01/13/2010: On Wednesday, two armed gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on a vehicle owned by Mohammad Rahim Jaffary, a chairman for Azadari Council Balochistan, near Killi Geo in Brewary area, Balochistan, Pakistan. Jaffary's gunman returned fire and killed one of the militants while the other managed to escape. Jaffary was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack. No group claimed responsibility. No other casualties and no damages were reported in the attack. Police responded to the scene to remove the body and investigate the attack.
01/13/2011: On Thursday evening at 2000, in the village of Verkhiye Ubekimakhi, Levashinsky District, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified gunmen fired on and killed Rabadan Rabadanov, a village administrator outside of his home. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but police believe that NVF fighters are responsible.
01/13/2011: On Thursday evening at 2120, in Liaqatabad area in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot and killed a reporter for Geo News, Wali Khan Babar, in the Super Market Police Station area. No group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2011: On Thursday morning around 1000, in an unknown location near Al Junaynah, Gharb Darfur, Sudan, unidentified militants kidnapped three Bulgarian national Heli Air Sau helicopter pilots that were contracted for the United Nations World Food Program from the Um-Shalaya airstrip. The status of the hostages is unknown. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2011: On Thursday morning around 1130, on Dhannagari Road in Chandpal village in Sankrail, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, around 100 armed militants, 15 with firearms and the rest with rods and sticks, set ablaze the houses of Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-Marxist) members, including the house of Bibek Mondal. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and it is unknown how many people were injured in the attack. Several homes were burnt and an unknown number of villagers were beaten. The militants warned the villagers to stop supporting the CPI-Marxist and threatened another midnight attack if the fires from the homes were put out. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/13/2011: On Thursday morning, at Moosa Lane in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, a Shiite bank manager, identified as Anwar Raza, was killed in an incident of sectarian target killing while sitting in front of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in Ad Hamiyah, northern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated near Al-Assaf Sunni Mosque, wounding four civilians. A number of shops and civilian cars were damaged in the attack. The attack came hours after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the capital reportedly for talks over the extension of the deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. This is one of three simultaneous bomb attacks targeting mosques in Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in central Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated near Abdel Qadir Gilani Sunni mosque, killing one civilian and wounding five others. Civilians cars were damaged in the attack. The attack came hours after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the capital reportedly for talks over the extension of the deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. This is one of three simultaneous bomb attacks targeting mosques in Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in Karrada neighborhood, central Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, one improvised explosive device detonated near the Husseiniya Shiite mosque, killing one person and wounding four others. The attacks came hours after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the capital reportedly for talks over the extension of the deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. This is one of three simultaneous bomb attacks targeting mosques in Baghdad. Property damages caused are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, five mortar shells fired from across Afghanistan border hit houses in Tity Mada Khel village, killing eight people, including five men and three women, and wounding 11 others. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in Tablighee Markaz area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed Malik Salam Tarakzai, a tribal elder and chief of the Tarakzai peace committee, outside a mosque while a nearby civilian, Shah Wali, was wounded. Sajjad Mohmand, spokesman for the Mohmand chapter of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the assassination of the tribal elder. Talking to reporters from an undisclosed location on phone, the TTP spokesman said he was killed for his anti-Taliban stand and support to the government policy in the tribal region.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in the neighborhood La Colina, Puerto Asis, Putumayo, Colombia, approximately 10 armed men attacked the mayor's daughter, launching medium grade explosives at her home in an attempt to take her hostage. The attack left a 16 year old, the grandson of the mayor, dead. The guerrillas also threw explosives at the home of the mayor, Mauro Toro. No group has claimed responsibility, although it is believed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was responsible for the attack. Julian Andres Jara, alias Buche de Agua and also a member of the FARC's 48th Front, who was captured several days later, is suspected of being involved in the bombing.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in the village of La Mina, Anori, Antioquia, Colombia, suspected guerrillas from the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia set a civilian house on fire because they believed he was collaborating with the Colombian army. Following the arson attack, which completely destroyed the house but resulted in no casualties, the civilian and his family were taken hostage but managed to escape the next day on 01/14/2011. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in Washir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, unidentified militants opened fire on Afghan civilians, killing one civilian and injuring three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria, one unidentified militant threw an improvised explosive device made with dynamite at the office building of the Nigerian Labour Party. No material damage or casualties were reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/13/2011: On Thursday, on the outskirts of Merka, Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia, Ahmad Aw Abdi Godane, the leader of the militant group Al Shabaab and an unknown number of Al Shabaab leaders were injured when an improvised explosive device was detonated targeting the vehicle the leaders were traveling in. The driver of the vehicle was killed in the attack and an unknown amount of material damage was inflicted on the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2012: A landmine exploded near Nushki area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Hammam Al-Alil area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One officer was killed and one injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near soldiers in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: A roadside bomb hit a convoy of Australia North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers during a troop transfer near Tarin Kut district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: A roadside mine exploded in Mataki village, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two women were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/13/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The bomber was targeting the home of a local police commander. The bomber died, and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Jinnah town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No injuries or damage were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2012: An explosive device stuck to a three-wheeled motorbike detonated near Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The impact of the explosive device killed the driver. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2012: An explosive device was found near the local police station and a public cemetery in Cotabato city, Philippines. The device was defused by police. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated on a street in Tibú municipality, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. The explosive device was thought to have been targeting a police station but exploded prematurely. Three civilians were killed and two injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/13/2012: Assailants attacked a paramilitary camp in Manzai Fort, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two officers were injured in the attack, and one assailant was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the house of a police commander in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Thirteen people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: Assailants opened gunfire on an open-air beer garden in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. Two civilians were killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram because the group advocates for wider adoption of sharia law; drinking alcohol is not permitted by this law.
01/13/2012: Assailants opened gunfire on an open-air beer garden in Wuro-Hausa area, Yola city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Two people were killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but authorities suspected Boko Haram because the group advocates for wider adoption of sharia law; drinking alcohol is not permitted by this law.
01/13/2012: Assailants threw a grenade into the house of a retired government worker on Brewery Road in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack, but the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2012: Gunmen attacked the vehicle of Oscar Leal, a Guatemalan legislator, in the center of Guatemala city, Guatemala Department, Guatemala. Leal and his brother were killed, and a bodyguard was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that Leal had received threats because he had been planning to switch political parties in support of the country's president.
01/13/2012: Gunmen riding a motorcycle shot two men standing on the street near UP Mor in North Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One person was killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspected a sectarian motive.
01/13/2012: Two explosive devices went off in front of the house of the head of telecommunications for the police south of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. A civilian was injured in the attack. A third explosive device was found and defused as well. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: A hand grenade detonated near a Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) warehouse in Orangi Town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. This was one of two incidents at the same location that night; this attack was meant to draw first-responders to the scene and a second explosive was designed to target them. There were no reported casualties or damages across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/13/2013: A military vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Mohamed agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three soldiers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the Gareeyom area of Tehsil Dosali, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The blast struck a military convoy, killing 17 soldiers and injuring 20 soldiers. In addition, several military vehicles were damaged in the explosion. Mujahideen Ansar claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was in retaliation for the Pakistani Army's complicity in American drone strikes.
01/13/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the vicinity of a border police vehicle in Zaranj city, Nimruz province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and two of their members were detained in connection with the bombing.
01/13/2013: A roadside bomb detonated killing two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
01/13/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting Rafia al-Issawi's convoy between Fallujah and Abu Ghraib cities, Al Anbar, Iraq. Issawi, the Finance Minister, was not harmed in the explosion; however, two of his guards were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An assailant opened fire on the chief of Barangay San Vincente during a festival in San Pablo town, Isabela province, Philippines. The village chief, Victor Soriano, died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device detonated at Zakakhel market in Landi Kotal area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in Dohani area, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The blast struck a police vehicle, killing one police officer and injuring a second officer. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in front of a State Life Insurance employee's private residence in Shabqadar area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device detonated in Khwar Killay area, Kurram agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The blast struck a passenger bus, killing one person and injuring eight more. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police checkpoint in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. A child passing by the checkpoint was killed in the blast and three police officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Shabqadar town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Three soldiers were killed and one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: An explosive device was discovered in the vicinity of a fuel pump near Akhtarabad city, Punjab, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/13/2013: Approximately 40 assailants attacked an Ingoley Patil Company construction site in Menda village, Maharashtra state, India. The attackers cleared the site of people then set fire to 27 vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attribute the incident to Maoists.
01/13/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint with gunfire and grenades near Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three soldiers were killed and two more were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: Assailants fired a mortar shell at a security checkpost in Tehsil Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol vehicle in Swabi area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One officer and one assailant were killed in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: Assailants threw petrol bombs at George Kedikoglou's private residence in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. Kedikoglou, the brother of a government spokesperson Simos Kedikoglou, was not injured in the attack, although his house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2013: Police discovered an explosive device near a Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) warehouse in Orangi Town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The officers were in the area investigating an earlier explosion caused by a hand grenade; they believed that the grenade blast was designed to attract first responders and this device was designed to target them. The bomb was safely defused without causing injury. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/13/2013: Security services discovered an explosive device attached to Colonel Salih al-Akhalthe's vehicle in al-Nasab area, Ataq district, Shabwa governorate, Yemen. Akhalthe was the chief detective of the criminal investigation department. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/13/2014: A group of at least three assailants armed with axes stormed the home of Kamalu Miniaka in Odia Pentha village, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. Miniaka was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but the wife of the victim attributed the attack to the Maoists. However, police sources noted that preliminary investigations did not implicate the Maoists.
01/13/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a police vehicle in Badaber city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The vehicle was transporting security equipment to be used at the funeral of an Awami National Party (ANP) leader later that afternoon. One security officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: An explosive device detonated as two assailants were carrying it to an army checkpoint near Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Both assailants were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2014: An explosive device detonated at a CIB bank in Budapest city, Budapest region, Hungary. There were no reported casualties or injuries; however, the building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: An explosive device detonated at an illegal gambling den in Laoshan village, Kaili city, Guizhou province, China. At least 14 people were killed and seven were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: An explosive device detonated outside a police station in Dar Sad district, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near the Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital in Mingora village, Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: An explosive device, weighing 20 kilograms, was discovered and safely defused in Bana Mari area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Hurriyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and 12 others were wounded in the attack. This was one of four car bombings that occurred in Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in northern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and 13 others were wounded in the attack. This was one of four car bombings that occurred in Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Bab Al-Moadham neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 10 wounded in the attack. This was one of four car bombings that occurred in Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the mainly-Shia Shaab district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 11 people were killed and 28 wounded in the attack. This was one of four car bombings that occurred in Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2014: Armed assailants attacked Al-Hamra police checkpoint, 170 kilometers north of Baghdad city, in Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Armed assailants attacked police officers south of Baqubah city in Baqubah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Four people were wounded in the attack, including one police officer. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants abducted three traders in Hudur district, Bakool region, Somalia. The three people were killed and recovered in Diinsoor district, Bay region three days later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/13/2014: Assailants abducted two Kenyan nationals in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The whereabouts of the victims remains unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants attacked a police station in Suntah town, South Darfur state, Sudan. This was one of four attacks in Suntah on January 13, 2014. Between these four attacks and an unrelated attack in South Kordofan state, one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured. The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants attacked a Popular Defence Forces (PDF) local office in Suntah town, South Darfur state, Sudan. This was one of four attacks in Suntah on January 13, 2014. Between these four attacks and an unrelated attack in South Kordofan state, one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured. The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants attacked a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) local office in Suntah town, South Darfur state, Sudan. This was one of four attacks in Suntah on January 13, 2014. Between these four attacks and an unrelated attack in South Kordofan state, one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured. The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants attacked a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) military garrison in Suntah town, South Darfur state, Sudan. This was one of four attacks in Suntah on January 13, 2014. Between these four attacks and an unrelated attack in South Kordofan state, one person was killed. The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) claimed responsibility for the incident in a radio statement.
01/13/2014: Assailants attacked Lam Mai Police Station with grenades and guns in Muang district, Yala province, Thailand. No damages or casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on a coffee shop in front of the Democratic Party Headquarters in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. No injuries were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) relief convoy attempting to provide food to the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. There were no reported damages or casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint in Al-Rafay area of Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three such attacks in this area on this day, across which one security officer was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint in Al-Rafay area, Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three attacks on checkpoints in this area on this day. One security officer was injured across the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Pinga village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four soldiers and two assailants were killed in the attack, and two soldiers and three civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Mayi Mayi tribe members.
01/13/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of two German diplomats in Awamiya village, Qatif district, Eastern region, Saudi Arabia. No one was injured in the attack, but the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Assailants set fire to construction equipment belonging to San You Philippines Mining Trade Limited Incorporated in Lallo municipality, Cagayan province, Philippines. No one was injured in the attack; however, several pieces of construction equipment were burned. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/13/2014: Assailants stopped three buses on a highway in South Kordofan state, Sudan. The attackers also stole money and possessions from the bus occupants. One person was killed between this attack and four unrelated attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).
01/13/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Rachen Trakoonwiang, a leader of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), in Nonthaburi province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and four wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Gunmen in a Hilux truck opened fire on a police station in Al-Mu'alla area, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a Coast Guard officer in Azzan city, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a soldier in his vehicle in an unknown location of Kirkuk, Iraq. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: A grenade detonated at a construction site in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, although road construction equipment was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. In addition to the suicide bomber, three soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated near a mosque in Kasuwar Mata neighborhood, Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2015: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Sarak Naw area, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated at a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) transmission tower in Galakit village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, although the tower was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated at an electricity tower in Chhatr area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the tower was damaged in the blast. This was one of three attacks on electricity towers in Chhatr area on January 14, 2015. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated at an unknown location in Afghanistan. An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated in Muqarab Khel area, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle in Korkamna area, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two officials were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Loti area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle on the Almar-Qaysar highway in Faryab province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near a railway track in Dera Murad Jamali city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the railway track was damaged in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near military personnel near Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Taher Khan in Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two people, including Khan, a police commander, were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at the Mullingar housing estate in Ardilaun neighborhood, Athlone town, Westmeath county, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused outside the University of Dhaka Department of Pharmacy building in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: An explosives-laden rickshaw was discovered and defused in Shahjoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2015: Assailants attacked a police patrol near Al Hasir Market in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. One assailant was killed and three Kurdish police officers and one assailant were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants attacked Belal Hossain in Bhoirob Chowdhury area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Hossain, a unit organizational secretary of the Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/13/2015: Assailants attacked People's Protection Units (YPG) in Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least 8 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2015: Assailants attempted to detonate an explosive device near the campaign office of Labour Party candidate Paulinus Igwe Nwagu in Abakaliki city, Ebonyi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties as the device failed to ignite. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2015: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least six assailants were killed when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/13/2015: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Puli Alam district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at a civilian bus near an Armed Forces of Ukraine checkpoint outside of Volnovakha city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least 12 civilians were killed and 11 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/13/2015: Assailants launched rockets and mortars at Ukrainian soldiers near Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Ten soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on a former commander of an armed group in Jamalagha area, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The former commander was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces officer in Jhal Magsi district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people, including the officer, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on a meeting of vigilantes in Zamfara state, Nigeria. At least 107 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on a teacher in Sheikh Zuweid town, Sheikh Zuweid governorate, Egypt. The teacher was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Sinai Province of the Islamic State may have been involved in the attack.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on Abd Al-Raqib Abdalllah Al-Wusabi in Mabar town, Dhamar governorate, Yemen. Al-Wusabi, a council member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ashraf Khan in Orangi Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Khan, a Balochistan Committee Joint In Charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on Levies Forces officers in Mastung area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A Levies official was killed and one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers in Liaquatabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two workers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants set fire to the 218-EB girls' middle school in Vehari district, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants stopped 10 families attempting to flee Abu al-Duhan village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The attackers stole valuables, kidnapped five family members, and forced the remaining victims to return to their residences. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2015: Assailants threw a grenade near a civilian residence in Carmen town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Klopse Kamer music practice space in Rocklands area, Cape Town, Western Cape province, South Africa. There were no reported casualties; however, the space was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at the residence of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member in Thavidissery area, Kerala state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, the house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Assailants threw four explosive devices at a podium, where Mohammad Nasim was seated, at the Sir Salimullah Medical College campus in Old Dhaka neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Nasim, the Health Minister, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Four explosive devices were discovered and safely defused inside a toilet at the University of Dhaka Faculty of Arts building in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt in Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Six explosive devices detonated at the University of Dhaka campus in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Three explosive devices detonated in Shahjadpur neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Three incendiary devices detonated at the Bangla Motor intersection in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Three incendiary devices detonated on Bailey Road in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Three incendiary devices detonated outside the DCC Market shopping center in Gulshan Circle 1 area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused in Farah province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and a civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: A suicide bomber detonated and two other assailants attacked the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the three assailants, seven people were killed and seven others were injured during the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at a mosque in Kouyape, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. In addition to the bomber, at least 12 people were killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/13/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near a National Task Force for Polio Eradication health center in Satellite Town neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 15 people were killed and 25 others were injured in the blast; the victims included Balochistan Constabulary officers, Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers, and polio workers. Jaish-e-Islam claimed responsibility and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the torture of those being held by security personnel. Separately, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State also claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Mandali, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated as a child was picking it up in a field near Allipingal Upper Primary School in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha state, India. The child was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated in Husseiniyah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated in Penthakata neighborhood, Puri, Odisha state, India. At least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Obaydi neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Sheikh Omar neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrol in Shir Kala, Ghazni, Afghanistan. An ALP commander, identified as Mohammad Ismail, and his two bodyguards were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near stores in Jihad neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near the Shallal Market in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated outside of a house in Goshaninuagon, Ganjam district, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosive device detonated under a coconut tree in Pa Rai subdistrict, Pattani Province, Thailand. At least three people, two assistant village heads and one Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) officer, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a Turkish National Police (EGM) station in Cinar, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms then attacked the area. At least six people were killed and 39 others were injured in the incident; the victims included police officers and civilians. This is one of two simultaneous attacks in Turkey on the same day. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: Assailants abducted an internally displaced person (IDP) in Korgo, North Darfur state, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: Assailants abducted Ayub, a National Uprising Movement (NUM) commander, and his two guards from Garjak area, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Ayub was killed shortly after the kidnapping, while the whereabouts of the two guards are unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: Assailants abducted two National Party workers in Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: Assailants abducted two people, a bus driver and a conductor, in Silkigre, Meghalaya state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Achik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK).
01/13/2016: Assailants attacked civilians in Kolofata subdistrict, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/13/2016: Assailants attacked Iraqi Armed Forces soldiers and Iraqi Volunteer Forces members in Al-Fathah, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least one volunteer fighter was killed and three others were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2016: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in the Adam Kala area, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. At least nine police officers and two assailants were killed and eight officers and 16 assailants were injured in ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: Assailants attacked Yabar area in Ad Dali governorate, Yemen. This was one of two similar attacks in Al-Ud on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/13/2016: Assailants attacked Zafar area in Ad Dali governorate, Yemen. This was one of two similar attacks in Al-Ud on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/13/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at civilians in Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/13/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at residential areas in Waziiyah district, Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of two projectile attacks in Taizz on the same day. At least five people were killed and 23 others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Huthi extremists.
01/13/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at residential neighborhoods in central Taizz governorate, Yemen. This was one of two projectile attacks in Taizz on the same day. At least five people were killed and 23 others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Huthi extremists.
01/13/2016: Assailants fired rockets at a Turkish National Police (EGM) station in Midyat, Mardin province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This is one of two simultaneous attacks in Turkey on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Congolese Army post in Opira, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of two attacks targeting security forces in Opira on the same day. At least six people were killed and three others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers in Opira, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of two attacks targeting security forces in Opira on the same day. At least six people were killed and three others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Yemeni Traffic Police patrol in Shaykh Uthman, Adan governorate, Yemen. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Latifiyah sub-district, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians inside a private residence in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2016: Assailants threw an incendiary device at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) watch post near the El Arub Refugee Camp in Alon Shvut, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire at the ARY News Digital Network office in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility and stated that office was targeted because of their pro-government coverage of recent military operations. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) also claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: Security forces identified and opened fire on an explosives-laden truck in Ghorak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The truck failed to detonate and four assailants were killed and six were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/13/2016: The Israeli Air Force opened fire on assailants as they were attempting to plant an explosive device on the border in northern Gaza Strip. At least one assailant was killed and three others were injured in the attack. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2016: Two explosive devices planted in a vehicle were discovered and safely defused in Kapisa province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2017: An explosive device detonated at a Ufone cell phone tower in Nimargh, Kalat district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties but the tower was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Huriwa neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. Several people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: An explosive device detonated near joint Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) soldiers in Budharpakhar, Jharkhand, India. At least five people, including three officers and two soldiers, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/13/2017: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Malak Abdur Rauf in Larkhlozai, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two people, including Rauf, a tribal elder, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: An explosives-laden parcel detonated at the residence of Oscar Landerretche in La Reina neighborhood, Santiago, Chile. Landerretche, the Codelco board chairperson, was injured in the blast. Individuals Tending Toward Savagery claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim was targeted "for his offenses against Earth."
01/13/2017: Assailant armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers in Kangarwa, Borno, Nigeria. At least 13 people, including three soldiers and 10 assailants, were killed and 27 other soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2017: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) checkpoint near Kilu Miat wa Sittin, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one officer was killed and three other officers were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2017: Assailants attacked Federal Police officers in Sumer neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 17 assailants. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/13/2017: Assailants attacked the El Matafi checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least eight Egyptian National Police (ENP) officers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants attempted to extort money from civilians in Rustaq, Takhar, Afghanistan. Security forces responded to the attack and four people, including a police officer, a civilian, and two assailants, were killed in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Barmal, Paktika, Afghanistan. At least four assailants were killed and two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Haqqani Network.
01/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police checkpoint in Millat Town neighborhood, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on Pakistan Intelligence Community (PIC) employees during an attempt to abduct them in Cantonment neighborhood, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. At least two employees were injured in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Sharana, Paktika, Afghanistan. Two officers were killed and an officer and a civilian were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2017: Assailants opened fire on Pragnesh Patel in Borsad, Gujarat, India. Patel, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) independent councilor, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants opened fired on Joker Gonzales Javier at a market in Poblacion II neighborhood, Santo Thomas, Batangas, Philippines. Javier, a local village councilor, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants set fire to an unknown number of civilian homes in Banduk, Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Kot on the same night. There were no reported casualties, but 60 houses were damaged across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/13/2017: Assailants set fire to an unknown number of civilian homes in Laghurji, Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Kot on the same night. There were no reported casualties, but 60 houses were damaged across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/13/2017: Assailants set fire to an unknown number of civilian homes in Parsha Khel, Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Kot on the same night. There were no reported casualties, but 60 houses were damaged across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/13/2017: Assailants set fire to an unknown number of civilian homes in Se Pay, Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Kot on the same night. There were no reported casualties, but 60 houses were damaged across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/13/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldier in Darkheynley neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants shot and killed Abdul Rashid Arab, a former National Directorate of Security (NDS) employee, in Gordzad, Faryab, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: Assailants shot and killed Farid, a former Ministry of Defense employee, in Tergaran, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2017: Assailants shot and killed Mohammad Rahim, an Afghan Border Police (ABP) officer, in Maymana, Faryab, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the Jolo Municipal Police (MPS) station in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines. There were no reported casualties but a police vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/13/2017: At least five Election Commission of India panchayat poll officials were abducted in Chitrakonda, Odisha, India. At least two hostages were released the following day, on January 14, 2017, while the fate of the remaining three victims is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/13/2017: Three female suicide bombers, including two that were carrying infants, detonated near the market in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria. In addition to the assailants, at least six people were killed and 14 other people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by Boko Haram.
01/14/1998: A small explosion went off on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg, Russia, as the governor of Sverdlovsk Region, Eduard Rossel, drove past on his way to work. The chauffeur managed to swerve away and nobody was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/1999: Gunmen fired on Aslanbek Arsayev, Chechen Minister of Security, as his car traveled through Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. There were no casualties reported. Two Chechen Rebels (non-specific) were arrested for the attack.
01/14/1999: Shots were fired at Woodburn Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. Four people were later arrested for the attack. Police and politicians blamed the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) for the incident. There were no casualties reported.
01/14/2000:  An unknown lone gunman fired shots at Vaduvalu Vijeyaratnam, chairman of the Point Pedro Urban Council and member of the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam party (PLOTE) and his bodyguard, as Vijeyaratnam was on his motorcycle in the military-controlled town of Jaffna in Sri Lanka. Vijeyaratnam died instantly, and his bodyguard was rushed to the hospital, where he later died as well from bullet wounds.  No one claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2000: A bomb exploded in the courtyard of a private house in Tambovka, Astrakhan Oblast, killing three people. The house was completely destroyed and four surrounding buildings were also seriously damaged. The perpetrators of this attack were unknown.
01/14/2000: An unknown group of men heavily armed with AK-47s attacked numerous cars and buses on Highway 2 near Mafavuca, Maputo Province. Casualties and damages were unknown.
01/14/2000: Five people were injured when a Maoist-planted bomb exploded near Liwang village in Rolpa district, Rapti Zone.
01/14/2000: Four people were killed and five were injured after an attack on their car by National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels near Omega.
01/14/2001: A bomb made of a coffee jar was thrown at a police car in Cookstown, Northern Ireland. No one was harmed, and the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) was believed to be responsible.
01/14/2001: Muslim guerrillas fired two grenades at the Kashmir Provincal Chief, Farooq Abdullah, while he was in downtown Srinagar. He escaped unharmed but two bystanders were injured.
01/14/2002: Five ethnic Chechen residents of Chechnya's Shatoyskiy District were killed when a radio-controlled bomb was detonated by suspected rebels. The bombing occurred as their car passed by an army convoy. The blast targeted an armored personnel carrier with servicemen aboard. However, the civilians' vehicle at the roadside bore the brunt of the explosion.
01/14/2003: A bomb detonated on board a mini-bus in the Northern Philippine town of La Trinidad. The bomb, suspected of being planted by members of the New People’s Army, seriously injured the driver and caused extensive damage to the bus.
01/14/2003: Ambon in Indonesia was the site of a meeting involving four members of the Gotong Royong cabinet when a bomb was detonated after being hurled from a moving car by two men. The assailants were beaten by local mobs before police detained them. No one was injured in the attack.
01/14/2003: Ghulam Hassan Chopan, a former spokesman for the Islamic group Jaish-e-Mohammed, was shot and killed by a lone Islamic militant in the Indian controlled Kashmir capital of Srinagar.
01/14/2003: Muhammad Haqqani, son of the former Taliban chief military commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, was shot and wounded while sleeping in his home located in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The assailants are still unknown and at large.
01/14/2003: Unknown Muslim bandits kidnapped and killed three Christian bird hunters in Kalawit town in the Philippines. The victims were tied to a tree and shot multiple times.
01/14/2004: A 22 year old Palestinian mother of two young children killed four, and wounded another seven, in a suicide attack on the busy Erez crossing. Erez links Israel and the Gaza strip and was a vital economic link for many Gaza residents. Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed joint responsibility for the attack, the first in which Hamas has used a woman as a suicide bomber. The bomber, Reem al-Reyashi, feigned a limp and claimed to have a metal pin implanted in her leg in order to bypass the usual security precautions in place at the crossing. When her ruse was detected she detonated her explosives, estimated at about 10 lbs, which were packed with ball bearings and screws to increase the lethality of the explosion. All four deaths were Israeli security personnel.
01/14/2004: A suicide car bomb exploded outside of the police station in Baqouba, Iraq. Five were killed, and 29 injured, most of whom were Iraqi police. The perpetrator attempted to gain access to the inner compound of the Baqouba police station. As officers give the driver orders to stop Iraqi police opened fire on the car. The driver proceeded to ram the main gates and detonated a powerful explosion.
01/14/2004: Six worshippers were abducted out of which four were killed, and the remaining two wounded, when The People's War attacked prayer goers in Mirjapur, India. The victims were supporters of the Ranvir Sena and were offering prayers in a temple when they came under attack. The militants fired on the devotees and then proceeded to abduct them. The militants shouted slogans suggesting the attack was in retribution for an attack on a group of Dalits, supporters of The People's War. The two surviving abductees were released on 01/15/2004.
01/14/2004: Suspected rebels riding motorcycles opened fire on a crowd leaving a movie in the eastern Indian village of Beltapara. The attack killed four people and injured five. The Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO) was allegedly involved as they seek independence from India in a territory near the location of the attack.
01/14/2005: A powerful home-made bomb was discovered in the Roman Catholic Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cotabato, Philippines. The device, which was found in a box of rice, did not explode due to faulty wiring. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/14/2005: Members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, HAMAS and the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for an attack on the Qarni checkpoint on the Israeli and Palestinian border. Six Israelis died and five others were injured in the attack. The perpetrators fired a mortar shell which struck a goods inspection facility then bombed a wall separating the Israel from Palestine. Three perpetrators then came through the bombed opening firing guns. Israel Defense Force soldiers and other Israeli security personnel returned fire, killing the three invaders.
01/14/2005: Unidentified perpetrators attacked a vehicle transporting Peshmerga soldiers in Mosul, Iraq killing three of them. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2005: Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb as a US Military convoy was crossing the Al-Muthanna Bridge in Mosul, Iraq. No casualties resulted from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.”
01/14/2005: Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb near a Kurdish Democratic Party building in Mosul, Iraq. The explosion, which occurred in the Al-Intisar neighborhood, killed two Peshmerga soldiers and injured another. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/14/2006: A police post was bombed in Thankot, Katmandu, Nepal, resulting in an unknown number of casualties.
01/14/2006: At least twenty-two people were wounded in Khost Province, Afghanistan, when a bomb exploded in a crowd celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. No group claimed responsibility
01/14/2006: Attackers hurled a grenade into a compound used by a European team monitoring Sri Lanka’s truce, damaging three vehicles but injuring none. No group claimed responsibility
01/14/2006: Five policemen were killed at the Thankot police checkpoint in a bomb attack by suspected Maoist rebels in the southern outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal.
01/14/2006: Mullah Abdul Samad, the former deputy interior minister in the Taliban regime, was killed one his way home by two Taliban militant gunmen on a motorcycle in Kandahar (Province) Province, Afghanistan. Taliban spokesperson Qari Yusuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2007: A 1.5 kg time-fuse bomb concealed in a grocery bag was found and successfully defused in Peshwar, Pakistan, outside parliament of the North West Frontier Province.  No specific group has been named as suspect.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/14/2007: A bomb attached to a petrol tanker travelling to supply US forces in Afghanistan exploded near the town of Chaman, Pakistan destroying the vehicle. There were no casualties; due to the nature of the attack, the Taliban is suspected, but there has been no claim of responsibility.
01/14/2007: A policeman was wounded and four were killed in an attack on a security post in the northern province of Baghlan, Afghanistan. The attack was claimed by the Taliban, Hezb-i-Islami, and Sirri Powz.
01/14/2007: Abdullohmae Yarnya, a village government administrative official was found dead from a gunshot on a rural road. The incident occurred in Yaring district, Pattani province, Thailand.  There was no claim of responsibility but Muslim insurgents are suspected to be responsible.
01/14/2007: Five policemen were killed, and more where injured when a police patrol in La Playa, Colombia was attacked by a roadside bomb. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, (FARC) are suspected to be responsible for the attack.
01/14/2007: The military contractor, Contrack International, was attacked when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt as the convoy passed injuring only a civilian in the proximity of the blast in Qalat, Afghanistan, in Zabul province.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/14/2008:  A bomb hidden on a north Beirut highway hit a U.S. Embassy vehicle, killing at least three Lebanese bystanders. The car's Lebanese driver and an American at a nearby school were wounded.  The bomb was detonated as the US car was driving by along with another vehicle carrying civilians between the Dawra and Qarantina areas.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2008:  A remotely detonated bomb exploded in Yala’s morning market leaving approximately thirty seven civilians injured.  The insurgents detonated by bomb via cell phone on a stolen motorcycle.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however the Muslim insurgency has been particularly active in this region.
01/14/2008:  A roadside bomb attack on a van filled with explosives in northern Sri Lanka in the Vavuniya region killed one civilian who was driving, one soldier and one paramilitary officer. They were returning from an army base after collecting explosives for use in civilian metal mining. Four other soldiers were injured. The van was attacked as it traveled along a road in the Vavuniya region, just south of the front lines separating government forces from the Tamil Tiger rebels' de facto state in the north. Tamil Tigers are suspected to be responsible.
01/14/2008:  About 20 separatist rebels killed eight Thai soldiers and tried to decapitate them after ambushing a military convoy in the restive Muslim-majority south.  A powerful bomb overturned the soldiers' vehicle in Chanae district in Narathiwat province at around 9:40 am (0240 GMT) and tore a three foot crater in the road as they returned from escorting teachers to school.  Those who survived the blast were shot when they tried to escape. Militants attempted to behead all eight soldiers. They decapitated the top officer in the group and left the others with gaping stab wounds to the neck.  The officer's head was left near the wreckage of the vehicle.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, the insurgents' support base includes Muslim ethnic Malays who want their own Islamic state.
01/14/2008:  At least eight were killed in from a bomb blast in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.  The bomb was planted inside an unattended motorcycle and detonated outside the gate of a textiles market in the city's northern Quaidabad.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2008:  Judge Amir Jawdat al-Naeeb, a Sunni Arab judge, was killed by gunmen as he was being driven to work.  Authorities believe the attack was one of a longstanding campaign by militants to kill doctors, professors, lawyers and other professionals.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2008:  Taliban gunmen and a suicide bomber stormed the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan and killed eight people including three foreigners on Monday at around 6 pm. The foreigners included a US national, a Filipina employee and a 39-year-old Norwegian photographer. There were four included in the attack one of whom is named Humayun. Police arrested Humayun in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday as he was trying to flee to Pakistan. He is accused of supplying the three other attackers with weapons, explosives and suicide vests as well as transportation to the hotel. The gunmen used Kalashnikovs as their weapons. Two of the attackers, Farouq and Salahuddin, were suicide bombers. One blew up in the hotel lobby. The other, for reasons unknown, decided not to trigger himself. One attacker's suicide vest was triggered when a guard shot and killed him at the hotel's parking lot gate. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed claimed the attack was supposed to coincide with a visit by Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and send a message. However, the minister was unharmed. The men killed at least two Afghan guards and three other employees not including the Filipina spa supervisor.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday at 0000 midnight, FARC urban fighters detonated a small bomb placed in a trash bin at the MIO transit system station in the San Fernando neighborhood of Cali, Valle de Cauca, Colombia. No casualties were reported, but the blast shattered the transit station's windows. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0630 and 0645,  two bombs exploded at the checkpoint on the Golok bridge connecting Sungai Golok, Thailand to Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, Malaysia. The homemade pipe bombs were triggered by digital watches. No casualties were reported in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility, thought it is believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0900, in Baghdad, Iraq,  four civilians were injured by a roadside bomb in Palestine Street. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India, assailants attacked and fired upon a motorcycle-borne police team, killing two police officers, kidnapping one female constable and damaging several motorcycles.  According to the police, the police team was attacked in a thickly forested area of Pakhanjoor. Officials said that the militants fired on six cops, killing one police officer on the spot, while the other succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. On 24 January 2009, the assailants released the hostage. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed an off-duty police officer. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, gunmen killed an off-duty policeman. There was no damage reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, four sound bombs went off in the gardens of the literature, education, economy faculties and the technical institute in Mosul University. The operation aimed to scare the students during their mid-term tests. No damage or casualties were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, nine people were killed and 16 wounded when stray bullets and artillery shells struck the Wardigley region in Mogadishu.  The attack is believed to be caused by Islamist insurgents.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, suspected Islamic insurgents, Al-Shabaab, attacked the Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu, killing five civilians.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, the Madhesh Rastra Janatantrik Party Revolutionary (MRJP-R), an armed outfit active in the Terai, shot and killed two youths, identified as Ram Udgar Muchi and Ramesh, residents of Phulkaha Katti-5, in Siraha. The MRJP-R District Commander Arjun claimed responsibility for the killing.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, two bombs were planted in a plaza in Nowshera, North West Frontier, Pakistan. One of the bombs exploded while the other was defused. Three offices, the Tariq Internet Cafe and two other shops were completely destroyed in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility and no casualties were reported.
01/14/2009: On Wednesday, unidentified militants shot and killed a tribal elder, Malak Noor Akbar, in the Ghalji area of Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday afternoon around 1500, near the Allenby Bridge border crossing in Amman, Amman, Jordan, a roadside bomb detonated targeting the convoy of an Israeli Ambassador, Danny Nevo, but caused no casualties or damages. Nevo was not present during the attack, and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday around noon, in Dihrawud, Uruzgan, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber was spotted by a guard of the money market, which is inside the Haji Mohammad Nasim Market. The individual then blew himself up with the explosives attached to a waistcoat. Twenty civilians were killed, including the guard and three children, 13 others were injured, including two children. Several shops were also destroyed. There is speculation that the bomber had been planning to attack a meeting of NATO and tribal officials that was being held nearby. Afghan and NATO-led troops cordoned off the area as well as transported the injured to the hospital. It is thought that the bomb exploded prematurely as the bomber waited for a military or police convoy to attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday evening at 1950, near the central mosque in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, unknown gunmen firing a grenade launcher at an armored police car killed one traffic policeman and injured three others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, in Najaf, An Najaf, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded outside a mosque busy with worshippers, causing an unspecified number of casualties and destroying one car. At the same time, two improvised explosive devices detonated at a marketplace in the same city, causing an unspecified number of casualties and damaging the market. Sources listed the total casualties at 15 killed and 80 injured between both incidents. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, in Najaf, An Najaf, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, two improvised explosive devices detonated at a marketplace, causing an unspecified number of casualties and damaging the market. At the same time, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside a mosque in the same city, causing an unspecified number of casualties and destroying one car. Sources listed the total casualties at 15 killed and 80 injured between both incidents. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, in the Al Khalidiya district of Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, an improvised explosive device stuck to a civilian car detonated, killing the civilian driver, injuring the passenger and damaging the car. There were no claims of responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, in the village of Pliyevo, Nazranovsky District, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants fired upon a car carrying police Colonel Ruslan Pliyev and one of his colleagues. Both policemen were wounded and were hospitalized, their car was also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, the Chief of the pro-government Khwazai Peace Committee, Muhammad Akbar and several armed men were on their way home from Ghallanai after holding a jirga when their vehicle struck a remote-controlled roadside bomb in Dorbakhel area, Halimzai subdivision, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Akbar and another member, Gulistan, were killed. Seven others were wounded in the attack and were identified as Aziz Khan, Hukam Khan, Samar Gul, Abdul Wahid, Abdul Sattar, Gul Khan and Yousaf. The injured were taken to the Agency Headquarters Hospital at Ghallanai for treatment. The vehicle was also destroyed in the blast. The spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Mohmand Agency, Ikramullah Mohmand, claimed responsibility for the attack. Talking to The News by phone from an undisclosed place, the militant commander said that his men had planted the explosives to target the members of the Khwezai Peace Committee. Twenty four people were arrested during a search operation.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, three civilians were wounded when suspected  Muslim separatists opened fire on them in an unreported location in Thailand's Pattani province. Two men riding on a motorcycle shot Philom Anurak, who was taking his wife and two children to school on the family motorcycle. Philom died of his wounds in hospital. His wife and two children were injured. The family were Thai Buddhists. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/14/2010: On Thursday, two civilians were shot dead and their corpses set on fire by suspected separatist militants in an unreported location in Thailand's Pattani province. Police found the burned bodies of 51-year-old Damrong and 42-year-old Sudaporn Limdamrong. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2011: On Friday afternoon, in Arghandab, Zabol, Afghanistan, seven Afghan taxi drivers were rounded up and beaten by unidentified militants. Later that evening, the drivers were forced into a vehicle and made to drive over a roadside bomb, killing them. Their taxis were also set on fire in the attack, causing an unknown amount of property damage to the seven taxis and the vehicle that the drivers were in when the explosion occurred. According to officials, the taxi drivers were accused of spying for the government. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was suspected that the Taliban were responsible. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, speaking by telephone, denied the group had any role in the killings, blaming "other elements" without giving details.
01/14/2011: On Friday evening at 1830, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside of a cafe, killing four civilians and injuring five others. The explosives were hidden inside a Lada car that was parked outside of the cafe. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2011: On Friday morning around 1100, at the Royal Mail office on Tomb Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a package containing fireworks exploded as it was being handled by one of the employees at the office. There were no casualties or reported damages and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2011: On Friday morning, in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, an unidentified militant, carrying explosives and hand grenades near a passport office, was shot and killed by Pakistani police. The alleged suicide bomber was intending to attack a tribal leaders' vehicle passing by Kohat Development Authority. No casualties or property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2011: On Friday morning, in the Sim Shakh area near Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a main gas pipeline of Sui Southern Gas Company, cutting supplies to several areas. No casualties were reported and the Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the attack. "We carried out the attack," Sarbaz Baluch, a spokesman for the rebel group told local media. "It is in retaliation for extrajudicial killings on our youth by the intelligence agencies."
01/14/2011: On Friday night at 0330, in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants armed with rockets, hand grenades and assault rifles broke into the house of a female police constable, Shamshad Begum. The militants launched a rocket and opened indiscriminate fire, killing Begum and her five family members, two sons, one daughter and two sister-in-laws. She had received death threats from local militants demanding her resignation. No group claimed responsibility but the Taliban was suspected.
01/14/2011: On Friday, in al-Nimrod neighborhood of southeast Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an improvised explosive device, attached to a policeman’s civilian vehicle, detonated and killed the police officer who was on a leave of absence from duty at the time of the attack. The policeman belonged to the Nimrod Police Department. Property damages caused in the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2011: On Friday, in central Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a sticky bomb attached to the car of a municipality worker killed him when the bomb detonated. Property damages caused from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2011: On Friday, in Khwezai area of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a Government run boys' middle school. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2011: On Friday, in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline, disrupting the gas supply to parts of the province. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2011: On Friday, near Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants planted explosive material on well number 16 in the Uch Gas Field, causing the well to be completely destroyed. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/14/2012: A civilian vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2012: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Tore Obeh area, Khost province, Afghanistan. The vehicle was heavily damaged by the explosive device. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device targeting a police van detonated in Shahpur city, Naseerabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured, but the police van was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Latak area, Khost province, Afghanistan. The blast killed two counter-narcotics Afghan police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2012: A suicide bomber disguised in a police uniform blew himself up at a checkpoint on the road to the Shia shrine of Al-Zubayr near Basra city, Al Basrah governorate, Iraq. The bomber was passing out cookies to draw people in and then detonated himself. In addition to the bomber, 53 people were killed and 131 wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2012: An explosive device detonated in the home of a Popular Resistance Committee leader in Rafah city, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The leader died and four other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and the Israeli government denied any involvement.
01/14/2012: An explosive device detonated on the road to the tomb of Imam Zein al-Abdin near Bartella city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three Shia pilgrims and two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police patrol in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and two police officers injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2012: Assailants detonated a remote-controlled explosive device on a convoy of the Khyber Rifles paramilitary group near Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The convoy was transferring food supplies by mule to their camp. One officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2012: Assailants dressed in police uniforms and armed with suicide vests and grenades attacked a police station in Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four attackers died in the attack, as did four police officers, and four people were wounded. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on a court building in Buynaksk town, Dagestan republic, Russia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the house of an Indian National Congress candidate in Imphal West district, Manipur state, India. The candidate was not hurt by the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, seven major opposition groups had issued a threat saying they would target Congress candidates for opposing their ideals.
01/14/2012: Gunmen attacked a Chinese boat carrying wood on the Mekong River in Laos. No one was injured in the attack, the first since China had begun to protect shipping with joint patrols. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2012: Protesters attacked a police vehicle with Molotov cocktails and opened fire in Qatif city, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. One police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that the protesters were Shias angry at their perceived unfair treatment at the hands of the Sunni majority.
01/14/2012: Two assailants died when the explosive device they were planting prematurely exploded in Painda Khel area, Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside mine in Meiani area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four people, including two children, were killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/14/2013: A closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera was burned, smashed or stolen in Than To district, Yala province, Thailand. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2013: An explosive device detonated at a gas station in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least eight people were injured in the blast and the station was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: An explosive device detonated at a police post in Charsadda city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the police post was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: An explosive device detonated at a refrigeration store in Riyadh district, Kirkuk, Iraq. The store belonged to Sheikh Burhan Mizher al-Asi, a member of the provincial council. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the store was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: An explosive device detonated in Muhajireen district, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. No further information is available.
01/14/2013: An explosive device detonated in Ngelzarma area, Yobe, Nigeria. The blast was targeting two Joint Task Force (JTF) vehicles; one soldier was killed and two more were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that Boko Haram was involved.
01/14/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a private residence occupied by two Syrian families in Sheikh Lar village, North, Lebanon. No one was hurt in the attack; however, the roof of the house collapsed from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: An explosive device went off next to a statue commemorating civil war Bosnian fighters in Mostar city, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the monument was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Armed assailants shot and killed a member of Sunni Tehrik in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military base in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One British soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants kidnapped Betinah Okunwa Benson, the mother of the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, in Ijaw area, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The Speaker's mother was released on January 21, 2013. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Betinah Okunwa Benson was abducted because they were angry that the House Assembly had passed an anti-cultism bill, that the Speaker was interfering in the affairs of the Community Development Committee (CDC), and that the House wasn't "operating in unity and love."  A source also noted that the assailants demanded a ransom.
01/14/2013: Assailants kidnapped Chiranhit Tripura from his house in Matiranga Upazila area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Tripura, a former Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) member, was released unharmed on January 16, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) - Bangladesh, which denied involvement.
01/14/2013: Assailants kidnapped Monulal Tripura from his house in Matiranga Upazila, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Tripura, a village head, was released unharmed on January 17, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) - Bangladesh.
01/14/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle threw an explosive device hidden in a tennis ball at a store in the Banaras area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the store was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants opened fire on a customs agent's vehicle in Herat province, Afghanistan. One agent was killed and a second agent was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants opened fire on a passenger vehicle in Fang village, Plateau, Nigeria. Four people were killed and the vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants opened fire on Carlos Enrique Castillo Medrano at a local barbershop in Jutiapa town, Jutiapa, Guatemala. Medrano, the mayor of Jutiapa, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
01/14/2013: Assailants opened fire on the headquarters of the ruling New Democracy party in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack; however, one office was damaged. The Group of Popular Fighters claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants set fire to an unoccupied Jewish residence in the Abu Tor neighborhood of East Jerusalem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No one was hurt in the attack, although the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at Jangmang Haokip's private residence in Moreh city, Manipur, India. Haokip, the president of the Hill Tribal Council (HTC), was not injured in the attack, although his house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect that the United People's Party of Kangleipak (UPPK), a subgroup of People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), was involved.
01/14/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a fuel station in Surjani town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two employees of the station were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police patrol vehicle in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint east of Samarra city, Saladin province, Iraq. Three Sahwa members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2013: At least five assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. Two police officers were killed and two civilians were injured in the attack; two assailants were also injured in the return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
01/14/2013: Four pipe bombs were discovered on waste ground in Dublin city, Leinster, Ireland. The devices were safely defused without causing injury or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/14/2013: Fourteen closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were burned, smashed or stolen in Krong Pinang district, Yala province, Thailand. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2013: Nine closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were burned, smashed or stolen in Muang district, Yala province, Thailand. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2013: Seven closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were burned, smashed or stolen in Kabang district, Yala province, Thailand. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2013: Seven closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were burned, smashed or stolen in Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2013: Three assailants attacked Asif Mohiuddin, an outspoken atheist blogger, near his office in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. He was stabbed several times in the assault, although he survived the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Ansarullah Bengali Team.
01/14/2013: Three police officers opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military convoy of Italian soldiers in Bala Bolouck town, Farah province, Afghanistan. There were no reported injuries among the NATO soldiers. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the police officers had joined their group.
01/14/2013: Twenty closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were burned, smashed or stolen in Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2013: Twenty-one closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were burned, smashed or stolen in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. The assailants also set fire to a telephone pole and a telephone booth. This was one of seven similar incidents that occurred on the same morning in the province; the attacks resulted in 10 million baht worth of damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2014: A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on village chief, Danilo Manalang, in barangay Santa Rosario, Macabebe municipality, Pampanga province, Philippines. Manalang was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: A remote-controlled bomb detonated near a police van in Kulachi tehsil, Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Eight police officers, including the Station House Officer, were injured in the blast. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Adhaim town, 60 kilometers north of Baquba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol in the mainly Shia district of Kadhimiya, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and at least five were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a bus detonated in the predominantly-Shia Talbiya area of Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and twelve were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden fuel tanker detonated on a highway bridge near Saqlawiya town, north of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No one was injured; however, the bridge collapsed and two army tanks parked on the bridge were destroyed in the attack. This was one of two simultaneous attacks in Saqlawiyah town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: A vehicle rigged with explosives detonated in Al-Nasser district, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three unrelated car bombs that went off in Kirkuk on this day. Thirteen people were wounded across all three bombings. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2014: A vehicle rigged with explosives detonated in Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three unrelated car bombs that went off in Kirkuk on this day. Thirteen people were wounded across all three bombings. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated at a joint Sahwa Council and police checkpoint in the Al-Wahda district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers and one Sahwa Council member were killed in the attack, and five police officers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in Chapa Dara district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Seven people were killed between this attack and an unrelated attack in Sarkano district. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sarkano district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Seven people were killed between this attack and an unrelated attack in Chapa Dara district. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near soldiers from the Pattani Task Force 24 on foot patrol in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties or injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a courthouse just before a constitutional referendum in the Embaba suburb of Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. Several people were wounded in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated outside the office of Yiannis Michelakis, the Interior Minister, on Amerikis Street, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. Although there were no reported casualties, the building was damaged in the blast. Zero Tolerance claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police teacher protection unit in Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. Two officers were killed and at least one was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect a group of separatists led by Saudi Satapor.
01/14/2014: An explosive device was hurled at the residence of Thai Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. There were no casualties but the residence suffered damages in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2014: An explosive device, weighing approximately six kilograms, was discovered and safely defused near a khat market in Dar Sad district, Adan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosive device, weighing over two kilograms, was discovered and safely defused between four gas pipelines in Rukanpur area, Rahim Yar Khan district, Punjab province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosives-laden rickshaw detonated in a market in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 17 people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. Boko haram claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in the Ghazaliya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Ghazaliya district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near an emergency police patrol in Wasti district of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of three unrelated car bombs that went off in Kirkuk on this day. Thirteen people were wounded across all three bombings. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/14/2014: Armed assailants seized a supply vehicle belonging to the 21st Mechanized Brigade in Ataq district, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. The assailants also seized the ammunition and cell phones of the soldiers. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the source attributed the incident to the Southern Mobility Movement (Yemen).
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked a government army unit stationed in Mahaday village, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. This was one of two attacks by the same assailants on villages in the region on this day. Fifteen soldiers were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to Al-Shabaab.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked a military base in Burane village, Mahaday district, Middle Shabelle region, Somalia. This was one of two attacks by the same assailants on villages in the region on this date. Fifteen soldiers were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to Al-Shabaab.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked a military base near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and six more were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility in the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military patrol in Gam-e Shak area, Qara Bagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Dawan area, Charchino district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least two police officers at the post had links with the assailants and helped them catch the police off-guard. Three police officers were killed in the attack. After the attack, the two insiders and other attackers fled the scene. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. In the ensuing gun battle, one assailant and one police officer were killed and one assailant and one police officer were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the police attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked an army base in Ceelbarde area, Bay region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked peacekeepers with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Gemeza village, Central Equatoria state, South Sudan. Nine Ugandan peacekeepers were killed and 12 others were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2014: Assailants attacked the son of a tribal leader in Jisr al-Diyala area, south of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The victim was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a checkpost in Regi Model Town, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and one was injured in the attack. Following the attack, two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants fired four mortar rounds on houses in Karma city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and six wounded across the incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/14/2014: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Amjad Ali while he was one duty in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Ali, an intelligence official, was killed in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants opened fire and threw stones at a festival procession in the Korangi area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Several people were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed the incident to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Muttar Hussein's vehicle in the Yarmouk neighborhood, Mansour district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Hussein, a judge and member of the Higher Judicial Council, and one other person were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Archangel Michael church in Sinnuris city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. There were no casualties reported in the attack and it is unknown if the church suffered any damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants opened indiscriminate fire within a United Nations (U.N.) compound in Malakal city, Upper Nile state, South Sudan. One civilian was killed and dozens of civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants set fire to two construction vehicles in Konch area, Gaya district, Bihar state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed that attack to Maoists.
01/14/2014: Assailants shelled the Ghouta neighborhood in Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. Eighteen civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants shot and killed Bashar al Qasim, an employee of the Nineveh Electoral Commission, outside his home in the Al-Wihida area of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the Al-Kawaysia police station on the outskirts of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No one was injured in the attack, but damage was done to the station building. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Assailants torched heavy equipment at a construction site in barangay Lun Padidu, Malapatan town, Sarangani province, Philippines. No one was injured in the attack, but a payloader, road grader, and roller were burned, causing $226,350 in damage. The Alex Ababa Command, a sub-group of the New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident, saying the company had failed to pay revolutionary taxes.
01/14/2014: Assailants with machetes and knives attacked a bus of Muslim passengers in Boyali town, Nana-Mambere prefecture, Central African Republic. At least six people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to anti-Balaka militias.
01/14/2014: At least one attacking suicide bomber was shot dead by private security guards at the home of a Baghlan province tribal elder, Mohammad Alam, in Kabul city, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Alam's brother was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/14/2014: Dozens of assailants stormed a police station in Saqlawiya town, north of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reports of damages or casualties in the attack. This was one of two simultaneous attacks in Saqlawiyah town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Fourteen rockets were fired from Syria's Qusayr area into Arsal municipality, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties from the attack; however, the rockets resulted in material damage in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a group of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members in Tuba village, Borno state, Nigeria. Five people were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting; however, authorities suspected the involvement of Boko Haram.
01/14/2014: Gunmen opened fire at the General National Congress (GNC) building in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the building sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a Benghazi Security Directorate member in Al-Laithi neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The victim was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a teacher protection foot patrol in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Gunmen riding in a speeding car opened fire on an army checkpoint in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2014: Two gunmen in a pickup truck opened fire on the general manager of the Yemen Economic Corporation, Colonel Abdul Ghany Makaleh, in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Colonel Makaleh was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security officials attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/14/2015: An assailant attempted to plant an explosive device in Afshan area, Tarin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The assailant was killed when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Al Kifah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Sachar village, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Shamulzayi district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. An Afghan Border Police (ABP) commander was killed and an officer was wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Taji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near a pipeline at the Benghazi port in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at a bus terminal in Sikibung area, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Zgharta district, North governorate, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An explosives-laden motorcycle, targeting Atthapol Sonsakul, detonated in Ban Nam Won area, Chang Phueak town, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Sonsakul, an assistant district chief, was unharmed; however, five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at the Hossain Market in Badda area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Bangabazar area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One civilian was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Mirpur area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated near the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants abducted Ramlal in Aatpal village, Chhattisgarh state, India. Ramlal, a civilian, was killed on January 17, 2015. This was one of two similar attacks carried out by Maoists on January 14, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/14/2015: Assailants abducted Ramlal in Bailapad village, Chhattisgarh state, India. Manter, a civilian, was killed on January 17, 2015. This was one of two similar attacks carried out by Maoists on January 14, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/14/2015: Assailants abducted Yasir Adam Khater in Nyala city, South Darfur state, Sudan. Khater, the assistant director of World Vision International, was released on February 5, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Janjaweed.
01/14/2015: Assailants attacked a soldier in Mourouj town, Ben Arous governorate, Tunisia. The soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants attacked a Sudanese Army camp in El Qneziah village, Kadugli district, South Kordofan state, Sudan. One assailant was killed and 14 others were wounded in the attack. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices in Dhanmondi area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices in Kazipara area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices in Motijheel area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices targeting police officials in Sonadighi area, Rajshahi city, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/14/2015: Assailants detonated four explosive devices in Purana Paltan neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/14/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a gas pipeline in Shchastya city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three attacks on Shchastya city on January 14, 2015. One person was killed and two others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/14/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a water filtration station in Shchastya city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three attacks on Shchastya city on January 14, 2015. One person was killed and two others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/14/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Shchastya city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of three attacks on Shchastya city on January 14, 2015. One person was killed and two others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched incendiary devices at Vesele area, Kievski neighborhood, Donetsk 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a military position in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a Ukrainian military position in Arkhanhelske area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a Ukrainian military position in Leninske area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a Ukrainian military position in Maloorlivka area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a Ukrainian military position in Staromykhailivka area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a Ukrainian military position in Taramchuk area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched mortars at a Ukrainian military position in Tonenke area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched rockets at Marinka 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched rockets at Olenivka city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of three attacks on Olenivka city on January 13, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched rockets at Pisky area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants launched rockets at Tonenke area, 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.
01/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military vehicle in Lamu province, Kenya. Six people, including one soldier and five assailants, were killed and three soldiers were wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Arab Ebjur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and three people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on a teacher in Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The teacher was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) patrol near Dayr Nizam village, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicle was damaged in the attack. The Marwan Al-Qawasimi and Amir Abu-Ayshah Group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on Riaz Rahman in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Rahman, an adviser to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of U Kamann Du Naw in Hpakant town, Kachin state, Myanmar. Naw, the transport minister, and three police officers were abducted in the attack. Naw was released the same day and the officers were released on January 19, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
01/14/2015: Assailants set fire to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Divisional Headquarters in Azare town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks in Borno carried out by the same group on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/14/2015: Assailants set fire to the office of the assistant land commissioner in Sadar area, Faridpur district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties; however, the office was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the residence of Qaiser Jahan in Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four people, including Jahan, an assistant sub-inspector, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at civilians on a motorcycle in Habiganj district, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/14/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a bus in Mithapukur town, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. Six civilians were killed and eight others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/14/2015: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire on a police post in Bosaso town, Bari region, Somalia. Two police officers were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at the residence of Gowher Rizvi in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Rizvi, the international affairs advisor for the Bangladeshi prime minister, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/14/2015: Security forces discovered and defused four explosive devices at a public library in Shahbagh neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Security forces intercepted assailants en route to carry out an attack in Bui town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 41 assailants were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the incident. This was one of two attacks in Borno carried out by the same group on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
01/14/2015: Three explosive devices detonated targeting police officers in Bandar bazar area, Sylhet city, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
01/14/2015: Two explosive devices detonated at the office of a politician in Chandgaon area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused near a school in Puerto Amor area, Caqueta department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/14/2016: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police vehicle in Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Seven police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the convoy of Jum'ah 'Inad in Tall Kusaybah, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Aside from the bomber, at least two soldiers were injured in the blast. 'Inad, an Iraqi Army lieutenant general, was not harmed. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in a Starbucks Corporation cafe in Jakarta city, Jakarta province, Indonesia. Aside from the death of the bomber, at least one person was injured in the blast. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Jakarta on the same day. Jamaah Ansharut Daulah claimed responsibility for the incidents. However, authorities also arrested a Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) member in connection with the attacks.
01/14/2016: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in Beit Einun, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Muayyad Awni Jabbarin, as a Palestinian extremist.
01/14/2016: An assailant threw an incendiary device at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) vehicle in Asira ash-Shamaliya, West Bank. After the soldiers exited the vehicle, the assailant then attacked them with a knife. The assailant was killed and a soldier was wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Haitham Mahmoud Abd al-Jalil, as a Palestinian extremist.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated along the national highway in Mirasol, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Taji, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian Armed Forces patrol in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least three people, including two conscripts and one civilian, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near Khal Mohammad in Gordzad, Shirin Tagab, Faryab, Afghanistan. Muhammad, a National Uprising Movement (NUM) commander, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al Bakriyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near showrooms in Al Bayya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: An explosive device detonated outside a civilian residence in Arsal, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/14/2016: An explosive device planted in a rickshaw detonated at a government board office in North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent.
01/14/2016: An explosive device planted inside a Yemeni Police vehicle detonated in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. At least two officers were killed and another was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a school and a power transformer in Arish, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: Assailants abducted four Ustay Construction, Contracting and Trading Company employees in Maradah, Wahat district, Libya. Three of the hostages were executed on January 28, 2016. The whereabouts of the remaining victim are unknown. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Maradah on the same day. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2016: Assailants abducted Mohammad Ahmad Hamid between Ajdabiya and Jalu in Wahat district, Libya. The whereabouts of Hamid, the son of the former Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) chair, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: Assailants abducted people in Bin Jawad, Sirte district, Libya. This was one of four kidnappings in the Sirte on the same day. At least 150 people, including Libyan National Police (LNP) officers, Libyan Army soldiers, and oil company employees, were abducted and transported to Nawfaliya Prison across all four attacks. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/14/2016: Assailants abducted people in Nawfaliyah, Sirte district, Libya. This was one of four kidnappings in the Sirte on the same day. At least 150 people, including Libyan National Police (LNP) officers, Libyan Army soldiers, and oil company employees, were abducted and transported to Nawfaliya Prison across all four attacks. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/14/2016: Assailants abducted people in Um al-Qandil, Sirte district, Libya. This was one of four kidnappings in the Sirte on the same day. At least 150 people, including Libyan National Police (LNP) officers, Libyan Army soldiers, and oil company employees, were abducted and transported to Nawfaliya Prison across all four attacks. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/14/2016: Assailants abducted people in Wadi Kahlia, Sirte district, Libya. This was one of four kidnappings in the Sirte on the same day. At least 150 people, including Libyan National Police (LNP) officers, Libyan Army soldiers, and oil company employees, were abducted and transported to Nawfaliya Prison across all four attacks. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/14/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somalia National Army (SNA) soldiers in El Shiil, Galguduud region, Somalia. At least 10 people, including one soldier and nine assailants, were killed and six other assailants were injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2016: Assailants attacked a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) office on Barakhamba Road in Delhi city, Delhi state, India. There were no reported casualties in the incident. Hindu Illaignar Sena claimed responsibility and stated that the attack was carried out in protest to the Pathankot and Indian consulate attacks.
01/14/2016: Assailants attacked a Philippine Army (PA) base in Manoligao, Carmen district, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. At least one soldier was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/14/2016: Assailants attacked and killed a suspected police informer in Bargi, Odisha state, India. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2016: Assailants attacked the convoy of a National Directorate of Security (NDS) provincial chief along the Maymana-Jama Bazaar highway, Faryab province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at civilians in Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/14/2016: Assailants fired three rockets that landed and detonated in Alam, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four people were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on Chhantu Bhagat in Samastipur district, Bihar state, India. Bhagat, a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on Egyptian Army soldiers constructing a checkpoint between Al Muqataah and At Tumah, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least 34 people, including four soldiers and 30 assailants, were killed and 18 others, including 8 soldiers and 10 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: At least one explosive device detonated along Chevron Nigeria Limited gas pipelines in Warri South-West district, Delta state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Ijaw militants.
01/14/2016: At least one explosive device detonated along the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Tibisti-Bayda-Ras Lanuf oil pipeline in Maradah, Wahat district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Maradah on the same day. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2016: Four assailants sexually assaulted two women in Safia, South Darfur state, Sudan. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
01/14/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles driven by suicide bombers that were targeting an Iraqi Armed Forces headquarters in Mukashafah, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Solani, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: Two assailants attempted to sexually assault a woman near Donki Kheir, South Darfur state, Sudan. After she resisted the sexual assault, the assailants beat and stabbed her. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2016: Two assailants opened fire on a group of people gathered outside an Indonesian National Police (INP) post at Sarinah Mall in Jakarta city, Jakarta province, Indonesia. The crowd had gathered in response to an earlier attack on the post. After the assault, the assailants fled, shooting more people and detonating an unknown number of explosive devices. One of the devices detonated prematurely, killing both assailants. This was one of three coordinated incidents in Jakarta on the same day. At least eight people, including four assailants, were killed and 25 others were injured in the two attacks near the police post. Jamaah Ansharut Daulah claimed responsibility for the incidents. However, authorities also arrested a Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) member in connection with the attacks.
01/14/2016: Two explosive devices strapped to a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) power tower detonated in Pagangan, North Cotabato province, Philippines. An additional one to two devices were discovered and defused on the tower following the initial blast. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the incident was carried out by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/14/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated at an Indonesian National Police (INP) post in Jakarta city, Jakarta province, Indonesia. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Jakarta on the same day. At least eight people, including four assailants, were killed and 25 others were injured in the two incidents near the police post. Jamaah Ansharut Daulah claimed responsibility for the attacks. However, authorities also arrested a Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) member in connection with the incidents.
01/14/2016: Two suicide bombers in explosives-laden vehicles detonated outside the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) and Iraqi Volunteer Forces joint headquarters in Tall Kusaybah, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Assailants then gained control of a number of government buildings. In addition to the two bombers, at least seven joint forces members were killed and four others were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: An assailant set fire to Bellevue mosque in Bellevue, Washington, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities arrested Isaac Wayne Wilson in connection with the attack.
01/14/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least two people, including a soldier and a civilian were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2017: An explosive device presumed to be targeting police officers was discovered and defused along Brians Well road in Poleglass, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Oglaigh Na hEireann claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Jungle Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2017: Assailants abducted a National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) technical controller in Irumu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The hostage was released a few hours later after the assailants requested that CENI voter registration equipment be brought to the group's base. This was one of two attacks on CENI targets in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Patriotic Resistance Front in Ituri (FRPI).
01/14/2017: Assailants ambushed security forces in Imam Weis, Diyala, Iraq. At least eight soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: Assailants ambushed volunteer forces near Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. At least eight volunteers were killed in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked a National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) voter registration center at Aveba Primary School Center in Irumu, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks on CENI targets in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Patriotic Resistance Front in Ituri (FRPI).
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Chabarmay, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks on Kunduz on the same night. At least one police officer and four assailants were killed and one police officer and four assailants were injured across both events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Hortbalaqi, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks on Kunduz on the same night. At least one police officer and four assailants were killed and one police officer and four assailants were injured across both events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers in Al-Moddafen neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of 12 attacks in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers in Al-Sinna neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of 12 attacks in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers in Amal neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of 12 attacks in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers in Jabileh neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of 12 attacks in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers in the Division 137th area outside Deir ez-Zor city, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of 12 attacks in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants attempted to abduct a school teacher in Islamabad, Pakistan. The victim escaped the kidnapping unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/14/2017: Assailants entered a village, held civilians, and lectured them in Dansolihon, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. No casualties were reported. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group intended to "conduct peace lectures."
01/14/2017: Assailants fired artillery targeting a Saudi Border Guard post near Khbash, Najran, Saudi Arabia. One border guard was killed in the attack. Houthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Al Qusur neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. This was one of seven projectile attacks, and 12 incidents overall, in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. At least two civilians were killed and eight others were injured across the two attacks in Jorah and Al Qusur. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in an unknown neighborhood in Deir ez-Zor city, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of seven projectile attacks, and 12 incidents overall, in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/14/2017: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Jorah neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. This was one of seven projectile attacks, and 12 incidents overall, in different Deir ez-Zor neighborhoods on the same day. At least two civilians were killed and eight others were injured across the two attacks in Jorah and Al Qusur. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/14/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Bani Jamra, Northern region, Bahrain. At least one police officer was injured in the attack. Al-Ashtar Brigades claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to the executions of its members the previous day.
01/14/2017: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Ahmed Al-Ghadbam in Ayn al-Fijeh, Rif Dimashq, Syria. Al-Ghadbam, a government reconciliation coordinator, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front and suspected the involvement of Ahrar al-Sham.
01/14/2017: Assailants set fire to a church in Lugari, Kakamega, Kenya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: Assailants shot and killed Amit Sharma, a conservative Hindu leader, in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. The Khalistan Liberation Force claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/14/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle targeting military positions north of Haditha, Al Anbar, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/1998: An unknown group set off a bomb near the town hall of Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan Republic, Russia. There were no casualties as a result of this incident.
01/15/1999: A bomb exploded near the headquarters of the Thai ruling Democrat Party in Bangkok, Thailand. The bomb, which damaged a window in the building, exploded near a vacant building in the vicinity of the party headquarters. Police believed the bomb was set off apparently for the sake of publicity, although no group claimed responsibility. The government claimed certain politicians and military officers associated with the opposition were behind the incident and that they were trying to create political chaos prior to the censure debate against the cabinet of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, scheduled for Jan. 27-28, 1999.
01/15/1999: A monitor and a Serb interpreter from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM), were shot by what appeared to be a sniper while they were traveling in a convoy of two armored cars at Decani, 40 kilometers west of Pristina, Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). No group claimed responsibility for the attack, though the bullets appeared to come from territory controlled by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Both victims were shot in the arm and suffered only minor injuries. OSCE spokesman Mans Nyberg stated that, on the basis of early indications, it appeared that the wounded OSCE personnel had been "targeted."
01/15/2000: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels killed 36 people around the town of Catchiungo, Huambo Province, mostly elderly people and children, between January 15, 2000 and January 29, 2000. The property of the victims was also plundered.
01/15/2000: Provincial council election candidate Thanapol Nilhoy was killed and four other injured when unknown assailants attacked his car with gun fire in Ban Lard District, Thailand.
01/15/2000: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed responsibility for placing incendiary devices at the offices and in the cabs of two delivery trucks of Petaluma Farms in Petaluma, California in the United States.  The two trucks were destroyed, and upon a search of the facility, authorities uncovered 6 additional improvised incendiary devices which had failed to ignite. In a later communiqué released by the North American Animal Liberation Front Press Office, ALF took credit for the incident, stating that the farm was targeted because it "enslaves chickens for their eggs."  There were no casualties in the incident, and the monetary damage was estimated at $20,000.
01/15/2000: Two rockets were fired at the international congress center in Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum was scheduled for January 27-February 1, 2000. An anonymous message was faxed to a number of media outlets by opponents of the World Trade Organization and globalization.
01/15/2001: Seven were killed and 16 injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on a group of people leaving a NDA meeting in Bihar, India.
01/15/2001: Unidentified perpetrators attacked the offices of Deputy National Economy Minister, Khristos Pakhtas in Thessaloniki, Greece. The attackers placed a phone book soaked in gasoline and alcohol and set it on fire. The door to the office was destroyed.
01/15/2001: Unidentified perpetrators attacked to offices of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement in Thessaloniki, Greece. Cloth soaked in flammable material was stuffed into glass bottles but the flames went out before the bottles could explode.
01/15/2001: Unidentified perpetrators placed glass bottles with cloth soaked in a flammable liquid in a car on Tzavella Street in Thessaloniki, Greece. The car exploded damaging the two cars.
01/15/2001: Unidentified perpetrators placed glass bottles with cloth soaked in a flammable liquid in two cars on Stromnitsis Street in Thessaloniki, Greece. The cars exploded damaging the two cars.
01/15/2002: A bomb exploded next to a power transmission line in Guayabetal, Colombia. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels were suspected in the attack. Another transmission line was also attacked.
01/15/2002: A bomb exploded next to a power transmission line in Restrepo, Colombia. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels were suspected in the attack. Another transmission line was also attacked.
01/15/2002: A homemade bomb exploded outside a bank in Athens, Greece. No one was injured in the blast, however the bank received some exterior damage.
01/15/2002: Armed men believed to be members of the Pentagon Kidnap Group abducted a millionaire doctor, Rosemarie Agustin, in Cotabato, Philippines. Three kidnappers were killed and one was wounded in the kidnapping incident. Agustin was freed by military force several weeks later on February 6, 2002.
01/15/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels attacked a police station in Guayata, Colombia. No one was killed or injured in the attack. The police station sustained minor damages.
01/15/2003: A public bus operated by the Sotrapenol Company was machine gunned by presumed members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) between the towns of San Carlos and San Rafael in Colombia’s Antioquia Department. Four civilians were killed, seven were wounded, and two more have been declared missing.
01/15/2003: An IED (improvised explosive device) detonation in the Baramulla district of Indian controlled Kashmir left BSF [Border Security Force] officer Puran Lal dead and two more BSF troops wounded. The explosive was detonated as a military vehicle struck it. No militant group has claimed responsibility.
01/15/2003: Former top communist party official on Mindanao Island in the Philippines, Oscar Dahiroc, was gunned down outside a cock-fight venue in the southern Philippine city of Pagadian. The victim was shot by three unknown men upon leaving the fight pit at dawn.
01/15/2003: Masood Ali and Salman Farooqi, both activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were gunned down in front of the Karachi home of Omar Din in Pakistan by four motorcycle riding Muslim assailants. Omar was wounded and later told police he was able to identify one of the shooters as Nazim Faizan, a Union Council Administrator. Omar said the shooting was ordered by Munnawar Hasan and Dr Mairaj. Both the accused are considered key members of Jamaat-i-Islami.
01/15/2004: A university bus was destroyed by an anti-tank mine in Tikrit, Iraq. The bus driver and two students were killed and a civilian was seriously injured. As the bus was changing lanes on a bypass road, west of the city, it struck the landmine that caused an explosion that could be seen over a kilometer away. The majority of the students had already been dropped off, greatly reducing the casualty figures in this attack. The attack has not been attributed to any particular group, but was most likely carried out by at least one faction of the Iraqi insurgency.
01/15/2004: Members of the rebel groups Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM) and Al-Mansoorian claimed joint responsibility for detonating a car bomb in the Hyderpora suburb of Srinagar, India. Seven Indian soldiers, part of a military convoy that was passing by when the explosion occurred, were injured in the attack. The blast occurred as leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella organization of Kashmiri separatist groups were meeting to decide on who would a attend first-ever talks on the future of Kashmir with the Indian government the following week.
01/15/2004: Suspected members of a Maoist rebel group assassinated Gopal Giri, the mayor of Birgunj, in southern Nepal. Witnesses stated that Giri was killed because he refused extortion demands by the Maoists. Tribhuvan Sharma, Giri's brother-in-law, was also wounded in the attack.
01/15/2004: Two explosions occurred outside an Anglican church in Karachi, Pakistan. First, a man on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade outside the office of the Christian Bible Society, adjacent to Trinity Church. Then approximately fifteen minutes later, while security personnel were surveying the detonation site, a bomb hidden in a stolen car outside the church went off as well. Fifteen people, two workers of Bible Society, three soldiers belonging to the paramilitary rangers, an army officer and at least two police officials and a number of passersby were injured, but there were no fatalities. Several parked cars were set ablaze and there was shattered glass and damage to one of the boundary walls of the church.
01/15/2005: Suspected Islamic militants bombed a stage intended to be used for a village festival in Bogra, Bangladesh. The bomb killed one person and injured several others. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/15/2006: A suspected suicide car bomb targeted a Canadian military convoy in Do Rahee (District), Kandahar (Province) city, Afghanistan, killing three, including Canada’s senior diplomat, Glyn Berry, wounding at least twelve, and damaging the military vehicles. A Taliban spokesperson claimed responsibility
01/15/2007: A bomb, believed to have been placed by Muslim insurgents, damaged a bridge in the Bacho district of Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility.
01/15/2007: A bomb, believed to have been placed by Muslim insurgents, damaged railroad tracks in the Rangae district of Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility.
01/15/2007: A suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi army patrol in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing seven people, including two Iraqi soldiers, and wounded 40. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/15/2007: Ahmad Shah Wakilzada, the deputy chief of the provincial council of Nuristan, Afghanistan was shot and killed by unknown armed assailants while returning to his home.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/15/2007: Two refugees were killed when a bomb exploded in the Jalozai Afghan refugee camp about 28 miles east of Peshawar, Pakistan. There was no claim of responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday evening at about 2100, in central Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired two Katyusha rockets at the International (Green) Zone, wounding one civilian and causing no reported damage. The Islamic Shiite Resistance claimed responsibility and rockets were determined to have originated from a predominantly Shia Az Za'faraniyah neighborhood in the southeastern part of the city.
01/15/2009: On Thursday evening, in the suburban town of Fontenay-sous-Bois east of Paris (Ile de France), masked thieves attacked a young man wearing a Jewish symbol, stabbing him four times with a knife during an attempt to steal his vehicle. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility. France has experienced a clear increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim attacks since Israel began an assault against Hamas in Gaza on 12/27/2009.
01/15/2009: On Thursday morning at 1000, in the Ar Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a convoy transporting Housing Ministry employees to work in central Tahrir Square but missed, killing a police officer, wounding three civilians, and damaging several buildings. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday morning, a bomb exploded in a market, damaging 20 shops, in Shabqadar in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday morning, around 0900, in Baghdad, Iraq, Abed Theyab, minister of higher education, was traveling to work when a roadside bomb targeted his vehicle as he passed through the Karradah district. No one in the convoy was hurt but three civilian bystanders were wounded. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday,  in Baardheere, Gedo, Somalia, assailants detonated a landmine near a vehicle, killing a paramilitary commander and five people, wounding two people, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday, in Anwarpur village, Vaishali, Bihar, India, approximately 100 assailants threw bombs at the control room of a communications tower, damaging the control room but causing no injuries. No casualties were reported. A live bomb and some Communist Party of India- Maoist papers were recovered by police from the incident. It is reported that the attack was carried out to enforce their day-long bandh of Bihar to protest against alleged atrocities by authorities on its top leaders in Bhagalpur Central Jail.
01/15/2009: On Thursday, in Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq, the director of al-Mo'tassem, Hussein Mohammed al-Shatab, escaped an attempt on his life when a hand grenade was thrown at his motorcade, injuring one person and damaging his vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2009: On Thursday, in the Bakr district of northeastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an Iraqi Army patrol found the body of a Christian civilian with a gunshot wound to the head.  No group claimed responsibility, but authorities suspect the Islamic State of Iraq perpetrated this attack.
01/15/2009: On Thursday, pro-Taliban militants shot and killed a civilian accused of spying for the United States in Miranshah, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
01/15/2010: On Friday evening around 2005, in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, a rocket hit a road near the German Embassy and the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the 10th district of Wazir Akbar Khan. Four civilians were wounded from the explosion. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2010: On Friday, a passenger bus from an unspecified bus company affiliated with Transipiales that traveled between Putumayo and Bogotá, was burned by two unidentified persons at Kilometer 94 on the site known as La Petrolera on the Mocoa Pitalito road in the rural area of the municipality of Santa Rosa, Cauca, Colombia. Five passengers and the driver of the vehicle were forced to descend before the gunmen set fire to the vehicle. The attack caused an estimated $303,956 amount of damage to the bus. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the arson attack.
01/15/2010: On Friday, in Gumla, Jharkhand, India, a land mine was triggered by Maoists killing six policemen, and a civilian, near the Gurdari mines. The Communist Party of India - Maoists claimed responsibility. There were no reports of damage.
01/15/2010: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, the Deputy Chief of the Kirkuk's Kurdish security forces in Asayesh survived an attempt on his life when an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting his motorcade. The blast caused damage to two of Colonel Salar Khalid's vehicles, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2010: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown militants fired two rockets at a residence in Al Khadraa neighborhood, damaging the residence but causing no casualties. There were no claims of responsibility.
01/15/2010: On Friday, Malik Ibrahim Khan, a tribal leader and head of Kukkikhel tribe, was shot and killed by unknown militants in an ambush while coming from his brother's wedding ceremony in Wazirdand area, Jamrud, Khyber Agency, Pakistan. A woman of his family was also injured during the attack. The assailants opened fire on the vehicle and the tribal elder received bullet wounds to the head and neck. The injured woman was taken to Peshawar Medical Complex Hospital where the condition of the woman has been reported critical. The political administration has taken into custody a white corolla car, which was used in the ambush. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2010: On Friday, six policemen and a truck driver were killed in a landmine blast and indiscriminate firing by Maoist rebels in Gumla district of Jharkhand. Rebels triggered a landmine and opened fire on nine security personnel who were returning in a bauxite-laden truck to Gurdari police picket. Six policemen, including an assistant sub inspector, were killed as well as the truck driver, while two cops were injured. No group claimed responsibility but the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were suspected.
01/15/2011: On Saturday afternoon, at Matni Bypass in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up an electricity tower, suspending the supply of electricity in surrounding areas. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday around 0000 midnight, in Gazab, Uruzgan, Afghanistan, suspected Taliban militants stormed a house where a police officer lived and assaulted the officer's mother by striking her with the butt of their guns. The militants then grabbed the officer, dragged him outside, and hung him from a tree. The police officer was also shot by the militants before he died. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and five suspected militants were later arrested in connection with the incident.
01/15/2011: On Saturday evening at 1840, in the Islamey area of Baksan, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, an unknown gunman armed with a nine millimeter caliber handgun fired on and killed a senior police officer inside his private residence. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday morning at 0650, in Chanae, Narathiwat, Thailand, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle fired upon and killed an assistant village chief. The militants used an M16 assault rifle for the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/15/2011: On Saturday morning at 1130, at the Nawang intersection in Jabang Tiko area in Muang, Pattani, Thailand, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle shot and killed a school teacher, identified as Manote Chadarat a day before National Teacher’s Day. He was a mathematics teacher for Deja Pattana Yanukul School in Muang district. The militants used handguns for the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/15/2011: On Saturday morning, in Malik Suhbat Kor village in Dawezai area of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, suspected Taliban militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a higher secondary school building. No casualties were reported, although the school was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday night, in Nasirabad, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown assailants fired three rockets at the Uch Power House, two of which did not explode. The successful rocket detonated close to the power plant, but caused no damages or casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, at Dergina Orange Hall outside of Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, in one of three related attacks, suspected republican dissidents smashed out the windows and threw paint on the front door of the building, causing an unknown amount of damage. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but republican dissidents were suspected to be responsible.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, in an unspecified location in the West Bengal province of India, unidentified militants kidnapped two Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders. One of the victims was identified as Sheikh Mohammad Ali, while the other victim was yet to be identified. On 01/26/2011, the bodies of the two leaders were recovered from a grave in the outskirts of the Pathari village in Jhargram. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, unidentified militants took hostage Muhammad Usman Arus, the spokesman for the former militant group Hisbul al-Islam, and took him to a prison in the Suuqa Xoolaha neighborhood of Mogadishu. The hostage was alive as of 01/18/2011. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack. The status of the hostage is unknown.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, suspected Islamist militants threw a grenade at the private residence of Bagaudin Marshani. Marshani, the republic's Minister of Labor and Social Development, was not wounded in the attack, although his residence was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, in Sangan, Helmand, Afghanistan, six civilians were killed when their van struck a roadside bomb planted by unidentified militants. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the van and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, in the Antar Square in Ad Hamiyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device detonated, seriously wounding a policeman and a civilian. Property damages from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, in the Sahiban Community Health Center, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle entered the health center and opened fire, killing Zahida Kurd, a health worker, and Saeed Mengal, a watchman. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, on the Airport Road, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown gunmen opened fire on and killed Abdul Jabbar Yousufzai, Deputy Director of the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, in his car while he was on his way to work. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/15/2011: On Saturday, on the state highway in Yerkad village, in the Dhanora area of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, unidentified militants triggered a low-intensity landmine blast, damaging a police jeep and injuring the driver, Prashant Muktavaram. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/15/2012: A grenade was thrown at Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian soldiers in Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. No further information is available.
01/15/2012: A group of assailants, after detonating an explosives-laden vehicle, attacked the Investigations Directorate security building in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The assailants, some of whom wore suicide vests, seized the building and took several hostages. Two assailants blew themselves up. Four other assailants died, four police officers died, and 16 officers were injured in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Ramadi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: A landmine exploded in Luuq town, Gedo Region, Somalia. The landmine was targeting a tanker providing water to Transistional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers. Three people were killed and an unknown number of people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, although unnamed sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
01/15/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device affixed to an electrical transformer exploded near a Chehlum mourning procession in Khan Pur tehsil, Rahim Yar Khan district, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least 18 people were killed and 20 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device hidden in tall grass detonated, targeting a patrol of soldiers on Yala-Betong Highway 410 near Suan Palm Market, Than To, Yala province, Thailand. Three soldiers in the patrol were injured by the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the authorities suspected the Runda Kampalan Kecil (RKK).
01/15/2012: A roadside mine prematurely exploded on two people who were planting it in Musa area, Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Both assailants were killed in the blast, which came after they had successfully laid seven other mines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2012: A sticky bomb went off under the car of a Kurdish civilian on the eastern outskirts of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: An explosive device and grenade attack targeted the Shabelle Valley Administration in Howl Wadaag neighborhood, Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. No casualty information was available. No group claimed responsibility, but sources suspected Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a.
01/15/2012: An explosive device exploded in Ricuarte municipality, Narino department, Colombia. One police officer was killed and six civilians injured. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/15/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police headquarters and judicial center near Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 12 wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near police offices in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Twelve people were injured in the attack, and nearby stores and buildings were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle went off in downtown Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Ramadi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle went off near the Dawlish Jabir Mosque in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of five attacks in Ramadi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle went off outside the Investigations Directorate security building in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. After the explosion, gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the building. No one died as an immediate result of blast. This was one of five attacks in Ramadi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: Assailants attacked Nineveh's police commander with mortars and machine guns west of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: Assailants pulled two Yemeni soldiers off a bus and shot them dead in Shaqra town, Abyan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) members.
01/15/2012: Assailants shot and killed a security guard near Jam Colony, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: Gunmen abducted a Norwegian United Nations (UN) official from his home in Sanaa city, three miles south of the presidential palace in Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The kidnappers demanded the release of a jailed tribesman held for a terrorist attack that killed four Yemeni troops. The victim was released unharmed on January 27, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Yahaya Abutu, a pastor, in Bajoga town, Gombe state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: A mortar shell landed on a house in Bara tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. As a result, two civilians were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: A police officer shot and killed a police commander in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. In addition, the assailant also poisoned other police officers, injuring at least two officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: A rocket landed near a dormitory at the University of Aleppo in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two similar rocket attacks on campus on the same day. At least 41 people were killed and another 80 people were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/15/2013: A rocket landed near the Architecture Department building at the University of Aleppo in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two similar rocket attacks on campus on the same day. At least 41 people were killed and another 80 people were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/15/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at a construction site in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The bomber approached Efan Sadoun al-Essawi, a parliamentarian, and embraced him before exploding. In addition to the bomber and al-Essawi, two other people were killed and four more were injured. This was one of three attacks that Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for on the same day. They stated that they targeted the politician because of his connections to the United States and Shia. The group further described al-Essawi as an apostate and criminal
01/15/2013: An assailant opened fire on Magomed Madomedov in Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. Madomedov, a Dagestan Supreme Court judge, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: An explosive device detonated at a Globe Telecom tower in Siocon town, Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines. One security guard was injured in the blast; however, telecommunication service was not interrupted. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: An explosive device detonated in Panjur district, Balochistan, Pakistan. The attack was targeting a police vehicle carrying the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP); he was killed in the blast, along with three other police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: An explosive device detonated near a livestock market on the outskirts of Quetta city, Balochistan, Pakistan. The blast was targeting a passing police vehicle. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: An explosive device detonated near Saddar police station in Chaman district, Balochistan, Pakistan. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baqouba city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and another five were injured in the blast. This was one of three attacks that Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for on the same day.
01/15/2013: Assailants fired shots at an electoral center in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and a second one was injured in the attack. This was one of three attacks that Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for on the same day.
01/15/2013: Assailants opened fire and threw grenades at a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint in Bara town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This was one of four attacks on checkpoints in the same area. At least four assailants and nine soldiers were killed across all four attacks, including at least three FC members that were abducted and later beheaded. In addition, at least 28 soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were injured. Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/15/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Kano city, Kano, Nigeria. At least two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
01/15/2013: Assailants stormed a Frontier Corps (FC) member's private residence in Bara tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The FC member was not home at the time of the attack; however, the assailants killed his father and four brothers. Officials attribute the incident to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
01/15/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at Sheikh Fakhri Hussein Jahani as he was leaving the Omar Ibn Khatab Mosque in Misrata city, Misrata, Libya. Jahani, a local imam, was killed and five other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at a private residence in Dublin city, Leinster, Ireland. The device failed to detonate and was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
01/15/2013: Gunmen fired into the house of former prime minister Said Musa in Belize City, Belize, Belize. No one was injured in the attack; however, the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2013: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Ghulam Yahya in Tarinkot city, Oruzgan province, Afghanistan. Yahya, an intelligence official with the National Directorate of Security (NDS), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: A landmine detonated near a convoy of Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Doaba area, Hangu city, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three FC personnel were injured and their vehicle was destroyed in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: A letter bomb detonated at a pool manufacturing company in Orlov village, Prague city, Prague region, Czech Republic. One civilian was killed and one was injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in Bazaar Zakakhel area, Landi Kotal tehsil, Khyber agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two volunteers of the Aman Lashkar peace committee were killed and some nearby shops were partially damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in a market in the Al-Obeidi area of eastern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five were wounded by the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Kadhimiya district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least nine people were wounded by the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of soldiers in Sungai Kolok district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the apartment of a newspaper editor in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The RPG struck a reinforced concrete pillar outside the apartment, and the editor was unharmed. The editor had previously received threatening text messages, and the offices of his newspaper, The New Libya, had been vandalized. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle detonated in the Zafaraniyah area of eastern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the attack. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a funeral for a Sahwa Council fighter in Buhruz town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 16 people were killed and 18 were wounded in the attack. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near an agriculture school being used as base by rebel groups in Jarabulus town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two coordinated car bomb attacks in Jarabulus on January 15, 2014. In addition to the bomber, at least twenty-six people were killed, and an unknown number were wounded in the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An assailant threw a crude bomb inside the Kalibari Bazar Temple in Borolekha sub-district, Moulvibazar district, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two attacks against Hindu temples in Bangladesh on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, the police arrested Sadikur Rahman Sadik, a Shibir activist, in connection with this attack.
01/15/2014: An explosive device detonated at a marketplace in Shula neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and nine others were wounded in the attack. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosive device detonated at the house of N. Loken Singh in Sangaiprou area, Imphal city, Imphal West district, Manipur state, India. Singh, a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) was uninjured in the blast; however, the house sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: An explosive device detonated in an old clothes market in Chkouk area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and another eight were injured in the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a shop in Satellite Town area, Quetta district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the entrance to a private school in Al-Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in the Husseiniya area, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Five people were killed and 12 wounded in the attack. This was one of 20 coordinated attacks around Baghdad and one of two car bombings in Husseiniya on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Al-Dujail town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Andalus Square in central Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight were wounded by the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Husseiniya district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and eight others were wounded in the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated attacks around Baghdad and one of two car bombings in Husseiniya on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 13 others were wounded in the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Karrada district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four civilians were killed and 14 others were wounded in the blast. This was one of two explosives-laden vehicles to detonate in Karrada on this day and one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded in the blast. This was one of two explosives-laden vehicles to detonate in Karrada on this day and one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Shula area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 10 were wounded by the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a prison being used as base by rebel groups in Jarabulus town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two coordinated car bomb attacks in Jarabulus on January 15, 2014. At least twenty-six people were killed, and an unknown number were wounded in the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Gayyarah Suq in Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 11 were wounded in the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated on Palestine street in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least twelve people were wounded by the blast. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a restaurant on Al-Sanah street in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and nine people were wounded by the blast. The explosion also damaged the restaurant and nearby shops and vehicles. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and safely defused in al-Hurriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and safely defused in Mashtal area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and safely defused in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and safely defused in Zaiyouna area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of 20 coordinated incidents around Baghdad on January 15, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2014: Assailants abducted Mohiyadin Taruri, a World Health Organization (WHO) doctor, from his home in the Wajid district of Bakool region, Somalia. The whereabouts of Taruri are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
01/15/2014: Assailants attacked a joint military and civilian convoy in Chimutanda area, Muxungue town, Sofala province, Mozambique. Three people were killed and five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
01/15/2014: Assailants attacked displaced people near the Kalma refugee camp in Nyala locality, South Darfur state, Sudan. Two people were killed and six others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to Abu Tira (Central Reserve Forces).
01/15/2014: Assailants attacked truck drivers in Alham village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The assailants killed seven truck drivers, kidnapped two others, and set three trucks on fire. The whereabouts of the two truck drivers remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants detonated a remote controlled explosive device under a pipeline in Pir Suri area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire at the Chalerm La 56 (Hua Chang) Bridge near the Pathumwan rally site in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. Two people, a man and a woman, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices near a bridge as an army patrol was crossing it in Ain al-Jahash village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Six soldiers were killed and eight people, including six civilians, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants in security force vehicles abducted 14 people attending a funeral in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The victims were found shot dead in an orchard in Mishahda the next day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2014: Assailants launched an unknown number of rockets at a convoy of coal trucks in Loralai district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants launched an unknown number of rockets at the house of a tribal leader in the Khatan area of Khuzdar city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No further information on the attack is available.
01/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of an Israeli family in Jit village, near Kedumim town, Judea and Samaria area, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Although there were no reported casualties, the targeted vehicle sustained minor damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants set a mosque on fire in Deir Istiya town, Salfit governorate, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but the main gate of the mosque and some carpeting on the inside were damaged. The phrases "Arabs Out" and "Revenge for spilled blood in Qusra" were also written on the mosque in Hebrew. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the price-tag attack to Israeli extremists. Sources suspected that the assailants carried out the attack in retaliation to an incident that occurred on January 7, 2014, in which 15 Israeli settlers were captured and held by Palestinians in Qusra city, West Bank and Gaza Strip.
01/15/2014: Assailants set fire to a passenger bus, which had previously carried anti-government protesters, near the Royal Turf Club in Dusit district, Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. Although there were no reported casualties, the targeted bus was slightly damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants set fire to the Dakkhineshwar Kali Temple, a Hindu place of worship, in Chhoraitkandi village, Sonagazi sub-district, Feni district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Although there were no reported casualties, the targeted temple was destroyed in the attack. This was one of two attacks against Hindu temples on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, the police apprehended a Shibir activist in connection with one of the attacks.
01/15/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Nineveh Elections Office employee in Al-Baath area, eastern Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants shot and killed City Ward Inspector Imran near the Matric Board Office in Nazimabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Assailants stabbed a police officer in Kommanapalli area, Andhra Pradesh state, India. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Maoists.
01/15/2014: At least seven attackers opened fire on Rafiqul Islam Shipon in Ghope-Beltala area, Jessore city, Khulna division, Bangladesh. Shipon, the secretary for the Jubo League, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Ali Hussain Qazilbash in Gulberg area, Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Qazilbash, an active Shia community member, was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected the attack may have been carried out by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi as part of a sectarian attack.
01/15/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a car driven by a local political activist and former revolutionary in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. The activist, Amer Saad Abdel, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a check post in Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a Saiqa military member in Al-Sirti area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Gunmen opened fire on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in Parwan province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier, Daniel T. Lee, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2014: Gunmen threw an explosive device at a police station in the town of Banki, Borno state, Nigeria. This was immediately followed by a firefight with security forces. At least two soldiers and four police officers were killed in the attack, as well as an unknown number of civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the incident to Boko Haram, who were attempting to take over the town.
01/15/2014: More than 20 assailants attacked a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Abu Garmah area, Abu Sayda subdistrict, Diyala governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a cafe in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, one other person was killed and 12 people were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An assailant opened fire on a police officer in Makarove area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosive device detonated as a police vehicle passed in Bukhari Qala area, Faryab province, Afghanistan. At least two officers, including the Criminal Investigation Department (CIED) chief, were killed and one was wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosive device detonated as security forces were attempting to defuse it in Qabr Umayr district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosive device detonated inside a mosque at a joint Afghan and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military base near Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Alexandria city, Alexandria governorate, Egypt. One police officer was wounded in the blast. The Popular Resistance Movement (Egypt) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near the office of a Member of Parliament (MP) in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the blast. Zero Tolerance claimed responsibility for the attack and demanded the closure of "Type C prisons."
01/15/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a train station east of Alexandria city, Alexandria governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Dhuluiya area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two students were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Dujail area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Uwaynat village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two volunteer fighters were killed and four fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants abducted three construction workers from Cadayan village, Basilan province, Philippines. The workers were rescued an hour after the abduction. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/15/2015: Assailants attacked a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint in Afar Irdood area, Bosaso town, Bari region, Somalia. One soldier was killed and two wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants attacked an Assam Rifles (AR) post in Machi area, Manipur state, India. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants attacked militia members in Mansouriyah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Seven fighters were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2015: Assailants attacked Sinjar town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. It is unknown if the raid resulted in casualties. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants attacked the Mosul Dam in Saslaj area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Sixteen peshmerga members were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers with flamethrowers and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at the Donetsk airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were killed and seven were wounded between this and a coordinated attack. This incident represents one of two coordinated attacks. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices in Badda area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/15/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices in Bongshal area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/15/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices in Hazaribag area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/15/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices in Khilkhet area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/15/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices on Elephant Road, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/15/2015: Assailants executed a person accused of detonating an explosives-laden vehicle in Mayadin town, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at a police patrol van in Girah Mastan area, Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired artillery into Kievski neighborhood, Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two coordinated attacks which damaged gas pipelines in the city. No casualties were reported in either attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired artillery into Petrovsky neighborhood, Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two coordinated attacks which damaged gas pipelines in the city. No casualties were reported in either attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired mortars that struck central Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 15 people were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles and opened fire on Stanytsia Luhanska town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attacks. This incident represents one of eight coordinated attacks on the village on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers stationed at the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least two soldiers were killed and seven were wounded between this and a coordinated attack. This incident represents one of two coordinated attacks. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Chernukhino town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Krymske town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Popasna town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Yenakiieve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Zolote town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/15/2015: Assailants kidnapped Yahya al-Atawi, the imam at the Grand Mosque, and two of his sons from their house in Rubaydah village, Kirkuk, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker in Orangi Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The individual was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a girls' high school in Swabi area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military intelligence officer near his residence in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. The officer, Colonel Ahmed Fakhery, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) checkpost and water tanker in Ormara area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two Coast Guard officials were wounded in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a People's Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally in Abua village, Rivers state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One assailant was injured when police officers returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants set fire to an earth mover in Ondrungula area, Andhra Pradesh state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials arrested four Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) members in connection with the attack.
01/15/2015: Assailants set fire to the Anjandari temple in Gudalamveedhi, Andhra Pradesh state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/15/2015: Assailants shot and killed a border police captain in Muqdadiyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police station in Lonkin village, Kachin state, Myanmar. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
01/15/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the vehicle of Mohammad Asaduzzaman in Sylhet city, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. Asaduzzaman, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of a local police station, was unharmed and there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of pro-hartal activists.
01/15/2015: Assailants threw an unknown number of explosive devices in Sylhet city, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
01/15/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at the residence of the district superintendent of police in Habiganj district, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Four explosive devices were discovered and defused at the Science Laboratory of Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in a school in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Chaki Wardak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/15/2015: Security forces discovered and defused four explosive devices in Arish district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2015: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Tarmiyah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near a People's Protection Units (YPG) headquarters in Tuq al-Milh, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near Iraqi Armed Forces soldiers in Ramadi, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least seven soldiers were killed and 10 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Four children were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated in Sah neighborhood, Cizre, Sirnak, Turkey. At least one person was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated near a mosque along Al Mustashfah Street in Madain, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol in Yusufiyah, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one officer was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Disheer neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated on an Indian Railways train at a station in Panipat, Haryana state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was involved.
01/15/2016: An explosive device detonated under an oil pipeline at the Aden Refinery in Adan governorate, Yemen. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the guards at the refinery. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however sources suspected that the incident may have been carried out by either the Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State or Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/15/2016: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Banuk neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, an Iraqi Ministry of Finance employee, was killed and two of his family members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a Chilean Gendarmerie prison in Temuco, Araucania region, Chile. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Gulab Taing, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Al-Arman neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside the residence of Al Nwaz Bugti in Pir Koh, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Bugti, the brother of a former Union Council (UC) official, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and destroyed in Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants abducted seven people near Tawilah, North Darfur state, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants abducted seven traders near Wageasi, Meghalaya state, India. One hostage escaped and the remaining six victims were released on January 20, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Achik National Liberation Army (ANLA).
01/15/2016: Assailants abducted two Australian surgical clinic managers, Jocelyn Elliott and Ken Elliott, in Djibo, Sahel region, Burkina Faso. Jocelyn was released on February 6, 2016 while the whereabouts of Ken are unknown. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants armed with explosive devices and firearms attacked a Nigerian Army (NA) base in Goniri, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least 14 assailants were killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/15/2016: Assailants armed with explosive devices and firearms attacked the Cappuccino Cafe in Ouagadougou, Centre region, Burkina Faso. This was one of three coordinated assaults targeting public businesses in Ouagadougou overnight. At least 34 people, including four assailants, were killed and 33 others, including soldiers, were injured across all three incidents. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Western operations in Muslim countries.
01/15/2016: Assailants armed with explosive devices and firearms attacked the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Centre region, Burkina Faso. At least 126 people were held hostage inside the hotel until security forces rescued them the following day. This was one of three coordinated assaults targeting public businesses in Ouagadougou overnight. At least 34 people, including four assailants, were killed and 33 others, including soldiers, were injured across all three incidents. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Western operations in Muslim countries.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked 600 residences in 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.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a Malian Armed Forces patrol between Tonka and Goundam in Timbuktu region, Mali. At least four people, including two soldiers and two assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a Muslim civilian from Bangladesh in Bronx, New York City, United States. The civilian was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources noted that the two assailants shouted "ISIS, ISIS" at the victim during the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Adi Bagh locality, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar attacks targeting checkposts in Helmand on this date. There were no reported casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Awpashak locality, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar attacks targeting checkposts in Helmand on this date. There were no reported casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Malgir locality, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar attacks targeting checkposts in Helmand on this date. There were no reported casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a security post in Adam Khan village, Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks targeting security posts in Gereshk district on this date. At least 35 assailants were killed and thee soldiers and 14 assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked a security post in Rahim village, Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks targeting security posts in Gereshk district on this date. At least 35 assailants were killed and thee soldiers and 14 assailants were injured in the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: Assailants attacked Krishna Miniaka in Kondatikarapada, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. Miniaka, a former village head, was killed in the incident. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility and stated that the victim was targeted because the group believed he was an informant.
01/15/2016: Assailants executed 19 people attempting to flee in Al Hajj Ali, Qayyarah, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at a bank in Charikar city, Parwan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at civilians in Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a local official in Tin Abao village, Sahel region, Burkina Faso. At least two people, including one soldier, were killed and two other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a market in Dioura, Mopti region, Mali. At least one Water and Forests Agency guard was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Nigeria Police Force (NPF) station in Kanoma, Zamfara state, Nigeria. An unknown number of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Gata, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. At least three people, including one assailant, were killed in the ensuing clash. The Maute Group claimed responsibility and stated that the victims were targeted for their involvement in drugs.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. At least four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Malian Armed Forces soldiers guarding a humanitarian aid convoy in an unknown area of Timbuktu region, Mali. At least four people, including two soldiers and two assailants, were killed and six other people, including three soldiers and three assailants, were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on school principals Jovelito Camba and Josephine Camba in Minanga, Isabela province, Philippines. Both principals were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Muhammad Humayoon Yousafzai in Posh Town neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Yousafzai, an Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs consulate official, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: Assailants shot and killed two civilians in al-Fahama neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2016: At least one explosive device detonated along the Chevron Nigeria Limited Utunan-Makaraba oil pipeline in Warri South-West district, Delta state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Ijaw militants.
01/15/2016: Multiple suicide bombers in explosives-laden vehicles and on foot detonated at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base of Kenyan soldiers in Ceel Cadde, Gedo region, Somalia. Following the blasts, several assailants armed with projectiles and firearms then attempted to storm the base. At least 141 soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. Furthermore, at least five solders were abducted. One of the hostages was killed on August 5, 2017; the whereabouts of the remaining hostages are unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2016:Three police officers opened fire on their colleagues at a police checkpost in Salami Mountain area, Khakrez district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting civilians in Sabong, Basilan, Mindanao, Philippines. One civilian was killed and a second civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/15/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Jub al-Barazi, Aleppo, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least 12 Free Syrian Army members and civilians were killed and 30 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police checkpoint in Khalis, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least nine 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.
01/15/2017: An assailant opened fire on a South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalist with a pellet gun in an unknown location in South Africa. The journalist, identified as Suna Venter, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: An explosive device detonated in a tea shop in Leego, Bay, Somalia. A soldier was killed and two people, including a civilian, were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Leego on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: An explosive device detonated near a police headquarters in Leego Bay, Somalia. A senior Somali military member was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Leego on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Pachir Agam, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least seven people were killed and one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/15/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a security forces vehicle in Sehra Bagh, Khost, Afghanistan. At least three security personnel were killed and one was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: Assailants abducted 14 teachers from a religious school in Haskah Menah, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The hostages were released on March 3rd, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/15/2017: Assailants abducted Dr. Ahmad Ghandour in Darkush, Idlib, Syria. Dr. Ghandour, a Gift of the Givers Foundation medical worker, was released shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front and noted that the group had questioned Dr. Ghandour about a previous abduction that occurred in the area.
01/15/2017: Assailants abducted five civilians and burned them alive in Hawijah, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and noted that the group had accused the victims of fleeing ISIL-controlled territory.
01/15/2017: Assailants abducted two firewood collectors in Tawilah, North Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
01/15/2017: Assailants attacked a civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) meeting in Abaji, Benue, Nigeria. At least 10 JTF members were killed and one person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: Assailants attacked a police station in Qoryoley, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. The assailants then pursued the retreating police officers to nearby military bases. No casualties were reported in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: Assailants attacked and injured four women in Tawilah, North Darfur, Sudan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2017: Assailants attacked Khorkai area of Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. An unknown number of casualties were reported and at least 20 houses were burned in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Hizam Brigade checkpoint in Lawdar district, Abyan, Yemen. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least four soldiers were killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack and ensuing clash. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) vehicle in Southern district, Israel. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on the hunting party of a Qatari prince in Musakhel district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three police officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/15/2017: Assailants raided the Sabaon Gari area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria. At least seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a civilian residence in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of five coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the fires. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2017: Assailants shot and killed Osman Abdi Aden Qalan Hoor, a civilian, in Bakaro market in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
01/15/2017: Assailants shot down a military airplane in Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya. There were no reported casualties. The Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources questioned the veracity of this claim.
01/15/2017: Security forces discovered and defused four explosive devices in Ayn as Samak, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/15/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle targeting military troops in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/1982: Two members of the Ku Klux Klan, Kenneth Painter (member of the Mississippi Independent Knights of the KKK) and Larry Howard Walker, fired about 20 rounds of ammunition from carbine rifles into the office of black newspaper, Jackson Advocate, in a black business district in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, United States.  No one was injured as the office was unoccupied at the time of the shooting, just after midnight, but there was minor damage to windows, office equipment and furniture.  This incident had racial motivations, and came in the midst of similar shootings of black newspapers including this one in previous months. Both perpetrators were arrested for the attack.
01/16/2000: A bomb exploded at the Hurriyet Media Towers newspaper facility in Istanbul. Two trucks nearby were damaged. The attack was claimed by the Great East Islamic Raiders Front (IBDA-C - Islami Buyuk Dogu Akincilar Cephesi) organization.
01/16/2000: Around 100 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels attacked the Kirindi displaced persons camp, near Bundibugyo. Twenty-four people were killed and fifteen injured. The rebels attacked with gun fire and set over fifty huts on fire.
01/16/2000: Four people from Jirania, Tripura State, including Jagdish Debbrama, former chairman of Tripura Tribal Autonomous District Council political and Joint Secretary of Tripura Upajati Juba Samity (TUJS), were kidnapped by armed extremists. The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) group was suspected.
01/16/2000: Part of Sudan’s oil export pipeline of the Talisman Energy Inc. near Sinkat was blown up with time bombs and there was a fire in the 10-foot rupture. Leaflets signed by the government opposition faction, the Bejah Congress, were found at the scene.
01/16/2000: Two power transmission towers were blown up and the entire Budgam district in the Jammu and Kashmir state was without power. Lashkar-e Taiba claimed responsibility stating that the government was producing power in Kashmir that wasn’t going to Kashmiris. No injuries reported.
01/16/2001: A homemade bomb went off in a government office in the North Seram Sub district, Indonesia. Authorities believe the attackers were transmigrants from Central Maluku. This bombing was linked to two others the same day. There were no reported injuries.
01/16/2001: A homemade bomb went off in a hotel in Wahai, Indonesia. Authorities believe the attackers were transmigrants from Central Maluku. This bombing was linked to two others the same day. There were no reported casualties.
01/16/2001: Homemade bombs went off in radio, telecommunication and government offices in Ambon in Indonesia. Authorities believe the attackers were from Central Maluku. This bombing was linked to two others the same day. There were no reported casualties.
01/16/2001: Ramzan Kadyrov was the target of an attack while he was traveling along the Caucasus Federal Highway on the outskirts of Gudermes, Chechnya. He survived the landmine attack with only minor injuries. Chechen Rebels (non-specific) were believed to be responsible.
01/16/2001: Rebels associated with the Free Papua Movement (OPM) kidnapped 16 people from the town of Merauke, Indonesia. The group asked for $1 million U.S., the removal of police forces from the Asiki region and a halt to all logging. 13 hostages were freed on January 29, 2001 while the last 3 were released February 7, 2001.
01/16/2001: Six members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were responsible for an attempted suicide attack on the Srinagar airport in Kashmir, India. The group was able to fire grenades and fired indiscriminately but was killed before they were able to continue the attack. Eleven were killed, including the militants, and 14 were injured.
01/16/2002: A bomb attack was foiled against the bus station in Rouiba, Algeria. The would-be bomber was slightly injured when the bomb he carried detonated before the attack.
01/16/2002: A Russian military convoy was attacked in Urus-Martan, Chechnya, Russia. Three Russian soldiers were killed in the attack. Chechen rebels were suspected.
01/16/2002: A Russian military convoy was attacked in Vedeno, Chechnya, Russia. Two Russian soldiers were killed, and three others injured in the attack. Chechen rebels were suspected.
01/16/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels kidnapped a woman along a road outside of Buenaventura, Colombia. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown.
01/16/2002: Maoist rebels raided a jail in the Surkhet, Nepal. No one was killed or injured in the attack. 32 prisoners were freed in the incident.
01/16/2002: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels attacked the village of Chikupula, Angola. Three people were killed in the attack.
01/16/2002: Unknown assailants attacked a market center in Santa Marta, Colombia. Two people were killed, and two others injured in the attack.
01/16/2003: A hotel under construction in Haute-Corse, Corsica was the target of a bomb in a night where three separate bombings were reported. No one was injured.
01/16/2003: A local administration office in Patan, Nepal was raided by a group of twenty five Maoist rebels. The rebels entered the compound, shot and killed a policeman, and proceeded to detonate three explosives causing damage but no further casualties.
01/16/2003: An unoccupied villa in Corsica, France was the target of a bomb in a night where three separate bombings were reported. No one was injured.
01/16/2003: Eleven civilians were killed in the Colombian village of Dosquebradas as part of a greater massacre that resulted in at least seventeen dead and two wounded. The unknown leftist rebels charged into the villages and accused villagers of being members of a right wing paramilitary army before shooting them.
01/16/2003: Indian Border Security Forces operating in Kashmir detected a large bomb planted in the main road running though Hajan township. The explosive, composed of roughly 20 kilograms of RDX explosive, was also rigged with eleven hand grenades to prevent tampering. Indian authorities suspect that the bomb was meant to target Akbar Lone, a member of the state assembly and local leader of the National Conference party, who was set to visit Hajan within the following few days.
01/16/2003: Muhammad Hamad, a leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, was attacked and killed by unknown thugs outside his home in Nairobi, Kenya.
01/16/2003: Rigoberto Garcia Quintero, confessed member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), was arrested while dying his hair after detonating a massive car bomb in a parking lot outside of the state prosecution office in Medellin, Colombia. The bomb, composed of 90 pounds of dynamite, resulted in six people dead, thirty wounded, forty shops damaged, and fifteen more cars damaged.
01/16/2003: Suspected members of the Peoples' War Group blasted a newly constructed Police post with dynamite in the Indian district of Orissa. There were no reported injuries.
01/16/2003: The Georgian village of Chegali was the location of a failed assault on a Russian peacekeeper checkpoint guarding the Inguri hydroelectric power station by unknown assailants. The shootout resulted in several wounded on both sides but no reported deaths.
01/16/2003: The Vieux Port district in Bastia, Corsica was the target of a bomb in a night where three separate bombings were reported. The exact target remains unclear. No one was injured.
01/16/2003: Three civilians were killed and two more were wounded in the Colombian village of Dinamarca as part of a greater massacre that resulted in at least seventeen dead and two wounded. The unknown leftist rebels charged into the villages and accused villagers of being members of a right wing paramilitary army before shooting them.
01/16/2003: Three civilians were killed in the Colombian village of La Tupiala as part of a greater massacre that resulted in at least seventeen dead and two wounded. The unknown leftist rebels charged into the villages and accused villagers of being members of a right wing paramilitary army before shooting them.
01/16/2004: A bomb exploded on a bus as Nepali police were searching bus passenger bags in Dhanakuta, Nepal. One police officer and three passengers were killed, and four passengers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility, but Maoist rebels were suspected in the incident.
01/16/2004: A plane carrying the Georgian Minister of Defense, Davit Tevzadze, was fired upon with a ground-to-air projectile when it took off from the airport in Baghdad, Iraq. No injuries resulted from this attack and there was no claim of responsibility.
01/16/2005: Members of the Taliban bombed a mosque in the village of Sar Marda in Afghanistan. Pro-government cleric, Abdol Hay was the target of the attack. Hay and two of his followers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2005: Suspected Maoists attacked a police station in Bhaluwang, Nepal. The perpetrators killed Regional Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gam Bahadur Gurun, and injured six others in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2005: Two members of Al-Mansoorian attacked a stadium complex housing an Indian military barracks in Srinagar, India. The perpetrators stormed the facility killing two soldiers and injuring six others. The attackers also threw grenades at a regional passport office, housed in the complex, which set the office on fire. Indian security forces counterattacked and killed both perpetrators.
01/16/2005: Two suspected Islamic militants bombed a noodle restaurant in Yala, Thailand. The perpetrators left the bomb in a briefcase under a table inside the restaurant after they had finished eating lunch at the establishment. The owner of the restaurant was killed and 59 others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2006: A suicide bomber in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, drove a motorcycle into a crowd of people gathered to see a wrestling match and blew himself up, killing at least 22 and wounding at least 20 more. The Taliban is widely believed to be responsible, though they have denied the charge.
01/16/2006: Gunmen kidnapped 35 Iraqi police volunteers on a bus returning from a test at the police academy north of Baghdad where they had been denied entry. At least 31 of the men were shot and killed that night, and officials found their bodies about a week later. The identities of the perpetrators were unknown.
01/16/2006: Perpetrators in Basantatar, Nepal, kidnapped 50 students from the Singha Devi Secondary School in the middle of the day. The time of the students' release was not reported in the media, though presumably none of the students were hurt. The perpetrators are frequently referred to as "Maoist guerrillas" in the media, but have not been reported to be a part of a more specific group.
01/16/2006: Perpetrators shot dead Gulzar Ahmed Rather, the nephew of Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami in Tarigam village of India. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown.
01/16/2007: A group of gunmen driving two motorcycles and a car fired on shoppers in Baghdad's Al-Bounuk neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring 20.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/16/2007: A powerful Claymore mine exploded at a Sri Lankan government office, killing two constables. Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels planted the bomb on a motorcycle that was parked at the district secretariat in the town of Vavuniya.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/16/2007: A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol passing the Elwiyah communication center in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad. Four people were killed and 10 were wounded. Two of the dead and three of the wounded were policemen; two police vehicles were damaged as well. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/16/2007: Two car bombs detonated near Al-Mustansriya University in Baghdad, Iraq where students and college employees were waiting for rides home. The attack killed at least 65 people and wounded 132. One report claimed that a suicide bomber also struck survivors fleeing the scene. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/16/2007: Two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed 6 civilians, including one woman, and injuring another woman, around 8:00pm while they were gathered around their adjoining homes in Kurumankadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.  According to police, the gunmen were looking for a person named Suresh. When one of the youith inquired as to why, he was shot by a gunman.  Four other youths trying to flee using a three-wheeler were also gunned down, and then the vehicle was set ablaze by the perpetrators.  The woman who was killed was the mother of one of the youths.  Police were unsure as to whether this was a family dispute, or if the gunmen were members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).  The motive is unconfirmed.
01/16/2008:  A bomb that was strapped to a motorcycle exploded near a marketplace in Yala town, Thailand.  The attack, by unknown perpetrators, killed no one but injured forty-four people.
01/16/2008:  A car bomb that was set off in Beirut, Lebanon at around 4:30 pm by unknown perpetrators killed three and injured twenty-five others.  The target of this attack was a United States Embassy vehicle.
01/16/2008:  An unknown female suicide bomber blew herself up at a marketplace in the town of Khan Bani Saad, northeast of Baghdad in Diyala Province.  Eight people were killed and ten others were wounded. Nearby shops and vehicles were also damaged. There was no known affiliation with any group she might have had.
01/16/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car up near the convoy of the mayor of Sulaiman Bek town, north of Baghdad.  There were no fatalities, however the mayor and his two bodyguards were injured.
01/16/2008:  Perpetrators from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked a convoy from the Nigerian Ports Authority near Sand fill area in Niger Delta, Nigeria.  The perpetrators threw dynamite into the convoy killing one and injuring two others.
01/16/2008:  Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels attacked a bus carrying civilians with claymores and gunfire outside of Buttala, Sri Lanka.  Twenty-six people were killed and more than 60 injured.
01/16/2008:  Taliban attacked the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan using grenades, guns and a suicide vest.  The attack resulted in seven fatalities and an unknown number of injuries.
01/16/2008:  Unknown militants attacked and overran the Sararogha Fort in South Waziristan, Pakistan.  Seven troops and forty militants were killed while twenty troops went missing.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a merchant vessel in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.  The perpetrators used guns to fire upon the ship causing no fatalities and some injuries.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked and injured three people, including a Mogadishu district official, at their home in Mogadishu, Somalia.  The perpetrators used guns in the attack that left none dead.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb next to a bank near Bastia on Corsica Island.  The attack did not kill or injure anyone however it did cause great damage to the bank.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb on a bus in Pyinbonegyi, Myanmar.  The attack killed only the driver of the bus, Lwin Soe age 35, and injured none. The bus was parked with only Soe inside the bus while the passengers were eating inside a cafe. There is reason to believe that ethnic Karen rebels were the perpetrators for having done similar attacks during that recent time period.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated an explosive device that strapped to a motorcycle in Karachi, Pakistan.  The attack killed fifteen and injured an Unknown amount.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators killed a priest and kidnapped a teacher from a school on the Tabawan of Island in the Philippines.  The attackers used guns as they killed one and injured none.  The resolution of the kidnapped teacher is unknown.
01/16/2008:  Unknown perpetrators launched fifty Qassam rockets into Sederot and surrounding areas in Israel.  There were no fatalities or injuries.
01/16/2009: On Friday afternoon, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, gunmen ambushed a car carrying a leading candidate in Iraq's provincial elections,Haitham al-Husseini, of the Dawa Party, killing him, wounding four of his guards, and riddling the car with bullets. There has been no group to claim responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2009: On Friday evening at 1910, in Wino Bazaar Ukhrul, Manipur, India, assailants detonated a hand grenade at the residence of a businessman, Srivastava; no casualties were reported and some portion of the veranda was damaged. A militant group had allegedly demanded Rs 1.5 lakhs from the businessman on November 17 and again on December 18 last year. No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday in Kismayu, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia Somali Islamist militants belonging to the Shabaab group executed Abdirahman Ahmed, a local politician. The al Shabaab spokesman, Sheikh Hassan Yacqub, stated that the victim was shot for allegedly serving as a spy for Ethiopian troops. There was no damage reported.
01/16/2009: On Friday morning at 0600, a grenade exploded in front of a hotel in Peunayong, Banda Aceh, Aceh province. The explosion damaged several vehicles but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday night at 0100, outside the town of Hernani, Basque County, Spain, a bomb exploded at a television re-transmitter. Material damage was caused and no casualties resulted from the attack. No motive was reported and no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the ETA is blamed for the attack.
01/16/2009: On Friday night at 0200, a car bomb packed with 88 pounds of explosives exploded in the parking garage of the Los Comuneros shopping mall in downtown Neiva, Huila, Colombia. The attack took place  minutes after suspected rebels hurled a grenade at a soft drink company to divert police, however no casualties resulted. The shock wave caused damage to some 400 nearby businesses. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is suspected to have carried out the attack, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/16/2009: On Friday night just minutes before 0200, suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militants threw a grenade at a soft-drink company in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. The attack took place only minutes before a car bombing in a parking garage of the Los Comuneros mall and it is believed that the grenade attack was used to distract police forces. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
01/16/2009: On Friday night, after authorities responded to an arson at a bus stop, an improvised explosive device  was found nearby in Muang, Yala, Thailand. The IED was defused the next day. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made.
01/16/2009: On Friday night, assailants set fire to and damaged a bus stop in Muang, Yala, Thailand.  The Prime Minister was scheduled to pass by the area on the following day.  No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility has been made.
01/16/2009: On Friday noon at 1200, in the Negev, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired one rocket at the regional council, causing no casualties or damage.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, a bomb exploded at Santa Isabel supermarket when a security guard handled the backpack in which the bomb was concealed in Santiago, Santiago, Chile. The security guard suffered minor injuries, however no property damage was reported. This was one of three related bomb attacks in Santiago. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, a bomb was defused by police after guards called them when they encountered a bag that contained a bomb at the Jumbo supermarket in Santiago, Santiago, Chile. This was one of three related bomb attacks in Santiago. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, a senior Awami National Party leader's residence was blown up by unidentified militants in Madyan Chaktari area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility. The Taliban is suspected of being responsible.
01/16/2009: On Friday, in Ishaqi, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian vehicle, killing three civilians, wounding five others, and causing damage to nearby buildings. There was no motive reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
01/16/2009: On Friday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a Katyusha rocket landed near the local government headquarters, wounding one civilian. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, in Miliana near Ain Defla, Algeria,  ten armed Islamists stopped a vehicle carrying an Algerian customs officer at a fake barricade and slit the officer's throat. There was no damage or motive reported. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is being blamed for the attack.
01/16/2009: On Friday, in the evening, near Manikanta village, in Dantewara, Chhattisgarh, India, approximately 150 armed assailants stopped a passenger bus, then set the bus on fire, damaging. According to the District Superintendent of police, Rahyl Sharma, the Maoists asked the passengers to disembark the bus and then looted valuable from them. Before leaving, the Maoists broke the fuel tank of the vehicle and set if on fire. No casualties were reported, but the vehicle was destroyed in the attack. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility. The Maoists left a note saying the incident was in retaliation to the police action against them in Singavaram on 01/08/2009.
01/16/2009: On Friday, police defused a bomb after an employee spotted a suspicious item at the office of Chile's Sename Children's Services Agency in Santiago, Santiago, Chile. This was one of three related bomb attacks in Santiago. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2009: On Friday, unidentified militants attacked the residence of the Union Council Nazim of Shangotai, Asmatullah Khan, and assaulted children and female family members in Matta, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility and no casualties were reported.
01/16/2009: On Friday, unidentified militants kidnapped and decapitated a religious scholar, Pir Hafiz Rafeeullah, in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility. He was killed the day after he was kidnapped.
01/16/2009: On Friday, unidentified militants opened fire on a group of civilians, killing two, in the Qambar area in Mingora, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, a series of coordinated attacks targeted three radio stations in Galkaio, Puntland, Somalia. Three journalists and a security guard were injured in the attacks on Radio Galkaio, Radio Mudug and Radio Hobyo respectively. It is believed that hand grenades were used in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, in Al Muallemeen neighborhood in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, injuring three civilians and damaging the car. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, in an unspecified location of the Faryab province, Afghanistan, two Chinese engineers, two Afghan drivers and two guards were kidnapped by the Taliban. On 1/19/2010 the four Afghans were released after negotiations by tribal elders and the Taliban. The two Chinese engineers were still in militant custody. No casualties were reported.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, in eastern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed an employee of the Trade Ministry inside his car. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, in Zab, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, killing the driver and severely damaging the car. No groups claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, near Al-Sharikah Stadium in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded near the convoy of the Deputy Director of Kirkuk security, Farhad Muhammad, damaging one of the vehicles but causing no casualties. The Deputy Director escaped the attack unharmed and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, unidentified militants planted explosives at the premises of a government civil dispensary in Sultan Khel area of Landi Kotal Tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The three-room health facility was destroyed in the attack. No causalities were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2010: On Saturday, unknown militants planted explosives alongside a gas pipeline in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. The explosion destroyed parts of the pipeline, disrupting gas flow to villages and towns nearby. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2011: On Sunday afternoon around 1300, on a road in Dand-e-Shahbudin 15 kilometers north of provincial capital Pol e Khomr in Baghlan, Afghanistan, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a civilian vehicle. Nine civilians were killed, including six women, one child, and two men. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that the Taliban was responsible.
01/16/2011: On Sunday morning, at Hatisarawa-1 in the Mahottari district of Janakpur, Nepal, unidentified militants shot and killed a senior Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist member and regional Young Communist League leader. The victim was identified as Ram Chandra Yadav. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2011: On Sunday morning, in a field in the rural area of Cuatro Esquinas, Miranda, Cauca, Colombia, two suspected guerrillas from the 6th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, aliases "Amadeo" and "Porqui," died as they planted an improvised explosive device thought to be targeting either local civilians or security forces. No property damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/16/2011: On Sunday night shortly after 2300, in Horqueta, Concepcion, Paraguay, suspected militants from the Paraguayan's People Army (EPP) detonated a high intensity improvised explosive device, composed of several pieces of steel rods and detonated by remote control. The bomb was placed in front of the Horqueta Police Station and was concealed in a backpack. Four police officers were wounded and a police truck was destroyed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility; however, authorities believe that the EPP was responsible.
01/16/2011: On Sunday night, in Dibibaksol village in the Jhargram area of Midnapore, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants set fire to a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) party office. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, at the Loti gas field in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device consisting of dynamite, targeting a gas pipeline. The pipeline was damaged but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, in al-Sukar neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, an unknown gunmen stormed al Rabiaa hospital, shot and wounded a Christian doctor with a silenced gun. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, in Karrada neighborhood of central Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near a convoy carrying an official of the Ministry of Science and Technology, wounding two of his guards. Property damages from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, in Palamau, Jharkhand, India, unidentified militants kidnapped a newly elected member of Taal panchayat (village level local self government institution) from his home. The victim was identified as Kishore Singh. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, in Taji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a guard was killed when gunmen opened fire on the convoy of Brigadier General Hatem Ismail, a top security official in the premier's office. The official escaped the attack unharmed. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, in the neighborhood of Ceelasha Biyaha on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, in one of two related attacks, unidentified militants took hostage eight Somali women for violating a Islamic decree by not wearing a hijab in public. No casualties were reported in the attack and the status of the hostages is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought responsible for the attack.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, in the neighborhood of Lafole on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, in one of two related attacks, unknown militants took hostage seven Somali women for violating a Islamic decree by not wearing a hijab in public. The status of the hostages is unknown. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility but, the militant group Al Shabaab was thought responsible for the attack.
01/16/2011: On Sunday, on a chicken farm in Al-Hashamiyat, western Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, two children, one six and the second 10 years old, were killed by an improvised explosive device. The bomb was targeting their father, a member of the anti-Al-Qaeda Sahwa group. Property damages caused from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device went off near the house of P. Premananda, a Trinamool Congress candidate, in Kongba riverbank, Naharup area, Manipur state, India. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that Congress members had been continuously attacked leading up to the January 28, 2012 elections.
01/16/2012: A remote-controlled landmine exploded, targeting an Ethiopian troop convoy in Luqq town, Gedo region, Somalia. The explosion may have been targeting military water tanks. It is unknown if anyone was harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2012: An explosive device was found and defused on Shahi road, Darbar-e-Hussainia Imambargah, Punjab province, Pakistan. The explosive device was placed near the location of a suicide bombing on January 15, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a camp housing members of the Shabak displaced Kurdish community in Bartella city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Eight people died and four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an industrial area near Hillah city, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least three people died and 12 were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2012: Armed people attacked a unit of the Assam Rifles in Jhoukhonom area, Churachandpur district, Manipur state, India. The attackers killed two Rifles, injured two, and stole a rifle. A joint committee, including The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), People's Liberation Army (India), and the Revolutionary People's Front, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply convoy in Deh Sheikh wa Parwana area, Injil district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three oil tankers were destroyed in the attack, but no one was injured. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
01/16/2012: Assailants attacked the Sumifru Banana Plantation in Mawab district, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. The gunmen first opened fire on security guards and then on army units coming as reinforcement. Six assailants were killed in the failed attack. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA). The NPA frequently targets mining, logging, and agricultural businesses that violate its policies.
01/16/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb in Hemrin area northeast of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The blast injured two Sahwa Council members. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and then stormed an Iraqi police station in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least one of the assailants blew himself up in the attack. Six police officers died, and an unknown number were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a residential housing complex for displaced Shias on the outskirts of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Eight people were killed and four injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Assailants set off an explosive device on a gas pipeline in Sui subdistrict, Dera Bugti district, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the pipeline was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Assailants shot and killed a police officer on his motorcycle in Chandni Chowk, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police sub-inspector said that it was sectarian in nature.
01/16/2012: Assailants shot dead two civilians in their house in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/16/2012: Five explosive devices were found and defused on Nepalgunj-Gulariya road, Banke district, Mid-Western Region, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a pamphlet and flag belonging to the Janatantrik Tarai Madhes Mukti Party were found at the scene.
01/16/2012: Gunmen attacked a police van on Kohat-Rawalpindi Road near Kohat city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The officers were returning from dropping off other officers to provide service for the visiting provincial governor. Two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2012: Gunmen attacked Frontier Corps (FC) members setting up a check post in Behlol Basti area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The FC members returned fire, killing at least 10 attackers while suffering no casualties of their own. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Gunmen shot and killed three builders from Chad in Pompomari area near Damaturu area, Yobe state, Nigeria. The attackers first robbed the victims of their cell phones and then shot them without provocation. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Laborers on an ox cart hit a roadside bomb in Pirkoh city, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The ox was killed, but none of the laborers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2012: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces killed two people planting roadside bombs in an airstrike in Sham Bowat area, Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2012: Three explosive devices went off in the Equitalia tax agency office in Corso Meridionale near Naples railway station, Naples city, Campania region, Italy. No one was injured in the attack, but the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that Equitalia had been attacked before because many Italians suspected it of strongarming people into paying taxes.
01/16/2012: Three gunmen abducted Mohamed el Aid Khelfi near Debdeb town, Biskra province, Algeria. Khelfi, the Illizi region prefect and top security official, was rescued on January 17, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed it to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
01/16/2012: Three gunmen opened fire on the Marib-Ras Isa pipeline in eastern Sanaa city, Jahana district, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The gunmen then took up positions to prevent a team from coming to fix the resulting leak. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Al-Shaab district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast hit a police vehicle, injuring five police officers. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the vicinity of a police vehicle in Hawija, Kirkuk, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four more were injured in the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in the vicinity of a police vehicle on the highway in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed in the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle at Al-Mutlaq Square of Idlib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. This was one of two coordinated suicide car bombings in the city on January 16, 2013. In addition to the two suicide bombers, another 22 people were killed in the two attacks and at least 30 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
01/16/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle at Al-Ziraa Square of Idlib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. This was one of two coordinated suicide car bombings in the city on January 16, 2013. In addition to the two suicide bombers, another 22 people were killed in the two attacks and at least 30 were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
01/16/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the offices of Massoud Barzani, a regional leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 17 people were killed and another 90 people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated bombings in the same area of the city and one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the offices of Massoud Barzani, a regional leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, two people were killed and approximately 28 people were injured in this attack. This was one of two coordinated bombings in the same area in the city; officials believe that this explosion was targeting KDP officials responding to an earlier bombing. In addition, this was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: An explosive device detonated in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No information on the outcome is available. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: An explosive device detonated in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier from the United States was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: An explosive device detonated near the National Theater in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: An explosive device placed under a police officer's car detonated in Benghazi city, Benghazi, Libya. Sergeant Salah Miftah Wizry was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: An explosive device was discovered in Tarin Kowt city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The device detonated as National Directorate of Security (NDS) officers were attempting to defuse it; two officers were killed and a third officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) office in Tuz-Khurmato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed in the blast and another 40 people were injured. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: An unidentified sniper opened fire on a military checkpoint in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the attack. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: Assailants attacked a vehicle carrying Eng. Shah Wali in Quram Qul district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Shah Wali, the director of the provincial Mines Department, was kidnapped, along with two other employees; in addition, his driver was killed. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Assailants attacked African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military forces in Ceel Jeelle village, Lower Shabeelle region, Somalia. At least two suicide bombers detonated during the ensuing firefight. In addition to the bombers, at least two soldiers were killed and another two were injured in the attack. Sources attribute the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/16/2013: Assailants attacked Dunes Hotel in Garissa city, Garissa county, Kenya. Five people were killed in the attack, including a prison warden, and three people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/16/2013: Assailants attacked Kenyan soldiers at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base in Kismaayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. At least three assailants and one soldier were killed in the ensuing firefight. In addition, two soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were injured. Sources attribute the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/16/2013: Assailants fired a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) at a security patrol in Abu Attni area, Benghazi city, Benghazi, Libya. One military officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Assailants fired rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Panjgur district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Assailants fired two mortar shells at the home of Sheikh Hameed al-Hayis in Anbar province, Iraq. Al-Hayis, the Chairman of Anbar Rescue Council, was not harmed in the attack, although two police officers and another civilian were injured. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Mardin town, Mardin state, Turkey. One police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was involved.
01/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on Alhaji Abdulhamid Waziri Doho near Gombe University in Gombe city, Gombe, Nigeria. Doho, the Minority Leader of Gombe House of Assembly, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was behind the incident.
01/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on Brigadier Abdullah Abdelwahab al-Mushki in Dhamar city, Dhamar governorate, Yemen. Al-Mushki, the deputy police chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
01/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on Maulana Abdul Malik in Banda Sheikh Ismail village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Malik, a Muslim prayer leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Chapparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The two soldiers, who were brothers, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Assailants seized control of a British Petroleum (BP) gas complex near In Amenas town, Illizi province, Algeria. The assailants held approximately 800 people hostage during the seige, demanding the release of Islamists captured in Mali in exchange for the safe release of the captives. At least two raids were conducted by Algerian forces, including one on January 19, 2013, which ended the incident. At least 40 hostages were killed during the incident and 29 assailants died in the raids. In addition, eight hostages and an unknown number of assailants were injured. Al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam Brigade (Those Who Sign with Blood) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating the attack was in response to Algeria allowing France to use its airspace to launch air strikes on armed groups in northern Mali. The attackers demanded the release of 100 Algerian prisoners to northern Mali and an end to French attacks in the region.
01/16/2013: Assailants set fire to five vehicles owned by a family in Sitra, Central, Bahrain. There were no reported injuries resulting from the fire, although the vehicles were destroyed. The family said they were targeted because two members work for the police. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Remote-controlled explosive devices detonated near a police checkpost in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported injuries resulting from the blast; however, the checkpost was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Six suicide bombers attacked the National Directorate of Security (NDS) building in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. One bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle, while the remaining assailants were shot and killed by security. In addition, one civilian was killed and 30 more people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2013: Two explosive devices detonated at a funeral ceremony in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The funeral was being held for Efan al-Essawi, a parliamentarian killed the previous day by a suicide bomber. At least two people in the funeral procession were injured in the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: Two sticky bombs attached to vehicles detonated near Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and another nine were wounded in the blast; six of the victims were soldiers. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: Unidentified assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One military officer was killed in the attack. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2013: Unidentified assailants opened fire on a police patrol vehicle in Al-Shaab district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed in the attack. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated at a police checkpost in Sarkol area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two police officers were wounded as a result of the blast. This was one of two blasts that occurred in this area on this day, and one of three incidents involving explosive devices. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/16/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a police patrol in Sarkol area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four police officers were wounded as a result of the blast. This was one of two blasts that occurred in this area on this day, and one of three incidents involving explosive devices. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/16/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Ghazaliyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and at least 11 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Madain area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an Iraqi Army convoy in Barrawi, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least two people were injured as a result of the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/16/2014: A roadside bomb was discovered and safely defused in Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a Ministry of Justice employee's vehicle detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The employee was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle detonated in Jalula town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One police officer and one civilian were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: A sticky bomb attached to an Iraqi Army officer's vehicle detonated in the Iskan area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The officer was killed and a civilian was wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: A suicide bomber detonated at a Sahwa Council checkpoint in the Joabh area near Ramadi district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least three council members were killed and at least two others wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Hermel town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. At least six people besides the assailant were killed and at least 41 others were wounded as a result of the blast. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to Hezbollah's involvement in Syria.
01/16/2014: A suicide bomber was shot by a security guard outside a courthouse in Radaa district, Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen. The gunshots triggered the bomber's vest, killing the assailant, but no other casualties were reported. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Radda on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed them to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/16/2014: An explosive device attached to a police vehicle detonated in front of a mosque in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The vehicle was destroyed as a result of the blast, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: An explosive device detonated at a Khasadar Forces checkpost in the Sadokhel area of Landi Kotal tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one Khasadar member was killed and another was injured as a result of the blast. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2014: An explosive device detonated during prayers at the Tablighi Markaz preaching center in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least eight people were killed and at least 61 others were wounded as a result of the blast. This was one of two explosive devices planted at Tablighi Markaz on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2014: An explosive device detonated in a trash bin at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi city, Nairobi province, Kenya. There were no damages or casualties reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: An explosive device detonated in Al-Khansa village in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a gas pump in Kohlu district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and at least two others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near the private residence of Ali Sarwar Khan in Serai Naurang tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader, was unharmed as a result of the blast; however, the private residence was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at the Tablighi Markaz mosque in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This was one of two explosive devices planted at Tablighi Markaz on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2014: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near a police station in Pradera municipality, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. At least one person was killed and at least 61 others were injured as a result of the blast. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and safely defused on the Baghdad-Al-Dujayl highway in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants abducted Bharat Singh Rathore in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Rathore, the manager of Pabhoi Tea Estate, was released on January 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants ambushed a vehicle belonging to a Somali National Army (SNA) major in Burhakaba district, Bay region, Somalia. The major, Mohamed Hasan, and his bodyguard were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked a mosque in Bossembele town, Ombella-M'Poko prefecture, Central African Republic. At least 43 people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to an anti-Balaka militia.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked a mosque in Gashagar village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked a traffic police checkpost in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked a Yemeni Army checkpoint in Radaa district, Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen. At least four soldiers were killed and at least eight people, including three soldiers and five assailants, were wounded in the attack. At least three soldiers were also abducted. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Radda on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed them to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked Ahram Camp in Radaa district, Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen. At least eight people, including an unknown number of assailants and soldiers, were killed and at least 10 others, including an unknown number of assailants and soldiers, were wounded. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Radda on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed them to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Armed Forces checkpoint in Abu Ghraib area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Zaidan town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least two soldiers were killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants attacked Rohan Dadlis in barangay Riverside, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. Dadlis, a farmer and member of the National Commission on Indigenous People, was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Philippine Army officials attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/16/2014: Assailants fired a mortar at Ashkelon city, Southern district, Israel. This was one of five such rockets, all of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants kidnapped two municipality workers from Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. The workers were later killed and their bodies discovered on January 25, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police team in Chargano Mela, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The team was inspecting the site of a car bomb explosion from December 29, 2013, and two soldiers, who were already at the site, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants planted four hand grenades in the Mustafabad area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Police successfully defused the grenades without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/16/2014: Assailants set fire to a local Hindu businessman's warehouse at Agdia Bazaar in Narail district, Khulna division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the home of Sukhumbhand Paribatra in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. Paribatra, the governor of Bangkok, was not injured, but a car parked on the grounds was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at the residence of Issara Somchai in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Somchai, the co-leader of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), suspected that he was targeted because of his "anti-Thaksin regime" activities.
01/16/2014: Gunmen attacked Dimitrije Janicijevic in Mitrovica city, Kosovo municipality, Kosovo. Janicijevic, a Mitrovica Council member with the Independent Liberal Party (SLS), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Colonel Mohamed al-Kodeemy in Brega town, Adan governorate, Yemen. Al-Kodeemy, a Political Security Organization (PSO) official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the vehicle of Captain Ehtisham Hyder in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Hyder, an officer with the Pakistan Intelligence Community (PIC), was injured in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2014: Two assailants threw an explosive device at a People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protest site at Lumpini Park in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. No injuries were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2014: Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused in Sarkol area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The devices were found following two other explosions in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: A suicide bomber detonated near a market in Kasuwar Arawa neighborhood, Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least five people were killed and 10 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated against an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three ANA soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a military official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated as Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel were attempting to defuse it between Sari Pul and Sheberghan cities, Sari Pul district, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were either killed or injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated in Channi Goth Chakkar area, Punjab province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed and five others were wounded in the blast. Murid Baloch, a United Baloch Army (UBA) spokesperson, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for Pakistani military operations.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated in Husseiniyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. Al-Naqshabandiya Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near a bank in Odessa city, Odessa oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near a fruit vendor in Channi Goth neighborhood, Bahawalpur city, Punjab province, Pakistan. The vendor was killed and eight civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near an All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Ngor village, Rivers state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near auto shops in Jamia area, 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.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated next to a police vehicle in Deh Gul village, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three police officers, including police commander Abdul Qadus, were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated next to a vehicle in Nimargh area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three people, including a tribal elder, were wounded in the blast. Haynid Baloch, a Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) spokesperson, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the targeted elder was a member of a death squad, and was involved in an attack against a BLA camp in 2012.
01/16/2015: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Malik Gul Farosh in Mamond tehsil, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Farosh, an Aman Lashkar member and tribal elder, was wounded in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a police station in Alexandria city, Alexandria governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated as military troops were searching it in Zalaya village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least eight soldiers were killed and 12 soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: An explosives-rigged jar of honey detonated after being given to an Armed Forces of Ukraine soldier near Stanytsia Luhanska area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed and three were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked a Malian Armed Forces checkpoint in Tenenkou area, Mopti region, Mali. At least six people were killed and four others were injured in the ensuing clash. The casualties included soldiers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked a police outpost in Balghali area, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. Several civilian homes were also struck by rockets during the attack. At least four assailants were killed and five other people, including four assailants and a police officer, were wounded in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of four posts targeted in Sangin on this date. Two police officers were killed and two wounded across all four attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) motorcade along the Sari Pul-Jawzjan highway, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked areas on the western side of Kobani city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least 31 people, including 8 People's Protection Units (YPG) members and 23 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers and attempted to seize the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked civilians with machetes inside the People's Democratic Party (PDP) campaign headquarters of Ibrahim Shehu in Zamfara state, Nigeria. At least five people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2015: Assailants attacked the residence of Mohammad Aslam in Dih Salah district , Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Aslam, a former jihadi commander, and one of his bodyguards were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline between Usta Muhammad and Dera Allah Yar areas, Jafarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants fired a rocket in Husaynat area, Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
01/16/2015: Assailants fired mortars that struck an unknown number of houses in Shuala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 13 people were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants kidnapped 10 women in Kpanga village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/16/2015: Assailants kidnapped three civilians in Kpanga village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The whereabouts of the abducted individuals are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a district education officer in Saghar district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a radio journalist in Hajian village, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The journalist was killed and at least one other was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Taliban.
01/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Tangkura village, Poso district, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Three civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT).
01/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on members of the Shia community in Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Three civilians were killed in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants stormed the private residence of Ifeoluwa Abiose Arowosoge in Ajowa neighborhood, Ado Ekiti city, Ekiti state, Nigeria. Arowosoge, a member of the House of Representatives, was not injured as he was not home during the attack. However, his spouse was injured while the family was held hostage in the residence prior to the assailants leaving later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the residence of an assistant sub-inspector in Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four people, including the assistant sub-inspector, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Assailants threw two hand grenades at a radio station in Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Five explosive devices detonated in Mirpur-10 area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Four explosive devices detonated in Bijoynagar area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Twelve explosive devices detonated at a movie theater in Mirpur-2 area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Two explosive devices detonated at Dhaka University, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2015: Two explosive devices detonated in Panthapath area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: An assailant opened fire on Jonathan Sullera at his residence in Cabangcalan village, Masbate province, Philippines. Sullera, a village chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: An explosive device detonated along the Bonny-Okrika pipeline in Rivers state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
01/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Veena village, Bihar state, India. A civilian was injured in the blast; additionally, five other explosive devices were discovered and defused following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Niger military vehicle in Diffa region, Niger. At least six soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/16/2016: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Shurta area, Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, an estate agent, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a Mobile Market cell phone store in Landi Kotal, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2016: An unknown number of landmines were discovered and defused in Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two incidents in Helmand, across which eight landmines were discovered. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2016: An unknown number of landmines were discovered and defused in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two incidents in Helmand, across which eight landmines were discovered. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2016: Assailants abducted 17 civilians in Morales district, Bolivar department, Colombia. The hostages were released on January 17, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed it to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/16/2016: Assailants armed with explosive devices and firearms attacked the Ybi Hotel in Ouagadougou, Centre region, Burkina Faso. This was one of three coordinated assaults targeting public businesses in Ouagadougou overnight. At least 34 people, including four assailants, were killed and 33 others, including soldiers, were injured across all three incidents. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Western operations in Muslim countries.
01/16/2016: Assailants attacked a police station in Sarchi area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/16/2016: Assailants attacked Bardi village in North Darfur, Sudan. Four civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
01/16/2016: Assailants attacked vehicles of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Marinka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Olero to Escravos gas pipeline in Warri South, Delta state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and Ijaw militants.
01/16/2016: Assailants executed a civilian in Sirte district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/16/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Aziziyeh neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of three projectile attacks in Aleppo on the same day. At least four people were killed and 25 others were wounded across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Masharqa neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of three projectile attacks in Aleppo on the same day. At least four people were killed and 25 others were wounded across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Zahra neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of three projectile attacks in Aleppo on the same day. At least four people were killed and 25 others were wounded across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Assailants kidnapped four people, including three United States citizens, in Dora, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The United States citizens were released on February 16, 2016; the whereabouts of the fourth hostage are unknown. One of the three released, Russell Frost, later died from his injuries. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq and Saraya al-Salam.
01/16/2016: Assailants opened fire and detonated an explosive device targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Likooni, Gedo, Somalia. An unknown number of Kenyan soldiers were reportedly killed and wounded, and a combat vehicle was destroyed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on Muhammad Omar near Niazi Chowk, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Omar, a correspondent for a local newspaper, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2016: Assailants publically executed two civilians in Awdheegle, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were accused of working with security personnel.
01/16/2016: Assailants shelled civilians in Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/16/2016: Assailants shot and injured a civilian in Hattin, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Sadr City neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle along Mardan Road in Dagai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least five officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2016: Assailants threw a grenade that detonated near a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) office in Chakiwara neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least 9 people, including eight children, were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Circle Inspector's residence in Payyanur city, Kerala state, India. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks on police quarters on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).
01/16/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at the residence of a Payyanur police sub-inspector in Payyanur city, Kerala state, India. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).
01/16/2016: Assailants threw incendiary devices at a school in Diyarbakir province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2016: Assailants threw two petrol bombs at a house in Ballsgrove neighborhood, Drogheda town, Louth county, Ireland. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
01/16/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Jolo, Sulu province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked a Syrian Army weapons depot in Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated incidents in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 attacks. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Al Huwayqah neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Al Jubaylah neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Al Muwathafin neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Al Roshdeyah neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Al-Jura neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Al-Ruwward residences in Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Ayyash, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Bughailiyeh, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked Forat Al-Sham Hotel in Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked the Basel al-Assad Water-Pumping Station in Deir ez-Zor city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. This was one of 11 coordinated attacks in and around Deir ez-Zor on the same day. At least 177 people, including 50 soldiers and militia members, 85 civilians, and 42 assailants, were killed and 400 other people were abducted across all 11 incidents. Approximately 270 hostages were released on January 19, 2016 while the fate of the remaining 130 victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/16/2016: Two assailants opened fire on Jonathan de Belen at his residence in Norzagaray town, Bulacan province, Philippines. De Belen, a police officer, was unharmed; however, the two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: A child suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to the University of Maiduguri in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks at the university on the same day. In addition to the assailants, at least two people were killed and 17 people were injured across both blasts. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a mosque at the University of Maiduguri in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks at the university on the same day. In addition to the assailants, at least two people were killed and 17 people were injured across both blasts. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2017: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a police checkpoint in Khalis, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant at least one police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: An explosive device detonated in front of an automotive shop in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. A Palestinian civilian was killed and two Egyptian civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Bakriya, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a construction vehicle that was repairing the water supply network in Dicle, Sirnak, Turkey. Five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Yenisehir, Diyarbakir, Turkey. At least five police officers were killed and one officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer forces patrol in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least one volunteer was killed and two volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: Assailants abducted civilians from Bodumanupakalu, Andhra Pradesh, India. This was one of three related kidnappings on the same date. Six civilians were abducted across the attacks. Five hostages were released on January 17, 2017; the fate of the remaining hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/16/2017: Assailants abducted civilians from Chukkagoyyi area in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. This was one of three related kidnappings on the same date. Six civilians were abducted across the attacks. Five hostages were released on January 17, 2017; the fate of the remaining hostage, who was abducted from Chukkagoyyi, is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/16/2017: Assailants abducted civilians from PK Gudem village in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. This was one of three related kidnappings on the same date. Six civilians were abducted across the attacks. Five hostages were released on January 17, 2017; the fate of the remaining hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/16/2017: Assailants armed with brass knuckles and a knife stormed the Northern Municipality office in Aali, Northern region, Bahrain. The assailants held five employees hostage and detonated gas cylinders inside the office. There were no reported casualties in the attack and the hostages were released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: Assailants attacked Afgoye town in Lower Shebelle, Somalia. A police commander was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/16/2017: Assailants attacked Albert Sablada in Saloy, Davao del Sur, Philippines. Sablada, an Alamara militia organizer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/16/2017: Assailants attacked security posts in Bekseer village, Qush Tepa, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. A child was killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks on security posts on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/16/2017: Assailants attacked security posts in Chagheer village, Qush Tepa, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. A child was killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks on security posts on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/16/2017: Assailants attacked security posts in Sher Bayg, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. An assailant was killed and two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks on security posts on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
01/16/2017: Assailants established checkpoints and abducted civilians in Qarqarish, Tripoli, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Hay Andalus Defense Operations Room.
01/16/2017: Assailants fired rockets and detonated explosives-laden vehicles in Sakan al-Jahiziya neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/16/2017: Assailants hijacked a General Customs Department vehicle and released the driver in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a checkpoint in Al-Naqab, New Valley, Egypt. At least two assailants and eight police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military outpost in Af Urur, Bari, Somalia. At least three soldiers and 20 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Pakistani Police officer in Deba neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. This was one of two attacks targeting police officers in Quetta on the same day. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Pakistani Police officer on Joint Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. This was one of two attacks targeting police officers in Quetta on the same day. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed Abdul Safa Sanayi, a senior government official, in Puli Khumri, Baghlan, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed Islow Geddi, an elder involved in the federal election process, outside of a mosque in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/16/2017: Assailants threw four incendiary devices at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Kiev, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/1998: A bomb exploded in front of the Sofia-based offices of one of Bulgaria's most widely-circulated newspapers. The explosion smashed the windows of the five-story building of Media Holding Inc., and the windows of shops, restaurants and private apartments on the opposite side of the street. No one was injured, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/1998: The May 15, an urban terrorist group in Greece, claimed responsibility for an arson attack on a branch of the National Bank of Greece in central Athens. The midnight fire reportedly caused property losses to the bank, but no injuries or fatalities.
01/17/1998: Unnamed perpetrators attacked a military position and civilians in Bujumbura, Burundi, causing 32 deaths and 12 injuries.
01/17/1999: An Inkatha Freedom Party branch chairman and his wife were shot dead and hacked with machetes at their home in Lothair, South Africa. The attack was believed to be a politically motivated attack, but the perpetrators were unknown.
01/17/1999: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two British citizens and four Dutch citizens who were traveling on a road in the northern part of Yemen. They were all freed on 02/02/1999.
01/17/2000: A bomb exploded in a busy Karachi district during evening rush hour killing nine people and injuring 25. The bomb was planted in a sugar cane juicer cart by unknown perpetrators. The cart and four shops were destroyed and the windows of nearby buildings were shattered.
01/17/2000: A car bomb exploded outside the National Police club in Anapoima. One civilian was injured and significant damage was caused to surrounding buildings. The perpetrators of this attack were unknown.
01/17/2000: A pipe bomb was placed in a trash can exploded near a market in Hadera, Israel, by unknown perpetrators. Twenty-one people were injured.
01/17/2000: Ejercito de Liberación Nacional (ELN – Army of National Liberation) bombed 21 power towers and power lines in the Antioquia department belonging to Public Enterprises of Medellin and Electrical Inter-Connection, Inc., ISA causing millions to be without power. ELN was protesting the nationalization of one of the power companies and hoped to pressure the government to establish a demilitarized zone for negotiations.
01/17/2000: In Yemen, a French couple and their guides were kidnapped by unspecified members of the al-Shamian tribe. The couple were released on January 18, 2000 only to be recaptured later that day. They were finally released unharmed on January 19, 2000. The tribesmen demanded an increase in government schools and development projects.
01/17/2001: Fifty members of the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC - Las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia)  attacked a village in Chengue, Colombia. Estimates are that between 24 and 28 were killed with machetes, stones and sledgehammers.
01/17/2002: A mail-bomb was sent by Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) militants to Enrique Ibarra, vice president of Grupo Correo in the Basque region of Spain. No was injured in the attack.
01/17/2002: A mail-bomb was sent by Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) militants to Marisa Guerrero, correspondent for Antena 3 television in the Basque region of Spain. No was injured in the attack.
01/17/2002: A mail-bomb was sent by Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) militants to Santiago Silvan, Regional Director of Radio Nacional. No was injured in the attack.
01/17/2002: Five people were killed, and 25 others were injured in a attack at a ballroom in Hadera, Israel. The attacker was killed by police at the scene.
01/17/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels destroyed a power line in Usme, outside of Bogota, Colombia. No one was injured in the attack.
01/17/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels simultaneously bombed and destroyed two power lines in Casanare Department in Colombia. No one was injured in the attack.
01/17/2002: The mayor of Argun was the target of a failed assassination attempt in Argun, Chechnya, Russia. No one was killed or injured in the attack.
01/17/2003: A pair of Nepalese policemen was wounded when their jeep was ambushed by unknown Maoists at Fairline village in Nepal.
01/17/2003: A pair of Palestinian gunmen infiltrated the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba and killed an Israeli man as he opened the door to his trailer home. An exchange of gunfire broke out resulting in one of the intruders being killed while three more Israelis were wounded including a four year old girl. The second intruder was killed hours later by IDF forces. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2003: Mahmud Yassin al-Jamusi, a member of HAMAS, was killed when the small fishing boat he was piloting was fired on by an Israeli warship off the coast of Dugit. The fishing vessel was loaded with explosives and was being piloted towards the Israeli ship in a manner consistent with previous suicide attacks.
01/17/2004: Approximately 40 Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan Military convoy near Kahakrek, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three Taliban militants and two Afghani soldiers were killed. Nine Afghani soldiers and five Taliban militants were injured in the attack.
01/17/2005: A suicide car bomber killed seven policemen and injured 15 others when he slammed his vehicle into the inner gate of a police station in Baiji, Iraq. The bomber made it past one checkpoint before hitting the station’s inner gate. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Iraqi insurgents had been targeting police and military forces in an effort to disrupt general elections that had been planned for January 30, 2005.
01/17/2005: About 20 suspected communist militants attacked a truck filled with passengers in Mamburao, Philippines. The perpetrators killed one police officer and injured another when firing their guns at the truck. Three civilians also sustained injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2005: Members of Hizballah attacked a group of Israeli border soldiers in the Shebaa Farms area of southern Lebanon. The perpetrators damaged an mine clearing vehicle, but did not inflict any casualties on the Israeli soldiers.
01/17/2005: Suspected Islamic militants killed two people in India’s Anantnag and Baramulla (District)s. The perpetrators suspected that the victims were working for Indian security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the killings.
01/17/2005: Suspected Islamic militants set fire to a school building in Thailand’s Raman (District). The perpetrators targeted the Ban Pru School, but no one was injured in the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the arson attack.
01/17/2005: Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a school teacher, Mana Samae, as Sai Buri, Thailand. A gunman on a motorcycle shot Samae while he was driving to work. No group claimed responsibility for the murder.
01/17/2005: Unidentified gunmen attacked a minibus carrying Iraqi policemen in Al-Latifiyah City, Iraq. The attackers killed four of the policemen and kidnapped 13 others. Iraqi authorities engaged in search and rescue operation, but the outcome of the kidnapping situation is unknown.
01/17/2005: Unknown perpetrators kidnapped a Catholic Archbishop in Mosul, Iraq. The kidnappers abducted Monsignor Basile Georges Camoussa asking for $200,000 in return for his release. Camoussa was released unharmed less than 24 hours after he was first abducted. The Catholic Church denied paying any ransom money for his release. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
01/17/2006: A $3 million dollar home under construction on Camano Island near Seattle, Washington, United States, was completely destroyed in an arson attack. The home belonged to Karla and Mark Verbarendse. There were no casualties and the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility.
01/17/2006: A 65-year-old man named Prom Suwanro was riding his motorcycle home from the market near Narathiwat town in southern Thailand when he was shot dead by two suspected Islamic militants. Police reported that two leaflets were left at the scene of the attack which read, "You killed our members who did nothing wrong. It's now our time to kill your people."
01/17/2006: A butcher shop belonging to a Muslim man was extensively damaged by a fire caused by the explosion of a bomb in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica. This is the fourth time since 2003 that the shop has been the target of an attack or attempted attack, though no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2006: Four unknown perpetrators with guns fired randomly inside the offices of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq in Kirkuk, killing one official and wounding another. Police believe that another attack 30 minutes later on the Kurdistan Workers Party office may have been carried out by the same gunmen.
01/17/2006: Four unknown perpetrators with guns in Kirkuk, Iraq fired at the outside of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) office, killing one employee and wounding two. Police believe this attack may have been carried out by the same gunmen as another attack 30 minutes earlier on the Electoral Commission of Iraq offices.
01/17/2006: Jairo Romero Gonzalez, a regional politician and a candidate for mayor in the town of Yumbo, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, was assassinated along with two bodyguards in Cali. The two bodyguards were identified as Alexander Escobar Duque and Carlos Mesa Duque. Officials suspect right-wing paramilitary groups are responsible, and three suspected perpetrators were taken into custody.
01/17/2006: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels ambushed a navy bus in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.  A landmine attached to a bicycle detonated as the bus passed by, narrowly missing its target.  The assailants opened fire on the bus following the explosion, injuring at least six soldiers and one civilian.  The navy returned fire, killing two of the assailants.
01/17/2006: Two Jordanian UN peacekeepers, Sgt. Rabi Jalal Merei and Capt. Tareq Abded Al Fattah Al Jaafreh, were killed and a third was seriously wounded when members of a gang armed with guns attacked their checkpoint in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.
01/17/2007:  A dairy plant owned by Nestle SA, a Swiss food conglomerate, was bombed in Colombia by a pickup truck contianing 660 pounds of explosive.  One person was injured in the attack.  No group claimed responibility but Caqueta is a known FARC stronghold.
01/17/2007: A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint leading to a police station in Kirkuk, killing three policemen and wounding 30 people. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/17/2007: Gunmen in a car opened fire on two brothers, ages 30 and 35, on their way to work as construction workers in Mahaweel, 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, killing one and wounding the other. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/17/2007: Two people were killed and 26 were wounded when a suspected United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) suicide bomber set off a bomb in a vegetable basket inside the busy Ganeshguri wholesale market. ULFA did not claim responsibility at the time of the attack.
01/17/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shiite mosque in Baquba, Iraq.  The bomber targeted those celebrating the festival of Ashura and killed eight while wounding fifteen others.
01/17/2008:  An Unknown teenage suicide bomber, possibly sixteen years old, blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.  The bomber killed eight and injured twenty in a day when many people were beginning to prepare for the religious festival of Ashura.
01/17/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb at about 2 am next to a bank in Moriani, south of Bastia, on Corsica Island.  The attack did not kill or injure anyone however it caused damage to the Credit Agricole bank branch. Their motive was not known.
01/17/2008:  Unknown perpetrators set off two small bombs in Istanbul, Turkey.  The bombs were hidden in garbage containers and killed and injured no one.
01/17/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1330, six Policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) as their patrol passed along the Patki-Maneka road in the Do-Pahani area of Latehar district in the state of Jharkhand. Five police officers died on the spot and another succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Police suspect the possibility of Maoists triggering the blast to avenge their zonal commander Sashi Bhuiyan''s arrest in the Gumla District on 01/15/2009. The explosion coincided with a bandh (shut down) called by the CPI-Maoist in Gumla, Simdega, Latehar, Lohardaga and Ranchi Districts in protest against Bhuiyan''s arrest.
01/17/2009: On Saturday afternoon at about 1400, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the al Arabi neighborhood, wounding one civilian. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility
01/17/2009: On Saturday evening, in the village of Tora and Libombi, near Tora, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants set fire to a church, killing hundreds of worshippers. The assailants then attacked residents of several homesteads with axes and similar weapons, killing several civilians at each homestead. The assailants also set fire to and damaged several residences and businesses. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/17/2009: On Saturday morning at 0700, in the Yarmouk area of Baghdad, Iraq, an explosive charge stuck to a vehicle belonging to al-Mansour municipality manager, killing its driver, Faeq Mohammed Mahdi, and wounding one civilian. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday morning at 1100, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in the Ameriyah neighborhood, wounding three people. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday morning, near Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an improvised explosive device targeted a truck near the al-Humeira gas station on Kirkuk-Tikrit road, causing the vehicle to overturn and wound its driver. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, a suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive device exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan. A US soldier and four Afghans were killed in the attack. Twenty people were wounded in the attack, including six US soldiers and an unspecified number of German civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, at the entrance of the Chabad House in Florence, Italy, a paper fuse on an explosive device made from a small camping gas canister was lit but burned out before it could set off the explosives. No damage or casualties were caused from the attack. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in front of the deputy Sahwa leader's house in the Furat neighborhood, wounding six people, including the Sahwa leader. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen, heavily armed gunmen believed to be Islamist militants attacked a prison, killing one guard and injuring another in an attempt to free prisoners. It is unknown if any inmates were freed. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Kapili, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants killed two civilians by unknown means. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen in a car fired on two guards protecting a communications tower, killing them both, but causing no damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified gunmen in a vehicle shot down a policeman currently on a leave of absence while he was walking in the alleys of the area of al-Rashidiya. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants shot at and injured the private secretary to the Eastern Chief Minister, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, at Sinnathurei in the Batticaloa District.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, unidentified militants blew up a government-run girl's high school in the Qambar, Mingaora, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/17/2009: On Saturday, unidentified militants shot and killed a civilian in the Khwazakhela area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. The civilian was shot for allegedly spying for Pakistani security forces. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/17/2010: On Sunday evening at 2100, in Gaya, Bihar, India, 35 Communist Party of India - Maoists (CPI) detonated an explosive device destroying the Airtel cell phone town in Sherpur village. There were no reported casualties.
01/17/2010: On Sunday morning at 0900, in the Al-Ghadeer district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed inside a garbage bag hidden under a bridge, killing one civilian and injuring four others. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2010: On Sunday morning at 1000, in the Chesht-e Sharif district, Herat, Afghanistan, the Chesht-e Sharif district chief, Abdul Qayyum, a senior district police officer and four other policemen were killed when their vehicle was ambushed by Taliban militants. One police officer was also wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2010: On Sunday night at 0200, in Kharab village, Buhriz district, Diyala, Iraq, three brothers from the Mjamma'i tribe, that were suspected Al Qaeda militants, were handcuffed, blindfolded and executed on their doorstep when their home was raided by an unknown group of around thirty men dressed in military uniforms. No damages were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2010: On Sunday, in Gaya, Bihar, India, Communist Party of India - Maoists militants set ablaze a truck on Grand Trunk Road. No casualties were reported.
01/17/2010: On Sunday, in Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India, a former Communist Part of Indi - Maoist, was hacked to death by his rivals near the Ngarajunasagar Project Guest house. There were no claims of responsibility. There were no reports of damage.
01/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Al Ahrar district, near Kut, Wasit, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device hit a Kia modeled vehicle, injuring six civilians in the explosion and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2010: On Sunday, in the Al Majmouaa Al Thaqafiya area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in one of two linked attacks, unidentified gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a Christian citizen near his home, killing the civilian but causing no damages. In the related attack, another Christian man was shot to death in his food store in Al Sadeeq neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2010: On Sunday, in the village of Coggia, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France, militants detonated an improvised explosive device damaging one unoccupied house, no casualties were reported. This was one of two related attacks that targeted vacation homes in Coggia. The group Front de la Liberation Nationale de la Corse (FLNC) used graffiti to claim responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2010: On Sunday, near the ancient Al Aasheq Palace in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded when it was hit by a motorcade of the Deputy Head of the Salah ad Din provincial council, injuring one of his security guards and damaging two vehicles of the motorcade. The Deputy Head escaped unharmed and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/17/2011: On Monday evening, on a main street in Azan, Shabwah, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) gunmen killed Colonel Atiq al-Amri, a top officer of the criminal investigation unit with unspecified rifles. Another soldier, Sadri Bin Lesa, was also seriously wounded in the attack. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2011: On Monday morning at 0510, at a rubber plantation in Talor Halor, Raman, Yala, Thailand, a bomb detonated as two rubber tappers drove by on their motorcycles. Both rubber tappers, identified as Mading Kadasae and Orn-anong Thaweechai were injured in the blast. The bomb created a crater 40 centimeters wide and 30 centimeters deep and no group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/17/2011: On Monday morning at 0800, on Kota Baru-Tha Rua Road in Raman, Yala, Thailand, five unidentified militants ambushed a patrol escorting teachers to school with firearms. One soldier, identified as Nipati Baero, was injured in the clash. The militants used AK 47 and M16 rifles in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/17/2011: On Monday morning at 0925, at the northeast corner of North Washington Street and West Main Avenue in downtown Spokane, Washington, a backpack containing an improvised explosive device (IED) was found on a Martin Luther King Jr. march bus route. Authorities safely disposed of the IED, there were no casualties or damages. In March 2011, Kevin Harpham, who has ties to the white supremacist organization National Alliance, was arrested in connection with the attack. He confessed to planting the bomb and was sentenced to 32 years in prison in December 2011.
01/17/2011: On Monday morning, in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, suspected Taliban militants detonated a roadside improvised explosive targeting a bus. The blast killed 17 civilians, wounded 11 others, and damaged the minibus. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2011: On Monday night around 0330, at the United Kingdom City of Culture office in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at the front door of the office, causing no casualties but damaging the door. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but republican dissidents were suspected to be responsible.
01/17/2011: On Monday night, at Khaerboni village in Midnapore, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants detonated two landmines at a building housing a self-help group, destroying the two-story building. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/17/2011: On Monday, at Barada village in the Sorada block in Ganjam, Odisha, India, around 15 militants set fire to four vehicles being used for road construction under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no casualties were reported. The militants also stole a motorcycle from the incident site. The Communist Party of India-Maoist militants claimed responsibility for the attack. Maoist posters recovered from the Barada and nearby Merikote villages threatened the contractor to stop using machines in the construction work. They also demanded that the contractor pay INR 200 (4.50 USD) per day as wages to both male and female workers.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in an unspecified location near Enugu city, Enugu state, Nigeria, unidentified militants placed an improvised explosive device (IED), made with dynamite and a battery, in a culvert on the Udi-Ozalla Road. The Enugu state police discovered and defused the IED before it could be detonated. No casualties or material damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in Berlin city, Berlin, Germany, a package containing a hand grenade was found outside of the Croatian Embassy just before the Croatian President's scheduled visit on Wednesday. Authorities safely disposed of the grenade. No casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, five people were killed and 12 others were injured when unknown militants fired mortars targeting the Somali parliament house, but struck a nearby neighborhood instead. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility, but the militant group Al Shabaab was thought responsible for the attack.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in the Adezai area of Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a basic health unit by planting a low-intensity Russian-made bomb on the outer wall of the facility and detonating it by remote control. The building was destroyed during the explosion; however, no casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in the Chegemskiy district of Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified militants opened fire on police vehicles, killing two police officers while they were guarding the republic's former Minister of the Interior, Khachim Shogenov. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in the Jamiaa neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a market, killing one civilian. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2011: On Monday, in the village of Cauria in the Sartene area of Corsa du Sud, Corsica, France, National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) militants detonated an improvised explosive device composed of three gas cylinders packed around a canister of unknown home-made explosives targeting a residential villa under construction. The bombing attack resulted in no casualties but caused a significant amount of property damage to the residence. FLNC militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2011: On Monday, near Barha village in Gaya, Bihar, India, unidentified militants triggered three powerful landmines in quick succession. One Central Reserve Police Force constable, identified as Sanjeev Kumar Singh, was killed and two others were injured. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/17/2011: On Monday, near the Grand Mosque in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting a convoy of the governor, Qassim Mohammed Abed. The governor escaped the attack unhurt, although four security men were killed and three civilians wounded. The property damage caused from the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2012: A suicide car bomber set off his explosives at an Afghan forces base in Ghanikhel district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and three police officers injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2012: An explosive device detonated on the Cano Limon oil pipeline near its halfway point in an unknown location in Norte de Santander department, Colombia. No other information is available.
01/17/2012: Assailants attached a sticky bomb to a police officer's car in Haswa town, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants attached a sticky bomb to a Sahwa Council member's car in west Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and one injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants attacked a group of tourists at the Erta Ale volcano in Afar region, Ethiopia. The assailants killed five European tourists and kidnapped two Ethiopians and two Germans. The Germans were released on March 6, 2012. The whereabouts of the Ethiopian victims are unknown. The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unit Front (ARDUF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Damaturu area, Yobe state, Nigeria. No casualties resulted from the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/17/2012: Assailants attacked Aman Lashkar volunteers in Akakhel area, Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The volunteers repulsed the attack and killed two assailants. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
01/17/2012: Assailants attacked Christian Kenyan soldiers in Dabe-Gaabo area, Ceel Cadde town, Gedo region, Somalia. As a result, four soldiers died and seven were wounded. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants attacked Menaka, Gao, Mali. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least one soldier was killed in the ensuing clash with Malian Army forces. The Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in order "to protect and progressively re-occupy Azawad territory and also respond to Bamako's provocation."
01/17/2012: Assailants attacked Radio Afgooye in Afgooye town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The attackers stole production equipment and kidnapped a journalist. The journalist was released on January 20, 2012. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to al-Shabaab.
01/17/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb near a police patrol in Zaafaraniya neighborhood, Karada district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people, including two police officers, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb near an Iraqi Army patrol near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a police checkpoint in west Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting an Iraqi Army patrol in al-Kasra neighborhood, Adhamiya district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were injured and their vehicle damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Assailants shot and killed Abba Kyari in Karari neighborhood, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Kyari had taken a gun away from a Boko Haram member and prevented an explosive device attack the previous day. Sources attribute the attack to Boko Haram, saying members of the group killed Kyari out of anger at his intervention.
01/17/2012: Assailants shot and killed Corporal Jibrin Abdulkadir in Mubi town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. The gunmen then dumped the corporal's body in the town's abbatoir. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/17/2012: Attackers threw grenades and opened fire on a police checkpoint on the road to Jordan in Rutba town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Five police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Five explosive devices were discovered and defused in Kaleri area, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials suspected Boko Haram.
01/17/2012: Gunmen in a pickup truck shot and killed a police officer and his son in tambon Taluban, Saiburi district, Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but police suspected separatists.
01/17/2012: Gunmen shot and injured Adila Haqmal in Pal Hisar area, Herat province, Afghanistan. Haqmal was a women's rights activist and had lost the prior provincial assembly election. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Mohammad Nahim Agha Mama in a mosque in Dand district, Kandahar city, Afghanistan. The victim was a member of the Dand district reform council. The victim had advocated for people not to join the Taliban. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Mukarram Khan Aatif as he was emerging from a mosque in Shabqadar area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Aatif was a reporter for Voice of America Pashto. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that they killed Aatif because of his anti-Taliban reporting.
01/17/2012: Nine gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. In the ensuing gunfight, one soldier was injured. Additionally, four assailants were killed and five injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/17/2013: A car bomb detonated near a football stadium and bus stop in Qasim area, Hillah city, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and another 10 were injured in the blast; some of the victims were Shia pilgrims. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Diyala province, Iraq. This was one of three similar attacks in the province and one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Three people were killed and two more were injured across all three Diyala province bombings. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a convoy of police officers and soldiers in Uber village, Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. The explosion was followed by an exchange of gunfire between the perpetrators and security forces. No one was hurt in the attack; however, an electricity pole was damaged. This was one of two attacks in this location on this day. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military patrol in al-Husseinliyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast missed the patrol and struck a civilian vehicle instead; two people were killed and two more were injured. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: An assailant opened fire on Christopher Sacay in Nala village, Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines. Sacay, a candidate for city council and a businessperson, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: An assailant threw a hand grenade into the Al-Saiqa office, a pro-Assad Palestinian group, in the Ein al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon city, South, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the office was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: An explosive device detonated at a government-run boys' school in Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the school was damaged. This was one of two attacks targeting educational institutions in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: An explosive device detonated at Usman Ali Shah's private residence in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shah, the director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), and his family were not injured in the blast; however, their house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: An explosive device detonated in Hawija city, Hawija governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: An explosive device detonated in Joe Hafta area, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. As a result of the blast, four border police were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: An explosive device detonated near a compact disc (CD) store in Pabbi area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Two civilians were injured in the blast and the store was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of the Tacoma Community Justice Center in Tacoma, Washington, United States. There were no damages or injuries resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: An explosive device went off at a school and basic health unit in Lund Khwar area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. As a result of the blast, a young child was injured. This was one of two attacks targeting educational institutions in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a restaurant in Karbala city, Karbala governorate, Iraq. It is unknown if there were casualties or damages resulting from the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a mosque in al-Dujail city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This one of two car bombs that detonated within minutes of each other at the same location. At least 11 people were killed and 72 people were injured across both incidents. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a bus carrying Shia pilgrims at shrine in the Imam Aoun area near Karbala city, Al Karbala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and 16 were injured in the blast. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Kano city, Kano, Nigeria. Two assailants and two civilians were killed in the ensuing firefight. In addition, five assailants were arrested during the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/17/2013: Assailants attacked soldiers in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least three soldiers were killed. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on a former navy member in Uber village, Bannang Sata district, Yala province, Thailand. The former sailor was killed in the attack. This was one of two incidents in this location on the same day. The shooting was designed to draw security forces to the village. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Tuz- Khurmato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police official and two assailants were killed in the exchange of fire. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on a premiership official in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The official was injured in the attack. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on Manzar Imam's vehicle in Orangi Town, Sindh province, Pakistan. Manzar Imam, an Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) provincial lawmaker, and three of his guards were killed in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: Assailants publicly executed two civilians in a market in Ceelbuur town, Galgaduud region, Somalia. The assailants seized the two men, shot them, and left their bodies in the market area. Sources attribute the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/17/2013: Assailants set up a false checkpoint and kidnapped a soldier and a police officer in Imelda village, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. The captives were released unharmed on February 21, 2013. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: Explosive devices detonated at the Hagdera refugee camp in Dadaab area, North Eastern province, Kenya. Two people were killed in the blast; officials believe that the victims were carrying the explosives with the intention of carrying out an attack when the devices detonated prematurely. Officials also believe that the victims were members of Al-Shabaab.
01/17/2013: Three explosive devices detonated in the Khadimiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and another two people were injured in the blasts. This was one of 14 coordinated attacks across the country on the same day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2013: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a civilian vehicle transporting school children in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The driver of the vehicle was killed in attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2013: Two assailants stabbed and killed Shahzad Luqman, a Pakistani migrant, in Petralona neighborhood, Athens, Greece. The two assailants were arrested and confessed to carrying out the attack. Sources claimed that the attack was racially motivated and stated that the assailants were affiliated with Golden Dawn; however, the assailants denied their involvement with the group.
01/17/2014: A landmine detonated in Dammaj town, Saada governorate, Yemen. At least one person was wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast killed seven people and injured an unknown number of other people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2014: A sticky bomb attached to the car of an Iraqi Ministry of Defense officer detonated in the Al-Iskan area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The officer was killed as a result of blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: A suicide bomber detonated at a Sahwa Council meeting in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three Sahwa members were killed and at least five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/17/2014: A suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to the Taverna du Liban restaurant in the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two assailants then opened fire on the restaurant. At least 24 people, including the three assailants and three citizens of the United States, were killed and four others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was in retaliation for a coalition forces airstrike in Parwan province in Afghanistan.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated among a group of protesters in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. At least one person was killed and at least 36 people were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated as a Khushhal Khan Khattak Express train passed by in Kotla Behram village, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least four people were killed and at least 18 others were injured as a result of the blast. The train was also derailed. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the BRA would continue to carry out attacks against railways until the military operation in Balochistan is called off.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated as members of the Libyan National Army were attempting to defuse it in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Colonel Ragab Hussein al-Abbar, a senior bomb disposal expert, was killed and three other soldiers were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated at the residence of Rahat Shah in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Shah, a transporter and social activist, was unharmed; however, the gate of the house was damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated near a power pylon in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The power pylon was partially damaged as a result of the blast. This was one of three coordinated attacks on pylons in the area on this day, but only this incident involved a device detonating. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Assam Rifles foot patrol in Moreh town, Manipur state, India. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants planting it in a mosque in Dih Yak district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/17/2014: An explosive device planted near a natural gas pipeline detonated in Risan area, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The pipeline, which was run by the Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO), was damaged by the blast. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused outside of a police officer's home in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The home belonged to head constable Rehmat Ali. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosive device was found and defused near a power pylon in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This was one of three coordinated attacks on pylons in the area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four Iraqi Army soldiers were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a restaurant in Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. At least nine people were wounded as a result of the blast. This was one of two attacks on the restaurant on this date; this second attack targeted people drawn to the scene by the first explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2014: Assailants abducted an unknown number of engineers and looted their vehicles in Al-Raydah area, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. The engineers were released the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants abducted two people, a truck driver and a laborer, from Kanglatongbi area, Manipur state, India. The two hostages were rescued on January 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for incident; however, sources suspect that Kuki tribal militants were involved.
01/17/2014: Assailants ambushed a military vehicle in Dali district, Al Dali governorate, Yemen. Two people, including an unknown number of assailants, were killed and four people, including an unknown number of assailants, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the southern Yemen separatists.
01/17/2014: Assailants attacked a Libyan National Army base in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in the Almishadah area near Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two assailants were killed when soldiers returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants attempted to plant explosive devices along a major road in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The assailants, identified as Mullah Abdul Qaum and Mullah Salah, were arrested. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Taliban.
01/17/2014: Assailants detonated explosive devices in Al-Mahawil district, Babil governorate, Iraq. The blasts targeted three civilian homes, killing three people and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants fired a grenade into a building housing a restaurant in Makhachkala city, Dagestan republic, Russia. No injuries were reported, but the building was damaged. This was one of two attacks on the restaurant on this date; this first blast drew people to the scene where they were targeted by the second attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/17/2014: Assailants fired three rockets at a government instillation in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The rockets missed their intended target and instead landed on the bank of the Tochi River, causing no damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants kidnapped Nishith Das and Tiklu Kumar Das from Ramnathpur village, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Zakir Bahini faction of the United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA). The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Express News van in the Nazimabad area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people were killed in the attack. Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesperson for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that Express News employees were attacked because the news organization was spreading "venomous propaganda" against the TTP. A member of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, who was later arrested for an unrelated incident, also claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on and threw explosive devices at an anti-government protest rally in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. At least two people, both protest guards, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on bus passengers in Athiabari, Assam state, India. At least five people were killed and at least two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
01/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on soldiers exiting a mosque in the Al-Dolar area of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least one soldier was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on Usman Yar Khan's vehicle in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Khan, the Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, his driver, and a guard were killed in the attack, and one other person was wounded. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Sipah-I-Mohammed was behind the incident.
01/17/2014: Assailants stormed a Sumifru Corporation warehouse in Valencia city, Bukidnon province, Philippines. There was substantial property damage in the attack, but no casualties were reported. The New People's Army's (NPA) Mt. Kitanglad Sub-Regional Command spokesperson, Mamerto Bagani, claimed responsibility, stating that the attack was in response to Sumifru's anti-people policies and damaging business practices.
01/17/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police vehicle in a bazaar in Marawara district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and two others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/17/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices at a passenger bus carrying Ganajagaran Mancha activists in Bogra district, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Tanbhir Rusmot, the Bangladesh Chhatra Maitree general secretary, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Gunmen attacked a Muslim refugee convoy near Bouar town, Nana-Mambere prefecture, Central African Republic. At least 22 people were killed and at least 23 others were wounded as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed it to an anti-Balaka militia.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Arsal town, Beqaa governorate Lebanon. This was one of four such attacks in Arsal on this day. At least four people, all children, were killed and at least three people were wounded in this incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that it was targeting Free Syrian Army strongholds.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Arsal town, Beqaa governorate Lebanon. This was one of four such attacks in Arsal on this day. At least one person was killed and at least three people were wounded in this incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that it was targeting Free Syrian Army strongholds.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Baalbek town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result of the attack. This was one of five such attacks in Beqaa on this day, for which no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Buwayda village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result of the attack. This was one of five such attacks in Beqaa on this day, for which no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Hermel town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result of the attack. This was one of five such attacks in Beqaa on this day, for which no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Kouakh village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result of the attack. This was one of five such attacks in Beqaa on this day, for which no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2014: Rockets were launched from Syria into Masharih al-Qaa village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result of the attack. This was one of five such attacks in Beqaa on this day, for which no group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2014: Several mortar shells landed on Syria Street in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2014: Two gunmen opened fire on a farmer in Mainit municipality, Negros Oriental province, Philippines. The farmer, Narciso Bantoto, was killed in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Bantoto was targeted due to his involvement in activities against the NPA. The victim's wife also suspected that the attack may have been carried in retaliation for Bantoto leaving the NPA.
01/17/2014: Two roadside bombs detonated simultaneously near a police patrol in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the entrance to a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) base in Kidal town, Kidal region, Mali. This was one of two suicide attacks near the base on the same day. In addition to the two bombers, at least one Chadian peacekeeper was killed and another person was injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim fundamentalists.
01/17/2015: An assailant threw an explosive device at a bus in Mirpur area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated as a police vehicle passed in Deh Gul area, Herat province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and at least two civilians were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated as members of the 20-Party Alliance were leaving a meeting in Matidali area, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated at a market in Saba al-Bor town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Algerian embassy in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Three security guards were wounded in the blast. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated in Nakhuni area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. An imam was killed and two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated in Shabak area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Pakistan Armed Forces soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Manshiyet Dahshour neighborhood, Giza area, Giza governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near produce shops near Iskandariyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: 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.
01/17/2015: An explosive device detonated on a railroad in Suez city, Suez governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near the Maridi Market in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 18 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants abducted four health workers and their driver from Ghoryan district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The hostages were released on January 28, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/17/2015: Assailants abducted Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers, Iraqi Army soldiers, and Sahwa Council members in Abbasi area, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day and 24 people were kidnapped across all five attacks. 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).
01/17/2015: Assailants abducted Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers, Iraqi Army soldiers, and Sahwa Council members in Hawijah district, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day and 24 people were kidnapped across all five attacks. 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).
01/17/2015: Assailants abducted Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers, Iraqi Army soldiers, and Sahwa Council members in Rashad area, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day and 24 people were kidnapped across all five attacks. 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).
01/17/2015: Assailants abducted Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers, Iraqi Army soldiers, and Sahwa Council members in Riyadh area, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day and 24 people were kidnapped across all five attacks. 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).
01/17/2015: Assailants abducted Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officers, Iraqi Army soldiers, and Sahwa Council members in Zab area, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks in the area on the same day and 24 people were kidnapped across all five attacks. 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).
01/17/2015: Assailants attacked a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) cargo aircraft as it was landing at Abu Adh Dhuhur airport near Abu Adh Dhurur town, Idlib governorate, Syria. At least 35 soldiers were killed in the incident. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at an unknown number of electricity towers near Hurgada city, Hurgada district, Red Sea governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants fired a projectile that struck the Tibesti Hotel in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants fired Grad rockets into Popasna town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one person was killed and four others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/17/2015: Assailants fired mortars targeting National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) soldiers in Hranitne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed and four others, including soldiers and civilians, were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/17/2015: Assailants kidnapped the Yemeni President's chief of staff and two of his guards at a checkpoint in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The chief of staff, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, was released on January 27, 2015, and his guards were released on January 29. Huthis claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Muslim cleric in Baidoa town, Bay region, Somalia. The cleric was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier in Matarling village, Basilan province, Philippines. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Igo village, Taraba state, Nigeria. At least two people were killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on patrons at a bar in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to dissident republicans.
01/17/2015: Assailants shot and killed a Iraqi Ministry of Defense major in Tawithah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) vehicle in Rajshahi city, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants threw hand grenades at a Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) patrol in Moirang city, Manipur state, India. A civilian was wounded in the attack. The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-P) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices and other explosive devices at a police vehicle in Matsya Bhaban neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One police officer was killed and at least four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device at a building site in Ballymun neighborhood, Dublin city, Dublin County, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility.
01/17/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the residence of Shalal Ali Shayea in Tawahi neighborhood, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Shayea, a police chief, was unharmed; however, seven people, including the bomber, were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident; additionally sources suspected the involvement of the Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State.
01/17/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at the guesthouse of Obaidullah Shinwari, a Nangarhar provincial assembly member, in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 13 people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/17/2016: An assailant attacked Afghan refugees in Altenberg, Saxony, Germany. At least two refugees were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Neo-Nazi extremists.
01/17/2016: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers at Hativa Square, near Nablus, West Bank. The soldiers shot and killed the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/17/2016: An assailant stabbed Dafna Meir at her residence in Otniel settlement, West Bank. Meir, an Israeli civilian, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated at a traffic checkpoint on Ring Road in Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated in Albu Ghanim, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 13 people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated in front of a civilian residence in Old Diyala bridge area, Karada neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated in New Raghzai village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated in the garden of Seyh Seda Mosque in Kale neighborhood, Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. One child was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated in the vehicle of Adel Al-Asbahi in Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. Al-Asbahi, the police director for Al Bayda governorate, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Al-Furat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in El-Bahr Street area, Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an armored police vehicle in Idil district, Sirnak province, Turkey. Three police officers were killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/17/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting police officers in Sur distract, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Two officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device planted in a residence detonated targeting Al-Sa'iqa special forces soldiers in Laithi, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least two soldiers were killed and another was injured in the blast. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Utayfia area, Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate Iraq. A Ministry of Justice employee was killed and his brother was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Sui subdistrict, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The device was thought to be targeting Pakistan Armed Forces soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in Bouira province, Algeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants attacked Huthi loyalists in Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. An unknown number of loyalists were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants attacked Huthi loyalists in Marib governorate, Yemen. An unknown number of loyalists were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants attacked soldiers and neighborhood youths near the chocolate factory in Laithi neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least one soldier and an unknown number of assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/17/2016: Assailants attacked soldiers in an attempt to infiltrate a base in Kabpangi village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. In addition, an explosive was discovered and defused the following morning at the site of the encounter. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/17/2016: Assailants attacked the Ahmad Shah Baba girls school in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. A security guard was killed and the school was torched in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at a police vehicle in Diyarbakir city, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties, though a power transformer was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/17/2016: Assailants fired two rockets that landed near the Italian Embassy in Shashdarak locality, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two security guards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police van along Sariab Road in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on Huthi loyalists in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Three members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Darkheynley neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on Mir Ishtiaq Baloch in Baghdadi neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. Baloch, the brother of a Pakistan Muslim League: Nawaz (PML-N) leader, was killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on Mohammed Al-Dhali in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Dhali, a police colonel, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents of Hamid Hamidiya camp in Zalingei, Central Darfur, Sudan. Four civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources attributed it to the Janjaweed.
01/17/2016: Assailants opened fire with small arms and rockets on a military base in Idil district, Sirnak province, 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).
01/17/2016: Assailants raided As Salam, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 10 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/17/2016: Assailants set fire to a mosque in Boras city, Vastra Gotaland county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the incident. Andreas Persson was arrested and convicted for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants shelled civilians in Derna district, Libya. One civilian was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Jamliya, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed Donato Salangani, a local farmer, in Sambulangan, Baugan village, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/17/2016: Assailants shot and killed General Saleh al-Abadi, a security official, in Mansura district, Adan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Four police officers opened fire on their colleagues at a checkpoint in Sangar, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least nine officers were killed in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2016: Three explosive devices targeting security personnel were found and defused in Nideli forest, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2016: Two explosive devices detonated near the Polleramma Temple in Bachuvaripalem, Andhra Pradesh, India. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: An assailant attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in Tulkarm, West Bank. Security forces opened fire, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Nidal Daoud Mahdawi, a Palestinian extremist.
01/17/2017: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. At least four people were killed or injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: An explosive device detonated in Rashidiyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least five people were killed or injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) personnel in Budarpakhar, Jharkhand, India. One security member was injured in the blast, which also killed a COBRA sniffer dog. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/17/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting families fleeing Kirkuk, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven 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).
01/17/2017: An explosives-laden tunnel detonated under the vehicle administration building in Harasta, Damascus, Syria. At least nine Syrian Army soldiers were killed and an unknown number of other soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Fajr al-Umma Brigade.
01/17/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Abu Disheer, Baghdad, Iraq. 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.
01/17/2017: Assailants abducted 25 civilians from Nango, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 17 hostages were rescued on January 20, 2017; the fate of the remaining hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/17/2017: Assailants abducted two secondary school students in Kutum, North Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/17/2017: Assailants armed with an axe attacked Raju Netam in Masenar, Chhattisgarh, India. Netam, a local sarpanch, was killed in the assault. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: Assailants attacked police posts in Haskah Menah, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed and four assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/17/2017: Assailants fired a rocket at houses near Taizz, Yemen. At least six people were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast, which also destroyed three houses. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
01/17/2017: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of people in Zanazel, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of eight similar attacks in the area 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), noting that the victims were targeted because their family members refused to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the group's battles.
01/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on civilians fleeing eastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least three people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on Sheikh Abdel Sattar Abdel Jabbar at the Muthanna bridge in Baghdad, Iraq. Jabbar, an imam, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: Assailants raided a civilian residence and kidnapped an unknown number of people in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of eight similar attacks in the area 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), noting that the victims were targeted because their family members refused to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the group's battles.
01/17/2017: Assailants raided Chief Sandys Omadeli-Uvoh private residence in Enerhen, Delta, Nigeria. Omadeli-Uvoh, an Itsekiri leader and former municipal politician, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: Assailants raided Samaru-Kataf community in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani extremists.
01/17/2017: Assailants set fire to equipment a bridge construction site over Koel River in Latehar district, Jharkhand, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/17/2017: Assailants shot and injured a civilian in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/17/2017: Assailants shot and killed Maung Toe, a jade scavenger, in Hpakan, Kachin, Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
01/17/2017: Security forces discovered and defused and explosive device in Laghman, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/17/2017: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a Burundian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between Biyo Cadde and Mahaday in Jowhar, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. No casualties were reported in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/1973: Suspected Black Muslims murdered seven people (two adults and five children) and wounded two other adults through a combination of binding, gagging, drowning, and shooting in Washington, D.C. in the United States.  The targets were Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis and his family members. Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis was a Hanafi Muslim leader who, according to the Hanafi, accused Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad of teaching false doctrines about Islam.
01/18/1973: Unknown assailant(s) threw two molotov cocktails through the window of a police community relations center in Pueblo, Colorado in the United States.  It is unknown whether there were any casualties or property damage in this incident.
01/18/1998: At least one Hizballah gunman was killed in a clash with Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) paratroopers near the Soujud outpost. Three of the paratroopers were lightly wounded in the almost face-to-face gunfight that occurred. The soldiers had been on an initiated operation in the region when they suddenly came under fire from a Hizbullah squad. The paratroopers returned fire and hurled hand grenades at the attackers before charging them, killing one member of the squad.
01/18/1998: Loyalist Volunteer Force members shot and killed Fergal McCusker, a Catholic man. in Maghera, Northern Ireland.
01/18/2000: A bomb exploded at the Supreme Court of Ingushetia. A phone call warning about the bomb prompted the building to be evacuated, and no one was injured in the blast. The windows of the Supreme Court and neighboring buildings were shattered. The bomb may have been connected to the impending trial of a Chechen who killed an Ingush citizen.  No group claimed responsiblity for this incident.
01/18/2000: A parcel bomb was discovered by Sri Lankan police in Colombo and defused before exploding. The bomb was found outside of a housing complex where several senior police officers lived. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
01/18/2000: One girl died and six were injured when two grenades exploded in a Bogota school. Authorities suspected Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) involvement.
01/18/2001: Twenty-three people were killed in a massacre in Chelf, Algeria. Six of those killed were abducted to a site a few kilometers away from the original site and then killed. Armed Islamic militants were believed to be responsible.
01/18/2002: A bomb exploded in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. Reports did not disclose the target of this attack. No one was injured in the attack.
01/18/2002: A Corsican judge, Philippe Toccanier, was the target of a failed assassination attempt at his home in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. No one was injured in the bomb attack. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/18/2002: A mortar bomb targeted a Serbian police checkpoint in Muhovac, Kosovo. No one was injured in the attack. It was not certain who was responsible.
01/18/2002: A senior police lieutenant, Isa Gakhayev, was murdered at his home in Stariye Atagi, Chechnya, Russia. It was not known who was responsible for the attack.
01/18/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels attacked a Colombian Defense Forces helicopter who had overseen a poppy fumigation effort along the border of Cauca with Caqueta and Huila. Five soldiers were killed in the attack.
01/18/2002: The former Senior Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya, Ali Alavdinov, was the target of a failed assassination attempt in Mesker-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia. Unknown assailants fired upon his vehicle, Alavdinov was uninjured in the attack; his driver was seriously injured.
01/18/2002: Two men were found murdered under a bridge in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. Chechen rebels were suspected in the murder.
01/18/2002: Unidentified assailants shot and killed a Russian commander, Vakha Mairbekov, in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/18/2002: Unknown assailants killed one and injured one other person in a attack in Brahim, Algeria. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/18/2003: A military convoy of the People's National Army was attacked by a homemade bomb planted along the side of the road by unknown extremists in Treizieme within Algeria. One Army sergeant lost his legs in the attack while 2 other soldiers were slightly wounded.
01/18/2003: A small hamlet within the Colombian Province of Meta was targeted with a 500 kg bomb composed of dynamite. Police were able to evacuate citizens nearby but were unable to disarm the device before it detonated resulting in twenty-one destroyed houses but no injuries. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe blamed the attack on the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).
01/18/2004: A car transporting a bomb exploded near a United States military convoy in Tikrit, Iraq. Two of the car's passengers were killed and another was injured. Authorities believed that the passengers were trying to attack the convoy and misfired the bomb. One of the men in the car was a relative of Saddam Hussein.
01/18/2004: A pickup truck loaded with 500 kilos of explosives exploded at the Assassin's Gate, the entrance to the main industrial center of Baghdad, Iraq, and also the United States' Military headquarters. Twenty-five were people killed and over 100 were injured in the attack, for which no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2004: An explosion occurred on the Ethiopian-Djibouti train near Daasbyo, Djibouti. Six passengers were injured in the attack. As a result of the incident, the government decided to suspend the Ethiopian-Dijbouti route. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
01/18/2004: An explosive device detonated in a car belonging to Aissa Dermouche, one of France's first Muslim prefects, in the city of Nantes, France. The explosive detonated in the middle of the night and no one was injured. No one claimed responsibility for the attack although right-wing militants were suspected. Dermouche was born in Algeria and had been named prefect of the eastern department of Jura only two days earlier.
01/18/2004: Police defused a bomb on a motorcycle at the KP Minimart convenience store in the Khok Pho district of the town of Pattani, Thailand. There were no injuries and the perpetrators of this incident were not known.
01/18/2005: A suicide car bomber blew himself up in at a checkpoint 30 meters in front of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed four guards and injured eight others. Local media believed that Iraqi Interim Finance Minister Adil Abd-al-Mahdi was the target of the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2005: Four members The Islamic Jihad Brigades claimed via video that they had kidnapped a Lebanese man, Gebrayel Adib Azar, whom they had accused of working with the US forces in Iraq. The group’s video statement demanded that the US company, Berjani Group, leave Iraq or they would harm Azar. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown.
01/18/2005: Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, declared responsibility for the Palestinian suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Abu Hawli Crossing Israeli army checkpoint, near the Gosh Qatif settlement in Gaza Strip, Israel. One Israeli soldier was killed and at least seven others were wounded in the attack
01/18/2005: Members Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) claimed responsibility for a car bomb that exploded in Getxo, Spain. No one was harmed in the bombing.
01/18/2005: Unknown perpetrators fired mortars at the offices of the Iraqi Homeland Party in Al-Shirqat City injuring three people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2005: Unknown perpetrators fired three mortars at the Wihdah Police Station in Baqubah, Iraq. The mortars struck the facility killing one policeman and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2006: A bomb went off near the National Intelligence Agency in Santiago, wounding a street cleaner. The attack was claimed by the Leon Czolgosz Autonomous and Destructive Forces.
01/18/2006: Eduardo Hernandez Situ, a Valle del Cauca political figure and mayoral candidate, was assassinated by an unknown gunman in Buenaventura, Colombia. Officials suspect that right-wing paramilitary groups are responsible, though there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/18/2006: Gunmen killed Shaykh Muhammad Saddaq al-Battah (the chieftain of the Sunni Albu-Julayb tribe in Al-Anbar Governorate), his nephew, and a third individual. The attack took place in a Baghdad apartment. The identities of the attackers were unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/18/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen broke into a house where Iraqis working for a contractor were preparing meals for the Iraqi army, and killed at least seven people. There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2006: In Quetta, Pakistan, a bomb went off in a school in Wahdat Colony, smashing the windowpanes of the school building and nearby houses, but causing no injuries. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown.
01/18/2006: Members of Burundi’s National Liberation Forces (FNL) attacked homes in Rutegama village with grenades and guns. At least five villagers were killed and approximately 23 were wounded.
01/18/2006: Members of the New People’s Army threw an explosive at a mobile telephone signal tower in Mobo, on Masbate Island in the central Philippines, damaging the radio room and the roof, but causing no injuries. They also took the revolver and field radio of the security guard at the site. The attack may be linked to extortion.
01/18/2006: Mobile phone base stations, signal boxes, public telephone booths and residents' houses in approximately 21 locations were set ablaze with Molotov cocktails almost simultaneously in southern Thailand’s Pattani Province. There were no reported injuries. Authorities believe that the perpetrators were southern militants, but there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attacks. Dozens more similar attacks were launched in three other Thai provinces the same night.
01/18/2006: Mobile phone base stations, signal boxes, public telephone booths and residents' houses in approximately 25 locations were set ablaze with Molotov cocktails almost simultaneously in southern Thailand’s Yala Province. There were no reported injuries. Authorities believe that the perpetrators were southern militants, but there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attacks. Dozens more similar attacks were launched in three other Thai provinces the same night.
01/18/2006: Mobile phone base stations, signal boxes, public telephone booths and residents' houses in approximately nine locations were set ablaze with Molotov cocktails almost simultaneously in southern Thailand’s Songkhla Province. There were no reported injuries. Authorities believe that the perpetrators were southern militants, but there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attacks. Dozens more similar attacks were launched in three other Thai provinces the same night.
01/18/2006: Mobile phone base stations, signal boxes, public telephone booths and residents' houses in approximately six locations were set ablaze with Molotov cocktails almost simultaneously in southern Thailand’s Narathiwat Province. There were no reported injuries. Authorities believe that the perpetrators were southern militants, but there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attacks. Dozens more similar attacks were launched in three other Thai provinces the same night.
01/18/2006: Nepal Communist Party Maoist guerrillas bombed a government-owned TV tower in Hetauda, Nepal, after tying up one employee. No injuries were reported and about $100,000 worth of damage was done to the tower.
01/18/2006: Ten Iraqi security service company employees were killed in an armed attack in Baghdad on the convoy they were escorting for Iraqna Mobile Phone Company. Two Kenyan telecommunications engineers who were part of the convoy, George Noballa and Moses Munyao, were kidnapped, and nothing is known of their situation or whereabouts, or of the identities of the perpetrators.
01/18/2007: At least five Iraqis were killed and 10 wounded by a car bomb in central Baghdad, Iraq. Stores were also reported to be damaged. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/18/2007: Insurgents fighting government forces in Balochistan province blew up two electricity pylons in the Dera Bugti district of Pakistan. Sources said explosives were used to damage the power network in Paish Bogi area and caused disruption in energy supplies to the town of Sui.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/18/2007: Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels fired mortars at a Sri Lankan military camp in Nagarkovil, killing one soldier and wounding another. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/18/2007: Three car bombs detonated within minutes of each other in front of a wholesale vegetable market near a Shi i enclave on the edge of the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Dora in southern Baghdad, Iraq, killing 10 people and wounding 30, police said. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/18/2007: Two mortar shells hit a residential area in Azamiyah, a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in northern Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding 13. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/18/2008:  Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels killed ten civilians and injured none in Thanamalwila Village, Sri Lanka.
01/18/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a bus full of tourists with gunfire in Wadi Daw'an Desert Valley, Yemen.  The attack killed four and injured four others.
01/18/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked buildings belonging to the South Oil company with gunfire and mortars in Basra, Iraq.  The attacked killed and injured an unknown amount of people.
01/18/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked police posts and Ashura processions with machineguns and assault rifles in Basra and Niasiriyah, Iraq.  The attack killed seventeen people and injured an unknown amount.
01/18/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb near a furniture factory in eastern neighborhood of Ur in Baghdad, Iraq.  The attack killed two civilians and injured four others.
01/18/2009: On Sunday afternoon around 1530, in Shabwah, al-Rawdha area, Yemen, armed gunmen kidnapped a German working as a contractor for gas firm Yemen LNG and two Yemeni engineers. The kidnappers were demanding the release of one of their tribesmen from a prison in southeast Yemen. The police attempted to rescue the hostages at a checkpoint, but were unable to save them. Two officers were injured in the attempt. Local tribal members claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday afternoon at about 1400, in Ashqelon, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired two rockets at a community, wounding one civilian, sending several others into shock and damaging a building.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday evening at 1900, three civilians were shot dead and three others injured by a group of unidentified assailants at the Sadatissagama jungle patch in the Buttala area of Moneragala District. No group claimed responsibility although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are suspected.
01/18/2009: On Sunday evening at 2030, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated in front of Ibtisam restaurant on Palestine street, wounding eight people, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday morning at 1100, city police recovered four country-made live bombs from a dust bin near the General Post Office (GPO) in Mirzapur area, Karanj, Gujarat, India. The bombs were recovered from the bin and were defused by the bomb disposal squad. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday morning at about 0815, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a truck transporting blast walls in the western Yarmuk neighborhood, wounding two civilians. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, four landmines, concealed near a bridge, were recovered and defused by the Police at Kyatagana Perla village near Pavagada in the Tumkur District. According to the police, a senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Peddanna, who was in the custody of the Andhra Pradesh Police and had been brought by the Pavagada Police for questioning in the Venkataramanahalli incident in which nine Policemen were shot dead, revealed that he had concealed the landmines under a bridge.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in Ashdod, Central District, Israel, assailants fired one rocket at a community, wounding one civilian but causing no damage.  No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in Basra, Al Basra, Iraq, a magnetic bomb planted under a car belonging to an employee of the Basra prisons detonated near a petrol station, wounding one person. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in Gayara, Ninawa, Iraq, a prominent Sunni Arab tribal sheik and former general, who was among the leaders of a coalition running in the coming provincial elections in northern Iraq, was killed by a suicide bomber. The sheik, Hassan Zaidan al-Luhaibi, 59, was in his tribal guesthouse in the town of Gayara in Nineveh Province after attending a campaign event in the area when a teenager wearing an explosives-laden vest and armed with a machine gun stormed in. He detonated his explosives, killing Mr. Luhaibi and two of Mr. Luhaibi's relatives and wounding two Iraqi policemen. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the eastern al Amin neighborhood, leaving an unknown amount of casualties. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, Nigerian militants attacked a loading vessel, a tanker, and a tug boat at a crude oil platform in Bonny.  One person was killed, while the captain of the tug boat was injured.  Eight crewmembers were taken hostage. No claim of responsibility was issued for the attack.
01/18/2009: On Sunday, two civilians were killed and two more injured when unidentified militants attacked their residence in Gulkada area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday afternoon at 1400, in Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen shot and killed five people and injured two others in a non-governmental relief and development agency Mawteny (my country) office. Members of other aid groups operating in the area said no gunshots were heard, suggesting that silenced weapons were used. The attackers also planted a bomb in the entrance to the office which exploded when security forces arrived, injuring two soldiers. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2010: On Monday at noon, in the Al Sadeeq neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in the second of two related attacks, unknown gunmen broke into a food store owned by a Christian man and shot him to death. In the related attack, unknown gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a Christian citizen near his home and killed him. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday evening around 1920, the brother (Federico Uri) of the mayor of the town of Buenavista, in the Quezon province of the Philippines, was shot dead by a lone gunman outside his residence in the village Barangay Cadlit. Police recovered two empty shells and one slug from a .45-pistol from the scene of the crime. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2010: On Monday morning at 0915, around Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in one of seven linked attacks, a group of gunmen, including two or three suicide bombers, attacked and took over Qari Sami shopping center, damaging the center and causing an unreported number of casualties. Five Taliban fighters were killed at the shopping center. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday morning at 0915, around Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in one of seven linked attacks, at least 20 armed Taliban militants attacked the presidential palace, justice ministry, ministry of mines, presidential administrative building and Serena Hotel for nearly six hours. The gunmen stormed in after an explosion at the gate of the presidential palace, and machinegun fire could be heard, but the damages and specific number of casualties caused was unreported. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday morning at 1117, around Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in one of seven linked attacks, a suicide bomber driving a van painted like an ambulance detonated his vehicle at the Gulbahar center shopping mall near the Afghan foreign and interior ministries building, killing several police and security officials and damaging the shopping mall. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday morning, around Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in one of seven linked attacks, a suicide bomber loaded with grenades detonated himself near the education ministry building, but no casualties or damages were reported. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday morning, around Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in one of seven linked attacks, a suicide bomber loaded with grenades detonated his explosives in front of the Central Bank near the presidential palace, damaging the bank and causing and unspecified number of casualties. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday morning, near Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in one of seven linked attacks, a rocket hit near a cinema but the damages and specific number of casualties caused was unreported. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday night at 0300, suspected Lashkar-e-Islam militants blew up a boys' primary school in Ashraf Kalay, Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. All seven rooms of the school were destroyed. No casualties resulted from the blast. No group claimed responsibility. The militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam) has reportedly claimed responsibility for the blast.
01/18/2010: On Monday night, two unidentified gunmen opened fire on Vali Haji-Qolizadeh, the city prosecutor of Khoy, outside his home in the town. He was shot twice and died. Four suspects were arrested. No group claimed the responsibility for this incident, however it is reported that the prosecutor was threatened by Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorists several times over the past few days.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to a car killed two people, including one policeman, and damaged the car. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in Jehanabad, Bihar, India, over a hundred members of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a railway track near Nadaul railway station. The Maoists forced railway officials on duty to leave the place. They then blew up the railway track. The blast was low intensity that only damages three concrete railway sleepers. There were no reported casualties.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, in the last of seven linked attacks, Taliban militants took over a building next to the Ariana cinema and held two children hostage for an unknown amount of time. No casualties or damages were reported, and the children were soon released. From all seven attacks, at least twenty people, including seven militants, three civilians and three Afghan security personnel were killed. Seventy-one were injured, including 35 civilians and 36 police or security officers. It is known that at least ten Afghan soldiers and ten policemen were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in the Al Mashtal district of eastern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, injuring two civilians and heavily damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in the Al Saadiya district of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle driving on Mandali-al-Saadiya road, injuring the four civilian passengers and damaging the vehicle. Security forces arrived on the scene and arrested two suspects. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in the Nabha area of Patiala, Punjab, India, an improvised explosive device was discovered and defused by Indian police outside a petroleum gas bottling facility. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but authorities arrested a member of the Khalistan Liberation Force suspected of carrying out the attack.
01/18/2010: On Monday, in the village of El Darien, municipality of Baraya, Huila, Colombia, the Army's Ninth Tenerife Artillery Battalion found and safely destroyed a 40 pound cylinder bomb loaded with unknown explosives that were suspected to be planted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) 17th Angelino Godoy Front. The explosives were thought to be used against the local civilian population and troops of that area. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
01/18/2010: On Monday, militants blew up a house of a tribal elder in Masozai area of Kurram, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The tribal elder was considered to be a staunch supporter of the government. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, militants were planting a bomb near the basic health unit in Dogar, Kurram, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The bomb exploded prematurely killing all three militants. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, suspected partisans using assault rifles opened fire at farmers' houses in Carmen, North Cotabato, killing three villagers and wounding three others. The fatalities have been identified as Hector Tomasis, 42, Norberto Feliciano, 57, and Lyneth Camus, 49. Camus' husband Adolfo, 50, sustained gunshot wounds in the legs and was rushed to a dispensary at the Carmen town proper. Two other villagers suffered bruises when they jumped out their windows when they heard the gunshots. The attackers escaped toward the boundary of the Carmen of Katanayahan and Kibayao Villages, known lairs of Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels. No group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2010: On Monday, Taliban militants launched a rocket at the airport in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The missile detonated on open ground outside the airport causing no casualties or damage. The Taliban spokesman, Zabihollah Mojahed, told Afghan Islamic Press on telephone the morning on 01/18/2010 that the Taliban carried out a rocket attack on the Jalalabad airport in the capital of Nangarhar Province.
01/18/2010: On Monday, unknown assailants detonated a bomb at the Works and Services Department in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The building was damaged and the powerful blast smashed the windowpanes of nearby buildings. No groups claimed responsibility.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday evening around 2100, in the Chandrapur village of the Belatikri area near Lalgarh in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, in one of two related attacks, between 10 and 15 militants raided the village and abducted and later killed Khagen Das Adhikary, a supporter of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist. The body of Adhikary was recovered from a nearby forest the next morning. Adhikary had been shot. The Communist Party of India-Maoist claimed responsibility for the attack. Maoist posters were recovered from beside the body, labeling him as a police informer.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday evening around 2100, in the Jhapra village of the Belatikri area near Lalgarh in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, in one of two related attacks, around 50 militants using single barrel guns raided the village and forced several villagers out of their homes at gunpoint to march around the village for 10 to 15 minutes and shout militant slogans. Villagers who hesitated were brutally beaten. The militants threatened villagers not to join the Communist Party of India-Marxist rallies. A CRPF patrol responding to the attack ran into an improvised explosive device set by the Maoists and retreated, fearing they were being led into an ambush. At least 17 people were injured in the attack and no damage was reported. In the related attack militants kidnapped and later killed one civilian from a nearby village. The Communist Party of India-Maoist claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday morning around 0900, in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat, Thailand, four unidentified militants on two motorcycles shot and killed a defense volunteer, identified as Udom Chaisit, at his shop house. The four assailants, pretending to be customers, arrived in front of his shop house on two motorcycles and asked to buy fuel. As Udom was about to bring them bottles of fuel, they fired three shots at him. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday morning at 0555, at the railroad tracks on kilometer marker 14.5 in a rural area in between Puerto Bolivar and La Mina, La Guajira, Colombia, unknown militants detonated an unspecified number of improvised explosive devices against a train transporting coal. However, as the train was traveling at a low speed, the conductor was able to stop the train, preventing any casualties from taking place or damage to the train itself, although the train tracks at the site of the detonation were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility but authorities are attributing the attack to the 59th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday night around 0030, in Vienna city, Vienna province, Austria, in one of 14 related attacks, the Greek Embassy was splashed with large quantities of red and black oil paint. Authorities suspect the incident is linked to the start of the trial in Greece of the suspected Conspiracy of Cells Fire, who were involved in the Greece embassy bombings in November of 2010. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday night around 0100, in the Semender suburb of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) outside a furniture store. The IED was planted in a drainpipe and equivalent to about 200 grams of TNT. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday night at 0200, in the Cannes area of Ajaccio, Corsica, France two bars were destroyed in a double bomb attack within minutes of each other. The blasts destroyed the bars as well as damaged several apartments and vehicles nearby. Three people were injured during the explosion. The bombs were allegedly comprised of 15 kilograms of explosives. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday night, in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan, an assailant attacked an Afghan journalist, Razaq Mamoon, with acid as he left his home. Mamoon suffered first degree burns which were not life threatening to 10 percent of his face and hands. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. A suspect, identified only as Rafiullah, admitted to attacking Mamoon and has been arrested.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Saana, San'a, Yemen, a group of unidentified armed men kidnapped three Yemeni soldiers as they were driving to the capital. The kidnappers escaped and are hiding somewhere in the mountains of Habilayn. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown; however, as of 02/20/2011, the soldiers are still being held by militants calling for the release of prisoners held by authorities in Aden. One person was arrested in connection with the kidnapping. An official from the Southern Movement claimed responsibility for the abduction.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Mishahda neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device, wounding five Shiite pilgrims, The damages from this attack are unknown and no group claimed responsibility.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Oktyabrskiy area of Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, unknown militants kidnapped two civilians and took them to an unknown location. The status of the hostages is unknown. No casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday, in the Sarkadana area of Hangu district, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants shot and killed four alleged criminals of the “Dacoit group.” A letter was also left with the four bodies, claiming responsibility for the killings and warning the local prayer leaders and people against attending the funeral prayers of the victims. The deceased were identified as Anwar, Ghazi, Farooq, and Sharabi. The TTP claimed responsibility, saying they killed the four men because they worked for kidnappers in the district.
01/18/2011: On Tuesday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a suspected Al Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his improvised explosive vest device targeting Iraqi police recruits. The blast killed 60 recruits, and wounded another 150. The amount of property damage from the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility but Al Qaeda is believed to be responsible.
01/18/2012: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated himself in a crowded market in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, 13 people were killed and 22 injured in the attack. One of those killed was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: An anti-tank mine exploded on a Senegalese army vehicle near Bignona town, Ziguinchor region, Senegal. Five soldiers were killed and 12 injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: An explosive device detonated near a part of the Rio Zulia-Ayacucho oil conduit in El Tarra municipality, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. No one was injured; however, the explosive device caused significant oil spillage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected the involvement of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/18/2012: An Israeli airstrike targeted four assailants planting explosives on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip in West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two assailants died and two were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Assailants attacked a base of Ahlu-sunah Wal-jamea (Somalia) in Dhuusamareeb city, Galguduud region, Somalia. In the ensuing clash, at least three gunmen were killed. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/18/2012: Assailants attacked an army outpost in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. A hospital worker and a soldier were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/18/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb targeting a National Directorate of Security (NDS) van in Kart-e-Faizabad area, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Security sources said that an intelligence officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected the involvement of the Taliban.
01/18/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb targeting Wali Mohammad in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Mohammad was the district intelligence chief. Four people, including Mohammad, died in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Assailants fired a Katyusha rocket near a government building in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no injuries; however, material damage was reported. This was one of six rocket attacks in Kirkuk on January 18, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Assailants fired a Katyusha rocket near the al-Hurriya Air Base in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no injuries; however, material damage was reported. This was one of six rocket attacks in Kirkuk on January 18, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Assailants fired a Katyusha rocket near the Qoria police center in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no injuries; however, material damage was reported. This was one of six rocket attacks in Kirkuk on January 18, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Assailants fired three rockets in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no injuries; however, material damage was reported. This was one of six rocket attacks in Kirkuk on January 18, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on Malian Army personnel in an attempt to take over Aguelhoc, Kidal, Mali. At least 36 people, including one soldier and 35 assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of two related attacks in different cities in Kidal on this date. The Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Ansar al-Dine (Mali).
01/18/2012: Assailants opened fire on Malian Army personnel in an attempt to take over Tessalit, Kidal, Mali. At least 11 people, including one soldier and 10 assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of two related attacks in different cities in Kidal on this date. The Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/18/2012: Attackers fired three rockets at the wall of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No one was injured in the attack; however, the embassy wall was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that it occurred alongside rising tensions between Turkey and Iraq over a number of issues, including Turkey's concern about the jailing of political opposition leaders in Iraq.
01/18/2012: Gunmen attacked a Sahwa Council security checkpoint in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one militia member was killed and three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of General Ghazi Ahmed Ali near Aden University, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Ali was the head of security and intelligence in Aden. Two bodyguards were injured in the attack, but Ali survived. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); the group had claimed two previous assassination attempts on Ali.
01/18/2012: Gunmen shot and killed two Shia Kurds in Mandali town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Gunmen stormed the house of a Sahwa Council leader in Latifiya city, Babil governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Over 60 people surrounded Manzoor Shaheed checkpost and opened fire near Peshawar city, Sarband area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The attack was repelled by police. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2012: Three assailants attempted to set fire to a senator's house in Gombe city, Gombe state, Nigeria. When the security officer repelled them, two of the attackers retreated. The remaining attacker attempted to throw an explosive device at the house but was shot and captured by police. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2013: A letter bomb addressed to police Chief Inspector Andy Lemon was discovered and defused in Strabane city, Strabane, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect dissident republicans.
01/18/2013: A man in a tractor ran over a landmine in Chattar area, Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
01/18/2013: A rocket was fired at a residential building near a mosque in Aleppo city, Aleppo province, Syria. 12 people died and 24 were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2013: An explosive device detonated on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan petroleum pipeline between Sirnak and Midyat in Yayvantepe, Mardin province, Turkey. No one was injured in the blast; however, the gas flow had to be diverted to an alternative pipeline. This was one of two attacks on the pipeline within a day. Hezen Parastina Gel, a sub-group of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2013: An explosive device went off at a government girls primary school in Lund Khwar, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, between two and four rooms were destroyed as well as the boundary wall. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2013: Approximately 20 armed attackers kidnapped six workers for Braeval Mining Corporation in Casa de Barro, Norosi, Bolivar department, Colombia. Commander Yesenia Special Forces, a sub group of the National Liberation Army (ELN), claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, calling for stricter regulation of mining companies. As of January 29, seven kidnappers had been arrested and negotiations were still ongoing. On February 15, five of the six victims were released including three Colombians and two Peruvians. On April 11, 2013, ELN asked for Braeval's mining titles in the region in exchange for the release of the last hostage. The last hostage was released on August 27, 2013.
01/18/2013: Assailants ambushed a Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) police party while it was on a road-opening operation near Sukma district in Temelwada village, Chhattisgarh state, India. A head constable was killed and one other officer was injured in the attack. This was one of two attacks on the police and first responders on January 18th, 2013. While no group claimed responsibility, police attribute the attack to Maoists.
01/18/2013: Assailants attacked a Dole-Stanfilco Banana Plantation in Anahaw Daan village, Surigao del Sur province, Philippines. The attackers destroyed bananas and opened fire on construction equipment parked on the roadside. No group claimed responsibility; however, police attribute the attack to the New People's Army (NPA) who had failed to gather extortion money from the plantation.
01/18/2013: Assailants opened fire on an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter between Jagdalpur and Sukra in Chhattisgarh state. The pilot was injured in the attack. This is one of two attacks on police and first responders on January 18th, 2013; the helicopter was flying to rescue members of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) who had been injured in a previous attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attribute the attack to Maoists.
01/18/2013: Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a police checkpoint in Kawo area of Kaduna city, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least one police officer and a civilian were killed in the gunfire and three others were injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was behind the incident.
01/18/2013: Perpetrators threw a hand grenade inside a tire shop in Khermahal area, Dimapur city, Dimapur district, Nagaland, India. Two people were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2013: Three gunmen shot and killed Abdihared Osman Adan, a Radio Shabelle journalist, in Wadajir neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the incident.
01/18/2013: Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles outside of a mosque in Daraa city, Daraa province, Syria. Twenty-six people in total were killed and an unknown number were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Syrian media accused the al-Nusrah front.
01/18/2014: A car bomb detonated in the Firdous area of Syria. At least four people were killed and an unknown number of people were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A land mine detonated in Yaqshid neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved.
01/18/2014: A mortar shell struck the Adil neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two mortars to strike the neighborhood, and one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad on this date. At least three people were killed and nine others were wounded in these two particular incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/18/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a passenger vehicle in Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two people were injured as a result of the blast. Another explosive device was discovered nearby and safely defused soon after the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated as a police convoy passed by in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. At least three police officers were killed and four others were injured as a result of the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in an unknown location in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least one soldier was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in an unknown location in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least one soldier was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Amiriyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were wounded in the attack. This was one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Taji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and four others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a restaurant in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least 10 people, including Iraqi Police Service (IPS) and Kurdish Asayish officers, were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near Sha'lan al-Dulaymi's convoy in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Al-Dulaymi, a Sahwa Council leader, was wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the town of Abu Saida, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people, a police officer and a civilian, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosive device detonated along a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply route in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No injuries were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosive device detonated at a market in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two explosives devices to go off at the market on this date; this first blast drew a crowd to the scene where they could be targeted by the second attack. At least one person was killed and at least 15 others were wounded across both incidents. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/18/2014: An explosive device detonated at a market in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two explosives devices to go off at the market on this date; this second blast targeted a crowd which had been drawn to the scene by the first attack. At least one person was killed and at least 15 others were wounded across both incidents. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/18/2014: An explosive device detonated at a market in the Madain area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and nine others were wounded in the attack. This was one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosive device detonated on the railway tracks near Cha-am Railway Station in Cha-am district, Phetchaburi province, Thailand. No injuries were reported, but the railway track was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosive device detonated outside the principal's office at the Government High School for Boys in Doaba area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The principal, Muhammad Israel, was uninjured; however, the school was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Al-Mansour area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 12 wounded as a result of the blast. This was one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Jamia area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and at least 10 others were wounded in the attack. This was one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Nahda area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. This was one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Utaifiyya area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 12 others wounded in the attack. This was one of eight coordinated blasts in Baghdad city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of al-Ahdath Prison in the Topchi area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 3 others wounded in the attack. At least 20 prisoners escaped from the prison as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants abducted six Sahwa Council members in Had Akhdar area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The six members were found dead the following day, January 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants abducted two Italian telecommunication workers from an area near Derna city, Derna governorate, Libya. The two workers were released on or around February 07, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants attacked a convoy of 12 ambulances carrying medical supplies near Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed or injured, and four vehicles were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants attacked a group of Muslim villagers in the Panbari area of Assam state, India. At least one person was killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
01/18/2014: Assailants attacked a military convoy in Haditha city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants attacked a public prosecutor in Sabari district, Khost province, Afghanistan. The prosecutor, Janan, was killed as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants attempted to kidnap Ahmad Zaidan from his residence in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. Zaidan, the Bureau Chief of Al Jazeera Television, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants detonated a grenade at the Khadda market in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least six people were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a teacher's house in Al-Daur district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four houses that was blown up in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) officer's house in Al-Daur district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four houses that was blown up in this area on this day, three of which belonged to police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants detonated explosive devices at a gas pipeline in Sui area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Although there were no reported casualties, the targeted pipeline was damaged as a result of the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a sports ground in Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants fired approximately 11 rockets from Syria into Arsal village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. There were no reports of casualties or property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/18/2014: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on and set fire to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply container in Choto area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The vehicle's driver and one other person were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local officials attributed it to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Ahl-i-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) members at Noori Gate in Sargodha town, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least three people were killed and at least three more were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ali Asghar Assadi outside of his residence in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Assadi, an Iranian diplomat, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on an MI-17 Indian Air Force helicopter in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The helicopter, which was carrying the inspector general of the Central Reserve Police Force, was not damaged and no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Maoists were behind the attack.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Asif Hussain Zaidi in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Zaidi, a doctor in the buffer zone, was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Chinmay Gotmare's vehicle between Jaksongram and Adugre villages, Meghalaya state, India. Gotmare, the South Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, was unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that either the Garo National Liberation Army or the Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) was involved.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Bassel Mohammed near a public market in Lahij governorate, Yemen. Mohammed, an intelligence officer with the Political Security Organization (PSO), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Lal Singh Arya during a school inauguration in Aroli village, Madhya Pradesh state, India. Arya, a Minister of State, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Saif Talal's car in Al-Quds, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Talal, a reporter for Al-Sharqiyah, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants set a gas cylinder on fire at a cattle market in Lezay, Poitou-Charentes region, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Justice Department, an animal rights group, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Assailants shot and killed a barber in Udalguri district, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sangbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Sangbijit).
01/18/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers in the Hawl-wadaq area of Jowhar town, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. The soldiers were unharmed, but a child was killed and two other people were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2014: Gunmen attacked a Libyan Air Force base near Sabha town, Sabha district, Libya. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2014: Rockets originating from Syria struck Ras Baalbek village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. At least four people were wounded in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for this attack. The mayor of Arsal also attributed the attack to Hezbollah, but the group denied any involvement.
01/18/2014: Two assailants opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Rashtriya Rifles (RR) patrol in Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
01/18/2015: A suicide bomber detonated near the Bulula Motor Park bus station in Potiskum town, Yobe state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least four people were killed and 48 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was behind the attack.
01/18/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a provincial council head in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed and two people, including a child and a police officer, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting an Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) convoy near Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least three APPF officials were killed and ten others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near a power substation in Fatih neighborhood, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. No casualties were reported. This was one of three related bombings in Istanbul on the same day. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that it was carried out in retaliation for events in Cizre.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Assam Rifles (AR) road-opening party in Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. No casualties were reported. The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-P) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian Army vehicle in At Tawil village, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Four soldiers were wounded in the blast. Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Yusufiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two assailants were killed and two assailants were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Afghan Border Police (ABP) vehicle in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. Three police officers and two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device detonated when struck by a taxi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Six people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device planted beneath a statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in the courtyard of a Turkish National Police (EGM) station was discovered and defused in Maltepe district, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. This was one of three related bombings in Istanbul on the same day. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that it was carried out in retaliation for events in Cizre.
01/18/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Radwaniyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Sahwa Council leader, was killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosive device planted near a bus stop was discovered and defused in Sultangazi neighborhood, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. This was one of three related bombings in Istanbul on the same day. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that it was carried out in retaliation for events in Cizre.
01/18/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a police checkpost in Tangwani town, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near a Huthi office in Al-Qaidah town, Ibb governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) bases in Arbacow town, near Ceelasha Biyaha area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) base in Tash Guzar area, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least 27 people and 16 others, including both police officers and assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash, which lasted for three days. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) patrol in New Visayas area, Lupon, Davao Oriental, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New Peoples Army (NPA).
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked and Afghan Police patrol in Khoshamand, Paktika province, Afghanistan. At least nine people were killed and one police officer was wounded in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked Boy-Rabe neighborhood, Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. One person was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the anti-balaka militia.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked Dr. Jamal Muqbil in Ad Dali city, Dali governorate, Yemen. Muqbil, a university professor and the acting director for the Huthi Bureau in the governorate, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Mada village, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. This was one of two coordinated attacks carried out on villages in the district on the same day. At least 60 people were kidnapped and 80 houses were set on fire across both attacks. Approximately 20 hostages were rescued the following day, three hostages were killed, and the whereabouts of for the remaining hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/18/2015: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Maksi village, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. This was one of two coordinated attacks carried out on villages in the district on the same day. At least 60 people were kidnapped and 80 houses were set on fire across both attacks. Approximately 20 hostages were rescued the following day, three hostages were killed, and the whereabouts of for the remaining hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/18/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices near Ashik Tower, Chawkbazar area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Three civilians were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants fired mortars and rockets at Bu Atni neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
01/18/2015: Assailants fired mortars and rockets at Laythi neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
01/18/2015: Assailants fired mortars and rockets that struck a civilian residence in Shibna neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
01/18/2015: Assailants fired three mortars that struck an unknown number of houses in Mushahidah district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 11 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a doctor in Gulberg neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The doctor was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a judge in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The judge, Ahmed Al-Aassi, was killed in the attack along with his son, three police officers, and a civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a member of the legislative assembly in Redwana area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. A police officer serving as the legislator's security guard was killed and a civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a National Highway Authority (NHA) official and a Land Department official in Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The two officials were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Nigerian Army (NA) checkpoint near Nabordo village, Bauchi state, Nigeria. At least two people, including one soldier, were killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was behind the attack.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpost near a mosque in North Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Border Police (ABP) commander in Shiwan area, Injil district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The commander was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) officer in Danag village, Sulu province, Philippines. The officer, Arjan Punzalan, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Bondong village, Kaduna state, Nigeria. At least one person was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Dzagula village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/18/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at a bus transporting a bridal party in College Bazar area, Patiya upazila, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Three civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to pro-hartal activists.
01/18/2015: Multiple suicide bomber attempted to attack the Ministry of Interior compound in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The assailants were arrested before successfully carrying out the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted on a railway track in Dera Allah Yar area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Several explosive devices detonated at a police station in Shahbagh neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a police patrol in Tuwaythah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and five officers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused under a bridge in Shahpur village, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/18/2016: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a mosque in Nguetchewe, Extreme-North region, Cameroon. In addition to the suicide bomber, four people were killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/18/2016: An assailant stabbed Michal Froman at a clothing store in Tekoa settlement, West Bank. Froman, an Israeli civilian, was injured in the attack and the assailant was shot and injured by another civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a Palestinian extremist.
01/18/2016: An assailant threw an explosive device that failed to detonate in front of a police station in Matibay village, Lamitan, Basilan province, Philippines. This was one of two related bombing attacks in Basilan on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated at a karaoke bar in Thepa district, Songkhla province, Thailand. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the bar on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated at the port terminal in Kulay Bato village, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Basilan on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near a fish lake in Satih, Madain district, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy in Mar Gat, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least six soldiers were killed and another was injured in the blast. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Al-Nasr Wa Salam area, Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near a National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) power tower in Pantar village, Bubong, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Suwaib area, Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Lugpaton, Kingking village, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. At least five soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/18/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Shashsad neighborhood, Puli Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Bacha Khan Chowk, Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: Assailants abducted three Al Jazeera journalists from Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. The three journalists were released on January 28, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/18/2016: Assailants attacked civilians in Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: Assailants attacked El Shamaliya Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Nierteti, Central Darfur, Sudan. An unknown number of casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
01/18/2016: Assailants attacked Kenyan soldiers between Eel Adde and Likoley in Shidley, Gedo, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the incident. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) soldiers in Gotpalli area, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. One assailant was killed and one was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/18/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at a school in Kilis city, Kilis province, Turkey. At least two people were killed and one other was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/18/2016: Assailants fired rockets at a police vehicle in Yeni neighborhood, Sirnak city, Sirnak province, Turkey. At least two officers were killed and 10 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on a bar in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi. An education ministry official, a police officer, and a village chief were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Cantupa, Buenavista, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. At least one soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying volunteer fighters in Hussein al-Hamadi area, Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. Three volunteer fighters were killed in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Wahid in Nawan Kili neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Wahid, a prayer leader, was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Wahid Khan in Tahir Abad neighborhood, Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khan, a Pakistani Police assistant sub inspector (ASI), was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdul-Hadi Muflhi near his residence in Mansura district, Shaykh Uthman, Adan governorate, Yemen. Muflhi, a local judge, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on four African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers in El Adde town, Gedo region, Somalia. The four soldiers, who had escaped an earlier attack three days prior, were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on Sheikh Suhayb 'Abd al-Hakim al-Gharyani in Ahumaidh, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Gharyani, a Quran reciter, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on two rubber plantation workers in Moo. 2, Koto Tuera subdistrict, Yala province, Thailand. The two workers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
01/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on Uldarico Lumahan in Mahalang village, Himamaylan district, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Lumahan, 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.
01/18/2016: Assailants set fire to a carwash in Petah Tikva city, Central district, Israel. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the words "Jews don't employ Arabs" were discovered on one of the walls of the carwash following the attack.
01/18/2016: Assailants shot and killed a National Directorate of Security (NDS) member at Shuhada Square in Zaranj city, Nimroz Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2016: Two assailants opened fire on a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Shakha in Shaheedi Park, Ludhiana city, Punjab state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Khalistan Liberation Force claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An Afghan soldier attempted to attack a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) trainer in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The assailant was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated at a cotton plant owned by the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Metema, Amhara, Ethiopia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated in a building next to the Colombian National Directory for Taxes and Tariffs (DIAN) building in Bogota, Colombia. At least nine people were injured in the blast. The People's Revolutionary Movement (MRP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in opposition to tax reform which they argue would harm average Colombians.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near a commercial area in Arab Ebjur, Baghdad, Iraq. At least three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated on a bus in Foshan, Guangdong, China. Four people were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks on separate buses on this day. An individual, identified as Liang, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated on a bus in Foshan, Guangdong, China. Two people were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks on separate buses on this day. An individual, identified as Liang, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police post in Dehbori, Kabul, Afghanistan. At least two officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2017: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle was discovered and defused in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2017: Assailants abducted Kyaw Zin Htun, a schoolteacher, from Nantmaphyit, Kachin, Myanmar. Htun was killed shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, locals attributed the attack to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), which the group denied.
01/18/2017: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Goundam, Timbuktu, Mali. Three soldiers were killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
01/18/2017: Assailants attacked a police center in Dhuluiya, Saladin, Iraq. At least 11 security members and six assailants were killed and eight police officers and eight assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. In addition, five police officers 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 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/18/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Police (ANP) post in Shalghamay, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least two police officers were killed and three were injured in the ensuing clash. In addition, the assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/18/2017: Assailants attacked volunteer forces security posts in Dawr, Saladin, Iraq. At least four volunteer fighters and three assailants were killed and nine volunteers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/18/2017: Assailants detonated gas cylinders outside a bank in Sitra, Central governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked military positions in Hatra, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing at least three assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: Assailants fired a rocket into Al Nour neighborhood, Taizz, Yemen. This was one of two related attacks in Al Nour neighborhood on this date. At least six people were killed and six people were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Houthi extremists.
01/18/2017: Assailants fired rockets at the Andalus neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area in a short period of time. At least six people were killed across the three events. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: Assailants fired rockets at the Shurta neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area in a short period of time. At least six people were killed across the three events. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: Assailants fired rockets at the Zirai neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area in a short period of time. At least six people were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on a security booth in Purong, Yala, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/18/2017: Assailants raided Ajil oil field in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing three assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed a mayor, identified as Hamadoun Dicko, outside of a mosque in Boni, Mopti, Mali. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Muslim extremists.
01/18/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at municipal office in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/18/2017: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a military checkpoint in Bardere, Gedo, Somalia. At least one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/18/2017: Five suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a camp housing military and pro-government militia personnel in Gao, Mali. At least 82 people, including the five bombers, were killed and 115 people were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for Mali's collaboration with France.
01/18/2017: Security forces identified and killed two suicide bombers, including a young boy, approaching an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Banki, Borno, Nigeria. The assailants were the only reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/19/1991: A bomb detonated near the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center in Manila, Philippines. The only casualties were the perpetrators, Abdul-Kadhim Saad and Ahmed J. Ahmed, who detonated the device prematurely as they set the timer. Ahmed was killed, his body found on the roof of a house 35 feet away. Saad was wounded. The explosion broke windows and caused a two foot crater in the sidewalk. The perpetrators were Iraqi citizens and were driven to the location of the bombing by Iraqi diplomatic officials, though the extent of their involvement is unclear.
01/19/1998: Assailants believed to be Islamic separatists shot and seriously injured Suriyan Jatutham, a public school teacher, in the Chanae district of Narathiwat Province in Thailand. No one else was injured in the attack.
01/19/1998: In the first of two related incidents, the Energy Resources Board offices in Makati, Philippines, were fired upon by the Alex Boncayao Brigade.
01/19/1998: In the second of two related incidents, the Petron Oil Corporation offices in Makati, Philippines, were bombed by the Alex Boncayao Brigade.
01/19/1999: A Catholic man was injured by a bomb planted by the Orange Volunteers (OV) which exploded at the rear of his house outside Loughinisland, near Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. The man was treated for minor injuries and his wife was treated for shock at the local hospital.
01/19/1999: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels attacked a convoy of ten civilian cars traveling from Luanda on the Canjala-Culango highway in the province of Benguela, along the southwestern coastline of Angola. The attack left 13 people dead and 12 seriously injured.
01/19/2000: Burundi rebels fired on an armored car near Magara carrying Catholic Relief Services aid workers. The rebels also burnt a car. There were no injuries.
01/19/2000: Unknown men threw a hand grenade into a police station in Oslomej, Macedonia. There was slight damage and no injuries.
01/19/2000: Unknown militants blew up a goods train in the Indian state of Assam though a passenger train was the original target. At least ten cars of the train and more than 100 yards of track were damaged.
01/19/2001: An explosive device detonated inside a grocery store in Cologne city, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany.  One grocery store worker, an Irani German, was injured by the blast.  The Nationalist Socialist Underground claimed responsibility on a digital video disc (DVD) later found in a member's house.
01/19/2001: The Russian military defused a bomb placed by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in Avtury, Chechnya. The explosive was located before it could cause any harm. The specific target was unclear.
01/19/2001: The Russian military defused a bomb placed by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in Dzhalka, Chechnya. The explosive was located before it could cause any harm. The specific target was unclear.
01/19/2001: The Russian military defused a bomb placed by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in Goryacheistochnenskoye, Chechnya. The explosive was located before it could cause any harm. The specific target was unclear.
01/19/2001: The Russian military defused a bomb placed by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in Groznyy, Chechnya. The explosive was located before it could cause any harm. The specific target was unclear.
01/19/2001: Three bombs were found in the parking lot of the Taman Mini Amusement Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. The bomb squad was able to defuse the bombs before they could do any damage. Two unknown women were responsible.
01/19/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels attacked a military patrol in Pichinde Corregimiento, Colombia. 11 soldiers were killed in the attack.
01/19/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels detonated a truck-bomb which targeted Army Gaula soldiers in Puente Amarillo, Colombia. Several homes were destroyed. It was not certain how many died or were injured in the attack.
01/19/2003: A plot to assassinate Akhmad Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Administration, was thwarted when police defused a land mine placed along a road he was set to travel on. Reports did not specify where in Chechnya this attack occurred.
01/19/2003: The village of Janine Vode inside Kosovo was the scene of a hand grenade attack against the house of a local Serbian man Slavisa Vukadinovic. Two grenades were used in the assault with one of them exploding causing damage to the house but no casualties. The other bomb was safely detonated by UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo police officers. At the time of the attack, seven family members were inside the house including four children.
01/19/2003: Unknown Islamic militants in the Indian Kashmir town of Kulgam tossed a grenade towards a bus carrying police officers. The bomb missed its attended target and instead struck a civilian bus, resulting in twenty one injured.
01/19/2004: An undisclosed anarchist group detonated a small bomb outside a courthouse in Viterbo, Italy. There were no injuries, but damage was done to surrounding buildings. The bomb consisted of a pail filled with gunpowder and a timer.
01/19/2004: Members of Hizballah launched a rocket at an Israeli bulldozer in the Golan Heights on the Israeli-Lebanon border. Two of the bulldozer's drivers were killed, and the other was injured. Hizballah claimed the bulldozer was on the Lebanese side of the border. Israel later acknowledged that part of the bulldozer was crossing the Lebanese border.
01/19/2005: 15 suspected members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) killed a man at a bogus roadblock they put up on Algeria’s National Road 12 near Adekar. The victim, whose throat was slit, was stopped at the GSPC roadblock and had his identity checked. No group claimed responsibility for the murder.
01/19/2005: A small explosive charge detonated in an underground parking garage in Saint-Nicholas square in Bastia, Corsica.  The explosive device was left near the offices of the company which manages the garage.  No one was injured.  No one claimed responsibility after the attack.  On February 14, 2005, the FLNC-22 Octobre, a splinter group of the FLNC-Union claimed responsibility for thirteen prior attacks in Corsica.”
01/19/2005: Members of the United Liberation Front of Assam planted a time bomb in a telephone exchange in India’s Assam State. Local police discovered and defused the bomb. A spokesperson for the United Liberation Front of Assam claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing in a telephone statement made to a local newspaper.
01/19/2005: Members of the United Liberation Front of Assam set off a bomb in India’s eastern (District) of Karbi Anglong injuring three people. The United Liberation Front of Assam claimed responsibility for the bombing in phone statement made to a local newspaper later in the day.
01/19/2005: Members of the United Liberation Front of Assam set off a bomb near the village of Sagolia, India. The bomb, which had been placed underneath a truck, killed one person and injured nine others. A spokesperson for the group claimed responsibility for the bombing in a call to a local newspaper later in the day.
01/19/2005: Members of the United Liberation Front of Assam set off a land mine in India’s Assam State that blew up a crude oil pipeline belonging to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). A United Liberation Front of Assam spokesperson claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone interview with a local newspaper.
01/19/2005: Suspected Taliban members fired a rocket at an oil tanker truck on Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak-Kandahar (Province) Highway 20 kilometers from Spin Boldak (District). The driver of the vehicle was killed and the conductor was injured in the attack. The tanker was carrying fuel to US military forces based in Kandahar (Province). No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2005: Two Australian soldiers were wounded when a massive truck bomb exploded outside their barracks across the street from the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. The explosion also destroyed various vehicles and caused a large crater in the street. Two Iraqis were killed and several others wounded in the attack as well. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, authorities suspected that an Iraqi insurgent perpetrated the bombing.
01/19/2005: Unknown perpetrators fired shots at Guinea’s President, Lansana Conte in Conakry. The perpetrators failed to hit Conte’s vehicle and the President escaped unharmed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2006: A suicide bomber named Sami Abdel Hafez Antar blew himself up at a fast food stall in Tel Aviv, Israel, wounding at least 20 bystanders. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2006: A villa under construction in Sagone, Corsica, which belonged to a family living in mainland France, was the target of a failed bomb attack. Workers arriving at the construction site dismantled the bomb and noticed the inscription ‘FNLC’ on the wall.
01/19/2006: In a series of related incidents, a home-made firebomb exploded beneath a parked municipal vehicle in Athens, Greece, causing damage but no injuries. This incident and two other simultaneous bombings were claimed by Revolutionary Liberation Action.
01/19/2006: In a series of related incidents, a home-made firebomb exploded outside a local organization office of the ruling New Democracy party (ND) in Athens, Greece, causing damage but no injuries. This incident and two other simultaneous bombings were claimed by Revolutionary Liberation Action.
01/19/2006: In a series of related incidents, a home-made firebomb exploded outside a National Bank of Greece branch in Athens, Greece, causing damage but no injuries. This incident and two other simultaneous bombings were claimed by Revolutionary Liberation Action.
01/19/2006: In one of two nearly simultaneous bombings, a bomb exploded on the street outside a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq, near Sadoun Street, killing at least seven and wounding at least five. Most of those dead and injured were civilians, though a few were police officers, and it is possible that the perpetrators were targeting these officers. The explosion damaged a number of cars and shops as well. The identities of the perpetrators of this attack are unknown.
01/19/2006: In one of two nearly simultaneous bombings, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in a Baghdad, Iraq cafe, killing at least 23 and wounding at least 26. Most of those dead and injured were civilians, though a few were police officers, and it is possible that the bomber was targeting these officers. The explosion damaged a number of cars and shops as well. The identity of the perpetrator of this attack was unknown.
01/19/2006: Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed Parn Priklek, a fish trader, at a market in southern Thailand’s Pattani Province. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2006: Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed Supasilp Woh, a Muslim villager, in southern Thailand’s Narathiwat province. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2006: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels detonated a claymore mine near a truck carrying soldiers in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.  Three police officers and a civilian were killed.  20 police and soldiers were injured, as was one civilian.
01/19/2006: The flat of a retired gendarme now working for the town hall of Ajaccio, Corsica was the target of a bomb attack which caused slight damage, but no injuries. The name “FLNC” (Corsican National Liberation Front) was painted on the flat's door.
01/19/2006: Three members of a gang apparently involved in trafficking trucks and other vehicles in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria, were killed by gunmen near Al-Ramadi, west of Baghdad, Iraq. A group called the Factions of the Mujahedeen Army claimed responsibility for the attack by leaving leaflets beside the bodies of the victims which read: “This is the fate of thieves, road pirates, and saboteurs."
01/19/2006: Three technical and engineering personnel working for the company Ecopetrol, were kidnapped by suspected FARC members in Arauca, Colombia. FARC was known to be extorting the company. One of the victims, Gabriel Antonio Moreno, was found dead on January 21, 2006 by authorities. The other two victims were released on January 23, 2006 with no reported injuries.
01/19/2006: Unidentified assailants attacked a Sri Lanka Navy jeep with a claymore mine strapped to a bicycle around 4:00pm along the Trincomalee-Kandy road in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, wounding 19.  Among those wounded were two Navy personnel, one police constable, and 16 civilians.  Following the attack, soldiers retaliated by shooting back at the assailants.  Several civilians were detained for questioning after the incident.
01/19/2006: Unknown perpetrators detonated an explosive device in or near the Siniyah city government building in Iraq. There were no reported casualties, but the building was leveled. There were no claims of responsibility for attack, but U.S. soldiers arrested several suspected perpetrators.
01/19/2007:  Assialants armed with unspecified firearms fired upon and killed 19 civillians, four government officials, and two police officers in Gunagado, Degeh Bur, Ethiopia.  Three civillians were also wounded.  No group claimed responsibility, although it is widely believed that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) was responsible.
01/19/2007: A pickup truck carrying 660 pounds of explosives destroyed a dairy plant owned by Swiss food company Nestle SA in Doncello, Colombia. Police attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). One man at the plant was injured. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/19/2007: Gunmen opened fire on the three-vehicle convoy in Yarmouk, a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in western Baghdad, Iraq. An American democracy activist was killed along with 3 security contractors from Hungary, Croatia and Iraq. Two others were wounded. The Islamic State in Iraq, the purported political arm of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2007: One policeman was killed and four people, including two policemen and two civilians, were wounded as armed men opened fire on a security checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Reports varied as to the vehicles used in the attack; one reported that two armed motorcyclists were responsible while another stated that a passenger car carried the attackers. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/19/2008:  A roadside bomb targeted the convoy of the governor of Diyala Province in Wajihiya, Iraq.  The attack, by perpetrators unknown, killed three bodyguards and injured two others.
01/19/2008:  Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigade fires rockets into the town of Sederot, Israel.
01/19/2008:  Rebels attacked a bus carrying 100 passengers in the Terai Plains of Nepal.  The attack killed seven people and wounded twenty-seven more. The Terai Army claimed responsibility for the attack in a call to a local radio station. They indicated that the bus was targeted because it defied a transport strike called by the group.
01/19/2008:  Taliban militants fired a rocket into Gorbaz District, Afghanistan and struck a passenger vehicle, killing two civilians.
01/19/2008:  The Al-Quds Brigades, military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, fired 2 Quds rockets into Sederot, Israel.  The attack killed and injured an unknown amount of people.
01/19/2008:  Two roadside bombs hidden under trash exploded near an Ashura procession in Kirkuk, Iraq.  The attack, carried out by unknown perpetrators, killed two people and injured an unknown amount.
01/19/2008:  Two unknown suicide bombers blew themselves up inside two police posts in Ramadi, Iraq killing six and wounding thirteen more.  A third unknown suicide bomber was arrested at another police post on the northern outskirts of Ramadi after failing to detonate his explosives.
01/19/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb in a restaurant of a Shiite area of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq.  The attack killed two people and injured twelve.
01/19/2008:  Unknown perpetrators fired a mortar into the residential area of Balad, 75 kilometers (45 miles) north of Baghdad in Salaheddin province, Iraq.  The U.S. military said the attack killed four Iraqis while wounding six others. Security and medical sources say, however, that there were three killed and 18 injured. The incident was one of several that occurred during the beginning of the religious celebration of Ashura that killed 21 in total. It is suspected that most of the attacks were initiated by a Shiite messianic sect led by Ahmed al-Hassani al-Yamani.
01/19/2008:  Unknown perpetrators fired a rocket into a market full of Ashura worshippers in Tal Afar, Iraq.  The attack killed seven people and wounded twenty more.
01/19/2008:  Unknown perpetrators killed six people that they had previously kidnapped in Tijuana, Mexico.  The perpetrators used guns to kill the kidnap victims before being confronted by the authorities.
01/19/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the car of a captain from the Ministry of Interior in Zafaraniyah neighborhood near Siaada Gas factory and few yards from an army check point. The captain was killed in the blast and seven people, including a soldier, were wounded. There was no damage reported and no  group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2009: On Monday night around 0200 in Bamani, Ibba, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Sudan, assailants broke into a house, killing the chief of the Azande tribe, Gordon Jalal Ngirimo, and a civilian and kidnapping two children.  No claim of responsibility has been reported, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/19/2009: On Monday night, at 2100, a civilian, Saeed Ahmed, was shot and killed outside his house in Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/19/2009: On Monday, Baloch Republican Army (BRA) militants blew up a gas pipeline with an improvised explosive device in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. The blast damaged the main pipeline bringing gas from the Pirkoh field to the Sui purification plant. No casualties were reported. The BRA claimed responsibility for the attack via a telephone call to the local media.
01/19/2009: On Monday, in Atande, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, assailants killed two civilians by unknown means. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army was responsible.
01/19/2009: On Monday, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a vehicle in the Saeeda area, wounding four civilians and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2009: On Monday, in Moscow, Russia, a Russian human rights lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, and a journalist, Anastasia Baburova, were shot to death. Stocking-styled masked gunmen followed Markelov from a news conference and shot him and Barburova tried to intervene and was also gunned down. Markelov was shot in the back of the head at close range by an attacker who followed him after the news conference, the masked men who had a silencer on his gun shows clear signs of a planned killing. Markelov had fought the early release of a Russian colonel whose killing of a Chechen woman in 2000 put names and faces on the gruesome rights abuses in the war-wracked region. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2009: On Monday, in Nazran, Russia, unknown gunmen attacked a civilian café©, with grenade launchers.  According to reports, the attack took place in the Barsuki okrug and no casualties were reported. No damage or motive were reported.  No group has claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/19/2009: On Monday, near Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the al-Eishaqi region, killing two civilians. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2009: On Monday, pro-Taliban militants killed six civilians on charges of spying for United States forces in Mir Ali, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two of the civilians were Afghan nationals while the remainder were from Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday evening at 1800, a councilman was shot dead by a gunman in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province. The victim has been identified as Talib Salahudin, councilor of Barangay Kakal in Ampatuan town. The victim was not related to Ampatuan Vice Mayor Rasul Sangki. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday evening at 2040, source details that a civilian was wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device outside of the residence of Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay along Flores Street in the city of Lamitan in the Philippines' Basilan province. The attack injured a teenager and damaged three houses. Local police officials attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday evening, in Al Arabi neighborhood, northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device detonated near the house of a civilian, causing no casualties, but some material damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday morning at 0755, suspected rebels detonated a roadside bomb with a mobile phone signal as a military truck escorting teachers passed by on the Thanto-Banhae Road in Bua Thong village of Tambon Banhae in Thanto district, Yala province, wounding three soldiers. The captain of the teacher protection unit lost both legs in the blast and another of the troops was also seriously wounded. The militants in the impoverished south often target teachers, deeming them a symbol of the Bangkok government's efforts to impose Buddhist culture on the predominantly Muslim region. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near the tax department building, causing no casualties or damages. Police patrols and bomb squad personnel managed to safely defuse another IED at the scene of the blast, which was meant to target first responders. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday night, in East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants shot dead Malinder Singh (19), an intermediate student of Chandil College. There were no reports of damage.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday night, in the Viegne Nuove area of Rome, Lazio, Italy, the Matteucci Itc school was targeted by an improvised explosive device. The target of the attack is believed to be the Montesacro section of the National Retired Carabinieri's Association. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday night, unidentified militants shot and wounded Mahammed Hassan Jibril, a parliamentarian, in an assassination attempt in Jibril's bookshop in Bosasso, Puntland, Somalia. He later died in the hospital. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, a five kilogram explosive device attached to a bicycle near a parking lot detonated in Suhbatpur Tehsil of Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan. Three people were injured and were identified as Mohammad Hayat, Abdul Rehman and Ghulam Sarwar. They were taken to a local hospital for treatment. The bicycle was destroyed in the attack and the windowpanes of nearby shops and houses were shattered. Also a five feet deep crater was created at the site of the explosion. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, at Noremthong in Imphal West, Manipur, India, near the residence of Manipur Director General of Police Yumnam Joykumar, two civilians were injured in a bomb blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Dourat al-Yarmouk, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of the house of a former customs department employee, damaging the house but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, two people, identified as Chandio and Mashori, were kidnapped. The abduction plan was prepared by Sikandar Ali Mirjat, an al Qaeda member, and the kidnapper was Abdul Jabbar Mirjat. Both were arrested. Chandio and Mashori were rescued from the jurisdiction of Fatehpur Police Station of Dokri on 01/22/2010.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, pro-Taliban militants abducted the Union Council Malakpur Secretary General Amin Khan and Sultan from Beshonai village, Buner, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The two Awami National Party activists were taken to Ellam Mountain in Pir Baba area, Buner District, where they were shot and killed. Police later confirmed the killings. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, two unidentified men shot and killed a Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi activist, Altaf (33), son of Mushtaq, in Korangi, Sindh, Pakistan. Altaf was attacked outside his home, number 219, Lane number three at Sector 48-D in Niaz Chowk of Zaman town. Altaf was taken to a private hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2010: On Tuesday, unknown militants threw a grenade at the residence of police official, Aziz Khazrani, of the Khuzdar police in Kathan, Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan. The grenade exploded outside the house causing partial damage to the house. The attack also caused the windowpanes of nearby houses to shatter. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday night, in the Allisang area of Chak, Wardak, Afghanistan, two civilians were injured when suspected Taliban militants, allegedly led by a commander identified as Mullah Burhan, attempted to hijack a civilian vehicle. Mullah Burhan was killed when they were engaged by Afghan security forces that responded after the militants opened fire on the civilian vehicle. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Ali Sherzai area of Kurram, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, five tribesmen were abducted by suspected pro-Taliban militants. The outcome of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Baiji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the convoy of Lieutenant Colonel Salah Mohammed, head of the Baiji police unit. Mohammed was unhurt, although two of his guards were wounded in the blast. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Khursha village, in an unspecified location in Odisha, India, unidentified militants triggered two bomb blasts in the Tangi Block Office. No casualties or damages were reported and the Communist Party of India-Maoists claimed responsibility. Maoist posters recovered from the wall of the Block Office mentioned that the corruption of the Block is increasing and the Block Development Officer is involved in corruption.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Khvoshamand, Paktia, Afghanistan, unidentified militants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device attached to a rickshaw, killing 20 civilians, including 13 children and six women. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the rickshaw and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that the Taliban were responsible.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Kusayrin, Diyala, Iraq, a senior government official, deputy chairman of the Diyala Governorate Council, was wounded when a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated. Sadiq al-Husayni was targeted while he was inspecting the Husayni convoys in Kusayrin. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, five tribesmen were abducted by suspected pro-Taliban militants. No casualties have been reported from the attack. No group claimed responsibility but it was believed that the Taliban was responsible. The status of the hostages is unknown.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in the Iqbal Colony area of Karachi city, in Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed the teenage son of a senior activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) while he was outside an apartment complex. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2011: On Wednesday, in the Saddar area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants attached an improvised explosive device to a horse cart and detonated it outside Shah Faisal Public School, killing one child and wounding 11 others, including four children. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
01/19/2012: A civilian vehicle taking part in a funeral procession hit a roadside bomb in Daulat Abad area, Bala Buluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Fifteen people were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility, but the provincial police chief attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/19/2012: A gunman shot and killed a Christian shop owner in Damaturu area, Yobe state, Nigeria. No other information is available.
01/19/2012: A landmine exploded under a pickup truck of Ethiopian soldiers in Howlwadag village, Beledweyne town, Hiiraan Region, Somalia. Two people died and five were wounded in the subsequent crossfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
01/19/2012: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to Kandahar Airport in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Besides the bomber, at least seven people died, including some civilians, and eight people were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the target was North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops who frequented the entrance.
01/19/2012: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when stopped at Watar police checkpost in Akora Khattak city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The bomber's accomplices also opened fire on police, who captured them. Four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source said that the bombers were trying to avenge the death of a local leader named Qari Kamran.
01/19/2012: An explosive device detonated in a camp for people displaced in Wadajir district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least two people died and three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, it came shortly after a United Nations delegation had been handing out food supplies.
01/19/2012: An explosive device detonated on Foyle Street near several businesses and a police station in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No one was injured. This was one of two explosive devices to detonate on this date in Derry. The police had received a phone call approximately 40 minutes before the blasts warning them. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed it to dissident republicans.
01/19/2012: An explosive device exploded on Strand Road near the Department of Health and Human Services in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Derry on this date. Dissident republicans claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint with guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the Gul-Agha police checkpoint in Jazi area, Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Fourteen people, including 12 assailants and two police officers, were killed in the attack, while three officers were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a Shia-owned food store in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of three bombings at Shia-owned food stores in Baqubah on this date. Nobody was hurt across the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at the home of a neighborhood mayor in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Nobody was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at the home of a Sahwa Council member in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three people, including the Council member, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle as a police vehicle passed by in Hakkari city, Hakkari province, Turkey. One person was killed and 27 injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants detonated dynamite on the Cano Limon oil pipeline in two places in Colombia. No one was injured; however, oil pumping was halted as a result of the damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants detonated four explosive devices at a Shia family's house in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Nobody was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants exploded a roadside bomb close to a police patrol in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Assailants murdered a school teacher and two others in East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to members of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). The GNLA had accused the people of spying for the police.
01/19/2012: Assailants planted an explosive device near the Sui plant of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) at Gate number 1, Sui district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The explosive device recovery squad safely detonated the device. No damage to any oil pipelines was done. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Attackers forced their way into Mashriq Public School on Draban Road, Kotla Syedan town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. They tied up the school guard and planted two explosive devices in classrooms. The explosive devices were discovered and defused the next day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Attackers on a motorbike shot and killed Vorasit Phuenpha in tambon Karubi, Kapho district, Pattani province, Thailand. The victim was a state employee. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Nansok Sallah, a news editor working for Highland FM, was found murdered in a stream in Jos city, Plateau state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, journalists are often targets of attacks in Nigeria because of their reporting.
01/19/2012: Two attackers threw hand grenades at the United Nations compound in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The grenades missed and landed on an empty building adjacent to the compound. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2012: Two teenagers put an explosive device under the seat of a motorcycle at Pattana Islam School, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. Three motorcycles were damaged in the ensuing blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources posited that the attack was perpetrated either by separatists or people with a personal grudge.
01/19/2012: Two workers from Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH), one Italian and one German, were kidnapped in Qasim Bela area, Multan district, Punjab province, Pakistan. The German victim was released on October 10, 2014. The Italian victim was killed by a United States drone strike on January 14, 2015. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident. The kidnapping was purportedly perpetrated in protest of the actions of the German government.
01/19/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device placed in a government girls primary school detonated in Budh Bair area, Masho Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, several rooms of the school were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officers blamed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/19/2013: A roadside bomb detonated south of Baghdad, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast killed a police officer and wounded three others while they were on patrol. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: A roadside bomb exploded on a civilian vehicle in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person died in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: A suicide bombe detonated explosives strapped to his body outside a house near the town train station in Ceske Velenice, South Bohemian region, Czech Republic. Only the bomber was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Al-Shabaab members attacked an army base, leading to a firefight with African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops, in Afmadow, Lower Jubba region, Somalia. Two attackers and seven AMISOM soldiers and civilians were killed in the fighting.
01/19/2013: An explosive device detonated near a cell phone tower in Lund Khwar, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The bomb was placed at the cell phone company's building, destroying the generator and damaging the rest of the building. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: An explosive device detonated on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan petroleum pipeline between Sirnak and Midyat in Yayvantepe, Mardin province, Turkey. No one was injured in the blast; however, the gas flow had to be diverted to an alternative pipeline. This was one of two attacks on the pipeline within a day. Hezen Parastina Gel, a sub-group of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2013: Approximately 20 gunmen attacked the convoy of Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano, in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. Bayero was uninjured in the attack; however, six people were killed and 14 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police arrested four people at the scene whom they suspect to be members of Boko Haram.
01/19/2013: Approximately 50 assailants opened fire on residents and attacked buildings in Adadama, Abi district, Cross River, Nigeria. At least 10 people were killed and seven others, including James Ekoro, the secretary of the Adadama Traditional Rulers, were abducted in the incident. Six of the hostages was rescued the following day, January 20, 2013 and the remaining victim was killed . No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive underneath a Korea National Oil Company (KNOC) pipeline in Rudhum, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. No one was injured in the blast; however, the flow of oil was stopped. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Libyan defense minister, Mohammed al-Berghathi as he was leaving a ceremony at an airport in Tobruk, Butnan, Libya. One bodyguard was injured in the ensuing crossfire. No group claimed responsibility; however, al-Berghathi claimed that this was an assassination attempt and blamed a former deputy for carrying out the attack. Security forces denied this and posited that the defense minister's convoy got caught in the crossfire between rebels and the military.
01/19/2013: Assailants threw a cracker bomb at the entrance to Rizwan Silk Mill in the Baldia Town area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast and no damages were sustained. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident and sources stated that the owner of the factory had defied extortion demands from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/19/2013: Four assailants opened fire on Shah Mir police checkpost in Khanot, Jamshoro district, Sindh, Pakistan. Two police officers died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Gunmen attacked the vehicle of Musanib Guiamad in Brar village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Guiamad was a barangay chair and the Association of Barangay Captains president. Guiamad and his nephew died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a civilian at a mechanic's shop in Bulunkutu area, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. The civilian died and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspect Boko Haram to have carried out the attack on a police informer who had been warned to stop.
01/19/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of police officers in the Shura area of Mosul, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Gunmen shot and injured Ihtisham Ali, an Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ), near Itwar Bazaar, Hayatabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Hajji Ghulam Hussain, a cleric and mosque leader, in Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Oktai Enimehmedov attempted to assassinate the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party head, Ahman Dogan, while he was on stage giving a speech at the party's national conference in Sofia city, Sofia province, Bulgaria. The assailant's gas pistol misfired twice before he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2013: Perpetrators triggered a roadside bomb and then opened fire on a convoy of Nigerian troops going to fight in Mali in Abobo village, Kogi state, Nigeria. Two soldiers died and at least five were injured in the attack. Ansaru (Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating the attack was in response for Nigerian troops entering the ongoing fight in Mali.
01/19/2013: Two suicide bombers riding motorcycles detonated their explosives prematurely in Guzara district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Police speculate the target was the district police chief, who was inside the nearby police compound. Only the two bombers died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated at a Frontier Corps (FC) compound in Bannu town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device had been planted in a private vehicle hired to transport FC personnel. At least 25 soldiers were killed and at least 27 others were injured as a result of the blast. Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesperson for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was carried out to avenge the killing of Maulana Waliur Rehman, a TTP commander, in a United States (US) drone strike on May 29, 2013.
01/19/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device was discovered attached to a Benghazi Police Directorate vehicle in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Authorities were able to defuse the device without incident. No group claimed responsibility for this attempted attack.
01/19/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Jalrez district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Two children were killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Nawzad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least three people were killed and four others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/19/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) station in Al-Khaldiyah, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. An Iraqi journalist, Firas Mohammed, was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: An explosive device attached to Mohamed Abdulqader Tumi's vehicle detonated in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Tumi, a candidate for the 60-member committee, was wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Center in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No information regarding possible casualties is available. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Al-Askari area of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least one civilian was killed and at least six others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 10 others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered west of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. While authorities were attempting to dismantle the explosives, the car detonated. At least seven people, including three bomb disposal squad members and four civilians, were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks on checkpoints in southern Helmand province on this date, across which two assailants were killed and two others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Taliban.
01/19/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two attacks on checkpoints in southern Helmand province on this date, across which two assailants were killed and two others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Taliban.
01/19/2014: Assailants attacked civilian homes in Alau village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 19 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/19/2014: Assailants fired an unknown number of explosives at a livestock market in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reports of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/19/2014: Assailants intercepted a passenger bus in Al-Hajjaj village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The assailants checked the identification cards of all the passengers before shooting and killing three soldiers who were on the bus. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: Assailants on a motorcycle fired on the Abd el-Wali el-Turkmi's car in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. El-Turkmi, the Yemeni Police Director, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA) unit in barangay Moises R. Espinosa, Masbate province, Philippines. One CAA member was injured in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Bijepar area, Maharashtra state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Al-Abbara area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed, including Mohamed Al-Mullah, a local council leader. The assailants also set fire to the checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on a trader in Dhekiajuli city, Assam state, India. The trader, Bikram Rai, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
01/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on and wounded a security guard in an unknown location in Thailand. The guard, Sitthichai Maliwan, was outside the rally location for the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand (NSPRT) at the time of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed and at least one other person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/19/2014: Assailants set fire to an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Sixth of October city, Giza governorate, Egypt. This was one of two attacks against police vehicles in this city on this day. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/19/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at a People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) rally near the Victory Monument in Bangkok city, Bangkok province, Thailand. Sources suspected that the intended target of the attack was Taworn Senneam, a PDRC leader. This was one of two attacks on this rally on this day, across which at least 28 people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/19/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at a restaurant in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least eight people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2014: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle in Sixth of October city, Giza governorate, Egypt. This was one of two attacks against police vehicles in this city on this day. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/19/2014: At least one explosive device detonated on the road in Lafoole area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The blast targeted a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) vehicle, killing at least two soldiers and wounding at least three others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2015: An assailant threw an explosive device at a bus in Shahbagh neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Two people, the bus driver and the assailant, were injured during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated against an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Watangahtu area, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Two ANA soldiers were killed and another was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated as a teaching security patrol passed in Bancho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated at a power transmission tower in Batulawan village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security officials attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated at a public market in Kabacan town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in an orchard in Haret Saida neighborhood, Sidon city, South governorate, Lebanon. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in Lehri area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near the district court building in Moskovskyi neighborhood, Kharkiv city, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. At least 13 people were wounded in the blast. A pro-Russia militia claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of a district commissioner in Afgoye area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Three people, including the district commissioner, were killed in the blast and at three others were wounded. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a joint patrol in Latifiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. Three security personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Mahmudiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Sirajganj town, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants abducted a former separatist governor from his residence in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. The former governor, Pavel Gubarev, was released on January 20th, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Chechen rebels.
01/19/2015: Assailants abducted a Lebanese civilian in Wadi Hameid area, Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The civilian, Younes al-Hujeiri, was found beheaded on March 29, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/19/2015: Assailants abducted Claudia Priest, a French aid worker, and another aid worker from Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. The hostages were released on January 23, 2015. The anti-balaka militia claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded the release of Rodrigue Nagibona in exchange for the victims. Nagibona, an Anti-Balaka militia general, had recently been arrested by UN peacekeepers.
01/19/2015: Assailants attacked Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers at the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Eight assailants and three soldiers were killed and at least 33 assailants and dozens of soldiers were wounded in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants attacked Ben Jawad town, Sirte district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/19/2015: Assailants attacked Garyounis neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
01/19/2015: Assailants attacked military positions inside the presidential palace in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Two people were killed and 14 were wounded in the ensuing clash. Huthis claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants attacked police officials who were escorting a detained Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activist in Rangpur area, Rangpur division, Bangladesh. At least 16 people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants attempted to attack surveillance towers in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Security forces intercepted, killing seven attackers, including four with suicide belts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/19/2015: Assailants carried out a three-day long raid in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The attackers took over a tribal leader's compound, detonated explosives destroying the buildings in the compound, and killed nine police officers. At least 15 assailants were killed and five more assailants were injured when security forces responded with an air strike on the compound. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants fired a projectile that struck a high school in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants fired artillery at Debaltseve town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Pisky town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This incident represents one of six attacks on Armed Forces of Ukraine positions in the town on this day. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/19/2015: Assailants kidnapped the deputy head of Dhamar University and his son in Dhamar governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on a polio vaccination team in Orangi Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. A police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpost in Naryab Shnawarai area, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on a United States embassy vehicle in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on security personnel in Salarzai area, Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Ten people, including three soldiers and seven assailants, were killed and two soldiers were wounded in the attack. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of a presidential adviser in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Prime Minister Khalid Bahah in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
01/19/2015: Assailants set fire to a market complex in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/19/2015: Assailants set fire to a vehicle in Exarcheia area, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. No casualties were reported. The Anarchist Commando Nestor Makhno Group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants set fire to an Awami League office near Bagmara upazila, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device in West Islambagh area, Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at police officials on Rangpur-Dhaka highway near Belail area, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/19/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at police officials on Rangpur-Dhaka highway near Silimpur area, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
01/19/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at the residence of Jahangirnagar University's vice-chancellor in Savar upazila, Dhaka district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to pro-hartal activists.
01/19/2015: Five explosive devices were discovered and defused at Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted in a culvert in Mundji area, Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted under a railway bridge near Mazhom village, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: A sniper opened fire on Nasser al-Hasi in Suq al-Hut neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Hasi, the air force spokesperson, was injured in the attack. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle at a Khassadars checkpoint in Jamrud, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 11 people were killed and 31 others were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers, journalists, and civilians. Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan) and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2016: An explosive device detonated in Diphu town, Assam state, India. A civilian was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: An explosive device detonated in Hayy As Sinai, Taji, Saladin, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast; the victims included civilians and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Hawr Rajab, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: An explosive device detonated near a UN vehicle in Kidal city, Kidal region, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the blast. Ansar al-Dine (Mali) claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
01/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least four people, including civilians, were wounded in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Baladiat, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a volunteer fighter, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants abducted 50 people from their residences in Bughailiyeh town, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2016: Assailants abducted the Taher Aisia Abu Nawara, the imam of the Siraj Munir Mosque, in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy on Ghormach-Qaisar highway in Kunjak locality, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Fourteen assailants were killed and a soldier and 12 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants attacked security personnel near Mopti, Mopti Region, Mali. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Macina Liberation Front (FLM).
01/19/2016: Assailants attacked transport department employees in Khorab area, Ashir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One employee was killed and another employee was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants fired grad missiles that landed near Benina Airport in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants kidnapped two young girls in Hayy Al Hadba neighborhood, Mosul city, Nineveh, Iraq. The victims were executed the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on Special Operations Police officers in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Three police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
01/19/2016: Assailants raided a village in Tamboura, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic. At least 16 civilians were abducted in the attack. Ten hostages were released later the same day, and the fate of the remaining six hostages is unknown. This was one of two related incidents targeting villages in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/19/2016: Assailants raided a village in Tamboura, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic. There were no reported casualties, though a health center was damaged in the attack. This was one of two related incidents targeting villages in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/19/2016: Assailants shelled an unknown number of houses and farms in the Al-Ahmul, Ibb governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two shelling attacks in this district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
01/19/2016: Assailants shelled an unknown number of houses and farms in the Shiwar, Ibb governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related shelling attacks in this district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
01/19/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Al-Tin area, Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police officer's house in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No casualties were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at Abd al-Nasir Ghalib 'Atshan's house in Hayy Ath Thawrah area, Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq. 'Atshan, the Nasiriyah Municipality leader, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of bombs in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2016: Two suicide bombers attempted to detonate in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. The assailants were killed before they could detonate their explosives. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa province of the Islamic State.
01/19/2017: A sniper opened fire on Al-Kharrubah checkpoint south of Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. A soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: An explosive device detonated at the Shia Abu al-Fazal mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: An explosive device detonated in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. At least seven people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: An explosive device detonated near Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh, India. 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 Maoists.
01/19/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Euphrates, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a security forces vehicle in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. One conscript was killed and two conscripts were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
01/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting the residence of Nayef Khuweter, a Fatah official, in eastern Gaza, Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: Assailants abducted Dr. Safiullah in Qala Sehra, Parwan, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of Safiullah, a public health department adviser, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: Assailants abducted three Indonesian fishers off of Taganak Island in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/19/2017: Assailants attacked a construction site near Latratu Dam in Latratu, Jharkhand, India. An unknown number of workers were held hostage and pieces of equipment were set on fire during the attack. The hostages were released shortly after the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Liberation Front of India.
01/19/2017: Assailants attacked an army convoy in Hudur, Bakool, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: Assailants attacked Sikhdas Baghel, a civilian, at a shop in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India. Baghel was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/19/2017: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Bab Antakya neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least two people were killed and two other people were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/19/2017: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Bab Jinin neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least two people were killed and two other people were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on Levies Forces officers in Kahan neighborhood, Kohlu, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on Somali National Army (SNA) bases in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least six people were killed and ten people were injured in the ensuing clash; the victims included soldiers and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: Assailants raided an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Rann, Borno, Nigeria. At least eight assailants were killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/19/2017: Assailants shot and killed Mohamed Ahmed El-Sayed, a teacher, in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
01/19/2017: Assailants threw explosive devices at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Thaliparamba, Kerala, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/19/2017: Security forces identified and killed at least four suicide bombers targeting security forces with explosives-laden vehicles in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/1998: A bomb set by unknown perpetrators exploded on a bus in Algiers, Algeria, killing one and injuring 23.
01/20/1998: Fifteen motorists were slashed to death at a fake police checkpoint near Bouira in Algeria. No other injuries were reported, and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/20/1998: The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for killing Jim Guiney in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Guiney was a friend of David Adams, a senior member of the Ulster Democratic Party and part of its negotiating team at the Northern Ireland peace talks in Stormont.
01/20/1998: Three people were killed and several people were wounded when a bomb exploded in the coastal town of Zeralda, Algeria. No group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/20/1998: Two people were killed when bombs were tossed into a cafe in Boussaken, Algeria. The assailants also sprayed patrons with gunfire. There were no reports of injuries and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/20/1999: Five people were killed and six were injured when gunmen attacked a bus at the north Mogadishu Sana bus station in Somalia. Among those killed was a wealthy businessman, Mohamed Hassab Ali. The attackers were members of Matan Abdulle, an Abgaal sub-clan.
01/20/2000: A group suspected to be the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a police parade in Morawewa, Sri Lanka, with mortars. Four relatives of policemen and one policeman were killed and 25 were wounded.
01/20/2000: The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for setting a luxury home, that was under construction, on fire in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.. The fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damages. ELF says that the home was targeted because it is within the Lake Monroe watershed. In their written statement, the group states, "this is the drinking water supply for the town of Bloomington, IN, and the surrounding area. It is already being jeopardized by existing development and roads." Authorities also found the initials "ELF" and the words "No Sprawl" spray painted near the scene of the attack.
01/20/2001: A bomb exploded outside the Awami League Office in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The two men responsible for detonating the bomb were killed in the blast. There were no injuries. No one claimed this bombing but the authorities do not believe it was linked to a bombing in Dhaka earlier the same day.
01/20/2001: A Russian military convoy was attacked by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in the town of Argun, Chechnya. The rebels used automatic weapons and grenades wounding three.
01/20/2001: Armed Islamic militants attacked a family in Medea, Algeria, on January 20, 2001. Eleven were killed and three were wounded in the incident.
01/20/2001: Six were killed and several were injured in a bomb blast in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The explosion took place during a rally by the Bangladeshi Communist Party. Authorities arrested 10 people in connection with the bombing, but no group has taken credit.
01/20/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels attacked various buildings which included the police station in Aguas Blancas, Colombia. The rebels used gas tanks for explosive devices. Two were killed and 10 others injured in the attack.
01/20/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels destroyed an electricity transformer line in Guaduas, Colombia. No one was injured in the attack.
01/20/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels torched a gasoline tanker along a road in Guaduas, Colombia. One person was injured in the attack.
01/20/2002: Unidentified assailants, suspected to be Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels indiscriminately attacked the Main Square of Quipile, Colombia. Two people were killed, and one person was seriously injured in the attack.
01/20/2003: A three wheeled taxi loaded with explosives detonated near an Indian army vehicle resulting in one death and one injury inside the Indian Kashmir town of Baramulla. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Islamic Fateh in a statement to a local news agency.
01/20/2003: Earth Liberation Front (ELF) member, Christopher McIntosh, admitted to setting fire to the McDonald's fast-food restaurant across from the Space needle in Seattle, Washington in the United States.  McIntosh climbed onto the roof of the restaurant and poured several gallons of gasoline over it, before igniting the fuel; the arson caused $5,000 in damages, but there were no casualties in the incident.  After setting the fire, McIntosh called the Seattle arson tip line and left a message claiming the incident in the name of both ELF and ALF, and stated that more incidents were to come, "as long as McDonald's keeps hurting our furry brothers."  He was linked to the fire due to spray paint and sunglasses left at the scene.  In December 2005, McIntosh was sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in September of that year.
01/20/2003: Maoists of the People's War Group (PWG) assaulted a Transco sub-station in the Indian village of Isaipet. The rebels reportedly ordered the operators to exit the premises before torching electric meters, wireless sets, and records.
01/20/2003: Maoists of the People's War Group assaulted a Transco sub-station in the Indian village of Chukkapur. The rebels reportedly ordered the operators to exit the premises before torching electric meters, wireless sets, and records.
01/20/2003: Presumed members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) ambushed a military truck in Zambrano Municipality, Colombia resulting in seven deaths and two wounded. The dead included six soldiers and their civilian driver.
01/20/2003: Presumed members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) attacked the Chidakirire Building in Kuwadzana, Zimbabwe with petrol bombs before attacking the occupants with whips and knives. Police said the politically motivated attack resulted in eight injuries, of which one was serious.
01/20/2003: Presumed members of the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) movement detonated a bomb on a crowded train in Karbi Anglong within India’s Assam state causing the train to partially derail. There were no reported injuries. Police suspected that the rebels were trying to cause panic before the upcoming Republic Day holiday.
01/20/2003: Senator Piedad Cordoba escaped an assassination attempt from four motorcycle riding assailants in the Colombian city of Medellin.
01/20/2005: Three members of the Al-Qaida Organization of Holy War in Iraq bombed the British controlled Shaibah logistics camp in Basra. The suicide bombers killed wounded nine British soldiers along with several Iraqi security personnel. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the attack via an internet video.
01/20/2005: Uighur Islamic separatists were suspected to have bombed a bus traveling from Karamay City to Usu City in China’s Xinjiang region. 12 people were killed and two others injured in the bombing. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2006: A bomb went off near a DTAC mobile-phone tower in Thailand’s Narathiwat Province, killing Manor Binyasing, and damaging or destroying the tower. The perpetrators were believed to be Muslim insurgents, and it was unknown if the man killed was one of them. The name of the city in which the attack took place was not reported and there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2006: A portion of a railway track was blown up in the Mach area of the Bolan district of Balochistan, Pakistan. The explosion occurred minutes after a pilot engine passed over the track. This attack is likely related to several others around the same time and the identities of the perpetrators are unknown. There was no reported claim of responsibility.
01/20/2006: A road bridge was damaged after a roadside bomb exploded early in the morning in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no injuries, no claims of responsibility, and the perpetrators of the attack were not identified.
01/20/2006: A roadside bomb exploded in Aqaba bin Nafie Square of Baghdad, Iraq, killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding three. The identities of the perpetrators were unknown. It is possible that this attack was targeting a U.S. patrol rather than civilians.
01/20/2006: A vacationing Afghani policeman, Abdul Wakil Kamyab, was injured and his father, Haji Bangi, was killed after unidentified armed men attacked his house in Andar (District) of Konduz Province, Afghanistan. The weapons used were no reported. Press reports indicated that the attack was perpetrated by suspected Taliban members.
01/20/2006: Delgar Cardenas Gonzalez, a municipal councilor of Sevilla, was shot and killed by an unknown gunman wearing a military uniform in Sevilla, Colombia. Police think that the shooter could be from the Victor Saavedra Company of the FARC, but there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/20/2006: Five guards and aides to President Jalal Talibani of Iraq were wounded when an unidentified suicide bomber with a car bomb drove near the presidential motorcade in the Sulayman Beg administrative subdistrict, near Tuz Khurmatu. Talibani was not present in the motorcade, however, and was not hurt. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2006: In a series of related incidents, suspected ULFA members exploded a bomb at the entrance of a state-owned petroleum refinery in the city of Guwahati in Assam, India. Ten people were wounded but the refinery itself was not damaged. This attack was part of a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/20/2006: In Sagone, Corsica, a home under construction owned by a family living on the French mainland was extensively damaged by a bomb. There were no claims of responsibility and the perpetrators were not identified.
01/20/2006: In the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, a policeman was slightly wounded in a bomb blast.  After being alerted by local residents, the police officer was examining the suspicious-looking object at a labour office building, when the bomb went off.  Authorities attribute the bomb to the Basque separatist organization, ETA.
01/20/2006: In the Sai Buri district of Pattani, Thailand, two boat mechanics were shot at by unknown perpetrators on their way to work, and both received gunshot wounds. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, but it seems to be linked to others in an ongoing insurgency in southern Thailand.
01/20/2006: Suspected ULFA militants engaged in a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, throughout the day and night, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces. The attacks resulted in considerable properties damages, injuries, and possibly some deaths of police and civilians.
01/20/2006: Unknown gunmen shot dead Rolly Canete, a congressional aide and part-time radio journalist in the southern city of Pagadian in the Philippines. There were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/20/2007: Two people were killed and at least 20 wounded when a motorcycle bomb went off in the Chamber Road area of Tinsukia, India. The explosives were kept in a Velocity motorcycle bearing registration number AS 06 D 0402. It is suspected that United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants used RDX in the explosion.  No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/20/2008:  A roadside bomb, placed by unknown perpetrators, targeted a civilian car at Saad Camp, Iraq and killed two people and injured one.
01/20/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber attempted to attack a U.S.-backed Sunni tribal sheik in Anbar province, Iraq.  Though unsuccessful, the bomber still killed six people and injured four others.
01/20/2008:  Taliban militants attacked a NATO supply convoy with gunfire in Gereshk district, Afghanistan.  The attack killed six people and injured three others while destroying three trucks.
01/20/2008:  The Taliban assassinated the head of Afghanistan's National Reconciliation Commission and kidnapped his driver and bodyguard as they were traveling in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a group of Awakening Council members with gunfire in Baquba, Iraq.  The attack killed one person and injured an unknown amount.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a Moharram procession with a mortar and gunfire in Hangu District, Pakistan.  The attack killed no one and injured twelve people. No arrests were made and a cease fire agreement was initiated.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators fired a mortar near a group of people lining up at a district passport office in Baghdad, Iraq.  The attack killed one person and injured three while causing some property damage.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators kidnapped a businessman in Nepalgunj, Nepal on Saturday night.  The kidnap victim's whereabouts remain unknown.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators kidnapped a government official from Raniyapur village in Banke District, Nepal on Saturday night.  The kidnap victim was later found Sunday morning dead from bullet injuries in Napalgunj, Nepal. The victim's name was Purna Prasad Dhakal, a clerk at the Land Reforms Office.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators killed a former senior Baathist in Samarra, Iraq with gunfire.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators set off four bombs: one in the capital of Thimphu and three others in the districts of Samste, Chukha and Dagana of Bhutan between the hours of 11am and 2pm.  While one bomb was targeted at a marketplace, the attacks killed no one, injured one person and caused some property damage like broken windows and torn off walls of shops.
01/20/2008:  Unknown perpetrators shot and killed a Pakistani intelligence official named Nisar Ahmad Khan in the Shabqadar area in Charsadda district, Pakistan.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday afternoon, in Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador, an improvised explosive device  placed in a cardboard box on the sidewalk near the World Trade Center exploded, causing slight damage but no casualties. No were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday at afternoon at 1540, two unidentified men aboard a motorcycle hurled three Molotov cocktails at the Egyptian Embassy in Jakarta.  Two of the explosives struck the embassy building but did not cause damage, while the third struck a tree and started a small fire that was immediately extinguished. No group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday morning at around 1000, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the convoy of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education, Ammar Aziz Muhammad Ali, killing three civilians, wounding five police officers, three civilians, and damaging two vehicles in the convoy. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday,  in Paril village, Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines, suspected MILF rebels raided and set fire to over 20 homes. No casualties or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was responsible.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants on a motorcycle shot and killed a bank manager for spying for intelligence agencies near Sariab police station in Sariab, Balochistan, Pakistan. The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) militants blew up a pipeline with an improvised explosive device in the Dasht area of Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The BRA claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside bomb went off in the Zayouna neighborhood, wounding two civilians, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, in the Ba'qubah al Jadidah district of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the headquarters of the National Movement for Reform and Development political party, wounding three civilians and damaging four vehicles belonging to the party. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2009: On Tuesday, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants shot and killed one civilian and injured another in the jungle area of Unnachchiya in Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
01/20/2010: On Wednesday afternoon at 1330, in Imphal, Manipur, India, unidentified militants opened fire upon the residence of Sanasam Rajen, an engineer during his daughters marriage ceremony. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2010: On Wednesday around noon, in the village of Levashi, Levashinsky, Dagestan, Russia, two masked gunmen shot and seriously injured the deputy chief tax inspector, Nabigull Aliyev, while he was sitting in his car. The attackers made a getaway in a silver VAZ-2199 vehicle. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2010: On Wednesday morning, in Koraput, Orissa, India, around 15 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants attached landmines to the mobile communication tower of Airtel and exploded them at Kaliatola village. The explosion damaged the mobile tower and its control room. No casualties were reported in the attack.
01/20/2010: On Wednesday, at the Indian embassy in Rome, Italy, an improvised explosive device in a postage packet addressed to the Embassy of India in Italy was received. The packet had the sender's name as LTTE sent from Italy. The device did not detonate. No group immediately claimed responsibility.
01/20/2010: On Wednesday, Aurangzeb Khan, a member of the Awami National Party which governs North West Frontier Province, was seriously injured when his vehicle hit a remote-controlled improvised explosive device. Khan had just left his home and was traveling along a Ring Road to attend a death anniversary of Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan at Nishat Hall in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was determined that about three to four kilograms of explosives were used. Three of his bodyguards were also wounded in the attack. The injured were taken to Peshawar's Lady Reading Hospital for treatment. Khan underwent a minor operation in his left arm and his condition was stable. The vehicle was severely damaged and the bomb left a seven feet deep crater in the ground. The high transmission power line was also damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. No motive for the attack was reported; however, the Awami National Party is opposed to Islamist militancy. The ruling Awami National Party (ANP) in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province is a secular party that has been an outspoken critic of the Taliban and the Taliban has targeted several members of the ANP, including Aurangzeb Khan's brother. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2010: On Wednesday, in the Bab Lakash area of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, gunmen entered a popular cafe and opened fire on an off-duty intelligence policeman, killing the officer. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2011: On Thursday afternoon at 1500, in northern Karbala, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting Shiite pilgrims. Fifty civilians were killed and another 150 were wounded in the explosions. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2011: On Thursday afternoon at 1520, in an unspecified location in southern Karbala, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting Shiite pilgrims. A total of 50 civilians were killed and another 150 were wounded in the two blasts. The attack caused an unknown amount of damage and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2011: On Thursday evening, at a market in an unspecified area of Narathiwat, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and killed a married Muslim couple. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/20/2011: On Thursday morning, in the town of Makiyivka, Donetsk city, Ukraine, Ukraine, in one of two related attacks, a state owned coal company office was targeted by an improvised explosive device, which was placed by unknown assailants. The explosion damaged the building and all of the windows on the first floor had been blown out. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2011: On Thursday morning, near Hajano village in the Tangwani area of Kashmor, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up an 18-inch high pressure gas pipeline with an improvised explosive device. The pipeline belonged to Sui Southern Gas Company. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2011: On Thursday night around 0100, on Toturbiyev Street in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the front door of the Caravan Supermarket, damaging the building. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2011: On Thursday night at 0400, in the town of Makiyivka, Donetsk city, Ukraine, Ukraine, in one of two related attacks, an improvised explosive device detonated at a shopping center, but no casualties or damages were reported. The second attack, targeting the office of a state owned coal company, took place only a few moments before. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2011: On Thursday night, in an unspecified area of Yala, Thailand, unidentified militants killed a Muslim man in a drive-by shooting. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/20/2011: On Thursday, in Kanan, Diyala, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near a procession of pilgrims marking the annual Shiite Muslim ceremony of Arbae'en near entrances of Karbala. A child pilgrim was killed and eight more Shiite pilgrims were wounded in the blast. The amount of property damage from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2011: On Thursday, in southern Dora neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near a procession of Shiite pilgrims who were travelling on foot to the holy shrine in the city of Karbala. The pilgrims are marking the annual Shiite Muslim ceremony at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala to commemorate the major ritual of Arbaeen (the end of 40 days of mourning for Imam Hussein). One pilgrim was killed and nine others were wounded in the blast. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2011: On Thursday, in the Lachi tehsil of Kohat district, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, at least a dozen unidentified militants ambushed a convoy of Hungarian oil company, MOL, with small arms fire. Four Pakistani soldiers guarding the convoy and two company officials were killed while one other soldier was injured. Two engineers from the company were kidnapped and taken away to an unknown location. Those killed were identified as Havaldar Ali Zaman, Lance Naik Salim Khan, Lance Naik Amal Daraz, Sepoy Younas Khan, company driver Amir Janan and worker Muhammad Hafeez. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. The status of the hostages is unknown.
01/20/2011: On Thursday, in the San Fabian area of Calasiao, Pangasinan, Philippines, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle shot and killed a barangay chairman of Tucok San Fabian, identified as Arsenio Buao. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/20/2011: On Thursday, in the Zawoon Kallay area of Orakzai, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot and killed a Levies Force official, identified as Ali Nabi, as he was outside his home. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/20/2011: On Thursday, on the outskirts of Badejharkatta village in Badhgaon area in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India, militants killed a villager, identified as Ramsu. The Communist Party of India-Maoists claimed responsibility. A poster stuck to his clothes accused him of being a police informer. The Maoists also threatened villagers with similar consequences if they supported the administration.
01/20/2012: A 21-year-old Afghan soldier attacked French troops at a French and Afghan National Army shared base in Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Four French soldiers were killed in the attack, and 15 were hurt. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying that they had recruited the soldier. The soldier claimed that he did it because of a video of United States Marines urinating on dead bodies.
01/20/2012: A gunman shot and killed a soldier in Nala village, Bara Tehsil, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The soldier was manning a security checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: A pickup truck carrying members of the Kukikhel tribal peace committee hit a roadside bomb in Khayest area, Tiray Valley, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three committee members were injured, and the truck was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the Kukikhel tribesmen had recently created an armed committee to fight the Taliban.
01/20/2012: A roadside bomb detonated close to a police patrol in Hawijah town, Kirkuk, Iraq. A police officer and a civilian were killled and five others injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2012: A suicide bomber detonated at a passport office in Kano city, Nigeria. Folowing the blast, assailants then opened fire on the office. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were in revenge for police arrests and murders of group members.
01/20/2012: A suicide bomber detonated at a regional police headquarters in Kano city, Nigeria. Folowing the blast, assailants then opened fire on the headquarters. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were in revenge for police arrests and murders of group members.
01/20/2012: A vehicle of the Afghan Border Protection Forces struck a roadside bomb in Karez Elyas area, Gulran district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The officers were then fired upon with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and heavy arms. Five people died in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: An explosive device detonated at a motor park in Kano city, Nigeria. Folowing the blast, assailants then opened fire on the park. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were in revenge for police arrests and murders of group members.
01/20/2012: An explosive device detonated at a police station in Kano city, Nigeria. Folowing the blast, assailants then opened fire on the station. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were in revenge for police arrests and murders of group members.
01/20/2012: An explosive device detonated at an immigration office in Kano city, Nigeria. Folowing the blast, assailants then opened fire on the office. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were in revenge for police arrests and murders of group members.
01/20/2012: An explosive device detonated at the headquarters of the state security services in Kano city, Nigeria. Folowing the blast, assailants then opened fire on the headquarters. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were in revenge for police arrests and murders of group members.
01/20/2012: An explosive device detonated at the residence of the inspector general of police in zone one of Kano city, Nigeria. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/20/2012: An explosive device detonated at the St. Louis Secondary School in Gwagwarwa, Kano, Nigeria. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/20/2012: An explosive device stuck on an oil tanker detonated as the truck entered Jalalabad Airport, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three people were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused near the eastern bypass in Tula, Kano, Nigeria. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/20/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused near the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station in Hotoro, Kano, Nigeria. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/20/2012: Approximately 50 assailants dressed in police and army uniforms attacked the Bompai police barracks in Kano city, Nigeria. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. At least 187 people were killed and 50 other people were injured across all 15 attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Three officers were killed, and a police vehicle was set on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources suspected Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/20/2012: Assailants blew up a 16-inch gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was killed in the blast; however, the damage suspended gas supply to other plants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants blew up a boys primary school in Bacha Mena area, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants detonated a remote-controlled explosive device near a paramilitary convoy in Bazgirah area near Bara tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. One soldier died and six were injured in the attack; a convoy vehicle was also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants detonated a roadside bomb near a patrol of a pro-government militia in Jamrud area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two members of the militia were killed and three injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at Tombia Bridge in Yenagoa area, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. No one was injured by the explosive device, but the bridge was damaged. This was one of two attacks in Bayelsa state on January 20, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at Creek Haven Government House in Yenagoa area, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. No one was injured by the explosive device, but the house was damaged. This was one of two attacks in Bayelsa state on January 20, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a pub in Dowara Mashara area, Potiskum Local Government Area, Yobe state, Nigeria. One person died and at least three others were injured in the attack. Nearby soldiers then engaged the assailants, causing them to retreat. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/20/2012: Assailants poisoned the lunch food at an Afghan National Army (ANA) training center at Pol-e Charkhi prison, Kabul city province, Afghanistan. Approximately 200 soldiers became ill as a result of the poisoned food and were taken to a hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Assailants shot and killed Enenche Akogwu in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. Akogwu, a Channels Television reporter, was killed in the blast. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/20/2012: Assailants used rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) to attack a convoy of journalists, government officials and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers between Heliwa and Gubta suburbs, Mogadishu, Banaadir Region, Somalia. At least four people died in the attack. A vehicle was also destroyed. Authorities attributed the attack to al-Shabaab.
01/20/2012: Attackers kidnapped a United States citizen working for Marubeni oil company in Warri city, Delta state, Nigeria. The attackers followed the worker to a bank, killed his security guard, and kidnapped him when he came out of the building. The kidnappers demanded a ransom equal to $310,000. The hostage was released on January 27, 2012; it is unknown if a ransom was paid to secure the individual's release. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2012: Four explosives-laden vehicles were discovered and defused in Kano city, Nigeria. This was one of 15 incidents in Kano on the same day. Boko Haram claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/20/2013: A grenade was fired at a police station in Piamonte, Cauca department, Colombia. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the news source attributed the attack to the 45th front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: A police officer's vehicle hit an explosive device in Vedenskiy district, Chechnya republic, Russia. The officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an Aman Lashkar patrol in the Shalobar area of Bara Tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Five volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2013: An explosive device detonated near an electricity transmission line close to Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2013: An explosive device detonated near the San Miguel-Orito oil pipeline, owned by Ecopetrol, in Orito, Putumayo department, Colombia. This was one of two attacks on the pipeline on January 20th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, several sources blame the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: An explosive device hidden in a motorcycle detonated near a vehicle containing Muhammad Din Shah Afridi, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader and local contractor, in the Khyber Chowk area of Ittehad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Afridi was uninjured; however, four other people sustained injuries and numerous shops were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeted Afridi because they had been making extortion demands from him.
01/20/2013: An explosive device hidden inside a trash can detonated inside The Mall Athens in Maroussi district of Athens, Attica region, Greece. Two security guards were injured in the blast. Two groups, Wild Freedom and Instigators of Social Explosion, co-claimed the attack as a protest against capitalism and raids on squatters in central Athens.
01/20/2013: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Tarra area, North Santander department, Colombia. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: Assailants opened fire on a member of the Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in Jaguimitan village, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. Nife T. Lapora, the victim, was killed in the attack. Officials identified him as a former rebel; they suspect he was attacked by his former group.
01/20/2013: Four landmines detonated on a group of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers returning from a raid near the Mahua Tand police station in Jamnijara, Jharkhand state, India. Eleven police officers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, police arrested a member of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) in complicity with the incident.
01/20/2013: Gunmen attacked a military outpost with mortars and machine guns in Hacari, North Santander department, Colombia. Four soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, news sources attribute the attacks to the 33rd front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: Gunmen fired at a Bell helicopter attempting to land with police reinforcements in Caloto, Cauca department, Colombia. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, news sources attribute the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: Gunmen opened fire at police headquarters in Hajja, Hajja governorate, Yemen. Four people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2013: Gunmen opened fire on Rafael Mauricio Giron Ulchur between Jambalo and Toribio towns, Cauca, Colombia. Ulchur, the Jambalo City Council president, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the Association of Indigenous Councils (ACIN) attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: Perpetrators attacked a police checkpost in Badaber area of Shaikhan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one was injured in the ensuing gun battle. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2013: Perpetrators attacked electricity towers in Orito, Putumayo department, Colombia. No one was injured in the incident; however, several towers were destroyed and the flow of electricity was cut off. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a news source attributes the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: Perpetrators kidnapped five police officers from a security post in Bala Balok district, Farah province, Afghanistan. The kidnapping was carried out with the aid of a member of the police force. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that the abductees willingly joined their group. The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/20/2013: The Transandino oil pipeline, owned by Ecopetrol, was blown up in an unknown location in Colombia. No one was injured in the attack; however, four sections of a small pipeline were destroyed. This was one of two attacks on the pipeline on the evening of January 20th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, the news sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2013: Three pipe bombs were found in Adam Square, Geva Binyamin, East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No other information is known.
01/20/2013: Two men on a motorcycle threw a grenade into Al-Juhaym market in Ta'izz city, Ta'izz governorate, Yemen. At least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: A letter bomb detonated in Kampala city, Central region, Uganda. The letter had been addressed to Rebecca Kadaga, the Parliament Speaker; however, she was out of the office when the letter was delivered. An assistant opened it and was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast occurred near a group including Fazal Khaliq Khan, a leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) and a former Nazim. Khan was uninjured; however, two of his guards were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Loni area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one person, a Pakistan Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) official, was killed as a result of the blast. This was one of two such attacks in this area on this day. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Loni area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two people were killed and at least three others were injured as a result of the blast. This was one of two such attacks in this area on this day. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a bridge in Wadh town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No injuries were reported, but the bridge was damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a vehicle carrying two journalists in Al-Khaldiyah, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. One journalist, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Attia, and a police officer were killed in the attack, while the other journalist, Moaid Ibrahim, and another police officer were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi Armed Forces patrol in Qayarah district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. A colonel was killed and two soldiers were wounded as a result of the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol in al-Dubat area in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least three police officers were injured and a vehicle was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: A rocket struck the outskirts of Eilat city, Southern district, Israel. This was one of two such attacks on Eilat city on this day, for which no casualties were reported. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the attack and accused Israel of "pressuring Cairo to wage a war on Islam and Muslims in Egypt."
01/20/2014: A rocket struck the outskirts of Eilat city, Southern district, Israel. This was one of two such attacks on Eilat city on this day, for which no casualties were reported. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that Israel was the main enemy of the Muslim world and accused Israel of waging a war on Muslims in Egypt.
01/20/2014: A suicide bomber detonated after being intercepted by soldiers in the Royal Artillery Bazar in Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least 14 people, including seven soldiers, were killed and at least 24 others were wounded as a result of the blast. Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesperson for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was in response to a military operation in Rawalpindi in 2007 and the killing of a TTP deputy chief in a United States (US) drone strike.
01/20/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Bab Al-Hawa border post, Idlib governorate, Syria. This was one of two suicide attacks on the post within ten minutes. In addition to the assailant, at least ten people were killed and 20 people were wounded in the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: A United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol car struck a landmine in Kidal region, Mali. At least five Chadian MINUSMA members were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An assailant attempted to plant an explosive device in the al-Baath neighborhood of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Police shot and killed the assailant, Mohamed Fadel Abbas, and no other casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosive device detonated at an Akakhel Peace Lashkar office in Bara tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three volunteers were injured and the office was damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: An explosive device detonated in Toribio town, Cauca department, Colombia. At least one person was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/20/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Rangers vehicle in the Manghopir area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people, including civilians, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosive device detonated near soldiers on patrol at the Ban Chuwa School in Marubo Ok sub-district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. At least five soldiers were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Alshorttah al-Rabaah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two civilians were killed and at least seven others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Baiyaa district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Hurriyah district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one civilian was killed and nine others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Iskan area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four civilians were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Jadidah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Dura in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two such attacks in Dura on this date, across which at least six people were killed and 15 were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/20/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a crowded market in the Abu Dsheer area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were killed and 18 others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: Assailants abducted Han Seok-woo in the Karkache area of Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Seok-woo, the head of the Libyan unit of a Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, was successfully rescued on January 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: Assailants attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost at Kundlani Bridge near Mach town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no casualties reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants attacked at least one Afghan Police checkpoint in Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. At least four assailants were killed, and six assailants and one police officer were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/20/2014: Assailants attacked Forward Operating Base Pasab in Zharai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One assailant detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the main gate, killing United States (US) soldier Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli, and allowing eight other assailants to enter the base. A firefight ensued, during which all of the remaining assailants were killed and at least five US soldiers were wounded. Additionally, two civilian bystanders were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The pipeline was damaged as a result of the blast and resulted in the suspension of gas supplies to the area. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: Assailants established a fake checkpoint on Tikrit-Bayji Highway in Saladin governorate, Iraq. The assailants then proceeded to stop and kill three border guards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: Assailants kidnapped two midwives in the Lidaale area of Bay region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/20/2014: Assailants launched explosives at Kismaayo Airport in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded in this attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Indian Army patrol in Dadsara village, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The soldiers returned fire, killing one of the attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents of Rangkala village, Bihar state, India. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Khuda Bakhsh Sajidi in Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Although Sajidi, a deputy with Pakistan Administrative Service, was unharmed, a Levies official was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants planted an explosive device near a tea stall in Jiribam bazaar, Manipur state, India. The device was discovered by security forces and was safely detonated without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2014: Assailants set fire to a police station in Albu Faraj town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, but the building was damaged as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants stormed a student residence in Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. The assailants assaulted the students with sticks and clubs, injuring at least five people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tehama Movement.
01/20/2014: Assailants threw a grenade into a Levies police station in Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one Levies official, Muhammed Yousuf, was injured in the attack. The Balochistan National Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Assailants threw grenades at the home of an al-Saiqa soldier in the Kish area of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The soldier was unharmed, but his brother was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Gunmen attacked the home of a primary school head in Wulgo village, Borno state, Nigeria. The school head was killed and one other person was wounded as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/20/2014: Gunmen opened fire on a prominent Shia cleric in the Kissa Khwani market area in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The cleric, Allama Alim Al-Musvi, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2014: Two gunmen opened fire on a former Ba'ath Party member in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The former member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at a police checkpoint in Wah town, Punjab province, Pakistan. The bomber was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An assailant threw a grenade at a crowd of soccer fans in Conakry city, Conakry region, Guinea. A civilian was killed and four others, including the assailant, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device attached to a minibus detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device attached to a tribal elder's vehicle detonated in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. The elder, Haji Imamuddin, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at a garbage dump near the Lamlong bridge in Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. No casualties were reported. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest to India's Republic Day celebrations, scheduled for January 26, 2015.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Defense Ministry lieutenant colonel's residence in Khanasah village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The officer and two other people were injured and the officer's son was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated near a medical center in New Baghdad district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated near a security checkpoint in Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of a post office in Chuadanga town, Khulna division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated prematurely as an assailant attempted to attack a rickshaw in Kadamotoli neighborhood, Katwali Thana area, Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. The assailant was killed, but there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Wahab Kala area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least seven civilians were killed and at least one was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a railway bridge and train near Kuznetsovka area, Zaporizhzhya oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting an Egyptian Army vehicle in At Tumah village, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. An officer and two conscripts were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Hilmi Khalaf in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, Gaza city, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Khalaf, a Hamas official working for the interior ministry, was not injured in the blast, but the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Jamhuriyah area, Toz Khurmato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Turkmen civilian, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants abducted a Kurdish United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) employee from Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. The employee was released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Anti-Balaka Militia.
01/20/2015: Assailants abducted two people in Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The two abductees, Mustafa Zaarour and Ali Ezzeddine, were released on January 22, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping; however sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked a banana plantation in Lilingayon village, Bukidnon province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a military official attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked a Communist Party of India: Marxist (CPI-M) worker at his home in Thuvakkunnu area, Kerala state, India. The worker was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked a construction site in Mabini area, Surigao del Norte province, Philippines. No casualties were reported, but heavy pieces of construction equipment were damaged in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Goa town, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked a Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) constable in Pollamapalli village, Chhattisgarh state, India. The constable, Kichche Soya, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked a Ukrainian Airmobile Forces soldiers at the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. An unknown number of assailants and soldiers were killed, and at least eight soldiers were abducted. All eight hostages were released unharmed on October 29, 2015. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants attacked Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) positions in Manteu village, Rumbek district, Lakes state, South Sudan. At least 48 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
01/20/2015: Assailants attempted to hijack a United Nations (UN) vehicle in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Loti area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting a Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) road opening party near Murdonda village, Chhattisgarh state, India. One CAF officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/20/2015: Assailants detonated two explosive devices in Doyel Chattar area, Dhaka University, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of pro-hartal activists.
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles and opened fire on the convoy of General Yahya Abu-Awja in Qatn district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Abu-Awja was not harmed in the blast, but five of his escorts were killed and three were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at the home of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian Army soldiers near Slovyanoserbsk, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related attacks on checkpoints in Luhansk on the same day. At least one soldier was killed and seven others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian Army soldiers near Zholobok, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related attacks on checkpoints in Luhansk on the same day. At least one soldier was killed and seven others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Krymske town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties; however, around 100 homes in the town were hit. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Shchastya town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties; however, at least 30 apartments were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Stanytsia Luhanska town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least two people were injured and 60 houses were destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the the incident to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/20/2015: Assailants kidnapped 16 people in Albu Ujayl town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting that the assailants accused the victims of supporting security forces.
01/20/2015: Assailants kidnapped Salim Hadi Mansur Hadi in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of Hadi, the nephew of the president, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/20/2015: Assailants kidnapped the young nephew of an Al Bayat family clan leader in Askari neighborhood, Tuz Khormato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants killed a former officer in Hay al-Tin, Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on a local administration official in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on a local government councilor in Gandava area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The councilor was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on a village chief in Lower Bicutan neighborhood, Taguig city, Metropolitan Manila Territory, Philippines. The chief, Aurelio Padilla, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers as they were responding to a car crash in Muk-Abad area, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. At least one person was killed and two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers guarding a religious pilgrimage in Tuquerres, Narino state, Colombia. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents in Sontyo village, Taraba state, Nigeria. At least 11 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Fulani militants were behind the attack.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on the motorcade of Yemen's defense minister in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The defense minister, General Mahmoud Al-Subaihi, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
01/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) forces and civilians in Tabonkort area, Gao region, Mali. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA).
01/20/2015: Assailants set explosive devices and deployed snipers along a road in Surigao del Sur province, Philippines. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New Peoples Army (NPA).
01/20/2015: Assailants set fire to a bulldozer in Spring area, South Cotabato province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/20/2015: Assailants stormed a local council building and kidnapped three council members in Tarmiyah district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One of the victims was found dead later the same day; the outcome for the remaining two victims is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a house in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. This was one of three similar attacks in Quetta residences on this date. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the owner of the house was "anti-Balochi."
01/20/2015: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a house in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The grenade failed to detonate, and there were no injuries This was one of three similar attacks in Quetta residences on this date. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the owner of the house was "anti-Balochi."
01/20/2015: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a house in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The grenade failed to detonate, and there were no injuries. This was one of three similar attacks in Quetta residences on this date. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the owner of the house was "anti-Balochi."
01/20/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police vehicle in Kedarganj area, Khulna division, Bangladesh. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of pro-hartal activists.
01/20/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the car of Communist Party of India leader O. K. Vasu in Poyiloor, Kerala state, India. No one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the attack to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
01/20/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at the residence of a Member of Parliament (MP) near Sorowatoli village, Boalkhali area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported; however, the windows of the house were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices in Dhaka University, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One of the devices detonated inside the Arts Faculty building, while another failed to detonate and was discovered soon after the attack. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Explosive devices detonated in Siddique Bazaar area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device on a highway in South Manuangan village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: A rocket struck a house in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a bus carrying employees of Kaboora Production, a Tolo News affiliate, on Darulaman road in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 25 people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group believed Tolo News was an "important tool of warfare of America and the crusaders." Sources also attributed the attack to the Haqqani Network.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated at a store in Isabela City, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated in Arab Ebjur, Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and a second person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated in Batari area of Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2016: 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.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in the Jamal Kala area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One civilian was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Jamal Kala on the same day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol escorting teachers in Village no. 1, Ko Sathon, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. No one was harmed in the bomb blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting police personnel responding to the scene of an earlier incident in Jamal Kala, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least three officers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Jamal Kala on the same day. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/20/2016: An explosive device detonated while security forces were attempting to defuse it in Suleyman Nazif Street in Dabanoglu neighborhood, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. One soldier was killed and six others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/20/2016: An explosive device planted under a vehicle detonated in al-Rasheed area in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Electricity employee, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Golweyn village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al Shabaab.
01/20/2016: Assailants attacked Khanabad district in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. 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 Taliban.
01/20/2016: Assailants attacked police officers in Darqad district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. One police officer and two assailants were killed and one police officer was injured in ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/20/2016: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Hazrat Sultan, Kunduz, Afghanistan. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/20/2016: Assailants fired mortars at civilian residences in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
01/20/2016: Assailants kidnapped 35 miners in Mambasa, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Mai Mai Simba Militia
01/20/2016: Assailants opened fire at a police checkpoint in El-Etlawi square, Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least five police officers were killed and three others were injured in the attack. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on Manuel Bissopo, a senior official in the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) political party, in Beira city, Sofala province, Mozambique. Bissopo's bodyguard was killed while Bissopo himself was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) was involved.
01/20/2016: Assailants raided Buratai town, Borno, Nigeria. At least three assailants were killed and an unknown number of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/20/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Assailants shot and killed Mat Kori Seng, a civilian, in Mayo district, Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Assailants shot and killed two police officers in Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Saghir Ahmeed Badini in Kharan, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Badini, the district chair, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus in Mettupatti village, Tamil Nadu state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a vehicle in Dungannon town, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Four suicide bombers armed with grenades and firearms attacked students, faculty, and staff at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least 25 people, including all four assailants, were killed and 22 others were injured in the assault. The Tariq Geedar Group of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility; however, a separate TTP spokesperson disavowed the attack.
01/20/2016: Security forces found and safely defused four explosive devices in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Security forces identified and arrested an assailant carrying explosive devices on a passenger bus in Gwaltabi area, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2016: Security forces identified and killed three suicide bombers targeting military members in Hayakil al-Jami'ah area, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/20/2017: A grenade was discovered and defused at the residence of Phusraj Dugad, a businessperson, in Rajbiraj, Province 2, Nepal. The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha- Goit (JTMM-G) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: A landmine detonated targeting a lorry in Jowhar, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosive device detonated in Abadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one child was killed and three children were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosive device detonated near a shopping center in Daliyat al-Karmel, Haifa, Israel. There were no reported casualties in the blast. In addition, a second explosive device was discovered and defused at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle in Sui subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander in Sozma Qala, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. The commander, identified as Koterma, was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Haji Zmaray, an uprising commander, in Khawaja Baran, Balkh, Afghanistan. Zmaray and one other person were killed and five people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Ganfouda, Benghazi, Libya. At least one military officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Adaba, Odisha, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
01/20/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused underneath a bridge in Gomia, Jharkhand, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Sharifah, Homs, Syria. At least seven soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/20/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Abu Houraira mosque in Majouri, Benghazi, Libya. At least one person was killed and 10 people, including a former interior minister, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) soldiers in Suflaniyah, Aleppo, Syria. At least five soldiers were killed and nine other soldiers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2017: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Ramadi district, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least four soldiers were killed in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants attacked a police outpost in Maywand, Kandahar, Afghanistan. This was one of at least two related attacks targeting police outposts in Maywand on this date. At least 43 people, including 16 police officers and 27 assailants, were killed and 28 others, including 11 police officers and 17 assailants, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants attacked a security outpost in Namosa, Pashtun Kot, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in Faryab on the same day. At least five assailants were killed and 11 assailants and two border police officers were injured across the ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/20/2017: Assailants attacked a security outpost in Qasbah Qala, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in Faryab on the same day. At least five assailants were killed and 11 assailants and two border police officers were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel in Jar Quduq, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. An ALP member and an assailant were killed and three assailants were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/20/2017: Assailants attacked and killed three civilians suspected of collaborating with security forces in Pdakar, Rakhine, Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants attempted to extort money from civilians in Pubsilputa, Assam, India. Local residents and security forces intervened, leading to the arrest of two assailants. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Karbi People's Liberation Tigers (KPLT).
01/20/2017: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked volunteer forces in Adayah, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled both assaults, killing 20 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/20/2017: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked volunteer forces in Tall Zallat, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled both assaults, killing 20 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/20/2017: Assailants fired a rocket at a Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Sutlucu, Istanbul, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related rocket attacks that took place in Istanbul on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to Devrimici Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (DHKP/C).
01/20/2017: Assailants fired a rocket at a police headquarters in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related rocket attacks that took place in Istanbul on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, officials attributed the attacks to Devrimici Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (DHKP/C).
01/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on tribal elders en route to a Jirga in Orakzai district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Pakistan. At least two elders were killed and six other elders were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/20/2017: Assailants shot and killed Jojo Gantalao, a barangay councilor, in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants stopped a Santos Land Development Corporation truck and stole the keys from the driver along Malasila road in Makilala, North Cotabato, Philippines. No casualties were reported. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants threatened a gay civilian with a gun and punched him outside his home in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The civilian, identified as Gyo, was injured in the assault. The assailants also spray-painted homophobic slurs on the victim's vehicle during the incident.
01/20/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a police vehicle in Narbal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/1976: In Sacramento, California, United States, Jewish temple B'nai Israel was the target of an attempted bombing by unknown perpetrator(s). No warning was given.
01/21/1983: Unknown perpetrators planted nine bombs at the Golden Jack Bakery, a Middle Eastern bakery, which sells Armenian and Lebanese breads, in Anaheim, California, United States.  Authorities discovered the pipe bombs, which were made of highly volatile, smokeless powder and  strung together with wires, when they were called to a fire at the bakery, which was set off by a battery-powered device. It is suspected that the arson and the bombs were linked.  All of the bombs were removed and deactivated, and there were no injuries in this incident, but the extent of property damage from the fire is unknown.
01/21/1998: In a series of linked incidents, three bombs exploded in central Athens, Greece, causing significant damage to surrounding buildings but no injuries. The first bomb was planted outside an apartment building in the downtown Athens district of Exarhia. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/21/1998: In a series of linked incidents, three bombs exploded in central Athens, Greece, causing significant damage to surrounding buildings but no injuries. The second bomb, which exploded within a few minutes of the first, was left in a roadside garbage can roughly 500 yards away from the first target, an apartment building in the downtown Athens district of Exarhia. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/21/1998: In a series of linked incidents, three bombs exploded in central Athens, Greece, causing significant damage to surrounding buildings but no injuries. The third bomb exploded inside an office building in the center of Athens' commercial district less than 30 minutes after the first two. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/21/1998: John McColgan, a taxi-driver, was shot five times in the back of the head at point-blank range in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. McColgan's body was found dumped on a road. His killers, members of the Irish National Liberation Army, used the taxi to make their getaway, and the car was later found burned out on the outskirts of south Belfast.
01/21/1999: The body of Dr. Djevat Gashi,46, from Pec was discovered in the center of Prekale, Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), with one large-caliber bullet in the head. Gashi's family claimed that members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) called Dr. Gashi a few days before his death and demanded that he join the international humanitarian and medical organization "Medecins Sans Frontiers," which helped the KLA. Dr. Gashi rejected the demand. Officials blamed the KLA for this attack.
01/21/2000: A bomb exploded outside the Ecuadorian Banking Superintendency (SBE) in Quito. No one was injured, but the SBE building was slightly damaged with broken windows. Ecuadorian Indians were violently protesting nearby at the time of the explosion, but there was no claim of responsiblity.
01/21/2000: A rocket was fired at a shop in Caglavica, Serbia, but it did not explode. There were no injuries, and no group claimed credit for the incident.
01/21/2000: Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) detonated a car bomb in Madrid killing one army officer and injuring two teenage girls.
01/21/2000: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels entered a private residence in Mayara, Namibia, and opened fire, killing three and injuring six.
01/21/2001: A bomb blast injured parliament member Vasilios Michaloiakos. The attack took place in Piraeus, Greece and was attributed to 17 November Revolutionary Organization (17N). Three were injured.
01/21/2001: A bomb blast took place outside the National Conference Headquarters of the ruling party in Jammu, India. There was property damage but no injuries were reported. Authorities believe Muslim guerrillas were to blame.
01/21/2001: A bomb was placed outside the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Claudy, Northern Ireland. The bomb was defused by authorities. Republican dissidents were believed to be responsible.
01/21/2001: Members of Mujahidin-e-Khalq fired four mortars at the Central Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran. No injuries were reported, but some structural damage occurred as a result of the attack.
01/21/2001: Nine people were killed when Chechen Rebels (non-specific) attacked a hospital in Gudermes, Chechnya. Security forces were able to drive off the rebels but there was extensive property damage to the hospital.
01/21/2001: Six were killed and 22 were injured when a vehicle drove over a landmine in Srinagar, India. Muslim guerillas were suspected.
01/21/2002: A bomb exploded outside the home of North Ossetian Internal Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Kazbek Dzantiyev in Vladikavkaz, Russia. The bomb targeted Dzantiyev's car. No one was injured in the attack. It was not certain who responsible.
01/21/2003: A vehicle carrying two American contractors was fired upon in Kuwait leaving Michael Rene Pouliot dead and David Caraway injured. The attack, by 25-year-old Sami Mohammed Marzook Obaid al-Mutairi, occurred along the Highway 85 near Camp Doha. The assailant said he was motivated by Osama Bin Laden however it was not clear whether he was affiliated with a group.
01/21/2003: LA Times reporter Ruth Morris and photographer Scott Dalton were abducted in the Colombian Department of Arauca by the National Liberation Army (NLA). No further information was provided.
01/21/2003: Unidentified bandits traveling in a jeep opened fire at a group of tourists at Kalinjer Fort inside India’s Banda district resulting in eight deaths.
01/21/2005: A suicide car bomber blew himself up at a Shi’i wedding ceremony in Usifia City, Iraq. 11 people were killed and 23 others were injured in the explosion. Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombing, local people suspected that Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi’s group may have been responsible for the attack.
01/21/2005: A suspected Sunni Muslim suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a Shi’i mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast, which occurred during prayers, killed at least 14 people and injured many others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2005: Suspected members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) bombed the entrance to the Sidi M’hamed-Cherif mausoleum in the Ain Romana cemetery in Mouzaia, Algeria. The bomb, which was had been buried under the entrance to the mausoleum, killed three people and injured five others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2005: Unidentified gunmen attacked an Iraqi Army and police checkpoint located between Baghdad and Al-Hillah. Two soldiers were killed and two others wounded in the attack. Two policemen were injured in shooting as well. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2005: Unknown perpetrators attacked a convoy of Turkish trucks near Balad, Iraq. The perpetrators fired automatic weapons and anti-tank missiles at the vehicles in the convoy, killing one Turkish driver. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2005: Unknown perpetrators threw a grenade the home of Rafiq Ahmed Dar, a local political candidate in Old Baramulla, India. The grenade detonated on the roof of Dar’s house, but he was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2006: A car bomb detonated near a market in Baghdad, Iraq, killing an Iraqi civilian and wounding five others. The blast came one day after the Iraqi electoral commission announced the final results of the December 15 general elections and a surge in violence by insurgents had been expected. There were no reported claims of responsibility, however, and the perpetrators were not identified.
01/21/2006: A newspaper columnist, Graciano Aquino, was shot and killed in the town of Morong in the Philippines. Police suspect members of a breakaway faction from the NPA are responsible, though no one has claimed responsibility.
01/21/2006: A teacher named Thipwaree Sriploy was shot while parking her motorcycle outside her home in the Muang district of Yala, Thailand. She later died in the hospital of her injuries. Police believe this attack is linked to others in an ongoing insurgency in southern Thailand.
01/21/2006: In a series of related incidents, suspected ULFA members bombed a crude oil pipeline of Oil India Ltd inside the Rangoli Reserve Forest in Sibsagar district, damaging the pipeline but causing no injuries. This attack is part of a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/21/2006: In a series of related incidents, suspected ULFA members bombed a gas pipeline of Oil India Ltd inside the Rangoli Reserve Forest in Sibsagar district, damaging the pipeline but causing no injuries. This attack is part of a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/21/2006: In a series of related incidents, suspected ULFA members exploded a bomb near a power facility in the eastern North Lakhimpur district, damaging the facility, but not causing any casualties. This attack is part of a string of grenade atacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/21/2006: In a series of related incidents, suspected ULFA members exploded a bomb near a power transformer, damaging the power installation and wounding five police officers in the eastern North Lakhimpur district in Assam, India. This attack is part of a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/21/2006: Maoists in Nepal bombed at least one government building in Gaur, Rautahat district. The extent of the property damage and number of casualties was unknown. There were no reported injuries and no claims of responsibility.
01/21/2006: Maoists in Nepal detonated a bomb at a municipality building in Biratnagar, Nepal. It is unknown whether the building of the Biratnager Sub-Metropolitan Corporation was damaged, but a municipality vehicle and an ambulance outside the building were damaged. There were no reported injuries and no claims of responsibility.
01/21/2006: Suspected ULFA militants engaged in a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India throughout the day and night, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces. The attacks resulted in considerable properties damages, injuries, and possibly some deaths of police and civilians.
01/21/2006: Unidentified assailants shot and killed a home guard and a civilian in Seruwila, Sri Lanka.  The attackers took a gun belonging to the home guard before fleeing.
01/21/2007:  A police constable, Nelson Hewawitharana, was shot and killed in Vavuniya district, Sri Lanka.  The victim was on a public bus when members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) boarded the bus, pulled him off, and shot him.
01/21/2007: A parked car armed with a bomb exploded outside a restaurant in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, killing one person and wounding five. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/21/2007: A police officer and two civilians were killed when a homemade mortar was launched on a police truck in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura, Colombia. The attack also injured nine others. Officials blamed FARC for the attack.
01/21/2007: A woman was killed and six others wounded when a suicide car bomb, thought to be targeting an Iraqi army patrol, went off in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/21/2007: At least two Pakistani policemen were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near a police vehicle in Pakistan's tribal region Sunday. The attack was carried out when the police mobile van was traveling on the main road linking South Waziristan with Tank, the main city at the edge of the tribal region. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/21/2007: Suspected LTTE members shot and killed a police constable, and injured another in Kulumadu, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka while they were on their way to report for duty at the Kulumadu check point on the Vavuniya-Mannar main road.
01/21/2007: Tamil Tiger rebels rammed an explosives-laden boat against a private merchant vessel operated by an Indian crew in a suicide attack in Sri Lanka's northern waters. One crew member was wounded in the incident. The government blamed the Tigers, but no claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/21/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral ceremony near Baiji, Iraq.  The bomber killed seventeen people and wounded twelve more, however his apparent target, the deputy governor of security for Salahuddin province, was unharmed.
01/21/2008:  An unknown suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi patrol near Mosul, Iraq killing two and wounding nine others.
01/21/2008:  The An-Nasser Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for firing a projectile into Ashkelon, Israel.  The attack killed and injured an unknown amount of people. This was their response to the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.
01/21/2008:  Unknown perpetrators blew up three supply trucks in Chaman, southwest Pakistan that were bound for coalition forces in Afghanistan.  The attack killed no one and injured one.
01/21/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a grenade in a car belonging to the wife of Lebanon's assistant military prosecutor in Beirut, Lebanon.  The attack came after a parliamentary session to elect a new president was delayed.  The blast killed and injured no one but damaged several cars.
01/21/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated home-made bombs next to 6 banks, 22 vehicles and 3 luxury car showrooms in Athens and Salonica, Greece.  The attacks killed and injured no one but caused some property damage.
01/21/2008:  Unknown perpetrators set off bombs at two banks in Sartene on Corsica Island.  The attack killed and injured no one but caused significant property damage.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday around noon, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device  targeting the home of a police commander, Afzal Khan, during a wedding ceremony in Baghlan, Baghlan, Afghanistan. The attack injured three civilians, three children, one police officer and damaged the residence. Spokesman of the security command of Baghlan Province, Ahmad Jawed Basharat, confirmed the suicide attack. Basharat said that the bomber, who was lame from one leg, carried out the attack on a wedding party in Shahr-e Jaded in which security commander of the central Baghlan District, Mohammad Afzal was among the wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday morning at about 1155, in 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the convoy of the dean of the Islamic University, Ziyad al-Ani'a, in the 'Azamiyah neighborhood, killing five civilians, wounding four security guards, six civilians, and damaging two vehicles in the convoy. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Tagbinonga village in Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines, approximately 20 armed assailants invaded a Filippino Youbang Mining Corporation site and set fire to four mining vehicles, damaging all four vehicles. The assailants then stole a vehicle from the site and fled in it. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected the New People's Army/Communist Party of Philippines (NPA-CPP) was responsible.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, Baloch Republican Army militants blew up a pipeline in the Dasht Goran area of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. No casualties were reported.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, between Khasavyurt and Karlanyurt village in Dagestan, Russia, an anti-tank mine was wired to the Baku-to-Rostov train tracks, near the Bairam train station. The device was believed to be targeting the station itself, however it was discovered, removed and destroyed by hydraulic cannon, before detonation. No casualties or damage was caused by the attempted attacked. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Bonny of Nigeria Delta in Nigeria, militants attacked the Mt Meredith tanker with an unknown amount of dynamite.  According to reports, the blast damaged the ship's engines and superstructure. One Romanian sailor was kidnapped. The attack was claimed by The Movement for the Emancipation of the Nigerian Delta,  on behalf of an unnamed affiliate group.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Haswah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed inside a vehicle, killing one teacher and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, an improvised explosive device stuck to a civilian vehicle detonated in al-Asriya village in al-Askandariya district, killing the driver. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a local-made improvised explosive device went off near al-Nour al-Kabier mosque, killing one civilian, wounding another, and damaging three civilian vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/21/2009: On Wednesday, suspected Taliban militants blew up the high school for boys and a basic health unit with an improvised explosive device in Sher Falam in Matta, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2010: On Thursday evening at 1730, three civilians were killed and another was wounded when unidentified militants opened fire on them in the Iganagampong area of Datu Unsay district in the Philippines' Maguindanao province. The were identified as Abdullah Salibak, 40, his five-month pregnant wife Rahima and an unidentified child. The civilians all belonged to the same family. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2010: On Thursday evening at 2000, a village chief, Danny Amor, was shot dead by unidentified militants in the Bartolabac area of San Jacinto district in the Philippines' Masbate province. Five unidentified armed men forcibly entered the house of the victim and one of them, bearing a .45 caliber handgun with silencer, fired at the victim. It was believed that politics was the motive behind the killing. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2010: On Thursday morning, in Lakhmipur Charpara village in Ataikula, Pabna, Bangladesh, unknown gunmen shot dead a regional leader of the Janajudhha faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party, Makbul Hossain. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2010: On Thursday night at 0220, in Bishenpur, Manipur, India, a bomb planted by unknown militants exploded at Loktak Development Authority (LDA) office complex, damaging a machine and parts of the office building in the Ningthoukhong area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties have been reported.
01/21/2010: On Thursday night, in Palamau, Jharkhand, India, around 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist militants set ablaze three mobile towers and poured petroleum products on the generator and machines room and set it ablaze. The equipment including the towers, belonged to BSNL, Airtel and Idea, were badly damaged. The purpose of the attack was to disrupt telecommunication system in the district. No casualties have been reported.
01/21/2010: On Thursday, in Bishenpur, Manipur, India, unidentified militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device blowing up an excavator used for clearing Phumdis (Floating Biomass) at Loktak Lake. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported.
01/21/2010: On Thursday, in Imphal West, Manipur, India, suspected Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) militants planted an improvised explosive device at the residence of a local chief in the Kodompokpi Mamang Leikai area. The device failed to explode. No casualties were reported in the attack.
01/21/2010: On Thursday, in Imphal West, Manipur, India, unidentified militants placed a bomb at the residence of Moirangthem Dolen Singh, Upper Division Clerk of the Manipur Irrigation and Flood Control Department's Dolaithabi project, at Hiyangthang Maning Leikai. The bomb failed to explode it was defused by Police. Police also recovered a note inside the bomb from the Military Council faction of the United Kuki Liberation Army (UKLA). No casualties were reported. There was no reported damage.
01/21/2010: On Thursday, in Imphal, Manipur, India, unidentified militants placed a Chinese-made hand grenade at the residence gate of Toijam Kanto, a local chief, at Kodompokpi Mamang Leikai. Police detected the grenade after it failed to explode. No group has claimed responsibility for the grenade.
01/21/2010: On Thursday, unknown militants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device in Ghakay area, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan. One civilian was killed and 22 others were wounded. The bomb was said to have been targeting anti-Taliban elders. The explosion hit their bus in Salarzai district in the tribal region of Bajaur. The vehicle was carrying some tribal elders who had formed a militia to fight Islamist extremists in the region. A number of local leaders have been killed in similar attacks in Bajaur in recent months. No group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2011: On Friday afternoon at 1400, near Kolae Bire village in Paka Harang, Muang, Pattani, Thailand, unidentified militants on a motorcycle shot and killed a Muslim paramilitary ranger, identified as Manasae Misa, while he was on his way back home on a motorcycle, from prayers. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/21/2011: On Friday morning, near Pa Bon School in Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded as policemen were providing security for teachers. Two policemen were seriously injured in the blast. No property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/21/2011: On Friday night around 2200, in the Telipati area of Imphal, Manipur, India, unidentified militants detonated a powerful bomb, damaging eight houses and injuring one woman. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Kangleipak Communist Party-Lalheiba (KCP-L) militants were responsible. Seven KCP-L activists were arrested in connection with the blast. Two of the suspected militants were identified as Th Arun and Ksh Asalata Devi.
01/21/2011: On Friday night, at Saluka village in Lalgarh, West Bengal, India, militants abducted a Communist Party of India-Marxist youth wing leader, identified as Rabi Mahato, from a football game. Reportedly, Mahato had gone to Saluka village to hand over a football trophy and was taken away by militants. His body was found on the Tentultala Bridge the next morning on 01/22/2011 with his hands and feet bound, his throat cut and three bullet wounds. The Communist Party of India-Maoists claimed responsibility. Maoist posters left at the incident site claimed Mahato was a police informer.
01/21/2011: On Friday, in Deh Rawood, Uruzgan, Afghanistan, unknown assailants detonated a remote controlled improvised explosive device attached to a bicycle targeting the vehicle of Amanullah Hotak, head of the provincial council. Hotak escaped the attack unhurt, but five civilians and two of his bodyguards were wounded in the blast. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicles and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2011: On Friday, in Joria Bazaar on Mohammad Shah Street in Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan, two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists, identified as Haji Fareed and Saeed. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2011: On Friday, in the Yakka Ghund area, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unknown gunmen attacked the car of Malik Khaista Gul, a pro government tribal elder. The elder and his driver were both wounded in the attack. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/21/2012: A civilian vehicle hit a roadside mine in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four people died and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: A grenade exploded, targeting security forces in Amlook Killay area, Central Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one security officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: A group of gunmen attacked a United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeeping patrol near Ed Dueim city, White Nile state, Sudan. The attackers also carjacked the patrol's vehicles and stole several weapons. One person died and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM).
01/21/2012: A landmine exploded near a truck full of laborers going to work in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four people died and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: A mine detonated on a road in Talai area, Central Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Pakistan Army lieutenant died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near a security forces vehicle in Haleemzai area, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated, targeting a Border Patrol Rangers vehicle in Karez Elyas area, Golran district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Five officers died in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: A United States North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier, Christopher Singer, died from an attack in Helmand province, Afghanistan. No other information is available.
01/21/2012: After setting off a landmine that killed 13 police officers, assailants abducted four people in Garhwa district, Jharkhand, India. One of the individuals was Communist Party of India (ML-Liberation) leader Akhtar Ansari. The kidnappers demanded the destruction of the Kone, Oreya, and Saryu police checkpoints in Latehar district. They also demanded the withdrawal of security members engaged in anti-Maoist operations in Jharkhand. The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: An explosive device attached to a horse exploded near a military patrol in Toledo town, Antioquia department, Colombia. The explosion killed two soldiers and injured seven others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/21/2012: An explosive device detonated near a convoy of police officers in the Shalo jungle between Bhandaria and Bargarh in Garhwa district, Jharkhand, India. Following the blast, the assailants then opened fire on the surviving officers. At least 13 officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/21/2012: An explosive device planted in a grocery store detonated while a bomb disposal squad was trying to defuse it in Gaur area, Central Region, Nepal. The police officer defusing the device was injured. Samyukta Tarai Madhes Mukti Party claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Kutchery area, Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2012: An explosive device was found and defused in Sultankhel area, Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No other information is available.
01/21/2012: Armed gunmen riding on camels attacked a police station in Soja area, West Darfur state, Sudan. One officer was killed, one was injured, and five were kidnapped. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: Assailants attacked a police station and radar tower in El Tambo municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia. In the gunfight, a police commander was killed. The radar was also heavily damaged. A guard was taken hostage and released on January 23, 2012. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/21/2012: Assailants attacked paramedics responding to the scene of an attack on a prison truck on the highway between Ariha and Idlib in Idlib governorate, Syria. The number of casualties from this attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: Assailants detonated a remote-controlled explosive device, targeting a vehicle of security forces in Chappari area, Lower Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One paramilitary officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a boys' school in Farshak area, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was hurt in the attack; however, the school was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: Assailants kidnapped a dual German-United States (US) citizen in Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. The assailants took the victim, who was contracted to build a deep water port in Hobyo, from his car and beat up his Somali companion. The hostage was freed on September 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2012: Assailants shot two rockets at Bagram Airbase, Parwan province, Afghanistan. There was no damage reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2012: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Lakarkhel area, Alasay district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The ANA soldiers then retaliated with gunfire. Two people were killed and nine injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsiblity for the incident.
01/21/2012: Four assailants attempted to attack a joint headquarters of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Afghan forces in Nadi Adda area, Barmal district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Two of the attackers were wearing suicide vests, and the other two were armed with guns. A security company was able to kill all four assailants before they reached their target. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: Four assailants opened fire on a marketplace in Williamnagar area, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. One person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but police sources attributed the incident to Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) members.
01/21/2012: Four explosive devices detonated near a truck transporting prisoners on the highway between Ariha and Idlib in Idlib governorate, Syria. Fourteen people died and 26 were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incient.
01/21/2012: Gunmen attacked the house of a member of the Iraqi National Investigations in Al-Hawija town, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person was killed in the attack, but the investigator was uninjured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that suspected Sunni groups frequently target Iraqi security force members to shake confidence in the predominantly Shia government.
01/21/2012: Gunmen shot and killed a security officer in Nawab Kot area, South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No other information is available.
01/21/2012: Six gunmen in two vehicles opened fire on an Iraqi military checkpoint in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2012: Two attackers on a motorcycle opened fire at a military patrol in Khorramabad city, Lorestan province, Iran. At least one officer was killed and one injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2012: Two attackers tried to plant an explosive device under a bridge in Sheikhwal area, Landi Kotal town, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The explosive device went off prematurely, killing both assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: A bomb attached to a bicycle exploded near a market in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte region, Philippines. Nine people were injured and damage was caused to shops and vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2013: A joint Frontier Corps and Khassadar militia vehicle hit a remote-controlled landmine in Kanra village of Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two officers were killed and nine were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in al-Mualmin district of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: A suicide bomber drove a truck into the entrance of a building used by pro-government militia fighters and detonated it in Salmiyeh, Hama province, Syria. Including the bomber, 31 people died and 24 were injured in the blast. The al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: An explosive device detonated in the Dummar neighborhood of Damascus city, Damascus province, Syria. The number of injuries is unknown; local media claimed there was only property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: An explosive device detonated near a civilian car in Akarkouv neighborhood, Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: An explosive device detonated near the convoy of the local representative for the Kurdish National Union Party in Mosul, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No one was injured in the blast; however, at least one vehicle sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
01/21/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused outside of a real estate office in Gareoult, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. The acronym "FLNP" was painted on the facade of the building, which authorities believe refers to the secessionist group "National Liberation Front of Provence."
01/21/2013: An explosive device was found and defused near the Guaranty Trust Bank on Murtala Muhammed way in Kano city, Kano, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: An explosive device was found and defused outside a civilian's house in Tallaght area of Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. No other information is known.
01/21/2013: An explosive device was thrown onto the railway tracks used by Cerrejon, a Colombian coal mining company, in Guajira department, Colombia. No one was injured in the blast and the extent of damage to the tracks is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, news sources attribute the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/21/2013: Assailants attacked a military base in Fata Barno camp, Kutum town, North Darfur state, Sudan. At least two people were killed in the attack and one person was injured; the casualties included teachers and soldiers. This was one of two attacks in Kutum on January 21, 2013. Bedouin Movement (Sudan) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Assailants kidnapped Raghbir Singh, a local Sikh businessperson in Qaidabad area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No ransom demand had been made of his family. The whereabouts of the victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Aksai, Khasavyurt district, Dagestan, Russia. One police officer died and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Assailants opened fire on the Namtola police station and exchanged fire with police officers in Namtola, Sivasagar district, Assam state, India. After the exchange, as they were retreating, the perpetrators exploded a bomb in a nearby garage. In total, one police officer was injured in the crossfire and several vehicles were damaged by the blast. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating it was in retaliation for police killing an innocent youth.
01/21/2013: Explosive devices placed in a government boys school detonated in Merikhel village, Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The school was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Gunmen attacked a group of hunters selling bush meats at a market in Damboa, Borno state, Nigeria. 18 hunters were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, an army spokesman said Boko Haram was suspected because the hunters were selling monkey and pig meats that were prohibited by Islamic law.
01/21/2013: Gunmen attacked a market in Kutum locality, North Darfur state, Sudan. No casualties were reported from the attack. This was one of two attacks in Kutum on January 21, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Bedouin Movement (Sudan).
01/21/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One police officer died and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a pair of Khyber Rifles officers collecting water in Moro area, Tirah Valley, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One soldier died and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Gunmen opened fire on Darbha police station in Darbha, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh state, India. One police officer was injured in the gunfire as were an unknown number of attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police sources attribute the attack to Maoists.
01/21/2013: Gunmen shot a Ministry of Electricity employee in his car in al-Adil area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The employee died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Datu Samante Ansabe Pasayao in Magpet city, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Pasayao was known as an army supporter and a leader of a local vigilante group tasked with confronting the New People's Army (NPA). No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect the NPA.
01/21/2013: Three attackers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance to the Traffic Police Headquarters compound in Deh Mazang area of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Two more attackers with suicide vests then stormed the building and opened fire. After the ensuing gun battle, all five attackers and three civilians had been killed and 10 civilians were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that their target was the border police.
01/21/2014: A remote controlled explosive device detonated near a Libyan special forces vehicle in the Leithy area of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least three people, including at least two soldiers, were killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Syed Ghani Koroona area of Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties or damages as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian car in the Kobaz area of Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least three people were killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, provincial government officials attributed it to the Taliban.
01/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a Sahwa Council group near Dujail town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one council member was killed and four others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) convoy near Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One senior police officer was injured and two of his guards were killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least 29 people, besides the assailant, were killed and at least 31 others were injured as a result of the blast. Both Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/21/2014: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a residential area of Beirut city, Mount Lebanon governorate, Lebanon. At least four people, besides the assailant, were killed and 35 others were wounded as a result of the blast. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that it was in response to attacks carried out by Hezbollah in Syria and Arsal.
01/21/2014: An assailant opened fire on a polio worker in Mansehra city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The worker was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An assailant threw a grenade at Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) peacekeepers guarding a refugee camp in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. At least one peacekeeper was killed and four others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated in Abdul Wahab Al-Ansi's vehicle in Sanaa city, Amanat Al-Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Ansi, the secretary general of the Islamic Reform Group (Islah) party, was unharmed as a result of the blast; however, his son, Omar, was injured. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated in Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. At least three people were killed and at least 10 others were injured as a result of the blast. This one of two near simultaneous explosions to occur in Galkayo on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated in Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. No injuries were reported. This was one of two near simultaneous explosions to occur in Galkayo on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated in Melaghar village, Tripura state, India. At least seven people, all children, were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated in the car of a senior advisor to the governor in Lahij governorate, Yemen. The advisor was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated near a teacher protection unit in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. At least two Rangers were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Israeli tank in the southwestern area of Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties or injuries. The National Resistance Brigades, a faction of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2014: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in the Kotozo area of Helmand province, Afghanistan. One assailant, identified as Mulla Juma Gul, was killed and two others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in front of the residence of Ahmed El-Zend, the head of the Egyptian Judges' Club and an outspoken critic of the Muslim Brotherhood, in Tanta city, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Muslim Brotherhood.
01/21/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: An explosives-laden vehicles detonated in the Al-Nahdha area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 11 people were wounded and several nearby vehicles and buildings were damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants abducted at least 63 de-mining workers in Pashtun Zarghun district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The abducted workers were rescued by the military later that same day. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, provincial security officials attributed it to the Taliban.
01/21/2014: Assailants abducted Dmitry Bulatov from Kiev city, Kiev municipality, Ukraine. Bulatov, a journalist and activist, was beaten and otherwise wounded before being released on January 30, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants abducted Sayed Reza, an Injil district traffic official, in Injil district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/21/2014: Assailants abducted three civilians in Bas-Uele district, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least one victim escaped shortly after the abduction while the fate of the remaining hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/21/2014: Assailants ambushed a Park Ranger patrol in Virunga National Park outside Goma city, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A firefight ensued, during which one ranger and three attackers were killed and two rangers were injured. No group claimed responsibility; however, park officials attributed the attack to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) base in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military officials attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) joint base in Ceelasha Biyaha area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked Abbud al-Shara'i in Hubaysh district, Ibb governorate, Yemen. Al-Shara'i, the Hubaysh District Director, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked Akhtar Mohammad's family in Sarakhakh area, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least three people, all family members, were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) post in the Dako area of Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. A firefight ensued, during which at least three assailants and one police officer were killed, and at least 12 people, including civilians and at least one police officer, were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked an anti-polio team in Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The assailants stole an official vehicle, mobile phones, and polio vaccines, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked an internet provider in Barawe town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. This was one of four such attacks on telecommunication providers in Somalia on this day. There were no reported casualties, but the assailants did force the companies to shut down internet services in the areas. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed them to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked an internet provider in Bardere city, Gedo region, Somalia. This was one of four such attacks on telecommunication providers in Somalia on this day. There were no reported casualties, but the assailants did force the companies to shut down internet services in the areas. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed them to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked an internet provider in Buulo Mareer town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. This was one of four such attacks on telecommunication providers in Somalia on this day. There were no reported casualties, but the assailants did force the companies to shut down internet services in the areas. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed them to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked an internet provider in Dinsor town, Bay region, Somalia. This was one of four such attacks on telecommunication providers in Somalia on this day. There were no reported casualties, but the assailants did force the companies to shut down internet services in the areas. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed them to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked Qasem Mohammad Arbab in the Sarai Qala area of Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Arbab, a Jonbesh-e Melli Party leader, was killed and two of his bodyguards were wounded in the attack. Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesperson, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants attacked the village of Njaba in Borno state, Nigeria. At least 10 people were killed and the village was set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, witnesses attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/21/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device near a Volunteer Defense Corps patrol in Rangae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. At least one Ranger was killed and three others were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants on a motorcycle threw a petrol bomb at a United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) rally site in Chiang Mai district, Chiang Mai province, Thailand. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2014: Assailants on motorcycles threw a grenade Syed Wajahat Hussain Naqvi's vehicle near Karachi University in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Naqvi, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, was killed and at least two other people were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces checkpost in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one Levies officer was killed in the attack. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Libyan Army officer in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police convoy in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two police officers and one passerby were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ahmed Sharafeddin's vehicle in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Sharafeddin, a lawyer and Houthi leader taking part in peace talks, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ismail Brayse in Wajihiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Brayse, the imam of Abu Bakr Mosque, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Asghar Nadeem Syed, a renowned playwright, near Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Syed was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
01/21/2014: Assailants stormed the Turkish Anadolu Agency (AA) news office in Aleppo governorate, Syria. No casualties were reported; however, the assailants stole equipment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/21/2014: Four suicide bombers attempted to attack a National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Chahar Burjak district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. One assailant detonated, while the other three were shot and killed by security personnel. No additional casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2014: Gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) lieutenant in an unknown area south of Kirkuk city in Kirkuk, Iraq. The lieutenant was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the Qayyumabad area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. This was one of two such attacks on polio workers in this area on this day, across which three polio workers were killed and two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Security forces discovered and defused two explosives-laden vehicles in Ramadi district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Three explosive devices detonated at the Al-Shohdaa Station in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2014: Three roadside bombs detonated near an Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) convoy near Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least nine soldiers were wounded and two vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An assailant armed with a knife attacked passengers on a bus in Tel Aviv city, Tel Aviv district, Israel. In addition to the assailant, 12 people were wounded in the attack. A Palestinian extremist, identified as Hamza Mohammed Matrouk, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated inside a crematorium in the Nagamapal Shingjubung Leirak neighborhood, Imphal city, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, the crematorium was damaged in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of India's Republic Day celebrations, scheduled for January 26, 2015.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near an auto showroom in Dora area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Bunuk area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hamamiyah village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of a Dutch Bangla Bank booth near the TSC area of Dhaka University, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. One civilian was injured in the blast. This was one of four similar attacks at Dhaka University on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a bus transporting Ministry of Industry and Minerals employees in Taji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Somali Armed Forces (SAF) vehicle in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. One civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
01/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy near Dhusamareb town, Galguduud region, Somalia. Several casualties were reported, but the exact number is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in front of Ayub Abdil's residence in Kaumpurnah Zone 3 neighborhood, Isabela City, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Amir's Tomb in El Brahimah area, Sheikh Zuweid district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Sources stated that the device was meant to target security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated on a commercial street in Akrama neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. At least five people were killed and thirty others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2015: Assailants attacked a Ukrainian military checkpoint near Horlivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. An unknown number of assailants were killed in the attack. This is one of two similar attacks on checkpoints near Horlivka on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/21/2015: Assailants attacked four buses in Moulavi Para area, Khulna division, Bangladesh. After police officials responded to the initial attack, the assailants detonated six explosive devices; there were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants attacked Philippine Army (PA) soldiers in Sumisip district, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/21/2015: Assailants attacked the residences of National Uprising Movement members in Qala Khamir area, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Seven people were killed, including four assailants, and three pro-government tribesmen and seven assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/21/2015: Assailants attacked Zankoura district, Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least seven police officers and tribal fighters were killed and 13 people were injured in the ensuing clash with security forces and tribal fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/21/2015: Assailants attempted to attack Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 19 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/21/2015: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Sohbatpur, Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast, but gas supply was suspended. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device on a bridge near Stanytsia Luhanska area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the bridge and a vehicle were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed it to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/21/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting a Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) road opening party in the Murdunda forest, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. A jawan, identified as Gangesh Yadav, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Maoists.
01/21/2015: Assailants detonated two explosive devices outside of the Holland Centre Shopping Complex in Uttar Badda neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected pro-hartal activists.
01/21/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a Ukrainian military checkpoint near Novotoshkivske town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks carried out near the town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Artema town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported; however, one school building was hit. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Novotoshkivske town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties from the attack. This was one of two attacks on or near the town on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants kidnapped four members of the Arhab tribe in Arhab district, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Khaliq Jan in Sarki Joharh area, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Jan, a Levies Forces official, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Sheikh Zuweid district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on Muhammad Sohaib in Gulberg neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Sohaib, a Quran teacher, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants set fire to a newspaper vehicle in Prayagpur area, Eastern Development Region, Nepal. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the vehicle was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants set fire to a vehicle carrying meals for schoolchildren in Ijurupa area, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Maoists.
01/21/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at an express train in Gouripur Upazila, Mymensingh district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to pro-hartal activists.
01/21/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at a police patrol in Old Chandgaon Thana area, Chittagong city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. Three police officers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at the Hakim Chattar area of Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Four people were injured in the blasts. This was one of four similar attacks at Dhaka University on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices planted at the door of the Omar Ibn al-Khattab Mosque in Alalam area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Three explosive devices detonated at an Assam Rifles (AR) water collection area in Thangbung Minnou village, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2015: Two explosive devices detonated near Rokeya Hall at Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. This was one of four similar attacks at Dhaka University on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2015: Two explosive devices detonated near the Central Shaheed Minar area of Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A civilian, identified as Salah Uddin, was injured in the blasts. This was one of four similar attacks at Dhaka University on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2015: Two explosive devices detonated outside of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court in Old Dhaka neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: A grenade detonated in Cibitoke, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: A grenade detonated in Jabe, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: A grenade detonated in Ngagara, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the Beach View Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Assailants then opened fire at hotel patrons. This was one of two related attacks in the area on the same day. Six assailants and 14 civilians were killed and 24 people were injured across both attacks. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the Lido Seafood Restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. Assailants then opened fire at hotel patrons. This was one of two related attacks in the area on the same day. Six assailants and 14 civilians were killed and 24 people were injured across both attacks. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2016: Afghan security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Afghan security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Kunar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Afghan security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Afghan security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Logar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Afghan security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated in Neikuppai village, Tamil Nadu state, India. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated in Shahjoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a health center in Jisr Diyala area, Karada neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in the Shuala area of Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near Aman Lashkars members in Hashim, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hamamiyat, Saladin, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police van along Silk Road, in Dicle neighborhood, Nusaybin district, Mardin province, Turkey. At least 10 people, including nine police officers and one civilian, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/21/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a residence on Medway Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2016: Assailants attacked a military vehicle in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Four soldiers were killed and four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/21/2016: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Khairabad area, Dawlatabad district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. An assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/21/2016: Assailants attacked a Youth Association of Nepal (YAN) rally in Rangeli town, Eastern development Nepal. Two assailants were killed and eight others were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF).
01/21/2016: Assailants attacked the Ras Lanuf oil terminal in Sirte district, Libya. Two security personnel were killed and several oil tanks were damaged in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks on oil facilities on this day. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2016: Assailants detonated a hand grenade targeting a police patrol in Tarimiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at an oil pipeline between Amal oil field and Sidra, Sirte district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks targeting oil facilities on this day. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2016: Assailants executed Abdol Samim, a civilian, in Qomchaq, Ghorband district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/21/2016: Assailants fired rockets at a bread shop in Angoor Adda, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three people were killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Faizullah Khumar in Shirin Tagab district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Khumar, an electricity department director, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Hafeezur Rahman in Station Chowk neighborhood, Faisalabad, Punjab province, Pakistan. Rahman, a Pakistani Police sub-inspector, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Ministry of Commerce employees travelling in a vehicle in Sadr al Qanah in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one employee was killed and two employees were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Assailants raided Saint Andrew Catholic Church in Bakuma, Mbomou, Central African Republic. One nun was injured and two civilians were briefly held hostage during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/21/2016: Assailants shelled residential neighborhoods in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. Five civilians were killed and 16 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
01/21/2016: Assailants shot and killed a farmer accused of being a security informant in Jagna-an, Masbate province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/21/2016: Authorities identified and arrested an assailant planting an explosive device at a bus stand in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was defused following the arrest. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2016: Five grenades detonated in Musaga, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Four assailants opened fire on soldiers and a crowd in a market in Bouna village, Segou region, Mali. At least one civilian was killed and one soldier was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/21/2016: Two explosive devices detonated in Bwiza, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. Twelve people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Two explosive devices detonated in Rohero, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. There were no reported casualties, although a house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated at an apartment in Al-Haram district, Giza governorate, Egypt. In addition to the two assailants, at least ten people, including police and civilians were killed and 13 others were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State and the Revolutionary Punishment each separately claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources also attributed the attack to the Muslim Brotherhood.
01/21/2017: An assailant opened fire on a police vehicle in Esenyurt neighborhood, Istanbul, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Devrimici Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (DHKP/C).
01/21/2017: An explosive device detonated at the Eidgah Market in Parachinar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least 26 people were killed and 65 other people were injured in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the recent killing of Asif Chuto, a Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader. Halqa-e-Mehsud also separately claimed responsibility and stated that the incident was carried out in revenge for the deaths of its members and to punish members of the Shia Muslim community for supporting Bashar al-Assad.
01/21/2017: An explosive device planted under a vehicle detonated in Husaybah, Al Anbar, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a police captain, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: An explosive device planted under a vehicle detonated in Raoud area, Baghdad, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, an Iraqi Volunteer Forces fighter, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Rukban Refugee Camp in Al-Rukban, Homs, Syria. At least 11 people were killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/21/2017: Assailants abducted military court head Qazi Asal Din in Khwaja Pesta, Kunduz, Afghanistan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: Assailants abducted two soldiers in Morona Santiago province, Ecuador. The two hostages were released on January 28, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Shuar extremists.
01/21/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Gueskerou, Diffa, Niger. At least two soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were injured in the assault. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) post in Nijrab, Kapisa, Afghanistan. Three ALP members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/21/2017: Assailants attacked an Imghad and Allies Tuareg Self-Defence Group (GATIA) post near Tin-Essako, Kidal, Mali. At least 14 fighters were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), which denied involvement.
01/21/2017: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Baghlani Jadid, Baghlan, Afghanistan. At least 21 assailants were killed or injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/21/2017: Assailants detonated explosives at a pharmaceutical plant in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/21/2017: Assailants detonated explosives at a transmission tower in Ayoun Moussa, Suez, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings targeting transmission towers in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
01/21/2017: Assailants hijacked a tobacco delivery truck in Mabileg, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related hijackings in Mabileg on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/21/2017: Assailants hijacked and set fire to a tobacco delivery truck in Mabileg, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related hijackings in Mabileg on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Kenyan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Busar, Gedo, Somalia. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least two soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military convoy near Dinsor, Bay, Somalia. At least four soldiers were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three related attacks on checkpoints in Arish on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/21/2017: Assailants raided Zangang, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: Assailants set fire to a police station in Mwene-Ditu, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kamwina Nsapu Militia.
01/21/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a police headquarters in Jowhar, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. Two police officers, including a regional police chief, were killed and three officers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/21/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of a National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officer in Baidoa, Bay, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/21/2017: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber targeting a Costa Coffee cafe in Hamra neighborhood, Beirut, Lebanon. The assailant was injured while being detained by security forces. Omar al-Assi claimed responsibility for the incident and confessed to being a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/21/2017: Security forces identified and arrested two suicide bombers in an explosives-laden vehicle planning to attack a Turkish military convoy in Manbij, Aleppo, Syria. The two assailants confessed to carrying out the attempted attack under the instruction of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/21/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting the Italian Embassy in Dahra neighborhood, Tripoli, Libya. The assailants were the only reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/1973: Unknown perpetrator(s) threw a molotov cocktail at the outer wall of a police station in Alton, Illinois in the United States. It is unknown whether there were any casualties or property damage in this incident.
01/22/1998: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) offices in Mandiala, Sri Lanka, killing eight and injuring 12.
01/22/2001: A bomb was placed in the car of a Spanish Army officer just outside of Cizur Mayor, Spain. The bomb was defective and failed to explode. The authorities suspected Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) was responsible.
01/22/2001: A bomb went off near the Netzarim settlement in the Gaza Strip. HAMAS took responsibility for the attack that wounded one soldier.
01/22/2001: An explosion occurred at the the building housing the Ministry of Justice in Annecy, France. There were no injuries or fatalities but there was extensive property damage. Officials believed that this incident was the work of the Armata Corsa organization.
01/22/2001: The National Liberation Army (NLA) was responsible for an armed attack on Tetovo police station in Tearce, Macedonia. 1 was killed and 3 were injured.
01/22/2002: A bomb was found at a banquet hall in Jerusalem, Israel. The bomb was defused and no one was injured in the attempted attack. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/22/2002: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)rebels kidnapped an undetermined number of people along a highway between Cumaral and Paretebueno, Colombia. In addition to the kidnapping they torched several cars in the attack.
01/22/2002: Two assailants affiliated with the Harkatul Jihad-e-Islamiand the Asif Raza Commandoesorganizations attacked the American Center in Calcutta, India. Five policemen died, and 15 others injured in the attack.
01/22/2002: Unknown assailants attacked a major outdoor street area in Jerusalem, Israel. Two people were killed in the attack, and 14 others injured. It was not known who was responsible for the attack.
01/22/2003: Members of the Shan United Revolutionary Army (SURA) invaded a timber site belonging to Tun Myat Aung Co Ltd in Kengtaung-Kenghkam, Myanmar and opened fire on workers resulting in twelve deaths and one wounded survivor. It was suspected that the timber company was operating without providing extortion money to the SURA.
01/22/2003: The UN's police headquarters in Peje, Kosovo was the target of an attack with an explosive device, said to be an anti-tank rocket. There were no reported casualties or information regarding the perpetrators.
01/22/2003: Two unknown assailants hurled a grenade at a group of people near Rizal in the Philippines resulting in three deaths and one more wounded.
01/22/2003: Unknown perpetrators tossed two shrapnel filled bombs from cars in a Protestant bar district in Belfast, Northern Ireland. There were no reported injuries.
01/22/2004: A bomb exploded at the Iraqi Communist Party headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. Two party members were killed, another was injured, and the building collapsed as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2005: Suspected rebel tribesmen blew up four feet of railway track in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. No one was harmed in the bombing, but railway services were disrupted as a result of the track damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2005: Suspected Taliban members killed Wazir Mohammed, Char Chino (District) Police Chief, along with three other people in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Char Chino (District). The perpetrators blew up the victims’ car using a remote-control explosive device. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2005: Two suspected Islamic militants shot and killed Damrong Suwanarangsri in Thailand’s Narathiwat Province. The perpetrators killed the victim, a Buddhist, as he was riding to work. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
01/22/2005: Two suspected Islamic militants shot and killed Suriya Kaewmanee, a villager in Thailand’s Narathiwat Province. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2006: A mosque in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, was attacked with mortars by unknown perpetrators. The extent of the damage to the mosque was not reported, and no casualties were reported.
01/22/2006: A tax office in Aix-en-Provence, France, was minimally damaged in a bomb attack claimed by the FLNC (Corsican National Liberation Front) 22 October wing. The man planting the bomb, Alexandre Vincenti, was killed when the bomb detonated prematurely. Another man, Dominique Pasqualaggi, was believed to have been present at the planting of the bomb as well.
01/22/2006: An Afghan boy and four Afghani men, some of them employees of a U.S. security firm, were briefly kidnapped by Taliban members in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, but were freed the same day amid a gun battle between the perpetrators and the police. No casualties were reported.
01/22/2006: An explosive device planted by unknown persons exploded next to the door of the office of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country in Iruna de Oca in the Basque region of Spain. The blast caused slight property damage, but there were no casualties. There were no claims of responsibility.
01/22/2006: Approximately 30 suspected New People's Army (NPA) members broke into the cell tower of Globe Telecom on fire in the town of Bagac in Bataan Province of the Philippines. They then overpowered the three security guards, Gil Mendoza, Levy Bonife, and Ray Bruno, poured gasoline around the facility and set it on fire. There were no reported casualties from the attack, but the tower was destroyed. There were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/22/2006: In Balad Ruz, Iraq, perpetrators fired rocket-propelled grenades into the home of an Iraqi police officer, killing five members of the officer’s family and injuring his wife. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/22/2006: In Hawija, Iraq, the bodies of a prominent Sunni Arab tribal leader, Ibrahim Ali al-Neami, and his son Ziad were found shot to death with their hands bound. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/22/2006: In Muang district of Pattani province of Thailand, a security guard for an irrigation dam named Krajong Hongthong was shot and killed by gunmen on a motorcycle while traveling to work. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown, but police believe this attack is linked to others in an ongoing insurgency in southern Thailand.
01/22/2006: Pro-Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) demonstrators in Istanbul, Turkey threw a Molotov cocktail at a municipal bus, setting the bus on fire and injuring its driver. No claim of responsibility for the attack was reported.
01/22/2006: Suspected Maoist rebels shot and killed Bijaya Lal Das, president of the Nepal Sadhbhawana Party Dhanusha district, near his party office in Janakpur, Nepal. Das was a candidate for mayor of the municipality. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2006: Suspected Maoists detonated a bomb at the district education office for the municipality in Bidur city, Nepal, causing significant damage to the building. This incident might be related to two other bombings around the same time period.
01/22/2006: Suspected Maoists detonated a bomb at the horticulture development center in Bidur city, Nepal, causing material damage, but no reported casualties. This incident might be related to two other bombings around the same time period.
01/22/2006: Suspected ULFA members triggered a large bomb blast on a gas pipeline at Bokulani in Assam, India, disrupting the gas supply completely to the Kathalguri power station of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation. No casualties were or claims of responsibility were reported. This attack is part of a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/22/2006: Suspected ULFA militants engaged in a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India throughout the day and night, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces. The attacks resulted in considerable properties damages, injuries, and possibly some deaths of police and civilians.
01/22/2006: Suspected ULFA militants set off a bomb in a bus of the Guwahati Transport Corporation. There were no reported casualties or claims of responsibility for the attack. This attack is part of a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces.
01/22/2006: Unidentified saboteurs in North Ossetia, Russian Federation, used small explosives to blast two major Russian gas pipelines, which shut down one power generating unit in the Georgian capital and one in Armenia. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2006: William Grajales, a mayoral candidate in Alcala, Colombia, was shot and killed by unknown perpetrators near his home. His was the fourth murder of a local politician in Valle de Cauca in two weeks. There were no claims of responsibility.
01/22/2007: A bomb blast in a bus in Baghdad, Iraq, killed five people and wounded 15. No further information or claims of responsibility were forthcoming.
01/22/2007: Coordinated mortar fire and a roadside bomb killed 12 people at a market in the town of Khalis, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. No claims of responsibility were forthcoming.
01/22/2007: Explosives packed on a motorbike blew up outside a railway station in western Assam, India, wounding three construction workers. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming, though officials suspected that the United Liberation Front of Assam was behind the attack.
01/22/2007: In Dibis, Iraq, gunmen fired on guards protecting local oil facilities, setting one oil well on fire. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/22/2007: Militants in India lobbed a grenade towards an army convoy, which was on its way to Srinagar from Baramulla, India. The grenade missed the intended target and landed on the roadside, injuring five civilians. No claim of responsibility was issued.
01/22/2007: Twin car bombs left 88 dead and 160 wounded in the Haraj market in Baghdad, Iraq. No claim of responsibility was forthcoming.
01/22/2008:  About 150 Taliban militants attacked a supply convoy in the Bakwa district in Farah Province, Afghanistan.  The attack killed one person and injured three others who were employed by US Protection and Investigation (USPI). A local Taliban commander claims that they killed 15 guards and captured 11 while also getting away with five vehicles. Governor Farah on the other hand claims that there were no guards captured and that there were only two vehicles stolen.
01/22/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at a hotel in Khost Province, Afghanistan.  The attack killed no one and injured three people.
01/22/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at a school in Baquba, Iraq.  The attack killed one and injured twenty-one others.
01/22/2008:  The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for firing two projectiles into Sederot, Israel.  The attack killed and injured an unknown amount of people as it was a response to the continued Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
01/22/2008:  Unidentified militants kidnapped and killed six members of an Iraqi family near Baquba, Iraq. The victims included Falih Zimmam al-Osmali age 68, four of his sons and their cousin. Falih may have been a member of Awakening Council which may have motivated the militants to kill him and his family.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a minibus carrying federal officers in Nazran, Russia.  The firearm attack killed one person and injured three more.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked and raided three police stations in Khotang District, Nepal located about 160 km east of capital Kathmandu, on Monday evening and Tuesday morning.  While the attacks killed and injured no one, the perpetrators were able to make off with 9 guns and hundreds of bullets. Police uniforms, handcuffs and CDMA telephone sets from local residents were also stolen. There were between 50-60 in the group when they attacked the police post at Faktang village at about 6:30 p.m. local time (1315 GMT) on Monday. They moved on to the police post at Chisapani village at around midnight and then the post at Devisthan village early Tuesday morning. At Chisapani, the police were able to fire 60 rounds of bullets before surrendering.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb at the Srirampur checkgate in Assam, India.  The attack killed no one but injured eight people.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb in Nazran, Russia killing one person.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a roadside bomb near a minibus in Baghdad, Iraq killing one and injuring six others.  The bus was carrying employees of Iraq's Ministry of Communications and Transportation.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators kidnapped two section engineers from a railway complex in Halfong, India.  The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown. Dimasa militants are suspected to be at fault for kidnapping section engineer Ashwini Kumar and P Duwara in a railway complex in Halfong of NC Hills district. The kidnapping occurred at around 0730 hours.
01/22/2008:  Unknown perpetrators kidnapped two teachers on their way to school between the city of Tikrit and the village of Tozkhurmato, Iraq.
01/22/2009: On Thursday night, in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon and killed a sub district chief, Kamnan Ya Muz. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, a joint team of Police and Army personnel defused an improvised explosive device on a bus belonging to Raj Nandini in Barkura Chwak on NH-31 in Nalbari, Assam, India. The bomb was kept in a bag on the bus and weighed around three kg. The police picked up five persons for interrogation in this connection. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, around 20 to 25 Communist Party of India- Maoist (CPI-M) militants set 11 cement trucks on fire on the Dehri-Rohtas road near the Domba village, Bihar, India. The Maoists pulled out the drivers of the trucks and set them ablaze during the bandh they called in Rohtas. The trucks were on their way to Dehri from Banjari-based Kalyanpur cement factory when they were intercepted. The assailants also manhandled the truck drivers. According to the Additional Director General of Police Neelmani, the CPI-Maoist has called for a 24-hour shutdown in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, at night, in As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices magnetically attached to trucks transporting concrete barriers to schools that will be used as polling stations for upcoming elections, killing one driver, wounding one other, and damaging four trucks. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, eight people were kidnapped by unidentified militants in the Terat area of Madyan in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, two Communist Party of India-Maoist militants dragged a village guard from his home in Karkatpali village and took him to a nearby forest where they shot and killed him in Malkangiri, Orissa, India. The abducted was identified as Mangala Khilla. A Police official said Khilla was on the Maoists'' hit list. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, two people were beheaded by unidentified militants in the Terat area of Madyan in Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. One of the victims was identified as a prayer leader. No groups have claimed responsibility.
01/22/2009: On Thursday, unknown gunmen have abducted four foreign nationals from an unknown location in Mali.  According to reports, the group was returning from a culture festival in northern Mali when their convoy was ambushed and their vehicle was cut off from the others in the group. A Swiss couple, a German, and a British national occupied the vehicle.  Authorities believe the attack to be the work of Tuareg rebels, operating in the area.
01/22/2009: On Tuesday morning at 1150, police defused a hand grenade wrapped in a newspaper left by Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) militants on the campus of Little Master Higher Secondary School at Samurou in Imphal, Manipur, India. According to reports, some people who identified themselves as activists of the KCP left the wrapped grenade with instruction for the headmaster to come to them bringing the same bomb package. It is reported that around two months back, a caller identifying himself as a KCP cadre had demanded INR 0.5 million from the headmaster through telephone. No casualties were reported.
01/22/2010: On Friday evening shortly before 2200, an unidentified gunman shot and wounded two civilians near Colin Road, in the Poleglass estate, Dunmurry, in west Belfast, North Ireland. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but police believe paramilitary are involved.
01/22/2010: On Friday night, in the Zayouna district of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the car of a Brigadier General of the Interior Ministry, Sahban Ali al-Waeli, injuring him and two of his bodyguards, and damaging the car. Brig. General Sahban Ali died Saturday afternoon (01/23/2010) from the wounds he sustained in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2010: On Friday, authorities confirmed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Jacobo Arenas Mobile Column attempted a bombing attack against the Cauca Governor Guillermo Alberto Gonzalez Mosquera, several official buildings of Popayan, and the Mayor of the municipality of El Bordo, Cauca. The FARC was ready with material from Ecuador consisting of 60 kilos of TNT and three kilometers of detonating cord. The explosives were seized by police in a house in the village of El Rosario in Cajibio, Popayan municipality, Cauca, Colombia. No casualties or damages were reported as the bombing attack was thwarted and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded outside the home of a Christian family, injuring one child. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in Machkund area, Koraput, Orissa, India, Communist Party of India - Maoist cadres ransacked the Tehsil revenue division office and set ablaze records. There were no reported casualties. There was no reported damage.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in the Patter area of Tank, North West Frontier, Pakistan, two tribal elders were shot and killed and the bodies were found dumped under a bridge on Tank-Wana Road. The bodies were identified as Hamidullah, an elder from Mehsud tribe, and Amir Nawaz, an elder from Bhittani tribe. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in the Sibuhuan area of Indonesia's Sumatra, in one of three related attacks, a Protestant church was burned down in a violent protest by Muslim activists. The group also burned down a second church and a priest's private residence. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in the Sibuhuan area of Indonesia's Sumatra, in one of three related attacks, a Protestant church was burned down in a violent protest by Muslim activists. The group also burned down another church and a priest's private residence. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2010: On Friday, in the Sibuhuan area of Indonesia's Sumatra, in one of three related attacks, the private residence of a priest was burned down in a violent protest by Muslim activists. The group also burned down two churches that the priest worked at. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2010: On Friday, unidentified militants attacked the home of a businessman and opposition activist, Tiran Alles, with a petrol bomb. The explosion destroyed a car and damaged the home of Alles. Alles and his family escaped unhurt. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2011: On Saturday morning around 0750, on the Pattani-Yala Road in Muang, Pattani, Thailand, two unidentified militants on a motorcycle fired on and killed an assistant village headman in a drive-by shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2011: On Saturday morning, in Panare, Pattani, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and injured a rubber tapper while working at her rubber plantation. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2012: An explosive device detonated at an empty Catholic church in Fadama Mada area, Bauchi state, Nigeria. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: An explosive device detonated at the ECWA 2 church in Railway area, Bauchi state, Nigeria. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the parking lot of a shopping center in al-Dawasa area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three injured. Several shops were also damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused near a market in Kano city, Nigeria. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out because the government failed to release Boko Haram detainees.
01/22/2012: Assailants attacked a branch of the First Bank of Nigeria in Bununu district, Bauchi state, Nigeria. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: Assailants attacked a hotel in Bununu district, Bauchi state, Nigeria. Nine people died across this attack and the attack on the First Bank of Nigeria. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: Assailants attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Lakarkhel area, Alasay district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Two attackers were killed in the subsequent gunfight. Hizb-I-Islami claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2012: Assailants exploded an explosive device outside the house of I. Hemachandra, the assembly speaker for Manipur, in Singjamei neighborhood, Imphal city, Manipur state, India. One passerby was killed and three wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that earlier, seven outlawed groups had called for a ban on all campaigning by Indian National Congress candidates in the state.
01/22/2012: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Marar Rabar Liman Katagun, Bununu district, Bauchi, Nigeria. At least two people died in the asault. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: Assailants shot and killed Mallam Baba Loskurima in Tandari area, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Loskurima was a Borno High Court registrar. After killing the registrar, the gunmen stole his car and a sum of money. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: Attackers detonated a remote-controlled explosive device, targeting a military post near Saiburi district, Pattani province, Thailand. Five soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2012: Gunmen attacked a joint police and Sahwa Council checkpoint in Al-Asoud area near Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two police officers and two attackers were killed in the ensuing clash; one Sahwa Council member was injured as well. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2012: Gunmen attacked a police station near Tafawa Balewa area, Bauchi state, Nigeria. Nine people died and 10 were injured in the attack. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a team of district Voluntary Force (DVF) members in Kalimela area, Odisha state, India. The DVF police were returning after a search operation. In the ensuing gunfight, one DVF member was injured. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/22/2012: Gunmen shot and killed an assistant village chief and a defense volunteer in Prama village, Sateng Nok subdistrict, Yala province, Thailand. The gunmen used rifles in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but police suspected southern separatists.
01/22/2012: Ten explosive devices were found in Bauchi state, Nigeria. This was one of several attacks in Bauchi state on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Boko Haram.
01/22/2013: A car bomb detonated at a busy public market in Shuala district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A crude bomb exploded after a rag picker threw it out of a trash can at the Kanpur Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh state, India. A second bomb was found and defused nearby. No one was injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, police arrested Chhunnu Lal at the scene in connection with the incident.
01/22/2013: A landmine exploded on a police patrol in Basolan area, Naveh Barakza'I, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and one was injured in the attack. One person was also arrested in connection with the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2013: A pipe-bomb exploded near the Pearl Apartment building in Nagan Chowrangi, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. The blast injured four people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A remote-controlled roadside bomb hidden in an iron box exploded on an Army ranger patrol providing protection for teachers in Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. Three rangers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) of the attack.
01/22/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a patrol of Asayish Forces in Tuz Khurmatu city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Six Kurdish officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A roadside bomb detonated on a Thall Scouts vehicle in Spinwam village, North Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four soldiers were injured in the blast and their vehicle sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A roadside bomb exploded on a convoy of soldiers in Calapagan village, Davao Oriental province, Philippines. One soldier died and thirteen were injured in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A section of the Cano Limon oil pipeline, owned by Ecopetrol, was blown up near Saravena, Arauca, Colombia. No injuries were reported; however, the pipeline sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect leftists.
01/22/2013: A soldier guarding the entrance to an airport was shot and killed by a sniper in Ituango, Antioquia, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility; however, the army attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/22/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car at a busy military checkpoint in Taji, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Seven people were killed, including civilians, and 20 were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car at a military checkpoint in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq. Six people (the bomber, four civilians, and a soldier) were killed in the blast and 14 others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: A Turkmen Ministry of Health employee, who was also the brother of a politician, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Tuz Khurmato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: An explosive device detonated near a collection of compact disc (CD) shops in Bacha Khan Chowk, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This was one of two blasts at CD shops in Bacha Khan on January 22nd, 2013; four CD shops were destroyed across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities arrested 11 children who claimed that the United Baloch Army (UBA) paid them to commit the attack.
01/22/2013: Assailants abducted five people, including three multinational journalists, traveling to Al-Ezaa, Aleppo, Syria. The hostages were released 12 hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: Assailants hurled Molotov cocktails at the shrine of Sidi Ahmed Ouerfelli in Akouda town, Sousse governorate, Tunisia. No one was hurt in the attack, and it is not known how badly the shrine was damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/22/2013: Assailants killed four pastoralists by unknown means in Baardheere village, Gedo Region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local sources suspected the involvement of Al-Shabaab, noting that the attack was either the result of the pastoralists wandering into Al-Shabaab territory or because Al-Shabaab deemed them to be spies for the government.
01/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on a group of oil refinery workers and police officers who were transporting salaries in Beiji, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Five workers and officers were killed in the attack. In addition, the assailants fled with the salaries. No group claimed responsibility.
01/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle belonging to Sabar Ahmed al-Abbasi, a Sunni sheikh and Sahwa member, in Samarra, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The sheikh was killed in the attack and his brother was badly injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on Filipino soldiers in Ungkaya Puka town, Basilan province, Philippines. Six soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the army suspects a joint effort by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/22/2013: Assailants set fire to a school in Maiduguri city, Borno, Nigeria. The number of casualties and damage to the school were unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected the involvement of Boko Haram.
01/22/2013: Assailants shot and killed Erlinda Domingo, mayor of Maconacon town in Isabela province, as she sat in her car outside of Park Villa Apartelle in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila province, Philippines. Domingo's driver was injured in the attack as well. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities believe that the attack may have been related to the upcoming mayoral elections.
01/22/2013: Assailants stopped a Cootran Hacaritama Company bus at a community toll in North Santander, Colombia. The assailants then packed the bus with explosives and used it as a roadblock on the road between El Tarra and Convencion municipalities. There were no casualties reported. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, sources attributed it to the Mariscal Antonio Jose de Sucre Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/22/2013: Forty attackers fired on an army patrol in Cabilao village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. One soldier was killed and one was injured in the ensuing gun battle, while the number of casualties suffered by the assailants are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an army lieutenant attributes the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/22/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of people playing board games near the Dakata bus stop in Kano, Kano state, Nigeria. Five civilians died and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, a news sources states that Islamists are suspected.
01/22/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying Mian Taimor, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader in Khayaban Jami Phase-7, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Taimor and his father died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: O.W. Madike, the Almond Hospital Medical Director, was kidnapped by four people in Achara area, Enugu, Nigeria. The whereabouts of the victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: Perpetrators shot and killed Gino Antonio Sambrano in Valencia City, Bukidnon province, Philippines. Sambrano, a Valencia City councilor, was shot as he waited in his car. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: The Federal College of Education Director of Degree Programmes, I.F. Nyanabor, was abducted from his house in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni area, Rivers, Nigeria. The whereabouts of the victim are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: Two explosive devices detonated under school buses in the parking lot of the Quaid-e-Azam International Model School (QIMS) in Chota Lahore, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the two buses were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2013: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Dr Shah Nawaz, a prominent Shia doctor, in his clinic in Liaqat Bazaar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
01/22/2014: A mortar round struck a civilian house in Radhwaniyah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two such attacks on civilian homes in the area, across which at least two people were killed and four others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: A mortar shell fired from Afghanistan landed in the Arandhu area of Chitral district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. An Afghan citizen was injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) vehicle in the Saadiyah area of Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol south of Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least two police officers were wounded and the police vehicle was damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a tax office in Aix-en-Provence city, Alpes Cote d'Azur region, France. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was slightly damaged. The National Liberation Front of Provence (FLNP) claimed responsibility for the attack in graffiti left at the scene.
01/22/2014: An explosives-laden bicycle detonated near a police patrol in Sir Dheri, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least seven people, including six police officers and one child, were killed, and at least nine others were injured. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack on the police team, stating that the anti-polio campaign, with which the police were participating, was un-Islamic and a cover for Western conspiracies.
01/22/2014: An explosives-laden motorcycle was found and defused near the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office in Chaman town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: An unknown number of roadside bombs detonated near Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrols in western Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least three police officers were killed and six others were injured as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2014: Assailants abducted Sayed Haidar, an administrative manager, from a customs office in Torkham crossing, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/22/2014: Assailants abducted seven Iraqi Army soldiers from Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a farm belonging to the Sola family in Kabankalan city, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. The assailants held at least 24 people hostage for 10 hours, killed a number of sheep, and set a tractor and a warehouse on fire. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the Sola family was targeted in response to the Solas' mistreatment of their employees.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Kohistanat district, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. At least four assailants were killed and an unknown number of people were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a polio vaccination team vehicle in Bhakkar district, Punjab, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a security forces' checkpoint in Katun-al-Rahma, Diyala, Iraq. A clash ensued, during which two of the assailants were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a village in the Kaya area of Borno state, Nigeria. At least eight people were killed and the village was razed in the attack. This was one of three such attacks on villages in Borno state on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a village in the Kwaljiri area of Borno state, Nigeria. No casualties were reported. This was one of three such attacks on villages in Borno state on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked a village in the Mude area of Borno state, Nigeria. No casualties were reported. This was one of three such attacks on villages in Borno state on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked the home of a newly appointed government minister in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. An unknown number of people were killed or injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
01/22/2014: Assailants attacked the Shindand governor's convoy in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The governor was not injured, but Mohammad Naser, the director of the Shindand Anti Terrorism Department, was killed and two police officers were injured. Additionally, four assailants were killed and four others were wounded in the fighting. Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesperson, claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2014: Assailants attempted to attack an Iraqi Army checkpoint in eastern Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The soldiers returned fire and killed the two gunmen, before the assailants could carry out the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices near gas pipelines in the Zain Loti area of Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no casualties reported; however, the pipelines were damaged. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2014: Assailants detonated explosive devices at a government building in Tuieo village, Jharkhand state, India. No injuries were reported, but the building, which was used to house Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/22/2014: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Lebanese Army unit in the Maaloula area of Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. At least four soldiers were injured as a result. This was one of three attacks against the Lebanese military in Maaloula on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Lebanese Army vehicle in the Maaloula area of Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. At least two soldiers were killed and at least one other was injured as a result. This was one of three attacks against the Lebanese military in Maaloula on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants fired an unknown number of mortars at a Raskambooni Movement base in Ras Kambooni town, Lower Juba region, Somalia. An unknown number of soldiers were killed or wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
01/22/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells into Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another 18 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants fired on a polio vaccination team in Sibi district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no casualties reported from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Lebanese Army vehicle in the Maaloula area of Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. At least one soldier was injured as a result. This was one of three attacks against the Lebanese military in Maaloula on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a religious scholar in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The scholar, Maulana Aizizullah Athar, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on and set fire to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) container in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The container sustained damages, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on Kwanchai Praipana at his residence in Udon Thani Muang district, Udon Thani province, Thailand. Praipana, a local leader of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Assailants threw two firebombs at an Israeli passenger bus in Nablus city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported, but the bus was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Gunmen attacked French troops in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. No casualties or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2014: Gunmen opened fire on Javier Colorado's police escort in Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Colorado, a Spanish cyclist, who was attempting to cycle around the world, was wounded, along with at least nine other people. Seven members of Colorado's police escort and one assailant were also killed. Sources suspected that the aim of the attack was to abduct Colorado. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Gunmen stormed into a karaoke house and shot Fernando Saldon in Santa Maria village, Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines. Saldon, a former government militia member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/22/2014: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle near a hospital and apartment building in the Tahrir district of Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The intended target of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2014: Two assailants on motorcycles opened fire on Baghwan Singh in Tangi area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Singh, a doctor and religious scholar, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: A grenade was discovered and defused at the residence of Kh. Bala, the Wangoi panchayat chairperson, in Imphal district, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated targeting a security convoy in Uch area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Huran area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, one soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a hotel where a Turkish delegation was meeting in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, five people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting an Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) convoy in district Two, Lashkar Gah City, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant two people, including a police officer and a civilian, were killed and 16 others, including five police officers and 11 civilians, were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An assailant opened fire on polio vaccination workers in Chowk Sarwar Shaheed area, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An assailant threw an explosive device at the presidential palace in Misr Al Gadida neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. A police officer was injured in the blast. Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated after it was struck by an armored personnel carrier on Pamatsaken-Baiwas Road near Sumisip town, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, but the carrier was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated in eastern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated in Karimdad area, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Five civilians, including a child, were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated in Mashtal 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.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated in Mohammadpur area, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. A bus helper was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated 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.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and ten people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Jihad neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Assam Rifles (AR) post in Tuibong area, Churachandpur district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of India's Republic Day celebrations, scheduled for January 26, 2015.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Taji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the old school building in Sumisip town, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Kangvai village, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle and two suicide bombers detonated outside of a military base in Taji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least seven soldiers were killed and 26 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Ain Al Shaab area, Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated in Um al Talayib village, Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers and volunteer fighters. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailant blew up a Fatah official's vehicle in Gaza city, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants ambushed tribesmen in Al-Watadah area, Marib governorate, Yemen. Two tribesmen and several assailants were killed and six tribesmen were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Huthis.
01/22/2015: Assailants attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint in Chhatr area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants attacked a road construction site in Dhanora tehsil, Maharashtra state, India. An unknown number of workers were injured and at least 14 pieces of construction equipment were damaged in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/22/2015: Assailants attacked houses of Muslim civilians in Velloor area, Kerala state, India. At least one child was wounded and approximately 50 homes and several vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants detonated an unknown number of explosive devices during a procession in Shahjadpur neighborhood, Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/22/2015: Assailants fired a mortar at a trolley in Leninsky neighborhood, Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least 13 people were killed and 20 were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic. The Donetsk People's Republic blamed the attack on "pro-government saboteurs."
01/22/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Marea village, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of three villages targeted in Aleppo on the same day. At least four people were killed across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/22/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Sawran village, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of three villages targeted in Aleppo on the same day. At least four people were killed across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/22/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Thallajin village, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of three villages targeted in Aleppo on the same day. At least four people were killed across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/22/2015: Assailants kidnapped a sarpanch and at least 13 other civilians in Parcheli village, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The sarpanch was killed and the other victims were released on January 24, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/22/2015: Assailants kidnapped three members of the Arhab tribe in Al Bakol village, Arhab district, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
01/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police lieutenant colonel and his family in Resala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The police officer was killed and two of his family members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Al-Sinusi Ku'aibah in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. Ku'aibah, the head of the Sirte Security Directorate, and his son-in-law were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of Dulal Sharif in Nalchhiti Upazila, Jhalokati district, Barisal division, Bangladesh. Sharif, a Bangladesh Awami Jubo League president, was unharmed; however, the residence's kitchen and a motorcycle were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the residence of Khaled Mahgoub in Helwan city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. Mahgoub, a judge overseeing a case involving former President Mohamed Morsi, was unharmed, but the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a secondary school truck that was being escorted by police officers in Srimangal Upazila, Sylhet division, Bangladesh. A truck helper, identified as Sajuddin Saju, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to pro-hartal activists.
01/22/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices and an incendiary device at police officials escorting a convoy of trucks transporting goods in Dorikhorbona, Kadirganj area, Rajshahi city, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Three civilians were injured, and a vehicle, a printing press office, and shops and showrooms were damaged in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/22/2016: A bomb exploded near a market in Sayyid 'Abd Allah, Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2016: An explosive device detonated at a counter-narcotics department in a police headquarters in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near the convoy of Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti in Kachay, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Bugti, the Balochistan Home Minister, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2016: An explosive device targeting a house detonated in Amadpur, West Bengal, India. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
01/22/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused behind a police department in Sur district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/22/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the Amrohi Woods in Karnah, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The device was thought to be targeting an Indian Armed Forces convoy. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2016: Assailants abducted Dinesh Tanti, a former sarpanch, in Jamui district, Bihar state, India. Tanti was killed the following day. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Dinesh Tanti was targeted because the group believed he was a police informant.
01/22/2016: Assailants attacked Mukesh Kumar in Tenibigha neighborhood, Jehanabad, Bihar, India. Kumar, a Hindi news channel journalist, was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2016: Assailants attacked Virira market in Ivimbo village, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three civilians were killed and four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
01/22/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at military personnel in Hasirli neighborhood, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. 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).
01/22/2016: Assailants launched a missile targeting a military checkpoint in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One child was killed and three others were injured when the rocket struck a civilian residence. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. Two guards were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police constables in Rashid Garhi neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two constables were killed and another person was injured in the assault. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2016: Assailants raided houses of former government officials in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No casualties were reported in the attack. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2016: Assailants set fire to construction equipment owned by AJ Construction Corporation in Edwards village, South Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was related to an extortion demand.
01/22/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at Nuriye Eser Primary School in Diyarbakir city, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Five students were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
01/22/2016: Security forces intercepted three suicide bombers at a security checkpoint in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. All three assailants were killed when security forces opened fire and one of the bombers detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/22/2017: A sniper shot and killed an unknown number of civilians attempting to flee Rashidiyah neighborhood 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).
01/22/2017: An explosive device detonated in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: An explosive device detonated in Zayuna neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: An explosive device detonated near a garage in Bab al-Muadham area, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle near Gossi, Timbuktu, Mali. Three soldiers were killed and one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Volunteer Forces vehicle in Al-Ali, Diyala, Iraq. A volunteer fighter was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants abducted four bus and truck drivers in Kolapara, Meghalaya, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Achik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK) carried out the attack.
01/22/2017: Assailants abducted two Iraqi Army officers in Nukhayb, Al Anbar, Iraq. The hostages were executed sometime on or before February 21, 2017. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants ambushed a taxi carrying students in Gidan Waya, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least five students were shot and killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants attacked a Chinese construction company base between Macina, Segou, and Tenenkou, Mopti, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
01/22/2017: Assailants attacked a police post in Kot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least two assailants were killed and one police officer was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
01/22/2017: Assailants attacked the residence of Papy Mantezolo, the deputy infrastructure minister, in Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mantezolo was not harmed, though one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the ensuing clash with police forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Bunda Dia Kongo (BDK).
01/22/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and threw hand grenades targeting an Assam Rifles (AR) convoy escorting tourists near Jagun, Assam, India. Two soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the assault. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and the Coordination Committee (CORCOM) jointly claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak-Progressive (PREPAK-P), the People's Liberation Army (India), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K).
01/22/2017: Assailants fired a mortar in eastern Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. A military colonel was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants fired a rocket at a Pakistani Armed Forces post in Buzdad, Awaran district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel in Hasna, North Sinai, Egypt. Five soldiers were killed in the attack. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police officer in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The police officer was injured in the attack. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants raided Kanam Divisional Police Station in Dengi, Plateau, Nigeria. One police officer was killed and an unknown number of detainees were released during the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/22/2017: Assailants sabotaged a railway track and caused a train to derail in Kuneru, Andhra Pradesh, India. At least 34 people were killed and 61 people were injured in the derailment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/23/1998: Two unknown perpetrators were killed by their own bomb while trying to attack the Al Arkam Mosque in Algiers, Algeria.
01/23/1998: Unnamed Loyalists murdered a Catholic man in Belfast, Northern Ireland, just hours after the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) called off its latest campaign of violence. The victim, gas worker Liam Conway, aged 39, was laying pipes in a Loyalist area off the Crumlin Road when he was ambushed by a lone gunman who fired two rounds at his head. No one else was injured in the attack.
01/23/1999: A bomb was thrown by unknown perpetrators at the home of a Catholic family on Roddens Road in Larne, Antrim County, Northern Ireland. The family escaped without injury. Another home on Sea Cliff Road was also attacked on this day.
01/23/1999: A bomb was thrown by unknown perpetrators at the home of a Catholic family on Sea Cliff Road in Larne, Antrim County, Northern Ireland. The family escaped without injury. Another home on Roddens Road was also attacked on this day.
01/23/1999: In Manoharpur, India, an Australian missionary and his two sons were trapped in their car and burned to death by a mob of at least 14 men believed to be a supporters of Bajrang Dal, a Hindu fundamentalist organization.
01/23/1999: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were accused of bombing an electricity transformer unit on Gintupitiya Street in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This was one of three units that were attacked as part of a campaign to disrupt normal life in various parts of the country. The blasts occurred along Wasala Road, Gintupitiya Street, and Sangamitta Mawatha. Police reports indicated that the attacker used improvised explosive devices that were triggered by a timer.
01/23/1999: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were accused of bombing an electricity transformer unit on Sangamitta Mawatha Street in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This was one of three units that were attacked as part of a campaign to disrupt normal life in various parts of the country. The blasts occurred along Wasala Road, Gintupitiya Street, and Sangamitta Mawatha. Police reports indicated that the attacker used improvised explosive devices that were triggered by a timer.
01/23/1999: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were accused of bombing an electricity transformer unit on Wasala Road in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This was one of three units that were attacked as part of a campaign to disrupt normal life in various parts of the country. The blasts occurred along Wasala Road, Gintupitiya Street, and Sangamitta Mawatha. Police reports indicated that the attacker used improvised explosive devices that were triggered by a timer.
01/23/1999: Two motorcyclists, armed with Kalashnikov rifles, opened fire on a shrine, killing four Shi'ite Islamics in Shorkot, Pakistan. Pir Syed Sabir Sultan, custodian of a shrine, and three visitors to the shrine were killed in the attack. Police stated that the attack was religiously motivated, but no group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2000: A girl was killed and two other children injured when a group of around 50 suspected National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels attacked a house in the Tshobe village. A grenade was thrown in the girl’s house and the family’s tavern was ransacked with around $4000 of goods stolen.
01/23/2000: In Athens an Italian diplomat’s car and a bus owned by a Greek-German school were burned after a group attacked with gas canisters. Both attacks were claimed by phone call by the November 19 Anarchist Faction and Revolutionaries of the Streets.
01/23/2000: The headquarters of the National Republic Association, or the Colorado Party (ANR), Colorado Reconciliation Movement (MRC) in Asuncion, Paraguay, was attacked with a homemade explosive device. Damage was caused to the walls, ceiling, and doors within 23 feet.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2001: Members of HAMAS abducted two Israeli businessmen at gunpoint in the West Bank and then killed them in a nearby village.
01/23/2001: Mohammed Yehia Ali Sattar, armed with a gun and a grenade, hijacked a Yemini aircraft that had departed from Sanaa, Yemen en route to Taizz. The plane was carrying 91 passengers, including Barbara Bodine, the United States Ambassador to Yemen. The hijacker intended to demonstrate support for Saddam Hussein by flying to Baghdad International Airport. Members of the crew were able to subdue the hijacker when the plane landed in Djibouti for refueling. The hijacker and a flight engineer were injured during the hijacking.
01/23/2001: The Angolan rebel group National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) led an armed attack on a civilian vehicle traveling on the road that links Cuito and Catabola in the Bie province. Three were killed and six were wounded.
01/23/2001: Two men associated with the Animal Liberation Front, Peter Schnell and Matthew Whyte, were caught and arrested during their attempt to make and light incendiary devices outside of Capitola City Hall in Capitola, California in the United States, in an attempt to target City Hall.  In the parking lot outside City Hall, the perpetrators were about to assemble incendiaries using 18 Magic Re-Light candles, 11 plastic one-gallon containers and enough gasoline to fill all 11 containers, until they were stopped and caught by police.  Additionally, five containers of gasoline were found in Whyte's car at the time.  There were no damages, nor injuries in this incident.
01/23/2002: A well known journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Pearl, was abducted by militants from the Jaish-e-Mohammad in Karachi, Pakistan. After significant efforts to secure his release he was beheaded several weeks later. At a hearing in 2007, senior al Qaida operative Khalid Sheik Mohammed confessed to killing Pearl.
01/23/2002: The Odessa city prosecutor, Halyna Klymovych, was the target of a car-bombing in Odessa, Ukraine. The prosecutor was unhurt in the attack, although two others were injured.
01/23/2003: An unknown individual had deployed a dangerously unstable gas capable of starting an explosion in a boiler at the Argun power station inside the Chechen town of Argun. The sabotage attempt was averted before any destruction could occur.
01/23/2003: Fazal Wahab, an anti-Taliban writer in Afghanistan, was shot and killed inside a shop in the Pakistani town of Swat. Witnesses say three or four gunmen burst into the store and opened fire killing the storeowner, Fazal, and fatally wounding a young store clerk.
01/23/2003: Sammy Duddy, the North Belfast representative of the Ulster Political Research Group, was targeted by a pipe bomb left outside his Belfast home by suspected associates of Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair. No one was injured in the attack.
01/23/2003: Saraipul, located inside Indian controlled Kashmir, was the location where suspected Islamic militants stopped a passenger bus and removed Ghulam Rasool Dar, a National Conference party activist, and Ghulam Mohammed Dar, a civilian. Both individuals were shot at point blank range killing them.
01/23/2003: The Cano Limon oil pipeline in Northern Colombia was bombed by unknown rebels. The attack occurred near the town of Arauca where U.S. Special Forces were training Colombian troops.
01/23/2003: Three Israeli civilians on foot patrol were shot and killed just south of the West Bank city of Hebron, near the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, by HAMAS gunmen.
01/23/2004: A bomb exploded at a railway station in central China, killing two people and injuring four. The bomb went off on the first floor of the ticket hall at Zhengzhou station in Henan Province. It is possible that the attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber.
01/23/2005: Suspected members of National Liberation Front (FNL) killed Isaie Bigirimana, Governor of Bubanza Province, and his bodyguard near Gihanga, Burundi. FNL did not claim responsibility for the assassination.
01/23/2006: A group calling itself "Anti-State Justice" claimed responsibility for an arson attack on an ELTA post office in Athens, Greece. The fire, started with a home-made incendiary device, caused property damage, but no injuries. This incident is related to another arson attack occurring around the same time.
01/23/2006: A group calling itself “Anti-State Justice” claimed responsibility for an arson attack just outside a New Democracy party (ND) office in Athens, Greece. The fire, started with a home-made incendiary device, damaged the office and several cars parked nearby, but caused no injuries. The claim of responsibility came in the form of an anonymous call to a radio station after the attack. This incident is related to another arson attack occurring around the same time.
01/23/2006: A janitor at Patumkongka Anusorn school in Nong Chik, Thailand, Roong Sae-Lim, was shot and killed by two men on a motorbike while riding his motorbike to a market. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown, and there were no claims of responsibility, but police believe this attack is linked to others in an ongoing insurgency in southern Thailand.
01/23/2006: A prominent member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Jasim Muhammad, was shot and killed in Mosul, Iraq. The identities of the perpetrators are unknown, and there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/23/2006: In a series of related incidents, a bomb destroyed the main building of an Italian-owned holiday center in Taglio Isolaccio in Corsica, France. There were no reported injuries and there were no claims of responsibility, though Corsican separatists are generally suspected to be responsible.
01/23/2006: In a series of related incidents, at least three bomb explosions destroyed approximately 15 chalets at a camping site in Castellare di Casinca in Corsica, France. A fire started by the explosions also destroyed five to six hectares of the surrounding forest. There were no reported injuries and there were no claims of responsibility, though Corsican separatists are generally suspected to be responsible.
01/23/2006: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators exploded a grenade outside a bank in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which caused property damage, but no reported casualties. The Ethiopian Federal Police believe that the perpetrators may have been members of the Coalition for United and Democracy (CUD), the main opposition political party, but there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/23/2006: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators exploded a grenade outside a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which caused property damage, but no reported casualties. The Ethiopian Federal Police believe that the perpetrators may have been members of the Coalition for United and Democracy (CUD), the main opposition political party, but there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/23/2006: In Jaffna, Sri Lanka, unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief in charge of co-coordinating activates of the movement. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack, but the LTTE blames government-backed paramilitaries.
01/23/2006: In Mahmudiya, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside a hospital, killing one civilian and wounding five others. The identity of the perpetrator is unknown, and there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2006: Members of the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo ambushed and killed eight Guatemalan UN peacekeepers while they were on a reconnaissance mission in Garamba National Park. Specifically, the attack took place in Aba, Orientale Province. Fifteen of the rebels were killed in the firefight as well.
01/23/2006: Naji Ithawi was shot dead by unknown perpetrators in Baghdad, Iraq while heading home from evening prayers. Ithawi was a senior official in a government organization that administers Sunni mosques, and he had also served as a Sunni spokesperson, as well as a contributor to various Baghdad newspapers. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2006: Nepalese Maoists bombed the house of Krishna Kharel, Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader, in Nepalgunj, Nepal. The attack resulted in slight damage to the building but no casualties. It had been rumored that Kharel would run for mayor in approaching municipal elections.
01/23/2006: Shi i gunmen wearing government security force uniforms raided a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, Iraq, shooting dead three men, and abducting more than 20 others. Three of those abducted were later released in eastern Baghdad, but the fates of the rest are unknown. One of those killed in the initial raid was identified as Ismail Moh sen, and one of those later released after the abduction was identified as Yas ser Khalil. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2006: Subin Srisanoi was killed by a pillion rider as he was about to arrive home in Thung Yang Daeng district of southern Thailand. The perpetrators of the attack are unknown, but police believe this attack is linked to others in an ongoing insurgency in southern Thailand.
01/23/2006: Suspected Maoist guerrillas blew up a state forest department bungalow that was under construction in Purulia, West Bengal, India, leaving a poster at the site asking people to make their boycott of Republic Day a success. Before the bombing, the perpetrators apparently first asked the caretaker and other staff to vacate the building. There were no casualties from the blast.
01/23/2006: Suspected ULFA militants engaged in a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India throughout the day and night, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces. The attacks resulted in considerable properties damages, injuries, and possibly some deaths of police and civilians.
01/23/2006: Two high schools in Swaziland were firebombed by unknown perpetrators and there were no casualties. One high school was in Matsapha, but the location of the other was not reported. The police blame the outlawed political party the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), but the group has denied responsibility.
01/23/2006: Unknown armed perpetrators attempted and failed to assassinate a member of the Iraqi Parliament, Jaber Khalifa Jaber, on the Jidadiya causeway in Baghdad. The type of weapon used in the attack was not reported. The attack resulted in the death of one of his bodyguards and the injury of his son.
01/23/2006: Unknown gunmen shot a doctor to death as he drove to work at the Iraqi Health Ministry in the Saydiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. There were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/23/2006: Unknown gunmen shot dead a woman working as a cleaner at a U.S. base in Al-Dawr, Iraq. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2006: Unknown perpetrators planted an improvised explosive device on a school door south of Khadra, Iraq. Iraqi Army soldiers dismantled the bomb after an Iraqi school guard alerted them to its existence. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/23/2007:  A car bomb claimed the life of a civilian and wounded 4 others near the Iraqi Finance Ministry in Shi i neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.  Although no group has claimed responsibility, Sunni extremists are believed to be behind the attack.
01/23/2007:  A group of gunmen claiming to be al-Qai da attacked an empty seaside tourist resort in Gaza City, Palestine, with explosive devices and automatic weapons.  Allegedly, the action was to "warn," in some fashion, Palestinian Authority Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah legislator Muhmmad Dahlan.  Officials however, believe that the incident could be linked to Hamas.  More than half of the resort was destroyed in the pre-dawn attack.  No one was killed or injured in the incident.
01/23/2007:  A roadside bomb exploded under an army vehicle in an eastern region of Jijel, Algeria.  One soldier was killed and eight others were wounded as the soldiers were leaving their quarters.  Algerian authorities blamed the attack on the Salafist Group of Call and Combat.
01/23/2007:  Gunmen assassinated a local leader of Mexico’s largest leftist party, Fructuoso Pedro Garcia, in Oaxaca, Mexico.  The member of the Democratic Revolution Party was shot nine times in the main square of Santo Domingo Morelos.  Garcia announced he would run for mayor of Santo Domingo Morelos three days prior.  No one or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2007:  Militants bombed a television bureau in Gaza City, Palestine.  The bomb destroyed the entrance of al-Arabia Satellite Television bureau.   No injuries were sustained.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2007:  Nigerian militants abducted two U.S. citizens in the Nigerian town of Port Harcourt.  The two Americans were employees of Pivot Engineering and Construction Company and were abducted on their way to work at the Port Harcourt waterfront.  No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2007:  Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels exploded two roadside bombs northern Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka.  The roadside bombs killed one civilian and wounded 15 others including two schoolchildren.  One blast occurred near the garrison town of Jaffna and the other near a market in Chavakachcheri along a highway.  The bomb was fixed to a motorbike and left by the road near the market.
01/23/2007:  Ten civilian daily workers were killed and 14 others were wounded at the entrance of a NATO base in the southeastern province of Khost, Afghanistan.  A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up as he approached the base as Afghan laborers were lining up for security checks at the pedestrian entrance.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2007:  Three federal policemen were killed along and five others were wounded as a roadside bomb detonated by suspected militants in the village of Sangam, India.  Militants have increasingly ramped up their attacks ahead of India’s Republic Day.  No group has claimed responsibility.
01/23/2007:  Three Frenchmen were kidnapped by armed Palestinians in the northern West Bank town of Nabulus, Palestine.  The men were seized from hotel in the center of Nablus and led to the old quarter of the city.  Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades claimed responsibility for the action.  They were released a short time after abduction.
01/23/2007:  Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans (infantrymen) were killed and six others were wounded as an IED exploded in Awantipora, Pakistan.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up near a check post in Wazir Dand area, Pakistan killing one person and injuring another.
01/23/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up outside of a restaurant in eastern Khost Province of Afghanistan killing no one and injuring two women.
01/23/2008:  An unknown suicide car bomber blew himself up in an attempted attack on a police convoy in Kirkuk, Iraq.  However, the suicide bomber missed his target and instead killed five civilians and injured eleven more.
01/23/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb at a military ceremony in the Narathiwat Province of Thailand.  The attack killed no one and injured seven soldiers.
01/23/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated bombs in Mosul, Iraq killing seven people and injuring seventy others.
01/23/2008:  Unknown perpetrators kidnapped and killed a Village Defense Committee member in Doda District of Jammu and Kashmir.
01/23/2008:  Unknown perpetrators kidnapped the wife of an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Nigeria at the Mile 4 area of Port Harcourt in Rivers State.  The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown. Gunmen blocked her on Agip Junction highway as she was transporting her 6 children to school. She was dragged out and thrown into the gunmen's jeep, along with her children. The children were later abandoned at the East-West Road.
01/23/2008:  Unknown perpetrators shot and killed a college dean from Baghdad University in central Baghdad, Iraq.  No one else was killed or injured in the attack.
01/23/2009: On Friday evening, assailants kidnapped Usma Baig in Moqori, Badghis, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Spokesman of the Taliban, Qari Mohammad Yusof Ahmadi, told Afghan Islamic Press that two security posts were attacked in Sanjadak, Moqor District, capturing one of the posts, the chief of the post, Usman Baig, and some arms. On 1/24/2009, Baig was safely released in the same area.
01/23/2009: On Friday,  in Macabud village, Rodriguez (Montalban) town, Rizal province, Philippines, New People's Army rebels seized PO3 Ricky Martin, a member of the Bataan Provincial PNP, at a rebel checkpoint. No casualties, damage or motive were reported. The NPA claimed to have arrested the policeman for crimes against the people.
01/23/2009: On Friday, a bomb exploded when children picked up a bag laying next to a pond in Rohini village in Deogarh, Jharkhand, India. Seven children were injured in the blast, no damage was reported, and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/23/2009: On Friday, assailants fired on the vehicle of a government official, killing one security guard, wounding the government official, Mohammad Ayub, and damaging the vehicle in Kohlu, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2009: On Friday, assailants kidnapped a civilian, Mohammad Dost, in Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2009: On Friday, in Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off in the intersection of al-Khadraa neighborhood, killing one person and wounding two others. There was no damage or motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/23/2009: On Friday, in Yala, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon and killed a civilian outside a mosque. The man was suspected to be a police informant. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
01/23/2010: On Saturday morning at 0700, in Koraput, Orissa, India, unknown militants triggered a landmine blast. Four civilians were killed, and eight were injured. A vehicle was damaged in the blast. The Communist Part of India - Maoists were suspected of the attack.
01/23/2010: On Saturday night after 0100, the police chief of Sheigal district in Kunar Province, Jamatullah Khan, and two of his officers were kidnapped while patrolling close to the border with Pakistan. No one claimed responsibility for this incident but local officials blamed the Taliban.
01/23/2010: On Saturday night, the Taliban shot and killed seven people accused of being US spies in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Five people killed were Afghans, their bodies were dumped on a road in Kam Sarobi village, Dosali Tehsil, on the outskirts of Miran Shah. The other two bodies were found in Qutabkhel area and Mirali Bazar, also near Miran Shah. A note found near the bodies said that they were spying for the United States and warned that all traitors would meet the same fate. No group claimed responsibility but local officials blamed the Taliban.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, around the Tagaz bazaar in Khanshin district, Helmand, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb. Two children were killed and two others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, in Chirang, Assam, India, unidentified militants exploded a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device on a subway at the Garibangha area along the India-Bhutan border. A vehicle was partially damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. There were no reported casualties.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, in Jaghatu district, Wardak, Afghanistan, a bomb attack targeting Mohammad Halim Fidae, the governor of Wardak, killed at least four Afghan soldiers and wounded another. The governor was unharmed. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, two 12-year-old children were playing near a cell phone tower when one picked up what appeared to be a long yellow piece of trash and threw it on the ground, causing it to explode. Both children received shrapnel wounds to their legs, eye trauma, and multiple lacerations to the face and hands. No group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, police found and disabled ten improvised explosive devices planted on a school bus. No casualties or damages were caused and no group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, militants riddled a taxi with bullets when it tried to run an illegal Taliban checkpoint south of Sulamenzai village, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Three women and a young boy were killed, while three other passengers, one woman and two men, were wounded.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, over 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) raided the Raxi village in Sundargarh, India, and abducted three people. The victims were identified as Communist Party of India- Marxist leader and Sundargarh Zilla Parishad Member Anand Masi Horo, and dhaba owner Harinath Mindari and his brother Narendra Mundari. Mindari and Mundari were released later that night unharmed. Horo was later released on the night of 01/24/2010. There were no reported casualties.
01/23/2010: On Saturday, suspected Taliban militants blew up Iqra Public School in Charsadda, Pakistan using two bombs. Two classrooms and boundary wall of the school were totally destroyed, as well as damage to other parts of the building. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2011: On Sunday afternoon at 1400, in Barangay Iluru of Rizal district, Cagayan, Philippines, unidentified militants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a police patrol car before opening fire. Five policemen were killed, including the police chief. Two other police officials were injured. A few of the victims were identified as police chief Inspector Antonio Rueco, and his wife, Senior Police Officer 2, Mary Ann Rueco. The New People’s Army (NPA) under command of Danilo Ben claimed responsibility.
01/23/2011: On Sunday at midnight around 0000, in an unknown village near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of three related attacks, unidentified militants armed with unknown firearms and machetes set fire to two houses during an attack on the village. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday at midnight around 0000, in the village of Fan near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of three related attacks, four people including one teenager were killed and two people were injured when militants dressed in military uniforms and wearing bullet resistant vests attacked the village with unknown firearms and machetes. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday at midnight around 0000, in the village of Farin Lamba near Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, in one of three related attacks, four people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured when unidentified militants dressed in military uniforms and wearing bullet resistant vests attacked the village with unknown firearms and machetes. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday half past noon around 1230, in Laoder, Abyan, Yemen, a suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militant, identified as Amin al-Sayed, also known as Amin Saleh al-Mukaser, fired on police officers at a security checkpoint, resulting in a shootout in which one police officer was killed and one civilian and five militants were injured. Security forces detained the five wounded militants, while Amin al-Sayed remained under heavy guard at a hospital, the other four militants were held at the governorate's criminal investigation department for questioning. Later, unidentified gunmen entered the hospital where the militant was staying at rescued Sayed. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday morning, at a tea shop in Rameswarpur village in Salboni, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, unidentified militants shot and killed three Communist Party of India - Marxist supporters and injured several others. According to police, around 10 militants came from the Laxmanpur forest and began firing on them. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants were responsible.
01/23/2011: On Sunday morning, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia, Russia, an improvised explosive device that was planted in the audio and video products section of the Privoz market exploded, causing an unknown amount of property damage but resulting in no casualties. Two more bombs were found in the market place and safely defused. No group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2011: On Sunday morning, in the Kadhimiyah neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, one civilian was killed and eight others were wounded when unidentified militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims. The pilgrims were visiting the city to celebrate the Arbaeen festival. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the bus. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday morning, on the Abu Nawas Street in Baghdad, Iraq, one person was killed and six others were wounded when unidentified militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device parked near the Dyana Hotel. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday morning, on the intra-village road in Muang, Narathiwat, Thailand, unidentified militants shot and killed a villager and palm plantation owner, identified as Chuay Promsorn. Prior to his death, he had received threats after turning down repeated offers from people interested in buying his plantations. His family was also targeted in previous attacks when two explosions killed their dog and injured a family member. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/23/2011: On Sunday night, in one of three related attacks, in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, militants fired at least 20 rockets from different directions at government buildings. The rockets caused partial damage to the office of an assistant political agent. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday night, in one of three related attacks, in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, militants fired at least 20 rockets from different directions at government buildings. The rockets caused partial damage to the outer wall of the Bara telephone exchange. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday night, in one of three related attacks, in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, militants fired at least 20 rockets from different directions at government buildings. Three rockets landed in Fort Salop, injuring one Frontier Corps (FC) soldier. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, two police officers responded to a call at a local video rental store. Just outside of the store members of the Oglaigh na hEireann had planted a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (RCIED), which they were planning to detonate when the officers arrived on the scene. The group decided not to detonate the RCIED after a local citizen approached the officers and left the area, leaving both the RCIED and a secondary tripwire attached to an Irish army grenade on a bike, in place. Officers discovered the RCIED at an unknown time on 01/26/2011. The secondary IED was not discovered until 01/27/2011. The Oglaigh na hEireann claimed responsibility for the devices in a communication on 01/25/2011. No casualties or damages were reported.
01/23/2011: On Sunday, in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, two unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of former Nazim (coordinator of cities and towns in Pakistan), Pir Ameer Faisal, leaving three people dead, four injured and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday, in Marawara, Konar, Afghanistan, militants kidnapped 21 tribal elders because Taliban leader Qari Zai sent a text message to Agence France Presse and claimed that “some relatives, sons and close family members of these men, work in the Afghan army, Afghan police and some with NATO”. The Taliban first called the elders to a meeting at a mosque and after they had a discussion, they were taken away to an undisclosed location. On 01/31/2011 six of the elders were released on the condition that they would not allow their children to work for Afghan or international security forces. The remaining hostages were released on 02/25/2011. No casualties were reported and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
01/23/2011: On Sunday, in the Taza district of Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified militants placed a roadside improvised explosive device which detonated near a government-backed militia leader's truck. The blast injured the leader and three of his guards and damaged the truck. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2011: On Sunday, near the Nautal area of Nasirabad District, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown militants blew up a section of a railway track with an improvised explosive device. The blast damaged a section of the track and suspended railroad service to other parts of the country. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/23/2012: A mortar was fired onto a residential area in Hibhib village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: A remote-controlled explosive device hidden under a bridge detonated on G.T. road in Ajab Bagh area, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The explosive device was targeting a police van. Four people were injured in the attack, and the bridge was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: A roadside bomb was found and defused in Qandharo area, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No other information is available.
01/23/2012: A roadside mine exploded, targeting a police vehicle in Mando Zayi district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Two officers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: A rocket fell in a mosque's courtyard in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The mosque was damaged in the attack. This was one of two rocket attacks in Bannu on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: A rocket fell on a civilian house in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the attack, and the house was damaged. This was one of two rocket attacks in Bannu on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: A sticky bomb attached to the car of a Sahwa Council member detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The Council member was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: A suspicious driver was stopped and detained in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. The driver's Toyota Camry contained bulletproof vests, a gun, and chemicals used to make explosive devices. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but authorities stated that the driver was a member of Boko Haram.
01/23/2012: An explosive device detonated at a government primary school in Sheikh Malkhel area, Landi Kotal town, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The blast damaged two rooms and a veranda of the school. This was one of two devices that went off in the school on January 24, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2012: An explosive device detonated in a vacant area of the business district of Makati city, Metropolitan Manila province, Philippines. No one was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2012: An explosive device detonated in front of a compact disc (CD) store in Dagai village, Tehsil Bazaar, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The targeted shop and two others were badly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police officer's home in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police officer's home in Taji district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people, including the officer, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: Assailants abandoned eight vehicles laden with explosives at a security checkpoint in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. When the assailants saw police checking vehicles, they ran out of their cars and left them. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities attributed the incident to Boko Haram.
01/23/2012: Assailants attacked at least two police officers in Par Hoti area, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One officer died and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: Assailants kidnapped four Frontier Corps (FC) members in Qambarabad area, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No other information is available.
01/23/2012: Gunmen attacked Ali Ghazi Khalaf in Al-Rashad area, Kirkuk, Iraq. Khalaf was the head of a local Sahwa Council. Khalaf was killed in the attack, and three of his bodyguards were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: Gunmen attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in eastern Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: Gunmen shot dead Saleh al-Jabri in Dhamar city, Dhamar governorate, Yemen. Al-Jabri was the warden of a Political Security Agency prison and an intelligence officer. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who have a history of targeting Yemeni intelligence personnel.
01/23/2012: Twelve cars that were about to be used by local police officers were burned in Magdeburg city, Saxony-Anhalt state, Germany. The value of the cars was approximated at $652,000. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2012: Two gunmen attacked the Marib oil pipeline near Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The assailants opened fire on the valve of the pipeline, causing it to catch fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspecte that this was part of a pattern of Yemeni tribesmen attacking the Marib oil pipeline.
01/23/2012: Two Hilux pickup trucks were found abandoned and containing explosives in Bompai area, Kano state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but authorities attributed it to Boko Haram.
01/23/2013: A roadside bomb detonated half a kilometer away from an Awami National Party (ANP) office in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: A suicide bomber named Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan al-Hashmawi detonated explosives at a funeral for a politician killed the previous day in Tuz Khurmato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Among those in attendance were the provincial governor and high-ranking military officers. Forty-two people were killed and 75 were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Al Qa ida in Iraq is suspected.
01/23/2013: An 18 kilogram explosive device was found and defused in Khatan Mahalla, Khuzdar district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No other information is known.
01/23/2013: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated targeting a police vehicle near Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. One officer was killed in the blast and another eight were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that the Taliban was involved.
01/23/2013: An explosive device detonated in a garbage dump outside of a Zakat office on Mardan road, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast, which occurred right before security forces came to defuse the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: An explosive device detonated near a government primary school in Mirzai, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two classrooms were destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: An explosive device detonated on a group of Polish North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers on patrol in Shelgar area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. A member of Poland's Elite Special Forces Unit (GROM), Krzysztof Wozniak, was killed in the attack and two soldiers were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: An explosive device planted in the car of a provincial police chief, Khalid al-Dhile, detonated at a busy market in Al Bayda city, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. Al-Dhile was not in the car at the time; however, one guard was killed and at least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is suspected by police officers.
01/23/2013: An explosive device was found near an incomplete building in Kafanchan, Kaduna, Nigeria. The bomb was safely detonated by the police. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2013: An unknown gunman hiding in a rubber plantation opened fire on soldiers leaving a tea shop in Rueso Ok tambon, Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The last soldier to board his truck was hit by gunfire, injuring him. The soldiers were tasked with escorting teachers to work.
01/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Misrata city, Misrata, Libya. At least one police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on civilians in a mosque at a camp for Afghan refugees in Katakani area, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two prayer leaders were killed in the attack; both of them are believed to have links to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Assailants planted explosive devices at the base of a cellular phone tower in Safi tehsil, Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported injuries resulting from the blast; however, the control room of the tower was damaged and cellular service was interrupted. Security forces found additional explosive devices planted at the tower; these were safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Assailants threw molotov cocktails at an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) jeep in Al-Arroub, Hebron governorate, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The IDF soldiers opened fire in retaliation, killing one person and injuring two. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Assailants threw three grenades at the Supreme Security Committees (SSC) building in Misrata city, Misrata, Libya. At least one person was killed and two more people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Four perpetrators entered a school and shot and killed teacher Cholathee Charoenchol during lunch in Ban Tanyong, Bacho district, Thailand. The perpetrators then stole the teacher's car and abandoned it near a jungle. Sources speculate the car was going to be used for a future car bomb. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Gunmen broke into a house and killed a father and son living there in Jiddari Polo area, Maiduguri city, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of three similar attacks in Maiduguri early on January 23rd, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspect Boko Haram.
01/23/2013: Gunmen broke into a house and used machetes to kill a man in Maiduguri city, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of three similar attacks in Maiduguri early on January 23rd, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspect Boko Haram.
01/23/2013: Gunmen broke into a house and used machetes to kill two men in Maiduguri city, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of three similar attacks in Maiduguri early on January 23rd, 2013. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspect Boko Haram.
01/23/2013: Gunmen entered a house and opened fire on members of a peace militia sleeping there in Gul Bagh area, Badaber, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four militia members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of soldiers conducting routine patrol in Qahera, Taiz governorate, Yemen. Another group of soldiers then arrived and engaged the attackers in a firefight. Two attackers died and one attacker and eight soldiers were injured in the gunfight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a patrol of soldiers who were in the area to investigate claims that the New People's Army (NPA) was demanding extortion in T. Elizaga town, Cagayan province, Philippines. Four soldiers were injured in the attack as were an unknown number of attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, soldiers attributed the attack to the NPA.
01/23/2013: Gunmen shot and killed a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) [JUI-F] prayer leader, Mufti Rehmatullah, in Kakar Colony of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) assailants attacked a police station in El Mango, Argelia municipality, Cauca, Colombia. Seven people were injured in the attack and several pieces of property were damaged. Six public service vehicles were also defaced with ELN logos. According to the military, this attack was perpetrated to distract the Army from searching for a business owner who ELN had kidnapped days ago.
01/23/2013: Perpetrators attacked a unit of interior troops in Elistanzhi, Vedeno region, Chechnya, Russia. Two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Perpetrators threw at least one grenade at Kakopathar Police Station in Kakopathar, Tinsukia district, Assam state, India. The grenade failed to explode because the safety pin was still on it. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, news sources attributed the attack to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
01/23/2013: Perpetrators threw molotov cocktails at the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party in October 6 area of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. No one was injured nor was there property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members blew up two oil tankers in an unknown location in Colombia. No other information is known.
01/23/2013: Security forces found and defused three rockets in Shahkas area of Jamrud, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The rockets were aimed at the nearby Frontier Corps (FC) Fort. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Three mortars were fired at Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Hayatabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The number of casualties from the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
01/23/2013: Two motorcycle riders opened fire on a truck transporting seven kindergartners to school in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2013: Unidentified assailants shot and killed a local Sahwa militia leader, Mohammad Mustafa, in Garma area near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One of Mustafa's guards was also injured in the attack.
01/23/2013: Unidentified attackers attempted to blow up a policeman's house with a grenade in Zugutli Mautli, Dagestan, Russia. One relative of the target was killed, and a second individual was injured.
01/23/2014: A gunman attacked Sami Maroush in Aley town, Mount Lebanon governorate, Lebanon. Maroush, a Druze leader in the Progressive Socialist Party, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: A roadside bomb detonated as a minibus passed by in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: An explosive device detonated in car carrying Ministry of Oil employees in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three ministry employees were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near the entrance of Rajshahi University in Rajshahi city, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. At least four people were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2014: An explosive device detonated prematurely in a car in the Dima Hasao district of Garampani, Assam state, India. Two assailants, identified as Sahabuddin and Aminuddin, were killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected that the Independent faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) was behind the attack.
01/23/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a Rangers vehicle in the Patel Para area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three people, including two police officers and a civilian, were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused on Charsadda road in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The intended target of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an automobile shop in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least six people were killed and at least eight others were wounded as a result of the blast. Additionally, the shop, vehicles and nearby buildings were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2014: Assailants abducted a Spanish journalist from near El Cabo, La Guajira department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/23/2014: Assailants abducted Noor Ahmed Noori from Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Noori, a journalist with the New York Times, was killed and his body was discovered in Lashkar Gah on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants abducted six civilians in Diapedi area, Bas-Ueli district, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
01/23/2014: Assailants abducted two construction workers from the New Boljang LP school in Senapati district, Manipur state, India. The two hostages were released unharmed on January 27, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Kuki tribal members were behind the attack.
01/23/2014: Assailants attacked a Sahwa Council checkpoint in the Dora area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of council members were killed or wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants attacked Mhabubur Rahman Rana in the Moghbazar neighborhood of Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Rana, the leader of the Swechchhasebak League and former leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants attempted to attack a provincial council meeting in Diyala governorate, Iraq. Police forces thwarted the attack, killing seven suicide bombers and dismantling five explosives-laden vehicles. There were no reports of additional casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants detonated explosives at a gas pipeline in the Pir Koh area of Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but gas service to the area was suspended. This was one of two such attacks on pipelines in Balochistan on this day, both of which were claimed by the Baloch Republican Army (BRA).
01/23/2014: Assailants detonated explosives at a gas pipeline in the Sui area of Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties in the attack, but gas service to the area was suspended. This was one of two such attacks on pipelines in Balochistan on this day, both of which were claimed by the Baloch Republican Army (BRA).
01/23/2014: Assailants fired a mortar at the Bangaariyada neighborhood of Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least three people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a civilian residence in the Dheri Bhanda area of Kohat city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, but the targeted house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2014: Assailants fired artillery shells at Mogadishu Airport in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. An unknown number of shells struck nearby neighborhoods, wounding at least four people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a Jafria Disaster Cell (JDC) ambulance on University Road in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The driver was killed and a patient being transported was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a group of men playing cricket in Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. At least five people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that the Taliban was behind the attack.
01/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Yemeni military vehicle in Marib city, Marib governorate, Yemen. At least soldier was killed as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at a petrol pump in Dhekiajuli area, Assam state, India. One person was injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was involved.
01/23/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at the Pirabad police station in Orangi Town in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The device failed to detonate and was later defused. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/23/2014: Gunmen attacked a fishing village in Turkana province, Kenya. One fisherman was killed and an unknown number of people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the incident to a Merrile militia from Ethiopia.
01/23/2014: Gunmen attacked a military base in the Al-Zaidan area of Abu Ghraib city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least two soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Gunmen on motorbikes attacked an Egyptian National Police (ENP) checkpoint in Al-Wassta, Beni Suef governorate, Egypt. At least five police officers were killed and two others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Intelligence officials arrested a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The intended target of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2014: Two explosive devices detonated near an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least nine people, including two soldiers and seven civilians, were wounded as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2015: A train hit an explosive device planted along a railway track in Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were reported casualties, but the train was damaged in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated at a bar across the street from a bus terminal in Guiwan neighborhood, Zamboanga city, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. Two people were killed and 52 were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated at a civil court in Arrah district, Bihar state, India. A police constable and the assailant were killed and 16 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated in Alf Maskan neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. Four police officers and a civilian were wounded in the blast. Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated in Keisamthong Laisom Leirak neighborhood, Imphal district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of India's Republic Day celebrations, scheduled for January 26, 2015.
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Ubaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a gas pipeline in Mir Hasan area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast, but the pipeline was damaged. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Adhamiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, an employee of the Supreme Commission for Hajj and Umrah, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants abducted Birsi Munda in Etkedih village, Jharkhand state, India. Munda, a suspected police informant, was shot and killed soon afterward. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
01/23/2015: Assailants attacked an army surveillance center in Tallat Al Hamra area, Ras Baalbeck village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Eight soldiers and 18 assailants were killed, and 22 soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were wounded in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2015: Assailants attacked two military vehicles in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. No further information is available.
01/23/2015: Assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Sohbatpur area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Al Ghazaliyah, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar but uncoordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 10 people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Al Shu'lah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar but uncoordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 10 people were injured across both blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at the thermal power plant in Shchastya, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties, but the plant was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants fired rockets at houses in Valuyske town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties, but seven homes and a nursing home were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed it to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/23/2015: Assailants kidnapped five soldiers between Abu Najim and Jufra districts, Libya. The soldiers were found dead on January 25, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants kidnapped three ABCI Infrastructures Private Limited workers in Saramkon area, Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Kuki National Front (KNF).
01/23/2015: Assailants launched a rocket at a helipad in Kuki Khel area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, but the helipad was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on a soldier near a military roadblock in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Kambari village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 15 people, including a village head, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured during the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) in Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. Two volunteers were killed and a civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Hazem Atteya-Allah in Faiyum district, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. Atteya-Allah, the governor of Faiyum, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants set fire to the campaign office of Mohammed Abubakar, an All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, in Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants set fire to the office of Zardad Khan in Kari Kot area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a local journalist and the Wana Press club president, was unharmed; however, his office and a medical store were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at a police station in Chawkbazar area, Chittagong district, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed it to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/23/2015: Assailants threw two explosive devices at a truck on Chapainawabganj-Amnura road in Amnura Nayanagar area, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. Two people, identified as Nasib Ali and Harunur Rashid, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Assailants took 100 children hostage in Kudumkela village, Gumla district, Jharkhand state, India. The hostages were released soon afterward. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Maoists.
01/23/2015: Five assailants armed with five incendiary devices, six explosive devices, and two firearms were apprehended in Ramkrishnapur area, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailants as municipal leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh).
01/23/2015: Security forces discovered an explosive device in Galhar area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The authorities safely removed the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted near the office of a police superintendent in Paglasthan neighborhood, Bongaigaon city, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2015: Security forces fired a rocket at a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle targeting Peshmerga members west of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The vehicle detonated, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/23/2015: Two explosive devices detonated outside the home of a Huthi leader in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, a car was damaged in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: A soldier was shot and killed in Mansura district, Shaykh Uthman, Adan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military base in Mushahidah, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least five military personnel were killed and 11 personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: An assailant attempted to stab an Israeli security guard in Almon, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/23/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al Khanasah neighborhood, Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: An explosive device detonated in Hurriya, Kadhimiya, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Turath area, Rasheed, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Sameli village, Chhattisgarh state, India. One officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/23/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Qadissiya area, Mansour, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Industry and Minerals employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/23/2016: Assailants abducted a Khassadars official in Alingar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The official was killed and his body was discovered on January 25, 2016. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2016: Assailants abducted at least seven civilians in Mayangose, Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five of the hostages were killed by the assailants on an unknown date while one hostage escaped from the assailants on January 30, 2016. The whereabouts of the remaining hostage are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed it to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
01/23/2016: Assailants abducted six Aman Lashkars members in Qamber Khel, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. All six hostages were shot and killed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2016: Assailants attacked a power station in Al-Fathah, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least nine assailants were killed across both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/23/2016: Assailants attacked Al-Fathah, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least nine assailants were killed across both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/23/2016: Assailants attacked joint forces with mortars and explosives-laden vehicles in Makhmur district, Arbil, Iraq. Security members repelled the assault, killing 20 assailants and injuring 12 assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Assailants attacked Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq. Al Jabbur tribal members repelled the assault, killing seven assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/23/2016: Assailants attacked security forces in Imam Sahib district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least one soldier was killed and there were an unknown number of assailant casualties in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2016: Assailants attacked the house of a barangay captain in San Agustin, Isabela province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the New People's Army (NPA) was involved.
01/23/2016: Assailants attempted to abduct two members of the Bohra minority group in Craiter area, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. One of the victims was killed when the abduction attempt failed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at the Ajil oil field in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks on oil fields 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).
01/23/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at the Allas oil field in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks on oil fields 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).
01/23/2016: Assailants executed a civilian in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/23/2016: Assailants fired rockets at the al-Nahda School in Bab Tobroq neighborhood, Derna, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two rocket attacks on the neighborhood on this day. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Assailants fired rockets at the Medical Technical School in Bab Tobroq neighborhood, Derna, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two rocket attacks on the neighborhood on this day. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Government Girls' High Secondary School in Tandlianwala, Punjab province, Pakistan. At least ten students were injured in a stampede as a result of the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on Jessie Mina in Puro village, Masbate province, Philippines. Mina, a former Citizens Armed Forces and Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on Merlin Manalac in Tinajeros village, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Manalac, a Malabon city councilor, was killed in in the attack. The Partido Marxista-Leninista ng Pilipinas (PMLP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated Manalac was targeted in retaliation for the murder of a former New People's Army (NPA) member in 2010.
01/23/2016: Assailants set fire to a Palestinian school in Tuba village, Northern district, Israel. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Israeli settlers.
01/23/2016: Assailants shelled Turbedar street, Kilis town, Kilis province, Turkey. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Assailants took security guards hostage and attacked a telephone tower in Yukharia village, Jamui district, Bihar state, India. No casualties were reported, but the tower was damaged by an ensuing fire. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/23/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Hayy Al Husayn area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in Kadhimiya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Three suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles at a police headquarters in 70 Kilu area, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailants, at least 43 police officers were killed and four police officers were injured in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2016: Two Assailants attempted to abduct Housseyni Salah Cisse, the general attorney, in Gao city, Gao region, Mali. One assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tuaregs.
01/23/2017: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a Ministry of Interior employee detonated on Shaqalaha road in Mogadishu, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: An explosive device detonated in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/23/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in South Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least eight soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel in Mughayir, West Bank. One soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: An explosives-laden jacket was discovered and defused at a mosque on Ring Road in Doran Pur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/23/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Talbiyah area, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants abducted Alhaji Audi Musa, a Hausa chief, in Bagana, Kogi, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants abducted two police officers in Burka, Baghlan, Afghanistan. The officers seized weapons from their captors and escaped on January 24, 2017, killing five assailants. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least two assailants and three soldiers were killed and 13 people, including 11 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants attacked and killed Thakur Das Mahto, a Brajesh Construction Company contractor, in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, India. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victim of being a police informant.
01/23/2017: Assailants attacked security checkpoints in Falul, Baghlan, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed and three others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/23/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on military personnel at a base in Burhakaba, Bay, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and six soldiers were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants fired mortars at a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Aguelhoc, Kidal, Mali. At least one Chadian peacekeeper was killed and two peacekeepers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants raided a construction site between Annaram and Tarlaguda, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties, though 15 construction vehicles and machines were set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
01/23/2017: Assailants raided Daggu, Borno, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and seven women were abducted in the assault. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/23/2017: Assailants seized a Vega Telecommunications Group office and forced staff to leave in Donetsk, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Assailants threw explosive devices at a bank and a guesthouse in Mandera, Kenya. There were no reported casualties in the blast, though one police officer was shot and killed as the assailants fled the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/23/2017: Security forces discovered and defused five explosive devices in Chinzai, Parwan, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices near Jagun, Assam, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in Baysan neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles in Rashidiyah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/23/2017: Security forces identified and arrested two assailants planting an explosive device under a police officer's vehicle in Abu Ghraib, 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).
01/23/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle and targeting military positions in Tharthar, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/23/2017: Security forces intercepted and killed a suicide bomber in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/1998: In Algiers, Algeria, a bomb thrown from a bus killed one person. There were no reports of injuries, and no group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/24/1998: Setif, a city 250 km south-east of Algiers, Algeria, was hit with a bomb attack when a device exploded in the centre of the city, killing four passers-by and seriously injuring several others. No group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/24/1998: Three people were injured when a bomb exploded near a cinema in the El Biar district in Algeria. No group claimed responsibility, but Islamic militants were suspected in the attack.
01/24/1999: Eleven Indian businessmen were kidnapped in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by Revolutionary Armed Front (RUF) rebels. They were released on January 29, 1999.
01/24/2000:  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)  executed fourteen Sri Lankan civilians,  in Kokkaddicholai in the Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka.  The civilians were under custody in Kokkaddicholai and the LTTE believed them to be secret informers. No additional details were provided.
01/24/2000: Four marines were killed and six were wounded when they were attacked by Free Aceh Movement Forces (GAM) during evening prayers at Ujoeng Blang. At the sound of explosions, the marines rushed outside the mosque where they were attacked with gunfire.
01/24/2000: Islamic militants attacked the Batmaloo Indian Army camp in Srinagar with grenades and gunfire. Two soldiers were killed and six soldiers were injured and two militants were killed.
01/24/2000: Ten people from God's Army, armed with assault rifles, hijacked a bus to take them to the Ratchaburi Hospital. At the hospital, the group took more than 750 people hostage. A list of demands included opening the Thai border to refugees and other items concerning Burmese refugees and the Thai government and army. The episode ended when Thai security forces stormed the hospital killing nine rebels.
01/24/2000: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed credit for an attempted arson of the Primate Products, Inc. in Redwood City, California in the United States.  The perpetrators placed flammable materials inside the mail slot of the facility.  There were no casualties in the incident, but it is unknown if any damage resulted from the materials.
01/24/2000: The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the Pabbo displaced persons camp and the Sobetra construction camp killing four people and injuring several others.
01/24/2000: Three people were injured when an explosive device went off outside a house in the Pirzeen resettlement camp. The perpetrators were arrested.
01/24/2001: Armed Albanians attacked a police position in Lucane, Serbia. With grenades, automatic rifles and sniper fire they were able to damage two houses but the number of injured was unknown.
01/24/2001: Armed Albanians attacked a police position in Veliki Trnovac, Serbia with automatic rifles and sniper fire. Three Albanians were injured.
01/24/2001: Six were killed in a Hizballah armed attack on the police chief in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
01/24/2002: An IED was detected and defused by Indo-Tibetan Border Police and local police along the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora, India. Muslim militants were suspected in the attempted bombing.
01/24/2002: An IED was detected and defused by local police along the Jhangalwar bridge in Jammu region's Doda district. Muslim militants were suspected in the attempted bombing.
01/24/2002: Four policemen were killed in an attack at a police outpost in Panchthar, Nepal. Maoist extremists were blamed for the attack.
01/24/2002: Unknown assailants assassinated former Lebanese Parliament member Elie Hubayqah in Beirut, Lebanon. No further information was provided.
01/24/2003: A convoy carrying Manipur State Ministers K. Ranjit Singh and Korung Thung was attacked with automatic gunfire directed from a hill in the Indian village of Thingkhangpi. There were no reported injuries.
01/24/2003: Major Danilo Billon was shot and killed by suspected members of the New People's Army in the Philippine town of Catarman. Major Billon was at the time working on the surrender of a communist rebel however no further information was provided.
01/24/2003: Nasir Bandey, brother of a local leader of India's main opposition Congress party in nearby Shopian township, was shot and killed by at least five rebels who stopped his car in the village of Nagshereen inside Indian controlled Kashmir.
01/24/2003: Two unidentified men lobbed a hand grenade at a Cotabato City Weena Bus Lines terminal in the Philippines resulting in damage to an attached restaurant. No one was injured in the attack which was blamed on possible Muslim extortionists.
01/24/2004: A car bomb exploded in a crowded area outside a courthouse in Samarra, Iraq. Four civilians were killed and the wounded included 32 civilians and six Iraqi policemen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2005: A suicide car bomber attacked the National Accord Movement headquarter building in Baghdad, Iraq. The bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint located at the entrance to Al-Zaytun Street wounding 10 people including seven policemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2005: Darfur rebel fighters attacked the town of Al Malam in Sudan’s Darfur region killing 22 people and injuring 26 others. The attackers raided the area using 12 all-terrain Land Cruisers and six trucks. The perpetrators set fire to two villages in the area as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2005: Suspected members of the United Liberation Front of Assam threw a grenade near the Disper capital complex in Guwahati, India. Six people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the grenade attack.
01/24/2005: Unknown perpetrators bombed the Departmental Directorate of Veterinary Services in Borgo, Corsica. Although the office sustained some damage, no one was harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
01/24/2006: A bomb exploded in a classroom at Shamsherpur School in Bangladesh’s district of Munshiganj, injuring three students and slightly damaging the classroom. The perpetrators of the attack are unknown, but police suspect militants are responsible.
01/24/2006: A bomb exploded on Golestan Road next to the Natural Resources Department in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran, injuring an unspecified number of people but causing no deaths. This attack seems to be related to another bomb attack in another location that occurred simultaneously. A group called The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/24/2006: A bomb exploded on Kianpars Street inside Saman Bank in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran, killing at least nine people and wounding 15 others. There was presumably property damage as well, though the extent of it was not reported. This attack seems to be related to another bomb attack in another location that occurred simultaneously. A group called The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz claimed responsibility for the blasts.
01/24/2006: A Fatah campaigner, Ahmed Hassuneh, was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Nablus on the eve of the Palestinian election by Fatah gunmen from a rival internal faction. At the time of the shooting, Hassuneh had been attempting to get the perpetrators to stop shooting at campaign posters on his house. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack. Approximately 1,000 people marched to the main police station in Nablus in protest.
01/24/2006: A Muslim government employee in Pattani Province of Thailand, Bahem Kalem, was shot and killed in front of his home by suspected Islamic militants with an assault rifle. The victim worked in a job creation scheme run by the regional border security body. There was no reported claim of responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2006: A Muslim rubber tapper, Yamaree Duwanbee, was ambushed by suspected insurgents before dawn yesterday in a rubber plantation in Ban Burge-Greding, a village in Narathiwat, Thailand. He was shot with a handgun and died in the hospital. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2006: A provincial reporter named Subramaniam Sugirtharajan who worked for a pro-Tamil Tiger newspaper, Sudar Oli, was gunned down in the eastern port town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
01/24/2006: A Sri Lankan government employee was shot and killed in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, by unidentified gunmen. The perpetrators of the attack are unknown, and there have been no claims of responsibility, but the Tamil Tigers may be responsible.
01/24/2006: At least nine people were killed when perpetrators attacked and robbed the offices of the Italian oil company, Agip, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Of those killed, eight were policemen and one was a civilian. About $31,000 was stolen from the facility as well. The perpetrators were not identified, and there were no claims of responsibility. Oil companies had been a frequent target of terrorist attacks in the region.
01/24/2006: Gunmen shot and killed a sheik of the Janabeen tribe, Zamil Mula Chiad, and injured his son in Siniyah in the Salahuddin Province of Iraq. The two were driving to Beiji at the time of the attack and Iraqi police later arrested members of a group of Islamic extremists who admitted to carrying out the attack.
01/24/2006: In a series of related incidents, three unoccupied holiday homes were the target of bomb attacks in the Haute-Corse region of northern Corsica, near Cervione. There were no reported injuries and there were no claims of responsibility, though Corsican separatists are generally suspected to be responsible.
01/24/2006: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators planted a grenade near Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which police found and defused. The Ethiopian Federal Police believe that the perpetrators may have been members of the Coalition for United and Democracy (CUD), the main opposition political party, though there were no claims of responsibility.
01/24/2006: In a series of related incidents, unknown perpetrators planted a grenade outside the gate of a junior high school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which police found and defused. The Ethiopian Federal Police believe that the perpetrators may have been members of the Coalition for United and Democracy (CUD), the main opposition political party, but there were no reported claims of responsibility.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of five simultaneous bombings in total, perpetrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka, exploded a small bomb along a railway line in the Nugegoda area hours after a meeting between the Sri Lankan president and a visiting Norwegian peace broker. There were no reports of casualties or property damage and there were no claims of responsibility although the Tamil Tigers are suspected to be responsible.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of five simultaneous bombings in total, perpetrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka, exploded a small bomb at a garbage dump near a hospital for women in the Borella area hours after a meeting between the Sri Lankan president and a visiting Norwegian peace broker. There were no reports of casualties or property damage and there were no claims of responsibility although the Tamil Tigers are suspected to be responsible.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of five simultaneous bombings in total, perpetrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka, exploded a small bomb in the Kiribathgoda area hours after a meeting between the Sri Lankan president and a visiting Norwegian peace broker. There were no reports of casualties or property damage and there were no claims of responsibility although the Tamil Tigers are suspected to be responsible.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of five simultaneous bombings in total, perpetrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka, exploded a small bomb in the Mount Lavinia area hours after a meeting between the Sri Lankan president and a visiting Norwegian peace broker. There were no reports of casualties or property damage and there were no claims of responsibility although the Tamil Tigers are suspected to be responsible.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of five simultaneous bombings in total, perpetrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka, exploded a small bomb in the Wattala area hours after a meeting between the Sri Lankan president and a visiting Norwegian peace broker. There were no reports of casualties or property damage and there were no claims of responsibility although the Tamil Tigers are suspected to be responsible.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of simultaneous attacks, Maoist guerrillas in Nepalgunj, Nepal, attacked a branch of the Nepal Rastra Bank with unspecified weapons. The number of casualties and the extent of the property damage was not reported.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of simultaneous attacks, Maoist guerrillas in Nepalgunj, Nepal, attacked a government district administration office. The number of casualties and the extent of the damage were not reported. The weapons used in the attack consisted of guns and possibly explosives or other unspecified types of weapons. There were no reported claims of responsibility, but the perpetrators are believed to be members of the Communist Party of Nepal.
01/24/2006: In one of a series of simultaneous attacks, Maoist guerrillas in Nepalgunj, Nepal, attacked the district penitentiary with at least one bomb and perhaps with guns. At least five police officers were wounded, and it is possible that some were killed. The extent of any property damage that occurred was not reported.
01/24/2006: In one of two related attacks, unknown perpetrators threw a grenade at the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kabul, Afghanistan, but it blew up outside the compound, causing no casualties. The explosion caused minor damage to a bus stop outside the ministry. There was no reported claim of responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2006: In one of two related attacks, unknown perpetrators threw a hand grenade at the Indian consulate in Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan, but it exploded outside, causing no casualties. It was not reported whether or not there was property damage, and there were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2006: In Pattani, Thailand, a couple on their way to work was shot at in a drive-by attack by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle yesterday. The husband, Yeung Boonjaisri, was severely wounded while the wife, Chinda, a teacher, was wounded as well. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2006: Maoist guerrillas in Nepal obstructed a highway by placing tree trunks, rocks, and bombs at different places, and parking a truck with explosives in the tires in the middle of the road between Helu Bazaar and Galyang on the Siddhartha Highway in Syangja. There were no casualties, but hundreds of people were stranded due to the obstruction.
01/24/2006: Suspected ULFA militants engaged in a string of grenade attacks and bomb blasts across Assam, India, throughout the day and night, mostly targeting gas, oil, and power installations, in addition to security forces. The attacks resulted in considerable properties damages, injuries, and possibly some deaths of police and civilians.
01/24/2006: Two German engineers, Thomas Nitzschke and Rene Braeunlich, employees of the German firm Cyrotec, were abducted at gunpoint near an oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, by armed members of a group called Ansar al-Tahwid wal Sunna. A few days later, a video of them and their captors appeared on Al Jazeera TV.  The men were released on May 2 after the German government reportedly paid a ransom.
01/24/2006: Two Muslim police officers, Taofit Mahae and Usumal Maha, who worked on a regional border security job creation project, were seriously wounded when an unknown perpetrator shot them with an AK-47 in Rusae, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007:  A Sudanese plane carrying 103 passengers and crew was hijacked and diverted to the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, where the hijacker surrendered.  No casualties were reported. The hijacker was identified as Mohammed Abdelatif Mahamat.  He reportedly intended to stress the plight of the conflict in Darfur.
01/24/2007:  An Iraqi academic was assassinated in northern Baghdad, Iraq.  Dr. Diyaa al-Maqwartar, who was teaching at Baghdad’s Mustaniriya university was also the chairman of a committee for consumer protection as well as being the chairman for a performance evaluation committee for a TV show broadcast.  No one or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007:  An unidentified individual hijacked Air Wedt Flight 612 out of Khartoum.  He then forced a gun to the pilot's head and forced him to fly to N'djamena, Chad, where he then requested political assylum from the United Kingdom.  All passengers onboard were Sudanese.
01/24/2007:  At least two people were killed in Somalia as Islamic militant gunmen launched powerful mortar attacks aimed at Mogadishu International Airport.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007:  Four policemen were killed and three civilians were wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a police patrol in western Baghdad, Iraq.  In the Amriyah district, the bomber blew up his car near a fuel station, destroying two police vehicles and damaging several civilian cars.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007:  Separatists bombed a cargo train and triggered another explosion near a market in India’s northeastern state of Assam.  The bomb that hit the train produced minor damage to a wagon carrying fertilizers.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007:  Two people were killed and 20 others were wounded when mortar rounds hit the main entrance of a medical compound in central Baghdad, Iraq.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2007:  Two were injured as suspected separatists guerillas threw a grenade at a group of people standing outside a fuel station in Changsari, India.  The fuel station was located within close proximity of a market.  No group has claimed responsibility for attack.
01/24/2007: Rebels believed to belong to the United Liberation Front of Assam shot and killed Chandra Chutia, the leader of a village unit of the Congress party in Assam’s eastern city of Guwahati, India.  Within close range, the perpetrators used automatic weapons.
01/24/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed a provincial director of police in Mosul, Iraq.  The attack also killed two other people and injured two more.
01/24/2008:  Maoists kidnapped and killed three Nepali Congress activists in Siraha District, Nepal.
01/24/2008:  Members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades opened fire on two Israelis in Jerusalem, Israel killing one and wounding the other.
01/24/2008:  Two Palestinians, disguised as Israeli soldiers, infiltrated a school in the West Bank settlement of Kfar Etzion in Israel and stabbed three students.  Both of the perpetrators were shot dead by security guards. None of the victims were killed but did sustain injuries.
01/24/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a police car in Grozny, Russia killing one police officer and injuring another.
01/24/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a vehicle carrying Russian Defense Ministry servicemen in the village of Troitskaya in Ingushetia's Sunzha district, Russia killing no one and injuring one. The incident occurred at around 5 pm Moscow time, Wednesday.
01/24/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked and killed a leader of the nationalist Awami National Party in Swat Valley, Pakistan.  The attack also killed two others and injured three more.
01/24/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked and killed five people in separate incidents in Pattani and Yala Provinces, Thailand.
01/24/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a bomb near a Shiite cleric's convoy in Karbala, Iraq.  The attack killed two people and injured five including the cleric.
01/24/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated three small bombs in front of bank offices in Cali, Colombia.  The attack killed and injured no one and property damage is unknown. A fourth bomb  containing six kilos (just over 13 pounds) of the explosive pentonite, was also found in front of a bank but was disarmed by local police before it could go off.
01/24/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1600, a suicide bomber on foot detonated his device in a local bazaar in an unspecified area of Patkia, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and eight others wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday at dawn, in Roncesvalles, Tolima, Colombia, assailants fired upon multiple facilities, damaging a police station, a school and several residences but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC), 21st Front were responsible.
01/24/2009: On Saturday evening at 1945, a roadside bomb detonated in Palestine street, wounding one civilian and causing no reported damage. There was motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday evening at 2000, in Baghdad, Iraq, gunmen threw a grenade at people on the Adhemiyah coast road, wounding three people. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, assailants fired upon and killed one journalist, Amir Waqeel, in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, assailants threw a grenade into a school building in Mingaora, North-West Frontier, Pakistan. The attack damaged the school and injured a Frontier Corps official, Janat Gul. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants shot and killed two people of Punjabi origin, Mohammad Farooq and Shahzad Ahmed, on Sariab Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack via the Daily Times. The attack was in response to the BLA attempting to rid Balochistan of all Punjabi citizens.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Belpahari, West Bengal, India, assailants shot and killed a senior Communist Party of India- Maoist militant. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Bishnupur, Manipur, India, militants attacked a police checkpoint in the Ithai area, killing two officers and wounding another. There was no damage reported and The Manipur People's Army, the armed wing of the United National Liberation Front, claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, an improvised explosive device  attached to a gas pipeline exploded while police officers were attempting to defuse it, wounding three police officers and damaging the pipeline. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, gunmen opened fire on an independent candidate in the upcoming elections near his house in Al-Bu Alian village, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb hidden in an oven on a wooden cart detonated in the Palestine neighborhood, wounding three people, but causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/24/2009: On Saturday, in the afternoon, in Moqori, Badghis, Afghanistan, assailants fired on a group of civilians, killing five civilians and wounding five others. The Taliban claimed responsibility, and thirteen Taliban were killed in the attack.
01/24/2010: On Sunday evening at around 2130, a police station in the Crossmaglen area of County Armagh, North Ireland, was targeted by two unidentified gunmen. The attack left no casualties and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2010: On Sunday morning at 0630, unidentified men fired at two vehicles carrying employees of U.S. miner Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold Inc's in Indonesia's Papua province, wounding six people. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2010: On Sunday night at 0130, a man was killed while two others were injured in a predawn ambush in Badoc town in Ilocos Norte province, but police quickly ruled out politics as a motive in the attack. Wounded in the incident were village chief Edmund Tadena and Jayfur Salon. Tadena was grazed in the hand while Salon sustained a gunshot wound in the back. Recovered from the scene were 63 shells from an M-16 Armalite rifle, three empty shells for 12-gauge shotgun, and two live bullets for 12-gauge shotgun.. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2010: On Sunday night, unknown militants set a community hall belonging to the Orange Order on fire. The attack took place in the Ballymaconnelly area of county Antrim, Northern Ireland. No casualties were reported in the attack. The door of the hall was burned in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, between Baunsaput and Katharagada villages, Koraput District, Orissa, India, cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist triggered a landmine explosion, targeting the Security Forces personnel. Two personnel of Central Reserve Police Force received minor injuries. There was no reported damage.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Ad Hamiya, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a generic improvised explosive device attached to a car on Al Dhobbat street, killing one person, injuring three others and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in an undisclosed village in Eastern, Kenya, Merille militiamen killed three people, including an administration policeman and a police reservist. They also abducted three fishermen.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Bhagirathpara village, Dhalai, Tripura, India, 12 militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura attacked the village and rounded up members of the Gana Mukti Parishad and Tribal Youth Federation, frontal organizations of the Community Party of India-Marxists and assaulted them. No group claimed responsibility. There were no exact reports of casualties.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Deka Mising Gaon, under Simenchapari outpost, Dhemaji District, Assam, India, cadres of anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland exploded a bomb on railway tracks. There were no reported casualties.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Gandhoiguri village, Dibrugarh, India, an improvised explosive device was recovered. The device was defused. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Koraput District, Orissa, India, a landmine explosion injured two Central Reserve Police Force officers while they were trying to defuse it. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2010: On Sunday, in Shirqat, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of an off duty army officer, killing him and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2011: On Monday afternoon, in Moscow, Russian Republic, Russia, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the arrival zone of the Domodedovo Airport and killed 37 people, including eight foreigners from Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Great Britain, and wounding about 168, including nine foreigners from Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Germany, Slovakia, France and Italy, as well as two Nigerians. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the airport. The suicide bomber was identified as 20-year-old Magomed Yevloyev, from the village of Ali-Yurt in the Nazranovsky District of Ingushetia, Russia. Doku Umarov, leader of the Dagestan Front of the Caucasus Emirate, claimed responsibility, stating he ordered the attack. Several individuals from Magomed Yevloyev's home state are suspected of assisting in the bombing. Those individuals include Akhmed Aushev, Akhmed Yevloyev, Fatima Yevloyev, Movsar Tsurov, Adam Ganizhyev, Boris Bagatyryev, Islam Yevloyeva, and Timur Yaniyev.
01/24/2011: On Monday evening, in Maareb city, Ma'rib, Yemen, unidentified militants riding in a Suzuki Vitara opened fire on the Deputy Head of Forensics, Lieutenant Colonel Nabil Aqlan, with automatic rifles. A soldier who chased the gunmen was wounded and the attackers managed to escape. The deputy later died from his injuries. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was suspected that the Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was responsible.
01/24/2011: On Monday morning, at a courthouse in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, unidentified militants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on the seat of Regional Trial Court 12 judge, Charles Aguilar. Police defused the IED, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/24/2011: On Monday morning, in Ghazaliyah neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, Iraqi army's Brigadier General Thamir Hassan Saleh, who works at the office of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was killed when a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near his car on his way to work. A security man accompanying Saleh was wounded by the blast. Property damages caused from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday night at 2328, in the neighborhood of Mana in Sokoto city, Sokoto state, Nigeria, unidentified militants fired upon and killed Alhaji Dan Da Abubakar Mana, a politician and member of Nigeria’s People's Democratic Party, outside of his home. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in al-Shula neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, an improvised explosive device planted at a parking lot for minibuses carrying passengers detonated and wounded five civilians. The blast caused damaged to five houses and a number of civilian cars. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in Amil neighborhood of southwest of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown armed men using silenced weapons opened fire on the car of a high-ranking officer in Iraqi Interior Ministry's Embassies Protection Directorate, Raad Fakhri. The officer was killed in the attack. No damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed the imam of a mosque after evening prayers. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in Khuga Khel, Landi Kotal, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a government girls’ primary school. Explosive material was placed inside the school on the night of 01/23/2011, but the explosives detonated the following day. The school was destroyed in the blast. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in Paris, Ile de France, France, an unclaimed bag left at the Paris Roissy Charles De Gaulle Airport was found and suspected to be an improvised explosive device (IED). A bomb disposal expert was called to the F hall of one terminal at the Roissy airport. The IED was successfully defused. No damage or casualties were reported in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in Shula neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a roadside bomb exploded near a petrol station and wounded eight people. The amount of property damage from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in the al-Da'oum area of eastern Karbala, Iraq, a vehicle borne improvised explosive device detonated near processions of Shiite pilgrims. The blasts resulted in the killing of 25 people, and wounded 40. There were no specifications on civilian and police casualties. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown . No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in the al-Ibrahimiyah area of eastern Karbala, Iraq, two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims detonated in a parking lot, destroying several nearby vehicles and buildings in the area. Eighteen civilians were killed and thirty-four were wounded in the attack. Property damages caused from the attack are unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in the al-Qadssiyah area of Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near the convoy of the provincial governor Ahmed Abdullah al-Jubouri, who escaped the attack unhurt. Four of his bodyguards were wounded in the attack. The amount of damage from the attack is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2011: On Monday, in the Sui area of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants used an improvised explosive device to blow up a 24-inch diameter gas pipeline. The pipe was destroyed and the gas supply to the area was temporarily suspended. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/24/2011: On Monday, near Barada village in the Baragada area of Ganjam, Odisha, India, unidentified militants planted 50 kilograms of explosives near a bridge. A bomb squad defused the three landmines, causing no casualties or damages and recovered 25 detonators. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible.
01/24/2012: A suicide bomber detonated, targeting Ethiopian troops at a base in Beledweyne town, Hiiraan province, Somalia. In addition to the bomber, 30 people were killed and 70 wounded in the attack. The base was damaged as well. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, vowing to continue fighting to free Somalia from the "invading enemy."
01/24/2012: An assailant threw a hand grenade into a mosque during evening prayers in Abgado neighborhood, Dharkenley district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Twelve people were injured in the attack, and part of the mosque was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosive device detonated in Aden Square, Uteifiya district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Seven civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosive device detonated in the rubble of a damaged government primary school in Sheikh Malkhel area, Landi Kotal town, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were several Khasadar forces members on the scene examining the damage from an earlier explosive device. One officer died and two were injured in the blast. This was one of two explosive devices to go off in the school on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2012: An explosive device detonated on an empty bus in Tulsipur municipality, Mid-Western Region, Nepal. No one was injured, but the rear portion of the bus was damaged. A pamphlet belong to Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) was found at the scene.
01/24/2012: An explosive device detonated on Muthanna Airport road, Karkh area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a patrol of soldiers taking part in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. An Estonian soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosive device placed under a civilian car detonated in Sharqat area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2012: An explosive device placed under the car of a provincial reconstruction committee engineer detonated in an unknown location in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The engineer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a gathering of day laborers in Al-Mudhafar Square, Sadr City area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eight people died and 21 were injured in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting Shias on this date in Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near two schools in Al-Shu'ala neighborhood, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people died and 16 were injured in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting Shias on this date in Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated on a busy street in Hurriya neighborhood, Baghdad city governorate, Iraq. One person died and 13 were injured in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting Shias on this date in Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated on a roundabout near a bakery and gas station in Al-Dakhil area, Sadr city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people died and 21 were injured in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting Shias on this date in Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle was found outside of a police station in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. The station had been attacked in the January 20, 2012 attacks around Kano. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/24/2012: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Jogi area, Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and two injured. In return fire, seven attackers were also killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: Assailants kidnapped three Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited engineers from their living quarters in Rongkhon area, Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. One was released the same day, and the two others were released on February 4, 2012. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). The hostages were released once the government ensured that the three districts primarily lived in by the GNLA would receive electricity.
01/24/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the Muhanga Public Transportation Center in Gitarama city, Southern, Rwanda. Ten people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, two people were arrested in connection with the incident.
01/24/2012: Attackers shot and killed a local businessman in his house in Shubdani-Newa area, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but investigations revealed that Rehman Brai, a top commander in Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT), was killed in a gunfight with government forces at the businessman's home the previous October. Sources believed that the attack was in revenge for Brai's death.
01/24/2012: Gunmen attacked a police station with explosive devices and machine guns in Mandawari area, Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. The attackers cleared the streets before opening fire on the station. One person died and one was injured in the attack. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: Gunmen sitting in their car attacked a checkpoint of al-Tahrir police station in Khalidiya city Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One police officer died and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: Gunmen stormed the house of Hassan Abdulla al-Timimi in Abu Ghraib area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Al-Timimi was a police captain. The gunmen shot killed Al-Timimi and four other family members and set off two explosive devices. Four neighbors were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: Gunmen used pistols with silencers to attack a National Reconciliation Committee employee near Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The employee was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: Gunmen using automatic rifles attacked a police station 10 miles outside of Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One police officer died and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2012: Mulla Nadhim al-Jubouri, a senior leader for the Sahwa militia and an Al-Qa'ida expert, was shot and killed in Jamis neighborhood, Mansour district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility, but the Interior Ministry accused Al-Qa'ida in Iraq of complicity in the incident.
01/24/2012: Ten assailants broke into a house where four Indian National Congress workers were staying and shot them in Noney area, Manipur state, India. The three workers were injured in the attack. One worker was kidnapped as well; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM). A Coordinating Committee of seven groups had previously banned the Congress Party and launched attacks on Congress workers and candidates.
01/24/2013: A bomb exploded in the mailbox of Ivan Glasenberg in Rueschlikon, Horgen district, Zurich canton, Switzerland. Glasenberg was the chief executive for Glencore, a commodity trading company that was taking part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos. No one was injured in the blast. This was one of two incidents targeting the WEF in Switzerland on January 24th. An unnamed group of activists claimed responsibility for this attack, criticizing the workplace conditions of Glencore.
01/24/2013: A border police vehicle hit a roadside mine in Mahajirabad area of Zaranj, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: A car detonated near a military checkpoint in Saasa, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. This was one of two car bombs that detonated in the area at the same time. At least eight people were killed in the two blasts; most of the fatalities were military intelligence officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, although the British Observatory blames the Al-Nusra Front.
01/24/2013: A car detonated near a military intelligence building in Saasa, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. This was one of two car bombs that detonated in the area at the same time. At least eight people were killed in the two blasts; most of the fatalities were military intelligence officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, although the British Observatory blames the Al-Nusra Front.
01/24/2013: A five-kilogram landmine was found in the ground and defused in Gadai Mohallah, Ormara, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No other information is known.
01/24/2013: A grenade was thrown at Mashikahtaung police checkpost in Hpa Kant, Kachin, Myanmar. One police officer died in the attack. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is blamed in the attack.
01/24/2013: A low-intensity explosive device detonated in a garbage dump in the Landhi area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack, which was meant to lure police officers and rescue workers to the scene before a larger explosion. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, a police official attributed the attack to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/24/2013: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol detonated in Bab al-Jedeed area, Mosul, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: A sticky bomb attached to a vehicle transporting vegetables detonated at a police checkpoint in Balad town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the blast and four civilians and officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: An explosive device concealed in a bag detonated near a bank, shrine and provincial security commandment in Darwaza Balkh area, Mazar-i-Sharif city, Balkh province, Afghanistan. At least one police officer was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility, asserting their target was a police vehicle.
01/24/2013: An explosive device detonated in an unknown location in Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in the province on the same day that injured six people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: An explosive device detonated near a Credit Suisse bank branch in Hottingen quarter, District 7, Zurich city, Zurich canton, Switzerland. No one was injured in the attack; however, the bomb broke a window and caused monetary damage. This was one of two attacks in protest of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland on January 24th. An unnamed group of activists claimed responsibility, saying the bank was targeted because it supported the WEF summit in Davos, Switzerland.
01/24/2013: An explosive device detonated on a bridge linking Mali to Niger in Tassiga, near Ansongo, Gao region, Mali. No one was hurt in the attack; however, the blast caused a large hole in the bridge. While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, local villagers blamed the Movement for the Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) for the blast.
01/24/2013: An explosive device hidden in a gunny sack was found and defused near Sadar police station in Karimganj district, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: An explosive device placed in a garbage dump was remotely detonated in the Landhi area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The bomb was targeting respondents to an initial explosion at the same site. Four people were killed and at least 13 people injured. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, a police official attributed the attack to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/24/2013: An explosive device was found and defused near the Darrang Police Station in Mangaldai, Darrang district, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, police suspect a hard-line faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
01/24/2013: An explosive device was found and defused on Tiddim road, near Imphal airport, in Langjing, West Imphal district, Manipur, India. No other information is known.
01/24/2013: An explosive device was found and defused under a culvert at Goreswar Gasbari, Darrang district, Assam, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source states that the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) is suspected.
01/24/2013: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on the convoy of a senior military official in Shabwa province, Yemen. The official, Colonel Hamid al-Somely, was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on Naji El-Hariri in Al-Laithi area, Benghazi city, Benghazi, Libya. Hariri, the nephew of a prominent member of the National Liberation Army/National Transitional Council, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2013: Perpetrators attacked a combined patrol of Assam police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers in Koilamati, Bokajan, Karbi Anglong district, Assam, India. One officer was killed and one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the police attribute the attack to the Karbi People's Liberation Tigers (KPLT).
01/24/2013: Perpetrators attacked a police checkpost in the Dara Boom area of Qades, Badghis province, Afghanistan. At least one officer, a police commander, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the news source attributes the attack to the Taliban.
01/24/2013: Perpetrators fired four mortars into a residential area of Hayatabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Police believe the target of the attack was meant to be the Frontier Corps Headquarters. Three children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
01/24/2013: Security personnel detected and defused three landmines which had been placed under a road in Kalimela, Malkangiri district, Odisha, India. No other information is known.
01/24/2013: Two perpetrators threw a grenade at the home of Delia Daniel, the school supervisor of Datu Montawal division in Datu Montawal village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Daniel was unharmed; however, two maids inside the house were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: A landmine detonated after it was struck by a motorcyclist in Sui area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The motorcyclist was severely injured and his motorcycle was damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three people, including a journalist, were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near Ismail Khan in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, Khan, a vice presidential candidate and former minister of Water and Energy, was unhurt, but his assistant was killed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: An assailant opened fire on Dr. Yar Muhammad in Topi area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Muhammad, a doctor at the Gandaf Basic Health Unit, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a hair salon in Xinhe county in Aksu district, Xinjiang province, China. This was one of four such attacks in Xinhe on this day. At least one person was killed and at least two other people were wounded between this and another incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a vegetable market in Xinhe county in Aksu district, Xinjiang province, China. This was one of four such attacks in Xinhe on this day. At least one person was killed and at least two other people were wounded between this and another incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI) office in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the office, and all the equipment, kits and vaccines were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a military patrol in Balad area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two such attacks on Iraqi Army patrols in Balad on this day, across which at least one soldier was killed and four others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Talbiya neighborhood of Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. No casualties or damages were reported. This was one of four coordinated attacks which occurred in or around Cairo on this day. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the attacks were intended to avenge the killings of supporters of deposed president Mohammad Morsi.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near police vehicles parked at the Behooth metro station in Dokki district, Giza governorate, Egypt. At least two police officers were killed and at least 11 other people were injured as a result of the blast. This was one of four coordinated attacks which occurred in or around Cairo on this day. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the attacks were intended to avenge the killings of supporters of deposed president Mohammad Morsi.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near Thailand National Police vehicles in Than To district, Yala province, Thailand. At least one police officer was killed and at least three others were wounded as a result of the blast and in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the attack to separatists.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Church of Saint-Yes des Bretons in Rome city, Lazio province, Italy. There were no reported casualties; however, several buildings and cars were damaged by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside the Radobis Cinema in Giza city, Giza governorate, Egypt. At least one person was killed and at least seven others were injured as a result of the blast. This was one of four coordinated attacks which occurred in or around Cairo on this day. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the attacks were intended to avenge the killings of supporters of deposed president Mohammad Morsi.
01/24/2014: An explosive device placed in a civilian car detonated in Qarghayi district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and another was wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2014: An explosive device was found and defused in Kangvai area, Manipur state, India. The intended target of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated after it was surrounded by police in Xinhe county in Aksu district, Xinjiang province, China. At least two people, both of whom were inside the vehicle, were killed as a result of the blast. This was one of four such attacks in Xinhe on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside the entrance of the Cairo Security Directorate building in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. At least four people were killed and at least 70 others were injured as a result of the blast. The directorate building and the nearby Islamic Art Museum were both damaged as well. This was one of four coordinated attacks which occurred in or around Cairo on this day. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that the attacks were intended to avenge the killings of supporters of deposed president Mohammad Morsi.
01/24/2014: Assailant fired rockets at the home of a local council chair in Shirin Tagab district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The chairman was not home at the time, but six of his family members were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: Assailants abducted a civilian from Abwataw village, Balkh province, Afghanistan. The victim was reportedly shot and burned, resulting in his death. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed it to the Taliban.
01/24/2014: Assailants abducted three school employees from Kechala district, Odisha state, India. One victim, a watchman, was released on the same day, while the other two victims, a supervisor and a librarian, were rescued by police on January 30, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Maoists were behind the incident.
01/24/2014: Assailants armed with machetes attacked Dr. Joseph Kalite in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. Kalite, the former Minister of Health and a prominent member of the Muslim community, was killed. This was one of two attacks on Muslim targets in Bangui on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to an anti-Balaka militia.
01/24/2014: Assailants attacked a police station in Qaysar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. A clash ensued, during which seven assailants and six police officers were killed, and four assailants and four police officers were wounded. The police station was set on fire. Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesperson, claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: Assailants attacked Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) soldiers in Puncak Jaya area, Papua province, Indonesia. The soldiers were on their way to provide support for another unit at the time of the attack. At least one soldier was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, police officials attributed it to the Free Papua Movement (OPM-Organisasi Papua Merdeka).
01/24/2014: Assailants attacked the predominantly Muslim neighborhood of Miskine in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. At least nine people were killed and at least 11 others were injured in the ensuing clash between the assailants and Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) forces. This was one of two attacks on Muslim targets in Bangui on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed them to an anti-Balaka militia.
01/24/2014: Assailants attacked Wala village, Borno state, Nigeria. An unknown number of people were killed or wounded as a result. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was behind the incident.
01/24/2014: Assailants attempted to blow up a gas pipeline in Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The explosives detonated, but the pipeline was not damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2014: Assailants blew up the house of the Secretary General of the Saladin Advisory Council in southern Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device on a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle at a gas station in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least four civilians were injured as a result of the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/24/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device on a Philippine Army (PA) vehicle in Makilala town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. At least eight soldiers were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
01/24/2014: Assailants detonated explosives at a gas pipeline in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2014: Assailants fired rockets from Syria into Hermel city, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. No casualties were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/24/2014: Assailants launched mortar grenades on a police patrol in Cauca department, Colombia. At least one police officer was killed and one other officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police officials attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/24/2014: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a Thahan Phran protection unit in Panare district, Pattani province, Thailand. At the time of the attack, the protection unit were accompanying Buddhist monks receiving food offerings. At least two people, including a ranger and a monk, were killed and at least two others were injured as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police attributed the incident to separatists.
01/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Inza municipality, Cauca department, Colombia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Milan town, Caqueta department, Colombia. At least one police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police officials attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/24/2014: Assailants planted an explosive device under a police station in Moirang city, Manipur state, India. An Assam Rifles team found and defused the device without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
01/24/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police vehicle near Hassan Square in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One police officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at a group of police officers in Xinhe county in Aksu district, Xinjiang province, China. A firefight ensued, during which at least six assailants were killed and at least one police officer was injured. This was one of four such attacks in Xinhe on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/24/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices at a National Army of Colombia unit near Puerto Asis municipality, Putumayo department, Colombia. One soldier was killed and three others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the bombing to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/24/2014: Gunmen abducted an Egyptian administrative attache from Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The attache was released two days later, on January 26, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2014: Gunmen attacked Muhammad Sabir in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Sabir, an intelligence officer with the District Security Branch (DSP), was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2014: Gunmen attacked Mujibur Rahman near his residence in the Banaras area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Rahman, the district president for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was killed as a result. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: A fire was set next to a mosque in Harristown neighborhood, Toowoomba town, Queensland state, Australia. There were no reported casualties; it is unknown if the mosque was damaged by the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device attached to an Afghan Border Police (ABP) vehicle detonated in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and two were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated as railway officials were repairing damaged tracks from an earlier incident in Muniguda area, Odisha state, India. A railway official was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks on railway tracks in Muniguda area on this date. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of United States President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to India for Republic Day.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated at a cafe in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated at a produce market in Mashtal 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.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Meino Leirak bridge in Sagolband neighborhood, Imphal district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, a passenger bus was damaged in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of India's Republic Day celebrations, scheduled for January 26, 2015.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated in Bab Al-Muadham area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated in Yaiskul area, Imphal district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated in Zafaraniyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a store in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near the K1 military camp in Kirkuk district, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near the Ohanaeze Ndigbo secretariat in Ohanaeze Ndigbo village, Enugu state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near Touheed-ul-Islam (TuI) volunteers in Tirah Valley, Narey Baba area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two volunteers were killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated on a railway bridge in Zagazig area, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. One person was wounded in the blast. Security forces responding to the scene discovered and defused three additional explosive devices on the railway track. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a convoy in Mansouriyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Staff Lieutenant General Abd-al-Amir al-Zaydi and Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr organization, were travelling in the convoy at the time of the attack. Neither were harmed, although three guards were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a gas pipeline in Dera Allah Yar area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast, but the pipeline was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Baloch Nationalists.
01/24/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Arab Ebjur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and four officers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device intended to target security forces was discovered and defused near the Gaza border in Rafah district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosive device planted in a minibus detonated in Mahmudiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Wah town, Punjab province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants abducted Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, a Norwegian citizen, at an unknown location in Syria. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group had killed Grimsgaard-Ofstad on November 18, 2015. ISIL had previously demanded a ransom in exchange for Grimsgaard-Ofstad.
01/24/2015: Assailants abducted three people, including Noui Hong Sung, in Roseller Lim town, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. Two of the hostages escaped shortly after the abduction and Sung, a Korean businessperson, was killed on October 31, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Waning Abdusalam Group (WAG).
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked a Ukrainian military checkpoint near Novotoshkivske town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked rally for the National Movement to Stop Bloodshed and Support State Building in Zawiya city, Zawiya district, Libya. An unknown number of protesters were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Muslim fundamentalists.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Garta village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated raids on villages in Michika district on the same night. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all six incidents. Additionally, several people were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Ghumci village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated raids on villages in Michika district on the same night. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all six incidents. Additionally, several people were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Kamale village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated raids on villages in Michika district on the same night. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all six incidents. Additionally, several people were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Liddle village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated raids on villages in Michika district on the same night. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all six incidents. Additionally, several people were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Mbororo village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated raids on villages in Michika district on the same night. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all six incidents. Additionally, several people were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked residents and set fire to buildings in Shahu village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated raids on villages in Michika district on the same night. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all six incidents. Additionally, several people were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked the house of Hazem Atteya-Allah in Faiyum district, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. Atteya-Allah, the governor of Faiyum, was unharmed in the attack; however, two assailants were killed when the governor's guards returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Marinka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Nikishyne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Novohryhorivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Novozvanivka town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Opytne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Popasna town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Luhansk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Ridkodub town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near the Vodyane town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of nine similar attacks on Ukrainian soldiers on this day. At least 110 assailants were killed and 90 were wounded across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Donetsk People's Republic.
01/24/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device on railway tracks in Muniguda area, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks on railway tracks in Muniguda area on this date. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in protest of United States President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to India for Republic Day.
01/24/2015: Assailants detonated several explosive devices in Chapainawabganj area, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to pro-hartal activists.
01/24/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least 30 people were killed and 95 were wounded in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the group later denied involvement.
01/24/2015: Assailants kidnapped a journalist and four Nasserist Unionist People's Organization members in Al-Qaidah city, Ibb governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Huthis.
01/24/2015: Assailants kidnapped two oil tanker drivers from an area between Tubruq and Ajdabiya areas, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants opened fire and detonated an explosive device near an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Okrika town, Rivers state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ahmad Shah in Sayfan area, Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Shah, a police checkpoint commander, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers guarding a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) building in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. One police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a bus in Sukhia area, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. Two passengers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at a military pillbox in Beit El settlement, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties, but the pillbox was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Palestinian Extremists.
01/24/2015: Assailants threw three explosive devices at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2015: Two suicide bombers were arrested in Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
01/24/2016: An assailant attempted to throw an explosive device at a border police checkpoint near Abu Dis, West Bank. The device detonated prematurely, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated at a wine and spirits shop in Sagana town, Kirinyaga county, Kenya. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab may have been involved in the attack.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated at Joseph Bakery in Qamishli, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Qamishli on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Shaab area, Adhamiyah, 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.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a security headquarters in Lahij city, Lahij governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Qari Salahuddin in Chamkani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three people, including Salahuddin, a madrassa administrator, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of a Chinese mining company in Xaysomboun province, Laos. Two employees were killed and one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: An explosive device placed on a motorbike detonated in front of Star Cafe in Al-Wasati neighborhood, Qamishli, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. At least three people were killed and 20 others were injured in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Qamishli on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/24/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Baladiat, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Health Ministry employee, was killed and his companion was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in front of a residential home in Kawua neighborhood, Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants abducted three civilians in Sirte city, Sirte district, Libya. The three hostages were killed on February 7, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction; however, sources attributed it to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
01/24/2016: Assailants attacked a military patrol in Moulares town, Gafsa governorate, Tunisia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants attacked the district center of Aqcha district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. An uprising commander was killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device at the house of Mir'I al Huthi, a special forces deputy commander, in Ard Shabnah area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No casualties were reported in this attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants hijacked a truck and abducted two civilians in Herat province, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of the civilians are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/24/2016: Assailants kidnapped five people, including two security personnel, from an apartment in Saadoun area, Rusafa, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants kidnapped three female students in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims were intended for "jihad's marriage."
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a group of 18 Rangers near a railway track in Ban Salae Tolae, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One ranger was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police checkpost in Tando Mir Ali, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least two officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Faqus city, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. Three people, including a civilian and two police officers, were killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol vehicle in Maturi neighborhood, Sto Nino village, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. At least five people, including two government employees and three police officers, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Albu-'Aythah, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one Sahwa Council member was killed and two members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on an Israeli civilian's vehicle near Dolev settlement, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on Javed Nagori in Kharadar neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. Nagori, a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) provincial assembly member, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Taha al-Subayhi, a police colonel, in Shaykh Uthman, Adan governorate, Yemen. Al-Subayhi, his wife, and a civilian were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on two female police officers in Nawabad neighborhood, Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. Both officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Babangida town, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least one person was killed and a house and two police cars were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Demsare village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six attacks on villages carried out by the same assailants. At least 15 people were killed across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants or Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Fawure village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six attacks on villages carried out by the same assailants. At least 15 people were killed across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants or Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Koh village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six attacks on villages carried out by the same assailants. At least 15 people were killed across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants or Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Ndikajam village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six attacks on villages carried out by the same assailants. At least 15 people were killed across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants or Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Noyine village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six attacks on villages carried out by the same assailants. At least 15 people were killed across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants or Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants raided Tabongo village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of six attacks on villages carried out by the same assailants. At least 15 people were killed across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants or Boko Haram.
01/24/2016: Assailants set fire to the Imam Al Hasan mausoleum in Laylan, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blaze. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Assailants threw over 100 petrol bombs targeting police officers in Lake street, Lurgan town, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however sources attributed the attack to Dissident Republicans.
01/24/2016: Police apprehended a suicide bomber who attempted to attack the Farah governor's office in Farah province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
01/24/2016: Security forces discovered and defused 85 explosive devices in an unknown number of villages in Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2016: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The devices were thought to be targeting Indian Armed Forces soldiers at a construction site. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
01/24/2017: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on a Malian Army convoy between Hombori and Douentza, Mopti, Mali. At least one soldier was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: An explosive device detonated in Saadoun area, Baghdad, Iraq. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Iskan area, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Murdanda, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
01/24/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military forces in Afgoye district, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least three soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an auto repair shop in Nahda area, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants abducted Adam Yagoub, a civilian, from Camp Eirli area in Kass district, South Darfur, Sudan. The hostage was released the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants abducted Freddy Moreno, an off-duty soldier, from Saravena district, Arauca, Colombia. Moreno was released on February 6, 2017. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants abducted Mohammed Kazim Raza in Gulistan-e-Johar neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. Raza, the son-in-law of the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) deputy general secretary, was shot and killed a short time later. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/24/2017: Assailants attacked a Jaish al-Mujahideen base on the border between Aleppo and Idlib in Syria. During the incident, a rocket killed five civilians. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front.
01/24/2017: Assailants attacked and killed Emmanuel Obuozo, a local All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, at his residence near Egbema, Rivers, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants detonated explosives targeting the Political Security Organization (PSO) building in Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Abbas Brigade.
01/24/2017: Assailants fired a mortar that struck a house in Radhwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants fired rockets at Muhandiseen neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. At least 14 people were killed and 13 people were injured across both events. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/24/2017: Assailants fired rockets at Zerai neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. At least 14 people were killed and 13 people were injured across both events. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
01/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on a convoy of supply trucks and oil tankers in Awanakhul, Manipur, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM). Sources also suspected that the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) may have carried out the attack.
01/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Mukoni, Muyinga, Burundi. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel near Metula, Northern, Israel. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel near Reim, Southern, Israel. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants placed an iron pillar on railway tracks in an attempt to sabotage the Madgaon-Dadar Janshatabdi train near Diva, Maharashtra, India. There were no reported casualties as the train was able to avoid derailment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants set fire to construction equipment near Baddi, Bihar, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC).
01/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Somali shopkeeper in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/24/2017: Assailants threw a hand grenade and opened fire on a police checkpoint in Hawal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
01/24/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device along Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway near Sheeri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/1985:  A light antitank weapon, namely a bazooka rocket, was fired at the United States Courthouse in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, striking the back of the fourth floor of the courthouse building.  No casualties resulted from the incident, but the attack caused damage to a wall of the building as well as shattered a window.  Both Los Macheteros and the Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution were responsible for the attack, which they claimed in a joint communiqué five days later, stating that the attack was in memory of the Puerto Rican Revolutionary, Juan Antonio Corretjer, who had died the week earlier, but as a poet and advocate of Puerto Rican Independence, he spent much of his life fighting against "Yankee Imperialism."
01/25/1998: A bomb that was set in a café in Bougara, Algeria by unknown perpetrators killed three and injured five.
01/25/1998: A group calling itself the Conscientious Arsonists firebombed several automobiles in Athens, Greece. There were no casualties.
01/25/1998: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bombers attacked the Dalada Maligawa Buddhist shrine in Kandy, Sri Lanka, killing 11 and injuring 15.
01/25/1998: Suspected Islamic separatists slaughtered 23 Hindus and torched parts of the Himalayan village of Wandhama in Jammu and Kashmir State in India.
01/25/1998: The Continuity IRA was believed responsible for a car bomb that wrecked a leisure centre in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It was understood the attack was deliberately timed to coincide with the transfer of the all-party talks to London. No one was killed or injured in the attack.
01/25/1998: Unknown perpetrators planted a bomb in a railway station in Multan, Pakistan, injuring three.
01/25/1998: Unknown perpetrators planted a bomb on a bus in Mandiala, Pakistan, injuring fifteen.
01/25/1999: A 24-year-old man was approached by two men and shot twice in the leg on Derwent Street in East Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was reported as a paramilitary punishment attack. No group or individual claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/25/1999: British Army bomb experts defused a bomb under a car in Greenisland, near Cartrickfergus, Antrim County, Northern Ireland. The vehicle belonged to a Catholic family. No group claimed responsibility, but reports attributed the bomb attempt to Loyalists.
01/25/1999: Radical Hindus attacked five Christian missionaries at a Hindu pilgrimage site in Allahabad, India. The victims, all Baptist missionaries, were dragged to the banks of the river Ganges and beaten by activists of the militant Bajrang Dal organization. All the missionaries were Indian nationals.
01/25/1999: Two European journalists were kidnapped in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by Revolutionary Armed Front (RUF) rebels. They released the Frenchman, Patrick Saint Paul, so that he could deliver demands to the authorities. The fate of the other victim was unknown.
01/25/2000: A bomb was thrown at a government building in Erzin, Hatay Province. No one was injured, though damage was caused to the building. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2000: Suspected National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels ambushed a vehicle in Soyo, Angola, killing a Portuguese citizen.
01/25/2000: The office of the Islamic Unity Movement of Kurdistan (IUMK) in Irbil was bombed with 2-3 kg of TNT by unknown perpetrators. No one was injured but significant damage was caused to the office.
01/25/2000: Unidentified Fejaid tribesmen kidnapped Kenneth White, an American working for Halliburton Oil Company, in the Marib Province in Yemen. He was released on February 10, 2000.
01/25/2000: Unidentified persons opened fire on an Abkhaz militia post in Saberio, Gali District, killing two militiamen.
01/25/2001: An Israeli civilian was shot to death by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalions in Jerusalem, Israel.
01/25/2002: A bomb planted in a bicycle exploded in Bogota, Colombia. Five people were killed in the attack and 28 people were injured. FARC rebels were blamed for the attack.
01/25/2002: A group of armed men killed the chief administrator of Minyare zone in Cankuzo, Burundi. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/25/2002: A Russian soldier was killed after his military vehicle hit a land-mine in Chiri-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/25/2002: The car of a Jordanian diplomat was destroyed in an arson attack in Athens, Greece. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/25/2002: Twenty-five people were seriously injured in a suicide bomb attack at a bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack however HAMAS was suspected.
01/25/2002: Two TV relay station transformers were destroyed in an arson attack outside of Bilbao, Spain. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
01/25/2003: A compound housing the village administration and the local police office in the Chechen village of Khimoi was assaulted in a surprise attack by an unknown number of assailants armed with submachine guns and grenade launchers. The attack was rebuffed without casualties by the Chechen police. The attackers were said to have suffered an unknown number of casualties.
01/25/2003: A land mine triggered by a passing police vehicle in the village of Ashmuqam, located in Indian controlled Kashmir, resulted in a dead policeman and six other policemen wounded. The attack, claimed by Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM), took place on the day before India’s Republic Day.
01/25/2003: Members of the People's War Group abducted, attacked, and killed Telugu Deam Party leader Syed Dawood in a forest region of Yeturnagaram inside India’s Andhra Pradesh. Dawood died of multiple injuries inflicted in the beating.
01/25/2003: Members of the People's War Group killed Venkatrami Reddy, a Congress Party leader, in Kundlakunta village inside the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
01/25/2005: Ansar al-Sunna members claimed responsibility for killing Judge Qais Hashim Shameri and his son as they were leaving their home in Baghdad, Iraq.
01/25/2005: Taliban members killed two police officers and injured another after ambushing their police vehicle in Afghanistan’s Kandahar (Province) Province. The Ghorak (District) Police Chief, Eisah Jan, was seriously injured but survived the attack. Abdul Latif Hakimi, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility the attack in a telephone statement made to Agence France Presse.
01/25/2005: Two people were killed and three others were injured when a car they were riding in struck a land mine in Grozny, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for planting the land mine.
01/25/2005: Unknown attackers threw a Molotov cocktail at the bodyguards of a socialist, Renteria town council member near Oiarzun, Spain. The bodyguards were riding in a car when the attack occurred, but no one was harmed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2005: Unknown gunmen killed two sons of Sheikh Qahtan al-Jwari, a Salahdin Provincial Council member. The attack, which also left Balad Council member Salah Dhiab injured, occurred on a highway between Balad and Dholuyah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
01/25/2005: Unknown perpetrators set off a bomb along a road between Samarra and Mutasam, Iraq. Although the bomb injured two civilians, the explosion failed to harm a US Military patrol that unnamed sources believed was the primary target of the attack.
01/25/2006: At least six people were killed and five were seriously wounded when a landmine planted by suspected tribal rebels exploded beneath a minibus in Balochistan, Pakistan. The van was entering Bekar when it hit the mine, and there have been no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2006: Five gunmen broke into the apartment of Nagham Abdul Zahra, a broadcaster for Al-Sharqiya TV, in Baghdad, Iraq, attempting to kidnap her and her husband. Abdul Zahra escaped by jumping from the window to the street, sustaining injuries in the process, and her screams scared the gunmen out of the apartment before they could injure her husband. The gunmen were not identified and there were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2006: Four perpetrators in the Senjak neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia lunged at a car in which two Croatian diplomats, Branislav Loncar and Boris Herceg, were seated, breaking the car window and injuring one of the diplomats. The license plate of the car was marked as a Croatian diplomatic one. Serbian police later detained four men suspected of perpetrating the attack, though they weren’t identified as belonging to any particular group.
01/25/2006: Gunmen disguised as Iraqi soldiers kidnapped Hadi al-Dahlaki, the owner of a food company, and killed his son when they raided the family’s factory in Baqouba, Iraq. The fate of the kidnap victim was not reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2006: In a series of related incidents, Naxalite rebels carried out a string of bombings and other strikes in various parts of Bihar state, India, hours before the start of annual Republic Day celebrations. The targets were railway tracks, railway stations, and roads. The property damage resulting from the attacks was considerable, and the number of injuries and deaths was unknown.
01/25/2006: In a series of related incidents, Naxalite rebels carried out a string of bombings and other strikes in various parts of Jharkand state, India, hours before the start of annual Republic Day celebrations. The targets were railway tracks, railway stations, and roads. The property damage resulting from the attacks was considerable, and the number of injuries and deaths was unknown.
01/25/2006: In one of two related incidents, a bomb exploded outside a court building in Balmaseda in Spain’s Basque region. There was damage to the court house doorway and to a shop next door, but there were no injuries. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Basque regional government suspects the ETA.
01/25/2006: In one of two related incidents, a bomb exploded outside a post office in Murguia in Spain’s Basque region. There was damage to the front of the post office and to a next door residence, but there were no injuries. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Basque regional government suspects the ETA.
01/25/2006: Maoist rebels abducted a mayoral candidate, Ram Kumar Tharu, at his home in Gulariya, Nepal. The fate of the victim was unknown. There were no reported claims of responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2006: The Jalalabad airport in Afghanistan was hit by two missiles. There were no injuries and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2006: Two unknown gunmen attempted to assassinate Rudi Sufahriady, the police chief of the Indonesian town of Poso as he was riding his motorbike to morning prayers. The bullet missed and no claims of responsibility for the attack were reported. The town of Poso had been plagued by recent religious violence.
01/25/2007:  A separatist bomber was killed in India’s North eastern state of Assam.  In the town of Guwahati, India when the explosive he was carrying went off near a highway.  The rebel is suspected to be from the United Liberation Front of Assam.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/25/2007:  At least four people were killed and 18 others were wounded as a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in a Shi’i market area in downtown Baghdad, Iraq.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2007:  One person was killed and 5 others were wounded as a bomb believed to have been concealed in a sack and placed near a populated bus station in India’s northeastern state of Assam.  The town of Rangiya, India has been under threats since the locals have urged to boycott India’s upcoming national holiday.  No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2007:  Seven employees of a Chinese oil company were abducted as gunmen stormed the local offices in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa.  Militants were behind the attack, but no specific group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2007:  Twenty-six people were killed and 54 others were wounded as a suicide car bomber struck a mostly Shi’i neighborhood in central Baghdad, Iraq.  The blast followed a two rocket attacks that slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone.  Three Iraqi policemen were included in the 26 killed.  The blast destroyed three minivans, 11 cars and dozens of shops.  Sunni extremists are suspected to be behind the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/25/2007:  Two passersby were killed and four other people were wounded as a car bomb exploded in the northwestern shopping district of Hangu, Pakistan.  The motive is unclear, but the area police chief believes it was a deliberate act of terrorism.  No group has claimed responsibility.
01/25/2007:  Unknown arsonists using gas canister-based explosives attacked two Greek banks in Athens, Greece.  The banks suffered minor damages from the attack.  Authorities suspect it an anarchist group to be behind the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
01/25/2008:  An unknown suicide bomber blew himself up at a security check-post in Der Area, Pakistan killing two soldiers and injuring three others.
01/25/2008:  Militants kidnapped a soldier and took the vehicle he was riding in near Doaba, Pakistan.  The resolution of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/25/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked a police station in Salmas, Iran killing ten Iranian revolution guards and injuring an unknown amount of others.
01/25/2008:  Unknown perpetrators attacked and killed a National Security Service officer at a restaurant in Baydhabo, Somalia.  The attack killed one other person and injured two more.
01/25/2008:  Unknown perpetrators detonated a car bomb with 50 kilograms of TNT in eastern Beirut, Lebanon killing an anti-terrorism investigator by the title of Capt. Wissam Eid, his bodyguard and four others.  The attack set a dozen vehicles ablaze and ripped a crater in the asphalt six feet wide and 3 feet deep injuring thirty-nine others. The 31-year old investigator was on his way home from a meeting at the headquarters of the U.N. commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri. Damascus is accused of being the attacker.
01/25/2008:  Unknown perpetrators killed and dumped the bodies of sixteen civilians in a swamp near Kabithigollewa village, 170 miles north of the capital, Colombo in Sri Lanka.  The victims all appeared to be hacked to death and some were described as having their hands tied behind their back. They were believed to be a group of civilians who had gone searching for their cattle and are said to be males all under the age of 40. Some were described as being buried for more than 10 days while others were probably buried for more than 3 days. Ten bodies were in one grave while the others were in another. Tamil Tigers are suspected to be behind the attack.
01/25/2008:  Unknown perpetrators opened fire on a military prosecutor's vehicle in Grozny, Russia killing no one and injuring three.
01/25/2009: On Sunday afternoon at 1315, in Gali, Ap'khazet'is (Abkhazia), Georgia, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device when it was picked up while wrapped in a bag, near a police vehicle, causing minor damage to two adjacent buildings. No casualties or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2009: On Sunday the minister's offices at the Ministry of Science and Technology in central Baghdad was torched. No casualties have been reported. No group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. The attack wounded a civilian. The bomb was placed on a motorcycle, which was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device  targeting a gas pipeline in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. The attack damaged a two foot portion of the pipeline that supplied gas to the Pirkoh Power Plant from the Loti Gas Field. No group claimed responsibility and no casualties were reported.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, assailants kidnapped one civilian, Mohammad Hussain, in Miram Shah, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The civilian was killed on 01/26/2009 for allegedly spying for the United States. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible. The body was found with a hand severed and a note.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, four hundred Communist Party of India-Maoist militants attacked a vehicle garage and set 24 vehicles on fire. No motive or casualties were reported.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India, two civilians were wounded by a bomb blast in the Sonapur area. There was no damage reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India, assailants kidnapped three police officers in the Amabeda area, then on 01/25/2009,  the assailants released the victims.  No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
01/25/2009: On Sunday, Terai Army militants bombed a marketplace in Katahariya area of Rautahat, Narayani, Nepal. One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in the explosion. The deceased has  been identified as Jaya Narayan Mahato, a vegetable vendor from Karmaiaya VDC-4 [village development committee area]. One of the injured has been identified as Hari Narayan Shah of Katariya. The injured have been sent to Birgunj for treatment. Terai Army claimed responsibility. Central member of the outfit Sahanshah telephoned the media persons and took the responsibility of the explosion.
01/25/2010: A suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Babylon Hotel in Jadriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 7 people were killed in the blast. This was one of three coordinated car bombings in Baghdad on the same day. Additionally, at least 80 people were injured across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/25/2010: A suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle between the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel and the International Palestine Hotel in Abu Nawas neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 14 people were killed in the blast. This was one of three coordinated car bombings in Baghdad on the same day. Additionally, at least 80 people were injured across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/25/2010: An explosive device planted inside a vehicle was discovered and defused near Halwara Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Halwara, Punjab, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that a Khalistan Liberation Force member was behind the attempted attack.
01/25/2010: Assailants opened fire on security forces at the the Hamra Hotel in Jadriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Following the assault, a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle then entered the compound and detonated. In addition to the bomber, at least 15 people were killed in the blast and ensuing clash. This was one of three coordinated car bombings in Baghdad on the same day. Additionally, at least 80 people were injured across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/25/2010: On Monday evening at 2000, separatist militants shot dead a Muslim civilian, Waenueraheng Lohsatae, 70, in the Bannang Sata area of Bannang Sata district in Thailand's Yala province. No group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2010: On Monday evening, four suspected insurgents have shot and killed two civilians in the restive Thai south in a drive-by shooting. The fatalities were two Buddhist construction workers, aged 29 and 37. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday morning at 0600, in Imphal West, Manipur, India, two hand grenades were recovered by Security Forces (SF) personnel from Naoremthong Yumnam Leirak junction leading to Manipur Director General of Police Y. Joykumar's private residence in Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday night at 0200, the home of Mullah Krekar, a Kurdish cleric who helped found the militant Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, was targeted by unknown gunmen in the Toyen district in Oslo, Norway. Shots were fired through a window, on the fifth floor while several people were at his home, wounding one man. After shots were fired, two men were seen running from the scene. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday night at 2300, in the Chandapathar area of Bankura, West Bengal, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants attacked a police camp. A second camp in the same district in Satnala was also attacked by the militants. During the attack in Satnala, two police officers were abducted and a large supply of self-loading rifles and AK-47s and ammunition were stolen. The attacks lead to heavy firing between the policemen and the Maoists that lasted for over one-and-a-half hours. Eight policemen were wounded in the two attacks. The body of Constable Sanjay Ghosh was discovered in a forest near the camp on 01/26/2010. Ghosh had been shot and killed by the assailants. Another police constable, Ajay Pande, reported to the Barikulk police station on 01/27/2010. Bankura Superintendent of Police Bishal Garg said that Pande returned to the police station unharmed and details about where he was for the last two days had not yet been determined. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday night at about 2300, in one of two related incidents, in the Satnala area of Bankura, West Bengal, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants kidnapped two police officers during an attack on a police camp. During the attack two police officers were abducted and a large supply of self-loading rifles and AK-47s and ammunition were stolen. A second camp in the same district in Chandapathar was also attacked by the militants. The attacks lead to heavy firing between the policemen and the Maoists that lasted for over one-and-a-half hours. Eight policemen were wounded in the two attacks and three of them were seriously wounded. The body of Constable Sanjay Ghosh was discovered in a forest near the camp on 01/26/2010. Ghosh had been shot and killed by the assailants. Another police constable, Ajay Pande, reported to the Barikulk police station on 01/27/2010. Bankura Superintendent of Police Bishal Garg said that Pande returned to the police station unharmed and details about where he was for the last two days had not yet been determined. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday, an 82 millimeter mortar struck a secondary entrance to the African Union (AU) peacekeepers' hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Three Somali patients and a Ugandan peacekeeper were killed in the blast while eight people - four soldiers and four civilians -were injured. Sheikh Ali Muhamud Rage, spokesman for Al Shabaab, has claimed responsibility for the attack in response to deaths of civilians caused by ANISOM forces.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in Dhubri, Assam, India, an improvised explosive device weighing ten kilograms was recovered and defused from a Dhubri-bound Assam State Transport Corporation bus coming from Siliguri at Chagolia inter-State check post. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. There were no reported casualties.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in Golaghat, Assam, India, along the Assam-Nagaland border, a suspected National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) militant abducted a business man. There were no reported casualties.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in Leimakhong, Manipur, India, an improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle was discovered and defused by Indian soldiers during a counter-terrorism operation. No group claimed responsibility; however, the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) are suspected to be behind the attempted attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in the Kalta area of Keonjhar, Orissa, India, a group of 50 to 60 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants attacked the iron ore mines. The militants fired blank rounds at the workers and forced over 3,400 workers to leave the site. They summoned the administrative officials of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) raw material division to sign a declaration to cease work. The workers were warned to break all ties with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. No casualties were reported in the attack. Police officials claimed the attack was part of the militants 'economic blockade'. The militants also abducted Communist Party Marxist (CPM) leader, Thomas Munda, from the Kalta Iron ore Mines at gun point. CPM state secretariat member Bishnu Mohanty and CPM District Secretary Banamali Dhopal alleged that the Maoists were trying to establish their supremacy in the area and terrorizing the villagers for opposing their dictatorship. No casualties were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in the Minuthong area of Imphal West, Manipur, India, two police officers were injured when suspected Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) militants detonated an improvised explosive device near an Assam Rifles training camp. There were no reports of damage.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in the Ota area of Ogun State, Nigeria, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Chief Dipo Dina, prominent opposition politician. Dina was the opposition Action Congress's gubernatorial candidate in a disputed April 2007 poll. No group has claimed responsibility.
01/25/2010: On Monday, in the Salboni area of West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, one Communist Party of India - Marxist activist was abducted from his home at Deulkunda by suspected Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants. The body of Bapi Rana was discovered in an adjoining forest riddled with bullets on 01/26/2010. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2010: On Monday, pro-government militia leader, Malik Manaris Khan, was kidnapped with two other tribesmen by the Taliban in Salarzai, Bajaur, Pakistan. Malik Manaris Khan was shot and killed by his captors and his corpse dumped in the area on 01/27/2010. The tribesmen, kidnapped along with the militia leader, are still being held. No group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2011 (Default Date): On Tuesday, in the Dattakhel area of Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants abducted two civilians. The hostages were identified as Afghan national, Adam Khan and Pakistani national, Gul Noor. On 02/15/2011, the hostages were publicly executed with firearms in Waziristan. The motive for their execution was punishment on charges of spying for the U.S. No group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday afternoon around 1400, along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in Makati, Manila, Philippines, an improvised explosive device placed underneath a passenger seat on a Newman Goldliner bus (TXJ-710) was detonated by remote control. Four people were killed and 14 others were injured while the bus was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday afternoon around 1730, in a village in an unspecified area of Yala, Thailand, unidentified militants detonated a roadside bomb near a group of people were traveling in a pick-up truck. Nine people were killed and two others were injured. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday afternoon, in al-Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a roadside bomb explosion hit a minibus carrying Shiite pilgrims while they were returning to their homes after the major Shiite religious ceremony of Arbaeen, wounding seven pilgrims. The bus was damaged and no group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday around 1200 noon, in an area between Lumding and Badarpur in Dima Hasao in North Cachar Hills, Assam, India, unidentified militants detonated a powerful bomb on a rail bridge near Lower Haflong Bridge. A portion of the tracks was damaged and a goods train was derailed. The specific motive for the attack is unknown, however, the attack occurred on the eve of Republic Day. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday evening at 1845, in Odigram area of Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a security guard, Bakht Shahzad, of Awami National Party (ANP) leader, Senator Zahid Khan, was killed while four people were injured when gunmen attacked the leader’s guest house causing an unknown amount of property damage to the residence. The injured were identified as the brother of Senator Khan, Ayub Khan and his two cousins, Shah Nawaz and Amin Khan, and a contractor named Malang Khan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but two suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, identified as Ali Bacha and Zahid Hussain, were detained by security forces during a counter-terrorism operation in the Khall area of Dir in connection with the attack.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday evening, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, a 14 year old suicide bomber detonated his suicide vest, containing more than 12 kilograms of explosive material, seconds after the policemen intercepted him for a body search at a barrier near the Urdu Bazaar Crossing. The boy detonated his vest about five feet away from the police vans, narrowly missing the initial target, the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Ali Hajveri, popularly known as Data Gunj Bukhsh, where a Shiite procession was taking place. Ten people were killed and about 70 more were left wounded in the blast. Two police vehicles were badly damaged. A branch of the Pakistani Taliban, the Qari Hussain Mehsud group, claimed responsibility.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday morning at about 1000, in San Juan Nepomuceno, Caazapa, Paraguay, local politician, Julio Ruben Pereira, was kidnapped by militants from the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP). The EPP demanded from Pereira's family one million USD for his release or as an alternative demanded that the Paraguayan government release Miguel Lopez Perito, leader of Gabinete and the 10 de Abril Movement in exchange for Pereira. On 01/29/2011 on Saturday at about 0400 at night, Peira managed to escape captivity and returned home. The EPP claimed responsibility through an electronic email.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday morning, on National Highway 39 at Deopani, in Karbi Anglong, Assam, India, a group of five to six unidentified militants fired indiscriminately at a Guwahati-Dimapur bus. Five civilians, including the driver, a woman, and a boy, were injured in the shooting. Three of the injured were identified as Jabey Musai, Dimao Singh and N Angami. The bus was badly damaged and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that cadres of Karbi Peoples’ Liberation Tigers were responsible.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday night, in Kathor village in Munger, Bihar, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist militants raided a village and set ablaze a thatched house, causing an unknown amount of property damage. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, Maoists have called for a boycott of Republic Day celebrations and hoisted black flags in several Bihar districts. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday night, in the Alawi area of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, unidentified militants shot and killed a senior official of Iraq's National Security Ministry while he was driving his car. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday, in an unspecified location in Chhattisgarh province, India, militants stopped a bus traveling to Narayanpur and kidnapped a civilian and five policemen of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF). On 01/31/2011, the civilian identified as Gulchand was released. According to police, the militants sent a list of demands in exchange for the release of the abducted policemen including suspending their 24-hour operation in the area where the hostages would be released. On 02/11/2011, the policemen were released to social activists of Swami Agnivesh in the forests of Dhoudai in Narayanpur District in the night. No casualties were reported and the Communist Party of India-Maoists claimed responsibility.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, chief of the pro-government Adezai Quami Lashkar (tribal militia) was killed by unknown militants. Noor Malik, hailing from Sanikhel tribe, was residing in Matani area in Peshawar. He had come to his native village to meet his relatives when militants fired at him. The family sources claimed that he committed suicide. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday, in Negev, Southern District, Israel, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip area fired two rockets at a civilian community. No casualties or damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday, in the eastern Kala Board neighborhood in Karachi city, Sindh, Pakistan, a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police vehicle near Malir Halt on the main National Highway. He had explosive material hidden on his bike and was chasing a bus with Shiite community members aboard. Police became suspicious, chased him, and attempted to intercept him a few meters away from the bus, however, the motorcyclist hit the police van and exploded himself. Two police officers were among the three killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. The police officers have been identified as Constable Kamran Qurashi and Mushtaq. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was suspected.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday, in the Ghanja Dori area in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants intercepted a vehicle belonging to the Balochistan Rural Support Program, and opened fire on the two workers inside. The victims were identified as Umatull Raqeeb and driver, Shahzaib. No damages were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2011: On Tuesday, in the neighborhood of Garsor in Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia, unidentified militants armed with pistols fired upon and killed Abdulkadir Jama’, the Attorney General of Mudug, as Abdulkadir Jama’ was leaving a mosque. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2012: A pipe bomb was found outside a civilian's house in Tallaght town, South Dublin county, Ireland. The explosive device was defused. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2012: A police vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Gala Shor area, Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two people died and two were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2012: A sticky bomb attached to a civilian's car blew up in Tuz Khurmatu town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2012: An explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan. One North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2012: Approximately 50 assailants attacked a Pakistani military patrol in Jogi area, Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. In the ensuing gun battle, six soldiers and 10 attackers were killed, and four soldiers and 13 attackers were injured. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/25/2012: Four people on motorcycles fired at the home of Atif Masood Butt in Gujranwala district, Punjab province, Pakistan. Butt, the bureau chief for Pakistan Today, was uninjured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2012: Gunmen attacked a vehicle with automatic weapons on McConghey Road, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The vehicle contained three people, including Wilayat Hussain, who was a Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) inspector. All three passengers, who were also members of the Hazara community, died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but sources suspected Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
01/25/2012: Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a car of lawyers at Pakistan Chowk area, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three lawyers died and a fourth was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the killings were thought to be sectarian in nature, as the lawyers were Shias.
01/25/2012: Gunmen opened fire on the car of an Agricultural Department official near Nasrat Khel area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Both the official and his driver were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Dr Abd-al Razaq Jbeiro in his car in Khan Shaykhun town, Idlib governorate, Syria. Dr. Jbeiro was the secretary general of the Syrian Red Crescent. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Haji Gul Rehman Afridi near Shahi Bagh area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Afridi was the chief of the Landikotal chapter of the Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam Fazl-ur Rahman group (JUI-F). No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2012: Two explosive devices detonated in Imphal city, Manipur state, India. No one was injured in the attack. The Manipur People's Army (MPA) faction of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that they were trying to disrupt the Republic Day festivities.
01/25/2013: A bomb exploded near Oak Tasar Farm, near the New Secretariat complex in Heingang, West Imphal district, Manipur, India. This is one of four bombings on the same day. No casualties were reported. Coordination Committee (CORCOM) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was part of a boycott of Republic Day.
01/25/2013: A bomb exploded near the gate to Raja Dumbra Singh High School, East Imphal district, Manipur, India. This is one of four bombings on the same day. No casualties were reported. Coordination Committee (CORCOM) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was part of a boycott of Republic Day.
01/25/2013: A bomb exploded on the banks of the Nambul river, near the Keishamthong Bridge in Imphal, Imphal West district, Manipur, India. This is one of four bombings on the same day. No casualties were reported. Coordination Committee (CORCOM) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was part of a boycott of Republic Day.
01/25/2013: A bomb was discovered outside of a police post and day care center in Kfar Yona, Sharon subdistrict, Central, Israel. The bomb was defused by police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: A police officer opened fire on two masked men attempting to attack him as he repaired his house in Coolnagard neighborhood, Omagh city, Omagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The next day, police officers found a viable pipe bomb that the attackers had left at the house. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect dissident republicans.
01/25/2013: A remote-controlled landmine detonated near a vehicle of the Filipino Army in Kisante village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Six people, including a nearby civilian, sustained injuries. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility; military sources speculate the attack was in revenge for a recent successful military operation.
01/25/2013: A roadside bomb detonated on a patrol of Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in Maqur district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Three troops were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: A rocket hit the Dijla Operations Command 12th Division headquarters near Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Four additional rockets were located and defused. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a soldier was arrested at the launch site.
01/25/2013: A stun grenade exploded near the residences of Hezbollah Member of Parliament Kamel Rifai and the Baalbek mufti Sheikh Bakr Rifai in al-Rifai neighborhood, Baalbek, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Two cars were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a market in Jado Khail village, Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The bomber was attempting to target a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply convoy; however, the blast missed the convoy and struck civilian houses instead. At least five civilians were killed in the blast and at least 15 more were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: An explosion occurred inside a building in Derbent, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. No one was wounded in the attack, which targeted a police officer that had earlier escaped an attack on his vehicle. This was one of two incidents in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: An explosive device detonated in the car of a local police officer in Derbent, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. There were no injuries in the attack, which was one of two blasts targeting the police officer that occurred on January 25th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/25/2013: An explosive device detonated in the vicinity of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Sara Qala area, Nauzad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least one Georgian soldier, Private Guram Chimakhidze, was injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks on Georgian NATO soldiers on January 25th. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: An explosive device detonated near the gate of the home of Samiur Rehman, a relative of a member of the Awami National Party (ANP), in Par Hoti, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. A security guard was killed and two were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: An explosive device detonated on the grounds of the 1st Manipur Rifles battalion headquarters in Imphal, West Imphal, Manipur state, India. This is one of four bombings on the same day. No casualties were reported. Coordination Committee (CORCOM) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that it was part of a boycott of Republic Day.
01/25/2013: An explosive device was discovered and safely recovered from Sivsagar, Assam, India. No further information is available.
01/25/2013: Assailants armed with guns and gas-cylinder bombs attacked a patrol of soldiers near an army base in El Mango, Argelia municipality, Cauca, Colombia. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the news source attributed the attack to the 60th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/25/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device on the Ballenas-Barrancabermeja gas pipeline in La Guajira department, Colombia. No one was injured in the attack; however, the pipeline sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect the 59th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
01/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on an North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Nauzad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least two Georgian soldiers, Corporal Erekle Kharshiladze and Junior Sergeant Iaho Kakulia, were injured in the attack. This was one of two attacks on Georgian NATO soldiers on January 25th. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2013: Assailants set fire to at least three construction vehicles in Manhe Mahugaon village, Lohardaga district, Jharkhand, India. No one was injured in the attack; however, the construction vehicles were destroyed, costing approximately $102,000. No group claimed responsibility; however, the police confirmed that Maoists were involved.
01/25/2013: Assailants shot and killed Dahir Aydid, a peacemaker and clan elder, in Hargaanti village, Middle Juba region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspect that the incident was related to a recent dispute between the victim and Al-Shabaab over cattle.
01/25/2013: Attackers blew up a bomb on the Ras Isa Pipeline in Sirwah, Marib governorate, Yemen. No one was injured, but the pipeline was slightly damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source speculates the perpetrators had links to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
01/25/2013: Four assailants entered the home of an off-duty Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) employee and kidnapped him in Awao village, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. The perpetrators took him to a forest and shot and killed him. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a news source says the New People's Army (NPA) is suspected.
01/25/2013: Two police officers, Victor Gonzalez and Cristian Ayate, investigating extortion demands were kidnapped in La Granja village, Pradera municipality, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The police officers were safely released on February 15, 2013. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2014: A land mine detonated prematurely in Beledweyne city, Hiiraan region, Somalia. Two assailants, who were planting the device at the time of the explosion, were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/25/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in the Saydiyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and at least six others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/25/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) patrol in Balad district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and four others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2014: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting an Iraqi Army patrol in the Jamia district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four soldiers were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Government Girls Primary School in Dargai area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This was one of two successive explosions at the school on this day. No casualties were reported, but the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks.
01/25/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Government Girls Primary School in the Sangino area of Dargai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. This was one of two successive explosions at the school on this day. No casualties were reported, but the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks.
01/25/2014: An explosive device detonated in Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and another wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2014: An explosive device detonated in the Khair Khana area of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. At least two civilians were wounded as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
01/25/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) truck in barangay Nabalawag, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties or injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a Central Security Forces (CSF) camp in Suez city, Suez governorate, Egypt. At least four people were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
01/25/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 12 others were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, officials attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
01/25/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two near simultaneous explosions in Tuz Khormato on this day. At least four people were killed and nine others were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
01/25/2014: An unknown number of mortars struck a Shia village near Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and 26 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2014: Assailants abducted a civilian from Silakota village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. The civilian was killed the following day. This was one of two similar abductions in Silakota village on the same date. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2014: Assailants abducted an Egyptian diplomat from their residence in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. This was one of four such attacks on Egyptian diplomats in Tripoli on this day. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, the assailants did demand the release of Sha'ban Hadiyah, the head of the Libya Revolutionaries' Operation Room (LROR). The hostage was released on January 26, 2014, when Egyptian authorities agreed to release Hadiyah.
01/25/2014: Assailants abducted Erma Banjarni, a civilian, from Silakota village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. The civilian was killed the following day. This was one of two similar abductions in Silakota village on January 25, 2014. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
01/25/2014: Assailants abducted five people from Navkania village, Jharkhand state, India. The victims were junior officials from the Prime Minister Rural Development Fellowship and their driver. One of the victims, the driver, was released on January 26, 2014. The remaining hostages were released on January 27, 2014, after an attack against a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) rescue team. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Maoists.
01/25/2014: Assailants abducted Malik Moazzam Kalro from his residence in Multan city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Kalro, a deputy secretary within the National Assembly of Pakistan, was released on April 8, 2014 after a ransom of $390,672.80 was paid to the assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
01/25/2014: Assailants attacked a group of Chinese railway workers in Kaura local government area, Kaduna state, Nigeria. One worker was killed and two were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Fulani tribal members.
01/25/2014: Assailants attacked a Nigerian Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) tugboat and abducted two people from Nembe, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack served as a reminder of the group's presence in the area and that they intend to drive away all oil companies by 2015. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
01/25/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Jorm district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. A clash ensued, during which six assailants were killed and two police officers and four assailants were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this incident.
01/25/2014: Assailants attacked and killed two people in Beled Hawo town, Gedo region, Somalia. One victim was a security official and the second victim was a former Al-Shabaab member who had defected. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
01/25/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at the police academy at the Institute of Police Representatives in Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. At least one person was injured as a result of the blast. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for this attack.