were killed when pro-Taliban militants detonated a remote-controlled bomb targeting the tribal elder's vehicle in Mandal area of Salarzai sub-division, eight kilometers (five miles) west of Khar, in Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Area, Pakistan. Khan was on his way to the Agency headquarters with the other five men. Local official, Naseeb Shah, confirmed the incident and deaths. It is the latest in a string of killings of respected tribal elders who have allied with the government against the Islamist extremists. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban are suspected to be responsible.
01/01/2010: On Friday, contradicting reports say that either a bomb covered in cement to look like a pavement block was planted or two men on a motorcycle threw a bag in Sector 14-B in Shadman Town No 2, North Nazimabad, Karachi, Pakistan. The five kilogram bomb consisted of nuts, air gun pellets, mobile phone connected with an electric circuit and Royal Demolition explosives (RDX) mixed with Potassium Chloride. Police defused the bomb before it could explode. Bomb disposal squad (BDS) senior official Munir Sheikh said that the bomb had a dual system as it had detonating code and electrical detonator too. East Zone Investigator, Irfan Bahadur, said that the high intensity bomb could not have been thrown by two men on a motorcycle because it would have exploded on contact with the ground and because there was a ban on pillio riding in the City. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, Hazrat Bilal, one of six boys who escaped the Taliban captivity on 01/08/2010 in the Gat Peochar area of Swat, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was kidnapped. All the boys are from Matta Tehsil and were kidnapped by the Taliban from their schools and homes on unreported dates. The boys were identified as Amanullah, Shah Hussain, Zakirullah, Hazrat Bilal, Ziaur Rahman and Rahmatullah and were between 12-16 years old. They reported that the militants told them that the security forces were not good people and Jihad against them had to be done. Once the boys got a chance, they ran away from the militant's hideout area and contacted the security forces. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, Rahmatullah, one of six boys who escaped the Taliban captivity on 01/08/2010 in the Gat Peochar area of Swat, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was kidnapped. All the boys are from Matta Tehsil and were kidnapped by the Taliban from their schools and homes on unreported dates. The boys were identified as Amanullah, Shah Hussain, Zakirullah, Hazrat Bilal, Ziaur Rahman and Rahmatullah and were between 12-16 years old. They reported that the militants told them that the security forces were not good people and Jihad against them had to be done. Once the boys got a chance, they ran away from the militant's hideout area and contacted the security forces. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, Shah Hussain, one of six boys who escaped the Taliban captivity on 01/08/2010 in the Gat Peochar area of Swat, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was kidnapped. Shah Hussain (14), son of Alam Khan, managed to escape from the captivity of the militants and reached home in Khattakay area of Malakand Agency. He told reporters that unidentified persons riding a black color car had kidnapped him and administered him an injection after which he fell unconscious, and found himself in a strange place after regaining his senses. Hussain said that he was tied to a rope for four days and denied food. He claimed that the militants asked him to become a suicide bomber to hit a specific target, but he refused to comply with their orders. Hussain also told reporters that a woman had served him food in the absence of the Taliban and that she had helped him escape. All the boys are from Matta Tehsil and were kidnapped by the Taliban from their schools and homes on unreported dates. The other five boys were identified as Amanullah, Zakirullah, Hazrat Bilal, Ziaur Rahman and Rahmatullah and were between 12-16 years old. They reported that the militants told them that the security forces were not good people and Jihad against them had to be done. Once the boys got a chance, they ran away from the militant's hideout area and contacted the security forces. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, the residence of a pro-government tribal elder was blown up by pro-Taliban militants in Sturikhel area, Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No causalities were reported. The residence was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, unidentified militants detonated a suicide black double-cabin pick-up vehicle car bomb packed with about 250 kilograms of high explosives in the middle of a field, which was targeting a crowd watching a volleyball match in Shah Hasan Khan in Lakki Marwat of Bannu, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The bomber drove up into a crowd of spectators watching the volleyball match and detonated his explosives. A second vehicle possibly carrying a bomb fled to an unknown location. Ninety-nine civilians were killed and 87 others were wounded. Six children and five paramilitary soldiers were among those killed in the attack. More than 20 houses in the village were also destroyed by the blast. A nearby mosque was also damaged and some people inside were killed, four paramilitary soldiers were among the dead. No group claimed responsibility, however security forces claim the attack was carried out by pro-Taliban militants. Police have reportedly arrested 41 suspects and are interrogating them.
01/01/2010: On Friday, Zakirullah, one of six boys who escaped the Taliban captivity on 01/08/2010 in the Gat Peochar area of Swat, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was kidnapped. All the boys are from Matta Tehsil and were kidnapped by the Taliban from their schools and homes on unreported dates. The boys were identified as Amanullah, Shah Hussain, Zakirullah, Hazrat Bilal, Ziaur Rahman and Rahmatullah and were between 12-16 years old. They reported that the militants told them that the security forces were not good people and Jihad against them had to be done. Once the boys got a chance, they ran away from the militant's hideout area and contacted the security forces. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2010: On Friday, Ziaur Rahman, one of six boys who escaped the Taliban captivity on 01/08/2010 in the Gat Peochar area of Swat, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, was kidnapped. All the boys are from Matta Tehsil and were kidnapped by the Taliban from their schools and homes on unreported dates. The boys were identified as Amanullah, Shah Hussain, Zakirullah, Hazrat Bilal, Ziaur Rahman and Rahmatullah and were between 12-16 years old. They reported that the militants told them that the security forces were not good people and Jihad against them had to be done. Once the boys got a chance, they ran away from the militant's hideout area and contacted the security forces. No group claimed responsibility.
01/01/2011: On Saturday at 0000 midnight, in the district of Sidi Bechr in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, 23 people were killed and 97 people were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device belt made with 10 to 15 kilograms of TNT, bolts, and bearings outside the Saints Church as civilians were leaving from mass. Many nearby vehicles were destroyed and no group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Jaish Al Islam was thought to be responsible for the attack.
01/01/2011: On Saturday morning, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed inside the house of a district mayor, Karim Zuhair, wounding him, killing his 47-year-old wife and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the mayor's residence. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2011: On Saturday night, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, unidentified gunmen set fire to Victory Christ Church by unknown means. No casualties were reported and one section of the church was damaged. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack
01/01/2011: On Saturday, on the Mohammed al-Qassim highway, near the Iraqi Finance Ministry in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire on the car of Lieutenant Colonel Ihsan Ali Fadhel, head of the communication department of Baghdad's Rusafa police command. Fadhel was killed during the attack, which also caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: A convoy of Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers hit two landmines in Sui subdistrict, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Four soldiers were killed and three injured in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: A grenade was thrown into a shop on Joint Road, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Twelve people were injured in the blast, and damage was done to a number of nearby shops. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: A grenade was thrown outside the house of the health minister of Manipur in Imphal West district, Manipur state, India. A civilian was injured and a car damaged by the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Karez area, Shindand district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. There were no casualties, but the vehicle was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: A sticky bomb attached to a civilian car detonated in Qara Durra area, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person was killed and four injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: An assailant threw an incendiary device at a bodega in Queens, New York City, United States. Damages were reported, but their extent is unknown. This was one of four arson attacks in Queens on this date. Ray Lazier Lengend was arrested and claimed responsibility for the series of incidents. Sources provide conflicting reports regarding whether they were personally or ideologically motivated.
01/01/2012: An assailant threw an incendiary device at a house in Queens, New York City, United States. The fire caused extensive damage to the house. This was one of four arson attacks in Queens on this date. Ray Lazier Lengend was arrested and claimed responsibility for the series of incidents. Sources provide conflicting reports regarding whether they were personally or ideologically motivated.
01/01/2012: An assailant threw an incendiary device at the American Family Planning clinic in Pensacola, Florida, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. An individual, identified as Bobby Joe Rogers, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that he carried out the attack due to his anti-abortion beliefs.
01/01/2012: An assailant threw three incendiary devices at the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation in Queens, New York City, United States. The devices caused minimal damage to the building. This was one of four arson attacks in Queens on this date. Ray Lazier Lengend was arrested and claimed responsibility for the series of incidents. Sources provide conflicting reports regarding whether they were personally or ideologically motivated.
01/01/2012: An assailant threw two incendiary devices at a house used for Hindu worship services in Queens, New York City, United States. The devices fizzled out before catching fire. This was one of four arson attacks in Queens on this date. Ray Lazier Lengend was arrested and claimed responsibility for the series of incidents. Sources provide conflicting reports regarding whether they were personally or ideologically motivated.
01/01/2012: An explosive device detonated near the house of a tribal elder in Landi Kotal town, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two people were killed and nine injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol near the Old Diyala Bridge in Rashid area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The explosion injured five people and damaged a vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: An explosive device targeting anti-Taliban fighters detonated in a market in Salarzai area, Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was killed and three injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2012: Assailants attacked a Congolese village in Shabunda territory, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of three attacks by the group in a two-day span. Eighteen people were killed in this attack, and 13 were wounded across all three. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in revenge for locals allying themselves with Raia Mutomboki, a local defense group.
01/01/2012: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on a bar as people were celebrating the new year in Garissa city, North Eastern region, Kenya. This was one of two attacks on bars just after midnight on January 1, 2012 in Garissa. Across the two attacks, five people were killed and 28 injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2012: Assailants threw two grenades and opened fire on Locus Pub as people were celebrating the new year in Garissa city, North Eastern region, Kenya. This was one of two attacks on bars just after midnight on January 1, 2012 in Garissa. Across the two attacks, five people were killed and 28 injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2012: Four men were kidnapped from their car in Peer Chhatta area, Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. They were rescued on January 19, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: Gunmen attacked the convoy of the vice president of the Awami National Party (ANP), Malik Sheroz Khan, in Khwajarhi village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan's bodyguards returned fire, injuring one attacker. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2012: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Afghan troops discovered and detonated explosives in Sanzari subdistrict, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: Several Katyusha rockets were fired at a housing complex in Rashid area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were injured in the incident, and the complex sustained structural damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: The convoy of Sunni finance minister Rafe al-Essawi hit a roadside bomb in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two bodyguards were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2012: Two assailants died when their mines exploded prematurely in Bala Murghab village, Badghis province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
01/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The explosion was targeting workers from the Works Organization (FWO) engaged in road construction in the area; one worker was killed and five more were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a military patrol in Al Tarmiyah area, Baghdad, Iraq. One military officer and three soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a military patrol in al-Shurtta, Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another one was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device detonated at a private residence in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The house belonged to a polio campaigner; the campaigner and his family were not injured in the blast, although the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device detonated at the house of an officer from the Nationality Department in Tikrit city, Saladin, Iraq. The house was under construction at the time of the blast and Major Jassem al-Ugeili, the owner, was not injured. This was one of two blasts in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device detonated in Tikrit city, Saladin, Iraq. Three police officers were injured in the blast; they had been responding to an earlier explosion at the house of a government official. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The explosion struck civilians instead, killing two people and injuring a third person. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device planted outside of a private residence detonated in Adalkhel Khatiyakhel area, Jamrud town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device was discovered in Bannu area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device was discovered near the Ghaghar Phattak railway tracks in Steel Town, Sindh province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/01/2013: An explosive device was discovered near the private residence of an Awami National Party (ANP) activist in Orangi Town, Sindh province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful attack; however, officials attribute the incident to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/01/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Tuz-Khormato city, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the same site. This first explosion was designed to draw first responders who were targeted in the second set of explosions. One person was killed and 10 more were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/01/2013: Approximately 70 kilograms of explosives were discovered outside a tribal elder's house in Sarband area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/01/2013: Approximately eight assailants abducted Martins Denedo from his private residence in Abraka area, Delta state, Nigeria. Denado was the treasurer of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). Police rescued him the same day, killing three of the kidnappers and arresting three more.
01/01/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a Joint Task Force (JTF) checkpoint in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least one soldier and 13 assailants were killed in the ensuing firefight; at least two people were also injured. Officials attribute the attack to Boko Haram.
01/01/2013: Assailants fired a mortar shell in the Akakhel area of Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The mortar landed near a group of school children; two students were killed in the blast and another five were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on an Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) assistant sub-inspector in Karachi city, Sindh state, Pakistan. Mohammad Faiz was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Mohammad Ali in Machh bazaar, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Mohammad Ali, the warden of Machh jail and a member of the Hazara community, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a vehicle carrying medicine near Dasht area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The driver of the vehicle was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying charity workers in the Sher Afzal Banda area of Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The workers, from the Support with Working Solutions (SWWS) organization, were providing medical and education services. Seven people were killed in the attack and one person was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was involved.
01/01/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a Sahwa Council leader in Kirkuk district, Kirkuk, Iraq. The leader and his aide were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Assailants opened fire on Under-Secretary Saifuddin Baloch's vehicle in the Besima area of Kharan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The government official and his driver were killed in the attack and a third man was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: At least two explosives detonated in Tuz-Khormato city, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the same site. An earlier explosion was designed to draw first responders who were targeted in this second set of explosions. One person was killed and 10 more were injured across the coordinated attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/01/2013: Explosives attached to a motorcycle detonated near a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) political rally in Karachi city, Sindh state, Pakistan. The bombing was targeting buses transporting MQM activists; four people were killed, another 45 were injured, and several vehicles were damaged. Hakeemullah Mehsud group, a subgroup of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Seven explosive devices were discovered in central Tikrit city, Saladin, Iraq. The devices were safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/01/2013: Two assailants opened fire on Alfredo Almuedo as he was staffing a checkpoint monitoring illegal logging in Villa Sur village, Quirino province, Philippines. Almuedo, an official from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2013: Two rockets were fired in the Ramgarh area of Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan state, India. Two children were killed in the explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: A land mine was found and defused in Dera Bugti town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police vehicle in Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/01/2014: A suicide bomber crashed an explosives-laden vehicle into a bus in Akhtarabad area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The bus was transporting Shia pilgrims from Iran to their homes. In addition to the assailant, at least two people were killed and 31 others were injured in the blast. Jaish-e-Islam claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the incident was carried out in revenge for an attack that occurred in Rawalpindi and for an incident in which the Quran was desecrated in Quetta.
01/01/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least four people, including civilians and assailants, were killed in the blast. This was one of three bombings at the hotel on this day; this first attack was meant to draw first responders to the scene. At least 40 other people were wounded across the two suicide incidents. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/01/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Jazeera Palace hotel in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least seven people, including civilians and assailants, were killed in the blast. This was one of three bombings at the hotel on this day; this later explosion occurred as first responders were arriving on the scene of an earlier attack. At least 40 other people were wounded across the two suicide incidents. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/01/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police checkpoint in Rutbah town, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, two officers were killed and six others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near an army patrol in the Hay Al-Zuhur area of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, one soldier was killed and six others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: An assailant detonated three explosive devices at a police station in Shubra El-Kheima, Qalubiya governorate, Egypt. The assailant had been arrested for having a bag of 16 explosive devices and was being escorted to the station at the time of the blasts. Three police officers were injured in the explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: An explosive device detonated in the Singjamei area, Imphal district, Manipur state, India. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of two bombings within a few minutes in the district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/01/2014: An explosive device detonated near Manipur college in the Imphal district, Manipur state, India. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of two bombings within a few minutes in the district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/01/2014: An explosive device detonated near the home of a member of the Iraqi army in Nasr neighborhood, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. No one was wounded but the home was seriously damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a restaurant in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 14 others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/01/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of the Jazeera Palace hotel in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was the one of three car bombings outside of the hotel on this day. This explosion occurred approximately one hour after the initial suicide attacks near the entrance of the hotel. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/01/2014: Assailants abducted a police officer, Rup Singh Thakur, in Matda village, Chhattisgarh state, India. Thakur's body was discovered by police the following morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/01/2014: Assailants abducted a priest, Irma Kabasi, from his home in Supalu village, Odisha state, India. Kabasi's body was discovered in a nearby forest later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/01/2014: Assailants abducted ten individuals who worked with foreign aid agencies in Buale city, Middle Juba region, Somalia. Three of the victims were released on January 10, 2014; the whereabouts of the other workers are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2014: Assailants ambushed a vehicle in a convoy near the town of Muxungue, Sofala province, Mozambique. This was one of two uncoordinated ambushes on vehicles near Muxungue on two different days. Five people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incidents to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
01/01/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Sejar area, Fallujah district, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at an oil holding pool along the Cano Limon - Covenas pipeline in Campo Alegre area, Convencion municipality, North Santander department, Colombia. The pool was damaged and local residents evacuated the area as a result of the blast. This was one of four holding pools attacked in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Comandante Diego Front of the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/01/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at an oil holding pool along the Cano Limon - Covenas pipeline in Convencion municipality, North Santander department, Colombia. As a result of the blast, the pool was damaged and local residents evacuated the area. This was one of four holding pools attacked in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Yathrib city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: Assailants shot and killed a police inspector, Bhawaluddin Babar, in SITE town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a government building in Fallujah city, Fallujah district, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The assailants took control of the building, placing snipers on the roof to keep security forces away from a nearby police station under siege. No casualties were reported. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a police checkpoint in Karma town, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a police checkpoint in Karma town, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three police vehicles were set on fire. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a police station in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. No casualties were reported. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a police station in Ramadi city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four police stations set on fire in Ramadi on this day. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was also one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a police station in Ramadi city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four police stations set on fire in Ramadi on this day. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was also one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed a police station in Tarmiyah city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were killed and 12 others were injured in the attack. This was one of 12 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Saladin on the same day. The assailants took control of the stations and checkpoints, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed police headquarters in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. No casualties were reported. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed police station in Golan district, Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The police chief was killed in the shooting. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. The assailants took control of the areas, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed the Al-Sejar police station in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of 13 attacks targeting police stations and checkpoints in Al-Anbar on the same day. Police officers withdrew to avoid fighting, although several were killed and injured across all attacks. The assailants took control of the stations and checkpoints, releasing prisoners, stealing weapons, and setting fire to the buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2014: Assailants stormed the home of a pro-government village elder in Haftah Wali area, Dera Bugti town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Seven people were killed and another person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2014: Jacob M. Hess, a United States (US) soldier, was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan. No additional information is available.
01/01/2014: Twelve assailants attacked Neeraj Tyagi in Dikadla village, Panipat district, Haryana state, India. Tyagi, the Hathwala village sarpanch, was beaten to death. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: A magnetic explosive device attached to a police vehicle detonated in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. A border police officer was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in Sibi city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One security official was killed and five others were wounded in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: A suicide bomber detonated outside of the Evangelical Church of West Africa in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. The assailant was killed and eight other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/01/2015: An assailant attempted to attach an explosive device to a police vehicle in Imam Sahib district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. The assailant was apprehended by police officials. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An assailant threw an explosive device at a mosque in Uppsala city, Uppsala county, Sweden. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An assailant threw two hand grenades at police guarding the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. When the grenades failed to detonate, the assailant opened fire on the officers. No one was injured in the attack and the assailant was subsequently arrested. The Devrimici Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (DHKP/C) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was carried out in retaliation for the killing of a teenager by police during an anti-government protest in 2013.
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated at Ujayl al-Yawur's house in Tayaran area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Yawur, a member of parliament, was not harmed in the blast, although the house was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated in a car park in Baghdad al-Jadeeda 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.
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated in Barangak village, Pusht Rod district, Farah province, Afghanistan. The son of an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near a liquor store in Adhamiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Shibam town, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Four police officers were killed and another two were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near a produce store in Rashidiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Wakil Habib Afghan in Kortas area, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Afghan, a member of parliament (MP), was not harmed in the attack, but one of his guards was killed and three other guards were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Ghazaliyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a university professor, was killed and his daughter was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device planted in the car of a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees detonated in Zinjibar city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. The leader, Wadah al-Yafi, and one other person were wounded in the blast. Ansar al-Sharia, a sub-group of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: An explosive device was discovered planted near a bar in Sivaganga area, Tamil Nadu state, India. The device was defused without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/01/2015: Assailants abducted Ozgur Ors during an anti-smuggling operation in Aleppo governorate, Syria. Ors, a Turkish non-commissioned military officer, was released on January 5, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2015: Assailants abducted Sadar Manesh Singh from Dalbandin city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Singh, a Sikh trader, was rescued on February 21, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked a Haftar militia camp with tanks in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked a Levies Forces station in Loralai district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. An unstated number of Levies personnel were briefly taken hostage and tortured during the attack, and the station was set on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked a military convoy between Marib governorate and Sanaa city in Yemen. Three soldiers were killed and heavy weaponry was stolen in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Sunni tribesmen.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked a military truck in Mangai village, Lamu county, Kenya. Three assailants were killed and three soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Delaram district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. Five people, two police officers and three assailants, were killed and a police officer was injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked a Strategic Reserve Forces battalion in Marib governorate, Yemen. No further information was available.
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked Al Baghdadi area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 11 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash with security forces and tribal fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/01/2015: Assailants attacked passengers on a minibus traveling between Waza and Mora towns, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. Eleven passengers had their throats slashed and six passengers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/01/2015: Assailants beat up and opened fire on a chowkidar and his son in Chando village, Palamau district, Jharkhand state, India. The chowkidar and his son were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad (JJP).
01/01/2015: Assailants fired a mortar that landed and detonated in Chernukhino village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The mortar struck two civilian houses, killing one person, injuring two others, and destroying the houses. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Luhansk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired mortars and opened fire on Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers in Staryi Aydar town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers in Zolote town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least two civilians were killed in the attack. Additionally, at least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Ukrainian Army soldiers in Popasna town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Ukrainian Army soldiers near Chermalyk town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Ukrainian Army soldiers near Vuhlehirsk town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in New Aleppo neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least 13 people were killed and 18 others were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian Army soldiers in Olenovka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian Army soldiers near Leninske town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian Army soldiers near the Poltava mine outside of Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired rockets at Ukrainian Army soldiers in Olkhovatka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants fired rockets at Ukrainian Army soldiers in Zolote town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants opened fire and used machetes to attack a police patrol providing security for a mining company in Utikini Baru village, Papua province, Indonesia. Two police officers and a civilian security guard were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Free Papua Movement (OPM-Organisasi Papua Merdeka).
01/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Sunni clerics in Al-Zubair district, Basra governorate, Iraq. At least three clerics were killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers stationed at the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on Korsa Jagaram in Kottapal village, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Jagaram, a police informant and former Maoist, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ukrainian Army soldiers near Chernukhino town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and 12 others were injured across 12 unrelated incidents in Ukraine on the same day, including this one. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/01/2015: Assailants opened fire outside of a clinic in Baldia Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. A doctor was killed and his driver was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Assailants stabbed Selvedin Beganovic in Trnovo village, Trnovo municipality, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Beganovic, an imam, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/01/2015: Assailants threw three incendiary devices at a Jewish settler's home in Ras al Amud area, Jerusalem city, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Two assailants attacked civilians while traveling on Sher Khan port-Kunduz highway in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. The two assailants were killed after exchanging fire with police officials. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Shibam town, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at Le Jardin restaurant in Taimani neighborhood, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and 18 people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2016: An assailant opened fire on a pub in Tel Aviv, Israel. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Nashat Melhem.
01/01/2016: An assailant rammed his vehicle into soldiers guarding a mosque in Valence, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. A soldier was injured in the attack, while a civilian and the assailant were injured when soldiers opened fire. An individual, identified as Raouf El Ayeb, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that he targeted soldiers because "troops killed people."
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated at an ATM machine in Mayo, Pattani, Thailand. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated in Ad Dawanim 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.
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al-Jam'iyyah neighborhood, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 16 people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. At least one police officer was killed and one officer and one soldier were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated inside a generator room at a construction site in Chirand village, Bihar state, India. No one was injured, but the room was damaged in the blast. This was one of two related attacks at the construction site on the same day. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded an extortion payment.
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Sadr City neighborhood, 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.
01/01/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Arab Ebjur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of a national television station employee detonated on Dalem Kaum street, Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: Assailants abducted eight people in Kafir Kala neighborhood, Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. The bodies of two victims, identified as a former provincial council candidate and a son of a former Wolesi Jirga member, were found the following day, while the other six hostages were released. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Taliban was involved.
01/01/2016: Assailants abducted Nanhelal Shah, a local trader, from an area near Gairong village, Krishnai, Goalpara district, Assam state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected that the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) was involved.
01/01/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked a military headquarters in Tharthar, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least three soldiers and eight assailants were killed and 17 soldiers were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Abyan governorate, Yemen. Three soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/01/2016: Assailants attacked a police station in Huriwa neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2016: Assailants attacked military and Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) personnel Fuentebella village, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. The assailants sustained an undetermined number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/01/2016: Assailants attacked police officers in Bujumbura, Burundi. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the city on the same day. Three police officers were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/01/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on a General Services Unit (GSU) convoy outside of Baure township, Lamu County, Kenya. An unknown number of soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at soldiers in Cizre district, Sirnak province, Turkey. One soldier was killed and four soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/01/2016: Assailants fired mortars at Jazeera military base in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2016: Assailants kidnapped three people, including superintendent of police Salwinder Singh, on Jammu-Pathankot road in Pathankot city, Punjab state, India. The three hostages were released later the same day. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailants on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: Assailants launched a missile at Abha city, Asir province, Saudi Arabia. The missile was intercepted by defense forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Turkish humanitarian worker in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One civilian was killed and three people, including the worker, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents in Abbasiya, South Kordofan, Sudan. At least six people were killed and 22 others were injured, including five who were sexually assaulted, in the attack that lasted until January 3, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Janjaweed.
01/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on teachers in Prang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three teachers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on the Pakistani Police Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) vehicle in Makkuana, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2016: Assailants set fire to an Awami League office in Bagerhat, Khulna division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: Assailants stabbed Ekagar Singh and stole his vehicle near Kathlore bridge, 35 km from Pathankot city, Punjab state, India. Singh, a civilian, was killed in the attack. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailants on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2016: Explosive devices were discovered and defused at an under-construction bridge in Chirand village, Saran district, Bihar state, India. This was one of two related attacks at the construction site on the same day. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded an extortion payment.
01/01/2017: A roadside bomb detonated against the vehicle of a senior Afghan National Army (ANA) general in Charkh, Logar, Afghanistan. The general was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2017: An assailant opened fire on civilians celebrating the new year outside Reina Nightclub in Ortakoy neighborhood, Istanbul, Turkey. At least 39 people were killed and 69 other people, including a United States citizen, were injured in the assault. The victims included a number of foreign tourists. The assailant, identified as Abdulgadir Masharipov, was arrested on January 17, 2017. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for Turkish airstrikes against ISIL.
01/01/2017: An assailant opened fire on Emmanuel Niyonkuru in Rohero neighborhood, Bujumbura, Burundi. Niyonkuru, the Burundian Environment Minister, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: An explosive device detonated as it was being defused at a bookstore run by Casa Pound, a neo-fascist group, in Florence, Italy. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to Anarchists.
01/01/2017: An explosive device detonated at the Imam Mohammad Baqer mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. One person was killed and five 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.
01/01/2017: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a school teacher in Nurar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Levies Forces patrol in Niaag Bandar, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Yangon-Sittway Road in Minbya, Rakhine, Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Assailants abducted one army officer and one police officer from their vehicle in Chishti Sharif, Herat, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/01/2017: Assailants armed with sharp objects attacked Bialee village in Irumu district, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of two incidents in Irumu district on the same day. At least 14 people were killed across both assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/01/2017: Assailants armed with sharp objects attacked Saboko village in Irumu district, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of two incidents in Irumu district on the same day. At least 14 people were killed across both assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/01/2017: Assailants attacked the district center in Marjah, Helmand, Afghanistan. Specific casualties were not reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2017: Assailants attacked the district center of Sangin, Helmand, Afghanistan. Security forces responded to the attack. Four soldiers were killed and nine were wounded in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2017: Assailants fired rockets at a Turkish National Police (EGM) station in Cinar, Diyarbakir, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/01/2017: Assailants opened fire at the Public Security Force (PSF) prison in Jaww, Southern governorate, Bahrain. At least one police officer was killed and another was injured in the assault. Additionally, at least 10 prisoners were freed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on Amidou Tamboura in Sibe, Sahel, Burkina Faso. Tamboura, an imam and former Ansarul Islam member, was killed in the assault. Ansar al-Islam (Burkina Faso) claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim was targeted for working with "enemies of Islam."
01/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on Hasan Pasha Mosque in Istanbul city, Turkey. At least two people were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on Mamadou Dicko near Djibo, Sahel, Burkina Faso. Dicko, a former Ansarul Islam member, was injured in the assault. Ansar al-Islam (Burkina Faso) claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim was targeted for working with "enemies of Islam."
01/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on people at a refugee camp in Nertiti, Central Darfur, Sudan. At least eight people were killed and 60 others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan Liberation Army-Abdel Wahid (SLA-AW) faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement.
01/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Luq district, Gedo, Somalia. At least three soldiers were killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Assailants publicly lashed six civilians in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of committing theft and adultery.
01/01/2017: Assailants shelled residential areas in Taizz, Yemen. At least three civilians were killed and several civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
01/01/2017: Assailants threw a grenade near the traffic department on Autostrad Road in Maadi neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt. Several people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device near the convoy of Kadannappalli Ramachandran along Kottumukil Road in Aroor, Kerala, India. Ramachandran, the Government of India Minister, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed seven explosives-laden vehicles in Al 'Arqub, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/01/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated as they were approached by Syrian Police officers in Tartus city, Syria. In addition to the two assailants, at least two officers were killed and an unknown number of other people were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/01/2017: Two suicide bombers opened fire and then detonated at an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) checkpoint in Al Qadisiyah city, Iraq. Additional assailants with explosives-laden vehicles then clashed with officers in the area. In addition to the two assailants, at least seven people were killed and 15 other people were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/1998: An Israeli woman was critically wounded in the West Bank when a car she was riding in was raked with gunfire on a road winding between Palestinian villages. There was no claim of responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected of this attack.
01/02/1998: The United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) Office in Baghdad, Iraq, was attacked by unknown perpetrators, firing rockets. The building was damaged but nobody was injured in the attack.
01/02/1999: Suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) rebels threw grenades into a crowd that was watching fireman put out a fire in Jolo, Philippines. The attack resulted in at least 10 dead and 70 wounded. Police suspected the attack was motivated by the recent death of ASG leader, Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, who was killed December 18, 1998.
01/02/2000: Five members of a family were killed and one girl kidnapped after a group of approximately 10 unknown attackers exploded two bombs outside their apartment in El Ameria, Algeria. The man, wife, son, and grandmother were stabbed to death, and another son was burnt to death.
01/02/2000: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) dynamited nine electric towers in the Antioquia department, Colombia. Many communities in the area were without electricity for an extended period of time.
01/02/2000: Police defused a pentonite bomb in downtown Bogota, Colombia before it detonated. The bomb was near a hardware store in a busy pedestrian area. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
01/02/2000: The Thuringian Interior Ministry in Erfurt, Germany, was attacked when unknown persons threw a Molotov cocktail at the building from a car. The device landed in front of the building stairs, causing no damage. A previous attack on the building on December 21, 1999, was claimed by the Autonomous Decorators , in protest of the arrest of three members of the Revolutionary Cells/Red Zora. It was speculated that this attack was committed by the same perpetrators.
01/02/2001: A Serbian Policeman wounded in a rocket attack by armed Albanians near the southern city of Vranje. The attack was launched somewhere between the villages of Djordjevac and Car. The policeman was the only reported injury.
01/02/2001: A small bomb exploded outside the office of the Yemeni News Agency (SABA) in Aden. Authorities held a number of Islamic militants whom they believed were responsible. There were no deaths and one was injured.
01/02/2001: Five members of the Animal and Earth Liberations Fronts (ALF and ELF),  Jacob Ferguson, Stanislas Meyerhoff, Kevin Tubbs, Suzanne Savoie, and Daniel McGowan, caused arson to the Superior Lumber Company in Glendale, Oregon in the United States, by placing two incendiary devices containing ignitable liquids at the west side of the building.  The arson caused $1,041,696 in damage to the office. There were no casualties in the incident.  The next day, the perpetrators sent out a communiqué, claiming responsibility for the arson in the name of the ELF, stating that the Superior Lumber Company was a "typical earth raper contributing to the ecological destruction of the Northwest."  The company was targeted due to its involvement in the purchase of timber.  The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which committed nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.
01/02/2002: Chechen rebels of the southwestern front commander, Dokku Umarovatt attacked Russian Search and Rescue Scouts in Barzoy, Chechnya, killing 15 people. No further information was provided.
01/02/2002: Eight people of the Jukun tribe were killed and five others injured in an ambush by suspected ethnic Tiv militiamen in Central Nigeria's Taraba state. The victims were traveling in two vehicles along the road between Donga and the state's another southern town of Rafin Kada when gunmen opened fire. The relations between the Tivs of Benue and Jukuns of neighboring Taraba have long been strained by growing competition over farmlands.
01/02/2002: Maoists bombed the home of Nepali Health Minister Sharat Singh Bhandari in Jaleshwor, Mahottari District, in central Nepal damaging windows and a door. Two were killed, but the Health Minister was not at home.
01/02/2002: Perpetrators burst into a liquor store located in the Bab Zouatine neighborhood in Algiers, Algeria. There were seven members in the group, four of whom carried Kalashnikovs and two sawed-off rifles. The attackers supposedly came to assassinate the owner of the store, who was not on the premises. They stole around 500,000 Algerian dinars.
01/02/2002: Suspected Islamist militants simultaneously threw three grenades into a busy street in Kashmir near the main assembly building in Srinagar, killing one person and wounding at least 20 others. One of the grenades hit a post manned by Indian border security forces, killing one police officer.
01/02/2002: The shop of an Islamic preacher in the southern Lebanese Palestinian refugee camp of Ain Helweh on the outskirts of Sidon was bombed. The blast completely destroyed the shop. The type of bomb used in the attack was unspecified.
01/02/2002: Two grenades were hurled at the Indian Central Reserve Police Force in Jehangir chowk in Srinagar, Kashmir causing injuries to several persons including some policemen. One of the grenades exploded at Magarmal crossing as people fled the scene. A total of twenty-nine people including nine policemen sustained injuries.
01/02/2002: Two Indian soldiers were killed and at least five injured when suspected Islamic militants opened fire on soldiers in Pathankot, 280 miles north of New Delhi.
01/02/2002: Two Indian soldiers were killed and seven injured when terrorists ambushed an Army convoy near Darhal, Rajouri District, India. The area has been cordoned off for continued searches. Army vehicles are the prime target of militants in the area.
01/02/2002: Unidentified perpetrators fired upon Macedonian security forces in Kumanovo, Macedonia. There were no reported injuries or casualties.
01/02/2002: Unknown militants ambushed a Pakistani army convoy at Darhar in Pakistan-controlled Jammu killing two soldiers and injuring seven others. The convoy was traveling from a remote area to Rajouri when the militants attacked them. The militants hurled a grenade from a mountain-top and fired on the convoy with unspecified weapons.
01/02/2003: A Muslim carpet-weaver was shot and wounded by suspected Muslim militants in the village of Sailya, near the well-known picnic spot of Pahalgam, 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Srinagar, the summer capital. Before his death, the victim stated that the militants believed he was working with Indian troops stationed in Indian Kashmir.
01/02/2003: About 10 members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) infiltrated Pece-Aywe in Uganda’s Gulu Municipality and tortured Paula Adong, a teacher at Holy Rosary, and Irene Nyeko in their homes.
01/02/2003: An unknown number of Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades members attacked an Israeli military bulldozer with an RPG resulting in two wounded Israeli soldiers. The incident took place in Rafah, Palestine.
01/02/2003: Members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) abducted thirty born-again Christians from a church during the night in Pece Cubo in the Gulu Municipality in Uganda. Thirteen of the hostages were immediately released. An unknown number later escaped during a shootout with Uganda People's Defense Forces. No deaths were reported.
01/02/2003: The Vice-President of Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP), T Ramaiah, was brutally murdered in front of his mother by an unknown number of assailants wielding an axe. This attack took place in the Khammam district of Bayyaram located within the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
01/02/2004: In an attempt to attack Indo-Tibetan Border Police suspected Muslim rebels hurled a hand grenade at a military convoy as it was passing through Bijibehara, a town within Indian controlled Kashmir. The grenade missed and exploded near a busy highway injuring eight civilians. The highway links the dual capitals of Srinagar and Jammu, and has been a frequent site of separatist attacks against government forces.
01/02/2005: 26 people were killed and 6 others injured, including eighteen members of Iraq’s National Guard, when two suicide bombers detonated a 4x4 vehicle packed with explosives alongside a bus in Balad, north of Baghdad, Iraq. The event was thought to be an insurgent response to the upcoming general elections; but no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: A pipe bomb was placed outside the home of a party election worker in Bradden Place, in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. When the device was found, the fuse had been burned out. Bomb experts were able to safely defuse the remnants of the device.
01/02/2005: A police officer was assassinated in Baghdad, Iraq. No further details were provided.
01/02/2005: A police officer was assassinated in Basra, Iraq. No further information was reported on the attack.
01/02/2005: A Qassam rocket was fired at the Gadid settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: A Qassam rocket was fired at the Kissufim crossing in Gaza strip, Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: A Shiite cleric was killed in Baghdad, Iraq. No further details were offered.
01/02/2005: A suicide bomber attacked a US military convoy traveling on a road near the town of Taza, Iraq. The attacker had detonated the bomb from inside a vehicle. US authorities did not reveal casualty information to the press. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/02/2005: An Iraqi police officer was wounded when gunmen attacked him in an assassination attempt in al-Diwaniyah, Iraq.
01/02/2005: Fifty to 60 unknown attackers ambushed an Algerian military convoy on a road near Ras El Miad, Algeria. 18 soldiers were killed and 19 others were injured in the ambush attack. The perpetrators detonated a land mine that disabled the first vehicle in the convoy. They then fired Kalashnikov rifles at the remaining vehicles. Although no group claimed responsibility, authorities suspected that members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) were behind the attack.
01/02/2005: Four mortar shells fell on the Gosh Qatif settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: Four policemen were ambushed while on patrol in Samarra, Iraq. All four were killed in the attack.
01/02/2005: Suspected Maoists attacked a police vehicle in Sukasal, Nepal. Five policemen were killed and six others injured in the attack. The perpetrators also kidnapped two sub-inspectors who were riding in the vehicle. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: The police chief in Jebala, Iraq, was killed when gunmen stormed his home. No further information was available.
01/02/2005: Three mortar shells were fired at the settlement of Nisanit and the Erez crossing in Israel. Two people were injured in the attack, one of whom, Nissim Arivi died of his injuries on January 11. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: Three Qassam rockets were fired at the town of Sederot, Israel. One of the rockets hit a parking lot in an industrial zone. Some vehicles were destroyed and five people suffered from shock. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: Two Iraqi voter registration centers came under mortar attacks in Iraq’s Tikrit Governorate. Mortars were fired at the Al-Hadarah school which housed a voter registration center in the first of the two attacks. The mortars caused damage to the school, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/02/2005: Two Iraqi voter registration centers came under mortar attacks in Iraq’s Tikrit Governorate. Mortars were fired at the Al-Maqasid school which housed a voter registration center in the second of the two attacks. The mortars caused damage to the school, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/02/2005: Two Qassam rockets were fired at the Kfar Darom settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: Two Qassam rockets were fired at the Sederot settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: Two Quds-1 rockets were fired at the Neve Deqalim settlement in Israel. No damage was reported. The military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2005: Unidentified gunmen attacked and killed an Interior Ministry officer in al-Amil neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. Karim Isma'il was killed in front of his home when the gunmen opened fire at him.
01/02/2005: Unknown perpetrators attacked a Russian Airborne Troop’s weapons depot in Novorossiisk, Russia. A soldier guarding the depot was shot in the assault. Russian authorities detained one of the suspected attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the assault.
01/02/2006: A bomb exploded in Prithvi Chowk, a marketplace in Pokhara city, western Nepal. No one was injured, and no group claimed responsibility, although anti-government guerrillas were suspected
01/02/2006: A bomb exploded in Trincomalee, in northeastern Sri Lanka, killing five Tamil youth and wounding two youth. It is unknown whether the victims themselves were carrying the explosives or were the target. No group claimed responsibility, although Tamil rebels denied responsibility
01/02/2006: A convoy of three cars, containing the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Unal Cevikoz and officials was fired at from the roadside near the Um al-Kura Mosque in Baghdad. No one was hurt in the attack, but the windows of the vehicles were broken and one had a flat tire. No group claimed responsibility
01/02/2006: A suicide car bomber killed three police recruits and four others in Baquba, north of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility
01/02/2006: Anti-government guerrillas asked employees to leave the (District) Survey Office in Butwal Municipality, western Nepal, before exploding a bomb. No one was harmed.
01/02/2006: Anti-government guerrillas exploded a powerful bomb at the (District) Education Office in Bhairahawa city, western Nepal. No one was injured.
01/02/2006: Suspected Taliban gunmen shot dead an Afghan aid worker, Haji Majhudin, praying in a mosque in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The assailants fled on a bike, and police arrested some suspects. No group claimed formal responsibility
01/02/2006: Thai Budhhist Viroj Plienjai was shot dead in Pattani Province’s Muang (District), Thailand, as he guarded a private house. The motive was either to create unrest or a personal conflict. No group claimed responsibility
01/02/2006: Unidentified gunmen attacked the two main military barracks in Akuedo, northeastern Abidjan, Ivory Coast, causing a battle with security forces that killed seven of the attackers and three security men. No group claimed responsibility, and dozens of the attackers were arrested.”
01/02/2006:Two Interior Forces servicemen were killed by unidentified gunmen with automatic weapons at a checkpoint outside the district center of Kurchaloi, Chechnya. No group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2008:  A crude bomb was found in Hyderabad’s NTR Garden near the state secretariat of Andhra Pradesh.  Police said the bomb was recovered and defused by the bomb disposal squad.
01/02/2008:  A policeman was killed and five others injured in a strike by Maoists at the Bansjore police outpost bordering Jharkhand and Orissa. There were over 50 involved in the attack which started at midnight. More than 1000 rounds were exchanged between the rebels and police force who were able to recover three live cane bombs and country grenades.
01/02/2008:  A remote-controlled roadside bomb killed a former anti-Soviet militia commander and two bodyguards just outside Kandahar city.
01/02/2008:  A roadside bomb in the east's Khost province killed two Afghan security guards working for a U.S. military base.
01/02/2008:  A roadside bomb in the south killed two border police in Kandahar province as they were patrolling the Pakistani border. The chief of the Kandahar police Mohammad Raziq blamed the bombing on the Taliban.
01/02/2008:  A soldier was killed in south Baghdad when his dismounted patrol hit a roadside bomb.
01/02/2008:  A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a checkpoint in downtown Baquba, capital of Diyala Province which is about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. According to Iraqi police, the explosion killed at least seven people including Abu Sajad, a leader of the local Awakening Council volunteer force, and wounding twenty-two people.  According to U.S. military officials, the attack killed four people and wounded six while hospital and morgue officials put the number of deaths at four and wounded at twenty-three. There was also speculation over the gender of the bomber. Nearby buildings and vehicles were also damaged. The US military said the bomber jumped onto the hood of an Awakening Council patrol car and detonated the explosives, killing the driver and three others in the process. The attacker was an al-Qaeda supporter. Awakening Council consists of the 1920 Revolution Brigades, once an insurgent group, who have allied themselves with the U.S. military in an effort to decrease terrorism in Iraq.
01/02/2008:  An explosion in Turkey's commercial Kucukcekmece district of Istanbul injured three people. No one claimed responsibility.
01/02/2008:  An ISAF soldier and an Afghan interpreter were killed while two other ISAF soldiers were injured in a bomb explosion in the southeastern province of Khost on the border with Pakistan around 2 pm.
01/02/2008:  In an apparent attempt of a suicide bombing, a car bomb exploded near the Naciria police station in a town east of Algiers, killing at least four officers and injuring 20 other people. The explosion caused severe damage to the police station while also damaging some nearby buildings as well. It was reported that Al Qaeda's North Africa branch claimed responsibility for the attack. The claim, however, was not confirmed with Algerian officials.
01/02/2008:  In Baghdad, Yarmouk Hospital said six family members, including five children, were shot to death in their minivan.
01/02/2008:  In Basra, three mortar rockets hit the airport; the police reported no casualties.
01/02/2008:  In eastern Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in the city's Shaab neighborhood (possibly Zayouna neighborhood) wounded six people, including three police officers. The bomb was planted by unidentified persons.
01/02/2008:  In Muqdadiya, gunmen killed six people and wounded three.
01/02/2008:  In the southern city of Kut, Iraqi police said gunmen killed two brothers, one a police officer, the other a soldier, in their home.
01/02/2008:  Northeast of Samarra, gunmen dragged two brothers from their shop and shot them in front of passersby. One of the victims, a city official in Samarra, died at the scene.
01/02/2008:  Suspected Tamil rebels detonated a roadside bomb near a bus carrying wounded soldiers in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital yesterday, killing four people and injuring 24 others.
01/02/2008:  Taliban militants killed an Afghan army officer and wounded another in Helmand province's Sarkono area.
01/02/2008:  The Isma'il al-Sa'idani unit of the Abu-Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for firing four 80-mm mortars at the Kissufim military post, east of Al-Qararah in the southern Gaza Strip.
01/02/2008:  The Jaysh al-Buraq unit of the Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for firing an upgraded Buraq rocket at Kefar Azza east of Gaza.
01/02/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1400, in the al Jihad neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated and injured four people. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday afternoon between 1400 and 1430, in Al Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device he was wearing near a political campaign meeting and luncheon being hosted by a Sunni tribal leader in a meeting hall adjacent to his home, killing 30 people including tribal leaders, Sahwa Council members, and civilians; wounding 110 other people including tribal leaders, Sahwa Council members, and civilians; and damaging the meeting hall. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday afternoon, in Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen, assailants kidnapped one civilian and her two children when their tourist convoy lagged behind. The driver and the guard were removed from the vehicle and the assailants drove away in it. The civilians were kidnapped in order for the group to demand the release of a relative held by the police. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that members of the Al Fadl tribe were responsible.
01/02/2009: On Friday, a senior local official of the Awami National Party was shot and killed by unidentified militants in Kalam area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2009: On Friday, assailants fired four Grad-type rockets at a community in Ashqelon, Southern District, Israel. The attack wounded two civilians and damaged an apartment building. No group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday, Baloch Republican Army militants attacked a train in Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan. Sixteen people were injured in the assault.
01/02/2009: On Friday, in Mingaora, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants fired upon and killed a local leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party-Sherpao.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday, in the Dawasa neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted civilians, wounding two people. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters attacked the park headquarters of Garamba National Park, located in Negero in the Congo (Kinshasa)'s Orientale province.  According to reports, at least ten people were killed, including: two civilian women, two park rangers, an electrician, and five other unidentified individuals.  At least ten fighters were also killed in the four hour gun battle between park rangers, Congolese troops based at the local airstrip, and LRA rebels.
01/02/2009: On Friday, suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels abducted five villagers in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat and used them as human shields against pursuing government forces. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2009: On Friday, Taliban militants abducted a dancer from her home in Mingora, North West Frontier, Pakistan and shot her at the square of Mingora.
01/02/2010: On Saturday evening, in southern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen seriously wounded a high-ranking member of the National Front for Free Iraqis while he was in his car. The victim was admitted to a hospital following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2011: On Sunday morning, at a field in Balughata village in Faridpur, Pabna, Bangladesh, unidentified militants killed a Purba Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha (PBCP-J) militant, identified as Abdul Aziz. The victim was shot and then chopped up. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that members from a rival faction were responsible.
01/02/2011: On Sunday morning, in al-Rufei'at village, Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the house of Hardan Khalaf Jasim, a court prosecutor. The blast killed Jasim's nephew and wounded Jasim and eight other members of his family. The blast also destroyed a large part of the house. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2011: On Sunday night at 0045, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a grocery store. No casualties were reported but the store was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2011: On Sunday night, in the Canal neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a Traffic Department officer holding the rank of lieutenant brigadier. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2011: On Sunday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices, wounding three civilians including Mal Abbas Ahmed, who heads the Sunni religious endowment for Diyala province. It is unknown if the blasts resulted in any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2011: On Sunday, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown gunmen with silenced weapons, shot and killed a local government worker in a drive by shooting. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2011: On Sunday, in the Arab area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two improvised explosive belts were hung on a palm tree on the side of the road by the residence of Jabur al-Abdullah, the Chairman of Ninawa Province's Council. The suicide bombers laid the explosive belts there in order to pass the checkpoints near the councilman's residence. A force belonging to the Iraqi Army's 10th divisions managed to foil the suicide attack. No damages or casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/02/2011: On Sunday, on Brokerstown Road in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, unidentified assailants threw a petrol bomb at a civilian residence. No casualties were reported but the house and a nearby vehicle were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: A civilian car hit a roadside bomb in Khwaja Azfal Qala area, Pol-e Alam district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Three people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials suspected the Taliban, saying that they had planted the explosive device to target security forces.
01/02/2012: A hand grenade was tossed into a market in Tinsukia district, Assam state, India. Three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
01/02/2012: A military vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Shahid-e Hasa, area Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Three Australian soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and three wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Bohruz area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Sorakh Dewal area, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian car in As-Saadiyah city, Khanaqin district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Jaghatu district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. Across this incident and an unrelated one in Laghman province, three people were killed and seven injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/02/2012: A suicide bomber detonated near a school in Paindakhel village, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The attacker was killed and a child injured in the blast. It is suspected that the actual target was a police training building. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: An explosive device detonated close to a garage in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: An explosive device detonated in a market in Barahathawa village, Central region, Nepal. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: An explosive device detonated in Helmand province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier, Chad R. Regelin, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2012: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: Assailants attacked security personnel in Ghaljo area, Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The ambush led to a gunfight that killed eight attackers and injured three. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2012: Assailants fired rockets on a military base in Alikhel area, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Across this incident and an unrelated one in Maidan Wardak province, three people died and seven injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2012: At least 15 assailants attacked a military brigade in Affiniam town, Ziguinchor region, Senegal. One officer was killed and six injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC).
01/02/2012: Attackers opened fire on a security vehicle in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A firefight with the security officers ensued. When the forces surrounded the house of a suspected attacker, he blew himself up. Six people, including the bomber, four other assailants, and one officer were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: Three men were pulled out of their vehicle and shot and killed at Dhgax-Jebis Bridge, Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. The Shabelle Valley Administration claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were Al-Shabaab fighters.
01/02/2012: Two gunmen shot and killed the director of student affairs of Sindh University in his car in Jamshoro district, Sindh province, Pakistan. A security guard returned fire, injuring one attacker. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2012: Two men threw a grenade at the office of Mobilink, a cell phone company, in North Nazimabad town, Sindh province, Pakistan. Four people were injured in the incident, and the store was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2012: Two suicide bombers driving an explosives-laden vehicle and targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ceremony were captured by authorities in Nawa-I-Barakzayi district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No other information is available.
01/02/2013: A percussion device detonated on the third floor of a high school in Cizre city, Sirnak province, Turkey. Three students were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials speculate that Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was involved.
01/02/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military patrol in Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq. Three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An assailant attacked a cleric at a mosque in Shah Mansur village, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Moulana Naseebullah was shot twice, dying from his injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An explosive device attached to a civilian car detonated in Petah Tikva city, Central district, Israel. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies on the campus of the University of Peshawar in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the blast and the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An explosive device detonated at Zeeshan market in Nowshera city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Three compact disc (CD) stores were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An explosive device detonated in the vicinity of an African Union Mission in Somalia (ANISOM) military patrol in Merka town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Three soldiers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the attack.
01/02/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a police colonel's house in Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq. A neighbor was killed in the blast and seven people were injured; however, Major Adnan al-Dulaimi was unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a Shia procession in al-Mahaweel district, Babil, Iraq. Two Shia pilgrims were killed and eight more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered in Socorro town, Cauca department, Colombia. The device, targeting civilians and police, was safely defused without causing injury. Officials attribute the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/02/2013: Assailants ambushed a militia member and his wife in Ligao city, Albay province, Bicol region, Philippines. The militia member was not hurt in the attack, but his wife was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that New People's Army (NPA) was involved.
01/02/2013: Assailants attacked a military base in the Marte area, Borno state, Nigeria. Five assailants, one soldier, and one police officer were killed in the ensuing firefight and an unknown number of assailants were injured. The military base was also damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
01/02/2013: Assailants fired mortar shells and guns at helicopters on a military base near Taftanaz town, Idlib governorate, Syria. Four assailants were killed in the return fire and an unknown number were injured; in addition, the base and helicopters were damaged. Officials attributed the incident to al-Nusrah Front and the Free Syrian Army.
01/02/2013: Assailants fired mortar shells in Machi Khel area, North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Area, Pakistan. The mortars struck civilian houses, killing three people and injuring three more. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: Assailants halted a bus and abducted seven military personnel in Jand area, Punjab, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was involved.
01/02/2013: Assailants opened fire on a city councilor in Concepcion village, San Pablo city, Laguna province, Philippines. Councilor Edgardo Adajar was killed in the attack and his guard was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police officer and two Sahwa Council members in an orchard in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. All three victims were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The vehicle belonged to the nephew of the parliament speaker; he was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: Assailants planted a hand grenade at the private residence of a district police chief in Ghor province, Afghanistan. Colonel Akhtar Mohammad Ghalmini and five other family members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, the victims attribute the attack to the Taliban.
01/02/2013: Assailants planted an explosive device at a gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, Balochistan, Pakistan. The blast damaged the pipeline, disrupting the supply line; however, there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: Security personnel discovered three explosives-laden vehicles north of Karbala city, Karbala, Iraq. No further information is available.
01/02/2013: Two assailants abducted Lieutenant Colonel Abdel-Salam al-Mahdawi, the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Islamist assailants were involved.
01/02/2013: Two assailants opened fire on a police station in Uchkeken village, Karachayevo-Cherkessiya republic, Russia. The assailants attempted to flee but were killed when the police returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2013: Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused north of Karbala, Karbala, Iraq. Security personnel believe the devices were targeting Shia pilgrims visiting the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in front of Juebor mosque in Romsai subdistrict, Narathiwat province, Thailand. After the blast, assailants opened fire on the nearby Ranger unit, injuring one solider. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the attack to separatists.
01/02/2014: A remote-controlled roadside bomb detonated near a police vehicle in Pathhar area, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and three others were injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: A roadside bomb detonated at a market in Latifiyah town, Babylon governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 11 more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Wadh town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No injuries or damages were reported. Lashkar-e-Balochistan claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a convoy in Al-Rifai area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the vehicle of a village chief in Gofgadud area outside of Baidoa city, Bay region, Somalia. Three people, including village chief Abdullahi Abdi Enow, and two soldiers, were killed in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a car dealership in Balad Ruz city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, 15 people were killed and 30 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/02/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Haret Hraik town, Mount Lebanon governorate, Lebanon. In addition to the assailant, five people were killed and 66 others were wounded in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An assailant attempted to plant an explosive device at Sheikh Zuweid hospital in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Soldiers shot and killed the assailant before defusing the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the military attributed the attack to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Said Akbar Kali Girls School in Bakarabad area, Jamrud district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated in Al-Dawrah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated near a government-run girls' high school in Dhab Bhanda area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, the building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated on a bus in the Shaab area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline between Fathah and Baiji cities in Saladin governorate, Iraq. Damages from the blast halted the flow of oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan city. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated on the road in Suq al-Ma'ash area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and another person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a hotel in Harad city, Hajjah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosive device planted in the car of a Defense Ministry Captain detonated in the Adamiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The official was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: An explosives-laden motorbike detonated targeting civilians in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Five people were killed and 15 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the blast to the Taliban.
01/02/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused near the Ibrahimiya private school in Kafr Al Sheikh city, Kafr Al Sheikh governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Armed assailants abducted five staff members of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) from a house in northern Syria. Three hostages were released on April 4, 2014, and the remaining two hostages were released on May 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Assailants ambushed a military convoy near the town of Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Colonel Mamadou Ndala, the Congolese commander in charge of military operations, was killed in the attack, along with three other soldiers. Additionally, eight soldiers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/02/2014: Assailants attacked a group of Cameroonian soldiers in the border village of Oundjiki, East region, Cameroon. The assailants crossed into Cameroon from the Central African Republic. A village leader, two soldiers and four assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Seleka.
01/02/2014: Assailants attacked a military outpost in Pikit, Cotabato province, Philippines. Nine assailants were killed and at least 13 people, including two soldiers, were wounded in the attack. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was carried out in retaliation for an incident in which soldiers had harassed Muslim farmers in the area.
01/02/2014: Assailants attacked a police security checkpoint in Hamam Al-Alil area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two assailants 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).
01/02/2014: Assailants attacked an army checkpoint in Azim town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and another soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military airport in Kinshasa city, Kinshasa province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. No further information about the attack is available.
01/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Yalda Waziri in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. Waziri, a senior female official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Assailants set fire to the Social Security Organization (IKA) office in Glyfada area, Attica region, Greece. No casualties were reported; however, the building was seriously damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Assailants set fire to two vehicles belonging to Turkish diplomats in Berlin city, Berlin state, Germany. There were no reported casualties; however, the two vehicles were destroyed in the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Assailants threw grenades into the Tandoori bar in Diani town, Kwale county, Kenya. At least ten people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Gunmen attacked a military barracks in Al-Harkawiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers and two assailants were killed, while an unknown number of soldiers and assailants were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/02/2014: Gunmen fired on a senior Yemeni intelligence officer outside of his home in the Qalua neighborhood of Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. The officer, Colonel Marwan Al-Muqbali, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
01/02/2014: Gunmen fired on an army security checkpoint in Al-Qawsiyat area, north of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2014: Gunmen opened fire on Mark De Salis and Lynn Howie as they ate lunch on a beach in near Sabratah town, Zawiya district, Libya. De Salis, a British oil executive, and Howie, a citizen of New Zealand, were killed in the attack. Jund Al-Islam claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the couple was targeted for being foreign spies.
01/02/2014: Police discovered and defused seven explosive devices hidden in a bag near a police station in Tanta city, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: A magnetic explosive device attached to a vehicle carrying Azizi Bank employees detonated in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three bank employees, including the bank's branch manager, and a police officer were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: An explosive device detonated in Tubaji 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.
01/02/2015: An explosive device detonated near a store in Kifah 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.
01/02/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a school bus in Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. A security guard was killed and 10 other people, including Kenyan teachers, were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, a government official attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/02/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Aman Lashkar members in Bekar area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One Aman Lashkar member was killed and one was wounded in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the home of a local tribal elder in Khar Kharkrez town, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least one person, the elder's son, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: An explosive device placed in a vehicle detonated in Hodan district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. An employee of the Turkish embassy was killed and two other people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: An explosive device prematurely detonated as it was being planted in Senkio area, Tani district, Khost province, Afghanistan. An assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants abducted Moises Sanchez from his residence in Medellin de Bravo city, Veracruz state, Mexico. Sanchez, the editor of La Union newspaper, was discovered dead on January 24, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants ambushed a convoy carrying food aid to Djibouti soldiers in Bulobarde district, Hiiraan region, Somalia. One soldier was killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked a military base in Al-Falahat district, Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 21 people, including one soldier and 20 assailants, were killed and another soldier and dozens of assailants were injured 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).
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked a residence for soldiers in Sokna town, Jufra district, Libya. At least 14 people were killed and one was wounded in the attack; the victims included soldiers and civilian workers. Fezzan Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Shinawari locality, Doaba area, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Aski area, Imam Sahib district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least six people, including two police officers and three assailants, were killed and one officer was wounded in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked the Iskudarka military base in Baidoa town, Bay region, Somalia. At least seven soldiers and three assailants were killed and eight soldiers were wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers Chernukhino town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. This was one of two incidents in the town on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with mortars and firearms at Donetsk airport, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/02/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with mortars and firearms in Chermalyk area, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/02/2015: Assailants executed 15 people in Karma district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident stating that the victims cooperated with security forces.
01/02/2015: Assailants fired a missile at Bagram Air Base in Bagram district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants fired mortar that landed and detonated in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 20 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants kidnapped an imam from a mosque in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the victim were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on Major Faysl Mohammed Ali in Al-Rebat zone, Lahij city, Lahij governorate, Yemen. Ali, a Yemeni intelligence officer, was injured in the attack. Ansar al-Sharia, a sub-group of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Ambe Madaki village, Kaduna state, Nigeria. At least 15 people were killed and five others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Fulani militants.
01/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Shurun village, Plateau state, Nigeria. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Fulani militants.
01/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on the house of a provincial councilor in Kurunegala city, North Western province, Sri Lanka. The councilor was not harmed, but a security guard was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Ali Qanlandrani in Jhal Magsi area, Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A police constable and an assailant were killed in the attack; Qanlandrani was unharmed by the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on Yohanna Daniel Shinkut in Kaura district, Kaduna state, Nigeria. Shinkut, an Emir, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
01/02/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the vehicle of former mayor and city Awami League (AL) president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran in Sylhet city, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. The device missed the vehicle and detonated without any casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a sub-group of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stating that they had demanded cases be withdrawn against BNP members.
01/02/2015: Assailants torched a stone-crushing machine in Kannur district, Kerala state, India. No casualties were reported, but the machinery was damaged. Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the tourism lobby of exploiting land.
01/02/2015: Security forces found and defused an explosive device hidden inside a water cooler planted near the home of Governor Peer Karam Ali Shah in Chatorkhand area, Ghizer district, Gilgit-Baltistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Security forces found and defused an explosive device planted in a passenger jeep in Lamitan city, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2015: Two rockets were fired at the airport in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The attack resulted in an unstated number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest at the Village Restaurant in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. In addition to the suicide bomber, three people were killed in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: An explosive device detonated at a bus stop in Peshawar Chowk neighborhood, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least six people were killed and 13 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2016: An explosive device detonated 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.
01/02/2016: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: An explosives-laden truck detonated prematurely in Zer-e-Koh area, Herat province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Ramadi city, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least four security force members were killed and six members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers attacked an Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Pathankot city, Pathankot district, Punjab state, India. At least five assailants and seven security personnel were killed and 20 others were injured in the ensuing clash that continued until January 4, 2016. The United Jihad Council claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Indian authorities denied the claim. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) also claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2016: Assailants attacked a Sudanese Army garrison in Mazlagan town, South Kordofan state, Sudan. At least 14 assailants were killed and unknown number were injured in the ensuing clash. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2016: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) security posts in Shultan, Kunar, Afghanistan. Security forces repelled the assault, killing three assailants and wounding three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2016: Assailants attacked and injured Nabil Soubye, a satirical journalist, in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed it to Huthi extremists.
01/02/2016: Assailants attacked Libyan military positions in Al-Hawari neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two soldiers were killed and four were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/02/2016: Assailants attempted to abduct 15 traders in Mandangre village, Meghalaya state, India. The traders resisted and the assailants opened fire, injuring one person. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to A'chik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK).
01/02/2016: Assailants executed 83 Al Jabbur tribal members in Al Hud, Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The victims were accused of cooperating with security forces.
01/02/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at a vehicle in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Ali Najm, an Al Ishraq satellite TV station correspondent, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at the United States embassy in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Assailants launched mortar shells at Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Assailants opened fire on Feliciano Sano in Bislig city, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Sano, the Pamaypayan village chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Assailants shot and killed a solider in Datu Salibo town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a house in Banbridge town, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: At least 12 armed assailants seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Princeton, Oregon, United States. On January 26, 2016, a leader of the group was killed, Ryan Bundy was wounded, and seven leaders, including Ammon and Ryan Bundy, were arrested in a confrontation with authorities approximately 45 miles away from the refuge. The last four assailants at the refuge were arrested on February 11, 2016. Citizens for Constitutional Freedom claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that federal grounds be returned to the ranchers of Harney County. The group also stated that the occupation was carried out in protest to the five year sentence of Dwight and Steven Hammond, two ranchers convicted of arson of federal land.
01/02/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device near Attamipara, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices in As Safi River area, Taji, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2016: Seven suicide bombers attempted to raid a military headquarters east of Fallujah, Al Anbar Iraq. The seven assailants and one soldier were killed and two soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police vehicle between the Kandhario and Surkhab areas in Mohammad Agha, Logar, Afghanistan. A police officer was killed and four officers, including a district police commander, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint outside the Halane Military Base in Mogadishu, Somalia. This was one of two suicide bombings in Hawal Wadag on the same day. In addition to the two assailants, at least nine people were killed and 21 other people were injured across both blasts; the victims included soldiers and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/02/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Peace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. This was one of two suicide bombings in Hawal Wadag on the same day. In addition to the two assailants, at least nine people were killed and 21 other people were injured across both blasts; the victims included soldiers and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/02/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the square in Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 35 people were killed and 61 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: A suicide bomber detonated prematurely in a mosque in Shahjoy, Zabul, Afghanistan. The assailant was the only reported casualty. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2017: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Baladiat neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated in Mouzaia, Blida, Algeria. At least one person was killed and seven other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in Western Bypass neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least six soldiers were injured in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated near a passenger bus in Kanri, Chattar subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the bus. At least three people were injured in the incident. This was one of two similar attacks Chattar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated near a tractor-trolley in Chattar subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least five people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks Chattar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated near al-Jawader Hospital in Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least five people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated on Yangon-Sittway Highway in Ponnagyun, Rakhine, Myanmar. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Mohammad Omar in Nijrab, Kapisa, Afghanistan. Omar, a former Hezb-I-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) commander, was killed and a one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the Kendi Hospital car park in Baghdad, Iraq. At least four people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Zafraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting the convoy of Sheikh Mahdi al-Sumaida'i near a mosque in Dakhliyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Sumaida'i, a Sunni cleric, was not harmed but at least one person was killed and 10 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/02/2017: Assailants abducted Alexis Nsabimana in an unknown area of Bujumbura Rural, Burundi. The whereabouts of Nsabimana, a local National Liberation Front (FNL) representative, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: Assailants abducted eleven construction laborers building a school in Takhta Pul, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The hostages were released on January 20, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Taliban.
01/02/2017: Assailants armed with mortar rounds and firearms attacked Shia tribal fighters near Adhaim, Diyala, Iraq. At least three fighters were killed and seven other fighters were injured in the assault. This was one of two similar incidents near Adhaim on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Bolan, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least two assailants and eight police officers were killed and three police officers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked a security forces convoy in Koshki Kohna, Herat, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked A. Mohan Raj in Alangulam, Tamil Nadu, India. Raj, a former local councilor, was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Army barracks near Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. At least four soldiers were killed and 12 other soldiers were injured in the incident. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Saladin on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked and killed a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldier in Yaqshid neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility; however, security forces arrested two Al-Shabaab members in connection with the incident.
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked Assam Rifles (AR) soldiers in Manipur, India. At least three people, including one soldier and two assailants, were killed and another assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the incident was carried out by the People's Liberation Army (India), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), or People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK).
01/02/2017: Assailants attacked Az Zuwiyah in Shirqat district, Saladin, Iraq. Three assailants were killed and five security personnel were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/02/2017: Assailants attempted to abduct Obedullah Kasi in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Kasi, the son of the former Federal Minister, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the attempted kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Shirqat, Saladin, Iraq. At least two children were killed in the incident. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Saladin on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/02/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Malian Armed Forces Camel Corps checkpoint between Boni and Hombori in Mopti, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Eugenio Salva Jr. near Basalem, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. Salva Jr., the Kumalarang mayor, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: Assailants shot and killed a female police officer in Nawa-i-Barakzayi, Helmand, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban, which the group denied. In addition, a letter was discovered at the scene warning people to not spy for the government.
01/02/2017: Assailants shot and killed nine Sunni tribal fighters in a village near Adhaim, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents near Adhaim on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/02/2017: Four assailants tied up and tortured a mentally disabled person at a residence in the west side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The victim was released after four hours. The attack was streamed on Facebook and the assailants shouted anti-Trump and anti-white profanities. Jordan Hill, Brittany Covington, Tesfaye Cooper, and Tanisha Covington were arrested on hate crime charges in connection with the incident.
01/02/2017: Security forces intercepted and killed 10 suicide bombers driving three explosives-laden vehicles in Yarmijah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/02/2017: Two assailants wearing suicide vests opened fire on the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) al-Imam station in Mutasim neighborhood, Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. The assailants were able to overtake the station before they were killed by security forces. This was one of two coordinated attacks on police stations in Mutasim on the same day. At least 11 people, including seven officers and four assailants, were killed in the incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/02/2017: Two assailants wearing suicide vests opened fire on the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) al-Mutawakil station in Mutasim neighborhood, Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. The assailants were able to overtake the station before they were killed by security forces. This was one of two coordinated attacks on police stations in Mutasim on the same day. At least 11 people, including seven officers and four assailants, were killed in the incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/03/1999: A homemade bomb exploded at a York University building, a United States institution in Athens, Greece. There were no casualties reported. Fight Against Authority claimed responsibility for the attack in an anonymous telephone call to the private Skai radio station.
01/03/1999: A time bomb, attached to a bridge near Raiwind, Pakistan, exploded immediately before Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to have passed over. Four people were killed and three were wounded in the attack, which Police called an assassination attempt. Police immediately blamed the explosion on the ethnic Muttahida Qami Movement (MQM), though MQM denied any responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2000: A bomb exploded at a vegetable market in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir State. Eighteen people were killed, fourteen civilians and four security personnel, and at lest thirty people were injured in this attack by unknown perpetrators.
01/03/2000: A bomb placed by unknown perpetrators exploded in the El Attik mosque in Khemis Miliana town. Another bomb inside the mosque was defused right before exploding. It was unknown whether there were any injuries or fatalities.
01/03/2000: A car belonging to the Jordanian Embassy was torched in the Athens suburb of Aghia Paraskevi. A call was later made to a radio station claiming responsibility by the Anarchist Faction, wanting the liberation of individuals Kostas Kalaremas and Nikolaos Maziotis.
01/03/2000: Six were killed and fourteen wounded when four or six armed, unknown people dressed in Municipal Guard uniforms stormed a café in Germain, Tipasa province, and opened fire.
01/03/2000: Ten months prior to the bombing of the USS Cole in the Gulf of Aden, the perpetrators responsible for the USS Cole attack attempted a similar attack against the USS The Sullivans. The explosives-laden boat sank before reaching the USS The Sullivans, however the perpetrators salvaged the boat and the explosives and used both in the attack on the USS Cole.
01/03/2000: The Russian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was attacked with grenades and guns, causing the death of one Lebanese policeman and the attacker, a Palestinian named Ahmad Raja Abu-Kharrub, and the injury of other policemen. The Islamic group Al-Muhajirun claimed that the Usbat al-Ansar (League of Partisans) group was responsible for the attack.
01/03/2000: Three French children were killed and four were injured after National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) members opened fire on the bus they were traveling in en route from Katime Mulilo Town to Rundu, Namibia.
01/03/2000: Unknown suspects set three separate fires on the grounds of the Rancho Veal Corporation in Petaluma, California, U.S.A.. Subsequent investigation determined that an accelerant, believed to be diesel fuel, was used in the attack. The fires damaged office space, two trucks, and an equipment storage facility, resulting in an estimated $150,000 in damages. On March 16, 2000, the North American Animal Liberation Front Press Office released a communiqué stating that a cell of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a terrorist animal rights movement, claimed responsibility for the fires. A similar act of attempted arson had been claimed by ALF against the Rancho Veal Corporation in February 1997.  The same ALF cell is suspected in a number of other attacks on business in the Bay area.
01/03/2001: A suicide bomber attacked and Istanbul police station killing three and injuring seven. The bomber was posthumously identified as Gultenkin Koc. He was associated with the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C).
01/03/2001: Fighting broke out in Keshpur, Midnapore District, West Bengal, India with some associated with the Trinamool Congress being subjected to stoning and shootings. Authorities believed 15 to be injured. Members of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) were believed to be responsible.
01/03/2001: Members of a group calling itself "For a Revolutionary Perspective" placed an explosive device in front of the offices of the El-Al Airlines in Zurich, Switzerland. No injuries were reported, but the explosion seriously damaged the facility, causing $5,500 in damage.
01/03/2002: Inhabitants of Cauca, Colombia tried to prevent a Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)takeover of their town by protesting. The guerrillas destroyed the police post, the priest's home, a school, and 20 houses. An Indian and a law school student was murdered while helping a wounded policeman.
01/03/2002: Russian military hardware was blown up in Achkhoy-Martanovskiy district in Chechnya reportedly by Chechen rebels. The type of bomb used was unspecified.
01/03/2002: Russian military hardware was blown up in Grozny Chechnya reportedly by Chechen rebels. The type of bomb used was unspecified.
01/03/2002: Russian military hardware was blown up in Naurskiy, Chechnya reportedly by Chechen rebels. The type of bomb used was unspecified.
01/03/2002: Six armed men opened fire on a security post in Bab Lakouas suburb of Medea, Algeria. Five people, including one of the attackers, were killed and a Kalashnikov rifle recovered.
01/03/2002: Suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation front (MILF) seized three women in the southern Philippine port city of Davao in the Philippines. One of the women was the daughter of a wealthy car dealer. The three women were traveling by car when a gunmen blocked their path and seized them.
01/03/2002: Two boys were killed and five others sustained serious injuries when a bomb alleged to have been left by the Maoist rebels went off in Manma-Khandachakra of Kalikot district, mid-Western Nepal. The bomb exploded near a water fountain.
01/03/2003: A grenade lobbed into a series of stands selling firecrackers resulted in a chain of explosions in a public market in the southern Philippine city of Tacurong. The military has blamed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for the New Year's Eve bombing which has left nine dead and thirty two injured.
01/03/2003: A large bomb blast in Zarmat, center of the Afghan province of Paktia, killed 17 people including four American commandos. Seven individuals were injured in the attack. The perpetrators were unknown.
01/03/2003: Five Border Security Force (BSF) members were killed and two more were wounded when National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) insurgents detonated a land mine and attacked with small arms fire. This attack took place in the Chaplingcherra area of South Tripura State, India.
01/03/2003: Following a large bomb blast in Paktia, a skirmish broke out in Kuna, Afghanistan where four U.S. soldiers were killed in the attack by the unknown assailants.
01/03/2003: French Rabbi Gabriel Fahri was attacked with a knife by a lone assailant outside of his synagogue in Paris’s eleventh district. The unidentified attacker shouted “Allah Akhbar! We'll have your skin!” before stabbing Fahri in the abdomen. The wounds were not considered life threatening.
01/03/2003: In India, Maoists belonging to the Tataiah group detonated the Telugu Dessam Party forest office at Ajamnagar in Kataram mandal headquarters inside of Andhra Pradesh State. There were no reports of fatalities.
01/03/2003: In India, Maoists blew up the house of a Mandal Praja Parishad president in the interior Mulugu forest area of Warangal district. A local guerrilla squad lead by Swarnakka attacked the house of D. Rameshwar Rao at Ghanpur village, called the inmates out, planted mines around the hamlet, and detonated it. There were no reported fatalities.
01/03/2003: In India, Maoists presumably representing the People’s War Group set off a land mine to stop a convoy of government officials involved in the Janmabhoomi program shortly before kidnapping 4 of them. The ambush took place in the Guntur District inside Andhra Pradesh between the remote villages of Bodhanam and Chityala. No fatalities were reported and the hostages were released shortly after.
01/03/2003: Presumed Maoist rebels kidnapped 150 students from the fifth grade and higher from Jana Prakash Higher Secondary, Bhim Middle School and others in Bhulina and Kalika of Bajura district in northwestern Nepal. The outcome of the kidnapping was not reported.
01/03/2003: Six Nepalese policemen were injured following an ambush at the hands of Maoists near Lalgaon. The patrol was on their way to the Ratanpuri Village Development Committee when the assault occurred.
01/03/2003: Suspected members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) opened fire in Acet in Gulu district, Uganda. The target of the gunfire was a group of dancing civilians, of which six were left dead. Known LRA thugs were among the group fired on.
01/03/2003: The Dyanet Haci Bayram mosque in Baden Powellweg in the Osdorp area of Amsterdam was the target of a hand grenade attack by unknown assailants. The mosque was empty at the time and there were no casualties.
01/03/2003: Three extremists belonging to the Praveen Dalam group gunned down Telugu Dessam Party (TDP) leader Katta Narayana at Gambirpur village in Kathalapur mandal, Andhra Pradesh State, India.
01/03/2004: A landmine was detonated at the Chaplingcherra border outpost in Southern Tripura, killing five Indian border guards. As the guards arrived at the outpost a remote detonation occurred. The mine was remotely detonated just as the soldiers exited a vehicle and was timed to inflict maximum casualties. The National Liberation Front of Tripura was suspected of being responsible for the attack. The outpost carries particular significance because of the NFLT's hopes for succession from India.
01/03/2005: A bomb exploded in front of hotel housing members of Indonesia’s Brimob Paramilitary Police Force in Poso. The explosion did not result in any casualties. Although local authorities suspected that the attack was related to sectarian violence between local Christian and Muslim communities, no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2005: A suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a checkpoint near the Baghdad offices of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s National Accord Party, killing four people and wounding 24 others. The bomb exploded at Green Zone checkpoint 12 after ramming a sports utility vehicle belonging to a Kroll employee. Ansar al-Sunna, an Al-Qaida linked organization, claimed responsibility for the bombing via the internet.
01/03/2005: Approximately 15 unknown gunmen ambushed a joint patrol of military and police forces near Iyanomo, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack which left one soldier injured.
01/03/2005: One US soldier was killed and three others were wounded when unknown perpetrators attack a patrol near the town of Asadabad in eastern Afghanistan. The attackers detonated two improvised explosive devices then proceeded to fire their guns at the US soldiers. A US military spokesman indicated that authorities were unable to say what group launched the attack.
01/03/2005: Suspected Iraqi insurgents killed a Turkish truck driver in an ambush attack that took place near the town of Baquba, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the murder.
01/03/2005: Three policemen were shot and killed in Banda Aceh City, Indonesia. Authorities suspected that pro-independence rebels were responsible for the attacks, but no group claimed responsibility for the shootings.
01/03/2005: Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb that killed three members of Iraq’s National Guard. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/03/2006: A home-made incendiary device comprising small propane canisters exploded at 4:15 a.m. in the Kypseli residential district, Athens, Greece, at the entrance of a New Democracy Party office on the ground floor, causing material damage Police said an anonymous caller phoned the private ALTER tv station at 5:00 a.m. and claimed responsibility for the arson attacks on behalf of a hitherto unknown group calling itself "Anti-State Justice", in an act of solidarity with anarchists Panayiotis Aspiotis, George Kalaitzidis and Petros Karasaridis, who are serving time in prison for arson attacks and several felon charges.
01/03/2006: In the Mets residential district of Athens, Greece, a home-made incendiary device made up of small propane canisters exploded beneath a parked car with diplomatic license plates. The fire damaged the car and four surrounding vehicles, but caused no injures. Police said an anonymous caller phoned the private ALTER tv station at 5:00 a.m. and claimed responsibility for the arson attacks on behalf of a hitherto unknown group calling itself "Anti-State Justice", in an act of solidarity with anarchists Panayiotis Aspiotis, George Kalaitzidis and Petros Karasaridis, who are serving time in prison for arson attacks and several felon charges.
01/03/2006: In the suburb of Petroupolis, Athens, Greece, unidentified persons torched a parked car without license plates, damaging it and another parked car. Police said an anonymous caller phoned the private ALTER tv station at 5:00 a.m. and claimed responsibility for the arson attacks on behalf of a hitherto unknown group calling itself "Anti-State Justice", in an act of solidarity with anarchists Panayiotis Aspiotis, George Kalaitzidis and Petros Karasaridis, who are serving time in prison for arson attacks and several felon charges.
01/03/2006: Suspected insurgents blew up a gas pipeline supplying a major power station in an act of sabotage at Uch Power Plant, Naseerabad, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility
01/03/2006: The LTTE's Vavuniya West Region leader T. Jeyananthan and another person were killed in the uncleared area of Valayankadu, Mannar, Sri Lanka in a claymore mine blast. Jeyananthan was riding his motor bicycle with another person around the Valayankadu Junction along Mullikulam-Walalyankattu Road. The attackers are unknown.
01/03/2006: Three suspected New People’s Army gunmen shot dead a village chairwoman who worked against the communists in Talisayan town, Mindanao Island, the Philippines. No group claimed formal responsibility
01/03/2006: Two suspected militants on a motorcycle shot dead a Buddhist village defense volunteer, Somchai Sae-ngao, and critically injured a colleague as they walked ot their homes in Ra Ngae (District), southern Thailand. No group claimed responsibility
01/03/2006: Unknown assailants decapitated an Afghan school principal, Abdul Habib, at his house in Qalat (District), Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Three men were detained for questioning, but no group claimed responsibility. The Taliban was suspected.
01/03/2007: Three officers of the Fatah- dominated Preventative Security Force were shot dead when members of Hamas's Executive Force opened fire at their vehicle in the southern city of Khan Yunis, Gaza. Ten people were also kidnapped in the confrontations; their fate was unknown.
01/03/2008:  A car bomb targeting soldiers killed five people including two soldiers and wounded 68 in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir in southern Turkey at about 5pm. A bus carrying about 50 soldiers on their way back to base blew up in a parking lot between a hotel and shopping mall when suspected Kurdish rebels of the Kurdish Workers Party (or PKK) detonated a remote-controlled car bomb inside a parked car. The attack damaged nearby buildings. It is suspected that the attack was in retaliation for three airstrikes by Turkish warplanes against Kurdish rebel shelters in northern Iraq last month.
01/03/2008:  A katyusha rocket from Gaza at southern Israel struck the back yard of a house in the town of Sderot, the army said. No casualties were reported.
01/03/2008:  A mine blast that struck an army truck transporting food in Yakawetunuwewa , a small village about 270 kilometers north-east of Colombo northern Sri Lanka, on Yakawewa-Padaviya main road killed two soldiers and wounded three. The government suspects the LTTE to be responsible though no one has claimed responsibility.
01/03/2008:  A police officer was killed and another two were seriously wounded after their jeep came under automatic weapons fire from a passing car in Skopje.
01/03/2008:  A woman was killed and five others wounded when an improvised bomb exploded at a pub in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato.
01/03/2008:  An Indian engineer and seven Afghan policemen were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Khashrud district of Nimroz province.
01/03/2008:  In the Shiite-dominated New Baghdad neighborhood in the eastern part of the city, two street sweepers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded around 7 a.m., police said. At least four others were wounded in the incident.
01/03/2008:  Officer-in-Charge of Kulshi thana Kazi Shahabuddin Ahmed, ASI Harunur Rashid and constable Abdul Wadud were injured as terrorists threw bombs on them in Bangladesh’s Baghgona Debarpar area.
01/03/2008:  One woman was killed and another civilian wounded when a rocket slammed into the primarily Shiite neighborhood of Washash in northwest Baghdad, police said. At least two houses were damaged.
01/03/2008:  Three people were killed and 11 wounded when a bomb planted at the house of a local member of the Dawa party exploded at dawn in a Shiite-dominated area of southeastern Baghdad. The party member was not at home. The dead included a man, a 13-year-old boy and a woman who was in a house next door. The perpetrators were not known.
01/03/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1655, in the Petta area of Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants planted a bomb inside a van, which injured three civilians when it exploded near the Red Mosque, causing no reported damage. The van's ID number was HD-8194 .
01/03/2009: On Saturday evening at about 1730,  in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the southwestern Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood near a group of Shia pilgrims on their way to Karbala' in observance of Ashura, killing two Shia civilians, wounding between eight and 10 others, and damaging a minibus. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday in the night, in Arghandab, Kandahar, Afghanistan, assailants detonated in improvised explosive device , destroying a medical clinic. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
01/03/2009: On Saturday in the Shakardara area of Matta, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants fired on a group of civilians, killing three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday morning, in Ashdod, Central District, Israel, assailants fired one rocket at a community, wounding two civilians with shrapnel and damaging an apartment building. Three people were treated for shock. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, 15 suspected New People's Army rebels opened fire on Armed Forces of Philippines in Masalukot III village, Candelaria, Quezon province.  One rebel was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, a grenade exploded along the Alunan highway in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. Eight civilians were injured in the attack, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq,  an unspecified number of militants burned two schools being prepared as polling stations for the upcoming provincial elections. No casualties were reported and those responsible later confessed that they were members of Ashbal Al Qaeda.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in Ashdod, Central District, Israel, assailants fired one Grad-type rocket at a community, wounding several civilians, sending several others into shock, and damaging an apartment building. No group claimed responsibility
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed the home of Anwar Mohedin Rasoul, a member of the Kurdistan Communist Party, and shot him dead. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in Kissufim, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired three mortars at a government building, causing no casualties or damage.  Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in the al-Biaaj area of Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, in the afternoon, two leaders of Zubayd al-Arabiya tribes in al-Biaaj were killed and a third one was wounded when a sticky explosive charge targeted their vehicle. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in the Southern District of Israel, assailants fired three rockets at two communities, wounding one civilian and damaging a residence. In one of two linked attacks, in Eshkolot, two rockets were fired. In Netivot, another rocket was fired. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2009: On Saturday, in the Southern District of Israel, assailants fired three rockets at two communities, wounding one civilian and damaging a residence. In one of two linked attacks, in Netivot, one rocket was fired on a community. In Eshkolot, another two rockets were fired. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2010: On Sunday morning at 0500, in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy, assailants detonated a homemade device made up of a gas cylinder with explosives outside of a magistrate’s court building, causing no casualties. The magistrate building suffered light structural damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2010: On Sunday morning, in the Tal Abta district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen killed and burned the bodies of three civil guards that were protecting a road being paved in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2010: On Sunday, former Irrigation Minister Ghani-ur Rehman and his three travel companions, his bodyguard Mashkoor, Frontier Corps personnel Zahir Shah and his driver, were killed when their vehicle hit a remote-controlled roadside bomb in Bagto Village, about 10 kilometers from Hangu, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Two police officials were injured in the attack. The vehicle was destroyed in the attack. Local police official Iqbal Khan claimed that Rehman was the target of the attack. Rehman, a controversial figure, was once irrigation minister in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and a former mayor of Hangu. Murder charges have been filed against four people including Maulana Muhammad Nabi, Maulana Ghulab, his son Gulu and an Afghan refugee Ghazi Khan. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2011: On Monday morning around 0945, in the Gwange area of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, two unidentified militants riding a taxi motorcycle fired upon and killed a policeman, identified as Corporal James, as he was walking home. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
01/03/2011: On Monday night around 0100, in Ughelli, Delta, Nigeria, three people were injured when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office building on Post Officer Road. The building was burned and completely destroyed in the attack. The attack was motivated by the INEC's rigging of the recent election. The militant group Delta Democratic Militia claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2011: On Monday night at 2220, in the Sunzhensky area of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia, Russia, unknown assailants threw two hand grenades at four policemen patrolling the New Year's tree in the main square. Only one grenade exploded, but no damages or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2011: On Monday, in Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia, two civilians were injured when unidentified militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device that was targeting the governor of Mudug, Ahmed Ali Salad. The governor was not injured in the attack. No material damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2011: On Monday, in Nazimabad area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot and killed Joint Sector in charge of Nazimabad of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Adil Jaffri. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2011: On Monday, in Qureshan Chowk in Mamozai area of Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan militant chopped off the right hand of a tribesman, Abdul Khaliq, after a Sharia court found him guilty of committing a theft. A butcher knife was used in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2011: On Monday, in the al-Wahda neighborhood in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed the house of a Christian woman, Rafah Toma, killing her and stealing many of her possessions. Toma was likely targeted because of her religion. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2011: On Monday, in the Suleikh neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed two Interior Ministry employees. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/03/2011: On Monday, on the Sarrafiya bridge in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a police officer was killed after militants, armed with silenced weapons, opened fire on his police car as he drove by.No damages were reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A gas pipeline running between two power stations was blown up near Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, rebel forces and the government blamed each other. Rebels posited that the government blew up the pipeline to distract Arab League members in the country.
01/03/2012: A gas pipeline was blown up in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The pipeline was damaged, and a fire started where the explosive device detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A grenade exploded near a house in Kremenchuk city, Poltava oblast, Ukraine. One person was killed and one injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A grenade hidden in a bag exploded in Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. A 13-year-old boy who had picked up the bag was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A grenade was thrown into a marketplace in Marembo village, Gasabo district, Kigali province, Rwanda. Two people were killed and 16 injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device aimed at Kenyan government forces detonated in Mandera city, North Eastern province, Kenya. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that it was in retribution for Kenya sending military troops into Somalia in October 2011.
01/03/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Abu Ghraib area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Five police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A roadside bomb detonated underneath a military vehicle in Kraso village, Pattani province, Thailand. Two Thai soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Muslim fundamentalists.
01/03/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Al-Saydiya neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three police officers and one civilian were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Shaab neighborhood, Adhamiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near an army patrol in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A roadside bomb went off, targeting a police patrol in the vicinity of Tal Afar city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: A small explosive device detonated at Madad Chowk intersection, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of three explosive devices to go off in Kandahar on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device attached to a tricycle in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The explosive device was targeting a police post. Six people were killed and 16 injured by the blast. This was one of three attacks in Kandahar on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device attached to a tricycle in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The explosive device was targeting first responders to a previous blast in Madad Chowk. Seven people were killed and 19 injured in the attack. This was one of three attacks in Kandahar on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: An assailant used gasoline to set fire to a Jewish temple in Paramus, New Jersey, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, Anthony M. Graziano was arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
01/03/2012: An explosive device attached to the car of a peshmerga member detonated in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: An explosive device fitted with a timer was found and defused in the industrial zone of Khasavyurt city, Dagestan republic, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: An explosive device planted on a motorcycle detonated in a market in University Town neighborhood, Peshawar city district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two people were killed and 19 others were injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: An explosive device targeting a Khasadaar Forces vehicle detonated in a busy market in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four people were killed and three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: An explosive device targeting a military convoy went off near the hospital in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: Assailants attacked a foreign base in Pol-e Alam district, Logar province, Afghanistan. One base employee was killed and two injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: Assailants attacked a series of towns near Shabunda town, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of three attacks claimed by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the country from January 1 to January 3, 2012. Fifteen people died in this attack, and 13 were wounded across all three. The FDLR claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was revenge for locals allying themselves with Raia Mutomboki, a local defense group.
01/03/2012: Assailants attacked Shabunda town, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of three attacks claimed by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the country from January 1 to January 3, 2012. Thirteen people died in this attack, and 13 were injured across all three. The FDLR claimed responsibility, stating that the incident was revenge for locals allying themselves with Raia Mutomboki, a local defense group.
01/03/2012: Assailants kidnapped Burhan Samatar, the education minister for the autonomous region of Galmudug, in Galkayo city, Galmudug region, Somalia. The whereabouts of the victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: Assailants set fire to three cell phone towers near Baragada district, Odisha state, India. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, but police attributed the incident to Maoists, who left posters at the scene stating that they were against the anti-Maoist operations being conducted in the state.
01/03/2012: Assailants shot and killed the leader of a neighborhood in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that Boko Haram was suspected of carrying out the attack.
01/03/2012: Assailants shot and killed the leader of Shehuri neighborhood in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that Boko Haram was suspected of carrying out the attack.
01/03/2012: At least 15 assailants attacked a police station with gunfire and an explosive device in Birniwa area, Jigawa state, Nigeria. A police officer was shot in the leg and a girl killed in the attack. The explosive device was later defused by a bomb squad. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected Boko Haram of complicity in the attack.
01/03/2012: At least one suicide bomber died when the vest he was carrying went off prematurely in Gorali area on the outskirts of Gujrat city, Punjab province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: Gunmen attacked a military post in Remedios T. Romualdez village, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. One soldier was killed and two injured. No group claimed responsibility, but security sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA). The incident occurred on same day that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the NPA's parent organisation, restated a demand for the release of captured senior CPP leaders.
01/03/2012: Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were injured in the attack, and an assailant was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: Gunmen attacked a police checkpost in Shewan area, Farah province, Afghanistan. In the ensuing fight, three attackers were killed and six arrested. The police officers suffered no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/03/2012: Gunmen attacked the vehicle of an Iraqi Army lieutenant in Karada district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The lieutenant was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: Gunmen broke into the house of Sahwa Council leader Shakir al-Hamdani in Abu Ghraib area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The attackers shot Hamdani and his wife dead in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: Seven gunmen attacked the Tunfure Resort hotel in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. The gunmen beat up the security guard at the entrance, then threw an explosive device at the reception area, destroying it, and fired automatic rifles sporadically. Eleven people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2012: Two explosive devices planted outside the home of a tribal leader, Haji Saleem Khan, went off in Sidh Bazaar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Six children playing outside were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: Two off-duty Iraqi soldiers were shot dead by attackers with pistols near Al-Shoura town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2012: Two teenagers attached an explosive device to the car of a detective from the Russian Interior Ministry in Grozny city, Chechnya republic, Russia. The device fell off when the car moved, detonating and injuring no one. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the two teens were arrested afterwards, and a search of their apartment revealed extremist literature.
01/03/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in New Baghdad area of Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were killed and another 15 were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a car park in Musayyib city, Babil, Iraq. Shia pilgrims were gathered at the park at the time of the explosion. In addition to the bomber, 27 other people were killed in the blast and at least 60 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a military checkpoint in Jabal al- Zawieh area of Idlib governorate, Syria. The vehicle was intercepted by security before it reached the checkpoint, causing the bomber to detonate prematurely. Other than the assailant, there were no reported casualties resulting from the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: An assailant set fire to a communications mast in Bathampton town, South West region, England, United Kingdom. There were no injuries in the attack; however, television, radio, and mobile services were disrupted for approximately 80,000 residents. Police arrested one individual in connection with the attack. The Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for the incident in a post online.
01/03/2013: An explosive device detonated at Zardad Khan's private residence in Jewarh area, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khan, a former employee of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was not injured in the blast; however, his house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a shop in the Orakzai market in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. One person was killed in the blast and another three were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a joint Afghan National Police (ANP) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) joint patrol in Upper Gereshk Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One soldier from Denmark was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a petrol station in Barzeh al-Balad area, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There was a large crowd queued up to buy gas at the time of the explosion; at least 11 people were killed and another 40 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: Approximately 100 assailants attacked a local secretariat building in Song town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although the building was set on fire. This was one of two locations the assailants attacked on the same morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
01/03/2013: Approximately 100 assailants attacked a police station with machine guns and grenades in Song town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Four people were killed in the ensuing shootout, including a police officer, a soldier, and two civilians, and two more people were injured. The police station was also set on fire. This was one of two locations the assailants attacked on the same morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
01/03/2013: Assailants abducted Mualana Wali Muhammad Barech, a Shia imam, in Satellite Town, Balochistan, Pakistan. No ransom was demanded and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: Assailants abducted the deputy manager of Pipelines Products Marketing Company (PPMC) in Ozuoba area, Rivers state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: Assailants attacked a Georgian military base in Shukvani area, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The incident occurred while the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was on the base. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although the base was damaged. Officials attribute the incident to the Taliban.
01/03/2013: Assailants attacked a military outpost in Laag village, Bari region, Somalia. At least one soldier and three assailants were killed and five assailants were injured in the ensuing firefight. Officials attribute the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/03/2013: Assailants attacked members of the Al-Rizaigat tribe in Samaha area, East Darfur state, Sudan. The attackers abducted nine people, killed 22 people, and injured another 25 people. Sources attribute the incident to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North.
01/03/2013: Assailants attacked military troops at the airport in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. No further information is available.
01/03/2013: Assailants attacked the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) Farm Centre in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. The assailants threw explosives and incendiary devices at the buildings, destroying offices, clinics, and other structures. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although several prisoners were freed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
01/03/2013: Assailants attempted to set fire to a real estate agency in Bassussarry, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. There were no reported casualties. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the incident and spray-painted "The Basque country is not for sale" on the building.
01/03/2013: Assailants in a vehicle threw two hand grenades at a military post in Behan region, Shabwa province, Yemen. Two soldiers were injured in the blast and the main gate was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
01/03/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member at a terminal in Magpet city, North Cotabato province, Philippines. The victim, who had recently been hired to provide the police with information, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that the New People's Army (NPA) was involved.
01/03/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle accompanying the French ambassador's convoy in Sana'a city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: Assailants planted an explosive device at a section of the Ecopetrol-owned Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline near Toledo town, North Santander department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the pipeline was damaged and oil contaminated a nearby river. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) was involved.
01/03/2013: Assailants planted explosives at a government-run high school in Masho Khel village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: Four explosive devices detonated at an under-construction district jail in the Qazi area of Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the building was damaged. The Darra Adam Khel chapter of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the jail was targeted because it was an institution designed to be used against the groups members.
01/03/2013: Three assailants dressed in police uniforms attacked a mosque in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The assailants searched the people present at the mosque, then shot and killed Maulvi Shah Wali, a pro-government prayer leader. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2013: Two assailants on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade and opened fire on police officers in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The police returned fire, causing the assailants to flee. There were no reported casualties resulting from the incident and the police were able to safely defuse the grenade before it detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated at the offices of a seminary in Mushti Mela area, Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Sabari district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Four intelligence officials, including a district intelligence chief, were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a joint military and police convoy in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Four police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck at a military checkpoint in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, five soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An assailant stabbed a Border Police officer at Damascus Gate in Old City neighborhood, Jerusalem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. At least one officer was wounded as the knife was wrestled from the assailant's hands. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An assailant threw an explosive device at police officers investigating a car accident in Zheleznodorozhny city, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia. One officer was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosion occurred at a garage near the main intelligence headquarters in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated in front of Bangdang Nama Health Station in the Kabang subdistrict of Yala province, Thailand. The targets were police officers providing security for a group of teachers; however, the patrol had passed prior to the blast. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated in Radaa district, Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen. Two civilians were killed and an unknown number were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated in the Al-Qaws area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated near a fast food restaurant in the Al-Mashtal area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated near a popular market in the Mahmudiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device detonated outside VOCOM Enterprises in barangay Sikatuna, Butuan city, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Baiyaa neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Chamkani area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Waheedabad area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near a power pylon in Amangarh area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants abducted a student in Kandhamal district, Odisha state, India. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/03/2014: Assailants attacked a police precinct in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants attacked Abdel Hakem Abdel Rahim Baiu in Hawari district, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Baiu, a military intelligence officer, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants attacked Mohammad Sabd Al-Bargati in Bodhima area of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Bargati, a special forces soldier, was injured in the violence. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline in the town of Al-Zara, near Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but gas supplies were suspended affecting the supply of electricity to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline near Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but gas supplies were suspended affecting the supply of electricity to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps convoy in Chattar tehsil, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two assailants were killed and one soldier was injured in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Mufti Muneer Muawiya in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. Muawiya, the General Secretary of Ahl-i-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) and another official were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the incident was attributed to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Alampur Government Primary School in the Kushtia district, Khulna division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but polling center furniture was damaged. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Baniachal Government Primary School in the Sitakunda town, Narsingdi district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Chandankanti Government Primary School in Sadar town, Netrakona district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Debipur Government Primary School in Mathbaria town, Pirojpur district, Barisal division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Kallapara Government Primary School in Kahalu town, Bogra district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Khidra Boria High School in Singra town, Natore district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the doors on the building were damaged. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Madanpur Government Primary School in Sadar town, Netrakona district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Manag Government Primary School in Sadar town, Netrakona district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Shaheed Zia Primary School in Sahanjanpur town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants set the Noyonpur Government Primary School on fire in Daganbhuiyan town, Feni district, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a truck in Kansat area, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants threw an unknown number of petrol bombs at a polling center at the Gazaria Ideal Kindergarten in Daganbhuiyan town, Feni district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The targeted school was being used as a polling station in the upcoming elections. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants threw an unknown number of petrol bombs at Karimullah High School in Daganbhuiyan town, Feni district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The targeted school was being used as a polling station in the upcoming elections. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants threw an unknown number of petrol bombs at the Udrajpur Government Primary School in Daganbhuiyan town, Feni district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The targeted school was being used as a polling station in the upcoming elections. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants threw petrol bombs and fired guns at the home of an Awami League candidate in Bhadur area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The candidate, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, was not harmed in the attack and no damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants threw two petrol bombs at the Sultana Memorial Girls' High School in Daganbhuiyan town, Feni district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The targeted school was being used as a polling station in the upcoming elections. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Assailants torched the residence of Abdus Salam in Saptana area, Lalmonirhat district, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. Salam, the Organizational Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) town unit, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Gunmen fired on the car of the local Sahwa Council leader in Nasr Wal Salam area, Abu Ghraib district, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The leader was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a territorial defense volunteer in Don Rak township, Nong Chik district, Pattani province, Thailand. The defense volunteer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the attack to separatists.
01/03/2014: Three assailants were on their way to detonate explosive devices in Mirpur area, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The three people were detained before the devices could be deployed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device attached to an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle detonated in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated in Abu Disheer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated in Lieutenant General Abd al-Wahab al-Sa'di's vehicle in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Sa'di, a Saladin Operations Command official, and his driver were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Two Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Husseiniyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated near a soccer stadium in Khanasah village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of an Iraqi Ministry of Defense colonel's residence in Zafraniya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four people, including the colonel, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a gas pipeline near a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint in Dera Murad Jamali town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured and no property was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting an army patrol near a water tanker in Ba Bakr area, Shibam district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. At least four people were wounded in the blast; the victims included soldiers and civilians. Ansar al-Sharia, a sub-group of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting freight cars at a railway station in Odessa city, Odessa oblast, Ukraine. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: An explosive device planted on a minibus detonated in Kamaliyah 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.
01/03/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a municipality building in Kafr Uwayd town, Idlib governorate, Syria. At least five Al-Nusrah Front members were killed and 10 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2015: Assailants abducted police officers from a neighboring province in Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. The dead bodies of the four abducted officers were discovered the following day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked a doctor and her husband in Mangor area, Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Both targets were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked a military detachment in Kulasi village, General Salipada K. Pendatun town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. This was one of two similar attacks in the Philippines on the same date. One soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked a military detachment in Sumilalao village, President Quirino town, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. This was one of two similar attacks in the Philippines on the same date. One soldier was killed and three soldiers were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 10 assailants were killed and one police officer was injured 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).
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Gharib village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two similar raids on villages in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties, although at least 170 young people from the al-Jubur tribe were kidnapped in both attacks and taken to a prison in Hawija district. At least 162 victims were later released but the outcome for the remaining eight hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), stating that the victims were accused of burning an ISIL flag.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Shajarah village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two similar raids on villages in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties, although at least 170 young people from the al-Jubur tribe were kidnapped in both attacks and taken to a prison in Hawija district. At least 162 victims were later released but the outcome for the remaining eight hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), stating that the victims were accused of burning an ISIL flag.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers and Hezbollah posts with mortars and firearms in Falita village, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. At least 24 people, including three Hezbollah fighters, five Syrian soldiers, and 16 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with artillery near Bohdanivka village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with artillery near Orlivske village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with Grad rockets near Hnutove village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported from the rocket fire. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/03/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with guided anti-tank missiles near Novoaydar village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported from the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/03/2015: Assailants kidnapped 13 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. All 13 Egyptians, along with other kidnap victims, were executed on video on February 14, 2015. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants killed a National Directorate of Security (NDS) employee in Masigram village, Waygal district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in Waygal on the same date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) base in Baga town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 35 people, including 11 soldiers and 24 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. The assailants also took control of the military base. This was one of six coordinated attacks by the same group in Kukawa district on this date. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on Aroudeyni Ag Hamatou near Anderamboukane town, Gao region, Mali. Hamatou, a mayor and prominent tribal leader, and his son were killed, and two other people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on Military of Yemen vehicles in an area between Said and Dilah cities, Said district, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. At least one soldier was killed and two other soldiers were wounded in the assault. Ansar al-Sharia, a sub-group of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Bundaram village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks by the same group in Kukawa district on this date. At least 45 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five assaults that did not occur at the military base. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Doron Baga town, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks by the same group in Kukawa district on this date. At least 45 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five assaults that did not occur at the military base. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Kauyen Kuros village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks by the same group in Kukawa district on this date. At least 45 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five assaults that did not occur at the military base. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Mile 3 area, Kukawa district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks by the same group in Kukawa on this date. At least 45 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five assaults that did not occur at the military base. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Mile 4 area, Kukawa district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks by the same group in Kukawa on this date. At least 45 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five assaults that did not occur at the military base. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Babban Gida village, Yobe state, Nigeria. The assailants killed and injured an unknown number of people and damaged government buildings and a military barracks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/03/2015: Assailants opened fire on the home of Sheikh Haruna Jjemba in Watuba town, Central region, Uganda. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants set fire to the house of a friend of a National Directorate of Security (NDS) employee killed in an earlier attack in Waygal district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Waygal on the same date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of a polio worker in Zimasht area, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack, but the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants shot and killed a soldier at a checkpost in Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Assailants shot and killed a Yemeni Police staff sergeant in Seiyun district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/03/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a checkpoint guarding the Pakistani consulate in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. No one was injured, but the checkpoint was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Security forces arrested a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt near a Huthi religious celebration in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Security forces found and defused three explosive devices in Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2015: Two explosive devices detonated in Askari area, Muqdadiyah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blasts. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: A sniper shot and wounded an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier at the Hakvasim Junction, West Bank. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailant on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/03/2016: A sniper shot and wounded an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailant on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/03/2016: An assailant attempted to stab an Israeli civilian at a bus stop in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, East Jerusalem, West Bank. The civilian was not harmed in the attack and police apprehended the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/03/2016: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Yarmuk area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, an Interior Ministry captain, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated along Parakrama Road in Kurana village, Western province, Sri Lanka. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated in Jihad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Army vehicle at the Peshawar Motorway toll plaza in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Jisr Diyala 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.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Turath area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Volunteer Forces vehicle in Yusufiyah, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least three volunteer fighters were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Sur district, Diyarbakir, Turkey. One soldier, identified as Kemal Karabacakli, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/03/2016: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Sheikh Omar 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.
01/03/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in a dustbin near a fish market along Joint Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2016: Assailants abducted 26 civilians in a bus in Pipil barangay, Ungkaya Pukan town, Basilan province, Philippines. Security forces successfully rescued the hostages later on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed it to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/03/2016: Assailants armed with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and firearms attacked the Indian consulate in Mazari Sharif city, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Seven people, including a police officer, and all six assailants were killed and eight others were injured in the ensuing clash that lasted until January 5, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
01/03/2016: Assailants attacked a senior military officer in Aden city, Aden governorate, Yemen. The officer was killed and four of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/03/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Hayy al-Jamiah, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing nine assailants, including three suicide bombers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2016: Assailants attacked Munshaat al-Muthanna, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the same day, resulting in an unknown number of casualties. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2016: Assailants attacked Tal Mas'ud, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing three assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2016: Assailants attacked the Ath Tharthar Water Dam area in Tharthar, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the same day, resulting in an unknown number of casualties. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/03/2016: Assailants attacked two civilians identified as Ramvilas Ram and Ramdeep Ram in Aurangabad district, Bihar state, India. Both civilians were injured in the assault. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded an extortion payment.
01/03/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at a power pylon in an area between Sangin and Kajaki districts, Helmand province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/03/2016: Assailants executed 18 women 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), noting that the victims had refused to participate in sexual acts with ISIL members.
01/03/2016: Assailants fired a mortar into Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. An electricity department employee, identified as Mohammad Hussain, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: Assailants fired a projectile that landed and detonated in an orchard in Gomazai, Tump, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Harakat al-Nujaba militia and noted that the incident occurred following the execution of Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others in Saudi Arabia.
01/03/2016: Assailants launched a mortar shell at a residential apartment in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians attempting to leave their residence in Silopi district, Sirnak, Turkey. At least one person was killed and two others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/03/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Abdisamad Yusuf Ilmi in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Ilmi, the Galmudug Deputy Minister of Transportation, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: Assailants raided Okpaya village, Nasarawa, Nigeria. At least five people were killed in the attack. This was one of two coordinated assaults on settlements in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
01/03/2016: Assailants raided the house of Mahdi Muse in Ceelshiil village, Galguduud region, Somalia. Hussein, a trader, was killed in the attack. This was one of two attacks targeting traders in the village on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/03/2016: Assailants raided the residence of a trader in Ceelshiil, Galguduud, Somalia. The trader was killed in the assault. This was one of two attacks targeting traders in Ceelshiil on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/03/2016: Assailants raided Udeni Ruwa district, Nasarawa, Nigeria. At least three people were killed in the attack. This was one of two coordinated assaults on settlements in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
01/03/2016: Assailants set fire to seven pieces of construction equipment in Sirigiri village, Nuapada district, Odisha state, India. No one was injured, but the equipment was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/03/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a Pakistani Police vehicle in Par Hoti, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two constables were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2016: Assailants, including suicide bombers equipped with explosives-laden vehicles, attacked Hadithah district, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 13 assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: At least two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles at a police training camp at Camp Speicher near Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailants, at least nine police officers were killed and seven officers were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2016: Explosive devices detonated at a mosque in Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq. This was one of three similar incidents in the area. There were no reported casualties resulting from the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2016: Explosive devices detonated at the Al Fath Mosque in Sinjar, Babil, Iraq. This was one of three similar incidents in the area. There were no reported casualties resulting from the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2016: Explosive devices detonated at the Ammar Bin Yasir Mosque in Hayy al Bakri, Hillah, Babil, Iraq. This was one of three similar incidents in the area. There were no reported casualties resulting from the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2016: Five explosive devices were discovered and defused in Loey Shalman, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: A landmine detonated prematurely in Ishkamish, Takhar, Afghanistan. An assailant was killed and two assailants were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/03/2017: A roadside bomb detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Mank area of Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Taliban.
01/03/2017: A suicide bomber detonated after being shot by a civilian at a mosque east of Sirte city, Libya. Aside from the death of the assailant, 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.
01/03/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at an Iraqi Armed Forces checkpoint west of Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, a soldier was killed and a civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2017: An assailant armed with a knife attacked and killed a Christian shopkeeper in Alexandria, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Muslim extremist and stated that the victim was targeted for selling alcoholic beverages at his store.
01/03/2017: An explosive device detonated at a market in Qadim, Balkh, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/03/2017: An explosive device detonated at the Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) coal washery weighing house in Khelari, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. According to a poster discovered at the scene, the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Efrosini Kouskouna in Athens, Greece. Kouskouna, the Greek Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity's National Actuarial Authority President, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a brick kiln outside of Chattar, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a residence in Phuleji, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants abducted Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes in La Aurora neighborhood, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Sifuentes, a priest, was killed and his body was discovered on January 12, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants armed with firearms attacked Dar village in Adamawa, Nigeria. Security forces repelled the assault, resulting in an unknown number of assailant casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/03/2017: Assailants attacked a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) convoy between Obo and Zemio in Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic. At least two Moroccan peacekeepers were killed and two other peacekeepers were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/03/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan military convoy in Faizabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. An unknown number of soldiers were killed and injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2017: Assailants attacked Iraqi Army soldiers in northern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 11 assailants. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Mosul on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2017: Assailants attempted to hijack the Oceanic Shipping Lines Ocean Kingdom merchant vessel off the coast of Sibago Island in Basilan, Philippines. The ship evaded the assailants and they retreated. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/03/2017: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked Iraqi Army soldiers in southeastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 93 assailants. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Mosul on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2017: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) soldiers in eastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 75 assailants. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Mosul on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/03/2017: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) convoy in Bokaya, Ouham-Pende, Central African Republic. At least one Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Ibsheway, Faiyum, Egypt. At least one officer was killed and another officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Hasam Movement.
01/03/2017: Assailants opened fire on Braj Kumar Singh in Salakhani, Bihar, India. Singh, a journalist, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants opened fire on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Murran, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least one officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants opened fire on military vehicles in Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen. At least two soldiers were killed and eight soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/03/2017: Assailants opened fire on Shadi Kor Dam construction site workers in Kech district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two workers were injured in the assault. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants poisoned a police officer in Arghandab, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2017: Assailants shot and injured Haji Amanullah, a baker's representative, in Chonai, Kandahar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Pakistani Police officer in Khazana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/03/2017: Assailants shot and killed two civilians in Fantaga, South Darfur, Sudan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/2017: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire at the refugee camp in Ain al-Hilweh, South governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/03/207:  More than 25 Islamic extremists engaged in a fire fight with authorities in Soliman, Tunisia.  Twelve assailants were killed and another 15 were arrested.  Two security officers died in the fight.  Police seized blueprints of foreign embassies from the terrorists as well as hit lists for convoys and homemade explosives.  Incuded on the list were American, Italian, and British targets.  The assailants affiliation was unknown.
01/04/1975: Unknown perpetrator(s) bombed the second floor of a police station in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States, causing $2,500 in damage.  It is unknown whether the explosion resulted in any injuries or fatalities.
01/04/1998: A bomb attack occurred on a police station in Kumanovo, Macedonia. The attack was believed to be linked to an explosion in Prilep on the same day. The Kosovo Liberation Army took responsibility for the attack, but the Macedonian authorities said it was highly unlikely that this group was the perpetrator. The number of those injured was not reported.
01/04/1998: A bomb attack occurred on a police station in Prilep, Macedonia. The attack was believed to be linked to an explosion in Kumanovo on the same day. The Kosovo Liberation Army took responsibility for the attack, but the Macedonian authorities said it was highly unlikely that this group was the perpetrator. The number of those injured was not reported.
01/04/1999: Four gunmen drove into a Shi'ite Islamic mosque compound in Karam Dad Qureshi, Pakistan, where they shot and killed Shia/Shi'ite worshipers completing their morning prayers. Seventeen people were killed and twenty-five people injured, several of them seriously. Authorities believed that Lashkar-e Jhangvi was responsible for the attack.
01/04/1999: Gunmen opened fire on a van carrying Jewish settlers in Hebron, West Bank, injuring two Israeli women. Israeli Army officials suspected that the gunmen were Palestinian militants, whom they believed fled from the Israeli-controlled part of Hebron, where the attack occurred, into the Palestinian part of the city, where Israeli officers were not allowed to pursue them.
01/04/1999: Reported Islamic militants fired four missiles at a police complex in Pattan, 25 kilometers north of Srinagar, India. One police officer and his wife died as a result of the attack. The family's five-year-old child was seriously injured in the attack, which also damaged several other buildings in the complex.
01/04/2000:  Two Nigerian police officers were targeted with acid caustics in Lagos, Nigeria.
01/04/2000: A bomb place outside an Athens branch of the National Bank of Greece by unknown perpetrators was spotted by a bank security guard and defused before it detonated.
01/04/2000: A group of Basque radicals threw 13 petrol bombs at the front of the Civil Guard barracks in Durango, Vizcaya Province, Spain. None of the petrol bombs exploded and there was no damage or injuries.
01/04/2000: Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked the Kasese District local government headquarters. A canteen in the town burnt down and about $3,300 US dollars of property was destroyed. ADF rebels also dropped off letters at administrative offices claiming the attack.
01/04/2000: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters in Bogota, Colombia was attacked and forty people were taken hostage. The 100 unidentified perpetrators demanded that the government and the ICRC find them new homes. The hostage-takers had left their homes during the Colombian government's war with local rebel groups. There is no information on what happened to the hostages, but the ICRC suspended operations in the country following this attack.
01/04/2000: The offices of a Russian-language newspaper, Novoe Vremya (New Times), in Yerevan, Armenia, were burnt down after receiving threats related to a previous article published in the newspaper on the assassination of the Armenian prime minister on October 27, 1999. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
01/04/2002: A school in Bonga, Philippines was attacked by the New People’s Army (NPA). According to Castilla Municipal Mayor Renato Laurinaria, the NPA burned two classrooms, both of which were made of light materials and used by 100 students because the NPA rebels were angered by reports that the military and Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit, (CAFGU), had placed detachments in the area.
01/04/2002: Two brothers suspected of working for the Philippine military were killed by the New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Agusan del Norte, Philippines. Local police identified the victims as Emilio "Poypoy" Dela Pena, 27 and his brother Venerando, 22, both of whom were residents of the area.
01/04/2003: An unknown number of suspected pro-Indonesian militiamen stormed Tiarelelo in East Timor and attacked a group of civilians with SKS and G3 rifles killing three people including a village chief. A fourth victim died the next night.
01/04/2003: Colonel Tahir Zemaj, former commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo (FARK) was assassinated along with his son Enis and their relative, Hasan Zemaj in the vicinity of Peje in Kosovo. The unknown assailants approached Zemaj’s vehicle in a moving car before opening fire as the Zemajs were traveling on their way back from Pristina.
01/04/2003: Five soldiers including a brigade commander were wounded in an ambush in Tupi town, South Cotabato Province on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
01/04/2003: Islamic militants ambushed a military convoy in Theniet El Abed, Algeria. The assault, believed to be carried out by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC), reportedly killed 43 soldiers and seriously wounded 19 others.
01/04/2003: Islamic militants, presumed to be members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), killed 13 people from two families in Zabana, Algeria.
01/04/2004: In the North Sumatran capital of Medan a bomb was thrown out of a moving vehicle in front of the local bus terminal. It detonated causing no injuries. It seems the attack was the work of an Acehnese organization that has been in hiding due to government crack downs in Aceh province.
01/04/2004: Political rivals made an attempt on the life of Mayor Vivencio Bataga in Parang, Philippines using a homemade mortar bomb. The attack took place at a crowded sporting event where 22 were killed and 70 wounded. Mayor Bataga was among the wounded. The attacks were timed to prevent Bataga from running in upcoming elections.
01/04/2004: Suspected Mujahideen Pattani militants attacked a total of 21 schools in southern Thailand with what was called military precision. The fire bombings were coordinated to be carried out simultaneously at all 21 locations. The attacks took place in the vicinity of an army installation. Once the schools had been destroyed the attackers moved on to raid near by army camp and fired on Thai troops, killing four. During the firefight over 100 automatic weapons, and ammunition, were stolen from the camp armory by the attackers. The attackers were believed to have connections with foreign terrorist groups linked with Al-Qaida and have possibly received military training from this connections. Schools were particularly significant to this attack because of the ongoing unrest in the area over the lack of governmental services in southern Thailand.
01/04/2005: A woman and two children were injured by an explosion at the rector’s building of a university on the French island of Corsica.  The inside of the building faced extensive damage.  The explosion was attributed to a long campaign of separatist violence in Corsica.  No specific group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2005: Members of the Communist Party of Nepal abducted 207 teachers and students from three high schools as well as some primary schools in Sisneri, Nepal. The students and teachers were released one day later without injury.
01/04/2005: Pro-US, Baghdad Governor Ali al-Haidari was killed in a drive-by shooting on a road between the western districts of Hurriyah and Adil in Iraq. One of al-Haidari’s bodyguards was killed in the attack as well. An Al-Qaida linked group calling itself Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the assassination of Baghdad's governor, via a statement and a video posted on the Internet.
01/04/2006: A makeshift explosive device caused serious damages to Aspis Bank in central Athens, Ambelokipi (District), Greece when it exploded at the entrance. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2006: The driver of an Iraqi oil tanker was killed and his truck destroyed by fire when insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades on a convoy of trucks heading to Baghdad from the oil refinery of Baiji. Iraq. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2006: Thirty-two mourners at a Shi i politician’s nephew’s funeral were killed and more than forty wounded in in Muqdadiyah, near Baghdad, when a suicide bomber blew up. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2006: Unknown assailants torched a traffic camera’s street-level telephone exchange in Zografou (District), east Athens, Greece. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2006: Unknown assailants tossed a firebomb against a ruling New Democracy office near Exarchia (District), Athens, Greece. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2007: A rocket attack damaged an Afghan school in Kunar Province, there were no casualties and no claim of responsibility.
01/04/2007: Twin car bombs killed 13 people and wounded 25 in the Mansour Sunni neighborhood in Western Baghdad, Iraq, and there was no claim of responsibility.
01/04/2008:  A bomb exploded at a chicken market in Baydhabo, Somalia during the evening.  The target was a Land Cruiser transporting government soldiers.  At least two people, who were civilians, were injured in the explosion and the gunfire that followed. However, the death toll was not certain. The perpetrators were not known.
01/04/2008:  A Muslim man was killed in a drive-by shooting near a mosque in Yala province, Thailand.
01/04/2008:  A Qassam rocket fired by militants from Gaza City hit a house in Sderot, Israel.  A seventeen-year-old boy was injured.  The house was damaged.  In total, the militants fired six rockets.
01/04/2008:  A security official was wounded in a shooting in Yala province, Thailand.  The shooting took place when suspected insurgents ambushed patrol soldiers in Bannang Sata District late at night. The 23 year old soldier was shot in his right leg. This is just a small part of a large rebellion between Muslims who are the majority in southern Thailand and Buddhists.
01/04/2008:  Kenyan militias crossed into Uganda and pushed at least 30 Kenyan refugees into the Kipkaren River in the Rift Valley Province of western Kenya 50 miles from the Uganda border where they drowned.  This attack was part of the uprising and tribal conflict following the Kenyan presidential elections.
01/04/2008:  NATO troops were attacked by insurgents in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.  First, they were struck by a roadside bomb, then insurgents attacked them with firearms.  Two civilians were killed in the gun battle and five others were wounded.  One of the dead was a child, as were three of the wounded.  A number of insurgents were killed by NATO forces.
01/04/2008:  Rockets were fired at a school building in Khost City, Afghanistan.  The explosions caused damage to a classroom and two generators but no casualties.
01/04/2008:  Taliban militants attacked Afghan military vehicles with an explosion in Khost City, Afghanistan.  The attack caused no casualties and three have been arrested in connection with the explosion.
01/04/2008:  The fifteen year old son of a politician in Nigeria was kidnapped from his home in River State.  The five abductors demanded an unspecified amount of money from the boy's family as ransom.  They also said that they were protesting the neglect of the Niger Delta people.
01/04/2008:  Two assailants threw a bomb into a mobile phone shop in Malatya, Turkey.  Two people inside the shop were injured.  Police detained three people based on witness accounts.
01/04/2008:  Two security officials were wounded in a bomb attack in Yala Province, Thailand by an unknown number of suspected separatist rebels.
01/04/2009: On Sunday evening in Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, gunmen opened fire on an Edhi ambulance. The ambulance was returning after transporting the body of a constable who was injured in the bombing at the Polytechnic College. Two people were wounded, one of which was identified as Aslam. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2009: On Sunday evening, in a drive-by shooting, armed assailants fired upon and killed a Buddhist civilian in Pattani, Thailand.  No other casualties were reported.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
01/04/2009: On Sunday evening, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants shot and killed a trader, suspecting him of being a police informer, at his grocery store in Almonda village in Koraput, Orissa, India. The trader was identified as Kalivarapa Kanta Rao. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday morning at 1100, in Baghdad, Iraq, a female suicide bomber killed at least 35 people, including women and children, and wounded 65 others on a religious march near the holy Kadhimiyah shrine in northern Baghdad. The woman blew herself up at a checkpoint as pilgrims commemorating the Muharram ceremonies converged on the mausoleum of Imam Mousa al-Kadhim, the most important religious site in Baghdad for Shiite Muslims. Most of the dead and wounded were Iranian pilgrims. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2009: On Sunday morning, Black Widow (BW) militants triggered a bomb blast on the railway track between Harangajao and Mailongdisa railway stations in North Cachar Hills, Assam, India. Three train cars were derailed and 40 meters of track were damaged. Train services in the Hill section were affected due to the blast. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, but police suspect that Black Widow militants were responsible.
01/04/2009: On Sunday night at 2300, in Sanitiago Centro, Chile, a bomb placed by an anarchist group detonated outside a prison bureau office, causing structural damage and broken windows.  The group sent an email claiming the attack is in retaliation to the death of Mapuche activist on 10/03/2008, who was killed by police. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday night at 2320, in Providencia, Santiago, Chile, an anarchist group detonated a bomb outside the police court to mark the first anniversary of the death of Mapuche Indian activist gunned down by police on 20080103. No casualties or damage were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday night in Mongoli, outside Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, Pakistan, militants opened fire on a Jaffar Express train. Three people were wounded in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility and stated that the conductor was killed in the attack.
01/04/2009: On Sunday night, in Brondesbury, London, England, a synagogue suffered an arson attack. The attackers attempted to smash a window, but were prevented from doing so, as shown on the security film. They, then attempted to set the front door alight with petrol, causing some damage to the exterior of the premises. No casualties or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday,  in the Western Canadian province of British Colombia, a fourth bombing of an EnCana Corp natural gas facility occurred. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the workers for the country's largest energy company found a partly destroyed metering shed at a well near Tomslake, in northeastern British Colombia. No casualties or gas leaks were reported as a result of the explosion. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, between Mandili and al-Muqdadiya, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off on the road between the two districts, killing a shepherd and wounding another. The was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Ashdod, Central District, Israel, assailants fired several Grad-type rockets at a community, wounding two civilians, sending eight others into shock, and damaging an apartment building.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier, Pakistan, a 16 year-old suicide bomber targeted a police rescue vehicle responding to an earlier blast at the Polytechnic College. Ten people were killed and 21 were wounded. No damage or motive were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Eshkolot, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired two rockets at a community, wounding two civilians but causing no damage.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Khanaqeen, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted Iranian pilgrims who were on their way to Karbala to commemorate the anniversary of the Imam Hussein's death in the battle of Karbala. Five Iranians were wounded in the attack, no damage was reported, and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Masambo, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked and set fire to the village, killing seven civilians by unknown means, kidnapping many civilians and children, and damaging the entire village. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Mingaora, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped and beheaded one police officer. The body was then hung from a tree with the head nearby on the ground. No damage or motive was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, in Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked a village by unknown means, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, Lord's Resistance Army fighters attacked the Sudanese village of Laso.  According to authorities, no damage or casualty report could be confirmed for this incident, nor could the size of the attacking force. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2009: On Sunday, Lord's Resistance Army rebels attacked a protestant mission in the Congolese village of Napopo.  According to authorities, a damage or casualty count could not be confirmed for the attack.  Nor could the size of the attacking force.
01/04/2010: On Monday afternoon at 1640, an improvised explosive device exploded on the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Nazran, Russia. The explosion targeting a cargo train caused six car to be derailed and two meters of the track to be damaged. The explosion site had a crater larger then one meter in width. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2010: On Monday afternoon, in the Bartala district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a booby-trapped car exploded in a market wounding thirteen civilians. The blast caused damages to several stores in the market. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2010: On Monday evening shortly after 2100, in the Beechmount Parade area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, three masked men injured a civilian, who suffered gunshot wounds to both knees and both ankles. No material damage was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2010: On Monday, unidentified militants threw a grenade at a crowd at a playground in the Dharkeynley district of Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack killed three civilians and wounded eight others. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday afternoon around 1500, in Merry Homes along San Francisco Road in Barangay Sauyo area of Novaliches, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle opened fire and killed a vice mayor, identified as Arturo Maristela. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that New People's Army (NPA) militants were responsible.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday afternoon, near Kohsar market in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, the governor of Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was shot by police commando, Hussain Qadri, one of his own bodyguards while exiting his vehicle. Other security members immediately fired on and injured the bodyguard before arresting him. The governor was rushed to the hospital but died from his wounds. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Shakirullah Shakir claimed responsibility for the attack by telephone, claiming the governor was supporting Aasia Bibi and passing remarks against Islam. He also warned all those giving remarks against Islam would be killed. However, there were doubts about the veracity of this claim, as the gunman claimed he acted alone without ties to any militant group.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday evening at 1930, on Tarchokova Street in the Gornaya area of Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, two unidentified assailants entered the Sakhara nightclub and detonated an improvised explosive device inside. No casualties were reported, but the explosion did break glass and the entrance door. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday evening shortly after 2140, at the corner of 50th and 19th Streets in the Alamos Norte neighborhood in Neiva, Huila, Colombia, suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia militants threw a grenade at a police officer's residence while they were riding a motorcycle. The police officer was not injured but his seven year old son was wounded from the attack which damaged the house and six nearby buildings. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday evening, in the Baladiat area of Nissan neighborhood, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a police captain was shot and wounded during an attack by unidentified militants. The gunmen fled to an unknown area, while the officer was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday morning around 1000, in the Bhramarbari village of Daringbadi block in Kandhamal, Odisha, India, six unidentified armed militants shot and killed a trader accused of being a police informer. The victim was identified as Udaynath Sahu. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible. Reportedly, the Maoists had warned him twice of dire consequences and Udaynath informed the police about the matter.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday morning at 0756, in a busy market in the Kabul district of Kabul province, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device in a bag, placed by unknown militants, detonated, killing one police officer, injuring two civilians, and damaging several nearby shops. The device had been hidden in a rice sack and placed against the side of a building. A civilian spotted the suspicious bag and reported it to a traffic post were two officers were posted. The officers were last seen heading towards the device when it detonated. The device was made from an artillery shell that had been converted to a bomb. It is unclear if the device was remotely detonated or on a timer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday morning, in the in the 36-G area of Landhi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot and killed a Mohajir Qaumi Movement- Haqiqi (MQM-H) militant, identified as Sajjad Mian. Sajjad had been kidnapped on his way to work then subsequently tortured and shot. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday morning, in the Vladikavkaz district of North Ossetia, Russia, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the left bumper of the car of Russian Deputy Chief of Staff Andrey Orlov. Orlov was seriously injured and his car was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday night, in the village of El Meygaag near Ceelbuur, Galgudud, Somalia, unidentified militants kidnapped Mohammed Ahmed Dhuhulow, the health official at Mother and Children Health Center, from his home. Mohammed Ahmed Dhuhulow was safely released on 01/11/2011 in the district of El Bur in Galgududd. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel, unidentified militants fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip area, which landed and damaged several greenhouses. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in Baidoa, Bay, Somalia, unidentified militants cut a hand and foot off of a young boy who had been accused of robbery. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq, two civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated. The IED was planted by unidentified militants on their farm. It is unknown if the blasts resulted in any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in Durrani village, Kurram, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants attacked a convoy of trucks carrying fuel, food and other goods with rockets. The convoy was taking the supplies to the tribes people of Upper Kurram Valley. One Frontier Corps soldier was wounded in subsequent gunfire in which the militants used AK-47 rifles. The militants torched an oil tanker and then set fire to the remaining vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in Jajpur, Odisha, India, unidentified militants planted a landmine that had been improvised packed with 100 kilograms of explosives under a small bridge. Police defused the bomb, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in Tarmiyah, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an improvised explosive device targeted the residence of a local Awakening Council leader. Four civilians, relatives of the targeted leader, were wounded in the attack. The local Awakening Council leader, however, escaped the attack unharmed. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the Sahwa leader's residence. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in the Sarwan Qala area of Sangin district, in Helmand, Afghanistan, Taliban militants kidnapped Sayed Badar Agha, a village elder, and kept him confined to his village and also beat him. Security officials reported that Sayed had been negotiating a ceasefire with the government on behalf of his village. NATO said in a statement that a peace deal had been brokered with a group of 40 elders in Sangin. A spokesman for the alliance, Major General Richard Mills, said seven Taliban commanders had put their names to the agreement. The ceasefire envisages that the Taliban would stop attacks and keep foreign fighters away, and local forces would patrol the area. In a goodwill gesture to secure the agreement, a local Taliban commander was freed by the Afghan government. The Taliban then seized the elder who led the negotiations. The status of the hostage is unknown.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in the Turbat district of Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated a remote controlled improvised explosive device targeting a school bus, injuring at least five children and damaging the vehicle. The bus was taking more than 30 children of Frontier Corps personnel to a nearby school when it was attacked. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, in the Waziriya neighborhood of central Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a group of unknown armed men have opened fire from guns fitted with silencers on a Housing Ministry employee upon his departure from his house. The employee was killed on the spot. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2011: On Tuesday, on Ranchi-Daltonganj National Highway in Hotwag village in Latehar, Jharkhand, India, unidentified militants planted a 50 kilogram improvised explosive device (IED) under a road. Police defused the IED, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
01/04/2012: A boy struck an explosive device while digging in Gauripur town, North 24 Parganas district, Assam state, India. The boy was severely wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: A cellular phone found by a group of boys exploded in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: A gas pipeline owned by Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) was blown up and heavily damaged in Malagzar area, Jafarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: A landmine went off near a pro-government militia in Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One member of the militia was killed and two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy was attacked in eastern Paktika province, Afghanistan. One ANA member was killed and one NATO member injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: A roadside bomb targeting a police officer's home exploded in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person died and one was injured in this attack. This was one of six explosive devices targeting police officers' homes in Baqubah on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: A roadside bomb targeting a police officer's home exploded in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person died and two injured in this attack. This was one of six explosive devices targeting police officers' homes in Baqubah on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: A roadside bomb targeting a police officer's home exploded in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was injured in this attack. This was one of six explosive devices targeting police officers' homes in Baqubah on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: A roadside bomb targeting a police officer's home exploded in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured in this attack. This was one of six explosive devices targeting police officers' homes in Baqubah on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: An armored vehicle of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) was blown up in Burgabo village, Tabda district, Lower Juba Region, Somalia. Four soldiers were confirmed injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: An armored vehicle ran over a landmine in Golestan district, Farah province, Afghanistan. One Italian soldier was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: An explosive device was found and defused in a residential neighborhood of Sidon city, South governorate, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: An explosive device went off at an open air pub in Damaturu town, Yobe state, Nigeria. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of two incidents claimed by Boko Haram as a response to the expiration of the deadline given to Christians to leave the Muslim areas of Nigeria.
01/04/2012: An explosive device went off, targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Nawa-I-Barakzayi district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The number of casualties in the attack is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: Armed assailants attacked a federal police checkpoint in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2012: Assailants set off a landmine in Srirampur village, Kandhamal district, Odisha state, India. No one was injured in the blast. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident, leaving a poster at the site saying that they opposed the anti-Maoist military operations in the state.
01/04/2012: At least five armed Islamists attacked the Layali Dubai Hotel with gunfire and then set fire to it in Sanafir neighborhood, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Two people died and 13 injured in the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the assailants purportedly suspected the hotel served alcohol and hosted prostitutes.
01/04/2012: Gunmen shot and killed a Sahwa Council member and his wife in Abu Ghraib town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: Gunmen shot and killed four members of the Igbo community in Mubi town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but police sources suspected Boko Haram. Earlier in the week, Boko Haram had warned Christians that they had three days to leave Muslim areas in Nigeria or they would be killed.
01/04/2012: Haji Ahmad Ishaqzai, a member of the district developmental council and tribal elder, was shot and killed by unknown assailants while on the way to evening prayers in Dagaar area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Ishaqzai had received death threats over the phone in the past few days.
01/04/2012: Mohammad Ibrahim, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Gilgit, was shot and killed in front of his house in Nazral area, Gilgit district, Gilgit-Baltistan Territory, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: Several mortar shells were fired from an unknown origin into Landi Kotal town, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three people were killed and five injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2012: Two Arab-owned cars were set on fire in a price tag attack in Sharafat neighborhood, Jerusalem, West Bank. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected right-wing extremists.
01/04/2012: Two explosive devices planted in a ditch went off near a new Customs Office in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. No one was injured in this attack, but a customs officer's house was destroyed. This was one of two incidents claimed by Boko Haram as a response to the expiration of the deadline given to Christians to leave the Muslim areas of Nigeria.
01/04/2013: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in New Baghdad, Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. The vehicle was transporting Shia pilgrims; at least six pilgrims were injured in the blast and their vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: An explosive device detonated at a restaurant in Jalan Song Ban Khen area, Penang state, Malaysia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the restaurant was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: An explosive device detonated at an electricity tower in the Badaber area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Two civilians passing by at the time of the blast were killed and service to the surrounding area was suspended. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a mosque in Idlib governorate, Syria. The blast was followed by gunfire and the Imam of the mosque was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: An explosive device was discovered in Masho Khel area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The device, purportedly planted to target police patrols, was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/04/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a military intelligence building in Nabk city, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. The building was damaged in the blast; however, there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Assailants abducted Abdul Jabbar in Shanti Nagar neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Jabbar, a District Education Officer, was released unharmed on February 8, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2013: Assailants attacked a Frontier Constabulary (FC) checkpoint with guns and grenades in Mattani area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack or the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Colonel Hassan Abu Baker, a senior military officer, and one of his guards were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
01/04/2013: Assailants attacked two civilians in their home in Vilcun town, Araucania region, Chile. The attackers killed the civilians and burnt their house down. Mapuche activitists claimed responsibility for the incident. According to sources, pamphlets were left at the scene of the attack that demanded the return of Mapuche lands and denounced police violence.  Sources also note that the attack occurred on the 5th anniversary of the death of Mapuche student organizer Matias Catrileo at the hands of police.
01/04/2013: Assailants fired two grenades at a military detachment in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties resulting from the explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Assailants opened fire on a military vehicle in Muang district, Pattani province, Thailand. Soldiers returned fire, causing the assailants to flee. One soldier was killed and another four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Fezzan Hotel in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. Mohamed Magarief, the president of the General National Congress (GNC), was staying at the hotel at the time of the attack; he was not harmed, although three security members were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a restaurant in the Dagahaley refugee camp in North Eastern province, Kenya. Two people were killed and seven more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/04/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade into Malik Qalandar Shah's guest house in Nurar area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shah, the chief of the local peace militia, and three other people were injured in explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: At least one explosive device detonated at the entrance of a private primary school in Hasan Garhi area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the boundary wall of the school was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Two explosive devices detonated in the Bara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused at the town hall in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2013: Two explosive devices were discovered at an oil collection center in Assam state, India. The devices were recovered without causing any reported injuries or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the Paresh Barua subgroup of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) was involved.
01/04/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device planted in a motorcycle detonated at a taxi stand in Bakhtiarabad town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and nine others were wounded in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A remote-controlled roadside bomb detonated on Airport Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Four people, including Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) leader Abdul Majid Abro, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated after it was struck by an Afghan police vehicle in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Al-Wihdah area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and another was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Domiz area, Kirkuk, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an army patrol at Al-Barawi Junction, east of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed, while two soldiers and a civilian were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an army patrol in Ayn Al-Jahsh area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near soldiers in Yaaqshid district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two people were killed, including a civilian and a soldier, while two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/04/2014: A roadside bomb detonated when an armored vehicle drove over it near Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The vehicle was driving along a road used by the army. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: A rocket struck a civilian car in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Five people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/04/2014: A sticky bomb attached to the vehicle of Afghan Local Police Commander detonated in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The commander, Shahin Khan , was killed and one of his bodyguards was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An assailant attacked an army checkpoint in Al-Mithaq area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device attached to a military vehicle detonated near Camp Eggers, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base, in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties and the extent of damages is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated at the gate to a police constable's house in Ghani Machankhel area, Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack, but the gate and boundary wall were damaged. This was one of two blasts in the area targeting police constables on this night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated inside a shopping center in Eastleigh neighborhood, Nairobi city, Nairobi district, Kenya. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Border Security Force (BSF) team in Laikoiching town, Manipur state, India. No casualties were reported in the blast. The Manipur Naga People's Army (MNPA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the group would continue its attacks until all communities in Manipur obtained freedom.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in the Al-Burtuqalah Square of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One police officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in the village of Arab Jabur, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated near an oil pipeline in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There is no information regarding casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to tribesmen from the Hadramawt Tribes Alliance.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) camp in Washuk district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device detonated near the house of a police constable in the Abbas Kaki area, Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack, but the house sustained material damage. This was one of two blasts in the area targeting police constables on this night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device planted under a car detonated in Balad Ruz district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device was found and defused in Al-Mamdudah area, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: An explosive device was found and defused in Askari town, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Approximately six assailants attacked a joint Afghan-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military base in Ghani Khail district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Five of the assailants stormed the base after a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at its entrance. At least seven people, the six attackers and one United States (U.S.) soldier, William K. Lacey, were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants abducted Dr. Abukar Hashim from Buur Hakaba town, Bay region, Somalia. The whereabouts of Dr. Hashim, a World Health Organization (WHO) official, remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/04/2014: Assailants attacked a military base in Laag, Sanaag region, Somalia. Five soldiers were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/04/2014: Assailants attacked a polling center at the Sadaha Adarsha Mahila Madrassah in Satkania town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Two ballot boxes and ballot papers were burned in the attack. Additionally, a nearby truck was torched. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants attacked a Popular Resistance Committee checkpoint in Al-Jawf area, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Two assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the source attributed the incident to Huthis.
01/04/2014: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) checkpoint in Janale town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The number of casualties are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the source attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/04/2014: Assailants attacked an army checkpoint in Zaidan village, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants attacked the Komortala Government Primary School polling station in Sadar town, Lakshmipur district, Bangladesh. One police constable, who had been injured the in the attack, died of his injuries on February 11, 2014. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices at a polling center at the Mohammadia Government Primary School in Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices near a polling center at Koyapara Koigram Government Primary School in Singra town, Natore district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices near a polling center at Ramananda Khajura School in the Singra town, Natore district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants fired on an army checkpoint in Hay Al-Wihdah, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One of the assailants was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants opened fire on a civilian near Dhobley bus station in Howlwadag district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/04/2014: Assailants opened fire on a tea shop in Bana subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. Senior police officer Marose Muna was killed and a volunteer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Police checkpoint in Jangul area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Fifteen assailants were killed and an unknown number were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants opened fire on three police observation towers in Hamam Al-Alil area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set a polling center on fire at the Atakara Government Primary School in Laksam town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set a polling center on fire at the Batkhali Government Primary School in Laksam town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set a polling center on fire at the Damoicha Government Primary School in Laksam town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set an historic library on fire in the Serail neighborhood of Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. Around 60,000 books and manuscripts were destroyed in the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire a polling center at the Poyla Government Primary School in Shivalaya town, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a government-run primary school serving as a polling station in Sonagazi town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two schools to be targeted in the town on this day. Additionally, this was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at Ridhail Government Primary School in Nandigram town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at Sarda Pilot High School in Charghat town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at Solua Degree College in Charghat town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Arpangashi Government Primary School in Amtoli town, Barisal division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Begum Narchi Government Primary School in Ghior town, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the K Latabaria Primary School in Sadar town, Barguna district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Khudra Brahmanbaril Government Primary School in Brahmanbaria district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Lemua Government Primary School in Sadar town, Barguna district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Moddho Pathakata Government Primary School in Sadar town, Barguna district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Nahalpur Government Primary School in Shivalaya town, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling center at the Nandangachhi Kalaripar Primary School in Charghat town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling station at the Mangalkandi Union Health Complex in Sonagazi town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling station at the Namapara Government Primary School in Karimganj town, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the doors and windows of the school were damaged. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a polling station in Karimganj town, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of three polling centers in the town to be attacked on this day. Additionally, this was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to a school serving as a polling center in the Palashbari town, Gaibandha district, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of four schools attacked in the district on this day. Additionally, this was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to the Dheli Karatia Government Primary School which was serving as a polling station in Tangail district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of three polling centers attacked in this district in the morning hours. Additionally, this was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to the HM Institution School and College which was serving as a polling station in Tangail district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of three polling centers attacked in this district in the morning hours. Additionally, this was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set fire to the Mahmudpur Government Primary School which was serving as a polling station in Tangail district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of three polling centers attacked in this district in the morning hours. Additionally, this was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants set off an unknown number of explosive devices at a polling center at the Azizia Government Primary School in Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants shot and killed a member of the Shabak community in the Garage Al-Shamal area, near Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants threw 10 explosive devices at a makeshift polling center in Pabna district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. At least two police officers were injured in the attack. This was one of at least 49 coordinated attacks on polling stations across Bangladesh that occurred overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the office of the Superintendent of Police of Railways in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the office building was partially damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Assailants threw a petrol bomb into a compartment of a Dinajpur-bound Ekota Express train in the Natore railway station in Natore district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. At least 10 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
01/04/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a juice shop near Maskan Chowrangi in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three people were killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a military patrol in Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four soldiers were wounded and the vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in Orangi town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Several explosive devices detonated outside of the home of a police officer in Askari town, Kirkuk, Iraq. No casualties were reported; however, there was significant property damage in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Six gunmen fired on a restaurant in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2014: Two assailants attempted to plant explosive devices on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Afghanistan. The two assailants were killed when their explosive devices detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated during a volleyball match in Kalaya neighborhood, Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least four people were killed and eight people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting Alpha Group elite soldiers in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. In addition to the bomber, at least four civilians were killed and five people were wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: A United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) vehicle struck an explosive device in Ansongo-Menaka district, Gao region, Mali. At least six Nigerien peacekeepers were wounded in the blast. Al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam Brigade (Those who Sign with Blood) and Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), two groups that reportedly merged into Al-Mourabitoun, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device attached to a minibus detonated in Rusafa neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated in Barangak village, Pusht Rood district, Farah province, Afghanistan. One Afghan Local Police (ALP) officer was killed and a civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of a Euromaidan office in Odessa city, Odessa oblast, Ukraine. No one was injured in the blast, but part of the entrance to the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of the Dhaka Tribune office in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated in Ghanam Shah area, Mamond agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three security officials were wounded in the blast. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Suwaib 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.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated near an auto repair store in Sinai area, near Taza Khurmatu city, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated near an vehicle showroom 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.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Huthi guesthouse in Dhamar city, Dhamar governorate, Yemen. At least four people, including a journalist, were killed and 25 others were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device detonated while army officers attempted to defuse it near Qabr Umayr village, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least one officer was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device hidden in a flowerpot detonated in Hazrat Ji Baba area, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A civilian was wounded in the blast. This was one of three related attacks in Kandahar city on the same date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device hidden in a police vehicle exploded in Barah Kala area, Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Two police officers, including the deputy head of a criminal investigation unit, were killed and at least two officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device planted along the El Arish-Sheikh Zuweid highway was discovered and defused in Arish district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Ad Diwaniyah city, Al Qadisiyah governorate, Iraq. Ghazwan al-Shabbani, the owner of the vehicle and a member of parliament, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants abducted an Iraqi professor and his three sons in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. The whereabouts of the kidnap victims were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants abducted Ayman Mohamed Salama from North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Salama was beheaded and his body was discovered on January 10, 2015. Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Ayman Mohamed Salama was targeted because they believed he was working with security personnel.
01/04/2015: Assailants attacked a patrol including the commander of the National Uprising Movement (NUM) militia in Deh-e Shaykh town, Barak-i-Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Four uprising members were killed and one was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Kanazah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four assailants were killed and six assailants were injured 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).
01/04/2015: Assailants attacked military and police headquarters in Kilu Miat wa Sittin area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the assault is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/04/2015: Assailants attacked Somali Armed Forces (SAF) bases in Wajid town, Bakool region, Somalia. Seven people, including two civilians, were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was meant to send a message that Al-Shabaab was still active in Bakool.
01/04/2015: Assailants attacked the house of an non-governmental organization (NGO) worker in Ghallani area, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The worker's nephew was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants attacked two villagers suspected of being police informants in Keriaguda village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. The villagers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/04/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers near Nikishyne village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. This was one of four coordinated incidents on the day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/04/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers stationed at the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. This was one of four coordinated incidents on the day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/04/2015: Assailants fired two mortars that struck a residential area in Saba al-Bor area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants kidnapped 80 Al-Ubayd tribe members, including government employees, former security members, and civilians, in Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/04/2015: Assailants kidnapped five people, including government officials, a bank employee, and a medical student, in Tanga area, near Zhob district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One of the victims, a Pakistan Air Force officer, was killed on January 7, 2015 and three of the hostages were released on January 22, 2015; the fate of the remaining hostage is unknown. This was one of two coordinated kidnappings to occur near Zhob on the same date. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants kidnapped four people traveling in a car near Zhob district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two of the victims were released on January 7, 2015 and one of the hostages was released on January 22, 2015; the fate of the remaining hostage is unknown. This was one of two coordinated kidnappings to occur near Zhob on the same date. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Mohandessen district, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. At least two people, including one civilian and one assailant, were killed and three police officers were wounded in the attack. The Popular Resistance Movement (Egypt) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police officer in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The police officer was wounded in the attack. This was one of three related attacks in Kandahar city on the same date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on a retired judge in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. The judge, Mohammad Ismail, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Electricity Institution vehicle in Ghayl Ba Wazir city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but approximately $13,960.65 were stolen. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers with projectiles and guns near Nikishyne village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of four coordinated incidents on the day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on Haji Saifullah Afridi and his sons in Ittehad Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Afridi, a district president for the Awami National Party (ANP), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Hamoud al-Yafea in Ataq town, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. Al-Yafea, a military brigadier general, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/04/2015: Assailants opened fire on two police officers in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The two police officers were killed in the attack. This was one of three related attacks in Kandahar city on the same date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants stopped a soldier along a road in Napo village, Palapag town, Northern Samar province, Philippines. When the soldier resisted, the attackers opened fire, killing the soldier. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/04/2015: Assailants stopped at least four United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) supply trucks and set them on fire near Gao city, Gao region, Mali. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the trucks were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a local leader of Krishak Sramik Janata League during a arbitration meeting in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. The leader, Idris-ur-Rahman, was killed and at least four other people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Security forces found and defused an explosives-laden motorcycle in Sibi city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Sources stated that the intended target was a religious procession. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Two explosive devices detonated at the Easter Plaza shopping complex in Hatirpool area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian, identified as Nurul Islam, was injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Two explosive devices detonated in Karadah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2015: Two explosive devices detonated near the Paltan Jam-e Mosque in Purana Paltan area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No one was injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: A sniper opened fire on a police officer in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. The officer, identified as Musa Yuce, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/04/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint near Kabul airport in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and there were no other reported casualties. This was one of two suicide bombings that occurred in the area on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/04/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a United States Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) convoy near Kabul airport in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and 19 civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of two suicide bombings that occurred in the area on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/04/2016: An assailant opened fire on Qaif Saifuddin Sadat in Khiri Bagh neighborhood, Abyak city, Samangan province, Afghanistan. Sadat, the Samangan province High Peace Council chief, was killed in the attack. An individual, identified as Abdul Ahad, confessed to carrying out the attack and stated that he had received orders from the Taliban.
01/04/2016: An assailant stabbed civilians near light rail tracks on Bar Lev Street, Jerusalem, Israel. Two civilians were injured in the attack and the assailant was injured when police opened fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Leego village, Bay region, Somalia. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near a civilian gathering in Ma'rib city, Yemen. Two people were killed and four people were injured as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. A soldier and a civilian were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near a produce market in Al Bakriyah, 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.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle showroom in al-Khalisa area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle transporting Aman Lashkars members outside of Deba, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one peace committee member was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in As Siba 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.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Shuala 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.
01/04/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) patrol in the Shebba Heights area, Hor Dov, Golan Heights, Israel. There were no reported casualties in the blast. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the killing of former Hezbollah leader Samir Kantar.
01/04/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at Gulu taxi park in Gulu, Northern region, Uganda. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was behind the attempted attack.
01/04/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused under Hanjerwal Bridge in Lahore, Punjab province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2016: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants abducted 13 Ukrainian doctors in Ras Lanuf, Sirte, Libya. The doctors were freed on May 2, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/04/2016: Assailants abducted Kali Biswas, a local trader, from Nangapa, between Dagal and Songsak, Meghalaya state, India. Biswas was killed and his body was discovered on January 12, 2016. The Garo National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded a ransom in exchange for the victim.
01/04/2016: Assailants attacked a Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) checkpoint in Ras Lanuf town, Sirte district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack; however, an oil tank was set on fire. This was one of two related attacks near oil facilities in Sirte on this day. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants attacked a police station War Maxan village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Three assailants and one soldier were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants attacked a Turkish residential compound in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One assailant was killed and one security guard was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police posts in Farm Chahar area, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Fifteen 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.
01/04/2016: Assailants attacked joint forces with explosives-laden vehicles and other explosive devices in Hadithah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 11 security force members and more than 100 assailants were killed and 30 members were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants attacked Wambache village, Extreme-North, Cameroon. At least 24 assailants were killed and two soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/04/2016: Assailants attempted to attack Ouro Mari village, Extreme-North, Cameroon. There were no reported casualties as security forces thwarted the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Boko Haram.
01/04/2016: Assailants on a motorcycle threw an explosive device targeting a Catholic convent building in Bujumbura, Burundi. One civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2016: Assailants opened fire on a house for asylum seekers in Dreieich, Hesse, Germany. One civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police checkpost in Bibi Nani Ziarat neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two constables were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2016: Assailants publicly stoned a woman accused of adultery in al Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen. The victim was killed in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants raided Toshia village, Borno, Nigeria. An unknown number of residents were injured and the village was set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/04/2016: Assailants shot and killed Assistant Sub-Inspector Ramesh Subba in Bhaudaha Chowk, Eastern development region, Nepal. Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants shot and killed Sheikh Ali Othman al-Gailani, a Sufi imam, in Craiter area, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State was involved in the attack.
01/04/2016: Assailants shot and killed Taha al-Juburi, a muezzin, in Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device that landed and detonated near a bank in Bujumbura, Burundi. A civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2016: Five explosive devices were discovered and defused in Aranpur area, Chhattisgarh state, India. The devices were thought to be targeting Indian Armed Forces soldiers. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/04/2016: Gunmen opened fire on police officers in Awamiyah, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. One civilian was killed and one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2016: Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-laden vehicles at a Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) checkpoint in Sidra town, Sirte district, Libya. Additional assailants opened fire on the checkpoint. At least three people and four assailants were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the ensuing clash; the victims included PFG members and civilians. This was one of two related attacks near oil facilities in Sirte on this day. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Wihdah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least five people were killed and 14 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: A suicide bomber detonated near an Armed Forces of Libya checkpoint in Sirte city, Libya. Aside from the death of the assailant, 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.
01/04/2017: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle was identified and arrested near Wafa, Al Anbar, Iraq. The assailant was thought to be targeting an Iraqi Armed Forces checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: An explosive device detonated at Ataturk Amusement Park in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: An explosive device detonated in Charikar, Parwan, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Constabulary (FC) van in Bannu Adda neighborhood, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least 17 people, including police officers and civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: An explosive device detonated near Myanmar Army soldiers at the Kyonhtaw Waterfall in Hlaingbwe, Kayin, Myanmar. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the soldiers. At least one soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA).
01/04/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Khanasah, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Tahir Kot, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compound in Mogadishu, Somalia. At least four guards were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: An incendiary device went off outside the office of Dimitris Bourlos in Exarchia neighborhood, Athens, Greece. Bourlos, a Committee of Wise Men attorney, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two related attacks in Athens targeting practitioners involved in labor market reforms on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/04/2017: Assailants abducted Amadou Dicko in Boni, Mopti, Mali. The whereabouts of Dicko, a local municipal council member, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
01/04/2017: Assailants abducted two people in Patehl, Jharkhand, India. Both hostages were killed and their bodies were discovered the following morning, on January 5, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/04/2017: Assailants armed with firearms and sharp weapons attacked and killed two farmers in Abraka, Delta, Nigeria. This was one of two related attacks on farms in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Fulani extremists.
01/04/2017: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) checkpoint near Jowhar, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2017: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the Philippine Bureau of Jail Management and Penology North Cotabato District Jail and released an unknown number of inmates in Amas, North Cotabato, Philippines. At least seven people, including one prison guard and 6 inmates, were killed and another inmate was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The BIFM later denied involvement.
01/04/2017: Assailants armed with rockets and firearms attacked an electrical transformer near a shrine in Chattar subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants attacked a group of herders and stole livestock in Tabit, North Darfur, Sudan. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants attacked and killed three farmers in Obiaruku, Delta, Nigeria. This was one of two related attacks on farms in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Fulani extremists.
01/04/2017: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Ghazni, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2017: Assailants attacked the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) Tiyas Airbase near Tiyas, Homs, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/04/2017: Assailants fired a mortar at a civilian residence in Radhwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one person was killed and three other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants opened fire on Iqbal Mehmood in Gulistan-e-Johar neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. Mehmood, a Pakistani Police sub-inspector, was killed and at least two other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
01/04/2017: Assailants opened fire on Raju Mishra near the Parijat building in Cherital neighborhood, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. At least two people, including Mishra, an Indian National Congress (INC) leader, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants opened fire on Taza Gul Nangyalai in Habib, Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nangyalai, a district education chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/04/2017: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Waheed Khan on Samungli Road in Jinnah Town neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two people, including Khan, a private school principal, and Habibullah, a Pakistani Police assistant sub-inspector, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants shot and killed a contractor near Jamshed Road in Jamshed Quarter neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants shot and killed an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) aid worker in Gao city, Mali. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants shot down an Iraqi Air Force helicopter near Bayji, Saladin, Iraq. At least four crew members were killed in the crash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the Grand Hotel in Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Assailants threw two grenades at the residence of Firas Moussa in Bzal, North governorate, Lebanon. Moussa, the local mayor, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/04/2017: Four explosive devices detonated outside the Center for European Constitutional Law office on Akadimias Street in Athens, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the blast and ensuing fire. This was one of two related attacks in Athens targeting practitioners involved in labor market reforms on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/04/2017: Security forces identified and killed three female suicide bombers in Bakin Dutse, Adamawa, Nigeria. The assailants were on their way to target the Gulak Township Market. There were no other reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/04/2017: Security forces intercepted and killed three female suicide bombers in Gwoza district, Borno, Nigeria. There were no other reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/04/2017: Three explosives-laden vehicles were discovered and destroyed in Wihdah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/1998: A letter bomb was sent to the Styrian Land Police Command, but the bomb failed to explode when opened. It was unclear who was responsible for the attack or what the attacker's precise motives were. It was also unclear if the bomb was actually meant to explode or not. There were no injuries as a result of this incident.
01/05/1998: In one of two related incidents, Hutu Rebels attacked the Nyabikenke Commune in Gitarama, Rwanda, killing fourteen and injuring two.
01/05/1998: In one of two related incidents, Hutu Rebels attacked the Nyakabanda Commune in Gitarama, Rwanda, killing 56 and injuring two people.
01/05/1998: Two bombs exploded outside a private television station in Georgetown, Guyana, injuring one person. The attack was believed to be a protest to the result of the elections in December 1997, which the People's Progressive Party (PPP) won. The television station was owned by a PPP supporter.
01/05/1999: An explosive device, believed to be a hand grenade, was thrown by unknown perpetrators at the Cool Cafe in Pristina, Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). Two young men and a young woman were injured. The Cool Cafe is a Serbian cafe frequented mainly by teenagers.
01/05/1999: In one of two related attacks, a bomb exploded at a building housing both the offices of the Local Highways and Building Department headquarters and the Municipal Tourist office in Ghisonaccia, Corsica, France. Two people were slightly injured and the whole building was destroyed. The other bomb, which exploded an hour later, damaged an economic development office south of Ajaccio. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/05/1999: In one of two related attacks, a bomb exploded at an Economic Development office south of Ajaccio, Corsica, France. The explosion caused serious damage to the building, but there were no casualties. One hour prior to this incident another government building in Ghisonaccia was bombed. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/05/1999: Six suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) rebels threw a grenade at the Queen Bee restaurant, which was frequented by Philippine soldiers, in downtown Isabela, Basilan Province, Philippines. Four people were injured by shrapnel as a result of this incident. Police believed the attacks was staged by the ASG to avenge the death of their leader Abdujarak Abubakar Janjalani, who was killed by the Philippine National Police on December 18, 1998.
01/05/1999: Two men were shot in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what was reported to be a joint paramilitary attack. The men were found lying together in an alley off Falcarragh Drive in the Lenadoon area. Both had been shot once in the leg. One of the men was grabbed and bundled into a car while walking in the Ballymurphy area; the other was thought to have been forced into another car while walking along the Falls Road. A spokesman for the Families Against Intimidation And Terror (FAIT) blamed the attack on the Irish Republican Army (IRA), but the Royal Ulster Constabulary did not speculate on the identity of the perpetrators.
01/05/1999: Two motorcyclists adhered explosives to the vehicle of the head of the Tehran judiciary, Hojjat ol-Eslam Ali Razini, in Tehran, Iran. Five were injured and one died from the blast. Ali Razini survived but suffered injuries in the leg, abdomen and chest. Mahdaviyat was blamed for the attack.
01/05/1999: Unknown gunmen killed 19 people and injured 25 others in an attack on a Mosque in the village of Karamdad in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
01/05/2000: A clothes shop in San Sebastian, Spain, belonging to a socialist activist was attacked by an unknown group. The windows of the store were broken and the shop was set on fire. The window displays and other parts of the store were damaged.
01/05/2000: A woman suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to herself outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirima Bandaranaike's office. A total of eleven people were killed: six people including the bomber were killed instantly, five later died of wounds, and 25 were wounded. The bomber was identified as Gunanayagam Leela Lakshmi, a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
01/05/2000: Kumar Ponnambalam, a minority leader in the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
01/05/2000: The home of Basque Socialist Party (PSE-EE) member Maria Angeles Gonzalez in Andoain, Guipuzcoa Province, was attacked with petrol bombs. An unknown group of hooded individuals threw three petrol bombs into the home after breaking the windows. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
01/05/2001: Saypudi Aksaktemirov was killed in his home in Argun, Chechnya. He was shot by unidentified assailants.
01/05/2001: The Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM), Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami joined together on January 5, 2001 to attack Indian troops in Poonch, India. They killed nine and wounded fifteen with machine guns and rockets.
01/05/2001: Three were killed in an armed attack at Murago Hill in Bujumbura, Burundi. Three cows were also killed and sixteen houses were burned. Authorities believed it to be the work of Murago rebels.
01/05/2001: Twenty-seven were injured when suspected Islamic militants threw grenades at an Indian paramilitary vehicle in Srinagar, India
01/05/2002: A terrorist group killed three shepherds and kidnapped two others at Ghabet Plateau, Algeria. According to security sources of Tiaret Province, the bodies of the three victims were discovered by security elements. The weapons used to kill the three shepherds were not specified. The attacks have been blamed on the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).
01/05/2002: Six suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) attacked a police barricade in Medea, Algeria, killing one police officer. Security forces returned fire, killing one assailant, while the other gunmen opened fire on passers-by as they fled, killing five civilians. The firearms used by the attackers were not specified.
01/05/2002: Three citizens were injured in a terrorist attack that targeted a playroom located along the road of Ain Bouchekif, near Tiaret, Algeria. The perpetrators, who were believed to be members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), shot into the crowd in the playroom with automatic firearms and then fled.
01/05/2002: Two members of the Algerian National Security Agency were killed at a fake roadblock in the western part of Bouira, on the outskirts of Kadiria, Algeria. The roadblock was setup by 20 or so terrorists wearing military uniforms. The attack took place one kilometer from municipal guard headquarters and within the span of 15 minutes. The attack was attributed to the local faction of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC).
01/05/2003: A pair of suicide bombers simultaneous detonated their device in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing at least 22 people not including the bombers and wounding 103 near the old bus station. The area was known as a haven for undocumented foreigners within Israel making an initial count of the casualties hard to determine due to deportation fears among the locals. Responsibility was initially claimed by both HAMAS and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and later in a statement by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, who identified the bombers as Buraq Abdel Rahman Khalifa and Saber al-Nouri.
01/05/2003: At least 35 people, including four Central Reserve Police Force personnel, were injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at a CRPF patrol party in the crowded Kulgam bus stand in South Kashmir. There were no fatalities.
01/05/2003: Deputy Consul General of the Afghan Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, Hafizullah Mojaddedi, had his house shot at by unknown gunmen on a passing motorcycle. No one was injured.
01/05/2003: Edu Abdulah, a peace negotiator for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was shot and killed outside the residence of senior MILF adviser Ghadzali Jaafar in the town of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat province, in the Philippines.
01/05/2003: Hassane Ghezaili, Mayor of Chetaibi, and his deputy Hacene Layadi were killed when their convoy was ambushed at a fake roadblock set up in Annaba Province, inside the municipality of Treat in Algeria by an unknown number of assailants. The attack was started when the Mayor’s driver recognized the roadblock as being manned by assailants and attempted to ram through it. The gunmen opened fire wounding several occupants and immobilizing the Kia minibus. The Mayor and his deputy were then killed inside their vehicle with knives before the vehicle was torched.
01/05/2003: In Algeria, the former secretary general of the Chlef Municipal People's Assembly, Mr. Chakouki, was assassinated by unknown assailants at his home in Lalla Aouda, in the Chlef suburbs.
01/05/2003: In the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, three policemen were killed by members of the People's War Group (PWG) in the Guntur District. The three motorcycle policemen were killed by a land mine blast triggered when the police were escorting government officials returning to Kothur after attending the state government's ongoing Janmbhoomi program.
01/05/2003: The Serbian Coordinating Center for Kosovo located in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo was the target of an unknown number of gunmen. No one was injured in the attack.
01/05/2004: Gunmen shot and killed a protestant priest in Khanewal, Pakistan. The body was found in the railway station of the central Pakistani town. No one claimed responsibility for the killing. This incident falls into a trend of violence against minority religious groups that make up approximately three percent of Pakistan's population.
01/05/2004: Right wing paramilitaries attacked four civilian villagers in El Salado, Colombia and accused the victims of sympathizing with left wing FARC rebels. The region was a hotbed for the production of illegal narcotics, both poppy and coca plantations were numerous. The paramilitary group and FARC constantly struggle for control of the region due to the presence of illegal crops.
01/05/2004: Suspected Taliban gunmen fired on a convoy of vehicles belonging to a Shelter for Life, a private aid agency, as it was traveling on the Kandahar-Kabul highway. One of the vehicles in the convoy was taken at gunpoint with the driver still inside, he was later released unharmed. The incident was a part of a growing trend of attacks on the cars traveling on the highway.
01/05/2004: Unidentified gunmen hurled a bomb and opened fire at the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kandahar, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported and no information on the perpetrators could be found. The bombing was a part of a series of attacks against UN buildings in Kandahar, a former Taliban stronghold.
01/05/2005: A bomb exploded in near Slovak troops operating in Iraq 90 miles south of Charlie Camp. 13 people were killed, mostly Iraqi policemen, and 33 others were injured. Local authorities believed that the perpetrators were targeting a polling station near a police station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2005: A suicide car bomb exploded outside a police academy in Hillah, Iraq during a graduation ceremony, killing at least 20 people and injuring 40 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2005: A suicide car bomber attacked a checkpoint in Baqubah, Iraq. The checkpoint was manned jointly with Iraqi National Guard Personnel and members of local law enforcement. Six security personnel were killed and 13 others were wounded in the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2005: An Arab group known as the Liberals of Galilee said in a statement sent to a foreign news agency that it had kidnapped an Israeli woman, Dana Benett, and demanded the release of one thousand Palestinian prisoners in exchange for her release. Police were unsure as to the authenticity of the claim.
01/05/2005: Maoist Communist Center members kidnapped 2000 students and teachers students from all the Village Development Committees, except headquarters Mangalsen, of Achham district of Nepal and forced them to distributed Maoists propaganda. There were no causalities reported in this incident.
01/05/2005: Suspected members of a renegade pro-government militia attacked a group of farmers near the town of Alamada, Philippines. The attackers shot and killed six farmers and injured a young child. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2005: Unknown militants threw a grenade a Central Reserve Police Force installation in Kashmir, India. The grenade missed the police installation and exploded in a nearby street injuring five people including two police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2006: A suicide bomber in a car wearing an explosive vest blew himself up outside a police recruiting center in Ramadi, Iraq, killing at least thirty and injuring forty. No group claimed responsibility
01/05/2006: At least forty people were killed and fifty wounded in a bomb explosion in Karbala, Iraq, between Imam Al-Husyan and Iam Al-abbas shrines. Some foreigners were among the casualties and the bomb was carried by a suicide bomber. No group claimed responsibility
01/05/2006: At least two people were injured in an explosion at the (District) Education Office at Janapath in Biratnagar City, Morang (District), Nepal, when two youth left behind a bag full of explosives, asked people to evacuate, and then fled.  The building was also damaged, and no group claimed responsibility
01/05/2006: Sunni militants kidnapped nine Iranian soldiers, presumably four days prior in Iran, and showed footage of them, threatening to kill the captives unless sixteen colleagues were freed from Iranian jails. The group claimed to be the Organization of God's Soldiers for Sunni Mujahidin, known as Jundallah, and the soldiers were thought to be held in Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown
01/05/2006: Ten people died in a suicide car bomb attack aimed at the headquarters of a provincial governor in Tirin Kot, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility
01/05/2006: There was an explosion near Bindhyabasini cinema hall in Pokhara city in western Nepal. Three soldiers were injured in the blast, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2006: Unknown assailants threw a grenade and started firing at civilians in Valaichchenai, in Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka.  One victim, Kunam Thanus, was killed, and three more civilians were injured.
01/05/2007: A bomb injured two people near a fast–food restaurant in Cotabato, Philippines. Police suspect Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is responsible for the attack.
01/05/2007: An American private contractor of JPI Worldwide, Ronald Withrow, and two Iraqi interpreters were kidnapped near Basra, Iraq, all three were murdered; there was no claim of responsibility.
01/05/2007: An anti-Hamas, mosque preacher, Adel Nasar was shot as he got into a car in the Mughazi refugee camp in central Gaza by unknown assailants.
01/05/2007: Five Chinese telecommunications workers were kidnapped by gunmen from their residence in Rumauakunde Emouha, Nigeria. They were held for 13 days before their release by an unidentified group.
01/05/2007: Forty-eight Hindi-speaking migrant workers were killed and 19 injured after a series of 10 coordinated attacks by United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Assam, India that occurred overnight.
01/05/2007: Seven members of Fatah including, Col. Ghayeb and six bodyguards were killed in stand-off with Hamas in Gaza City, Palestine.
01/05/2007: Suspected Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels set off a bomb in a bus in Nittambuwa, Sri Lanka, 20 miles north of the capital, Colombo, during evening rush hour, killing five people and wounding 30.
01/05/2008:  A bomb was detonated in the industrial district of Baquba, Iraq, killing one person.  The target was a group of workers in the district.
01/05/2008:  A roadside bomb in Baquba, Iraq, wounded three civilians.  It was unclear what the target was.
01/05/2008:  A roadside bomb struck a minibus north of Muqdadiyah, Iraq.  Six people died and three others were wounded.  Of those that died, two were women and one was a child.
01/05/2008:  A roadside bomb struck a passing Iraqi Army patrol in Azamiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq.  Four civilians were wounded. The attackers are unknown.
01/05/2008:  A roadside bomb struck a U.S. military vehicle in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.  One American Soldier died.
01/05/2008:  An explosive device was detonated in a house in Baghdad, Iraq.  Five Iraqi soldiers were killed and two were wounded.
01/05/2008:  Masked attackers wrecked a polling station in Kulaisi, Georgia.  They cut off the power supply and tried to steal the ballot papers, caused other damage and injured an elections official.
01/05/2008:  Palestinian militants fired 26 mortar shells  and 7 rockets into Israel. The Popular Resistance Committees, a group allied with Hamas, was responsible for the attack.
01/05/2008:  Palestinian militants shot two Qassam rockets at western Negev.  The rockets exploded in an open field, causing no damage and not casualties.  The Martyr Abu-Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that it was a response to the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people.
01/05/2008:  Seven Qassam rockets struck Sderot, Israel.  One hit a street in a residential area and four people were treated for shock.  The Popular Resistance Committees, a group allied with HAMAS, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.
01/05/2008:  Suspected militants associated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) abducted five Christians in the South Waziristan Agency of Pakistan.  The militants said the hostages would be freed after six militants in custody of law enforcement agencies were freed.
01/05/2008:  Taliban militants attacked with gunfire at a military checkpoint in the Jandola Frontier Region of the Tank district in northwest Pakistan.  Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan warned the government that they would attack military and government installations if the government did not meet a two day deadline to pull troops out of the Swat Valley which they did not. There were undescribed amounts of damage and death tolls.
01/05/2008:  Twenty armed Maoists burned down a forest range office in Orissa, India.  They also destroyed seven jeeps, four motorcycles, and files in the offices.  They stole cash and belongings from the forester's home.  They beat up six forest guards.
01/05/2008:  Unidentified gunmen abducted two Libyan diplomats from a busy market in Mogadishu, Somalia.  The two men, Naji Gassouda and Fathi Boudiyan, were forced out of their car while shopping.  Then men were released within hours as soon as the kidnappers realized their identities, they thought that the victims were Yemeni merchants.  A ransom was not paid.
01/05/2008:  Unknown assailants attacked two journalists from a Tanzanian newspaper with acid and machetes.  Both were seriously injured and one was blinded by the acid. Mwana Halisi newspaper Editor Saeed Kubenea and consulting editor Ndimara Tegambwage were the names of the victims. The attackers reportedly entered Mwana Halisi's offices at around 9.00 p.m. (1800 gmt). Police arrested two suspected assailants named Hamis Almas Ramadhan, (25), resident of Mwananyamala B and Alfred Bernard Mushi alias Chambia (64) of Kinondoni-Luhumbo Street in the city. Kubenea suffered the acid injury while Tegambwage suffered several blows to the head from a machete.
01/05/2009: On Monday afternoon at about 1300, in the Abu Dishir neighborhood of the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, wounding five civilians and damaging four cars and several shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday evening, Baloch Republic Army militants blew up a gas pipeline in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. The device was placed under the pipeline connecting gas wells with the main purification plant. The explosion damaged between five and six feet of pipeline. The claim of responsibility was made by Sarbaz Baloch, the spokesman of the Baloch Republican Army. An unspecified number of casualties were reported in the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday morning at 0800,  in the Mu'askar ar Rashid neighborhood of the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices near a group of Shia pilgrims en route to Karbala' for Ashura, wounding seven pilgrims and five civilians. There was damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday morning at about 0900, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device  near a gasoline station on Nidhal Street, wounding four civilians but causing no damage. There was no motive reported and The Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday night, in Brussels, Belgium, an arson attempt was made on the Beth Hillel Liberal synagogue when two vehicles, one loaded with firebombs consisting of paper and petrol as the accelerants, crashed into the building. No casualties were reported, however, the building was somewhat damaged. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday night, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and wounded an off-duty police officer. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday night, two men on a motorbike shot and killed a pro-government mullah as he was praying in Kandahar mosque in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, a former local official was shot and killed by unidentified militants in the Charbagh area of Swat, North Wast Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, at the intersection of Zaimis and Kountouriotou Streets in Exarkhia, behind the Culture Ministry in Greece, three Riot Squad officers were attacked by gunmen using Kalashnikov rifles, MP5 submachine gun and a hand grenade. One officer was injured. Police recovered 27 Kalashnikov shells and four 9mm shells from the MP5 at the scene. No damage or motive were reported. The Revolutionary Struggle has claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants shot and killed Raju Singh, accused of killing social activist Lalit Kumar Mehta, near Kelari in Palamau, Jharkhand, India. Singh was abducted by Maoist rebels from his home on 1/04/2009 in the evening. His body was later recovered from the Telari roundabout in Palamau, some 190 km from Ranchi. Singh was one of five persons accused in Megta's murder.  Maoists subsequently claimed responsibility for the murder and threatened to kill the others accused in Mehta's murder.
01/05/2009: On Monday, Froilan Rufino, a vice-mayor, was shot and killed by gunmen while walking home in President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat province. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen chased down the car of Subhi Hassan Mohammed, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan official, killing him and one of his guards and injured another in the Cheman area. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped 11 tribal elders. The pro-government tribal elders had traveled there to ask the Taliban to leave. No group claimed responsibility, though it is believed that the Taliban is responsible.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted students as they were leaving Al Hadbaa College, injuring seven students. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in the Negev, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired one mortar shell at communities, wounding two civilians but causing no damage.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday, in Toulouse, France, a car that was set on fire with petrol bombs was pushed into the door of the a synagogue. About a dozen people were inside the synagogue at the time but nobody was hurt and the building only suffered slight damage. Police found unexploded petrol bombs inside a second car, which did not catch on fire. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2009: On Monday, militants shot and killed a Pakistani national and two Afghan nationals on charges of spying for the United States in Miranshah, FATA, Pakistan. The bodies of the three men were found with multiple bullet wounds near the Afghan border. A note written in Pashtun was found near the bodies, claiming then men were killed for spying. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, on Falasteen street, Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge went off near a gas station, wounding four people amidst celebrations commemorating the Ashura Day. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, two Shia civilians were shot multiple times and killed by unidentified militants on a motorcycle in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The attack occurred on the eve of Ashura celebrations. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2009: On Monday, unidentified militants blew up the house of a local journalist in the Shakardara area of Matta, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2010: On Tuesday night, a rocket was fired from an unknown place and hit a wall of the Nephrology Ward of Sandeman Civil Hospital in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, leaving a big hole in the hospital. The splinters wounded one man identified as Muhammad Afzal. Afzal was treated at the hospital. Some windowpanes of some of the wards of the hospital were damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2010: On Tuesday night, one rocket was fired from an unknown location and landed on the lawn of the Balochistan Governor House and failed to explode on Zarghoon Road in Quetta, Pakistan. The bomb disposal squad defused the rocket. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/05/2011: On Wednesday evening, in Bamako city, Bamako state, Mali, two Malian civilians were injured when a Tunisian man armed with an automatic pistol threw a Molotov cocktail at the French embassy. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that the militant was a member of Al Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb.
01/05/2011: On Wednesday morning around 0800, in Sibulan village in Toril, Davao, Philippines, unidentified militants shot and killed a former New People’s Army (NPA) militant, identified as Romnick Noble. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that New People’s Army militants were responsible.
01/05/2011: On Wednesday, in al-Aamel neighborhood in western Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, stuck to a civilian car, exploded. Two civilians were wounded in the blast. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2011: On Wednesday, in al-Qadissiya neighborhood in western Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a sticky bomb was detonated near a train station. A civilian was killed and one more was wounded in the attack. It is unknown if the blasts resulted in any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2011: On Wednesday, in Oslo city, Oslo, Norway, a Turkish national stormed the cockpit of a Turkish Airlines plane less than one hour before its arrival in Istanbul, Turkey, and demanded that the aircraft return to Oslo, Norway, while waving what he claimed to be an explosive device. However, passengers overpowered the hijacker and the aircraft landed safely in Istanbul. The man was taken into custody by security forces. The explosive device claim was discovered to be false. No casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attempted hijacking.
01/05/2011: On Wednesday, in Taji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated against a bus carrying Iranian visitors. Four of the passengers were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, and the bus was damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2012: A gunman opened fire on a group of construction workers with a rifle in Jalan Aneuk Galon area, Special Region of Aceh, Indonesia. Three people died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in Marro area, Dera Bugti district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) officer was killed and one injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Shir Gazi area, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three United States North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops, Bryan Bell, Matthew Schwartz, and Matthew Seidler, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the Taliban.
01/05/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting a convoy of Algerian military vehicles in Fiadh area, Boumerdes province, Algeria. The attack injured two soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
01/05/2012: A soldier discovered an explosive device under the seat of his car in Ligoniel neighborhood, Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The device was then detonated in a controlled explosion. Oglaigh na hEireann claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest next to a Shia pilgrim procession in Al Batha area, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq. Forty-four people were killed and 70 injured in the attack. This was one of five similar attacks in Iraq on this date. No group claimed responsibility, but police attributed the incident to Sunnis.
01/05/2012: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a group of Shia pilgrims in Nasiriyah city, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq. Forty-five people died in the attack, and an unspecified number were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2012: An Afghan Wireless cellular tower was destroyed by a hand grenade in Pashtun Zarghun district, Herat province, Afghanistan. There were no injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in Sadr city neighborood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six injured in this attack. This was one of five attacks perpetrated in Iraq on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Sunni militants.
01/05/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated near a group of day laborers waiting to board a bus in Sadr city neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eight people were killed and 10 injured in this attack. This was one of five similar attacks in Iraq on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Sunnis.
01/05/2012: An explosive device attached to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply truck detonated in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the blast, but three trucks were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2012: An explosive device planted in a playground was discovered and defused in Tajori limits, Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a public square in Al-Kazimiyah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five attacks against Shias in Iraq on this date and one of two attacks in Al-Kazimiyah. Across the two attacks in Al-Kazimiyah, 15 people were killed and 32 injured. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Sunnis.
01/05/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a public square in Al-Kazimiyah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five attacks against Shias on this date in Iraq and one of two attacks in Al-Kazimiyah. Across the two attacks in Al-Kazimiyah, 15 people were killed and 32 injured. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Sunnis.
01/05/2012: Assailants blew up a government primary school for boys in Kagazai area, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, the school was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/05/2012: Assailants detonated a remote-controlled landmine near a police vehicle in Badarpanga area, Odisha state, India. The police officers were on their way to investigate a bombing that had occurred the previous day. Three officers were killed and three were wounded. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/05/2012: Assailants launched rockets at Gharibai village, Frontier Region Kogat, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was injured when a shell fell on her home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2012: Assailants opened fire on the Deeper Life church in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. Six people were killed and 10 injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspected Boko Haram. The attack came after the end of a three-day ultimatum given by Boko Haram for Christians to relocate away from the region.
01/05/2012: Assailants shot and killed an Awami National Party (ANP) leader in Metroville, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One of the assailants was also killed in the attack, and an ANP associate was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources reported that the assailants chanted Taliban slogans on their way to the house.
01/05/2012: Gunmen entered a house and shot dead a retired University of Maiduguri civil servant and his son in Dala Alemdari neighborhood, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. The man's wife was also injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2012: Gunmen kidnapped Khalil Rasjed Dale in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Dale was a Yemen-born British citizen working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). His body was found on April 29, 2012 with his throat cut and a note saying he had been killed because no ransom was paid. Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) claimed responsibility.
01/05/2012: Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed two Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) activists in Orangi town near Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The victims are thought to have been targeted for their political party affiliation. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2012: Gunmen shot and killed a district council member in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/05/2012: Two gunmen shot and killed radio broadcaster and publisher Christopher Guarin in General Santos city, South Cotabato province, Philippines. Guarin's wife was also injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Guarin had received death threats on his cellular phone that night during his broadcast.
01/05/2013: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb near Bagan village in Lower Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was killed, four people were injured, and the vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Khas Uruzgan district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Four people, including three security personnel, were killed in the blast and another person was injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: A roadside bomb was discovered in the Katta Kushtha area, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Sources report that the intended target was North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply vehicles. The device was safely defused without injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/05/2013: An Afghan National Police (ANP) vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Shinwari district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were injured in the blast and the vehicle was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An assailant on a motorcycle opened fire on a defense volunteers' base in Sak tambon, Narathiwat province, Thailand. A defence volunteer's wife was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosive device detonated inside of a medical store in the Metrovillare area of Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan. The store belonged to a local political leader. There were no casualties resulting from the blast; however, several shops, vehicles, and roadside stalls were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a political party leader's office in Orangi town, Karachi city, Sindh state, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although there was reported damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a military commander's convoy near Sadiya town in Khanaqin district, Diyala, Iraq. General Abdul Ameer al-Zaidi, the commander of Dijal Operations, was not injured in the attack; however, one soldier was killed and four more were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Baqubah city, Diyala, Iraq. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosive device was discovered in the office of the Deputy Director of the Agriculture Engineering office in Dera Murad Jamali area, Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility; however, two suspects were arrested in connection with the unsuccessful incident.
01/05/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a market in Kanaan town, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and three more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting holy shrine visitors near the northern entrance to Karbala city, Karbala, Iraq. The blast killed one person and injured 15 people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered outside of the Triumph newspaper officers in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. The explosives were safely control-detonated without causing any injuries. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was behind the attack.
01/05/2013: Assailants attacked a joint Ethiopian and Somali military convoy in Laba Qoracle area, Gedo region, Somalia. At least 13 assailants and two soldiers were killed in the ensuing firefight. An additional seven soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were injured in the attack. Officials attribute the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/05/2013: Assailants attacked Lieutenant Colonel Nasser al-Maghrab at his farm in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The former Internal Security Services officer was beaten, shot, and killed. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources speculate that Islamist assailants were involved.
01/05/2013: Assailants kidnapped two European tourists in Rutshuru area, Kisheguru district, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The abductees, a German and an Austrian, were rescued by security forces on or before January 16, 2013. The victims were not injured, although the assailants stole the abductees' personal belongings. Officials attribute the incident to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
01/05/2013: Assailants opened fire on a government official's vehicle in Gramkan, Panjur district, Balochistan, Pakistan. The official, a Building and Roads Department sub-engineer, and his son were killed in the attack. In addition, his daughter was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Ghausabad area, Satellite town, Punjab province, Pakistan. Four police officers, including an assistant sub-inspector, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan National Police (ANP) checkpost in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. One police officer and two assailants were injured in the ensuing firefight. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: Assailants opened fire on patrons at a hotel in Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Three people were killed in the attack, including Sahibzada Abdus Salam Shirani, the local leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F). In addition, five people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Jaffar Express passenger train in Bolan district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least five people were killed, 10 people were injured, and the train engine was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: Assailants opened fire on two charity workers in Utmanzai town, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Zakir Hussain, the education head of Jamaat e-Islam branch Al-Khidmat Foundation, was killed in the attack, along with his driver. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a bus near Azimpur Girls' School in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the vehicle was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a Globe Pharmaceuticals vehicle in Ramna neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the vehicle was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a passenger bus in the Lalbagh neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties resulting from the fire, although the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of three attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a passenger bus near the Boishakhi market in Mirpur neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the bus was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a vehicle at Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the vehicle was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a vehicle at the Teachers Training College in Dhanmondi neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the vehicle was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a vehicle in Gulsham neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the vehicle was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a vehicle in Tejgaon neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties but the vehicle was damaged in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to a warehouse and machinery in Friere area, Araucania region, Chile. There were no reported casualties resulting from the fire, although the warehouse and machinery were damaged. This was one of two similar attacks in the region on the same morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculate that Mapuche activists were involved.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to Enayatollah Moslemyar's private residence in Want Waigal district, Nurestan province, Afghanistan. Moslemyar, a Nurestan Provincial Council member, was not injured in the attack, although his house was damaged. This was one of three arson attacks on houses in the district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attribute the incidents to the Taliban.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to Jamaluddin's private residence in Want Waigal district, Nurestan province, Afghanistan. Jamaluddin, the head of a private firm, was not injured in the attack, although his house was damaged. This was one of three arson attacks on houses in the district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attribute the incidents to the Taliban.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to Maulvi Rahmatullah's private residence in Want Waigal district, Nurestan province, Afghanistan. Rahmatullah, a provincial council member, was not injured in the attack, although his house was damaged. This was one of three arson attacks on houses in the district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attribute the incidents to the Taliban.
01/05/2013: Assailants set fire to two trucks in Lumaco area, Araucania region, Chile. There were no reported casualties resulting from the fire, although the trucks were damaged. This was one of two similar attacks in the region on the same morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculate that Mapuche activists were involved.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police vehicle in Baldia town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police arrested two people immediately following the blast.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) vehicle in Vancouver, Canada. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victim was targeted for owning a fur store.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw incendiary devices at a Dhaka University intersection in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw incendiary devices at an unspecified target in Farmgate neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties resulting from the fire, although there were reported damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of three attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw incendiary devices at an unspecified target in the Sabujbagh neighborhood, Dhaka, Bangladesh. A civilian home was damaged in the attack and two people were reportedly injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of three attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw incendiary devices at the Dhaka University Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: Assailants threw incendiary devices at the Dhaka University vice-chancellor's private residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of 10 similar attacks in Dhaka on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2013: At least one explosive device detonated at a mosque in the Nala area of Bara town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The mosque, which had recently been abandoned, had been used by Lashkar-e-Islam as an headquarters. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the mosque was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the Al-Noor Mosquein Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The blast targeted a police patrol, injuring one officer. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device attached to a gas pipeline detonated in Pir Koh area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A large section of the pipeline was destroyed in the blast, which resulted in the suspension of gas supply to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device detonated at an Arab Souk (market) in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device detonated at the entrance of a shop in Khasavyurt town, Dagestan republic, Russia. There were no reported casualties; however, the shop's windows were shattered in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device detonated in a commercial area of Bab al-Moadham neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device detonated near a foodstuff depot in Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two security guards were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device detonated near an army patrol in the center of Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. Abu Jaafar Al-Mansur Brigades claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device detonated near Maidan Square in Sinak neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device planted in a car detonated in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The vehicle belonged to a member of the Interior Ministry's intelligence service. The official was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device planted in a trash bin detonated near a restaurant in Al-Bab Al-Sharqi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Jamilah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were wounded in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility or the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Mandani area, Charsadda town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosive device was thrown at a Kenyan police vehicle near Diani police station, Kwale county, Kenya. The device failed to detonate and there were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were killed and ten others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two car bombs to detonate simultaneously; the other blast occurred outside a nearby restaurant. Nine people were killed and 25 others were wounded across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two car bombs to detonate simultaneously; the other blast occurred outside a nearby teahouse. Nine people were killed and 25 others were wounded across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: An unidentified assailant threw a grenade into a market in Kokoro neighborhood, Bangui autonomous commune, Central African Republic. Four people were injured in the attack, including two civilians and a Burundian soldier. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants abducted the mother and daughter of the local monarch, Samuel Walter, in Agrisaba village, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Both of the hostages were released unharmed on January 12, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Qayarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The patrol was protecting an oil installation at the time of the attack. Two police officers were killed and another was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants attacked a polling center and detonated two explosive devices in Parbatipur district, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. One person, Abdul Wahed Ali, was beaten to death in the attack and six polling staff members were wounded. This was one of four polling centers attacked across Bangladesh on election day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants attacked Jobaidur Rahman in Thakurgaon district, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. Rahman, an assistant presiding officer at a polling center, was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants attacked the house of Ahmed Dubad Ali in Dayniile district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Ali, the Dayniile Deputy District Commissioner, survived the attack. No group has claimed responsibility; however, the source attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/05/2014: Assailants attempted to violently extort money from a farming community in Paidu Pulangi village, Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. One assailant was killed when the Army responded to the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/05/2014: Assailants kidnapped Lieutenant Ali Lafi in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Lafi, the head of Zawiya Security Directorate, was released two hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) helicopter in Zerkoh area of Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The Italian soldiers were unharmed; however, the helicopter was slightly damaged in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants opened fire on Qari Jafar in Rasheedabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Jafar, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for local elections, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants set a Quran on fire and injured a Muslim man in an unknoen area of Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the video stated that the attacks were retribution for the December 2013 suicide bombings in Volgograd city.
01/05/2014: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on police officers outside a shop owned by Razaq Boneri in Madina area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Boneri, who was not injured, is the Awami National Party's (ANP) local leader. Two police officers, who were serving as security guards for Boneri, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/05/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at soldiers in the Hantiwadaag market in Jowhaar town, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. The soldiers were attempting to buy khat. One person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants threw an unknown number of explosive devices at Sirajuddin Primary School, serving as a poling center, in the Chakbazaar area of Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One person was injured in the attack. This was one of four polling centers attacked across Bangladesh on election day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants threw petrol bombs at a polling center in Baniachang town, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. Two police officers were injured in the attack. This was one of four polling centers attacked across Bangladesh on election day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Assailants threw several explosive devices at a polling center at the Anirban Pre-Cadet School in Dania area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Two people were injured in the attack. This was one of four polling centers attacked across Bangladesh on election day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Gunmen attacked a military checkpoint near Balad city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks on a military checkpoint in this area on this day. Overall, one soldier was wounded and one checkpoint was completely destroyed in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Gunmen attacked a police station along the Mosul-Baghdad route near Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2014: Gunmen set up a fake checkpoint and attacked several oil tankers on the road in Nayet Al-Azim district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Six truck drivers were killed and two trucks were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the convoy of General Ghulam Jilani Khan in Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Khan, an Afghan Police Deputy Chief, was not harmed; however, at least three people, including the bomber and two civilians, were killed and nine others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convoy on Jalalabad-Torkham highway in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and there were no other reported casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An assailant set fire to the Hudavendigar Mosque in Plovdiv city, Plovdiv province, Bulgaria. There were no casualties in the incident, but the mosque sustained damage. Police later arrested Viktor Alexandrov, who confessed to the attack.
01/05/2015: An assailant threw a grenade at a gateway in Apostolove town, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Apostolove on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An assailant threw a grenade near a shopping center in Apostolove town, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Apostolove on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated after a civilian stepped on it in Dangam district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The device was intended for Afghan security forces; however, the civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated as an assailant was planting it along a road in Musa colony, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated at the house of a senior Huthi leader in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. At least six civilians were wounded in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated in Chamarkand area, Safi tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A polio worker was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated in El-Arish town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least four police officers were wounded in the blast. Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated in Soran Shakor area, Baezai tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One member of a bomb disposal unit was killed in the blast. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the explosion, but gas supply was suspended. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Shu'lah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated near an oil pipeline in Al-Mashal area, Marib governorate, Yemen. No further information was available.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Mashtal 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.
01/05/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Shambawat area, Nadar Shah Kot district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a European Union police (EUPOL) vehicle on the outskirts of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed, including an assailant, and five civilians were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Latifiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 15 people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers and volunteer fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Assailants attacked a joint security position in Khalis district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Four volunteer fighters and six assailants were killed and 13 volunteers were 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).
01/05/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Bala Buluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. One police officer and two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/05/2015: Assailants attacked Brian McIlhagga in Ballymoney city, Ballymoney district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McIlhagga was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to loyalists.
01/05/2015: Assailants attacked security forces in Pachir Agam district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed and six assailants were wounded when forces returned fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Assailants beheaded a Tablighi cleric in Luuq Jeelow village, Hiiraan region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/05/2015: Assailants detained 600 families and killed three civilians attempting to flee Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The fate of the 600 families is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/05/2015: Assailants executed a chief military officer charged with apostasy in Tobruq city, Butnan district, Libya. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of Al Masarah family clan members in Al-Kuthahiyah region, Iraq. This was one of six similar kidnappings carried out by the same group. The outcome of the abductions are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because they did not support ISIL.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of Al Masarah family clan members in Alam region, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of six similar kidnappings carried out by the same group. The outcome of the abductions are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because they did not support ISIL.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of Al Masarah family clan members in As Sadid region, Iraq. This was one of six similar kidnappings carried out by the same group. The outcome of the abductions are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because they did not support ISIL.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of Al Masarah family clan members in Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six similar kidnappings carried out by the same group. The outcome of the abductions are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because they did not support ISIL.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of Al Masarah family clan members in Kabbah region, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six similar kidnappings carried out by the same group. The outcome of the abductions are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because they did not support ISIL.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of Al Masarah family clan members in Rubaydah region, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of six similar kidnappings carried out by the same group. The outcome of the abductions are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because they did not support ISIL.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped at least 30 civilians from the Arhab tribe in Bayt Marran district, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the victims were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/05/2015: Assailants kidnapped three Bedouin boys in Esh Shalaq village, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The boys were killed on January 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Sinai Province of the Islamic State and stated that the boys were targeted on suspicions of collaborating with security forces.
01/05/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Malian army base in Nampala area, Segou region, Mali. At least 11 soldiers were killed and nine soldiers were injured in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were also holding several soldiers hostage.
01/05/2015: Assailants opened fire on Dionisio Viray in Punta village, Mangatarem town, Pangasinan province, Philippines. Viray, a village councilor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Assailants opened fire on George Apostol in Patul village, Isabela province, Philippines. Apostol, a village councilor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Assailants set fire to a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office in Bangshal area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties, but the office was damaged by the blaze. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source suspected the involvement of Awami League (AL) activists.
01/05/2015: Assailants set fire to the office of an organization providing money to military personnel and their families in Kherson city, Kherson oblast, Ukraine. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at two civilians in Khejur Chattar area, Feni town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Both civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: At least three explosive devices detonated near the Suritola overpass in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source suspected the involvement of Awami League (AL) activists.
01/05/2015: Four assailants, several of whom were wearing explosives-laden belts, opened fire on Saudi border guards at the Suwayf border crossing, Northern Borders region, Saudi Arabia. At least seven people, including three border officers and four assailants, were killed and three other officers were wounded in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device at Al Faruq school in Haruniyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2015: Three suicide bombers attempted to attack the provincial headquarters in Dahane Tarpac area, between Balkhab and Kohistanat districts, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. Two of the assailants were killed after being identified by local residents, while the third assailant was injured and arrested. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: A pipe bomb detonated targeting a Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) patrol near Tarrem village, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/05/2016: An assailant stabbed an Israeli soldier at the Gush Etzion Junction in Alon Shvut, West Bank. The soldier was wounded in the attack and the assailant was killed when soldiers opened fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/05/2016: An explosive device attached to a car detonated in Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated at Waghjan bazaar in Muhammad Agha district, Logar province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al-Sakalat area, Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated in Hayy Ash Shuhada area, Al Biya' neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Camp Sarah 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.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hayy An Nuayriyah, Baghdad al-Jadeeda, 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.
01/05/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Mushahidah, Saladin, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device planted in a garbage bin detonated near the Indian consulate in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Adhamiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Sunni Endowment employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: An explosive device planted on a bicycle detonated near Kokchayal, Badghis province, Afghanistan. At least three people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2016: Assailants abducted a Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) political party secretary in Bebedo city, Sofala province, Mozambique. The hostage victim was released on January 6, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed it to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
01/05/2016: Assailants abducted a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader in Jerrila village, Andhra Pradesh state, India. The leader, Sagina Venkatramana, was killed shortly after the abduction. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Sagina Venkatramana was targeted for falsifying signatures in order to pass a mining resolution.
01/05/2016: Assailants abducted and killed Pangi Sivayya, a suspected police informant, in Manchangiputta, Andhra Pradesh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/05/2016: Assailants abducted six civilians in Malamaodao, Maco, Compostela Valley, Philippines. The victims were released on January 7, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/05/2016: Assailants abducted two people from Sondari village, Jharkhand state, India. The two hostages were shot and killed shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Liberation Front of India.
01/05/2016: Assailants attacked Nchiha, Borno, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties, although an number of houses were set on fire during the raid. This was one of two coordinated attacks in area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/05/2016: Assailants attacked Ramazan Emet in Sirnak city, Sirnak province, Turkey. Emet, a gendarmerie member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/05/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Ramadi Hospital in Ath Thaylah, northern Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/05/2016: Assailants executed three civilians at Hazreti Huseyin Mosque in Silopi district, Sirnak province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/05/2016: Assailants fired Katyusha rockets into Marib city, Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
01/05/2016: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of civilians and former Sahwa Council members in Haot village, Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the district on the same day that led to the abduction of 25 people. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting that the victims were accused of working with security forces.
01/05/2016: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of civilians and former Sahwa Council members in Shaut village, Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the district on the same day that led to the abduction of 25 people. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting that the victims were accused of working with security forces.
01/05/2016: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a police officer in Beni Suef city, Beni Suef governorate, Egypt. Sergeant Diab Abdel-Latif was killed and one civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians at a dry-fruit shop along Sirki Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2016: Assailants opened fire on Datu Pexon Mangansakan in Ginatilan, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Mangansakan, a village chair, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Abu Rateb al-Homsy in Farhaniyeh village, Homs governorate, Syria. Al-Homsy, an Ahrar al-Sham commander, was killed and his spouse was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2016: Assailants raided Izgeki village, Borno, Nigeria. A suicide bomber detonated, killing two people. A second suicide bomber followed the fleeing residents and detonated as they crossed the river into the neighboring village of Izghe, killing five more people. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/05/2016: Assailants set fire to a bus carrying 49 Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) employees in Al-Qatif, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: Assailants shelled the National Oil Corporation (NOC) export terminal in Sidra, Sirte district, Libya. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/05/2016: Assailants shot and killed Dr. Yousaf Ali at his residence in Saddar neighborhood, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2016: Assailants targeted military and police personnel with five explosives-laden vehicles in center of Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Casualties are unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a GMR Energy office in Lalitpur town, Central development region, Nepal. No one was injured, but the office was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya).
01/05/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a public restroom near the Sri Meenakshi Temple in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu state, India. This was one of three related petrol bomb attacks that occurred near the aforementioned temple in Madurai on this date. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb near the Sri Meenakshi Temple in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu state, India. This was one of three related petrol bomb attacks that occurred near the aforementioned temple in Madurai on this date. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/05/2016: Assailants, including a suicide bomber, attacked a convoy of consisting of two governors and a security director in Inma area, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. In addition to the bomber, one guard was killed and eight others were injured in the attack. The Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2016: Suicide bombers detonated two explosives-laden vehicles at an Iraqi military base in Nukhayb, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailants, at least three security force members were killed two members were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the Municipal Stadium in Jableh, Lattakia, Syria. In addition to the assailant, at least 11 people were killed and 35 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: A suicide bomber detonated targeting Naseer Zabit, an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander, in Qaysar, Faryab, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, two people were killed and seven others, including Zabit, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a security official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/05/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and four civilians were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: An explosive device detonated in a trash bin near an asylum-seeker center in Frolunda neighborhood, Gothenburg, Sweden. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Nordic Resistance Movement.
01/05/2017: An explosive device detonated in Baladiat neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: An explosive device detonated in Puli Sokhta, Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Mahaday, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: An explosive device detonated near Brigadier General Malik al-Khazraji in Al Hayakil, Saladin, Iraq. Al-Khazraji, the Iraqi Armed Forces Eastern Tigris Operations Commander, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a security checkpoint in Bab al-Muadham neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and five other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Obaydi neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least five people were killed and seven other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the courthouse in Bayrakli neighborhood, Izmir, Turkey. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the courthouse. At least four people, including one police officer, one court employee, and two assailants, were killed and six other people were injured in the attack. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/05/2017: Assailants armed with swords attacked 15 Burmese Elecol Switchgear factory workers in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. At least four workers were killed and two other workers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Maldar, Herat, Afghanistan. At least one soldier and three assailants were killed and seven soldiers and four assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/05/2017: Assailants attacked and killed a former Maoist in Kehakavi, Maharashtra, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/05/2017: Assailants attacked Nihad Ibrahimkadic in Belgrade, Serbia. Ibrahimkadic, an Anadolu Agency camera operator, was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: Assailants fired a ballistic missile targeting a military camp in Al-Jin, Taizz, Yemen. Six soldiers were killed and dozens of soldiers were injured in the attack. Houthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: Assailants opened fire on Malik Mohammad Essa in Saranan, Pishin district, Balochistan, Pakistan. Essa, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JI) Qila Abdullah Chapter head and tribal leader, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Showkat Ganie in Chitragam, Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Ganie, a Parliament of India member, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: Assailants shot and killed a former school administrator in Yala city, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: Assailants shot and killed Qand Agha, a former Hizb-I-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) commander, in Khwajah Khan, Baghlan, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: Assailants stopped a Yellow Bus Line (YBL) Inc. bus and forced the passengers to disembark in Nalus, Sarangani, Philippines. The assailants then set the bus on fire without causing any casualties. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/05/2017: Security forces discovered and defused twenty explosive devices along Helmand-Nimroz highway in Nimroz, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/05/2017: Three assailants, including two suicide bombers, were identified by Armed Forces of Libya soldiers in As Salmani neighborhood, Benghazi city, Libya. At least six people, including three soldiers and all three assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/06/1998: As a result of two related incidents, several hundred people, including women and children, were burned alive and 117 had their throats cut. These attacks took place in the villages of Had Chekala and Remka in the western Relizane province, Algeria. There were no reports on the numbers who were injured in the attack. Islamic militants were suspected in the attacks.
01/06/1998: Hutu Rebels attacked a military post in Maramvya, a village located just outside of Bujumbura, Burundi. 13 people were killed and two were injured.
01/06/1998: There was an explosion at the "Le Meridien Pegasus" Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana. There were no casualties reported and no claim of responsibilty for this incident.
01/06/1999: A construction worker was injured by a booby trapped bomb that was placed under blocks at the GAA club, a Gaelic sports club in Magherafelt, Londonderry County, Northern Ireland. The Orange Volunteers (OV) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/1999: Thirty National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels fired rounds at an Australian-owned Cuango mine car in Angola, killing one British citizen, one Brazilian, and two Angolans.
01/06/1999: Two Italian missionaries were kidnapped by suspected rebels from the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) in an unnamed location in Sierra Leone. The missionaries were rescued on 01/13/1999.
01/06/2000: A bomb exploded on a passenger train stopped at the Old Delhi railway station. The perpetrators were unknown. Twenty-three people were injured but none seriously and the train compartment was significantly damaged.
01/06/2000: Chechen Rebels (non-specific) launched a thermal shell at a federal medical unit in Chervlyonnaya. The surgery and intensive care departments were completely destroyed though no one was injured. Many local Chechens in addition to Russian soldiers received medical treatment at the federal facility. No injuries or fatalities reported.
01/06/2000: The cash dispensers of two banks, the Banco Guipuzcoano and the Banco Central Hispano, in San Sebastian, Spain, were set on fire by unknown perpetrators.
01/06/2001: Members of the National Liberation Army (NLA) were suspected of dynamiting a section of the Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline in the Arauca Department, Colombia. The attack did not result in any casualties and the extent of damage was not reported.
01/06/2001: One individual was killed while 10 were wounded in a bomb attack on the town of Barrancabermeja, Colombia. Authorities believe that attack was carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA), but no one has claimed responsibility.
01/06/2001: The Imam of Urus-Martan, Khasmagomed Umalatov was assassinated in front of his house by unknown gunmen in Chechnya. The shooter was unknown.
01/06/2001: Three people were killed in Groznyy, Russian when the convoy of the interior minister came under grenade attack. The attackers were unknown.
01/06/2002: A man named Dragoljub Markovic Gare was killed by a bomb planted in his cafe in Kosovska Kamenica, Albania. The bomb was planted by Albanian extremists who recently announced this kind of attack. No group was specified in this incident.
01/06/2002: Six members of a Hindu family, including four children, were killed by suspected Muslim militants in Indian Kashmir. The attackers threw hand grenades and opened fire on a house which belonged to a member of the village defense committee in Banihal village, 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Jammu. The militant group could not be identified.
01/06/2002: Two Border Roads Organization (BRO) personnel were killed and three were injured in an attack by suspected Muslim militants in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The United News of India (UNI) reported that a group of suspected Muslim militants opened fire at a BRO camp in Jamslam in Udhampur district.
01/06/2003: A vendor found a bomb inside the Sukaramai market, located on Jalan Senjata Api, Medan, Indonesia. Police were unsure of who planted the device.
01/06/2003: French Rabbi Gabriel Farhi, member of the Liberal Jewish Movement of France, had his car set on fire in the parking lot of his residence in Paris’s 16th District by unknown assailants. Just three days earlier, the Rabbi had been stabbed.
01/06/2003: In Srinagar, inside Indian controlled Kashmir, wine store owner Abdul Hamid Sheikh was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on his way home from his store. Abdul was said to have defied threats from militants to close down his store.
01/06/2003: Kandahar, Afghanistan was the location of a brutal double bombing that left thirteen dead and up to fifty injured, most of which were children. An initial bomb detonated causing nearby children to gather at the source of the explosion in time for a second bomb to cause the deaths. The explosions, blamed on Taliban militants, originated from bicycles. Two suspects were arrested as they fled the scene; Abdullah and Mullah Malik. The target of the bombing is believed to either be U.S. troops on patrol or Kandahar Gov. Yusuf Pashtun, whose motorcade was expected to pass that way.
01/06/2003: The "L. Hidaya" Muslim cultural center in Sanremo Italy was attacked with petrol before being set on fire by unknown perpetrators. The front door was destroyed but there were no injuries reported.
01/06/2004: A minibus traveling between the southern Afghani provinces of Uruzgan and Helmand was ambushed by suspected Taliban militants. In the attack 12 passengers were killed, all were members of the Hazara ethnic group. The attack seems to be ethnically motivated, and was suspected to be an attempt to inflame ethnic tensions between Hazaras and Pashtuns.
01/06/2004: Suspected Muslim militants attacked a car carrying a senior Indian police official in Shopiyan, India. Although the official escaped unharmed a civilian was killed in the ensuing crossfire between the guerillas and the officer's guards. The attack was carried out in spite of an agreement to begin peace talks over Kashmir, between the governments of India and Pakistan.
01/06/2004: Two bombs went off in succession in the Manzalbaugh district of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The first bomb exploded in a small cart opposite a military base, injuring a child. As bystanders rushed to the aid of the injured youth a second much larger bomb went off. All tolled 15 were killed and another 30 injured in the dual blasts. A suspect was arrested and Taliban forces were most likely involved in their former southern stronghold.
01/06/2005: Seven police were killed in a remote-controlled, land mine explosion in Munger, India. According to local police, Maoist guerrillas were responsible for the explosion. However, no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2005: Two suspected Islamic militants killed a sergeant in Thailand’s military after shooting him three times outside of his home in Yala Province. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2005: Unknown attackers planted two bombs that exploded near a Muslim Mosque in Myitkyina, Myanmar. A report on the incident did not state that the explosion resulted in casualties or damage to the Mosque and surrounding buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/06/2006: A bomb exploded near the army recruitment office in Bastia, Corsica, causing slight damage but injuring none. No group claimed responsibility
01/06/2006: A Buddhist municipal official, Suparb Inthasapetch, was gunned down and killed when he was shot twice in the back by suspected militants in Napradu, Pattani Province, Thailand, as he headed to work on this motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility
01/06/2006: African Union troops were attacked by members of the Sudan Liberation Movement loyal to Manni Arkoi Minawi at Jarjirah Locality on the Sudanese-Chadian border. One African Union soldier, of Senegalese nationality, was killed and ten others wounded. The rebels fled in an African Union vehicle
01/06/2006: Two security personnel were killed and two injured when anti-government guerrillas opened fire on security personnel manning the Belahiya check post near the Nepal-India border in Rupandehi (District), Nepal
01/06/2006: Unidentified gunmen ambushed a Senegalese peacekeeping contingent in Darfur region, between the towns of Tine and Kulbus, Sudan, killing one Senegalese soldier and wounding nine more. No group claimed responsibility
01/06/2006: Unknown gunmen shot dead a pro-government tribal chief and his four members of his family in Tank, South Waziristan, Pakistan, when the chief, Eisa Khan, vehicle was ambushed on his way home. No group claimed responsibility
01/06/2007: A suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) female suicide bomber attacked a bus, south of Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 11 and wounding 47, the second such attack in as many days.
01/06/2007: At least one person was killed and 25 were injured when an unknown person threw a hand grenade at the security patrol in a main market street in Shopian, located in Indian Kashmir.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/06/2007: One civilian was killed and six others were injured when a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. The target was the head of emergency police in Baghdad, Maj. Gen. Ali al-Yassiri.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/06/2007: Unidentified armed assailants killed the chief interrogator of Khost Security Command, Mir Salam Mangal en route to work south of Khost, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/06/2008:  A bomb was planted outside a music shop and hair salon in the Sheikh Mohammadi suburb of Peshawar, Pakistan in North West Frontier Province.  The blast destroyed the shops and killed a security guard named Sher Zada at around 4:00 am (2300 GMT). Pro-Taliban militants may be to blame.
01/06/2008:  A car bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in the Qahira neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people and injuring fifteen.  The attack occurred on the same day as the celebration of the founding of the Iraqi military.
01/06/2008:  A car bomb went off outside a monastery in Mosul, Iraq.  No one was injured but part of the building, deserted at the time, was damaged.  It was one of four bombings outside of religious buildings in Mosul that day.
01/06/2008:  A car bomb went off outside the Mar Yousif Christian Church in the Muhandiseen neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq.  No one was injured but the outer fence and parts of the church were damaged.  It was one of four bombings outside of religious buildings in Mosul that day by insurgent groups.
01/06/2008:  A car bomb went off outside the Maryam al-Adhra' Christian Church in Mosul, Iraq.  Five people from one family were injured and parts of the building were damaged.  The attack was one of four bombings outside of religious buildings in Mosul that day.
01/06/2008:  A home-made bomb attached to a motorcycle and parked near a butcher's shop exploded at the Bang Nak market in Muang district of Narathiwat province, Thailand.  Two people were injured.  The bike was parked by a teenager who rode off on a different bike.
01/06/2008:  A parked car bomb exploded and four mortars landed near a bus terminal in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person.
01/06/2008:  A roadside bomb targeted an American convoy in Tikrit, Iraq.  Gunmen killed two U.S. soldiers following the blast.
01/06/2008:  A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi Army uniform detonated his vest near a ceremony commemorating the Iraqi military's founding in Baghdad, Iraq.  Soldiers were restraining the bomber from entering a party when the vest detonated.  Those three soldiers, another guard, and a civilian were killed.  At least four more people were injured.
01/06/2008:  An improvised explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in combat operations in southern Baghdad, killing one Multi-National Division-Baghdad soldier and wounding three others. There were no known perpetrators.
01/06/2008:  Four improvised explosive devices went off in quick succession in a car sales lot in Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and injuring four.  The attack was the same day as the celebration of the founding of the Iraqi military.
01/06/2008:  Gunmen with silencers assassinated Sheik Ismael Abass in Baghdad, Iraq.  The Sheik was an organizer of an anti-al-Qaida group.
01/06/2008:  In the Khok Pho district of Pattani province, Thailand, a man was shot on the roadside by two suspected insurgents.
01/06/2008:  Militants set the Pakistan State Oil storage facility on fire by shooting at it in Kohat, Pakistan on Sunday night.  The storage facility had several thousands of gallons of oil burnt. The terrorists fired three shots at the godown where oil was stored in open containers and in small drums. There were no recorded deaths or injuries and no exact description of the terrorists.
01/06/2008:  Suspected al-Qaida in Iraq fighters attacked the home of a sheik in Khalis, Iraq.  They kidnapped him and thirteen members of his family.  His son and daughter-in-law were critically wounded.  Iraqi police believed that the motivation for the attack was that the tribal leader was preparing to form a local Awakening Council.
01/06/2008:  Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed three tribal leaders in a market in Wana, Pakistan.
01/06/2008:  Suspected Niger Delta militants blew up a flow station pipeline, owned by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Beniboye in Delta State, Niger on Sunday night. Their reason was that the company was polluting the communities and not cleaning the area up as demanded after they gave the company an ultimatum. There were no casualties or injuries.
01/06/2008:  Suspected Niger Delta militants blew up a water disposal pipeline owned by Shell Petroleum in Buruto, Nigeria.  No one was hurt.  The reason given was that the company was polluting oil communities and not doing clean ups as demanded.
01/06/2008:  Suspected Taliban militants fired a rocket into the offices of the pro-government tribal leader Maulyi Nazir in the town of Shakai, Pakistan.  Five tribesmen were killed and six others were wounded in the attack.
01/06/2008:  Suspected Taliban militants fired a rocket into the offices of the pro-government tribal leader Maulyi Nazir in the town of Wana, Pakistan.  Three Tribesmen were killed in the attack.
01/06/2008:  The Meskantah Church in Mosul, Iraq, was damaged in a bombing.  There were no casualties.  This was the fourth bombing of a Christian target in Mosul that day.
01/06/2008:  Unidentified gunmen killed a religious scholar in Hazratha village, Afghanistan.  The scholar was killed as he was on his way to the mosque.  Officials said that militants killed him because he supported the government.
01/06/2008:  Unidentified militants placed an explosive device near a CD shop in Daggar, Pakistan.  The bomb destroyed the CD shop and damaged 17 other shops.  No one was injured.
01/06/2009; On Tuesday, in Gedera, Central District, Israel, assailants fired one rocket at a community, wounding one three-month old child and sending five civilians into shock but causing no damage.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday armed assailants forced their way into a television studio and held several guards hostage.  The incident took place near Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday evening at around 1900, in the Saydiyah community in Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi forces discovered a pipe bomb inside a house after receiving a tip from an Iraqi citizen. The Iraqi army patrol transported the bomb to their headquarters, where an Iraqi explosives ordnance disposal team disabled the device. No casualties were caused and no one claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, a rifle grenade was launched at the 8th Avenue Lodging House in Rizal Avenue, Kabacan, North Cotabato province.  The attack was believed to have been launched by the Red Spider Group, a sub-group of the Al-Khobar Extortion Gang.  No casualties were reported.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, along the main road in Mosul, near al-Seha tunnel, Ninawa, Iraq, an explosive device exploded targeting a motorcade of two police chiefs for Zamar and Rabieaa police. No casualties resulted from the attack, however the police vehicle was damaged. The motive was political in nature, however no group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, an Afghan construction contractor was taken hostage in an unknown area of Kapisa, Afghanistan. No group has claimed responsibility and no casualties were reported.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, at approximately 1630. in the Hadar community of the Rashid district, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi National Police officers from the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, spotted a "sticky" bomb attached to the undercarriage of vehicle and immediately evacuated the Iraqi family. The bomb exploded shortly after the family reached a safe distance from their vehicle. No one was injured in the blast, but the vehicle was destroyed. There was no motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, armed assailants fired mortars into a residential area, injuring two civilians, two children, and damaging two residences. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, in the Al Quds and At Ta'mim districts of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants set fire to two Asia Cell cellular telephone towers, destroying both. There was no motive or casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, members of a rival Islamic group set fire to the home of a local Shi'ite leader after the Shi'ite Islamic Movement was accused of attacking a convoy of the Emir of Zaria.  In response to the attack, members of the un-named group set the local leader's house on fire.  Casualties for this attack are unknown.  Members of the Shi'ite group have denied any involvement in the attack on the convoy. No group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, militants set fire to a girls' school in the Fatehpur area of Khwazakhela in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. The school was destroyed. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, near Miram Shah, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants killed two Afghan civilians whom they accused of spying for the United States. Notes were found near the bodies accusing the men of spying for the United States.  No group has claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, Pro-Taliban militants blew up a building in the Bhai Dag area of Mohmand, North West Frontier, Pakistan. The building was the headquarters of the Baizai Subdivision. No casualties were reported and no claims of responsibility have been made.
01/06/2009: On Tuesday, suspected Islamic insurgents abducted the newest member of the Somali parliament.  According to reports, Mr. Ahmed Abdi Takil was traveling between Baidoa and Mogadishu when his vehicle was stopped by unknown gunmen.  The attack occurred at an unknown location in the Burhakaba district. Takil was released unharmed on the following Saturday. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and no ransom demands have been made.
01/06/2010: On Wednesday morning at 0755, a suicide bomber blew up his Niva car packed with 100 kilograms of explosives outside the GIBDD traffic police headquarters in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, killing four police officers, injuring 10 other people, and damaging over 100 vehicles and breaking windows on numerous buildings in a 200 meter radius of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2010: On Wednesday, a blast occurred near a girl's school in Alingar district of eastern Laghman province, Afghanistan. One student was killed and three more were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2010: On Wednesday, pro-Taliban militants fired rockets at a school in Barani Kandero area of Salarzai sub-district in Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A portion of the school building was damaged. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/06/2011: On Thursday evening around 1900, in Isabela, Basilan, Philippines, an unidentified militant shot and injured a town councilor, identified as Mas Talib Alejo. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Abu Sayyaf militants were responsible.
01/06/2011: On Thursday morning, in the Garhi Hasan area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a house located in the Government officials' colony with unknown explosives, and injured one child. Several nearby houses were also damaged and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday morning, outside the office of rancher Carlos Cabrera in the city of Neiva, Huila, Colombia, guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), detonated a large improvised explosive device of about 20 kilograms. No casualties were reported, but the office and at least 50 nearby residences were damaged in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday night, in Baya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unidentified gunmen killed an employee who works at the Health Ministry with guns equipped with silencers. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday night, in Midnapore, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants abducted and killed a local leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, identified as Dilip Mahato. Mahato was taken from his house by militants and his body was recovered the next morning on 01/07/2011, with multiple bullet wounds near a field. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/06/2011: On Thursday night, in Nadaria village near Salboni in West Bengal, India, a group of 15-20 unidentified armed militants triggered a landmine blast inside the house of Nemai Sen, a local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader, after beating up his father. A large portion of the house was damaged in the blast and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in Annapolis Maryland, United States, a package was sent to Governor Martin O'Malley The package was one of two received on the same day, the other was sent to Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley. The package was opened by a government employee, and subsequently ignited and burned the employee's fingers. No other casualties took place. Explosive material was not found in the package but a small battery and an electric match which ignited the material were recovered. The same note was found in both of the packages as well, stating "Report suspicious activity! Total Bull----! You have created a self fulfilling prophecy." Investigators indicated these notes are in opposition of highway signs urging motorists to report suspicious activity. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in Arki market in Khunti, Jharkhand, India, militants abducted and beat Karam Singh Munda, a sarpanch (president/chief of the village level local self Government institution). The militants later shot and killed Munda. The Communist Party of India-Maoist militants claimed responsibility for the attack by leaving a pamphlet at the incident site accusing him of being a police informer.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in Hanover, Maryland, United States, a package was sent to Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley. The package was one of two received on the same day, the other was sent to Governor Martin O'Malley. The package was opened by a government employee, subsequently ignited and burned the employee's fingers. No other casualties took place. Explosive material was not found in the package but a small battery and an electric match which ignited the material were recovered. The same note was found in both of the packages as well, stating "Report suspicious activity! Total Bull----! You have created a self fulfilling prophecy." Investigators indicated these notes are in opposition of highway signs urging motorists to report suspicious activity. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in Hawija, northern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a car wounded an off-duty policeman and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in the al-Dawwasa area in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, the second division of the army, in coordination with the national intelligence service, seized six improvised explosive devices and two explosive belts preventing an attack on a Christian church. The explosives were defused, causing no casualties or damages. No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in the Birgunj area of Parsa, Narayani, Nepal, unidentified militants assaulted a team of Rastriya Jana Morcha (RJM) activists, led by senior leader Rashmiraj Nepali, who were conducting a campaign for peace, nationalism and republicanism. RJM Chairman Chitra Bahadur claimed that the cadres of the Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) seized flags, banners and microphones at a mass meeting. He said they also destroyed paraphernalia including tables, chairs and microphones. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the MJF were responsible.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in the Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycles fired on the vehicle of Jehar Khan Hoti, the Mardan district Awami National Party (ANP) Information Secretary. The ANP official died on the way to the hospital. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in the Sariab area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants destroyed a five-foot section of an 18-inch gas pipeline with dynamite. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, in the village of Goobweyne, 24 kilometers west of Kismayo, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, unidentified militants shot and killed Nur Mohammed, who had been accused of spying for the Ethiopian government. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
01/06/2011: On Thursday, on Bypass Road near Landi Kotal, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants kidnapped seven drivers of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply trucks and took them to an unknown location. One hostage was killed on 01/17/2011 and three others on 01/19/2011, having been shot to death. The deceased victims were identified as Ishtiaq, Saleem, Mushtaq and Abdul Wali. Three letters, written in Pashto and Urdu, were also found with the bodies. The letters threatened transporters to “stop supplying oil and other goods to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Anyone dares to do so would meet the same fate.” The status of the three remaining hostages is unknown and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/06/2012: A mortar landed on a house and detonated in Washash area, Mansour district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier was killed by an attack in southern Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected the Taliban.
01/06/2012: A police vehicle hit a mine in Zerkoh village, Amarat area, Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Four officers were killed and one injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that the police vehicle was destroyed.
01/06/2012: A pressure cooker bomb exploded at New Road Pipalbot, Kathmandu city, Central Region, Nepal. No one was injured in the blast. The Nepal Defense Army (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incident in books and a pamphlet left at the scene.
01/06/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four soldiers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: A rocket landed near a theater and detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a busy intersection in Midan district, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. The bomber was apparently targeting a passing police bus. Twenty-five people were killed and 46 wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front.
01/06/2012: An Afghan police officer opened fire on his colleagues before being shot and killed in Shahrak district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in western Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were killed and three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Italian North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier on foot patrol in western Afghanistan. The soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated near Shia pilgrims in Abu Dsheer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The explosive device killed one person and injured seven. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated near Shia pilgrims in Al-Husseinia district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The explosion injured five people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated near Shia pilgrims in Al-Saydiya neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated on a bridge in Dora neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad city governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks on a bridge in Dora on January 6, 2012. Two people died and seven were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: An explosive device detonated on a bridge in Dora neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks on a bridge in Dora on January 6, 2012. Two people died and seven were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: An explosive device hidden in a garbage bin detonated in Tarin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The explosion killed seven people, including six children. Four people were also injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Assailants attacked a Christian church in Yola city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. At least eight worshippers were killed in the ensuing gunfire. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack, stating, "We want to prove to the federal government of Nigeria that we can always change our tactics."
01/06/2012: Assailants attacked a town hall meeting in Mubi town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were killed in the subsequent gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram. The incident came shortly after the time period Boko Haram gave Christians to leave the region had elapsed. Boko Haram had warned of dire consequences if Christians remained.
01/06/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device on a Sui Southern Gas Company pipeline in Ghot Jani Khan area, Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the pipeline was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Assailants fired three rockets at the International Green Zone in Baghdad cty, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that it came during an "Army Day" parade.
01/06/2012: Assailants kidnapped a shop owner in Tuz Khormato town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The attackers then drove the merchant to an unknown location. The fate of the merchant is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Assailants opened fire on a hair salon in Yola city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Three people died in the attack. This was one of two incidents in Adamawa state in close proximity; the assailants had come from attacking a church. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but police suspected Boko Haram.
01/06/2012: Assailants opened fire on church worshippers in Christ Apostolic Church in Doubeli area, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Eight people were killed in the attack. This was one of two incidents in Adamawa state in close proximity; the assailants then proceeded to attack a hair salon. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents, but police suspected Boko Haram.
01/06/2012: Assailants robbed and burned a bank in Potiskum area, Yobe state, Nigeria. No one was hurt in the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Potiskum on this date. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/06/2012: Assailants set off explosives in Government High School Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The science laboratory was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Assailants shot and killed journalist Raul Regulo Garza Quirino in Cadereyta Jimenez city, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: Assailants shot and killed two University of Maiduguri students inside their residence in Mairi neighborhood, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. This incident was part of a series of attacks against Christian houses in the Maiduguri area. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspected Boko Haram.
01/06/2012: Assailants shot and wounded Wa'ad Abdullah Hassan, a Sahwa Council member, in Ar Riyad area, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Gunmen opened fire at employees of Quetta city Electric Supply company in Sibi district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One person was killed and one injured by the gunfire. The assailants also kidnapped two other workers of the company; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: Gunmen shot and injured the Pakistan People's Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) Bannu district president near Hameedi Killay area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Police found a crude explosive device at the panchayat office in Kozhikode city, Kerala state, India. The police defused the explosive device successfully. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2012: Thirty armed assailants attacked volunteer workers guarding a factory in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two volunteers were killed and three injured in the attack. In addition, the attackers stole five assault rifles and fired on a police post to prevent anyone from following them. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012: Three explosive devices were found next to a flag on the road between Kohalpur and Nepalgunj municipalities in Mid-Western Region, Nepal. A bomb disposal team safely defused the devices. The Tarai Janatantrik Madhes Mukti Morcha claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2012:Assailants opened fire at a police station in Potiskum area, Yobe state, Nigeria. The attackers also threw an explosive device into the police station. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Potiskum on this date. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/06/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device attached to a police vehicle was discovered in northern Saladin, Iraq. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Tikrit city, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed in the blast and the vehicle was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device detonated at a bus station in Helmand province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed in the blast and another person was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device detonated at a non-governmental organization (NGO) leader's private residence in the Badshahi area of Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khan Muhammad, the chief executive officer of the Centre of Excellence for Rural Development, was not injured in the blast; however, his house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device detonated in Kondong Leirembi area, Chandel district, Manipur state, India. One civilian was killed in the blast, although officials believe that the device was intended for security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police official's convoy in Haditha district, Al Anbar, Iraq. Colonel Hazem al-Wardi, the director of the district Traffic Police, was not harmed in the blast, although three of his guards were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device hidden in a bag was discovered by police officers in Dabnahi area, Chhattisgarh state, India. The device detonated as the officers were opening the bag; a superintendent and two constables were injured in the blast. This was one of two bag bombs discovered in the same area. Officials attribute the incidents to Maoists.
01/06/2013: An explosive device hidden in a bag was discovered by police officers in Dabnahi area, Chhattisgarh state, India. The officers were responding to an earlier blast in the area that injured several officers. The device was safely defused without injury. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. Officials attribute the incident to Maoists.
01/06/2013: An explosive device planted on a civilian vehicle detonated in Heet district in Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast and the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: An explosive device was discovered outside of a police station in Kidapawan city, North Cotabato province, Philippines. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in front of Dhaka University central mosque in Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in the Arambagh area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in the Jatrabari area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in the Khilgaon area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in the Mirpur-6 area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device near Dhaka Commerce College in the Mirpur-2 area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated at least two explosive devices near Rajabazar in the Naya Paltan area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. The blasts targeted police blocking a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) procession. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated explosive devices in the Dholai Khal area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated explosive devices in the Mohakhali area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated four explosive devices at the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) central office in the Naya Paltan area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants detonated three explosive devices in front of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) in Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants disfigured a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) member in Latehar district, Jharkhand, India. The assailants cut out the victim's eyes and tongue before killing him. Officials attribute the incident to Maoists.
01/06/2013: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Dagar area, Jamrud tehsil, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least six people, including a tribal chief, were killed in the attack and another four people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, three suspects were arrested shortly after.
01/06/2013: Assailants planted an explosive device at a gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the pipeline was damaged and service was suspended. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: Assailants set fire to an United Services vehicle parked in front of the Proshikha Bhaba in the Mirpur area of Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. Two people were injured and the vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that this was one of seven attacks carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices.
01/06/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the home of a military commander in Kismaayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. A firefight ensued following the explosion; one guard was killed and three more were injured. In addition, the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2013: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the central library at Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants threw an incendiary device in front of the Business Administration building at Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Assailants threw an incendiary device in the Madhur Canteen area at Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka district, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. This was one of eight attacks in the area on the same day in protest of rising fuel prices that were not attributed to a specific group.
01/06/2013: Three assailants opened fire on police at a checkpoint in Kabardin-Balkar republic, Russia. The attackers were killed in the ensuing firefight. Police discovered explosive devices in the assailants' vehicle following the clash; the perpetrators were on their way to plant the devices at churches ahead of Christmas services in at least two different locations, including one in Kabardino-Balkaria. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful bombings.
01/06/2013: Three assailants opened fire on police at a checkpoint in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. The attackers were killed in the ensuing firefight. Police discovered explosive devices in the assailants' vehicle following the clash; the perpetrators were on their way to plant the devices at churches ahead of Christmas services in at least two different locations, including one in Stavropol Krai. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day.No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful bombings.
01/06/2013: Two suicide bombers attacked a meeting of community elders in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One assailant detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and the second bomber opened fire while storming the building, detonating inside. In addition to the two bombers, at least five people were killed and another 15 were injured in the explosions. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A pipe bomb detonated near Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. One person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Pewar area, Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One passerby was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Dalan area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Three people, all from the same family, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/06/2014: A sticky bomb planted on a police vehicle detonated in Al-Dawasah neighborhood, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three people were wounded in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A suicide attacker opened fire on Afghan Local Police (ALP) before detonating an explosives-laden vehicle in Sardar Qala area, Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, three police officers were killed and eight other people were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosives-laden vest near a police checkpoint in Khannesin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The assailant, who was a ten-year-old girl, was detained before the vest could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban. The assailant's brother is thought to be a prominent Taliban commander.
01/06/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at an army base in Riyadh town, Kirkuk, Iraq. The assailant was killed and three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at police headquarters in Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. The assailant was killed and three officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: A vehicle exploded in Darnytsia area, Kiev city, Kiev municipality, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An assailant threw a grenade at a military vehicle in Al-Zahria neighborhood, Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An assailant wearing an explosives-laden vest detonated the device outside of a government-run school in Ibrahimzai village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. In addition to the assailant, one civilian was killed when he attempted to stop the attack. Furthermore, two other civilians were injured in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated at a courthouse in Majouri neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One guard was killed and several others were injured in the blast. Additionally, the courthouse was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated at a house in Riyadh town, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of six explosions at houses belonging to police officers and soldiers in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated in Regi Model Town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast targeted a vehicle carrying police officers and Frontier Corps members. One soldier was killed and three other people, including two police officers, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated near a fishmonger's shop in Al-Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated near an anti-terrorism police patrol in the Albu Sayf area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated near an armored police convoy near Chontaul city in Kizilyurtovskiy district, Dagestan republic, Russia. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosive device detonated next to electrical transmission towers in Nuttal area, Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two towers were partially damaged in the attack; however, the power supply was not disrupted. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Askari area, Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a stadium in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Communist Party - Iraq in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered near the Al-Hayat Hospital in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Security forces were able to safely defuse the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Shibirghan city, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. The checkpost was providing security for a gas pipeline. One civilian and one assailant were killed in the attack, while two civilians and two assailants were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/06/2014: Assailants attacked a road contractor and a village in Balipeta village, Odisha state, India. The contractor was killed while the villager was wounded in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victims were being punished for having been police informants.
01/06/2014: Assailants attacked police officers in Kaduna city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. Four police officers were killed and their weapons were stolen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants attacked police officers outside of a bank in Matani neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three people, including two officers, were wounded in the incident. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2014: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Kuchlak town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, the gas supply to nearby areas was disrupted in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants blew up a government-run girls primary school in Bannu town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a pipeline in Shahr town, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. The pipeline links the Masila oilfield to Al-Daba port in Shahr. There were no reported casualties; however, oil production was suspended as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to tribesmen.
01/06/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device outside of a facility owned by the construction firm Polo della Meccatronica in Rovereto city, Trentino-Alto Adige region, Italy. There were no casualties in the attack and the building suffered only minor damage. Anarchists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was meant to protest the construction of prisons in the area.
01/06/2014: Assailants fired three rockets at a police vehicle and then opened fire on it near Goth Badini area in Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants kidnapped and killed four soldiers near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2014: Assailants opened fire on a hotel in Sarjani Town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. A Pakistan Muslim League (PML-F) leader, Nazir Sheikh, was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Palestinian colonel in the Tairi neighborhood of the Ain Al-Hilweh refugee camp in South governorate, Lebanon. The colonel, Jamil Zeidan, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Somali National Army (SNA) soldier near Daryel market in Huriwa district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/06/2014: Assailants opened fire on an army checkpoint in Abu Ghraib city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants opened fire on three loan collectors in San Roque village, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. The loan collectors were all Indian nationals. One loan collector was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants shot and killed a religion teacher, Arong Maming, in Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants shot Waehama Towaema in Pitumudi subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. Towaema, a village head, was seriously injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) base near Bethlehem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no casualties or damages in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the Satellite Town Police Station in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One police officer was injured in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device into the residence of Teemah "Judd" Kanjanapairin in Bangkok metropolitan region, Thailand. Kanjanapairin hosts a political show on the BlueSky satellite television channel. There were no reported casualties or injuries; however, the property was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a Department of Communications and Transportation office in Mexico City, Federal, Mexico. There were no reported casualties, although several vehicles at a neighboring car dealership were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, two Canadian citizens, identified as Amelie Pelletier and Fallon Rouiller Poisson, and a Mexican national, identified as Carlos Lopez Marin, were arrested in connection with the attack, and sources indicated that they were anarchists.
01/06/2014: Gunmen fired on a police security checkpoint in the Khazraj area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: Gunmen opened fire on Qari Iqbal near Qasba Mor neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Iqbal, a local bodies election candidate, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2014: More than 100 gunmen attacked the Shonong village, Bachit District, Plateau state, Nigeria. Thirty four people were killed and 24 others were wounded. Additionally, 56 homes were burned down and dozens of domesticated animals were stolen or killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, surviving victims and local authorities attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
01/06/2015: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate at a police station in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Security forces killed the bomber before the attack could be carried out. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint near Hadithah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least seven soldiers were killed and 13 soldiers were injured 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).
01/06/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at a police station designed for tourists in Sultanahmet district, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. One police officer was killed and one was wounded in the blast. The Devrimici Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (DHKP/C) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the killing of a teenager during anti-government protests, as well as for the government not making former ministers accused of corruption stand trial; the group would later retract its claim. The bomber was identified as Diana Ramazova, a Russian citizen who may have had connections to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/06/2015: An explosive device detonated in Satih village, Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: An explosive device detonated near a sheep market in Adhamiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of a police station and petrol station while police attempted to defuse it in Al-Harram street, Talbia district, Giza governorate, Egypt. One police officer was killed and three bystanders were injured in the blast. Both Ajnad Misr and the Popular Resistance Movement (Egypt) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of the offices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. No one was injured in the blast, but the building suffered minor damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, law enforcement officials arrested Thaddeus Murphy in connection with the attack. Murphy admitted to the bombing, but claimed that a tax preparation office, not the NAACP, was the target.
01/06/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting volunteer fighters in Ewairij area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One fighter was killed and four fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: An explosive device planted in a rickshaw detonated in Giru district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Three children were killed and two children were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident the Taliban.
01/06/2015: Assailants ambushed a Joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol in Burumburum area, South Darfur state, Sudan. Two assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants attacked a police station in Sobatpur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and three wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants attacked areas in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least nine people, including seven People's Protection Units (YPG) members, were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/06/2015: Assailants attacked Joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol near Habieila area, West Darfur state, Sudan. Two vehicles were stolen in the attack, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants attacked Sheikh Mohammed Abdel-Qader and his escorts in Az Zahir district, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. Abdel-Qader, a senior Huthi and General People's Congress (GPC) leader, and at least four other people were killed, and another three people were injured in the assault. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it targeted Abdel-Qader because of his association with Huthis.
01/06/2015: Assailants executed four people accused of spying in Bardere town, Gedo region, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at a civilian house in Shaykh Zai village, Nawzad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and two were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/06/2015: Assailants fired rockets at the house of Akmad Ampatuan, a former mayor, in Guindulungan area, Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. A bystander was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Tamano Mamalapat, a former member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
01/06/2015: Assailants kidnapped a child in Asturias village, Jolo city, Sulu province, Philippines. The hostage was released on February 20, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/06/2015: Assailants kidnapped Ignazio Scaravilli in Dar al Wafa area, Suq Talat area, Tripoli district, Libya. Scaravilli, an Italian doctor, was released on June 9, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
01/06/2015: Assailants kidnapped two Levies Forces officials in Kohlu district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The whereabouts of the victims were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants opened fire on a convoy of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Khana district, Rivers state, Nigeria. Several people were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers guarding a Coptic church in Minya city, Minya governorate, Egypt. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants opened fire on two Shia brothers in Nazimabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Both brothers were killed and another shop owner was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected a sectarian motive.
01/06/2015: Assailants set construction equipment on fire in Tekulagudem area, Telangana state, India. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the equipment was damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/06/2015: Assailants set fire to a telecommunications tower in Dasht Top area, Syedabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. No one was injured and the tower was undamaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants set fire to the house of Doctor Muslim in Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Muslim, a district chief, was not harmed in the attack, but the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants stormed a seminary in Dasht Top area, Syedabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. There was an unstated number of casualties, and the seminary was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Assailants stormed the house of a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Pakhanjore area, Kanker district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No one was injured in the attack, but weapons were stolen. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/06/2015: Assailants wearing military uniforms shot and killed three members of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party in Kavumwe area, Ruyigi, Burundi. The assailants then proceeded to burn down the CNDD-FDD office. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Three mortars struck a military checkpoint in Tarmiyah district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and seven soldiers were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated targeting a mosque where Sahwa Council members and security personnel were gathered in Jubba town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 10 security members were killed in the blast. Another 13 people were killed and 21 people were injured 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).
01/06/2016: An assailant publicly executed his mother in Raqqa city, Raqqa governorate, Syria. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Additionally, sources reported that the execution took place after the victim tried to persuade her son to leave the group.
01/06/2016: An explosive device detonated near Ar Rashid Market in Dora neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Philippine Army (PA) patrol in Bagacay village, Samar province, Philippines. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/06/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Rangers patrol in Dusong Machae, Narathiwat province, Thailand. A Ranger, Manithon Kanchanakan, was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Zangal area, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers and two assailants were killed while two soldiers, one civilian, and four assailants were wounded in the attack and ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/06/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an Afghan Local Police (ALP) van in Zard Khak area, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. At least one officer was killed and two officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2016: Assailants abducted a civilian in Awamiyah, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. The hostage was released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants abducted six civilians in Gandoi neighborhood, Sui, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Pul-e Khosti area, Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and one officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Alif Berdi area, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. A police commander and five assailants were killed and two police officers, two soldiers, and three assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked a Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) checkpoint in Dufis area, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked areas near Sirwah, Marib governorate, Yemen. The attack was repelled and the assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked civilians in Al Kawthar neighborhood, Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. Two children were killed and seven children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked Farah Hariye Ali Abdi in Bardere, Gedo region, Somalia. Abdi, a former Al-Shabaab commander and government informant, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants attacked Tishrin Dam in Manbij, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash with Syrian Democratic Forces members. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).
01/06/2016: Assailants dragged a civilian, Sukhram Kadti, out of his house and killed him in Mirtur area, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/06/2016: Assailants fired a missile into Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. Three soldiers were killed and an unknown number of others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
01/06/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated along Al-Abed Street in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Damascus on the same day. At least nine people were killed and more than 25 others were wounded across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/06/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated along Baghdad Street in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Damascus on the same day. At least nine people were killed and more than 25 others were wounded across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/06/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Sururi neighborhood, Beyoglu district, Istanbul province, Turkey. One police officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two Sahwa Council members were killed and three members were injured in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers in Machar Colony neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least five assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/06/2016: Assailants shelled Thubat neighborhood, Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
01/06/2016: Assailants shot and killed Brigadier Ahmad al-Jumhuri in Adan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants shot and killed Mani Mani, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) military officer, in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2016: Two assailants attacked a Turkish Favori employee outside of her home in Wardhigley neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The employee was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: A sniper shot and injured an Egyptian Armed Forces soldier at a checkpoint in Al-Kharoubah, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: A sniper shot and injured an Egyptian Armed Forces soldier at a checkpoint in Az Zuhur neighborhood, Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: An assailant opened fire at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. At least five people were killed and six other people were injured in the assault. Esteban Santiago admitted that he had discussed his plans for the attack in various jihadi online chat rooms. Moreover, Santiago stated that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was forcing him to view Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) videos.
01/06/2017: An assailant shot and wounded Christopher Ashcraft, vice consul at the United States Consulate in Guadalajara, on Progreso street, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Authorities arrested Zafar Zia, a United States citizen, in connection with the attack.
01/06/2017: An explosive device detonated in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties but at least six goats were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: An explosive device detonated in Mirtuugo, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least three people were killed and several others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: An explosive device detonated near African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops between Marangway and Jameeko, near Barawe, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Patkhu, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants abducted S. Otkhomang Mate and Tilpao Haokip in Nongkham Gamnon, Manipur, India. Mate, a local village head, and Haokip, a church chairperson, were both killed and their bodies were discovered on January 8, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants abducted Saifullah, a civilian, in Sariab, Balochistan, Pakistan. Saifullah was killed during a security operation in early June 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: Assailants abducted two children at Sortony Camp near Keyo, North Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
01/06/2017: Assailants armed with firearms and an explosives-laden vehicle attacked an Egyptian Army checkpoint in Al-Malha, North Sinai, Egypt. An explosive device was also defused at the scene. At least three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks targeting military checkpoints in Sinai on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the Egyptian Army 10 Zamzam aerial monitoring checkpoint south of Hasna, North Sinai, Egypt. At least four assailants were killed and two soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks targeting military checkpoints in Sinai on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked two Egyptian Army aerial monitoring checkpoints near Taba, South Sinai, Egypt. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks targeting military checkpoints in Sinai on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: Assailants attacked a Malian Armed Forces Camel Corps checkpoint between Boni and Hombori in Mopti, Mali. At least one soldier was killed and four other soldiers were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Fatehabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: Assailants attacked and set fire to an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) station in Abu Dalf, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Abu Dalf on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/06/2017: Assailants opened fire on a taxi transporting Hazara civilians in Mubarak neighborhood, Quetta, Pakistan. At least five people were injured in the assault. Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Egyptian Armed Forces checkpoint near Masaeed, North Sinai, Egypt. At least one soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants opened fire on Hazara coal miners in Tala Wa Barfak, Baghlan, Afghanistan. At least eight miners were killed and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State. Additional sources doubted the involvement of the Khorasan Chapter and instead attributed the attack to the Taliban, which denied responsibility.
01/06/2017: Assailants opened fire on Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) soldiers in Jakigour, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. At least one soldier was killed and three others were injured in the assault. Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants opened fire on Pakistan Traffic Police officers near Five Star Chowrangi in North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. At least one civilian was killed and an officer was injured in the assault. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailants on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incidents to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
01/06/2017: Assailants opened fire on Rogelio Sanchez in San Juan district, Batangas, Philippines. Sanchez, a local village captain, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants prevented civilians from leaving a mosque in Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. The hostages were released a short time later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
01/06/2017: Assailants set fire to a nativity scene and the Virgin Mary statue at the Saint Charles Cathedral in Saint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/06/2017: Assailants shot and injured a civilian on Ardmonagh Parade in Turf Lodge neighborhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants shot and killed a former New People's Army (NPA) member in Luy-a, Masbate, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants shot and killed a suspected informant in Bal, Kech district, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/06/2017: Assailants stole 500 sheep and goats from farmers between Awdheegle and Bariire in Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/06/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at Taimuria Police Station near Five Star Chowrangi in North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least one police officer was injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailants on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incidents to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
01/06/2017: Two suicide bombers and additional assailants equipped with an explosives-laden vehicle attacked an Iraqi Army outpost in Abu Dalf, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the two bombers, at least four soldiers were killed in the incident. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Abu Dalf on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/06/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated near Iraqi Armed Forces and Iraqi Volunteer Forces soldiers in Hadithah, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the two assailants, at least 11 soldiers were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/1998: The Irish Army disrupted an attack by disarming a car bomb that was left by the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) in Banbridge, Northern Ireland. Nobody was injured in the attack.
01/07/2000: A pipe bomb exploded in the back garden of a house at Andraid Close in the Stiles Estate in Antrim, Northern Ireland. No one was injured in the attack, which authorities believed might have been related to a murder that occurred at that spot on January 1, 2000, although no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2000: An unidentified person threw a Molotov cocktail into a pharmacy in Bratislava causing a fire in the building. Three employees and a firefighter were injured and the interior of the pharmacy was completely destroyed.
01/07/2000: Six Maoist guerrillas from the People’s War Group attacked the house of the ruling Telugu Desam Party Member of Parliament G. Sukhender Reddy in Andhra Pradesh. The guerrillas dragged Reddy’s mother out of the house before attacking it with explosive devices.
01/07/2000: Suspected members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) attacked with rifle fire a Counternarcotics Police helicopter on an operation that had destroyed two cocaine complexes. The attack took place near the town of Puerto Rico.
01/07/2001: A group of 31 insurgents threw a coup in an attempt to overthrow the government in the Ivory Coast. The assailants are suspected to be members of the main opposition party. 12 were killed, 10 were militants while 2 were security forces stopping the coup. The militants were able to take over the national radio and television before being stopped by the army.
01/07/2001: Two gunmen attacked a police vehicle in Istanbul, Turkey, injuring one officer. The assailants then fled on foot. Authorities believe that the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP – C) were responsible.
01/07/2002: An unknown number of attackers attacked two ajoining bar-restaurants, Le Vieux Routier and Liberte, on the road linking Mechtras to Les Ouadhias south of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. The attackers, armed with Kalashnikovs and automatic pistols, some in ordinary military garb, shot a policeman. This attack was attributed to the Draa El Mizan Seriat, led by "emir" Hadj Ali
01/07/2003: A Cundinamarca Police Convoy in Columbia were the targets of a Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) ambush near Quipile in Cudinamarca Department. The attackers, using explosives and firearms, managed to kill eight police officers and wound five more in the early morning assault.
01/07/2003: A police convoy patrolling near Bogota was ambushed by an unknown number of assailants from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) leaving eight dead and at least five injured.
01/07/2003: An Algerian family in Ouardiche village inside Chlef Province was the target of unknown assailants in an attack that left five dead, including two young children, and the head of the family seriously wounded.
01/07/2003: Mexican legislator Jose Maria Guillen and his brother Rafael were killed by an unknown number of gunmen near the city of Chinameca in the Mexican State of Veracruz. The victims were traveling on the highway when another car approached and opened fire. The assault left Guillen’s 15 year old soon wounded. While the motive was unknown, the authorities ruled out robbery.
01/07/2003: Policemen Isa Tumgayev and Akhmet Ganiyev were shot and killed in the Russian town of Karabulak inside Ingushetia Province by an unknown number of unknown gunmen.
01/07/2003: The Tizi Ouzou region in Algeria was the scene of a pair of bombs that left eight Algerian soldiers on patrol dead. The attacks were blamed on the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).
01/07/2004: Armed gunmen penetrated the residence of Timothy Shelpidi and fatally shot the prominent retired Nigerian General in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja. Five gunmen overpowered guards protecting Shelpidi and proceeded to shoot him in the chest, thighs and buttocks before fleeing the scene. Shelpidi has made an entry into politics since his retirement from the military, contesting for the governorship of the northern state of Gombe in 2003. This constitutes the third time a prominent Nigerian politician has come under fire since the Christmas holiday, although this was the first fatality in the series of attacks.
01/07/2004: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels entered the Colombian village of Arboleda and killed eight peasants. While the direct rationale of the attack was unclear, Arboleda sits on the border with the war torn province of Antioquia.
01/07/2004: Insurgents lobbed mortar rounds into U.S. Army logistical support camp Seitz, just west of the Baghdad airport. One U.S. soldier was killed and 33 were injured along with one civilian. The soldiers, members of 3rd Corps Support Command, were evacuated for medical treatment. This attack constitutes one of the worst attacks against U.S. soldiers during the Iraqi conflict.
01/07/2004: Insurgents sprayed a police checkpoint with automatic weapons fire west of Kirkuk, Iraq. As a civilian vehicle was stopped at the checkpoint, militants shot and killed an Iraqi police officer as well as the civilian stopped at the checkpoint. The checkpoint was erected in response to a recent wave of car bombings in the area. The exact affiliation of the militants was unknown.
01/07/2004: Suspected Muslim rebels launched grenades at a police station in the Pattani province of Thailand. Using grenade launchers and machine guns the rebels attacked the police station until they were repelled by Thai. The raid resulted in no casualties, however it was thought to be tied to a wave of insurgent violence that has spread across southern Thailand in the new year.
01/07/2005: A time bomb hidden under piles of gravel and sand opposite a building near the police station exploded in the Iskan neighborhood of Arbil, Iraq. Two people, including a Peshmerga commander, were injured and the surrounding buildings were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2005: Members of Al-Mansoorian attacked the Income Tax Building in Srinagar, India. The perpetrators attacked the building using guns and grenades, killing three government security personnel including and Indian Border Security Force Deputy Commandant. Four other people, including three senior Indian police officers, were injured in the attack as well. Security personnel killed two of the perpetrators during the attack. The building caught on fire during the attack. An Al-Mansoorian spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack later in the day when calling a local media outlet.
01/07/2005: Suspected Islamic militants bombed a railway station’s traffic control room in Thailand’s Yalas Muang (District). The explosion injured two policemen and a railway official. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2005: Two members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fired guns at Israel Defense Force soldiers who were riding in a civilian vehicle on the Trans-Samaria Highway near the Jordan Valley in Israel. One soldier was killed while three others were injured in the attack. An Israeli civilian was injured during the shooting as well. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2006: A policeman, Rewat Lohmeya, was shot and killed by four men when he was walking home with his wife in Narathiwat Province, Thailand. The attack was thought to be aimed at intensifying violence in the south. No group claimed responsibility
01/07/2006: American journalist, Jill Carroll, was kidnapped and her Iraqi translator, Alan Enwiya, was killed in the Adel district of western Baghdad, Iraq. Three men armed with pistols intercepted their car, shot Enwiya, and abducted Carroll. Their driver, Adnan Abbas, escaped unharmed. Beginning on January 17 a Sunni extremist group linked to al Qaida in Iraq calling itself the "Revenge Brigade" released several videos of Carroll and demanded the release of all female Iraqi prisoners in US custody. On January 26, reportedly unrelated to the demands made by Carroll's captors, five female detainees were released from US custody along with several hundred male detainees. Carroll was released on March 30, 2006.
01/07/2006: An explosion caused by a remote control bomb targeting a police vehicle in Jalabad, eastern Afghanistan, went off, injuring two policemen and killing a passerby. No group claimed responsibility
01/07/2006: Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) blew up a Sri Lankan navy gunboat off the north eastern port of Trincomalee in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.  This suicide attack was launched by an explosives-packed fishing boat believed to have rammed into an  Israeli-built Dvora-class navy gunboat which was on a routine patrol outside Trincomalee harbor.  Two sailors of the 17-member crew survived by jumping overboard just before the suicide craft hit the gunboat and subsequently being rescued by a military craft.  The other 15 sailors, including two officers, were all killed in the attack.  The Tamil Tigers did not comment on the incident.
01/07/2006: Three security personnel were killed and one injured when motorcycle-borne Maoists opened fire on the Armed Police Force patrolling the area at the Bhairahawa Customs Office in Rupandehi (District), Nepal.
01/07/2006: Two Thai women and a Malaysian man were injured when a bomb exploded at a tea shop in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. The bomb was set off by a mobile phone with a Malaysian signal, but no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2007: Unidentified armed men killed the principle of Chanjir High School,  Mohammad Rahim Khan, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/07/2008:  A bomb was planted in an Iraqi Ministry of Trade employee's car in Baghdad, Iraq.  The explosion injured the worker.
01/07/2008:  A bomb went off near a house in Kirkuk, Iraq.  An Iraqi soldier was wounded.
01/07/2008:  A landmine exploded in the Marwar coal mine field in Afghanistan.  Two miners were killed and four were wounded.
01/07/2008:  A mortar shell hit a checkpoint in Baquba, Iraq.  Two people were injured.
01/07/2008:  A roadside bomb planted in the Nad Ali district of Afghanistan exploded.  The bomb killed four people including a police officer and an intelligence officer.  Authorities suspected the Taliban.
01/07/2008:  A rocket hit near a television station in Kirkuk, Iraq.  No casualties were reported.
01/07/2008:  A suicide bomber assassinated Colonel Riyadh al-Samarrai, a leader of an Awakening group in Baghdad, Iraq.  As people rushed to give their aid, a car bomb exploded, killing several people and damaging two trucks into which victims of the first explosion were being loaded. The blasts occurred Monday morning near an Awakening Council office in Baghdad's northern Azamiyah district. The Interior Ministry said the two bombings killed 10 people and wounded 16 while officials at the Numan Hospital in Adhamiya said they had received 6 corpses and had treated 26 wounded people. There is a high chance that the terrorists were part of al-Qaeda as they have repeatedly targeted the Awakening Council for joining the U.S. military's side.
01/07/2008:  A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the gate of an army camp in Kabal town in Pakistan at around 11:30 am (0630 GMT).  Three soldiers were wounded according to Major-General Waheed Arshad, the chief army spokesman. According to another source, other military officials reported only one soldier as injured. The militant was suspected to be a follower of a radical Muslim cleric by the name of Maulana Fazlullah who is attempting to impose Taliban-style Islamic rule in the region.
01/07/2008:  A suicide bomber in a pick-up truck detonated his truck at the gate of the Technical college near the Kabal Golf Course in the Swat district of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.  Eleven people were injured including eight security personnel.
01/07/2008:  A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a border police patrol in southern Afghanistan.  The attack killed one police officer and wounded four others.
01/07/2008:  An explosive device went off in Mosul, Iraq.  The target was the vehicle of a police officer.  The car was burnt and the explosion caused damage to nearby houses.
01/07/2008:  An improvised explosive device exploded in a car in east Baghdad, Iraq.  One person was killed and three others were wounded by the attack. There were no claims of responsibility.
01/07/2008:  An improvised explosive device exploded in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  Three people were injured.
01/07/2008:  An improvised explosive device exploded inside a car near a restaurant in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  One person was injured.
01/07/2008:  An improvised explosive device hit a Coalition military vehicle in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan.  Two American soldiers were killed.
01/07/2008:  An improvised explosive device planted near the Technology University in Baghdad, Iraq, detonated, killing three people and injuring sixteen.
01/07/2008:  Gunmen in five cars kidnapped at least eight tribal members at a tribal checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
01/07/2008:  Police foiled an attempt to blow up a power transmission line in Killi Khud Bakhsh, Pakistan, by defusing four bombs which they found by following a tip.
01/07/2008:  Suspected Islamic militants killed five pro-government tribal leaders in their homes in Wana, Pakistan.
01/07/2008:  Suspected militants fired rockets and automatic weapons at a fort of security forces in South Waziristan, Pakistan.  One soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack.
01/07/2008:  Two improvised explosive devices exploded near an ice cream shop and the University of Baghdad in the Jadriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  One person was injured.
01/07/2008:  Two landmines exploded in the Tali area of Afghanistan close to Sibi.  Seven security personnel were injured in the attack. The identity of those who planted the  landmines are unknown.
01/07/2008:  Unidentified men fired several rockets at the city of Tank in South Waziristan, Pakistan. Police reported that they may have been fired from the Michni area of Mohmand Agency. No casualties were reported.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday afternoon at 1300, a hand grenade exploded within the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC, Church of Christ) church on Matalam Street, Kabacan, North Cotabato province.  The attack caused damages, but no casualties were reported in the attack. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is believed to be responsible for the attack.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, a bomb exploded targeting a railway causing minor damage in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, a homemade bomb was detonated at a garbage disposal near a school in Muang district, injuring a policeman. It is believed the school was the target. No group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, a remote-controlled bomb planted in a motorcycle exploded outside of a shop in Tehsil bazaar in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, armed assailants fired two rockets at a university girls' dormitory building in Enjil, Herat, Afghanistan. The rockets missed the building and caused no damage. There were no reports of casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants set fire to a passenger bus in the Maddedu forests of Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India. Maoists stopped the bus by barricading the road approximately 100 km away from the Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh border. The militants forced the passengers to get off the bus before setting it on fire. Maoists had earlier warned against operation of the inter-State bus service along the forest route. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants killed one Indian police officer in the village of Belchar in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, District Superintendent of Police J.S. Watti suspected CPI-M militants. He said they are increasingly targeting policemen to create a reign of terror in the District.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants killed two Indian policemen and one civilian in the village of Aramangi in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, District Superintendent of Police J.S. Watti suspected CPI-M militants. He said they are increasingly targeting policemen to create a reign of terror in the District.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded near a group of municipal street cleaners on Kornish Street, wounding two government employees but causing no damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, in the Kholargos suburb of Athens, Attiki, Greece, assailants detonated a firebomb outside a Starbucks cafe, causing minor damage to the cafe. No casualties or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, militants shot and killed a civilian in Matta, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility, though it is believed that it was committed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, militants shot and killed a civilian in the Aghal Barthana area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility, though it is believed that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan was responsible.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, near the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains in Kidal, Mali, assailants kidnapped the head of Energy of Mali (EDM) Kidal and an EDM accountant, two civilians and one child and stole the vehicle they were using. The two civilians and the child were immediately released. On January 12, 2009, the remaining victims were released by their captors. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that Tuaregs were responsible.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, near Zen al-Abideen Shrine, at Bertela area in Mosul, Iraq, the motorcade of Shabaki lawmaker Haneen al-Qado from the Shiite Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) came under fire.  No casualties or damage were reported. The motive was political in nature and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, Philippine troops recovered and defused a bomb planted under a bridge in Labu-Labu village, Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province, 960 kilometers south of Manila.  The explosive was fashioned from an 81-millimetre mortar shell. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels were suspected to be behind the bombing attempt.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, Pro-Taliban militants abducted the son of a district governor in the Kaymalpur area of Charbagh in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility, though it is believed that Tehrik-e-Taliban was responsible.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels set fire to 30 houses belonging to Christian civilians in Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province. No casualties were reported.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, two sections of the Sui gas pipeline were blown up by Baloch insurgents in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/07/2009: On Wednesday, unknown insurgents kidnapped a Somali parliamentarian, named Ahmed Abdi Hussein, in the town of Burhakaba in the southern part of Somalia. The lawmaker was taken from a truck heading from the town of Baidoa to the town of Burhakaba. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that Tuareg rebels were responsible.
01/07/2010: On Thursday in the early morning, in Hit, western Al-Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants placed several explosive devices inside four houses belonging to police personnel. The devices all detonated, killing six civilians and one policeman while wounding seven civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2010: On Thursday night, in one of two related attacks, Communist Party of India-Maoists abducted Communist Party of India-Marxist activist, Mintu Ali, alias S.K. Manur Ali (25) from his residence in the Salpatra village of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. The bullet-riddled body of Ali was recovered by police from the Muraboni village of Jhargram, Midnapore, on 01/08/2010. Posters left at the scene of the incident by the Maoists read that Ali was given a death sentence after he was found guilty of corrupt activities. Posters found near the bodies claimed both were police informers.
01/07/2010: On Thursday night, in one of two related attacks, Communist Party of India-Maoists abducted Communist Party of India-Marxist activist, Nirmal Bhakta (29) from his residence in the Muraboni village of Jhargram, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. The bullet-riddled body of Bhakta was recovered by police from the Muraboni village of Jhargram, Midnapore, on 01/08/2010. Posters left at the spot by the Maoists read that Bhakta was given a death sentence after being found guilty of corrupt activities. Posters found near the bodies claimed both were police informers. No group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2010: On Thursday, a suicide bomber exploded, targeting a pro-government militia commander, Nasir Paray, in Gardez outside a Kabul Bank branch, Paktia province, Afghanistan. The bomber walked up to the commander and then detonated his explosive vest. Ten people were killed, including the commander, a security company manager, his guards and four children. Twenty-seven more were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2010: On Thursday, in Khost, Afghanistan, a bomb hidden under a pile of trash outside the wall of the governor's compound exploded. The bomb exploded outside Governor Tahir Khan Sabari's window during a meeting in his compound. The governor, his chief of staff, the head of education and five other people, including police were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
01/07/2011: On Friday around 1200 noon, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber targeted a border police commander inside a public bathhouse, killing 17 people and injuring 21 others, including two police personnel and 19 civilians. The police commander, identified as Hajji Ramzan Aka, was among those killed in the attack. According to Spin Boldak Police Chief, Abdul Razaq, a militant driving an explosive-laden car detonated himself when he was identified by security forces, damaging several shops. Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, told Reuters reporters by telephone from an undisclosed location that their militants had carried out the suicide attack on a police commander earlier that day in Kandahar.
01/07/2011: On Friday evening around 2030, in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria, eight people were killed and an unknown number were injured when unidentified militants armed with AK-47 rifles fired upon civilians at an open air tavern outside of a hotel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although Boko Haram was suspected of being responsible for the attack.
01/07/2011: On Friday evening, in Laoder, Abyan, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants attacked three military vehicles that were escorting Muhsen Juzailan, the commander of Brigade 111, killing four soldiers and wounding two others. The commander was not injured in the attack and no damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility but the Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was suspected.
01/07/2011: On Friday morning, in Tanyong Limor village in Rangae, Narathiwat, Thailand, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle shot and killed the village headman, identified as Singhchai Salae. The militants used an AK-47 rifle and a .38 caliber pistol in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/07/2011: On Friday night around 2230, in Niamey city, Niamey state, Niger, two unidentified armed militants that spoke Arabic entered the Toulousain restaurant and kidnapped two French aid workers, Antoine de Leocour and Vincent Delory. The militants placed the two hostages in a four-by-four vehicle with Benin plates in which two other armed men were waiting and drove to an unknown location. The two French hostages were killed on 01/08/2011 during a failed rescue attempt that was conducted by Niger security forces near the town of Ouallam, in Tillabery. The militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2011: On Friday night, in the governmental district of Opokuma in Bayelsa, Nigeria, two people were killed and six others were injured when unidentified militants disguised as Timi Alaibe supporters and armed with unknown firearms, machetes and knives, attacked civilians at a political party being held at the home of Nigerian politician Timi Alaibe. Alaibe was not injured in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2011: On Friday night, in the Tor Abieth area, in an unknown location in Al Wahdah, Sudan, in one of two related attacks, two militants were killed and six were injured when Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) militants attacked a splinter SPLA militant group lead by Gatluak Gai. The militant group SPLA claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2011: On Friday night, in the village of Barkin Ladi outside Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, nine people were killed when unidentified militants armed with machetes attacked two buses on the Bisichi Junction. The buses were carrying Muslims that had attended a wedding in the village of Mangu Halle and were traveling to Jos. One bus was able to escape the attackers but one of its occupants later died from their injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2011: On Friday, in al-Sikak neighborhood, southern al-Nassiriya city, Dhi Qar, Iraq, an improvised explosive device planted inside a vehicle, owned by a former member of Mahdi Army, detonated inside the garage of the victim's residence. The blast killed the man, his brother, and wounded one other civilian and severely damaged the residence. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2011: On Friday, in Gumla, Jharkhand, India, unidentified militants killed a youth by slitting his throat. The victim was identified as Surendra Sao. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police suspect that the attack was carried out due to rivalry of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) groups as Surendra is said to be a supporter of PLFI’s rival group. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were responsible.
01/07/2011: On Friday, in Laoder, Abyan, Yemen, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, suspected militants Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) attacked a convoy of water tankers escorted by Yemeni soldiers, killing ten soldiers. The ambush also destroyed one of the military vehicles, including a lorry carrying water to a military base. The militants used heavy machine guns and rocket propelled grenades in the attack. No group claimed responsibility but the Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was suspected.
01/07/2011: On Friday, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, an envelope addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited at a postal sorting facility. The envelope was not opened and therefore did not cause any casualties or property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2012: A border patrol vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Khawaja Namusa area, Pashtunkot district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One border officer was killed and three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2012: A police commander named Changbai and several colleagues attacked the district building in Darqad district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. The attack was an attempt to free prisoners housed in the building. There were no casualties in the attack. Hizb-I-Islami claimed responsibility for the incident and said that the police officers had joined their group.
01/07/2012: A roadside bomb targeting Shia pilgrims walking to Karbala exploded in Mahmudiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Sunni extremists.
01/07/2012: An explosive device attached to a civilian car carrying Shia pilgrims exploded on the main road north of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2012: An explosive device detonated at an army checkpoint in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and one wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2012: An explosive device detonated near a civilian house in Balad Ruz village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and one injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2012: An explosive device detonated near a Nigerian Armed Forces checkpoint on Ahmadu Bello Way in Mubi city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. No one was injured in the blast; however, several vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, 17 people were arrested after the blast.
01/07/2012: An explosive device detonated on Kilometer 15 bridge in Pangdanon town, Sulu province, Philippines. No one was injured in the blast; however, the bridge was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but the army suspected the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). The Philippine Army further suspected that the motive was to isolate the Abu Sayyaf camp from military intrusion.
01/07/2012: Assailants attacked African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) military bases between Kaaraan and Hiliwa districts, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The assailants used rockets and mortars in their attack. At least two people died and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/07/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and a police officer injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2012: Assailants shot at a group of Christians playing poker outside the EYN church and the abandoned Honeymoon Hotel in Biu town, Borno state, Nigeria. Three people were killed and seven injured in the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/07/2012: Attackers ambushed Awami National Party (ANP) Member of Provinicial Assembly (MPA) Gohar Naqaz Khan in his vehicle near Haripur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan was injured in the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2012: Attackers fired three rocket-propelled grenades at a Tochi Scouts camp in Miranshah town, North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2012: Attackers threw a grenade at an Indian National Congress office in Nambol Assembly, Bishnupur district, West Bengal state, India. The grenade failed to explode. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2012: Gunmen attacked an army patrol in Balad city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were injured in the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2012: Gunmen entered a mosque and shot and killed an off-duty police officer in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2012: Six assailants attacked a police armored van with rifles in Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One person was killed and five injured in the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Sopore on this date. The attacks came one day after the 19th anniversary of a massacre in the city perpetrated by border guards. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
01/07/2012: Six assailants attacked a police station with grenades and rifles in Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The police returned fire, killing one attacker. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Sopore on this date. The attacks came one day after the 19th anniversary of a massacre in the city perpetrated by border guards. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
01/07/2012: Six assailants threw a grenade near a bus stand in Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One person was injured in the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Sopore on this date. The attacks came one day after the 19th anniversary of a massacre in the city perpetrated by border guards. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
01/07/2012: Two people were killed when the explosive device they were trying to plant to target Shia pilgrims prematurely exploded in Tarmiya town, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: A roadside bomb was defused by a local Bomb Disposal Squad in Doaba area, Punjab province, Pakistan. Officials suspect the bomb was planted to target a security convoy travelling from Thal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: An assailant dressed in an Afghan National Army (ANA) uniform opened fire on soldiers at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military base in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One British soldier was killed in the attack and six more soldiers were injured; the assailant was killed when troops returned fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: An explosive device detonated as troops were attempting to defuse it in Arghandab Square, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
01/07/2013: An explosive device detonated near a tribal elder and member of the Halemzai Peace Militia near Ghallanai town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Haji Ameer Nawaz Khan was not injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and one civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting military forces in Khwezai tehsil, Mohamed agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and another soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: An explosive device hidden in a pressure cooker was discovered near a police checkpost in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri Chowk area, Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was involved and that the unsuccessful attack was in retaliation for the arrest of family members of a TTP leader.
01/07/2013: An explosive device planted in a rickshaw detonated on Sariab road in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. One person was killed and another three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: An explosive device targeting Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) vehicles was remotely detonated on Sariab road, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, an LEA vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Approximately 200 assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Latehar district, Jharkhand state, India. The police returned fire, leading to an extended firefight. At least 15 people were killed in the attack, including members of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF), the Jharkhand Jaguars, and civilians; another 14 people were injured. Officials attribute the incident to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M).
01/07/2013: Assailants abducted four Coordination of Humanitarian Organization (CHA) employees in Khwaja Area, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/07/2013: Assailants ambushed a military patrol near Kona city, Mopti region, Mali. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack; however, the assailants kidnapped 12 soldiers and their vehicles. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants fired a rocket at the XEN Irrigation bungalow at the Tapi Qilla area in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on police guarding the entrance to a girls' school in Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and a second officer was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade at a shop in Sariab area of Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the explosion and the shop was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on a military outpost in Cukurca district, Hakkari province, Turkey. Twelve assailants and one soldier were killed in the ensuing firefight. In addition, an unknown number of assailants and two soldiers were injured. Sources attribute the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply truck parked outside of a police state in Manghopir area, Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan. Police returned fire, causing the assailants to flee. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and three more were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. One Station House Officer (SHO) and three assailants were killed and one police officer was injured in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Maulan Ashgar, a religious party leader, in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Ashgar and his daughter were killed in the attack while his other daughter and a woman were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle on Spini Road in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and three people were injured in the attack; the victims were all members of the Hazara community. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Assailants opened fire on worshippers at a mosque in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. Three people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was behind the attack.
01/07/2013: Assailants set fire to a taxi cab in Basundhara area of Kathmandu city, Far West region, Nepal. The taxi driver was injured and the vehicle was damaged in the attack. One member of Shiv Sena was arrested in connection with the attack. Specific motive is unknown; however, sources speculate that the attack was in response to the taxi driver's failure to comply with a general shutdown.
01/07/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police vehicle in Garissa city, Garissa county, Kenya. One person was killed and eight more were injured in the blast, including both civilians and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/07/2013: Explosives hidden in a garbage container detonated on Jan Muhammad Road in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Gunmen attacked a police vehicle in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the attack and their driver was injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2013: Security forces discovered an explosives-laden vehicle in Rafah city, North Sinai, Egypt. The device was safely defused without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculate that the assailants, who fled upon the arrival of security forces, were Islamists.
01/07/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device was discovered attached to a transmission tower in Nuttal area, Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Security forces safely defused the device. This was one of two similar devices found on electricity towers in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/07/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an army patrol in Madain area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near Somali soldiers in Yaqshid district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Casualties are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosives-laden vehicle at a customs office in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The assailant was killed by police officers, and the vehicle was detonated before it reached its target. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into a police station in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, two police officers and a civilian were killed in the attack, and 57 people were wounded. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a Political Security Organization (PSO) intelligence officer detonated in Cerater neighborhood, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. The officer, Colonel Saleh Al-Kady, was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated at a shop near a Levies official's home in Bahadur Banda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, the shop was destroyed and the home was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Malang city, East Java province, Indonesia. There were no reports of casualties in the attack; however, the ATM was badly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated in front of the residence of Dr. Razaullah in Shabqadar tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the main gate of the house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sadda bazaar, Lower Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Five people were wounded and some shops were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated near a shelter for Sabarimala pilgrims in Kakkanad district, Kerala state, India. At least one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Sunni militia patrol in the Jisr Diyala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: An explosive device detonated near an oil pipeline in Wadi Urf area, Sah district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. This was one of two attacks on the same pipeline within two days. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to tribesmen.
01/07/2014: Assailants attacked a group of police officers in Edenbari town, Meghalaya state, India. Two police officers were injured in the attack. The Achik National Volunteer Council-B (ANVC-B) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried out the attack because they suspected that the police officers were rivals disguised as police, since they had refused to produce any documents.
01/07/2014: Assailants attacked a joint Kenya Defense Force (KDF) and Jubaland Forces (JF) base in Badhadhe area, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/07/2014: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Imam Weis area, Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants attacked a pro-Somali National Army (SNA) militia checkpoint in Wanlaweyn town, Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. Two civilians were killed and another was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the source attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/07/2014: Assailants attacked Matata village in Ungkaya Pukan municipality, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/07/2014: Assailants from Ethiopia attacked Dukana village, Marsabit County, Kenya. Six people were killed and another six were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants kidnapped four people in Moses Spring, South Sinai governorate, Egypt. The victims included three activists in the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) and an official in the Egyptian Ministry of Manpower and Emigration. Three of the victims were released on January 15, 2014 after their families and Egypt's General Union of Tourism paid a ransom, while the fourth victim was released on January 16, 2014. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants kidnapped six men at the Ayub Shah Bukhari shrine in Gulshan-e-Maymar neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The victims were killed when their throats were slit several hours after the kidnapping. Additionally, a portion of the shrine and a wall were damaged in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, warning that others should not visit shrines.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on a car driven by Doctor Sheraz Jamal in University Town, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Dr. Jamal was unharmed in the attack; however, his car was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military officer and soldier near Al-Nasr Military camp in Shaykh Uthman district, Adan governorate, Yemen. Colonel Mubarak Lashram and the soldier were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on a mosque in Kwankwaso village, Kano state, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and 12 others were injured in the attack. Although the father of the Kano state governor was present at the time of the shooting, he was unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Saladin governorate, Iraq. Seven police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Sopore city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One police officer was killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol near Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Seven police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on an army patrol in Awantipora area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants opened fire on Rahmo Ahmed in Waberi district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Ahmed, a coffee shop worker, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/07/2014: Assailants robbed a bank in Korangi area, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The assailants killed two security guards and briefly held employees hostage. The Punjabi Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that a large sum of money was stolen during the attack.
01/07/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Sahwa Council member near Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants shot and killed a soldier in Marib governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants shot and stabbed a member of Al-Saiqa's Zawiya brigade in Juliana area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The militia member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on a traffic police checkpoint in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. One person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Assailants threw three grenades at a cinema which was showing a pornography film in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Thirteen civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Explosives detonated as they were being transported by militants in the Kundal Manu area of Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Seven militants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Abu Sayda town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a local chief in Yaqshid district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The local chief was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/07/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a village chief in Buug town, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. The chief, Wiliro Elisan, was killed, while his companion Juanito Encallado, the village treasurer, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Gunmen opened fire on Shah Zaman, in Mingora city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Zaman, a former Naib Nazim of Union Council Shahdara, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Gunmen raided a brothel in the Zayouna neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Twelve people, seven women and five men, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2014: Gunmen shot Dominic Samonte in J. M. Alberto village, Catanduanes province, Philippines. Samonte, a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member, was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting; however, authorities attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/07/2014: Three assailants kidnapped a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu state, India. The victim was released after police blocked the road that was being used as the escape route for the kidnappers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: A police vehicle struck an explosive device in Mulla Nuh locality, Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and two police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and assailants attacked peshmerga forces in Zummar area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of peshmerga members were killed and injured 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).
01/07/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to attack a police compound in Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A police officer preempted the attack and shot the bomber, causing a premature explosion. The bomber and the police officer were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a police academy in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. In addition to the bomber, at least 37 people were killed and 66 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Yemeni authorities attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). AQAP denied responsibility for the bombing.
01/07/2015: An assailant shot and injured a jogger in a park in Fontenay-aux-Roses area, Paris, France. Security personnel linked the attack to Amedy Coulibaly, a Muslim fundamentalist responsible for the shooting of a police officer on the following day, September 8th, and a supermarket hostage-taking two days later, on September 9th. Coulibaly was killed in the supermarket attack and a video was released posthumously in which he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/07/2015: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a university lecturer detonated in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The lecturer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/07/2015: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Mahmood-ul-Hasan detonated near a mosque in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Hasan, who was a judge, was killed in the blast, and at least two of his children were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device detonated at a rubber plantation in Lukketun village, Sumisip town, Basilan province, Philippines. One worker was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device detonated in Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. A public uprising commander and two of his bodyguards were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khas Uruzgan district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device detonated near a park in Ghazaliyah 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.
01/07/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Faiyum city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. One police officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device planted at the Shrine of Imam Nawawi detonated in Nawa town, Daraa governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties but the shrine was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front.
01/07/2015: An explosive device planted in the car of a judge detonated in Poblacion village, San Juan town, Siquijor province, Philippines. No one was injured in the blast, but the car was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Nehar Pul area, Tank city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near a railways track in Kula Dheri area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated north of Dhuluiya district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two residents of the house 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).
01/07/2015: Assailants abducted 243 residents and set fire to buildings in Bujimirum village, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least 25 victims were killed later the same day while 192 additional hostages were released on January 23, 2015. The fate of the remaining 26 captives is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants abducted a civilian from North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The civilian was killed and his body was discovered on January 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Sinai Province of the Islamic State, which carried out the attack because of the victim's alleged collaboration with security forces.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in an unknown village in Kukuwa district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in Baga, Borno state, Nigeria. Approximately 300 people were abducted during the raid. An unknown number of hostages were released on February 11, 2015, while the fate of the remaining victims is unknown. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in Bundaram, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in Doron Baga, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in Kauyen Kuros, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in Mile 3, Kukuwa district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants armed with projectiles, firearms, and incendiary devices attacked residents and buildings in Mile 4, Kukuwa district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of 16 coordinated assaults on villages and towns in Kukawa district on the same day. Between 100 and 2000 people were killed across all 16 incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants attacked Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya in Gombe town, Gombe state, Nigeria. Yahaya, an All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, was not harmed; however, his aide was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2015: Assailants attacked an election official in Bubong town, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. The official, Bashier Ampa, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants attacked two road construction vehicles in Chahar Shanbeh Tepa, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Six workers were killed and one was wounded in the attack. Three workers were also kidnapped; their whereabouts were unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants executed two civilians accused of collaborating with the government in Buq Able village, Beledweyne district, Hiiraan region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed and nine soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Muslim prayer hall in Port-la-Nouvelle district, Languedoc-Roussillon region, France. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on a tribal elder in Salarzai area, Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The tribal elder was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) activist in Pahar Ganj area, Qasba Colony neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The activist was killed and one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians and set fire to the town hall in Djoura village, Gao region, Mali. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to both the Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) and Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians at a narcotics den in Qambrani Road area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Four civilians were killed and one civilian was wounded in the attack. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Burga village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 6 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. Additionally, an unknown number of buildings were damaged and material goods were stolen during the incident. This was one of two coordinated attacks carried out by the same group in Askira Uba district on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Mussa village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. Additionally, an unknown number of buildings were damaged and material goods were stolen during the incident. This was one of two coordinated attacks carried out by the same group in Askira Uba district on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on the car of a senior Al-Nour Party member in Al Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, members of the Muslim Brotherhood had previously threatened to attack members of the Al-Nour Party if they participated in parliamentary elections.
01/07/2015: Assailants opened fire on two Afghan National Police (ANP) officers in Kotwal area, Tarin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/07/2015: Assailants seized two vehicles transporting khat in Goof Gaduud village, Bay region, Somalia. No one was injured in the attack, but the vehicles were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/07/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of Muhammad Shu'ayb in Zawiya city, Zawiya district, Libya. Shu'ayb, the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, was unharmed in the attack, but his house was damaged by the blaze. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/07/2015: Assailants threw at least four explosive devices at a bus in Rajarbagh area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. The conductor, identified as Mohamma Arif, was injured and the bus was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Explosive devices detonated outside a hotel as a procession of Awami League (AL) activists passed through the area in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no casualties or damages in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Haqqani Network.
01/07/2015: Three suicide bombers attacked the police academy in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. One suicide bomber detonated at the gates and the other two rushed inside, only to later detonate their explosive devices. All three assailants were killed and three people, at least one police officer and at least one civilian, were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2015: Two assailants stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, Ile-de-France region, France. The attackers opened fire on journalists and building security, killing 11 people and injuring 11 others. The assailants fled following the raid, but continued shooting at police vehicles outside of the building and several blocks away; one police officer was killed in the street attack. The gunmen abandoned their vehicle several kilometers from the magazine offices, hijacked a second vehicle and injured the driver, before they disappeared for the remainder of the day. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was in retaliation for the magazine's depiction of Prophet Muhammad. The two assailants were identified as brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi.
01/07/2015: Two explosive devices detonated in the Ur neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police training facility in Suq al-Thulatha neighborhood, Misrata district, Libya. In addition to the assailant, at least 65 people were killed and 100 people were injured in the blast; the victims included civilians and police officers. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) checkpoint in Ras Lanuf town, Sirte district, Libya. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed in the blast; the victims included PFG personnel and civilians. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2016: An assailant armed with a knife and a fake explosives-laden belt attempted to attack a police station in Goutte d'Or, Paris, France. Police officers shot and killed the assailant and there were no other reported casualties. The assailant, identified as Sallah Ali, stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for French military operations in Syria. Ali also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/07/2016: An assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in Beit Einun Junction, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Khalil Shalalda, a Palestinian extremist.
01/07/2016: An assailant shot and injured police officer Jesse Hartnett in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Hartnett returned fire and injured the assailant as he attempted to flee. The assailant, identified as Edward Archer, stated that he carried out the attack "in the name of Islam." Archer also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated at the An-Nahda school, which was being used as a barracks for the Derna Revolutionaries' Shura Council, in Bab Tobroq neighborhood, Derna city, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated near a factory in Ad Dariyah area, Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated near a fish stand in Wahda 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.
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy in Shaheedano Dand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Disheer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: An explosive device detonated near the Shallal Market in Shaab 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.
01/07/2016: Assailants abducted Bapi Samant, a trader, and two other family members in Dandabadi village, Odisha state, India. Samant's throat was slit and he was shot dead several hours later. The two family members were released unharmed. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Bapi Samant was targeted because the group believed he was a police informant.
01/07/2016: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Goof Gaduud village, Bay region, Somalia. At least 10 soldiers and seven assailants were killed while 25 soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2016: Assailants attacked Al-Zalkan Camp in Bashiqah subdistrict, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 17 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).
01/07/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of houses in Miriki town, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 14 civilians were killed, eight were wounded, and two were abducted during the raid. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
01/07/2016: Assailants attacked Barwana, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least six security force members and 18 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).
01/07/2016: Assailants attacked two police officers along the Qaisar-Ghormach highway in Qaisar district, Faryab district, Afghanistan. Both officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants beheaded Karam Dave in his residence in Konta area, Chhattisgarh state, India. Another civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/07/2016: Assailants detonated explosives and opened fire targeting Rangers at a checkpoint in Ban Ba-ngo Ngueba, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Three Rangers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants detonated explosives devices planted under a natural gas pipeline in Al-Midan village, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group targeted the pipeline in order to prevent gas from reaching Jordan.
01/07/2016: Assailants executed six civilians in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The victims were being punished for using the internet.
01/07/2016: Assailants fired a into Jazan province, Saudi Arabia. The missile was intercepted and there were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants fired a mortar at the Wardhigley district headquarters in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Mogadishu on this day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/07/2016: Assailants fired mortars at a refugee camp near the presidential palace in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two people were killed and three people were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Mogadishu on this day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/07/2016: Assailants opened fire on a bus carrying Israeli tourists outside of the Three Pyramids Hotel in Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties. The Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants opened fire on an African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol in Anka area, North Darfur, Sudan. One peacekeeper was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants opened fire on Jaime Rabino in Sagrada, Camarines Sur, Philippines. Rabino, an off-duty Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/07/2016: Assailants opened fire on Malak Qurban in Chahar Shinghovi village, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Qurban, a tribal elder, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants opened fire on Malik Wali Khan in Shaktoi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least four people, including Khan, a tribal elder, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack may have been carried out by Halqa-e-Mehsud.
01/07/2016: Assailants opened fire on Yusef Badir in Gharyan city, Jabal Al Gharbi district, Libya. Badir, the mayor of Gharyan, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants set fire to construction equipment in Nuadihi village, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that the workers cease their construction on the road.
01/07/2016: Assailants shelled Jazan province, Saudi Arabia. At least three people were killed and nine others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian at his residence along Glenpark Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the New Irish Republican Army.
01/07/2016: Assailants stabbed and killed Samir al-Din, a Christian convert, in Jhenaidah, Khulna division, Bangladesh. The Islamic State in Bangladesh claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Samir al-Din was targeted for converting to Christianity. However, the government questioned the veracity of this claim.
01/07/2016: Assailants stopped an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicle and held the occupants at gunpoint in Horlivka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties and the victims were released 30 minutes later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/07/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at the house of Doctor Chanam Manglem Singh in Khongman area, East Imphal district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted near a Banca Estruria branch in the Ponte San Giovanni neighborhood, Perugia, Umbria , Italy. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden ambulance in Misrata city, Misrata district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2016: Security forces identified and targeted assailants attempting to fire rockets at the Shrines of the Two Imams in Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. An unknown number of assailants 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).
01/07/2016: Three assailants attempted to stab Israeli soldiers in Gush Etzion area, Alon Shvut, West Bank. The soldiers shot and killed the assailant before they could carry out the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ahmed Yusef Kawazba, Mohammed Kawasbeh, and Ala Kawasbeh, Palestinian extremists.
01/07/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a security checkpoint in Wadea district, Abyan, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, six soldiers were killed and 20 soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Qarghoul, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: An explosive device detonated near Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Lamphel neighborhood, Imphal, Manipur, India. At least two constables were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: An explosive device detonated near families fleeing the Hamreen Mountains area outside Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. At least 19 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting army personnel in Khash Rod district, Nimroz, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a market in Azaz, Aleppo, Syria. At least 43 people were killed and more than 50 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/07/2017: Assailants armed with firearms attacked Tsonje village in Kaduna, Nigeria. At least two people were killed and two other people were reported missing in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Fulani extremists.
01/07/2017: Assailants attacked Iraqi Volunteer Forces checkpoints in Imam Weis, Diyala, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and three other soldiers were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/07/2017: Assailants attacked Turkish Land Forces soldiers in Bab, Aleppo, Syria. At least one solider was killed in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants attempted to abduct a civilian in Shamsha Pur, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/07/2017: Assailants equipped with firearms and an explosives-laden vehicle attacked Iraqi Armed Forces positions in Bakhirah, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 20 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/07/2017: Assailants opened fire at a hotel in Garden East neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Myanmar Police Service (MPF) post in Norula, Rakhine, Myanmar. At least one officer was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants opened fire on Mario Contaoi along the highway in San Ramon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Contaoi, a DZNS Station radio reporter, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants opened fire on Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers in Buni Yadi, Yobe, Nigeria. At least 20 people, including five soldiers and 15 assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Major General Abdul Jalil al-Asadi in Dubbat neighborhood, Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq. Al-Asadi, a former Iraqi Police Service (IPS) chief, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants set fire to St. Stephen Presbyterian Church on MacPherson Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials arrested Jonathan Jimenez in connection with the incident.
01/07/2017: Assailants set fire to the Islamic Center of Lake Travis in Hudson Bend, Texas, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the incident was carried out by anti-Muslim extremists.
01/07/2017: Assailants set fire to three Ram Kripal Singh Construction vehicles at a camp in Roam, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/07/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Levies Forces officer in Deba neighborhood, Quetta, Pakistan. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants shot and killed a retired Indian Armed Forces soldier outside his residence in Badshapur, Haryana, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Shia civilian in Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Assailants threw two grenades at Waayaabee Tea Shop near Tarabunka junction in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. At least three people, including Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers and civilians, were killed and 17 other people were injured in the blasts. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/07/2017: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber in Urgun, Paktika, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/1998: In one of two related incidents, unknown perpetrators cut the throats of the victims at fake road blocks in Saida, Algeria. The number of those killed was unknown.
01/08/1998: In one of two related incidents, unknown perpetrators cut the throats of the victims at fake road blocks in Sour El Ghozlane, Algeria. The number of those killed was unknown.
01/08/1999: A bus was bombed in Impasugong, Philippines, killing one and wounding 10 others. The bomb was believed to have been planted on the bus in Cagayan de Oro before it departed from the station. Police suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) of perpetrating this attack.
01/08/1999: A Kentucky Fried Chicken in Cape Town, South Africa was fire-bombed by five unidentified youths. The bomb caused damage, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/1999: Two Lebanese men were killed, and two others injured, when rockets and mortars were fired along the Israeli border in Markaba, Lebanon. Officials stated that Israeli Army positions were the target. One Katyusha rocket hit a house in Markaba, killing 60-year-old Mohammed Atewi and wounding two others. The Lebanese Resistance Brigades (Saraya), which is supported by Hizballah, claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/1999: Two men were beaten with pickaxe handles in a paramilitary style attack in Londonderry, Northern Ireland by unknown perpetrators. The victims, aged 35 and 39, were attacked after three masked men broke into their house. The victims suffered cuts and bruising to their heads and bodies.
01/08/2000: A booster station in Hernani, Guipuzcoa Province, for Airtel, a telecommunications company, was damaged by an attack when unknown persons sprinkled flammable liquid over electronic equipment and set it on fire. Minimal damage was done to the facilities.
01/08/2000: A team from CARE International was attacked by armed rebels while traveling from Bentiu Town to Mayom Town, in Wahdah State, to open a health center in Mayom Town. The director of the CARE office and the driver were killed and two researchers were missing.
01/08/2000: At 7:30 pm local time, a man identified only as S.M.M. attempted to throw a hand grenade into a group of youths celebrating Id al-Fitr in Kalar District, Iraq. The attack failed when the grenade exploded in the perpetrator’s hand, leading to his death. Investigation revealed that the man was a member of an undisclosed Islamic group.
01/08/2000: Molotov cocktails were thrown at the home of Alliance for Change (SZP) activist Dragan Bogdanovic in Popucka by unknown perpetrators. No injuries or fatalities reported.
01/08/2000: The offices of the extreme right movement, the National Front in Rome, were damaged by an arson attack. A container of flammable liquid was set on fire in the doorway of the offices. Damage was done to the National Front offices and surrounding buildings had some smoke damage. A phone call was made by the Revolutionary Leninist Brigades claiming responsibility. No injuries or fatalities reported.
01/08/2000: Two branches of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), one branch of the Banco de Comercio, and the ATM at a branch of the Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK) bank were attacked with Molotov cocktails causing damage to each facility. Graffiti messages against the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the Popular Party (PP), and the Basque regional government's interior minister, Javier Balza, were also sprayed on the walls. No injuries were reported, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2000: Two policemen were killed when the Simpang Ulim police headquarters were attacked by Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels armed with rifles.
01/08/2001: A professor at the Marmara University School of Theology in Baglarbasi, Turkey was stabbed. Authorities believed the attacker, Halil Cihan, was linked to the Great East Islamic Raiders Front (IBDA-C - Islami Buyuk Dogu Akincilar Cephesi). The professor was the only one wounded.
01/08/2001: Hamid Abu Hejla, a member of HAMAS, carried out a suicide attack in the Israeli city of Netanya. He detonated his car injuring between two and three dozen Israeli civilians.
01/08/2001: Two police officers and one sergeant were killed while driving the Groznyy-Argun Highway in Chechnya. The assailants used assault rifles and grenades and were believed to be Chechen Rebels (non-specific).
01/08/2001:Two men were shot and killed outside their home in Urus – Martan, Chechnya. Chechen Rebels (non-specific) were believed to be responsible. The men were related to the Iman.
01/08/2002: Retired Assistant Lieutenant Marzuki Ahmad (58) was shot dead by two armed men about 200 yards from his home in Lamkruet, Indonesia. He was the former Commander of Lhoknga Military Sub-Sector Command. Neither the type of weapon nor the group responsible were unspecified.
01/08/2003: A Globe cell site in the village of Balintawak in the Philippines was the target of an improvised Molotov cocktail bombing by four suspected members of the New People's Army. The bombing resulted in around 300,000 pesos worth of damage ($6,200 USD).
01/08/2003: An alleged commander for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Abdulrahjak Kabalu Siambal was shot and killed along with friend Marcos Ruta in the Philippine town of Polomolok by unknown assailants mounted on a motorbike.
01/08/2003: Arauquita, Colombia was the scene of a car bombing which killed the driver and wounded three others including a Colombian soldier. The vehicle was stopped at an army checkpoint entering into the town when the explosion occurred. There was no information regarding the perpetrators of the attack.
01/08/2003: Former Ulster Defense Association member Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair was the target of a bombing outside his Shankill home in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Adair blames the Ulster Defense Association of being behind the attack. There were no injuries caused by the pipe bomb.
01/08/2004: A group of insurgents attacked a water front in the Amadi-Ama neighborhood of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The group invaded the water front in the late evening and continued the attack through the early morning hours, killing eight civilians. Seven buildings were also brought down using dynamite. Two police officers in the neighboring rainbow district also sustained gunshot wounds from the attack.
01/08/2004: A United States military medivac helicopter (UH-60 Blackhawk) was brought down by enemy rocket fire near the restive town of Fallujah, Iraq. The helicopter was clearly marked with a red cross. This was the second time in a week that a US helicopter has been attacked near the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah. All nine passengers aboard the helicopter were killed in the crash. No specific group was identified as responsible for the attack.
01/08/2004: Ten tribal villagers were kidnapped from their homes in Sapmara, Bangladesh. The attackers stormed the village and created a panic among the village by unleashing indiscriminate gunfire on civilians. The attackers also set fire to a local home within the village. As the group left the village they abducted ten tribal residents. The fate of the abductees could not be determined.
01/08/2005: A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb while at a fuel station near an Iraqi security checkpoint in Al-Mahawil, Iraq. Iraqi Army and police jointly manned the checkpoint that was believed to have been the suicide bomber’s target. The bomb killed four civilians and injured 19 others. At least three cars were destroyed in the explosion as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2005: Three people were killed and three others were wounded in an attack in Gatumba, Burundi. The attack occurred during a Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD) and Burundi Armed Forces (FAB) joint patrol. Two FDD soldiers and a civilian died in the attack. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, a Gatumba chief attributed the incident to elements of the FAB.
01/08/2005: Three people were killed, including an eight year old boy,  and another 38 were injured when a grenade was thrown into a house where a funeral gathering was happening in Vakaneri, Sri Lanka.  Two Christians were later arrested for the offence.  Authorities speculate that the attack could be in retaliation to the burning of a church by Hindus.
01/08/2005: Unknown gunmen assassinated two high-ranking Iraqi police officers in Ramadi. Major Abd-Ahmad Al-Assafi was shot as he was leaving the Al-Anbar Police Directorate and Colonel Jasim al-Khirbit was killed in the center of the city. No group claimed responsibility for the assassinations.
01/08/2005: Unknown perpetrators shot Syed Agha Ziauddin Rizvi, a religious leader, in Gilget, Pakistan. Agha Ziauddin Rizvi died from his injuries five days later. Three of Ziauddin’s bodyguards were also killed after being shot in the attack. One of the attackers was also killed. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt.
01/08/2006: Attackers torched Qabial primary school in Kandahar (Province) city, Afghanistan, the former stronghold of the Taliban regime, after locking three janitors inside, officials. The janitors managed to escape.
01/08/2006: Four suspected militants on two motorcycles opened fire at crowds in Yala (District), Thailand, killing a Muslim villager and Buddhist and injuring three. No group claimed responsibility
01/08/2006: In Yala Province, Thailand, a man and woman were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting by suspected militants. No group claimed responsibility
01/08/2006: Suspected Maoist rebels set off a bomb in a municipal building in Nepalgunj, Nepal, damaging the ground floor and injuring none. The second bomb they planted did not detonate. No group claimed formal responsibility.
01/08/2006: Taliban rebels burned down Zeray primary school, with dozens of armed men storming the building in Kandahar (Province) Province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack.
01/08/2007: A bomb placed by unknown perpetrators under a car in an Al-Za'faraniyah market in south Baghdad, Iraq killed 3 and wounded another civilian.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/08/2007: An ambush by unknown gunmen targeting a bus of workers for the Baghdad International Airport killed four and wounded nine in a Sunni neighborhood in west Baghdad, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/08/2007: Assailants armed with unspecified firearms attacked a community in Al-Jami Muhajiriyah, Janub Darfur, Sudan, burning down homes, killing 20 civillians and wounding 13 others.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2007: Masked assailants stopped a state-owned bus transporting schoolchildren near Jaffna, Sri Lanka.  After forcing the children off the bus, the assailants set the vehicle on fire.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are believed to be involved in the incident.
01/08/2007: Three Muslims returning from the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia were wounded outside southwest Baghdad, Iraq when their bus struck a roadside bomb planted by unknown perpetrators.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/08/2007: Two migrant laborers were killed and one was injured in an assault on minorities in Golaghat district of Assam, India by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
01/08/2008:  A bomb planted in a public phone book in the center of Colombo, Sri Lanka, detonated.  One person was injured in the blast that occurred near Lake House in Fort area at 7:50pm.
01/08/2008:  A bomb was planted inside the car of a neighborhood official in Baghdad, Iraq.  The official was killed in the explosion and two others were wounded.
01/08/2008:  A roadside bomb exploded at a house in Jalwla, in Diyala province in Iraq.  The homeowner was killed by the bomb that was planted by unknown perpetrators.
01/08/2008:  A roadside bomb targeted an American patrol in southeast Baghdad, Iraq at around 3:30 pm Iraqi local time.  No casualties, identity of the terrorists or motive were reported.
01/08/2008:  A Sri Lankan official was killed by a roadside bomb in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka.  One other person was killed in the attack and ten others were wounded.  Police suspected the Tamil Tigers.
01/08/2008:  A suicide bomber with a vest full of explosives hit a checkpoint in the Medain District, south of Baghdad, Iraq.  One police officer was killed, another was wounded, and two civilians were injured. No one claimed responsibility.
01/08/2008:  An attacker attempted to assassinate the President of Maldives.  The man tried to stab the President in the stomach as the President was greeting people on the Hoarafushi islet during a tour of the nation, but was stopped by a boy scout who wrestled the attacker to the ground.
01/08/2008:  Separatist militants killed a local government official and Narathiwat province, Thailand.
01/08/2008:  Separatist militants killed a man who volunteered with defense forces in his home in Narathiwat province, Thailand.
01/08/2008:  Separatist militants killed a religious teacher in Yala province, Thailand.
01/08/2008:  Suspected militants kidnapped three soldiers from the Sarokey area of South Waziristan in Pakistan.  The masked men forced the soldiers, who were from Waziristan Scouts Force , out of their vehicle and took them to an undisclosed location later.
01/08/2008:  The director of a radio station called Radio et Musique (R&M) hit a land mine with his car in Niamey, Niger at around 10:30 pm (2130 GMT) .  The victim's name was Abdou Mahaman who died from critical injury later at a hospital while a female passenger suffered minor injuries. The persons who planted the mine are not known while Mahaman was not believed to be a specific target.
01/08/2008:  Three soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb in Pattani province, Thailand early Tuesday. The perpetrators were unidentified.
01/08/2008:  Two Katyusha rockets were fired from the hills near the southern Lebanese village of Labounain to Shlomi, Israel at around 2:00 am (midnight GMT).  Officials suspected that the perpetrators were from an al-Qaida-linked Palestinian group. There were no injuries. Instead there was only minor damage to a house in the border town of Shlomi. The attack's purpose may have been to send a message to President Bush as he arrived to Israel to show that the Palestinian group can destabilize Lebanon.
01/08/2008:  Two mortars were fired at the Medain District, Iraq.  The mortars injured two people.
01/08/2008:  Two UN peacekeepers were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Lebanon, in Naqoura.  The peacekeepers were Irish.
01/08/2008:  U.S. soldiers were attacked by insurgents in the Salaheddin Governorate of Iraq.  Three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the small arms attack.
01/08/2008:  Unidentified gunmen shot and killed an officer at the Iraqi Ministry of Interior at around 7 am in his car in the Zafrania neighborhood in east Baghdad, Iraq. His name was Mohammad Aziz al-Gatia.
01/08/2008:  Unidentified gunmen shot and killed the deputy of the Mansour tax department in Baghdad, Iraq.
01/08/2008:  Unknown militants attacked two police vehicles with a grenade launcher and assault rifles in Ingushetia, Russia.  Two police officers were killed in the attack.
01/08/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1400, a small bomb exploded inside the Thai Kufah Building of the Government House complex in Bangkok, Thailand. The ping pong bomb was in a pipe of the building. It is believed that the bomb was placed in the pipe when the People's Alliance for Democracy seized the Government House the previous year. No casualties were reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/08/2009: On Thursday evening at around 2000, 10 suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels bombed a Globe Telecom cell site compound in San Jose village, Malilipot town, Albay province. There were no casualties.
01/08/2009: On Thursday morning, buses belonging to the Cootranspensilvania company were burned in various parts of the Bogota, Capital District, Colombia. Black bags were left on all three buses which caused a minor explosion resulting in the buses catching on fire. The attack injured one civilian and caused minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, a bomb exploded in a CD center near Jameel chowk in the Chamkini area of Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan. An unspecified amount of damaged was caused. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, at least three rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon. Officials said the rockets fell around the town of Nahariya, five miles (eight kilometers) south of the Lebanese border, slightly wounding two people. The Israeli army said it returned fire into Lebanon, aiming at the source of the attack. The Lebanese government condemned the attack and said it is trying to determine who launched the rockets. Lebanon's Information minister Tareq Mitri said he does not believe the Lebanese-militant group, Hezbollah, is responsible. A Hezbollah minister in Lebanon's Cabinet is denying any involvement by the militant group in the firing of rockets from Lebanon into Israel. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command later claimed responsibility.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, gunmen fatally shot a U.N. World Food program worker in Somalia during a food distribution. The gunmen ordered the Somali worker from his car and shot him in the head and chest. The body was loaded into a car and drove off to an unknown location. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, in al-Saadiya, Diyala, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot down the brother of a leading member of Kamal Shakir's Kurdistan Communist Party, inside a souk (market). The gunmen opened fire on 34-year-old Abdelrazeq Mohsen Ulwi, the brother of Nusseir Ulwi, who is the leader of the party in the Saadiya district branch, killing him instantly. The killed man and his brother had received death threats from the unknown organizations. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, in Amirli, Touz Khormato, Salah ad Din, Iraq,  unidentified gunmen opened fire at an official of the Badr Organization office in front of his house, killing him instantly. There was no damage or motive reported and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, in Garbahaarrey, Gedo, Somalia, assailants attacked the city using unknown explosives, killing many police officers and several government officials. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed al-Shabaab al-Islamiya was responsible.
01/08/2009: On Thursday, unidentified militants ambushed the vehicle of two government officials near the village of Asadkhel in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The gunmen were hiding by the road and opened fire as the car passed. Two were killed and two injured in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the ambush, thought it is believed that the Taliban are responsible.
01/08/2010: On Friday morning at 0630, a Northern Ireland policeman was seriously injured in a car bomb attack after a device that was planted under his vehicle exploded in Randalstown, northwest of Belfast. No group claimed responsibility however it is believed that Republican dissidents are responsible.
01/08/2010: On Friday morning at 0900, unknown militants fired three rockets at the future site of the U.S. consulate in Herat province, Herat, Afghanistan. Two rockets hit the former hotel and caused some damage. The other rockets landed nearby. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2010: On Friday, a suicide bomber of the rival militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islam from Qambarkhel tribe in Bara, Pakistan blew himself up when he was stopped from entering the gate of the headquarters of the militant outfit Ansar-ul-Islam (AI) in Tirah area of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. It is stated that a meeting of the Al shura was in progress and Al "chief" Qazi Mehboobul Haq was at the madrassa. Five people were killed and 11 were injured. The injured were shifted to nearby hospital for immediate medical treatment. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2010: On Friday, in northern Cabinda, Cabinda, Angola, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) attacked a Togolese football team convoy. The attack left two members dead and seven others wounded. The Togolese team was driving to Cabinda for the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament. Two members of the FLEC have been arrested in connection with the attack.
01/08/2011: On Saturday afternoon at 1700, in the Ordzhonikidzevskaya area of Sunzhensky, Ingushetia, Russia, unidentified militants placed an improvised explosive device outside a hospital which was discovered and safely disabled by Russian soldiers before it could explode. The device consisted of an anti-tank grenade launcher shell and additional flammable elements. A mobile phone and a detonator were also affixed to the shell. There were no casualties or damages reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2011: On Saturday morning at 0900, in Datu Danwata village in Malita Town, Davao del Sur, Philippines, 30 militants kidnapped Susan Danwata, the wife of a village chief, Ramon Danwata, and took her to the couple’s house. The militants then called the village chief out of his home. Barangay Captain Danwata, a staunch supporter of the government's peace and development program came out, but was fired upon and died instantly. Danwata’s wife was released after the shooting. Responding troops from the Army’s 39th Infantry Battalion were later ambushed by the rebels at the nearby village of Bolila at 1230, causing slight injuries to three soldiers. They were identified as Sgt. Lazona, Pfc. Antiveros, and Pfc. Tamba. No group claimed responsibility but the New People's Army (NPA) Guerilla Front 71 was suspected.
01/08/2011: On Saturday morning, in Khan Banda in the Mian Isa area of Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated a bomb at the basic health unit, injuring a watchman, Gul Habib, and completely destroying five rooms of the health center. No group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2011: On Saturday night at 0300, in Nam Pong, Khon Kaen's, Thailand, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the Prem Tinsulanonda International School. No casualties were reported, but the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/08/2011: On Saturday night, in Garra village in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants dragged a villager out of his house and shot and killed him. The victim was identified as Jamil Soren who was a former member of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM). Soren had recently joined the Maoist-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA). No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, at Khordak Iron Bridge in Bishenpur, Manipur, India, unidentified militants placed a seven kilogram improvised explosive device (IED) in a thermos flask on a bridge. The IED was defused before it could detonate, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in al-Hashimiya, on a road linking Diyala to Baghdad, Iraq, two children were killed when an improvised explosive device planted inside a chicken coop exploded in the area. According to police, the children’s father, a member of the anti-Al-Qaeda Sahwa militia, was the intended target of the attack. The attack caused and unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Garvagh, County Derry, Northern Ireland, in one of two linked attacks, unidentified assailants threw a petrol bomb at a car outside the home of a Catholic woman, which set fire to and destroyed one car and damaged one house. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Garvagh, County Derry, Northern Ireland, in one of two linked attacks, unidentified assailants threw a petrol bomb at the home of a Protestant-Catholic couple, burning and damaging the house but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified assailants planted five kilograms of explosive material in a battery socket of a motorcycle. The sockets wires were connected with the ignition. Police found the bomb and defused it after locals called in a suspicious motorcycle near Mawach bus stop. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, the headless bodies of two local tribesmen identified as Mian Khel and Shala Baz Torkhel, were found at a deserted place in Zakhakhel Bazaar. No group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Shaar HaNegev, Southern District, Israel, Palestinian militants fired mortar shells from the Gaza Strip, wounding two Thai agricultural workers. One man suffered serious wounds and the second was in moderate condition. No damage was reported and the armed wing of Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Taji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified gunmen killed an off-duty policeman with guns equipped with silencers. No damage was reported and No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in the Pir Ilahi Bux Colony area of Karachi district, Sindh, Pakistan, two unidentified gunmen shot and killed a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), identified Syed Yawar Abbas. Soon after, enraged civilians began firing their weapons into the air. At least six civilians were injured due to the firing. The angry civilians also set fire to four passenger buses which injured 14 people. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in the Tor Abieth area, in an unknown location in Al Wahdah, Sudan, in one of two related attacks, four militants were killed and an unknown number were injured when Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) militants attacked a splinter SPLA militant group lead by Gatluak Gai. The militant group SPLA claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2011: On Saturday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, planted on the highway leading to the Central Celebrations Square, detonated against police patrols participating in the Iraqi Police Day celebrations. Three policemen, among them an officer with a captain rank, were wounded in the blast. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and the celebrations to be postponed. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: A roadside bomb exploded in Saidiya area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near a civilian vehicle in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near the vehicle of a Kurdistan Communist Party official in Sadiyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The official was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: A roadside bomb exploded when an Army sergeant attempted to defuse it along Kalaiya-Birgunj Road, Bara city, Central Region, Nepal. The sergeant was injured in the blast. The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: A suicide bomber detonated his vest prematurely at the Arifullah Intersection, Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. The bomber was targeting a police checkpoint in the area. Three people, including the bomber, were killed, and one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but senior police officials attributed it to the Taliban.
01/08/2012: An Afghan soldier opened fire on United States (US) troops playing volleyball in Qalat town, Zabul province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and three injured in the attack. The assailant was killed by retaliatory fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but the Taliban claimed to have had contact with the shooter.
01/08/2012: An assailant opened fire on businesses near the intersection of 27th Street and West Meighan Boulevard in Alabama City, Alabama, United States. The assailant opened fire on responding officers and a clash and police chase ensued. The officers apprehended the assailant and there were no reported casualties. An unaffiliated individual, identified as Luis Ibarra-Hernandez, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that he carried out the attack in order to "draw attention to Islam."
01/08/2012: An explosive device attached to a van carrying Afghan pilgrims detonated in Hillah city, Babil governorate, Iraq. Nine civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosive device attached to the wall of a police officer's house detonated in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two relatives of the officer were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Jogaroom area, Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the vehicle was destroyed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosive device placed on the wall of a police officer's house detonated in Balad city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Five people, including the police officer, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosive device was found and defused in General Santos city, South Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for planting the explosive device; however, the words "Bangsamoro Youth Movement" were written on the explosive device.
01/08/2012: An explosive device was found near the house of Dr. L. Ibetomi, the head of the Women Commission and mother of an Indian National Congress candidate, in Singjamei area, Imphal district, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosive device went off in front of the house of Sarbast Abdullah, a Kirkuk University worker, in Hawija township, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Abdullah's wife was injured in the attack, and the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Shia pilgrims in Musayyib city, Babil governorate, Iraq. Thirteen people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle targeting a police checkpoint detonated between Hindiya township and Abu-Gharaq village near Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq. One person died and 13 were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Assailants attached an explosive device to a parked container transporting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goods in Sheikhmalkhel area, Landi Kotal town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The subsequent blast injured no one but damaged two NATO containers and two armored vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Assailants attempted to detonate an explosive device near the Living Faith church in Kaduna city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. No information regarding the success of the attack is known. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/08/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb near a military patrol of six soldiers on three motorcycles in Ban Bor Hin, Yala province, Thailand. One soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but the military suspected separatists.
01/08/2012: Assailants opened fire near a military vehicle in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Three civilians were killed, and seven people, including one soldier, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/08/2012: Assailants opened fire on an Indian National Congress meeting in Charangpat area, Thoubal district, Manipur province, India. One person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Assailants opened fire on Anwar Sheikh outside a bathroom at the United States Consulate in Kiamari Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Sheikh, a Pakistan Police sub-inspector, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of an Indian National Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Lamshang constituency, Imphal West district, Manipur state, India. The grenade failed to explode. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Gunmen attacked a police post in Santa Rosa settlement, Cajamarca region, Peru. Five people were killed, including two civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources believed that it was in retaliation for a failed assault on another police post in which the assailants were captured.
01/08/2012: Gunmen shot and killed an employee in the municipal government in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Gunmen shot and killed an employee of the Food Department in the provincial government on Smunggli road, Jinnah town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Iraqi police killed an assailant planting an explosive device near a road used by Shia pilgrams in Dora neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2012: Iraqi soldiers shot and killed an assailant planting an explosive device near a main thoroughfare used by Shia pilgrims in Mahmudiya town, Al Anbar governorate, iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Police found an explosive device on the highway in Tantangan district, South Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the regional police chief had received a text saying a group was trying to target a Yellow Bus Line.
01/08/2012: Russian police officers tripped mines laid by unknown assailants, leading to a firefight, in Chechnya republic, Russia. Four police officers and five attackers died, while 16 police officers and two attackers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2012: Two assailants shot and killed Dawlah Yeng, the assistant village chief of moo 6 in Khlong Mai, Pattani province, Thailand. Police suspect Yeng was killed as part of a pattern of attacks on local leaders who work with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Muslim funadmentalists are suspected.
01/08/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered on a public street in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The device was brought to a Restorative Justice center, where it was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/08/2013: A police post was attacked in Bala Morgab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. One police officer died and two were injured in the attack; one assailant was also killed and another one was injured in return fire. Sources attribute the incident to the Taliban.
01/08/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Bukaar area, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person, a pro-government Zakhakhel Tribal Lashkar volunteer, was killed in the explosion and another person was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: An explosive device detonated near a community outreach venue in Menda village, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, India. No further information is available.
01/08/2013: An explosive device detonated near Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani's private residence in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One person was injured in the blast and an electricity pole and nearby buildings were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2013: An explosive device targeting government forces detonated in Afgooye city, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. One soldier was killed and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the incident.
01/08/2013: An explosives-laden truck detonated near a military checkpoint in Ataq, Shabwa province, Yemen. Officials believe that the vehicle detonated before reaching the intended target and, as such, there were no damages or injuries resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
01/08/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a marketplace in Bani Saad town, Diyala, Iraq. Five people were killed and another 12 were injured in the blast. In addition, several stores and vehicles were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mall in a commercial area in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: An explosives-laden vest was discovered in Multan town, Punjab province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Approximately 250 police officers fell ill after being poisoned by an unidentified substance at a police compound in Marmul district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the event is part of a string of poison attacks targeting police officers in Afghanistan.
01/08/2013: Assailants abducted a teacher in Salfit city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The outcome of the kidnapping in unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2013: Assailants abducted Councilor John Maina Muthiga near his home in Nkamurunya area, Kenya. Muthiga, a potential candidate for a parliamentary seat, was released on January 11, 2013. He reported that the abductors tortured him, forced him to sign papers while he was being held captive stating he would not run for a parliamentary seat, and demanded a ransom for his safe release. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants attacked militia members in Archi district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed in the attack, including the commander of the pro-government militia. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants fired several rockets at a Quetta-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight leaving Kandahar airport in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The rockets missed the plane, failing to cause any casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on two Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker trucks in the Sheikh Wasal area of Mashtung district, Balochistan, Pakistan. Three people were killed and two were injured in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Naga Hamady city, Qena governorate, Egypt. A police officer and a conscript were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying the commander of a police detention center in Archi district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Abdul Salam and two of his guards were killed in the ambush. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants opened fire on Renato Machado Goncalves outside of his residence in Sao Joao da Barra area of Rio de Janerio city, Rio de Janerio state, Brazil. Goncalves, a journalist and founder of Radio Barra FM, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Benghazi University campus in Kufra city, Kufra, Libya. Two assailants were killed and one student was injured when security forces returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants planted dynamite at a section of the Cano-Limon oil pipeline in Miralinto area, North Santander department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the pipeline was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police vehicle in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Three police officers were injured and the vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2013: Following an attack on Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) and Jharkhand Jaguars members, assailants planted explosive devices in the bodies of at least two victims in Latehar district, Jharkhand state, India. One device detonated as civilians began clearing the bodies and a second device was defused. At least one person was killed and two more were injured in the attack. Officials attribute the incident to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M).
01/08/2013: Four assailants shot and killed Naresh, a home guard, in Parnashala village, Andhra Pradesh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/08/2014: A land mine detonated near an aid worker convoy and its police escort in the Ifo 1 refugee camp in Dadaab city, Garissa county, Kenya. There were no reported casualties or damages from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: A pipe bomb detonated near the vehicle of Koullis Papamichael in Polemidhia area, Limassol city, Limassol district, Cyprus. Papamichael, a Pano Polemidia community leader, was unharmed in the blast; however, the explosion damaged the vehicle, the front of Papamichael's home, and a neighbor's car. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated along the Shikarpur-Quetta gas pipeline near Dera Murad Jamali area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The blast did not cause any damages or casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Pasewayo subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol outside of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near a military checkpoint in Musazai area, Draban tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a police checkpoint in Tal Afar town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, one police officer was killed and 15 other people were wounded in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: An assailant abducted a teacher in Pusht Rud district, Farah province, Afghanistan. The kidnapper demanded AK-47 rifles as ransom for the release of the victim. The whereabouts of the victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the attack, and his three children, whom he was escorting to school, were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The blast targeted students on their way to school, injuring at least three of them. This was the first of two attacks; first responders to the explosion site were targeted in the second blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: An explosive device detonated near a foot patrol of soldiers from the Pattani Task Force 25 in Ban Muang Yon, Pattani province, Thailand. One soldier was injured and two trucks were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: An explosive device detonated near police officers in Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The police officers were responding to the scene of an earlier explosion in which three students had been injured. Three officers were killed and another was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: An explosive device detonated near Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. A police captain and two bodyguards were killed in the attack, while four other people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated as police officials approached it in Tambuktan village, Stavropol Krai, Russia. The vehicle contained one body. No one was injured in the blast. This is one of two incidents in which dead bodies were found in cars rigged with explosive devices. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, experts suspected that Caucasus Emirate was involved.
01/08/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle was discovered as police officials approached it in Maryinskaya village, StavropolKrai, Russia. The vehicle contained three bodies. Police bomb experts safely defused the device. This is one of two incidents in which dead bodies were found in cars rigged with explosive devices. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, experts suspected that Caucasus Emirate was involved.
01/08/2014: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of Abdullahi Jama'a Siyad detonated in Horan district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Siyad, the former Lafole district commissioner, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was responsible.
01/08/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an opposition checkpoint in Bab town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least nine people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked a military checkpost in the Ladha area, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Ten assailants and three soldiers were killed in the attack. Additionally, at least five other people were injured in the violence. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked a residence in Masho Khel village, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The home belonged to the brother of a deceased special forces police inspector. Nine relatives of the former officer were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked a Sudanese military convoy in the Fogo Diko area in an unknown state in Sudan. The military was escorting a commercial convoy at the time of the incident. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Sudan Liberation Movement.
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked an Iraqi army barracks in Adhaim town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Twelve soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked Kayamula village in Konduga local government area, Borno state, Nigeria. At least nine people were killed and several others were injured. Additionally, witnesses reported that the assailants had suffered a number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the violence; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked the St. Jude's Convent School in Nakodar city, Punjab state, India. One guard was killed and the other was wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2014: Assailants attacked two farmers in Bagem village, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. Both farmers were killed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/08/2014: Assailants fired two rockets at a Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) building in Chatkan area, Panjgur town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties or damages. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants harassed civilian volunteer organization (CVO) members in Lumupog village, Midsayap municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. CVO members retaliated, leading to a gun battle. Two attackers were killed and two CVO members were injured in the fight. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
01/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on a group of police officers in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three police officers, including Station House Officer (SHO) Abdul Hameed Khan, and an assailant were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on a group of students in the Atha area of Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Eight students were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in the Canal Road area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one police officer was killed and another was wounded in the assault. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on a professor in Dhoke Kashmirian area, Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. The religious teacher was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Assailants set fire to the Kali Temple in Bottola village, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. The temple is a Hindu place of worship in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the attack to the Pogla Union of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
01/08/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the home of an executive engineer in Thamnapokpi area, Manipur State, India. The engineer worked for the Manipur public works department. Two vehicles were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Eight assailants attacked the village of Peter Biye in Gwoza town, Borno State, Nigeria. Biya is a member of the House of Representatives. The assailants set a church and Biye's home on fire and burnt materials worth more than N38 million including a store of sorghum in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
01/08/2014: Gunmen fired on a police car in Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and two civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Gunmen fired on a police vehicle in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Gunmen opened fire on soldiers guarding the city's central hospital in Sebha city, Sabha district, Libya. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2014: Gunmen shot Francis Tayaban Habawil in Kiangan town, Ifugao province, Philippines. Habawil, a former village official, was killed in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victim was guilty of "crimes against the people."
01/08/2015: A burning canister was thrown at the women's entrance to Al-Hijra mosque in Vlaardingen city, South Holland province, Netherlands. There were no reports of casualties or property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt inside of a Shia mosque in Adil area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least eight people were killed and 16 others were injured in the blast; the victims included security force members and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Yusufiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 20 people were injured in the blast; the victims included police officers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: A suicide bomber detonated and assailants fired mortars that landed near Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers and detonated in Zahra town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two attacks on neighboring towns in Aleppo on the same day. At least 25 people, including 11 soldiers and 14 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blasts. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2015: An assailant shot and killed a police officer and injured a city employee in Montrouge area, Paris, Ile-de-France region, France. Security personnel attributed the attack to Amedy Coulibaly, a Muslim fundamentalist linked to the shooting of a jogger in a park on September 7th and a supermarket hostage-taking the following day, on September 9th. Coulibaly was killed in the supermarket attack and video was released posthumously in which he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2015: An assailant stabbed a Yeshiva student in the back with a screwdriver near the Damascus gate area, Jerusalem city, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The student was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated as assailants attempted to plant it near a high school outside of Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated at a kebab restaurant located next to a mosque in Villefranche-sur-Saone city, Rhone-Alpes region, France. There were no casualties reported in the blast, but the shop was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated at a security member's house in Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of seven similar attacks targeting police and military personnel in Kirkuk on the same day. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated in Warta Nabada district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two people were killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Sayidiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Zaydan village, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military supply vehicle in Shabak area, Kurram agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four security personnel were killed and at least three were wounded in the blast; the victims included soldiers and a Levies Forces officer. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Shaplogh area, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and two were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/08/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Bedjen area, Tebessa province, Algeria. A soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosive device hidden inside a package addressed to Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable George Hamilton was discovered and defused in Knock Road area, Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near a vegetable market and fire brigade office in Bacha Khan Chowk area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least four people were wounded in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they had been targeting security officials.
01/08/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Rashid region, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants armed with iron rods attacked Mohammad Yusuf and his two brothers in Laxmipur area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Yusuf, the president of the Anderchar union of the Jubo League, was killed and his two brothers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants attacked a Levies Forces vehicle in Jhal Jhao tehsil, Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two Levies officials were killed and five were wounded in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants attacked Tenenkou town, Mopti region, Mali. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/08/2015: Assailants attacked the vehicle of Muhammad Nasim in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Nahim, the mayor of Shindand, was not harmed in the attack, but the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Jafarabad city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the explosion, but gas supply was suspended. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the home of a tribal leader in Arhab district, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis and stated that the tribal leader was targeted for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.
01/08/2015: Assailants executed Muhammad Abdallah Abbush, a Sahwa Council member, in Zab region, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2015: Assailants executed three lawyers, four doctors, and a civilian in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting that the victims were charged with failing to support ISIL and of being government spies.
01/08/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at an armored police vehicle in Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. Two police officers were wounded in the attack. This was one of two attacks on police by the same assailants on the same date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/08/2015: Assailants fired mortars that landed near Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers and detonated in Nubl town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two attacks on neighboring towns in Aleppo on the same day. At least 25 people, including 11 soldiers and 14 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blasts. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2015: Assailants fired rockets and mortars at security forces in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks targeting security forces in the city on the same day. At least two people and five attackers were killed and 41 people were injured across all four assaults. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2015: Assailants fired shots at a mosque in Saint-Juery city, Tarn department, France. There were no casualties in the attack, but the mosque sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants kidnapped a retired military colonel and a tribal leader in Qayyarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The two victims were executed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2015: Assailants kidnapped seven teachers and two students from a religious school in Arhab district, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks on police by the same assailants on the same date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Political Security Organization (PSO) intelligence agent in Al Bayda city, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. The agent was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Nerlita Ledesma in Tuyo village, Bataan province, Philippines. Ledesma, a tabloid reporter, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers in North Nazimabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police constables were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Sayed Salman Rizvi at a mechanic workshop in Paposh Nagar area, Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Rizvi, a member of Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official asserted that the assailants carried out the attack for sectarian reasons.
01/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Somali Army soldiers in Wanlaweyne village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Two soldiers were kidnapped and at least one soldier was killed. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants planted explosive devices at a Sufi mausoleum in Rashad, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although the mausoleum was destroyed 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).
01/08/2015: Assailants planted explosive devices near the private residence of a Sahwa Council leader in Rashad, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although the house was destroyed 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).
01/08/2015: Assailants removed railway tracks in Kulaura area, Moulvibazar district, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. The act caused the derailment of an Udayan Express train; 50 passengers were injured as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to pro-hartal activists.
01/08/2015: Assailants set fire to a mosque in Aix-les-Baines, Savoie, France. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants set fire to a truck at a gas station in Mohodipur area, Chapai Nawabganj district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. The assailants then threw multiple explosive devices at police officials who were responding to the act; a police constable was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to pro-hartal activists.
01/08/2015: Assailants set fire to the house of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque in Mohammadpur village, Dhalia union, Feni Sadar upazila, Feni district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Reza-Ul Hoque, a High Court judge, was unharmed and there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants threw a grenade into an abandoned house near a polling station in Alvai village, Northern province, Sri Lanka. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants threw a grenade into the grounds of the Kaleimagar Vidyalaya school in Nelunkulama area, Vavuniya district, Northern province, Sri Lanka. No further information is available.
01/08/2015: Assailants threw a grenade near a polling station in Tamil Vidyalaya area, Vavuniya district, Northern province, Sri Lanka. The grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the residence of a government official in Wahdat Colony area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast, but the house was damaged. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a stone-laden truck in Shibtala area, Chapai Nawabganj district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. The driver and a helper were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to pro-hartal activists.
01/08/2015: Assailants threw blank grenades and fired shots at a mosque in Le Mans city, Pays de la Loire region, France. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: At least one suicide bomber detonated explosives-laden vehicles at a security checkpoint in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks targeting security forces in the city on the same day. At least two people and five attackers were killed and 41 people were injured across all four assaults. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2015: Security forces stopped a suicide bomber prior to targeting a blood bank in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Two assailants threw two explosive devices targeting the residence of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman, a High Court judge, in Dhanmondi area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. The devices, however, landed inside the compound of Justice Gobinda Tagore, another High Court judge, which was adjacent to Rahman's residence. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2015: Two explosive devices detonated in Bahaddarhat area, Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. A rickshaw-puller, identified as Sumon, was injured in the blasts; additionally, a third explosive device was discovered and defused at the scene following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at a mosque in Ganse, Extreme-North, Cameroon. In addition to the assailant, two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram carried out the attack.
01/08/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in a mosque in Danke, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. Aside from the death of the bomber, at least three people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by Boko Haram.
01/08/2016: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Hawa Luul Nor Mohamed detonated in Mogadishu, Banaadir region, Somalia. Mohamed, the Kahda district secretary, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: An explosive device detonated in Haipang, Plateau state, Nigeria. At least one child was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Border Security Force (BSF) motorcycle in Kaliajhola, Odisha state, India. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/08/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Royal Thai Rangers transport truck in Tanao Pute subdistrict, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: An explosive device detonated near stores in Madain, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Wali Jan Mehsud in Mullah Khan Sarai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Mehsud, a pro-government tribal chief, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Turbat, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The device was thought to be targeting a Frontier Constabulary (FC) patrol. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused near the Indian consulate in Herat province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, one person was arrested in connection with the attempted attack.
01/08/2016: Assailants abducted Beatrice Stockly in Timbuktu city, Timbuktu region, Mali. The whereabouts of Stockly, a Swiss missionary, are unknown. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility and stated that the victim was targeted because she "has succeeded in driving large numbers of Muslim sons from Islam."
01/08/2016: Assailants armed with knives and pellet guns attacked tourists at the Bella Vista Resort in Hurghada, Red Sea governorate, Egypt. At least one assailant was killed and four other people, including two Austrian tourists, one Swedish tourist, and one assailant, were injured in the incident. The Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: Assailants armed with wooden sticks and metal objects attacked Hussein Hassan Adde in Buhodle, Togdheer region, Somalia. Hassan, a Puntland TV journalist, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2016: Assailants attacked a police headquarters in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least 25 security force members were killed or injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police posts in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Fifteen security personnel were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2016: Assailants beheaded an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier and seven Taliban members in Maktab village, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/08/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at a power plant in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/08/2016: Assailants opened fire on Anwar Baig in Kharkai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Baig, a United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) technician, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers outside a mosque in Multani Mohalla neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two officers were killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle Zaher Izzedine in Arsal, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Izzedine, an Internal Security Force (ISF) information branch officer, was killed and his wife was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2016: Assailants set fire to four construction vehicles in Muskel, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/08/2016: Security forces discovered and defused and unknown number of explosive devices between Kamp area and the center of Marja district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2017: A female suicide bomber detonated outside the residence of a Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) member in Kaleri neighborhood, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the assailant, the daughter of a JTF member was killed in the blast. This was one of three coordinated attacks in and around Maiduguri on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/08/2017: A female suicide bomber detonated outside the residence of a Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) member in Kaleri neighborhood, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the assailant, the father of a JTF member was killed in the blast. This was one of three coordinated attacks in and around Maiduguri on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/08/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a market in Baladiat neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least six people were killed and 13 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2017: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Jamilah Market in Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 11 people were killed and 25 other people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Sadr City on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2017: An assailant drove a truck into a group of off-duty Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers visiting the Tayelet in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, Jerusalem, West Bank. At least four soldiers, including two United States citizens, were killed and 17 other soldiers were injured in the assault. The assailant, identified as Fadi al-Qunbar, was shot and killed after backing the vehicle up and ramming the crowd a second time. The Groups of Martyr Baha Eleyan claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also suspected that the incident may have been carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/08/2017: An explosive device detonated at a residential building on Heller street in Odessa city, Ukraine. At least two people were killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Malian Armed Forces vehicle between Timbuktu and Goundam, Timbuktu region, Mali. At least one soldier was killed and four other soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2017: An explosive device detonated outside of a mosque in Deh Bala, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and eight officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group carried out the attack because Afghan Police had been orchestrating an operation against the Taliban.
01/08/2017: An explosives-rigged body detonated in a hospital morgue in Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Sadr City; the body belonged to the assailant of a bombing from earlier in the day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2017: Assailants armed with firearms attacked Gidan Dadi village in Demsa district, Adamawa, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Demsa on the same day. At least three police officers, two civilians, and an unknown number of assailants were killed and two police officers were kidnapped across all three assaults. Both kidnapped officers were found dead the following day, on January 9, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani extremists.
01/08/2017: Assailants armed with firearms attacked Karlahi village in Demsa district, Adamawa, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Demsa on the same day. At least three police officers, two civilians, and an unknown number of assailants were killed and two police officers were kidnapped across all three assaults. Both kidnapped officers were found dead the following day, on January 9, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani extremists.
01/08/2017: Assailants armed with firearms attacked Kwayine village in Demsa district, Adamawa, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Demsa on the same day. At least three police officers, two civilians, and an unknown number of assailants were killed and two police officers were kidnapped across all three assaults. Both kidnapped officers were found dead the following day, on January 9, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani extremists.
01/08/2017: Assailants attacked a National Oil Corporation (NOC) gas pipeline leading to Al-Zawiya Power Plant in Bir Tirfas, Misrata, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the incident. Al-Zawiya Syndicates Council claimed responsibility for the attack and demanded that 90 recently abducted people be released.
01/08/2017: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Argahandab district, Zabul, Afghanistan. Three police officers and one soldier were killed and four security members were injured in the ensuing clash. In addition, the assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/08/2017: Assailants detonated multiple explosive devices at the Syrian Ministry of Oil Hayyan Gas Plant in Palmyra district, Homs, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2017: Assailants fired a projectile at a building in eastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least five people were killed in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Mosul on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2017: Assailants fired a projectile that landed and detonated in northeastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 11 people were killed in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Mosul on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/08/2017: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint near Bayt Jin, Rif Dimashq, Syria. Following the assault, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in the area. In addition to the assailant, at least five civilians were killed and 15 others were injured in the attack. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/08/2017: Assailants opened fire on Mukesh Singh in Dhelwa Gossai, Bihar, India. Singh, a local Janata Dal (United) general secretary , was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/08/2017: Assailants planted an explosive device that detonated prematurely in Bakwa, Farah, Afghanistan. At least six assailants were killed and four assailants were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/08/2017: Assailants shot and killed two settlers after a failed abduction attempt in Rio Verde, Santa Rosa del Aguaray district, San Pedro, Paraguay. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP).
01/08/2017: Three suicide bombers detonated near a joint Nigerian Armed Forces and Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) checkpoint in Garki Muna, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the three assailants, at least one JTF member was killed in the blasts. This was one of three coordinated attacks in and around Maiduguri on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/08/2017: Two assailants set fire to Al Falah Braintree Islamic Centre in Braintree, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to anti-Muslim extremists.
01/09/1998: At least 44 people were injured, two of them seriously, in a powerful bomb explosion in the central part of New Delhi, India. The blast occurred opposite the police headquarters in a small market between two government buildings. No one was killed in the attack, and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected.
01/09/1998: Jose Ignacio Irureta Goyena, 35, who represented the ruling Popular Party in the Basque town of Zarauz, Spain, died in a car-bomb explosion in an attack by the separatist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA).
01/09/1999: John Brooke, a British oil worker, was abducted by armed tribesmen in the Ma'rib governorate of Yemen, approximately 105 miles southeast of Sana'a. He was released on 01/13/1999.
01/09/2000: In Colombia, police defused an 8-kg bomb, placed at the base of a flag pole in a south Bogota park. While no one claimed responsibility for planting the bomb, Ejercito de Liberación Nacional (ELN – Army of National Liberation) was suspected.
01/09/2000: The Akit newspaper building in Istanbul was attacked when unknoen people in a car opened fire on the building shattering some windows. No injuries or fatalities reported.
01/09/2000: The offices of the Valjevo Civic Resistance were attacked. Bullets and shells were fired and some windows were smashed. No injuries or fatalities were reported, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2000: Three police headquarters in Aceh were attacked with grenades and guns by Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels. One Indonesian Military Forces officer was killed and fourteen policemen were injured.
01/09/2000: Two civilians were killed and one was injured after suspected National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels entered a house in the Nkonke village and began firing at the occupants.
01/09/2001: A bomb was set off at the gate of the Central Telegraph Office in Srinagar, India. The explosion went off during the morning hours while a large number of people were gathered to deposit their telephone bills. There was property damage and a large number of injuries. Unknown militants were believed to be responsible for the attack.
01/09/2001: There was an assassination attempt on Hurriyat leader Shahid ul Islam outside his residence in Srinagar, India. He was attacked by two unknown militants with guns.
01/09/2001: United States aid worker, Kenny Gluck, associated with Doctors without Borders, was kidnapped by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in Chechnya, Russia on January 9, 2001. He was held for 25 days and was treated well by his captors.
01/09/2002: Four Israeli soldiers, including an officer, were killed when two Palestinian militants attacked the kibbutz of Kerem Shalom, near the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. The two gunmen were disguised as police officers and used automatic rifles and grenades to attack the army post. The two men were killed by the Israeli army. One gunman was identified by Palestinian witnesses as Imad Abu Razek, 23, a known member of HAMAS. The identity of the other was not immediately confirmed
01/09/2002: Three militants' dressed as Indian army soldiers carried out a suicide strike on a brigade headquarters in Kupwara in Indian-controlled Kashmir. One of the militants lobbed a hand grenade and another fired a UBGL grenade, killing a soldier. Two soldiers sustained injuries. Two of the militants were killed.
01/09/2003: A car bomb detonated with the driver inside near a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Fortul in Columbia. The attack by unknown assailants resulted in four dead and fifteen wounded. Near the site of the bombing, U.S. Special Forces were training Columbian troops.
01/09/2003: Abdul Rashid Khan was killed in the village of Sumblar in Indian Kashmir by suspected militants. Found with his throat slit, police said Khan was suspected of passing along information to Indian troops.
01/09/2003: Judge Jackeline Espana was the target of a failed assassination attempt by unknown gunmen while driving alone in Chiquimula in Guatemala.
01/09/2003: Manzoor Ahmed was shot and killed in the village of Ahem Sharief in Indian Kashmir by suspected Muslim militants.
01/09/2004: 18 boat passengers were killed in Warri, in continued ethnic tensions in the oil rich town in southeastern Nigeria. All 18 victims are members of the Ijaw tribe, and a tribal rival, the Itsekiri, are suspected of carrying out the attack. Ongoing peace talks between the rival groups seem to be breaking down as the two groups fight to control the sizeable oil industry in warri. Four passengers are still missing, however, no details could be obtained as to their condition or whereabouts.
01/09/2004: Five people were killed and 37 injured as a powerful bomb went off outside the Shi'a Sadiq Mohammed mosque in Baqouba, Iraq. The bombing was aimed at inflaming sectarian tensions in the religiously mixed town. The bomb was timed to detonate just as Friday prayers concluded when attendance was highest, in an attempt to maximize casualties. Apparently the improvised explosive device was rigged to a gas cylinder, and placed on a bicycle near the entrance to the mosque. Although no particular group was suspected of involvement, because of the sectarian nature of the attack it seems to have been perpetrated by a Sunni group.
01/09/2004: Suspected Islamic rebels hurled a grenade into a crowded mosque in the Peermitha area of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian administered Kashmir. As some 200 worshippers exited the mosque after Friday prayers the grenade killed 2 and injured 20. Several pro-Indian politicians were among the worshippers although they escaped the attack unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, however, it is likely a part of the continued Islamic insurgency fighting against Indian control of Kashmir.
01/09/2004: Three insurgents attacked the Bourj al-Hayat hotel in Baghdad, Iraq using rocket propelled grenades. The 4th and 5th floors of the hotel were hit, along with the swimming pool. The attackers drove up to the hotel in a dark vehicle shortly after 6am and opened fire. While no one was hurt in the attack it was the third time in a month the hotel has come under attack, and the second time this particular method of attack was employed. This particular hotel was a favorite for western civilian contractors, however, the hotel seems to have been mostly empty at the time of the attack.
01/09/2005: Suspected members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) fired guns at officers guarding the home of a Deputy Provincial Police Chief in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. No one was injured in the attack. GAM did not claim responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2005: Unknown attackers set off a bomb near a US military patrol in Baqubah, Iraq. The bomb killed one Iraqi civilian and wounded another. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2006: Judge Khalid Hazza al-Bayyati, an Iraqi judge involved in terrorism affairs, was killed after coming under fire by gunmen in front of his home in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility
01/09/2006: Militants from a pro-Syrian Palestinian faction shot and wounded two Lebanese policemen while on patrol outside the base of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2006: Two suicide bombers dressed in Iraqi police uniforms and wearing explosive belts blew themselves up at an Iraqi Interior Ministry entrance in Baghdad, Iraq, killing two police and wounding fifteen others. The bombing occurred when ministers and the US ambassador were attending a Police Day parade. Al-Qai da’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility and said the bombings were to avenge torture of Sunni Muslims at the interior ministry.
01/09/2007: A bomb hidden in a motorcycle in front of a police station in Dispur, India wounded two policemen; the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is suspected to be responsible.
01/09/2007: Two explosions occurred minutes apart injuring five people at an Islamic political party rally where Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the leader of a six-party coalition Mutahida Maljis-e-Amal, or United Action Forum was speaking. The incident occurred in Nowshera, Pakistan, located in the North West Frontier Province, no one has yet claimed responsibility.
01/09/2007: Two Pakistani security troops were killed when their convoy was ambushed by militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket launchers in Bolan, a tribal district about 150 kilometers (90 miles) east of Quetta, Baluchistan's capital in Pakistan. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/09/2008:  A bomb blast ripped through a car in Russia's Dagestan region, injuring a top railway official and his driver.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2008:  A bomb killed Sri Lankan government minister, D M Dassanayake.  He was killed by a roadside device while traveling through Ja-Ela, on the road linking the country's main airport to the capital, Colombo.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2008:  Five soldiers were killed and two wounded in a planted-roadside bomb explosion south of the Algerian city of Tizi Ouzou.  The military patrol had been involved in the hunt for Islamist groups in the wooded region.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2008:  Four railway workers were injured in India’s Assam province when separatists lobbed grenades as workers as they were sleeping.  Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, authorities believe that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is responsible.
01/09/2008:  Two Irish peace-keeping soldiers were injured when a terrorist bomb blew up their UN car.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1330, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Shia Al Bawia Mosque in the eastern Ma'mal neighborhood as worshippers were leaving afternoon prayers, killing between one and three Shiite civilians and wounding six others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2009: On Friday evening, at 1830, United Liberation Front of Assam militants detonated an improvised explosive device  outside the Northeast Frontier Railways headquarters at Maligaon in Guwahati, Kamrup, Assam, India. Three civilians were killed and six others wounded in the bombing. The IED was placed on a bicycle parked between two privately owned cars. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspect the United Liberation Front of Assam as responsible.
01/09/2009: On Friday evening, five people were injured in four explosions inside the al-Falah theatre hall on the city-centre Mall Road in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2009: On Friday evening, two explosions occurred outside the Tamasil theatre at Mazang Chungee in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2009: On Friday morning at 0930, a claymore planted by Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam  militants exploded targeting a bus carrying civilians to a government funded development project with Sri Lankan Air Force personnel as guards in Morawewa area in Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Three air force personnel were killed and two wounded. Four civilians were killed and four wounded.
01/09/2009: On Friday night at 2330, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetiya, Russia, an improvised explosive device placed near a hospital on Rabochaya Street exploded, injuring one female civilian. No damage or motive was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2009: On Friday through Sunday, Lord's Resistance Army fighters attacked the gold mining village of Sambia, in the Orientale district of the Congo (Kinshasa).  According to reports, the casualty count is between five and thirty dead, an unknown number of wounded, and over 10,000 people displaced.
01/09/2009: On Friday, a landmine exploded when the vehicle of a tribal chief drove over it, killing four including the tribal chief and wounding ten others in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. The landmine was planted to target those who supported the government. The Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in Bitima, Haut-Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked the village, then set fire to residences, damaging several residences. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in Parhoti, Mardan, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, destroying a music shop, damaging several nearby shops. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in the village of Gbele near Dungu, Kasai Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked the village; then set fire to residences, damaging several residences. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in the village of Hamrin, al-Saadiya district, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device was detonated, killing a 12-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 10-year-old girl. There was no damage or motive reported and no one claimed responsibility.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in the village of Nangazizi near Dungu, Kasai Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked the village then set fire to residences, damaging several residences. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/09/2009: On Friday, in Tongotongo, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked the village then set fire to residences, damaging several residences. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/09/2009: On Friday, Lord's Resistance Army fighters attacked the Congolese village of Kana, in the Orientale province.  According to reports, 20 people were killed in the attack. The LRA have been attacking villages in response to a massive, multinational, military operation targeting their bases and hideouts in three countries. No group claimed responsibility although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/09/2009: On Friday, National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants kidnapped six Indian soldiers on a routine patrol in the Zhamai area of Phek, Nagaland, India. Captain Shapam Momo was among those taken hostage. Their arms and ammunition were also taken. They were reportedly kept in the confinement at a nearby NSCN-IM designated camp in Kopamedzu. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2009: On Friday, unidentified militants fired upon a train near Kashmore, Balochistan, Pakistan.  No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2009: On Friday, unidentified militants opened fire on a train near Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, Pakistan. One person was killed and four others were injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2010: On Saturday afternoon, in the Sinaat al-Karama area of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an explosive device detonated killing a 16 year-old boy who was close to the scene of the blast. The blast did not target security personnel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2010: On Saturday evening at 2000, in Athens, Greece, a timed explosive device went off outside the Greek Parliament building, causing no injuries and only minor damage. The explosion was preceded by a phone call to the Eleftherotypia newspaper warning of the blast which occurred 17 minutes later. Police evacuated the area around the site where passers-by normally stroll close to the monument of the Fallen Soldiers guarded by the presidential Evzones guards. The device which was fitted with a timer was hidden in a garbage bin a few yards from an Evzones sentry box. Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire and Terrorists Guerrilla Group claimed joint responsibility.
01/09/2010: On Saturday morning around 1100, an aid agency vehicle hit a land mine in Kahriz area, just outside of Tarinkot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Three aid workers were killed and two more were injured. The aid organization and the nationality of the victims were not mentioned. No group claimed responsibility.
01/09/2010: On Saturday, in Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) set fire to a tanker truck used to transport gasoline on the route that leads from Mocoa, Putumayo to Pitalito, Huila. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the arson attack.
01/09/2011: On Sunday afternoon around 1400, on a highway in Malindeg sub-village in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, Philippines, a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the roadside detonated targeting a passenger bus. However, the IED missed the target, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/09/2011: On Sunday night around 0200, at the Bandamunda railway station in Sundargarh, Odisha, India, 50-60 armed men and women blew up a cabin signal point. Twelve employees who were on duty at the time were detained by the militants and later released after receiving threats. No casualties were reported, but the ASM room was damaged, causing the railway service to be disrupted. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) claimed responsibility for the attack. Maoist posters left at the incident site opposed the anti-Maoist Operation Green Hunt and the harassment of innocent tribals. The Maoists also demanded the release of Dr Binayak Sen. Six suspected Maoists, including one woman, were arrested from Bisra and Bandamunda in connection with the attack.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Hurriya neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle using silencers killed an employee of the Badr organization, the former armed wing of the Iran-friendly Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, outside of his residence. The victim was identified as Muhammad Husayn. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in San Miguel, Putumayo, Colombia, suspected militants from the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia left an improvised explosive device (IED) near an oil pipeline. Military personnel later defused the IED, preventing any casualties or property damage from taking place. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, in one of six linked attacks, unidentified militants blew up gas well number 19, completely destroying the well. No casualties were reported and Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, in one of six linked attacks, unidentified militants blew up gas well number 24, completely destroying the well. No casualties were reported and Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, in one of six linked attacks, unidentified militants blew up gas well number 36, completely destroying the well. No casualties were reported and Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, in one of six linked attacks, unidentified militants blew up gas well number 46, completely destroying the well. No casualties were reported and Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, in one of six linked attacks, unidentified militants blew up gas well number 82, completely destroying the well. No casualties were reported and Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, in one of six linked attacks, unidentified militants blew up gas well number 83, completely destroying the well. No casualties were reported and Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, two guards protecting a public infrastructure were wounded when a roadside explosive detonated near their patrol. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, near Caño Limón, Arauca city, Arauca, Colombia, six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) composed of two bars of Pentolite and 50 meters of detonating cord were planted at an electricity tower at the Caño Limón - Coveñas oil refinery. No casualties or property damage resulted as the IEDs were later safely defused by police. No group has claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was responsible for the attack in order to disrupt operations at the Caño Limón - Coveñas oil refinery.
01/09/2011: On Sunday, near the village of Yankija, Tuz Khurmatu district, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated, wounding three civilians and destroying the car. The victims, a man and two women, were inside the vehicle at the time of the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2012: A gunman attacked an Asayish forces checkpoint in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two members were killed and two injured in the attack. The assailant was also killed by return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: A roadside bomb targeting a Shia pilgrim procession exploded in Mahmudiyah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 10 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2012: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraq Army patrol blew up in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and three injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2012: A suicide bomber detonated his car near a procession of Shia pilgrims in Al-Muasalat neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Nine pilgrims were killed and 28 injured in the attack. This was one of three linked attacks targeting Shia pilgrims and the police protecting them in Baghdad city on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: An assailant threw a grenade at a government employee's house near Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were injured in the attack, including the employee. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated while security forces were trying to defuse it in western Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle exploded near a marketplace in Sha'ab neighborhood, Adhamiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The explosive device targeted police officers protecting Shia pilgrims. Six people were killed and 24 wounded in the attack. This was one of three linked attacks targeting Shia pilgrims and the police protecting them in Baghdad city on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle went off in the parking lot of a mosque in Al-Muasalat neighborhood, Al Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The explosive device appears to have been targeting Shia pilgrims. Five people were killed and 32 injured in this attack. This was one of three linked attacks targeting Shia pilgrims and the police protecting them in Baghdad city on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: Assailants attacked a civilian residence in Abaganaram ward, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Two people were killed and three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/09/2012: Assailants attacked a convoy carrying Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gurusaran Nayak in Harta area, Jharkhand state, India. Nayak was able to escape the assassination attempt. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/09/2012: Assailants attacked a Road Patrol Service (DPS) checkpost with grenades and gunfire at the 756th kilometer of Kavkaz road, Kizilyurtovsky district, Dagestan republic, Russia. The post building and two police cars were damaged in the attack, but no one was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Musulmani area, Musakala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Six soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/09/2012: Assailants attacked several electricity poles in Yemen's main power hub near Ma'rib city, Ma'rib governorate, Yemen. No one was injured; however, the attack caused a power outage in a large portion of Yemen and damaged the poles. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to armed tribesmen.
01/09/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Christian house in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. One person died in the attack. This was one of two attacks on Christian homes in Maiduguri on this date. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities attributed the incident to Boko Haram, who had stated that they were targeting Christians.
01/09/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Christian house in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. One person died in the attack. This was one of two attacks on Christian homes in Maiduguri on this date. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram, who had stated that they were targeting Christians.
01/09/2012: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convoy in Khormalol area, Bakwa district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Two Afghan guards were killed and two injured. Seven attackers were also killed in return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/09/2012: Gunmen shot and killed two people who worked for a contractor of Freeport McMoRan, a United States gold and copper mining company, near Timika city, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia. The victims' bodies were then burned inside their vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2012: Three explosive devices detonated outside a Communist Party of India (CPI) rallying venue in Lamlai area, Manipur state, India. Three other explosive devices were found and defused. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but the CPI candidate blamed rival political factions for the attack, not the committee of banned groups that had formed to protest the election.
01/09/2012: Two gunmen shot and killed a State Security Service (SSS) chief as he left a mosque in Biu town, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/09/2013: An explosive device affixed to the car of a Turkmen teacher detonated in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The teacher was injured and the vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2013: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated near a karaoke bar in Muang district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One person was injured and the karaoke bar and vehicles were damaged in blast. This was one of two similar attacks at the same location within a few minutes; an earlier shooting was designed to draw a crowd, followed by the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials suspect that separatists were involved.
01/09/2013: An explosive device detonated on railway tracks as a train was passing in Kyarkwingyi, Kachin, Myanmar. The train derailed, killing one person and injuring four. Government sources accused the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), which the group denied.
01/09/2013: An explosive device detonated on the railway tracks at Podsused train station in Zagreb city, City of Zagreb county, Croatia. There were no reported casualties, although the track, a cargo train engine, and nearby buildings were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however one person was taken into custody for the incident and a similar attack several days later.
01/09/2013: An explosive device hidden in a bag detonated in Kharjan area, Tinsukia district, Assam state, India. A child found the device and began to play with it when it exploded, killing three children and injuring two other people. Officials attributed the incident to the United National Liberation Front (UNLF); however, the UNLF denied responsibility.
01/09/2013: An explosive device was discovered near Salani Bridge and a police checkpoint in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/09/2013: An explosive device was discovered outside a school teacher's private residence in Bakhmal Ahmadzai area, Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/09/2013: Approximately 10 assailants opened fire and threw grenades at an United Nations (UN) World Food Programme compound in Mandera town, North Eastern province, Kenya. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although several offices were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials believe that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/09/2013: Assailants forced Mohammad Nazir from a rickshaw and opened fire on him in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. Nazir, an intelligence agency official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Dr. Syed Riaz Hussain Shah outside of his medical clinic in Sarbanan area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shah, a leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Maulana Amir Bakhsh Pesh, an imam of Bilal Mosque, in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The imam was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on a ranch in Du village, Plateau, Nigeria. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility and specific motive is unknown; however, sources note that the state governor, Jonah David Jang, lives in Du village.
01/09/2013: Assailants raided the Pisu Pisue farm in Mantilhue, Los Rios, Chile. The assailants tied up nine people before setting fire to a residence. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Mapuche activists.
01/09/2013: Assailants threw at least one hand grenade at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regional office in Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2013: At least two assailants opened fire on a karaoke bar in Muang district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Three people were injured in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks at the same location within a few minutes; the shooting was designed to draw a crowd, which was followed by a bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials suspect that separatists were involved.
01/09/2013: Two explosive devices detonated outside two cellular phone stores in Ghuriwala area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, both shops were destroyed by the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2014: A roadside bomb detonated along Wana bypass road in South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One security official was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance to a police station in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A second bomber was shot dead by police, and a third detonated inside the station itself. In addition to the three attackers, one police officer was killed and at least five were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest while standing among army recruits at the Muthanna airfield in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 23 recruits were killed and 24 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2014: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle detonated next to a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) patrol in Sufiyah area, east of Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least three patrol members were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: A suicide bomber ran his explosives-laden van into the vehicle carrying Karachi Crime Investigation Department Superintendent of Police, Chaudhry Aslam in Issa Nagri area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, four police officers, including Aslam, were killed and 11 were injured. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was in revenge for a raid conducted by police on TTP members. Al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent also claimed responsibility; however, police attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
01/09/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a school in Kaffat village, Hama governorate, Syria. At least 18 people, mostly women and children, were killed, and 24 were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: Assailants abducted the hospital director of Yemen Consultant Hospital, Doctor Rafiq Mudhish al-Shar'abi, in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Shar'abi's whereabouts remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: Assailants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns attacked the northwestern part of Khor Abeche area in South Darfur state, Sudan. An unknown number of citizens were injured and more than 100 houses were burned during the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: Assailants attacked a joint Somali Armed Forces (SAF) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base near Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Three assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/09/2014: Assailants attacked a military base in Damboa town, Borno state, Nigeria. Nigerian soldiers immediately retaliated, killing 38 assailants. One soldier was also killed and two soldiers were injured in the exchange of gunfire. Soldiers also found and defused several cylinder bombs after the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/09/2014: Assailants attacked a military helicopter in Anori town, Antioquia department, Colombia. Five National Army soldiers were killed in the attack. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was a joint effort with the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/09/2014: Assailants attacked a police station in the Huriwa district of Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/09/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device near Somali National Army (SNA) forces at a restaurant in Howlwadag district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on Army troops returning to base after attempting to arrest a murder suspect in Balit village, San Luis municipality, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. In the ensuing gunfire, seven soldiers, one militia fighter, and one police officer were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an army source attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on Habibullah, an Afghan National Police (ANP) officer, in police district four, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Habibullah was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an Afghan official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on Shuja Kushalappa in Virajpet city, Kodagu district, Karnataka state, India. Kushalappa, the president of Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: Assailants planted an explosive device under an oil pipeline in the Pajun area, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties; however, the blast resulted in a leak and a fire in the pipeline. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: Assailants stormed a police headquarters in Traghen town, Murzuq district, Libya. At least three people were held hostage, including Mansour Al-Aswad, Colonel Mohammed Al-Ayat, and Omar Al-Shashou. Al-Aswad, the commander of a Sebha revolutionary brigade, was killed while both Al-Ayat, the military commander of Sebha, and Al-Shashou, the head of the Military Police in Sebha, were released. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to members of the Tabu tribe.
01/09/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at the construction site of a railway line in Nungba area, Tamenglong district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, two vehicles of the company were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2014: Three mortar shells were fired on an area where the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) was engaging in routine activity on the Israeli side of the security barrier in the southern Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but IDF troops retaliated against the two men who had launched the mortars.
01/09/2014: Two assailants planted an explosive device near a local gas station in Suq Shamilah area, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The device was defused by military forces before it detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in front of two automated teller machines (ATMs) in Gaza City, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reports of casualties in the blast, but the ATMs were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: A single assailant stormed Hyper Casher, a kosher supermarket, in Porte de Vincenne area, Paris, Ile-de-France region, France. The gunman took the employees and customers hostage in a standoff against security forces, demanding that brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi be allowed to go free. The brothers had attacked employees and police at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine, two days earlier and were, at the time of the supermarket attack, involved in a standoff with police outside of the city. The supermarket siege ended when elite forces stormed the store, killing the assailant. Four hostages were killed, three people were injured and 15 hostages were released in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks. The gunman was identified as Amedy Coulibaly; he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a video that was released posthumously.
01/09/2015: A suicide bomber attacked the vehicle of Abdul Karim Mateen in Sharana city, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Mateen, the governor of Paktika, was not harmed in the attack, but the bomber was killed and one of the governor's bodyguards were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when police officers tried to stop him from entering a Shia imambargah in Chittian Hattian area, Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least eight people were killed and 17 people were wounded in the attack; the victims included civilians and police officers. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Askari neighborhood, Tuz Khormato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a police officer, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated at a private post office in Nikopol city, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the blast, but the post office was damaged. This was one of three related attacks concerning post offices or mailed packages on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated in Damadola area, Mamond tehsil, Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A civilian, identified as Mohammad Jan, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated in Nahdah 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.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated in Sayidiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: 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.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a railway track in Jafarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the blast, but the track was damaged. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol vehicle in Kidal city, Kidal region, Mali. Seven Senegalese peacekeepers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle of security forces in Bashak area, Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four soldiers were killed and two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device was discovered in a parcel in Chernivtsi oblast, Ukraine. The device, which was mailed from Nikopol city, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, was successfully defused. This was one of three related attacks concerning post offices or mailed packages on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: An explosive device was discovered in a parcel in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine. The device, which was mailed from Nikopol city, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, was successfully defused. This was one of three related attacks concerning post offices or mailed packages on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants abducted a Ukrainian journalist, Maria Varfolomeyeva, photographing buildings in Luhansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Varfolomeyeva was released on March 3, 2016 in exchange for two other people. The Luhansk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2015: Assailants attacked a group of de-miners in Dado Khel village, Logar province, Afghanistan. Three vehicles were set ablaze and eight de-miners were abducted in the attack. The kidnapped de-miners were freed the following day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/09/2015: Assailants attacked a military base with rockets in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. There were no reports of casualties from the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the incident to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM), stating that they were retaliating after the military's capture of their main camp.
01/09/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Kundir village, Musa Kala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least five police officers were killed and one officer was wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Datta Khel village, North Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Eight assailants were killed in the ensuing gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants attacked Rajesh Naiding in Dima Hasao district, Assam state, India. Naiding, founder of the Halali Progressive Welfare Society (HPWS) and former General Secretary of the disbanded Dima Halam Daoga (DHD), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants attacked residents and buildings with firearms and explosive devices in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. An unknown number of civilians and assailants were killed and at least five soldiers were injured in the incident. Additionally, a number of buildings, including a mosque, multiple police stations, and several shops, were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/09/2015: Assailants detonated two explosive devices in Mirpur neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Four people, including a police officer, were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants fired rockets at a mosque in Kalaya tehsil, Lower Orakzai district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One security officer was killed and four security personnel were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants kidnapped 12 civilians in Bughawi village, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. Two of the victims were killed soon afterward; the remaining ten were released three days afterward. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Central Security Forces (CSF) patrol in Shubra al-Kheima area, Qalyubia governorate, Egypt. At least nine police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy in Sunt-e-Sar area, Gwadar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three FC personnel were killed and four were wounded in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on a mosque in Vendome city, Loir-et-Cher department, France. There were no casualties in the attack, but the mosque was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on a shop in Orangi Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker was killed and two other MQM workers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that the deceased MQM worker had received death threats from banned groups.
01/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hay al-Tin area, Toz Khurmato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two family members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on Wahid Micawayan Saliling in Bayan Luma II area, Imus city, Cavite province, Philippines. Saliling, a village chair, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of Sabihuddin Ahmed near a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) political office in Gulshan neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Ahmed, the adviser to the BNP chairperson, was unharmed and there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants shot and killed a retired soldier in Sukkur city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the home of a law minister in Banani area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the vehicle of Abdul Qader on S.S.K. Road in Feni town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Qader, a Nazarat Deputy Collector, and the spouse of another executive magistrate, identified as Farhana Mustari, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Assailants took approximately 130 panchayat candidates hostage in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The hostages were held in a forest near the Gonguda Hill area and released on January 15, 2015 after being told not to participate in elections. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Maoists.
01/09/2015: Security forces intercepted assailants en route to carry out an attack in Askira Uba village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 70 assailants were killed and injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/09/2015: Shots were fired at the Badr mosque in Soissons city, Aisne department, France. There were no casualties in the attack, but the mosque was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2015: Two assailants stormed the offices of Creation Tendance Decouverte, a printing firm, in Dammartin-en-Goele town, Ile-de-France region, France. The attackers took one employee hostage during an eight-hour standoff with elite forces. The siege ended when the gunmen were shot and killed, while the hostages were released unharmed. This was one of two coordinated attacks. The gunmen coordinated their attack with Amedy Coulibaly, the gunman who attacked a Kosher grocery store in Paris. The two assailants were identified as brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi; they had carried out an attack two days earlier at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in Paris and security forces had been searching for them since.
01/09/2016: An assailant attacked Syrian refugees with pepper spray outside a welcome ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At least 30 people were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated at a graveyard in Kayapinar district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. At least two children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated in Malabog village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. A second device was discovered at the scene following the initial blast. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated in the Warimong Wine Shop in Williamnagar, Meghalaya state, India. At least nine people were injured in the blast. The Achik Matgrik Army (AMA) claimed responsibility and stated that the shop was targeted for selling alcohol and cigarettes to underage individuals. However, authorities attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army, which denied involvement.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) convoy in Kuldan, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two members were killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near a tanker in Barkhan, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle in Kohlu district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Arish, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least one officer was injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting police vehicles in Arish on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Arish, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least three officers were injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting police vehicles in Arish on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near stores in Amil neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) soldiers in Sur neighborhood, Diyarbakir city, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. At least four people, three soldiers and a civil servant, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Mashtal neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people in the vehicle were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused outside Al-Marqab University in Al-Khums, Murqub district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: Assailants abducted 10 people in Diya village, Central African Republic. At least six hostages were released shortly after the abduction while the fate of the remaining four victims is unknown. This is one of two separate kidnappings in Diya on the same day. At least one person was killed across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/09/2016: Assailants abducted 20 people in Diya village, Central African Republic. The fate of the hostages is unknown. This is one of two separate kidnappings in Diya on the same day. At least one person was killed across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/09/2016: Assailants assaulted laborers in Bahian, Punjab state, India. There were an unknown number people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2016: Assailants executed 12 civilians in Mosul, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/09/2016: Assailants fired three rockets at an International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least three people were killed and seven others were injured in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks on refugee camps in Benghazi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2016: Assailants fired three rockets at the Istijaba internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least three people were killed and seven others were injured in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks on refugee camps in Benghazi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on a civilian bus in Warsheekh, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. At least one people was killed and five others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police vehicle along Kohat Road in Garhi Qamaradim neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed and another was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on Egyptian National Police (ENP) officers in Shabramant district, Giza governorate, Egypt. At least two officers were killed in the assault. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: Assailants set up checkpoints and abducted 60 families near Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/09/2016: Assailants shot and injured a Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) soldier in Sur neighborhood, Diyarbakir city, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2016: Two assailants attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Bekaot, West Bank. Both assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailants, Muhammed Abu Maryam and Sayed Abu Al-Wapu, as Palestinian extremists.
01/09/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at an Egyptian National Police (ENP) checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Following the blast additional assailants then fired projectiles and opened fire on the checkpoint. At least 14 people, including seven officers, one civilian, and six assailants were killed and 13 other people, including three assailants, were injured in the incident. There were also reports that an unknown number of officers were abducted but this has not been confirmed. This was one of two coordinated attacks at checkpoints in and around Arish on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2017: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle was identified and arrested in Albu Alwan, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Albu Alwan on the same day. The Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2017: An explosive device detonated at a market in Ghazaliyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: An explosive device detonated in Shahr-e-Safa, Zabul, Afghanistan. A tribal elder, identified as Haji Mohammad Popal, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2017: An explosive device detonated near families fleeing the Hamreen Mountains area outside Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. At least 15 people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: An explosive device planted under a Kurdish Asayish vehicle detonated near a post office in Qamishli, Al Hasakah, Syria. At least one officer was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused at Karkhano Market in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the jungle near Chanho, Jharkhand, India. The device was thought to be targeting an Indian Armed Forces convoy. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/09/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused on Adalat Road in Mastung district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a gas station in Albu Alwan, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Albu Alwan on the same day. The Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2017: Approximately 20 explosives devices were discovered and defused along a road leading to the Sharifa Bint al-Hassan Shrine near Hillah, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: Assailants armed with grenades and firearms attacked a Border Roads Organization (BRO) General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) camp in Battal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least three employees were killed and another was injured in the assault. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2017: Assailants attacked a truck in Aguelhoc, Kidal, Mali. An unknown number of people were held hostage and beaten before being released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/09/2017: Assailants attacked an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) pipeline construction site near Karo River along Tapkara-Rania Road in Khunti district, Jharkhand, India. An unknown number of workers were assaulted and construction equipment was set on fire in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Liberation Front of India.
01/09/2017: Assailants attacked Gereshk, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least one police officer and 11 assailants were killed and eight assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/09/2017: Assailants attacked Iraqi Volunteer Forces soldiers in Ayn al-Hisyan, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 10 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/09/2017: Assailants attacked police outposts in Qush Tepa, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed and five were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2017: Assailants boarded a fishing vessel and forced the crew to recite Muslim prayers off the coast of Siromon Island in Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. At least eight crew members who could not recite the prayers were killed in the attack. The remaining seven crew members were given flotation devices and allowed to jump off the boat. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpost in Cano Cuarteles, Arauca, Colombia. One 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).
01/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Egyptian National Police (ENP) checkpoint in Masaeed, North Sinai, Egypt. At least one officer was killed in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks at checkpoints in and around Arish on the same day. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on displaced families between Al Wahidah and Sumer neighborhoods in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least one person was killed and two other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on Randy Ilagan in Maybunga neighborhood, Pasig City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Ilagan, a local village councilor, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Military Forces of Colombia soldier in Tame, Arauca, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/09/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Mobile Police Squad (EMCAR) officer at a festival in San Rafael, Tolima, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/09/2017: Assailants threw several incendiary devices at the residence of the district tax collector in Tamenglong district, Manipur, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/1/2000: Four members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) torched commercial logging equipment, including a flat-bed trailer and a large logging tractor, on the side of Michigan Highway 115, near Mesick, Michigan in the Unites States, causing over $18,000 in damage.  There were no casualties in the incident, which was committed to sabotage lumbering activity.  The four perpetrators, Marie Jeanette Mason, Frank Brian Ambrose, Aren Bernard Burthwick, and Stephanie Lynne Fultz, were also indicted for the New Year's Eve Michigan State University arson in 1999 (199912310003).
01/1/2007: A Roadside bomb exploded and killed two police on patrol in Herat, Afghanistan; the Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/1/2007: Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) bombed a gas pipeline in Der Bugti, Pakistan, severely damaging a gas pipeline. No casualties were reported.
01/1/2007: Nine bombs in two waves killed two civilians and injured 34 in Bangkok, Thailand. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings.
01/1/2007: Peruvian photographer, Jamie Ruzuri of Agence France-Presse was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza, Palestine.  There was no immediate claim of responsibility. He was released a week later.
01/1/2007: Taliban militants torched a school for refugee children in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, there were no casualties.
01/1/2007: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), exploded claymore mines near a police jeep killing two Sri Lankan police officers and wounding one in Chettikulam, Sri Lanka.
01/1/2007: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), targeted a military vehicle with a claymore mine, killing one Sri Lankan soldier and wounding four in Navalady, Sri Lanka.
01/10/1998: A homemade bomb exploded in Ouled Aissa, Algeria, killing two. There were no reports of injuries from the attack, and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected.
01/10/1998: Armed militants killed 26 people and abducted four young women in the village of El Hachimia, Algeria. There were no casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility, though Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/10/1998: Two motorists were killed at a fake police checkpoint between Muaskar and Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria. There were no reports of injuries, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic militants were suspected.
01/10/1999: A Spanish Civil Guard paramilitary policeman was injured in a petrol bomb attack in the industrial town of Eibar, Spain. The policeman was on guard duty when he confronted two individuals who threw the petrol bomb at him. The government viewed recent violence as a deliberate tactic by the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) to maintain tension despite its ceasefire decision on September 1998.
01/10/2000: Commander of an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) group in Portadown, County Armagh, Richard Jameson was shot repeatedly and killed, probably by members of the UVF split-off Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF).
01/10/2001: A car bomb containing 40 kilograms of dynamite exploded in the basement of Medellin shopping mall, El Tesoro. One person was killed, 51 were injured, 20 buildings were damages and 260 vehicles were damages. No one has claimed the attack.
01/10/2001: Assailants carried out an armed attack on a police vehicle in Istanbul, Turkey. Nine people believed to be involved were later arrested. One policeman died and one was injured.
01/10/2001: Four gunmen kidnapped six year old April Grant in the Basilan province of the Philippines. The girl was rescued by the nation’s army on February 2, 2001. Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were both responsible.
01/10/2001: The Animal Liberation Front  (ALF) was responsible for an attack that took place on the evening of January 10, 2001 in Oxted, Surrey in the United Kingdom. Two cars belonging to retired Dr. Richard Cockerill were bombed outside his home. There were no injuries or fatalities but the cars were destroyed. There was also damage to the garage.
01/10/2003: A McDonald’s restaurant was fired upon by an unknown number of assailants wielding shotguns in Eskisehir City inside Turkey. The restaurant suffered damage although no one was inside at the time. There were no casualties.
01/10/2003: A mosque in Kheora, Jammu was the target of a late night grenade attack by an unknown perpetrator. The temple was empty at the time and the grenade, which landed against the outer wall, caused minor damage and no casualties.
01/10/2003: A public market in Iligan, Philippines narrowly averted disaster when an improvised explosive device was found and disarmed before it could detonate. Civilian Loloy Tampos, a vegetable vendor at the Palao public market that was targeted, reported the bomb to police who were able to detonate the bomb safely. The attempted bombing was suspected of being the work of members of the Special Operations Group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
01/10/2003: An unknown Chechen rebel attacked the Grozny Military Commandant's office with gunfire before being shot and killed by Russian Federal troops. No one was injured aside from the bandit.
01/10/2003: An unknown Chechen rebel was shot and killed by Russian Federal troops after attempting to plant an explosive device on a motor road outside the Chechen village of Isti-Su. The specific intended target was not reported.
01/10/2003: Barkat Bibi and her son Mohammed Shakeel were shot dead in their Poonch district house in Indian controlled Kashmir by unknown Muslim militants.
01/10/2003: Military grade explosives used for training exercise's were found on a busy railroad line in the town of Sumperk in North Moravia inside the Czech Republic. The explosives were removed without incident.
01/10/2003: The Urus-Martan district inside Russian held Chechnya was where an unknown Chechen resisted arrest and was fatally shot by Russian troops. At the time of his death, the rebel was wearing a "shahid belt" (explosive belt).
01/10/2004: Armed men attacked a military outpost in She-Rawak, Afghanistan. Five Afghan soldiers were killed in the attack, and three others wounded. The attackers have not been identified but they were able to escape across the border into Pakistan after the attack. Afghan officials thought the attackers could have been smugglers, but did believe they were linked to Taliban elements in the area.
01/10/2004: Forty to fifty members of the New People's Army (NPA) attacked the National Power Corp. plant in Calaca, Philippines. The attack seems to be an attempt to sabotage the Luzon power grid. The NPA forces used anti-tank weapons, which they likely purchased from the Moro Islamic Liberations Front (MILF). The attack represents a possible alliance between the two largest terrorist organizations within the Philippines. The alliance could lead to a collapse of peace talks between the government and both the NPA and MILF.
01/10/2004: Four people were killed and three were injured in a bombing that ripped through an Indonesian café-disco in Palopo, South Sulawesi province. The bomb was apparently hidden on the second floor of the building. The motive for the attack has not yet been determined. Indonesia has a long history of Islamic terrorism, however, authorities were reluctant to attribute the attack to Islamic terror groups.
01/10/2004: Separatists in India's restive northeastern state of Assam blew up a crude oil pipeline near Kunwarpur, 223 miles east of the state capitol Guwahati. The attack was attributed to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) who used a landmine to attack the pipeline. There were no injuries in the attack and crude oil production was not significantly affected.
01/10/2004: Suspected Islamic rebels killed a married couple in Lurgam village within Indian controlled Kashmir. The gunmen barged into the family home, dragging Farooq Ahmed Mirza into the street and shooting him. Mirza's wife pleaded for his life, and was subsequently also killed. The assailants decapitated Mirza's body and took his head from the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Islamic rebels were suspected because of the political leanings of the Mirza family. The family had ties to counter-insurgency groups and pro-India political parties. Also five members of the couple's close family have been killed recently, leading to the conclusion that the family was a target of the insurgency.
01/10/2004: Unknown assailants attacked a convoy of US led coalition troops on the road from Kabul to Gardez, Afghanistan. The convoy, consisting of seven vehicles, was attacked by rockets and missiles by suspected Taliban rebels. Two soldiers were killed and two vehicles were destroyed in the attack.
01/10/2005: Members of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s group, al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad, claimed responsibility for the assassination of Deputy Police Chief Amer Naief and his son who was also a policeman. Naief and his son were gunned down as they left their home in Baghdad’s Dora neighborhood.
01/10/2005: Seven Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members attacked Mabod Manalupong, a pro-government militiaman near Tuburan, Philippines. Manalupong was injured in the ambush, but escaped and reported the incident to local authorities. Units from the Philippine Army’s Southern Command responded to the attack and killed an ASG unit leader, Tanakalun Lianson.
01/10/2005: Three young brothers died when they tampered with an explosive device that they found in a field in Mastung, Pakistan. An explosive filled container blew up as the boys tried to pry the device open. Their parents were injured in the blast as well. Although no group claimed responsibility for planting the device, local authorities implied that members of local tribal uprisings may have been at fault.
01/10/2005: Unknown gunmen attacked a minibus killing eight people in Al-Yusufiyah, Iraq. The perpetrators abducted three people in the attack as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2005: Unknown perpetrators detonated a large, roadside, improvised explosive device near a US Military Armored vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. Two US soldiers were killed and another four were injured in the bombing. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, military officials blamed the attack on Iraqi insurgents.
01/10/2005: Unknown perpetrators launched a rocket at a border guard barracks in Nazran, Russia. The rocket struck a window injuring four servicemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2006: A small bomb exploded outside the offices of a government security agency at Poso, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, causing no damages nor injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2007: A bomb wounded a traffic policeman in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/10/2007: A male suicide bomber killed four and injured 10 civilians in a crowded market near a police station in the Al-Khadra neighborhood of Tal Afar, Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/10/2007: A series of minor explosions damaged four banks and an office of the conservative New Democracy political party in Athens, Greece. There were no casualties in the blasts made from gas canisters; the attacks were claimed by a group called the Revolutionary Action of Liberation.
01/10/2007: A suicide car bomber struck the vehicle of Brigadier General Najem Abdullah, the governor of Tal Afar at a gas station in Tal Afar, Iraq. The governor’s driver was injured and the car was destroyed. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/10/2007: A teacher at Toh Bala School in Pattani's Saiburi district, Thailand, was shot and killed. Authorities blamed the attack on Islamic insurgents in the area.
01/10/2007: Days before the Association of Southeast Asian Nation and East Asian summits (ASEAN) on the island of Mindanao, Philippines, the third of a series of three bombs exploded in Cotabato city, killing a garbage collector and wounding five others. The bomb was an improvised explosive device made from an 81 mm mortar. Terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiyah are suspected in this attack due to design of the bomb.
01/10/2007: Days before the Association of Southeast Asian Nation and East Asian summits (ASEAN) on the island of Mindanao, the first of a series of three bombs exploded on the island in front of a lottery store, hidden in an abandoned backpack left by one suspect, in General Santos City, Philippines. The bomb killed 6 people, and wounded 33; no group has claimed responsibility.
01/10/2007: Days before the Association of Southeast Asian Nation and East Asian summits (ASEAN) on the island of Mindanao, the second of a series of three bombs exploded on the island in front of a police station in Kidapawan City, Philippines. The explosion was believed to be from a grenade thrown from a motorcycle by one or two men; the blast wounded six people, no group has claimed responsibility.
01/10/2007: Eleven Iraqi Shi’ites were killed and 14 more were wounded when armed gunmen in three vehicles stopped a bus 130 kilometers west of Karbala, Iraq and shot riders at random. The victims on the bus were all returning from the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Officials believe the attack was committed by Sunni gunmen, but there was no claim of responsibility.
01/10/2007: Nine South Korean Daewoo employees constructing an oil pipeline in Yenagoa, Nigeria were kidnapped by an unknown militant group. The workers were released unharmed, three days later on 1/13/07 after they were transferred to the custody of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
01/10/2007: Two civilians were killed when two bombs exploded almost simultaneously near a gas station in Mahmoudiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. Several cars were also destroyed; there was no claim of responsibility.
01/10/2008:  A bank in Ajaccio was damaged in a bomb attack.  Bank branches are frequently targeted in attacks attributed to underground separatists’ movements.  There were no deaths or injuries from the attack.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2008:  A mine explosion killed one NATO soldier and wounded another in an unknown area of southern Afghanistan.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack. The nationality of the victim and the exact location of the incident was not revealed as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) will not reveal the nationality of the victim unless the relevant nation does so.
01/10/2008:  A suicide bomber walked into a crowd of police guarding a courthouse and blew himself up. The blast killed twenty four (one source says 22 killed) and wounded dozens of others.  The blast took place at Lahore High Court, minutes before a planned anti-government rally by lawyers.  The attacker was believed to have been wearing thirty pounds of explosives and when detonated it spewed shrapnel in the blast. No one claimed responsibility for the attack which some believe was an attempt to scare people from participating in the democratic process despite no clear motive.
01/10/2008:  Nigeria's main militant group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatened to fire at oil tankers on the Bonny River in an effort to cause an “economic tsunami” on the worlds oil market.  Their previous attacks have crippled oil production in Africa's top exporter.
01/10/2008:  Six American soldiers were killed in Diyala when insurgents detonated a large bomb hidden in a booby trapped house.  Four other soldiers were wounded, and an interpreter of unknown nationality was killed.  The attack occurred on an offensive against Sunni insurgents.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2009: On Saturday at 0600, Communist Party of India- Maoist militants set a motorcycle of a member of a local resistance group on fire in Anjan village, 16 km outside Gumla, Jharkhand, India. No group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday evening at 1930, Communist Party of India- Maoist Naxals killed a trader on suspicion of being a police informant in Katulpeta in Koraput, Orissa, India. Two Naxals entered the victim's shop and posed as customers, then began to beat him, and finally dragged him out to the center of the village and shot him at close range. The victim was identified as Bhogi Ramesh Kumar. The Naxals left behind a letter written in Telugu, in which they warned that police informers and exploiters would face the same fate. They also threatened the villagers not to help the government in solving land disputes. Ramesh Kumar was accused of having links with the administrative and police officials, who the Naxals alleged were interfering in land disputes in the area.
01/10/2009: On Saturday morning at 0600, 40 to 50 Communist Party of India- Maoist militants killed two villagers in Anjan village, about 16 km outside Gumla, Jharkhand, India. The victims were identified as Vijay Nayak and Charku Nayak, both members of Shanti Sena, an anti-Maoist body. The two were shot while on the way home from a nearby field. No group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, a bomb planted by unidentified militants detonated, damaging two mobile phone shops in Naurang, North West Frontier, Pakistan.  No casualties were reported, and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, a café in the Yaaqshiid district of Mogadishu was attacked with hand grenades.  The blasts killed four people and wounded eleven others.  No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.  Local citizens believe the attack was targeting people who play cards at the café©.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, a Shia leader and his guard were shot and killed in Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, at 1500, in Baghdad, Iraq, three civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb in the Tayaran intersection. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, eighteen private security guards were taken hostage by Taliban forces in Danana Khar area of Khar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The Taliban cut off an ear of four of the men, perceiving them to be the leaders. The men were released later that day. No group has claimed responsibility, though it is widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, in Peshawar, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped a priest. The priest was released two days later. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, near Nambwezi near Dungu, Kasai Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed assailants fired upon Virunga National Park rangers, killing one ranger and wounding another. One rebel was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Congolese Coalition for Patriotic Resistance was responsible.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, police defused two bombs planted at the compound of the National Academy for Educational Management in Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2009: On Saturday, suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)  rebels planted four explosives constructed from mortars to a National Transmission Corporation tower in Kauswagan town, Lanao del Norte province, 810 kilometers south of Manila.  Three of the explosive charges detonated, disrupting power to several towns. No casualties were reported.
01/10/2010: On Sunday evening around 1600, Alamgir Khan Khalil, a provincial lawmaker and a member of provincial assembly (MPA) and Awami National Party (ANP), was returning home after attending a funeral when a remote-controlled roadside bomb exploded near his car in Payaka area, Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Khan remained unhurt, however the mirrors of his car, and the window panes of the house were shattered. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. ANP provincial spokesman Arbab Tahir said that the party was facing terror threats due to its policy against terrorism; however, Khalil has not received any threats.
01/10/2010: On Sunday evening at 2030, an unidentified gunman with a snipers rifle targeted a DPS, traffic police post on the 569th kilometer marker on the federal highway in Nasyr-Kortskiy district in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia. The shooting occurred for ten minutes before the gunman got away. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2010: On Sunday night, Taliban militants attacked a home with a rocket propelled grenade in Dowlatabad district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Four people were killed, including a 14-year old girl, two women and a man. Two other family members were injured in the attack. The attack occurred because the family refused to pay taxes of their farmland to militants. No group has claimed responsibility but officials blamed the Taliban.
01/10/2010: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a sticky explosive device hit a bus transporting university students to the predominantly Christian district of Hamdaniya at the campus, wounding three Christian students, including two sisters. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2010: On Sunday, in the area of al-Bayyaa, southwestern Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified persons attached an improvised explosive device to a civilian Opel vehicle, which exploded while it was driving on Ishreen street, leaving four persons on board and two nearby pedestrians wounded. The blast caused severe damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2010: On Sunday, unknown armed men kidnapped a tribal elder of Safi Tehsil, Malik Mukhtiar and shot and killed him in Pandyalai subdivision, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. His body was found in the Shah Alam Pul area near Peshawar. No group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2010: On Sunday, unknown people shot and killed a tribal leader, Malik Adam, when he resisted a kidnapping attempt from his Hujra, guest house, in Pandyalai subdivision, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Adam is an elder from Safi Tehsil. No group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2011: On Monday afternoon, in the Adan neighborhood of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles shot and killed a Shiite doctor of the Shabak ethnicity. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday at midnight around 0000, in the village in Wareng near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of five linked attacks, 18 people including children were killed when unidentified militants armed with machetes and unknown firearms entered the village and attacked civilians. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday at midnight around 0000, in the village of Ding near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of five linked attacks, unidentified armed militants set fire to three houses and one church during an attack on the village. No casualties were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2011: On Monday at midnight around 0000, in the village of Fagawang near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of five related attacks, two people were killed and three others were injured when unidentified militants armed with unknown firearms and machetes entered the village and attacked civilians. The militants also set fire to three homes and three motorcycles. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday at midnight around 0000, in the village of Kuru Tasha near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of five linked attacks, 13 people were killed when unidentified militants armed with unknown firearms and machetes entered the village and attacked civilians. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday at midnight around 0000, in the village of Nyaarwai near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of five linked attacks, three people including children were killed when unidentified militants armed with unknown firearms and machetes entered the village and attacked civilians. The militants also set fire to 11 homes. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday morning around 0730, outside Christian Nights Academy school on Ilustre Avenue in Barangay Palanas, Lemery, Batangas, Philippines, three unidentified militants on motorcycles shot and killed a former village chief, identified as Ariel Catapang alias Ayet. The militants used a .45 caliber pistol in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/10/2011: On Monday night around 0100, in Sungaipadi, Narathiwat, Thailand, six unidentified militants on three motorcycles shot and killed a paramilitary ranger, identified as Hamadmaruwan Awae, as he was on his way home. The militants used an M16 and an AK47 rifle for the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/10/2011: On Monday night at 0100, in the Makhachkala district of Dagestan, Russia, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found at the entrance of an apartment complex at house No. 18 on Vinogradnaya Street. The IED consisted of about two kilograms of TNT and was safely disabled by sappers. There were no casualties or damages and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday night, at Adaba in Gajapati, Odisha, India, unidentified militants set a truck on fire causing an unknown amount of property damage. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
01/10/2011: On Monday night, in Shibpur Charpara village in Ataikula, Pabna, Bangladesh, eight unidentified militants took a cadre belonging to the Red Flag faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party from his residence and later shot and hacked the cadre to death. The victim, identified as Akbar Hossain alias Akubbar, was recovered by police the next morning at 1000. No group claimed responsibility for this incident, but it was suspected that a rival faction was responsible.
01/10/2011: On Monday, in an unspecified area of Narathiwat, Thailand, unidentified militants killed a Muslim man in a drive-by shooting. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/10/2011: On Monday, in Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq, Colonel Mohammed Faisal al-Gu'ood, police chief of Hit city, was killed and four of his bodyguards were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated. Two vehicles were destroyed in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2011: On Monday, in the Al-Jazair neighborhood of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles shot and killed a Shiite member of the Shabak ethnicity. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2011: On Monday, in the Mathakhel area of Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up the Itbar Jan girls' school. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2011: On Monday, in the Merikhel area of Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up the Liaquat Ali girls' school. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/10/2011: On Monday, on the border of Shamal Bahr al Ghazal and Janub Kurdufan, in Janub Kurdufan, Sudan, 10 civilians were killed and 18 others were injured when unknown militants driving seven vehicles attacked a civilian convoy of 30 buses and seven trailers that were headed to southern Sudan. The civilians were returning home from voting in the north. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility, but Misseriya Arab tribesmen were thought responsible for the attack.
01/10/2012: A mine exploded in front of a store near in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two incidents at the same place on the morning of January 10, 2012. There were no injuries from this attack, but several shops were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device placed in a pickup truck detonated in Jamrud market, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Sources believed that the local Zakhakhel tribal militia was the target of the attack. The tribe had recently formed the militia to combat Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Thirty-five people died and 60 were wounded in the attack. The TTP claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: A roadside bomb exploded close to a Shia mosque in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 11 injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2012: A roadside mine hit a civilian vehicle in Khawajin area, Washir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four people died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: A suicide bomber detonated inside Kandahar Police Headquarters in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The bomber had disguised himself as a civilian filing a complaint and was targeting Police Chief Brigadier-General Abdul Raziq. No one was injured in the explosion. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2012: A tanker for the Guwahati Oil Refinery exploded and caught fire in Noonmati suburb, Assam state, India. Seven workers were wounded in the explosion. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was carried out in retaliation for the exploitation of Assam's natural resources by the Indian government. However, refinery authorities said the blast was a result of an accident.
01/10/2012: Abhay Tyagi, a committee member of Uttar Pradesh Congress, was shot and wounded in Muradnagar town, Uttar Pradesh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2012: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Ayubkhel area, Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: An explosive device exploded near a school in Yathrib area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three students were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: An explosive device exploded under the car of two government employees in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The two employees were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: An explosive device targeting first responders to an earlier blast detonated in front of a shop in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two incidents at the same place on the morning of January 10, 2012. Six people were injured in this attack, and stores were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Assailants attacked the Telecommunications Ministry building in Sharan city, Paktika province, Afghanistan. The attackers used rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), rifles, and suicide vests. Three assailants died, including two suicide bombers who blew themselves up, as did seven victims. At least three people were also hurt in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Assailants attacked three villagers who had gone to tend to their land in Pyakman village, Bauchi state, Nigeria. The three Christian villagers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/10/2012: Assailants carjacked motorists, burned a truck, and stole food near Baila village, Ziguinchor region, Senegal. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC).
01/10/2012: Assailants kidnapped Ghulam Nabi, a local councilmember, in Taywara district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Assailants opened fire on a group of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers outside a vegetable shop in Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One worker died and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that it was sectarian in nature.
01/10/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the home of Trinamul Congress candidate K. Joykishen in Imphal city, Manipur state, India. Seven people were injured in the attack. People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) claimed responsibility for the incident. Joykishen was a former member of PREPAK who had disobeyed the mandate of the group that no former member was allowed to contest elections.
01/10/2012: Attackers fired three mortars inside the Fayaz military base in Asadabad city, Kunar province, Afghanistan. As a result, two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and 11 injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources stated that the mortars originated from Pakistan.
01/10/2012: Attackers threw a grenade at Md Ali, an Indian National Congress candidate, in Yairipok, Manipur state, India. The grenade did not explode. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and the specific motive is unknown; however, several grenades had been thrown at Congress candidates since the election date was announced. Police stated that the Congress parties were opposing banned groups' movements.
01/10/2012: Attackers threw a grenade at Th Dhanasyam, an Indian National Congress worker, in Lamlai area, Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. Dhanasyam was not hurt in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and the specific motive is unknown; however, several grenades had been thrown at Congress candidates since the election date was announced. Police stated that the Congress parties were opposing banned groups' movements.
01/10/2012: Four people slit the throat of Pasupathi Pandian in Nandhavanappatty area, Tamil Nadu state, India. Pandian was the founder of the Devendra Kula Velalar Kootamaippu Federation. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Pandian was known to feud with the Pannaiyar group, which is comprised of influential members of the Nadar community. The Pannaiyar group had threatened Pandian's life on previous occasions.
01/10/2012: Gunmen attacked a checkpoint of the Iraqi Army in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The attackers killed two soldiers in the ambush. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Gunmen attacked a police station in Al-Qaim town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed in the attack, and one was injured. One of the assailants was also killed in return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Haji Kalim, an Akakhel Qaumi Lashkar commander, in Bara village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The commander was aligned with the local peace militia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Russian police officers found an explosive device with several separate containers, each containing over 50 kilograms of explosives, near Kizilyurtovsky district, Dagestan republic, Russia. One of the containers exploded, killing one police officer and injuring eight. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2012: Six gunmen attacked a beer garden in Potiskum area, Yobe state, Nigeria. Eight people died in the attack, including five police officers. No group claimed responsibility, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/10/2012: The sister of a former Taliban leader, Mullah Dastagir, was killed when the explosive device she was planting detonated in Panirak area, Bala Murghab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Twenty-five assailants attacked a mosque and burned it in Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. This was one of two attacks in Benin city on this date. Five people died across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2012: Twenty-five assailants attacked an Islamic school and burned it in Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. This was one of two attacks in Benin city on this date. Five people died across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2012: Two assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Muslimin Sema, Cotabato city's vice mayor and a member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), in Rosary Heights VI neighborhood, Cotabato city, Philippines. Sema was injured in the attack; one of the assailants was injured, and the other was captured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2012: Two hand grenades were thrown at the United States Compound in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier from the United States was killed in an armed assault in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
01/10/2013: A police vehicle struck a landmine in Chenchar area, Alingar district, Lagman province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed in the blast and their vehicle was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast struck a police patrol, injuring three police officers and killing one civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside of a snooker hall located in a Hazara area in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. This was one of two incidents at the same location within a few minutes; the first blast was designed to draw a crowd, while this second incident targeted first responders. In addition to the assailants, at least 105 people were killed across the two attacks and another 169 were injured. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2013: A suicide bomber detonated inside of a snooker hall located in a Hazara area in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. This was one of two incidents at the same location within a few minutes; this first blast was designed to draw a crowd, while the second incident targeted first responders. In addition to the assailants, at least 105 people were killed across the two attacks and another 169 were injured. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2013: An assailant opened fire on a soldier and a civilian at an unknown location in Puncak Jaya district, Indonesia. The soldier was injured and the civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An assailant threw an explosive device at a police patrol in Cenvencion town, North Santander department, Colombia. A police lieutenant was killed in the blast and three police officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attribute the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/10/2013: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated near al-Tayaran square in Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, an employee of parliament, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosive device detonated at a fuel station in Askari IV area of Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan. A bomber was attempting to attach the device to a vehicle when it detonated prematurely, killing himself and injuring two passers-by. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosive device detonated at a liquor store in Sarafand city, South governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the store was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosive device detonated in the basement of the Tablighi Jamaat Center in Mingora city, Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The blast occurred during evening prayers; at least 31 people were killed and another 70 were injured in the blast. In addition, the building was damaged. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting Dr. Abbas al-Dulaimi's vehicle in Baquba city, Diyala, Iraq. Dulaimi, the president of Diyala University, was injured in the attack and two of his guards were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosive device planted at the Ras Isa oil pipeline detonated in Sirwah district, Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the pipeline was damaged, causing an oil spill and a fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police station in the Hurriyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were killed, 11 people were injured, and several buildings were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting Frontier Corps (FC) members and their vehicles in the Bacha Khan area of Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least 12 people were killed and 50 people were injured in the blast and several buildings and vehicles were damaged. United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: Assailants attacked a police post in Aab Kumri district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were injured and one assailant was killed in the attack. In addition, the police post was set on fire. This was one of four attacks on police posts in the province on the same night. Officials attribute the attacks to the Taliban.
01/10/2013: Assailants attacked a police post in Bala Murghab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. This was one of four attacks on police posts in the province on the same night. Officials attribute the attacks to the Taliban.
01/10/2013: Assailants attacked a police post in Maqur district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed, another two were injured, and the post was set on fire during the attack. In addition, one officer was reported missing following the attack; authorities believe that he was kidnapped. This was one of four attacks on police posts in the province on the same night. Officials attribute the attacks to the Taliban.
01/10/2013: Assailants attacked a police post in Qadas district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. This was one of four attacks on police posts in the province on the same night. Officials attribute the attacks to the Taliban.
01/10/2013: Assailants attempted to attack a civilian distributing The Uthayan newspaper in Jaffna city, Northern, Sri Lanka. The victim ran to the police station to flee his attackers. The Uthayan is a Tamil newspaper that has been repeatedly targeted in attacks. This was one of two attacks on Uthayan distributors in Jaffna on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2013: Assailants opened fire on Zakir Hussain's vehicle in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Hussain, the provincial coordinator of the Alkhidmat Foundation, and his driver were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: Explosive devices detonated in Begundihi village, West Bengal state, India. Several children had picked the devices up, mistaking them for toys. Two children were killed and three more were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: Four assailants opened fire on Abdulsalam Zabra's vehicle in Mahfad district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Zabra, a tribal chief, was killed and two of his guards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were involved.
01/10/2013: Four assailants stormed a Brahmaputra Infrastructure Limited mining camp in Ledo area, Assam, India. The attackers kidnapped four coal miners from the camp, releasing them unharmed the next day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) was involved.
01/10/2013: Four perpetrators attacked a man distributing The Uthayan newspaper in Jaffna city, Northern, Sri Lanka. They burned his motorcycle and the newspapers he was distributing. The Uthayan is a Tamil newspaper that has been repeatedly targeted in attacks. This was one of two attacks on Uthayan distributors in Jaffna on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2013: Six assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a hotel in Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan. Seven people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: Two assailants attacked the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) office in Ana Morr area in Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan. Two people were shot and killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2013: Two pipe bombs were discovered near a halting site in Limerick city, Munster, Ireland. The devices were safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/10/2014: A number of assailants attempted to attack Manzoor Shaheed checkpost, guarded by the Sarband police, in Sarband area, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One assailant was killed and another was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: An explosive device detonated at a video store in Sarband area, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reports of damages or casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: An explosive device detonated on the rooftop of Jannat mosque in Gulshan-e-Ghazi area, Malir town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three people were injured in the blast, including the prayer leader and two seminary students. Following the explosion another explosive device was discovered and safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: An explosive device was discovered outside the home of Abdelsalam Mustafa Alsager, a special forces member, in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. A special forces team was able to safely defuse the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: An explosive device was found near a car in the Ballymun area of Dublin city, Dublin county, Ireland. An army bomb squad defused the device, and there were no casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the tomb of Omar Mokhtar in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No one was injured in the blast; however, nearby buildings and cars were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at a bridge in the Aliraood area, near Karma town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties from the blast. This is one of two bridges that was targeted in this area on January 10, 2014. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at a bridge near the Fallujah - Samarra junction, northwest of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties; however, part of the bridge collapsed. This is one of two bridges that was targeted in this area on January 10, 2014. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2014: Assailants abducted an engineer employed by Tecnotecnica Coindustrial, a subcontractor working for Colombia's Ecopetrol, in Convencion town, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. The hostage was successfully rescued unharmed on January 12, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/10/2014: Assailants abducted Krushna Kalapa, a village official, in Bandhugaon village, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. Kalapa was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/10/2014: Assailants attacked the radio system at Panjgur Airport in Panjgur town, Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The radio system was destroyed in the attack, and two police officers were abducted. Their whereabouts are unknown. An explosive device was also planted and defused around the destroyed equipment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF).
01/10/2014: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle near a military patrol truck in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One soldier, Private Jirasak Rungsamrit, was injured and the truck was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: Assailants kidnapped two soldiers and hijacked a military vehicle in Sanaa area, Al Dali governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the two soldiers remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Southern Mobility Movement (SMM).
01/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on a market located in a refugee camp in Bilail town, South Darfur state, Sudan. Four soldiers and one civilian were killed and six other people were injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minawi (SLA-MM) group.
01/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on Halimo Ahmed in Bakara market, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Ahmed, a Somali citizen working for a Turkish agency doing developmental work, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: Assailants shot and killed Colonel Abbdel Hamid Al-Feyssi in his home in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the residence of Awami National Party (ANP) local leader, Aziz Khan, in Quaidabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Khan and one other person were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: Gunmen attacked a passing military truck in Mashba'ah area, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. One soldier was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: Gunmen opened fire at the Seiyun airport in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There is no additional information available.
01/10/2014: Gunmen opened fire on the former head of the Supreme Security Committee (SSC) for Wadi Shati on Airport Road in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The former SSC chief, Mehdi Bin-Nasr Al-Maghrahi, was killed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2014: Gunmen opened fire on two caretakers of the Ghazi Shah Baba shrine in the Par Hoti area of Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The two caretakers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/10/2014: Several roadside bombs detonated near military vehicles in Bubali village, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Several vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however the attack was attributed to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2014: Twenty assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Afgooye town, Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. At least seven soldiers were killed and 12 were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local officials attributed the attack to al-Shabaab.
01/10/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Divisional Police Station in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least one officer was killed and an unknown number of other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated at a market in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were killed and 11 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Orchid Glass and Thai Aluminum shop in Panthapath area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated at the residence of Nyaz Wali in Urmar Payan area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Wali, an Aman Lashkars member and former Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan) commander, was unharmed; however, his residence and other nearby houses were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khadra neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in Madian town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and nine others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in the Chairmanbari Square in Kamrangirchar area, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Works Organization (FWO) vehicle in Tijaban area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One FWO employee was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Mir Hasan area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Jubaland Forces (JF) convoy in Gulwade neighborhood, Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Two officers were killed and one civilian was wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near a security official in Turbat city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The security official was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near the Dum Dum Railway Station in Kolkata city, West Bengal state, India. Three civilians were injured in the blast. Two additional explosive devices were discovered at the scene and safely defused following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Mustakinur Rahman in Chapainawabganj district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Rahman, a Chief Judicial Magistrate, was unharmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device strapped to a 10-year old girl detonated near a market in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were killed and 18 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/10/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at a shopping center in Basaksehir district, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. This was one of two explosive devices discovered and safely defused at shopping malls in Istanbul city on January 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at a shopping center in Sefakoy neighborhood, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. This was one of two explosive devices discovered and safely defused at shopping malls in Istanbul city on January 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/10/2015: An explosive device, intended to target police personnel, was discovered and safely defused in Qalanadar Chowk area, North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the explosive device was planted in revenge for the deaths of Al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent members.
01/10/2015: An explosive device, targeting an electricity generator at the residence of Ehab Bessaiso, detonated in Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Bessaiso, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Unity Government, was unharmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a People's Protection Units (YPG) checkpoint in Qatmah town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least five people, including three YPG members and 2 civilians, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near an Al-Nusrah Front checkpoint in Maskanah town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least 15 people, including two Al-Nusrah members and four Syrian Civil Defense volunteers, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting peshmerga forces in the Sinjar mountains in Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
01/10/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at the Dhaka Tribune office in Panthapath area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants abducted Sahib Rasul and his companion in Wata Pur district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of Rasul, the Provincial Deputy Director of the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and his friend are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
01/10/2015: Assailants abducted Umar Jabir in Ard Qarish neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Jabir, a photojournalist, was released on January 15, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants ambushed police and military personnel near Feroz Koh, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and ten people, including five soldiers, two civilians, and three assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants attacked Ghat Airport, which served as a non-state militia base, in Ghat city, Ghat district, Libya. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/10/2015: Assailants attacked peshmerga and security forces in Gwer town, Arbil governorate, Iraq. At least 26 peshmerga members and 45 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).
01/10/2015: Assailants attacked peshmerga forces in Mariam Bek village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same day. At least 11 assailants were killed in the ensuing clashes in the three villages. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2015: Assailants attacked peshmerga forces in Rashad village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same day. At least 11 assailants were killed in the ensuing clashes in the three villages. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2015: Assailants attacked peshmerga forces in Taza Khurmatu village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same day. At least 11 assailants were killed in the ensuing clashes in the three villages. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/10/2015: Assailants attacked security forces in Grabo town, Bas-Sassandra district, Ivory Coast. One soldier was abducted in the attack. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. This was one of two similar attacks on military targets in Bas-Sassandra district on January 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants launched grenades and opened fire on a police station in Bosaso town, Bari region, Somalia. A civilian was wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants launched grenades at a Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) patrol in Kiyutaan village, Sulu province, Philippines. A BPAT member was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/10/2015: Assailants launched rockets at Kryakivka village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Three people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on a cafe in Bosaso town, Bari region, Somalia. Two civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Dahioke village, Bas-Sassandra district, Ivory Coast. Three people, including two soldiers and one assailant, were killed in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks on military targets in Bas-Sassandra district on January 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Muslim owned butcher shop in Ghisonaccia, Corsica region, France. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police conscript at a natural gas station in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The police officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Hakeem Arif Siddiq in Baldia Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Siddiq, an Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on an anti-corruption court judge in Khalis Family area, Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The judge was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on Dharmendra Chaudhary in Aligarh city, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Chaudhary, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on Dr. Mohammad Syed Asim Hussian at his clinic in Phase 1 neighborhood, Hayatabad city, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Hussian, a member of the Shia community, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on Dr. Syed Ali Akbar at his clinic in Papoosh Nagar area, Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Dr. Akbar was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on Dr. Syed Yawar Hussain in Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Dr. Hussain was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Major General Matur Chut Dhuol between Bharnaam and Mangarthou areas, Lakes state, South Sudan. Dhuol, the governor of Lakes state, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Asghar Ali in Jhang Bazaar Chowk neighborhood, Faisalabad city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Ali, a Pakistan Muslim League: Nawaz (PML-N) activist and an aide to the former provincial law minister, was killed in the attack along with his driver. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Hakim Beg in Sangcharak district, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. Beg, a district police chief, was killed and two people were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants removed railway tracks at Nangalkot railway station in Nangalkot town, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The act caused the derailment of a train soon after; there were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/10/2015: Assailants set an Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) cell phone tower on fire in Chonrri area, Kunar province, Afghanistan. A technician was killed and the tower was damaged in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that they had previously warned the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) to stop operations because the Afghan security forces used their equipment to find Taliban camps.
01/10/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of a retired soldier in Kaza Khel area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of Farooq Wardak in Onkhi area, Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Wardak, the former education minister, was unharmed; however, the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a passenger bus in Farmgate area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/10/2015: Assailants threw at least one explosive device at the Bangladesh Television (BTV) complex in Rampura neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/10/2015: Assailants threw at least three explosive devices at an Awami League office on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at a school housing a police camp in Palsa village, West Bengal state, India. A police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices at a convoy of goods trucks in Consat Bazar area, Chapainawabganj town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices at several residences belonging to the aides of Khaleda Zia, the former Prime Minister, at unknown locations in Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Security forces arrested a suicide bomber and seized his explosives-laden vehicle in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/10/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a coffee shop in Jabal Mohsen neighborhood, Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. In addition to the two suicide bombers, nine people were killed and 36 others were wounded in the blast. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were targeted in revenge for the deaths of members of the Sunni community in Lebanon and Syria. However, the Lebanese government dismissed the claim and asserted that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) carried out the attack.
01/10/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near Iraqi Armed Forces soldiers in Ramadi, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least nine soldiers were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Ramadi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) soldiers in Sur neighborhood, Diyarbakir city, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. At least three soldiers were killed and others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al Wardiyah neighborhood, Madain, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated in Kama district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Husseiniyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near a sheep market in Suwaib neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near Abd-al-Wali al-Akimi in Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Akimi, a pro-Huthi tribal leader, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthi extremists.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near Iraqi Volunteer Forces members in Wadi Shishin neighborhood, Tikrit, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one member was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near stores in Baghdad al-Jadeeda neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of a National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) official detonated at Manaboliyo intersection in Shibis neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least two people were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Adava, Odisha state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Maoists.
01/10/2016: An explosives-laden house detonated in Al Mal'ab neighborhood, Ramadi, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 10 soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Ramadi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants abducted Raed Fares and Hadi al-Abdallah in Kafr Nabl, Idlib governorate, Syria. Fares and al-Abdallah, Radio Fresh journalists, were released unharmed 12 hours later. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility and stated that the employees were targeted because the radio station played music.
01/10/2016: Assailants attacked As Salam, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one Iraqi Volunteer Forces member was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2016: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Madagali, Adamawa state, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed and two others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/10/2016: Assailants attacked the convoy of Faiez Serraj between Zliten and Misrata city in Misrata district, Libya. Serraj, the Government of National Accord Prime Minister, was not injured as there were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks on the same convoy on this date. The Misrata Brigades claimed responsibility for the incidents, but later denounced the attacks.
01/10/2016: Assailants attacked the convoy of Faiez Serraj in Sabratah, Nuqat Al Khams district, Libya. Serraj, the Government of National Accord Prime Minister, was not injured as there were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks on the same convoy on this date. The Misrata Brigades claimed responsibility for the incidents, but later denounced the attacks.
01/10/2016: Assailants fired rockets at civilians in Wadi al-Qadi neighborhood, Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. At least three children were killed and dozens of others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthi extremists.
01/10/2016: Assailants forced all employees to evacuate and then set fire to a building and several vehicles at the Care Service Cleaning Company compound in Arish, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
01/10/2016: Assailants in boats attempted to attack Zuwetina Oil Port but were thwarted by security forces in Zueitina, Wahat district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/10/2016: Assailants opened fire on a group of Afghan civilians in Taftan, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two people were injured and seven others were abducted in the assault. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Iraqi Volunteer Forces checkpoint in Tuz Khormato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three members were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants opened fire on Ali Saleh al Yafie in Shaykh Uthman, Adan governorate, Yemen. Yafie, a Military of Yemen colonel, was killed in the assault. The Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants set fire to a church in Veneux-les-Sablons, Ile-de-France region, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two incidents targeting churches in Ile-de-France on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/10/2016: Assailants set fire to St. Louis Fontainebleau Church in Fontainebleau, Ile-de-France region, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two incidents targeting churches in Ile-de-France on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/10/2016: Assailants shot and killed an Iraqi Ministry of Culture employee in Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad government, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a wine shop along Muneer Mengal Road in Sariab neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person, the shop owner, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants threw explosive and incendiary devices at the office of Sellur K. Raju in Sammattipuram neighborhood, Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. Raju, the State Minister for Cooperation, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar incidents targeting All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) offices and politicians in Madurai on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants threw explosive devices and incendiary devices at the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) office in Mathichiyam neighborhood, Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar incidents targeting AIADMK offices and politicians in Madurai on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Assailants threw incendiary devices at the General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) compound in Al-Qatif, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2016: At least one explosive device and two incendiary devices were discovered and defused at an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) meeting in Jaihindpuram neighborhood, Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting Iraqi Volunteer Forces members in Makhoul Mountains, Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2016: Security forces identified and killed three suicide bombers before they could detonate in Husaybah, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2016: Two assailants opened fire on TenX nightclub in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At least one person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailants as Mohamed Elmi and Mohamed Salad.
01/10/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Kanisk, Farah, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting rescue personnel and civilians gathering in response to an earlier bombing near the parliament building along Darulaman road in Kabul, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the same location in a short period of time. At least 38 people were killed and 72 people were injured across both events. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of working for the Afghan intelligence agency.
01/10/2017: A suicide bomber detonated outside of a tribal elder's residence in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and two people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of supporting the Afghan government.
01/10/2017: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a vehicle carrying parliamentary staff members along Darulaman road in Kabul, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the same location in a short period of time; this first blast was designed to draw a crowd. In addition to the bombers, at least 38 people were killed and 72 people were injured across both events. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of working for the Afghan intelligence agency.
01/10/2017: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle was identified and killed in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers while additional assailants opened fire and threw explosive devices at the soldiers at Al-Faraa Camp near Nablus, West Bank. At least one assailant was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Muhammad al-Salahi, as a Palestinian extremist.
01/10/2017: An assailant opened fire on a Hellenic Police bus outside the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) headquarters at the intersection of Harilaou Trikoupi Street and Arachovis Street in Athens, Greece. At least one officer was injured in the assault. The Organization for Revolutionary Self Defense claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2017: An assailant opened fire on Rolando Mejia in Calaocan, Pangasinan, Philippines. Mejia, a local village chief, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: An assailant threw a grenade at Entasal Hotel in Gonder, Amhara, Ethiopia. At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: An explosive device detonated at a government building in Faisaliyah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Faisaliyah on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2017: An explosive device detonated in a cemetery as security forces attempted to defuse it in Sayd Ahmad Khel, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least nine civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2017: An explosive device detonated in Ewairij, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: An explosive device detonated in Yakatoot neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least one officer was killed and two other officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Sayd Ahmad Khel, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed in the attack. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2017: An explosive device hidden in a sofa detonated inside a guest house where a meeting between Afghan officials and United Arab Emirates (UAE) diplomats was taking place in Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 12 people, including the UAE ambassador, were killed and 17 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to both the Haqqani Network and the Taliban. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack.
01/10/2017: Assailants abducted Jose Yilmer Cartagena in El Cerro, Cordoba, Colombia. Cartagena, the vice president of a land restitution organization, was tortured and killed shortly after the kidnapping, and his body was discovered the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2017: Assailants abducted three traders in Dalu, Meghalaya, India. All three hostages were released on January 18, 2017 after a ransom was paid. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Achik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK).
01/10/2017: Assailants abducted two Gift of the Givers Foundation workers and a South African photojournalist from a vehicle in Darkush, Idlib, Syria. The two aid workers were released shortly after the kidnapping while the fate of the journalist, Shiraaz Mohamed, is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: Assailants attacked a Myanmar Army outpost in Mongot, Shan, Myanmar. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks in Shan on the same day. The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were carried out in retaliation for recent operations against the TNLA.
01/10/2017: Assailants attacked a police post in Argahandab district, Zabul, Afghanistan. At least one assailant and seven police officers were killed and an additional seven officers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2017: Assailants attacked a road construction site in Bharno, Jharkhand, India. Several workers were injured and construction vehicles were damaged in the incident. Jharkhand Sangharsh Jan Mukti Morcha claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: Assailants attacked and killed a Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) soldier in Kolofata, Extreme-North, Cameroon. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: Assailants executed an unknown number of suspected spies and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members in eastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of eight similar attacks in different Mosul neighborhoods overnight. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police patrol in Baden Khail, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least three people, including one officer and two assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Armed Forces of Myanmar patrol in Zayan, Shan, Myanmar. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks in Shan on the same day. The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were carried out in retaliation for recent operations against the TNLA.
01/10/2017: Assailants struck Vladislav Ryazantsev in his head and assaulted him in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov, Russia. Ryazantsev, a Caucasian Knot (Kavkazsky Uzel) journalist, was injured in the attack. Misanthropic Division claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victim was targeted for "his active public activities."
01/10/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a recently inaugurated government building in Mitrovica, Kosovo. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at Hashmat Memorial School in Daska, Punjab, Pakistan. At least two students were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/10/2017: Assailants, including a suicide bomber, opened fire on a Turkish National Police (EGM) headquarters in Gaziantep city, Turkey. At least one assailant was killed and a police officer was injured in the ensuing clash. The suicide bomber did not detonate in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/10/2017: At least nine explosive devices were discovered and defused between Bhejji and Injram in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. The device was thought to be targeting Indian Armed Forces soldiers. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/10/2017: Two explosive devices detonated near a commercial area in Basmayah, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and three other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/1998: In one of two linked incidents, member of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) threw an explosive device into a mosque, then gunned down survivors as they were fleeing. The exact number of casualties resulting from this and the related incident was unknown with estimates of civilians killed ranging betweeen 120 and 400.
01/11/1998: In one of two linked incidents, members of the  Armed Islamic Group (GIA) threw an explosive device into a movie theater and fired shots as they fled the building. The exact number of casualties resulting from this and the related incident was unknown with estimates of civilians killed ranging betweeen 120 and 400.
01/11/1998: The Loyalist Volunteer Force shot and killed a Catholic man outside a Belfast nightclub in Northern Ireland in retaliation for the death of their leader, Billy Wright.
01/11/1998: Twenty-five Shiite Islamics were shot and killed at Mominpura Graveyard in Lahore, Pakistan, by Lashkar-e Jhangvi members.
01/11/1998: Two bombs were detonated in the Finance Ministry and a Tax Office in Athens, Greece. The Militant Guerilla Formation was believed to be responsible for the attacks. Anonymous calls were made to media sources so that the police were able to evacuate the building safely and no casualties were suffered.
01/11/1999: A small firebomb exploded outside the office of Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister, George Papandreou, in Athens. The firebomb, consisting of a propane gas canister and a container of gasoline, was placed outside the third floor office. The blast led to a small fire that damaged the office entrance. There were no casualties reported in this incident. Children of November claimed responsibility for the attack in an anonymous telephone call to an Athens daily newspaper.
01/11/1999: An 18-year-old man was beaten in a paramilitary-style attack in the Ederowen Park area of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Six masked men armed with an iron bar and a handgun burst into the man's home and beat him about the head and legs. The gang claimed they were from the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
01/11/1999: Two Italian tourists and a Colombian citizen were kidnapped by the National Liberation Army (NLA) in Chinacota, Colombia. One of the Italian hostages was released on 03/09/1999, but the fate of the other two hostages was unknown.
01/11/2000: Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels raided the Bundwarume displaced persons camp in Bundibugyo district, Uganda, killing ten people and kidnapping six youths.
01/11/2000: Three policemen in the Interior Ministry were killed by unknown gunmen in Aracinovo when they stopped a car at a road checkpoint.
01/11/2000: Two policemen were killed and two injured when the People's War Group attacked with explosives the District Superintendent of Police camp office at Kagajnagar, Adilabad District.
01/11/2001: A pipe bomb was thrown into the Belfast office of the catholic Social Democratic and Labor Party in Northern Ireland. There was damage to the building but no injuries were reported. The Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters were believed to be responsible but no one has taken credit for the attack.
01/11/2001: An Israeli civilian disarmed a bomb after he saw it placed into a trash can in Jerusalem. The bomb was placed in a conservative Jewish neighborhood. Authorities believe it was placed there by unknown Palestinian militants.
01/11/2001:The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) sent a nail-filled letter bomb to the Davies Fish and Chip shop in the United Kingdom’s Holywell, Flintshire. The owner, Jonathan Davies, opened the package and received some injuries. He opened the package upside down and therefore the damage to the store and injuries to others were minimal. Davies was the only injury.
01/11/2002: Three people including a mother and her child were killed and six other people were seriously injured after armed men suspected as members of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) ambushed a passenger vehicle in Lantawan, Basilan, Philippines. The victims were aboard a passenger vehicle running along the narrow stretch of highway in the Village District Atong-Atong when the bandits attacked their vehicle, spraying it with bullets for several minutes. The bandits escaped towards the hillside part of Lantawan claimed to be one of the ASG's bulwarks.
01/11/2003: A car bomb detonated by individuals suspected to be members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) in Tame, Colombia left the driver and a Colombian soldier wounded. The driver of the car in which the bomb was concealed claimed to have been forced to drive the car and was unaware of the presence of explosives in the vehicle.
01/11/2003: A member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) died in a Gaza City hospital following an accidental explosion believed to have been the result of an early detonation of a bomb prepared for use against Israelis.
01/11/2003: Abdul Gani, an innocent bystander, was shot and killed in Baramulla in the Indian State of Kashmir when an unknown militant opened fire at a suspected police informant standing at a bus stand.
01/11/2003: Dachepalli Mandal inside the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh had its local office blasted with explosives by members of the People’s War Group. There were no reported casualties.
01/11/2003: Four civilians were left dead and three more were injured when an explosion ripped through the Samppodo Indah café in Palopo, Indonesia. Two unknown suspects were seen in the café where the bomb went off just prior to the explosion.
01/11/2003: H.R. Joshi, a private helicopter pilot who frequently transported police officers, was shot and lightly wounded by an unknown number of suspected Maoist rebels inside Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu.
01/11/2003: Members of the Lord's Resistance Army chopped up district deputy speaker, Tonny Odong, with machetes in Agago County inside Uganda. He had been abducted two days prior to his death.
01/11/2003: The village head of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Madimalla village inside India, Vidyasagar Rao, was shot and killed at close range by suspected members of the People’s War Group after being called out of his residence by about ten armed men. Mr. Rao was suspected of being a police informant.
01/11/2003: Two suspected policemen were hacked to death in Nairobi, Kenya by members of the outlawed Mungiki sect. The killings were suspected of being motivated by the recent crackdown on the Mungiki sect.
01/11/2004: A suicide bomber attacked the Israeli settlement of Qedumim, killing himself. It seems the bomber's brother and cousin were killed recently by Israeli troops, which prompted him to carry out the attack. The Palestinian youth left home as usual, telling his family he was going to work instead he left for the Qedumim settlement with a belt of explosives strapped to his waist. Iyad al-Masri saw several Israeli soldiers within the settlement and detonated his explosives. However, no one was other than the bomber was hurt. Al-Manar suggested that the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) had sent the teenager but al-Masri's family disputed that claim.
01/11/2004: In the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, two rockets landed in a residential area of the city. The first rocket impacted, but did not explode, and the second rocket hit a house and injured one. It was unclear who was behind the attack.
01/11/2005: A suicide car bomber attacked Iraqi Police Headquarters in Tikrit. Seven policemen died and eight others were injured in the explosion. The car exploded as the perpetrator attempted to drive the vehicle past a second security checkpoint. Security personnel shot at the vehicle just before it exploded. An Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing.
01/11/2005: Suspected Islamic militants set off a bomb in front of a shop in Thailand’s Yala Province. The bomb injured five people including two policemen whom Thai authorities believed were the intended targets of the attack. Authorities believed that the bomb was detonated via a cell phone. The blast damaged several surrounding shops and a nearby motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2005: Unknown perpetrators bombed an attorney’s private residence in Athens, Greece. The attackers placed a device comprised of dynamite under a car near the victim’s residence. No one was harmed in the attack which Athens police may have been related to the victim’s job as a financial consultant for Eurobank in charge of foreclosures of property from debtors.
01/11/2006: At least three security personnel were injured when Maoist insurgents attacked the district headquarters of Dhangadi, western Nepal. No one was apprehended.
01/11/2006: Four foreign workers for the Royal Dutch Shell company were taken hostage by an armed group in three boats in Niger Delta region, southern Nigeria when they were abducted from a support vessel. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2006: Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) abducted Thambiah Thomas and Nagamurthy Kandipan, two members of the Denmark Demining Movement, while they were traveling to Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
01/11/2006: Pavalarani Kanapathipillai, a Samurdhi Development Officer at the Chavakachcheri Divisional Secretariat, was abducted from her home in Muttavil East, Sri Lanka.  A few hours later, she was shot and killed at the grounds of Panrithalaichi Amman Temple in Thenmaradchi.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are believed to be involved in the incident.
01/11/2007:  Islamist-led rebels hurled grenades against government military bases killing seven in Heliwa.  The fighting ensued on both sides with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2007: A Buddhist teacher was killed by a pistol in a drive-by shooting in Yala province, Thailand. Authorities blamed the attack on Islamic insurgents in the area.
01/11/2009: On Sunday evening, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, Faris al-Sinjari, a leading member of al-Hadbaa National List, was wounded in a blast from an improvised explosive device attached to his vehicle in the Qassem al-Khayyat area. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2009: On Sunday morning at 1130, New People's Army (NPA) rebels detonated a roadside bomb, allegedly targeting the 507th provincial mobile group in the Masbate Governor's convoy.  The blast injured the governor, her driver, and a security aide.
01/11/2009: On Sunday night, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militants attacked an Ecopetrol camp, burning the camp and six vehicles, in the remote El Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander, Colombia. One of the destroyed vehicles was an ambulance, a Toyota Hilux, three white Chevrolet Dimax, and a motorcycle. No casualties or claim of responsibility were reported.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, a police officer was killed and another injured when a landmine, triggered by Communist Party of India- Maoist militants, exploded between Rajabasa and Jordari in Gurabanda , East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India. The deceased was identified as Shivpal Singh of the 32nd battalion, while a constable of the Central Reserve Police Force, Jitendra Singh, was taken to Tata Main hospital for treatment. Jitendra was critically injured in the blast. Police said that the ultras triggered the blast between Rajabasa and Jordari when the security forces were on long-range patrol for a special operation. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, during the early hours of the morning, unidentified militants blew up a two-foot long section of a 24-inch diameter gas pipeline in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. The explosive device was strapped to the pipeline. No casualties have been reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, in Bangadi, Haut-Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants set fire to residences, damaging several residences. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, in Gangalabodio, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants attacked the town, killing one civilian. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, in Saint-Denis, France, unknown assailants hurled two firebombs at a synagogue, setting fire to a pizzeria on the ground floor at Chabad House Ohr Manahem next door. No casualties or damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, in the village of Yarmaja, Makhmour, Iraq, a landmine exploded, wounding two kids who were on their way to school. There was no damage or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2009: On Sunday, near Wana, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, armed assailants kidnapped two government officials. Two days later, one of the officials, Amir Latif, was safely released. No group claimed responsibility, but the Taliban are suspected to be responsible.
01/11/2010: On Monday evening, an unidentified gunman shot Akhmed Ibragimoc, Iman of mosque in Kizlyar and deputy director of IA Regnum Kizlyarsky electromechanical factory, point blank in the head. Ibragimoc was returning home that evening from prayer on Kormasova street, Kizlyar, Russia. There were no other casualties reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2010: On Monday morning, in the Jadriyah district in central Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge attached to a vehicle part of a convoy for Izzat al-Shabander, a lawmaker, detonated, injuring three bodyguards, two bystanders, and damaging several convoy vehicles. Izzat al-Shabander was not present during the attack, and there were no claims of responsibility.
01/11/2010: On Monday morning, unknown militants fired a rocket at a two-story workshop building in the Hayat Abad Phase five area of Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Rescue team 1,122 and police responded to start rescue work. One person was caught under the wreckage and is missing. At least five people, including one woman, were injured. The injured, two of them critical, were taken to the Hayat Abad Medical complex for treatment. The workshop collapsed and houses located nearby were damaged in the attack. The rocket was believed to be fired from Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency. The attack caused severe fear and panic among the residents. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2010: On Monday, in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, law enforcement personnel found and disabled an improvised explosive device consisting of a metal pipe filled with ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder that was placed under a  BMW belonging to a traffic police officer, which was parked 15 meters from secondary school No. 3. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday afternoon, in a forested area of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants killed one Special Police Officer (SPO) and injured two others during a clash with Chhattisgarh police. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible. Two suspected militants were arrested during the encounter and police suspect that at least 12 militants were killed. Maoist casualties have not been confirmed.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday afternoon, in the Shaligak area of the Posht-e-Rod District in Farah Province, Afghanistan, a mine detonated when a motorcycle hit it, killing two Afghan civilians. An Afghan National Army patrol responded to the scene of the blast to investigate the incident and came under fire from numerous enemy positions, killing several insurgents in retaliatory fire. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday evening, in Gulshan Colony, Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, around 20 unidentified militants attacked the house of tribal elder, Malik Sharbat Khan, with firearms, killing him, his security man, Laiq Khan, and his driver, Nasrullah Jan. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday morning around 1025, near Punnoor village in Etapalli, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, unidentified militants opened fire on a combined security force including 60 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. One Kasansur police constable, identified as Manikrao Khadse, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible. Police suspect that at least three or four militants were injured in retaliation fire; however, this information was not confirmed.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday morning, in western Ghazaliya neighborhood, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an explosive device, placed on a vehicle, detonated in front of the house of a Science and Technology Ministry employee, Talib Jalil, wounding him and causing material damage to the house. Jalil was driving around his neighborhood when the attack took place. Property damages caused from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday morning, near Odiapentha village in Narayanpatna block of Koraput, Odisha, India, unidentified militants triggered a landmine targeting a vehicle, partially damaging the vehicle. Three civilians, including two officials of the State Agricultural Department, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday night, in Dera Allahyar town in Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified armed assailants attacked a police checkpoint, killing a head constable identified as Mohammad Khan by unknown means. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, at the Jaya Mangalam Cement Factory in the Ganapur area of Banke, Bagmati, Nepal, militants planted an improvised explosive device (IED). Police later discovered and safely defused the IED, causing no casualties or damages. Janatantrik Madhesh Mukti Tigers militants claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in an unspecified area of Yala, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and killed a Muslim couple coming home from work at a rubber plantation. The husband was also a security volunteer. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Katkot area of Loe Mamond tehsil in Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a remote controlled roadside bomb injured six pro-government tribal elders, Malak Raidi, Malak Abdul Khaliq, Malak Rahmat Gul, Malak Jumma Gul, Malak Hussian Gul, Malak Bakht Munir and a driver, as they were going to Bajaur Scouts Fort. The vehicle was partially damaged and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Lahij, Lahij state, Yemen, unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying a military commander and injured him. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Loti area of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, a gas pipeline was blown up by unidentified militants, causing a fire, suspending gas supply to a gas purification plant in Sui tehsil and damaging five to eight feet of the pipeline. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Mahmudiya, southern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device left inside a mini-bus detonated and killed the driver. The amount of property damage from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in northern Ad Hamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, seven civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a recreational club for army and police leaders. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants on motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on laborers working on the premises of an under-construction Cadet College, killing three of Punjabi origin identified as Haji Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Ishaq, and Abdul Razzaq and injuring two others, one identified as Mohammad Saleem. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Shirqat, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an explosive-laden vehicle parked near a secondary school was ready to detonate. The explosive-laden car was being defused by police officers as it detonated, killing one and wounding another. The blast caused material damage to a number of buildings close to the explosion site. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in southern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, two people were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated targeting a bus near Taji Gas Plant. Property damages from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Tambo tehsil of Nasirabad, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants abducted three NGO workers, identified as Abdul Latif Kakar, Muhammad Naqeeb and Jaffar Bugti, and their vehicle. The hostages were rescued by Balochistan Levies Force on 01/14/2011. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2012: A civilian vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kundalan village, Shah Walikot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and two injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: A mortar shell fell on a playground where kids were playing in Spin Qabar area, Bara Tehsil, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One child died, and two were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in Ra-ngae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Officials posited that the target was a Rangers vehicle 50 meters away. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near the wall of the Government Girls' Primary School Turlandai in Turlandai area, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast damaged a large portion of the school. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a tractor in Takhtapul district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: A rocket landed on a house in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: A sticky bomb attached to the car of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan exploded near Darrous neighborhood, Tehran province, Iran. Roshan was a university professor and nuclear scientist. Roshan and his driver were killed and one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the Irani government suspected the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli Mossad.
01/11/2012: An assailant threw a grenade at an Iraqi Army vehicle on Palestine Street, Rusafa district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. A soldier was injured and the vehicle damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: An assailant threw two explosive devices at a migrant worker near Meppedu Irula settlement, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu state, India. The explosive devices were of low intensity, thus causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: An explosive device detonated outside the hujra of Johar Mohammad in Bara Tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Mohammed was a leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) and a lawyer. No one was injured in the attack; however, the guesthouse was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting two Frontier Corps (FC) vehicles in Balida area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A firefight erupted between the troopers and the attackers after the blast. Fourteen security officers were killed and an unknown number of peopler wounded in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: An explosive device exploded under an empty car in Agios Dimitrios neighborhood, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. The car belonged to the wife of the head of Greece's fire and rescue services. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, anarchist groups aiming to destroy "the system" often carry out similar incidents.
01/11/2012: Approximately 100 assailants attacked an Administration police camp near Gerille town, North Eastern province, Kenya. The attackers used machine guns and grenades in their attack, killing six people, injuring six, and taking three hostage. One of the hostages was released on January 20, 2013; the remaining two hostages were released on or around July 31, 2013. In a video message claiming responsibility, Al-Shabaab declared a "jihad" on Kenya for waging war against Somalia.
01/11/2012: Assailants attacked a bus at a gas station in Potiskum area, Yobe state, Nigeria. The victims are thought to have been Igbo Christians fleeing toward the southern part of the country. Four civilians died in the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/11/2012: Assailants attacked Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers on their way back to their post after buying groceries in Nawano area, Turbat district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Fourteen soldiers were killed and an unknown number injured in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: Assailants opened fire on a van transporting intelligence officials in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. At least one official was killed and seven others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was behind the attack.
01/11/2012: Assailants shot rocket-propelled grenades on a crowd in Homs, Homs governorate, Syria. The crowd included journalists being given a tour of damaged areas in the city. Nine people, including a French journalist, were killed, while an unknown number of people were wounded in the explosion. The FSA claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that it was a mistake.
01/11/2012: Assailants tagged a mosque and burned three cars in Deir Istiya town, Salfit governorate, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailants wrote "price tag" and "Gal Aryeh Yosef" on the mosque wall. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but such "price tag" attacks are typically revenge hate crimes perpetrated by Israeli extremists with a nationalist motive.
01/11/2012: Assailants threw an explosive device into the offices of the registrar and the vice chancellor of Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in Port Harcourt city, Rivers state, Nigeria. The blast damaged the offices but injured no one. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and police sources said that the explosion was a result of an electric fault.
01/11/2012: Assailants threw incendiary devices at Temple Beth El on Montross Avenue in Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. At least one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, Anthony M. Graziano and Aakash Dalal were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
01/11/2012: Attackers fired five mortar shells at Ali Abbas area, Hangu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three houses were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Maqbool-ur-Rehman, a lawyer, on M.A. Jinnar Road, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Rehman's driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources cited several possible reasons for the attack, including that Rehman prosecuted anti-terror cases or that he oversaw political cases relating to the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) party.
01/11/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Saeed Hamdan Ghazal, the town mayor, in Hit city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Ghazal was ambushed as he was leaving his evening prayers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: Gunmen shot and killed two Iraqi counterterrorism officials in al-Jadididah neighborhood, New Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2012: Police arrested two assailants in possession of a mine in Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. The two admitted to being on their way to committing an attack in the center of Istanbul. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: A buried explosive device was discovered in Kulbiyow town, Lower Shabeelle region, Somalia. African Union Mission in Somalia (ANISOM) soldiers dug the device up, causing it to detonate. Three soldiers were killed in the blast and two more were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered and defused in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/11/2013: An assailant opened fire on Habibullah Mir in Goripora village, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The victim, a sarpanch or village head, was killed in the attack. Officials attribute the incident to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
01/11/2013: An assailant shot and killed an Egyptian Army soldier in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2013: An explosive device detonated at a bus stop in Aleja Bologna area, Zagreb city, City of Zagreb county, Croatia. One person, the suspected bomber, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however the injured person was taken into custody for the incident and a similar attack several days earlier.
01/11/2013: An explosive device detonated at a Levies Force checkpost in Chaman area, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the checkpost and a nearby mosque were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: An explosive device detonated in Badghis province, Afghanistan. A Spanish North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier was defusing the device when it exploded; he was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: An explosive device detonated in Prachan town, Pattani province, Thailand. The blast struck a military vehicle providing protection for teachers; two soldiers were killed and two more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Quetta Development Authority (QDA) building in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported police casualties, although one civilian student was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: An explosive device was discovered under the car of a security officer in Bayrampasa district of Istanbul city, Turkey. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/11/2013: An incendiary device detonated at Antonis Liaros's private residence in Agia Paraskevi district, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. Liaros, a journalist, was not injured in the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of five coordinated attacks targeting journalists in the city on the same night. Two groups, Militant Minority (Greece) and Circle of Violators/Nucleus Lovers of Anomy, claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: An incendiary device detonated at Antonis Skyllakos's private residence in Penteli district, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. Skyllakos, the director of the Athens News Agency, was not injured in the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of five coordinated attacks targeting journalists in the city on the same night. Two groups, Militant Minority (Greece) and Circle of Violators/Nucleus Lovers of Anomy, claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: An incendiary device detonated at Chris Konstas's private residence in Maroussi district, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. Konstas, a journalist, was not injured in the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of five coordinated attacks targeting journalists in the city on the same night. Two groups, Militant Minority (Greece) and Circle of Violators/Nucleus Lovers of Anomy, claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: An incendiary device detonated at journalist George Oikonomeas's former residence in Lykavittos district, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of five coordinated attacks targeting journalists in the city on the same night. Two groups, Militant Minority (Greece) and Circle of Violators/Nucleus Lovers of Anomy, claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: An incendiary device detonated at Petros Karsiotis's private residence in Alimos district, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. Karsiotis, a journalist, was not injured in the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of five coordinated attacks targeting journalists in the city on the same night. Two groups, Militant Minority (Greece) and Circle of Violators/Nucleus Lovers of Anomy, claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: Assailants fired shells at government troops in Al-Hamrah area, South Kordofan province, Sudan. This was one of four similar events carried out on the same day. At least 50 assailants and 10 soldiers were killed across the four attacks. In addition, 21 assailants and 10 soldiers were injured. Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating they were in retaliation for government-led air raids of rebel-controlled areas.
01/11/2013: Assailants fired shells at government troops in El-Ahmier area, South Kordofan province, Sudan. This was one of four similar events carried out on the same day. At least 50 assailants and 10 soldiers were killed across the four attacks. In addition, 21 assailants and 10 soldiers were injured. Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating they were in retaliation for government-led air raids of rebel-controlled areas.
01/11/2013: Assailants fired shells at government troops in Kadugli area, South Kordofan province, Sudan. This was one of four similar events carried out on the same day. At least 50 assailants and 10 soldiers were killed across the four attacks. In addition, 21 assailants and 10 soldiers were injured. Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating they were in retaliation for government-led air raids of rebel-controlled areas.
01/11/2013: Assailants kidnapped Edgar Fabella in Maasin village, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. The perpetrators fled with Fabella, a local businessperson, in a waiting motorboat. Fabella was released on February 22, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attribute the attack to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/11/2013: Assailants kidnapped Laz Anyanwu, the Director Protocol of Imo, in Owerri city, Imo, Nigeria. His dead body was found in Orodo on January 14, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants launched a ground attack involving mortar shells and firearms targeting government troops in El-Ahmier area, South Kordofan province, Sudan. This was one of four similar events carried out on the same day. At least 50 assailants and 10 soldiers were killed across the four attacks. In addition, 21 assailants and 10 soldiers were injured. Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating they were in retaliation for government-led air raids of rebel-controlled areas.
01/11/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a store in Sariab town, Balochistan, Pakistan. Two civilians, a father and his son, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Rilwanu Gazama in Gombe city, Gombe, Nigeria. Gazama, a police official and the ex-aide of the former governor of Gombe, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was behind the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on a bus in Bagale area, Coast, Kenya. Two people were killed and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Taji district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and another four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol guarding a pipeline in central Sinai Peninsula, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Seven police officers, including one police official, were injured in the attack and four police vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials believe that Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) was involved.
01/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on Policronio Dulay in Kabacan town, North Cotabato, Philippines. Dulay, the vice mayor of Kabacan, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on two employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Datu Odin Sinsuat village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Rowena Lu Sangki, a project development officer, was killed in the attack and her co-worker was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a fire station in Zhargoon area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a New Democracy Party office in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of three related attacks targeting government buildings and people in the city on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: Assailants threw bricks and a petrol bomb at a Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) office in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack, although the building was damaged. This was one of three related attacks targeting government buildings and people in the city on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2013: At least 12 assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) terminal in Hazar Ganji area, Balochistan, Pakistan. The assailants fired several rockets at the terminal, followed by gunfire. Two civilian drivers were killed and several containers and oil tankers were destroyed in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2013: Two assailants opened fire on and shot grenades at a military convoy in Al-Kibar area, Al Dhalea province, Yemen. Two soldiers were killed and another soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: A grenade was discovered and safely defused in a truck belonging to a government contractor carrying rice bags in Khongman area, Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties or injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
01/11/2014: A gunmen with a pistol opened fire on a police officer in Gortepa area, Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. The officer, Khangol, was killed in the shooting. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2014: A remote-controlled bomb detonated under an oil pipeline in the Malguzar area of Sohbatpur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured; however, the pipeline suffered substantial damages in the blast and supply was disrupted. This was one of two oil pipelines blown up in Balochistan on this day. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/11/2014: An assailant stabbed a Jewish man in the back of the neck near the Damascus Gate in Old City neighborhood, Jerusalem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The victim was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2014: An explosive device detonated at a house in Merobak area, lower Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One girl was wounded and both the boundary wall and the main gate of the house were destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident. Authorities set up a checkpoint and arrested one suspect in connection with the incident.
01/11/2014: An explosive device detonated near a wedding procession on their way to the Tando Pathan village in Paktika province, Afghanistan. Six people were killed and a number of others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Janbazpora village, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The sources postulated that the device was targeting security forces in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Assailants abducted at least 14 members of the fishing community in Kpele area, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The whereabouts of the victims were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping; however, authorities attributed the incident to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/11/2014: Assailants abducted four laborers, including an employee of the Public Works Department, from a construction site near the Singda Dam in Senapati district, Manipur state, India. The four hostages were released on January 17, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Nehlun faction of the Kuki National Front (KNF) was behind the abduction.
01/11/2014: Assailants abducted three employees of the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Directorate and two road construction workers in Qala-e-Naw area, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Their whereabouts of the victims remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Assailants assaulted a group of farmers in Dan Kouj village, Zaleingei town, Central Darfur state, Sudan. One assailant was killed when a farmer defended himself. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Assailants attacked a checkpost of an oil installation operated by Norwegian DNO in Ghayl Bin Yamin district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. At least two soldiers were killed and one was injured in the attack. Additionally, at least two workers were abducted in the attack. Their whereabouts remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, the attack was attributed to armed tribesmen.
01/11/2014: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in the Towfiq neighborhood of Yaqshid district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/11/2014: Assailants attacked park police rangers on foot patrol in Virunga National Park near Goma city, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. One ranger was killed and three assailants were killed and two rangers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
01/11/2014: Assailants attacked residents who refused to give up livestock in Rage Ele village, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
01/11/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device near a gas pipeline in Dera Murad Jamali city, Nasirabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, gas supply was disrupted in several districts in Balochistan as a result of the attack. This was one of two oil pipelines blown up on this day in Balochistan. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Assailants hijacked a civilian car and then attacked a mobile police post in Baksan District, Kabardino-Balkaria republic, Russia. One person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on a group of peacekeepers near Aguelhok village, Kidal region, Mali. Three peacekeepers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on the governor's vehicle in Al-Jawf city, Al Jawf governorate, Yemen. The governor was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to armed tribesmen.
01/11/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the house of Waberi Band, a popular Somali musical group, in the Yaqshid district of Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two passersby were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect the involvement of Al-Shabaab.
01/11/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at an Assam Oil Corporation gas station in the Hawakhana neighborhood, Tura town, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, two vehicles were damaged by the blast. The Achik Tiger Force (ATF) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the bombing was intended to send a message to those paying taxes to other banned groups that they should pay taxes to the ATF as well. However, the police also blamed the Achik National Volunteer Council-B (ANVC-B) for the incident.
01/11/2014: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the vehicle of Masood Bhatti in Mustafabad town, Okara district, Punjab province, Pakistan. Bhatti, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political candidate, and four other people were killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of police officers in Tandu Bato village, Luuk town, Sulu province, Philippines. Three police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the incident to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/11/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a female worker for the Somalia University of Mogadishu at Kaasabal-Balaare junction, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The woman was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a spokesman for Hodan district commissioner suspected that Al Shabaab was behind the assassination.
01/11/2014: Gunmen opened fire on an evangelical priest at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, in Belo Horizonte city, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The priest, identified as Charles Vidal de Souza, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Gunmen opened fire on anti-government protestors in the Khao San Road area of Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. This was one of two attacks that targeted protestors in this area on this day. At least seven people were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2014: Gunmen opened fire on Libyan Deputy Minister of Industry, Hassan al-Droui, in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. Al-Droui was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, security forces suspect that the Abu Bakr Unis Jabr Brigade was behind the incident.
01/11/2015: A suicide bomber detonated inside Kasuwar Jagwal Market in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated suicide bombings; this first blast targeted civilians inside the market. In addition to the two bombers, at least six people were killed and 21 others were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/11/2015: A suicide bomber detonated outside of Kasuwar Jagwal Market in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated suicide bombings; this later blast targeted people fleeing the scene of an earlier explosion. In addition to the two bombers, at least six people were killed and 21 others were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/11/2015: An assailant opened fire on a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) vehicle in Herat Airport road area, Herat province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military patrol in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Five soldiers were wounded in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near the All Progressives Congress (APC) office in Okrika town, Rivers state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Abdul Rauf Khan in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Khan, a district chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An explosive device planted in a teacher's vehicle detonated at an auto repair shop in Sinai 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.
01/11/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Adhamiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Justice Ministry employee, was killed and a passenger was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Salarzai area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and safely defused inside a courtroom of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. This was one of two similar attempted attacks on courtrooms of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on January 11, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants abducted Ayman Al-Sayed Al-Desouky in Wefaq neighborhood, Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Al-Desouky was found dead on January 13, 2015. Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants attacked a boat carrying volunteer fighters on the Tigris River, Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two volunteers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2015: Assailants attacked Sultan Abdallah village, Arbil governorate, Iraq. At least two security force members and 70 assailants were killed and five security force members were injured 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).
01/11/2015: Assailants attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Headquarters in Abakaliki city, Ebonyi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices in Riaz Uddin Bazar area, Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants detonated explosives at a building being used by the Egyptian Armed Forces in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants dressed in police uniforms opened fire on an unknown number of houses belonging to All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) supporters in Ohaukwu district, Ebonyi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2015: Assailants dressed in police uniforms opened fire on the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) office in Ohaukwu district, Ebonyi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2015: Assailants fired a mortar that struck houses in Askari area, Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in the area at the same time. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2015: Assailants fired a mortar that struck houses near the Education Department building in Filastin area, Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in the area at the same time. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2015: Assailants fired a projectile at a Kharkivregiongaz company facility in Bezlyudivka neighborhood, Kharkiv city, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Kharkiv Partisans.
01/11/2015: Assailants fired a projectile at a Zasyadko Coal Mine electricity substation in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2015: Assailants kidnapped two former Sahwa Council members in an unknown location in Iraq. The bodies of the two victims were discovered on January 13, 2015, in Al Wajihiyah area, Diyala governorate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Fakirpura village, Assam state, India. One CRPF officer was killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and four officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Mariotia area, Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. Two police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police outpost in Khair Khana area, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on George Karidhimba Muriki in Manjengo neighborhood, Mombasa city, Mombasa province, Kenya. Muriki, the pastor of a church, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Mutahhar Al-Shami in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Two people, including Al-Shami, the chair of the Huthi Medical Revolutionary Committee, were killed in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on Nigerian Armed Forces soldiers in Konduga town, Borno state, Nigeria. An unknown number of assailants and soldiers were killed and injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Abdul Moin Khan in Gulshan area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Khan, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants planted explosive devices at Shaykh Ahmad Raja al-Badawi al-Dulaymi's residence in Qadisiyah area, Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Al-Dulaymi, a Sahwa Council leader, was not harmed 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).
01/11/2015: Assailants set fire to a bus in Joypurhat district, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/11/2015: Assailants set fire to a mosque in Poitiers city, Vienne department, France. There were no casualties in the attack, but the mosque was damaged by the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants set fire to the rickshaw of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member in Thavidissery area, Kerala state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at an Assam Rifles (AR) post in Lilong town, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-P) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a bus in Motijheel area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. The driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at Hamburger Morgenpost offices in Hamburg city, Hamburg state, Germany. There were no reported casualties; although, the building was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper had reprinted images of the prophet Muhammad, originally published in the Charlie Hebdo magazine, which was attacked earlier in the week.
01/11/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices at a Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) headquarters in Exarcheia neighborhood, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices at the Svyatoshinsky Committee office in Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the office was damaged in the attack. The Revenge Movement claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Four explosive devices detonated near Sunni Arab residences in Askari area, Toz Khurmato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2015: Security forces discovered and destroyed an explosives-laden boat near a weir on the Tigris River in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Nahrawan, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least three people were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a casino in Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Muqdadiyah; this later bombing targeted people gathering at the scene of an earlier explosion. In addition to the bomber, at least 20 people were killed and 50 others were injured across both blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at a casino in Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Muqdadiyah; this first bombing was designed to draw a crowd. In addition to the bomber, at least 20 people were killed and 50 others were injured across both blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/11/2016: An assailant armed with a machete attacked and injured a Jewish schoolteacher in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, France. An unidentified individual claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that he believed France did not respect Islam and protected Jewish civilians. He also asserted that he carried out the attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2016: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in Khasam Kharmesh, near Jenin, West Bank. The assailant was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Zeid Maher Mohammad al-Ashqar, as a Palestinian extremist.
01/11/2016: An assailant held a woman at knife point at a shopping complex in Sungai Petani, Kedah state, Malaysia. Police arrested the suspect and there were no reported casualties in the attack. Sources noted that the assailant was influenced by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and wanted to portray his capacity for carrying out violent attacks.
01/11/2016: An explosive device detonated at a civilian residence in Al-Asiri, Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of seven bombings at houses in Al-Asiri and one of 51 attacks in and around Muqdadiyah overnight. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq and the Badr Brigades.
01/11/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al Bawiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle outside of an orphanage center in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. At least two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: An explosive device detonated near a currency exchange in Al-Jadidah neighborhood, Baqubah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Volunteer Forces patrol in Sadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one member was killed and two others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Al-Jawhara shopping center in Baghdad al-Jadeeda neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Following the blast, additional assailants, including a suicide bomber, entered the shopping center. At least 12 people were taken hostage inside the building. Three of the hostages were killed while the other nine victims were released. Overall, at least 21 people, including three assailants, were killed and 50 others were injured in the attack; the victims included civilians and security forces members. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baqubah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 12 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants abducted a Shabak civilian in Bajarbugh, Bashiqah subdistrict, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The hostage was executed on January 31, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2016: Assailants abducted Mohammad Bashir al-Aani and his son from their residence in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. Both hostages were killed on March 10, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/11/2016: Assailants abducted six Egyptian civilians from a bus in Abu Najim, Sirte district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/11/2016: Assailants attacked a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) helicopter near Eringeti, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/11/2016: Assailants attacked an Indian Armed Forces patrol in Zakoora neighborhood, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants attacked Iham Ahmed in Dhangethi, Alif Dhaalu atoll, Maldives. At least three people, including Ahmed, a People's Majlis member of parliament, and two of his siblings, were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants attacked Taliban members in Farwak Qala area, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and five were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/11/2016: Assailants fired a mortar into Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at a school in Ashrafiyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least three children were killed and two other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/11/2016: Assailants fired mortars at a security checkpost in Sperkai area, Khost Province, Afghanistan. A child was killed and seven other civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/11/2016: Assailants fired mortars at the Spin-Gahi School in Bak district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Three children were killed and eight were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/11/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Barwana, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 12 assailants were killed and five soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants opened fire on Allen Ranay Silagan in Bacuag district, Surigao del Norte province, Philippines. Silagan, a Liberal Party (LP) leader, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants opened fire on Danrevel T. Etac in San Isidro, Surigao del Norte province, Philippines. Etac, a Sangguniang Bayan candidate, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants opened fire on Joel Jimenez in La Libertad district, Negros Oriental province, Philippines. Jimenez, the mayoral aide, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Assailants set fire to a shop in Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of 36 shops set alight and one of 51 attacks in and around Muqdadiyah on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq and the Badr Brigades.
01/11/2016: Assailants shot and killed two plain-clothed Pakistani Police officers in Derai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: At least three mortars struck a residential area in Hawr Rajab, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden house south of Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2016: Security forces identified and arrested two suicide bombers in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Taliban.
01/11/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Malian Armed Forces patrol on a road between Macina and Diafarabe in Macina district, Segou, Mali. At least five soldiers were killed and two other soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Bakriya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting border police officers in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Biya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a Hizam Brigade convoy in Lawdar, Abyan, Yemen. One Hizam Brigade member was killed and five members, including commander Amin al Sayyid, were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also suspected that the Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State may have carried out the attack.
01/11/2017: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused near Founou, Segou, Mali. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: Assailants attacked an Egyptian National Police (ENP) station in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least four officers were killed in the incident. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: Assailants attacked Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) soldiers in Kolofata, Extreme-North, Cameroon. At least three soldiers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in New Aleppo neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. Several people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/11/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Central Security Forces (CSF) vehicle in front of Al-Arish Hospital in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least three officers were killed and two others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
01/11/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Egyptian Armed Forces checkpoint in Moraba Nagd, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of two attacks targeting military checkpoints in Moraba Nagd by the same group on this date. At least ten assailants were killed and a lieutenant was injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim extremists.
01/11/2017: Assailants opened fire on herders attempting to defuse an explosive device on a road between War Dhagax and Warciise in Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least two people were killed and four other people were injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: Two suicide bombers attempted to attack Kolofata, Extreme-North, Cameroon. One of the assailants detonated while the other was killed by security forces; there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/11/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated in Dougue, Extreme-North, Cameroon. Aside from the deaths of the two assailants, at least one Vigilance Committee member was injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by Boko Haram.
01/12/1998: Unknown perpetrators bombed three separate government targets in Gjirokaster, Albania In this incident, the prosecutor's office was attacked. It was unclear if there were any casualties.
01/12/1998: Unknown perpetrators bombed three separate government targets in Gjirokaster, Albania. In this incident, a car belonging to a Socialist Party member was attacked. It was unclear if there were any casualties.
01/12/1998: Unknown perpetrators bombed three separate government targets in Gjirokaster, Albania. In this incident, the Albanian Socialist Party Building was attacked. It was unclear if there were any casualties.
01/12/1999: A bomb, placed at the left wheel of a Weena bus parked at the Ecoland Bus Terminal in Davao, Philippines, exploded. There were no casualties, but the bus was destroyed. Shortly before this attack, another nearby bus was bombed. Weena's owners had received death threats prior to the bombing. Police initially suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) for the attack, though several military dissenting opinions suggested ASG rival groups may have been responsible for the attack.
01/12/1999: A bomb, placed at the left wheel of a Weena bus parked on Sitbo Boulevard in Davao, Philippines, exploded. There were no casualties, but the bus was destroyed. Shortly after this attack, another nearby bus was bombed. Weena's owners had received death threats prior to the bombing. Police initially suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) for the attack, though several military dissenting opinions suggested ASG rival groups may have been responsible for the attack.
01/12/1999: A Spanish missionary who was part of the Xaverian Monastic Order was kidnapped by rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in an unnamed location in Sierra Leone. He was rescued on 01/22/1999 by soldiers of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Cease-Fire Monitoring Group.
01/12/1999: In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, unknown gunmen attacked the car of Mrs. Marie-Claude Preval, sister of Haitian President Rene Preval, hours after the President announced he would bypass a hostile legislature and create a new government by decree. Mrs. Preval was seriously wounded and her driver died.
01/12/1999: Perpetrators threw a hand grenade at the MHP (Nationalist Action Party) election bureau in Uskudar, Turkey, injuring seven people. No organization claimed responsibility for the explosion, but on January 22, 1999 police reported the capture of Baki Alparslan, age 37, and Nazmi Gur, age 21, whom they claimed were responsible for the attack. Reports further stated that the perpetrators were part of an unnamed "separatist terrorist organization."
01/12/2000: A pipe bomb place by unknown perpetrators exploded outside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court in Cape Town. One person was injured and a motorcycle was destroyed.
01/12/2000: An unknown white man killed three black people and injured four others after he boarded a bus in Pretoria and opened fire. The attack was believed to be racially motivated.
01/12/2000: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) rebels attacked the police station in Cordoba, Narino Department, as well as some banks and government facilities with rockets and gas tanks.
01/12/2000: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) rebels attacked the police station in Potosi, Narino Department, as well as some banks and government facilities with rockets, gas tanks, and rifles. At least two policemen were injured and two were kidnapped.
01/12/2000: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) rebels attacked the police station in Puerres, Narino Department, as well as some banks and government facilities with rockets and gas tanks. Several people died.
01/12/2000: In a series of related incidents, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels armed with AK-47s attacked eight Zambian villages in the Chavuma district, stole household goods worth around two million Zambian Kwacha and injured two people.
01/12/2000: Pakistani group Lashkar-e Taiba claimed responsibility for an armed attack with grenades and guns on the Rashtriya Rifles headquarters in Khannabal. Around 15 soldiers were killed, two civilians, and three militants.
01/12/2000: Two flats in Cape Town were petrol-bombed in apparent gang-related activity of the 28s gang.
01/12/2002: A car bomb exploded in Bilbao, Spain injuring two people. The injury was caused by falling glass. The car bomb was a R-18 stolen at gun-point. Apparently a man from the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) called daily Gara announcing the planting of the car bomb.
01/12/2002: A taxi was machine-gunned by an armed group of five people in El Gaada, Algeria. Five of the passengers were killed. El Gaada was a locality well known for being a den for terrorist groups in the region.
01/12/2002: Armed militants surrounded a market in Tripura, India and fired into the crowd, killing 12 people and wounding 13 others. Two groups of militants of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) surrounded the market in the Singicherra area in Tripura and opened fire. The militants then escaped. The wounded were admitted to hospitals in Agartala. Ten were reportedly in serious condition.
01/12/2002: Eight civilians and five soldiers were wounded by a car-bomb explosion in Granada, Colombia, near the Demilitarized Zone [DMZ]. A United Nations envoy was meeting with the FARC [Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)]. The explosion took place in front of the facilities housing the 21st Vargas Battalion, where troops were concentrating prior to entering the DMZ.
01/12/2003: A wanted member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Raami Abu Bakr, was killed while another militant was wounded in an explosion reported to be due to a premature missile explosion. The two assailants were reportedly attempting to attack an Israeli military fuel tanker inside a valley near Nablus.
01/12/2003: An Israeli bus was approached by two Palestinian teens in the Gaza Strip with grenades in their hands. Nearby Israeli Defense Forces opened fire killing both. The attack was later claimed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
01/12/2003: Colombian federal troops on patrol in the town of La Palma investigating a parked car were the victims of a car bomb as the three soldiers were killed and three more were wounded in what is a suspected Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) attack.
01/12/2003: Judge Hector Mauricio Rodriguez Argueta, a Supreme Court Justice for Guatemala, was shot dead by unknown assailants in Guatemala City.
01/12/2003: Maoists from the People’s War Group destroyed a truck belonging to a private sand company, radio relay equipment, and a private guesthouse in the Indian village of Peddaktnta. There were no reported casualties from this action.
01/12/2003: Members of the People’s War Group approached the residence of P. Mogili and shot him dead after branding him a police informant in the Indian village of Peddaktnta.
01/12/2003: Two Russian Federal servicemen were killed and two more injured when a land mine was detonated by unknown assailants in Shalinskiy District inside the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
01/12/2004: 3 were killed and 26 injured in a blast at a Muslim shrine in norteastern Bangladesh in the city of Sylhet. The attack occurred at the Hazrat Shah-Jalal shrine, during the urs religious congregation. While 24 suspects have been arrested no particular group has been blamed for the attack.
01/12/2004: Militants lobbed a grenade at a group of Kashmiri police as they left Sherbagh police station in Anantnag, India. The attack was an attempt to kill Deputy Superintendent Abdul Rouf. Rouf escaped with minor injuries, however his personal security officer was killed in the explosion. Thirteen others were injured in the attack, mostly other police officers. After the grenade attack an ensuing gun battle took place between Kashmiri police and the militants.
01/12/2004: Rebels killed 18 at the Gihanga commune some 30 kilometers northwest of Bujumbura, Burundi. Five government soldiers were killed in the attack along with 12 civilians, 1 assailant was also killed. The attack was attributed to the National Liberation Front (FNL). After the incident the assailants stole heads of cattle and money from the local population.
01/12/2004: Suspected rebels of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) attacked rival paramilitary fighters in Anza, Colombia. Five paramilitaries were killed, while five others were wounded, in the attack. The rebels used a grenade launcher and guns in the attack. The attack took place within a bar in the small Colombian town, 175 miles northwest of Bogota.
01/12/2004: Twenty-four suspected Taliban fighters attacked a police checkpoint in Nimroz, Afghanistan. Armed with assault rifles, the fighters killed four Afghan police officers in the attack. The attacks come as increased Taliban violence has hit Afghanistan in recent months. The attacks have been concentrated in the south and east, near the Pakistani border.
01/12/2005: Members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for a bombing near the Israeli settlement of Morag located in the Gush Katif region of the Gaza Strip. The perpetrators detonated the bomb along a road as a Jeep passed by injuring three Israel Defense Force soldiers and killing one civilian. The attackers also fired guns at the victims.
01/12/2005: Two suspected Communist rebels killed a retired police superintendent, Eduardo Sebastian, in Lucena City, Philippines. The perpetrators broke into the victim’s house and shot him. Local authorities indicated that a Communist rebel spokesperson had claimed responsibility for the assassination, but indicated that they were skeptical as to the authenticity of the claim.
01/12/2005: Unknown attackers killed a US Army soldier in Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate.
01/12/2005: Unknown perpetrators killed three members of Iraq’s National Guard and injured six others in an attack in Al-Mansar, Iraq. The National Guard personnel came under attack while they were delivering supplies to a local school. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2005: Unknown perpetrators threw a grenade into a cinema in Mogadishu, Somalia. The explosion and resulting stampede killed three people and left nine others injured.
01/12/2006: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near an army force in the West Bank town of Jenin as Israel Defense Force troops and Border Police surrounded the house he was in, causing no casualties.
01/12/2006: One woman was seriously injured when guerrillas detonated a bomb along the road in Lati Koili village, Surkhet (District), Nepal. No group claimed responsibility.
01/12/2007: A Russian-made anti-tank rocket struck the United States Embassy in Athens, Greece damaging the building. There were no casualties in the attack that has been claimed by the left-wing domestic group known as the Revolutionary Struggle.
01/12/2007: A US civilian contractor and two Afghan citizens were injured when their convoy was attacked by a suicide car bomber 30 miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan in Logar province. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2007: Anwar Bhinder and six others were killed when 4 gunmen attacked the car of the senior judicial official in Lahore, Pakistan. One attacker of the unknown group was killed in the incident that may have stemmed from an old political rivalry.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/12/2007: Iraqi journalist Khudr Younis al-Obaidi, who worked for Al-Diwan newspaper, was killed by gunmen in an unknown region of northern Iraq; there was no claim of responsibility.
01/12/2007: Suspected Shi i militants attacked a Sunni mosque with automatic weapons in Baghdad, Iraq. Two guards were injured.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/12/2007: Two policemen were killed and one was injured when a remote trigger bomb, hidden on a motorcycle exploded in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are suspected, but the group did not claim responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday  in Kwajok, Warab, Sudan, armed assailants stopped a United Nations Mission in Sudan vehicle. One Filipino peacekeeper was injured and another peacekeeper was assaulted in the attack  that took place after the vehicle was stopped. Two other peacekeepers were held hostage for a few minutes. The Sudan Liberation Army/Movement claim responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday afternoon at about 1715, in Wahengbam Leikai, Imphal, Manipur, India, assailants threw a Chinese hand grenade at Hotel Bheigo which exploded outside the hotel, damaging the glass window panes of a reception counter and a Honda Activa scooter. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) was responsible.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at 03:30, in the town of Mos (Galicia), Spain, a bomb placed under a parked vehicle exploded. The bomb caused only material damages; no casualties were reported. The motive for the bombing is unknown as the owner of the vehicle holds political office and is not a public figure. It is unknown if the perpetrators are the ETA or other radical groups seeking independence for the Galicia region.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at 800, in the Sab'ah Nisam district, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device in the New Baghdad neighborhood, killing three people and wounding 10. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at 900, in Karradah neighborhood near Kahramana square, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb attached to a vehicle at the entrance of a market and near a mobile police patrol exploded, killing one civilian and injuring four police and two civilians. One police vehicle and several shops were damaged. The motive was political in nature and the Islamic Army in Iraq claimed responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday morning at around 0815, in central Baghdad, Iraq, a sticky bomb placed under a civilian car detonated in the Sheikh Omar area, killing one person and wounding another. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday night at 2230, in Nazran, Russia, Khozh-Akhmed Muslaurov, the commander of a specialized unit of the Motorized Battalion of the Interior Ministry Troops, was shot in the head by a sniper next to the "Kovcheg" store. He died at the scene. No damage or motive were reported. No group  claimed responsibility.
01/12/2009: On Monday night, cadres of the Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM), formerly known as the Goit faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-G), shot and killed Rajkumar Kamati, former chairman of Sirauwa Pachuware Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Siraha District. Kamati was accused of being a spy and assisting the Police for establishing a Police station in the VDC. The ATMM cadres had fired four rounds of bullet at Kamati yesterday night at his residence. Biplov, District in-charge of the ATMM, claimed responsibility for the killing.
01/12/2009: On Monday night, two personnel of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) were killed and another injured as three National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) insurgents fired at the personnel camp in Upper Assam's Dhemaji district. The attack occurred at Sapori when the BRO staff had retired after dinner. One of the ultras, armed with ak-47 rifle waited outside while two others armed with ak-47 and a revolver went in and opened fire at random killing two. The deceased were identified as operator Pritam Chand from Jammu and Kashmir and Driver Priyam Chand from Himachal Pradesh. Bhisan Das from Jammu and Kashmir was injured after being hit by rifle butt. Eight persons have been picked up for questioning. No group claimed responsibility; however, the NDFB had reportedly demanded Rs 50 from each laborer working in the BRO project but they had paid only Rs 20.
01/12/2009: On Monday, pro-Taliban militants beheaded a civilian in Odigram area in Mingora, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2009: On Monday, Somali insurgents launched a mortar attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu.  According to reports, an unknown number of mortars were fired at the palace, during a meeting between the Somali Prime Minister, African Union, and Ethiopian military commanders.  No casualties were caused by this attack.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2009: On Monday, the bodies of two men, who had been killed by the Taliban on charges of spying for the United States, were dumped in the village of Mir Ali, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A note was left with the bodies.
01/12/2009: On Monday, unidentified militants threw a grenade into the residence of a railway guard in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/12/2010: On Tuesday evening at 2009, an improvised explosive device, targeting the Mozdok-to-Gazimagomed pipeline, exploded in the Derbentsky District, Russia. The pipeline was damaged and caught on fire, leaving the city of Derbent, Degestanskiye-Ogni, and the village of Mamedkala with out gas. The explosion cause no damage and no group clamed responsibility.
01/12/2010: On Tuesday evening at 2130, two armed men entered a home and shot a civilian in both legs in the Rossnareen Park area, Belfast, Northern Ireland. No group claimed responsibility, however paramilitaries are suspected.
01/12/2010: On Tuesday, in the rural area of San Luis, in the municipality of Caloto, Cauca, Colombia, Army troops from the eighth Quinbayas Counterinsurgency Battalion located and safely destroyed a 20 pound cylinder bomb containing unknown explosives and one antipersonnel mine which was installed with a pressurized detonating system. The explosives were suspected to be planted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) 6th Front with the intention to be used against the local civilian population and military troops in that area. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/12/2010: On Tuesday, in the rural site of La Loma in Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia, Army troops from the 10th Infantry Battalion found and safely destroyed an antipersonnel mine. The explosives were suspected to be planted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) 36th Front with the intention to be used against the local civilian population and military troops in that area. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday afternoon at 1400, on Pejagi Road in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, two people were killed and seven others were injured when unidentified militants detonated two roadside improvised explosive devices targeting a school van. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The blasts coincided with the visit paid by the U.S. vice president Joe Biden to Pakistan, who arrived in Islamabad Wednesday for a one-day visit after wrapping up a brief tour in the neighboring country of Afghanistan.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday morning around 0900, in Asadabad, Konar, Afghanistan, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle, killing two individuals, including the deputy chief of National Directorate for Security (NDS), injuring two others, and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. The victims were identified as Colonel Sahibzada, his driver and his two bodyguards. Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack from an undisclosed location over the telephone to the media.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday morning at around 0800, in Kabul City, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, a militant driving an explosive-laden motorbike, rammed it into a National Directorate for Security (NDS) bus, killing two, including an NDS employee and injuring 27 others, including at least six NDS employees. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the attack took place just a day after the visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to Afghanistan and his meeting with President Hamid Karzai wherein he reassured Washington's long-term commitment to the militancy-plagued nation. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday morning, in an area on the outskirts of Dehak District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, unidentified armed men opened fire on a vehicle, killing a local government official, identified as Abdol Hamid, wounding two civilians, and causing an unknown amount of property damage. Hamid, who was a member of Dehyak District Council, was attacked while traveling from his house to the district center. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday morning, in Taji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car detonated, killing the driver, wounding three others, and completely destroying the car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday night at 0200, in Matani, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants planted about 10 kilograms of explosives at a 132 KV grid station control room and detonated them by remote control, destroying the supply system and causing suspension of power supply to 12 feeders in parts of Peshawar. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday night at 2300, at Tegraha Village Development Committee-3 in Rautahat, Narayani, Nepal, militants detonated a bomb at the house of Shiva Pura Sah. No casualties were reported, but the house was partially damaged. Sah had been working as the village Secretary of Poverty Alleviation Treasure. Central Chairman of Janatantrik Madhesh Mukti, Bhagat Singh, telephoned the police soon after the explosion claiming responsibility.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday night, in Jhakia village in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India, unidentified militants killed a civilian, identified as Bhusan Marandi, by slitting his throat. Marandi was suspected of being a police informer and tipping off the police about militant movements leading to the killings of three cadres on 01/11/2011. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday night, in the Abobo area of Abidjan, Lagunes, Cote D'ivoire, five policemen and one security guard were killed when unidentified militants armed with rocket propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles attacked police. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday, at the Carlos Antonio Lopez plaza in the Sajonia area of Asuncion, Central, Paraguay in one of two related attacks, an improvised explosive device (IED) was placed in a garbage can by unknown militants. Police later discovered and safely defused the IED, preventing any casualties or property damage from taking place. No group has claimed responsibility, although authorities believe that the Paraguayan People's Army was responsible.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday, at the Television Cerro Cora - Channel Nine, at the Carlos Antonio Lopez plaza in the Sajonia area of Asuncion, Central, Paraguay, in one of two related attacks, an improvised explosive device was detonated. The explosion caused a hole in one of the beams of the television station but resulted in no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility, although authorities believe that the Paraguayan People's Army was responsible.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Dora neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device planted near the residence of a judge detonated, wounding him as he was leaving his residence. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen shot and killed a civilian after chasing him from house to house. The victim was a former non-commissioned officer in Saddam Hussein's army. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Thessaloniki, in Greece, Greece, in one of two related attacks, unidentified militants detonated unknown explosives at the office of Greek lawmaker Aggelos Kolokotronis, a member of the Right Popular Orthodox Party. One female employee was injured. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Thessaloniki, in Greece, Greece, in one of two related attacks, unidentified militants detonated unknown explosives at the office of the Union for Retired Policemen, injuring one person and damaging the building. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle near Jbela area, Babil governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting a group of Shia pilgrims in Latifiya city, Babil governorate, Iraq. One person died and six were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, there are frequent attacks on Shia pilgrims in Iraq in an attempt to heighten sectarian strife.
01/12/2012: A rocket hit a bomb disposal squad (BDS) of the Pakistani Army in Srarogha area, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four soldiers were killed and an unknown number of people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the assailants are reported to have been pro-Taliban.
01/12/2012: A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) hit the car of two workers employed by a contractor for the World Food Program (WFP) in Dhusamareb city, Galguduud region, Somalia. The two workers died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: A suicide bomber crashed his vehicle into the vehicle of the Panjwai district governor on the Kandahar-Herat Highway, Kubi area, Panjwai district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Five other people, including the governor, were killed and 10 were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2012: An assailant opened fire at a group of people in Ceelasha Biyaha district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Four people were killed and several others injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab. It may have been related to the torture by Al-Shabaab of several businessmen in the district the previous day in an attempt to get money.
01/12/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a group of Shia pilgrims in Al-Kifl town, Babil governorate, Iraq. One pilgrim died and 12 were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, there are frequent attacks on Shia pilgrims in Iraq in an attempt to heighten sectarian strife.
01/12/2012: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Tali area, Sibi district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants attacked a Frontier Constabulary (FC) fort with heavy machine guns and rockets in Girni Sheikhan area, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One FC member was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants attacked a joint police and Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Sarband area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three people were killed and 11 injured in the attack. Three attackers were killed as well. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Mull Pattay area, Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One soldier died and another was injured in the attack. In retaliation, soldiers killed eight attackers and injured three. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants attacked Afghan security forces in Saydabad district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. The forces were attempting to pick up four bodies of kidnapped construction workers when they were ambushed. There were no casualties in the gunfire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb near a house in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The house belonged to a member of the Sahwa Council. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb on a highway near Iskandariyah city, Babil governorate, Iraq. Four Shia pilgrims were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, there are frequent attacks on Shia pilgrims in Iraq in an attempt to heighten sectarian strife.
01/12/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a liquor store in Sarafand city, South governorate, Lebanon. No one was injured; however, the blast damaged the store and other nearby shops. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that this was one in a spate of recent attacks on stores or restaurants serving alcohol in the conservative area of Lebanon.
01/12/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device outside a music center near Farooq Azam Chowk, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least five people were injured and seven shops destroyed or damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants exploded a remote-controlled explosive device under Baba Raja Bridge near Sohbatpur area, Naseerbad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The explosive device was targeting an Oil & Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) car, but all the passengers survived. However, the bridge was blown up in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants fired a mortar shell at Merikhel area, Akakhel village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Five people died, one was injured, and a house was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Assailants kidnapped Dharmendra Yadav in Natun Haza area, Dima Hasao district, Assam state, India. Yadav was a construction worker for Triveni Construction, who was completing a project in the area. He was released nine days later because of the pressure put on by the ongoing police and army operation. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that there had been a rash of recent kidnappings of construction company members, either for ransom or to disrupt the peace process in Dima Hasao.
01/12/2012: Assailants launched three rockets on an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Kushk-e Kohna district, Herat province, Afghanistan. There were no casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Attackers threw Molotov Cocktails at a Saudi security patrol in Al-Awamiyah village, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. The security patrol returned fire, killing one attacker and injuring another. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Wisut Tangwitthayaporn in Ratsada district, Phuket province, Thailand. The deceased was a main member of the red-shirt political movement and a newspaper publisher. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Thai media suspected that his death was related either to the fact that his newspaper had published about corruption in the land department of Phuket or that he was a well-known political protester.
01/12/2012: Three members of Salarzai security company hit a roadside mine on the Kandahar-Herat Highway, Bakwa district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Two security guards died in the attack, and their vehicle was destroyed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: A can bomb was discovered in the Adouriya area in Jharkhand, India. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attribute the incident to Maoists.
01/12/2013: An explosive device detonated at a gas pipeline in Jehangira town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the explosion caused a temporary gas leak. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: An explosive device detonated at a government-run primary school for girls in the Sipah area of Bara town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the building was badly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: An explosive device detonated in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. A Kurdish police officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle on the Ariha-Sarraqeb road in Idlib governorate, Syria. Five soldiers were killed in the blast and another 10 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: An explosive device detonated near an internet cafe in Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. A child was killed and nearby buildings were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting Bashir Khan Umerzai's convoy in Umerzai area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least 12 people, including Umerzai, a former Awami National Party (ANP) provincial minister, was injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/12/2013: Approximately 40 assailants attacked a military patrol in Ned town, South Cotabato province, Philippines. At least one military member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants attacked a road construction crew near al-Kouma locality, North Darfur, Sudan. Three Chinese workers and five Sudanese workers were abducted. The Chinese captives were released unharmed on January 16, 2013, and the Sudanese captives were released on January 26, 2013. This was one of two similar kidnappings on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/12/2013: Assailants attacked police district headquarters in Durna village, Kamdesh district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed and four were injured in return fire; there were no reported police casualties. Officials attribute the incident to the Taliban.
01/12/2013: Assailants kidnapped a Chinese engineer near al-Kouma locality, North Darfur, Sudan. The Chinese captive was released unharmed on January 16, 2013. This was one of two similar kidnappings on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on Guido De Sanctis's vehicle in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Sanctis, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs consul, was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on Ikechukwu Udendu in Onitsha city, Anambra, Nigeria. Udendu, the editor of the Anambra News monthly newspaper, was killed in the attack. Following the shooting, the assailants called Udendu's brother telling him where to collect the body. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Satbarwa police post in Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties resulting from the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attribute the incident to Maoists.
01/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on Yardil Nizami, the former Mirbachakot police chief, in Daku village, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Nizami and three guards were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on Zoona Begum at her private residence in Hardshiva village, Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Begum, a panchayat or village head, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants set fire to the mausoleum in Sidi Bou Said town, Tunis governorate, Tunisia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the fire; however, the mausoleum was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) office in Iraklio city, Crete region, Greece. There were no reported casualties resulting from the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Assailants threw petrol bombs at protesters camped in front of the presidential palace in Cairo city, Cairo, Egypt. At least 14 people, including police officers, were wounded. The protesters had been there over a month, opposing the Islamist-supported draft constitution and President Mohammed Morsi's call for a referendum. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2013: Six explosive devices were discovered in Gulab Singh Bowli area, Hyderabad city, Andhra Pradesh, Indian. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A group of assailants assaulted a group of farmers in Dan Kouj village, Zalingei town, Central Darfur state, Sudan. Three farmers, including a woman, were injured in the attack. The attack was motivated by an assailants death in a conflict with farmers the day before. This was one of three attacks conducted by this group on targets around Dan Kouj on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A number of assailants stormed Sabon Gari village in Borno state, Nigeria. Eight people were killed and a number of others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Boko Haram.
01/12/2014: A packet lying on the road near the residence of a district magistrate exploded when a civilian picked it up in Tilkamanjhi town, Bhagalpur city, Bihar state, India. Five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Mansour area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and at least two were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the convoy of Amir Muqam in Martung area, Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This was one of two explosions targeting the convoy; the second blast occurred nearby a few minutes later. The attacks targeted Muqam, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and an advisor to the Prime Minister. At least six people were killed across both blasts. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the convoy of Amir Muqam in Martung area, Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This was one of two explosions targeting the convoy; this second blast occurred a few minutes after the first. The attacks targeted Muqam, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and an advisor to the Prime Minister. At least six people were killed across both blasts. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Lafoole area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/12/2014: A roadside explosive device detonated near a police patrol in northern Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Seven police officers were wounded in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a journalist's car detonated on the campus of Mosul University in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Salah Nazal, a cameraman for al-Mosuliyah television, and his driver were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a vehicle belonging to Facilities Protection Services detonated in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least one security officer was killed and six were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A sticky bomb attached to the car of Brigadier General Bakhtiyar Fayikh's car detonated outside his home in Sulaymaniyah city, Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraq. Fayikh, a member of Kurdistan's security forces, was uninjured; however, his car was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a bus station in the Allawi area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Nine people were killed and 16 were wounded by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim fundamentalists.
01/12/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Tuz Khormato city, Tooz district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks; a few minutes later, a second bomb detonated in a nearby cart. In addition to the bomber in this attack, three people were killed and 27 wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/12/2014: An assailant attempted to assassinate, Abd Rabbo Abdul Hamid al-Barasi, the head of Cyrenaica's self-proclaimed government in Bayda city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. Al-Barasi was able to fend off the assailant and escaped without serious injury. The assailant was arrested. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: An assailant on an explosives-laden bicycle drove into a bus carrying police personnel in the Yakatot area of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, one police officer and one civilian were killed while approximately 20 other individuals, including police officers and civilians, were injured. Additionally, several shop were damaged by the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and identified the assailant as Burhanuddin Nangarhari.
01/12/2014: An explosive device detonated near a security facilities building on the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology campus in Doroluman village, Arakan municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Twenty-four people were injured by the blast. This was one of two attacks on the campus; the first one served to draw in first responders who were targeted by this explosive device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Assam Rifles (AR) transit camp in Minuthong area, Imphal city, Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: An explosive device hidden in a cart detonated in Tuz Khormato city, Tooz district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This occurred just minutes after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle nearby. Three people were killed and 27 wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/12/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a gathering of buses and taxis in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 12 were wounded by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a sheep market in the Hamam al-Aleel area south of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 11 were wounded by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Adan Square in Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 14 were wounded by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Approximately 20 assailants attacked an LLL Holdings Incorporated (LLLHI) security post in Sitio Upper Balukbok municipality, Pampanga province, Philippines. One security guard was wounded in the attack and another was abducted. The whereabouts of the abducted guard are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Approximately 30 assailants armed with guns, explosive devices, and knives attacked Kayamula village within Konduga community, Borno state, Nigeria. Five people were killed and a number of houses and shops were set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect Boko Haram.
01/12/2014: Assailants attacked a Levies' van in Bali Sourab area of Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the attack; however, assailants stole weapons and equipment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants attacked a military barracks in the town of Al-Zaidan, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Security forces responded by opening fire from a helicopter, killing eight people and wounding 17. It is unclear how many of the casualties were civilians and how many were attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2014: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Towfiq neighborhood, Yaqshid district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reports of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the source attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/12/2014: Assailants attacked the Assembly of God church in Hikkaduwa town, Southern province, Sri Lanka. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the church suffered unspecified damages. This was one of two attacks on churches in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Buddhist Monks.
01/12/2014: Assailants attacked the Calvary Free church in Hikkaduwa town, Southern province, Sri Lanka. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the church suffered unspecified damages. This was one of two attacks on churches in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Buddhist Monks.
01/12/2014: Assailants blew up an electrical transmission tower in Rakhni area of Loralai district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the tower was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a military check post in Shihr district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Four soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources noted that the assailants appeared to be a group containing both members of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Hadramawt Tribes Alliance.
01/12/2014: Assailants killed the imam of Al Maula mosque in the Al-Risala neighborhood of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants launched a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at the Mercedes-Benz dealership in Varibombi village, Attica province, Greece. No casualties were reported because the rocket missed the target and landed in a field. The Group of Popular Fighters claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of German capitalism.
01/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying local businessmen near Yeed town, Bakool region, Somalia. Two civilians were killed and several were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Awami National Party (ANP) leader in his vehicle near Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The leader, and former ANP vice president, Mian Mushtaq Ahmed, was killed along with his driver and a friend. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on Mohammed Ramadan Al-Hadidi as he left his home in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Hadidi, a television presenter for Nineveh Al-Ghad TV, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on Samran Chanthong, a People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) security guard, on Chaeng Wattana Road in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. Chanthong was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants set fire to a security facilities building on the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology campus in Doroluman village, Arakan municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported injuries and the extent of damage to the building is unknown. This was one of two attacks on the campus; this first one served to draw in first responders who were targeted by an explosive device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Assailants shot and killed Hussein Macaash, a local businessman, in Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/12/2014: Assailants wearing military uniforms opened fire on Ismail Adam Sul, a displaced person, near the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) site in Kabkabiya locality, North Darfur state, Sudan. Sul was killed in the attack. The assailants then took Sul's body and burned it on a highway. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying a major with the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) police forces in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The major and his guard were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Gunmen using silencers opened fire on Saiqa Special Forces brigade member Ziyad Al-Nuaisry as he left a mosque in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. Al-Nuaisry was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Militia members assaulted a rescue team of farmers responding to an earlier attack in Dan Kouj village, Central Darfur state, Sudan. The number of casualties is unknown; however, the assailants torched the farmer's vehicles in the attack. This was one of three attacks conducted by this group on targets around Dan Kouj on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Militia members attacked and torched a police station in Dan Kouj village, Zalingei town, Central Darfur state, Sudan. The number of casualties from the attack is unknown; however, assailants stole weapons and ammunition and damaged the station. This was one of three attacks conducted by this group on targets around Dan Kouj on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2014: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on civilians in the Dashti Bazaar area of Turbat city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a volunteer fighters' base in Abbasiyah town, Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least 12 security personnel were killed and 18 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An assailant, identified as a police officer, opened fire on senior government officials during a meeting at the district governor's office in Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three people, including the assailant, the district governor, and a police commander, were killed and two others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Shuritola School in Shuritola neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Viqarunnisa Noon School in Azimpur area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated in Nadira Bazar area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated in Tati Bazaar neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near a farmer in Jori area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The farmer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Shaab 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.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) engineers in Ghani Khel district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two engineers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near Colonel Mirza Jan in Matoon area, Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. Jan, a police trainer, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near the Al-Hadi al-Bashir Mosque in Dora 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.
01/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Khan Mohammad in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Two people, including Mohammad, a district police chief, were killed and one other person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Sheikh Omar 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.
01/12/2015: An explosive device was discovered near railway tracks and defused the following day in Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
01/12/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Bangsal area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Hatirpool area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants abducted two people, including Michael Agbalaze, in Azikoro village, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping of Agbalaze, a National Conscience Party (NCP) candidate, and his aide is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2015: Assailants attacked a Communist Party of India: Marxist (CPI-M) office in Peringom town, Kerala state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Deh Marda area, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. A police officer was killed and one other was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants attacked military forces in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One assailant was killed and unknown number were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants attacked residents and buildings with explosive and incendiary devices in Askira town, Borno state, Nigeria. An unknown number of people were killed and injured and several buildings, including a police station, a health center, and a school, were damaged in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Chernukhino, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Filastine neighborhood, Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in the area on the same day. Two people were killed and 15 people were injured across both attacks. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Hirkse, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in the area on the same day. Two people were killed and 15 people were injured across both attacks. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Stanytsia Luhanska area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Trekhizbenka town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Valuyske, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Vilkhove, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Zolote city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a stadium in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Shchastya town on January 12, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants launched mortars near a bridge in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Shchastya town on January 12, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants launched mortars near a bus station in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Shchastya town on January 12, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants launched mortars near a gardening society in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Shchastya town on January 12, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants launched mortars near a thermal-electric power station in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One person was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Shchastya town on January 12, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/12/2015: Assailants launched rockets at the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport where the military was stationed in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint in Mekhtar area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least seven soldiers were killed and one other was wounded in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a government vehicle in Karada area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An employee of the Finance Ministry was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Kolofata town, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. One soldier and 143 assailants were killed and four soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Sheikh Zuweid town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Abbas Al-Maghrabi in Dhihar district, Ibb governorate, Yemen. Al-Maghrabi, the head of the Information Department of the Ibb Security Department, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Maulvi Abdul Karim outside of his residence in Sapyano area, Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Karim, a Helmand Ulema Council member, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Hussain in Zarash area, Nawa-i-Barakzayi district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Hussain, a tribal elder, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Raees Alam in Qasba Colony neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Alam, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants stormed the residence of Muralidhar Kawra and threw acid on him and his family in Ujjain city, Madhya Pradesh state, India. Three people, including Kawra, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at an onion truck in Dhopakhola area, Jessore district, Khulna division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/12/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a bus on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj area, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. A civilian was killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/12/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at a vehicle carrying Awami League activists in Central Shaheed Minar area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Five activists were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was involved in the attack.
01/12/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at an Awami League rally in Ramna neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants threw four explosive devices at the residence of Khandakar Mahbub Hossain in Malibagh neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Hossain, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices at a truck in Mirsarai area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. A civilian was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/12/2015: Four explosive devices were discovered and safely defused at the Magistrate Court building in Chapainawabganj district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2016: A suicide bomber attempted to detonated in Tolkomari, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/12/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the convoy of Colonel Qassem al-Anbaki in Jadidat ash Shatt, Khalis district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least two police officers were killed and Colonel al-Ankabi, the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) head of police intelligence, was injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near tourists at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. In addition to the bomber, at least 12 people were killed and 13 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/12/2016: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in Beit Einun, West Bank. At least two people, including a bystander and the assailant, were killed when the soldiers opened fire. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Muhammad Kawazba, as a Palestinian extremist.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated along Ad Daght Street in Madain, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated in a field in Sha'a Ali, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated in Ghazaliya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Dora neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Army patrol in Tarmiyah, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) vehicle in Taji, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: An explosive device detonated on Egyptian National Railways tracks in Ayat, Giza governorate, Egypt. Two additional devices were discovered and defused following the blast. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused along Doctor Bano Road in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers carried out an attack with eight explosives-laden vehicles in Al Jazeera, near Tikrit, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 25 assailants. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/12/2016: Assailants attacked a gas station owned by Jamuna Singh, a former Jharkhand minister, in Pipghati, Bihar state, India. An unknown number of employees were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Liberation Front of India.
01/12/2016: Assailants attacked a military supply convoy in Anar Darah district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Eleven assailants were killed and one police officer and 13 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/12/2016: Assailants attacked a Yemeni Police station in Al Mughtaribin neighborhood, Az Zuhrah, Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. An unknown number of police officers were injured and a number of prisoners were freed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) and Frontier Works Organization (FWO) convoy in Balkatar, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and four others were injured in the assault. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Works Organization (FWO) camp in Hoshap, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed in the assault. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on Amin Shayif outside his residence in Shaykh Uthman, Adan governorate, Yemen. Shayif, a Yemeni Police lieutenant colonel, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on an Al Sharqiyah News vehicle in Abu Sayda, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two employees were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on Royal Thai Police officers traveling in a vehicle in Manang Damlam subdistrict, Pattani province, Thailand. At least one officer was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants opened fire outside a Hizballah prayer room in Saadiyat, Mount Lebanon governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2016: Assailants set fire to a Sunni mosque in Muqdadiyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of 7 mosques set alight and one of 51 attacks in and around Muqdadiyah on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq and the Badr Brigades.
01/12/2016: Assailants set fire to construction equipment in Gaya district, Bihar state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The People's Liberation Front of India claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2016: Assailants shot and killed three civilians in Al-Asiri, Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of 51 attacks in and around Muqdadiyah on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq and the Badr Brigades.
01/12/2016: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the residence of a Chinese family on Ebor Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties as the device failed to catch fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: An explosive device detonated in Hamamiyat, north of Baghdad, Saladin, Iraq. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: An explosive device detonated in Malef neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: An explosive device detonated in Qadisiyah neighborhood, Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. At least four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/12/2017: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Volunteer Forces patrol in Dawr, Saladin, Iraq. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: An explosive device detonated near Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Chinnakodepal, Chhattisgarh, India. At least one officer and a service dog were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/12/2017: An explosive device detonated near Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers at the Golgore River in Damboa district, Borno, Nigeria. At least two soldiers were killed and an unknown number of other soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/12/2017: Assailants abducted two Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers west of Kilu Miat wa Sittin, Al Anbar, Iraq. Both hostages were executed on January 14, 2017. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants armed with rockets and firearms attacked a road construction camp in Patkhu, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2017: Assailants attacked Peshmerga forces in Jisr Az Zarkah, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, resulting in an unknown number of assailant casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/12/2017: Assailants attacked the Libyan Ministry of Defense building in Tripoli, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two related attacks on government buildings in Tripoli on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/12/2017: Assailants attacked the Libyan Ministry of Labor building in Tripoli, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two related attacks on government buildings in Tripoli on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/12/2017: Assailants fired a mortar at a civilian residence in Al Maliyah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 17 people were killed and four other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/12/2017: Assailants fired four mortars at an Armed Forces of Myanmar outpost in Ho Chaung, Shan, Myanmar. The mortars missed the target and landed near civilians, killing two and injuring eight others. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), which denied involvement.
01/12/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police officer and civilians in Mehmoodabad neighborhood, Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two people, including the officer, were killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants opened fire on a retired Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) soldier in Dusoc, Pangasinan, Philippines. The soldier was killed and his wife was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants opened fire on an oil tanker convoy in Lukhambi, Manipur, India. At least one person was killed and three other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
01/12/2017: Assailants opened fire on Muhammad Jan in Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan. Jan, a Qudrat journalist and teacher, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants opened fire on students in El Kasr, North Darfur, Sudan. At least one student was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants shot and injured a civilian on Lenina Street in Marinka, Donetsk, Ukraine. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants shot and injured a married couple at their residence along Norglen Parade in Turf Lodge neighborhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Oglaigh na hEireann.
01/12/2017: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Padanpung, Noney district, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
01/12/2017: Assailants shot and killed a retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier in the Proper neighborhood, Bayog, Negros Occidental, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Somali shopkeeper in Khayelitsha neighborhood, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Assailants shot and killed two suspected informants in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/12/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated in Kafr Sousa neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. In addition to the two assailants, at least 10 people were killed and 17 other people were injured in the blast. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/12/2017: Two suicide bombers targeting Iraqi Armed Forces soldiers detonated prematurely in Hadbaa neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the two assailants, at least three civilians were killed in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/1998: A bomb exploded in Timezrit, near Boumerdes, in Algeria, but nobody was hurt. No group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/13/1998: Five people were injured when a homemade bomb went off in Ain Bessem, in the Bouira Province southeast of Algiers, Algeria. There were no reports of fatalities, and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/13/1998: Two civilians had their throats cut in Constantine, Algeria. There were no reports of injuries, and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/13/1999: An unidentified man threw a grenade at a Christian family in Maluso, Philippines, in the largely Islamic province of Basilan. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2000: A landmine killed one boy and injured eight other people near Batticaloa. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were suspected in the attack.
01/13/2000: The Pontorson tax office in La Manche department, France, was damaged when an explosive device went off outside the office’s door. The office and neighboring houses were damaged when the windows shattered. The perpetrators of this attack were unknown.
01/13/2000: Thirty people were abducted in Aworanga in northern Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The captives were forced to carry to Sudan goods the LRA had looted from nearby stores and homes.
01/13/2000: Two homes in Cape Town were attacked with petrol bombs. At the first house, five petrol bombs were thrown but only one exploded. At the second house, three petrol bombs were thrown and only two exploded. Both houses were damaged. American gangs were suspected for the attacks.
01/13/2001: A road side bomb was planted off of Monaghan Road five miles outside of Armagh City in Coleraine County, Northern Ireland. The bomb was discovered and defused by authorities before it could cause harm. Authorities believed it to be the work of dissident republicans.
01/13/2001: The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) attacked Melo’s Construction Corporation on Long Island, New York U.S.A. The group set equipment on fire causing $8,000 in damages. There were no injuries or fatalities.
01/13/2003: A gunshot was fired at the Nagoya branch of Chogin Chubu Credit Union in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture. No one was in the building at the time. The credit union primarily caters to Japan’s North Korean population.
01/13/2003: An explosion at a private car in Santa Maria di Lotta, Corsica resulted in the destruction of the car as well as damage to ten other vehicles but caused no causalities. The attack was quickly claimed by the Resistenza Corsa.
01/13/2003: An explosion in the front of Fanny’s Club in Bastia Corsica left significant damage to the bar but caused no causalities. The attack was quickly claimed by the Resistenza Corsa.
01/13/2003: Former New People's Army member Edgardo Ocfemia was shot and killed by an unknown number of assailants believed to be current members of the New People's Army in the Philippine town of Guinobatan.
01/13/2003: In Somalia, a group of civilians that included elders and intellectuals of the Asharaf clan attempting to mediate a conflict between warring factions were shot and killed in Jeera Gulow inside Buur Hakaba District by local militia. The victims had just been released after being detained for four hours by militiamen who were manning a checkpoint. At least seven were killed and at least six were wounded.
01/13/2003: Joseph Cooper, a 60 year old Protestant Missionary, and seven companions were attacked in the Indian state of Kerala's capital Trivandrum by ten members of the radical Hindu movement Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The group sustained light injuries after being assaulted with swords, sticks, and a crowbar.
01/13/2003: Two brothers, Miru and Ismail Katarai, were abducted before being shot and killed by Muslim separatists in the village of Panar inside Indian controlled Kashmir. The bodies of the victims displayed marks of torture.
01/13/2004: A US apache attack helicopter was downed by unidentified insurgents near Fallujah, Iraq. The attack marks the third time in two weeks a US helicopter has been shot down in this area. The apache was flying with another US helicopter when it was brought down by enemy ground fire. According to witnesses the apache was brought down by a missile. The two crew members aboard were injured, but survived.
01/13/2004: Palestinian gunmen attacked a car carrying two Israeli civilians near the Israeli settlement of Talmon in the West Bank, Palestine. The shooting occurred after dark on a road near the settlement. One Israeli civilian was killed and another injured in the attack.
01/13/2005: A roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in Baqubah, Iraq resulting in the deaths of two officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2005: Gunmen attacked a building housing an office of Yemen’s ruling party in San’a. The attackers fired shots and detonated a bomb that slightly wounded two journalists and caused minor damage to the building. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, local authorities believed that Sheik Abdulmajid al-Zindani, a prominent politician and spiritual leader of the Islah Party, may have been behind the incident.
01/13/2005: Members of a group calling itself Global Intifada set fire to a car belonging to the Danish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. The attack, which occurred outside of the Danish Embassy, did not result in any casualties but left the vehicle badly damaged. The perpetrators left a note on the car and contacted a local Swedish news source claiming responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2005: Members of militant leader Shamil Basayev’s organization shot and killed three members of the Chechen President’s security staff and a civilian near the village of Dyshne-Vedeno. The perpetrators attacked the victim’s vehicle on a road near the village. A note signed by Suleyman Imurzayev, one of Basayev’s high-ranking subordinates, was found at the scene of the attack.
01/13/2005: Unidentified assailants killed Mu’ayyad Sami, Chief Editor of Al-Barlaman newspaper, as he was leaving his home in Baqubah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
01/13/2005: Unknown gunmen assassinated Sayed Ali Al-Sistani’s aide Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Madaeni, his son, and four of his bodyguards in the Salman Pak area of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2005: Unknown gunmen attacked a US military protected convoy near Al-Ishaq, Iraq. The perpetrators fired an anti-armor shell at one of the trucks in the convoy killing the Iraqi driver of the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2005: Unknown gunmen attempted to assassinate Iraqi Al-Umma Party Chairman, Methal Al-Alousi in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators attempted to kill Al-Alousi while he was at home, but he survived the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2005: Unknown gunmen kidnapped a Turkish national, Abdulkadir Tanrikulu, and killed six Iraqi civilians in an attack in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators swarmed the victims’ bus as it pulled up to the Bakhan Hotel at dawn to pick up Tanrikulu and five of his Iraqi employees. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2005: Unknown gunmen kidnapped Egyptian businessman, Sayyed Abdel Khaleq, who was the director of an oil derivatives plant in Kirkuk, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping was not reported.
01/13/2005: Unknown gunmen killed four Iraqi Army soldiers and wounded two others during an attack on a patrol near Samarra, Iraq.
01/13/2005: Unknown perpetrators kidnapped four Kurdish men in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. The outcome of the kidnapping was not reported.
01/13/2005: Unknown perpetrators killed then burned the bodies of four police officers in Al-Suwayrah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.”
01/13/2005: Unknown perpetrators planted two improvised explosive devices in a police car in Prizren, Kosovo. The explosions killed a Nigerian UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Police officer. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/13/2006: An explosion ripped through a parking area of the Norwegian led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) office in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. A pickup truck was badly damaged and shrapnel peppered three other SLMM vehicles, but there were no casualties in the attack. It is believed the bomb was either planted in the ground or was attached to a wheel of the pickup truck. No one claimed responsibility, but the LTTE is suspected as the blast came just hours after the monitors asked the Colombo government to disarm anti-LTTE paramilitary units operating in the east, including Batticaloa.
01/13/2007:  In Ekulama, Nigeria, assailants armed wiith unspecified firearms fired upon a boat, killing eight civillians and four local chiefs.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2007: A series of six bombs exploded, damaging local shops in the Siraha district, a part of Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. There were no casualties; authorities believe Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) is responsible for the bomb attacks on shops that did not participate in a general strike.
01/13/2007: An official from the intelligence department in Paktia province, Afghanistan, was abducted by unknown captors and found dead on a rural road the next day.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/13/2007: Fifteen people, including eight civilians and seven police were injured in three grenade attacks in Srinagar, India. In a call to a local news agency, the attacks were claimed by the group al-Mansoorian.
01/13/2007: One civilian was killed and four police officers were wounded when an explosive device was detonated near a police patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq.  There was no claim of responsibility.
01/13/2007: Suspected Taliban members attacked a research office of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission at Banda Daud Shah in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan and kidnapped 6 employees, and stole 3 vehicles. Four suspected Taliban members were killed in the incident, and one was captured during the incident. The kidnapped employees were freed approximately 19 hours later in a successful raid by police on the kidnappers’ hideout.
01/13/2008:  A bomb blast occurred at Yangon Railway Station in Myanmar at around 2 pm. No one was killed but one woman was injured.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2008:  A bomb blast went off killing one and injuring four at near a football field in Nyaungbintha Village, Bago Division in Myanmar.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2008:  A suicide bomber blew himself up near the home of a police official in southern Afghanistan.  The blast killed one policeman and injured six others.  Authorities believe that the bomber was affiliated with the Taliban.
01/13/2008:  Ten policemen were killed in attacks by the Taliban at a police post in Kandahar province.  Taliban militants took responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on their website.
01/13/2008:  Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Dutch soldiers were killed in attacks by the Taliban in southern Uruzgan province. Taliban militants took responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on their website.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday at about noon, about 80 suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels set fire to construction equipment at a Equi-Parco Construction project in Bonacao village, San Fernando, Bukidnon province.  More than $458,000 worth of damage was rendered.  Gunmen also seized seven cell phones from hostages and the service shotgun from a security guard.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday evening at 1930, in Baghdad, Iraq, three mortar rounds fell in Raghiba Khatun, a residential neighborhood. Seven civilians were wounded in the attack and three houses received severe damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday evening at 2130,  in Cherkessk (Karachayevo Cherkesiya Republic), Russia, unknown gunmen assassinated the Peoples Assembly Deputy for the fraction party "Spravedlivaya Rossiya", Islam Krimshamkhalov as he was parking his car next to the Supreme Court building. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday morning, suspected Taliban militants shot and killed and Afghan national, Bahadur Khan, accused of spying for the United States and left his body in a market in Miranshah, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A note was attached to the body.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday, armed assailants fired upon a deputy village head riding his motorcycle home in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand.  The man, Abdulloh Buenae, was killed in the incident and his motorcycle was damaged in the incident.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday, in the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Shariff Kabunsuan province, Philippines, an attempted bombing occurred before military forces recovered and defused an improvised explosive trap. No damage or casualties resulted from the attempted bombing. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsible for the incident.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday, on Vienna Street, Vienna, Austria, unknown gunmen shot and killed Umar Israilov, a Chechen dissident refugee, as he left a grocery store in Vienna.  According to local human rights groups, the victim was targeted because of his public opposition to the pro-Moscow, Chechen president.  No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday, pro-Taliban militants opened fire on an oil tanker in Matta, North West Frontier, Pakistan. The driver, Naseem Khan, was killed and a civilian, Fazal Wahid, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2009: On Tuesday, unidentified militants attacked the home of the North West Frontier Minister, Mohammad Ayub, in Asharay village in Matta, North West Frontier, Pakistan. Ayub was a member of the Awai National Party. No casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/13/2010: On Wednesday evening, a coordinator for a local political movement, Marciliano Bong Dizon, was shot dead by unidentified militants in the San Pedro Camuning village of Pampanga province in the Philippines' Luzon region. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2010: On Wednesday morning around 0900, in al-Saqlawiya district, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide truck bomber detonated his/her explosives, killing two civilians and injuring seven others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2010: On Wednesday morning at 1030, an unknown militant attempted to drive inside the compound of the district headquarters but police stopped him in Daman district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The suicide bomber drove about 20 meters away and detonated the suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting a government building badly damaging the building. One Afghan office was killed while four police officers and seven civilians were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2010: On Wednesday, five civilians were wounded when suspected separatist militants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a tea shop in Panarea area in Pattani's Muang district. Investigators found the wreckage of a blue Honda motorcycle with a Pattani license plate believed to have housed a bomb. A male teenager parked the motorcycle at the spot and walked away. The bomb was detonated with a mobile phone about ten minutes later when state officials and villagers were in the shop. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2010: On Wednesday, in the Tessa Bayar neighborhood of Abu Ghurayb, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated near a house, killing one civilian and injuring two. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.