10/08/2009: On Thursday night at 0100, in Market Street in Condell park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, an improvised explosive device placed on the hood of a car detonated, smashing the windows of two townhouses and destroying the vehicle. Investigator Mark Smith says it is not clear if the device was intended for the vehicle or the townhouses 10-15 meters away. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday night at 0120 in Purakan village in Linamon, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices placed at the base of a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines tower, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed rogue members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were responsible. The MILF denied responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2009: On Thursday night, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car in central Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, injuring six civilians and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in Bab el-Tebbaneh, Tripoli, Liban-Nord, Lebanon, assailants detonated a grenade near a group of civilians, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India, seventeen Indian policeman were killed and many were injured when a group of about one-hundred and fifty Maoist surrounded the Laheri police station and opened heavy fire for three hours in Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. The rebels picked up the weapons of the slain commandos and fled into the forest. The attack was led by Tarakka, a woman leader of the CPI-Maoist, around 40 women may have been part of this attack.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in Khyber Colony, Peshawar, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, assailants fired a rocket at the Communication and Works Department office, damaging the office but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in Peshtakhara, Peshawar, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, assailants fired a rocket at an agriculture farm, damaging the farm but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, on Zarghoon Road, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, destroying a telephone switchboard device but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in Shaheen Colony, Peshawar, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, assailants fired a rocket into a residence, injuring one civilian and damaging the residence. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, in the afternoon, in Baksa, Assam, unidentified militants shot at Anjali Daimari, president of Bodo Women Justice Forum, around 1200 while she was coming out from Barama College. Daimari, however escaped the firing unhurt. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2009: On Thursday, on the outskirts of Davao City, communist insurgents shot dead three brothers for being military agents. The three brothers, ages 20, 22 and 29, were found shot dead with their hands and feet bound. During the investigation, the military admitted that they utilized the three brothers as their agents or assets. The mother of the three murdered men, members of a family named Tulang, also confirmed that she had warned her sons not to get involved in military operations against the New People's Army. No details were given on the type of work the men did for the military or their normal professions. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although it is suspected that the New People's Army is responsible.
10/08/2010: On Friday night, at a forested area in the Surimetta area of Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India, a laborer, Vantala Bhaskara Rao, was shot and killed by a group of 25 Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M). A leaflet left beside his body in the name of the Korukonda area committee secretary, Narender, claimed that Rao was warned previously by the Maoists for helping the police, and the he was working as an informer for the G Madugula police.
10/08/2010: On Friday, in an unspecified location in Abyan, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants fired a rocket propelled grenade at a police vehicle, wounding two police officers and damaging the vehicle. A suspected AQAP member, who was in the vehicle, was also wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2010: On Friday, in Foha, west of Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen, two unidentified militants opened fire on a Yemeni intelligence officer, Abdul Aziz Bashraheel, in a market area. Bashraheel was pronounced dead at the scene. No group claimed responsibility, but the perpetrators are suspected to be members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
10/08/2010: On Friday, in Gudauta, Abkhazia, Georgia, unidentified gunmen approached a mosque and opened fire on a group of people praying outside the building, killing one civilian and wounding two others. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2010: On Friday, in Taloqan, Takhar, Afghanistan, 12 people including the governor of northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, Mohammed Omar, were killed and 13 others were injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device at a mosque. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and a Taliban spokesman claimed they carried out the attack.
10/08/2010: On Friday, in Tarmiyah, Salah ad Din province, Iraq, one policeman was injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the policeman’s home. No property damage was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2010: On Friday, in Tippapur Village, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants shot and killed a local tribal leader, identified as Nupa Babu, on suspicion of being a police informer. Before leaving the village, the militants left behind some leaflets warning the villagers of dire consequences if they act as police informers.
10/08/2011: On Saturday morning, in the al-Gulwah district, Aden, Adan, Yemen, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a police headquarters. The blast wounded five police officers including a high ranking officer, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the headquarters. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2011: On Saturday, in Istanbul, Turkey, a Chechen man identified as Barkham Batumayev entered the home of Shamsuddin Batukayev on the pretext of seeking religious council. Batukayev was the former head of the international sharia court of the independent republic of Ichkeria under President Aslan Maskhadov and today is a general representative abroad of Doka Umarov’s Caucasus Emirate. After entering the home, the man attempted to shoot Batukayev with a silenced pistol, however Batukayev's bodyguards stopped him before he could shoot and they then turned him over to police. No casualties occurred and no group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2011: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown assailants kidnapped an Iraqi contractor by unknown means. The contractor was killed the next day on 10/09/2011. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2011: On Saturday, in Lam Mai village, Yala, Yala, Thailand, suspected militants shot and wounded one rubber tapper. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2011: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen attacked the house of a former policeman. The gunmen shot and wounded the policeman in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/08/2011: On Saturday, in the Pashtun Zarghun district of Herat, Afghanistan, armed militants kidnapped two district council officials, identified as Mohammed Rashed and Abdul Fatah, from the officials' vehicle. The status of the hostages is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility, but the Taliban was suspected.
10/08/2011: On Saturday, outside the Awami National Party office in the Bilal Shah Norani area of Sachal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, four armed men on two motorcycles opened fire on Jamal Khan, Khan Zaman and another activist. Jamal and Khan died, and the other activist was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2012: A mortar shell landed near a school in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of an unknown number of mortar attacks in the district on the same day and the second day of overall attacks in the area. There were no reported casualties. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of SPLM-N's compounds.
10/08/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden ambulance near the scene of an earlier blast at the Air Force Intelligence Directorate building in Harasta, Damascus governorate, Syria. Aside from the death of the assailant there were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting the same building on this date; the second blast was designed to target first responders who were aiding those injured in the first. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were executed in order to avenge the government's repression of Muslims.
10/08/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Air Force Intelligence Directorate building in Harasta, Damascus governorate, Syria. Aside from the death of the assailant there were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting the same building on this date; the second blast was designed to target first responders who were aiding those injured in the first. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were executed in order to avenge the government's repression of Muslims.
10/08/2012: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into the National Directorate of Security (NDS) building in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two intelligence officials and a police officer were killed and 15 others injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks in the area on this date; this first blast was designed to attract first responders. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosive device attached to a gas cylinder was discovered in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The device, which was believed to be targeting a police patrol, was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated near a police checkpoint in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One person was killed and another 16 injured, including four police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosive device detonated in Ladha area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Pakistani soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosive device detonated in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. The blast targeted a Joint Task Force vehicle, injuring at least two soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
10/08/2012: An explosive device detonated near a natural gas pipeline in Dogubeyazit town, Agri province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast, resulting in the suspension of the gas supply to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Turkish media attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/08/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Assam Rifles patrol Khumbong village, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosive device targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply truck detonated in Jamrud town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the truck was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosive device was discovered in Dornapal village, Chhattisgarh state, India. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Maoists.
10/08/2012: An explosive device was discovered in Luwangsangbam area, Manipur state, India. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated in Lashkar Gah city, Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks in the area on this date; the first blast was designed to draw a crowd. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: Assailants attacked a border police checkpoint in Lal Pur district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed by retaliatory fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar at a military post in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar at a regional branch of the Bank of Sudan in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar at the headquarters of the Popular Defence Forces in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar at the Kadugli market in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) compound in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar at the Yarmouk primary school in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants fired a mortar that landed near the home of a traditional leader in Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. This was one of seven attacks in the district on the same day. Seven people were killed and another 22 injured across all seven attacks. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of their compounds. Additionally, the group carried out the attack to further their goal of ousting the current government. It should also be noted that the Kadugli Peace Forum began October 8, 2012.
10/08/2012: Assailants kidnapped five Syrian and four Yemeni truck drivers from Lahij governorate, Yemen. All nine were released unharmed on October 13, 2012. Al-Sabiha tribesmen claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they sought the release of 13 leaders of the Southern Movement.
10/08/2012: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: Assailants threw four incendiary devices at the Gorkha Higher Secondary School in Shillong city, Meghalaya state, India. The devices missed the school and landed on a pile of trash, resulting in a fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: Assailants threw multiple incendiary devices into two tram cars in Piraeus town, Attica region, Greece. One person was injured and both cars damaged in the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2012: Two grenades were thrown into a crowd in Goma city, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Only one of the grenades exploded, killing one civilian and injuring 20 others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: A landmine detonated near an Army Ranger vehicle in Manogai town, Dara-I-Pech district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and two were wounded by the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: An explosive device detonated at a bridge in Bara village, Gao region, Mali. This was one of two bombings at bridges in the area on the same day; at least two civilians were injured and the bridges were damaged in the attacks. Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Bendja bridge near Ansongo town, Gao region, Mali. This was one of two bombings at bridges in the area on the same day; at least two civilians were injured and the bridges were damaged in the attacks. Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2013: An explosive device detonated inside a mobile phone shop in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police convoy on a bridge near Chisobibra village, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. No one was injured, but several vehicles were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). The GNLA had earlier stated that it would retaliate for the killing of one of its top leaders.
10/08/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police officer in Dakat-Barakah area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The police officer was killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol in the Shura area of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and another three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in front of a restaurant in the predominantly Shia Muslim neighborhood of Zafaraniyah, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 10 were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants abducted 70 people from Baraawe town, Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab, stating that the group had rounded the civilians up on suspicion of working with foreign intelligence.
10/08/2013: Assailants abducted Ali Bakhsh from Ziarat Wan area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Bakhsh was killed and his deceased body was discovered on October 28, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants ambushed government forces in Hashemkhle area, Sherzad district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The number of casualties from either side were unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least 17 people, four police officers and 13 assailants, were killed and five police officers were injured in the ensuing clash which lasted until Wednesday, October 9, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device and then opened fire against an Iraqi military convoy south of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed and another three were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants kidnapped Mehboob Ali and his colleague in Yak Mach village, Chagai district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The whereabouts of Ali, a teacher at the Yak Mach Boys High School, and his colleague are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants killedKevin Kearney in Alexandra park in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Sadat Sher's taxi near the Budhni Pull river in Peshawar city, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Sher, a tribal leader from the Mohmand Agency, was killed and the taxi driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities stated that Sher had received threats for his relationship with the government.
10/08/2013: Assailants on motorcycles threw a hand grenade at the New Sariab Road police station in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least eight people, including four police officers, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants opened fire on a motorcycle carrying Younas Khan and a companion in Mandani area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), was killed and his companion was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Assailants opened fire on Saad Zaghlou outside of his residence in Qadissiya neighborhood, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Zaghlou, the spokesperson for the governor of Mosul, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Gunmen attacked a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) party leader in Kultali village, West Bengal state, India. Bharat Naskar was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Gunmen opened fire on an Egyptian Armed Forces military vehicle in Ismailia city, Ismailia governorate, Egypt. One soldier was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2013: Gunmen opened fire outside of a hospital in Pikit municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. One soldier, who was standing outside the building with his wife, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2013: Two Chechens, a judge and a businessman, were abducted in Kabardino-Balkaria republic, Russia. Their bodies were discovered the next day; the assailants had shot them. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: A mortar struck Dhuluiya district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in front of the residence of Muhammad Gul in Safi tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Gul, a Union Council Polio Worker (UCPW), and two of his family members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and 23 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the Special Security Forces headquarters in Bayda town, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, nine police officers were killed in the blast. This was one of five coordinated attacks carried out in Al Bayda on the same day. The Ansar al-Sharia faction of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted military and government buildings in response to an agreement between Huthis and security forces that would involve giving Huthis control of a military base and weapons.
10/08/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Kurdish Asayish Headquarters in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. With the exception of the bomber, there were no reported casualties in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting the residence of Abdullah Khan in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, five people were killed and 19 others, including Khan, the former Nawzad district police chief, were injured in the blast. Moreover, the explosion damaged several nearby houses. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2014: An explosion occurred along railway tracks near Sentyanivka village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reports of casualties in the blast, but the tracks were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated at a house in Harabhanga village, Khulna division, Bangladesh. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated at port Julyana in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One person was killed and another person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar attacks in the city on the same day. At least seven people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Hay al-Sina'i area, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar attacks in the city on the same day. At least seven people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Muirei village, Manipur state, India. The device was intended to target a security convoy. Two people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Nazzal area, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar attacks in the city on the same day. At least seven people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated in Shuhada area, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar attacks in the city on the same day. At least seven people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to separatists.
10/08/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused outside the residence of a tribesman in Jamal Khel, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in the home of a college president, Dr. Samsudin Molao, in Kabacan village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a security checkpoint in Haswah village, Babil governorate, Iraq. No further information is available.
10/08/2014: Assailants abducted six members of a prominent family known for advocating human rights in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. One of the victims was released soon afterward. The fate of the remaining hostages is unknown. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the attack by releasing one hostage with a message stating that they were targeting Faraj Dardur because he supported Operation Dignity.
10/08/2014: Assailants abducted Toufic Wehbeh from Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Wehbeh, a Makhoul Company employee, was released on October 14, 2014 following a ransom payment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked a government complex in Bayda town, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated attacks carried out in Al Bayda on the same day. At least 23 people, including police officers, civilians and soldiers were killed across the attacks. The Ansar al-Sharia faction of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted military and government buildings in response to an agreement between Huthis and security forces that would involve giving Huthis control of a military base and weapons.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Al Bayda town, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. This was one of two attacks on military checkpoints; moreover, this was one of five coordinated attacks carried out in Al Bayda on the same day. At least 23 people, including police officers, civilians and soldiers were killed across the attacks. The Ansar al-Sharia faction of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted military and government buildings in response to an agreement between Huthis and security forces that would involve giving Huthis control of a military base and weapons.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Bayda town, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. This was one of two attacks on military checkpoints; moreover, this was one of five coordinated attacks carried out in Al Bayda on the same day. At least 23 people, including police officers, civilians and soldiers were killed across the attacks. The Ansar al-Sharia faction of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted military and government buildings in response to an agreement between Huthis and security forces that would involve giving Huthis control of a military base and weapons.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked a police station in Bayda town, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated attacks carried out in Al Bayda on the same day. At least 23 people, including police officers, civilians and soldiers were killed across the attacks. The Ansar al-Sharia faction of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted military and government buildings in response to an agreement between Huthis and security forces that would involve giving Huthis control of a military base and weapons.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked an unspecified number of security checkpoints in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a military source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked and beheaded a Levies official in Ghallanai town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked and ransacked the Ahmed Pasha Karamanli Mosque in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked anti-terrorist operation positions near Pervomaiskyi town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No further information is available.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked anti-terrorist operation positions near Ridkodub town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No further information is available.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked anti-terrorist operation positions near Zolote town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No further information is available.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked civilians at their residences in Oicha city, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nine civilians were killed and four others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked police personnel in Saravan city, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Three police officers were killed in the assault. Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked Rasak Momoh in an unknown location in Edo state, Nigeria. Momoh, a suspended lawmaker, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked Salim al-Warfli in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Warfli, a prominent Salafi leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants attacked villagers in Rim village, Plateau state, Nigeria. At least one person was killed in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Fulani militants were involved.
10/08/2014: Assailants executed at least three women, including two doctors, in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/08/2014: Assailants fired a grenade at the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) in Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Three people were killed and two other individuals were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/08/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a civilian home in Takhta Baig area, Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a military helicopter near Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The helicopter crashed, killing two officers. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a mosque Aziziyah town, Jafara district, Libya. At least five people were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Army of the Tribes was involved.
10/08/2014: Assailants fired rockets at anti-terrorist operation positions in Popasna town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attacks in Popasna on this date. No further information is available.
10/08/2014: Assailants fired two missiles at Bagram Air Base in Bagram district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on a hospital in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Bindisi area, Central Darfur state, Sudan. During the assault, the medical director was locked in a room and released a short time later the same day. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpost in Khebda area, Dagestan republic, Russia. The officers had stopped the assailants to check their documents. Three assailants were killed when police officers returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Al-Watan radio presenter in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The victim was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on and set fire to a bus in Tesalia district, Huila department, Colombia. Although there were no reported casualties, the bus and the passengers' luggage were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on Jack Porqueza in Bangued town, Abra province, Philippines. Porqueza, a newspaper correspondent and former radio anchor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants opened fire on Walid Yassin in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon area, South governorate, Lebanon. Yassin, a Fatah official, was killed and four bystanders were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants shelled a train station in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No further information is available.
10/08/2014: Assailants shelled Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. As many as three civilians were killed and four other people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Assailants threw petrol bombs at the house of Khalilur Rahman in Kalaroa upazila, Khulna division, Bangladesh. Rahman, an Awami League leader and teacher at a local college, was not harmed in the attack, but three of his family members were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Gunmen shot and killed an air force colonel in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Security forces found and defused an explosive device in Newtownabbey area, Newtownabbey district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2014: Security forces found and safely detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Sources stated that the vehicle was meant to target government compounds. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: A landmine detonated targeting a police vehicle in the Qala Sher area, Pusht Rod district, Farah province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and one officer was wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: A Palestinian assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier with a screwdriver at the intersection of Moses Street and Menahem Begin Boulevard, near the Kiriya Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel. The assailant was killed and five people, including the soldier, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the incident was attributed to Taeer Abu Gazala, a Palestinian extremist.
10/08/2015: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a Service Support Battalion military truck in Purok 6, Colapogon village, Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. A soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA) and stated that the bombing was part of a series of attacks designed to prevent the National Serbisyo Caravan from taking place.
10/08/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a market in Haritan city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least 20 people were killed and dozens 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).
10/08/2015: An assailant stabbed a civilian in Kiryat Arba settlement, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to a Palestinian extremist.
10/08/2015: An assailant stabbed a Yeshiva student near a light rail in Haim Bar Lev Boulevard area, Jerusalem, Israel. The student was injured in the attack. A security guard was able to subdue the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the attacker as Subhi Abu Khalifa, a Palestinian extremist.
10/08/2015: An assailant stabbed two Israelis in Afula city, Northern district, Israel. Three people, including an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and the assailant, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Tarak Yahya, a Palestinian extremist.
10/08/2015: An explosive device detonated after it was stepped on by a Commando Battalion for Resolution Action (COBRA) commando in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The commando, identified as Mohan Patil, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/08/2015: An explosive device detonated in Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Suwaib area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: An explosive device detonated on a bridge near the Gautam Buddha Airport in Siddharthangar municipality, Rupandehi district, Western region, Nepal. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of an elementary school in Silvan district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. A child was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/08/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Chuap subdistrict, Cho Airong district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that separatists were involved in the attack.
10/08/2015: An explosive device planted in a bus detonated in al-Nahda area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: An explosive device was discovered in Darbhaguda village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The device was defused the next day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/08/2015: Assailants abducted a woman during an attack on Kominternove village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No outcome was reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/08/2015: Assailants abducted Abu Salam al-Badri, a civilian, near Tripoli, Libya. Al-Badri was beheaded and his body was discovered on October 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/08/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Chakaab, Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. Nine assailants were killed and five were assailants wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2015: Assailants attacked Arab-Israeli civilians in Netanya city, Central district, Israel. A civilian, identified as Abed al-Qader Jamal, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Israeli extremists and stated that the assailants shouted "Death to Arabs" during the assault.
10/08/2015: Assailants attacked military and police checkposts in the Messo area, Pusht Rod district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed and two police officers and eight assailants were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants attacked police and military checkposts in Hasanabad, Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The assailants incurred an unspecified number of casualties. This was one of three related attacks in Kapisa on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2015: Assailants attacked police and military checkposts in Shahkot, Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The assailants incurred an unspecified number of casualties. This was one of three related attacks in Kapisa on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2015: Assailants attacked the district headquarters in Alasay district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Twelve civilians and 14 assailants were killed and 15 others, including a civilian, two soldiers, and 12 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of three related attacks in Kapisa on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants attempted to stop a bus carrying village guards in Catakkopru area, Silvan district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. A clash ensued after the village guards responded to the attack. A village guard, identified as Cumaeddin Yorulmaz, died from his injuries on October 12, 2015, as a result of the clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/08/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Al-Mufraq, Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the five assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Ar Rahmah, Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the five assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Hadid, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the five assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Jurf al-Malah, Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the five assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Katun, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day. At least 15 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the five assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2015: Assailants fired projectiles and shot down a Russian Air Force helicopter near Kafr Nabudah village, Hamah governorate, Syria. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the attack. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants kidnapped 200 civilians in al-Halawat area, Zab district, Kirkuk, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The victims were accused of collaborating with security forces.
10/08/2015: Assailants launched a hand grenade at the house of Madobe Nunow Muhammad in Ceelbarde neighborhood, Baidoa town, Bay region, Somalia. Muhammad, the South-West Regional Administration Minister, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire at a vehicle driven by Ridha Charfeddine in Sousse city, Sousse governorate, Tunisia. Charfeddine, a Tunisian parliamentarian, was wounded in the assassination attempt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Furqan (Tunisia).
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police officer in Village number two, Tro Bon Subdistrict, Saiburi district, Pattani province, Thailand. The officer was killed and his spouse was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle near Kvanada village, Tsumada district, Dagestan republic, Russia. One police officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Abbas Hassan al-Aqrabi in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Al-Aqrabi, a Special Criminal Court judge, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim fundamentalists.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Refugees Commissionerate employee along Mohammad Ali Johar Road in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The employee was killed and his two daughters were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Jamal al-Suqqaf in western Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Al-Suqqaf, a senior Army officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim fundamentalists.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) personnel near Tetri village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. At least three COBRA jawans were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Lieutenant Colonel Aydan Husayn Rif'at's vehicle in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Rif'at, an intelligence service commander, and his guard were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police constables near Char Minar Chowrangi in Bahadurabad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2015: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police head constables in Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least two officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2015: Assailants shot and killed two civilians in Village six, Pulo Puyo subdistrict, Nongchik district, Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: Assailants threw five grenades and opened fire in a public building housing a bar and a car transport agency in Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. One civilian was wounded during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2015: At least two explosive devices were discovered and defused on Injram-Bhejji road in Bhejji area, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/08/2015: Gunmen attacked Somali National Army and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers in Bulo-Addey village, Dinsor district, Bay region, Somalia. An unknown number of assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/08/2015: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused near Chintagufa village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
10/08/2015: Two suicide bombers armed with explosives and firearms attack the Kolbah Solh Restaurant in western Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two civilians and both assailants were killed and three civilians were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2016: A suicide bomber attempting to target security forces detonated prematurely in Qalat, Zabul, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least one person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a military vehicle in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2016: An assailant rammed a garbage truck into a vehicle carrying United States military personnel in Kuwait. The assailant was injured in the attack. The assailant, identified as Ibrahim Sulaiman, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Suwaib area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of a government employee in Bahadur Kalay, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Chaparhar, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Two United States soldiers were injured in the blast. The Taliban and the Khorosan Chapter of the Islamic State each separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a People's National Army (PNA) convoy near Tamalous, Skikda, Algeria. No casualties were reported in the blast. The Algeria Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Cheikh Ag Aoussa, a High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA) leader, in Kidal, Mali. Aoussa was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants abducted five workers from the Shauk Kai hydroelectric plant near Laokkaing, Shan, Myanmar. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA-ESSA), though other sources doubted the group's ability to carry out the attack.
10/08/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers equipped with explosives-laden vehicles raided Tulul al-Baj, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing six assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants attacked a convoy carrying displaced people in Yei, Central Equatoria, South Sudan. At least 21 people were killed and another 20 were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), which the group denied.
10/08/2016: Assailants attacked a police post guarding a minority community in Tumlehaal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties, though two rifles were seized in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/08/2016: Assailants attacked a security outpost in Baghlani Jadid, Baghlan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Police (ANP) convoy in Jungle Bagh, Baghlan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device at Garokot Bridge in Bolan, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2016: Assailants fired an unknown number of mortars at the airport in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least five civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/08/2016: Assailants fired mortars at Hawad, Nineveh, Iraq. At least three people were killed and three people 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).
10/08/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police officer at his residence in Mahmoudiyah, Beheira, Egypt. The officer was killed in the attack. The Hasam Movement claimed responsibility for the incident and accused Gamal al-Deeb of abducting and torturing civilians.
10/08/2016: Assailants opened fire on Jeremias Pondeca in Costa do Sol, Maputo, Mozambique. Pondeca, a senior Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants shot and injured a Bedouin civilian in Hamayda, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants shot and injured a Bedouin civilian in Sakadra, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a civilian residence in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The resident of the house, a liquor store owner, was killed and three of his family members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a vehicle in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-e-Hurriyat (TeH)
10/08/2017: An explosive device detonated in Ngamapal Phougeishangbam Leikai area in Imphal, Manipur, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Al-Bakriya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Qoryoley district, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2017: Around 11:00 p.m.m two assailants shouting racial slurs and white supremacist statements attacked a black man in Spokane, Washington, United States. The assailants attacked Norris Cooley, pointed a handgun at him, and fired at least six shots into Cooley's occupied home. The two unaffiliated individuals, identified as Jason Edward Cooper and Donald Lucas Prichard, white extremists, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated racial slurs during the attack.
10/08/2017: Assailants abducted Devendra Kumar Sinha in Bordumsa, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Sinha, a National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) engineer, was injured in the attack before being released on October 15th, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM). Sources also suspected the involvement of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in the kidnapping.
10/08/2017: Assailants abducted four people outside Wajid, Bakool, Somalia. Three hostages escaped and one hostage was killed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/08/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Dahana-i-Ghuri, Baghlan, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and a third officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2017: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo personnel in Matala, Shabunda, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Shabunda on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mai Mai Malaika Militia.
10/08/2017: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo personnel in Nepanepa, Shabunda, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Shabunda on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mai Mai Malaika Militia.
10/08/2017: Assailants attacked border police checkposts in Gayan, Paktika, Afghanistan. At least five 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.
10/08/2017: Assailants attacked security checkpoints in Yaftal Sufla, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Eight assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/08/2017: Assailants fired a mortar that landed and detonated in Al Askari neighborhood, Shirqat, Saladin, Iraq. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2017: Assailants fired projectiles at Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) soldiers near the border crossing in Bab al-Hawa, Idlib, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.
10/08/2017: Assailants opened fire on 'Abbas Fadil al-Jughayfi at his residence in Hadithah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Al-Jughayfi, an Anbar University professor and Faculty of Education assistant dean, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/08/2017: Assailants opened fire on Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) soldiers removing portions of a border wall near Deir Hassan Camp in Ad Dana, Idlib, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.
10/08/2017: Assailants raided a Del Monte Philippines plantation in Merangeran, Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, though assailants seized weapons and set fire to equipment and vehicles during the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in order to prevent the expansion of Davao Ventures Corporation into the area and to stop the use of chemicals in the area that are harmful to the environment.
10/08/2017: At least nine explosive devices were discovered and defused in different neighborhoods of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/08/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Guindulungan, Maguindanao, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/08/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Datu Anggal Midtimbang , Maguindanao, Philippines. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/1998: An unidentified Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) female soldier at a bus stop near the Jewish settlement of Tomer, Israel. The woman died and the attacker was caught after being shot and wounded by Israeli Security Forces.
10/09/1998: At the Zemraya Military crossing point in the UNIFIL Security Zone in Southern Lebanon, a roadside bomb detonated, targeting the vehicle of Akram Hassan Wahb, a South Lebanon Army (SLA) official. Wahb escaped with some injuries. Hizbollah claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/1998: Unknown assailants shot two policemen guarding Iran's Cultural Center in Multan, Pakistan. One was killed and the other was critically injured. Police reports indicated that the drive-by attack was likely perpetrated by Sunni militants.
10/09/1999: A home-made device planted by unknown perpetrators at the entrance of the Telefonica building in Galdakao, Biscay Province, Spain, exploded, causing only minor damage and no injuries.
10/09/1999: At 8:30 am local time, a group of unidentified armed men opened fired at two military trucks at Drieng Bungong Uleegle, Bandar Dua sub-district, Pidie district, Indonesia. The driver of one of the trucks and a civilian suffered gunshot injuries in this attack.
10/09/1999: At approximately 3:15 am local time, hooded men from Fatherland and Liberty Nationalist Front threw firebombs at the Banco Santander at 802 Aldunate Street in Coquimbo, Chile.  Minor damage was caused, but no one was injured in the incident, which was believed to have been carried out in retaliation for the ruling by the British court that determined Augusto Pinochet's extradition to Spain.
10/09/1999: In Barakaldo, Biscay Province, Spain, unidentified perpetrators threw a number of petrol bombs at the Spanish post office on Arana Street. The devices hit the front of the building, causing damage, but no injuries. Also as a result of the attack, two vehicles parked nearby were damaged by the acid contained in the incendiary devices.
10/09/1999: Two shepherds, aged 56 and 58, had their throats cut while they were grazing their herds on the hills of El Hounia Municipality in Ain Defla Province, Algeria. The perpetrators of this attack were unknown.
10/09/2000: A Spanish prosecutor was shot and killed outside his apartment building in Granada, Spain. Two hours later a car bomb exploded on the same street, but nobody was injured in the attack. Following a claim of responsibility, police suspected three members of the Basque separatist group Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) of carrying out the attack.
10/09/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, Senator Patrick Leahy's office was the target of an anthrax (bacillus anthracis) attack in Washington D.C., U.S.A.  Two people lost their lives and one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/09/2003: A bomb explosion brought down high voltage power lines and disrupted electricity to Kirkuk, Iraq in the first of two related attacks.  The bomb brought down high tension electricity lines linking the An-Nasr thermal power station to the city.  No casualties were reported.  No claim of responsibility was made for the sabotage attack.
10/09/2003: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at an Israeli military checkpoint near Tulkarem in the West Bank.  Three people, one solider and two civilians, were injured in the attack.  The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility via a communiqué on the group's website.
10/09/2003: A suicide car bomb attack occurred at an Iraqi police station in Baghdad, Iraq.  Nine people, including the bomber, were killed and up to 45 others were injured.  No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
10/09/2003: An unknown group of attackers shot to death Spanish diplomat Jose Antonio Bernal Gomez at his home in Baghdad, Iraq.  No other casualties were reported.  The men escaped in a car with foreign license plates.  No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/09/2003: Unknown attackers shot Sabah Shukur, the head of the electricity department for northern Iraq, as he returned home from work in Kirkuk, Iraq.  Shukur avoided an assassination attempt, but was shot in his legs.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.  The attempted assassination was the second of two related incidents involving attacks against northern Iraq’s electricity infrastructure.
10/09/2005: A suspected Taliban suicide bomber attacked a British Embassy security detail in Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan. The perpetrator rammed his car into the embassy team’s vehicle injuring four British security personnel. Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, Afghan government officials suspected that the Taliban had orchestrated the strike.
10/09/2006: A roadside bomb detonated at a government vehicle in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. 5 people were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2006: A roadside bomb explosion (a remote-controlled mine) killed 5 people (the district administrator, the police chief and the intelligence chief of the Khogyani district of Nangarhar Province, as well as a driver and a bodyguard, a police spokesman) and wounded 4 police officers on their way to to Kharawan, a village in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/09/2006: Around 7:30 am local time, a suicide car bomb struck a police checkpoint in the town of Tal Afar, some 60 km west of Mosul, in Nineveh province, Iraq. 2 policemen were killed 12 people were wounded. The blast damaged several nearby cars and buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2006: Priest Amir Behnam Hanna was beheaded a day after his abduction on 8 October in the city of Mosul, Iraq. No responsibility was claimed, but the body was found with a note citing Pope Benedict's remarks regarding Islam as a reason for the killing. Hanna's church hung posters during his disappearance criticizing the Pope's comments but to no avail.
10/09/2006: The brother of Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president (Gen. Amir al-Hashimi) was killed in his home in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2007: A car bomb exploded in Bilbao, Spain.  One person was severely injured.  Two other bystanders were also minorly injured.  No one claimed responsibility, though authorities suspect the ETA, the Basque separatist group.
10/09/2007: Abdulrazzaq Hashim (chief of Basra International Airport) was forced off the road and kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms on a road near his home in the airport compound fifteen kilometers north of Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. The victim’s fate was not reported.
10/09/2007: Fifteen Iraqi civilians were killed, seven other individuals were wounded, and a small mosque was destroyed when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in a Toyota Land Cruiser at approximately 6:00 AM adjacent to the home of Sheikh Thamer Ibrahim Atallah in eastern Baiji, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/09/2007: Four Iraqi civilians and three Iraqi Police officers were killed and 19 other individuals were wounded when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in a minibus at approximately 6:00 AM adjacent to the home of the parents of local Iraqi Police Chief Colonel Saad al-Nofous in eastern Baiji, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/09/2007: General Abdulamir Mahmoud (head of Iraqi Police intelligence in Kirkuk) and two of his bodyguards were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at them from a moving black Opel Vectra in the evening near al-Asdiqaa Petrol Station in al-Wasity neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Islamist rebels, the Taliban of Nigeria, attacked a police patrol near the Cameroon border. Three police officers were killed, and a dozen were taken hostage.
10/09/2007: Khazaal Nayef (an Iraqi Police officer) was killed by Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrator Khemees Abbas with small arms at approximately 12:20 PM in Yayji neighborhood, Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Mufti Jamil, a pro-Taliban Sunni Muslim cleric, was assassinated, along with a fellow cleric in Karachi, Pakistan on his way to a mosque by two men on a motorbike. The cleric is the head of a large Islamic seminary in the city.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and 11 others were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in quick succession at approximately 6:45 PM at an outdoor market near a bus station in Jisr Diyala neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and five others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:00 PM in the predominantly-Shi i al-Bonok neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and six others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed when two unknown perpetrators fired small arms at him from a moving motorcycle in front of his home in Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Seven hours before the polls opened for the first post-Taliban Afghan elections, a polling station, located at a school, was attacked by militants with grenades in the Afghan refugee camp located in Peshawar, Pakistan. A policeman was slightly wounded.
10/09/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed and 29 others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a park and a roundabout near the Shi i Khillani Mosque in Khillani neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were wounded when two mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 3:00 AM in a residential area of al-Mashtal neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Suspected Taliban militants attacked a convoy containing ballot boxes from polling stations after the Afghan elections. The attack occurred in Southern Urusgan, with three police officers killed and another two wounded. The eight police officers died when their vehicle struck a mine near Shah Wali Kot. The attackers failed to remove or destroy the ballots.
10/09/2007: Twenty-five Pakistani civilians were wounded and approximately 10 stores were damaged when a time-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) consisting of four kilograms of unspecified explosives planted inside a water cooler by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 4:45 PM on the veranda outside the Hussain CDs Store in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
10/09/2007: Two Chinese engineers working on the Gomalzam dam project in South Waziristan were kidnapped by Afghan immigrants in a region known to contain many Al-Qaida affiliated fighters.
10/09/2007: Two Iraqi civilians (including a 10-year-old boy) were killed and three others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 PM on a roadside in front of a house in a residential neighborhood of Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/09/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 PM outside the al-Safaa Pool in Al-Talibiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/09/2007: Two Somali perpetrators were killed when an unknown number of Mujahedin Youth Movement (MYM) perpetrators attacked a Somali Police station in Hawl-wadag, Mogadishu, Banadir Region, Somalia.
10/09/2008: On Thursday at 1240 noon, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a parcel in the FIS shopping center in Vitez, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bombing attack killed one security guard who opened the package, wounded seven civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the FIS shopping center. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, although on 10/11/2008 on Saturday, police arrested three men in connection to the attack who were being charged with committing an act of terrorism.
10/09/2008: On Thursday morning at about 0730, near Adhaim, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus carrying a local Sahwa Council leader and his family, killing the paramilitary member, his son, daughter and nephew, wounding four other family members and one child, and damaging their vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2008: On Thursday night at 0100, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at the vegetable market region of Ein el-Hilweh, Southern Province, Lebanon. The bombing attack caused major damage to the vegetable market and to the nearby residence of Zakaria Kenaan but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/09/2008: On Thursday night at 2315, an unknown assailant tossed a hand grenade at the house of Fadi Jindawi, a Jund al-Sham member, in Ein el-Hilweh, Southern Province, Lebanon. No casualties were reported from the grenade attack and damages were unknown. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/09/2008: On Thursday night, unknown assailants detonated three small bombs in the Palestinian refugee camp in Ein el-Hilweh, Southern Province, Lebanon. The bombing attack, which resulted in no casualties, took place as Palestinian officials were meeting to agree on deploying a joint force of Palestinian factions responsible for the camp's security. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/09/2008: On Thursday, a roadside bomb targeting the convoy of Saleh Al Auqaeili detonated in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Auqaeili, a prominent member of the Muqtada Al Sadr bloc, later died at a hospital from wounds sustained in the attack. One civilian and one bodyguard were also killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2008: On Thursday, a suicide bomber attacked a convoy ferrying Sri Lanka's agriculture minister through a suburb of Colombo capital city, Western Province, Sri Lanka, killing one person and wounding five including the deputy. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2008: On Thursday, at a shopping center in Vitez, Bosnia, two assailants, Suvad Djidic and Amir Ibrahimi, carried out an improvised explosive device attack killing one and wounding three other civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2009: On Friday morning, a suicide car bomb exploded near a crowded bazaar in the city of Peshawar, North West Fontier Province, Pakistan, killing 42 people, wounding more than 100, and damaging two buses, 60 shops, 20 vehicles, and a bus stop. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2009: On Friday morning, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a crew of municipal street sweepers in the Ad Dargazliya district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring three government employees. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2009: On Friday, armed men shot and killed a top Hizbul-Islam leader when they fired on his convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia. In the attack, five guards, a woman and a child were also killed. The attack was carried out by Al-Shabaab. There were no reports of damage.
10/09/2009: On Friday, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants blew up a culvert in Berhani village in Aurangabad district of Bihar, with dynamite. Maoists blew up the culvert over alleged non-payment of the extortion amount by the contractors constructing them in the District. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2009: On Friday, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants blew up a culvert in Bhedhna Village in Aurangabad district of Bihar, with dynamite. Maoists blew up the culvert over alleged non-payment of the extortion amount by the contractors constructing them in the District. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/09/2009: On Friday, in Kaskag, Bagong Silang 2, Surigao City, a mayor in the southern Philippines was attacked and killed by unknown gunmen. Nasario Gastardo, 51, vice mayor of San Francisco township in Surigao del Norte province, was shot outside his house shortly before 1900. Two unidentified men, armed with still unknown caliber pistols, arrived from unknown origin and shot the victim on the head at close range. He was rushed by his relatives to the hospital after the incident but was proclaimed dead upon arrival by attending physician. Of the four suspects, only two were positively identified by eight eyewitnesses in relation to the recent assassination of Gastardo and they were known as Joven Tejero and Joseph Garcia. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2009: On Friday, in Khwaja Sorjoy, Khash Rud, Nimruz, Afghanistan, 20 assailants hijacked two oil tankers. They then kidnapped four contractors. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
10/09/2009: On Friday, in Quezon City, unidentified men fired at the house of Social Security System (SSS) president Romulo Neri. About four to five men went out of a maroon Hyundai van at 0915 disarmed and mauled one of Neri's security, and started strafing the SSS chief's residence. Neri had been receiving text messages long before the incident, but did not say what those messages were about. Police later found the vans of the assailants on Cetacio Street two blocks away. Police found around 100 shells from M-16 Armalite rifles at the compound. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2009: On Friday, near Majrabari under Salbari sub-division of Baksa district, unidentified militants opened fire and shot dead rice mill owner, Supen Swargiary, and injured a Central Reserve Police Force trooper, Ajay Basumatary. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2009: On Friday, on Koyal canal in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra a group of Maoist ultras exploded dynamite and blew up a culvert in the Kachanpur village. Maoists blew up the bridges over alleged non-payment of the extortion amount by the contractors constructing them in the District. No casualties were reported in this attack. There was no claim of responsibility.
10/09/2009: On Friday, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car transporting the Sunni Imam of the Abdul-Qadir al-Kilani Mosque in As Saqlawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, killing the iman and two bodyguards and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility, but was widely believed that the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
10/09/2010: On Saturday afternoon at 1730, on Yuzhnaya Street in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, unknown gunmen shot and killed a Ministry of Emergency Affairs employee, Isa Yevloyev, who was in his vehicle. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday afternoon, in Laltenganj village in Aurangabad, Bihar, India, over 100 militants surrounded a vehicle and kidnapped a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Mohammad Nehaluddin of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and his bodyguard. The militants also torched the vehicle he was travelling in and damaged the window panes of three other vehicles in his convoy. Nehaluddin was released three hours later, but the status of the bodyguard was not reported. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) was responsible.
10/09/2010: On Saturday evening around 1845, in Tura market in West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India, unidentified militants lobbed a crude bomb from a moving vehicle at Ma Bakery shop injuring seven people. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants were responsible.
10/09/2010: On Saturday morning around 0510, in Licab, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, two unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and killed Luisita Karaan, vice mayor of Licab, while jogging along the road. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday morning, in Khok Kee Lek village of Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and injured a rubber tapper at his rubber plantation. The victim was identified as Sueding Duengwani. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday night at 2330, in Tilia village, Puruliya, West Bengal, India, militants shot and killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) supporters, identified as Kalipada Chakrabarty and his brother Sukumar Chakrabarty. Several Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) posters claiming responsibility were recovered from the spot, stating that the brothers were given capital punishment for acting as police informers.
10/09/2010: On Saturday night, in the Safi sub-district of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, in one of three linked attacks, unidentified militants detonated remote controlled explosives in a government run boys’ middle school, but no casualties were reported. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2010: On Saturday night, in the Safi sub-district of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, in one of three related attacks, unidentified militants detonated remote controlled explosives in a government run primary school for boys, but no casualties were reported. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in Abu Saydah, Diyala, Iraq, militants detonated an improvised explosive device outside the home of a policeman. The blast damaged the policeman's house, and three other houses. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in Al Karmah, Al Anbar, Iraq, three brothers employed by the Culture Ministry were killed, and one of their relatives was wounded, when gunmen in two cars opened fire on their car. No property damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a senior Awakening Council leader, identified as Sheikh Hikmat Muhammad, was wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to his vehicle. Muhammad was a commander in the Al Karmah district Awakening Council (Sahwa Council) group. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in Laoder, Abyan, Yemen, two soldiers were injured when unidentified militants fired upon a security patrol with unknown firearms. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, two unidentified militants riding a motorcycle fired upon and killed Sheikh Bashir Mustapha, an Islamic scholar, and one other person in Sheikh Bashir Mustapha’s home. No group has claimed responsibility, but militants from the group Boko Haram were thought responsible for the attack.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in the al-Qaragul area, al-Karma district, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire on three brothers and one of their relatives who were employed by Iraqi Ministry of Culture, a group of higher education and scientific research. The three brothers were killed, and the relative was wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in the Mashtal neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a car of an employee of the Shi'ite Endowment, wounding the employee and three nearby civilians. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in the Safi sub-district of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, in one of three related attacks, unidentified militants detonated remote controlled explosives in a government run primary school for girls, but no casualties were reported. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq, militants attempted to place an unknown number of improvised explosive devices around a mosque. Clashes erupted between the militants and police. One gunmen and one mosque guard were wounded. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2010: On Saturday, on 60th Street in the Ad Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in a busy market. Four civilians were wounded in the bombing. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2011: On Sunday at 1200 noon, at Red Palm Inn in Guiwan village, Zamboanga, Philippines, suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the hotel. The blast wounded six people and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the hotel. No group claimed responsibility, although ASG is suspected.
10/09/2011: On Sunday night, in Khalidiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of an off duty police officer. The blast killed the police officer and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen attacked a Cabinet official by unknown means. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants fired three rockets at the residence of Divisional Police Officer Sajjad Khan. Sajjad was not injured but a policeman, Afsar Khan, was killed in the attack. No property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in Karachi, Sindhi, Pakistan, armed militants fired upon and killed Ghulam Ali, the leader of the Karachi Goods Carrier Association near the industrial area of Gulbai Chowrangi. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in Manjra near Kohlu, Balochistan, Pakistan, one tribal elder was killed and four children were injured when a vehicle struck a landmine. The landmine explosion completely destroyed the vehicle and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in the Al-Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi intelligence officer at a checkpoint. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in the Gwange area of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, one soldier was injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a church near a patrol vehicle. No material damage was reported from the attack. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in the Isanguele district of Bakassi, Cameroon, militants fired upon and killed two military police officers at a polling station. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in the Zalingei area of Gharb Darfur, Sudan, armed militants fired upon the Khams Dagaig camp for internally displaced people; no casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2011: On Sunday, in Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device concealed in a fighting cock box left in the bleachers, targeting the San Roque cockpit arena. The blast wounded five civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the arena. No group claimed responsibility.
10/09/2012: A mortar struck a residential home in Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four people were killed and another two injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: A percussive explosive device and an incendiary device were thrown into the teachers' lounge of Sekitlik High School in Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Two teachers and a student were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/09/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a Border Security Force convoy in Koirengei city, Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. Lima Tensing Ao, the Deputy Commandant for the Border Security Force of the 15th Battalion, and two others were injured in the blast. The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated as police officers were attempting to defuse it in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and another two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The device exploded as the assailants were attempting to plant it, killing eight of them and injuring six more individuals. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated inside a government primary school in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, two rooms were destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated near a Somali military patrol in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Two soldiers were killed and another five injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated outside the home of Okrifil Mamuaya in Poso town, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Mamuaya, a practicing Christian and employee of the public works office, was unharmed; however, the house and a nearby vehicle were partially damaged in the blast. This was one of two related attacks on Christian targets in the area that occurred within an hour of each other. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated outside the Imanuel Church in Taripa area, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. No information regarding possible casualties or damages was available. This was one of two related attacks on Christian targets in the area that occurred within an hour of each other. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply truck in Shagai area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The driver was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device detonated underneath a coach bus in SITE town, Sindh province, Pakistan. The bus, which was damaged in the blast, was empty of passengers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Bara tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four individuals were killed and multiple individuals injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Tal Afar city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two brothers, who were activists for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Uludere district, Sirnak province, Turkey. One civilian was killed and a village guard injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near a civilian vehicle in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near a police patrol in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol in Bala Buluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Two ANA soldiers were killed and another nine injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near an Iraqi military patrol in the Abu Ghraib area of Baghdad city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed and another three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted inside of a bag was discovered outside of the home of Mir Haji Hayat Talpur in Digri town, Sindh province, Pakistan. Talpur, a member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was unharmed, as the device was successfully defused following its discovery. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted inside of a suitcase was discovered by a taxi driver in Garissa town, North Eastern province, Kenya. Authorities successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device planted on along a road detonated near a police patrol in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. A deputy police chief and a police officer were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device was discovered in a cemetery in Piro Khel village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device was discovered near Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Dunloy town, Balleymena district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The device was successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device was discovered outside of the home of Syed Faseeh Shah in Nawabshah city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Shah, a member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was unharmed, as the device was successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device was thrown at the home of Imdad Pitafi in Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Pitafi, a member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosive device was thrown at the home of provincial Law Minister Ayaz Soomro in Larkana city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The device failed to detonate and was subsequently defused by authorities. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a minibus in Sulayman Beg town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Ten passengers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle parked close to a police checkpoint detonated in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and at least six civilians injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants abducted Ankhar Kochneva, a Ukrainian journalist and Syrian regime supporter, and held her captive in Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. The assailants demanded $50 million USD from the governments of Ukraine and Russia in exchange for Kochneva's release; however, the amount was later reduced to $300,000 USD. Kochneva escaped from her captors on March 11, 2013 after being held captive for over 150 days. She claimed to have been physically assaulted while being held at an undisclosed location in Homs. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
10/09/2012: Assailants attacked a joint Somali and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Bufow town, Lower Shabele region, Somalia. No information regarding possible casualties was available. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/09/2012: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Dasht-e Archi district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants attacked a police patrol in the forest in Dattykh village, Ingushetia republic, Russia. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants attacked a school bus, targeting Malala Yousufzai in Mingora city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Yousufzai, a 14-year-old girl and internationally recognized advocate for educational equality, and two others were injured in the assault. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted Yousafzai because she was critical of the TTP and promoted Western ideals in the region.
10/09/2012: Assailants kidnapped four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Manogai district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The four soldiers were found dead on October 12, 2012 in Nanglam district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants kidnapped seven Aman Lashkar members from an unknown location in northwest Pakistan. Their bodies were discovered shortly after the abduction in Nari area, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants opened fire on a bus in Parachinar city, Kurram agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Shaaker Mahmud in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Mahmud, the brigadier general of police, was unharmed; however, the driver was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants opened fire on two people in Yala province, Thailand. Both of the targeted victims, who were identified as Muslims, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants shot a cleric in Tarin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Mawlawi Abdul Samad, the head of the Uruzgan council of scholars, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants threw a grenade into the home of Agha Siraj Durrani in Shikarpur district, Sindh province, Pakistan. Durrani, the minister for the local government of Sindh and a leader in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was unharmed, as he was not present at the time of the attack; however, a gate outside of the house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants threw acid on a bus in Durrani area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Assailants threw incendiary devices and rocks at a school in Idil city, Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of eight coordinated attacks carried out simultaneously in the area on this date. Two individuals were injured across all eight events. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/09/2012: Assailants threw incendiary devices and rocks at a school in Idil city, Sirnak province, Turkey. Three people were injured in the attack. This was one of eight coordinated attacks carried out simultaneously in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/09/2012: Gunmen attacked Aabbas al-Abadi near his residence in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Al-Abadi, a local judge, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in Sagrada village, Iriga city, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. Two police officers, including Chief Superintendent Bernardo Arroyo, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a polio immunization task force in Kano city, Kano State, Nigeria. Two police officers protecting the task force were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Boko Haram.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a Republican Guard checkpoint in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Four soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle driven by paramilitary rangers in Pattani province, Thailand. Three rangers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle driven by paramilitary rangers in Ra-ngae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two rangers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle driven by volunteer security forces in Yarang district, Pattani province, Thailand. Three volunteers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on two Buddhist rubber tappers in Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. Both individuals were killed in the attack. This was one of two uncoordinated attacks on Buddhist rubber tappers on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to separatists.
10/09/2012: Gunmen opened fire on two Buddhist rubber tappers in Pattani province, Thailand. Both individuals were killed in the attack. This was one of two uncoordinated attacks on Buddhist rubber tappers on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A fire truck was set on fire in Subing district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: A landmine detonated in the Pewar area, Kurram agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A roadside bomb detonated after it was struck by a fuel truck in Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A roadside bomb detonated as a bus carrying workers passed by near Nahr al Hafriyah town, Wasit governorate, Iraq. Eight people were killed and at least seven more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a Ranger vehicle in Sai Buri district, Pattani province, Thailand. The blast injured an unknown number of rangers and damaged one vehicle. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi military patrol in Tal Afar city, Tal Afar district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a Thai military convoy in Ban Yaning village, Chuap township, Cho Airong district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. At least two soldiers were killed and another three were injured in the attack. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in Hasna town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Four soldiers, including General Said Abdel-Karim, were slightly injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting an Afghan police forces vehicle in Gareshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least three people, including both police officers and civilians, were killed and another four were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting the convoy of Osama al-Nujaifi, the speaker of Iraq's parliament, in Ain al-Jahish area, south of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Al-Nujaifi was unharmed as he was not in the convoy at the time of the attack; however, in addition to the bomber, two of Nujaifi's bodyguards were killed and at least eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: A tractor drove over a landmine in Boshehra area, Kurram agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: An abandoned house was set on fire in Yarang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. The blasts across Yala province damaged eight machines, but did not cause any injuries. This was one of 11 blasts at ATM machines in three districts of Yala and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in front of Bangchak Police Station in Nongchik district, Pattani province, Thailand. No one was injured; however, the machine was damaged in the blast. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in Na Thawi district, Songkhla province, Thailand. No one was injured; however, the machine was damaged in the blast. This was one of three blasts at ATM machines in three districts of Songkhla and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in Saba Yoi district, Songkhla province, Thailand. No one was injured; however, the machine was damaged in the blast. This was one of three blasts at ATM machines in three districts of Songkhla and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in Sakom area, Thepa district, Songkhla province, Thailand. No one was injured; however, the machine was damaged in the blast. This was one of three blasts at ATM machines in three districts of Songkhla and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. The blasts across Yala province damaged eight machines, but did not cause any injuries. This was one of 11 blasts at ATM machines in three districts of Yala and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) in Yala municipality, Mueang district, Yala province, Thailand. The blasts across Yala province damaged eight machines, but did not cause any injuries. This was one of 11 blasts at ATM machines in three districts of Yala and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated at an automated teller machine (ATM) outside a 7-11 convenience store in Pattani municipality, Pattani province, Thailand. No one was injured; however, the machine was damaged in the blast. This was one of seven blasts targeting ATMs outside of 7-11s in Pattani and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated in a Bedouin affairs office in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No one was injured, but the building was damaged slightly in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated near an automated teller machine (ATM) in Narathiwat province, Thailand. No one was injured in the blast; however, the machine was damaged. This was one of five attacks on ATMs in Narathiwat province and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated near an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Narathiwat province, Thailand. This was one of five bombings at ATMs in Narathiwat on this day and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated near four Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Pattani province, Thailand. These were four of twelve bombings at ATMs in Narathiwat on this day and one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: An explosive device detonated under an armored police vehicle in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The blast injured four police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: An explosive device planted inside the vehicle of Mohammed Sharif al-Saadi detonated in Riwaisat area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Saadi, a police captain and bomb disposal expert for the Benghazi Security Directorate, was injured and his vehicle and several nearby shops were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Norte de Santander department, Colombia. ThIt is unknown if there were any casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/09/2013: Assailants attacked a mobile phone transmission pole in Yarang district, Pattani province, Thailand. No one was injured in the attack; however, cables were damaged in the incident. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/09/2013: Assailants attacked and beat a member of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Tral town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The officer was injured in the attack and his service weapon was stolen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants bombed seven closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at an intersection in Kapo district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. No one was injured in the attack; however, the blast damaged the cameras. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/09/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting a natural gas pipeline in Maicao district, La Guajira department, Colombia. No casualties were reported from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the incident was either the work of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) or the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/09/2013: Assailants detonated at least one explosive device at the home of a police officer in Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of eighteen bombings that occurred at the homes of security personnel in one of three villages in Kirkuk on this day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attacks, although the buildings were damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was behind the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants fired two mortar rounds which struck a bank in Sabaa Bahrat Square in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. The mortars struck the roof of the bank and an attached garage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants fired two rockets against a Pakistani army relief camp in Mashkay town, Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One of the rockets struck a nearby house, while the other detonated away from the camp. One person was killed and another two were critically injured as a result of the rocket attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants launched mortars from Syria at Israeli troops in the Golan Heights subdistrict, North district, Israel. One soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Force vehicle in Jhaljaho area, Mashkai town, Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No Levies personnel were killed or injured in the gunfire; however, the attackers stole several weapons during the assault. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Baiji city, Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and another three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Irfan Haider, a Station House Officer (SHO) and Shabaz, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), were killed while an escaping assailant was injured in retaliatory fire. Al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle carrying Yaseen al-Shijairi, a former police colonel, in Joulan area, northern Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Al-Shijairi was killed and another police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on Ali Raza near a Naguman mosque in Kalakot area, Lyari town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Raza, a Shia, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities stated that the attack was sectarian and was in response to the killing of Muhammad Ayaz Khan aka Bhoora. Bhoora was said to have been an activist of a banned sectarian group.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Iraqi police checkpoint in Baiji city, Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were killed and another six were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on Naitullah Mehsud outside of his residence in Gomal village, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Mehsud, the leader of the Mehsud tribe, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle carrying Abel Abas in Sitio Quary area, barangay Salama, Banisilan municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Abas, a municipal councilor, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a senior anti-terrorism police officer in Hit city, Hit district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The targeted police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Saad Abdulrazaq Bu Dahab Al-Mansouri in Sahil Bin Nasser neighborhood, Derna city, Derna district, Libya. Al-Mansouri, a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants poured gasoline on, and set fire to, Vikash Nandarwal in Motphran village, Shillong city, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. Nandarwal, the owner of Meghalaya Machineries, died on October 25, 2013, from the injuries sustained in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the attack was carried out by members of the Khasi Students Union as part of recent attacks on non-tribal community members.
10/09/2013: Assailants set fire to an operational Ranger headquarters and a water tanker in Sai Buri district, Pattani province, Thailand. The building was also next to a dormitory housing teachers. One teacher was killed and one soldier were wounded in an ensuing gunfight; three buildings were also damaged. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Assailants stole a fuel truck and used it to spray fuel on Ja Kwa police station in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Police stopped the attackers before they could set fire to the building. This was one of 36 coordinated bombing and arson attacks across four provinces in Thailand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/09/2013: Assailants stopped a bus and forced the passengers off it in Anori area, Antioquia department, Colombia. When security personnel arrived to inspect the vehicle, explosive devices planted on the bus detonated, injuring eight people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/09/2013: Eight assailants attacked a border police checkpost in Joiganj area, Murghab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. All eight of the attackers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an Afghan border police official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a security checkpoint near the Masaed suburb of Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No injuries or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: Gunmen opened fire on an armored military vehicle and a personnel carrier in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No injuries or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: Gunmen opened fire on Maulvi Fateh Muhammad in Sanjavi area, Ziarat town, Ziarat district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Muhammad, the Ziarat district leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the military intelligence headquarters in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No injuries were reported in the ensuing gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2013: Several assailants set fire to the office of Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, the Merchant Marine Minister, in Kolonaki neighborhood, Athens city, Attiki region, Greece. No casualties were reported and the building was slightly damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol van in Sariab area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast, but the van was damaged. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting the vehicle of Malak Taj Muhammad Ali Khan in Ghakhi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a pro-government tribal chief and Salarzai peace committee member, and five other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt in a crowd of Huthi supporters at Tahrir Square, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, at least 45 people were killed and 150 others were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Shaftah area, Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least nine people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint in Al-Abr district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, 12 soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
10/09/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a military checkpoint in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, 20 soldiers were killed and 15 others were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Abu Disheer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: An explosive device detonated near a pipeline at the Ridan oilfield in Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties, although the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to tribesmen.
10/09/2014: An explosive device detonated near a residence in Palembang city, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. At least one person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2014: An explosive device detonated next to an Al-Saiqa checkpoint in Tabaline area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a police station in Saravan city, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. A police officer was killed and three others were injured in the blast. Jaish al-Adl claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants ambushed an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy near Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants assaulted and raped a woman in Zalingei area, Central Darfur state, Sudan. The woman, who was from the Hamidiya camp for displaced persons, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked a hospital in Bimbo town, Ombella-Mpoko prefecture, Central African Republic. A child was killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked a police officer in Kabkabiya town, North Darfur state, Sudan. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Janjaweed.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) convoy near Bangui city, Bangui autonomous commune, Central African Republic. A Pakistani MINUSCA peacekeeper was killed and eight other people, including three Bangladeshi peacekeepers, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked an unspecified number of border crossings with Iran at an unknown location in Iraq. At least 47 people, including 15 Peshmerga members and 32 assailants, were killed between this attack and an unrelated attack on oil fields. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked an unspecified number of oil fields at an unknown location in Iraq. At least 47 people, including 15 Peshmerga members and 32 assailants, were killed between this attack and an unrelated attack on border crossings. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked and burned down a telecommunications building in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked and ransacked a radio station in Zawiya town, Zawiya district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked Nigerian refugees at a camp in Kereomafa town, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. They gathered civilians together before opening fire on them, killing and injuring an unknown number of people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants attacked villagers in Shonong village, Riyom district, Plateau state, Nigeria. Six people were killed in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/09/2014: Assailants attempted to attack a Lebanese Army base in Wadi Hmeid town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/09/2014: Assailants blew a hole in the wall along the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah district, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two Palestinian security personnel were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
10/09/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell near a farm in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants fired mortars at a thermal power plant in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the plant caught on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/09/2014: Assailants fired two rockets at Brital village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. No one was injured in the attack. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants in a vehicle opened fire on senior police officials in Bingol city, Bingol province, Turkey. Two officials were killed, while another official and a bodyguard were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants in Syria opened fire on a Lebanese Army unit in Halba area, North governorate, Lebanon. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Lebanese Army unit near a refugee camp in Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military outpost in Nusaybin district, Mardin province, Turkey. Five people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police officer in Mombasa city, Mombasa county, Kenya. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
10/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on Bashir Mohamed Al-Jahani in Hay Dollar area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Jahani, an Al-Saiqa captain, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on Khiyal Mohammad in Sholgara district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Mohammad, an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander, and his guest were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants opened fire on soldiers in Rihaniye town, North governorate, Lebanon. One soldier was killed and another soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2014: Assailants set fire to a mobile phone tower in Karbindha village, Jharkhand state, India. No casualties were reported. This was one of two coordinated attacks meant to protest the arrest of a Maoist leader on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/09/2014: Assailants stormed a civilian home and abducted one person in Kabkabiya town, North Darfur state, Sudan. The whereabouts of the victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
10/09/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at Assam Rifles (AR) personnel in Rangapara area, Assam state, India. An assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
10/09/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices and opened fire on a gendarmerie headquarters in Dargecit district, Mardin province, Turkey. One person was killed and ten other people, including the deputy mayor, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: An assailant attempted to stab a security guard in Afula city, Northern district, Israel. The assailant was shot and injured by responding security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Asraa Zidan Tawfik, a Palestinian extremist.
10/09/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israeli civilian in Old City area, Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Ishak Badran, a Palestinian extremist.
10/09/2015: An assailant stabbed an police officer in Kiryat Arba settlement, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant was killed and the officer was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to a Palestinian extremist.
10/09/2015: An assailant stabbed four civilians in Dimona city, Southern district, Israel. The four civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as an Israeli Extremist.
10/09/2015: An explosive device detonated at National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) transmission tower 44 in Batulawan village, Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. This was one of two related bombings targeting NGCP transmission towers in Batulawan on the same date. There were no reported casualties, although the towers were damaged in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, police officials attributed the attacks to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) and Al-Khobar.
10/09/2015: An explosive device detonated at National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) transmission tower 45 in Batulawan village, Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. This was one of two related bombings targeting NGCP transmission towers in Batulawan on the same date. There were no reported casualties, although the towers were damaged in the blasts. Additionally, another explosive device was discovered and defused at tower 45 following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, police officials attributed the attacks to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) and Al-Khobar.
10/09/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police station in 6th of October city, Giza governorate, Egypt. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Ghazaliya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: An explosive device planted under a vehicle detonated in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Justice employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the office of Rashmi Verma, a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), in Mukhaiaji Chowk locality, Narkatiaganj town, West Champaran district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a letter discovered with the device demanded that Verma not contest the upcoming polls.
10/09/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the Waterfoot Hotel during a police recruitment event in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to dissident Republicans.
10/09/2015: Approximately fifty assailants attacked a gendarmerie brigade in Samorogouan department, Kenedougou province, Burkina Faso. At least four people were killed and four were injured in the attack. Additionally, one gendarmerie was abducted during the attack; his whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Assailants abducted Mahmoud Taha in an unknown location in Yemen. The whereabouts of Taha, a journalist, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
10/09/2015: Assailants armed with a pipe bomb, Molotov cocktails, firearms, and stones attacked Border Police officers at the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip. An assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
10/09/2015: Assailants armed with long-barreled firearms opened fire on the vehicle of Salih Eroglu on Diyarbakir-Hani highway near Buyukakoren village, Hani district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Eroglu, a police officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/09/2015: Assailants attacked a Shell oil flow station located at the Kolo Creek Oil field in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. One guard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Assailants attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkposts in Dawabi area, Muqur district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of Palestinian journalists in Kiryat Arba area, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Israeli settlers.
10/09/2015: Assailants attacked an unspecified number local police checkposts in Dasht-e-Nezan area, Pashtun Zarghun district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Eleven people, including a civilian and ten assailants, were killed and five other people, including two police officers and three assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2015: Assailants attacked military personnel guarding the Garamba National Game Park in Paika district, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four people, including a military colonel, a soldier, and two park wardens, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) were behind the attack.
10/09/2015: Assailants executed 19 civilians in Qaim, Al Anbar, 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 collaborating with security forces.
10/09/2015: Assailants killed Mohammed Ag Abdellah in Bourj el-Barajneh area, Algeria. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility and stated Abdellah was a French spy.
10/09/2015: Assailants launched Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli soldiers in Halhul bridge, near Hebron city, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Palestinian extremists.
10/09/2015: Assailants launched Molotov cocktails at Border Police officers in Jalame area, West Bank and Gaza Strip. One police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Palestinian extremists.
10/09/2015: Assailants on a motorcycle attacked a group of civilians near the Burkinabe border in Dounapen village, Mopti region, Mali. Three civilians including a mayoral assistant were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however sources attributed it to the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) and Fulani Militants.
10/09/2015: Assailants opened fire at a meeting for Malik Aslam Channa in Okara district, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least three people, including Channa, a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate, were killed and two other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police patrol in Gujrat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
10/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police headquarters in Silvan district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ali Muhammad Baloch outside of his residence in Balichah, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Baloch, a Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on Felipe Sarmiento in Taysan town, Batangas province, Philippines. Sarmiento, a village council member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Assailants opened fire on soldiers near a mosque in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and four were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device in the yard of Serhiy Kivalov, a pro-Russian member of parliament, in Odessa city, Odessa oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli soldiers in Rachel's Tomb area, Bethlehem city, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Palestinian extremists.
10/09/2015: Security forces arrested a suicide bomber on an explosives-laden motorcycle in Wata Pur district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Three explosive devices detonated near a Shia Muslim congregation hall in Cinema Pamir area, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed and three others were injured in the blasts. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Two assailants threw grenades and opened fire on Pascal Nshimirimana in Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. Nshimirimana, the chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Human Rights and Detainees' Rights and the son-in-law of a prominent human rights activist, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused on a highway in Osmena village, Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the New People's Army (NPA) and stated that the incident was part of a series of attacks designed to prevent the National Servisyo Caravan from taking place.
10/09/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint in Durak, Hakkari, Turkey. At least 19 people were killed and 26 people were injured in the blast. The victims included soldiers, civilians, and the assailant. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Adhaim, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least six people, including police officers, were killed and one person was injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a Husayni procession in Baghdad al-Jadeeda area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least five people were killed and 22 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An assailant in a vehicle opened fire on civilians at a light rail station in Ammunition Hill, Jerusalem, West Bank. Three people were killed and four people were injured in the attack and ensuing police chase. The victims included civilians, police officers, and the assailant. Hamas claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least three police officers and two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighter patrol in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two volunteers were killed and four were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting families fleeing Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting families fleeing Riyad subdistrict, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least three people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting French military personnel in Abeibara, Kidal, Mali. Six soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a government meeting in Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked a police border patrol camp in Rathedaung, Rakhine, Myanmar. A police officer was killed and two others were injured in the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks on police posts in the area on this date. Al-Yakin Mujahidin claimed responsibility for the incidents. In addition, a government official also attributed the attacks to the Rohingya Solidarity Organization, though other sources questioned the group's involvement.
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked a police station in Maungdaw, Rakhine, Myanmar. Six police officers were killed and two others were injured in the attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks on police posts in the area on this date. Al-Yakin Mujahidin claimed responsibility for the incidents. In addition, a government official also attributed the attacks to the Rohingya Solidarity Organization, though other sources questioned the group's involvement.
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Jar-e Khushk, Baghlan, Afghanistan. A soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. Additionally, three soldiers were reported missing following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel in Darzab, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked Mayangose, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 10 people, including 2 assailants, a military officer, and 7 civilians, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked police officers in Buthidaung, Rakhine, Myanmar. Two police officers and seven assailants were killed and one police officer was reported missing in the ensuing clash. This was one of three coordinated attacks on police posts in the area on this date. Al-Yakin Mujahidin claimed responsibility for the incidents. In addition, a government official also attributed the attacks to the Rohingya Solidarity Organization, though other sources questioned the group's involvement.
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked security posts in Sari Pul, Afghanistan. The assailants sustained an unspecified number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2016: Assailants attacked Shah Tut, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants detonated explosives devices at an Assyrian church in Karemlish, Nineveh, 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).
10/09/2016: Assailants executed 10 civilians in Al-Bakkarah area, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of working with security forces.
10/09/2016: Assailants fired a missile into Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties as the missile was intercepted by coalition forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/09/2016: Assailants fired a rocket that struck a school in western Aleppo city, Syria. At least nine people, including one teacher and eight children, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2016: Assailants fired projectiles and deployed an explosives-laden drone at the Gedu military base near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/09/2016: Assailants in Yemen fired a missile at Taif, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi security forces successfully intercepted the projectile. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants launched a missile targeting the USS Ponce, a United States (US) Navy ship, in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting US Navy vessels in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis, who denied involvement.
10/09/2016: Assailants launched two missiles targeting the USS Mason, a United States (US) Navy ship, north of the Bab el-Mandab Strait off the coast of Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting US Navy vessels in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis, who denied involvement.
10/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpost in Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Six assailants and one civilian were killed and four people, including two assailants, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on a security department building in Shaykh Uthman, Adan, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on Aydin Mustu in Ozalp, Van, Turkey. Mustu, a Justice and Development Party (AKP) district deputy head, was killed in the attack. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Aydin Mustu was targeted for supporting operations against the group.
10/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Two officers and an assailant were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on police personnel at a checkpoint in Gudermesskiy, Chechnya, Russia. At least eight assailants were killed and four officers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants opened fire on Usman Tohsamae in Baro, Yala, Thailand. Tohsamae, an assistant village chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants set fire to Wesley Chapel Church in Century, Florida, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants shot and killed a village chief and a village treasurer in Makindol, Isabela, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants shot and wounded a soldier in Tripoli, North governorate, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2016: Assailants shot down a military helicopter in Dahana-i-Ghuri, Baghlan, Afghanistan. At least seven soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, though authorities doubted the veracity of the claim.
10/09/2017: An assailant opened fire on Helen Andres in Balicongcong, Doroluman, North Cotabato, Philippines. Andres, an employee of the Cotabato provincial government, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: An assailant shot and killed his driver in Faryab, Afghanistan. A Taliban commander claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the driver of spying and planning an assassination attempt against him.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated at a tobacco shop in Rohtas district, Bihar, India. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Thahan Phran patrol along Ban Chuwo-Kayoh Mati Road in Kayoh Matee subdistrict, Bacho district, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least one soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated near an electricity generator in Zafraniya neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and two other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Dora neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it Alingar, Laghman, Afghanistan. At least seven assailants were killed and nine assailants were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting the motorcade of the district police chief in Raghistan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. While the chief was not harmed, one police officer was killed and a second officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: An explosive device planted on a wagon detonated near a shrine in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants abducted and killed Bebs Nero Quino in Balete, Magpet, North Cotabato, Philippines. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants abducted Syed Mohammad from his vehicle along the Paktika-Ghazni highway in Paktika, Afghanistan. Mohammad, a tribal elder, was killed and his body was discovered the following morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban and stated that the victim was accused of collaborating with the government.
10/09/2017: Assailants attacked Somali National Army (SNA) forces in Caddow Dibille, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/09/2017: Assailants attacked the Mizan district center in Zabul, Afghanistan. At least 14 assailants were killed and 20 were wounded in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility fir the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire at a police checkpoint in Bosaso, Bari, Somalia. At least six people, including one assailant, were killed and 13 people, including six assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash; the victims included police officers and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in Asadkhel, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were killed and seven other soldiers were injured in the assault. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Hazara civilians vehicle traveling along Kasi Road in Marriabad neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least five people were killed and two other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Drang, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Peshmerga post west of Kirkuk city, Iraq. At least four people, including one soldier and three 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).
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Tanzanian United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) base in Mamundioma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of two coordinated attacks targeting peacekeeping bases in Mamundioma on the same day. At least two Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed and 12 other peacekeepers were injured across both ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying tribal elders in Xaawo Cabdi, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Three people, including two elders and a soldier, were killed and a soldier was injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on Bernard Viloan in Midsayap, North Cotabato, Philippines. Viloan, a district supervisor for the Department of Education, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on Shirza Khan in Hayatabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shirza, an Intelligence Bureau (IB) deputy director, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Ameer Azam Hamza in Darail, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Hamza, the local assistant commissioner, was not harmed as he was not in the vehicle at the time of the assault. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants seized a rifle from a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants shot and injured Abdullahi Sheikh Omar, a senior Ministry of Transportation official, in Darkheynley neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants shot and killed Godofredo Tolentino, the Barangay Poblacion Chair, in Mandaluyong, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/09/2017: Assailants stopped a jeweler and his family and accused them of having links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Idlib city, Syria. At least three family members, including the jeweler, were shot and killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to a security committee affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.
10/09/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at an Islamic Dawa Party headquarters in Tisin neighborhood, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/09/2017: Assailants, including two suicide bombers, attacked Peshmerga soldiers near a village in Dibis district, Kirkuk, Iraq. Both suicide bombers detonated in the attack. At least five assailants, including both bombers, 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).
10/1/1970: Unknown perpetrators firebombed the campaign headquarters of Parren Mitchell in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.  Mitchell was running in a contentious campaign, attempting to become the first African American Congressman from the state of Maryland.  The were no casualties and the resulting fire caused only minor damages.
10/1/2002: In a series of two related attacks, seven suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) invaded the homes of two families in Oued Chorfa, Algeria.  In total, thirteen people were shot and killed.
10/1/2002: In a series of two related attacks, seven suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) wounded a child and took a woman hostage in Douar Djebailia, Algeria.  The fate of the kidnapped victim remains unknown.
10/1/2002: Suspected Muslim militants attacked two families in Oued Chorfa village, Ain Defla province, Algeria.  The assailants opened fire inside the homes of the two families, killing 13 people and injuring one child.  The militants abducted a woman before fleeing the area.  No group has claimed responsibility and specific motive is unknown.
10/1/2007: Members of Al-Qa ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) remotely detonated a bomb targeting a freight train travelling through Gentar Ahnif, Algeria.  Three people were wounded and railroad tracks were damaged by the explosion.  Following the bombing, nearby Algerian soldiers and communal guards engaged in a firefight with the assailants before they fled the scene under the cover of darkness.  Although the train's engine was also slightly damaged by the blast, the train was able to continued to its destination in Constantine.
10/10/1970:  The Weathermen bombed a courthouse in the Long Island City section of Queens, New York, United States.  There were no casualties but the building sustained $50,000 in damages.
10/10/1996: After midnight, 300 rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted 139 girls from St. Mary's College Secondary School in Aboke, Uganda. School staff followed the rebels and negotiated the release of 109 girls. Over the course of several years, 25 of the remaining 30 hostages escaped or were released, four were confirmed dead, and one was missing as of January 2013.
10/10/1998: Six forestry guards from the Tamahat Forestry Authority were killed by suspected Santhal tribesmen in Tamahat, India. No further information was provided on this incident.
10/10/1998: The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was suspected for using firearms to attack residents of Sonitpur, India. The attack killed five people and injured five others.
10/10/1998: Turkish officials claimed that a number of bombs exploded near the settlements of Darbassiyah and Tall al-Abayad, Syria. The attack was allegedly targeted at Syrian military facilities, but the Syrian government denied this claim. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was suspected for carrying out this attack.
10/10/1998: Unidentified citizens hurled a grenade at a pizza parlor in Barrancabermeja, Colombia. Three people were injured and the parlor sustained minor damage. In addition to this attack, the Pueblo Nuevo area of Barrancabermeja was also attacked.
10/10/1998: Unidentified men detonated a bomb that contained 50 kg of dynamite and was hidden in a truck in Pueblo Nuevo, Barrancabermeja, Colombia. At least two people suffered serious injuries from this attack. No group or individual claimed credit for this attack. In addition to this incident a pizza parlor was also attacked.
10/10/1999: 13 peasants were killed near Heleconia, Colombia.  Their bullet-riddled and tied-up bodies were found dumped in groups of two or three on a roadside.  Authorities believe that an ultra right-wing paramilitary group is responsible but there is no immediate indication of which group.
10/10/1999: A 13-year old boy was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Muzaffargarh, Punjab Province, Pakistan. It was believed that the attack was motivated by the fact that the boy's father was a supporter of the Shiite political party, Tehrik-i-Jafria Pakistan (TJP).
10/10/1999: An unknown type of explosive caused serious damage to a Citroen vehicle dealership in the town of Urduliz in Biscay Province, Spain. Five saloon cars on show were burnt out, but no injuries were suffered in the attack. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/10/1999: In a series of related incidents, police in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka recovered bombs planted in the complex of the Kadiani sect, a minority Islamic group opposed to Sunni Islamics. Authorities safely disarmed the device without incident. Militant Sunni Islamic militants were suspected of carrying out the failed attack.
10/10/1999: In a series of related incidents, two bombs, planted by unknown perpetrators, were discovered inside the Central Ahmadia Mosque at Bakhsibazar in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A worker found two suspicious bags beside two pillars on the first floor of the mosque and opened them to find a bomb and a battery inside each. Police took the bombs for examination.
10/10/2000:  Unidentified assailants partially burned down a synagogue in Trappes, a western suburb of Paris, France.  Several youths were seen leaving the synagogue just before the fire broke out.  Canisters of flammable liquid were found on the premises.  The first and second floors and the roof were badly damaged in the fire.  The incident occurred during increased tension amongst Jewish and Muslim people, following clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.
10/10/2000:  Unidentified assailants threw two Molotov cocktails through the windows of a synagogue in Ulis, a southern suburb of Paris, France.  The flames were doused before the synagogue suffered major damage.  The incident occurred during increased tension amongst Jewish and Muslim people, following clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East.
10/10/2000: A bomb was thrown at the Serbian Radical Party headquarters in New Belgrade district, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.  The Party released a statement that their headquarters had been completely demolished in the attack; there were no reports of injuries.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2000: Guerrillas planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Church of the Archangel Michael in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.  The homemade device consisted of a RPG-18 grenade-launcher and remote control.  Sappers disabled the device before it detonated, which was scheduled to explode when worshippers were on the premises of the church.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2000: Local police received an anonymous phone tip that a bomb was going to be detonated at the bus terminal in Budennovsk, Stavropol territory, Russia.  The police traced the call to a phone booth at the Hotel Prikumye in Budennovsk.  They discovered a bomb in the lobby of the hotel that was set to detonate; they took it outside for a controlled detonation.  Police suspect that the anonymous tip was designed to direct their attention away from the hotel as a target.  Two days after the attack, a married couple were arrested in connection to the incident.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/10/2000: Nine people were killed and over sixty injured when members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) hurled grenades into two separate dance halls in Gulu, Uganda.
10/10/2001: A homemade bomb was thrown in a public square in Manila, Philippines, injuring 8 people. Inter-fraternity rivalry is suspected as the motivation for the attack, but no group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2001: An unidentified gunman shot and killed Luc Ethier, a Canadian engineer, and wounded his wife in Fahaheel, Al Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait.   The gunman fled after the attack, shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest). Ethier worked at the United States Ahmad al-Jaber air force base in Kuwait.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident and specific motive is unknown.
10/10/2001: At least twenty-four men were killed by suspected members of a death squad outside the village of Buga, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although sources note that the United Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) were active in the area.
10/10/2001: Members of United Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) stormed a small village in Colombia, killing 24 villagers.  Contrary to previous massacres committed by the AUC, the uniformed assailants appeared to have no method of victim-selection; instead of targeting suspected guerrilla collaborators, the attackers appeared to kill indiscriminately.  The bodies were left in two piles; one pile was for the younger victims and one was for the older.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/10/2001: Petrol bombs were used in an attack on a French navy recruitment office in Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques department, France. Superficial damage was done to the building. Two phone calls were made to the Agence France Presse claiming responsibility on behalf of the previously unknown Totally Anti-War Group / Association totalement anti-guerre (ATAG).
10/10/2002: A bomb was detonated inside a bus terminal in Kidapawan, Philippines. Eight people were killed and nineteen injured. No one claimed responsibility for the attack and officials were not able to point to a specific group.
10/10/2002: After falling unconscious while getting on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel, a suicide bomber awoke, detonated his belt, killed 1 person and injured 12. Most of the people on the bus were able to escape while the driver held the bomber down.
10/10/2003: An explosive device was detonated near a tax office in Paris, France. No casualties were reported and the building suffered only minor damage.  The Corsican National Liberation Front claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/10/2003: An explosive was detonated near a French Air Force recruiting office in Nice, France.  One person was slightly injured.  The Corsican National Liberation Front claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/10/2003: Around twenty perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, set up a fake roadblock on a road near Serriana, Algeria.  The assailants slit the throats of two Algerian police officers.
10/10/2003: Jairo Gomez Giraldo, a candidate for mayor, and Julio Cesar Castennanos, a candidate for city council, in Genova, Colombia were abducted on October 10, 2003 and found murdered the following day.  Members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) were suspected in the incident, but the group did not make a claim of responsibility.
10/10/2004: A car suicide bomb exploded near Iraq’s Oil Ministry in Baghdad. The blast, one of three related attacks, killed at least 17 people. The blast, which left a large crater near the Oil Ministry’s building, was thought to be related to a visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2004: A suicide attacker detonated a minibus packed with explosives near a police academy in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least four in one of three related attacks. The bombing was thought to be a response to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to the region. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/10/2004: A suicide bombing by a man carrying a briefcase at the Husainia Hall Shi’i mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, killed four people, including the attacker. The attack seemed to be caused by ethnic tensions between Sunni and Shi’i Muslims, although exact causes were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2004: In one of three related incidents in Iraq, a missile attack in Baghdad’s city center near the Oil Ministry killed at least three people in what was thought to be a response to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2004: Suspected Taliban insurgents attacked a vehicle carrying ballot boxes in the Sabzal area of Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Province. The attackers killed three security guards and wounded two others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2005: A suicide bomber suspected of belonging to the Taliban blew himself up when police confronted him in Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan. The perpetrator’s intended target was unknown, but United States Military assets were located in the area of the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2005: A suicide bomber suspected to have been a member of the Taliban blew himself up outside of a house belonging to former warlord, Shah Agha in Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan. Agha and three other people were killed while another five were injured in the blast. Local authorities apprehended an individual whom they suspected had been instrumental in orchestrating this and other suicide bombings in the region.
10/10/2005: About 60 Suspected Taliban members attacked a police convoy sparking a seven hour gun battle in Afghanistan’s Helmund Province that left 19 policemen dead and five others missing. The convoy was traveling on a major drug trafficking route from Afghanistan to Iran. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired five mortars at the Babil Hotel which housed the United States Consulate in Hillah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2006: A bomb placed on a bicycle and detonated by remote control exploded next to a police bus in Kabul, Afghanistan. 11 people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2006: A bomb, planted under a car in a main road in Al-Dawrah area in the southern part of Baghdad, went off, which killed 10 people and wounded 4 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2006: A group of seven individuals, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, stabbed and wounded an Algerian citizen at his home in Aomar, Algeria.  One of the perpetrators was a relative of the victim, however the specific motives behind the attack are unknown.
10/10/2006: About 12:30 pm local time, a bomb placed under a car outside a bakery exploded in Doura district of Baghdad, Iraq. 10 civilians were killed and 4 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2006: About 7 pm local time, a terrorist group attacked a police patrol (automatic weapons fire) in downtown Boghani, 41 kilometers south of the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. 1 police officer was killed and 7 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2006: Attackers wielding automatic rifles overran a navy base and occupied a nearby oil facility in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, holding dozens of troops and oil workers hostage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2006: Perpetrators attacked 10 villages around Chad, killing 40 civilians. Also, as a result, 3,000 civilians were displaced from their homes. No claim of responsibility was reported, but it was believed that the Janjaweed Militia was responsible.
10/10/2006: The LTTE detonated a Claymore mine inside a van near a house near Periyakulum, Punthottam in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. It is believed the Tigers goal was to cause harm to civilians and property. Three civilians were killed and three others were injured. A house and three-wheeler in the vicinity were also damaged.
10/10/2006: Two bombs exploded in insurgency-torn southern Philippines. One explosion occurred in a stall selling alcohol during a festival in the town of Makilala on Mindanao island, which killed 6 people and wounded 29. The second bomb went off in a market in Tacurong city in another part of the island, wounding 5 people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2007: Five Iraqi Turkoman civilians were killed and five others were wounded when three Katyusha rockets fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed on their home in Tal Afar, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian Kurdish politician of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and one Iraqi civilian guard were killed and 19 people were wounded when a single unknown suicide bomber detonated a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in a minibus outside a KDP office in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian railroad worker was killed and five others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their moving Kia minibus at approximately 2:00 PM under the Amil traffic bridge in Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and six others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at a Kia minibus at approximately 1:00 PM in Saidiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed, three others were wounded, and a Humvee was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM adjacent to a U.S. military convoy near Oqba bin Nafi’ roundabout in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicles as they were responding to reports of a dead body near the corn storage plant in Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at approximately 10:00 AM near the city center in Diwaniya, Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 9:00 AM on a roadside near the Vegetable Oils Plant in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in quick succession in the morning in a commercial district of Sulaiman Bek, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and two civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/10/2008: On Friday afternoon, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden in a garbage bin near the home of Imad Kharoub, a supporter of the Jund al-Sham group, in a Palestinian refugee camp in Ein Al Helweh, Southern Province, Lebanon. The bombing attack wounded two civilians but caused no damages. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/10/2008: On Friday at 1245 noon, a roadside bomb detonated in a popular marketplace in Bab al-Tob neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others. Damage was done to several nearby shops, stalls and civilian cars in the explosion. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/10/2008: On Friday morning, a Taliban suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device targeting Sharaf Noor, Balkh intelligence police chief, in Balkh, Khost province, Afghanistan. The suicide bombing attack killed two government officials and wounded the police chief, another government official and a civilian. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed claimed responsibility for the incident on behalf of the group.
10/10/2008: On Friday night at 0300, a commander of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TCP), Nilesh, and another individual identified as “Deolal,” were shot and killed by 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI) militants in Kundu village, Chatra district, Jharkhand province, India. The attack took place during a cultural event in the village. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/10/2008: On Friday, at least eight people, including the vice-chairman of Kuarmunda block, Shyam Sundar Sahu, were injured when two suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI) militants attacked them by hurling bombs at villagers in Raibaga district, Orissa province, India. The incident took place when the block vice-chairman and other villagers questioned the two motorcycle-borne youths on their suspicious activities. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/10/2008: On Friday, between Al Junaynah, Gharb Darfur, Sudan and Kulbus, Gharb Darfur, Sudan, armed assailants fired upon a government convoy, killing at least two government officials, four soldiers, nine people, and damaging several vehicles.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) was responsible.
10/10/2008: On Friday, gunmen killed two Christians in Al Wahda neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, killing one civilian and wounding one other. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, in Durgkondal, Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India, Shakti Dey, a member of the Chhattisgarh state committee, was sprayed with bullets by five armed naxalites, who stormed his house. The assailants also slit his throat with a sharp-edged weapon in front of his wife Mina. Dey had received several threats to his life by the naxals and blamed the state government for its ''failure'' to provide security to the people. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, militants who attacked the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan by grenades and small arms and killed at least six soldiers and damaged the checkpoint took up to 15 security men hostage at the army's headquarters. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. On 10/11/2009, Sunday, following a 22-hour standoff with the perpetrators, the Pakistan Army conducted a siege and exchanged gunfire with the assailants, killing two civilians and two soldiers, wounding five soldiers, and damaging the military building in the crossfire. Authorities rescued the hostages after the siege.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, three explosive devices were neutralized by the police in Santa Fe de Antioquia, department of Antioquia, Colombia. One of the explosive devices was hidden in the diaper section of a supermarket. Five individuals who are suspected to be responsible for the attempted bombings were arrested. One of the individuals is an expert in explosives and was a former member of the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN). The bombings were attributed to the FARCs 34th Front. Police are investigating if the attempted bombings have any relationship to extortion. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/10/2009: On Saturday, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a store in the Al Iskandariyah area of Babil, Iraq, injuring the storekeeper, two children, and damaging the store. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2010: On Sunday morning, in the neighborhood of al-Amiriya, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, using firearms fitted with silencers unidentified militants fired upon and killed a policeman outside his home. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2010: On Sunday, in Balad Haawo, Gedo, Somalia, unknown militants kidnapped Mahmud Halane Hasan, the director of the Mandeeq Radio. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack. The status of the hostage is unknown.
10/10/2010: On Sunday, in the Al Karmah district, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle went off near al-Ra’oud Bridge, leaving a man and a woman wounded. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2010: On Sunday, in the al-Suleikh area of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, one police colonel, one policeman, and one civilian were injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police patrol. No material damage was reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2010: On Sunday, in the Pitayo area outside Silvia, Cauca, Colombia, suspected members from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) 51st Front blew up a cell phone tower, which belonged to the COMCEL Company, with dynamite. The attack destroyed the cell phone tower and left about 500,000 people without cell phone service. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2010: On Sunday, in the village of Garsor near Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia, three suspected militants were killed when the improvised explosive device they were attempting to place in house detonated prematurely. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/10/2011: On Monday afternoon, in Almar, Faryab, Afghanistan, four Afghan employees of the French aid organization Agende a'Aide a la Cooperation Technique Et au Development (ACTED) were kidnapped while returning from hygiene training at a mosque by unidentified militants during an ambush of the Najar village. Three of the employees were community health trainers and one was a driver. Their vehicle, a Toyota Hilux Surf, was also seized. It was reported that all the hostages were freed unharmed the next day on Tuesday 10/11/2011. No group claimed responsibility but the Taliban were suspected.
10/10/2011: On Monday evening, in Phuentsholing, Chukha, Bhutan, unknown assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices simultaneously. One of the bombs was near a cash machine and the other was on the opposite side of a border gate. The blasts wounded two civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the machine and gate. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday morning, in Sirnak, Turkey, unidentified assailants entered a sand mining facility along the Sirnak-Siirt highway. After setting fire to one mining machine, the assailants took one worker hostage. The status of the hostage is unknown. A large-scale operation was launched by security forces in the area following the incident. No casualties occurred and no group claimed responsibility, although the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is suspected.
10/10/2011: On Monday night at 0345, on the Inter City Express rail line in Brandenburg, Germany, the Hekla Reception Committee-Initiative for More Social Eruptions group bombed a rail line. The group used a timed incendiary device which was composed of a three battery improvised electronic detonator, a canister, gasoline and other unspecified materials. The device was hidden in a cable duct next to the track bed at the rail marker for kilometer 24.6. The fire bomb detonated between the Brieselang and Finkenkrug stations. No casualties occurred as a result of the bombing. The signals system was damaged and the line was shut down temporarily. The group claimed responsibility for the bombing on 10/10/2011.
10/10/2011: On Monday night, in an unknown area of Basra province, Iraq, three bombs placed under oil pipelines were discovered by South Oil Police and dismantled before they could explode. No damages or casualties occurred. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday night, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a village mayor in front of his house in the western outskirts of the city. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a petrol station. The blast wounded three civilians and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the petrol station. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, suspected members of the Hekla Reception Committee-Initiative for More Social Eruptions attempted to bomb the Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the central train station, with a timed incendiary device. The device was discovered by German Federal Police in a tunnel that led to the station, before it detonated. The device was made of seven bottles which contained flammable liquids and were linked together to a fuse. No casualties occurred. The group did not claim responsibility for the event but they are highly suspected.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Chapah Darrah, Konar, Afghanistan, unidentified militants opened fire on a vehicle killing the head of human resources department in Nurestan provincial council, Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi, and injuring another unnamed government official. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip, an unknown assailant killed himself while planting an improvised explosive device near a security fence separating Israel's southern communities from Hamas ruled Gaza. The bomb was accidentally detonated while the assailant was planting the bomb. The assailant was identified as Ahmad al-Azameh. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Isabela, Basilan, Philippines, the brother of a governor and his wife were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in an armed assault. No group claimed responsibility for attack.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Khogiani, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, unidentified militants shot and killed tribal chief Malik Nurollah. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed two former members of a peace committee of the Mehsud tribe in Chadrarh village. The members were identified as Hayatullah and Zakirullah. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in the Makien area of Mayom County, Al Wahdah, Sudan, 20 people including four children and two soldiers were killed and five were injured when a civilian bus struck a landmine. The attack caused an unknown amount of damage. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/10/2011: On Monday, in the Shiite neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting firefighters who were responding to the previous bombings. The blasts wounded 19 and caused an unknown amount of property damage. The casualties were given as a cumulative amount and were therefore reported in the first attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/10/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated near a paramilitary vehicle in Ban Ai Yoe Baro town, Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. Nine paramilitary troopers were injured in the blast. This was one of two explosions in the area; this first was designed to attract first responders. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to separatists.
10/10/2012: An explosive device detonated at a government primary school in Akora Khattak city, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: An explosive device detonated near a textile shop in Imelda town, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrol in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Six police officers were killed and one other person injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: An explosive device fitted with a timer was discovered on a passenger bus in Alipurduar city, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal state, India. The device was successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2012: An explosive device planted on the road detonated as first responders were arriving at the scene of an earlier attack in Ban Ai Yoe Baro town, Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two attacks in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to separatists.
10/10/2012: Assailants abducted Joshua Boyle, a Canadian citizen, and Caitlan Coleman, a United States citizen, in Saydabad district, Wardak, Afghanistan. Boyle and Coleman were rescued by Pakistani security forces on October 10, 2017, along with their three children who were born in captivity. The Haqqani Network claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and demanded that the execution of Taliban members be stopped. Sources also attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/10/2012: Assailants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and guns attacked the Umayyad mosque in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. No information regarding possible casualties was available; however, the mosque was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: Assailants fired four mortars into Kadugli district, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. One person was injured in the attack. This was the third continuous day of mortar attacks in the region. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement: North (SPLM-N) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that they were in retaliation for the government's shelling of SPLM-N compounds.
10/10/2012: Assailants fired rockets at a jail undergoing construction in Maidan Shar city, Maidan Wardark province, Afghanistan. Two workers were killed and two others injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to the Taliban.
10/10/2012: Assailants kidnapped three individuals from a checkpoint in Ma'rib city, Ma'rib governorate, Yemen. All three individuals were killed and their bodies dumped back at the checkpoint on October 11, 2012. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they believed that the three individuals had worked in collaboration with United States (US) and Yemeni intelligence agencies to plant electronic trackers on AQAP vehicles. AQAP suspected that this tracking capability enabled US drone strikes to target their comrades.
10/10/2012: Assailants kidnapped two police officers in Tamanjeka village, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Both hostages were discovered on October 16, 2012; they had been stabbed, killed, and buried. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT).
10/10/2012: Assailants shot and killed Murshid Alam, a police constable and local leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), in North Nazimabad town, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the vehicle of Firhana Mohammad in Zamboanga city, Zamboanga City province, Philippines. Mohammad, the mayor of Omar municipality, was unharmed, as he was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack; however, two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: Assailants threw explosive devices into a school in Ghandak village, Shibar district, Bamyan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school was seriously damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/10/2012: Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a tea shop in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Pervez Bhodi, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist, was killed in the attack, and several other people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) patrol vehicle in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. Two officers were killed and another injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/10/2013: A mortar round detonated prematurely as assailants were attempting to attack a military base in Asmar district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Taliban.
10/10/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military vehicle in Bannu area, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least 12 soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the joint police and military al-Rayessa checkpoint in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. In addition to the bomber, the blast killed four people and injured another four people. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing; however, authorities attributed the attack to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
10/10/2013: An assailant killed a civilian, Barry McGorry, in his apartment in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the incident to The New Irish Republican Army.
10/10/2013: An assailant set fire to a constituency office of the People's National Movement (PNM) in Roxborough city, Tobago island, Trinidad and Tobago. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the blaze caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to the office. This was the second arson attack on this office on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An assailant set fire to a constituency office of the People's National Movement (PNM) in Roxborough city, Tobago island, Trinidad and Tobago. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the blaze caused approximately $800 in damage to office furniture. This was the first attack on this office on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated outside of a police station in Liaquat Bazaar, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least six people were killed and 31 people were injured in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device detonated at a market in Kismaayo town, Lower Jubba region, Somalia. The explosion was meant to target Jubba security forces. At least two people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device detonated at a restaurant in the Anarkali bazaar, Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and 13 more people were injured in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Tigers (BLT) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of at least two unrelated bombings in the city on the same day; three people were killed and 11 people were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device detonated in the Achini Mor area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three Levies Forces officers providing security for a polio vaccination team were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in Muqdadiyah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosive device was discovered in Balad city, Balad district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The device detonated as an explosives expert was attempting to defuse it, injuring the expert. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military convoy in Mandozayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Four Afghan civilians were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Bala Morgab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed and an Afghan Local Police (ALP) official was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants beheaded a taxi driver in Luuq town, Gedo region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device and then opened fire on two employees of the National Solidarity Program (NSP) in Deh Rawood district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The two targeted employees were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants detonated explosive devices targeting a joint Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) and Jubaland Forces (JF) military convoy in Kismaayo town, Lower Juba region, Somalia. An unknown number of personnel were killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Shabaab was involved.
10/10/2013: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on Colonel Abdullah al-Tamimi in Fuad area, Al-Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Al-Tamimi, a Yemeni intelligence officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Yemeni officials attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/10/2013: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on Ronald Casimina in Kabacan municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Casimina, a barangay councilor, was killed and a nearby civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Al-Karama area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Samarra city, Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two Sahwa Council members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint near Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two Sahwa council members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Montasir Sabal in Talitay town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Sabal, the mayor of Talitay, was not present during the assault; however, at least three people were killed and two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants set fire to an office of an election candidate representing the Movement for Social Justice in Guapo town, Point Fortin borough, Trinidad and Tobago. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the blaze caused minor damage to the office. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants set fire to vehicles and vandalized a mosque in the village of Burqa, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported in the "price-tag" attack. Israeli settlers claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants shot and killed the brother of an Agence France Presse reporter in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Assailants stormed the Corinthia Hotel and held Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan hostage for several hours in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. No casualties were reported. A group referring to themselves as Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (LROR) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: At least one explosive device detonated prematurely as it was being transported to an unknown target in Orangi Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Authorities discovered and defused a primed mortar near the Strand Road police station in the Lawrence Hill area of Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a military convoy on the road between Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Three soldiers were injured in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a police station in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No injuries or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2014: A gas-cylinder explosive device was discovered and safely detonated on a road leading to a school in La Palma village, Toribio district, Cauca department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to the Ambrosio Gonzalez Mobile Column of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/10/2014: A roadside bomb detonated after it was struck by a civilian vehicle in Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and 11 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Deh Rahwod district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting the vehicle of Marjan Haqmal, the Nad Ali district police chief, in an area between Nad Ali and Marja districts, Helmand province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties from the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the Grand Mosque in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least four People's Protection Units (YPG) members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting soldiers in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four soldiers were killed and eight soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An assailant threw two hand grenades along a river in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. One of the grenades detonated and the other was defused the next day. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device concealed in garbage detonated targeting an army colonel in Benghazi, Benghazi district, Libya. The army colonel, Imran Abdul Hadi Saleh Alhaafa, was killed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated at a bridge in Dawr district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although the bridge was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated at a civilian residence in Jalula area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar attacks targeting houses belonging to Kurdish members 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 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated at a Jalula Council member's private residence in Jalula area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar attacks targeting houses belonging to Kurdish members 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 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated at Sabah Muhammad Ali's private residence in Jalula area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Ali, a former council member, was not harmed in the blast, although the house was damaged. This was one of four similar attacks targeting houses belonging to Kurdish members in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated in Landai Nur village, Wana tehsil, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was killed and one was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated near a produce shop in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated on a bus in Minya Al Qamh city, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated on railway tracks in Belbeis district, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties from the blast, but the tracks were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of Ondoy's Grocery Store in Libungan town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Although no one was injured, two vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to Al-Khobar.
10/10/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a civilian defense directorate officer, was injured and two of his family members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused along the line of control in Balnoi area, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosives-laden bicycle detonated in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. At least two people, including a police officer, were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated on a bridge in Bir Ayyad town, Jabal Al Gharbi district, Libya. No one was injured in the blast, but the bridge was damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists acting as a part of Operation Dawn.
10/10/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated prematurely near a mosque in Hamarweyne district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting the Tibesti hotel in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least one person was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants abducted a driver for Solidarity for Afghan Families (SAF) in Mughli area, Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of the victim were unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/10/2014: Assailants abducted a journalist, Salah Naguab, in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Naguab was released the next day, on October 11th, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants abducted Al-Aseema television reporter Maad al-Tleeb in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Al-Tleeb, who was known for supporting police, was released on October 13, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants abducted at least 16 construction workers in Rajivnagar village, Mamit district, Mizoram state, India. Five of the victims, all from the Chakma tribe, were released later the same day; police suspected that the remaining 11, who were Bengali natives, were being held in Bangladesh. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 30 lakhs in exchange for the remaining victims. The National Liberation Front of Tripora (NLFT) claimed responsibility for the incident. Additional sources also attributed joint partnership in the abduction to the Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram (BDFM).
10/10/2014: Assailants attacked a group of students conducting a sathyagraha campaign at the Sabaragamuwa University in Belihuloya city, Sabaragamuwa province, Sri Lanka. At least 12 students were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants attacked and took control of the People's Protection Units (YPG) Headquarters in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The outcome of the incident is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2014: Assailants hijacked two khat vehicles and kidnapped five people in Kiunga town, Lamu county, Kenya. The whereabouts of the victims were unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
10/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Lebanese Army post in Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of three army posts targeted on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Hezbollah.
10/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol monitoring a protest at the airport in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. Six peacekeepers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on Said Kareem Khan in Beliot area, Mohmand tehsil, Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a peace committee member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants opened fire on soldiers in Halimzai tehsil, Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One soldier and three assailants were killed and one soldier was wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Assailants publicly executed six civilians in Az-Zab town, Arbil governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: Assailants threw at least three explosive devices at a bakery in Lyari locality, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and 17 people were wounded in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: At least 15 assailants abducted three United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) contractors from an airfield in Malakal city, Upper Nile state, South Sudan. Two of the hostages were released the following day; the fate of the remaining hostage was unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (DPSU) convoy near Dokuchayivsk town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One border guard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2014: Mortars landed near the Mursitpinar Border Crossing and detonated in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2014: Six assailants stormed a police station in an attempt to free inmates in Mauza Bakhri area, Uch Sharif city, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
10/10/2014: Two assailants opened fire on an police patrol in Kapilbastu district, Western region, Nepal. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Additionally, the assailants left two explosive devices at the scene, which were safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: A 16-year-old assailant stabbed two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in Old city area, Jerusalem city, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The two victims were injured and the assailant was shot dead by responding police forces in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to a Palestinian extremist.
10/10/2015: A homemade explosive device detonated targeting police officers in Village #2, Kalicha subdistrict, Rangae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. At least four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An assailant stabbed a number of Israeli security force members at Damascus Gate area, Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant was shot dead by security forces while three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to a Palestinian extremist.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated against a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Murdanda village, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Two CRPF constables were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated at a Sahwa Council checkpoint near Albu 'Aythah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two Sahwa Council members were killed and three members were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Killid Radio station in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting radio stations in Jalalabad on this date. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was a warning to the media that they must cover the group's activities in the region.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Safa Radio station in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting radio stations in Jalalabad on this date. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was a warning to the media that they must cover the group's activities in the region.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of the College of Engineering at Zagazig University in Zagazig city, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. This was one of two related bombings at Zagazig university on the same date. There were no reported casualties in the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of the Pharmacy Faculty building at Zagazig University in Zagazig city, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. This was one of two related bombings at Zagazig university on the same date. There were no reported casualties in the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in Volnovask district, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. A child was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated in Ziruk district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Four people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military checkpoint in al-Mohshahida neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Aman Lashkars member in Charmang, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two people, including the peace committee member, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near an oil pipeline in Tando Allahyar town, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al-Nuayriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Shahabuddin in Dashtak area, Dahana-i-Ghuri district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Shahabuddin, a local police commander, and two of his guards were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the vehicle of Mawlawi Mohammad Sardar Zadran in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. Zadran, a former commander of the Haqqani Network, was unharmed; however, a bodyguard and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Malihah, Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. One volunteer fighter was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants abducted Qaiser Ali along the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway near Koroona, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The whereabouts of Ali, the Shuhada-o-Ghazi Forum coordinator, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2015: Assailants abducted two Sterling Global de-mining company employees from Mohammad Agha district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Both employees were released on October 11, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants attacked and seized a medicine-laden truck and its driver in Sirte district, Libya. The driver was released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/10/2015: Assailants attacked police officers in Teppi town, Southern Nations region, Ethiopia. One officer was killed and five officers were abducted; the outcome of the abduction is unknown. Tepi Youth claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that they would release the abducted police officers in exchange for their imprisoned associates.
10/10/2015: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Sanjadak area, Muqur district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants attacked the Rudaw Media Network office in Sulaymaniyah city, Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties; however, the office was set on fire and destroyed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Donetsk Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One assailant was killed and three assailants were wounded in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb and opened fire against a police vehicle in Yenikpai neighborhood, Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. A police officer was killed and eight other people, six police officers and two attackers, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/10/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at Southern district, Israel. The rocket was intercepted before it could land and there were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 11 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2015: Assailants launched mortar shells at Leego town, Bay region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2015: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers escorting a prisoner to recover an arms cache in Sheikhupura district, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least five assailants, including the prisoner, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2015: Assailants set fire to a Sufi mausoleum in Shali village, Chechnya region, Russia. There were no reported casualties, but the mausoleum was damaged in the blaze. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Assailants shot and wounded an Israeli soldier near the southern gate of the Kiryat Arba settlement in West Bank and Gaza Strip. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Security forces discovered and defused 28 explosive devices in Fallujah district, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Fallujah district, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2015: Security forces identified and killed an unknown number of assailants driving 10 explosives-laden vehicles in Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the unsuccessful attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2015: Three suicide bombers detonated at a fish market in Baga Sola area, Lac region, Chad. In addition to the bombers, at least 14 people were killed and 42 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Baga Sola on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/10/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated at a peace rally near the train station in Ankara, Turkey. In addition to the assailants, at least 103 people were killed and 245 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the assailants were identified as Yunus Emre Alagoz and Omer Deniz Dundar, both believed to be members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Turkish authorities also attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/10/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated at a refugee camp in Baga Sola area, Lac region, Chad. In addition to the bombers, at least 19 people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Baga Sola on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/10/2016: A suicide bomber attacked a Swedish United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol in Timbuktu, Mali. The assailant was the only reported casualty. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: An explosive device detonated in Mahdiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near Levies Forces officers in Naik Banda Mamond, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: An explosive device detonated on a railway track in Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the blat. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/10/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Registan, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/10/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Saydiyah 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.
10/10/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Al Hagn area of Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the Fourth District Police Department in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants abducted Anou Kabui, a J.C. Bamford Excavators driver, from Imphal, Manipur, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Kuki National Front (KNF) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Anou Kabui refused to pay an extortion demand.
10/10/2016: Assailants abducted five Salafi youths in Suq al Jumah, Tripoli, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2016: Assailants armed with grenades and firearms attacked a bar in Ruteme, Rumonge, Burundi. Three people were killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) positions in Jobar neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two attacks targeting military positions in Jobar on the same day. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/10/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) al-Assad Military Academy in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Southern Front and Jaish al-Mujahideen (Syria) separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked a convoy of three passenger buses carrying Ugandans on Nimule-Juba Highway in Magwi, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. At least one person was injured and an unknown number of people were abducted in the incident. The hostages were released shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked a military base in Gormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Gormach overnight. 11 assailants and an unknown number of security personnel were killed across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked a police post in Gormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Gormach overnight. 11 assailants and an unknown number of security personnel were killed across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Bad Pas, Laghman, Afghanistan. Four assailants and one soldier was killed and seven people, including four assailants and three soldiers, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked Abdul Saboor Sarir in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sarir, the editor-in-chief of Afghanistan Times, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked Bayt al-Maqdis base in Golchidar, Kordestan, Iran. The assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties. The Kurdistan Free Life Party claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the deaths of the group's members.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked Boikene, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 11 people, including two assailants, were killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Kirsh, Lahij, Yemen. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least five soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Usaylan district, Shabwah, Yemen. At least two soldiers were killed in the assault. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least one person was injured in the attack. This was one of at least two coordinated attacks in the city on the same day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked the Civil Registry Authority building in Drebi, Tripoli, Libya. The head of the agency, Al-Siddiq Al-Nahaisi, and one other person were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants attacked the district center in Gormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Gormach overnight. 11 assailants and an unknown number of security personnel were killed in the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/10/2016: Assailants executed two members of the national resistance in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Lattakia governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Mhardeh, Hamah, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants opened fire on Jimmy Saypan in New Visayas, Compostela Valley, Philippines. Saypan, the Compostela Farmers' Association (CFA) secretary general, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Silvan, Diyarbakir, Turkey. At least one soldier was killed and five soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/10/2016: Assailants raided Chief Mercellinus Nlemigbo's residence in Mbatoli, Imo, Nigeria. Chief Nlemigbo, an All Progressive Congress (APC) leader, was not harmed; however, one of his police escorts was killed, a second was injured, and a third was kidnapped in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2016: Assailants set fire to a mining facility in Kayabasi Mahallesi, Gaziantep, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/10/2016: Assailants shelled an Ethiopian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Ceel Cali, Hiiraan, Somalia. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2016: Assailants, including a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle, attacked a police station in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 14 people were killed and an additional 14 people were injured in the blast. This was one of at least two coordinated attacks in the city on the same day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/10/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle at a football stadium in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Hijaz Province of the Islamic State
10/10/2016: Security forces identified and intercepted a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle at Suqba'ad market in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. The vehicle subsequently detonated, injuring at least four people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2016: Two assailants entered the Entrepreneurial Development Institute (EDI) building and set mattresses on fire in Sempora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The assailants, armed with rockets, grenades, and firearms, attacked fire fighters and police officers that arrived at the scene. At least two security personnel were injured in the initial assault. The siege ended on October 12, 2016 with the death of both assailants. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailants, Abu Maaz and Abu Waleed, as members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Sources also suspected that the incident may have been carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
10/10/2017: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to attack an Egyptian Army checkpoint in front of a cement factory in Hasna, North Sinai, Egypt. A soldier opened fire on the vehicle, causing it to detonate and kill two people, including the soldier and the assailant. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2017: A suicide bomber opened fire on an Iraqi Volunteer Forces checkpoint in Kassara, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least two people, including one soldier and the assailant, 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).
10/10/2017: A suicide bomber threw a grenade at the residence of an Iraqi Volunteer Forces soldier in Kassara, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces shot and killed the assailant before he could detonate. This was one of two coordinated grenade attacks targeting Iraqi Volunteer Forces homes west of Hit on the same day. At least two people were killed and six other people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2017: A suicide bomber threw a grenade at the residence of an Iraqi Volunteer Forces soldier in Sahiliyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces shot and killed the assailant before he could detonate. This was one of two coordinated grenade attacks targeting Iraqi Volunteer Forces homes west of Hit on the same day. At least two people were killed and six other people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/10/2017: An explosive device detonated in Shankarpur neighborhood, Jessore, Khulna, Bangladesh. Shahriar Hossain Misro, the son of a local ward councilor and an Awami League (AL) leader, was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Sahwa Council vehicle in Hawr Rajab, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one Sahwa Council member was killed and three other members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2017: An explosive device detonated near the Pakistan Army Kabal Shaheed Post in Barwal, Upper Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least one soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2017: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Shaykh Yasin al-'Adani detonated in Tawahi neighborhood, Aden, Yemen. Al-'Adani, the Zayd Mosque preacher, was killed and his son was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Islah Party.
10/10/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting police personnel at a crime scene in Sanin Villa, Cesar, Colombia. At least three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Zakar Khel, Mir Ali subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2017: Assailants abducted Kedar Nath Jha in Dima Hasao district, Assam India. Jha, an accountant for Kopili tea estate, was released on October 16, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2017: Assailants armed with an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to attack a military outpost in Yamteke, Gwoza, Borno, Nigeria. Sixteen people, including a soldier and 15 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/10/2017: Assailants armed with greandes and firearms attacked an Indian Army base in Niausa, Arunachal Pradesh, India. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2017: Assailants attacked a hydroelectric power plant substation in Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to Hydro-Electric Development Corporation (Hedcor) stealing the "land and water rights" of residents.
10/10/2017: Assailants attacked Bitaugan Patrol Base in Bitaugan, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Security forces repelled the attack and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/10/2017: Assailants attacked Mohamad al-Qadi in Jumayl, Nuqat Al Khams, Libya. Al-Qadi, the Zultan Brigade head, was killed and three other members were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anas al-Dabbashi Brigade.
10/10/2017: Assailants attacked Sayyad district in Sari Pul, Afghanistan. Security forces repelled the assault, killing an unknown number of assailants. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/10/2017: Assailants attacked Wereh, Barkin Ladi, Plateau, Nigeria. The former Plateau Head of Service, Moses Gwom, and two others were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Fulani extremists were involved in the attack.
10/10/2017: Assailants fired a missile that landed and detonated at a school in Al-Jaradiyah, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the attack. Houthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the projectile struck a military command facility.
10/10/2017: Assailants fired a rocket at an Iraqi Turkmen Front headquarters along Baghdad Road in central Kirkuk city, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol vehicle in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Malian Army post in Labbezanga, Gao, Mali. At least one soldier was killed and six other soldiers were injured in the assault. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also attributed the incident to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).
10/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol vehicle in Mkokoni, Lamu, Kenya. There were no reported casualties in the attack, and an explosive device was recovered at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Turkish Gendarmerie border command post in Cukurca district, Hakkari, Turkey. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/10/2017: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Technical University of Mombasa staff in Kwale, Kenya. Two staff members were killed and three people, including two police officers and the driver, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/10/2017: Assailants set fire to three Delta Earthmoving Construction vehicles in Tabuk, Kalinga, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/10/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at an Iraqi Volunteer Forces checkpoint in Arsan neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two other soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device at a hall in Patungcaleo, Quirino, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, but the hall and an adjacent house were damaged in the blast. An additional explosive device was defused at the scene. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/10/2017: Assailants threw grenades at a security checkpoint in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Three soldiers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/10/2017: Three explosive devices planted under a bridge were discovered and defused in Mir Ali, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/1971: Unknown perpetrators bombed a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Santa Cruz, California, United States.  There were no casualties but the building sustained minor damage.
10/11/1994:  Richard Thomas Andrews set two fires within the offices of Dr. James Armstrong in Kalispell, Montana, United States.  There were no casualties, but the office sustained an estimated $75,000 in damages.  Dr. Armstrong was the only physician who performed abortions in the area.
10/11/1998: A bomb detonated in a vehicle carrying seven people, including three municipal guards, in Akkal Azzegagh, Algeria. All passengers were killed and the vehicle was destroyed. Unidentified armed assailants, who were hiding along the road at the time of the explosion, began firing shots, which injured eight other people. No group or individual claimed credit for this attack, but Islamists were suspected.
10/11/1998: A bomb exploded in a building adjoining tax offices in the center of Bastia, Corsica, France. This attack damaged the building, but there were no casualties. In addition to this attack, there were two other related bombings in the area. The Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica (FLNC) - Traditional Wing claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/1998: A garage belonging to the State Utility, Electricite de France, in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, was bombed. This attack damaged the building, but there were no casualties. In addition to this attack, there were two other related bombings in the area. The Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica (FLNC) - Traditional Wing claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/1998: A Government Treasury Office in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, was bombed. This attack damaged the building, but there were no casualties. In addition to this attack, there were two other related bombings in the area. The Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica (FLNC) - Traditional Wing claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/1998: Seven members of the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts (ALF and ELF) freed horses and attempted to burn down the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse Corral in Rock Springs, Wyoming in the United States.   The perpetrators placed incendiary devices near buildings and vehicles, specifically targeting a truck used to transport horses, but while the devices were being planted, one of the perpetrators prematurely opened one of the gates, and the horses started running loose, at which point, the group aborted the plan, and left behind sponges, gas cans, buckets of fuel, and some timing devices before fleeing the scene.  None of the incendiaries functioned properly; thus, there were no casualties or property damage at the scene.  The release of the horses cost BLM about $2,426 in aviation expenses to retrieve the freed horses.  The next month, the group claimed responsibility for the incident in the name of ALF and ELF as a press release on their website, stating the BLM horse corral was targeted for "slaughtering horses for foreign dinner plates." The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which committed nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.
10/11/1998: Shaykh Ahmad Trad, a religious figure of the Amal movement in Lebanon, was the target of a car-bomb attack in Ma'arkah, Lebanon. Trad escaped uninjured, but his son was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/11/1998: Suspected Hizballah gunmen fired mortar shells and rockets into the UNIFIL Security Zone in south Lebanon, striking the village of Al-Rayhan. Two Lebanese civilians were lightly wounded and a home was also severely damaged in the attack.
10/11/1998: Three Abkhazian policemen were killed when their police patrol was ambushed by unknown Georgian assailants. The attack occurred in Abkhazia, Georgia, on a road between posts 207 and 209 of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Peacekeeping Force.
10/11/1998: Three-hundred Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerrillas attacked a police station in Albania, Colombia. The attack killed two policemen, wounded five, and left three missing. The police station was destroyed and the assailants stole privately owned cars, two buses, and three ambulances and set some houses on fire.
10/11/1998: Unidentified rebels used projectiles to attack an airfield in Kindu, Congo. Any resulting damage or casualties were not reported. A nearby airfield was also attacked in a related incident.
10/11/1998: Unidentified rebels used projectiles to attack government-held buildings in Kindu, Congo. Any resulting damage or casualties were not reported. A nearby airfield was also attacked in a related incident.
10/11/1999: A Bulgarian man working for the United Nations Civilian Mission in Kosovo was shot to death in Pristina by an unknown gunman.
10/11/1999: A couple and their two-month-old baby narrowly escaped a pipe bomb attack when the device was thrown into their Magnolia Park home in the nationalist Twinbrook area of west Belfast, Northern Ireland. A second device was found close to the house and families in several nearby houses were evacuated while an army bomb disposal expert defused both devices. The perpetrators of this attack were not known.
10/11/1999: One woman was killed and two people were injured by an explosive device, planted by unknown perpetrators, near a police station in a Cali suburb in Colombia. The explosion caused some damage to the station.
10/11/2000: Militants lobbed a grenade at a security patrol vehicle in the Residency Road area at the heart of Srinagar, Kashmir, India.  The grenade missed the target and fell instead into the crowded road, injuring at least ten people including two police officers.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2000: Muslim rebels attacked a family in their chalet at Chrea resort, Blida, Algeria.  Six members were shot and killed and their throats were slit; one female family member survived the attack.  Sources report that a vigilante group intervened.  The motive behind the attack is unknown.
10/11/2000: The Chief of Personal Guards and the driver of Tajik First Vice-premier, Khodzhikbar Turadzhonzoda, were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The two men were kidnapped in the area of the Shokhmansur market place in the center of Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
10/11/2001: A doctor and his family received a letter containing white powder and cloth in Nairobi, Nairobi county, Kenya, that tested positive for anthrax.  The letter had been sent from Atlanta, where family members lived, but the anthrax was thought to have been inserted into the envelope when it was sent to Miami on its route to Kenya.  The family members all tested positive for anthrax exposure.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2001: A Hamas terrorist, Hani Rawajbah, attempting to plant a bomb on a road near Sarrah, West Bank, was dismembered and killed when the bomb detonated prematurely.  Hamas later claimed the terrorist died heroically, and sources reported that Rawajbah was an aide to a top Hamas leader.
10/11/2001: A letter sent to a businessman in Nyeri, Central province, Kenya from Nairobi was suspected to contain anthrax.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack and the authorities were running tests on the white power inside the letter to determine whether the substance was indeed anthrax.
10/11/2001: A letter sent to the offices of the Environmental Program for the United Nations in Nairobi, Nairobi county, Kenya, contained a white powdery substance suspected to be anthrax.  The letter was addressed to an employee at the office and had a postage stamp originating from Pakistan.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2001: Suspected Israeli gunmen in a car shot at a car carrying two Palestinian men near Nablus, West Bank.  The two were wounded in the attack, and one source reported that the car overturned during the shooting.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2001: Unidentified assailants killed Luis Elias Marin, the mayor of Cartagena del Chaira, his driver, and three others near Montanitas, Colombia.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although sources noted that the Mayor and his companions were close to territory inhabited by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/11/2002: Suspected Chechen rebels bombed a police station in Grozny killing 24 people. The explosion was timed to coincide with a meeting of police officers.
10/11/2002: U.S. Embassy security guards in Tel Aviv, Israel overpowered a suicide bomber before he was able to detonate his explosive vest.
10/11/2002: Unidentified Islamic rebels threw a grenade at the house of a defeated state candidate injuring him and two of his security guards while killing a third.
10/11/2004: A land mine killed one Afghan Army soldier in Kabul Province. No group claimed responsibility for planting the device.
10/11/2004: A U.S soldier was killed, two Iraqis were killed, nine U.S. soldiers were wounded, and eighteen Iraqis were wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a Stryker convoy in Mosul, Iraq, with a pickup full of explosives that left a five-foot crater in the road. Tawhid and Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2004: Attackers killed two people and injured five others in the Qaysan village of Afghanistan. Among the injured was Arbab Nesar Ahmad Khan, who was the leader of the Barakzai Tribe in Ghowrian and the head of Hamed Karzai’s local election campaign team. The attackers were suspected to have been supporters of the former governor of Heart Province, Esmail Khan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2004: Members of al-Tawhid and Jihad group's Qaqa Brigade beheaded a Turkish worker in Iraq whom they had abducted. The victim had been held captive for three days before his kidnappers killed him. The perpetrators wanted the victim’s employer to leave Iraq in exchange for his life. The beheading was broadcasted on a website belonging to Ansar al-Sunna, an Iraqi militant group. Abu Musab Zarqawi's group, Jama'at al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad (JTJ), claimed responsibility for the murder.
10/11/2004: Suspected members of the Taliban killed two soldiers belonging to the Afghan National Army in Kandahar Province. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2004: Unidentified assailants launched a rocket and mortar attack on the Oil and Gas Development Company camp in the Uch gas field located in Balochistan, Pakistan. The rockets and mortars landed on houses, injuring several people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2005: An unidentified suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi Army convoy in Baghdad killing five people and injuring 12 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2005: An unidentified suicide car bomber blew himself up in a market in Tal Afar, Iraq killing 24 people and injuring 36 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2005: Kopay Christian College Principal, Sivakadadchan, was shot dead in his home in Manipay, Kopay, Sri Lanka.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are believed responsible for the shooting.  The victim was an outspoken opponent of child conscription by the LTTE.
10/11/2006: Around 11:10 pm local time, unknown people attacked the naval command in San Sebastian with several Molotov cocktails in Spain. There were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2006: Around 4:20 local time, unknown gunmen opened fire at a police post in the Buinaksk district of Russia's North-Caucasian region of Dagestan. 2 police officers were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2007:  In Ghalanai, Pakistan, armed assailaints fired upon a group of civillians, killing six.  Six more were kidnapped along with two children.  On October 12, 2007, the assailants beheaded the six adult hostages.  The Taliban claimed responsibility.
10/11/2007: An Iraqi civilian (the son of an Islamic Party official) was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms at his vehicle in northeastern Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: An Iraqi Police lieutenant was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed a police station in Tuz Khurmato, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/11/2007: Eight Iraqi civilians were killed and 25 more were wounded when an unknown suicide car bomber drove his vehicle into a café and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 8:30 PM in Niaariah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: Four Iraqi Kurdish paramilitaries and four Iraqi civilians were wounded when a single unknown suicide truck bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 3:00 PM at a checkpoint adjacent to the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in northeastern Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: No casualties were reported but two CD stores were damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated early in the morning adjacent to the Mubarik Shah CD Store in Karak, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
10/11/2007: One Pakistani civilian barber was killed and the Dilfaraz Salon was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated outside the salon in the morning in Karak, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
10/11/2007: One perpetrator was killed and three Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers were wounded when an unknown number of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) perpetrators used small arms and grenades to attack the barracks of the 144th CRPF Battalion and the troopers returned fire in the early evening at the Boulevard Hotel on the southern shore of Dal Lake near Srinagar, Kashmir State, India.
10/11/2007: Three Indian civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 6:00 PM during iftaar at the Dargah Sharif of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Rajasthan State, India.
10/11/2007: Two Indian Army soldiers of the 32nd Rashtriya Rifles were killed when an unknown number of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) perpetrators fired on their convoy with small arms near Dangiwache, Kashmir State, India.
10/11/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:00 AM at the entrance of Kifah Street near Shorja Market in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and five Iraqi civilians were killed, 50 other persons were wounded, and seven buildings and six cars were destroyed when a single unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 2:30 PM adjacent to a police convoy at a busy market in Shorja neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 10:00 AM adjacent to their vehicle near the Shoala Bridge in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/11/2008: On Saturday afternoon at 1600, unknown assailants planted two home-made bottle bombs containing unknown explosives on the lawn of Supreme Court Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader's house at the Judges' Complex on Park Avenue in Kakrail, Dhaka province, Bangladesh. The explosives were safely defused preventing any casualties or property damages from taking place. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/11/2008: On Saturday around midnight, two gunmen shot six times at the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and threw a grenade which failed to detonate.  Police found six spent .45 caliber casings at the scene. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2008: On Saturday in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen killed two Christians in Mosul's al-Mithaq neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday morning at 0730, a roadside bomb targeted a group of workers in the brick plant in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, injuring four. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday night, suspected members of the United Self-Defense Forces Of Colombia (AUC) paramilitary group shot and killed Celestino Rivera, an indigenous leader, near a road in Jambalo, Cauca department, Colombia. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/11/2008: On Saturday night, unknown assailants detonated a bomb targeting the EnCana natural gas pipeline in the Tomslake area southeast of Dawson Creek near the Alberta border, British Colombia province, Canada. The bombing attack caused no casualties or property damages although the blast created a 1.8 meter crater in the ground. The bomb, which was placed where the pipeline emerges from the ground, was intended to rupture and blow up the pipeline. Local media outlets received a letter the day before on 10/10/2008 on Friday calling EnCana and other energy companies 'terrorists' for expanding 'deadly' gas wells and demanded that the local oil and gas companies leave town.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb targeted Mulla Mohammed Azad, deputy head of the Kirkuk's Endowment Office in the Teppa neighborhood in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The bombing attack injured Azad, his wife and one of his security guards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, gunmen shot and killed journalist Dyar Abbas Ahmed in front of the Artists' Union in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, in Diphupar, Dimapur, Nagaland, India, three armed assailants fired upon and killed one Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang militant, Nekavi Chishi. Two empty shells of M 20 and a motorcycle were recovered from the incident site. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility, but the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah militants are thought to be responsible.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, Nicolas Valencia Lemus, an indigenous community leader, was shot and killed by members of the United Self-Defense Forces Of Colombia's (AUC) Black Eagles paramilitary group as Lemus was travelling on a motorcycle with his wife and his son on a road near Toribio in the department of Cauca, Colombia. Before fleeing the scene, the assailants claimed responsibility by writing 'Aguilas Negras' (Spanish for Black Eagles) on the windows of Lemus' car.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels attacked the village of Sangay, Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines, killing four civilians and a policeman, while wounding three others.  A firefight that followed also resulted in the death of one rebel. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, three houses belonging to Christian families who had fled the recent violence in Mosul have been blown up by gunmen in the Al Sukkar district in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2008: On Saturday, unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy of Yahya Abdul Mahjob, the head of the media office of the provincial council, in the al-Shurta neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  Mahjob's bodyguards returned fire, killing one of the attackers. Mahjob was not injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2009: On Sunday afternoon, in Pattani, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon the motorcade of a Muslim administration official, wounding the official and damaging at least one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/11/2009: On Sunday afternoon, in the soccer field of Chururu in the municipality of Fernandez Feo, department of Cachira, Venezuela, ten Colombian, one Peruvian and Venezuelan soccer players of ‘Los Maniceros’ team were taken hostage before the game started. The players were force, by armed men with rifles, to give up all belongings and were loaded into the coach assistance’s truck. The victims report were: Rubén Hernández, of 30 years old; Gerardo Vega, of 34 years old; José Luis Arenas, of 17 years old; Ángel Aldemar León, of 18 years old; Eduardo Ricardo Gamboa, of 18 years old; Michael Bello, of 17 years old; Manuel Cortez, of 18 years old; Julián Anaya, of 17 years old; Carlos Adolfo Amador, of 25 years old; Pompeyo Miguel, of 27 years old; Mauricio Ospina, of 27 years old, and Diego Alexis Poblador, of 25 years old. On 10/25/2009 in Tachira, Venezuela the body of the 10 of the soccer players were found bearing gunshot wounds. One survived a gun shot wound to the neck and is at the hospital with heavy security, the last hostage’s body was found dead days later. No group claimed responsibility but authorities believe the National Liberation Army (ELN) was responsible.
10/11/2009: On Sunday evening at 2145, in Dagestanskiye Ogni, Dagestan, Russia, assailants fired upon a senior energy executive's motorcade, injuring his driver, two private security guards, one police officer, three civilians, and one child and damaging three vehicles. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2009: On Sunday evening, in Al Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a public market, killing one civilian, wounding eight others, and damaging the market, several cars, and several houses. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2009: On Sunday late in the day, in the Balarampur area of Puruliya district in India's West Bengal, about 50-60 armed people, suspected to be Maoists, raided the house of Chandan Singh Laya, secretary of the CPI-Marxist’s Kerua local committee. The rebels torched Mr. Laya’s house and his motorcycle when they could not find him. Soon, an encounter ensued between the suspected Maoists and members of the village security committee. A villager received a bullet injury. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is highly suspected that the Communist Party of India-Maoists are involve in the incident.
10/11/2009: On Sunday morning about 0830, source details that a Muslim cattle rancher, while traveling by motorcycle, was shot and killed in Baraho subdistrict in Muang, Pattani, Thailand. Worachet Yusoh, 49, was riding his motorcycle on a village road heading to his farm in Pakali Mapuroh in Tambon Barahao, when the attackers opened fire at him with AK-47 assault rifles before they fled the scene in a pick-up truck. His motorcycle was damaged and he died on his way to a hospital. No group claimed responsibility however, Muslim separatists are suspected.
10/11/2009: On Sunday morning, a 49 year old Muslim cattle raiser was shot to death by suspected rebels on a pick up truck while working in a field in Pattani, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility however rebels are suspected.
10/11/2009: On Sunday night, in Narathiwat, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon and killed a 37 year old Muslim civilian, on his way to a local tea shop. No group claimed responsibility. No group claimed responsibility however, Islamic rebels are suspected.
10/11/2009: On Sunday night, in Yala, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon a Muslim butcher, age 36, on a motorcycle, killing him and damaging his motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2009: On Sunday night, in Yatnaram village in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, about eight men belonging to Communist Party if India-Maoist (CPI-M) shot dead a civilian (Ramlal) after dragging him out of his house and taking him to the outskirts on the pretext of talking to him. At the village tank, the Maoists shot two rounds and killed him. The Maoists left a note warning informers to mend their ways. The civilan, a former 'dalam' or armed squad commander of CPI-ML Pratighatna group, had surrendered two years ago. Maoists suspected Ramlal was an informer of the police. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is highly suspected that the CPI-M militants are involved in this attack.
10/11/2009: On Sunday, in Barangay Calabugao, Impasugong town, Bukidnon province, two persons, one of them a former Army man, were killed and three others were wounded while two remained missing when undetermined number of gunmen waylaid mining workers aboard a truck. The company guards of Chromites Mining Co., led by former Pfc. Jose B. Perez , along with some workers while on their way towards Calabugao proper were ambushed by undetermined number of heavily armed men at 0940. Some of the guards and workers managed to run away in nearby forested area during the volley of fire, living behind their dead and wounded companions. The attackers carted away two M16 Armalite rifles and one M14 rifle from the company guards. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is suspected that the New People's Army were responsible.
10/11/2009: On Sunday, in the Kotwali area of West Midnapore district, suspected members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) set ablaze a truck loaded with Shorea robusta leaves. Police said a group of suspected Maoists stopped the truck at Nayagram under Kotwali area and asked the driver and helper to alight. They later set the truck on fire and retreated into the nearby forest. No casualties have been reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is highly suspected that the CPI-M militants are responsible.
10/11/2009: On Sunday, three civilians had their limbs amputated by Al Shabaab militants in Kismaayo, Somalia. The three had been accused of armed robbery. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility.
10/11/2010: On Monday morning at 0830, at house No. 188 on Akhokhova Street in Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device that was placed under the driver's seat of the VAZ-2131 vehicle being driven by the Chief of the UVD search department. The Chief was injured and his vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday morning, in Nabasan, Daraga, Albay, Philippines, unidentified gunmen shot and killed a village councilman running for re-election, identified as Wilredo Lotino, along with two relatives, including his wife. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday night, on the Yala-Pattani Road in Ton Makam village in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, unidentified militants fire upon a pickup truck, killing fruit trader, identified as Prapas Meemode. The militants used AK 47 assault rifles in the attack. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in Aden, Adan province, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants detonated two consecutive improvised explosive devices outside al-Wahda sports club, injuring four civilians in the first attack and killing two and injuring eight in the second, including three soldiers. The attack also caused an unknown amount of property damage to the sports club. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in Al Karmah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a magnetic bomb that was stuck to a civilian car, detonated on Ru'ood Bridge killing the driver and seriously injuring his wife, who was in the car with him. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in al Nasr wal Salam area of Abu Ghraib neighborhood, west Baghdad, Baghdad. Iraq, a magnetic bomb that was stuck to the private car of the photographer of former Speaker of Parliament, al Mashhadani, detonated causing the photographer minor injuries. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in al-Arabi neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an explosive charge went off in front of the house of an official of the Ninawa Electoral Commission. The bomb exploded in front of the house of Mohammad Hani, the director of the legal and political blocs department of the Ninawa Electoral Commission, . The blast left no casualties, but caused material damage to the house. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in central Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen stormed the al-Warkaa exchange office near al-Said al-Sultan mosque on al-Rashied Street, killing five persons, including three employees, and injuring two more. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in east Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted civilians near Shaab Stadium, Zayuna neighborhood, injuring four civilians. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a police convoy carrying Major General Abdul Munim Saeed, the head of the interior ministry's criminal evidence department. The major general was wounded, while his driver was killed in the blast. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, three gunmen stormed the house of a policeman, shooting and killing him. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a physician was wounded when a roadside bomb targeting an ambulance detonated. The blast damaged the ambulance, but no casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in Malapatan, Sarangani, Philippines, unidentified militants abducted two civilians at gunpoint for refusing to support rebel-backed candidates in the upcoming village elections. The victims were identified as Tony and Diel Maguan. The hostages were later released on 10/18/2010. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that New People’s Army militants were responsible.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants placed an improvised explosive device under a bridge along the Choha Gujar-Hazar Khwani road; it was found and defused by police. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2010: On Monday, in the al Nasr wal Salam area in Abu Ghraib neighborhood of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, several home made bombs that were planted around an abandoned house detonated bringing the house down without causing any casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday morning, in Moqor, Badghis, Afghanistan, unknown assailants fired rockets at construction workers killing one worker and injuring three other people. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in al-Jalmeh, Hamah, Syria, 10 unknown gunmen stormed the municipal building and abducting the mayor, Mamdouh Risiam Arab. The gunmen took the mayor to an unknown destination at gunpoint. The status of the mayor is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, suspected members of the Hekla Reception Committee-Initiative for More Social Eruptions planted three timed incendiary devices on a German rail line in the eastern part of Berlin. None of the devices exploded however and no damage or casualties occurred. The group did not claim responsibility for planting the devices, but they did claim responsibility for similar devices found the day before, which leads authorities to believe they are responsible.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Chinari village, Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh, India, a suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist group militant opened fire on a police patrol; one police officer and was killed by retaliatory fire. The dead militant was identified as Negi Rawat. Some weapons and naxal literature were also recovered from the spot. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Cordon, Isabela, Basilan, Philippines, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device that targeted the residence of a local town mayor. The blast caused no casualties and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the residence. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a bomb attached to the underside of a car exploded, wounding two civilians and causing an unknown amount of damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a leader of the government supported al-Sahwa militia in front of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in Lahij, Lahij, Yemen, a bomb placed inside the car of Colonel Amin al-Shami, an air force pilot instructor, exploded causing an unknown amount of property damage to the car. The Colonel was killed and two technician passengers were wounded in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility although officials believe that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is responsible for the attack.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in the al-Tawahi district of Aden, Adan, Yemen, an unknown assailant detonated his suicide improvised explosive device targeting an Army patrol. The blast wounded four soldiers and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the patrol, a nearby military intelligence headquarters and an Aden tourism office. No group claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in the Kalaya area of Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unknown militants shot two rockets at a rally killing one civilian and injuring four others. The rally was led by the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Masood Kasur, but he was not harmed. It is unknown if any property damage was caused and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, in the village of al-Zaidan in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen planted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the house of a leader of the local al-Sahwa militia. The IEDs were remotely detonated causing an unknown amount of damage to the house and neighboring residences while wounding six civilians, including five children. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/11/2011: On Tuesday, near Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, four people were injured when militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting civilians. No material damage was reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/11/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a security vehicle in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three security personnel were killed and at least one other person injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: A roadside explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan. One North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device attached to a donkey cart detonated in the Mishti Mela market in Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Eight people were killed and another 20 injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks in the market on the same day; this first was designed to draw a crowd, while the second blast targeted first responders. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device attached to a rickshaw detonated near a market in Sibi city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Eleven people were killed and another 30 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated in a market in the Mishti Mela market in Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two people were killed and another 14 injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks in the market on the same day; the first was designed to draw a crowd, while this second blast targeted first responders. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated in front of the Maxandrea Hotel in Cagayan de Oro city, Misamis Oriental province, Philippines. Two civilians were killed, and two police officers, who were responding to reports of a suspicious package, were injured. This was one of two explosive devices found in front of the hotel. The second device was discovered several hours later and defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol vehicle in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol vehicle in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two officers were killed and four more individuals injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated near a security official in Sararogha village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The official was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle transporting General Shafi in Qara Bagh district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. General Shafi, Bagram Prison Division commander, was unhurt; however, three other passengers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device detonated outside of a Syrian state security and military compound in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Two individuals were injured in the blast. The Free Syrian Army and Ansar al-Islam jointly claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device hidden in a suitcase detonated in the parking lot of Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. The device detonated as it was being examined by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS); however, there were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device in a bag detonated on Grand Trunk Road in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. A National Highway Authority (NHA) construction worker, who was disposing of the bag, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device placed along a road detonated in Akora Khattak town, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One person was killed and several others injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device planted near a Tawheedul Islam (TI) checkpoint detonated in Zakha Khel area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One TI volunteer was killed and two injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed it to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
10/11/2012: An explosive device planted on the road detonated near Colonel Muhammad Yousaf's vehicle in Shor Tepa district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Yousaf, the district chief of police, and one bodyguard were killed in the attack. Additionally, five police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: An explosive device was discovered near a railway track in Qadirabad city, Punjab province, Pakistan. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: Assailants attacked the 7FreeDays nightclub in Meshchansky district in Moscow city, Moscow oblast, Russia. The targeted nightclub was celebrating National Coming Out Day at the time of the violence. Three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: Assailants attacked the vehicle of Tahir Masood in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. Masood, a former brigadier for the Pakistani Army and possible employee of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, was kidnapped, while the driver of the vehicle was killed. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to individuals led by Saifullah (Asmatullah) Mouavia, a commander with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
10/11/2012: Assailants opened fire on a journalist in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. Tariq Nadeen, the editor of News Network International (NNI), was not hurt in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Qassem Aqlan in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Aqlan, who served as the assistant security officer at the United States (US) Embassy in Sanaa, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/11/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a car in Kutu Deresi neighborhood, Tunceli province, Turkey. One assailant was killed and two civilians and a police officer wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/11/2012: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of a local politician in Banah village, Basilan province, Philippines. The target, Vice Mayor Shuaib Maralil of Tipo-Tipo, was unhurt; however, two people, including the Banah village chief, Basal Abdullajid, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Malik Masher Khan in Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a pro-government leader from the Borakhel tribe, was killed along with two bodyguards, and his nephew was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2012: Two explosive devices detonated in two compact disc (CD) stores in Pabbi village, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported, but the CD shops and nearby stores were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a Thahan Phran patrol in Rangae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at a market in Lahij governorate, Yemen. The assailant targeted activists of the Southern Mobility Movement, who were en route to a political demonstration in Aden city. The assailant was killed and at least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was behind the attack.
10/11/2013: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a military convoy in Wana town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least two soldiers were killed and another two people were injured in the blast. Mujahideen Ansar claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was in retaliation for a United States (US) drone strike that killed Sangin Zadran, a Haqqani network commander.
10/11/2013: An explosive device detonated as assailants were planting it between Sheikh Zuweid village and A-Houra village, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least four attackers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: An explosive device detonated at a car dealership in the predominantly Shia town of Nahrawan, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and another nine were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/11/2013: An explosive device detonated inside of the Chang Myae Guest House in Taungoo city, Bago state, Myanmar. Two people were killed and one other person was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Karen National Union.
10/11/2013: An explosive device detonated near an outdoor market in Tuz Khormato town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and at least 11 others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2013: An explosive device detonated under the car of Sheikh Abdul Salam Dheifallah in the Sulmani neighborhood of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Hassi, the imam of Taibah mosque, was killed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the Swedish consulate in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported, but several buildings were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/11/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Arsal, Bekaa governorate, Lebanon. The blast killed two of the perpetrators, Omar Atrash and Samer Hujeiri, and injured one other. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and the intended target of the attack is unknown.
10/11/2013: Assailants armed with iron rods attacked Sardar Muhammad Shafique in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Shafique, the former president of the Abbottabad Union of Journalists, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: Assailants attacked a United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeeper in Al-Fashir town, North Darfur state, Sudan. The peacekeeper was killed as a result. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/11/2013: Assailants attacked an oil pipeline in Sirwah area, Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: Assailants attacked Safowan Al-Masourie in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. It is unknown whether Al-Masourie, a local leader of the National Forces Alliance Party, was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2013: Assailants kidnapped Essien Cobham from his residence in Creek Town, Cross River state, Nigeria. Cobham, the father of the deputy governor of Cross River state, was released on October 13, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on a security officer in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. The targeted officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) helicopter in Rumangabo area, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. No casualties were reported; however, the helicopter was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to M23.
10/11/2013: Assailants stormed the home of a retired Israeli Army colonel in the town of Brosh, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The colonel, Sarya Ofer, was killed and his wife was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of John Raleng in the Shangakpham area of Imphal city, Manipur state, India. Raleng, the Chairman of the Autonomous District Council (ADC), and his family were uninjured in the blast; however, the house sustained damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2013: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at the Sarvajanik Puja Mandap Pandal in Umsning, Meghalaya state, India. The structure was not damaged, and no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2013: Explosive devices detonated next to an Egyptian Armed Forces convoy in Rafah town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The blasts injured at least four soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Salman Abdulrahman in Piagapo town, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. Sultan, a candidate in the upcoming barangay elections, was killed in the attack, while her husband and driver were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: A mortar exploded near a rest stop in Alae Botae area, Kawkereik district, Kayin state, Myanmar. At least four civilians were killed and 10 were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, military sources suspected the involvement of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), who denied responsibility.
10/11/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military vehicle in Shibam town, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. At least two soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: A rocket fired towards Labraq International Airport landed near a building and detonated outside of Labraq city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks on the same day aimed at the Labraq International Airport. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
10/11/2014: A shell struck a building in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Kadimiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Shuala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 18 people were killed and 28 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in the area in a short period of time. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/11/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting Shia militia members in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one militia member was killed and four more members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: A suicide bomber detonated at a market in Mushahidah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: A suicide bomber disguised in a police uniform detonated an explosive device at the entrance to a provincial police headquarters in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least one police officer was killed and at least three others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosive device detonated in a shop in Adhamiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle transporting two Aman Lashkar members on Dolat Moosa Road in Sipah area, Lower Orakzai agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one member, identified as Akbar Ali, was killed and the other was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosive device detonated on a bus in Bab al-Sharqi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a plaza near Zamboanga University in Zamboanga city, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosives-laden house detonated as volunteer fighters searched it in Zalayah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three volunteers were killed and nine volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a market in Shuala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and 24 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in the area in a short period of time. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/11/2014: Approximately 70 assailants attacked a religious school in Tripoli, Tripoli district, Libya. No casualties were reported; however, the building was damaged and religious material was stolen. This was one of two successive attacks by the same assailants on religious institutes in Tripoli on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants abducted a grocery store owner and his employee in Majuli area, Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. The whereabouts of the victims were unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Adivasi National Liberation Army (ANLA), which kidnapped the employees because they had failed to make ransom payments.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked a joint checkpoint in Jazirat Albu-Rishah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the attack; the victims included police officers and Sahwa Council members. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked anti-terrorist operation forces near Avdiivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian troops repelled the attack, and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked anti-terrorist operation forces near Pisky town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian troops repelled the attack, and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked Operation Dawn forces in Kikla town, Jabal Al Gharbi district, Libya. At least 21 people were killed and 43 others were wounded in the incident. Al-Zintan Revolutionaries' Military Council claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked the airport, which was serving as a military base, in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian troops repelled the attack, and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked the center of Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. People's Protection Units (YPG) forces repelled the advance and the extent of casualties from the incident is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked Ukrainian military checkpoints and observation points near Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No further information is available.
10/11/2014: Assailants attacked Ukrainian military troops near Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian troops repelled the attack, and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants fired a missile into Nuristan province, Afghanistan. The missile struck a civilian residence and injured seven civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The shell struck a house in the district; a civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, an Afghan official attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/11/2014: Assailants fired an anti-aircraft missile at a plane carrying Somali President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud in Barawe town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties or damages in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants fired mortars at Ukrainian military positions near Kamenka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No further information is available.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire and stormed the House of Assembly building in Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties; however, the attackers destroyed at least 30 cars belonging to legislators. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) medical team in Mand tehsil, Kech District, Balochistan province, Pakistan. An assailant was killed in the ensuing gun battle. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Daglica village, Hakkari province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Political Security Organization (PSO) officer in Ash Shihr town, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. The officer, Colonel Abduh Khamis Abd-al-Mawla, was killed in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Charkhab area, Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Masken Abad area, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. A local police commander and one of his bodyguards were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on Taj Mohammad, a pro-government tribal militia leader, and his companion in Paindakhel village, Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Mohammad and his companion were killed in the attack; in addition, the assailants sustained an unspecified number of casualties during the clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Baloch Republican Party district president in Kalat town, Kalat district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The president, Abdul Qadir Raisani, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants raided Jerry Needam's residence in Port Harcourt city, Rivers state, Nigeria. Needam, a People's Democratic Party (PDP) media aide, was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants set fire to a mosque in Bad Salzuflen town, Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the door to the mosque was damaged. Two Yazidi Kurds confessed to committing the attack, stating that they had targeted the mosque due to attacks on Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.
10/11/2014: Assailants shelled residential areas in Kuibshivskyi neighborhood, Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two civilians were killed and 11 wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants shot and killed a doctor in Latifabad area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants stormed a police post in Pachir Agam district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed and three wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade that landed near a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle and detonated on Joint Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2014: Four rockets landed near Labraq International Airport and detonated in Labraq city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. There were no reported casualties as the rockets missed the airport and landed in an empty area. This was one of two attacks on the same day aimed at the Labraq International Airport. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
10/11/2014: Gunmen attacked Dargouth Pasha mosque in the downtown area of Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The gunmen attempted to dig up a grave in the mosque. No casualties were reported in the attack, but the mosque was damaged. This was one of two successive attacks by the same assailants on religious institutes in Tripoli on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Gunmen opened fire on Ayub Khan in Charbagh tehsil, Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan, a local peace committee member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Camp Speicher air base in Shakur area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Seven assailants and two soldiers were killed in the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2014: Two assailants attempted to plant a roadside bomb in order to target Munshi Afridi, the commander of Touheed-ul-Islam (TuI), at an unknown location in Pakistan. The two assailants were killed after TI members responded to their bombing attempt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
10/11/2014: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated near a hospital in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The extent of casualties in the blasts is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2014: Two gunmen opened fire on Bahram Bashandeh in Iranshahr district, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Bashandeh, the county chief of social affairs, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: A landmine detonated against a military patrol in Napnapan village, Pantukan town, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. A soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/11/2015: A roadside bomb detonated and assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convoy in Honi Saydan area, near Puli Alam city, Logar province, Afghanistan. Four civilians were killed and 15 others were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at Al-Zaim checkpoint near Maale Adumim area, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant and a police officer were injured in the blast; additionally, a second explosive device was discovered and defused following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist, though the suspect denied responsibility.
10/11/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a British North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military convoy on Hsamayi Road in Joy Shir area, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and three civilians were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for military operations in Kunduz province, which allegedly killed both civilians and doctors.
10/11/2015: An assailant ran his car into two people at a bus stop and then emerged with a knife near Hadera area, Gan Shmuel town, Haifa district, Israel. Four people were injured either by the car crash or the subsequent stabbing. The assailant was arrested by security forces after the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources named the assailant as Ala Zwid, a Palestinian extremist.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated in Jihad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khaisor village, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Amil area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Ad Dawanim area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting an armored police vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Three police officers were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting an Ethiopian military convoy in Buurdhuubo district, Gedo region, Somalia. One soldier was killed and several others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused on the roof of the residence of Hidayat Masih in Chisti Nagar neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2015: Assailants armed with sharp-edged weapons attacked Podiyami Kanna, a local villager, at a market in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Kanna was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/11/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police posts in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. At least six police officers and two assailants were killed and four assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: Assailants attacked the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) offices in Sulaymaniyah city, Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraq. Two party members were killed and nine members were injured in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at a primary school in Serendag village, Latehar district, Jharkhand state, India. There were no reported casualties, although the school was damaged in the blasts. According to a pamphlet discovered at the scene, the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident, warning schools to not allow security forces to use their facilities and demanding that any security forces members be removed from schools in the district.
10/11/2015: Assailants kidnapped Lieutenant Colonel Abd al-Nasir Arrabi between Sebha city in Fezzan district and Wadi al Shatii district, Libya. The whereabouts of Arrabi, the Sebha head of judicial police, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: Assailants kidnapped two shepherds in Mount Semmama area, Kasserine governorate, Tunisia. One victim was released and the other executed on the morning of October 12, 2015. The Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were kidnapped for assisting the police.
10/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ahmadi civilians in Gulshan-e Iqbal neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people were injured in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2015: Assailants opened fire on Macario Semilla in Antipolo city, Rizal province, Philippines. Semilla, a Liberal Party (LP) city council candidate, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: Assailants set fire to a building accommodating refugees in Altena town, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany. There were no casualties, but the building was damaged in the blaze. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: Assailants threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers near Har Bracha settlement, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2015: At least three female assailants attacked an Arab man with tear gas in Jerusalem, Israel. The man was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Israeli extremists.
10/11/2015: Two female suicide bombers detonated at a restaurant in Kangaleri village, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. In addition to the assailants, at least nine people were killed and 29 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/11/2015: Two Pakistanis set fire to a former refugee home in Heidelberg city, Baden-Wurttemburg state, Germany. There were no reported casualties, but the home was damaged in the blaze. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near a bakery in Mashi, Aleppo, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least 10 people were killed and 20 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2016: An assailant opened fire at the Karte Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 15 people, including the assailant, were killed and 36 others were injured in the attack. This was one of two attacks on religious institutions in Kabul on this date. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident, identifying the assailant as Ali Jan.
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated at the Vali Erdogan Gurbuz Primary School in Yuksekova, Hakkari, Turkey. A child was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Al-Furat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Bismaya, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated on a railway track in Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated on a railway track in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a culvert in Dahak, Farah, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: An explosive device detonated underneath the vehicle of a Korydallos Prison guard in Egaleo, Athens, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2016: Assailant raided Kwashebe village in Borno, Nigeria. At least five people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/11/2016: Assailants abducted a Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) officer in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2016: Assailants abducted four civilians from a cafe in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. The hostages were injured and then released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants abducted Radwan Mas'ud, president of the Yemeni Students Union, in Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/11/2016: Assailants abducted two civilians, identified as Maysa and Fathi Ayish Salameh, in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. One of the hostages was killed on October 12, 2016, while the other hostage was killed on October 15, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Bibi Hajira, Laghman, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. Four people, including a police officer and three assailants, were killed and 22 others were injured across the three attacks. Assailants, police, and civilians were among the injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Harmal, Laghman, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. Four people, including a police officer and three assailants, were killed and 22 others were injured across the three attacks. Assailants, police, and civilians were among the injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Maidani, Laghman, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. Four people, including a police officer and three assailants, were killed and 22 others were injured across the three attacks. Assailants, police, and civilians were among the injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked a military base in central Mali. Twelve soldiers were killed and 27 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Tarin Kot, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed and 60 were abducted. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked Charsada district in Ghor, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked Charyar mosque in Karte Char, Kabul, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. This was one of two attacks on religious institutions in Kabul on this date. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked Dawlat Yar district in Ghor, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed and 13 people, including assailants, security personnel, and civilians, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked Lakhmu Telam, an assistant police constable, at a market in Nimed, Chhattisgarh, India. Telam was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked military personnel in Maungdaw, Rakhine, Myanmar. Four soldiers and an assailant were killed and a soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim extremists.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Morchay, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/11/2016: Assailants attacked security forces as they were retreating in Chah Anjeer, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least 90 soldiers and police officers were killed in the attack. In addition, an unknown number of people were taken hostage in the assault. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants fired a missile at Khamis Mushayt, Asir, Saudi Arabia. No casualties were reported as the missile was intercepted. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at That al-Nitaqain School in As Sahari neighborhood, Daraa, Syria. At least five people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2016: Assailants opened fire on Deryan Aktert at his office in Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey. Aktert, a Justice and Development Party (AKP) district chairperson, was killed in the attack. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Deryan Aktert was targeted for supporting operations against the PKK.
10/11/2016: Assailants opened fire on Felix Garcia in Batangas, Philippines. Garcia, a village chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants opened fire on Gambo Adamu in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria. Adamu, an assistant superintendent of police, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2016: Assailants set fire to Munadhar al-Mahdi Hussainiyah, a Shia prayer house in Malmo, Sweden. There were no reported casualties. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources doubted the veracity of the claim.
10/11/2016: Assailants shelled Al Jumaliyah neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. This was one of four related attacks in Taizz on this date. At least six people were killed and 15 people were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
10/11/2016: Assailants shelled and opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Qoryoley, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants shelled Qahirah neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. This was one of four related attacks in Taizz on this date. At least six people were killed and 15 people were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
10/11/2016: Assailants shelled Salah neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. This was one of four related attacks in Taizz on this date. At least six people were killed and 15 people were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
10/11/2016: Assailants shelled Thabat neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. This was one of four related attacks in Taizz on this date. At least six people were killed and 15 people were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
10/11/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian at a market in Awaran, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim was an informant.
10/11/2016: Assailants shot and killed a police official in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Gagren, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least 12 people, were injured in the blast. The victims included CRPF officers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a house in Hurriya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the house, a municipal employee, was injured and his son was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Jablah, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Lice, Diyarbakir, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attempted attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/11/2016: Two explosive devices detonated targeting Husseiniyah celebrations in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were injured in the blasts. This was one of two similar attacks on celebrations in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/11/2016: Two explosive devices detonated targeting Husseiniyah celebrations in Shuala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were injured in the blasts. This was one of two similar attacks on celebrations in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/11/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest in Umalari, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. The assailant was killed and there were no other reported casualties. This was one of two related suicide bombings that took place in Maiduguri on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was behind the attacks.
10/11/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a cafe in Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Frida Kopliku, a Regional Education Directorate employee, detonated in Shkoder, Albania. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: An explosive device detonated against a vehicle in Namathpally, Kerala, India. One person was injured in the blast; additionally, a second explosive device was discovered and defused at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Makasib area, Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting police personnel in Khost, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and one officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: An explosive device detonated under a bridge along Gwadar-Turbat M8 Highway in Kalanch, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused along Bannu-Kohat Road in Kanryazine, Domail subdistrict, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated prematurely in Durdur, Hiiraan, Somalia. Seven assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/11/2017: Assailants abducted two employees from a road construction site in Sayyad, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/11/2017: Assailants ambushed the convoy of Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Dagher in Tur al-Bahah district, Lahij, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Basra, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault and ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting joint police forces near Gangaloor, Chhattisgarh, India. One police officer was injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Maoists.
10/11/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting police personnel responding to an earlier blast in Palnar, Chhattisgarh, India. One police officer was injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Maoists.
10/11/2017: Assailants detonated explosive devices at a middle school in Jordag, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties, though the school was damaged in the blast. The Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad (JJP) claimed responsibility for the incident and threatened the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to compensate local people for their land.
10/11/2017: Assailants opened fire on Munir Ahmad Farhad, the spokesperson for Balkh province, in Mazari Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan. Farhad was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/11/2017: Assailants opened fire on police checkpoints in Chaharbagh, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed and seven others, including four assailants and three security personnel, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/11/2017: Assailants raided Bweza, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least seven people, including a police chief and an intelligence officer, were killed and seven people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
10/11/2017: Assailants raided the Djimbi Mosque in Kembe, Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic. At least 26 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to an anti-Balaka militia.
10/11/2017: Assailants set fire to a BSNL cell tower in Darakonda, Andhra Pradesh, India. There were no reported casualties. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and accused local journalists of supporting authorities.
10/11/2017: Assailants shot and killed a former Armed Forces of Libya officer in Warshefana, Jafara, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2017: Three suicide bombers attacked a Syrian Police headquarters along Bin al-Walid Street in Qanawat neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. Two assailants detonated outside the building while the third assailant detonated in the back of the building as he was surrounded by police officers. In addition to the three assailants, at least nine people were killed and 10 other people were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/11/2017: Three suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vests attempting to attack Molai General Hospital in Molai Angwar, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. The three assailants were killed and there were no other reported casualties. This was one of two related suicide bombings that took place in Maiduguri on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was behind the attacks.
10/12/1978: Four members of the May 19 Communist Order robbed a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Manhattan, New York, United States.  $8,380 were stolen. No casualties resulted from this incident.
10/12/1983: Cuban supermarket, El Primer Titan Market, in Miami, Florida, United States, was firebombed with a pipe bomb and molotov cocktails by Omega-7.  Ten minutes after the bombing, a local Spanish-speaking radio station received a call from a man claiming that Omega 7 planted the bombs because the owners were communists. There were no casualties in the fire and the blast caused minimal damage to the roof of the market, which was doused with gasoline and ignited by two homemade bombs.
10/12/1998: Four people were killed and four wounded when members of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC) attacked a bus on a road about 50 km east of Ziguinchor, Senegal. No further information was provided on this incident.
10/12/1998: The Popular Liberation Army (EPL) kidnapped 20 people, including four foreigners, at a roadblock along a highway linking Bucaramanga with the Northern Coast, near La Esperanza Municipality, Colombia.
10/12/1999: A bomb attack was carried out against the local tax office in Sartene, Corsia, France, causing slight material damage but no injuries. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/12/1999: A car belonging to Onda Vasca Bermeo-Gernika radio station was set on fire in the Biscayn town of Gernika, Spain. Several unidentified assailants perpetrated the attack, in which no injuries were reported.
10/12/1999: At approximately 4:00am local time, shots were fired from a car by unknown perpetrators at the Dogan Media Center in Bagcilar, Turkey. One bullet hit the office of Mehmet Y. Yilmaz, editor of the newspaper, Radikal. No one was injured in the attack, which caused only minor damage.
10/12/1999: At approximately 4:30 pm local time, one policeman, Cpl. Iskandar Abbas, was killed and four others were injured by an unidentified armed gang. The victims were ambushed on the way to their dury post in the Keude Karieng vicinity of Meurah Mulia, Indonesia.
10/12/1999: Four members of the Turkish Workers and Peasant Liberation Army (TKP/ML-TIKKO) opened fire with rifles on Mesepinari village in Samsun Province, Turkey. Before fleeing, the perpetrators set fire to one house, which belonged to the father of Prof. Dr. Kurtman Ersanli from the University of Ondokuzmayis. No casualties were reported in this incident.
10/12/1999: Two Pidie District police officers, Sgt. Arinda Jaya Putra and Sgt. Simon Lazarus Hasibuan, were ambushed and shot dead by four to six armed members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in the village of Ule Geumpung, Indonesia. The officers were wearing civilian clothes and traveling by motorcycle on the Beureunun-Tiro Road at the time.
10/12/1999: Two senior United Nations officials and seven others were shot execution style by rebels at the Mazye refugee camp, Rutana Province, Burundi. No other injuries were reported, but the rebels also burnt burn three UN vehicles and stole some of the UN’s supplies. The Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD) were suspected of carrying out the attack.
10/12/1999: Unidentified assailants hurled a pipebomb at the local headquarters of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the Kucukkoy district of Istanbul, Turkey. No casualties were reported in the attack, but explosion caused minor property damage to the headquarters.
10/12/2000: A car packed with roughly ten kilograms of explosives blew up near a police station in Oktyabrsky district, Grozny. The blast killed ten and injured at least ten others. The car bomb was believed to have been set off by remote control. Chechen rebels were the suspected perpetrators of the attack.
10/12/2000: Muslim rebels killed five young shepherds between the ages of 14 and 17 in Djebabra, near Ain Defla, Algeria.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the specific motive is unknown.
10/12/2000: Suicide bombers in a small boat loaded with explosives blasted a house-sized hole in the U.S. Navy destroyer, the U.S.S. Cole, which was stopping for fuel in the Port of Aden, Yemen. Seventeen American sailors were killed and 35 others were injured by the blast. Al-Qa 'ida was later discovered to be behind the attack.
10/12/2000: Ten oil workers were kidnapped in eastern Ecuador, then flown across the border into Colombia by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). At least fifteen gunmen ambushed the workers in the oil encampment of Tivacuno.
10/12/2001: A bomb targeted a KFC outlet in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The back door and windows were destroyed, and damaged was done to a nearby Indonesian restaurant and kindergarten. No group claimed responsibility, but the attack appeared to be a response to the US-led bombing campaign in Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack.
10/12/2001: A bomb was thrown at the home of Dolores Oleaga, a Popular Party Councilor in Zurbano, Alava Province, Spain. The bomb consisted of four camping gas cylinders (propane) and a fireworks rocket. The home was heavily damaged, with the roof half demolished and the inside of the home burned. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2001: A car bomb exploded in an underground car park in Madrid, Spain, injuring 14 people. The bomb was in a Ford Fiesta, and caused massive damage to the parking lot and destroyed 66 cars. A call warning of an attack was placed by a man claiming to be a member of Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA), but the claim could not be confirmed.
10/12/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, Erin O'Connor, the assistant to Tom Brokaw at NBC, was diagnosed with skin anthrax after she came into contact with a letter containing anthrax spores postmarked from Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.. The letter was postmarked September 18, 2001. Ms. O'Connor opened the letter on September 25, 2001 and began to show signes of infection on September 28, 2001. A second NBC employee was later diagnosed with "probable" skin anthrax on October 12, 2001. Four New Jersey postal workers, who worked in the facility, also contracted skin anthrax. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/12/2002:  Approximately 27 members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked Lapono village, Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda.  The assailants hacked to death 18 villagers with machetes, axes, and clubs.  They forced an additional 34 villagers into their thatched huts and lit them on fire, burning the villagers to death.  52 people died in the attack.  The specific motive behind the attack is unknown.
10/12/2002: A bomb left in a bag Paddy's Bar in Kuta, Bali exploded, blowing out shop windows up to 500 yards away. At the time of this attack another bomb exploded in a van that was parked outside of the Sari Club, opposite Paddy's. 202 people were killed and 300 estimated injured from the simultaneous attacks. Nearly three-quarters of the victims were foreigners and most were in the crowded bars in the Bali district. The explosion was blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah, but al-Qaida claimed credit for the attack.
10/12/2002: A bomb placed in a van parked outside of the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali exploded, blowing out shop windows up to 500 yards away. At the time of this attack another bomb exploded in Paddy's Bar, opposite the Sari Club. 202 people were killed and 300 estimated injured from the simultaneous attacks. Nearly three-quarters of the victims were foreigners and most were in the crowded bars in the Bali district. The explosion was blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah, but al-Qaida claimed credit for the attack. On January 29, 2004, one Islamic militant, Sarjiyo, was jailed for life for making the bombs used in this attack. Sarjiyo was found guilty of mixing the chemicals used in the attack and packing the explosives into the back of the van.
10/12/2002: A small bomb exploded near the United States Consulates in Denpasar, Bali, but no one was injured.
10/12/2002: An explosion at the Philippines Consulate general office in Manado, Indonesia caused no casualties or major damage. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/12/2002: Fifteen perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, set up a fake roadblock on a road near Chemra, Algeria.  The assailants intercepted many vehicles and, in the process, robbed Algerian civilians driving through the area.  Additionally, the Islamic extremists slit the throat of two individuals who they identified as being Algerian policemen.
10/12/2002: Suspected members of the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) threw grenades at a Civil Guard’s barracks in Urdax, Spain. Two soldiers sustained injuries.
10/12/2002: Unidentified Maoist rebels detonated a bomb in Kathmandu, Nepal. The attack targeted a statue of the late King Mahendra and civilians in the area. The blast killed 1 and injured 9.
10/12/2003: A car bomb exploded near the Baghdad Hotel which was used by members of the Iraqi Governing Council and Americans in Baghdad, Iraq.  A suicide attacker drove the car past a security checkpoint before stopping and detonating the bomb.  Six people were killed and 35 others were wounded. Al Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement issued to the press that referenced Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades.
10/12/2003: Two bombs were detonated in trucks owned by the Olloquiegui Company in Irun, Spain.  The fire resulting from the bombs destroyed 12 vehicles. No casualties were reported in the incident. Local authorities suspected that members of Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) were behind the attack, although no claim of responsibility was made.
10/12/2004: A suicide bomber driving a car rigged with explosives targeted a U.S. Army convoy that was moving on a road in Al-Mahawil, Iraq. The vehicle exploded, killing seven Iraqi civilians and injuring 12 others. No U.S. soldiers were injured, but one armored personnel carrier was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/12/2004: Musa Arafat, the head of Palestinian security in the Gaza Strip, escaped a suspected assassination attempt when a car bomb blew up outside his headquarters in Gaza City, Palestine. One person was injured in the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2004: Suspected members of the Organisasi Papua Merdeka (Free Papua Movement) - OPM killed six workers traveling in a convoy heading from Ilu Sub-District to Mulia, Indonesia. The ambush occurred in the town of Kampung Munia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2005:  Jaffna Central College Principal, Kanapathy Rajadurai, was shot and killed by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels.  The victim was shot outside of Weerasingham Hall in Jaffna center, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.  He was an outspoken critic of child conscription by the LTTE.
10/12/2005: An unidentified suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying the Iraqi Minister for Provincial Affairs, Saad Naif al-Hardan, in Baghdad’s Qadissiya neighborhood. Al-Hardan was not harmed in the attack, but 10 people were injured in the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt.
10/12/2005: Suspected Taliban members fired four rockets in Kabul, Afghanistan. One rocket struck the home of Canadian Ambassador, David Sproule injuring two Afghan security personnel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2005: Two suspected Iraqi insurgents attacked an Australian Defense Forces patrol in Samawah, Iraq. The perpetrators fired small arms at the patrol from long range and moved off before the patrol could return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2006: About 10 am local time, a roadside bomb exploded near the Khalani Square and then a car bomb detonated in the same area in Baghdad, Iraq. 5 people were killed and 10 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2006: Around 2 am local time, a homemade bomb exploded at the entrance of the Spanish National Railways Network (RENFE) station in Barakaldo, Spain. The blast only damaged the door and broke a number of panes of glass. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2006: Around 7 am local time, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the Baghdad offices of a new Sunni television station called Shaabiya. 11 people were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2006: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels exploded a claymore mine in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka, killing two police officers and three civilians.  It is believed that the rebels were targeting a vehicle carrying members of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP).  Two members of the EPDP and one Sri Lankan Army member were purportedly injured in the attack, although these injuries were not confirmed by a credible source.
10/12/2006: Rabah Aissat, the chairman of the People's Assembly for Tizi Ouzou, was shot and killed by a gunman while he sat at a café in Ain Zaouia, Algeria.  Four other Algerian civilians at the café were wounded in the attack.  Nassim Ben Mohand and Kaddour Arezki were convicted of both planning and carrying out the assassination.
10/12/2006: Suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fatally shot three members of the Eelam People's Democratic Front (EPDP) around 11:30am while they were selling the Thinamurasu, the Tamil daily newspaper, along Power House Road in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
10/12/2006: Two bombs exploded in the city of Quetta in Pakistan, which damaged the wall of a water pumping station in Kharotabad neighborhood and office windows. There were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2007: Four Afghan Police officers were killed and six others were wounded when a remote-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their convoy in the morning near a mosque in Gereshk, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
10/12/2007: One Iraqi civilian female was killed and 16 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed inside a bag of flour and planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators inside a pushcart containing sweets and children’s toys detonated in the early morning at a market in a predominantly-Shi’i neighborhood in Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Iraq.
10/12/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and eight others (including four children) were wounded when three mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed on a home in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/12/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and his wife was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed their home near Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq.
10/12/2007: One Somali civilian was killed and two other Somalis were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators hurled one or more hand grenades at a police checkpoint adjacent to the town bridge in Beled Weyne, Hiiraan Region, Somalia.
10/12/2007: Three Burmese civilians were wounded when a remote-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in the evening in a guest room at the Shwebyisaya Guest House in Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar.
10/12/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers and two Iraqi civilians were killed and 15 other persons were wounded when a parked vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a police convoy at approximately 1:00 PM near the Al Khayam Building in Bab al-Sharji neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/12/2008: On Sunday afternoon at 1310, a parked car bomb detonated in exploded in Bayaa neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. Nine people were killed and 13 others were wounded. Ten civilian cars caught fire in the explosion and several nearby shops and stalls were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2008: On Sunday early in the morning, a bicycle bomb detonated in the Wednesday market in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. Four people were wounded but no damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2008: On Sunday night at 2250, suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) rebels detonated a bomb on the first floor of the Plaza Hotel in downtown Neiva, Huila department, Colombia. The bombing attack wounded two civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the structure of the hotel. A second bomb detonated at the Sulicam Hotel one block away shortly after the first bomb blast. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/12/2008: On Sunday night at 2305, suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) rebels detonated a bomb on the second floor of the Sulicam Hotel in downtown Neiva, Huila department, Colombia. The bombing attack killed one civilian, wounded five civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to the structure of the hotel including several nearby shopping centers. Another bomb detonated at the Hotel Plaza one block away shortly before the blast at the Sulicam Hotel. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/12/2008: On Sunday night, a girl was wounded when unknown militants opened fire at the residence of Dr. Takhellam-bam Yumjaobabu , a surgical doctor at the local RIMS Hospital, in the Kwakeithel Mayai Koibi Ningthoujam Leikai area of Imphal, Manipur province, India. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/12/2008: On Sunday, Taliban insurgents detonated at least one improvised explosive device against two civilian vehicles on an unspecified road in the Kandikhail area of Shamalzai, Zabul province, Afghanistan. The roadside bombing attack killed five civilians and caused an unknown amount of damage to two civilian vehicles. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2008: On Sunday, two powerful bombs that were hidden in a box were discovered and safely defused near the state assembly and secretariat in the Bhagoduttapur area of Guwahati district, Assam province, India. The attempted bombing attack caused no casualties or damage as the bombs failed to detonate. Two suspects were detained for questioning in connection to the attempted bombing attack, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/12/2009: On Monday afternoon at 1400, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, a magnetic bomb attached to a car belonging to a senior Interior Ministry officer, the director of general security for embassies in Iraq, detonated in the vicinity of Uqba bin Nafie Square, wounding the officer and four nearby civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday at night, source reports that a bomb was placed on the railway tracks in the southern region of Makhachkala, Russia near a gas distribution station. The explosion tore away several sleepers and damaged part of the railway; no one was hurt though. Police are investigating the explosion that no group has claimed.
10/12/2009: On Monday evening around 2145, in Kutum, Shamal Darfur, Sudan, armed assailants fired upon a United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) guard post, wounding one UNAMID peacekeeper. No material damage was reported and the motive for the attack was to disrupt the continuing peace process in the Darfur; no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2009: On Monday evening at 2100, in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq, assailants fired four Katyusha rockets at the Basra International Airport, causing no reported casualties or damages. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday late in the day, 45-50 Communist Party of India-Maoists blew up and destroyed the tower of a private telecom firm, Airtel, and later set a truck on fire in the Brindabazar area of the Sheohar district in India's Bihar. The villagers of the Brindaban bazaar were ordered not to venture out of their homes. The occupants of the truck were asked to vacate it before the Maoists set it on fire. No casualties were reported in the attack. The attack is one of many occurring on the second day of the two day bandh called by the Maoists.
10/12/2009: On Monday morning at 0745, a carabinieri paramilitary policeman and the attacker, Mohamed Game, were injured when he threw a homemade explosive device made with fertilizer at the police barracks in Milan, Italy. The policeman received minimal injuries from the glass shards and Game had to have his hand amputated, as well as suffered face injuries. Game is a Libyan and is said to have shouted something in Arabic before trying to enter the Perrucchetti barracks. The barrack remained undamaged during the attack.
10/12/2009: On Monday morning at 1030, in the al-Karradah neighborhood in Jadriyah, southern Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb was detonated as the convoy of a senior officer in the Iraqi National Police, Major General Ahmed Sabri, passed by, wounding one security guard and three civilians. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday morning, in the Aski Mawsil area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed a government contractor involved in a number of Mosul construction projects. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday night at around 0230, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) members blew up a stretch of railway track at Jharandih in the coal belt industrial chord section in Dhanbad of Jharkhand, India.
10/12/2009: On Monday night, Police Director, Neelmani, stated that nearly 100 Communist Party of India- Maoists (CPI-M) insurgents raided a village in Bihar's Munger district and used dynamite to blast the village council office. Portions of the building collapsed in the powerful explosion which destroyed furniture and land revenue related documents. CPI-M activists left pamphlets on the spot owning responsibility for the blast. No casualties were reported in the incident.
10/12/2009: On Monday, a group of 12 Communist Party of India-Maoists set three trucks on fire in the Isri area of the Giridih district in India. There were no casualties reported in the incident. This is one of many attacks by the Maoists during the two day Bandh called by the Maoists.
10/12/2009: On Monday, a group of Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants dug up a 15-metre stretch of road in the Chanda village of Aurangabad district in India's Bihar state. The attack disrupted traffic in the between Deo and Dhibra. There were no casualties reported in the attack.
10/12/2009: On Monday, a Hezbollah official was killed in an explosion in his house in the town of Tayr Filsi, Lebanon, on the south bank of the Litani River. The blast also killed his son and three others. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, Ananda Mahato (32), a member of the Anti-Maoist "Maobadi Protirodh Committee," was abducted by Communist Party of India- Maoists. Mahato was taken from the Kulabheda village of the Midnapore district and killed by a group of six armed men. Mahato used to be a Congress worker who later switched to Jharkhand Party-Aditya.
10/12/2009: On Monday, Communist Party of India-Maoists partially bombed a road bridge connecting Dumri to the Grand Trunk Road in the Giridih district of India. Superintendent of Police Ravi Kant Dhan said that there were also gunshots that were heard. There were no casualties reported. The attack is one of many during the two day bandh called by the Maoists.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in an unknown city in Lowgar, Afghanistan, suspected Taliban militants killed two religious scholars. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No groups have claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in an unknown city in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, a Sahwa leader's house was blown up without casualties because the house was abandoned. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, killing one day laborer and wounding two others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in Madhupur, Belpahari, West Bengal, India, assailants fired upon and killed a member of the Jharkhand Party. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia, the Sulawesi Police bomb squad removed a suspected explosive device from the ITC shopping mall. A security guard from the mall had discovered a package which was left unattended near the elevator at about 1800 local time. Police officers asked shoppers and staff to leave the fifth floor of the largest shopping center in the city before sealing the building's entrance with a police line, so that they could proceed to safely remove the suspect package. The bomb squad removed the package to as a preventative measure. No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in the morning, CPI-Maoist shot dead Dina Nath Saran, Executive Director of the Panem Coal Mine Project, and Senior Manager Sital Prasad while they were out on a walk near Tukutola in Pakur, Jharkhand, India.
10/12/2009: On Monday, in western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen blew up an abandoned house in the al-Islah al-Ziraie neighborhood, wounding a mother and her four children who were near the house. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, near Hibhib, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near an ambulance, wounding one civilian and damaging the ambulance. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, near the town of Buhruz, Diyala, Iraq, a civilian car was hit by a roadside bomb, wounding four civilians inside the car. Iraqi security forces captured three suspects for interrogation. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, on Aleppo Street in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a tailor shop that specialized in altering military uniforms, wounding the tailor and damaging the shop. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, on Sariab Road, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants fired upon and killed one government official. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, south of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq, the vehicle of the mayor of Abu Khamees neighborhood and his three sons was targeted by a roadside bomb that killed two of his sons and wounded him and one of his other sons. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, the body of Jharkhand anti-Maoist “Maobadi Protirodh Committee" member, Kanai Murmu (48), was found. Murmu, a resident of Jorkisoli village near Lalgarh, was dragged out from his house by a group of armed men in the early hours of 10/12/2009. Later, his bullet-riddled body was found by local residents beside a pond in Binapur's Salpatra. Murmu was a former gram panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) member of Jharkhand Party-Naren, who had joined the Gana Pratirodh Committee (an anti-Maoist Committee) and mobilized local youths against Maoists. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2009: On Monday, tower of a private telecom company was partially destroyed when Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated an explosive device in the Salaiya area of Aurangabad district in India's Bihar state. No casualties were reported in the attack.
10/12/2010: On Tuesday afternoon, in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, India, 40 to 50 unidentified militants shot and killed two police constables, identified as Rajesh Prasad and Ritesh Jha. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) cadres were responsible.
10/12/2010: On Tuesday evening at 1920, in Kabow Leikai, Imphal East, Manipur, India, unidentified militants threw a grenade at the private residence of executive engineer of the Manipur Electricity Department, Chabungbam Rajbabu. No casualties were reported, but a bicycle was damaged in the attack. Inquiries found that a militant outfit had earlier demanded Rs 10 million (220,669 USD) from the official. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Kangleipak Communist Party- Military Council (KCP-MC) militants were responsible.
10/12/2010: On Tuesday morning, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants destroyed a girls' school by detonating explosive material. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2010: On Tuesday, in Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan, suspected Taliban militants launched at least one rocket landing in an airport. No casualties were or damage was reported. Although, Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack claiming they caused casualties and physical damage.
10/12/2010: On Tuesday, in the District of Yahya Khel in Paktika, Afghanistan, six people including two children were killed when unidentified militants fired at and hit a vehicle with a rocket. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2010: On Tuesday, in the village of Tlidjen near Tebessa city, Tbessa, Algeria, three public works officials and two entrepreneurs were killed and one driver was injured when unidentified militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device targeting a public works officials' convoy at a construction site. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday afternoon around 1300, in Damboa, Borno, Nigeria, several armed militants riding motorcycles fired upon and killed one policeman and injured three people at a bank. The militants then entered the bank and robbed it. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday evening around 2130, in Reduktorniy village of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified assailants targeted Magomed Abuyev, the deputy head of the Makhachkala Gazprom Bank branch, with a remote controlled improvised explosive device that was equivalent to 400 grams of TNT. Abuyev was unhurt, although one civilian was wounded and three vehicles were damaged. The bomb left a crater 15 centimeters wide and eight centimeters deep. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday morning at 0700, in Nawa, Serkanay, Konar, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device planted by unknown militants exploded, killing Tawakul Khan, who was a member of the district council, and injuring another. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday morning, in Gifford, Washington, United States, animal rights activists entered Miller’s Mink Ranch located on Addy-Gifford Road and took down every breeder card in one of the two large, main sheds. They opened approximately three quarters of the cages, freeing more than one thousand animals. The activists also kidnapped three individuals and released them at different locations later that day, which were not reported. A communiqué detailing the incident was released to the BiteBack Magazine website, but no group has claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday morning, in Qalat, Zabul, Afghanistan, unknown assailants shot and killed the Intelligence Chief of Qalat. Two policemen and a civilian were also injured in the assault. Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, announced that the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday morning, in the Hurriya area of Kadhimiyah district, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting a convoy transporting Brigadier General Sabah, commander of the Iraqi Army's 22th Brigade, exploded causing an unknown amount of damage. One civilian was killed while two civilians and ten soldiers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday night around 0408, in the commercial center of the Glyfada suburb in Athens, Greece, a bomb planted by an unidentified assailant detonated. Dozens of shops along the main street of the commercial center were destroyed and the windows of apartments all the way up to the third story were blown out. No casualties occurred and no group claimed responsibility, however the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei was suspected.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, suspected members of the Hekla Reception Committee-Initiative for More Social Eruptions planted an unspecified number of timed incendiary devices on the tracks just outside the Staaken train station. The devices did not detonate so there was no damage or casualties; the trains were slightly delayed while police removed the devices however. The group did not claim responsibility for the devices but they did claim responsibility for similar devices planted around Berlin before and after this incident so police highly suspect they are responsible.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants launched mortar shells into a residential area. The attack wounded four civilians, including two children. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Diwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a Diwaniyah municipality worker in front of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Hay County, Kut, Wasit, Iraq, a vehicle borne improvised explosive device was planted by unidentified assailants. It was discovered parked near a popular market containing large quantities of explosives. Army bomb technicians managed to defuse the device before it exploded. No damages or casualties occurred and no group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, an unknown militant on a motorcycle shot and killed two people and wounded another on the Mewashah Road near the Madina Mosque. One of the people killed was later discovered to be the son of a police constable and was identified as Adnan. A nine-year-old child was also killed, identified only as Akbar. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Karbala, Karbala, Iraq, unknown gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed Shiekh Muhanned al-Meaamar, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and his driver. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unknown militants launched mortar shells into the residential area of Darra Adamkhel. The attack wounded four civilians in one family including two children. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in the Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen used silenced weapons to kill an Iraqi Army Colonel in his car near his house. The colonel worked in Basra military operations. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a government official in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Secretariat was shot and killed by unknown militants. The deceased official was identified as Javaid Akhtar. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2011: On Wednesday, in the Sleikh district of Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb planted by unidentified assailants detonated under the car of Iraqi Army Brigadier General Ali Sa'doun Abboud. The attack wounded the general and caused an unknown amount of damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/12/2012: A mortar landed on a civilian house in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nine civilians were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to the Taliban.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated in a peace committee member's abandoned house in Speen Qabar area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, the house was destroyed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated in Badiabad area, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and one other individual wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated in Eastleigh district, Nairobi city, Nairobi county, Kenya. At least one police officer was injured in the blast. This was one of two explosions in Eastleigh district; the first was meant to draw a crowd, and the second targeted first responders. No group claimed responsibility for this incident; however, authorities suspected Al-Shabaab.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated in Eastleigh district, Nairobi city, Nairobi county, Kenya. No casualties were reported in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Eastleigh district on this date; this first one was meant to draw a crowd, and the second targeted first responders. No group claimed responsibility for this incident; however, authorities suspected Al-Shabaab.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One child was killed and another person injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated in Khasavyurt district, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The blast targeted the motorcade of Saigidpasha Umakhanov, the mayor of Khasavyurt. No casualties were reported in the attack; however, two vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated near a civilian on a donkey in Qades district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. The person riding the donkey was injured and the donkey killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated on Wana Bypass road, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One civilian was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device detonated outside the Jamia mosque in Ghalanai town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, the mosque was partially destroyed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: An explosive device targeting Somali troops detonated in Baidoa city, Bay region, Somalia. No further information is available.
10/12/2012: An explosive device was discovered in an abandoned house in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/12/2012: An explosives-laden bicycle parked near the Urban Planning and Development Office detonated in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed and 15 people, including four police officers, were injured in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Asman Manza area, Federally Administered Tribal Area, Pakistan. Four soldiers and four assailants were killed in the attack, and four other people were wounded. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: Assailants opened fire and threw acid on a bus in Parachinar village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four students were injured in the attack, including one student who suffered a gunshot wound and two other students who were burned by acid. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police officer outside of a mosque in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The officer died of his injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: Assailants opened fire on houses in Datu Montawal town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, but several houses were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at a hotel where a meeting of the United National Party (UNP) was scheduled to be held in Anamaduwa town, North Western province, Sri Lanka. There were no casualties reported; however, the hotel was partially damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but UNP members suspected Palitha Range Bandara, another UNP member, alleging that his goal was to disrupt the meeting.
10/12/2012: Assailants threw two grenades at the Huriwaa district commissioner's vehicle in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The commissioner, Omar Abdulle Ja'fan, was unhurt; however, one of his bodyguards was injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but Ja'fan attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/12/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a village defense volunteer in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The victim, Amdusama Sama, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident; however, authorities attributed it to separatists.
10/12/2012: Gunmen opened fire on police headquarters in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. One police officer died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: A mortar struck a building at Nejme Square in Damascus city, Syria. The blast damaged the roof of the building. This was one of three mortar attacks in Damascus on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: A mortar struck a school in the Abu Rummaneh area of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. The blast killed one child and injured 11 people; the school and nearby shops were also damaged. This was one of three mortar attacks in Damascus on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Qaisar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Three ANA soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: A roadside bomb detonated next to an Iraqi Army patrol in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The blast killed at least one soldier and injured three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at police headquarters in Jalalabad city, Nangahar province, Afghanistan. At least three people, including the assailant, were killed and another eight people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/12/2013: An assailant opened fire on a group of soldiers at a bazaar in the Bab Al-Tabbaneh neighborhood of Tripoli city, North district, Lebanon. One soldier was wounded in the attack. While no group claimed responsibility for the incident, the assailant was identified as Jabal Mohsen.
10/12/2013: An explosive device detonated as a tractor drove over it in Sui sub-district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. The device had been planted on a section of the Tarki railway. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a wholesale produce market in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least 12 people were killed and at least 22 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/12/2013: Assailants abducted Haji Pir Muhammad from his residence in the Ajabtalab area of Bara tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Muhammad, the uncle of a former line officer and alleged founder of Akakhel Amn Lashkar, was killed and his body was discovered on October 13, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/12/2013: Assailants abducted two Afghan children from Watapur district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The assailants killed the two children and their bodies were discovered on October 12, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, government officials attributed the it to the Taliban, stating that the group carried out the attack because it suspected the children of spying for the Afghan government and foreign forces.
10/12/2013: Assailants attacked a police station in Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks against police stations in Gizab district on the same day. At least 21 people, including 10 police officers, eight assailants, and three civilians, were killed and 12 assailants were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/12/2013: Assailants attacked a police station in Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks against police stations in Gizab district on this day. At least 21 people, including 10 police officers, eight assailants, and three civilians, were killed and 12 assailants were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/12/2013: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One ANA soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: Assailants attacked an Afghan police patrol in Chesht-e Sharif district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/12/2013: Assailants attempted to attack a police post in Koil village, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Police officers overpowered the assailants before they could fire their weapons, thereby foiling the attack. There were no reported casualties, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: Assailants fired a rocket into a market in Duhab district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. At least seven people were killed and at least nine others were injured as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/12/2013: Assailants fired rockets at the Quetta Akbar Bugti Express train near Damboli area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The blast injured four passengers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: Assailants fired two mortars into the Jaramana area of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Four people were killed and five others were injured as a result. This was one of three mortar attacks in Damascus city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Ayub Khattak in the Takht-e-Nasrati area of Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khattak, a journalist with Urdu Language Daily, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) vehicle in the Dab Bororo area of Asmar district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and three others, including the civilian driver, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: Assailants opened fired on police officers in Surab town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No injuries were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at Salah Bu-Hulaiga's residence in the Sabri neighborhood in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Bu-Hulaiga, a colonel of the National Liberation Army (NLA) Zawaia Martyrs Brigade, was not home at the time, and no casualties were reported. There was no information regarding damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2013: Gunmen opened fire on an unidentified election candidate in Lumba Caunayan town, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. The candidate, who was running for chief of barangay Oriental Beta, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting civilians in Arab Zo area, Kajaki district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/12/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a Kurds' internal security service building in a government compound in Qarah Tapah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the compound within a short period of time. In addition to the three suicide bombers, at least 25 people were killed and 60 people were injured in the three blasts. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) office in a government compound in Qarah Tapah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the compound within a short period of time. In addition to the three suicide bombers, at least 25 people were killed and 60 people were injured in the three blasts. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting the mayor's office in a government compound in Qarah Tapah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the compound within a short period of time. In addition to the three suicide bombers, at least 25 people were killed and 60 people were injured in the three blasts. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy in Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least six people, including both civilians and soldiers, were killed and six others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosive device detonated after being tossed into a van in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties, but the van suffered damages in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to dissident republicans.
10/12/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police officer's residence in Shaftah area, Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Shalal market in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police convoy in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Major General Ahmad Saddaq al-Dulaymi, a police chief, was killed and four other police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a security patrol in Latifiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting police in Shindand district, Herat Province, Afghanistan. Two Afghan Border Police (ABP) officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle carrying volunteer fighters detonated in Dujail district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one volunteer was killed and three volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of the Oromo restaurant in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least 20 people were killed and an unstated number were injured by the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An unspecified number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Ghor province, Afghanistan. This was one of four unrelated incidents in which a total of 88 explosive devices were defused in different provinces of Afghanistan on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An unspecified number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Paktika province, Afghanistan. This was one of four unrelated incidents in which a total of 88 explosive devices were defused in different provinces of Afghanistan on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An unspecified number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. This was one of four unrelated incidents in which a total of 88 explosive devices were defused in different provinces of Afghanistan on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: An unspecified number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. This was one of four unrelated incidents in which a total of 88 explosive devices were defused in different provinces of Afghanistan on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants abducted a farmer and alleged police informant, Midiam Balakrishna, from his home in Tippapuram village, Andhra Pradesh state, India. Balakrishna was discovered dead in a forest on October 14th, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
10/12/2014: Assailants abducted Alaclai Obeidi in Beida area, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. The body of Obeidi, the director of Al-Hakim Organization, was discovered on November 4, 2014 in Abyar area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2014: Assailants abducted Mateusz Dziedzic, a Polish priest, in Baboua town, Nana-Mambere prefecture, Central African Republic. Dziedzic was rescued on November 26, 2014. The Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants armed with firearms set fire to the Juan Javier Neumeyer mountain refuge in Challhuaco, Rio Negro, Argentina. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the refuge was targeted because it "represents the interests of the bourgeoisie and local fascism through the Andean Bariloche club colluded with national parks, while the place borders the oil investment area of the basin of the Niriwau."
10/12/2014: Assailants attacked Afghan soldiers in Sadi Walo area, Waghaz district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed by the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants attacked Al-Furqan Relief building in Al-Hudaydah city, Al-Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
10/12/2014: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) 205th Atal Military Corps convoy in Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants attacked civilians in a remote village in Bakaiko area, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Six people were killed and 47 others were abducted during the assault; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mai Mai Simba Militia.
10/12/2014: Assailants fired five mortar shells into Huriwa district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack was unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/12/2014: Assailants fired four mortars at a residential area in Dhuluiya district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two children were killed and one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/12/2014: Assailants fired mortars at Ukrainian military positions at the airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three attacks on the airport on the same date. One soldier and one assailant were killed and four assailants were wounded across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Joi Bigam area, Imam Sahib district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least five people, including one police officer and four assailants, were killed and six assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpost in Kohsan district, Herat Province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on Abdirisak Jama outside his residence in Howlwadag neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Jama, the director of Somali Channel Television, was seriously injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Shabaab was involved.
10/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Border Police (ABP) post in Rejlam area, Monogai tehsil, Dara-i-Pech district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Nine people, including three police officers and six assailants, were killed and nine others, including three police officers and six assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants opened fire on three shopkeepers in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The shopkeepers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants shot and killed a woman accused of spying in Sarkani district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/12/2014: Assailants stopped a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) vehicle and briefly detained the two passengers in Dar-el-Salam town, Timbuktu region, Mali. The two hostages, one Italian and one Indian, were released unharmed several hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Assailants stormed the office of the Zakwan Oil Company in an unknown location in Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but property was stolen. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis.
10/12/2014: Assailants threw two Molotov cocktails at a building housing political asylum-seekers in Gross Lusewitz town, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany. There were no reported injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected a political motive.
10/12/2014: Assailants tied up security guards and set fire to a school in Mayo district, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties but the school was damged in the attack. Additionally, the security guards were released unharmed later the same day. This was one of six schools attacked in this province on the same night. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to separatists.
10/12/2014: Assailants tied up security guards and set fire to a school in Thung Yang Daeng district, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties but the school was damged in the attack. Additionally, the security guards were released unharmed later the same day. This was one of six schools attacked in this province on the same night. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to separatists.
10/12/2014: Assailants tied up security guards and set fire to Ban Duboh school in Thung Yang Daeng district, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties but the school was damged in the attack. Additionally, the security guards were released unharmed later the same day. This was one of six schools attacked in this province on the same night. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to separatists.
10/12/2014: Four assailants attacked police officers and civilians at a farmers market with knives and explosives in Bachu district, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang region, China. At least 22 people, including four assailants, were killed and 24 people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Uighur separatists.
10/12/2014: Four assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Giro district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One of the assailants was killed when police officers opened fire after spotting them, while the other three assailants were killed when the device detonated prematurely as they were attempting to remove the dead assailant's body. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/12/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a former security officer in Benghazi, Benghazi district, Libya. The officer, Mustafa Hussein Alakora, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Two assailants opened fire on the police headquarters in Mazari Sharif city, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and at least 18 officers were injured in the attack. Police officers managed to kill both assailants. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2014: Two explosive devices detonated at a market in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and ten people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: A grenade detonated outside of a civilian residence in Odessa oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: A homemade explosive device was discovered and defused in Rosary Heights Mother area, Cotabato City, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: A rocket struck a weapons depot in Al-Bijiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
10/12/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a military convoy in Mudheij, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, nine security force members were killed and eight members were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An assailant attacked an off-duty Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier on a bus in Jerusalem city, Israel. The assailant was killed and the soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian Extremist.
10/12/2015: An assailant attempted to stab a Border Police officer near Lion's Gate, Old City neighborhood, Jerusalem city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian Extremist.
10/12/2015: An assailant stabbed a Border Police officer near Ammunition Hill, Jerusalem city, West Bank. The officer and the assailant were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian Extremist.
10/12/2015: An exploive device detonated at the residence of Afzalul Karim, an Awami League Secretary Advocate, in Barisal city, Barisal division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated in a garbage can in Yingo district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties, but property was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated in al-Makasib 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.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated in Ishaqi, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the same location. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated in Mini Secretariat area, Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cell phone accessories shop in Yingo district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hamamiyat, Saladin, Iraq. At least one person killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Paluru village, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Wata Pur district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and another two were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting soldiers in Bacho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting volunteer fighters in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. One fighter was killed and three fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device hidden in a steel box detonated near a porridge shop in Yingo district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Four police officers were injured in the attack. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Narathiwat on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the Rayan Education School and College in Maidan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2015: An explosive device was thrown near a rubber shop in Yingo district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 17 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated west of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Construction and Housing employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. Two volunteer fighters were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants abducted 57 Tunisian civilians in Sabratah city, Nuqat Al Khams district, Libya. The victims were released on October 13, 2015. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the abduction was carried out in retaliation for the detainment of a General National Congress (GNC) politician by Tunisian security forces.
10/12/2015: Assailants abducted a truck helper and set fire to the truck in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/12/2015: Assailants abducted Datu Saligando, a tribal leader, from Camagong village, Nasipit district, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/12/2015: Assailants abducted Judy Mukomwe Mutua in Hagadera refugee camp, Hagadera city, Garissa county, Kenya. Matua, a teacher working for Windle Trust International, was rescued by security forces in Somalia on October 16, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Border Police (ABP) checkpoint in Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks on checkpoints in Naw Zad on this date. At least 21 border police officers and 35 assailants were killed in the ensuing clashes that lasted until October 14, 2015. Additionally, eight officers were taken hostage and killed at an unspecified time. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of power transformers in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. This was one of two related attacks in which 40 power transformers were targeted in two different areas of North Sinai on this date. There were no reported casualties, although the transformers were damaged in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of power transformers in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. This was one of two related attacks in which 40 power transformers were targeted in two different areas of North Sinai on this date. There were no reported casualties, although the transformers were damaged in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked civilians and soldiers in Linzo-Sisene village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least one person was killed and one person was injured in the attack. This was one of five attacks carried out by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked civilians and soldiers in Mahondo village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least two people were killed in the attack. This was one of five attacks carried out by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked civilians and soldiers in Mukoko village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least one person was killed in the attack. This was one of five attacks carried out by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked civilians and soldiers in Tenambo village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least three people were killed and four others were injured in the attack. This was one of five attacks carried out by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked civilians and soldiers in Tungudu village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least one person was killed in the attack. This was one of five attacks carried out by the same assailants on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked security force members in Ishaqi, Saladin, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and four officers were injured in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day; the officers were responding to an earlier bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked security forces on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Nawrak area, near Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least 10 civilians and 90 assailants were killed and 51 assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants attacked security posts in Ghorak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least 25 assailants were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants detonated explosives at Manar Abd al-Wahab's residence in Balad district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Wahab, a council member, was not harmed, although the house was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants fired eight rockets into Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One woman and five children were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military position near Nabi Saleh village, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailants as Palestinian Extremists.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police patrol in Pir Baba, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two people, an assailant and a police officer, were killed and two others, another assailant and another police officer, were injured in the ensuing clash. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on a soldier in Laithi area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The soldier was killed in the attack. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Arshad Hussain in PIB Colony neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. Hussain, a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) senior official, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Maulvi Najibullah Lashari at a mosque in Gandawa, Jhal Magsi district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Lashari, a prayer leader, was killed and at least two seminary students were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Muhammad Ayub in University Town neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Ayub, a retired Pakistan Air Force pilot, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Roberto Cupino in Panaca village, Magpet district, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Cupino, an Indigenous Peoples Representative, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Sirnak province, Turkey. A soldier was killed and three others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Randy Climaco in Cayamcam village, Tungawan district, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. Climaco, the mayor of Tungawan, was killed and four others, including vice mayor Abison Abduraok, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
10/12/2015: Assailants opened fire on Toor Pekai Olfat in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Olfat, a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) employee, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/12/2015: Assailants stabbed two civilians in Pisgat Zeev neighborhood, Jerusalem city, West Bank. Both victims were wounded in the attack and one assailant was killed and the other wounded in the ensuing clash. Hassan Mansara and Ahmed Mansara, identified as Palestinian extremists, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for alleged violations at Temple Mount.
10/12/2015: Assailants threw a crude bomb at a mosque in Faizabad city, Uttar Pradesh state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials arrested three members of Jai Shri Ram Hindu Bhai Group in connection with the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the office of Joaquin Jose Vives, a Colombian Liberal Party gubernatorial candidate, in Santa Marta city, Magdalena department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a passing vehicle along Route 35 between the towns of Tarkumiya and Idhna, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/12/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a Sanatan Sanstha vehicle in Goa state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2015: Security forces fired missiles at suicide bombers targeting joint forces with four explosives-laden vehicles in Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. The four assailants were killed and 13 security force members were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/12/2016: A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a taxi near the Muna motor park in Jere, Borno, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, least eight people were killed and 15 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/12/2016: An explosive device attached to a vehicle belonging to a liquor store owner detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a police captain, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: An explosive device detonated at a Shia mosque in Khoja Gholak, Balkh, Afghanistan. At least 16 people were killed and 30 were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: An explosive device detonated in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Georgia Tsatani, a prosecutor, in Exarchia, Athens, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Conspiracy of Cells of Fire claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Tsatani was targeted for his alleged corruption.
10/12/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused along the Hakkari-Van highway in Hakkari, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/12/2016: Assailants abducted Felix Urbieta from an area in northern Paraguay. The whereabouts of Urbieta, the uncle of the governor of Concepcion state, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mariscal Lopez Army (EML). Additionally, a government official suspected that the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) had carried out the abduction.
10/12/2016: Assailants attacked a border outpost in Warpaik, Maungtaw, Rakhine, Myanmar. There were no reported casualties, although houses were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants attacked a convoy between the Save River and Muxungue in Sofala, Mozambique. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/12/2016: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Maungdaw, Rakhine, Myanmar. Ten assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants attacked an army post in Intangom, Sahel, Burkina Faso. Three soldiers and two assailants were killed and one soldier was injured in the attack. Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in northern Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing four assailants. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants attacked the town of Kaga Bandoro, Nana-Grebizi, Central African Republic. At least 30 people, including 12 assailants, were killed and 57 people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants beheaded five youths 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 the victims were accused of working with security forces.
10/12/2016: Assailants executed five accused collaborators in Ceel Cali, Hiiraan, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of working with security personnel.
10/12/2016: Assailants fired a missile targeting the USS Mason, a United States Navy ship, in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists, who denied involvement.
10/12/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Rasha, Hamah, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) positions and civilians in Duma, Damascus, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Jaysh al-Islam (Syria) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in different neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria. At least five people were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants in Yemen fired two missiles into Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Saudi security forces intercepted both missiles and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants opened fire and detonated an explosive device targeting a civilian house in Ban Yon, Pattani, Thailand. At least three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on Ghulam Nabi Khoja outside of his home in Kralgund, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Khoja, a Peoples' Conference party leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
10/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Bestler-Dereler, Sirnak, Turkey. A soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/12/2016: Assailants opened fire on Nasser Abu Sabah, a Salafi civilian, in Al-Khums, Murqub, Libya. Sabah was unharmed but his wife was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/12/2016: Assailants publicly executed two civilians in Jilib, Middle Jubba, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and accused the victims of being spies.
10/12/2016: Assailants raided the Alas Oilfield in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on 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).
10/12/2016: Explosive devices detonated targeting families fleeing northern Saladin, Iraq. At least eight people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Security forces discovered and attempted to defuse an explosives-rigged house in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. The house detonated, killing a volunteer fighter. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Lice, Diyarbakir, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attempted attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/12/2017: An assailant attacked Father Samaan Shehata with a cleaver in Al Marj neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt. Father Samaan, a Coptic Orthodox priest, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant, Ahmed Al-Sonbaty, as a Muslim extremist.
10/12/2017: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Al Falahat area, Baghdad, Iraq. The driver of the vehicle was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: An explosive device detonated along a water line between Gurzova and Ignili, Siirt, Turkey. A bucket operator was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/12/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Malef area, Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants abducted Father Maurizio Pallu, an Italian priest, and two others in Oredo, Edo, Nigeria. The hostages were released on October 17, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was behind the attack.
10/12/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Barire, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least two assailants and an unknown numnber of soldiers were killed and an unknown number of soldiers and assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants attacked a village near Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of 13 related incidents targeting villages in this area on the same day. An unknown number of people were killed across the attacks. An unknown number of people were also abducted, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/12/2017: Assailants attacked an unknown number of security outposts in Mirza Wulang, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. At least nine people were killed and eight people were injured in the ensuing clash. The casualties included assailants, police officers, and uprising members. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants fired a rocket propelled grenade at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) personnel in an unknown location in Afghanistan. Christian Garcia, a United States soldier, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants opened fire on Sher Mohammad Jahesh, the head of the Tanwir TV channel, in Puli Khumri, Baghlan, Afghanistan. Jahesh was injured and his bodyguard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants raided a bank in Marhama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties, though money was stolen in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), which denied involvement.
10/12/2017: Assailants set fire to a Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) tower in Hafiz Kotai, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/12/2017: Assailants shot and killed Mualvi Safiullah, a religious scholar, in Bihsud, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a beauty parlor in Rajpora Chowk, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at an Islamic Dawa Party headquarters in Tisin neighborhood, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants threw two grenades at a Pakistan Armed Forces cantonment in Ashraf Khel neighborhood, Landi Kotal, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Assailants, including a suicide bomber, attacked Belbelu, Konduga, Borno state, Nigeria. Five people and one assailant were killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/12/2017: At least two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles near refugees in Abu Fas, Al Hasakah, Syria. In addition to the two assailants, at least 17 people were killed and 100 other people were injured in the blasts; the victims included Asayish officers, Hawar News Agency journalists, and civilians. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/12/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting Iraqi Volunteer Forces personnel in northern Saladin governorate, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/12/2017: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused along Derrychrier Road near Dungiven, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to dissident republicans.
10/13/1975: In a series of four related attacks, suspected members of the American Indian Movement bombed the Bureau of Indian Affairs Law and Order office on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, United States.  There were no casualties but the bomb shattered windows and caused minor damage to the interior of the building.  These incidents occurred on Columbus Day.
10/13/1975: In a series of four related attacks, suspected members of the American Indian Movement bombed the headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, United States.  There were no casualties but the building sustained an estimated $20,000 in damages.  These incidents occurred on Columbus Day.
10/13/1975: In a series of four related attacks, suspected members of the American Indian Movement bombed the Nebraska Public power district substation south of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, United States.  Two transformers were damaged but the power was not knocked out.  These incidents occurred on Columbus Day.
10/13/1975: In a series of four related attacks, suspected members of the American Indian Movement bombed the Oglala Sioux Tribal Headquarters on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, United States.  There were no casualties but a hole three-feet wide hole was blasted into the building.  These incidents occurred on Columbus Day.
10/13/1998: A military building that was housing refugees from Kosovo was bombed in Bronschhofen, Switzerland. There were no casualties and only minor damage. No one was suspected or claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/13/1998: Palestinian militants opened fire on a pair of young Israelis bathing in a forest spring near Jerusalem, Israel, killing one and wounding the other. After the attack, the assailants reportedly fled to Palestinian territory.
10/13/1999: Two Filipino businessmen, Hadji Abdul Basit Dimaporo and Hadji Samad Tutung, were kidnapped while praying at a mosque in the barangay of Poblacion, Tipo-Tipo, Phillippines, by four suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Tutung two days later, but the kidnappers demanded P62,000 (approximately $1500.00) for the release of Dimaporo. His fate was not disclosed in reports.
10/13/1999: Unidentified masked gunmen took a group of seven United Nations military observers hostage in Azhara, in the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia. The gunmen demanded a 350,000 dollar ransom, but all of the hostages were freed three days later without the ransom being paid.
10/13/2000: A car bomb was discovered and defused in Cape Town, South Africa. The bomb was set to detonate at a certain time, but was discovered by the owner of the car before it could explode. No group claimed responsibility for the failed attack.
10/13/2000: An explosion occurred at the United Kingdom Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen. Damage was caused, but no one was injured. Some sources reported that this was a bomb attack, but the Yemeni government claimed it was not a bomb, but rather a diesel generator explosion.
10/13/2000: Joseph O'Connor, a member of the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), was shot and killed by two men in the Ballymurphy area of West Belfast, Northern Ireland.  O'Connor was sitting in a car when two hooded men traveling on foot approached him and shot him several times in the head.  RIRA released a statement identifying O'Connor as a member and claiming that the Provisional IRA was responsible for the killing.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/13/2000: Unknown perpetrators bombed the offices of the PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara Mining Company in Lombak, Indonesia. No one was injured in the attack.
10/13/2002: Jagat Gauchan, a prominent leader of the RPP Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, National Democratic Party and a sportsman of national stature, was slightly injured while opening a letter at his residence in Kathmandu, Nepal.
10/13/2002: Three people were killed and seven wounded when Islamic militants threw a grenade into a crowd of Hindus who were celebrating during a religious festival in Bongaigaon, India.
10/13/2003: Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels attacked civilians at a bar in the Apalalyex market in the Abako subcountry of Lira District in Uganda. The attackers open fired on the civilians, killing 22 people and injuring 20 others.
10/13/2004: A car concealing a bomb exploded near the Khan Dari area in Iraq. The perpetrators who planted the bomb were thought to have been targeting a U.S. military convoy. The explosion killed 14 U.S. soldiers and destroyed two personnel carriers. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/13/2004: Members of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) ambushed a Turkish Armed Forces military convoy with rockets and other weapons in Turkey’s Hakkari Province. The convoy was en route from Yuksekova to Semdinli. Four soldiers were killed, four were injured, and their minibus was destroyed in the incident.
10/13/2004: Suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) planted a land mine on the Yuksekova-Semdinli Highway in the town of Yuksekova, Turkey. The device exploded via remote control and injured two Turkish soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/13/2004: Two Afghan soldiers were killed in an attack by suspected Taliban attackers on a security checkpost in Kandahar Province’s Registan District. One Taliban fighter was found dead and many others were thought to have been wounded in the attack.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik during which they attacked the Russian Interior Ministry Headquarters. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik in Russia during which they raided a local Counterterrorism Center. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik in Russia during which they raided a local gun shop. This was one of two firearms dealers the rebels looted during the armed intrusion. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik in Russia during which they raided a local Police Foot Patrol Command Center. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik in Russia during which they raided a Russian Corrections Department office. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik in Russia during which they raided a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) office. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day armed intrusion of the town of Nalchik in Russia during which they raided two local firearms suppliers including the Arsenal Gun Shop. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2005: Approximately 150 Chechen rebels launched a two day attack beginning on October 13, 2005 on the Russian town of Nalchik. During the armed intrusion, a group of Chechen rebels raided a local police station taking several hostages in the process. Russian authorities launched a rescue operation that resulted in the freeing of the hostages on October 14, 2005. A total of 85 people were killed and more than 150 others were injured in the multiple attacks in Nalchik. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the armed intrusion.
10/13/2006: A roadside landmine explosion killed one civilian and injured three others in Mizan (District) of the southern Zabol Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2006: Around 8 am local time, unidentified gunmen attacked Shi i women and killed 6 adults and 2 young girls on the western outskirts of Suwayrah, which is 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Baghdad in Iraq. 2 teenagers were kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2006: Five rockets were fired on the office of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in the Angur Bagh area of Konduz Province, Afghanistan. There was no information on the casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2007: One Iraqi civilian was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at him from a Toyota pickup truck and a Nissan pickup truck in Sylo neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/13/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two Iraqi Police officers and one Iraqi civilian were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 12:00 PM adjacent to the convoy of General Torhan Abdulrahman Sa’eed (Acting Chief of Kirkuk Police) and Brigadier Burhan Tayib on al-Quds street in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/13/2007: One Iraqi Police officer was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:30 AM adjacent to the motorcade of Iraqi Police General Soran Abdullah in al-Tiseen neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/13/2007: Two Afghan Police officers and two Afghan civilians were killed and 29 others were wounded when a suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated his explosives at approximately 6:30 PM adjacent to two Afghan Police vehicles in a crowded market in Spin Boldak (District), Kandahar (Province) Province, Afghanistan.
10/13/2007: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, planted two homemade bombs on a path frequented by military convoys in Dhaya, Algeria.  The explosive devices were discovered by Algerian citizens and subsequently defused by Algerian security forces.
10/13/2008: Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha - Rajan Mukti (JTMM-R) activists shot dead Uttim Lal Mahato, a worker for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in his home in Brahmapuri, Siraha, Nepal. A JTMM-R member claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that Mahato was a spy. The police arrested one Chandra Yadav, but the outcome of the arrest is unknown.
10/13/2008: On Monday afternoon at 1615, suspected al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) militants abducted an un-named civil servant at a fake roadblock near the village of Ath Sidi Amara, Timzerit district, Bourmerdes province, Algeria.  According to witnesses, the AQLIM insurgents were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and disguised in National People's Army uniforms. Four days later on 10/17/2008 on Friday, AQIM militants beheaded the government employee. No ransom demand or claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/13/2008: On Monday evening at 2045, two civilians were shot dead by unidentified militants near a canal in Taothong village outside Imphal West district, Manipur province, India. The militants allegedly forced the duo to accompany them and gunned them down from point blank range. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/13/2008: On Monday morning at around 1030, mortars hit the International Zone in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2008: On Monday, 20 suspected anarchists hurled 20 petrol bombs, rocks and paint at a police station in Athens, Athens province, Greece. The arson attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the entrance of the police building but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/13/2008: On Monday, a man detonated explosives at the cultural hall of Soka Gakkai and a Japan-China Friendship Association housing building in Tokushima, Shikoku, Japan. No injuries were reported in the blasts but doors, windows and ceilings were damaged. Police arrested Takaaki Hori in connection to the attacks. Hori used firecrackers to make the explosives at his home and claimed responsibility for the attack at a press building.
10/13/2008: On Monday, unidentified gunmen killed a Christian businessman and wounded his nephew in a drive-by shooting in Kazraj neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at 1500, in Qalat, Zabol, Afghanistan, assailants shot and killed a National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence official. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday evening at 1830, in Pandav, Mayurbhanj, Orissa, India, assailants fired upon a former Mayurbhanj Member of Parliament (MP), killing his two security guards and one police officer. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed a Maoist faction was responsible.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday evening, in Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device he was wearing near a coffee shop as the Diyala Sahwa Council deputy commander, Leith Mishaan, was inside, killing Mishaan, three other paramilitary members and four civilians and wounding six civilians and four paramilitary members, and damaging the coffee shop and four civilian cars. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday evening, three police officers, including an assistant sub-inspector, were shot and killed by Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants in the Bandap area of Mayurbhanj district in India's Orissa state. The Maoists opened fire on them from behind. The attack occurred during the prize-giving ceremony of a soccer match in Mayurbhanj, Orissa, at the Phndab village about 30 kilometers from Baripada. Police officials claimed the militants were targeting a former Member of Parliament. Senior JMM leader and former Mayurbhanj MP Sudam Marandi, who was present at the function, escaped unhurt. A police officer said the dead include ASI N C Pradhan, a gramrakhi and a Marandi PSO. There has been no claim of responsibility in the incident.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday morning around 0730, in Tibu, Norte de Santander, Colombia several explosive charges were detonated at the 115 energy tower belonging to the business Central Electricity's. The blast caused no casualties but did damage the base but did not knock down the energy tower nor caused energy interruption. No group claimed responsibility but Commander Richard Portilla confirmed the Front 33rd of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were responsible.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday morning at 0600, a group of Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants opened fire on a polling station in the Kasansur area of Aheri in the Gadchiroli district of India's Maharashtra state. No casualties were reported in the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday morning at 0600, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) attacked a polling station at Bonde Korchi in the Armori constituency in the Kansansur area of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra province, India. After three hours of firing at the polling party, the CPI Maoists aborted their attack causing an unknown amount of property damage to the polling station. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday morning, a Middle School building in the Nawadih area of Chatra district in India's Jharkhand state was blown up by Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants. The rebels used dynamite in the attack. No casualties were reported in the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday night at about 0200, in the village of Tsaghvil in Khashuris Raioni, Shida Kartli, Georgia, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting electrical transmission towers, damaging four towers but causing no casualties. The motive of the attack was to disrupt the power supply to the nearby area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, a group Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants dug up roads in the Amba area of Aurangabad district in India's Bihar state. The attack disrupted traffic in the area. There were no casualties reported in the incident.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, an office building was attacked and set ablaze by Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants in the Bandhu Bagicha area of Munger district in India's Bihar state. No casualties were reported in the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) militants detonated an explosive device in the Bankepur Bazaar area of Gaya district in India's Bihar state blowing up a mobile phone tower on 10/13/2009. No casualties were reported in the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, Communist Party of India-Maoists used dynamite to blow up the track near the Ghodparan station near Simtala in Jamui district. No casualties were reported in the incident. The attack is one of many on rail tracks occurring during a two day bandh called by Maoists.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, In Jharkhand, Maoists blew up rail tracks at Jharandih in Dhanbad, resulting in the Shaktipunj Express and some local trains being held up at various points. A light engine was derailed after a one-and-half meter section of the track was blown up. There were no casualties reported in the incident.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, assailants kidnapped, assaulted, and wounded at least 200 civilians. The status of the hostages is unknown. Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, in the early morning, in Mayo, Pattani, Thailand, assailants set fire to the Ban Trong School, damaging the school but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, in the early morning, in Nong Chik, Pattani, Thailand, assailants set fire to a sub district administration office, damaging the office and two vehicles near the office but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, in the Zanjili district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a group of civilians, wounding two civilians. There was no damage motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, in Tibu, Norte de Santander, Colombia, armed assailants barricaded the road between Tibu and Petrolera, and set fire to a commercial bus and three vehicles damaging all four vehicles but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the 33th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was responsible.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, Muhammad Aslam Mirza, Vice-President of the Jamhoori Watan Party, was shot dead alongside his driver during an attack by unidentified militants in the Shalkot area of Quetta in Balochistan, Pakistan. The vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, one mobile phone tower was attacked and set ablaze by Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Hussainganj area of Gaya district in India's Bihar state. No casualties were reported in the incident. This is one of many attacks occurring during the two day bandh called by the Maoists.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, railroad official Dilip Kumar Singh said that more than a dozen trains were stranded for more than eight hours after suspected rebels used explosives to blow up stretches of railroad tracks in Bihar and Jharkhand states. A section of the rail track between Jogeshwar Bihar and Dania was blown up resulting in damage to the overhead equipment. According to railway sources, a night patrolman had noticed a three-foot hole, presumably dug for planting explosives, in the down track near the Karmabad station. Station master A. N. Gaur was held captive for two hours, but later released. There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility reported in the incident.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, shortly after polling concluded, Communist Party of India-Maoists laid siege to a polling booth at Khmatala in Dhanora, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. The attack is one of many attacks on polling booths occurring on the second day of a two day bandh called by the Maoists.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, the office of a construction company was partially destroyed when Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants detonated an explosive device in the Sangrampur area of Munger district in India's Bihar state. No casualties were reported in the attack.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, the tower of a private telecom company was partially destroyed when Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated an explosive device in the Padaiya area of Aurangabad district in India's Bihar state. A portion of the tower collapsed in the explosion. No casualties were reported in the incident.
10/13/2009: On Tuesday, twelve civilians were wounded when Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants opened fire on and threw an explosive device at a pilgrims' bus on the GT Road in the Isri area of Giridih district in India's Jharkhand state. The bus was on its way from Kolkata to Ajmer. The driver sped away to Hazaribagh’s Barhi block HQ, 10 kilometers away, where the injured were admitted to a hospital for treatment.
10/13/2010: A soldier was instantly killed while on patrol when a roadside bomb exploded.  The attack occurred near Boulballout in Skikda, Algeria.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday afternoon at 1700, at Rowta reserve forest in Mazbat, Udalguri district, Assam, India, a cadre of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) attempted to kidnap a contractor but was thwarted by security personnel. The cadre who was in charge of finance of the NDFB was killed and the contractor was rescued. One 7.65 millimeter pistol, extortion notes and documents about extortion related activities of the outfit were recovered. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday evening, in an unspecified area Narathiwat, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and killed a Muslim former district head on his way to a local mosque in a drive-by attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday morning, in Belatikri area near Lalgarh in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, four militants shot and killed Tapan Dolui, a member of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Belatikri local committee, while he was working in his field. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday night, in Markapadar village in Khairput Block in Malkangiri, Orissa, India, more than 50 armed militants blew up a panchayat (village level local self-Government institution) building and a godown (warehouse) using a powerful landmine. The attack was part of a strategy by the rebels to destroy buildings being used to accommodate Central paramilitary forces for carrying out anti-Maoist operations in the region. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday night, in Pattani, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and killed a Buddhist man sitting in front of his house. Three other civilians, including a teenage girl, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday night, near Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, seven Lashkar-e-Jhangvi unidentified militants fired upon police as the police attempted to stop the militants vehicle. After apprehending and interrogating the seven individuals, it was discovered that they intended to assassinate a group of high ranking officials, including Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The men were said to be members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, in central Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge blew up against an Interior Ministry motorcade close to the Zayouna Passport Department. No casualties or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a group of armed men opened fire on a civilian on a highway, wounding the civilian, who is an employee in the North Oil Company. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, in Eket, Niger Delta, Nigeria, unidentified gunmen fired upon and killed a policeman, a driver, and kidnapped an Indian national working for a school that is sponsored by Exxon Mobil. The hostage was released unharmed by the kidnappers on 10/28/2010. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, in Gharebabad area of Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified men on a motorcycle shot and killed a senior leader of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), identified as Mir Nooruddin Mengal near his residence. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, in the Bazai area of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed three anti-Taliban elders of the pro-government Khwezai Peace Committee while patrolling. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, in the Karradah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge stuck to a civilian car, blew up close to Alwiya Telephone Exchange Office, wounding four persons. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2010: On Wednesday, on the main road of the Sharban area in al-Muqdadiya neighborhood in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, a bomb exploded targeting a bus carrying Iranian visitors. The blast wounded 10 people, including seven Iranians and three Iraqis. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2010: Two police officers were injured when a remotely detonated bomb, hidden under a bridge on RN05, exploded.  The attack occurred outside of Thenia in Boumerdes, Algeria.  Both officers were transferred to a local hospital where doctors stated that they should survive their injuries.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
10/13/2011: On Thursday evening around 2030, at the Al-Hay market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, two roadside bombs detonated causing an unknown amount of damage while killing 12 people and wounding 43 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2011: On Thursday evening around 2030, in Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated near Al-Hay market, causing an unknown amount of damage. Shortly after, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated targeting civilians rushing to help. The casualties for attack were given cumulatively as 18 killed and 50 injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2011: On Thursday evening around 2055, on Zamanov Street in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified assailants fired upon the car of Colonel Muslim Dakhayev, head of the Dagestan penitentiary service. He and his bodyguard were wounded in the attack, although it is unknown if the attack caused any damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2011: On Thursday evening, in Miram Shah, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Maulvi Muhammad Iftikhar was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen. The TTP commander was travelling in a car with his guards to the market from his religious school when the gunmen fired bullets from a car with tinted windows. The gunmen then fled the scene. The commander and one guard were killed, while two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but security officials believe that internal differences amongst the militants may have caused the incident.
10/13/2011: On Thursday night, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, two armed militants fired upon a prison guard at the prison guard’s home; the guard died on 10/14/2011. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/13/2011: On Thursday, in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, members of the Hekla Reception Committee-Initiative for More Social Eruptions planted three timed incendiary devices made of gasoline, a container, a three-battery timer and a few other components on the tracks near Staaken train station. None of the bombs detonated so there was no damage or casualties. The group claimed responsibility through a post on a leftist forum online.
10/13/2011: On Thursday, in Dadaab, North Eastern, Kenya, three armed militants kidnapped two aid workers in the Dadaab refugee camp. The armed militants attacked the aid workers' SUV and kidnapped two female Spanish national aid workers that were working for the Medecins Sans Frontieres aid group. No casualties were reported and it was thought the aid workers were taken across the Kenyan border into Somalia. MSF reported on their website that the workers were released on July 17, 2013, after over 21 months in custody. No group has claimed responsibility, but the victims were released by pirates who claimed to have bought them from al Shabaab for $200,000.
10/13/2011: On Thursday, in Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified armed militants kidnapped former Naib Nazim union council member Mehrab Muhammad Ali and his colleague Muhammad Hassani. The men were taken hostage at gunpoint from the Surab Bazaar during an armed attack. The status of the hostages is unknown and no group claimed responsibility.
10/13/2011: On Thursday, in Kutum, Samal Darfur, Sudan, three people were killed and eight people were injured when militants fired upon a group of gold mine employees with unknown firearms. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2011: On Thursday, in Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified militants set six NATO oil tankers on fire on the National Highway. The tankers were destroyed. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/13/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Maruf district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four Afghan intelligence officers, one United States (US) soldier, and one Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer were killed in the blast. Additionally, at least three Afghan intelligence officers were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device detonated as police responded to an earlier attack in Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks in the area; the first was meant to attract a crowd, and the second targeted first responders. Two police officers were killed and three other officers injured across both explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device detonated in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least one United States soldier, Robert J. Billings, was killed and one civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan police vehicle in Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks in the area on this date; this first one was meant to attract a crowd, and the second blast targeted first responders. Two police officers were killed and three other officers injured across both explosions. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device detonated under Colonel Mohammed bin Halim's vehicle in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Halim, the chief of police operations in Benghazi, was not injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/13/2012: An explosive device targeting a politician's motorcade detonated in Al-Shieha area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Ahmed Al-Alwani, an official of the al-Iraqiya bloc, was unhurt; however, two of his bodyguards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device targeting an Iraqi military patrol detonated in Qaiyarah city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and two people wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused by authorities in Wakha village, Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device was discovered by authorities in Ushoipokpi village, Thoubal district, Manipur state, India. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An explosive device was discovered in Hunterganj town, Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
10/13/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Al-Nabak town, Damascus governorate, Syria. Eight civilians were killed and 13 injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: An suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Firdous Arms Market near an Aman Lashkar office in Dara Adam Khel town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Seventeen people, including the assailant, were killed and 30 others injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Al-Shora town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers, who were wearing civilian clothes, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2012: Assailants opened fire on a group of soldiers from the Filipino Army in Lamitan city, Basilan province, Philippines. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/13/2012: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Saleh Badhoris in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Badhoris, an intelligence officer, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/13/2012: Assailants opened fire on Sama-ae Royee in Ra-ngae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Royee, the owner of a rubber plantation, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected separatists.
10/13/2012: Assailants opened fire on Somali forces near Baidoa city, Bay region, Somalia. Two assailants were killed and at least 24 people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/13/2012: Two explosive devices hidden in shopping bags detonated in Multan city, Multan district, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a police vehicle in Takhteh Pol district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four Afghan Border Police (ABP) officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an Afghan official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/13/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a soccer pitch in Madaen city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An assailant in Afghan National Army (ANA) attire attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base in Sharana, Paktika province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier, Staff Sergeant Patrick Quinn, was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least five civilians were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated at a bus stop in the western part of Yangon city, Yangon state, Myanmar. No casualties were reported. This was one of two such attacks in Yangon on this day, both of which were either claimed by or attributed to the Karen National Union.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in Amariyah neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Four Afghan children were seriously injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in Kot Khaddak village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast occurred as two labourers were lifting the bundle of wood in which the device had been hidden. One of the labourers was killed and another was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and 15 people were injured in the blast, which targeted mourners at a funeral. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated inside the vehicle of Abdessalam Al-Dursi in the Hadaek neighborhood of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Dursi, a colonel with the Libyan National Police (LNP) Anti-Drug Unit, was critically injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated near a Cerrejon coal train in La Guajira department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, but seven train wagons were damaged and rail service was disrupted. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated near a soccer field in Nahrawan town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated near some shops in the Sadiyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The two assailants transporting the device were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: An explosive device detonated underneath a truck in Yangon city, Yangon state, Myanmar. Three people were wounded as a result of the blast. This was one of two such attacks in Yangon on this day, both of which were either claimed by or attributed to the Karen National Union.
10/13/2013: An explosive device hidden underneath a bridge detonated in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The blast occurred as Faraj Al-Sossaa was driving by. Al-Soussaa, the son of an army officer who was close to former leader Muammar Gaddafi and a member of the Revolutionary Committees Movement, was killed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an outdoor market in Hillah city, Babil governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated explosions in this location, and one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. At least eight people were killed and 22 people were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a parking lot in Hillah city, Babil governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated explosions in this location, and one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. At least eight people were killed and 22 people were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a fuel station in Mahmoudiya city, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and at least eight other people were injured in the blast. This incident represents one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a primary school in Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks in the city, and one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. At least two people were killed and 31 others were wounded between this blast and the one at the restaurant in Kut. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a restaurant in Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks in the city, and one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. At least two people were killed and 31 others were wounded between this blast and the one at the primary school in Kut. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2013: Assailants ambushed a United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) convoy in West Darfur state, Sudan. At least three UNAMID peacekeepers were killed and one peacekeeper was injured in the attack. The assailants also stole a vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: Assailants attacked military troops in the Arbacow neighborhood of Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. A clash ensued, during which an unknown number of assailants and soldiers were killed or wounded. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/13/2013: Assailants attempted to attack Gwoza town, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on towns in Borno state on the same day. The Nigerian military successfully repelled the attacks, killing some 40 assailants. An unknown number of other people were also killed or wounded during the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed them to Boko Haram.
10/13/2013: Assailants attempted to attack Pulka town, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on towns in Borno state on the same day. The Nigerian military successfully repelled the attacks, killing some 40 assailants. An unknown number of other people were also killed or wounded during the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed them to Boko Haram.
10/13/2013: Assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a military checkpoint in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. An unknown number of injuries resulted from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: Assailants fired rockets at Bagram Airbase in Parwan province, Afghanistan. No casualties or damages were reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: Assailants kidnapped seven members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society from near Saraqib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Syrian Observatory of Human Rights officials attributed it to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Four of the seven captives were released on October 14, 2013, but the status of the remaining victims is unknown.
10/13/2013: Assailants launched mortar shells at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military base in Asadabad city, Kunar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the mortar attack; however, two children were killed and five other civilians were injured when NATO forces returned fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the initial attack.
10/13/2013: Assailants opened fire on Abdelfattah Al-Ryani in the Al-Hadaaiq area of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Ryani, an officer with the Libyan Air Force, was killed as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a maternity clinic in the Muzaffarabad neighborhood of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed and five others were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the main mosque in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and at least five others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: Assailants with an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to attack Bama town, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on towns in Borno state on the same day. The Nigerian military successfully repelled the attacks, killing some 40 assailants. An unknown number of other people were also killed or wounded during the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed them to Boko Haram.
10/13/2013: At least one suicide bomber detonated at a security checkpoint near a shrine in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least four people, including a police officer, were killed and another 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2013: Gunmen attacked an Egyptian Army convoy in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. An unknown number of people were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in Sheikh Zuweid town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The shooting injured three police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated in Suwayrah city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 14 people were injured as a result. This incident represents one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated simultaneously at an outdoor market in Diwaniyah city, Al Qadisiyah governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and at least 13 other people were injured in the blasts. This incident represents one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2013: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated simultaneously in a commercial area of Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and at least 15 people were injured in the blasts. This was one of three similar attacks across the city, and one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2013: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated simultaneously near a car repair shop in Samawah city, Muthanna governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another 13 people were injured in the blasts. This incident represents one of eight similar attacks across Iraq on this day, all of which used explosives-laden vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/13/2013: Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a residence in Bole neighborhood of Addis Ababa city, Addis Ababa region, Ethiopia. The two assailants were killed in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/13/2014: A roadside bomb detonated as Shah Mehmood, a district education officer, and Niamatullah, a teacher, were traveling between Lashkar Gah and Nawzad districts, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Mehmood and Niamatullah were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: A sniper opened fire on a military sentry in San Vicente del Caguan municipality, Caqueta department, Colombia. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/13/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device targeting an Afghan army patrol outside of a medical clinic in Shinwar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, two civilians were killed and at least six others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Aden Square in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least nine people were killed and 30 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near car dealerships in Habibiya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least six people were killed and 25 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near People's Protection Units (YPG) members in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least two members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/13/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military convoy on Jalalabad Road at the Green Village in Qabilby area, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, a civilian was killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers poisoned two of their colleagues at a checkpost in Charchino area, Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The two officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: An assailant, Sa'id Husayn Ragow, beheaded a civilian in a mosque in Argentina neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Ragow was arrested after the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the assailant was connected to Al-Shabaab.
10/13/2014: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Zahir Khanzada, the adviser to the Regional Revenue Office of the Afghan Finance Ministry, detonated in Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Khanzada and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: An explosive device detonated at a liquor store in Saadoun area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Mredi market in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and 25 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: An explosive device detonated near a mosque at a market in Qarabagh district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Twenty-two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: An explosive device detonated while it was being defused in Shibam district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Five soldiers were wounded by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: An explosive device, which may have been a grenade, detonated in a garage in Hodan district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two civilian mechanics who were repairing a police officer's vehicle were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/13/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a military building in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2014: Assailants abducted a leader of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sali area, Central Darfur state, Sudan. The whereabouts of the leader were unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Janjaweed.
10/13/2014: Assailants abducted an unknown number of Handicap International employees from Dar es Salam town, Timbuktu region, Mali. The whereabouts of the employees were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants ambushed and set fire to a commercial bus in Agwan-Mamman area, Obi district, Nasarawa state, Nigeria. At least four people, including a police inspector, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants armed with a dagger attacked Royen Rahnush in 4th district, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Rahnush, the Khaama Press editor-in-chief, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants attacked a police patrol in La Playa de Belen municipality, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. Two police officers were killed and another was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, some officials attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN). Other officials attributed the incident to the Popular Liberation Army (EPL).
10/13/2014: Assailants attacked an army and police convoy in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. At least 45 people, including 22 security officers and 23 assailants, were killed, eight security officers were injured, and seven security officers were abducted during the ensuing clash; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants attacked Colonel Zakariya Bujaldine in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Bujaldine, a colonel with the Benghazi Joint Security Force (BJSF), was killed and a civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants attacked military positions at Donetsk airport in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Donetsk People's Republic.
10/13/2014: Assailants detonated explosives and raided an intelligence officer's residence in Sayid Gharib area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/13/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a civilian home in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One person, Omar Saleh Gaddafi, was injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants fired a rocket into Alishing district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. At least three construction workers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/13/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) forces checkpoints in Sartana village, near Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four mortar attacks targeting ATO checkpoints in and around Mariupol on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/13/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) forces checkpoints in Skhidnyy district, Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four mortar attacks targeting ATO checkpoints in and around Mariupol on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/13/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) forces checkpoints in Talakivka village, near Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, a gas pipeline was damaged in theblast. This was one of four mortar attacks targeting ATO checkpoints in and around Mariupol on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/13/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) forces near Debaltseve village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was killed and one wounded in the attack. This was one of four mortar attacks targeting ATO checkpoints in and around Mariupol on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Donetsk People's Republic.
10/13/2014: Assailants fired three rockets at a security checkpoint in Mand tehsil, Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties from the attack. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants kidnapped two journalists in Hay al-Tahrir area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpost in San Francisco-Limontayocc area, Ayacucho region, Peru. One soldier was killed in the attack, and four soldiers and a civilian were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Shining Path (SL).
10/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol van in Sariab area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported injuries in the attack. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on Eulogio Benitez in Colon village, Sarangani province, Philippines. Benitez, a former vice mayor and current municipal councilor, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2014: Assailants shot and killed two Afghan National Solidarity Program (NSP) employees in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2014: Snipers opened fire on a military patrol in Batac village, Magpet town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. A soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/13/2015: A roadside landmine detonated and assailants opened fire a convoy of civilian vehicles in Tassgilat village, Timbuktu region, Mali. Six people were killed and two others, including a soldier, were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Tassgilat on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim Fundamentalists.
10/13/2015: A sniper opened fire on a military checkpoint in Arab Ebjur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and a second soldier was injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt targeting police forces in Ishaqi, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, 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.
10/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in Sur Baghal area, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the suicide bomber, a police officer was killed and another officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated explosives in Ajilari Cross area, Maiduguri district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated suicide attacks in the area in a short period of time. In addition to the assailants, at least four people were killed and eleven people were injured across the three blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/13/2015: An assailant drove his car into a bus stop, exited his car, and began stabbing civilians on Malkei Israel street in Guela neighborhood, Jerusalem city, Israel. One civilian was killed and three others, including the assailant, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources identified the assailant as Abu Jamal, a Palestinian extremist.
10/13/2015: An assailant stabbed a civilian at a bus stop on Ahuza street in Raanana city, Central district, Israel. The civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
10/13/2015: An assailant stabbed a Jewish civilian mistaking him for an Arab in Kiryat Ata city, Haifa district, Israel. The civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources identified the assailant as an Israeli extremist.
10/13/2015: An assailant stabbed civilians outside a cafe in Raanana city, Central district, Israel. Five people, including the assailant, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated in Al Zafraniyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a bakery in Nuwab ad Dubbat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Al Biya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian in Jabe area, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. The civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military convoy in Dhuluiya, Saladin, Iraq. A soldier and military officer were killed and four military members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police team in Chintagufa village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINIUSMA) vehicle in northern Mali. One peacekeeper was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim Fundamentalists.
10/13/2015: An explosive device planted under a bus detonated in Sheikh Omar area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosive device planted under a civilian vehicle detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in the Ingushetia republic, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Assailants abducted Afghan Technical Consultants (ATC) demining organization employees in Pakistanak area, Bagram district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. The four hostages were released on the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
10/13/2015: Assailants attacked a church in Dangguran village, Aceh Singkil district, Aceh province, Indonesia. An assailant was killed and four others, including a police officer and three assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of three related attacks targeting churches in Aceh on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Aceh Singkil Islamic Care Youth Students Association (PPI).
10/13/2015: Assailants attacked civilians in El Mawashi camp in Kabkabiya locality, North Darfur state, Sudan. A civilian was injured and another was abducted during the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Assailants executed 25 civilians in a public square 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 accused of collaborating with security forces.
10/13/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy during a pro-regime rally in Mazraa neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two projectiles fired at the embassy on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attacks was carried out by Jaysh al-Islam (Syria), which denied responsibility.
10/13/2015: Assailants fired grenades at soldiers south of Avdiivka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed and two were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/13/2015: Assailants fired rockets on the Baninah airport in Benghazi district, Libya. An Al-Saiqa deputy commander was killed and three other soldiers wounded in the attack. The Libya Free Martyrs Battalion claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
10/13/2015: Assailants kidnapped three police officers in Ngagara neighborhood, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. At least nine people, including one of the abducted officers, were killed and one other was injured in clashes when police launched an operation to rescue the kidnapped officers. The remaining two officers were rescued later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on a United States F-16 aircraft in Paktia province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) vehicle near the border fence with Gaza in Israel. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailants as Palestinian extremists.
10/13/2015: Assailants seized and set fire to a textbooks-laden truck near Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. The truck was destroyed in the attack. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the schoolbooks were burned because they contradicted Islamic law.
10/13/2015: Assailants set fire to a building to be used as a refugee shelter in Arlov city, Skane county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Assailants set fire to a church in Aceh Singkil district, Aceh province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of three related attacks targeting churches in Aceh on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Aceh Singkil Islamic Care Youth Students Association (PPI).
10/13/2015: Assailants set fire to a church in Suka Makmur village, Aceh province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of three related attacks targeting churches in Aceh on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Aceh Singkil Islamic Care Youth Students Association (PPI).
10/13/2015: Assailants set fire to three United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) lorries as they were responding to an earlier attack in Tassgilat village, Timbuktu region, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Tassgilat on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim Fundamentalists.
10/13/2015: Security forces discovered and defused 25 explosive devices in Tharthar, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Security forces discovered and destroyed 10 explosive devices in Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Six tiffin bombs were discovered and defused in Mohanpur-Fatehpur area, Gaya district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Deo village, Aurangabad district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Two assailants attempted to carry out a stabbing attack in Migdal Haemek city, Northern district, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however police arrested the assailants who confessed that they had planned to carry out an attack.
10/13/2015: Two assailants stabbed and opened fire on passengers on a bus in Jerusalem city, West Bank. At least four people, including one assailant, one dual Israeli-American citizen, and two other civilians, were killed and twelve others, including the second assailant, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources identified the assailants as Baha Alian, a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and Bilal Ranem, a member of Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
10/13/2015: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a military patrol in al-Jeraishi area, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least three soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2015: Two landmines were discovered and defused in Dhansa village, Rohtas district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/13/2016: An assailant opened fire on the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department north district headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. There were no reported casualties in the assault. Authorities arrested an anti-white extremist, identified as Damoine A. Wilcoxson, in connection with the attack. Sources indicated that a note left at the scene declared "war on white people," and that Wilcoxson made statements online calling for "social justice and retribution."
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated as it was being planted in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least two assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated at a restaurant in Ceel Baraf, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. Seven people were killed and eight people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated at the house of Golkar Party politician Marthinus Werimon in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistani Police checkpoint in Kulachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Kottampatty, Tamil Nadu, India. No casualties were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Tubaji area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military convoy between Baidoa and Daynunay, Bay, Somalia. At least six soldiers were killed and five soldiers were wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting families fleeing the area in Al-Murrah village, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least one person was killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Jamil Parvani, a deputy police chief, in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Parvani was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel near Ayvalik, Sirnak, Turkey. One soldier was killed and five security members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/13/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Atta Jan Haqbayan, a provincial council leader, in Shinkay, Zabul, Afghanistan. Haqbayan was unharmed but two of his security guards were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a Free Syrian Army checkpoint in Bab As Salameh, Aleppo, Syria. At least 17 people, including 14 FSA members, were killed and 25 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2016: Assailants abducted four construction workers in Tali, Sibi district, Balochistan, Pakistan. All four hostages were rescued by authorities on October 16, 2016. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2016: Assailants abducted Sheikh Sulayman Abu-Haraz, a prominent Sufi figure, from his residence in an area south of Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Abu-Haraz was released on October 16, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack tot he Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/13/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Kaura, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least two police officers were killed and one officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/13/2016: Assailants attacked a radio station in Daykundi, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Daykundi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2016: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) outpost in Ceel Baraf, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. It is unknown if the attack resulted in casualties. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police checkposts in Farah, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/13/2016: Assailants attacked the residence of a radio station owner in Daykundi, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Daykundi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/13/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device in a tea shop in Mahaday town, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. One person was killed and six people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at a Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) pipeline in Ughelli, Delta, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants executed five tribal members in Riyad subdistrict, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of working with security forces.
10/13/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at Al-Ta'ai Secondary School in Sulaimaniyah neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. At least four people were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
10/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on Allan Bensig in Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines. Bensig, a village councilor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on police personnel during a traffic stop in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Caucasus Emirate claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on Rico Echalos in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. Echalos, a village chairperson, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on Shezad Akhter in Korangi neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. Akhter, a Pakistani Police assistant sub-inspector, was killed in the assault. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Sanjay Chaudhary in Uttar Pradesh, India. Chaudhary, the consultant of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, was not harmed as were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2016: Assailants set fire to a residence in the Ligoniel area in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. At least two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2016: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a kindergarten in Ipekyolu, Van, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/13/2016: Explosive devices detonated at a water well in Tali, Sibi district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2016: Multiple explosive devices detonated near a Malian Army vehicle in N'Goma Coura, Segou, Mali. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the vehicle. At least four soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. Ansar al-Dine (Mali) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: A sniper opened fire on a State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (DPSU) checkpoint in Marinka, Donetsk, Ukraine. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: An explosive device detonated at a Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) tower in Isplinji, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties but the tower was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Suwaib neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Armed Forces vehicle in Mastung district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2017: An explosive device detonated outside the Dedegarib Mosque in Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. Two people were killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Laglori Khor, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and one civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/13/2017: Assailants abducted the customs director from a border crossing in Shayyib, Maysan, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: Assailants abducted three Advanced People's Democratic Alliance (APDA) leaders in Kogi, Nigeria. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: Assailants armed with grenades and firearms attacked a military checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Eight people, including two assailants and six soldiers, were killed and five people, including one assailant and four soldiers, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: Assailants attacked Abdur Rahim, a senior police officer, in Nad Ali, Helmand, Afghanistan. Rahim was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/13/2017: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Volunteer Forces border crossing in Tall Safouk, Nineveh, Iraq. Six assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/13/2017: Assailants detonated two explosive devices at a Korek Telecom office in Hillah, Babil, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast, but nine employees were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: Assailants hijacked a Kenyan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) supply vehicle in Budada, Gedo, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/13/2017: Assailants opened fire at Amiet Common Market near Abyei, West Kordofan, Sudan. Two women were killed and four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in Taza Khurmatu, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two similar attacks targeting Kurdish political party headquarters in Taza Khurmatu on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Kurdish militants.
10/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) patrol near the Federal College of Education in Okene, Kogi, Nigeria. Three NDLEA officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram may have carried out the attack.
10/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police vehicle along Faqeer Mohammad Road in Gulberg neighborhood, Quetta, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed and three other people, including two officers, were injured in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) headquarters in Taza Khurmatu, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two similar attacks targeting Kurdish political party headquarters in Taza Khurmatu on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Kurdish militants.
10/13/2017: Assailants raided a bank in Ratnipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties, though money was stolen and security cameras were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), which denied involvement.
10/13/2017: Assailants raided a military base in Marte, Borno state, Nigeria. One soldier and an unknown number of assailants were killed and nine were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/13/2017: Assailants set fire to an Islamic Reform Group (Islah) party headquarters in Aden, Adan, Yemen. Two Hizam Brigade members were killed and another member was injured responding to the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/13/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a house in Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/13/2017: Security forces identified and killed three suicide bombers in Akla, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/13/2017: Two assailants threw a grenade at a fairground in Imphal, Manipur, India. At least ten people were injured in the blast. The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) claimed responsibility for the incident and threatened people not to partake in fairs and carnivals.
10/14/1980: Eugene A. Tafoya entered the home of Faisal A. Zagallai in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States, and shot him twice in the head.  Zagallai, a doctoral student at Colorado State University, survived the attack but lost vision in one eye.  It is believed that Tafoya was hired by rogue CIA agent Edwin P. Wilson to carry out the shooting on behalf of the Libyan government.  Zagallai was a harsh critic of Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi and was a leader of anti-Qaddafi dissidents in the United States at the time.
10/14/1998: In response to an attack by Israeli Defense Forces, Hizballah launched a warning attack on a border post in al-Abbad, Israel. The attack caused minor damage, but there were no casualties.
10/14/1998: Unknown assailants bombed an Alberta Energy Corporation gas well site just west of Beaverlodge, 500 km northwest of Edmonton, Canada. The blast destroyed the well site building, but there were no casualties.
10/14/1999: At approximately 10:30 pm local time, unknown assailants plant a bomb in front of the Etibank s branch office in Ataturk district in Ikitelli Distrtic, Istanbul,  Turkey. The windows of the office were broken when the bomb detonated, but no one was injured. Police detained an unspecified number of suspects, but no further information on these individuals was not disclosed.
10/14/1999: Jewish settlers attacked a Jordanian parliamentary delegation in Hebron, West Bank, as the delegation visited Ibrahim's Mosque. No one was injured in the incident, but the Jordanian Government insisted on an official Israeli apology for the attack.
10/14/1999: Lubomir Belfi, the publisher of Markiza magazine was injured when unidentified assailants blocked his car's path as he was leaving a hotel near Bratislava, Slovakia. The perpetrators firing at Belfi with automatic submachine guns, wounding him in his legs. Reports stated that one attacker was captured by police, but no further information on this was disclosed.
10/14/1999: Mario Andresol, the head of the Judicial Police was injured when he was shot while inside his car, which was parked in front of his home in the Delmas neighborhood of western Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The unidentified perpetrators fled immediately after the incident.
10/14/1999: Policeman Maxime Auguste was killed in Port-a-Prince, Haiti, while with his wife, who was also shot in one leg. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/14/2000: A powerful bomb was planted outside the office of former Pasok Merchant Marine Minister Stavros Soumakis in Athens, Greece. The bomb was discovered and defused before it could explode. An anarchist group called Revolutionary Nuclei claimed responsibility for the bomb.
10/14/2000: An improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered in Valerik village in Achkhoi-Martan district, Chechnya, Russia.  Police safely defused the device, which consisted of an 82-millimeter mortar mine, a 200-gram plastic charge, and a detonator.  Authorities believe that the bomb was placed there in order to cause a panic amongst civilians; there were no other strategic targets in the vicinity.
10/14/2000: An improvised explosive device (IED) was found at the entrance to an apartment building in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia.  Police safely defused the device, which consisted of a hand grenade, an electric detonator, and a timing mechanism.  Authorities believe that the bomb was placed there in order to cause a panic amongst civilians.
10/14/2000: Five lower caste Hindus were killed and another three were injured in Bhojpur village in Nalanda district, Bihar state, India.  Armed gunmen from the Akhilesh Singh gang attacked the village and opened fire on the victims.  Eight of the gunmen were arrested following the incident.
10/14/2000: Four Saudis and one Ethiopian hijacked Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 115. The plane was carrying 105 passengers and crew and was destined to fly from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to London, United Kingdom. The perpetrators threatened to blow up the plane if they were not taken to Damascus, Syria. Syria eventually gave permission for them to land, but the hijackers changed their destination and landed in Baghdad, Iraq, instead. There sole demand was to talk to a Saudi official about the Saudi royal family leaving power. After three hours of negotiations in Baghdad, the hostages were freed and the hijackers were arrested. No casualties occurred in this incident.
10/14/2000: Islamic extremists killed 12 women and children in Ouezra village in Medea region, Algeria.  The assailants also abducted two young girls.  The motive behind the attack is not known.
10/14/2000: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, invaded the homes of three families in Ouzera, Algeria.  The assailants stabbed and shot numerous Algerian civilians resulting in the deaths of twelve individuals.  Three other people were wounded during the attack.  Additionally, the Islamic extremists stole many belongings within the houses before setting the structures on fire.
10/14/2000: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, set up a fake roadblock near Ben Chicao, Algeria.  The assailants intercepted a vehicle and slit the throats of six Algerian citizens.
10/14/2001: A fire broke out in the Hotan Prefecture meteorology building in the city of Hotan in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. The report stated that four separate but simultaneous fires broke out after the detonation of an explosive device. The event was thought to be terrorist-related by officials.
10/14/2001: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed four employees at the Marmato restaurant in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive was unknown, authorities claimed the United Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) could be responsible.
10/14/2003: A suicide car bombing occurred outside the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.  Two people, including the bomber, were killed and three others sustained slight injuries.  No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
10/14/2003: The president of the San Andres town council, Carlos Mario Tapias, was shot to death after the bus he was riding in was stopped in San Andres, Colombia.  Regional police suspected the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) to be behind the attack, though no claim of responsibility was made.
10/14/2004: At least six people were killed when alleged Free Papua Movement (OPM) separatist rebels opened fire on a procession of cars belonging to the PT Modern contractor company in Puncak Jaya District, Papua Province, Indonesia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2004: One woman died and two men were injured when a group of armed men attacked the village of Dusun Tiga on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. Ten men armed with rifles invaded the village, randomly shooting at houses. The woman who died was Hindu while the two injured men were Christians. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, local authorities cited tension between Christians and Muslims as a possible cause of the attack.
10/14/2004: Suspected members of the People’s War Group killed four Indian paramilitary soldiers in India’s West Bengal State. The attackers fired guns at the paramilitary group as they were patrolling West Midnapore District. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2004: Two suicide bombers penetrated the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 10 people. Among those killed were four American and six Iraqi civilians. The attackers bombed a Green Zone restaurant and bazaar within minutes of each other. Members of the group Jama'at al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad (JTJ), whose leader was Abu Musab Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for Green Zone the bombings.
10/14/2004: Unidentified gunmen killed an Iraqi journalist working for Al-Hurriyyah Television outside of her house in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2004: Unidentified gunmen killed Investigation Magistrate Abd-al-Amir Kazim al-Shammari in front of his home in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2004: Unidentified gunmen killed two high-ranking Iraqi Army officers in Baqubah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/14/2004: Unidentified gunmen killed two Iraqi policemen patrolling the Jurf al-Naddab in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators set the victims’ vehicle on fire as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2004: Unknown gunmen killed Karam Hussein, an Iraqi photographer working for the European Pressphoto Agency, outside of his home in Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility the incident.
10/14/2004: Unknown perpetrators planted a small bomb in a rural railway station in Cicurug, Indonesia. Authorities discovered the homemade bomb before the device exploded. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/14/2005: Seven men wearing military fatigues, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, raided a café in Oued Ouarzeg, Algeria.  The assailants slit the throat of two Algerian citizens.  Additionally, the perpetartors stole money and cell phones from customers at the café.
10/14/2005: Suspected insurgents bombed an Iraqi Islamic Party office in Baghdad’s Fadhal (District). No one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2006: 5 gunmen kidnapped an Italian journalist (Gabriele Torsello) on the highway from Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, to neighboring Kandahar (Province) province. The Taliban denied their involvement in this attack.
10/14/2006: A bomb struck a provincial governor’s convoy (Gov. Gulab Mangal of Laghman Province) east of Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2006: Around 9:45 am local time, a suicide bomber blew up an explosive-belt in a market near the Iraq’s border with Syria. The blast damaged several shops and nearby buildings. 2 civilians were killed and 6 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2006: Members of the Oum Kamakem katibat, a faction of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC), kidnapped Adelghani, the son of a wealthy Algerian, while he was at his farm in Menchia, Algeria.  The farm's guard was abducted as well.  The assailants demanded a 4 billion centime ransom from the victim's father for his release.  It is unknown if the ransom was ever paid and/or if Adelghani or the farm's guard were ever freed.
10/14/2006: Residents of a rural Shi i town near Baghdad (about 50 miles from Baghdad) shot 26 people from a nearby Sunni village dead in the town of Balad. The killings were in response to the slaughter of 14 Shi i construction workers. It has been reported that Sunni Militiamen were responsible for this attack, but there was no claim of responsiblity.
10/14/2006: Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in Babrak Tana area bordering Pakistan in the eastern Khost Province of Afghanistan. 3 police officers were killed and 2 others were injured.
10/14/2006: Three Tamil citizens were shot and killed and another injured in the Vavuniya area, Sri Lanka.  The victims were traveling in an auto rickshaw when the assailants stopped the vehicle and opened fire.  The mother of one of the victims stated that the victim had a dispute with a local Tamil paramilitary group.
10/14/2006: Unknown armed assailants opened fire at a mosque during Taravih in Zehri tehsil of Khuzdar district, Pakistan. 6 people were killed and several others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, detonated a homemade bomb that targeted Algerian soldiers on a search operation in Beni Ksila, Algeria.  One soldier was killed and nineteen were wounded.  It is unknown if the explosion caused any damages.
10/14/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted inside a Kia minibus by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 1:45 PM at Adan intersection in Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: Iraqi Police Major Waheed Dulaimi and four members of his family were killed, eight other Iraqi civilians were wounded, and six houses were damaged when a single unknown suicide car bomber rammed a vehicle into Dulami’s home and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) in the afternoon in al-Baghdadi, Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: One Iraqi civilian (a local official of the Sadrist Movement) was wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms fired at the offices of the Sadrist Movement in Hashimiyah, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: One Iraqi civilian farmer was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: One Iraqi oil guard was killed and another was wounded when they engaged an unknown number of unknown perpetrators who were attempting to plant explosives at an oil pipeline and the perpetrators returned fire with small arms at approximately 3:00 AM at Pipeline 14 near the Imam Ali Mosque in Zubair, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: Salih Said Aldin, an Iraqi civilian journalist working for the Washington Post, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head delivered by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators in Saidiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: Six Indian civilians were killed, 37 more were wounded, and a movie theater was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Babbar Khalsa perpetrators detonated at approximately 8:30 PM inside a theater of the Srinagar Cinema in Ludhiana, Punjab State, India.
10/14/2007: Three Iraqi bodyguards were killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at the convoy of Dr. Hatim Mukhlis (General Secretary of the National Iraqi Movement) at approximately 5:00 PM in Sari, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: Three Iraqi civilian Sunni Arab males (including a journalist for a newspaper in Salaheddin, a driver, and a bodyguard) were killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle from a moving vehicle on the Riyadh-Kirkuk Highway near Hawdh village, Riyadh, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/14/2007: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, planted a homemade bomb, constructed to be detonated by cell phone, in Beni Amrane, Algeria.  The explosive device was located and defused by Algerian security forces.  The specific target of the assailants is unknown.
10/14/2008: On Tuesday, a woman and two children were killed and five others were wounded when a bomb exploded in a market in Chandranigahapur, Rautahat, Narayani, Nepal. After the attack two separate Madhesi militant groups, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and Madhesi Liberation Front, claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2008: On Tuesday, military ordnance operatives recovered and rendered safe an improvised explosive device allegedly planted by Moro Islamic Liberation Front members in Datu Piang, Maguindanao province, Philippines. The bomb was fashioned from 90mm and 81 mortars with a transceiver radio. There were no reported casualties and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/14/2008: On Tuesday, two hundred suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's 105th Base Command (CAFGU) raided Sitio Hacienda Maria, Barangay Balogo, Pigkawayan town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Following the harassment of villagers, the rebels left immediately.  One CAFGU member was killed. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/14/2008: On Tuesday, unidentified militants abducted Dilip Singh Bey, a junior engineer of Assam’s Public Works Department, in Horiojan village, Bokajan district, Assam province, India. Bey was later assaulted and killed by the militants on or before 10/22/2008 when his body was found in a lower primary school in Sankartila village of Karbi Anglong district, Assam province, India. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, around 1500, in Nambia village, near Yambio, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Sudan, assailants attacked the village, assaulting and killing one civilian, destroying several houses, several churches, and several schools by unknown means, and looting the village. Villagers were able to kill three militants, with a bow and arrow, during the attack. No motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was responsible.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 0830, in the al-Adhamiya district of Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near the vehicle of the Imam of the Abu Haniefa al-Nuaaman mosque, Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abdul Jabbar, wounding the Imam and his driver and damaging the Imam's car and several nearby cars. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 1500, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car in the central Tayeran Square, wounding three civilians and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 1700, in Karbala, Karbala, Iraq, a bomb exploded near the al-Ahyaa garage near the shrine of Imam Abbas in the al-Mukhayyam area, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday around 1700, in Karbala, Karbala, Iraq, two bombs in al-Abbas street near the shrines of Imam al-Abbas and al-Hussein killed four people and wounded 40. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday at around 1200 noon, in Baghdad, Iraq, three mortars landed in the Jewadin market in the Shaala neighborhood killing seven, wounding six, and damaging nearby shops and homes as well. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday morning around 1100, in Yambio, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Sudan, assailants attacked a village by unknown means, killing two civilians, destroying several houses, churches, and schools, and looting the village. No motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was responsible.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0600, terrorists in a car at a security checkpoint in Darb, Jazan, Saudi Arabia opened fire on the officers at the checkpoint. The men opened fire when a female security officers was called in to check the female passengers in the car. The gunmen killed one officer, Aamir Ahmed al-Shuwaish, and lightly wounded another, while two of the terrorist were killed and the other arrested. Two of the three men were wearing explosive belts, carried a number of hand grenades, live ammunition, guns, and material for making explosives. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday night, in Toz Khurmatu, Ta'mim, Iraq, an adhesive bomb attached to the car of a Kurdish security member detonated, killing the security member and wounding his wife and two kids. There was no motive or damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2009: On Wednesday, the investigative group determined the Party of Communists' faction threw a grenade during the festive events that were occurring in Chisinau, Moldova; 39 people were injured. This is related to the Prime Minister receiving threatening phone calls as well as the security at the event was not properly maintained and the Interior Minister Viktor Katan must resign.
10/14/2010: On Thursday evening at 1830, in the Tsumadinskiy District of Dagestan, Russia, a small explosive device was found in a forest approximately 60 meters from the Khasavyurt-to-Tlokh highway and safely disabled by police. The device was indiscriminately targeting anyone who triggered the device. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday morning at 0800, on the Kabul- Kandahar Highway in the Salar area of Wardak, Afghanistan, four guards of a private security company, Salarzai Security Company, were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated next to their vehicle. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday morning at 0830, in Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, an unknown explosive device was placed under the service vehicle belonging to the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department. The device exploded and wounded one policeman, but the chief was unharmed. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in Adado, Galgudud, Somalia, using two vehicles, unidentified gunmen armed with machine guns and grenades entered the compound of the British Save the Children Organization and kidnapped a British national and a Somali national that were working as security consultants. No property damage or casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The status of the hostages is unknown.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in an unspecified area in Sar-e Pol district, Afghanistan, unidentified militants launched missiles and one struck an Azizi Bank building. There were no casualties reported in the incident, but the bank was severely damaged. No group claimed responsibility but the Taliban was suspected.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in an unspecified location in Abyan, Yemen, Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed al-Baham, the security head of Modiya district, was killed when suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula militants opened fire on him. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in an unspecified location in Abyan, Yemen, unidentified militants fired a rocket propelled grenade at the convoy of the governor of Abyan, Ahmad al-Maysiry. The governor escaped unharmed but three of his body guards were wounded and a vehicle was damaged. No group has claimed responsibility, but Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula was suspected to be responsible.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, India, unidentified militants abducted three government officials from a passenger bus. On 10/15/2010 the employees were released after being held for 24 hours. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility although it was widely believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) was responsible.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in central Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to the vehicle of Saadoun Abdulwahab, a Baghdad University professor, went off on al-Maghreb Street, killing Abdul, wounding two other passengers, and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in Landikotal area of Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants blew up the shrine of Syed Muhammad Shah at Loy Shelman. The shrine was destroyed, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in Qasba colony area of Karahci, Sindh, Pakistan, an Awami National Party (ANP) activist, Zahid Gul, was shot and killed by unidentified men while on his way to work at a factory. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in Sector 1-D of Orangi Town area in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, two unidentified armed men on a motorcycle shot and killed Asim Noor Alam, a member of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), while he was sitting at a tire shop. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in the Chegemskiy District of Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded targeting a Ural truck transporting military servicemen on Kyarova Street. Three servicemen were slightly wounded by the explosion and an the truck was damaged, but no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in the Jarf al-Nadaf area, Jisr Diala neighborhood of south Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, four people were killed and seven were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off targeting the motorcade of al-Iraqiya List member, Abdulkarim Mahoud. The politician survived the attempt on his life, while one of his bodyguards was wounded. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in the Kotwali area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen shot and killed a religious scholar, Sardar Haider, on his way to his office. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2010: On Thursday, in the Talbiyah neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing one civilian, wounding another, and damaging their car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2011: On Friday afternoon at 1545, near Nayaro village in Papua, Indonesia, unidentified gunmen attacked a PT Freeport Indonesia security truck on Tanggul Timur road. The truck was carrying two military officers identified as Second Sergeant Eko and First Private Pratu Tobias, and two employees working for the company’s security management unit identified as Roy Maleke and Beny Thomas. Three miners were reported dead, while three others were wounded in the attack. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2011: On Friday morning, in Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, several unknown gunmen riding on a motorcycle fired upon a police van as it patrolled sector I-10. A police officer identified as Riaz Nadeem and a woman were killed. A police constable identified as Ashraf was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2011: On Friday night, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, two armed militants fired upon and killed a policeman in the policeman’s home. No group had claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, four mortar shells were fired at a mosque in the Kharkai village from an unknown location in Afghanistan. Two civilians, identified as Mahmod Khan and Amir Zaman, were killed and six others injured. The injured were identified as Tajamul Khan, Syed Ahmad, Umar Khan, Gul Akbar, Salim Khan and Akbar Ali. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, a group of unidentified militants opened fire on four oil tankers in Shikarpur transporting fuel for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, causing them to catch fire. The tankers were destroyed although no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Korma village, Latehar, Jharkhand, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants killed a panchayat ward member and his wife identified, as Naresh Musi and Sarita Devi, by slitting their throats. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Mayo, Pattani, Thailand, a local official's vehicle was attacked by four gunmen in a pickup truck without a license plate. The official was identified as Hami Uma. The men started began shooting indiscriminately which subsequently killed the official and his driver, along with a pedestrian. A 13-year old student was also injured by stray bullets. No group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, a Somali government parliament member was injured when militants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the Somali government parliament member who was driving his car through a Mogadishu neighborhood. The attack caused an unknown amount of material damage. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Panareh, Pattani, Thailand, four gunmen on two black Honda Wave motorcycles raided a seafood processing business. They shot and killed the two owners of the shop, Atikorn and Urai Ungrangsee, and an adult relative, Sunee. The attackers then planted a bomb near the shop, which was later found and defused by the police. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/14/2011: On Friday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot at the President of the Balochistan chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association, Mazar Baloch, and his companion on Masjid Road. Dr. Mazar was shot eight times and his companion was also injured. Dr. Mazar died the day after in the hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2011: On Friday, near the Surab area of Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan, the Provincial Minister and Chief of Jalawan, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri was the target of a remote controlled improvised explosive device (RCIED) attack. The RCIED was detonated when the convoy was about 10 kilometers from Surab. The Provincial Minister was unharmed and the vehicle sustained no damage as the IED exploded a few minutes before the convoy went by. The minister’s security guards opened fire after the explosion. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility by unknown means.
10/14/2011: On Friday, on Lenin Avenue in Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified assailants planted a three kilogram remote controlled improvised explosive device (IED) next to the monument of the late first president of Kabardino Balkariya, Valery Kokov. The explosive device was discovered and safely defused before it could detonate. According to the obtained intelligence, the IED was going to detonate on 10/18/2011, the day of the festivities on the occasion of the 70th birthday anniversary of the late first president. No casualties or damages occurred and no group claimed responsibility.
10/14/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Mezzeh district, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Other than the assailant, there were no reported casualties and only minor damages to the surrounding area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a coffee shop in Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties aside from the assailant; however, the coffee shop and the surrounding area were damaged by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device attached to a Syrian journalist's vehicle detonated in Mezzeh district, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. The victim, Ayman Wannous, and one other civilian were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device attached to an electricity pylon detonated near Tibu town, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. The pylon was destroyed in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting electricity pylons in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/14/2012: An explosive device detonated in Had area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2012: An explosive device detonated in Puerto Jordan area, Arauca department, Colombia. The assailants were targeting a military patrol. Two civilians were killed and four other people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/14/2012: An explosive device detonated near a military convoy in Shalan Bood city, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The number of casualties is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device detonated near a Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) patrol in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device detonated on the property of Arturo Urbieta, the local mayor, near Horqueta city, Concepcion department, Paraguay. The device was targeting a Paraguay National Administration of Electricity (ANDE) power transmission tower in the area. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2012: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Biren Singh in Lamlai town, Imphal district, Manipur state, India. No casualties were reported, as Singh, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was not home at the time of the attack. However, the residence was partially damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused by Afghan National Army (ANA) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Sharan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered at the location of a scheduled rally in Multan city, Multan district, Punjab state, Pakistan. Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, former prime minister of Pakistan, was scheduled to speak at a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) gathering in the same area; however, the detonation of two explosive devices on October 13, 2012 forced him to cancel. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered by Afghan National Army (ANA) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Nijrab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered following a tip in Skaikhan village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. When authorities arrived to investigate the device, assailants opened fire on the security team. A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier and five assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants armed with automatic firearms and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a joint Frontier Constabulary (FC) and police checkpost in Matani village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three police officers and three FC personnel were killed in the attack. Additionally, four police officers and seven FC personnel were injured. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was in response to an operation that Pakistani security forces had launched against training camps run by the TTP in Peshawar.
10/14/2012: Assailants attacked a Cote d'Ivoire Republican Forces (FRCI) in Bonoua department, Lagunes region, Ivory Coast. One assailant was killed and four people injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants attacked the convoy of Mohammad Karim Khalili in Sheikh Ali district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Kalili, vice president of Afghanistan, was not in the convoy at the time. There were no reports of casualties or damages. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants attacked the residence of a government official in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The number of casualties is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/14/2012: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two assailants and three children were killed when a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike interrupted their task. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/14/2012: Assailants kidnapped six aid workers from Dakoro town, Maradi region, Niger. The targets included five Nigeriens working with Bien-Etre de la Femme et de l'Enfant au Niger (BEFEN) and one Chadian working with Alerte-Sante. The Chadian aid worker, Aime Soulembaye, was shot during the kidnapping and died on October 15, 2012, while the remaining five aid workers were released on November 3, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the released aid workers stated that their kidnappers were members of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
10/14/2012: Assailants kidnapped three Afghanistan Red Crescent workers and their driver from Shahrabad area, Ghourian district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The three workers, one doctor and two nurses, and the driver were released on October 21, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) patrol in Tangub city, Misamis Occidental province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on a joint Khasadar Force and Frontier Constabulary (FC) patrol in Bara tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One FC member and one assailant were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on a rickshaw carrying a family belonging to the Shia Hazara community in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people were killed and two children and the rickshaw driver injured in the attack. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on Alhaji Mala Kaka in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Kaka, the Gwange district head, was killed and another person injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on Major Nurlan Ashurbekov's vehicle in Kaspiysk city, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Ashurbekov, the acting head of the Investigative Committee's Department for Dagestan, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Mamuzai area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Eight assailants were killed, and four people, including one soldier, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Mamuzai area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Six assailants were killed, and five people, including one soldier, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2012: Assailants threw a grenade into the residence of a tribal elder in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The elder, Malik Liaquat Ali Khan, who was hosting an engagement party, was unhurt; however, one child died and 30 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Yathrib next to a police and army patrol in Yathrib city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two consecutive attacks in Yathrib on this day. The blast occurred as police and military were responding to the scene of a previous attack. Three people were killed and at least four others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: A roadside bomb detonated next to Ali Hussein's vehicle in Yathrib city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Hussein, a local council member, was killed and one other person was injured in the blast. This was one of two consecutive attacks in this area on this day. This first incident drew police and military responders to the scene, where they were targeted by the second attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi Armed Forces patrol near Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The blast injured two soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a hospital in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. This was one of two incidents involving this assailant on this day. The assailant had been taken to the hospital after he was injured in an earlier attempted attack. Only the assailant was killed and there were no other reported casualties resulting from this incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/14/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosive-laden vehicle attempted to attack Afghan security forces in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks involving this assailant in Gardez on this day. In this incident, police opened fire on the assailant before he could detonate his explosives. The attacker was injured and taken to a nearby hospital, where the second attack occurred. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/14/2013: An explosive device detonated at a road opening party in Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. The blast damaged an Assam Rifles vehicle. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: An explosive device detonated inside the hotel room of an American family in Yangon city, Yangon state, Myanmar. One person was injured as a result of the blast. This was one of three similar attacks in Myanmar, and one of two such attacks in Yangon on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Karen National Union.
10/14/2013: An explosive device detonated outside Nebojsa Maric's residence in Kosovska Mitrovica city, Kosovska Mitrovica municipality, Kosovo. Maric, a municipal assembly candidate, was not harmed in the blast; however, his residence and the surrounding area was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: An explosive device detonated underneath a police vehicle in Thanto district, Yala province, Thailand. Eleven officers from the Special Operations Unit were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology in barangay Doroluman, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
10/14/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a local market in Tubli village, Central governorate, Bahrain. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/14/2013: An explosive device was discovered at a restaurant in Mandalay city, Mandalay state, Myanmar. No casualties were reported. his was one of three similar attacks in Myanmar on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Karen National Union.
10/14/2013: An explosive device was discovered at a restaurant in Yangon city, Yangon state, Myanmar. No casualties were reported. This was one of three similar attacks in Myanmar, and one of two such attacks in Yangon on this day. The Karen National Union claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/14/2013: An explosives-laden bike was discovered and defused in Shibirghan district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. The bike had been planted outside of the home of Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, a provincial police chief. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the downtown area of Basra city, Basra governorate, Iraq. Six people were wounded across this and a coordinated attack, also in Basra. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was found and defused in Beirut city, Lebanon. The vehicle had been parked in a pro-Hezbollah neighborhood of the city. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2013: Assailants attacked villagers in Senapati district, Manipur state, India. There were no reports of injuries or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kuki National Front (KNF).
10/14/2013: Assailants in military uniforms opened fire on Sakree Tayae in his residence in Tanyonglimo, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Tayae, a village head, was injured in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: Assailants opened fire on Nisar Mengal in Khuzdar town, Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Mengal, a station house officer (SHO) was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/14/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Children's Nutrition Centre in the Nierteti Camp for the Displaced in Central Darfur state, Sudan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack; however, the centre was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: Assailants set fire to a mosque in Saki city, Crimea republic, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the mosque was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a police station in Soura area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: Assailants uprooted rubber tree seedlings in Cagwait district, Surigao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/14/2013: Assailants wearing Nigerian army uniforms kidnapped Augusta Douglas-Ayam from her store in Ogbia town, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Douglas-Ayam, the sister of the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Research and Documentation, was released unharmed about 11 days later, on or around October 25, 2013. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2013: Gunmen abducted Pancharam Apeto Reang from Bishuram Basti, Assam state, India. Reang, a District Congress Committee tribal head, was released on October 17, 2013, exhibiting signs of torture. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed it to theUnited Liberation Front of Barak Valley (ULFBV) - India.
10/14/2013: Gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2013: Gunmen attacked a Qatari diplomat's convoy in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The diplomat was not killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2014: A grenade detonated targeting a Fatherland Party office in Odessa city, Odessa oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: A landmine detonated as Ukrainian military personnel were attempting to remove it from a road at an unknown location in Ukraine. Six soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to a pro-Russian militia.
10/14/2014: A remote-control bomb detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between Jereredo and Lego towns, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. A driver was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/14/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in a bazaar in Razmak tehsil, North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Levies Forces officer was wounded in the blast. Security forces responding to the attack defused another device planted in the bazaar. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a government vehicle in Kote Sangi area, Fifth district, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two people, including one civilian, were killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near anIraqi Police Service (IPS) checkpoint in Kadhimiya district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 25 people, including a member of parliament, were killed and 51 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting soldiers near the Benina airport in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two civilians were killed and five soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near a Kurdish Asayish Police Station and government offices in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two suicide bombings carried out in Kobani on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed it the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/14/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near a People's Protection Units (YPG) position in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two suicide bombings carried out in Kobani on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed it the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/14/2014: A vehicle carrying anti-Taliban public police members struck a landmine in Antan area, Gurziwan district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Six people, including the head of the district youth movement council for the Jonbes-e Melli Party, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An assailant threw a grenade at a police station in Tondo neighborhood, Manila city, Metropolitan Manila province, Philippines. No one was reported injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in Ambar tehsil, Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Al-Qoraiyaa area, southeast of Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
10/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a metro station and the High Court of Justice on Ramses Street in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. At least 12 people were injured in the blast. Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An explosive device detonated on a busy street in Al Qahira area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Merca town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. At least one soldier was killed and one was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/14/2014: An explosive device targeting a police patrol detonated underneath a bridge in Kakarno Chena area, Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed, five others were wounded and the bridge was badly damaged in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Ballyarnett area, Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to The New Irish Republican Army.
10/14/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Beida city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Approximately 20 assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Sitio Tungcan area, Kinangan village, Malita town, Davao Occidental province, Philippines. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash; the targeted military personnel did not sustain any casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/14/2014: Assailants armed with Grad rocket launchers attacked a government-controlled checkpoint in Talakivka village, Iyichevck district, Mariupol city, 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.
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked a military headquarters in Salbu village, Datu Saudi Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. This was one of at least two related attacks against military targets in Salbu on the same day. Two assailants were killed and a civilian and an unknown number of assailants were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incidents to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked an 80th Airmobile Brigade security patrol near Smile village, Slavyanoserbsk district, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donskoy Army.
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked an unspecified number of military detachments in Salbu village, Datu Saudi Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. This was one of at least two related attacks against military targets in Salbu on the same day. Two assailants were killed and a civilian and an unknown number of assailants were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incidents to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked civilian residences in Bangui city, Central African Republic. At least three people were killed and 22 houses were set on fire in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Anti-Balaka Militia.
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked the 31st Ukrainian National Guard checkpoint near Bakhmutivka village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attacks targeting National Guard checkpoints near Bakhmutivka on the same day. At least one soldier was killed and five were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the 32nd Separate Cossack District of the Donskoy army.
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked the 32nd Ukrainian National Guard checkpoint near Bakhmutivka village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attacks targeting National Guard checkpoints near Bakhmutivka on the same day. At least one soldier was killed and five were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the 32nd Separate Cossack District of the Donskoy army.
10/14/2014: Assailants attacked the historic Shaib Al-Ain Mosque in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/14/2014: Assailants detonated explosives-laden vehicles, opened fire, and stormed the oil refinery in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least 31 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash with security forces. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources, however, attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/14/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at the Zasyadko coal mine near Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two miners were injured and mining equipment was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells into Sartana village, near Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. The mortars were targeting Ukrainian military personnel; however, the shells struck a nearby funeral procession. Seven civilians were killed and 17 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, Ukrainian officials attributed the incident to Donetsk People's Republic.
10/14/2014: Assailants fired mortars and small arms at the 32nd National Guard checkpoint near Smile village, Slavyanoserbsk district, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. An unreported number of soldiers were killed or wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donskoy Army.
10/14/2014: Assailants fired rockets at anti-terrorist operation forces near Trekhizbenka town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants kidnapped Faqir Muhammad in Dasht area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Muhammad was found dead on October 16, 2014. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that Muhammad was a state agent.
10/14/2014: Assailants kidnapped Omar Musaib Almsheeti in Gwarsha area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Almsheeti, the director of the National Commission for Relief and Support for Displaced People, was found dead in Hawari district on October 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Barishta village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and a second person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a market in Lafia city, Nassarawa state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties, although several shops and vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police outpost in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Six police officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Ataq town, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. One police officer was killed and four were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Vietnamese fishing boat near Pulau Banggi island, Kudat district, Sabah state, Malaysia. Two crew members were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Hadi Mughal in Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Mughal, an intelligence officer, was killed in the attack and his two brothers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Anwar Khan in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Khan, the chief of Nad Ali district, and two of his bodyguards were killed and six police officers were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants planted and detonated an explosive device near a government girls' school in Badi Sambor area, Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A student was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants seized a court building in Hudeida city, Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. At least one security guard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis.
10/14/2014: Assailants set fire to Abu Baher Sadik Mosque in Akraba town, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties, but the building suffered damages in the blaze. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Jewish settlers.
10/14/2014: Assailants shot and killed a religious leader in Qambarabad area, Bara tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2014: Assailants shot and killed a shopkeeper in Landhi area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected a sectarian motive.
10/14/2014: At least 25 assailants attacked military personnel in Sitio Landing, Camandag village, Asipulo town, Ifugao province, Philippines. Two soldiers and four assailants were killed and three soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA)'s Nona Del Rosario Command.
10/14/2014: Explosive devices detonated underneath Syrian Army checkpoints near the Hamidieh Military Base in Hamidieh town, Idlib governorate, Syria. At least 35 soldiers were killed in the blasts. Ahrar al-Sham, a subgroup of the Islamic Front (Syria), claimed responsibility for the attack in collaboration with Division 13 of the Free Syrian Army.
10/14/2014: Grenades landed near a market and detonated in Fotokol town, Logone-et-Chari department, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. At least one civilian was killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/14/2015: A roadside bomb detonated on a police vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least two people, including a police officer and a civilian, were killed and six other officers were wounded in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: A roadside bomb detonated targeting Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. An ANA commander identified as Oqab was killed and five soldiers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An assailant attempted to stab police officers near the Damascus Gate in Old City neighborhood, Jerusalem, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/14/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israeli civilian at the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem city, Israel. The assailant was killed and the civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated at a market in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated at a railway station in Muharram Bek area, Alexandria city, Egypt. No casualties were reported though a train was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of a police station in Alexandria city, Egypt. At least two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated inside a computer shop in Yahya Khel district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Iskan area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Qush Tepa district, Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast and one assailant was killed and three assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Ukrainian military patrol near Krasna Talivka, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Nine soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying tribal elders in Ismael Khil area, Mando Zayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Six civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/14/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused an explosive device planted in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Assailants abducted Sheikh Said Almadani, a Sufi imam, in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. Almadani was later beheaded and crucified on October 16, 2015. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Sheikh Said Almadani was accused of sorcery.
10/14/2015: Assailants ambushed soldiers in Okene, Kogi state, Nigeria. One soldier and two assailants were killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked a Doctors Without Borders compound in Bangassou city, Mbomou prefecture, Central African Republic. A staff member was injured and four others were abducted and released shortly after the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked a government complex in Zinjibar city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked a military training camp in Halgan district, Hiiraan region, Somalia. At least one soldier and one assailant were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convoy in Qala Baland area, Bagram district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. An assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked a police squad in Ipekyolu district, Van province, Turkey. Two people, including one police officer and one assailant, were killed and a civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked Gendershe village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/14/2015: Assailants attacked military personnel in Mus province, Turkey. Two gendarme sergeants were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Assailants fired ten missiles that landed near Baninah Airport in Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Free Libya Martyrs Brigade.
10/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on traffic police personnel in Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One traffic police officer was killed and one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/14/2015: Assailants set fire to St. John the Evangelist church in Bannockburn, Victoria, Australia. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a military bunker in Kupwara town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Three soldiers were injured in the blast. Tehrik al-Mojahedin claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated at the office of Sardar Amjad Khosa in Taunsa town, Punjab province, Pakistan. Khosa, a Pakistan Muslim League: Nawaz (PML-N) member of the national assembly, was not harmed as he was not present at the time of the blast. In addition to the two bombers, at least eight people were killed and 15 others were injured in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military vehicle in Tekeli, Hakkari, Turkey. At least one soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military vehicle in Yavuzlar, Van, Turkey. Eight soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military vehicle on Mardin-Diyarbakir highway near Mazidagai, Mardin, Turkey. Three soldiers were killed and another three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Kharlachi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Aside from the death of the bomber, at least one person was injured in the blast. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2016: An explosive device attached to a police vehicle detonated in Karte-e-Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and two civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: An explosive device detonated in a market in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Zafraniya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the funeral of General Abdelrab Sheddadi in Marib, Yemen. At least four people were killed and ten people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/14/2016: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle in Ghazaliya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated near shops in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants abducted five farmers from South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Abbala extremists.
10/14/2016: Assailants abducted three people from a market at the Nierteti North camp in South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants armed with explosives raided a police station in Ido, Ekiti, Nigeria. A police inspector was killed and two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Ramusah neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Zuqdan, North Sinai, Egypt. Four assailants were killed and a soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in an area 40 kilometers from Bir al-Abd in North Sinai, Egypt. Twenty-seven people, including 12 soldiers and 15 assailants, were killed and six soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked and set fire to the house of a local official in Muxungue, Sofala, Mozambique. The official was injured and his child was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked government positions in Malakal, Upper Nile, South Sudan. At least 56 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Agwelek Forces claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked military personnel in Adiyaman, Turkey. This was one of two related attacks targeting military personnel in two different provinces of Turkey on this date. Two soldiers were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked military personnel in Bitlis, Turkey. This was one of two related attacks targeting military personnel in two different provinces of Turkey on this date. Two soldiers were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked police forces in Godogodo, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least two police officers were killed and one officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked the residence of Jeffery Woodke, an American aid worker, in Abalak, Tahoua, Niger. Two people, including a national guard member, were killed and Woodke was abducted during the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
10/14/2016: Assailants attacked the State Supreme Council building in Tripoli, Libya. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
10/14/2016: Assailants attempted to set fire to an asylum center in Fagersjo, Stockholm, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at a Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) pipeline near Ughelli, Delta, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that such attacks would continue if the government failed to hold substantive negotiations.
10/14/2016: Assailants fired a rocket that struck a fishing depot in Calticak, Antalya, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Police officials also attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: Assailants fired mortars at African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) bases in Qoryoley, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least two civilians were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers near a school in Jobar neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2016: Assailants fired three mortars at peshmerga forces in Maktab Khalid area, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted the attack occurred shortly after the prime minister had left the area.
10/14/2016: Assailants opened fire at a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) convoy in Zakura, Jammu and Kashmir, India. An SSB member was killed and eight people were injured in the attack. Al-Umar Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the incident;. Additionally, police officials attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
10/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on a gendarmerie border post in Kulp, Diyarbakir, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdullahi Ga'mey, a civilian, at a cafe in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Ga'mey was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab had carried out the attack.
10/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Spini-Sabzal Cross neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were killed in the assault. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State separately claimed responsibility for the attack. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi also claimed responsibility and stated that the incident was carried out in retaliation for the death of three group members.
10/14/2016: Assailants opened fired at a border security center Jazan, Saudi Arabia. A border guard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/14/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at a gas truck in Calticak, Antalya, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck outside the Safari Hotel at the K5 intersection in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, at least 588 people, including three United States citizens, were killed and 316 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Mogadishu on this date; the assailants intended to target Aden Adde International Airport. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated at a pipeline in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated at Mautuma Primary School in Lugari, Kakamega, Kenya. One student was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a Sahwa Council member in Arab Ebjur neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated near a produce kiosk in Zaidan, Al Anbar, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated near Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers in Wadh, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Five civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Sirvan district, Siirt, Turkey. At least seven soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/14/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting police personnel in the Dehburi, Kabul, Afghanistan. Assailants also threw grenades at the officers. At least two officers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: Assailants abducted a civilian in Garmsir, Helmand, Afghanistan. The civilian was later killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban and stated that the victim had been accused of spying for the government.
10/14/2017: Assailants abducted five fishermen in Simbahan, Pangutaran, Sulu, Philippines. The hostages were rescued on November 17, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed that attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/14/2017: Assailants abducted Junaid Ibrahim from his residence near the University of Swat in Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The whereabouts of Ibrahim, a freelance journalist, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/14/2017: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Army headquarters in Tall Safouk, Nineveh, Iraq. Sixteen people, including five soldiers and 11 assailants, were killed and 13 soldiers 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).
10/14/2017: Assailants attacked five civilians in Chah Gardana, Herat, Afghanistan. The five civilians were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of kidnapping civilians.
10/14/2017: Assailants attacked police checkpoints near Asadabad, Kunar, Afghanistan. At least 10 assailants were killed and four assailants and two police officers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/14/2017: Assailants attempted to extort money from civilians in Batasan, Makilala, North Cotabato, Philippines. Security forces responded, injuring one assailant. In addition, at least two soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/14/2017: Assailants attempted to seize weapons from security guards in Qazigund, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) members in connection with the attack.
10/14/2017: Assailants attempted to set fire to the house of Ibrahim Abiriga, a member of parliament, in Arua, Northern, Uganda. There were no reported casualties as relatives thwarted the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: Assailants opened fire on two police vehicles in Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One police officer was killed and two officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
10/14/2017: Assailants shot and injured Tarkeshwar Paswan, a former Maoist, in Thathan Bujurg, Bihar, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that Paswan was accused of being a police informant.
10/14/2017: Assailants shot and killed Makhata Cheteh, an assistant village chief, at a mosque in Ban Talo Bongae, Pattani, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Heikham Dingo Singh, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), in Sekmai, Manipur, India. There were no reported casualties as the device failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/14/2017: Assailants, including an unknown number of suicide bombers, opened fire on a military checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least one assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/14/2017: Security forces identified and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/14/2017: Security forces identified and intercepted a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint in Wadajir neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. The assailant was arrested and the vehicle detonated a short time later, killing two people. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Mogadishu on this date; the assailants intended to target Aden Adde International Airport. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/14/2017: Security forces identified and intercepted an unknown number of suicide bombers targeting Tall Dhahab, Saladin, Iraq. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/14/2017: Security officers identified and arrested a suicide bomber attempting to drive an explosives-laden vehicle into the 5th police district of Kabul, Afghanistan. The assailant, identified as Zainuddin, was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Haqqani network.
10/15/1970: Unknown perpetrators bombed a Police Storefront Center in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.  The Storefront Center was an experimental program focusing on improving relations between police and the African American community of Kansas City.  The building was damaged and Officers Kenneth Fleming and Charles Robinson were injured.
10/15/1977: Members of the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) planted a bomb, containing four sticks of dynamite and a timing device, at the National Guard Armory in Chicago, Illinois in the United States.  The bomb was found by three children, and turned over to an adult, who subsequently called the authorities. The bomb did not detonate; thus, no one was injured and there was no property damage.
10/15/1984: Unknown perpetrators ignited a fire at the rear of the Planned Parenthood Association of Humboldt County in Eureka, California, United States.  There were no casualties,  but the abortion clinic sustained minor damage.
10/15/1989: Marjorie Reed set a fire at the North Jersey Women's Health Clinic in Fairfield, New Jersey, United States.  There were no casualties but the health care facility sustained $5,000 in damages.
10/15/1994: Unknown perpetrators torched a skidder belonging to lumberman, David Boynton, off of Foster Hill Road in Franklin County, Maine in the United States. There were no casualties in the incident, but the skidder, which was destroyed in the arson, was valued at $25,000.  Before the skidder had been deliberately set on fire, the filters were removed and strewn around the area.
10/15/1998: A homemade device exploded in a residential area of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Another bomb exploded nearby 30 minutes after this attack. There were no casualties, but the area sustained minor damage. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/15/1998: A homemade device exploded in a residential area of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Another bomb exploded nearby 30 minutes prior to this attack. There were no casualties, but the area sustained minor damage. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/15/1998: A homemade device exploded in the courtyard of a compound housing the Commission for National Reconciliation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The force of the explosion was estimated as equivalent to 1 kg of TNT. There were no casualties, but the blast knocked out the windows on the ground and first floors of nearby buildings. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
10/15/1998: Rebels attacked a Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) convoy 12 miles outside of Koboko, Uganda, killing three aid workers and injuring two others. The remaining NPA staff, who were traveling in a land cruiser behind the truck escaped. The rebels later torched the truck and the NPA land cruiser, stealing all supplies from the vehicle. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/1999: Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi, Father Vittorio Bongiovanni, Father Paul Kabbah Mansaray and a group of humanitarian workers were kidnapped by unidentified armed men near Masuongbo along the Makeni-Lunsar highway in Sierra Leone. Authorities believed that a group of rebel soldiers loyal to former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) Chairman Lieutenant Koroma may have carried out the attack. The victims were rescued three days later without incident. Koroma told the Vatican that he and his rebels had rescued the group, but denied responsibility for the kidnapping.
10/15/2000: Hutu rebels opened fire on a vehicle carrying six people headed to Sunday Mass in Gihiza, Gitega, Burundi.  One of the passengers, an Italian nun named Gina Simionato, was shot and killed in the ambush.  A Burundi nun was also injured in the attack.  The motive behind the attack is unknown.
10/15/2000: Members of a right-wing paramilitary group abducted eleven villagers from Barbosa, Antioquia department, Colombia.  The assailants accused the captives of being guerrilla collaborators.  All of the captives, consisting of seven men and four women, were found shot to death on a dirt road near to Barbosa the next day.
10/15/2001:  A letter delivered by mail to the U.S. Consulate in Melbourne, Australia contained an unknown chemical agent.  No injuries were reported in the attack.
10/15/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, a seven-month-old boy and son of an American Broadcasting Company (ABC) producer tested positive for anthrax after having visited the ABC newsroom on September 28th. The perpetrator(s) was unknown as was the method of transmission, since no letter was found as in the other anthrax cases. Many more spores were found in the building when the location was inspected. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/15/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, the office of Senator Tom Daschle was the target of an anthrax attack, in which twenty-eight people were exposed. The letter containing anthrax was postmarked in Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A. on October 9th, and was opened on October 15th. Two Washington area postal workers later died on October 21st and October 23rd from anthrax that appeared to be connected to the Daschle letter. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/15/2001: Six employees were tested for anthrax exposure after an envelope sent out by Microsoft to Malaysia was returned to the office in Reno, Washoe county, Nevada.  Authorities said the envelope was returned in strange condition and contained anthrax spores.  Four of the employees tested negative for types of anthrax poisoning except that contracted through the skin, while two employees were awaiting their results.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, authorities and sources speculated that al-Qaeda could be behind the anthrax letters due to their recent attacks on the World Trade Center.
10/15/2001: Six members of the Animal and Earth Liberations Fronts (ALF and ELF),  Stanislas Meyerhoff, Joseph Dibee, Jennifer Kolar, Darren Thurston, Rebecca Rubin, and Kevin Tubbs, placed four incendiary devices, each consisting of a five-gallon plastic bucket which contained a mixture of gasoline and a heavy petroleum distillate and timing devices, at the BLM Wild Horse Corrals in Litchfield, California in the United States.  The devices were ignited, and destroyed the barn, causing $207,497 in damages. There were no casualties in the incident.  On October 17, the perpetrators sent out a communique, claiming responsibility for the arson in the name of ELF, but also posting the letter on the ALF website.  In their statement, the group criticized BLM' slaughter of wild horses, and threatened future targeting of "industries and organizations that seek to profit by destroying the earth."  The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which committed nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.
10/15/2002: Windows on a bus shattered, injuring four passengers, as they traveled near Beit Shean, North District, Israel.  Authorities are unclear whether the incident was the result of a bombing, a shooting, or an accident.  However, members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the incident, claiming it was a shooting.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/15/2003: A ricin-laced letter, addressed to the Department of Transportation in Washington, DC, U.S.A., was intercepted at a mail sorting facility in Greenville, South Carolina. The letter, which threatened future ricin attacks if the government didn't pass pending trucking legislation, was signed by "Fallen Angel." The letter had a message on the outside of the envelope that read, "caution RICIN POISON Enclosed in sealed container. Do not open without proper protection." The author identified himself as a "fleet owner of a tanker company."
10/15/2003: A rocket was fired at Jorge Visbal, president of Colombia's National Livestock Federation, in Bogota, Colombia.  The rocket missed his vehicle and struck a building causing minor damage.  Authorities suspect the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) to be behind the attack, though no official claim of responsibility was made.  Police detained two of three suspects in the attack.  One suspect, a female, was wounded in a shootout with security forces and died from her injuries.
10/15/2003: Three American members of a diplomatic convoy were killed and another injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded beneath their vehicle near Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip.  A group calling itself the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the blast in a telephone call to a news agency in Jerusalem.  Palestinian authorities detained at least six suspects in response to the attack.
10/15/2004: A suicide car bomb, loaded with 300 pounds of explosives, struck near a police station in the al-Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing ten people and wounding four police officers. The day the bombing occurred was the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. No group took responsibility for the attack, which was targeting a nearby Iraqi police patrol.
10/15/2004: Three children and one policeman were killed when a bomb exploded in the Asmar area of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. Unidentified attackers fire at a truck, which drew a crowd, and then detonated a remote-controlled bomb.
10/15/2005: Unidentified perpetrators detonated two bombs, consecutively, in a market in Ahvaz, Iran killing four people and injuring 102 others. The homemade bombs were hidden in trash bins along Ahvaz’s heavily populated Naderi Avenue. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/15/2005: Unidentified rebels attacked the Indian Army's headquarters in Kathua (District) killing two soldiers and injuring six others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2006: A group of armed men of the (rebel) Justice and Equality Movement attacked a vehicle in Mallam area in Southern Darfur State, Sudan. The armed men shot dead 1 person and injured 2 others.
10/15/2006: A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives in front of a school, which killed two students and wounded 25 others in Kirkuk city, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2006: An IED was discovered in the Pagadian marketplace and defused. A second detonated, but caused no injuries because authorities had already cordoned off the area. Officials suspected that Jemaah Islamiyah was behind the attacks.
10/15/2006: Armed members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) ambushed Algerian security guards near an observation post in Sidi Medjahed, Algeria, as they were preparing to break the Ramadan fast.  Eight guards were killed in the incident.
10/15/2006: Around 8:45 am local time, a roadside bomb went off near the convoy of a deputy of the Interior Ministry in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, which killed 5 and injured 7 others. A female Deputy of Interior Ministry in the financial department survived unhurt when a roadside bomb hit her convoy in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast damaged 2 cars of the convoy. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2006: Members of the El-Ansar katibat, a faction of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC), remotely detonated a bomb targeting a police patrol near the Judicial Police Mobile Brigade (BMPJ) headquarters in Bordj Menaiel, Algeria.  Three policemen were injured  and it is unknown if the explosion caused any property damage.
10/15/2006: Muslim rebels shot dead an Indian police officer and injured another who were on a routine patrol duty in the Lal Chowk area of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2006: Perpetrators attacked a Christian congregation in Beshasha neighborhood, Jima, Welega Kifle Hager, Ethiopia. Using machetes, they beheaded and killed 10 civilians and wounded 30. No claim of responsibility was reported, but it was widely believed Islamic extremists were responsible.
10/15/2006: Suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) kidnapped three Sinhalese and two Muslim civilians who were collecting mangoes for business.  The Muslim civilians were released, but the three Sinhalese civilians were blindfolded, their hands were tied, and they were fatally shot in a jungle-area in Madavaithyakulam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
10/15/2006: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a member of the Kandahar (Province) provincial council (Mohammad Yunos Hossayni) and injured 2 people in the Topkhana area of Kandahar (Province) City, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2007: Four Iraqi civilians were killed and two multi-national force (MNF) soldiers (nationality unspecified) and 12 Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired an unspecified number of mortar rounds and subsequently fired on an MNF counterattack with small arms at a multi-national force base five kilometers south of Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq.
10/15/2007: Six Iraqi civilians were killed and 25 more were wounded when an unknown suicide car bomber detonated a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 6:00 PM outside a restaurant near Zawraa Park in the religiously-mixed al-Harthiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/15/2007: Six Iraqi Police officers were killed when an unknown suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at an Iraqi Police checkpoint near the offices of the Salahuddin Revival Council in Yathreb, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/15/2007: Six Sri Lankan Army soldiers were killed, one more was wounded, small arms were stolen, and a Sri Lankan Army outpost was burned down when an unknown number of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) perpetrators attacked a Sri Lankan Army detachment with small arms at approximately 6:00 PM in Yala National Park, Thalgasmankada, Hambantota (District), Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
10/15/2007: Three Afghan civilians and five Taliban perpetrators were killed and 12 ISAF soldiers were wounded when an unknown number of Taliban perpetrators fired on an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) convoy with small arms and the convoy returned fire in Maidanshahr, Jalriz (District), Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
10/15/2007: Two police personnel suffered injuries when two women LTTE rebels opened fire at them in front of a Hindu temple in Bandarikulama in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. The two policemen were traveling on a motorbike, and were both rushed to the hospital.
10/15/2007: Two suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) disguised themselves as civilians and opened fire at a police post in Thoddaveli, Mannar, Sri Lanka around 1:00pm.  Two police constables died from injuries sustained during the attack while being treated at Mannar hospital.  The two suspected LTTE members were thought to be women.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday early in the morning, unknown arsonists burned a private security man's car during a street violence attack in the town of Erandio, Barakaldo, Vizcaya Province, Spain. The fire, ignited by a can of solvent and cigarette-lighter fuel, completely burned the targeted vehicle and damaged two vehicles parked nearby. There were no reported casualties and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday evening at 1800, suspected militants placed a live hand grenade at the residential courtyard of the executive engineer of the IFCD at Khuga Dam Canal 1 at Hill Town village along Tipaimukh in Churachandpur, Manipur, India. Police later defused the bomb. No group has claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing and there were no reported casualties.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday morning, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkariya, Russia, assailants fired upon and wounded one police officer.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday night in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), Commissioner Herve Trepasse, head of CAR immigration services, was murdered by an unknown number of attackers, while travelling home.  The identity of the assailants, as well as any motives have not been established.  No claim has been made for this attack.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday night, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI) militants shot dead two persons at Bundu of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday, a former employees of a construction company, identified as Farid Ansari, was shot dead by unidentified militants outside a beetle shop along the Circular Road in Dimapur, Nagaland province, India. Police recovered three empty cases of 7.65 from the incident site. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday, Mohammad Al Ramahi threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli car that was traveling in the Jilazun refugee camp in Ramallah, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip, causing no casualties or damages. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) forces fired upon Ramahi after the attack, critically wounding him. No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2008: On Wednesday, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist militants abducted four railway employees from McCluskieganj railway station under the Dhanbad railway division in Jharkhand province, India. The abducted employees were identified as station master S.K. Singh, two deputy station masters and the guard of a goods train. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident and the status of the hostages is unknown. Furthermore, there were no reported casualties.
10/15/2008: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, detonated a bomb targeting members of the municipal guard on a reconnaissance patrol in Talour, Algeria.  Three municipal guardsmen were killed and two others were injured.  Following the blast, there was a brief firefight between the assailants and the municipal guardsmen.
10/15/2009: Members of Al-Qa ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) attacked a police officer near Mechrek village, Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria.  The officer was on his way home when the assailants intercepted and shot him.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident and specific motive is unknown.
10/15/2009: On Thursda morning at 0955, the Manawan Police Training Centre was attacked by assailants wearing police-like camouflage fatigues. The militants hurled a grenade and opened fire on the trainees. Police responded with a counter attack. Eleven people were killed, including Instructor Salamat Ali, Constable Tahir, Instructor Muhammad Aslam, Constable Nasarullah Khan, Sub-Inspector Anwar Ali, and a civilian. Fifty people were injured in the attack, including Mohammad Asif, Farooq, Mohammad Ashfaq, Basharat Ali, Iftikhar Hussain, MohammadYousaf, Imtiaz Ahmad, Mohammad Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Sajjad Ahmad, Adnan Ahmad, Mohammad Hanif, Iftikhar Ahmad, Shafqat Hussain, Inspector Ameer Mohammad, Fazal; Shahab Ali, Dildar, Waseem Abbas, Muzammil Hussain, Kalimullah, Mohammad Shakeel, Nadim Iqbal, and Nasar. This is also related to the attacks at the Federal Investigative Agency and the Elite Police Academy on the Bedian Road. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday afternoon around 1700, a 100 kilogram car bomb exploded outside the apartment of Shahjehan, a driver for the North West Frontier chief minister in Gulshan-e-Rahman Colony in Peshawar. The blast killed Hamza, the son of Shahjehan and 12 people were injured. The blast also caused damage to the complete block of apartments for governmental employees on Kohat Road. The other buildings developed cracks and the windows in nearby villages were shattered. A rescue operation was put into place after the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/15/2009: On Thursday afternoon, a booby-trapped bicycle bomb went off in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast wounded three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday morning at 0940, the Federal Investigative Agency on Temple Road was attacked by assailants in Lahore, Pakistan. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest opened fire on the people at this location. This was related to the police responding to the scene and cordoning off the area and killed the assailant. Police recovered a hand-grenade, seven chambers, dried fruit and an explosive vest. Police also arrested a young man near the building and took him to an undisclosed location for interrogation. Muhammad Siddiq, Muhammad Riaz, Syed Ikraamul Haq, Zaheer Afzal, Shahzad Younas (FIA inspector), and Rana Farooq (FIA inspector) lost their lives. Furthermore, simultaneous attacks occurred at the Manawan Police Training Centre and the Elite Police Academy on the Bedian Road. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday morning at 0956, the Elite Police Academy on Bedian Road, in Lahore was attacked. The security forces killed two attackers and freed the family that was being held hostage. Two other attackers blew themselves up. In total, five assailants were killed, ASI Ghulam Jaffer and Adil were killed. The police officers who were injured were Irfan Bukhari, Ilyas, Waseem, Suhail, Nazish Hussain, Iftikhar, and Ajmal Butt. This was also related to the attacks at the Federal Investigative Agency and the Manawan Police Training Centre. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday morning, around 0900, in downtown Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded near a vegetable market, targeting a emergency police patrol, wounding four policemen and damaging their car. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, in an unknown city in Faryab, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a marketplace, killing three civilians, wounding three others, and damaging a shop. No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, in Indanan, Sulu province, Philippines, suspected Al-Quaida affiliated militants bombed a telecommunication tower. The cell site of Smart Company was destroyed and mobile communications and internet service were cut off after the attack around 2230. No casualties were reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, in nearby village of Bato-bato, Sulu, suspected Al Qaida affiliated militants bombed a bridge, leaving it impassable to vehicles. The bridge called Talatak connects the town to other areas in the province and is frequently used by the military in the deployment of soldiers fighting the Abu Sayyaf and Moro rebels. No casualties were reported in the attack, and no group has claimed responsibility.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist members opened fire at Korchi polling station on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) members opened fire at a polling station in Burgi in Kotni sub-district.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants opened fire at Aeetalli polling station in the Kotni sub-district in the Gadchiroli district.
10/15/2009: On Thursday, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants opened fire at Tadgaon polling station in Bhamragad sub-district.
10/15/2010: On Friday night around 0200, in Barangay Rosary Heights-Mother, Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines, two unidentified men on a motorcycle lobbed an improvised explosive device into the house of Hadji Omar Kamsa Oranum, a candidate for village chairman in Maguindanao. The chairman was unharmed, but his mother and two children were injured. There was also damage to the house’s car park and glass windows were shattered. The bomb attack could be related to his filing of candidacy for chair of Barangay Rempes where he owns some 100 hectares of coconut and corn fields. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2011: On Saturday evening around 1800, in Isabela, Basilan, Philippines, two unknown assailants threw a hand grenade targeting the Twins Restaurant near a catholic church. The grenade failed to detonate and caused no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2011: On Saturday morning, in the Shuala area of Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen armed with silenced weapons shot and killed Lieutenant Colonel Saad Mohsen Alwan from Iraq's Ministry of the Interior. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2011: On Saturday morning, in western Baghdad, Iraq, an Iraqi intelligence officer, identified as Brigadier General Abdul Razzaq Khalaf, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen armed with silenced weapons. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2011: On Saturday night at 0400, in the village of Shamkhal in the Kirovsky district of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, a bomb planted by unidentified assailants detonated outside a grocery store. No casualties occurred, although the explosion did damage the building. No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2011: On Saturday night, in Aden, Adan, Yemen, a rocket fired by unidentified assailants struck a gasoline pipeline halting the pumping of gas. No casualties reported and the attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the pipeline. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, however al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is suspected.
10/15/2011: On Saturday, in an unknown area of Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, an improvised explosive device that had been planted at the entrance of the Quaid-i-Azam Public School, Swabi Branch (Boys Section), detonated. The blast injured watchman Juma Dad Khan and partially damaged the building. No group claimed responsibility.
10/15/2011: On Saturday, in Panj Shiri, Baghlan, Afghanistan, suicide bombers targeted a compound for Afghan and foreign troops as well as civilians. No casualties or damages were reported in the explosion. The Taliban claimed responsibility by unknown means.
10/15/2011: On Saturday, in the al-Abbara area of Diyala, Iraq, a police officer was killed by unknown gunmen outside of his home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2011: On Saturday, in Tura, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India, 15 suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants kidnapped three police officers, identified as William Maiong, Sambu Dalu and Naik Grejilstone Momin. The abduction was allegedly led by ‘southern commander’ Baichung Momin. Maiong was shot and killed and his body discovered by the police on 10/16/2011. The other two policemen were tortured and asked about police activities in the area before being released. No group claimed responsibility for the hostage taking, but the Garo National Liberation Army was suspected.
10/15/2011: On Saturday, near Kutum, Samal Darfur, Sudan, three people were killed when militants fired upon a mining transportation vehicle with unknown firearms. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2012: A grenade was thrown at an unknown target in Sai Buri district, Pattani province, Thailand. The grenade failed to explode. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/15/2012: An assailant shot Mahat Muhumed Said in Dadaab town, North Eastern province, Kenya. Said, the head of the security committee for the Ifo refugee camp, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect that the assailant was an Al-Shabaab sympathizer.
10/15/2012: An explosion occurred at a school in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Boko Haram.
10/15/2012: An explosive device detonated as a civilian vehicle was passing by in Jaghatu district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Taliban.
10/15/2012: An explosive device detonated in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The explosion targeted an Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol, killing one soldier and injuring three other individuals. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: An explosive device detonated in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Mardin province, Turkey. One police officer was killed and three injured. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/15/2012: An explosive device detonated near the town entrance in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Nine civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: An explosive device planted in a community health center detonated in Bar Taras area, Salarzia town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No casualties were reported; however, the health center was partially destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: An explosive device targeting an Assam Rifles patrol detonated in Imphal West district, Manipur state, India. Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the Assam Rifles were targeted because they did not heed a call to strike and suspend all activities in the region.
10/15/2012: An explosive device was discovered attached to a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Shabwah governorate, Yemen. The device was successfully defused by Yemeni military forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/15/2012: An explosive device was discovered outside of an Internet cafe in Tunga area, Minna city, Niger state, Nigeria. Before the device could be defused, it detonated; however, there were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Kirkuk municipality building in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person was killed and 10 injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants attacked a construction site in Gumia town, Jharkhand state, India. They assaulted the workers and set fire to a construction machine. The number of workers injured in the violence is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Maoists.
10/15/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Eight individuals were injured, including two police officers, and six assailants were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants attacked an Afghan police commander near a police checkpost in Dagyan area, Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The commander was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants attacked Nase Uma and his family in Tangyong Limo city, Rangae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Uma, a scrap rubber trader, was killed in the attack, and his wife and sister were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants attacked the Azito power plant in Yopougon district, Abidjan department, Lagunes region, Ivory Coast. There were no reported casualties, but the plant was partially damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants broke into the residence of Sahwa Council members in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two Council members and their father were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants in a car opened fire on an army checkpoint in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and two other individuals wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants kidnapped 10 members of the national reconciliation council in Ghormach district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
10/15/2012: Assailants kidnapped three teachers and a guard from Dogan village, Pervari district, Siirt province, Turkey. One teacher and one guard were released on October 15, 2012; however, the location of the other two teachers remains unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/15/2012: Assailants opened fire on a perfume shop in Gulshan town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Four members of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants opened fire on Suri Yuwadamrongchai in Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani province, Thailand. Yuwadamrongchai, an employee of the Provincial Administration Department, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants opened fire on Syed Sajjad Hussain Kazmi in a restaurant in North Nazimabad town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Kazmi, the city information secretary for the Pakistan's People Party (PPP), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants opened fire on the Sunni Tehreek party office in New Karachi town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Usman Qadri, a Sunni Tehreek member who was sitting outside of the office, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants set fire to a truck owned by the Jaya Construction company in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The truck was set on fire to attract police officers. Once the officers arrived in the area, the assailants detonated explosive devices and opened fire. Four police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Maoists, stating that it could have been in response to an expanding road construction program.
10/15/2012: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of the Greek military attache in Berlin city, Berlin state, Germany. The vehicle was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants shot Abdul Hannan at his refrigerator repair shop in Gulberg town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Hannan, a member of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Assailants shot Fazal Rabi Walizai in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Walizai, the director of the Public Works department of Jalalabad, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Taliban.
10/15/2012: Explosive devices detonated at a police officer's residence north of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The police officer was not home at the time; however, three family members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi military checkpoint in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Gunmen opened fire on the Asfandyar Khan Kakar's residence in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Kakar, the Minister of Food for Balochistan and member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was not home at the time; however, a Levies Force officer guarding the house was killed. Additionally, two of the assailants were killed in return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2012: Several explosive devices detonated in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 10 people were killed across the blasts, which occurred in the city center, London Chinki, and Gwange. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: A suicide bomber attempted to attack the Mehrabad police station in Tarinkot district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Police opened fire and killed the assailant before he could detonate his explosives. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated at the All Amir Middle Public School in Bakka Khel area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school was damaged. Security forces discovered and defused a second explosive device at the same location. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda in Sagaing city, Sagaing state, Myanmar. This was one of two such attacks in Sagaing on this day. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated in a market in Pashtun Zarghun district, Herat province, Afghanistan. At least eight people were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed it to the Taliban.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated in the restaurant at the Shwe Prasone Hotel in Sagaing city, Sagaing state, Myanmar. This was one of two such attacks in Sagaing on this day. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated inside a mosque in Al-Tadmon neighborhood of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. No additional information was available.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated inside of a mosque in Pul-e-Alam city, Logar province, Afghanistan. The blast targeted Arsala Jamal, the governor of Logar province. Jamal was killed in the blast, and 15 others were injured. Mahaz Fedai Tahrik Islami Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Al-Quds Mosque in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Around 12 people were killed and another 26 were injured in the blast. Several nearby vehicles and buildings were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Marwa Hospital in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated on the roof of the Church of Helena and Constantine in Yabrud village, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. No casualties were reported; however the church was damaged in the attack. This was one of two attacks on churches in the village on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/15/2013: An explosive device detonated on the roof of the Our Lady's Church in Yabrud village, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. No casualties were reported; however the church was damaged in the attack. This was one of two attacks on churches in the village on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/15/2013: Approximately 20 assailants kidnapped four people, including Dr. Salladin Teo, in Siasi town, Sulu province, Philippines. Two of the captives were recovered on October 16, 2013. The status of the remaining hostages is unknown No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/15/2013: Assailants abducted two Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) officers in Laman area, Badghis province, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
10/15/2013: Assailants attacked Onno Elderenbosch in Moscow city, Moscow oblast, Russia. The assailants, disguised as electricians, entered Elderenbosch's residence, injured him, and wrote "LGBT" on his wall. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: Assailants attacked solders in the military barracks at Ras Al-Mingar in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The soldiers were attacked while they were sleeping. Two soldiers, of the Mushha Infantry Brigade, were killed and an unknown number of other soldiers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2013: Assailants fired mortars into the Al-Qanawat neighborhood of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/15/2013: Assailants kidnapped a civilian in Al-Bab town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The individual was beaten during the abduction and later freed on January 13, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
10/15/2013: Assailants kidnapped Alam from the Pedarak area of Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Alam, a prayer leader, was killed and his body was found on October 16, 2013. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating they targeted Alam because he was a state agent.
10/15/2013: Assailants opened fire on Mahmoud Al-Nakhii in Ghayl Bawazir village, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Al-Nakhii, a police officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a officials speculated that the assailants were members of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/15/2013: Assailants opened fire on Mohibullah Noori's vehicle in the Tothmandi area of Parwan province, Afghanistan. Noori, a National Security Council (NSC) officer, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: Assailants opened fire on Somchai Suprungruang in Kamphaeng Saen district, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. Suprungruang, a candidate for the Kamphaeng district seat, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: Assailants planted three explosive devices at the Jamia Rasheedia Seminary in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The devices were defused without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: Assailants set fire to a mosque in Ronvnoe village, Crimea republic, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the mosque was severely damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
10/15/2013: Assailants shot and killed a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/15/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a Balochistan Constabulary vehicle in Hazarganji area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least 12 people, including Balochistan Constabulary personnel and civilians, injured by the blast. Lashkar-e-Balochistan claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/15/2013: Gunmen attacked a military base in Al-Hawtah village, Lahij governorate, Yemen. At least three soldiers were killed and five others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/15/2013: Gunmen set up a roadblock and opened fire on a bus near Valdivia municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia. One person was killed and at least five were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities speculated that it was carried out by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/15/2013: Three members of a Sky News Arabia media crew were abducted in the vicinity of Anadan, Aleppo governorate, Syria. One member of the team was released at an unspecified date and the outcome for the remaining two captives is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2013: Two gunmen attacked a Philippine Army soldier in Guipos municipality, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. The soldier, Private First Class Botz Malalis, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: A landmine was discovered and defused in Aldandi area, Maharashtra state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists attempting to disrupt polling.
10/15/2014: A landmine was discovered and defused in Pendri area, Maharashtra state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists attempting to disrupt polling.
10/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy in Tora Gollain area, Birmal tehsil, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two FC personnel were wounded in the blast. This was one two related incidents targeting FC personnel in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: A rocket hit the Central Pharmacy in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported by the blast, but the pharmacy was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a jirga of the Touheed-ul-Islam (TuI) peace militia in Pir Mela area, Tirah valley, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, seven people were killed and 15 wounded in the blast; the victims included Aman Lashkar members and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan), who denied involvement.
10/15/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) official at the Afarta Jardiino junction in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. In addition to the bomber, at least five people, including the intelligence official and a khat dealer, were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: An assailant attempted to detonate an explosives-laden vehicle targeting special forces soldiers in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The assailant was killed before detonating the explosives. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated at Arkan Khalaf al-Tarmuz's private residence near Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Al-Tarmuz, a council member, was not injured , although his house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated at the compound of Soler Isnain Undug in San Rafael village, Isabela city, Basilan province, Philippines. Undug, the district engineer for Basilan, was not harmed in the blast, but a vehicle and a cottage were damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated near an oil pipeline in Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to tribesmen.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated near shops 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.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a patrol of soldiers in Village no. 7, Pasemas subdistrict, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two soldiers, a village chief, and the chief's assistant were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a restaurant on Dubai street in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported from the blast, but the restaurant was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting Frontier Corps (FC) personnel responding to the scene of an earlier attack in Tora Gollain area, Birmal tehsil, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Eight FC personnel were wounded in the blast. This was one two related incidents targeting FC personnel in the same area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting the convoy of Ali Roba in Mandera city, Mandera county, Kenya. Roba, the governor of Mandera, was not harmed in the blast, but at least one of his bodyguards was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Al-Shabaab.
10/15/2014: An explosive device hidden inside a shopping bag detonated at Syed Abdul Qudoos Shah shrine in Pishtakhara area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in front of a cafe frequented by government workers in Hamarweyne district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least five people were killed and 10 people were wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants abducted Riquery Neo from his motorcycle in Cawayan village, Ragay town, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. Neo, a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) soldier, was released unharmed the following day, on October 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, a military officials suspect that the New People's Army (NPA) was behind the attack.
10/15/2014: Assailants ambushed motorists in Bangai area, Plateau state, Nigeria. A pastor was shot and injured in the ambush. This was one of two attacks on motorists in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2014: Assailants armed with grenades and small arms attacked a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) convoy in Eighth district, Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. Four Cameroonian MINUSCA peacekeepers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Anti-Balaka Militia.
10/15/2014: Assailants assaulted a Battalion 204 military camp in an attempted suicide attack in Benghazi, Benghazi district, Libya. One soldier was killed and eight were wounded in the attack, but no assailants were killed or injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries.
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked an Ethiopian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy on Dhusamareb-Ceel-Lahele road in Dhusamareb district, Galguduud region, Somalia. Six assailants and two soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked Andalus area, Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in the city on the same day. The outcomes of the attacks are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked civilians at their residences in Kadohu neighborhood, seven kilometers from Ngadi neighborhood, near Beni town, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fourteen people were killed and six others were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks targeting civilians in peripheral neighborhoods of Beni on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked civilians at their residences in Ngadi neighborhood, eight kilometers from Beni town, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 12 people were killed and four others were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks targeting civilians in peripheral neighborhoods of Beni on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked Iskan area, Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in the city on the same day. The outcomes of the attacks are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in the city on the same day. The outcomes of the attacks are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Amchide town, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. At least 30 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings, including churches and bars, were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
10/15/2014: Assailants attacked Thubat area, Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in the city on the same day. The outcomes of the attacks are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2014: Assailants fired mortars at residential areas in Shibis district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
10/15/2014: Assailants fired rockets at the home of a Huthi supporter in Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the home was damaged. This was one of four similar attacks in Al Bayda on the same date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/15/2014: Assailants fired rockets at the international airport in Labraq city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. No casualties were reported, as the rockets missed and landed in farmland. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
10/15/2014: Assailants kidnapped a military commander and a colleague, who was a militia member, in Zawiya town, Zawiya district, Libya. The whereabouts of the victims were unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room (LROR).
10/15/2014: Assailants launched a grenade at a barangay hall in Balete village, Magpet town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on a passenger bus in Bangai area, Plateau state, Nigeria. At least two people were killed and 10 people were injured in the attack. This was one of two attacks on motorists in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpost in Ghariabad area, Kalat district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on Aduele Waleh in Jakwa village, Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. Waleh, a former Ranger, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ali Zaid al-Thari in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Thari, an army colonel, was killed in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Aman Lashkar checkpost in Qandharu area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One Aman Lashkar member was killed and one wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on Latif Aalam Butt in Kamra area, Attock district, Punjab province, Pakistan, Butt, an Ahmadi civilian and former air force official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on Syed Hassan Mujtaba Zaidi in Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Zaidi, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist and prominent Shia figure, was killed and his three children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, which authorities suspected was sectarian in nature.
10/15/2014: Assailants set fire to an Argos Cement Company truck in Cacahual area, Antioquia department, Colombia. No one was injured, but the truck was destroyed by the blaze. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/15/2014: Assailants shelled a Ukrainian army position in Avdiivka area, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/15/2014: Assailants shelled Ukrainian army positions 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.
10/15/2014: Assailants shelled Ukrainian army positions in Debaltseve town, 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.
10/15/2014: Assailants shelled Ukrainian army positions in Hranitne town, 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.
10/15/2014: Assailants shelled Ukrainian army positions in Ridkodub town, 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.
10/15/2014: Assailants shelled Ukrainian army positions near Chernigov town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/15/2014: Assailants used tanks and carried out airstrikes in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least 12 people were killed and 10 people were injured in the incident. Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar claimed responsibility, stating the attack was an attempt to liberate the city from February 17 Martyrs Brigade.
10/15/2015: A rocket struck an apartment building in Kish district, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least one person was killed and three others were injured in the attack. This was one of five related attacks in Benghazi on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a mosque in Molai area, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks at the mosque within a few minutes. In addition to the two assailants, at least 14 people were killed and 25 people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/15/2015: A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mosque in Molai area, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks at the mosque within a few minutes. In addition to the two assailants, at least 14 people were killed and 25 people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/15/2015: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near a fish lake in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Malik Gulzada Khan in Serai, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2015: An explosive device detonated on Donetska street, Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device planted under a soldier's vehicle was discovered and defused in Linden Gardens neighborhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: An explosive device targeting a police station detonated in Jowhar city, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
10/15/2015: An explosive device targeting the house of a senior armed forces commander detonated in Jowhar city, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
10/15/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused under a culvert near Chaugain area, Roshanganj village, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/15/2015: An unknown number of cane bombs were discovered and defused at a school in Dumaria, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/15/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused at a middle school to be used as a polling station in Dumari village, Uttar Pradesh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/15/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Banke Bazar, Gaya district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/15/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Herhanj area, Latehar district, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/15/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Panki area, Latehar district, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/15/2015: Assailants abducted four truck drivers on a road between the towns of Umm al-Aranib and Qatrun, Murzuq district, Libya. The hostages were released on November 16, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction.
10/15/2015: Assailants abducted Soma Madkami and Rama Madhi from Kanaguda village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. Both hostages were killed shortly after the kidnapping. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were targeted because the group believed they were police informants and had assisted with anti-Maoist operations.
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked a pro-government militia checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid town, North Sinai province, Egypt. Three militia members were abducted and two others were injured in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked police and militia personnel in Ishkamish district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. Three police officers and one militia member were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked public transport vehicles in Shash Gao, Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in Saydabad on this day. Two civilians were killed and nine civilians were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked public transport vehicles in Sultankhel, Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in Saydabad on this day. Two civilians were killed and nine civilians were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked security force members in Awjah, Saladin, Iraq. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked security posts along the Kabul-Bamyan highway, near Maydan Shahr city, Wardak province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on posts along highways near the city. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants attacked security posts along the Kabul-Ghazni highway, near Maydan Shahr city, Wardak province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on posts along highways near the city. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants destroyed a bridge and blocked a road in Shahjoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on Muslim civilians in Yakite area, Bangui city, Central African Republic. At least one person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the anti-Balaka militia.
10/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on two soldiers in Merca town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. One of the soldiers then retaliated by opening fire in the area. Two people, including a soldier and civilian were killed and one civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants set fire to a telephone tower in Zerkoh area, Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting mobile phone towers in Zerkoh on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of Ronald Ndawula, a National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairperson, in Luweero district, Central region, Uganda. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants shelled Al Fuwayha neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of five related attacks in Benghazi on this day. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants shelled Al Rahba neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of five related attacks in Benghazi on this day. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants shelled Beloun neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of five related in Benghazi attacks on this day. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Assailants shelled Tablino neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of five related attacks in Benghazi on this day. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Explosive devices detonated targeting a military patrol in Ramadi district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Twelve soldiers were killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle near the Baiji Refinery in Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Security forces discovered and destroyed three explosives-laden vehicles in As Siniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Security forces identified and killed three suicide bombers north of the Baiji Refinery in Saladin, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2015: Two explosive devices detonated on a road between Tiger Camp and Pangaltabi, Uyumpok village, Manipur state, India. A civilian was injured in the blast. Additionally, a third explosive device was discovered and defused at the scene following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at a Shia gathering in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 35 people were killed and 33 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: An assailant stabbed an Israeli Border Police officer in Har Adar, West Bank. The border guard was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Baghdad al-Jadeeda 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.
10/15/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying volunteer fighters in Hawr Rajab area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two volunteers were killed and four were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting chief security officer of the Borders and Tribal Affairs Department, Colonel Arif, in Kampono, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Arif was killed and a civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Mohamed Abdi Mohamed in Burhakaba, Bay, Somalia. Mohamed, the Burhakaba district commissioner, died from his injuries on November 7, 2016. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Assailants abducted an Operation Solid Structure member from Sirte, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Assailants abducted Joga Kawashi in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. Kawashi, a suspected police informant, was killed on October 18, 2016. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Assailants abducted Yusuf Ajlan from his residence in Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. Ajlan, a former Al-Masdar Online journalist, was beaten before being released on November 23, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
10/15/2016: Assailants attacked Martyr Abu Bakr Zanad Brigade positions near Sirte, Libya. There were no reported casualties, though two vehicles were set on fire in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/15/2016: Assailants attacked police forces in Mutaybijah, Saladin, Iraq. At least eight police officers and three assailants were killed and 11 police officers 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).
10/15/2016: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Dih Yak, Ghazni, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and three officers were injured in the attack. The assailants also sustained an unspecified number of casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Assailants attacked two Civil Guard officers and their partners while they were dining in Alsasua, Navarre, Spain. All four victims suffered unspecified injuries in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Alde Hemendik Movement.
10/15/2016: Assailants fired a missile targeting the USS Mason, a United States Navy ship, in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists, who denied involvement.
10/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a refugee camp in Ngakobo, Ouaka, Central African Republic. At least 11 people were killed and 10 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Seleka.
10/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying paramilitary forces in Sumisip district, Basilan, Philippines. A soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Frontier Corps (FC) officials in Mand, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one assailant was killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Munawar Jamal in North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. Jamal, a Pakistani Police constable, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Atta, Imo, Nigeria. At least one police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a Deputy Superintendent of Police in Tootigund, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Assailants raided Al-Khasfah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing seven assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/15/2016: Assailants raided Godogodo, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, an unknown number of people were injured, and the village was set on fire in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/15/2016: Assailants set fire to construction equipment for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Reasnor, Iowa, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device at a carnival in Midsayap district, North Cotabato, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device at a market in Guwahati, Assam, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting a military base in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Boko Haram in the attack.
10/15/2016: Three assailants armed with machetes attacked police officers in Maungdaw district, Rakhine, Myanmar. The three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2016: Two suicide bombers raided the house of an Iraqi Volunteer Forces leader in Kuban, Diyala, Iraq. At least four members of the chief's family were killed in the attack. Following the assault, the assailants fled but were cornered by security members, causing them to detonate and kill themselves. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2017: A landmine detonated targeting the vehicle of a police commander in Khash, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed and two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: An assailant threw Molotov cocktails at Israeli Border Police officers in Jerusalem, West Bank. The assailant injured himself before being arrested, and there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Lapanday Corp banana export firm office in Kalaong, Maitum, Sarangani, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Maute Group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one civilian was killed and five civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: An explosive device detonated near Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers carrying out demining operations in Kharlachi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Kharlachi within a short period of time. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police convoy responding to an earlier attack in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat, Thailand. An unknown number of police officers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related incidents in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to separatists.
10/15/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Sayyid Abdallah, Babil, Iraq. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants abducted Basant Bhatt from his house in Durgapanga, Odisha, India. Bhatt was killed and his body was discovered on October 17, 2017. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and accused Bhatt of being a police informant.
10/15/2017: Assailants abducted Islam Gul Afridi as he was traveling from Islamabad to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Afridi, a journalist working with a foreign media organization, was released the following day, on October 16, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2017: Assailants abducted Shah Nawaz Tarakzai in Shabqadar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Tarakzai, a Radio Free Liberty journalist, was released the following day, on October 16, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/15/2017: Assailants abducted Yagoub Hussein Yagoub El Shaikh, an internally displaced person, in Tawilah, North Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked a checkpoint at Al-Zohour military camp in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. At least 30 people, including 24 assailants and six soldiers, were killed and 21 people, including one assailant and 20 soldiers, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2017: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked a military checkpoint at the airport near Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. At least 30 people, including 24 assailants and six soldiers, were killed and 21 people, including one assailant and 20 soldiers, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2017: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked a military checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. At least 30 people, including 24 assailants and six soldiers, were killed and 21 people, including one assailant and 20 soldiers, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2017: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked Karam Al-Qawadis military checkpoint in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of six coordinated attacks targeting checkpoints in the area on this date. At least 30 people, including 24 assailants and six soldiers, were killed and 21 people, including one assailant and 20 soldiers, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/15/2017: Assailants attacked a police station in Bulan, Sorsogon, Bicol, Philippines. One police officer, identified as Junie Caneda, was injured in the attack. This was one of two incidents targeted police stations in Sorsogon on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/15/2017: Assailants attacked a police station in Gubat, Sorsogon, Bicol, Philippines. One police officer, Dennis Garbida, was killed in the attack. This was one of two incidents targeting police stations in Sorsogon on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/15/2017: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Maruf, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least four police officers and 15 assailants were killed and two police officers and unknown number of assailants were wounded in the clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants attacked security personnel repairing a school in Quirino, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. One soldier was killed and one police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/15/2017: Assailants attacked Taagbe, Bassa, Plateau, Nigeria. Six people were killed and at least five others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani extremists.
10/15/2017: Assailants fired four mortars that landed and detonated on Qishleh Street in Bab Sharqi neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. At least four people were killed and five other people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants fired mortars targeting Niyazi Mi'mar Uglu, the Council of Representatives rapporteur, in Taza Khurmatu, Kirkuk, Iraq. Uglu was not harmed; however, his son was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in At Tabbeleh neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants hijacked a boat transporting supplies for security personnel near Entaguda, Odisha, India. An unknown number of crew members were injured in the attack. The boat's captain was also held hostage for several hours before being released. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Ban Taba, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least one person, a Malaysian civilian, was killed in the attack. This was one of two related incidents in Tak Bai district on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to separatists.
10/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) headquarters in Hayy al Askari, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a residence in Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants set fire to two vehicles belonging to members of the Sons of William Flute Band in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants set fire to two vehicles on Bramcote Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants shot and killed two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Angor Bagh, Kunduz, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a polling center in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an opposition leader attributed the attack to pro-government extremists.
10/15/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
10/15/2017: Security forces identified and killed three suicide bombers targeting a security checkpoint in Um al-Sawn, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/15/2017: Two explosive devices detonated near Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers responding to an earlier incident in Kharlachi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least four soldiers were killed and three other soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Kharlachi within a short period of time. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/16/1994:  In a series of three related attacks, Roy Ray Martin, El Trevino Muniga, and Ricky Rivera Muniga lured Autry Morgan Vaughn Jr., an African American, to their car in Lubbock, Texas, United States and shot him.  Autry Morgan Vaughn Jr. was wounded in the jaw but survived.  The perpetrators hoped to incite a race war.
10/16/1994:  In a series of three related attacks, Roy Ray Martin, El Trevino Muniga, and Ricky Rivera Muniga lured Melvin Johnson, an African American, to their car in Lubbock, Texas, United States and shot him.  Melvin Johnson died from his wounds.  The perpetrators hoped to incite a race war.
10/16/1994:  In a series of three related attacks, Roy Ray Martin, El Trevino Muniga, and Ricky Rivera Muniga lured Triellis Lee Stewart, an African American, to their car in Lubbock, Texas, United States and shot him.  Triellis Lee Stewart was shot in the hand and had a finger amputated.  The perpetrators hoped to incite a race war.
10/16/1998: In a series of attacks on this day, unknown assailants bombed a Mausoleum in Sidi Boulenouar, Algeria. This attack killed three civilians and injured two others. The Mausoleum sustained some damage from the explosion. No group or individual claimed credit for this attack, but Islamists were suspected.
10/16/1998: In a series of attacks on this day, unknown assailants killed four people in Oued Hamama, Algeria. No group or individual claimed credit for this attack, but Islamists were suspected.
10/16/1998: In a series of attacks on this day, unknown assailants killed nine people in an overnight attack in Constantine, Algeria. No group or individual claimed credit for this attack, but Islamists were suspected.
10/16/1998: In a series of attacks on this day, unknown assailants slit the throats of three family members, in their home near Ain Temouchent, Algeria. No group or individual claimed credit for this attack, but Islamists were suspected.
10/16/1998: Suspected Kuki militants attacked two passenger buses, escorted by Manipur Rifles personnel, near Genel, India. Nine Naga villagers were killed and ten others injured. The buses sustained minor damage.
10/16/1998: Two armed men abducted Rolando Canes, and owner of fishing trawlers, in Naga, Philippines. The assailants, aboard two motorboats, stopped Canes' pumpboat near a wharf in Naga and took Canes captive. Canes's fate was unknown. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was suspected of carrying out this kidnapping. It was further suspected that the kidnapping was a case of mistaken identity and that the assailants were targeting another well-known businessman in the area.
10/16/1999: A Civil Guard officer was slightly injured when a group of 4 hooded individuals attacked the corps's barracks in Ondarroa, Biscay Province, Spain, with six or eight petrol bombs.
10/16/1999: A Myanmar oil tanker at anchor close to the country's border with Thailand came under a bombing attack by Myanmar nationals. Several hours later, police in the Thai port of Ranong, arrested three Myanmar nationals, who were traveling in a boat in Thai waters and carrying dynamite and fuses. The suspects denied involvement in the explosion. The tanker burned for seven hours and two crewmen were killed in the attack.
10/16/1999: In a series of attacks in the Haute-Corse department, a Telediffusion de France (TDF) pylon in Alzitone was felled by a 10 kilogram bomb. No casualties occurred in this incident, for which there was no claim of responsibility. Investigators believed, however, that these attacks were politically motivated. TDF is a public sector broadcasting company in France.
10/16/1999: In one of two attacks, rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces opened fire on a bus travelling from Kampala to Kasese as it passed near the junction leading to a popular safari lodge in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. A soldier and his parents were injured and the soldier's three-year-old daughter was killed in the attack. The attacks were carried out in an effort to distract the army against operations on their bases in the Rwenzori Mountain range.
10/16/1999: Left-wing rebels kidnapped 13 people who were on a small boat near Juancacho, Colombia.  Family members offered to take the place of their kidnapped loved ones.  All 13 hostages were released.  Authorities believe that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are responsible.
10/16/1999: Three pro-Indonesia militiamen were shot dead and three others wounded after using automatic weapons and assault rifles to attack an Interfet (International Force East Timor) multinational peacekeeping patrol north of the town of Maliana, East Timor, Indonesia. The conflict lasted almost two hours, when helicopters were sent in and evacuated the patrol of five-six Interfet forces, none of whom were injured in the attack. The exact number of perpetrators was not known, but was estimated to be about twenty.
10/16/2000: A leading member of the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and United Democratic Movement (UDM) election candidate, Victor Sam, was gunned down outside of a private residence by unknown attackers in Cape town, South Africa. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/16/2000: A Taliban police station was bombed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban blamed opposition forces, led by Ahmed Shah Masood, for the blast. Ten people were injured in the incident.
10/16/2000: Four gunmen shot at and killed three worshippers leaving the Al Adjiba mosque in Bouira, Algeria. It was unknown who was responsible for the attack.
10/16/2000: Police safely defused a parcel bomb addressed to Raul del Pozo, a journalist from the newspaper El Mundo, in Madrid, Spain.  A postal worker at the post office located at the Chamartin train station in Madrid had noticed the suspicious package and alerted the police before it could be delivered.  The bomb consisted of 170 grams of compressed gunpowder.  An unnamed group claimed responsibility, calling themselves the friends of "highly dangerous prisoners with a completely anarchist ideology".
10/16/2000: The Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) attempted to assassinate a Spanish administrative military official by rigging a bomb to his car in Seville, Spain. The bomb, however, was detected by the intended target and defused before it detonated.
10/16/2000: Two Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) members killed a Spanish military doctor, Lieutenant-colonel Antonio Munoz Carinanos, in Seville, Spain. One of the ETA members was killed and the other was injured and later captured by police following the incident.
10/16/2000: Two Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers were injured lightly from shots fired at them from Jordan, near Kibbutz Gilgal north of Jericho. The assailants were located on the Jordanian side of the border and the IDF soldiers were patrolling the border.
10/16/2001: A Catholic home in north Belfast, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland was the target of a pipe bomb attack. Minor damage was done to the home, but no one was injured. Protestant groups were blamed for the attacks. Another home was also bombed.
10/16/2001: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Jorge Eliecer Meneses, Liberal Party member and former congressman, after kidnapping him and his brother from Meneses' ranch in Pailitas, Cesar province, Colombia.  His brother was later released.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, authorities believed that the United Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) was responsible as they claimed responsibility for similar attacks that occurred shortly before this one.
10/16/2002: A parcel bomb exploded at the Deputy Inspector General's office in Karachi, Pakistan. The parcel was inscribed with a message claiming that it was gift from the MMS, referring to the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal, the alliance of six fundamentalist Islamic parties who won large vote gains during this period. A leader of the MMA denied involvement and said the blasts were aimed at creating instability. Lashkar-e Jhangvi, however, sent an email and claimed responsibility. Despite Lashkar-e Jhangvi claim, Pakistani officials blamed the Indian government.
10/16/2002: A parcel bombs was sent to the offices of the Sindh Home Department in Karachi, Pakistan. The parcel was inscribed with a message claiming that it was gift from the MMS, referring to the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal, the alliance of six fundamentalist Islamic parties who won large vote gains during this period. A leader of the MMA denied involvement and said the blasts were aimed at creating instability. Lashkar-e Jhangvi, however, sent an email and claimed responsibility. Despite Lashkar-e Jhangvi claim, Pakistani officials blamed the Indian government.
10/16/2002: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) killed 13 students in a mosque in El Hadjadj, Algeria. Two other were injured.
10/16/2002: Two parcel bombs were sent to the Crime Investigation Department (CID), based in Karachi, Pakistan. One of the bombs exploded injuring two investigators. The CID was tasked with tracking down fugitives from Osama bin Laden's network as well as Pakistani Islamic militants. The parcel was inscribed with a message claiming that it was gift from the MMS, referring to the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal, the alliance of six fundamentalist Islamic parties who won large vote gains during this period. A leader of the MMA denied involvement and said the blasts were aimed at creating instability. Lashkar-e Jhangvi, however, sent an email and claimed responsibility. Despite Lashkar-e Jhangvi claim, Pakistani officials blamed the Indian government.
10/16/2003: A bomb exploded on the grounds of the EDF Electric Company in Ghisonaccia, France. The bomb caused serious damage to the facility, but there were no casualties reported.  No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
10/16/2003: A bomb exploded outside a bookstore in Medellin, Colombia.  One person was killed and eight others were injured in the explosion. No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
10/16/2003: A bomb exploded outside a photocopying and printing shop in Medellin, Colombia.  No casualties resulted from the bombing. No claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
10/16/2003: A bomb hidden inside a truck detonated at an army checkpoint in Fortul, Colombia.  The driver of the vehicle was killed and one soldier was injured in the explosion.  Four civilian bystanders were hurt in the blast as well.  Authorities suspected that the driver was a member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), although the group made no official claim of responsibility.
10/16/2003: An explosive device containing gun powder was mailed to the police headquarters in Rome, Italy, but failed to detonate because it was detected and defused.  There was no claim of responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/16/2004: In a series of related attacks, five Christian churches were bombed around Baghdad, Iraq. In this incident a church near the Shurta tunnel in western Baghdad was targeted. No casualties occurred in the incidents, in which Muslim insurgents were suspected.
10/16/2004: In a series of related attacks, five Christian churches were bombed around Baghdad, Iraq. In this incident, a church in the Dora area was targeted. No casualties occurred in the incidents, in which Muslim insurgents were suspected.
10/16/2004: In a series of related attacks, five Christian churches were bombed around Baghdad, Iraq. In this incident, a church in the Mansur area was targeted. No casualties occurred in the incidents, in which Muslim insurgents were suspected.
10/16/2004: In a series of related attacks, five Christian churches were bombed around Baghdad, Iraq. In this incident, St. George's Church in the Karada area was targeted. No casualties occurred in the incidents, in which Muslim insurgents were suspected.
10/16/2004: In Baghdad, Iraq, mortar shells exploded near Ibn al-Betar hospital, killing one employee and wounding three others.
10/16/2004: In Baghdad, Iraq, mortar shells in the parking lot of the Mansour Hotel, which housed the Chinese Embassy and was home to foreign diplomats and journalists. No one was killed in the hotel attack.
10/16/2004: In Kirkuk, Iraq, Ghafur Abu-Bakr Hakim, a leader of Turkomaneli Party, an ethnic Turkish political group, was assassinated while driving his children to school. It was not known who perpetrated the attack on his vehicle.
10/16/2005: Approximately 20 suspected Islamic militants attacked the Phrom Prasit Temple, killing a Buddhist monk in Thailand’s Pattani Province. Two other people were killed in the assault before the perpetrators set the temple on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2005: Members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade fired guns at a hitchhiking post located at the West Bank’s Gush Etzion junction in Israel. Three people were killed and three others were injured in the attack. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the shooting in a phone call to Ynet.
10/16/2005: Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a group of Sri Lankan soldiers who were stationed at a tsunami relief camp in Batticaloa. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2005: Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked security forces after they had returned from a patrol in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Two women, who were civilian bystanders, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2005: Sri Lankan Army and police discovered and defused a C-4 type explosive outside of a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  The bomb was contained in a tin can and was believed to have been abandoned where it was found.  The bomb, if detonated inside of a building, would have caused considerable damage.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are believed to be involved.
10/16/2006: A booby-trapped car-bomb outside the Al-Rafidiyah Bank in Suwayrah, Iraq. At least 9 people were killed and another 35 injured. No known claims of responsibility were made.
10/16/2006: A couple bicycling to work at a Yala, Thailand rubber plantation were shot and killed by two Thai Muslim separatists on a motorcycle. No claim of reponsibility was forthcoming.
10/16/2006: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a Shia funeral tent in Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. This was one of two bombings targeting the funeral on the same day. In addition to the assailant, at least 20 people were killed and 17 other people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/16/2006: A suicide bomber riding in a taxi near the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport was diverted and cornered by Afghan police before he set off his bomb. The explosion occured on a busy road connecting the U.S. Embassy The attacker was killed, while other casualty reports are unclear: at least 2 civilians may have been killed and at least 3 may have been wounded. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/16/2006: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a Shia funeral tent in Ur neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. This was one of two bombings targeting the funeral on the same day; this later explosion targeted first responders and onlookers at the scene. At least 20 people were killed and 17 other people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/16/2006: Electrical engineer Theerapat Plifahchai was shot to death by two gunmen as he parked his pickup truck outside his office in Bannang Sata, Thailand. It is believed the same gunmen also killed a couple riding their bicycles to work at a rubber plantation one hour earlier. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2006: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bombers rammed a truck laden with explosives in a Trincomalee bus transit point for Sri Lankan security forces. 103 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and another 150 were wounded. The soldiers were believed to be unarmed and were on buses en route to posts or leave destinations. 15 buses were present, and two bore the brunt of the damage. No claim of responsibility was immediately forthcoming.
10/16/2006: Mortar attacks on the city of Balad, Iraq, killed at least three civilians, including a child, and wounding five people. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/16/2006: Muslim Italian photojournalist Gabriele Torsello was kidnapped by militants while riding a bus from Lashkar Gah to Kandahar (Province). Afghan police said the Taliban was behind the kidnapping, but the Taliban denied involvement. The militants demanded that an Afghan Christian convert sentenced to death in Afghanistan but who found refuge in Italy be returned. Torsello was released on November 4, 2006. It also demanded Italy withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. The Italian government persisted in saying it refused to pay a ransom, although rumors to the contrary continued long after the incident.
10/16/2006: Three British vehicles parked in front of the British Consulate in Basra, Iraq, were attacked by unknown gunmen firing rocket-propelled grenades. One vehicle was destroyed, but no casualties were reported. Citizens gathered around the site, flashing victory signs, throwing stones at the burning vehicle, and, after the initial blaze was going to be extinguished, set the vehicle on fire again. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/16/2006: Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed a Christian reverend, shooting him in the head while he was shopping with his wife. It is believed that his killing was meant to inflame Muslim-Christian tensions in religiously mixed Sulawesi, Indonesia particularly its Poso district. No claim of responsibility was issued.
10/16/2006: Two people were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the city of Jolo, in Sulu Province in the Philippines. The IED was placed in a plastic bag left in a tricycle that was parked in front of a restaurant, just a few meters away from Camp Asturias Station Hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2007: Colombian civilian Adolfo Leon Alvarez Rodriguez, a mayoral candidate of the pro-government Radical Change Party in Ataco Municipality, Tolima Department, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Ataco Municiplaity, Tolima Department, Colombia.
10/16/2007: Command Sergeant-Major Banyai Suwanang of the Royal Thai Army was severely wounded and a train platform was damaged when a remote-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at the district train station in Ruso (District), Narathiwat Province, Thailand.
10/16/2007: Four Iraqi Police officers were killed, 30 other Iraqis, including seven Police officers, were wounded, and several buildings and a police station were damaged when a single unknown suicide bomber rammed the al-Rammah police station with his truck before detonating a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 2:40 PM in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/16/2007: No casualties were reported but a school was damaged when an explosive planted by four unknown perpetrators detonated inside the Naderia Middle School for boys in the evening in Shindand (District), Herat Province, Afghanistan.
10/16/2007: No casualties were reported but a school was damaged when an explosives planted by four unknown perpetrators detonated inside the Mir Sadaat Middle School for girls in the evening in Shindand (District), Herat Province, Afghanistan.
10/16/2007: No casualties were reported but an 18-inch natural gas pipeline was destroyed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to the pipeline outside the Pir Koh gas field near Dera Bugti, Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
10/16/2007: No casualties were reported but an office of the Chilectra power company was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 4:00 AM outside a Chilectra office in La Cisterna neighborhood, Santiago, Santiago Province, Chile.
10/16/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their vehicle at 5:22 PM in Arasat neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/16/2007: Three Iraqi civilians (a father and his two sons) were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a roadside in Sadda neighborhood, Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
10/16/2007: Two Iraqi Army soldiers and two Iraqi civilians were killed, 17 Iraqi civilians and three Iraqi soldiers were wounded, and at least one Iraqi Army vehicle was destroyed when a stationary vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:45 AM in front of a gas station across the street from an Iraqi Army checkpoint near al-Naser Square on al-Sadoon Street in central Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/16/2008: On Thursday afternoon, a United Nations convoy with food and essential items to displaced civilians in the Mullaittivu district was attacked by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants using artillery and heavy mortar fire along the A-9 main Road in Puliyankulama village, Mullaittivu, North Western province, Sri Lanka. No casualties were reported.
10/16/2008: On Thursday evening at 1930, suspected Taliban militants fired upon the vehicle of Agha Gul Khushiwaal, a Lowgar provincial government official, while he was driving home with his family in Qala Wazir, Khosi, Lowgar province, Afghanistan. The attack killed the government official in addition to four other members of his family, injured the official's son and two others and caused an unknown amount of damage to the vehicle. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/16/2008: On Thursday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, unknown gunmen abducted the wife of Nigerian senator, Aliysius Etok, from her car as she was driving home.  According to authorities, the gunmen approached the vehicle while it was stopped, and force Mrs. Etok from the vehicle.  Exact method of extraction is unknown and took her to an unknown location.  A $66,400 ransom has been requested for her release. No group claimed responsibility.
10/16/2008: On Thursday morning at 1000, a Taliban suicide bomber targeting district police chief Shirin Khan detonated an improvised explosive device that was strapped to his body at the front gate of the district administrative police center in Ali Sher district, Khost province, Afghanistan. The suicide bombing attack injured one Afghan policeman and a security guard and caused minimal damage to the gate and the police center. District police chief Shirin Khan escaped unharmed from the attack. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the incident on behalf of the group.
10/16/2008: On Thursday morning at 1100, unknown armed assailants fired at six Serbian civilian refugees, several Danish refugee council workers, and several United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees workers in a cemetery in Suva Reka, Prizren province, Kosovo. The attack, which was directed at stopping the process of the return of displaced Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija, resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/16/2008: On Thursday morning, unknown assailants fired rockets into the city of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One of the missiles landed near the National Security Directorate of Lashkar Gah killing one person and injuring six others. The amount of damage from the projectile attack was unknown. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/16/2008: On Thursday night just after midnight, unknown assailants detonated a bomb targeting the EnCana natural gas pipeline in the Tomslake area off Highway 2 on the 201 Road east of Dawson Creek near the Alberta border, British Colombia province, Canada. The bombing attack caused no casualties and only slightly damaged the pipeline, creating a minor gas leak. The blast also left a crater in the ground. Local media outlets received a threatening letter on 10/10/2008 on Friday calling EnCana and other energy companies 'terrorists' for expanding 'deadly' gas wells and demanded that the local oil and gas companies leave town.
10/16/2008: On Thursday, five gunmen kidnapped the chairman of the Diobu Timber Sellers Association, Chief Job Obire, and another unknown individual from the Okwelle timber shed in Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria.  According to witnesses, the men posed as customers demanding to see the chairman, when he arrived, they produced rifles and shotguns and took him hostage.  As they escaped, in the same bus that they arrived in, they proceeded to rob several people and ransacked a store.  No ransom demand was made and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/16/2008: On Thursday, Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels raided the village of Tambunan, Maguindanao province, Philippines, attacking a house and killing one soldier while wounding his wife. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/16/2008: On Tuesday, Taliban militants ambushed and hijacked a bus on the main highway in Maywand, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents pulled some 50 passengers off the bus and marched them away to an unspecified area where they beheaded as many as 30 of them after accusing them of being army soldiers traveling in civilian clothes. The next day on 10/17/2008 on Wednesday, ten of the hostages were released along with the bus that was taken. Two days later on 10/18/2008 on Thursday, local police retrieved six bodies that had been beheaded, mutilated and dumped. Police received information that 24 other people had been killed but had yet to find their bodies. On 10/19/2008 on Sunday, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the incident on behalf of the group stating that 27 passengers had been taken from the bus and killed after appearing before a Taliban court, however the status of the remaining 34 hostages is unknown.
10/16/2009: On Friday evening at 2030, in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand, armed assailants, using M16 assault rifles, fired upon and killed Jehusman Soree, 39, a deputy village headman of Ban Padadoo, outside his residence. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected Muslim separatists were responsible.
10/16/2009: On Friday evening, gunmen in two cars opened fire upon the deputy chief of police of the city of Samarra, Salahuddin, Iraq, in the al-Qalaa area. All six gunmen were captured and turned out to be policemen in the Samarra police force. There were no casualties in the incident.
10/16/2009: On Friday morning around 0945, a blast killed two persons, Melgunda Patil and Yogesh Nailk, members of Sanathan Sangsthan, and damaged a parked scooter near Grace Church at Margao city in south Goa. The bomb was meant for a Hindu gathering which the Sanathan Sangsthan bitterly oppose.
10/16/2009: On Friday morning at about 0730, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, an improvised explosive device exploded underneath the passenger seat of a vehicle belonging to a police officer's girlfriend, wounding one civilian and damaging the vehicle. Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) claimed responsibility.
10/16/2009: On Friday morning at about 0915, a group of five motorcycle-borne armed youth members of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), abducted P. Krishna Rao at gunpoint, a project manager of Gayatri Construction Company morning while he was inspecting work near Joypur area in Kokrajhar. The abductors escaped north along the National Highway 31C. Rao spoke to his colleagues in Assam and passed on the kidnappers' message to this employer. Company officials told his family that he was safe, but the demands have not been disclosed. No group claimed responsibility.
10/16/2009: On Friday night around 2200, in Bilbao, Vizkaya/Biscay, Spain, assailants stopped a bus, forced the driver out of the vehicle and threw incendiaries on the bus, destroying the bus but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) was responsible.
10/16/2009: On Friday, a suicide bomber, after trying to fight past guards, detonated his vest of explosives in the al-Taqwa mosque in Tal Afar, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast, which was during Friday prayers, killed twelve people and wounded seventy-five. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/16/2009: On Friday, armed men blew up a pontoon bridge connecting the Zawbaa village and the district of al-Ameriyah, Fallujah, Anbar, Iraq. The bridge served as the only route to the Hitawiyeen area, which is now isolated. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/16/2010: On Saturday morning, in Girishk, Helmand, Afghanistan, unknown armed men shot and killed a tribal leader, Haji Abdul Khaliq, when he was heading to a mosque for morning prayers. No group claimed responsibility.
10/16/2010: On Saturday night, in the Badhaber area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan militants blew up a Government school, destroying two classrooms and school furniture. A second explosive device was defused by a bomb disposal squad. No casualties were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2010: On Saturday, in an unspecified location in Abyan, Yemen, a car bomb wounded a senior intelligence officer and his assistant. There was an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2010: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, two civilians, including a politician were wounded when a sticky bomb attached to a vehicle went off on Palestine Street. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2010: On Saturday, in Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq, a bomb attached to a civilian vehicle exploded, wounding four members of the same family. No damages were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2010: On Saturday, in the al-Dora neighborhood, southern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, two improvised explosive devices detonated simultaneously near the al-Rahman Mosque in the area of Abu Dshir. The blast wounded three civilians. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2010: On Saturday, near Moudia in Abyan, Yemen, two suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula militants were killed in an attempt to carry out a suicide car bombing against an army military patrol. No other casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2010: Shots were fired overnight at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in the town of Triangle, Virginia, United States.  No one was in the building at the time of the attack but the several windows were damaged.  Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist, was arrested on June 17, 2011, for an unrelated incident but was charged on June 21, 2011, for the Museum shooting and several other similar attacks in the area, including a second shooting on the National Museum of the Marine Corps, another at the Pentagon, and two at recruiting stations.  Sources report that Melaku was fascinated by Al-Qa ida, but did not claim to be a member of the organization.
10/16/2011: On Sunday at 1200 noon, in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan, one civilian was killed when four armed militants detonated a vehicle improvised explosive device and attempted to detonate three suicide bomber vests outside the office of the mayor. Afghan police fired upon and killed the three suicide bombers before the suicide vest could be detonated. One car was destroyed and several buildings and cars were damaged in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2011: On Sunday night, in Pashtun Kot, Faryab, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, three people were kidnapped by militants. They eventually shot and killed the kidnapped people, one of which was former jihadi commander, Mohammad Hussain, the next day on 10/17/2011. The weapons used were not reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2011: On Sunday night, in the Gomari area of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, militants fired upon and killed a Nigerian lawmaker outside the lawmaker’s home. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/16/2011: On Sunday, in Gaijen village of North Cachar, Assam, India, in one of two related attacks, about 30 armed Hill Tiger Force (HTF) militants opened indiscriminate fire on villagers before setting 16 of their houses on fire. A 99-year-old man, Thaishring Daulagupu, was killed in the firing, while three others including a woman were injured. The same armed group also set fire to three more houses in Ziri village later the same day. The HTF claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/16/2011: On Sunday, in the district of Elbur in Galgudud, Somalia, militants kidnapped several Somali elders by unknown means; no casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. The militants accused the elders of plotting activities against al-Shabaab. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/16/2011: On Sunday, in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India, suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian after accusing him of being a police informer. The victim's hands were tied at the back and his throat was slit. A Maoist poster found near the body described him as a 'police informer'. The body was disposed in the area near a railway cabin. No groups claimed responsibility
10/16/2011: On Sunday, in Ziri village of North Cachar, Assam, India, in one of two related attacks, about 30 armed Hill Tiger Force (HTF) militants set fire to three houses. This attack came after an earlier attack the same day in the Gaijen village where the same armed group set fire to 16 houses and opened indiscriminate fire on villagers. The HTF claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/16/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) checkpoint in Mudiyah district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Assailants also opened fire on the checkpoint, killing three PRC personnel and injuring five more individuals. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: An explosive device detonated in a residential area near Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Five civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: An explosive device detonated southwest of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. One military officer and two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: An explosive device targeting a police patrol detonated near Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and three other people wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: An explosive device was discovered outside the Ghazni Khel police station in Ghazni Khel town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants attacked Somali military forces in Beledweyne city, Hiiraan region, Somalia. Twelve individuals, including both assailants and soldiers, were killed in the attack, and an unknown number of assailants were wounded. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Logar province, Afghanistan. The two assailants were killed by a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike before they could plant the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
10/16/2012: Assailants broke into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) building and opened fire on Shamim Khan in Gulshan Town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Khan, the director of education at the KMC, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants forced their way into the residence of Mahmud Elmi Arabey in Afgooye district, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Arabey, an official of the Lower Shebelle Regional Administration, was unhurt in the attack, and there were no reports of any damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Arabey attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/16/2012: Assailants kidnapped three civilians from Kalimela town, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. One of the kidnapped victims was freed on October 17, 2012 after the assailants determined that he was a student. The two other victims, Kunjami Singh and Lacha Padiami, who worked as labor contractors, were the assailants' specific targets. The outcome for these two victims is unknown. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that Singh and Padiami were kidnapped because they had sent workers on job contracts and did not pay them after the projects were completed. Maoists demanded that the debts to the workers be paid in exchange for the release of the two contractors.
10/16/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Brigadier General Khaled Hatem al-Hashemi in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Hashemi, a former Iraqi military official who was working as a consultant at Yemen's Ministry of Defense, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a group of civilians in Kabari market in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Four civilians, all belonging to the Shia Hazara community, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a group of fish traders near Buganza village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least four civilian fish traders were killed in the attack. The assailants later opened fire on a United Nations (UN) commission that was responding to the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Buynaksky district, Dagestan republic, Russia. There were no reported military casualties or damages; however, two assailants were killed in retaliatory fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) fuel truck in Dera Murad Jamali village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Muhammad Omar, the driver of the truck, was killed, and a civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a team of polio workers in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Imran Ali, a volunteer worker, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) patrol in Buganza village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The soldiers were responding to an attack near the village of Buganza when they were fired upon. Six Indian soldiers and one interpreter were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
10/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle belonging to mobile phone carrier Safaricom in Kulan area, Dadaab district, North Eastern province, Kenya. Patrobas Nyamboga, an engineer for Safaricom, was killed, while the other passengers in the vehicle were robbed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
10/16/2012: Assailants set fire to the Shrine of Saida Manoubia in La Manouba city, Manouba governorate, Tunisia. The shrine was destroyed in the attack. Additionally, four employees who were present during the attack were robbed. Authorities arrested five individuals, identified as Muslim fundamentalists, who claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Malam Jabba, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast killed two civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2013: A roadside bomb was discovered and defused in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/16/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at Isarullah Khan Gandapur's residence in Kulachi town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Gandapur, the provincial Minister of Law, and at least seven other people were killed, and at least 31 others were injured in the blast. Mujahideen Ansar claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out to avenge the death of several of its members in a jailbreak in July.
10/16/2013: An explosive device detonated at a recreational area in Tirinkot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) headquarters in the Hay Tariq Baghdad area of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The blast caused some property damage, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a radical Buddhist monk's pagoda in Namhkan town, Shan state, Myanmar. One person was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Depal area of Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. This was one of two devices discovered and defused on this stretch of road on this day. The devices were meant to target Frontier Corps (FC) and Aman Lashkar convoys. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2013: Assailants a rocket at the Frontier Corps (FC) camp and Circuit House in Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The blast damaged three vehicles, but no casualties were reported. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2013: Assailants attacked a National Guard border post in the El Mella area of Ghardimaou town, Jendouba governorate, Tunisia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the incident. This was one of two similar attacks on border posts in Ghardimaou on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/16/2013: Assailants attacked a police station in Ghardimaou town, Jendouba governorate, Tunisia. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2013: Assailants attacked Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops in the Slinka Dheer area of Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/16/2013: Assailants attacked the district center in Kamdesh district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. A clash ensued in which one police officer was killed and three civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Afghan officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/16/2013: Assailants attacked the Faj Hassine National Guard border post in the El Mella area of Ghardimaou town, Jendouba governorate, Tunisia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the incident. This was one of two similar attacks on border posts in Ghardimaou on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/16/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a flower shop in the Hazara Town area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Four employees of the shop were injured and "thousands of rupees" worth of flowers were destroyed by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: A roadside bomb detonated as security forces were defusing the device in Safi area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A soldier was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a joint checkpoint in Mahmudiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least five people were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Talibiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least nine people were killed and 26 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Rafiabad area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Two police officers were killed and eight others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
10/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near shops and restaurants in Allawi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Garah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a commercial area in Hurriyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Dulai area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the same location in a short period of time. This blast targeted police responding to an earlier attack. At least 10 people were killed and 29 people were injured across both explosions. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Dulai area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the same location in a short period of time. This first blast targeted Shia volunteer fighters while a later blast targeted police responding to the first attack. At least 10 people were killed and 29 people were injured across both explosions. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a court building in Puli Khumri district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Two judges, Nazar Muhammad and Fazal Minallah, were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) office in Hay Turkomani area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three people were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2014: Assailants abducted four women in Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. The bodies of the women were found the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
10/16/2014: Assailants abducted Mark Dieng, a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) aid worker, in Malakal city, Upper Nile state, South Sudan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to tribesmen.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked a military position at the Donetsk airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks at the Donetsk airport on October 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked a police station in Udayn town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. This was one of four attacks in Udayn town on October 16, 2014. Five police officers were killed across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked a post office in Udayn town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. This was one of four attacks in Udayn town on October 16, 2014. Five police officers were killed across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked a Ukrainian Army checkpoint in Maloorlivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) forces in Wabho village, Galguduud region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint near Kashtanove village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of five similar attacks on October 16, 2014. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint near Khoroshe village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of five similar attacks on October 16, 2014. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint near Nyzhne village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of five similar attacks on October 16, 2014. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint near Zolote village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of five similar attacks on October 16, 2014. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked local government offices in Udayn town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. This was one of four attacks in Udayn town on October 16, 2014. Five police officers were killed across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/16/2014: Assailants attacked the Cooperative and Agricultural Credit Bank in Udayn town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of four attacks in Udayn town on October 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/16/2014: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the residence of a security force member in Ranji village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in the village 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 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2014: Assailants executed a civilian in Al-Bab town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. After he was killed, the body of the victim was crucified. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack and left a sign on the victim's body stating that he was executed for filming the group's headquarters.
10/16/2014: Assailants launched a rocket at a chemical storage facility in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants launched a rocket at Qar Yunis neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One child was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants launched a rocket propelled grenade at a military vehicle in Ahwar town, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants launched mortars and rockets at military positions near Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a former Al-Shabaab member in Qoryoley city, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The former member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military position near Stanytsia Luhanska 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.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Zemmoura town, Bordj Bou Arreridj province, Algeria. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a soldier in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. A soldier and a civilian were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Ukrainian Army soldiers near Avdiivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers in Korma area, North Darfur state, Sudan. Three peacekeepers were killed and four others were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on Daulat Khan in Qila Abdullah area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Khan, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on military personnel as they were distributing gifts to children at an elementary school in Sitio Nasilaban area, Palma Gil village, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ukrainian Army soldiers near Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ukrainian Army soldiers near Kamyanka 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 Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ukrainian Army soldiers near Nikishyne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ukrainian Army soldiers near Tonenke town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Assailants set a Technical Service Center building on fire in Jidhafs city, Northern governorate, Bahrain. A security guard was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Assailants set fire to Jargon Construction Company equipment in Binay village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, equipment was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/16/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a medicine market in Sikandarpura neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Five mortar shells struck a residential area in Shuala neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 18 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2014: Projectiles landed near an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint and detonated outside of Smile village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of five similar attacks on October 16, 2014. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
10/16/2014: Rockets landed near an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint and detonated outside of Frunze town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Rockets landed near Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and detonated outside of Chernukhino town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2014: Two explosive devices detonated near a mosque during a Sufi Muslim religious festival in Tanta city, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. Eleven people were injured in the blast. A third explosive device was discovered and safely defused following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: A cane bomb was discovered and defused inside a polling booth in Balar village, Aurangabad district, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: A rocket struck Al-Sirati neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and assailants stormed a pro-Saleh fighters compound in Hudaydah city, Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. At least 12 people, including ten pro-Saleh fighters and two assailants were killed in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An assailant disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli soldier in Zayit Junction near Hebron, West Bank. The assailant was killed and the soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, however sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/16/2015: An assailant opened fire at a Shia Muslim gathering hall in Saihat neighborhood, Dammam city, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. Six people, including the assailant, were killed and nine others were injured in the attack. The Bahrain Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An assailant opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Engineering Corps vehicle on the Gaza Strip border. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device detonated at a construction road site in Bhairamgarh area, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Two construction laborers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Mashtal area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near the Shalal market in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Dand-e-Ghori area, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and a second person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device planted under a civilian vehicle detonated in Ghazaliya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused on Bagpura Road in Maigra, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused on Chakarbandha Road in Maigra, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants abducted Sina Madhi and Dambaru Sagadia, two local villagers, from Mundaguda village, Odisha state, India. Madhi escaped captivity on October 17, 2015 while Sagadia was killed on October 19, 2015. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Dambaru Sagadia was targeted because the group believed he was a police informant and had supported anti-Maoist operations.
10/16/2015: Assailants abducted six civilians from a passenger bus in Dalan desert, Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
10/16/2015: Assailants armed with rockets and firearms attacked Duki, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants attacked a military position in Al-Rhaba neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One soldier and one assailant were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
10/16/2015: Assailants attacked a police station in Balcad city, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. One assailant was killed and two police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants attacked Amrit Darro in Arra village, Kanker district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Darro, a civilian, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/16/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpost in Sang Atash, Muqur district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Two police officers and one assailant were killed and two officers and three assailants were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants attacked Dawlat Shah district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Nine assailants were killed and 13 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/16/2015: Assailants attacked security forces in Shakot, Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants fired mortar shells at a protest in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim Fundamentalists.
10/16/2015: Assailants fired rockets at a mosque in Tamir area, Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Six people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a crowd of Shia Muslims in Dezful city, Khuzestan province, Iran. Two people were killed and another two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military vehicle on a road linking Hadramawt province to Shabwa province in Hadramawt province, Yemen. At least 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).
10/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Sirnak town, Sirnak province, Turkey. One officer was killed and another officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Liang village, Patikul district, Sulu province, Philippines. A police officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Mirza Muhammad Sharif near Karianwala, Punjab province, Pakistan. Sharif, a Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) (PML-Q) candidate, was not harmed; however, at least one of his sons was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on two soldiers in Coral ni Lopez, Calaca district, Batangas province, Philippines. The soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/16/2015: Assailants set fire to a Jewish shrine in Nablus city, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
10/16/2015: Assailants set fire to a refugee shelter in Flensburg city, Schleswig-Holstein state, Germany. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants set fire to a school to be used as a refugee shelter south of Ljungby, Kronoberg county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants set up a roadblock in Sara Kala area, Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in the district on this day. One soldier and two assailants were killed and five assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes with security forces. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants set up a roadblock in Shatar area, Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in the district on this day. One soldier and two assailants were killed and five assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes with security forces. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at police officers in Short Strand neighborhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, suspected that Oglaigh na hEireann was involved in the attack.
10/16/2015: Security forces discovered and defused a pipe bomb at a checkpoint in Issawiya neighborhood, Jerusalem, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Killylea, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Security forces discovered and destroyed an unknown number of explosive devices planted along a road in the west of Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the unsuccessful attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2015: Security forces identified and attempted to stop four female suicide bombers in Umari village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least one assailant detonated, killing 18 local villagers and the remaining assailants and injuring 14 people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2015: Three assailants opened fire on an Israel Defense Force (IDF) vehicle in Silwad village, West Bank. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, however sources identified the assailants as Palestinian extremists.
10/16/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Dhepaguda village, Gajapati district, Odisha state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/16/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a Jaish al-Ashair post at a refugee camp in Rukban, Mafraq, Jordan. In addition to the assailant, at least three people were killed and 20 people 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).
10/16/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a Shia procession in Al Jadiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: An assailant armed with a knife attacked civilians in Alster neighborhood, Hamburg, Germany. One civilian was killed while another civilian and the assailant were wounded in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities doubted the veracity of this claim.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated as security forces attempted to defuse it near Yenikopru, Hakkari, Turkey. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Band Taimor, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least four children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. Four people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Mazar Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Armed Forces soldier in Dawezai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The soldier was killed in the blast. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Bulu Sheikh, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Chinar, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Four children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Gora, North Sinai, Egypt. One soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. At least four conscripts were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Sheikh Zuweid on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/16/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting railway tracks in Bazaartand, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Maoists carried out the attack.
10/16/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Justice employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated targeting security forces in Gormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. At least 12 soldiers were killed and 15 soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/16/2016: Assailants abducted Abdul-Hakim Al-Mishiri, a former Tripoli Brigade commander, in Tripoli, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants abducted Peter Lagan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Lagan was shot and injured before being released later the same day. Oglaigh na hEireann claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Mareerey, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least six people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the ensuing clash, in which assailants also set fire to several houses. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants attacked a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) convoy in Dekoa, Kemo, Central African Republic. No casualties were reported in the assault.. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants attacked police forces in southern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security members repelled the assault, killing six assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2016: Assailants attacked police forces in the east of Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. It is unknown if the assault resulted in casualties, although the assailants stole weapons from the victims. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Shammar Mobilization force, noting the assailants claimed that they, unlike police forces, were responsible for protecting the area.
10/16/2016: Assailants attacked the convoy of First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum in Gormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. Dostum was unharmed; however, five security personnel and an unknown number of assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants in Afghanistan opened fire on Pakistan Army soldiers in Barmal, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were killed and another soldier was injured in the assault. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Abu Tawilah, North Sinai, Egypt. At least three assailants and five soldiers were killed and eight soldiers were injured in the attack and ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Melchor dela Cruz, a village chair, in Kangkong, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. A bodyguard was killed and two people, including dela Cruz and Vice Mayor Samsodin Ampatuan Sangki, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants raided Galwyi village in Chikun district, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least two people were killed and two people were injured in the attack, in which assailants also stole 100 cattle. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
10/16/2016: Assailants raided Kallali, Borno, Nigeria. No casualties were reported, although a number of houses were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/16/2016: Assailants set fire to a liquor unit in Dengsupari, Odisha, India. At least two employees were injured in the attack. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the unit was targeted for brewing liquor.
10/16/2016: Assailants set fire to an asylum center in Fagersjo neighborhood, Stockholm, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants shelled Az Zunuj neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. Seven civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/16/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian 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 victim was accused of owning a cell phone SIM card.
10/16/2016: Assailants shot and killed Mehmet Serif Dogu, a municipal council member, outside his residence in Ercis, Van, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/16/2016: Assailants shot and killed Sergeant Major Khaled Ezzidine, a senior army officer, in Arsal, Beqaa, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/16/2016: Assailants shot and killed Yaqoob Sharafat, a Radio Television Afghanistan journalist, in Rasala, Zabul, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail targeting a Republican Party (GOP) office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that the assailants spray-painted "Nazi Republicans leave town or else" on the building.
10/16/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a house in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties, although the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at a shop in Chelakkad, Kerala, India. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device targeting the residence of V.M. Kumaran in Poosari Mukku, Kerala, India. Kumaran, a Communist Party of India: Marxist (CPI-M) worker, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Four assailants attempted to plant explosive devices in Dashti Qala, Takhar, Afghanistan. The assailants were arrested by security personnel and confessed to being members of Jundallah.
10/16/2016: Security forces identified and killed two suicide bombers driving an explosives-laden vehicle near a police station in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Security forces opened fire on assailants attempting to steal firearms from a police post in Sirnoo, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Two assailants hijacked a minibus carrying three civilians in Buur Dhuxunle, Bakool, Somalia. The vehicle later struck an explosive device, killing the two assailants and wounding the three passengers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/16/2016: Two explosive devices detonated in Sinsil, Diyala, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two volunteer fighters were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2016: Two explosive devices detonated near a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy in Alingar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least five soldiers were wounded in the blasts. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2017: An explosive device detonated at a Korek Telecom control center in Hakim, Wasit, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Cukurca district, Hakkari, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a Turkish military convoy in Zab, Arbil, Iraq. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the convoy. At least two soldiers were killed and three other soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Volunteer Forces patrol vehicle near Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil, Iraq. Two volunteer fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants abducted an unknown number of civilians in Dahan-e-Hisarak, Ghor, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/16/2017: Assailants abducted and killed Gampa Lova Srinu, a civilian, in Balapam, Vishakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Srinu was targeted for being a police informant.
10/16/2017: Assailants armed with grenades and firearms attacked security personnel guarding the Church of Saint George in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of two coordinated incidents in Arish on this date. At least five people, including police officers and civilians, were killed and 15 people were injured across both assaults. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked and killed four civilians in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked Kpachudu village, Bassa, Plateau, Nigeria. This was one of three attacks on villages in Bassa on this day. At least 29 people were killed across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani extremists and Boko Haram.
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh at his residence in Imam Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sheikh, a former village sarpanch and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) activist, was taken outside his home before being shot and killed. Additionally, one assailant was killed in the ensuing clash with the victim's family members. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked Nkiedonwhro village, Bassa, Plateau, Nigeria. This was one of three attacks on villages in Bassa on this day. At least 29 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani extremists and Boko Haram.
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked Nzhwerivo village, Bassa, Plateau, Nigeria. This was one of three attacks on villages in Bassa on this day. At least 29 people were killed across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani extremists and Boko Haram.
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Shib Koh, Farah, Afghanistan. At least three police officers were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants attacked Special Deterrent Force positions at Mitiga International Airport near Tripoli, Libya. A Special Deterrent Force commander was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants fired a mortar at the residence of Ali al-Husayni, an Iraqi Volunteer Forces spokesperson, in Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a commercial vehicle in Abyei, West Kordofan, Sudan. One person was killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on Philippine Army personnel in Joroan, Tiwi, Albay, Philippines. A soldier and two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/16/2017: Assailants remotely detonated an explosive device attached to the vehicle of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Bidnija, Mosta, Malta. Galizia, a prominent investigative journalist, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that Galizia's reporting had criticized corruption within the Maltese government.
10/16/2017: Assailants seized and set fire to a mall delivery truck in Tuyan, Malapatan, Sarangani, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Pastor, Oluwarotimi Akinroyeje, in Ago Gbooro, Ore, Ondo, Nigeria. There were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed a tribal elder identified as Matiullah Khan in Shahjoy, Zabul, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed Ramadhar Singh, a contractor, in Diha, Bihar, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Liberation Front of India.
10/16/2017: Assailants, armed with firearms and explosive devices, attacked a National Bank of Egypt (NBE) branch in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of two coordinated incidents in Arish on this date. At least five people, including police officers and civilians, were killed and 15 people were injured across both assaults. Additionally, a bank employee was abducted and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/16/2017: Security forces identified and confiscated an explosives-laden vehicle in Surobi, Kabul, Afghanistan. Two assailants, described as suicide bombers, were arrested by National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence officers. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/1994: Unknown perpetrators threw a Molotov cocktail into the Women's Community Clinic in San Jose, California, United States.  The firebomb did not ignite but the abortion clinic still sustained $500 in damages.
10/17/1998: A car bomb exploded near a bus carrying members of the People's Mujahedeen in Halis, Iraq. The bomb was planted in a parked car and exploded as the bus entered Halis. No casualties were reported in this incident.
10/17/1998: Carlos Gemarino was abducted by suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). Mr. Gemarino was leaving Diplahan, Philippines, when several armed men blocked his vehicle and abducted him. The victim's vehicle was later found abandoned in Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur, an area where the ASG was known to be active. The group demanded via letter a 5-million Philippine Peso ransom for his release. No further information was provided for this incident, including the fate of the victim.
10/17/1998: Former Sindh Province Governor, Hakeem Mohammad Sayeed, was shot by unidentified gunmen when he entered his alternative medicine clinic in Karachi, Pakistan. Sayeed's assistant, and his guard, Wali Mohammad, were also killed in the attack. The gunmen fled in a waiting car occupied by two others.
10/17/1998: Seven people were gunned down by Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) militants in Kokrajhar District, India, near the Athiabari relief camp. Officials stated that the victims were traveling to the Sapakata river to fish when they were suddenly attacked.
10/17/1998: Three Serb policemen were killed and three others were badly wounded by a grenade attack at a police outpost in Orlate, Kosovo. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was suspected in this incident.
10/17/1999: An explosive device was set off on the balcony of the home of Nebojsa Andric, a Serbian opposition leader for the Democratic Party, in the southwestern town of Valjevo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Slight damage to the entrance and gate were reported, but there were no injuries. Members of the opposition alliance, including Andric, believed that this was a politically motivated, state action against the opposition.
10/17/1999: An incendiary bomb caused minor damage to a branch of the Banco Santander in Santiago, Chile. Unidentified perpetrators threw the bomb from their cars as they drove past. No one was injured in the incident, which was believed to have been carried out to mark the first anniversary of the arrest in London of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and in protest of the extradition of Pinochet to Spain.
10/17/1999: An incendiary bomb caused minor damage to the Chilean-Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Santiago, Chile. Unidentified perpetrators threw the bomb from their cars as they drove past. No one was injured in the incident, which was believed to have been carried out to mark the first anniversary of the arrest in London of former dictator Augusto Pinochet and in protest of the extradition of Pinochet to Spain.
10/17/1999: In a series of attacks in the Haute-Corse department, a branch of the Credit Agricole bank in Bastia was targeted with explosives. No casualties occurred in this incident, for which there was no claim of responsibility. Investigators believed, however, that these attacks were politically motivated.
10/17/1999: In a series of attacks in the Haute-Corse department, an Électricité de France (EDF) vehicle in Furiani was targeted with explosives. No casualties occurred in this incident, for which there was no claim of responsibility. Investigators believed, however, that these attacks were politically motivated.
10/17/1999: In a series of attacks in the Haute-Corse department, an explosive device, planted by unknown perpetrators, destroyed the gate of a quarry on the eastern side of Bastia, Corsica, France. No injuries resulted from this incident.
10/17/1999: In a series of attacks in the Haute-Corse department, the premises of the Haute-Corse Low-rent Housing Office in Bastia were targeted with explosives. No casualties occurred in this incident, for which there was no claim of responsibility. Investigators believed, however, that these attacks were politically motivated.
10/17/1999: In one of two attacks, rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces opened fire on a local doctor who was traveling in his private vehicle at the junction leading to a popular safari lodge in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. The attacks were carried out in an effort to distract the Army against operations on their bases in the Rwenzori Mountain range.
10/17/2000: A bomb exploded near the Ali Bin Abu-Talib Mosque in Zahedan, Balochistan Province, Iran. Several people were reported injured as a result of the incident. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/17/2000: A Hasidic student was stabbed multiple times by Nabil Quld Eddine, a 27 year old Algerian immigrant, in a London Subway bus.
10/17/2000: A landmine killed three Russian solders and wounded two others in Vedeno, Chechnya. Chechen rebels were suspected responsible for the incident.
10/17/2000: A sniper shot at a train traveling between the between the Normanhurst and Thornleigh suburbs of Sydney, Australia. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/17/2000: An Algerian People's National Army (ANP) detachment comprised of two trucks and a Land Rover hit a landmine near Ghar Tin, Algeria. Two soldiers were killed and eight wounded in the incident. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident
10/17/2000: Ethnic Albanian rebels completely demolished a Serb house in a mortar attack in Borovac, Medveda municipality, Serbia. The attackers proceeded to open fire at Serbian police. No casualties were reported from the incident.
10/17/2000: One Russian soldier was killed and five others were wounded when their vehicle hits a landmine in Grozny, Chechnya. Chechen rebels were suspected responsible for the incident.
10/17/2000: Russian special-purpose police servicemen were attacked by unknown assailants in the central market in Grozny, Chechnya. Nine servicemen were injured in the attack. Chechen rebels were suspected responsible for the incident.
10/17/2000: The Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) attacked a Euskaltel Company TV relay station in Bilbao, Spain, with an incendiary device, depriving thousands in the region of television. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.
10/17/2000: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a government militia outpost in Tulunan, Philippines. Three rebels were killed and one was captured in the attack. Government forces suffered no casualties.
10/17/2000: Two rockets were fired at the home of a former Khmer Rouge commander in Pailin, Cambodia, near the Thai border. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/17/2001: Anthrax tests on the offices of Governor George Pataki came back positive in Manhattan, New York county, New York.  Although no employee tested positive for anthrax exposure, the buildings were evacuated for testing and decontamination.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although authorities believed this incident was related to other anthrax contaminations throughout the United States following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Washington, DC.
10/17/2001: Israeli Tourism Minister Rehav’am Ze’evi was assassinated in his room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel. He was shot three times with a pistol using a silencer. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/17/2001: Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a suicide bombing near Kibbutz Be’eri, South District, Israel. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack, and it said that Fu’ad Abu-Sariyah was the bomber.
10/17/2001: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, set up a fake roadblock near Ain Ferah, Algeria.  The assailants forced three Algerian civilians out of a vehicle before slitting their throats.  Another individual was discovered dead inside the vehicle, which the Islamic extremists had ignited on fire.  One of the victims was D. Mohamed, a member of Ain Ferah's Municipal People's Assembly (APC).  It is unclear if the perpetrators specifically set out to kill Mohamed or if they solely intended to kill Algerian civilians at random.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a bank in Ghisonaccia, Haute-Corse, Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack; however, the bank was damaged.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica, including four other banks in Ghisonaccia.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a company building in northern Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a police garage in Alleria, Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a private villa in southern Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica, including three other private villas.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a restaurant in southern Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a shopping mall in Zamboanga, Philippines. Another bomb exploded in another mall at the time of this attack. Six people were killed and over 150 were injured, in total, from the attacks. No one claimed responsibility however the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was suspected.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in a water-pump station in Borgo, a suburb of Bastia, Haute-Corse, Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded in an agri-foodstuffs company in Borgo, a suburb of Bastia, Haute-Corse, Corsica.  No one was injured in the attack.  The incident occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the explosion as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 explosions that occurred throughout the night at various towns in Corsica.
10/17/2002: A bomb exploded outside of a near-empty office building in Medellin, Antioquia Department, Colombia.  40 kilograms of dynamite hidden in a taxi exploded, injuring two people and shattering windows in near-by buildings and shops.  The driver of the vehicle was shot when he tried to leave the scene of the incident.  Authorities believe that members of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are responsible for the explosion.
10/17/2002: Explosives planted in a tax office failed to detonate in Migliacciaro, Corsica.  The attempted bombing occurred a week before Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was scheduled to arrive.  Authorities interpret the incident as a message from separatists to the French government to expedite granting greater autonomy to Corsica.  The bomb was one of 14 found throughout the night at various towns in Corsica.
10/17/2003: Maoist rebels kidnapped Mayor Nanda Prasad Bhattarai and his deputy, Rudra Dhakal in Ratna Nagar, Nepal.  They were released unharmed on October 18, 2003 after resigning their posts.
10/17/2003: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, ambushed a police convoy on a road near Zemmouri, Algeria.  The assailants detonated a bomb before firing at the policemen.  In total, three policemen were killed and thirteen others were wounded.
10/17/2004: A suicide car bomber in Mosul, Iraq, exploded a car near on a bridge.  Five people were killed and 15 wounded.  The blast occurred when the vehicle of the bomber collided with another car, setting off a giant blaze that damaged several other vehicles.
10/17/2004: A suicide driver in Baghdad, Iraq, exploded a car near a police patrol.  At least seven people were killed and 26 wounded. 11 of the wounded were policemen. The attack occurred in the Jadiriyah district, home to the Australian and other embassies.
10/17/2004: Nine Iraqi policemen returning from training in Jordan were ambushed and killed in Latifiyah, about 25 miles south of Baghdad. The unidentified attackers then escaped.
10/17/2005: 20 to 25 unidentified militants attacked two buses passing through the village of Charsing in India’s Assam State killing 15 of the passengers and setting the vehicles on fire. The perpetrators then moved on and attacked a nearby village killing another 10 people and setting fire to 30 houses. Four people were injured during the attack as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2005: A bomb was found and defused under the Kianpars Bridge in the Ahvaz, Iran. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
10/17/2005: A suspected member of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) threw a bomb at a judge in Sylhet, Bangladesh. A mob captured the attacker and beat him unconscious before handing him over to police. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2005: Approximately 25 suspected Maoists launched an hour-long attack against eight policemen on duty in Badrama village in India’s Orissa State killing one officer and injuring four others. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Maoists had previously claimed nearby forested areas as ‘liberated zones.’
10/17/2005: Members of the Al-Furqan Islamic Court in Mogadishu stormed the premises of a film dubbing studio in Mogadishu, Somalia injuring at least four people and kidnapping one man. The perpetrators looted equipment and valuables and stole $1000 US. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but earlier in October 2005 the group had warned all cinemas and distributors against showing films during the holy month of Ramadan.
10/17/2005: Suspected members of the New People's Army's (NPA) attacked members of the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion in Sumon, Philippines. Three soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in the surprise attack. No group claimed responsibility for the assault.
10/17/2005: Taliban members shot and killed Mohammad Daud, the Director of National Security in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Three of Daud’s bodyguards were killed in the attack as well. The perpetrator’s ambushed Daud as he was en route to Sangin (District). Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusuf, claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/17/2005: The head of the religious Council for Kunar Province, Mawlawi Noor Ahmad Jan, was killed when suspected members of the Taliban broke into his house and shot him. He had been a vocal critic of the Taliban and had received death threats prior to the attack.
10/17/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Ayed Abdulghani, a top aide to the Iraqi Minister of Industry and a leading Sunni Arab, east of Baghdad. The perpetrators were riding in a vehicle when they fired at Abdulghani’s car as he was going to work. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/17/2006: A policeman was injured in an attack by militants on a police camp in the town of Sopore, in Indian Kashmir, India.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2006: A Sikh policeman was shot dead by militants near the Indian state of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar, India, at the main bus terminal.No group claimed responsibility for this attack, and there were no other reported casualties.
10/17/2006: Three Indian border guards and six civilians were injured in a grenade attack by militants in the northern town of Baramulla, in the Indian state of Kashmir. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/17/2007: Benjamin Garcia, a Colombian civilian and candidate for mayor in Toledo Municipality, Antioquia Province, and his son were killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators by unspecified means in Toledo Municipality, Antioquia Province, Colombia.
10/17/2007: No casualties were reported when Filipino Police retrieved and disarmed an improvised explosive device (IED) consisting of three 60mm mortar shells and a detonator concealed in a bag and planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators under a tree adjacent to a used clothing shop in a market stall in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat Province, Philippines.
10/17/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and two more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated near a residential building in the late morning or early afternoon in the predominantly-Shi’i neighborhood of Zaafaraniyah, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/17/2008: On Friday afternoon at about 1500, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, assailants fired mortars at Adan Adde International Airport as two planes landed but missed, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2008: On Friday morning at 0503, suspected members of the Mungiki sect attacked a Connection Bus Services public passenger bus in Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya.  According to witness statements, the men pretended to be passengers waiting for the bus.  When it stopped to let them board, the men then pulled knives and assaulted the driver and a tout, before covering them both in gas and setting off a petrol bomb inside.  The tout sustained a head injury after having been beaten by the unknown attackers.  The bus was completely destroyed by the fire. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/17/2008: On Friday morning at 0530, an unknown male assailant detonated an improvised explosive device containing a live grenade in the middle of a public road at 90D Carrera and 83 B Street in the community of Quirigua, northwest Bogota, Capital District, Colombia. The bombing attack caused considerable damage to the windows of 20 neighboring buildings but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/17/2008: On Friday night at 0400, Chechen rebels fired at the house of the head physician of the regional hospital, Abdul-Mazhit Albakov, while another fired off a grenade launcher in the city of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia province, Russia. There were no casualties, but the house was severely damaged. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2008: On Friday, a bomb planted near a mosque killed three Shiite worshippers and injured seven others in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2008: On Friday, an improvised explosive device detonated near a civilian's house in the Al Rashidiya area of northern Mosul, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding another. No one claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/17/2008: On Friday, in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot and killed as well as chopped the hands off of an Afghan refugee, Wali Badshah, and his body was found on a road near Miranshah. The victim was left with a note on his body, alleging him to be a United States spy. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2008: On Friday, six gunmen kidnapped a Pakistani doctor, Mazhar Khan, working with a non-governmental organization, Save the Children, in Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and the status of the hostages is unknown.
10/17/2009: On Saturday morning, in Matai, Waz-i-Zadran, Paktia, Afghanistan, assailants kidnapped 15 road construction workers while they were on their way home from work. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No property damage was reported in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
10/17/2009: On Saturday night around 0345, in Durango, Vizkaya/Biscay, Spain, assailants stopped a bus, forced the passengers out of the vehicle and threw incendiaries on the bus, destroying the bus but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) was responsible.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, a bomb attached to the car of an Interior Ministry Official detonated in the Yarmouk district of central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast wounded the official and one civilian. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, at 1900, a roadside bomb targeted civilians in the Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast injured three civilians. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, in Talipao, Sulu, Al-Qaida affiliated Abu Sayyaf detonated around 0300 a homemade bomb they planted on a bridge. The blast caused minor damage to the bridge, but only one lane is passable for light type of vehicles. There were no reports of casualties during the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but authorities blamed Abu Sayyaf militants.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, in the Guejar river between the village of Puerto Toledo and the municipality of Puerto Rico, Meta, eight members of the Civic Committee for the Human Rights of Meta on a boat, were attacked by the 43rd Front of the FARC, injuring seriously the president of the Civic Committee for the Human rights of Meta, Islena Rey Rodriguez, and damaging the boat. It is believed that FARC member, Jhoany Cortes, alias ‘Picotazo’, was involved in the attack. Islena Rey Rodriguez was transported to hospital in the municipality of Puerto Rico where she was treated, and later evacuated to the city of Villavicencio, where she was declared to be instable conditions.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, unknown gunmen planted improvised explosive devices and TNT around the house of a police officer and detonated the charges in the al-Aameriya district of southern Fallujah, Anbar, Iraq. The blast destroyed the house and wounded Captain Anwar al-Issawi. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/17/2009: On Saturday, unknown gunmen set a booby-trapped car bomb on a bridge crossing the Euphrates River in Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq's southern area of al-Jazeera. The blast did not cause any casualties, but it did destroy part of the bridge. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/17/2010: On Sunday evening around 1900, in the Chhotki Bhalabari area of Kapilvastu, in the Lumbini province of Nepal, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Sitaram Pasi, a Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-UM) member. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2010: On Sunday morning around 0715, along Paez Street in Malabon, Manila, Philippines, an unidentified armed man riding a motorcycle shot and killed Maximo Bernardo, a village chief seeking re-election and head of Barangay Concepcion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2010: On Sunday night, in Girishk, Helmand, Afghanistan, suspected Taliban militants attacked guards of a private security company who were providing security for a local road construction firm, causing a gun battle between the two. Eight guards were killed and three injured, and one militant was killed. No group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2010: On Sunday night, in Phulwar village in Dandai, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, India, cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) shot and killed a former cadre of the outfit, identified as Raj Kumar Sao. A note left by the Maoists accused Sao of informing the Police about their movements.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, stuck to a civilian car carrying an Industry Ministry employee detonated, wounding the employee and two other civilians and damaging the car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in Saiful Darra Bazaar of Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan militants decapitated two unidentified persons. The victims had been killed at an undisclosed place before their heads were displayed in the bazaar. Local residents said a letter attached to the heads warned that persons, who form Lashkars (tribal militia) against Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan would meet the same fate. A Lashkar of Meshti tribe had taken action against Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan militants operating in the area a few days ago.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Al Bayaa area of southwestern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near a civilian vehicle close to a car store and killing the driver and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Anar Darreh area of Farah, Afghanistan, seventeen construction workers were kidnapped by Taliban militants. The hostages were released on 10/21/2010. Hostages claimed they were taken by Taliban commander Mullah Rahmatullah but no group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in the district of Hawl Wadag in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, five militants were killed and ten others were injured when Hizbul al Islam militants fired upon Al Shabaab militants in the Bakara Market. The militant group Hizbul al Islam claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Doaba Bazaar of Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed a peace committee chief, Mumtaz Mithakhel. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Police arrested six suspects in a search operation that was launched after the killing.
10/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device stuck on a civilian car exploded, injuring three civilians and damaging the car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday morning at 0830, in Meymaneh, Faryab, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up killing two children and wounding six others. One of those injured was a provincial intelligence chief Sayed Ahmad Sadaat; Sayed Ahmad Sadaat succumbed to his injuries on 10/24/2011. No group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2011: On Monday morning, in Arakan, North Cotabato, Philippines, an Italian priest was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen. The priest was identified as Fausto Tentorio. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants opened fire on a dance party in Soray Chaghorzai. The attack killed three people and injured two others. No group claimed responsibility for the assault.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Enjil district of Herat, Afghanistan, unidentified militants threw a grenade at a vehicle, and five civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Kabuli, Peshawar, Afghanistan, unknown gunmen kidnapped Dr. Tariq Afridi and his driver, Akbar, from the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH). There we no casualties reported. The status of the hostages is unknown and no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Lyari, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown assailants shot and killed an activist of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) outside of his own house. The deceased was identified as Akhtar Raza. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot and killed a tribal leader. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Sangkai village, Ukhrul, Manipur, India, three Assam Rifles personnel were wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device. The three wounded military personnel were identified as Sudhir, W. Mayunao and Ashini. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in the Karada area of Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb detonated targeting an alcohol store killing three people and wounding 15 others. Several vehicles were damaged as well as nearby buildings. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in the Khaki Banda area of Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying members of the pro-government Orakzai Peace Committee.  Five people were killed, including Chief Azizur Rehman, and one person was injured.  The attack caused an unknown amount of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban was suspected to be responsible.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in the Korangi sub district of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown assailants shot and killed an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). The deceased was identified as Masoom Ali. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified gunmen stormed a tribal sheikh's home and killed his bodyguard. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2011: On Monday, on Dhodha Road in Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants fired upon the car of a chief of a peace committee, killing the chief and four of his associates. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2012: A grenade was thrown at a group of police officers in an unknown location in Kenya. At least 10 police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, source suspected Al-Shabaab sympathizers.
10/17/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a joint Afghan National Army (ANA) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base in Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. There were no reported deaths; however, 10 ANA soldiers were injured by the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device attached to an electricity tower detonated in Mach village, Bolan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The tower was destroyed in the blast, which resulted in the suspension of electricity supplied to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated at the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) in Zango area, Bauchi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated in a market in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and seven injured. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated in a market in Husseiyniah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and six injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast targeted a police patrol, killing two police officers and injuring two other people. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated in Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. No casualties were reported; however, the blast resulted in the destruction of a fence. This attack occurred simultaneously with another explosion at a church in Bauchi state. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated in Kabang city, Yala province, Thailand. The explosion targeted a paramilitary patrol, injuring one Thai Ranger. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/17/2012: An explosive device detonated near Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The explosion targeted a police patrol, injuring two police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: An explosive device was discovered at the Barpeta Road Railway Station in Barpeta district, Assam state, India. The device was defused before it could detonate. Bengali Sangram Mukti Bahini claimed responsibility for the incident in a letter found at the scene.
10/17/2012: Assailants armed with automatic guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police checkpost in Badbher town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: Assailants attacked a paramilitary outpost in Isikli town, Hakkari province, Turkey. This was one of three attacks in the region targeting Turkish security forces. Six people, including three security personnel, were killed across the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2012: Assailants attacked paramilitary outpost in Karatas town, Hakkari province, Turkey. This was one of three attacks in the region targeting Turkish security forces. Six people, including three security personnel, were killed across the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2012: Assailants attacked the Gazitepe air base in Cukurca town, Hakkari province, Turkey. This was one of three attacks in the region targeting Turkish security forces. Six people, including three security personnel, were killed across the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2012: Assailants fired 12 rockets into Mina, Sapary, and Bandagi villages in Mamund town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One civilian was injured after two rockets struck her home. The other rockets did not hit any targets. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: Assailants kidnapped a village guard from Baipariguda area, Odisha state, India. Bhagaban Nayak, a local village guard, was found on October 18, 2012 shot dead in a forest near the village of Majhiguda. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that Nayak was a police informant and worked with authorities to conduct anti-Maoist operations.
10/17/2012: Assailants kidnapped six elementary school teachers from Igdir village, Igdir province, Turkey. All six teachers were released one hour after they were kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2012: Assailants kidnapped Usman Kundi from his residence in Shah Alam area, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Kundi was the cousin of the deputy speaker of the National Assembly and an employee of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Health Department. His whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: Assailants opened fire on a group of civilians outside of a private residence in Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three Awami National Party (ANP) members were killed and one other person injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) convoy in North Darfur state, Sudan. One South African peacekeeper was killed and three other individuals wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: Assailants threw two grenades at the Udalguri Block Development office in Udalguri town, Assam state, India. Both grenades failed to detonate, and there was no reported damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2012: Several explosive devices detonated at Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. The attack targeted a Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) vehicle, killing at least 20 people and injuring an unknown number of individuals. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: A grenade detonated in Nicosia city, Nicosia district, Cyprus. No casualties were reported, but a vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: A landmine detonated targeting the vehicle of Sushil Pandey in Pathara village, Bihar state, India. Pandey, the husband of district board member Usha Devi, and his six aides were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/17/2013: A sniper opened fire on Major General Jamaa Jamaa, a senior Syrian intelligence officer, in Deir el-Zour city, Deir el-Zour governorate, Syria. Jamaa was killed in the attack. The Aisha bin a-Sadiq Brigade and the Al-Nusrah Front both claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a police checkpoint in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Shabak refugee compound in the Mwafaqiya area of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least 17 people, besides the assailant, were killed and 66 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2013: An assailant drove a tractor into an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base in Rama, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant was killed and one soldier was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An assailant opened fire on Hadji Mohammad Tomimbang outside of his home in Taraka municipality, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. Tomimbang, the Barangay Ririk chief and re-election candidate, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosive device detonated in front of a church in Namhkan town, Shan state, Myanmar. One person was killed and two others were wounded. This was one of two such attacks in Namkhan on this day. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, sources speculated that the Karen National Union may have been involved.
10/17/2013: An explosive device detonated in Namkhan town, Shan state, Myanmar. At least three people were injured in the blast. This is one of two such attacks in Namkhan town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Sources indicated that the device was planted in order to target a police patrol. No group claimed responsibility fort the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a playground in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an outdoor market in the Garage Al-Amana area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. This was also one of two such attacks in Garage Al-Amana. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Al-Husseiniya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, and one of three such attacks in Al-Husseiniya. At least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded across all 12 attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Bayaa area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Gareat area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Husseiniya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, and one of three such attacks in Husseiniya. At least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded across all 12 attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Jadida neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Mamel area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Shurta neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 12 such attacks in the city on this day, across which at least 45 people were killed and 125 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: Assailants abducted Mohammad Qasem from Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Qasem, an Afghan Police ligistical convoy commander, was killed and his body was found on October 18, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2013: Assailants abducted three Cano-Limon Covenas Oil Pipeline workers in Arauquita district, Arauca department, Colombia. No casualties were reported, and the victims were released a few hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities speculated that the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) was involved.
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Radaa town, Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen. At least three soldiers were injured. This was one of three attacks on security targets in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Abyan governorate, Yemen. No information was available with regards to casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Arauca department, Colombia. One officer was killed and two were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked a security base in Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. At least eight soldiers were killed and 21 others were injured. This was one of three attacks on security targets in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Az Zahir district, Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen. At least three soldiers were wounded. This was one of three attacks on security targets in Al-Bayda on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources speculated that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) may have been involved.
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint near Abyan, Abyan governorate, Yemen. At least one soldier was killed and two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked an unknown number of homes in Bagoinged village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, but an unknown number of houses were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and asserted that group was searching for an unnamed local election candidate.
10/17/2013: Assailants attacked an unknown number of homes in Kudal village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, but an unknown number of houses were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and asserted that group was searching for an unnamed local election candidate.
10/17/2013: Assailants attempted to attack a security checkpoint in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Soldiers opened fire and killed the six assailants; two civilians were also injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2013: Assailants detonated a landmine targeting an Indian Police Service (IPS) in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra state, India. Following the explosion, the assailants opened fire on the targeted police patrol. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Indian officials attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/17/2013: Assailants fired rockets at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operational base in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: Assailants killed a Pakistan Rangers soldier near the Afghan border in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Goubellat town, Beja governorate, Tunisia. At least two police officers were killed and a third police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security attributed it to Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia).
10/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique patrol in Gorongosa district, Sofala province, Mozambique. A clash ensued, during which seven soldiers and two assailants were killed. No group claimed responsibility; however, a government officials attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
10/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on Vice General Hussein Hinshi (Hinshir) in the Sahil Bin Nasser area of Derna city, Derna district, Libya. Hinshi, a senior Libyan military commander, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Janale town, Lower Shabeelle region, Somalia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Shabaab was involved.
10/17/2013: Assailants threw hand grenades at a police station in Marka town, Lower Shebelle province, Somalia. A civilian was injured when police officers attempted to fire on the attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that that Al-Shabaab was involved.
10/17/2013: Assailants threw two grenades at a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Marka town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Al-Shabaab was involved.
10/17/2013: Gunmen opened fire in a cinema a the Ifo refugee camp in Ifo, Garissa province, Kenya. At least six people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities speculated that the attack was carried out by Al-Shabaab.
10/17/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a non-state militia checkpoint in Bouhdima neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. In addition to the bomber, three people were killed and at least one other was wounded in the blast. The February 17 Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An assailant threw a hand grenade at a military post in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An explosive device detonated at the residence of Qasim Ali Khan in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan, the former District General Secretary of the Awami National Party (ANP), was unharmed; however, the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An explosive device detonated at the staff housing compound of Cargill Oil Mills Philippines, Incorporated in Sunrise area, La Piedad neighborhood, Isabela city, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, the compound was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/17/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Abu Samra neighborhood, Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Mandera city, Mandera province, Kenya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a cafe in Baladiyat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least nine people were killed and 28 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a club in Sulaykh area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 19 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near liquor stores in Karrada area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked a military position near Luhansk town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of four similar attacks in Eastern Ukraine on October 17, 2014. Six assailants were killed across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked a military position near Pisky town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of four similar attacks in Eastern Ukraine on October 17, 2014. Six assailants were killed across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked a military position near Ridkodub town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of four similar attacks in Eastern Ukraine on October 17, 2014. Six assailants were killed across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked a military position near Trekhizbenka town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of four similar attacks in Eastern Ukraine on October 17, 2014. Six assailants were killed across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked and killed Mehmet Latif Sener, a Independent Dawah Party follower, in an unknown location in Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked civilians in Eringeti town, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 22 people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked Mark Gres in Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. Gres, a parliamentary candidate of the Radical party, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked Oleksandr Gorin in Odessa oblast, Ukraine. Gorin, a parliamentary candidate of the People's Front, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants attacked residents in Maikadiri village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 30 people were killed in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/17/2014: Assailants beheaded a civilian in Barawe town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/17/2014: Assailants blew up the San Miguel de Orito Oil Pipeline in Valle del Guamuez municipality, Putumayo department, Colombia. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but two homes were destroyed in addition to the pipeline. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were involved.
10/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel in Akkar district, North governorate, Lebanon. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Siinka Dheer area, Mogadishu city, Somalia. Five soldiers were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Bissar area, Tripoli district, North governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks in Bissar area on October 17, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police officer in Liboi town, Garissa province, Kenya. The police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
10/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a soldier in Sitio Quicastilla area, Abucay village, Sorsogon province, Philippines. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on Alvin Bustamante in Alipuaton area, Misamis Oriental province, Philippines. Bustamante, a 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).
10/17/2014: Authorities intercepted an assailant carrying an explosive device, intending to target Caltex gas depot, in La Piedad neighborhood, Isabela city, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/17/2014: Several explosive devices detonated near an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) convoy in Zummar township, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Twenty ISIL members were killed and 30 members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that ISIL had originally planted the devices and forgotten that they were there.
10/17/2015: A rocket landed near a bank in Al Ruysat neighborhood, Benghazi city, Libya. One person, an Egyptian citizen, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: An assailant attempted to stab a police officer at the Kalandiya checkpoint in Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/17/2015: An assailant attempted to stab an Israeli settler in Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Fadel Mohammed al-Qawasameh, a Palestinian extremist.
10/17/2015: An assailant attempted to stab Border Police officers in Talpiyot Mizrah neighborhood, Jerusalem city, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Muataz Awisat, a Palestinian extremist.
10/17/2015: An assailant stabbed a Border Police officer at the Ashmoret Yitzhak Border Police base in Hebron city, West Bank. The assailant was killed and the officer was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Bayan Ayman Abd al-Hadi al-Esseili, a Palestinian extremist.
10/17/2015: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier at the Hasam Shoter checkpoint in Hebron city, West Bank. The soldier and the assailant were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/17/2015: An assailant stabbed Henriette Reker in Cologne city, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany. Reker, a pro-refugee mayoral candidate, and four others were injured in the attack. An individual claimed responsibility for the incident, and stated that he carried out the attack "because of anti-foreigner motives."
10/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Obaydi 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.
10/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near Hirske village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al-Furat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Diyala Bridge area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: 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.
10/17/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle Colonel Abdul Mohammad Kamawal Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Kamawal, a police human rights department officer, was not harmed, but two other officers were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Bab Al Sharqi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The driver was killed and a passenger was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Passport Directorate officer, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of Sheikh Mohammed Bodiam detonated in Ajdabiya, Wahat district, Libya. Bodiam, a Salafi imam, was injured and his nephew was killed in the blast. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Bodiam was targeted because the group believed he was an apostate.
10/17/2015: An unspecified number of landmines detonated targeting a police patrol near Tesaphuli village, Giridih district, Jharkhand state, India. There were no reported casualties; additionally, 41 other explosive devices were discovered and defused in the area following the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
10/17/2015: Assailants abducted Akbar Ali, a pharmacy owner, from Swangre, Shallang city, Meghalaya state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked a meeting of militias in Tawela town, Nuqat Al Khams district, Libya. An unknown number of casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim Fundamentalists.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Merca district, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. An unknown number of casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked an international relief organization office in Kereinik locality, West Darfur state, Sudan. A security guard was killed and two people, a Ukrainian pilot and a Sudanese translator, were abducted during the attack. The Ukrainian pilot was released on November 12, 2015. The whereabouts of the translator are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked and stole a khat truck between Beled Hawo area and Garbahaarrey area, Gedo region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked Ghormach district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Four civilians and 18 assailants were killed and 20 assailants were injured in the assault. The Taliban and Hizb-I-Islami claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked military forces in Albu Faraj, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, resulting in an unknown number of assailant casualties. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants attacked peshmerga forces in Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, resulting in an unknown number of assailant casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/17/2015: Assailants attempted to plant explosive devices in a hospital in Sabratah, Nuqat Al Khams district, Libya. Security forces arrested the assailants before planting the explosives. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Gaddafi Loyalists.
10/17/2015: Assailants in Afghanistan fired four mortars at Pakistan Armed Forces posts in Mamond subdistrict, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire at the Hamala Al Kabeer Ma'atam, a Shia Muslim community hall, in Hamala village, Northern, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks on Muslim Community halls in the area on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire at the Shaikh Hassan Al Demistani Ma'atam, a Shia Muslim community hall, in Damistan, Northern governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks on Muslim Community halls in the area on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Casoon village, Monkaryo district, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. Two soldiers were killed and another was injured in the attack; additionally, 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).
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent aid worker in Mansura district, Aden governorate, Yemen. The aid worker was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Captain Hadef Hameed al-Shamesi in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Al-Shamesi, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) military officer, was killed and another soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Espaldon Bara Tingkahan in Patikul district, Sulu province, Philippines. Tingkahan, a police officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Daglica village, Hakkari province, Turkey. At least four soldiers were killed and five others were injured in assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Pakistan Armed Forces personnel in Gishkour, Awaran district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least three assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Baloch Republican Army (BRA).
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Agali town, Kerala state, India. Two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Dar village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Two female suicide bombers disguised as villagers detonated among the fleeing residents. In addition to the bombers, at least 12 people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Abner Wahab Santos in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Santos, the local Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Maute Group.
10/17/2015: Assailants set fire to a school building to be used as a refugee shelter in Onsala locality, Halland county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Assailants shot and killed a police officer in Ghotpadi village, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/17/2015: Explosive devices planted on a pipeline were discovered and safely defused in Ataq city, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in al-Bereesm area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Security forces stopped a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle in Sheikh Hamad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The assailant was arrested and the vehicle was defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Two assailants attacked Romeo Tiqui and his companion in Bulanos village, Narvacan district, Ilocos Sur province, Philippines. Tiqui, a village councilor, was killed and his companion was abducted during the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2015: Two assailants opened fire on civilians in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Four civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: A sniper opened fire on joint forces in the center of Shirqat, Saladin, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and four security force members were injured in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 10 people were killed and 17 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Syrian Army checkpoint in As Saburah, Rif Dimashq, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Levies Forces vehicle in Boghra, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2016: An explosive device detonated prematurely outside a television and radio station in Sokhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/17/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers attacked a prison in Koutoukale, Tillaberi, Niger. One assailant was killed and two guards were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources also attributed the attack to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
10/17/2016: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Qoryoley, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Three civilians were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Aziziyeh neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Southern Front and the Shamiya Front separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) al-Assad Military Academy in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants attacked a military base in Maymana, Faryab, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Faryab on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Sardra, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. At least eight assailants were killed and 13 assailants and one police officer were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants attacked an airport in Maymana, Faryab, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Faryab on this day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants attacked the convoy of Abdul Qadir near Qadis, Badghis, Afghanistan. At least three people, including Qadir, a National Directorate of Security (NDS) official, and two assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
10/17/2016: Assailants attempted to abduct Mohammed Margham, a General National Congress (GNC) member, from his residence in Tripoli, Libya. Margham escaped the attack unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Hawan Kibu, Plateau, Nigeria. At least three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Mandera, Kenya. A local security guard was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/17/2016: Assailants raided a military base in Gashagar, Borno, Nigeria. An unknown number of soldiers were killed and 22 soldiers were injured in the attack. In addition, assailants abducted at least 46 soldiers, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants raided a police post guarding a power transmitter in Dalvash, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no casualties, but five rifles were stolen in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants set fire to three vehicles along Congo-Brazzaville Highway in Mindouli district, Pool, Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants set fire to two passenger vehicles in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least two drivers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed Ambrocio Fagaran, a village chair, in Madupayas, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed Darangina Ditucalan, a police chief, in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to the Maute Group.
10/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed Mohammad Omar, a tribal elder, in Chora, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed Rakkam D. Shira, a former Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) finance secretary, at his residence in Damagre, Meghalaya, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army.
10/17/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at the Dar-e-Abbas Imambargah in Liaquatabad neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least 1 person was killed and 20 others were injured in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also attributed the incident to Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ-Pakistan).
10/17/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at Nimreih Shimray's residence in Imphal, Manipur, India. Shimray, the president of Ukhrul District Contractors' Association, was not harmed, but three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2016: Security forces identified and detained three suicide bombers in Mihtarlam, Laghman, Afghanistan. The assailants confessed to being members of the Taliban.
10/17/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the district headquarters compound in Andar, Ghazni, Afghanistan. Following the blast, additional assailants stormed the compound. At least 21 people, including the suicide bomber, 15 security forces, and five civilians were killed in the blast and ensuing clash. In addition, 46 people and an unknown number of assailants were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Beni Hesar, Kabul, Afghanistan. The driver was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2017: An explosive device detonated in Dulab, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two civilians 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).
10/17/2017: An explosive device detonated near a house in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: An explosive device detonated near Idris Khan in Raqqah governorate, Syria. At least three people, including Khan, a Raqqa Internal Security Forces (RISF) commander, and two Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) members, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/17/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police bus in Yenisehir, Mersin, Turkey. At least 12 police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/17/2017: An explosive device planted under a bridge was discovered and defused in Sibi district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: Assailants abducted 15 people in Musa Qala, Helmand, Afghanistan. Two people were executed on October 17 while the fate of the remaining 13 hostages is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victims of kidnapping for ransom.
10/17/2017: Assailants abducted a schoolteacher, identified as Aijaz Ahmad Lone, in Wathoo, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Lone was killed shortly after the kidnapping and his body was discovered the following morning. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incident in a note left at the scene.
10/17/2017: Assailants abducted an alleged member of a pro-government militia in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. The hostage was beheaded on October 19, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: Assailants attacked Jose Jair Cortes Godoy in Restrepo, Narino, Colombia. Godoy, leader of the Alto Mira y Frontera Community Council, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities arrested a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissident in connection with the attack.
10/17/2017: Assailants attacked Makha, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks targeting villages in Dibis district on this date. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clashes with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/17/2017: Assailants attacked the notary association of the Athens Appeals Court in Athens, Attica, Greece. Although there were no reported casualties, unspecified property was damaged in the attack. The Anarchist Collective of Kallithea-Moschato claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in opposition to recent foreclosures.
10/17/2017: Assailants attacked Twelha, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks targeting villages in Dibis district on this date. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clashes with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/17/2017: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the district center in Jaghatu, Wardak, Afghanistan. Following the blast, assailants attacked the district center and security forces. At least 32 people, including 30 assailants and two security forces members, were killed in the blast and ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: Assailants set fire to At Taqwa Mosque in Sangso, Aceh, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: Assailants set fire to the residence of Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh, a recently slain former village sarpanch, in Imam Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
10/17/2017: Assailants shot and killed Pedro Verano, a Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) soldier in Sangay, Palapag, Northern Samar, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/17/2017: Assailants threw three grenades at a security checkpost near the Spinzar hotel in Deh Afghanan, Kabul, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. The casualties included civilians and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/17/2017: Authorities identified and arrested a suicide bomber riding an explosives-laden bicycle in Chahar Asyab, Kabul, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2017: Four suicide bombers attacked Zab, Kirkuk, Iraq. A civilian killed three of the assailants before the fourth assailant detonated, killing himself and injuring the civilian. No group claimed for the incident.
10/17/2017: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles outside a police compound and training center in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan. Following the blasts, additional assailants, including suicide bombers, stormed the area. At least 74 people, including 14 assailants, were killed and 236 other people were injured in the blast and ensuing clash; the victims included police officers and civilians waiting to collect national identification documents. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/17/2017: Two assailants shot and killed Ravinder Gosain, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader, in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Two Khalistan Liberation Force members were arrested and confessed to carrying out the attack.
10/18/1973: Two members of the New World sect, Warren A. Marcello and Michael A. Huff, are murdered and beheaded in Newark, New Jersey by suspected members of the New World sect faction of Black Muslims.  Marcello and Huff were shot and possibly strangled, before being decapitated by a heavy weapon, suspected to be a machete.  Huff was also stabbed several times.  This event was one in a series of related Black Muslim attacks.
10/18/1979: In a series of 2 linked attacks, a device called a scare bomb, which contains the components of a bomb but no explosives, was discovered and confiscated by police at the headquarters of the New York Republican County Committee in the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, United States. An anonymous caller phoned the office and warned of the bomb, but did not say who was responsible.  A phone call was also made to the United Press International, by a man with a Hispanic accent saying that the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) "will take responsibility for whatever happens tonight at the Democratic Republican Headquarters."
10/18/1979: In a series of 2 linked attacks, a device called a scare bomb, which contains the components of a bomb but no explosives, was discovered and confiscated by police at the headquarters of the New York State Democratic Committee offices in midtown Manhattan, New York in the United States. An anonymous caller phoned the office and warned of the bomb, but did not say who was responsible.
10/18/1983: Members of the United Freedom Front robbed Onondaga Savings Bank in Dewitt, New York, United States. $157,000 were stolen.  It is unknown if anyone was injured in the incident.
10/18/1998: An oil pipeline was attacked in Segovia, Colombia, causing oil to spill into nearby Machuca village. A fire erupted in the village, killing 48 people and injuring 100. The National Liberation Army (NLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/1998: Thirteen people were killed and 17 wounded during an attack by suspected Hutu Rebels in Gihanga, Burundi. No further information was provided on this incident.
10/18/1998: Two Serb reporters went missing while on their way to Magura, Kosovo. A man presenting himself as an official of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) told the Albanian-language media several days later that the reporters were in the hands of the KLA. The fate of the kidnapped was unknown.
10/18/1998: Unidentified gunmen killed the caretaker of the Baba Ruliya Sain Shrine and injured three others in a suspected sectarian shooting in Multan, Pakistan. Officials suspected that the motive behind the pre-dawn shooting was religious rivalry between militants of the majority Sunni and minority Shi'ite sects.
10/18/1999: A soldier from Jaya Military Sector Command Lemno, West Aceh was pulled off a bus and shot dead near Krueng Kala Bridge in Lhoong sub-district, Aceh Besar District, Indonesia, by two members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).
10/18/1999: At approximately 5:00 pm local time, three people were slightly injured when a bomb exploded on the second floor of a market in central Dushanbe, Tajikistan, just 150 meters (500 feet) from the Presidential Palace. Minor damage was reported in this incident. It was not known who carried out the attack and police did not rule out the possibility that this was "a settling of scores between rival gangs."
10/18/1999: Nine military-trained policemen were killed and seventeen were wounded when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a police camp at Thomaspuri in Vankalai, Sri Lanka, with mortars, machine guns and small arms.
10/18/1999: Twelve people were killed and eight were wounded in an attack against a truck convoy in N'dalatando, in the Cuanza Norte Province of Angola. Authorities suspected the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) of carrying out this attack.
10/18/1999: Unknown perpetrators set a Greek citizen's house on fire in the village of Bademli on Gokceada island, Turkey. A small child died in the fire.
10/18/2000: A bomb exploded in a restaurant in Midsayap, Philippines. Three civilians were injured in the incident. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was suspected responsible for the incident.
10/18/2000: A bomb exploded near the offices of the political party Democratic Alliance in Kenilworth suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Four people were injured in the incident. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/18/2000: About 30 armed Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels ambushed three soldiers and one civilian riding a motorcycle. The incident resulted in the killing of two soldiers and one civilian in Mindanao, Philippines.
10/18/2000: An Israeli convoy consisting of a military patrol and a bus carrying Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip was attacked by Umar al-Mukhtar Martyr Forces with machine guns and grenades. The bus was damaged but there were no casualties as a result of the attack.
10/18/2000: Four unidentified Somali gunmen shot dead a well known senior Somali national military officer, General Yussuf Tallan Ali, in Mogadishu. The general was a delegate at the Djibouti sponsored peace talks held in the Arta district, 35 kilometers from Djibouti. Tallan was a member of a committee responsible for disarmament measures. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/18/2000: Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels attacked a three vehicle police convoy that was en route to Banda Aceh. Two policemen were wounded in the attack.
10/18/2000: Kashmir rebels detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Sopore, India. The rebels targeting an Indian Army vehicle in the incident. Many Indian soldiers died and injured in the incident (unspecified). Eight civilians also sustained injuries in the blast.
10/18/2000: Kashmir rebels threw a grenade an Indian Army bunker located in the Nawab Bazar locality in Srinagar. Two civilians were injured in the incident.
10/18/2000: Kashmir rebels used rifle grenades to attack an Indian Army base in Anantnag, Anantnag District, India. The incident resulted in heavy loss of life and material (unspecified) for the Indian army.
10/18/2000: Police spotted a man planting a bomb on a road in Vedenskiy District, Chechnya, Russia.  The assailant attempted to escape in a vehicle but was stopped by police; they found a mine, rifle and cartridges, three hand grenades, and narcotics in the vehicle.  The specific motive and target behind the attack is unknown.
10/18/2000: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the Ganenshapuram military camp outside Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. At least one soldier and one rebel were killed in the incident.
10/18/2000: Twenty New People's Army (NPA) rebels attacked the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit Detachment (CAFGU) of the 62nd Infantry Battalion in San Policarpio Village, San Luis, Agusan del Sur, Philippines. One soldier and three CAFGU members died in the attack.
10/18/2000: Unidentified gunmen set two buses and a car on fire on a rural road at Andurie, Kwanza Norte province, Angola.  One of the buses contained passengers; dozens were killed in the fire.  The group and motive are unknown, although sources speculate that the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) may have been responsible.
10/18/2001: A bomb exploded in front of a McDonald’s in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. No one was injured. The front of the restaurant received minor damage. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast.
10/18/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, a letter laced with anthrax was sent to Dan Rather of CBS in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. His personal aide, Claire Fletcher, contracted the skin form of anthrax after she opened the letter. The perpetrator(s), as well as specific details concerning the letter were not known. No other employees at CBS were found to have anthrax infections. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/18/2001: Muchlis Ali, regency secretary for North Aceh was assassinated by four gunmen on motorcycles in Cunda, North Aceh province, Indonesia. The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) was suspected, but a senior leader denied responsibility.
10/18/2001: One Israeli was killed and 2 wounded when their car was attacked near Al-Nabi Musa, West Bank, Palestine. They were ambushed by an unknown number of Palestinians using automatic weapons.
10/18/2002: Gornernor of Magadan, Valentin Tsvetkov was waiting for his wife, Lyudmila, and aide Pyotr Shapka to get out of his Mercedes, which was parked near his office on the Novy Arbot thoroughfare, when a gunman hiding behind a billboard fired a 9mm bullet into the back of his head. The Governor died instantly. The attacker also fired a shot at Shapka but missed. The attacker escaped with his accomplice, who was waiting for him in a Zhiguli sedan. Investigators have linked the killing to Tsvetkov's distribution of fishing quotas among competing companies in the region, and also to Tsvetkov's attempts to force gold-mining companies in the region to repay a multimillion-dollar loan provided by the federal government in 1995.
10/18/2002: Three people were killed and 19 injured when a bomb exploded inside a bus in Quezon City, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for this attack however the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was suspected.
10/18/2004: John Martinkus, an Australian journalist with SBS Television, was held kidnapped from outside his hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, and held hostage for over 20 hours by a group claiming to be Ba'athists. Martinkus was released after the perpetrators read his publications about the war online and decided they were objective and fair and that Martinkus did not have ties tothe United States-led military coalition.
10/18/2005: Police found and disarmed a bomb thought to be planted by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Kidapawan City, Philippines.
10/18/2005: Suspected Taliban members shot and killed school headmaster, Abdol Wali, in Khanjak, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the murder.
10/18/2005: Two unidentified perpetrators fired guns and threw grenades at the private residence of Jammu and Kashmir’s Minister of Education, Ghulam Nabi Lone in Srinagar, India. Lone died after having been shot during the attack.  The two perpetrators first mistakenly attacked a neighbor’s house before moving on to Lone’s residence. One perpetrator and two security personnel died in the attack as well. Both Al-Mansoorian and Islamic Jihad Front claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/18/2005: Unidentified gunmen suspected of being Taliban members shot and killed Ahmadollah, the head of Arghandab (District) in Afghanistan’s Kandahar (Province) Province. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/18/2005: Unidentified perpetrators attacked a Kirkuk Police patrol killing two officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2006: Four individuals were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group near the town of Parang on the island of Jolo in the Philippines, as they worked on a USAID project building a road. Three of the individuals were Filipino men who were hired to work security for the project. There were no reported casualties, as the hostages escaped.
10/18/2006: Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attempted a suicide attack on the Dakshina Naval Base and fishing harbor in the port city of Galle in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.  The perpetrators were disguised as fishermen on five vessels which were laden with explosives.  The Sri Lankan Navy was able to destroy three of the rebel boats immediately where the boats are checked before entering the base as the personnel on duty had prior notification of the impending attack, but the other two boats exploded at the entrance.  The incident resulted in the death of at least 16 people including 15 rebels.  Additionally, the Media Center for National Security said 14 civilians were injured due to the Tiger disposable Rocket Propeller Grenade attack, adding that two Inshore Patrol Craft of the Navy were damaged. The Sri Lankan minister of Policy Planning stated that "LTTE had targeted Galle, a Sinhala majority town, to attack in order to create an angry backlash from the Sinhala majority but the government had been able to restore total calmness in the area."
10/18/2006: Shadi Khan, Chief of Naish (District) survived an assassination attempt in the city of Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan. Two of his bodyguards were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2006: The head of the Legal Affairs Department, Mohammad Osman, and the head of the Education Department, Mohayoddin, of Badghis Province, Afghanistan, were on a bus, heading to the capital, Qala-e Naw, when unidentified armed motorcyclists stopped the vehicle. The armed individuals removed these officials from the bus, and then shot them to death. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/18/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria,  fired several bullets at a municipal guard post on the outskirts of Oum Toub, Algeria.  There were no casualties but the post was burned.
10/18/2007: Ahmed al-Mashhadani, an Iraqi civilian political advisor of Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi, was killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/18/2007: Approximately 139 Pakistanis were killed, more than 250 others were wounded, and at least three police vans and several other vehicles were destroyed when one suspected Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami (HUJI) perpetrator threw a grenade and a suicide bomber immediately detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at approximately 12:52 AM adjacent to a homecoming procession for exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karsaz neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan.
10/18/2007: Five Iraqi civilian students were wounded when an unknown perpetrator threw a grenade onto the grounds of their private middle- and high-school complex in Kut al-Hajaj neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.
10/18/2008: On Saturday about 20 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist militants set fire to the private residence of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Suresh Yadav in the Latehar district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. They also set a four-wheeler on fire after throwing a flammable substance. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday morning at 0500, two suspected Taliban gunmen riding motorbikes fired upon the tribal elder Ali Ahmad Khan Barekzai who had just exited a mosque with his son after morning prayer in Deh Khwaja  district of Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Both the tribal elder and his son died from the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday morning, unknown separatists detonated an improvised explosive device on a bridge connecting Georgian and Ossetian villages in Adzvi village, Gori, Shida Kartli (Georgia) province, Georgia. The bombing attack completely destroyed the bridge and caused minor damage to nearby houses but resulted in no casualties. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday night, about 20 suspectedCommunist Party of India-Maoist (CPI) militants attacked and wounded 12 civilians in the Latehar district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, a farmer was shot and killed by four suspected rebels armed with M-16 rifles and .45 caliber pistols in Sitio Lunay Bukid, Mabini village, Escalante City, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, an unidentified United Nations Food Agency worker was shot and killed in the southern Somali town of Merka, Shabeellaha Hoose province. According to reports, the worker was shot three times as he left a Mosque. No gunmen were located at the scene and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, five masked gunmen killed five Iraqi civilians and wounded a pregnant woman in an attack on a Sons of Iraq leader's house south of Balad, Salah ad Din, Iraq. The attack occurred at Amer Gassem Khadir's house. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle driven by a Sahwa Council leader, killing him and damaging his vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, in Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan, six armed Taliban stormed the Agency Headquarters Hospital and kidnapped a program coordinator of Save the Children, an NGO and a senior doctor, Mazhar Hayat. The militants forced their way into the hospital and went straight to the target's office, where they overpowered the doctor, and put him into a double cabin pick-up truck. The condition of the coordinator is unknown. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, nine Chinese oil workers and two Sudanese drivers were abducted from a small oil field in an unknown location in Kordofan province, Sudan, by suspected members of the Justice and Equality Movement.  The method of attack end extraction for the incident is unknown. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident and the status of the hostages is unknown.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, suspected Al Shabab militants shot and killed Muqtar Mohammad Hassan, head of UNICEF's water and sanitation program, in Hudur district, Bakol province, Somalia.  According to witnesses, gunshots were heard which led to the discovery of Mr. Hassan's body. However, the gunmen had managed to escape. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) supporters carried out an arson attack on a Turkish club in Vienna-Hernals, Vienna (Wien) province, Austria. The arson attack caused minimal damage to the building but caused no casualties. No claim of responsibility for the incident was made, however the Interior Ministry suspected that PKK supporters were behind the incident.
10/18/2008: On Saturday, suspected Party of Free Life of Kurdistan members killed Mohsen Moslemi, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, in the northwestern area of Chaldoran, Azarbayjan-e Garbi, Iran. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/18/2009: A remotely-operated improvised explosive device detonated near a café in Benchoud, Boumerdes province, Algeria.  The device exploded as a police vehicle was passing by; three police officers were injured in the blast.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2009: On Monday, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader, Shital Hembram, was abducted from his house by a group of left wing ultras on 10/18/2009 and his body was found 10/19/2009 after he was shot and killed.
10/18/2009: On Sunday early in the day, Pradeep Ganju, a naxal commander of the Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC), was killed in an encounter with activists of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) in the Bearjungaha forests of Latehar district. Two other JCP extremist were injured in the incident.
10/18/2009: On Sunday evening around 1800, a booby-trapped car detonated near a play station shop in the Raghiba Khatoon area of the Adhamiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed five people and wounded another fifteen. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday evening at about 2030, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, a bomb exploded as an assailant was attempting to place it near a gas pipeline, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday evening, in Gal Hareeri, Galgudud, Somalia, assailants armed with sledgehammers, hoes, and firearms attacked the holy site of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh, assaulting and destroying a mausoleum, a mosque, and an Islamic university but causing no casualties. The assailants dispersed the crowd of Sufi clerics and civilians that were trying to stop them by firing shots into the air. Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday morning around 0800, an adhesive bomb attached to a car exploded in the Jadiriyah neighborhood in the Karradah district, central Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed one civilian and injured another three. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday morning at 0500 in San Jose village in Boston, Davao Oriental, Philippines, assailants fired upon the residence of a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member, killing one civilian farmer and damaging the residence. The New People's Army/Communist Party of the Philippines (NPA-CPP) claimed responsibility and said the civilian's death was a mistake.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, a bomb attached to a car exploded in northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The blast injured two construction workers. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, a bomb attached to a motorcycle went of in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed three people and wounded another fourteen. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, a roadside bomb went off in Haswa, Babel, Iraq. The blast killed two people and wounded another nine. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan, on the Helmand to Kandahar Highway, armed assailants kidnapped two non-government organization (NGO) workers. Two days later, on 10/20/2009, the hostages were released. No property damage was reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, in Pishin, Sistan va Baluchestan, Iran, a suicide bomber hit a unity meeting between Sunni and Shi'i tribal leaders. The explosion killed a number of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders. Thirty-five people were killed an another twenty-five were wounded in all. Among the dead were General Nur-Ali Shushtari, commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Sistan-Baluchestan province, General Mohammad-Zadeh, the Guards' commander for the town of Iranshahr and the commander of the Amir al-Momenin unit. About ten tribal leaders were killed as well. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. The local Sunni group, Jundollah(God's soldiers), claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, on Mano Jan Road, armed assailants threw a grenade at the residence of a government official, damaging the residence but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2009: On Sunday, in Salar, Sheykhabad, Vardak, Afghanistan, assailants set fire to a vehicle delivering charcoal drums, destroying the vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2010: On Monday afternoon at 1500, at Topodisa village in Haflong, North Cachar Hills, Assam, India, the chief of the Black Widow (DHD-J), Maurong Dimasa was shot and injured when unidentified gunmen attacked him and his two colleagues. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2010: On Monday morning around 1030, at a clothes market in Muang, Pattani, Thailand, an unidentified gunman shot and killed a retired police officer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2010: On Monday morning, along a road at Sikhapalli in Malkangiri, Orissa, India, unidentified militants triggered a landmine blast near a Border Security Force (BSF) camp, damaging a portion of the road. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however according to police, the attack may have been carried out to interfere with a health and awareness camp which was scheduled to be held by the BSF personnel deployed in the area. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/18/2010: On Monday, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, an improvised explosive device planted in a garbage container went off triggering panic in the city; the bomb was a homemade. No casualties or damages were reported. Police sources termed the incident as a terrorist act aimed at creating panic and terror in the city. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2010: On Monday, in the Al Nadha area of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, Jasim Ali al-Sa'idi, a Baghdad provincial councilman, was killed when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device that was attached to his vehicle. Three of Sa'idi's bodyguards and five civilians were wounded by the blast, and the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2010: On Monday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a car carrying an employee of the Oil Ministry detonated. The blast killed the employee, injured another civilian and damaged the car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2010: On Monday, in the Kafaat neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device stuck to a civilian car blew up, killing one civilian, wounding another and damaging the car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2010: On Monday, in Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen, at least three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when unidentified militants ambushed an army convoy by unknown means. No group has claimed responsibility, but Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula militants have been suspected responsible for the attack.
10/18/2010: On Monday, on National Highway 221 near Tongpal, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, a dozen unidentified militants set ablaze three vehicles and two tippers engaged in road construction work, causing an unknown amount of property damage. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) were responsible.
10/18/2010: On Monday, on the Kabul-Kandahar road in the Nuh Baba area of Andar, Ghazni, Afghanistan, three employees of a security company were killed when an improvised explosive device, placed by unidentified militants, was detonated next to their vehicle. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2011 (Default Date): On Tuesday, in Afmadow, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, militants kidnapped by unknown means 20 people including businessmen for helping the Somali government. An unknown number of the hostages were killed shortly after being kidnapped, but the status of the remaining hostages is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday evening around 1850, in Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia, no casualties were reported when militants threw a grenade into the Radio Galkayo radio station. The attack destroyed one wall inside the radio station. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday morning between 0500 and 0900, in Tamenglong, Manipur, India, a suspected group of National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah Militants attacked a Zeliangrong United Front militant hideout. Two National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah militants were wounded in the armed assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday night, in the Tank area of Bala Murghab, Badghis, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a health clinic. Three civilians were killed and two Afghan soldiers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Afmadow, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, militants kidnapped 18 Somali civilians by unknown means after accusing the civilians of supporting the Kenyan government; no casualties were reported. The status of the hostages is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Bishnupur, Manipur, India, suspected militants detonated a low intensity improvised explosive device (IED) inside the State social welfare minister’s office. The bomb was tossed in the office by militants. The blast caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the office. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, militants fired a rocket at a mosque adjacent to the house of MNA Noorul Haq Qadri, causing partial damage to an outer wall and the main gate of the mosque. There were no casualties and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, at least five people were killed and 28 people were injured when a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting two Kenyan Ministry officials in the foreign ministry building. The two Kenyan ministry officials were not injured in the attack. One car was destroyed and an unknown amount of material damage was sustained by the surrounding buildings. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Nengmaldalgre village, East Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India, a Garo National Liberation Army commander identified as Dilseng alias Bashish was killed during an armed assault with Combat Battalion for Resolute Action and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandos. SWAT also recovered an Kalashnikov rifle, a pistol, three magazines, 120 rounds of ammunition, high frequency wireless set and the identity card of the deceased militant. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault but the Garo National Liberation Army was suspected.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in one of two related attacks in the Perro Khel tribal area of Shinwari, in the Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, unknown militants fired a rocket targeting a mosque and a mausoleum of Haji Gul Sahib. There were no casualties or property damages and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in one of two related attacks in the Perro Khel tribal area of Shinwari, in the Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, unknown militants fired two rockets targeting a mosque and a mausoleum of Haji Gul Sahib. There were no casualties or property damages and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, no casualties were reported when militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the administration building at the Islamia College University. The college administration building was partially damaged in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Richadih village, Seraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand, India, a tribal elder, Sudarshan Samad, and his son, Laxman Samad, were abducted by unidentified militants. The two hostages were later killed, and their bodies were recovered by security forces on 10/23/2011. Both victims had their throats slit. No group claimed responsibility, but Communist Party of India-Maoist militants are suspected.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Akkakhel area of the Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a prayer leader and two civilians were injured when militants targeted and attacked the Charsiyano mosque in a mortar attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Banksole forest in Midnapore, West Bengal, India, members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) group attacked police forces with firearms. No casualties were reported in the armed assault. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the CPI-M was suspected.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Najeeb Kallay area of Mandi Kas near Shalobar in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, one local tribesman was killed in a militant mortar attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Najeeb Kallay area of Mandi Kas near Shalobar, Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a retired tribal policeman was killed when militants targeted and struck the policeman’s home with a mortar. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2011: On Tuesday, near the Bara area of Khyber Agency, in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, at least three people were killed when unidentified militants fired mortars targeting four civilian homes. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2012: A roadside explosive device detonated in a forest in Dumaria area, Bihar state, India. The explosion targeted a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) anti-mine vehicle, killing seven CRPF personnel and injuring nine other people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
10/18/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden bicycle near the Syrian Ministry of Interior in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Aside from the suicide bomber, there were no reported casualties; however, the buildings in the area were slightly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: An explosive device detonated in front of Land Bank of the Philippines, a government-owned bank, in Tacurong city, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, the surrounding buildings were slightly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) civilian vehicle on Torkham-Jalalabad highway in Behsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: An explosive device detonated near an army checkpoint near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: An explosive device detonated on a rubber plantation in Rangae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Although no human casualties were reported, a dog was killed when it stepped on the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/18/2012: An explosive device was discovered in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/18/2012: Assailants at a protest threw an explosive device at police officers in Al Akar area, Central governorate, Bahrain. One officer was killed and anotherinjured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Constabulary (FC) checkpost in Orangi Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two FC personnel were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on a hospital van in Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The driver of the van was killed and one doctor injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on a teacher in Khak-e-Sufaid district, Farah province, Afghanistan. The teacher was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Taliban.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on a village defense volunteer in Krong Penang district, Yala province, Thailand. The volunteer, Phipop Homhuan, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to separatists.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on two police officers in Gadap town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on two police officers in Gulberg town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One was killed and one wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2012: Assailants set fire to a school in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. The school was destroyed by the fire. This was one of five related incidents in Potiskum overnight and one of three attacks targeting schools. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities suspected Boko Haram.
10/18/2012: Assailants set fire to an Islamic seminary school in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. The school was destroyed by the fire. This was one of five related incidents in Potiskum overnight and one of three attacks targeting schools. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities suspected Boko Haram.
10/18/2012: Assailants shot two soldiers in a civilian vehicle at a fake roadblock on the road between Issers and Timezrit towns in Boumerdes province, Algeria. The assailants used the checkpoint to verify identity cards, removing two soldiers dressed in civilian clothes from a car. Both soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
10/18/2012: Assailants threw incendiary devices at shops in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Eleven shops were destroyed in the fires. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/18/2012: Two assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Safian area, Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The assailants were killed when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/18/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered and defused in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle near a joint North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) convoy in Panj Qala, Parwan province, Afghanistan. At least one person, the assailant, was killed. Both Hizb-I-Islami and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/18/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the Green Village, a residential compound for foreign contractors, in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The blast occurred as a convoy of vehicles was passing. At least two civilians were killed and another four people were injured in the explosion. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/18/2013: An explosive device detonated at a mosque in Dugulubgei locality, Kabardino-Balkaria republic, Russia. The device detonated prematurely as assailants were arming it, killing the two assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: An explosive device detonated near a house in Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: An explosive device detonated near the police station in downtown Imphal city, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in the Ghausdara area of Nejrab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Five assailants and four civilian passers-by were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: An explosive device detonated underneath the vehicle of a Zawia Martyrs Brigade member in Buhadi neighborhood, Sirte city, Sirte governorate, Libya. At least one militia member was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: An explosive device was discovered near the Ceara School in Lurgan town, Armagh district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The bomb squad safely removed the device without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack; however, police authorities attributed the incident to dissident republicans.
10/18/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Mashtal neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eleven people were killed and 18 others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2013: Assailants attacked a Yemen Army base in Ahwar district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. The assailants first detonated an explosives-laden vehicle, and then proceeded to attack the based with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. In addition to one assailant, eight soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/18/2013: Assailants firebombed B&M Bargains discount store in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack; however, the store was destroyed. Oglaigh na hEireann claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the store was exploiting staff members.
10/18/2013: Assailants kidnapped a police officer from an unknown location in Colombia. The officer was released unharmed on October 22, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/18/2013: Assailants kidnapped a police officer in Choco department, Colombia. The officer was released unharmed on October 22, 2013. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) helicopter in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. No casualties were reported, but the helicopter was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to M23.
10/18/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle in the Sarbolaq area of Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. A National Directorate of Security (NDS) employee and two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2013: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Qadir in Nijrab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Qadir, a provincial candidate for an upcoming election, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: Assailants used rocket-propelled grenades to attack the house of Wissam Ben Hamid in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Hamid, a Libyan Shield command, was not injured in the bombing, but the blast destroyed the home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2013: Gunmen ambushed a barangay captain at a public market in Longos, Pangasinan province, Philippines. One person was killed and three were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/18/2013: Gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on Colonel Ahmed Mustapha Al-Barghathy near his home in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-BarghathyAl-Barghathy, the head of the military police investigative division and a former anti-Gaddafi leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2013: Three explosive devices detonated simultaneously at a park in Daur village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 20 others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: A projectile landed on the private residence of a civilian and detonated in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a joint Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) convoy in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and five others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near security forces in Hajjaj town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two additional car bombs detonated in the same area. In addition to the bomber, at least four soldiers were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a bus stop in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least one person was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An assailant attempted to detonate an explosives-laden vehicle near a Libyan National Police (LNP) checkpoint in Majouri neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported of casualties as the assailant was apprehended prior to detonating the device. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated near a mosque in Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated as it was being planted in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least three assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) water tanker Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were killed and two others were injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Garah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Ghazaliya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 12 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Pakistan Armed Forces Shaidano Dhand checkpost in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near the state governor's residence in Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2014: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Sher Ahmad in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. Ahmad, the acting Afghan Police chief in Spera district, was killed and at least four people, including three guards, were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Yelchil village, Maharashtra state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosive device was discovered inside an under-construction apartment building and defused in Khasavyurt town, Dagestan republic, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a cafe in Mahmudiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Kobani town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The extent of casualties in the blast is unknown. This was one of two car bombings in Kobani on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Al-Huriyyah Square in Kobani town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The extent of casualties in the blast is unknown. This was one of two car bombings in Kobani on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2014: Assailants abducted Shivkumar Sidar from a passenger bus in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Sidar, a Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) constable, was killed a few feet away from the bus. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility and apologized for the attack.
10/18/2014: Assailants armed with explosives attacked Colombian military personnel in Lagunilla area, Chaparral municipality, Tolima department, Colombia. One soldier was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked a Directorate of Penitentiary Services prison in Butembo town, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties; however, at least 300 prisoners were freed during the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Garta village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. An unknown number of people were killed and injured, 20 women were abducted, and buildings were set on fire during the raid. This was one of three similar attacks carried out by the same group in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Pina village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. An unknown number of people were killed and buildings were set on fire in the attack. This was one of three similar attacks carried out by the same group in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Shooli village, Bulobarde district, Hiiraan region, Somalia. At least six people, inlcuding one soldier and three assailants, were killed and over 20 houses were destroyed in the incident. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Zhur village, Hawul district, Borno state, Nigeria. At least eight people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked residents in Shaffa village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least eight people were killed and an unknown number of people were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked residents with machetes and hatchets in Byalos village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 21 people were killed and an unknown number of others were wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked Shara Mizran Mosque in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
10/18/2014: Assailants attacked the private residence of Ali Bdeir in Yarim town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. Bdeir, an official of the Islamic Reform Group (Islah), was not home at the time of the incident; however, at least 12 people, including eight assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to Huthis.
10/18/2014: Assailants fired multiple mortars at People's Protection Units (YPG) forces in Kobani town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The extent of casualties in the blasts is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2014: Assailants kidnapped 40 women from Waga Mangoro village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of three similar attacks carried out by the same group in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
10/18/2014: Assailants lashed several civilians accused of consuming alcohol in Derna city, Derna governorate, Libya. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic Youth Shura Council.
10/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Saudi Arabia Police Force patrol near the entrance to Al-Awamiyah city, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. There were no reported casualties; however, a nearby oil pipeline caught on fire during the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on a van transporting newspapers near Gharo town, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on farmers in Deleig town, Central Darfur state, Sudan. At least two people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
10/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Mir Shehryar Zehri in Gandawa village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least four people, including Zehri, the son of the leader of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal), were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: Four explosive devices were discovered and defused near a transmission tower in Faqeer Muhammad Bugti, Sindh, Pakistan. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2014: Rocket-propelled grenades landed near the vehicle of Sheikh Saleh Haboub Al-Ba'ssassi and detonated in Lahij city, Lahij governorate, Yemen. At least four people, including Al-Ba'ssassi, a commander of the Popular Resistance Committee, were killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/18/2014: Several mortars landed near the Mursitpinar Border Crossing Mursitpinar town, Sanliurfa province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2015: A explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a police vehicle on Ring Road, Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Two police officers were killed in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: A rocket landed in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: An assailant opened fire and stabbed people inside Beersheba bus station in Southern district, Israel. The assailant and one soldier were killed and 11 people, including police and civilians were injured in the attack. Additionally, an Eritrean bystander was mistakenly shot and killed by responding Israeli soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Muhanad al-Uqbi, a Palestinian extremist.
10/18/2015: An assailant threw a grenade at Doque Basa, a soldier, and Boyet Liozo, a civilian in Lower Tungawan village, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Sahid Yusop.
10/18/2015: An explosive device detonated in As Suba' area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) power pylon in Abi Gum, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of four bombings targeting power pylons in Abi Gum on the same day. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in al Kuray'at area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Wihdah, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle on Tunceli-Erzincan highway in Tunceli province, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed and another two were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/18/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a polling station in Fayoum governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at Agency Headquarters Hospital in Wana town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2015: Assailants abducted Abdul Majeed Glimbafi and 12 other police officers in Ghormach district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Glimbafi, the Ghormach district police chief, and the other 12 hostages were killed on October 23, 2015. The Taliban and Hizb-I-Islami claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Assailants abducted Jetti Ramkrishna and Vemula Sathish, two local vendors, in Yampur village, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Maoists.
10/18/2015: Assailants abducted Lea Koyassoum Doumta from her vehicle in Ombella-M'Poko, Central African Republic. Doumta, the National Transitional Council vice-president, was released unharmed two hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to an anti-Balaka militia.
10/18/2015: Assailants abducted seven United Nations (UN) police officers from an area near Boali, Ombella M'poko prefecture, Central African Republic. The officers were released later on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Anti-Balaka Militia.
10/18/2015: Assailants abducted Wanis Al-Sahli from an unknown location in Libya. Al-Sahli, a military commander, was killed and his body was discovered on January 18, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a convoy of Somali troops in Jiir Carab area, Gedo region, Somalia. Four soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a hospital near Abu Hadi town, Sirte district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a military intelligence official and his companion on the outskirts of Cotabato city, Maguindanao province, Philippines. The intelligence official was killed and his companion was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Tergaran area, Warduj district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan This was one of two attacks on police checkpoints in Warduj district on this date. One police officer and six assailants were killed and two police officers and eight assailants were wounded across both attacks. In addition, 14 police personnel were abducted. As of October 25th, 2015 nine abducted police officers were released; the whereabouts of the other five officers are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Chah Anjeer area, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks in Nad Ali district on this date. At least 10 police officers and 20 assailants were killed across the coordinated attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Gharbi area, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks in Nad Ali district on this date. At least 10 police officers and 20 assailants were killed across the coordinated attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Loymanda area, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks in Nad Ali district on this date. At least 10 police officers and 20 assailants were killed across the coordinated attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a Rapid Response Brigade vehicle in Wambache village, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. A military captain and 10 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked a temporary camp of military personnel in Surahapara area, Bilaichhari, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. A Village Defense Party (VDP) member was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP).
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked military positions and civilians in Bakaiko neighborhood, Oicha subdistrict, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is one of two incidents in Oicha on this date. One civilian was killed and two soldiers were wounded across the two attacks. In addition, two civilians were abducted during the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked military positions and civilians in Mapiki city, Oicha subdistrict, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is one of two incidents in Oicha on this date. One civilian was killed and two soldiers were wounded across the two attacks. In addition, two civilians were abducted during the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked passengers along the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Qarah Bagh, Shahjoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed when security forces responded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Assailants attacked police post in Kufki area, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This is one of four attacks was Nad Ali district on this date. At least 10 police officers and 20 assailants were killed across the coordinated attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/18/2015: Assailants fired a mortar shell at joint security forces in the Hamrin Mountains in Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Five volunteer fighters were killed and eight fighters were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2015: Assailants kidnapped 84 Arab civilians in Makhmur district, Arbil governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2015: Assailants kidnapped Talib Hussain 'Ajjaj in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The whereabouts of 'Ajjaj, the southern Tripoli Attorney General, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Ataya Al-Arabi outside of his home in Ajdabiya, Wahat district, Libya. Al-Arabi, the Ajdabiya military intelligence chief, was killed in the attack. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Colonel Ataya Al-Arabi was targeted because the group believed he was an apostate
10/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on Haji Nazir along Multan Road in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Nazir, a local Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ise Mohamed Beyle in Wadajir neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Beyle, a Ministry of Finance employee, was killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mir Wali Khan in Haji Lawang Kalay, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a local polio worker supervisor, was killed in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2015: Assailants raided Buhriz, Diyala, Iraq. The attackers planted explosive devices in a Bani Zayd family clan elder's house and executed three of his sons. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Assailants shot and killed Fa'iz Abd al-Wahid, an integrity commission official, in Al-Qadisiyah area, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at a Justice and Development Party (AKP) building in Kayapinar district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/18/2015: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting military members with an explosives-laden vehicle in Albu Rishah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Security forces identified and opened fire on a suicide bomber attempting to access the Maimalari military base in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. The assailant detonated, killing herself, although no other casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/18/2015: Three explosive devices attached to a steel tower of the National Grid Corporation were discovered and safely defused in Carmen district, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused at a polling station in Kerdasa village, Giza governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a police station in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Afgoye on this date. At least six assailants and 11 people, including security personnel and civilians, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured across both attacks. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/18/2016: An explosive device detonated in Alizai, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2016: An explosive device detonated in Laskarpur, Khulna, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near Lehri Gate in Saddar Town neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Dr. Musa Khawrin, an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in Taimani, Kabul, Afghanistan. Khawrin, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants and a suicide bomber equipped with an explosives-laden vehicle raided Nasr, Nineveh, Iraq. At least one soldier and three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants assaulted an unknown number of military bases in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Afgoye on this date. At least six assailants and 11 people, including security personnel and civilians, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured across both attacks. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/18/2016: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Bir Lahfan, North Sinai, Egypt. At least seven assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants attacked Afonso Dhlakama, a Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) leader, and a team of international mediators in Gorongosa, Sofala, Mozambique. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants attacked tribal forces in southeast Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. It is unknown if the assault resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2016: Assailants fired a missile at Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties as the missile was intercepted. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
10/18/2016: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an armored vehicle in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. At least two soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
10/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on a beer parlor in Tor Donga, Benue, Nigeria. At least 10 people were killed and at least 29 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle transporting Shia civilians in Block 1, Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least two people were injured in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Mershing, South Darfur, Sudan. Three civilians were killed and five civilians were injured in the attack. Six people were also abducted, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Abbala extremists.
10/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on two Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) officials in Ribaue, Nampula, Mozambique. Flor Armando, a member of the provincial assembly, and his colleague Zeca were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants raided Derbisaka, Mbomou, Central African Republic. One person was killed and three people were abducted in the attack. The three hostages were released on October 20, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
10/18/2016: Assailants raided Goptari village near Chibok, Borno, Nigeria. A soldier was injured and the village was set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/18/2016: Assailants shot and killed Anurag Tiwari, the Medical Representative Association (MRA) president, in Sonaghati, Madhya Pradesh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Assailants shot and killed Jose Angel Flores and Silmer George, two land rights activists, in Tocoa, Colon, Honduras. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Security forces discovered and defused explosive devices intended to target pilgrims in Liyah, Basrah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber in Charikar, Parwan, Afghanistan. The assailant confessed to being a member of the Taliban.
10/18/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Balochistan Constabulary truck along Quetta-Sibi Road in Sariab, Balochistan, Pakistan. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people, including six officers, were killed and 22 other people were injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2017: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel at the Gush Etzion Junction near Alon Shvut, West Bank. The assailant was shot and injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
10/18/2017: An explosive device detonated as civilians were returning to their residences in Tabaj, Diyala, Iraq. At least four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Army vehicle close to Jalal checkpost between Mir Ali and Bannu in North Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near stores in Radhwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near the convoy of Brigadier General Issam Zahreddine in Hawija Saqr, Raqqah, Syria. Zahreddine, a Syrian Army commander, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2017: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of Lieutenant Colonel Ayad bin Suhail al-Yafei detonated in Mudiyah, Abyan, Yemen. Al-Yafei, a Hizam Brigade commander, was killed and three bodyguards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2017: An explosives-rigged house detonated while being defused in Zawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. A bomb disposal officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Shamalgha, Farah, Afghanistan. At least three police officers and six assailants were killed and eight assailants and one police officer were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked a security post along the Zarang-Dilaram highway in Khash Rod, Nimroz, Afghanistan. At least five police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked a vehicle carrying agricultural ministry employees in Dawlatabad, Faryab, Afghanistan. The driver was killed and two employees were abducted in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpost in Jer Qala, Balkh, Afghanistan. Six police officers and at least one assailant were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked Pombolo, Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic. At least 26 people were killed and 24 people were injured in the ensuing clashes with Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to an anti-Balaka militia.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked the district center in Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan. Nine assailants were killed and six others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants attacked the vehicle of the Guire gendarmerie brigade commander along the Nara-Mourdia road in Nara district, Koulikoro, Mali. The driver was killed and two gendarmes, including the commander and his aide, were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Sungai Padi district, Narathiwat, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members in El Charco, Narino, Colombia. Six former FARC members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Deputy Prime Minister Abdul-Aziz Jubari near Tur al-Bahah, Lahij, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
10/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of General Marcel Mbangu in Kiusha, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. General Mbangu, a senior army officer, was not harmed; however, three people, including two assailants and one soldier, were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
10/18/2017: Assailants raided an unknown number of villages in Daquq district, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting villages in Daquq district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2017: Assailants raided Arab Kuye, Kirkuk, Iraq. One civilian was killed and an unknown number of civilians were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks targeting villages in Daquq district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/18/2017: Assailants set fire to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Kingston, Saint Andrew, Jamaica. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) inspector along Qambrani Road in Shahwani neighborhood, Quetta, Pakistan. Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed Abdihakim Jama Elmi, a member of the Jubaland State parliament, in Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed Shaykh Fahd Muhammad Qasim al-Yunisi, the imam of Al Mansurah Mosque, in Shaykh Uthman, Adan, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed Special Police Officer (SPO) Haleem Gujjar outside his residence in Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at the residence of Smith Toby, an OK FM political reporter, in Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia. There were no reported casualties as the device failed to ignite. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device at a house in Rathkeale, Limerick, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/18/204: Five people were killed in Afghanistan's Paktikta province when a roadside bomb struck the jeep in which they were riding. The vehicle was used by the electoral committee in the province. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/1977: Four members of the May 19 Communist Order robbed a Citibank branch in Mount Vernon, New York in the United States.  $13,800 were stolen.  No casualties resulted from this incident.
10/19/1997:  A flotilla of approximately 20 small boats belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked two navy gunboats off the northeast coast of Sri Lanka.  The rebels rammed an explosive-laden boat into one of the navy gunboats, sinking it.  At least nine navy sailors and 100 rebels were killed in the incident.  The LTTE states that it only lost five members in the battle.
10/19/1998: Latvia's Omega anti-terrorist unit dismantled a letter bomb planted at the Israeli Embassy in Riga, Latvia. There were no casualties an no claim of responsibility in this incident.
10/19/1998: Members of the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts (ALF and ELF) claimed responsibility for setting multiple fires at the Vail Ski Resort outside of Vail, Colorado in the United States, causing an estimated $24 million in damages and loss.  There were no casualties in the incident; however, the fires caused structural damage to radio towers, ski lift towers, restaurants, and the ski patrol office. Altogether there was damage to eight structures, including four ski lifts, at two sites on a stretch of land about a mile apart; five structures were damaged at one site and three at the second.  In a communiqué sent via email to the Liberation Collective and various  local universities, newspapers, and public radio stations, both ALF and ELF claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the motive was to protect the lynx habitat and warned that skiers should choose alternative destinations. The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which committed nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.
10/19/1998: Salem Sarsur, a suspected member of HAMAS, threw two grenades into a crowded bus terminal in Beersheva, Israel. Sixty-four people were wounded in the attack and the bus terminal sustained minor damage.
10/19/1999: In Russia, two suspected Chechen rebels, armed with machine guns and grenades, attempted to blow up a railway line in Astrakhan Oblast, fifty kilometers north of the oblast capital city of Astrakhan. At approximately 1 a.m. local time, the perpetrators were spotted by a passing driver while they were installing the bomb along the track at a spot where the Moscow-Dushanbe line was soon scheduled to pass. They fired at the driver, who drove away after being wounded, and then hastily completed planting the bomb. The device was not put together properly and did not damage the railway tracks when it exploded. The perpetrators subsequently injured an additional four people and killed another four, including three policemen, in a day-long shooting spree before vanishing into the flood plain of the Volga River.
10/19/2000: A bomb planted by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) exploded in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Four were wounded in the attack.
10/19/2000: A group of 20 armed Islamic militants axed to death 12 inhabitants of a mountain village near Tenes, Algeria. Women and children were mostly killed in the attack. A young woman was also abducted in the incident.
10/19/2000: A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber blew himself up opposite the Colombo Town Hall near Vihara Mahadevi, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Police reported that the attack took place as President Chandrika Kumaratunga inducted a new cabinet. At least three people were killed and 21 injured in the attack. Detectives believed that the suicide bomber was waiting near the Green Path junction to target a VIP.
10/19/2000: A powerful explosion occurred in Bethlehem near the palace of the Palestinian Authority Chairman, Yasir Arafat. Two were killed and dozens wounded (unspecified) as a result of the incident. The incident was believed to have been an assassination attempt. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/19/2000: A Roma house in Shtimje, Kosovo, was attacked with grenades. A 64-year-old woman and a 9-year-old boy were injured during the attack. It was unknown who was responsible for the attack.
10/19/2000: A Russian police officer was shot and killed in a hit and run incident in Argun, Chechnya. Chechen rebels were reported responsible for the attack.
10/19/2000: A Russian police officer was shot and killed in a hit and run incident in Shali, Chechnya. Chechen rebels were reported responsible for the attack.
10/19/2000: A Sri Lankan journalist, Mylvaganam Nimalrajan, was assassinated at his residence by two masked individuals in the northern town of Jaffna. The unidentified individuals also lobbed a grenade in the home before escaping. The parents of the journalist were injured, but his wife and their three children escaped unhurt. It was unknown who was responsible for the attack.
10/19/2000: In one of two incidents in the Carmen Municipality of the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a Philippines Military detachment in village of Tungahon. Two rebels were killed as a result of these two attacks. This was one of several clashes between the guerrillas and government troops in the southern Philippines on this day.
10/19/2000: In one of two incidents in the Carmen Municipality of the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a Philippines Military detachment in village of Tupig. Two rebels were killed as a result of these two attacks. This was one of several clashes between the guerrillas and government troops in the southern Philippines on this day.
10/19/2000: Russian police found and defused an explosive device hidden in a plastic bag which was left outside a fast food cafe in Urus-Martan, Russia. It was unknown who was responsible for the incident.
10/19/2000: Security detected and control-detonated a parcel bomb sent to Alfredo Semprun, the sub-director of the Society section of La Razon, a daily newspaper in Madrid, Spain.  The bomb was detected when it passed through security scanners at La Razon's offices; it was approximately 100 grams and looked like a packaged book.  Authorities suspect that the device was sent by a group known as "The Anarchists", who have been targeting media outlets and journalists with parcel bombs.  Specific motive is unknown.
10/19/2000: The Kosovo Forces (KFOR) Russian Battalion was attacked with grenades and automatic weapons fire in Srbica, Kosovo. No casualties resulted from the incident. It was unknown who was responsible for the attack.
10/19/2000: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a detachment of the Philippines military at an outpost in Kibudtungan, North Cotaboto, Philippines. Two MILF rebels and two civilians were killed in this attack, which was one of several clashes between the guerrillas and government troops in the southern Philippines on this day.
10/19/2000: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked a detachment of the Philippines military at an outpost in Magsaysay, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Two MILF rebels were killed in this attack, which was one of several clashes between the guerrillas and government troops in the southern Philippines on this day.
10/19/2000: Two Russian servicemen were wounded when rebels fired from a wooded area at a convoy of Nozhai-Yurt military commandant company accompanying a larger convoy of internal troops near the village of Dzhalka on the Gudermes-Argun road, Chechnya. One of the soldiers later died of his wounds. Chechen rebels were suspected responsible for the incident.
10/19/2001: In one of several anthrax-related incidents, Johanna Huden, an employee for The New York Post, was diagnosed with the skin form of anthrax in New York City, New York, U.S.A.. The victim had opened a Letter to the Editor that had been laced with anthrax on September 22nd. The letter had been postmarked from Trenton, New Jersey on September 18th. Mark Cunningham, another New York Post employee, was also diagnosed with skin anthrax. The victims in this case recovered. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Concluding an extensive investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified microbiologist Dr. Bruce Ivins as the sole perpetrator. However, Ivins committed suicide in 2008, having not been arrested or prosecuted. An independent review of the scientific evidence by the National Academy of Science indicated that it was essentially inconclusive.
10/19/2001: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Digna Ochoa y Placido, a human rights lawyer, at her office in Mexico City, Federal district, Mexico.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, a note left next to Placido threatened workers at a human rights center where Placido previously worked, until she was forced to leave due to death threats and two attempted kidnappings.  Authorities believed the attack was motivated by a political goal.
10/19/2002: Luis Antonio Motta, Mayor of Campoalegre, Colombia was killed along with two councilmen and his nephew when members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) forced them from their car and shot them.
10/19/2004: Margaret Hassan, the British-born head of the Iraq operations for CARE International and a naturalised Iraqi national, was kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq. She was held hostage for about one month before her captors killed her on videotape. Though the perpetrator group was not known, in May 2005 five men reportedly confessed to the killing of Hassan. Further information on the suspects was not available.
10/19/2004: Saboteurs struck Iraq's vital oil industry in two attacks, blowing up a portion of an oil pipeline linking northern oil fields to Turkey and another pipeline near a major refinery, according to the head of the Northern Oil Company (NOC).
10/19/2004: Three mortar rounds exploded on a base in the town of Mashahda north of Baghdad, Iraq, killing six Iraqi National Guard members and wounding at least 100 other people. Insurgents were suspected.
10/19/2005: One person was killed when an unknown group attacked a police station in Limbe, Haiti with firearms and knives. The individual killed, Lerius Patterson, was a shoe shiner who was sleeping in the police station when he was killed with a knife.
10/19/2005: Shi i rebels kidnapped Irish journalist and Guardian reporter, Rory Carroll, in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Two of his Iraqi colleagues were injured in the kidnapping. Carroll was released two days later.
10/19/2005: Two unidentified gunmen suspected to be members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fatally shot P. Weerasingham, the Village State Official for Kanakankulam, while he was on his way home from work around 5:15pm in Thaddankulam, Sri Lanka.
10/19/2005: Unidentified gunmen attacked a police party in Pampore Township located in India’s Jammu and Kashmir State. The perpetrators killed two civilians and injured 10 others including one policeman. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Mirza Hamza, a senior Baghdad municipal servant, and his driver in the Dura neighborhood of the Iraqi capital. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
10/19/2005: Unidentified perpetrators fired six mortars at Samarra, Iraq killing four people and injuring 17 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2005: Unidentified perpetrators thought to be Islamic extremists fired at a group of policemen from a passing car in Jijel, Algeria killing four of them. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
10/19/2006: A remote controlled bomb was detonated outside of a military school in a neighborhood in Algiers, Algeria. The bomb had been planted inside of a garden that was adjacent to a housing compound. Six people were injured in the attack, including officers from the National People's Army. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/19/2006: A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped fuel truck into the al-Mutanabi police station near Mosul University in Mosul, Iraq. 12 people were killed, including 2 policemen, and 25 were wounded, including 5 policemen. The massive blast also destroyed 42 cars and several Mosul University buildings and inflicted severe damage to the police station itself. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/19/2006: A suicide bomber used a truck bomb against a line of Iraqi soldiers and civilians waiting to receive their pay in Kirkuk, Iraq 12 people were killed, 68 were wounded, and a large portion of the bank, two vehicles and several shops were set ablaze. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/19/2006: Amarah, Maysan Governorate, Iraq: The family of a murdered policeman tied to the Shi i Badr Brigade responded by kidnapping the teenage brother of the local Mahdi Army militia, another Shi i group. The family stated that they would not release the youth until the culprits of the policeman's murder were turned in. The events sparked a Mahdi-enforced curfew and clashes between the Mahdi Army and police.
10/19/2006: An explosive charge was placed in a popular Al-Khalis, Iraq marketplace which was crowded due to the approach of Id al-Fitr. 17 people were killed and another 37 were wounded. Al-Khalis is a predominantly Shi i town and, though the scene of many sectarian Sunni attacks. no claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
10/19/2006: An SUV loaded with 60 kilograms of R-1 explosives detonated in the parking lot of Bogota, Columbia's War College, injuring 5 people, destroying 5 vehicles and damaging nearby buildings. The College was hosting an event concerning human rights, and in attendence were several high-level officials, including Army Commanding General Mario Montoya. President Uribe claimed FARC was responsible for the attack.
10/19/2006: An unidentified suicide bomber targeting Afghan border police blew himself up with a bomb strapped to his body near Khost Province, Afghanistan. One policeman was killed and 5 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2006: Perpetrators opened fire in Juba Bahr al Jabal, Sudan, killing 42 civilians, wounding 16, and damaging three vehicles. No claim of responsibility was reported, but it was believed that the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
10/19/2006: Two explosive devices detonated on Al Nidal Street in Central Baghdad, Iraq. The explosions targeted an Iraqi police patrol. Three people were wounded in the attack. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
10/19/2006: Unknown perpetrators, believed to be affiliated with the Islamic insurgency in Algeria, remotely detonated a bomb placed near an empty fuel cistern at the 210 Housing Units apartment complex in Lakhdaria, Algeria.  Less than thirty minutes later, the perpetrators detonated a bomb targeting a Judicial Police Mobile Brigade (BMPJ) responding the incident.  Neither the first nor second explosion caused any casualties, however many windows at the apartment complex were shattered.
10/19/2007: A bomb detonated within a shopping mall in commercial district of Manila Makati, Philippines.  Eight people were killed and upwards of 130 were injured.  Damage was sustained to three stories of the structure.  No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening on the Taza-Raza Road west of Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Five Thai Army soldiers and two Thai civilians were wounded when a remote-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in the morning underneath a marble table near a vocational school in Muang (District), Yala Province, Thailand.
10/19/2007: Mohammed al-Rubaiee, an Iraqi civilian politician and the mayor of Hettin neighborhood in Hilla City, was killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators stormed his home and shot him with small arms in the morning in Hilla, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: No casualties were reported but a Government Girls Middle School was destroyed when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated in the evening in Salarzai, Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
10/19/2007: No casualties were reported but an abandoned mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms stormed the premises, planted four improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and detonated them at approximately 10:00 AM at the Jamia al-Baraka Mosque near Washash in Karkh neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: No casualties were reported but an oil pipeline was damaged when explosives planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a subsidiary pipeline near al-Safra, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: One civilian was wounded and a girls’ school was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated and the perpetrators subsequently exchanged small arms fire with security forces in the evening in Shindand (District), Herat Province, Afghanistan.
10/19/2007: One Iraqi civilian was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians, including anti-al-Qaida Sunni imam Nadhim al-Jubouri, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath the pulpit of a mosque during the khutba (sermon) of Friday prayers at approximately 12:15 PM in Duluiyah, Salahaddin Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Three Iraqi civilian Shi is were killed and nine more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a mini-bus in the evening in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol vehicle in the late evening on a roadside near the headquarters of a civil defense unit in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2007: Two Iraqi perpetrators were killed and three more were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were planting detonated prematurely in Shirqat, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.
10/19/2008: On Sunday evening at 1730, unknown assailants detonated a small bomb in a residential neighborhood in Shwe Tyi Thar township, northeast Yangon city, Yangon province, Myanmar. The bombing attack killed one bystander. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday evening at 2015, a grenade exploded near Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh's office and/or residence in Imphal, Manipur, India. The grenade, suspected to be of Chinese origin, went off on a road near the western gate of the office complex in VIP Colony. No one was injured but a passing car was partly damaged. Police did not know if the minister's office was the intended target, though it might have been a passing trader. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday morning at 1030, Taliban militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device against the vehicle of Mr. Barialay, the new Chardara district police chief, in the Khakni area near Chardara district, Konduz province, Afghanistan. The bombing attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the vehicle but resulted in no casualties. Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed claimed responsibility for the incident in a telephone conversation saying that eight policemen and the security commander were killed in the attack.
10/19/2008: On Sunday night at 0400, suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters attacked the village of Bangadi, Haut-Zaire province, Democratic Republic of Congo.  According to witnesses, the village was looted by the attackers and then many of the houses were set on fire.  The attack killed one villager and seriously injured another after LRA fighters fired upon villagers. Twenty LRA fighters were also killed when villagers resisted the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday night, a powerful blast, which destroyed one car, occurred near the OMON special purpose police base in the city of Karabulak, Ingushetia, Russia. No casualties were reported. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/19/2008: On Sunday night, Chechen rebels attacked the department of the Federal Security Service directorate's house in Malgobek, Ingushetia, Russia, using mortar shells.  Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported.
10/19/2008: On Sunday night, Chechen rebels attacked the police department in Malgobek, Ingushetia, Russia, using mortar shells. No casualties were reported. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2008: On Sunday night, Chechen rebels opened fire at the OMON special purpose police base following an explosion in the city of Karabulak, Ingushetia, Russia. No casualties were reported. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2008: On Sunday night, suspected Taliban militants fired a rocket at an election center in Rashidan district, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The rocket attack killed one soldier and wounded another. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb detonated near a fuel station in Baghdad's Za'afaraniyah neighborhood, Iraq, killing two civilians and injuring 11 people, including two traffic policemen. The powerful blast damaged several nearby civilian cars. No one claimed responsibility.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, a roadside bomb planted to strike a Pakistani lawmaker exploded, killing one bystander and injuring three others in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. National Assembly member Ahmadan Bugti and his son had driven by the bomb before it exploded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, an unknown assailant threw a fire bomb at an Israeli citizen driving near the West Bank settlement of Barkhan, West Bank and Gaza Strip, injuring the man. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, in Oddur, Bakool, Somalia, armed assailants fired upon and killed a United Nations (UN) official.  No group claimed responsibility, although Somali authorities blamed al-Shabaab al-Islamiya.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, in the Qambarkhel area of Bara tehsil (revenue division) of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Area in Pakistan, a woman was killed and another injured in a bombing. No damage or motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, in Yala province, Thailand, a 60-year-old rubber tapper was killed in a drive-by shooting as he returned from a local market. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK / Kongra GEL) supporters carried out an arson attack on the Turkish consulate in Salzburg, Austria. The arson attack caused minimal damage to the building but caused no casualties. No claim of responsibility for the arson attack was made however the Interior Ministry suspected that PKK supporters were behind the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels broke into the Turkish consulate by throwing a rock through the window of the building and then set fire to the Turkish Consulate in Salzburg, Salzburg province, Austria, using a Molotov cocktail. The arson attack caused an unknown amount of damage to the Turkish Consulate building. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels attacked the Hacienda Santa Ana in Andres Bonifacio Village, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Two cargo trucks were severely damaged. There were no reported casualties and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, unknown assailants threw three fire bombs an Israeli driver near the West Bank town of Nablus, West Bank and Gaza Strip, lightly injuring the driver. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen killed a Kurdish faction guard from Kurdistan’s Democratic Party. He was shot near his house in Hassan Sham village, Bartala district, Ninewa, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, unknown male militants opened fire on an un-named school in Bak district, Khost province, Afghanistan. One teacher was killed and two students were injured in the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2008: On Sunday, unknown male militants opened fire on an un-named school in Harun Khel district, Khost province, Afghanistan. One teacher was killed in the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
10/19/2009: On Monday afternoon at 1620, in Tanum village in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines, armed assailants stopped a vehicle transporting school faculty members and kidnapped an elementary school principal. Gabriel Canizares, 36, was snatched by 12 fully armed militants. On 11/09/2009 at about 0500, in downtown Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, authorities found the principal's severed head at a gas station. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was responsible.
10/19/2009: On Monday at 0000 midnight, in Shamsuddin area of Orakzai, Pakistan, six Frontier Corps recruiters were kidnapped by armed assailants from their homes. Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Hafiz, Muhammad Irshad, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Ashraf and Umar Islam were taken from their homes, bundled up and put into their gunmen's vehicles. Two of the recruiters were killed and their bodies dumped in Yakh Kandao area of Orakzai Agency. The status of the other hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday at 1200 noon, an improvised explosive device detonated inside a diner in the commercial part Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed one person and wounded another ten. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday morning at 0600, there was an attempted attack in Bazorkin Street in Nazran, Russia. This is related to a suspicious vehicle being discovered in the location and sappers finding and destroying the explosive device that was inside the VAZ-21114 car. The bomb was equivalent to five kilograms of TNT. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/19/2009: On Monday morning, a magnetic bomb, attached to the car of the Head of Criminal Investigation Bureau in the Kirkuk province, Col. Qais Amer Naji, detonated in front of his house in the Gharnata neighborhood, Kirkuk, Ta'mim, Iraq. There were no casualties reported. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday morning, around 0730, source details that 27 people, including a soldier, were wounded when a bomb went off at a busy market in Yala town, Yala, Thailand. The improvised explosive device was hidden in a motorcycle parked in front of the market where people were shopping for food. Police believe the explosive weighed 7 to 10 kilograms and they are investigating whether it was detonated by a mobile phone. Witnesses said two men, aged 30 to 35, parked the motorcycle there. They wore black t-shirts and caps. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday morning, in Qarehbagh, Ghazni, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device exploded when it was struck by a vehicle, killing three civilians, injuring three others, and destroying the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday night at 2330, in Wanni Piyanjihan village in Parang, Sulu, Philippines, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at a Globe cellular tower, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in the town of Shahraban, Diyala, Iraq. The blast killed the driver of the car. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, a sticky bomb detonated inside of a minibus in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and eight others were injured. The magnetic bomb that was stuck to the minibus detonated while travelling near the central markets in the neighborhood of al Sha'ab. The minibus was completely destroyed and the blast also damaged several nearby civilian cars. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
10/19/2009: On Monday, gunmen murdered the director of the Tribal Affairs Office in the Nineveh province, Brig. Zhannoun Ballou, in northern Mosul, Iraq. He was shot in front of his house in al Hadbaa neighborhood. Two civilian passers-by were injured by the gunfire. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2009: On Monday, in Sarkapa Kort Saffly, Guzara, Herat, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device exploded when it was struck, killing one civilian and injuring one other. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2009: On Monday, the motorcade of the district commissioner of the Abta district, Abdulrahman Khalid, was targeted by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin, Iraq. There were no casualties in the attack. The blast only caused material damages to the vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility.
10/19/2010: Anti-government extremist Ryszard Cyba, 62,  attacked Law and Justice party office in Lodz, Poland. One man was killed and another one was injured in the attack. Cyba was armed with a handgun, a knife, and a stun gun. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday afternoon, in Ba’quba, Diyala, Iraq, a bomb attached to a civilian vehicle went off near al-Sharief cemetery, killing the driver and damaging three nearby cars. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday evening around 1830, near Burma village in Puruliya, West Bengal, India, in one of two linked attacks, unidentified militants shot and killed Sitanath Singh Sardar, a secretary of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM). No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday evening at 1830, in front of a tea shop in the Balarampur area in Puruliya, West Bengal, India, in one of two linked attacks, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle shot and killed Yudhisthir Mondal, and influential Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader and vice-president of the Balarampur panchayat samiti. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday evening, in Malgobek, Ingushetia, Russia, unknown gunmen shot and killed ROVD policeman Rustam Kartoyev outside his home as he returned from duty. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday morning, in central Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, a sticky bomb attached to a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims detonated on al-Sa'doun Street, wounding eight pilgrims. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Reportedly, six other Iranian pilgrims were wounded in a second attack when the sticky bomb attached to their bus detonated. However, the representative of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has emphasized that only six pilgrims were wounded in the two attacks.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday morning, in the Karrada neighborhood of central Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, six Iranians were injured when a sticky bomb attached to a bus carrying a group of pilgrims near the al-Masbah intersection detonated. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Reportedly, eight other Iranian pilgrims were wounded in a second attack when the sticky bomb attached to their bus detonated. However, the representative of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has emphasized that only six pilgrims were wounded in the two attacks.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in al-Manazra neighborhood of southern Najaf, Al Najaf, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated, targeting the convoy of United Nations (UN) Representative to Iraq, Ed Melkert, near the Technical Institute. Melkert escaped unhurt, but the explosion killed one policeman and injured two more. One vehicle was damaged in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, two security personnel and a civilian worker were killed and 17 were wounded when unidentified suicide bombers attacked the Chechen parliament building. One blew himself up outside of the building and the two others fought their way inside with unknown firearms. They killed two security personnel and barricaded themselves on the first floor. A number of hostages were taken during the attack but a special operation lasting 15 to 20 minutes was carried out to eliminate the militants and free the hostages. The two bombers blew themselves up as they were attacked by security forces. Several parts of the building were damaged and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, three unidentified militants fired upon and killed Police Inspector Kashim Bukar as he walked home. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was suspected to be responsible for the attack.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found and safely disabled at the intersection of Akhova and Osetinskaya Streets, near the central market and bus station. There were no casualties or damages and no group has claimed responsibility for the device.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Narayanpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) kidnapped a former village head, identified as Gulab Singh. On 10/21/2010, the militants held a kangaroo court in which Singh was accused of corruption and awarded the death penalty. The militants first beat Sing, before shooting and killing him. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility; however, the police suspected that Maoists were responsible.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified assailants planted bombs and a booby-trapped motorbike near the house of Lieutenant Colonel Qais Farhan, commander of the emergency response unit of Tikrit. Three children and four women were killed, and three others were wounded in the explosion, all of them relatives of the police commander. Farhan was also wounded in the attack and the house was destroyed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Ulitsa Linina village in Baksan, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, an unidentified assailant opened fire on Tamara Cafe with automatic weapons, causing no reported casualties or damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2010: Shots were fired at the Pentagon located in Arlington, Virginia, United States.  Security reported hearing between five and seven shots fired at the building at 4:55 am.  No one was injured in the attack but two windows were damaged.  Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist, was arrested on June 17, 2011, for an unrelated incident but was charged on June 21, 2011, for the Pentagon shooting and several other similar attacks in the area, including two shootings on the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and two at Marine Corps and Coast Guard recruiting stations.  Sources report that Melaku was fascinated by Al-Qa ida, but did not claim to be a member of the organization.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday evening, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, two armed militants fired upon and killed a prison guard and a barber in a barber shop. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday night, near Kumarganda village of Bandhugaon block in Koraput, Odisha, India, suspected militants of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) group fatally cut the throat of Puala Sadaram, suspecting him of being a police informer. He was abducted on 10/18/2011. No group claimed responsibility for the armed assault, but the CPI-M group was suspected of being responsible.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Asaba, Delta, Nigeria, one militant was injured when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that had been placed next to a communication tower on the Nnebisi Road in the Konwea Plaza detonated. The IEDs were reportedly made of an unknown amount of dynamite. A communications tower was destroyed and several retail stores and several banks received an unknown amount of material damage in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Habilayn, Lahij, Yemen, an unidentified assailant threw a grenade into a crowded market place killing two and wounding 11, while causing an unknown amount of damage to the market. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, an improvised explosive device containing 28 kilograms of explosives was discovered under a vehicle outside of Darul Sehat Hospital and defused by security forces in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area. No group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed Sunni Tehrik (ST) activist Nadeem Qureshi near the Delhi Darbar Hotel which is near the Shah Faisal Colony Police Station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen using silenced weapons killed Judge Qassem al-Najdi and his driver on their way to work. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, two car bombs detonated near the Anbar Health Department building, killing one civilian and wounding four others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Sheffield, England, Great Britain, unidentified assailants attacked two trucks belonging to Circus Mondao. The assailants slashed tires, electric cables, brake pipes and poured a corrosive substance onto the trucks. Anti-circus leaflets were also left at the scene. No group claimed responsibility, although an unidentified animal rights organization is suspected.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Sistan va Baluchestan, Iran, the former chairman of the Islamic City Council was killed along with his son when two unidentified militants on a motorcycle fired upon his office. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, using silenced weapons, gunmen opened fire at a car of Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Shakir from the Interior Ministry's Counter-Terrorism Unit. Ahmed Shakir was unharmed. The driver of the car was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in the Kalanga Akka Khel area of Bara, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a primary school for girls was damaged in an improvised explosive device attack by unidentified militants. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
10/19/2011: On Wednesday, in the Yarmouk neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb attached to a car detonated injuring an oil ministry employee and his passenger. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2012: A grenade was thrown into a traditional post-wedding celebration in Hodan district, Mogadishu city, Somalia city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least 10 civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/19/2012: A suicide bomber disguised as a police officer detonated an explosive device near the Imam Hossein mosque in Chabahar city, Sistan and Baluchistan province, Iran. Two Basij Organization paramilitary personnel were killed and five civilians injured in the explosion. Harakat Ansar Iran (HAI) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device detonated in an office building in Howrah city, West Bengal state, India. No casualties were reported; however, the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device detonated near a bus carrying Pakistani Shia pilgrims in Balad town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Following the blast, assailants opened fire on the vehicle. Four pilgrims were killed and 11 more people injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device detonated near a civilian minibus in Dawlat Abad district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Nineteen civilians were killed and 16 wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, United Nations (UN) representatives suspected the Taliban.
10/19/2012: An explosive device detonated near a passenger bus in Zaridar area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three passengers were killed and six more people injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) vehicle east of Khan Younes city, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a military base in Merca, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Thee people, including one soldier and two civilians, were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device placed inside of a bicycle detonated as a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy was passing by in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three FC personnel were killed, and 10 other people, including seven civilians, were injured. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device was discovered in Blanchardstown area near Dublin city, Dublin county, Ireland. The device was defused before it could detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: An explosive device, attached to the Dogubayazit-Van natural gas pipeline, detonated in Eleskirt town, Agri province, Turkey. The pipeline was severely damaged in the blast. Additionally, a passing Turkish military vehicle was struck; 28 soldiers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Achrafieh district, Beirut city, Beirut governorate, Lebanon. The blast targeted the unmarked vehicle of Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence branch of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF), killing him, his driver, a bodyguard, and five civilians and injuring 78 more people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants attacked a Colombian military patrol in Puerto Asis municipality, Putumayo department, Colombia. Five soldiers were killed and three other people wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
10/19/2012: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of five related incidents in Potiskum overnight. Twenty-three people were killed by guns and knives across two of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/19/2012: Assailants attacked a village guard checkpost in Ortakapi town, Bitlis province, Turkey. Three guards were killed and three other individuals injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2012: Assailants dressed in military uniforms drove an explosives-laden vehicle onto a Yemeni army base in Abyan governorate, Yemen. Upon entering the base, the assailants shot two soldiers, and three assailants exited the vehicle wearing explosives-laden vests. The fourth assailant drove the vehicle further onto the base and detonated it. Two of the three assailants were killed by army personnel, while the third detonated an explosives-laden vest. Another group of assailants then attacked the army base from the sea. In total, 12 Yemeni soldiers and 10 assailants were killed, and at least 15 soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/19/2012: Assailants kidnapped an employee of the Afghanistan Centre for Training and Development (ACTD) as he was driving an ambulance on a highway in Ghor province, Afghanistan. The ambulance was also stolen; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants launched an attack on a police checkpost in Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The group of assailants included a cook, who poisoned the officers' food, and an Afghan police officer, who shot the victims, while additional assailants opened fire on officers outside the checkpost. A total of six officers died in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire at a storage facility near the Bagram Air Base in Parwan province, Afghanistan. The food storage facility caught fire during the attack and was destroyed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a lawyer near the Lahore High Court in Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Syed Shakir Ali Rizvi, who was also a member of the Pakistan Peace and Harmony Network, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan police checkpost in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One security official was killed and five people injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan security forces post in Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One security official was killed and two civilians injured. Additionally, two assailants were killed in retaliatory fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police lieutenant colonel in Karadah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The lieutenant colonel, who worked at the State Identity Directorate, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a politician in Clifton Cantonment neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Kulsoom Chandio, a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) member and a member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA), was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Turkish army convoy driving between Van and Hakkari provinces in Turkey. Three soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on an Indian army convoy near Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No casualties or damages were reported. Following the assault on the convoy, the assailants walked into the nearby Hotel Silver Stars and opened fire. One hotel employee was killed and two more injured. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on two tribal council members in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The two tribal elders were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/19/2012: Assailants shot a worker of the China to Overseas Construction Group Company (CGC) working on a road building project in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. The worker, a Chinese national, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/19/2012: Assailants threw an explosive device into an Administration Police camp in Garissa town, North Eastern province, Kenya. One police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
10/19/2012: Assailants threw explosive devices at an unknown number of buildings in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. The buildings were destroyed in the attack. This was one of five related incidents in Potiskum overnight. Twenty-three people were killed by guns and knives across two of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected Boko Haram.
10/19/2012: Assailants threw grenades into the residence of a police officer in Sar Kani district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The police officer's wife, son, and daughter were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Gunmen attacked the EYN Church in Atagara village, Borno state, Nigeria. Two people were killed, two were injured, and the church was set on fire and damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Two explosive devices detonated at a government-run primary school for girls in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no casualties; however, the school was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2012: Two rockets landed in a compound housing the local political administration in Kalaya town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: A car bomb exploded in the Qahira area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast killed three people and injured at least 11 others. Nearby buildings and cars were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered and defused in Armagh city, Armagh district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi Police patrol in Sheikhi village in Diyala governorate, Iraq. The blast killed one officer and injured another. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2013: A sticky bomb attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Albaghdadi, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The blast killed one person. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2013: A sticky bomb attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in the Doura area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast injured two people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vest inside a cafe in Beledweyne city, Hiiraan region, Somalia. The cafe was frequented by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops. In addition to the bomber, at least 15 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed and 33 others were wounded as a result of the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for this attack.
10/19/2013: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint in the Mlaiha suburb of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least 16 soldiers were killed and 15 other people, including civilians, were wounded in this attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident; however, sources attributed it to the Al-Nusrah Front.
10/19/2013: An explosive device detonated in Rangae district, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least seven people, including two officers and five journalists, were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Rangae on the same day; this incident was targeted first responders at the scene of an earlier explosion. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attacks to separatists.
10/19/2013: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in the Waziriya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and at least eight other people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
10/19/2013: An explosive device detonated near a Royal Thai Rangers patrol in Rangae district, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least two soldiers were killed and four other soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Rangae on the same day; this first incident was designed to draw a crowd. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attacks to separatists.
10/19/2013: An explosive device detonated near a statue of Gandhiji in Ukhrul town, Manipur state, India. No injuries were reported, but a nearby store was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: An explosive device detonated near the entrance to Abu Saiba town, Northern governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties; however, a Public Security Force (PSF) vehicle was damaged by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated at a traditional festival in Garsmer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Nine civilians were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
10/19/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a military intelligence building in Ismailia city, Ismailia governorate, Egypt. The blast injured six soldiers and the compound's wall, a nearby building, and three vehicles were also damaged in the incident. This blast represents one of two explosives-laden vehicles at this location on this day. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating they carried out the bombing in order to clean Egypt of criminal and collaborators.
10/19/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered near a military intelligence building in Ismailia city, Ismailia governorate, Egypt. The device was successfully defused. This was one fo two explosives-laden vehicles planted in this location on this day. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, sources attributed it to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
10/19/2013: Assailants armed with batons attacked journalists, including a press club president, in Dhadar area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. An unknown number of journalists were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: Assailants attacked an oil tanker in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Five Yemeni soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/19/2013: Assailants attacked the sectorial head of Darzab district in Darzab district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. The official and his son, a police officer, were killed; another person was also abducted in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban. The outcome of thekidnapping is unknown.
10/19/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Rashtriya Rifles (RR) road opening party in Handwara town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One Indian soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: Assailants opened fire on Harichandra Chaudhary in Duruwa village, Mid-Western development region, Nepal. Chaudhary, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) leader for Dang Deukhuri district, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authoritites suspected Prakash Hamal and Jagat Chaudhary were involved.
10/19/2013: Assailants opened fire on Rolly Lauria in Furao village, Isabela province, Philippines. Lauria, a village councilor and a candidate for chairperson in the upcoming election, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: Gunmen attacked Ebrahim Kidata in Kilifi town, Kilifi province, Kenya. Kidata, a pastor with the East African Pentecostal Church, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2013: Gunmen on a motorbike attacked Colonel Mohammed Abdullah Al-Habashy in Ghil Bawazir city, Hadramawt governorate Yemen. Al-Habawhy, a Criminal Intelligence security advisor, and his bodyguard were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
10/19/2013: Landmines were discovered and defused near a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2014: A mortar was fired at an Afghan National Army (ANA) post in Chambel village, Konar province, Afghanistan. The mortar missed the target and instead struck a civilian house, killing at least three people and injuring three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military patrol in Tarmiyah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four soldiers were killed and eight soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt at a funeral at a mosque in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 16 people were killed and 28 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near military headquarters in Amiriyat al-Fallujah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Staff Brigadier General Qays Turki and two security members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2014: An explosive device detonated as it was being planted in Jani Khel district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. At least five assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: An explosive device detonated near a shop in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian Army armored vehicle providing protection for a natural gas pipeline in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least seven soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) was behind the attack.
10/19/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Government of Sirte Courthouse in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting soldiers in Mushahidah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and eight soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Bayda city, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Approximately 500 assailants attacked a village in Ghor province, Afghanistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of two related attacks by the same group of assailants targeting villages in Ghor on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Taliban.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked a Jubaland Forces (JF) base near Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked Afghan Police checkpoints in Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least four assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked Ahmad Murghabi in Feroz Koh Murghab village, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Murghabi, a former jihadi commander, was killed in the incident. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked Damboa town, Borno state, Nigeria. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 25 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked Sabon Gida town, Borno state, Nigeria. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked the SAFER Exploration and Production Operations Company Headquarters in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. According to witnesses, the assailants demanded that the company cease oil exportation until a new government has been created. There were no reported casualties in the incident. Huthis claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that the company cease oil exportation until a new government was created.
10/19/2014: Assailants attacked two suspected police informants in Veeravaram town, Andhra Pradesh state, India. At least one person was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/19/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting soldiers in Zaydan village, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least seven soldiers were killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants fired four mortars at Kurdish areas of Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The extent of casualties in the blasts is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2014: Assailants kidnapped 11 laborers from Ali Poultry Farm in Hub city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least eight of the hostages were killed and another was injured soon after the abduction. The remaining two victims were released immediately following the executions. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were targeted because the group believed they were working for Pakistani intelligence.
10/19/2014: Assailants killed five displaced civilians looking for food in Gawa area, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/19/2014: Assailants opened fire near a market in Hawl Wadag neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least two people, including one Somali National Army (SNA) soldier, were killed and two others were injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on Afghan Police officers in Kohsan district, Herat province, Afghanistan. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpost in Bandooka village, Logar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated assaults targeting ANA checkposts in Bandooka on the same day. At least nine people, including four soldiers and five assailants, were killed and five other soldiers were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Gidin Waya village, Taraba state, Nigeria. At least two people were killed, one person was injured, and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire in the attack. This was one of two coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
10/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Sondi village, Taraba state, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed, 12 people were injured, and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire in the attack. This was one of two coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
10/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Iranian National Police Force (INPF) Qatar Khanjak Police Base near Zahedan city, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Baloch nationalists.
10/19/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device that detonated near the private residence of General Khalifa Haftar in Zeitun neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. General Haftar, the leader of the Haftar Militia, was not home at the time of the blast; however, at least one person was killed and another was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a private residence of a civilian in Cloona Manor neighborhood, Dunmurry city, Lisburn district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. A second, undetonated device was discovered on the driveway. This was one of two incendiary incidents targeting homes in Dunmurry on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a private residence of a civilian in Thornhill Crescent neighborhood, Dunmurry city, Lisburn district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two incendiary incidents targeting homes in Dunmurry on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Authorities intercepted an explosives-laden vehicle near Moyale town, Marsabit county, Kenya. At least five assailants that were in the vehicle were killed after engaging in a clash with police officers. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
10/19/2014: Mortars landed near an Armed Forces of Ukraine roadblock and detonated in Vilkhove city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Mortars landed near Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and detonated in Nikishyne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Multiple explosive devices detonated near a cell phone tower in Kalaya village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2014: Two grenades were fired at Armed Forces of Ukraine fuel stores and detonated in Kharkiv city, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: A landmine detonated in Mochi village, Saberi district, Khost province, Afghanistan. One child was killed and another child was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: A mortar shell landed in Laithi neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Four civilians were killed and four were injured in the attack. The Barqa Province claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated against a Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) team in Basaguda area, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Two COBRA soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated as Ukrainian soldiers were conducting a demining operation near Volnovakha, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated at a girls' school in Mandozai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in Al Birkah neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two sanitation officials were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in Ghazaliya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle in Khost, Harnai district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Amil area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. At least three people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near the residence of a private school owner outside of Mandan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Ranger patrol in Sai Buri district, Pattani province, Thailand. Two rangers were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting security personnel responding to an earlier blast in Sai Buri district, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
10/19/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Mohammad Qul detonated in Andkhoy district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Qul, the former commander of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, was injured in the blast. Additionally, five people were killed and 24 people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/19/2015: An explosive device planted inside a passenger bus detonated along Sariab Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least 12 people, including an assailant, were killed and 23 others were injured in the blast. The Baloch Young Tigers (BYT) claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: An explosive device planted on a power pylon failed to detonate near Chonhar, Kherson oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Chongar on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/19/2015: An explosive device targeting the Wadi Hmeid Syrian refugee camp detonated in Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. At least eight people were killed and ten others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Kachi Canal in Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a security forces gathering in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two security force members were killed and nine members were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Assailants abducted and killed Abdul Karim, a National Directorate of Security (NDS) official, in Sang Zor area, Khaki Safed district, Farah province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: Assailants abducted Dario Otaza and his son from their residence in Baan neighborhood, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. Otaza, the mayor of Lareto town and a former New People's Army (NPA) member, and his son were killed and their bodies were discovered on October 20, 2015. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were targeted for their alleged human rights violations.
10/19/2015: Assailants attacked Alasay district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. At least 30 assailants were killed and dozens of others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
10/19/2015: Assailants attacked Fakrul Islam in Bajengdoba village, North Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. Islam, a civilian, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Assailants attacked Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two attacks in Shindand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/19/2015: Assailants attacked the police intelligence headquarters in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. At least one police officer was killed and one was wounded in the attack. This was one of two attacks in Shindand on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
10/19/2015: Assailants detonated explosives power lines near Chonhar, Kherson oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Chongar on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/19/2015: Assailants fired a projectile at a residential building in Primorsky neighborhood, Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Donetsk People's Republic was involved.
10/19/2015: Assailants fired mortars at a farm in Arab Ebjur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Russian Armed Forces soldiers in An Nabi Yunus, Lattakia governorate, Syria. At least three soldiers were killed and more than 15 others were injured in the attack. Jaish al-Fatah (Syria) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Mile 40 village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least five people were killed and one other was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
10/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on Marco Engay Vea in Imamaling village, Magpet district, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Vea, a former New People's Army member, was killed and a civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
10/19/2015: Assailants raided Alhaji Abdulkadir Muhammad Birchi's residence in Birchi village, Katsina state, Nigeria. Birchi, the village head, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Security forces discovered and defused 172 explosive devices in Al-Baghdadi district, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Al-Baghdadi district, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Three assailants opened fire on United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) personnel in Damara town, Ombella M'poko prefecture, Central African Republic. An assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2015: Two explosive devices detonated near a shrine in Attapeer neighborhood, Noida city, Uttar Pradesh state, India. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
10/19/2015: Two explosive devices detonated targeting Muthanna At Tamimi's convoy in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. Muthanna At Tamimi, the governor of Diyala, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2016: An assailant attempted to stab Israeli Border Police officers at Tapuah, West Bank. The officers opened fire, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist, identified as Raheeq Shajeea Mohammad Yousef.
10/19/2016: An assailant opened fire on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) personnel near Camp Morehead in Rish Khor, Kabul, Afghanistan. Two Americans were killed and three others were injured in the attack. The casualties included soldiers and civilian contractors. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: An assailant shot and killed Naniyang Sali, a suspected police informant, in Sangali, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Kasim Yunos.
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al-Bakriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated in Gheraiat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed and injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Rashidiyah, Diyala, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighters' patrol in Radhwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an electricity pylon in Bolivar neighborhood, Bogota, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of three related attacks targeting electricity pylons in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an electricity pylon in Mondonedo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of three related attacks targeting electricity pylons in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Rahmatollah Turkistani's vehicle in Qaysar, Faryab, Afghanistan. Turkistani, a police chief, was not harmed but four of his guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting security forces in Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 20 soldiers were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants abducted 20 deminers in Qala Ilyas Khan, Logar, Afghanistan. The hostages were released on or before October 21, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban, which the group denied.
10/19/2016: Assailants abducted 39 Sudanese refugees from Yei district, Central Equatoria, South Sudan. One hostage was killed and six hostages were injured and released on November 5, 2016. However, one of the released hostages later succumbed to their injuries. The whereabouts of the remaining hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants attacked a bank in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants attacked a bus in Moli, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. Two people were killed and one person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants attacked a health center vehicle in Dimamou, Timbuktu, Mali. A nurse was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at a government building in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of three similar attacks targeting government buildings in the city on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at the Nationality and Passport Directorate building in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 16 civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of three similar attacks targeting government buildings in the city on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at the Nineveh Governorate building on al-Jamhouriah Street in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of three similar attacks targeting government buildings in the city on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
10/19/2016: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked security forces in Sinjar district, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 47 assailants were killed and three peshmerga members were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants fired missiles targeting a military post in Al-Ayn Al-Hara, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants fired missiles targeting a military post in Ghawiyah, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants fired mortars at the Castello Shopping Center in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Free Syrian Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants fired mortars targeting Gebeli neighborhood in Osmaniye, Turkey. This was one of two related attacks in Osmaniye on this date. At least three people were injured across both events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2016: Assailants fired mortars targeting Selimiye neighborhood in Osmaniye, Turkey. This was one of two related attacks in Osmaniye on this date. At least three people were injured across both events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) al-Assad Military Academy in Aleppo city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks targeting the military academy on the same day. The Free Syrian Army and the Free Idlib Army separately claimed responsibility for the incidents.
10/19/2016: Assailants fired rockets at a bus carrying village guards in Lice district, Diyarbakir, Turkey. At least two guards were killed and two guards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
10/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol in Bobiya, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least one assailant was injured as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on Sheikh Ibrahim, a local imam, and his family in Lippe, South Darfur, Sudan. Ibrahim was injured and his two children were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Abbala extremists.
10/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on Sonny San Jose in Mangino, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. San Jose, a city councilor, and his companion were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Peer Muhammad Hussain in Achabal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Hussain, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) minister, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants physically assaulted six civilians and then tied them to a vehicle and dragged them behind it in Safinah, Nineveh, Iraq. It is unknown if the victims 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), noting the victims were related to an anti-ISIL tribal leader.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled a military post in Ad Dabah, Najran, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled a military post in Ad Dukhan, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled a military post in Al-Abadiyah, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
10/19/2016: Assailants shelled a military post in Al-Mahruq, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. An unknown number of civilians were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.