06/13/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device as civilians were exiting a mosque in Stone Town neighborhood, Zanzibar West region, Tanzania. A sheikh was killed and seven other people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Association for Islamic Mobilisation and Propagation (UAMSHO) carried out the attack.
06/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a joint checkpoint in Hajjaj village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 11 people were killed and 20 people were injured across all three assaults; the victims included volunteer fighters and soldiers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a joint checkpoint in Hajjaj village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. The assailant was killed and six soldiers and volunteer fighters were injured in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a joint militia and military headquarters in Hajjaj village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 11 people were killed and 20 people were injured across all three assaults; the victims included volunteer fighters and soldiers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the center of Derna city, Derna district, Libya. In addition to the bomber, people were killed and five people were wounded in the attack. This was one of three related attacks on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/13/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the center of Derna city, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack, other than the bomber. This was one of three related attacks on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/13/2015: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Adhamiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Justice employee, was killed and his companion was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: An explosive device detonated in a Sahwa Council vehicle in Arifiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. A Sahwa Council leader was killed and another member was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: An explosive device detonated near an Airport Security Force (ASF) vehicle in Gwadar area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle on Garissa-Hullugho road in Garissa county, Kenya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/13/2015: An explosive device planted in a culvert detonated in Bozcanak village, Palu district, Elazig province, Turkey. Three family members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated prematurely killing four assailants in Fallujah city, 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).
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Laghwat area of Dih Yak district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One assailant was killed, and five police officers and two assailants were injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Musa Qala district, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least 17 police officers and 10 assailants were killed and 10 police officers and seven assailants were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoints in Hamah governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked Aqsvi village, Sayyad district, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. A police officer and an assailant were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked Golden Dawn offices in Patissia district, Athens, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to anarchists.
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Ashrafiyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks targeting soldiers in Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/13/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Khaldiyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks targeting soldiers in Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/13/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device and attacked the office of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Catbalogan City, Samar province, Philippines. One inmate was killed and three jail officers were wounded in the raid. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/13/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at a military vehicle in Du Layna District, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Colonel Shoaib Bakhshi was killed and four soldiers were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at the residence of a police officer in Obour neighborhood, Arish city, North Sinai, Egypt. Seven civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers in Marinka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in the town on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on construction workers in Bula Gulam village, Garissa county, Kenya. The workers were not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on the Chacha Welding and Steel Store in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two Punjabi civilians were killed and four others were injured in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Rao Anwar in Malir Cantonment area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Anwar, a senior superintendent of police (SSP), was unharmed, although two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a subgroup of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
06/13/2015: Assailants shot down a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) helicopter near the Kuwayris Military Airbase outside of Kuwayris, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least three soldiers were killed in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at the house of Mahadev Katulkar in Nehru Chowk, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Katulkar, a judge presiding over the trial of a Maoist attack, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Four suicide bombers driving explosives-laden vehicles attacked a military base near Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the four bombers, at least 18 soldiers and volunteer fighters were killed and 25 people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2015: Security forces discovered and defused four explosive devices in Sitio Montilla, Barangay Lun Padidu, Sarangani Province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/13/2015: Thirty assailants opened fire on a police detachment in Bungsoan village, Capiz province, Philippines. A police officer and a civilian were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/13/2015: Three suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles targeting a military headquarters near Al-Habbaniyah, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bombers, at least 13 security force members were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2015: Two assailants opened fire on a barber shop in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two Punjabi civilians, identified as Muhammad Rafique and Muhammad Latif, were killed in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2015: Two assailants opened fire on Sangcadra Dimasar in Purok Bakhaw B, Kawit village, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. Dimasar, a village chairperson, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: A grenade detonated prematurely as an assailant was attempting to throw it in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi. The assailant was killed and at least three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: A sniper opened fire on a military checkpoint in Tarimiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a housing complex for judges in Ovacik, Tunceli, Turkey. In addition to the death of the assailant, nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/13/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a civil registry office in Abu Hadi, Sirte, Libya. In addition to the bomber, two civilians were killed and an unknown number of others were wounded in the attack. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: An assailant opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) checkpoint in Kud, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The assailant and one civilian were killed and five people, including three police officers and two civilians, were injured in the attack and ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
06/13/2016: An assailant stabbed and killed police commander Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and his spouse at their house in Magnanville, Ile-de-France, France. The assailant also took the victims' child hostage for several hours before being killed by police. The assailant, identified as Larossi Abballa, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Abballa's connection to ISIL could not be confirmed.
06/13/2016: An explosive device detonated at a power pylon in Mal, Sibi subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Rashidiyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a bus terminal in Midsayap, North Cotabato, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants abducted 14 people in Kadjema, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic. At least three hostages were released on June 15, 2016, while the whereabouts of the remaining 11 hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
06/13/2016: Assailants abducted Mongpu Marma in Jamchhari, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The whereabouts of Marma, a local Awami League leader, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack may have been carried out by Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) - Bangladesh.
06/13/2016: Assailants armed with an explosive devices attempted to carry out an attack in Khash, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. At least six people, including a police officer and five assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. Ansar al-Furqan claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to Jaish al-Adl.
06/13/2016: Assailants attacked Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) personnel in Band Taimor, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 11 police officers were killed and eight officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/13/2016: Assailants attacked an electricity plant in Tripoli, Libya. There were no reported casualties but a 12-hour blackout occurred in the area following the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants attacked joint forces in Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. At least seven security members were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2016: Assailants attacked Shahidi Hassas district, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. The ensuing clashes resulted in an unknown number of casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police patrol van in Totano Banda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least three officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Specialized Police Task Force (FOPE) patrol in Santa Rosa del Aguaray district, San Pedro, Paraguay. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians fleeing Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. A child was killed and his mother was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on Jessue Balat in Tangao, Butuan district, Agusan del Norte, Philippines. Balat, a civilian that was thought to have provided information that assisted in the arrest of New People's Army (NPA) members, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on Shabir Ahmed in Shafi Colony, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Ahmed, a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officer, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants opened fire on Zeynab Muhyadin in Shibis neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Muhyadin, a district administrator, was killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Assailants, including suicide bombers, equipped with explosives-laden vehicles and firearms attacked an Iraqi Army headquarters in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least five soldiers were killed and 11 others were injured in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2016: Police discovered and defused an explosive device in Istanbul, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber equipped with an explosives-laden belt in Lahij, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2016: Security members identified and killed a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attempting to attack security forces in Kharaib Jabr, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: A sniper opened fire on a police checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. Two police officers were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/13/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting military personnel in Al Shifa neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, one soldier was killed and five soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2017: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. A soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
06/13/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military forces in Compostela Valley province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/13/2017: Assailants abducted Reda Abdel Bari from Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Bari, an imam, was killed on June 20, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Assailants abducted two civilians in Sozma Qala, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that the assailants handed the hostages over to the Taliban.
06/13/2017: Assailants armed with mortars and firearms attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked a police guard post outside the residence of Muzaffar Attar, a retired judge, in Anchidora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Two police officers were injured and four rifles were stolen in the assault. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) in Qarabagh, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least seven assailants were killed and five security members and 10 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked Kutupalang refugee camp in Ukhia, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Two civilians, identified as Ayub Majhi and Mohammad Selim, were abducted in the attack. Selim was killed and his body was discovered on June 18, 2017 and Majhi was killed on an unknown date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Yakin Mujahidin.
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked military forces in Siniyah, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks in Siniyah on this date. Two assailants and three security personnel were killed as security forces repelled both assaults. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked Peshmerga and Iraqi Volunteer Forces outposts in Bir Ahmed, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two related assaults targeting security outposts in the area on this date. Two Peshmerga soldiers were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked Peshmerga and Iraqi Volunteer Forces outposts in Halyawa, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two related assaults targeting security outposts in the area on this date. Two Peshmerga soldiers were killed across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/13/2017: Assailants attacked security checkpoints in Dih Yak, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least four assailants were killed, six assailants were injured, and two police officers were abducted in the attack. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/13/2017: Assailants executed five civilians who attempted to flee Old City neighborhood, 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).
06/13/2017: Assailants fired a projectile at an Emirati Operation Restoring Hope ship carrying medical supplies off the coast of Mukha, Taizz, Yemen. One crew member was injured in the attack. Houthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Assailants launched a grenade and opened fire on a Rashtriya Rifles camp in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties as security forces repelled the assault. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants launched a grenade at a Rashtriya Rifles camp in Lorgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least two soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants set fire to the Madonna School at the St. Michaels Catholic Church in Okpanam, Delta, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Assailants shelled a residential area in Avdiivka, Donetsk, Ukraine. One civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/13/2017: Assailants shot and killed Pedro Espineda Esperida, a village councilor, in Bentuco, Sorsogon, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a cell phone tower in Azizabad, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties but the tower was damaged in the blast. This was one of two grenade attacks targeting cell towers in Mastung district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Lariyar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least ten CPRF officers were injured in the blast. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Sarnal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a police station in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least two police officers were injured in the blast. This was one of seven related attacks in the area on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim. In addition, Al-Umar Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jointly claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/13/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a Telenor cell phone tower in Pringabad, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties but the tower was damaged in the blast. This was one of two grenade attacks targeting cell towers in Mastung district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/13/2017: Security forces discovered and defused 115 explosive devices in Anaz, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices at an automobile showroom in Imphal, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Snipers opened fire on police officers and civilians as they attempted to flee Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/13/2017: Suicide bombers equipped with grenades and firearms attacked a military base in Tekeli, Hakkari, Turkey. At least two assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/14/07: One HAMAS member and two Fatah members were killed when the two Fatah members opened fire on a HAMAS checkpoint with small arms and the checkpoint returned fire in the evening in Nusseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip (Occupied Territories), Palestine.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/1975: In the United States, members of the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) bombed the United Insurance building in Chicago, Illinois, housing the United American Bank on the first floor of the building. FALN members claimed the attack by calling the Associated Press and stating that they placed three bombs at "capitalist institutions in Chicago" as well as telling of a type-written note left at a phone booth in a food shop at Union Station in Chicago. This explosion occurred in conjunction with Chicago's Annual Puerto Rican day parade.  Three people had minor injuries from the attack and the blast shattered windows through the tenth floor of the Insurance Building.
06/14/1975: Members of Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) attempted to bomb the Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, but the bomb did not detonate. FALN members claimed the attack by calling the Associated Press and stating that they placed three bombs at "capitalist institutions in Chicago" as well as telling of a type-written note left at a phone booth in a food shop at Union Station in Chicago. This attempted bombing occurred in conjunction with Chicago's Annual Puerto Rican day parade.
06/14/1998: A bomb exploded at the Fidesz (Federation of Young Democrats - Hungarian Civic Party) in Budapest, Hungary. No casualties or damage was reported. Fidesz was the winner of the May 1998 parliamentary elections and Independent Smallholders' Party chairman Jozsef Torgyan believed that the attack was committed by those who do not want to accept the election results.
06/14/1999: A car-bomb explosion in the Karradah al-Sharqiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, injured several citizens and damaged neighboring buildings. A hitherto unknown Iraqi organization, the Iraqi Islamic Vanguards for National Salvation, later claimed responsibility for the attack. The group said the attack was intended "to avenge the innocent blood of the martyrs of Islam." No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/14/1999: Activists from the extremist Jewish movement Kakh attacked an official car of the Palestinian National Authority as it drove by the settlement of Gilo, Israel. The Kakh activists beat up the driver and destroyed the car, and later claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/14/1999: At approximately 8:00 pm local time, three gunmen fired six or seven shots from their car at two men standing outside a pub called the Sandy Row Rangers Supporters' Club in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. Loyalist paramilitaries were suspected of the attack, which was further thought to be linked to the tension between the Ulster Defense Association (UDA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/14/1999: Hundreds of Maoist insurgents attacked a striking force of police in the village of Lala, Jajarkot district, Nepal, killing four policemen and four civilians, and injuring an additional six police officers. The assailants also seized three revolvers, 18 rifles and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition in the attack.
06/14/1999: In the Mount Geurute area of Aceh Province, Indonesia, unidentified assailants attacked Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) soldiers, killing two and injuring six others.
06/14/1999: Rockets were fired at Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, killing three people and injuring four others. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
06/14/2000: A hand grenade was hurled into the Excise Department compound on Nakhon Chaisri road in Dusit district. Nobody was injured. Police thought that the attack might have been linked to a campaign against illegal liquor and cigarette trade.
06/14/2000: A military convoy led by commanding general of the Army's 6th Infantry Division Major General Gregorio Camiling was ambushed by 30 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels at Iganagampong, Shariff Aguak Municipality, Philippines. General Camiling was not hurt in the incident, though two soldiers in the convoy were wounded. MILF committee on cessation of hostilities chairman Eid Kabalu admitted that his group staged the ambush in Maguindanao. He, however, noted that Mr. Camiling was not the prime target of the ambush.
06/14/2000: A suicide bomber killed himself and two other people, including a cyclist who crashed into him, in an attempt to destroy a crowded air force bus in Wattala, a Colombo suburb. Twelve people were also injured in the incident. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was suspected responsible for the attack.
06/14/2000: The Russian military reported a car bombing on the outskirts of Grozny, Chechnya, the fourth such attack by Chechen guerrillas in just over a week, but said no one was hurt. The vehicle packed with explosives exploded around 200 meters from a military checkpoint. Officials reported that they arrested the driver of the car bomb, naming him as 25-year-old Said Dzhabayev. He allegedly told the authorities he had been ordered to carry out a suicide mission, but at the last moment escaped after detonating the bomb.
06/14/2000: Three policemen were killed and three seriously injured when at least 50 Maoist insurgents attacked a police station in Junbesi village, Solukhumbu district, Nepal. The casualties on the Maoist side was not known.
06/14/2001: Two people were killed and at least five were wounded when at least three gunmen wearing masks rode up on motorcycles and starting shooting at people sitting outside a medical store in Mumtazabad, Punjab province, Pakistan.  Among those wounded or killed were members of both the Sunni and Shiite communities.  Authorities claimed the gunmen were part of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Sunni militant group, although no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2001: Two suspected separatist guerrillas attacked a police checkpoint in the Muslim majority Narathiwat Province in Southern Thailand with a hand grenade. No casualties were reported in the incident, but a patrol car and a police booth were seriously damaged in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2001: Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded Juan Porras Pala, a journalist and city councilman, and his bodyguard in their vehicle as they traveled in Davao City, Davao region, Philippines.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2002: A suicide bombing in front of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi left 12 dead and another 51 injured. Tarjuman Al-Qanoon has taken responsibility for the bombing.
06/14/2002: Rebels in Burundi attacked a bus in Cibitoke Province. The gunfire killed 14 and wounded another 10.
06/14/2002: Rebels with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)shot down a helicopter carrying 360 million pesos to the Agrarian Bank in Topaipi. Five policemen were killed and three have gone missing.
06/14/2002: Unidentified assailants launched hand grenades into the home of a Madagascar government official. The attack was thought to be retribution for support of pro-government demonstrations months prior.
06/14/2003: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a top Tamil politician who was the leader of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The victim, Mr. Subathran, was known for his opposition to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). No group claimed responsibility for the assassination, but there had been several similar attacks that the Sri Lankan government had blamed on the LTTE in the region prior to the attack.
06/14/2004: A bomb that was placed among garbage bags near a bank in Kadikoy district of Istanbul went off, injuring a cleaning worker. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2004: Assailants carried out an armed attack against a gendarmerie club in the center of Bingol in Turkey. The attack was carried out by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The number of killed or injured is unknown. Two terrorists were killed in a clash following the attack.
06/14/2004: Iraqi insurgents struck at the heart of downtown Baghdad, setting off a huge car bomb as a Western convoy passed in an attack that killed 13 people, wounded dozens. Five of the dead were foreign contractors, including an American and a Frenchman employed by General Electric to help repair Iraq's electricity system. Two Britons who worked for a private British security firm also were killed.
06/14/2004: Motorcycle gunmen shot and killed a local administration official, Anucha Baesakul, in the Rangae district of Narathiwat province, Thailand.   In related incidents, an official of a non-government relief organization was killed and a retired policeman was wounded  by motorcycle gunmen in the Yala and Pattani provinces of Thailand.  No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but authorities suspect the involvement of Muslim terrorists in an ongoing terrorism campaign.
06/14/2004: Motorcycle gunmen shot and killed Royima Buaraheng, an offical with the Coordination Centre to Fight Poverty, while in her office in Yala Province, Thailand.  In related incidents, a local administration official was killed and retired policeman was wounded  by motorcycle gunmen in Narathiwat and Pattani Provinces, Thailand.  No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but authorities suspect the involvement of Muslim terrorists in an ongoing terrorism campaign.
06/14/2004: Motorcycle gunmen shot and seriously wounded Kuheng Kuji, a retired policeman in Pattani province, Thailand.  Kuji was riding a motorcycle with his wife, who was not injured.   In related incidents, an official of a non-government relief organization and a local administrative official were killed  by motorcycle gunmen in Yala and Pattani provinces, Thailand.  No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but authorities suspect the involvement of Muslim terrorists in an ongoing terrorism campaign.
06/14/2004: The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for starting a fire that caused about $1.5 million in damages to a lumber warehouse in West Jordan, Utah, U.S.A. In a fax claim of responsibility, someone representing the group stated that the lumberyard was attacked because of excessive pollutants released by Stock Building Supply's (owner of the lumberyard) forklifts. In October of 2004, Justus Ireland admitted to setting fire to a delivery truck and a pallet full of wood at the lumber yard.
06/14/2005: In a pair of attacks against Iraqi civilians and police on June 14th, a car bombing in Kan'an killed as many as 10 police officers and civilians and wounding seven. The perpetrator was unknown, and no one claimed responsibility.
06/14/2005: In a pair of attacks against Iraqi civilians on June 14th, a suicide attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, killed about 20 civilians and injured as many as 53 others, mostly government employees waiting in line to pick up their paychecks at a bank in the city's center. Jaysh Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility for the attack the following day.
06/14/2005: Kamol Chunetr, a Buddhist teacher, was discovered beheaded in Pattani Province, Yaring (District), Thailand, 2 km in his home. With his head was found a note similar to one found 10 days previously, calling the killing revenge for previous arrests of "innocent people." Authorities suspect Islamic militants, but could not rule out personal conflict.
06/14/2006: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members detonated a claymore mine near a Sri Lankan police jeep at around 10:25am in Ilavalai, Sri Lanka, injuring the driver and causing minor damage to the jeep.
06/14/2007: Abukar Hussein Bandas, a Somali civilian and local government administrator, was killed by two Mujahedin Youth Movement (MYM) perpetrators firing small arms in the morning while on his way to work in northern Mogadishu, Banadir Region, Somalia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Anis Salus, a Palestinian civilian HAMAS supporter, was kidnapped outside a mosque in the evening by an unknown number of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade perpetrators carrying unspecified weapons outside a mosque in the evening in Nablus, West Bank (Occupied Territories), Palestine.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Five Thai civilians were wounded when two unknown perpetrators on a motorcycle fired small arms at a Buddhist teashop in Muang District, Yala Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Fourteen Thai Police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to a security detail at a soccer match at approximately 4:30 PM at a soccer stadium in Yaring District, Pattani Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a building was damaged when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of suspected HAMAS perpetrators detonated at the Voice of Palestine Radio Station in Gaza City, Gaza Strip (Occupied Territories), Palestine.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a hostel was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired three rockets in the evening at Gardez, Paktika Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a mosque was damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque in Mahawil, Babil Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported but a vehicle was damaged when an unknown number of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) perpetrators fired a Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip and it landed in the early morning in Sderot, Southern District, Israel.    No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of HAMAS perpetrators fired an unknown number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at the Gaza headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his guards returned fire in Gaza City, Gaza Strip (Occupied Territories), Palestine.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) perpetrators fired a Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip and it landed in the early morning at a kibbutz near Sderot, Southern District, Israel.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: One perpetrator was killed when a single suicide bomber detonated his explosives near an Afghan Army brigade commander in Greshk District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: One Polish civilian was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying unspecified weapons in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Peruvian civilian Arturo Campos Vicente (a public prosecutor) and three Peruvian Police officers were killed and two other officers were wounded when an unknown number of Shining Path perpetrators fired small arms (assault rifles) at their vehicle in Ramal District, Andayacu Province, Peru.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Seven Pakistan Army soldiers, one policeman, and one civilian were killed and five other persons were wounded when four unknown perpetrators fired on a van carrying troops near a railway station in Quetta, Balochistan Province, Pakistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Seven Taliban perpetrators were killed and three Afghan Police officers were wounded when 300 Taliban perpetrators attacked the Ajristan District Police Headquarters with small arms and the police returned fire and called in American close air support in Ajristan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Several computers were damaged when an unknown number of al-Fatah perpetrators stormed a HAMAS office with small arms and threw equipment out the window in Nablus, West Bank (Occupied Territories), Palestine.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Three Iraqi Police officers and three Iraqi Army soldiers were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at approximately 12:30 PM in a municipality building in al-Riadh District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Three Thai civilian Muslim leaders were killed and another was wounded when a single unknown perpetrator fired small arms (an assault rifle) at their vehicle in Mai Kaen District, Pattani Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Afghan civilians, a driver and an engineer, were killed when an unknown number of Taliban perpetrators fired small arms at their vehicle in the morning in Ab-e Khorma, Farah Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilian farmers were killed and three more were wounded by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms near Balad, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded and a mosque was severely damaged when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at approximately 4:00 AM at the Sunni al-Hateen Mosque in Iskandariya, Babil Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were wounded when an unknown number of mortar rounds fired by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators landed between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Iraqi Police officers who were off-duty were killed by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Diwaniya, Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2007: Two Somali civilians were killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated inside a video hall late in the evening in Baidoa, Bay Region, Somalia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/14/2008:  On Saturday night, approximately thirty Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters attacked the village of Pageri, Busoga province, Uganda, kidnapping two people after looting food and weapons from the village.  One person was eventually released, however the status of the second hostage is unknown. According to information obtained, young boys abducted have been enrolled by force into the rebel army, while the girls serve as sex slaves for the soldiers. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/14/2008: On Saturday 2400, in Dir, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a school, damaging the school but causing no casualties. A second IED planted inside the school was safely disabled by the bomb disposal squad. The IED that exploded contained 12.5 kilograms of explosives fitted in a pressure cooker. The defused bomb contained 12 kilograms of explosives. The building's owner states the damage to the building is 5.6m rupees, while the principle states that the equipment losses totaled 1m rupees. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2008: On Saturday afternoon at 16:00, New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed four unarmed military soldiers were killed near Sitio Odiongan, Barangay Fatima village in Paquibato district, Davao City, Philippines. The soldiers were attempting to discuss a possible joint community project with NPA leaders. It was believed that the attack was carried out in retaliation for a military operation the day before (on 06/13/2008 on Friday) in Bukidnon that killed three NPA guerrillas. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/14/2008: On Saturday at 1120, near Ghas Mandi in Tando Adam, Sindh, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a shop, killing one child, wounding 13 civilians, and damaging the shop. According to police, a man went into a shop to buy tea leaves, but after paying, left his shopping bag with the shop keeper. As soon as the man left the store, the bomb exploded. Officials said it was a remote controlled device. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2008: On Saturday evening at 20:30, a booby trap of thin wires stretched across a dirt road was discovered and safely dismantled in a remote stretch of the southern New Mexico desert near Deming, United States. The device was composed of two sections of thin wire strung tight across the road, tied to a cattle fence on one side and a mesquite tree on the other, four feet above the ground. It was believed to target U.S. Border Patrol agents riding all terrain vehicles who patrol the area. The nearest Mexican town is the village of Las Chepas, a collection of small houses and abandoned buildings routinely used by drug smugglers as a staging ground. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/14/2008: On Saturday morning, two Northern Ireland police officers were injured when a Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) roadside bomb hit their car on Rellan Road at a bridge in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The device, which consisted of a substantial amount of homemade explosives, was placed under the bridge with a command wire leading from a firing point some distance away. The attack, which coincided with a visit by US President George W Bush, was believed to be carried out to oppose the Good Friday agreement. On 06/18/2008 on Wednesday, the CIRA claimed responsibility for detonating the roadside bomb in County Fermanagh the same day a 57 year old man was arrested for the incident.
06/14/2008: On Saturday night at 02:00, Predrag Djordjevic, who is believed to be of Serb nationality, was wounded during a shootout with police in front of the police station in the city of Klina, Pec province, Kosovo. One Kosovska Mitrovica police officer was also wounded during the attack. Djordjevic was arrested and charged with shooting one police officer with a pistol, and was also accused of allegedly raising the flag of the Car Lazar Guard above the dome of the local mosque in the centre of the southern part of the town, inciting anger among the local Muslim population.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/14/2008: On Saturday night, at 2330, armed assailants engaged each other with automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fire in the vicinity of Saadnayel, Becca, Lebanon, injuring several people. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2008: On Saturday night, in Murgaon, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, about 50 assailants assaulted and killed one surrendered Maoist militant, Anandrao Koram. Assailants dragged Koram from his house, tied him to a tree and beheaded him. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed a Maoist faction was responsible.
06/14/2008: On Saturday night, two people were killed and 13 others were wounded when a time bomb hidden in a sack of wheat exploded at a bus station in Chandranigahapur town of Rautahat district, Narayani province, Nepal. The Terai Dal Army (TAD), who was demanding a separate state for the ethnic Madhesi community, called a local newspaper office claiming responsibility for the incident following the bombing attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, a traffic policeman was killed and six others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in central Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, a woman was wounded when an IED exploded in Al Darkazliya in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, about 20 unknown gunmen attacked the town of Finima in Bonny, Rivers, Nigeria. The suspected militants vandalized and looted shops and cars and also set off a bomb. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, about 20 unknown gunmen set off a bomb in the Palace of the Paramount Ruler of Finima in Bonny, Rivers, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and there were no reported casualties.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, an IED exploded at Sahwa headquarters in the village of Youssuf Hammadi in Bani Saad, Diyala, Iraq. One tribal fighter was killed and another one was wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, an IED exploded on Kirkuk-Taza Street south of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, an IED was detonated in a garden in Al Kahiya village of Abi Seda district in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. The village's mayor was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, at 1300, two civilians were killed and seven others were injured when a bomb exploded inside a bus in Fdheliyah intersection in east Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, at 1700, a female suicide bomber blew herself up near a cafe in Qara Taba, Diyala, Iraq. The blast injured 39 people, including ten border guards, three policemen and three Asayish members of the Kurdistan security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, National Alliance rebels took control of the town of Goz Beida, Ouaddai, Chad. No casualties were reported. Goz Beida is the first town to be taken by the National Alliance rebels in their advance on the Chadian capital, Ndjamena.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, suspected militants shot dead an off-duty policeman and his brother near their house in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2008: On Saturday, three railway workers were injured when a freight train was hit by a suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) mine blast planted under a bridge between Egirmec and Eralan villages of Turkey's eastern Mus district. The mine blast, which appeared to target the wagon carrying the railway workers, caused two freight wagons to fall in the river below and damaged three other wagons. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/14/2009: On Sunday afternoon at about 1215, in Mandi Tajarat Gunj, Dera Ismail Khan, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on a cycle-cart in a market, killing nine civilians (6 Pakistani; 3 Afghan), wounding 36 others, damaging seven shops, and one set of electrical power lines. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2009: On Sunday evening at 1830, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants fired upon the motorcade of the Nazran city mayor as it was passing the Dyakov stadium, damaging one vehicle but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2009: On Sunday evening, in Narathiwat, Thailand, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device that was hidden inside a motorcycle and triggered by a mobile phone near a weekend market, wounding 10 civilians and damaging the market. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/14/2009: On Sunday evening, near Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, assailants smashed the musical instruments, beat up and shaved the heads of five musicians for playing at a wedding party. The musicians were then forced to take oaths in the presence of villagers that they would not sing or play music at weddings again. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/14/2009: On Sunday morning, in Dakadihi Village, Mayurbhanj District, Orissa, India, suspected Maoists shot and killed a tribal because they suspected him of being a police informer. Around a dozen militants armed with sophisticated weapons followed the victim, Balakram Soren, age 35, from the market and shot him from close range. No group claimed responsibility but it was widely believed that Communist Party of India (Maoist), CPI-M, militants were responsible.
06/14/2009: On Sunday night, at an unspecified region in Paktia province, Afghanistan, Taliban militants killed a local religious leader. No groups claimed responsibility but it was believed that the Taliban was responsible.
06/14/2009: On Sunday, Administrative department of Security Officers (DAS) deactivated an explosive device composed of ten kilograms of pentolite ammonium nitrate, and shrapnel, that was placed in the entrance of Lagunilla Educational Institution Juan XXIII, a rural school, in the municipality of Algeciras, Huila, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility, however authorities believe that the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia Teofilo Forero Mobile Column was responsible.
06/14/2009: On Sunday, in Dharmapur, West Bengal, India, the dead bodies of three Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) workers were found. People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) backed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible for the attack.
06/14/2009: On Sunday, in Farah province, Afghanistan, two health workers, husband and wife, were shot and killed by suspected Taliban militants. No groups claimed responsibility.
06/14/2009: On Sunday, in Kokrajhar, Assam, India, assailants shot and killed one suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militant. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2009: On Sunday, in Sambalpur, Orissa, India, assailants shot and killed a Police Sub-Inspector, Narasingha Mahakuda, during a gun battle with Security Forces. Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were responsible for the attack.
06/14/2010: On Monday evening, in Belpahari, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) kidnapped two brothers, Sambhu (Samar) Singh and Sunil Singh. On 06/15/2010, the bodies of the two brothers were recovered from Chakadoma in the Belpahari area, showing evidence of being hacked to death. The two men were ex CPI-M cadres who later joined the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA). According to police, the brothers were killed as a result of internal rivalry within the PCPA. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Maoist faction was responsible.
06/14/2010: On Monday evening, in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown assailants fired on civilians, killing one civilian and wounding one other. The victims identified as Nasir and Shahid who were working in a welding shop, were on their home when unknown motorbike riders opened fire at them. Nasir died on the spot while his colleague Shahid sustained serious injuries. No group has claimed responsibility; however targeted killing of settlers is blamed on Baloch militant groups.
06/14/2010: On Monday night, in Jamui district, Bihar, India, around 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) activists looted Rs 92,000 (2014.90 USD) from an SBI branch at Khadigram and set it on fire. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police suspect that the attack was carried out to enforce their two-day shutdown to protest the arrest of two of their comrades. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2010: On Monday night, in Rohtas, Bihar, India, unidentified assailants fired upon one police station and one Special Auxiliary Police camp, causing no casualties or damage. According to police, around 100 armed rebels attacked the Rohtas police station and a camp of the Special Auxiliary Police, but were repelled by the Gorkha battalion stationed in Rohtas. The specific motive for the attack is unknown, however police suspect that the attack was carried out to enforce their two-day shutdown in Bihar and Jharkhand to protest the arrest of two Communist Party of India-Maoist cadres in Bihar. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Maoist faction was responsible.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Ashrafabad, Tehsil Khoazia Khawasai, Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified armed men detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a government boys' middle school, destroying the school. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that had been placed on a vehicle, injuring three people and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Gaya, Bihar, India, assailants attacked the Islampur railway station, damaging the station. The assailants later abducted the station headmaster and two other railway employees and took them to an unknown location. No casualties were reported in the attack and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Communist Party of India-Maoist faction was responsible. The status of the hostages is unknown.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Koshk-e Kohneh, Herat, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a civilian vehicle, killing two civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a girls' school, destroying the school, but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed one government employee. No damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Nalchik, Kabardino-Blakaria, Russia, unidentified militants detonated two improvised explosive devices (IED) near the Stroydetal factory. The first IED, equivalent to 200 grams of TNT, was attached to a 50-liter gas cylinder and was planted next to a concrete barrier. The second IED was attached to a 20-liter gas cylinder and was next to a concrete slab in front of the factory. The devices were comprised of a mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum metal. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Shah Joy, Zabul, Afghanistan, a civilian, Asadollah, was shot an killed in front of his home for allegedly spying for Afghan and foreign forces. No damages were reported and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in the Jomo area of the Central African Republic, unknown assailants attacked a Ugandan military patrol, killing 10 Ugandan soldiers and wounding an unknown number. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack but the militant group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) or Janjaweed militants were thought to be responsible.
06/14/2010: On Monday, in Thepha district, Songkhla, Thailand, an improvised explosive device placed near a petrol pump by unknown militants exploded, injuring nine people, including two Army Rangers, and damaging five parked motorcycles and a fence. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday evening around 1930, at Hacienda Teresa in Alicante Village, E.B. Magalona Town, Negros Occidental, Philippines, around 20 armed men with assorted weapons allegedly entered the hacienda and set fire to a tractor worth $11,515.45 (500 million pesos) owned by Arturo Ledesma. The assailants also took the M 16 service rifle from the hacienda's security guard and shot and wounded the hacienda's timekeeper, Christopher Gerza. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no other casualties were reported. The armed men reportedly introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and that they burned the tractor because of the owner's refusal to pay revolutionary taxes.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday morning at 930, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting a provincial council compound, opening the way for three more suicide bombers to enter the compound. The three suicide bombers attempted to detonate their improvised explosive vests inside the compound, but the bombers were killed by the compound’s security guards by heavy gunfire before they could detonate their bombs. The blasts killed eight, including three policemen, and three suicide bombers, and wounded 28, including fifteen security members. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the compound. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday night at 0400, in the village of Mikheyevka, in the Kizlyarski district of Dagestan, Russia, a local Imam, identified as Ashurlav Kurbanov, was shot and killed by unidentified militants near the local mosque. No other casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday night, in Chhotebedma village, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, over 100 suspected Communist Part of India-Maoists (CPI-M) raided the house of Communist Party of India (CPI) leader, Mudararam Sodhi, and shot and killed him for being a suspected police informer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday, in Ceelbuur, Galgudud, Somalia, suspected al-Shabaab militants took at least 10 civilians hostage by unknown means for allegedly committing deeds against the religion of Islam. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility through Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Isse.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants planted a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting the Establishments Protection Headquarters. The bomb was discovered and successfully defused by the second division Army unit. No casualties or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday, in Pirabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants attacked Muttahida Qaumi Movement members with unknown weapons killing one member, Junaid, and wounding two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday, in Samara, Russian Republic, Russia, one 15-year-old boy was wounded when an improvised explosive device was triggered in a market area. The specific target was unknown. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday, in the Alawi neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen with silenced weapons shot and killed Laith Ahmed Hassan, director of the legal department of Baghdad provincial council. No group claimed responsibility.
06/14/2011: On Tuesday, in the Mangoli area of Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, Pakistan, a bomb was planted on a railway track but was later discovered by police forces and defused, resulting in no casualties or property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2012: A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Fateh Abad area, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed and another injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Haji Khel area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Four police officers, including a district police chief, were injured in the blast, and the vehicle was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Al Huwaydir area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The explosion struck a police patrol, killing one police officer and injuring five more. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: A rocket landed near a power grid station in Mari Abad area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. This was one of two rockets fired that day in Quetta. There were no reported injuries or damages in the explosions. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for both rocket attacks.
06/14/2012: A rocket landed near Musa College in Gulistan Town, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. This was one of two rockets fired that day in Quetta. There were no reported injuries or damages resulting from the explosions. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for both rocket attacks.
06/14/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a garage near a shrine in Sayyidah Zaynab area, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. At least 14 people were killed in the blast, and surrounding buildings and vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: A suicide bomber was caught attempting to detonate at a military installation in Sayad Abad district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. Soldiers shot and killed the bomber. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful attack.
06/14/2012: An explosive device attached to a civilian car detonated in Abu Ghraib area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and a second person injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An explosive device detonated in the vicinity of an Ethiopian military convoy in Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. An unknown number of casualties resulted from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting the private residence of a government official and a pro-government militia leader in Karte Dostom area, Sherberghan district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. At least 11 people were injured in the blast, including the militia leader. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused in the backyard of a private residence in Sonari area, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident; however, officials suspected the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
06/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered in the mailbox of a civilian residence in Clonsilla area of Dublin city, Fingal county, Ireland. The device was safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An explosive device was discovered near Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The device detonated as an expert was attempting to defuse it; the expert was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint in Idlib city, Idlib governorate, Syria. Six soldiers, including an officer, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police station in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed in the blast, and another five officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicle struck a roadside bomb in northwest Syria. Three ICRC employees were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Assailants attacked a control station of a gas pipeline near Azzan city, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. Soldiers stationed at a guard post returned fire, leading to a three-hour-long gunfight. Fifteen assailants were killed and another seven injured in the attack; however, there were no reported casualties among the soldiers, and the pipeline was not damaged. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the incident to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/14/2012: Assailants attacked a security post in Upper Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Military forces returned fire, killing at least six of the assailants. There were no reported casualties among the soldiers. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Assailants attacked joint Ethiopian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali military forces in Yurkud, Gedo, Somalia. It is unknown if the ensuing clash resulted in any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2012: Assailants fired a rocket at a Frontier Corps (FC) Jour Buner camp in Buner district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The rocket missed the target and struck a nearby building that was under construction, injuring one civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in the Kuba-Taba area, Kabardino-Balkaria republic, Russia. Two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Ordzhonikidzevskaya village, Ingushetia republic, Russia. Two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Assailants opened fire on the chief of al-Janabat tribes in an unknown location in Diyala governorate, Iraq. The chief was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Assailants shot and killed a solider in Kot village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No further information is available.
06/14/2012: At least two landmines detonated in Zinjibar town, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Nine civilians were killed in the explosions. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the incident to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/14/2012: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Nari district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Officials believe the assailants had intended to target a meeting between tribal and government representatives but were stopped by personnel at the checkpoint. In addition to the assailants, one security official was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2012: Two suicide bombers were discovered and arrested in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The bombers were attempting to target the Heart of Asia conference when they were caught. This was one of two suicide bombings targeting the conference that were disrupted. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed both unsuccessful incidents to the Taliban.
06/14/2012: Two suicide bombers were discovered and arrested in Spin Boldak town, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The bombers were riding in an explosives-laden rickshaw and were attempting to travel to and target the Heart of Asia conference being held in Kabul. This was one of two suicide bombings targeting the conference that were disrupted. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed both unsuccessful incidents to the Taliban.
06/14/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device was detonated outside of a police station in Mir Hassan village, Sindh province, Pakistan. One nearby civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: A roadside bomb detonated as a civilian vehicle left a funeral service in Cholan village, Jaji Maidan district, Khost province, Afghanistan. At least eight people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, officials attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/14/2013: A roadside mine exploded next to a military convoy in Bala Morghab district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2013: A United Nations (UN) base was shelled in Kadugli city, South Kordufan state, Sudan. One United Nations peacekeeper was killed and two were wounded in the attack. Locals suspected the target was a soccer stadium. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: An explosive device detonated at the al-Hurra television channel building in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One person was injured and the front gate was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: An explosive device hidden in a bag was found and defused near a main bazaar in Pezzu village, Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused on a road in Adezai area, Mattani village, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: Assailants attacked an oil pipeline in Khawaln area, Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: Assailants kidnapped and executed five traders in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility; however, the media source notes that Boko Haram is suspected.
06/14/2013: Assailants launched a rocket at Karez Post in Allah Jirga area, Maroof district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A civilian worker was killed and two police officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2013: Gunmen opened fire on police officers in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: Gunmen shot and killed a local tribal elder in Qaria-e-Qabol village, Injil district, Herat province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Iraqi Republican Assembly candidate Muhanad Ghazi as he was walking home in Zahra area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: Gunmen stormed a house where Aaya Baika, a vaccination nurse, lived in Qarqin district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Baika was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2013: Three gunmen abducted Maulvi Ghulam Muhammad, a member of the Council of Clerics, while he was on his way home after prayers in Behsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of Muhammad are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2013:Assailants set fire to two Palestinian vehicles in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, East Jerusalem village, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailants also wrote "price tag" on a near-by wall. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Israeli extremists were behind the incident.
06/14/2014: A land mine detonated as authorities attempted to defuse the device in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. A police official was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: A mortar detonated in Logar province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a minibus carrying election workers in Abyak city, Samangan province, Afghanistan. At least eleven people were killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military outpost in Mahfad district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. In addition to the suicide bomber, five soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved in the attack.
06/14/2014: An assailant attempted to plant an explosive device underneath a bridge in Mansoka area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The assailant was killed when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated at a laundry shop in Sougaijam Leikai area, Imphal city, Manipur state, India. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated at a polling center in Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One police officer and three civilians were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated at a polling station in Dih Sabz district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in front of a polling center in Baghlan-i-Markazi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in the eleventh police district of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated in the fifth police district of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. An election worker was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle in Chamarkand area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One soldier was killed and two civilians were wounded in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in this area on June 14, 2014. This first blast was designed to draw first responders to the scene. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a military convoy near Khanpur city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two security personnel were wounded in the blast. This was one of two blasts in this area on June 14, 2014; this first blast was designed to draw first responders. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police van the sixteenth police district of Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a polling center in Ahmad Abad district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. An unknown number of civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near a produce shop in Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near Khanpur city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed in the blast. This was one of two blasts in this area on June 14, 2014; this second blast occurred as first responders were arriving to the scene of the first attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near Khassadars personnel and polio workers in Chamarkand area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Khassadars personnel was killed and two other people were wounded in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in this area on June 14, 2014. This blast occurred as first responders were arriving to the scene of the first attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated near soldiers in Majalah district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated outside Habibia High School in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device detonated underneath a bridge in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of an arms dealer detonated at a weapons bazaar in Mayadin city, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. Eight people were killed and 21 others were wounded 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).
06/14/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at the entrance of the presidential administration building in Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device, targeting a Shalobar Aman Lashkar member, detonated in Qambarabad area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The member was killed in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: An explosive device, targeting the vehicle of Brigadier General Mohamed Abdullah al-Shamba, detonated in Lawdar district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Al-Shamba, a senior military officer, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved in the attack.
06/14/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Mushahidah village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants abducted 15 people after voting in the elections in Koshki Kohna district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The hostages were released the same day; however, eleven people had their fingers cut off and four others had their nails cut off in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants abducted 20 civilians traveling on a minibus in Bulo Sheikh village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2014: Assailants abducted five traders and their driver in Mizoram state, India. Two hostages escaped the same day; however, the fate of the remaining four hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT).
06/14/2014: Assailants abducted Patimi Akene in Fonibiri area, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Akene, the mother of the Bayelsa State Commission for Lands and Survey commissioner, was released on July 3, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants abducted Rakesh Paul, a businessman, in Chirang district, Assam state, India. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants abducted Roman Lubentsov, an Air Defense Missile Battalion Deputy Commander, in Avdiyivka city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked a police base in Shirzad district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Eight assailants were killed and 14 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint and took refuge in a nearby house, where they took three people hostage, in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Seven people, including four assailants and three police officers, were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. The hostages were released the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked a polling station in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of 19 attacks on polling stations in Nangarhar province on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Arghandab district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks in Zabul province on June 14, 2014. One soldier was killed and one other was wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Atghar district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks in Zabul province on June 14, 2014. One soldier was killed and one other was wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali Armed Forces (SAF) bases in Gofgadud area, Bay region, Somalia. At least one assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) forces in Qurac Joome village, Ceel Barde district, Bakool region, Somalia. Ten assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked soldiers and took control of the Sejar region, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least five soldiers were killed and 10 soldiers were injured in the attack. An unknown number of soldiers were also reported missing. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/14/2014: Assailants attacked Syrian troops near the central prison in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. The Islamic Front (Syria) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front.
06/14/2014: Assailants attempted to launch a mortar shell near Qush Tepa district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Five assailants were wounded when the shell detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants executed 12 imams at a mosque in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The victims had refused to pledge their loyalty to the assailants.
06/14/2014: Assailants fired mortars at a government protection force stationed at the oil refinery in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/14/2014: Assailants intercepted a civilian vehicle in Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicle was set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched a rocket at a polling center in Karandab area, Jurm district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. A police officer was killed in the attack. This was one of two rocket attacks on polling centers in Badakhshan province on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched a rocket in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of three rocket attacks in Kandahar province on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched a rocket near a civilian residence in Maqur area, Ghormach district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Three people were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched an attack in Daraz Gard area, Shinwari district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks carried out by the Taliban in Shinwari district on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched an attack in Qadis district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed in the attack. This was one of two attacks carried out by the Taliban in Badghis province on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched an attack in Sang Atesh district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks carried out by the Taliban in Badghis province on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched an attack in Shatar Shar area, Shinwari district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks carried out by the Taliban in Shinwari district on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells at polling centers in Qush Tepa district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells at residential areas on Madhowa Island in Lower Juba region, Somalia. Five civilians were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched rockets at a polling center in Yamgan district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. A voter was wounded in the attack. This was one of two rocket attacks on polling centers in Badakhshan province on June 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched rockets at a polling station in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks on polling stations in Kunduz province on June 14, 2014. In addition to seven assailants, one soldier and one police officer were killed and nine others, including two security personnel and seven assailants, were wounded across blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched rockets at a polling station in Khanabad district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks on polling stations in Kunduz province on June 14, 2014. In addition to seven assailants, one soldier and one police officer were killed and nine others, including two security personnel and seven assailants, were wounded across blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched rockets at Dara-i-Nur district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Four civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2014: Assailants launched two rockets at a civilian residence near a polling station in Khost province, Afghanistan. Five civilians were killed and 17 others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military transport plane as it was landing in Luhansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least 40 soldiers and nine crew members were killed in the attack. The Luhansk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a security patrol in Sitio Taysan area, Midatag village, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. One soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in Ishaqi area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one SWAT member was killed and five members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on a State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (DPSU) convoy in Mariupol city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Five soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Alaa Jawad's convoy on the road between Baghdad and Samarra city in Iraq. Jawad, the head of the Iraqi Commission of Integrity, was not harmed; however, at least 11 people were killed and 21 people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Qaisar Abbas Rizvi and Shoaib Raza outside their shop in Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Rizvi and Raza, members of the Shia community, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Sergeant Hanapia Marhus in Ocapan village, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. Marhus, a soldier, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Sheheryar Abbas in PIB Colony neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Abbas, a former television network operator, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on Sheikh Sami al-Massudi's convoy near Ishaqi town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Massudi, the deputy head of the Shia religious endowment, was not harmed; however, eight guards were killed and 10 guards were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Shahid Arain in Shah Latif area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Arain, a district president of the Pakistan Muslim League: Nawaz (PML-N), was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Wadie Ramses in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Ramses, a surgeon and member of the Coptic Christian community, was injured and abducted in the attack. Ramses was released on September 14, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Muslim extremists.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on two seminary students in Guru Mandir neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One student was killed and the other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants opened fire on youths at a polling station in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. At least three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2014: Assailants set a number of civilian residences on fire at the Kurmitola Bihari Refugee Camp in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. At least 10 refugees were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Awami League.
06/14/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices at the Russian Embassy in Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the embassy was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Ukrainian nationalist group.
06/14/2014: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Colonel Hasan Ali Sayf in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Sayf, the executive manager of the Hadramawt Bomb Squad, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device attached to a minibus detonated near al-Buhturi School in Karm al-Lawz neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. At least 27 people were injured in the blast. This is one of two vehicle bombings in different Homs neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated as assailants were planting it on a railway track in Jacobabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two assailants were injured in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Dera Ismail Khan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khalil Bagh area, Khakrez district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Rasheed area, Babil governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated in Sayed Jan village, Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Levies station in Talimat area, Dera Bugti district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three Levies personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near an auto showroom in Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Zafraniyah 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.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Hamidullah Haqjo, a district governor, in Ishkamish district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. Four people, including Haqjo, were killed and two others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian vehicle in Khalil Bagh area, Khakrez district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and three civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Kenyan military vehicle in Baure town, Lamu county, Kenya. Three Kenyan soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2015: An explosives-laden minibus detonated near the Fire Department building in Ekrima neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. At least 10 people were injured in the blast. This is one of two vehicle bombings in different Homs neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Qahira area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 10 people were killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/14/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Nawadi Market in Shaab area, 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.
06/14/2015: Assailants assaulted 200 families attempting to flee from Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), stating that the assailants wanted to use the victims as human shields.
06/14/2015: Assailants attacked a military base near Baure town, Lamu county, Kenya. At least two soldiers and 11 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Assailants attacked Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) checkposts in Azra district, Logar province, Afghanistan. At least seven people, including soldiers and assailants, were killed and five others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2015: Assailants attacked and killed a police officer in Qazanchi area of Shibirghan city, Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a gas pipeline in Tali Mat area, Pir Koh, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Assailants fired a projectile that struck Kuybyshevskyy neighborhood of Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Alexander Gayuk, an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers near 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.
06/14/2015: Assailants kidnapped eight employees of the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Assailants killed two women in Qaim district, 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), noting that the victims were accused of being informants.
06/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Paradise Embac village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mehrajuddin Dar in Badam Bagh neighborhood, Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Dar, a poultry dealer and former Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
06/14/2015: Assailants opened fire on police commissioner in Faiyum city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. The commissioner was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Assailants raided Babban Gida town, Yobe state, Nigeria. Two soldiers and several assailants were killed and five soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/14/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the house of a German national in Landin area, Catarman, Liloan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Fifty assailants attacked a military outpost at a road construction site in Sitio Mahayag, Namnam village, Bukidnon province, Philippines. At least one soldier and a child were killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2015: Sixty assailants stormed Mangai village, Lamu county, Kenya. The assailants forced more than 100 local residents to gather at the Mangai Mosque and listen to them proselytize; the residents were released after three hours. In addition, multiple pieces of property were stolen and damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated at a residence in Rajbiraj, Eastern development, Nepal. No casualties were reported in the blast. Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in honor of its members who have been killed.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated at the Shalal Market in Shaab, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al-Batul, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Wihdah, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Cabdow Dibille, near Afgoye, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. An unknown number of soldiers were killed or wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ebjur, Baghdad, Iraq. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Gevas district, Van, Turkey. Six police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/14/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Hamid al-Ghazzi, the Dhi Qar Council chair, in Shatrah, Dhi Qar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Assailants abducted 12 people in a village near Kadjema, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
06/14/2016: Assailants assaulted Indian Forest Service (IFS) personnel and set fire to five trucks in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, India. An unknown number of forest officials were injured in the attack. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out after forest officials refused to give the group food.
06/14/2016: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpoint in Shesh Ab, Nimroz, Afghanistan. At least one assailant and nine soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) positions in Khalsa, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of two incidents in villages of Aleppo on the same day. At least 86 soldiers were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the ensuing clashes, which lasted until June 18, 2016. It is unknown whether there were any assailant casualties. Jaish al-Sunnah, Ajnad al-Sham, and Al-Nusrah Front, and Tawhid and Jihad (Syria) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2016: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) positions in Zaytan, Aleppo, Syria. This was one of two incidents in villages of Aleppo on the same day. At least 86 soldiers were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the ensuing clashes, which lasted until June 18, 2016. It is unknown whether there were any assailant casualties. Jaish al-Sunnah, Ajnad al-Sham, and Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2016: Assailants executed four young people in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting that the victims were accused of publicly eating during Ramadan.
06/14/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Hawl Wadag neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. The projectiles were targeting Villa Somalia, the presidential palace, but missed the building and landed in the neighborhood instead. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three attacks in Mogadishu on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Hodon neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. The projectiles were targeting Villa Somalia, the presidential palace, but missed the building and landed in the neighborhood instead. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three attacks in Mogadishu on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2016: Assailants fired mortars that landed and detonated in Wardhigley neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. The projectiles were targeting Villa Somalia, the presidential palace, but missed the building and landed in the neighborhood instead. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three attacks in Mogadishu on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2016: Assailants hijacked the vehicle of Ibrahim al-Shaer in Qalandiyah, West Bank. Al-Shaer, the Palestinian Authority Minister of Social Development, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police post guarding a Special Operations Group (SOG) camp under construction in Qaimoh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack and ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on farmers in Mole, south of El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan. At least two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Ngaoundere, Ouham-Pende, Central African Republic. At least 10 people were killed and several others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants and ex-Seleka members.
06/14/2016: Assailants opened fire on Roger Gelotin Sr. in Libertad, Uson district, Masbate, Philippines. Gelotin Sr., an Office of the Provincial Governor security agent, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2016: Assailants raided a police officer's home and held an unknown number of people hostage near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. One hostage was killed and the remaining hostages were released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2016: Assailants raided Aj Jarayshi, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the three assaults, killing 40 assailants, including four suicide bombers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Assailants raided Albu Rishah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the three assaults, killing 40 assailants, including four suicide bombers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2016: Assailants raided Kautuva, Borno, Nigeria. At least four people were killed and three women were kidnapped during the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/14/2016: Assailants raided Tawi, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the three assaults, killing 40 assailants, including four suicide bombers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2016: Assailants shelled Mihtarlam, Laghman, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2016: Assailants shot and killed Haji Naeem, the head of a district development council, in Sash Qala, Logar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban, which denied involvement.
06/14/2016: Assailants shot and killed Shaykh Yasir al-Hamumi, a prominent Salafi leader, in Jaar, Abyan, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Police discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Bitlis province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2016: Security forces discovered and destroyed at least four explosives-laden vehicles in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: A landmine detonated prematurely in Mata Khan, Paktika, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the Posh Treats restaurant in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. Following the blast, five assailants stormed the Pizza House restaurant across the street and held 20 people hostage. Security forces raided the restaurant several hours later, killing the assailants and rescuing an unknown number of hostages. At least 37 people, including six assailants, were killed and 26 people were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting police personnel in Bab al-Toub area, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The assailant was killed and four police officers were injured in the blast. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: An assailant opened fire on a Congressional Republican baseball practice at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. At least six people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Representative Roger Williams, were injured before the assailant was shot and killed by Capitol Police officers. Sources identified the assailant as James T. Hodgkinson, who had previously criticized the policies of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump.
06/14/2017: An assailant set fire to a vehicle in Mawiong Rim, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources arrested a Khasi Students Union member for carrying out the attack.
06/14/2017: An assailant shot and injured a police officer in Awamiyah, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/14/2017: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated targeting a police patrol vehicle in Plan-e-Charum, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and one police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Koti Sangi, Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. The driver of the vehicle, a physician, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel escorting students in Mukim Peng, Pattani, Thailand. Three people, including soldiers and civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants abducted at least two volunteer fighters, including the brother of a Member of Parliament (MP), from Tuz Khormato district, Saladin, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants attacked a civilian residence and abducted Mohammed Ayub near the Kutupalang refugee camp in Ukhia, Chittagong, Bangladesh. At least two people were injured in the initial attack and Ayub was killed on June 25, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Yakin Mujahidin may have been involved.
06/14/2017: Assailants attacked a military post in Rabiah, Diyala, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing at least one assailant. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants attacked a vehicle in Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan. Three people, including two soldiers and a local official, were killed and five people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/14/2017: Assailants attacked police forces in Nabi Sheet area, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. There were no reported casualties as security forces repelled the assault. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Assailants attempted to abduct a village chief from Jalula, Diyala, Iraq. There were no reported casualties as residents thwarted the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants attempted to set fire to Flimby Pizza Shop in Flimby, England, United Kingdom. The arson attempt was unsuccessful, but the assailants drew swastikas and wrote "Death to Muslims" on the building. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No assailants were arrested in connection with the incident; however, the assailants were identified as Neo-Nazi extremists.
06/14/2017: Assailants beat a civilian to death in Ukhrul district, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and stated that the assailants accused the victim of sexual assault.
06/14/2017: Assailants equipped with explosives-laden vehicles attacked Iraqi Volunteer Forces in Tall Safouk, Nineveh, Iraq. Thirteen assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/14/2017: Assailants executed three civilians and set fire to houses in Dandan neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Assailants executed three civilians and set fire to houses in Nabi Sheet neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Assailants fired five mortars into Bashir, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants fired mortars that landed near a soccer field in Khalis, Diyala, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants opened fire on Alberto Enriquez, Jr. in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Enriquez, a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) district chief assessment officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants opened fire on Shahadat Hossain Molla in Khulna, Bangladesh. Molla, the Awami League Freedom Fighters' Affairs Secretary for Sonadanga subdistrict, was killed and five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants placed an explosives-laden motorcycle outside the residence of a police commander in Hasti, Paktika, Afghanistan. The motorcycle detonated after it was carried inside of the house. Shakur was unharmed as he was not present at the time of the attack; however, five civilians were killed and seven civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants raided Nyakakoma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least ten people, including soldiers, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Mayi Mayi militia.
06/14/2017: Assailants set fire to the District Sericulture and Weaving Manager office in Mawpdang, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at civilians near a bus station in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi. One civilian was killed and nine civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of a former Sahwa Council member in Dora neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Four people, including the targeted member and three relatives, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a Coalition for the New Republic (CNR) party headquarters in Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/14/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers and snipers, attacked police forces in Dandan neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least nine assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked police forces in Al Shifa neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. At least 40 assailants and 11 police officers were killed across three of the assaults. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked police forces in Bab Sinjar neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. At least 40 assailants and 11 police officers were killed across three of the assaults. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked police forces in Zanjili neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of eight related attacks in Mosul on this date. At least 40 assailants and 11 police officers were killed across three of the assaults. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/14/2017: Security forces identified and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle outside the house of Maulavi Mohammad Jan, the Uruzgan courts director, in Tarin Kot, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/1991: Members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) set fire to the Northwest Farm Foods Cooperative, a mink food warehouse, located ten miles north of Seattle at the Edmonds waterfront in Washington, in the United States, causing $500,000 in damage, and a tow truck driver removing vehicles from the scene was treated for smoke inhalation. The group claimed responsibility for the incident in separate news releases to the Associated Press and KIRO in Seattle, in which the group stated that the "Western Wildlife Cell" of ALF planted incendiaries in the building in order to cause maximum economic damage "to an industry that profits from the misery and exploitation of fur animals." ALF member, Rodney Coronado, who launched "Operation Bite Back" in 1991, a five-state arson campaign against the fur industry, was later captured and indicted on federal charges for this incident.  He did not act alone, but the other perpetrators are unknown. Coronado spent three and a half years in prison for fur industry arsons.
06/15/1995: The Tandy Leather Factory in Murray, Utah in the United States, was firebombed by animal rights activist, Jacob Kenison, who belonged to the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), causing $300,000 in damages.  In addition to the Molotov cocktail thrown through the building, bricks were thrown through windows, and graffiti sprayed with slogans such as "Leather is dead", "murderers," and "ALF."  There were no casualties in the incident.  Another perpetrator may have also involved in the firebombing.   Kenison was convicted of the firebombing and served time in prison.
06/15/1998: The Irish National Liberation Army was accused of orchestrating a arson attack, which destroyed Downpatrick Cricket Club and a row of shops in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. Fires erupted at the cricket club and a Protestant-owned shop at St Patrick's Avenue, which then spread to two other shops. There were no casualties reported, but, the buildings sustained substantial damage.
06/15/1999: A bomb exploded as a train was passing through Moulay Slimane, Sidi Bel Abbes Province, Algeria. No casualties were suffered in this attack, which was attributed to armed Islamic militants.
06/15/1999: A farm worker was killed and two fellow workers were injured in a bomb explosion attributed to armed Islamic militants at the Si Ali farm in Mitidja, Bourfarik Province, Algeria.
06/15/1999: A man was murdered and his house was set on fire in an attack attributed to armed Islamic militants in Ouled Hababa, Skikda Province, Algeria.
06/15/1999: A soldier was seriously injured by a roadside bomb in an attack attributed to armed Islamic militants in Sidi Boubekeur, Saida Province, Algeria. No fatalities were reported in connection with this incident.
06/15/1999: An elder man lost his leg in a bomb explosion at an abandoned school in Laalam, Bejaia Province, Algeria. This incident was attributed to armed Islamic militants.
06/15/1999: In Cete, Angola, fifteen members of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) attacked a civilian convoy of primarily woman traders carrying merchandise from Luanda and to sell in Malanje. Eight people were killed and 15 others wounded in the incident, while four trucks were robbed and burned.
06/15/1999: Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members opened fire on the Serb village of Slovinje, southwest of Pristina in Kosovo. The attack resulted in the injuring of an undisclosed number of village residents, but no fatalities were reported.
06/15/1999: The Islamic Resistance attacked Tayr Harfa post in southern Lebanon. It was not known whether any casualties resulted from this incident.
06/15/1999: The Islamic Resistance attacked the al-Radar post in southern Lebanon with rockets and machine guns. It was not known whether any casualties resulted from this incident.
06/15/1999: The Islamic Resistance attacked the Balat post in southern Lebanon with rockets and machine guns. It was not known whether any casualties resulted from this incident.
06/15/1999: Twelve people were injured, two seriously, when a grenade tossed from a car exploded on a street in Gnjilane, Kosovo, southeast of Pristina. At least three children were among the injured. Witnesses stated that the car was a luxury sedan that was allegedly driven by a Serb paramilitary soldier.
06/15/1999: Unidentified attackers shelled Pristina Airport in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) where Russian Peacekeepers were stationed. No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/15/2000: Four Russian soldiers died and two were wounded when their vehicle hit a mine in the Chechen capital Grozny. Chechen Rebels claimed to have detonated three landmines as a Russian convoy drove up to a military post. Islamic commander Abu Shamil also claimed to have masterminded the operation.
06/15/2000: Prominent Serbian opposition politician Vuk Draskovic was injured when an unknown attacker fired a shot at him at his vacation home in Budva on the Adriatic sea.
06/15/2000: Two Serbs were killed and one seriously injured when their car ran over a anti-tank landmine on the road linking Kosovo Polje and Lipljan, between the villages of Preoce and Lepina, south of Pristina, in central Kosovo. A KFOR official reported that the incident was a "professional job" and that Albanians were suspected responsible for the attack..
06/15/2001: A car bomb exploded in the city of Barrancas located on the north coast of Colombia. There were no casualties, but the explosion caused important material damage to nearby buildings. The vehicle, loaded with explosives, was abandoned in a neighborhood of the city and was activated through remote control. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2001: A missile was fired at two cargo planes belonging to the World Food Program (WFP), an organization associated with the United Nations, that were carrying food to Kuito, Bie province, Angola.  No one was injured in the attack, and no damage was done.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebel group had claimed responsibility for a similar attack that occurred a week before.  The Program suspended flights in the area of Kuito until an investigation into the incident was completed.
06/15/2001: At least 16 people were injured when a car bomb exploded in San Martin, Meta State, in southeast Colombia. No one was killed in the explosion which also caused enormous material damage in the municipality. Police said the car, containing 100 kilograms of dynamite, was parked close to the San Martin police station. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2001: Ten people were tortured, shot, and killed when individuals belonging to the People's War Group (PWG) stopped a bus traveling in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.  The individuals killed were kidnapped from the buses and then shown off to journalists in the area before they were killed.  The ten individuals were thought to be members of the People's War Group and were suspected of spying for the government against the PWG.  The bodies of the victims were left on farms in Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts.
06/15/2001: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Said-Selim Aydamirov, former chief of Gekhi village government, and his wife in their residence in Gekhi, Urus-Martan district, Chechnya, Russia.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2002: Islamic radicals threw grenades and shot at Hindu pilgrims in the Kisthwar region of Jammu in Kashmir. Six people were killed and another 7 were left wounded by the attack.
06/15/2002: Militants with the group Al-Madina [LeT Front] fired two rocket propelled grenades at a building housing the chief minister of Indian Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah. No one was harmed.
06/15/2002: Palestinian gunmen opened fire on members of the Israeli Defense Forces near Dugit settlement in the Gaza Strip. The military wing of HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack which killed two Israelis and one Palestinian.
06/15/2002: Unidentified assailants launched hand grenades into the home of a Madagascar presidential spokesperson. The attack was thought to be retribution for support of pro-government demonstrations months prior.
06/15/2003: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels attacked a village in the Alito sub-county, Uganda, killing 18 and abducting 83 others after burning over 400 huts.
06/15/2003: Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb near Tizi-Niala, Algeria, killing four policemen and wounding another. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/15/2003: Suspected members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) kidnapped 11 people from a resort at El Silencio, Colombia. Under pressure from Colombia’s military, the kidnappers released four of their hostages the next day. The fate of the other hostages was not known.
06/15/2003: Three saboteurs unintentionally blew themselves up while placing explosives under a bridge on the Kabul-Gardiz highway at al-Tamur, Afghanistan. One of the remote controlled bombs that the group was planting exploded prematurely and brought down a portion of the bridge on the perpetrators. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/15/2003: Three unknown attackers set fire to the Arghandab School located in the village of Khawaja Mulk, Afghanistan. The perpetrators tied up a security guard before setting fire to all six of the facility’s classrooms. No one was injured in the incident. Although no group claimed responsibility for the arson attack, Afghan authorities had attributed previous attacks on schools in the region to members of the Taliban.
06/15/2003: Unknown individuals fired two 107mm rockets at the official Lebanese government television station in Al-Rawshah-Caracas, causing significant damage but no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2004: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah movemen,t and Saraya al Quds, jointly claimed responsibility for blowing up an explosive-laden car near the Jewish settlement of Nitzarim south of Gaza City. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities from the attack.
06/15/2004: Islam ic militants shot dead the brother of a Muslim lawmaker in Kashmir. No one else was injured in the attack, and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2004: Militants blasted a landmine on a road in an attack on a police convoy in Ingushetia, Chechnya. There were no fatalities, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2004: Unidentified saboteurs attacked a key pipeline in the Persian Gulf, halting export of oil through Iraq's two offshore terminals as insurgents ratcheted up violence 15 days before the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty. No one was killed or injured in the attack.
06/15/2005: Assailants opened fire on Greek locksmith Theodorus Boulgarides in Munich city, Bavaria state, Germany.  Boulgarides was killed in the attack. The Nationalist Socialist Underground claimed responsibility on a digital video disc (DVD) later found in a member's house.
06/15/2005: Assistant village headman Matohae Batuseng was shot and killed in Bacho (District), Narathiwat Province, Thailand, by an unidentified man driving by on a motorcycle. Batuseng was walking along the road to his rubber plantation near Lubo Sawo village when the attack occurred. While Islamic militants were suspected in the attack, it is also possible that the attack was an act of organized crime.
06/15/2005: At least two police were seriously injured when an officer triggered an explosive device at a police post near the town of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are believed to be involved in the incident.
06/15/2005: LTTE members are suspected of setting two improvised explosive devices off that injured two policemen at the Cheddikulam police checkpoint near Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Initial reports stated the devices to be Claymores, however police later stated that the explosions occurred when the two policemen tripped over a wire that triggered the explosive devices.
06/15/2005: Six oil workers, two German and four Nigerian employees of Royal Dutch/Shell sub-contractor Bilfinger Berger Gas and Oil Services Ltd. (B and B), were kidnapped from outside of Warri in Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, by an unknown number of ethnic Ijaw militants calling themselves Iju-Warri. The group claimed to have kidnapped the workers because Shell failed to meet social and economic commitments, and their ransom demands included provision of social services such as water, good roads, and schools, according to a Nigerian official. The hostages were released three days later on June 18, 2005, after help from mediators.
06/15/2006: A group of 7 to 8 unidentified assailants cut off the noses and ears of 13 Muslim residents of a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2006: A land mine ripped through a passenger bus Thursday in northern Sri Lanka, killing at least 63 people and wounding 71. The Sri Lankan government blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2006: A mine exploded under a vehicle in southwestern Afghanistan. Two workers killed and two injured. No one claimed responsibility.
06/15/2006: A mortar shell hit the Isterbadi market in Baghdad, Iraq, killing four people, wounding 13 and devastating the more than a century old hall. There was no claim of responsibility.
06/15/2006: Claymore Mine explosion kills 58-64 and injures approximately 80 in northern Sri Lanka. No group claimed responsibility, but the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were suspected.
06/15/2006: Gunmen stormed a city bakery and kidnapped ten bakery workers in Baghdad, Iraq. Noone claimed responsibility.
06/15/2006: In an extensive coordinated attack involving over 40 explosions at various targets in southern Thailand, 16 bombs were detonated in Pattani province, Thailand, resulting in two fatalities and 14 wounded.  The explosions were primarily targeted at government offices and police stations.  They killed a man in a tea shop and a government worker at City Hall.  All 12 districts of the Pattani province were attacked, along with targets in Yala and Narathiwat, in the span of roughly 30 minutes. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2006: In an extensive coordinated attack involving over 40 explosions at various targets in southern Thailand, 17 bombs were detonated in Narathiwat province, Thailand, wounding five Marines.  The explosions were primarily targeted at government offices and police stations.  The Marines were wounded when their ferry docked at a pier.  The explosions in Narathiwat, along with those in Yala and Pattani, occurred in the span of roughly 30 minutes. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2006: In an extensive coordinated attack involving over 40 explosions at various targets in southern Thailand, 8 bombs were detonated in Yala province, Thailand, wounding two people including a police officer, and completely destroying the officer's car.  The explosions were primarily targeted at district offices and police stations.   Six districts of Yala province were attacked, along with targets in Pattani and Narathiwat, in the span of roughly 30 minutes. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2006: Mortar shell hits the al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies in Baghdad, Iraq, wounding five students and a teacher. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2006: Taliban kill three and wound two policemen in an attack in Zabol province, Afghanistan.
06/15/2006: Unknown gunmen shot dead four worshippers and wounded 20 others in Tikrit mosque attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2007: Five Afghan civilians were wounded when an unknown suicide bomber detonated his explosives at approximately 1:00 PM near an ISAF post in Kandahar City, Kandahar, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: Five Filipino civilians were killed and nine others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by one unknown perpetrator detonated on a Weena bus at approximately 6:00 PM outside the terminal in Bansalan, Davao del Sur Province, Philippines.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: No casualties were reported but a bus suffered minor damage when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on a Weena bus at approximately 6:05 PM outside the terminal in Cotabato, Davao del Sur Province, Philippines.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: No casualties were reported when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of suspected United National Liberation Front (UNLF) perpetrators detonated at a Police Reserve barracks in Bongaigaon District, Assam State, India.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to his vehicle in Kodalo, Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: One Indian Army soldier and one Indian Police officer were killed and three other police officers and four civilians were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms and hurled grenades at a security convoy near Bagu village on the outskirts of Sopore, Kashmir State, India.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: One Indian civilian was kidnapped by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying unspecified weapons in the early morning in Delta State, Nigeria.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: One Somali civilian was killed and two Ethiopian Army soldiers and four Somali civilians were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators threw a grenade at an Ethiopian Army checkpoint at a road junction in northern Mogadishu, Banadir Region, Somalia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: One Thai Buddhist civilian was stabbed to death, dismembered, and burned beyond recognition by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators carrying edged weapons in a shack in Narathiwat Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: One Turkish Army soldier and six Turkish civilians were wounded and several buildings suffered minor damage when a remote-detonated improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at approximately 7:30 AM at a bus stop in Diyarbakir, Diyarbakir Province, Turkey.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: Three Somali civilian children were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated near the U.N. Development Program Office on the road to the international airport in southern Mogadishu, Banadir Region, Somalia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2007: Two Somali Police officers and three Somali civilians were killed and nine other Somalis were wounded when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) adjacent to the convoy of Mogadishu Deputy Governor Mohamed Osman Dhagahtur in northern Mogadishu, Banadir Region, Somalia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/15/2008: On Sunday afternoon, around 1300, assailants fired on the vehicle of a deputy provincial governor in the Matak area, in Muqur, Ghazni, Afghanistan, causing no casualties or damage.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/15/2008: On Sunday evening, in Madi Rambeni, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal, assailants assaulted and wounded five students on the Madi Mulitple Campus. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)/United People's Front was responsible.
06/15/2008: On Sunday morning around 0400, in East Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia, an improvised explosive device located at the former Legislative Council building exploded, causing slight damage to the building but no casualties. The location also holds the Election Monitoring Committee's office. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2008: On Sunday morning at 0500, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, armed assailants stormed the home of a former Iraqi Army captain in the western 'Adl neighborhood and fired upon those inside, killing the former officer, his wife, and 19-year-old daughter; wounding his 10-year-old son; and damaging the home. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2008: On Sunday morning, at about 0800, in the Al Hadbaa district of western Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon Weleed al-Mouli, a Mosul University professor, while he was driving to work, killing the professor, wounding two of his sons, and damaging his car. The professor was also a member of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2008: On Sunday night at 03:00, a house was attacked with a petrol bomb by unknown perpetrators on Creevehill Road in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Scorch damage was caused to the outside of the house. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/15/2008: On Sunday night, in Cartagena del Chaira, Caqueta, Colombia, armed assailants fired upon political leader, Aníbal Núñez Charry.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was responsible.
06/15/2008: On Sunday night, six people were injured when suspected members of the Madhesi Virus Killers detonated a remote trigger bomb on a Dharan bus in Portaha Chowk of Saptari district, Sagarmartha province, Nepal. Madhesi Virus Killers militants called a three day bandh warning that they would target anyone who defies it. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, 50 armed militants of the Communist Party of India - Maoist's raided a work site of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna and set fire to road construction machinery near Barki Murhai village in Jehanabad, Bihar, India. They left a note behind saying that the site was attacked for not making extortion payment. No casualties were reported.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, an unknown person threw a RGD-5 grenade through the window of the house belonging to Viktor Shevyakov, the Deputy Administrator of Novoaleksandrovsky Municipal District, in Novoaleksandrovsky, Stavropolye Region province, Russia. No casualties occurred since no one was in the house at the time. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a school in Landar village, in Alisher Terizai, Khost, Afghanistan, damaging the school but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a school in Qadam village, in Alisher Terizai, Khost, Afghanistan, damaging the school but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, at 0700, two civilians were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Al Wihdah neighborhood near Al Sa'ihah in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, in Granada, Antioquia, Colombia, armed assailants threw a grenade at a hardware store, causing damages but no injuries.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 9th Front was responsible.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, in Granada, Antioquia, Colombia, armed assailants threw a grenade at a nightclub, causing damages but no injuries.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 9th Front was responsible.
06/15/2008: On Sunday, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the University of Technology in the Al Wahdah neighborhood, wounding three students. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday at about 1200 noon, in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device exploded, wounding two civilians. Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq/Islamic Shiite Resistance (AAH) claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday early in the morning, in Chakarbandha Village, Gaya, Bihar, India, approximately 70 assailants detonated a bomb on a community hall, causing damage to the building, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible. This event is one of three incidents in the city of Gaya, Bihar, India.
06/15/2009: On Monday early in the morning, in Chakarbandha Village, Gaya, Bihar, India, approximately 70 assailants detonated a bomb on a government middle school, causing damage to the building, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible. This incident was one of three that targeted the city of Gaya, Bihar, India.
06/15/2009: On Monday early in the morning, in Chakarbandha Village, Gaya, Bihar, India, approximately 70 assailants detonated a bomb on a local-level village government building, causing damage to the building, but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/15/2009: On Monday morning around 0900, in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, assailants threw a hand-grenade at Nangarhar University, wounding one student and damaging a building. One has been arrested in connection to the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday morning at about 0900, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated two magnetic improvised explosive devices attached to minibuses in the northern Ash Sha'b neighborhood, killing two civilians, wounding six others, and damaging both minibuses. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday morning at approximately 0630, in Manang Tayo subdistrict in Muang, Narathiwat, Thailand, in a drive-by shooting, an armed assailant fired upon and killed one civilian. No group claimed responsibility, although some people believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/15/2009: On Monday night at around 2300, three civilians were hurt in a mortar attack in Mamasapano township, Maguindanao province. The wounded civilians were Abdul Tamadzi, 29; his wife Ganiza and their daughter Faidza. They were all hit by shrapnel and rushed by their relatives to a nearby hospital. The Army official blamed rouge members of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the attack.
06/15/2009: On Monday night, in the Ash Shurta district of northern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle transporting the Mosul Central Criminal Investigation Court judge, wounding two of the judge's aides, the judge and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2009: On Monday, armed members of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), CPI-M, raided the village of Dharampur, Lalgarh, West Bengal, India. A police post and zonal secretary's home and party office were set ablaze. Three rebels were reportedly killed in the incident.
06/15/2009: On Monday, Communist Party of India (Maoist) rebels detonated a landmine at Nawadih, Bokaro, Jharkhand, India, killing 11 security personnel of the Jharkhand Armed Police and Special Armed Force.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in Kohat, Punjab, Pakistan, a boy was bribed with 50 Rupees, to carry a small bag into a busy bazaar. Once he placed it down, the bag exploded leaving several casualties. No damage or motive were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in Lalgarh, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants destroyed the house of a senior Marxist activist. Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants were responsible for the attack.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in Lalgarh, West Midnapur, West Bengal, India, assailants set ablaze three police camps. People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) backed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist militants were responsible for the attack.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in Tampargarh, Sambalpur, Orissa, India, assailants killed one senior police officer during an attack. Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants were responsible for the attack.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants set fire to a police camp at Belatkri outpost, damaging the camp, but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities was responsible.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants set fire to a police camp at Dharampur outpost, damaging the camp, but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities was responsible.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants set fire to a police camp at Ramgarh outpost, damaging the camp, but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities was responsible.
06/15/2009: On Monday, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants set fire to the home of a Communist Party of India-Marxist leader, damaging the home but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities was responsible.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday afternoon at 1700, in Arghandab, Kandahar, Afghanistan, the governor of the Arghandab district, Haji Abdul Jabar, was killed along with his son, and a bodyguard when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was detonated next to their vehicle. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday evening at 2145, on a road in Barit village in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines, Lito Agustin, a commentator of dzJC Aksyon Radyo Laoag, was shot and killed and his nephew, Joseph Agustin, was injured when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on them while they were on their way home. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday morning at 0630, in a bazaar in Seyyedabad, Wardak, Afghanistan, two unidentified armed men kidnapped the acting chief of Seyyedabad police, Atiqollah, while he was driving to his office. On 06/21/2010 the assailants fired upon and killed the victim. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, armed motorcyclists shot and killed two members of the Safi Peace Committee. The victims, Malik Subedar and Malik Dildar, who were brothers from the Qandaro Tribe, were returning after attending a jirga (tribal local assembly) organized by the Mohmand Agency political administration at a local hotel when assailants opened fire on them. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday, in the Kili Almo area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown assailants threw a grenade into a barbershop, wounding three civilians and damaging the shop. The injured were identified as Amanat Ali, Nadeem and Tahir. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday, in the Kili Ibrahimzai area at the Brewery Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified armed men fired on a shop, killing one shopkeeper, Shaukat Quresh (55), and damaging the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2010: On Tuesday, on the RCD highway near Naghar village in Surab tehsil of Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants opened fire on a vehicle of private guards of a tribal notable Mir Meharullah Khan Zehri with automatic weapons, leaving seven persons, including a tribal elder, shot dead and three others injured. Five of the dead were identified as Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Noor, Mohammad Khan, Ataullah and Khuda-i-Dad. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2011: On Wednesday, across Lahij, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants attacked police stations and intelligence headquarters in an attempt to seize the city. The gunmen used heavy machine guns and artillery. Three guards were killed and four more were wounded. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2011: On Wednesday, in Al Mussayib, Babil, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a grocery store. The blast killed one civilian, wounded six others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2011: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants planted four improvised explosive devices in the Doura oil refinery. The bombs would later be discovered and successfully defused by security forces. No casualties or damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2011: On Wednesday, in Kalyanpur Kata village, Chatra, Jharkhand, India, about 15 to 20 suspected Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) assaulted three coal truck drivers and later set fire to their vehicles. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police suspect that the attack was carried out because the coal businessmen refused to meet the extortion demands of the militants. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the trucks and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2011: On Wednesday, in the Dawlatzai area of Chaprahar, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, an employee of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), identified only as Farhad, was shot and killed by suspected Taliban militants. The man was killed on charges of spying for foreign forces. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2012: A military vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Bantacan area, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. One soldier was killed and three more injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/15/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan. Four Italian North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: A roadside bomb detonated when a police vehicle struck it in Chinartu district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed and another officer injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in a marketplace in Maruf district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and another 10 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/15/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in the Mohajir Bazaar area, Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four security guards from a private security company were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: An explosive device detonated at a military base in the Cairo area of Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. The blast was followed by gunfire. There were no reported casualties or damages in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: An explosive device detonated at an Ifo refugee camp near Dadaab town, North Eastern province, Kenya. Three people were injured in the blast, including two people from Care International and a Maendeleo ya Wanawake representative. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: An explosive device detonated in Mawand area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two electricity pylons were destroyed in the blast, and service was suspended; however, there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: An explosive device detonated near the Saad Bin Abi Wakkas Mosque in Salaheddin area, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Nine people, including six civilians and three police officers, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Assailants attacked a former member of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) in Garo Hills, Meghalaya state, India. Sonaram Sangma was shot and killed in his house. The GNLA claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that Sangma was killed for leaving the group.
06/15/2012: Assailants attacked a Levies center in Shah Kas area of Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The assailants opened fire during Friday prayers, damaging the building and a vehicle. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Assailants attacked a Satya Mineral Trading mining compound in Mahaba village, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. There were no reported injuries in the attack, although the assailants set fire to several pieces of heavy machinery. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials suspected the involvement of the New People's Army (NPA).
06/15/2012: Assailants attacked various locations, including government and civilian property, in Um Ajora town, South Darfur, Sudan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Assailants dressed in military uniforms opened fire on a Shia family in their home in Mahmudiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. Five members of the family were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Abdul Rehman Ganai in Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Ganai was an office bearer for the National Conference (NC); he was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on passing vehicles in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Five people, including a small child, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Assailants opened fire on Sengkan Sangma near Mendipathar, Meghalaya state, India. Sangma, the Village Defense Party (VDP) secretary, was killed in the attack. The Garo National Liberation Army left a note with the body claiming responsibility for the incident and stating that the victim was a police informer and dacoit.
06/15/2012: At least 50 assailants attacked a police barracks in Ouacifs town, Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria. The assailants cut electricity and phone service to the area, then began firing rockets, mortars, and firearms at the barracks. Two people were killed and another five injured; the casualties included police and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: At least one explosive device detonated outside of a mosque in Bosra town, Daraa governorate, Syria. Eight people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Bedouin assailants kidnapped a tourist from Singapore in Sadr Al Haytan, South Sinai governorate, Egypt. The tourist was released several hours after the abduction.
06/15/2012: One North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier from the United States was killed in an armed attack in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Three assailants opened fire on Motilal Dangi's vehicle in Shiva Park area of Damanjodi town, Odisha state, India. Dangi was a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader; he was not injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2012: Two suicide bombers detonated prematurely near a military checkpoint in Ghanikhel district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Both assailants were killed in the explosion; there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: A female suicide bomber named Ayesha Siddiqa detonated an explosive device on a Sardar Bahadar Khan Women University bus in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 14 people were killed and 30 injured in the attack. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ) claimed responsibility for the incident, saying the victims were targeted because they were Shias. Following the attack, the hospital tending the wounded was attacked by another bomb blast and four gunmen.
06/15/2013: A landmine detonated in Dagar area in an unknown province of Afghanistan. Three civilians, including Muhammad Alam, were killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device was discovered and defused in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Police suspect the device was planted to target first responders to a previous shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: A remote-controlled landmine detonated as a police van comprised of Afghan National Police (ANP) and Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers passed on the road in Janikhel village, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Five police officers were killed and seven were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near Afghan Local Police (ALP) in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: An explosion occurred near the security directorate of Marib governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported, although there were some damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: An explosive device detonated at an office of the Zulfiqarabad Authority Project in Clifton area, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. No one was injured by the blast, which the media source indicates was targeting Chinese engineers working nearby. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: An explosive device detonated in a tea shop in Wanlaweyn village, Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. Seven people were killed and 12 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the attack.
06/15/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol north of Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: An explosive device was found outside of the home of the Traffic Police's general director in Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. The target, Colonel Yahya Lutfallah al-Qudaymi, was not harmed as the device was successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2013: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated in Nauzad village, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One person died in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, the district governor attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2013: Approximately 50 assailants detonated dynamite at a government-run middle school in Bhulsumia village, Jamui district, Bihar state, India. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
06/15/2013: Assailants attached explosive devices to two state-owned oil tankers in Abaji village, near Abuja city, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. No one was injured in the attack; however, the two oil tankers were destroyed. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the incident. A spokesperson for the group stated that the attack was perpetrated to demand the release of one of their leaders, Henry Okah, and his brother. Additionally the group demanded that Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum, resign his position.
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked a Libyan border guard post in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of six attacks on military, police and militia buildings across Benghazi. At least five people died and 11 others were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to Takfir wal-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus).
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked a pro-federalist militia base in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of six attacks on military, police and militia buildings across Benghazi. At least five people died and 11 others were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to Takfir wal-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus).
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Wadi Feran area, South Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked the First Infantry Brigade's headquarters in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of six attacks on military, police and militia buildings across Benghazi. At least five people died and 11 others were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to Takfir wal-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus).
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked the military administration office in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of six attacks on military, police and militia buildings across Benghazi. At least five people died and 11 others were injured across the six attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to Takfir wal-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus).
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked the National Security Directorate in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of six attacks on military, police and militia buildings across Benghazi. At least five people died and 11 others were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to Takfir wal-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus).
06/15/2013: Assailants attacked the Saaqa military base in el-Leithy neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. This was one of six attacks on military, police and militia buildings across Benghazi. At least five people died and 11 others were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to Takfir wal-Hijra (Excommunication and Exodus).
06/15/2013: Assailants fired rockets at Camp Liberty, an Iranian refugee camp, in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and at least 16 people were injured in the attack. The Mukhtar Army claimed responsibility for the attack and demanded that the inhabitants of Camp Liberty, members of the group Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), leave Iraq within ten days or face further attacks.
06/15/2013: Assailants launched at least six rockets at a military base, two of which hit civilian homes, in the Yargul area of Asadabad city, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Two children and a woman were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol near Peshawar Bus Terminal in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and another was injured in the attack. The attackers also planted an explosive device to target respondents to this incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a group of police Rangers in Kati Pahari area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One officer was killed and eight others were wounded in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting Rangers in this area; this attack was meant to target first responders to an earlier blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police later arrested two members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Bhalu group in relation to the incident.
06/15/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a Rangers checkpost in Kati Pahari area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reports of injuries in this attack. This was one of two attacks targeting Rangers in this area on this day; this first attack was meant to draw responders to the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police later arrested two members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Bhalu group in relation to the incident.
06/15/2013: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the Atbasar directorate of the National Security Committee building in Atbasar city, Akmola region, Kazakhstan. The device failed to cause any damages or injuries. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: Five farmers were kidnapped near Mballagh village, Benue state, Nigeria. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources note that Fulani herdsmen are suspected.
06/15/2013: Following a bomb blast on a women's university bus, four assailants attacked the Bolan Medical Complex that was receiving wounded victims in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two of the attackers were suicide bombers who detonated explosives inside the hospital. The attackers also held 35 people hostage inside the hospital while fighting with security forces. At least 15 people were killed, including four of the gunmen, and 30 were wounded in the attack. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2013: Gunmen attacked the Quaid-e-Azam residence of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, a founding father of Pakistan, around midnight in Ziarat village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The assailants killed one security guard and detonated grenades and explosive devices in the house, destroying it. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that they do not recognize Pakistani monuments.
06/15/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Rozi Khan, a former governor and tribal elder, in Shah Joy village, Zabul province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: One person threw a grenade into a crowd of people attending a Chadema political party rally in Soweto area, Arusha city, Kaloneni district, Arusha region, Tanzania. The police then opened fire in the ensuing chaos. Four people were killed and at least 20 were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: Perpetrators kidnapped two French workers for Doctors Without Borders in Raida city, Amran governorate, Yemen. Yemeni soldiers freed the victims on June 16, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2013: Ten assailants opened fire on Afghan National Army Special Operations Kandaks (SOKs) in Bala Buluk district, Shewan village, Farah province, Afghanistan. Five attackers were killed by soldiers in the exchange of gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: A group of 50 assailants attacked Mpeketoni, Lamu, Kenya. At least 48 residents were killed and three residents were injured in the incident; assailant casualties are unknown. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same group on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated at the Band Bain Tunnel in Ghor province, Afghanistan. Abdul Maroof, the National Directory of Security (NDS) deputy chief for Dolina district, was killed and a police official was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a security forces convoy in Karam Kot village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least five security personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Rusiyo neighborhood, Merca town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. At least one civilian was killed and four others were wounded when AMISOM soldiers opened fire following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
06/15/2014: A suicide bomber detonated after being stopped by security forces near Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least one person was killed and a second person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle followed by a second explosive device near a market in Bab Al Sharqi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 10 people were killed and 18 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated as a bomb disposal squad was attempting to defuse the device near a railway track in Thull town, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two members of the bomb disposal squad were wounded in the blast. Two explosive devices were discovered and safely defused following the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated at an under-construction police post in Bana Marhi area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least four people were injured and the targeted building was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated in central 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.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated in Ghazaliyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sulaikh district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and 12 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated near a shop 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.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated on railroad tracks in Haji Sher town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported injuries resulting from the blast; however, the tracks were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and two more officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a bus station in Bab Al Sheikh area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 12 people were killed and 30 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants abducted the local chief in Gumsa village, Yobe state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of three attacks carried out by the same group in the village on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/15/2014: Assailants ambushed a military convoy near the Mucodza River in Gorongosa village, Sofala province, Mozambique. Four soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded in the attack. The Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants attacked an unknown number of army barracks north of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the attack is unknown. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants attacked an unknown number of military checkpoints north of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No further information is available.
06/15/2014: Assailants attacked Muslim homes and businesses in Aluthgama town, Western province, Sri Lanka. This was one of three towns targeted on this date. Three people were killed and 51 people were injured across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Bodu Bala Sena.
06/15/2014: Assailants attacked Muslim homes and businesses in Beruwala town, Western province, Sri Lanka. This was one of three towns targeted on this date. Three people were killed and 51 people were injured across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Bodu Bala Sena.
06/15/2014: Assailants attacked Muslim homes and residences in Darga Nagar town, Western province, Sri Lanka. This was one of three towns targeted on this date. Three people were killed and 51 people were injured across all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Bodu Bala Sena.
06/15/2014: Assailants fired mortars and attacked residents in Tal Afar area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least 10 civilians and 18 assailants were killed and 35 people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2014: Assailants fired mortars at a volunteer recruitment center in Khalis town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed, including soldiers, police, and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants in neighboring Afghanistan fired a mortar shell that struck a house in Loy-Shelman area, Landi Kotal tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A young girl was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants kidnapped Hilmi Rahim, a correspondent for Al-Sharqiyah Television, from his home in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants launched a missile in Duma city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Five civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells in Idlib governorate, Syria. Thirteen people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire and threw petrol bombs at civilians in a market in Daku village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 15 people were killed in the attack, 24 people were injured, and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on a meeting of All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) supporters in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal state, India. At least four people were killed and three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military aircraft in Holmivsky village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the aircraft was damaged in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on a minibus carrying hospital staff for a military hospital in Sheikh Uthman district, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. At least eight staff members were killed and 12 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security officials attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on a roadside stall in Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. A Buddhist woman was killed and two other people were injured in the attack. Separatists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was provoked by the military's arrest of innocent people.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military post near the Har Gilo settlement, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No further information is available.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on Elvis Pista in Orahovac town, Gjakova district, Kosovo. Pista, a parliamentary candidate, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on Hassan Mohamed in Waberi district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Mohamed, a district judge, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
06/15/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Taleh area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants set fire to a police station in Gumsa village, Yobe state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three attacks carried out by the same group in the village on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/15/2014: Assailants set fire to an Airtel telecom mast in Gumsa village, Yobe state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three attacks carried out by the same group in the village on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/15/2014: Assailants set on fire a truck transporting milk to a military base in Semdinli district, Hakkari province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/15/2014: Assailants stopped and hijacked a vehicle in Witu town, Lamu province, Kenya. It is unknown if the vehicle owners were executed during the hijacking. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same group on the same day; this incident preceded a raid on Mpeketoni town. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, authorities later arrested a local governor, Issa Timamy, and accused him of orchestrating the incidents, which were meant to target political rivals. Timamy is currently awaiting trial.
06/15/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at Hamom Naba's private residence in Thoua Bhabok Leikai area, Manipur state, India. Naba, the chair of the Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM), was not harmed in the attack as the grenade failed to explode. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices at a Puntland Security Force (PSF) vehicle in Garsor area, Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. At least two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
06/15/2014: Assailants wielding knives attacked a chess hall in Hotan district, Xinjiang province, China. The people in the hall retaliated; at least two assailants were killed and five victims and assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. Muslim fundamentalists claimed responsibility for the incident. In his claim of the attack, one of the assailants noted that he was attempting to wage a holy war and attacked the chess hall because he thought the people inside would not put up a resistance.
06/15/2014: Security forces found and defused an explosive device planted along a road in Shabqadar tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Security forces found and defused an explosive device planted in Shabbir market in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2014: Security forces identified assailants planting explosives at the Winners Chapel Church in Owerri city, Imo state, Nigeria. Police officers arrested six bombers and uncovered and defused several explosives hidden in different locations in the church. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/15/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) office in Dorowa area, Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in the area within a few minutes. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/15/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at a tea drinking area in Mashaya, Yobe state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in the area within a few minutes. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/15/2015: An assailant opened fire on a police sergeant major providing security for teachers at a school in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat Province, Thailand. The police officer, Manop Chaichana, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle detonated in Cheeno area, Sayed Karam district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Five civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosive device detonated near a popular market in Jihad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosive device planted inside a flower pot detonated near a mosque in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and three others, including a police officer, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a local official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: An explosive device planted on a motorcycle carrying Mullah Kamal detonated in Sayyad district, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. Kamal, a development council chairperson, and his companion were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Hashtnagri area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosives-laden rickshaw detonated in a city square in Andkhoy district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. This was one of two related incidents in Derna on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/15/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. This was one of two related incidents in Derna on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/15/2015: Assailant fired mortars at a military base near Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq. Six soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants abducted six employees of various political parties from Ukhrul town, Manipur state, India. Five workers were injured and all six were released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants and suicide bombers driving explosives-laden vehicles attacked the Ajil oil field in Albu Ajil, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated assaults on oil fields in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the attacks, killing 28 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2015: Assailants and suicide bombers driving explosives-laden vehicles attacked the Allas oil field in Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated assaults on oil fields in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the attacks, killing 28 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked a Marine Police base in Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria. At least two police officers were killed, a third officer was injured, and weapons and ammunition were stolen during the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked a military vehicle in Pantar town, Lanao del Norte province, Philippines. One soldier was killed and eight others, including two assailants, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Kilafah Islamic Movement.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Dand-e-Ghori area, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed and one officer was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked Al-Jafna area, Marib governorate, Yemen. Eleven assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked Jubah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 13 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked local residents in Bulla Gollol, near Hulugho area, Garissa county, Kenya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked military personnel in Datu Piang district, Maguindanao province, Philippines. A soldier was killed and another two were injured in the attack. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked police officials in Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed and the assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked Tall Abu Jarad, east of Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. At least two security force members and four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2015: Assailants attacked the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) headquarters in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. They also threw an incendiary device at a media van. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired mortars at a residential neighborhood near Al-Kurfat al-Sab'a area, Tubruq city, Butnan district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a military checkpoint in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. A soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated along Nile Street in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Al-Ismailiyeh neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Al-Rashdin neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Al-Sirian al-Jadideh neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Al-Sirian neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Aziziyeh neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Saladin neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated near a mosque in Sabil neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated near Sheihan Hospital in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of nine projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least 34 people were killed and 190 others were injured across all nine incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired rockets at an Afghan National Army (ANA) position in Charmas village, Farah province, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on the same day. Seven people were killed and ten others were injured across all four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired rockets at an Afghan National Army (ANA) position in Chuck village, Farah province, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on the same day. Seven people were killed and ten others were injured across all four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired rockets at an Afghan National Army (ANA) position in Dukin village, Farah province, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on the same day. Seven people were killed and ten others were injured across all four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: Assailants fired rockets at an Afghan National Army (ANA) position in Faizabad village, Farah province, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on the same day. Seven people were killed and ten others were injured across all four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a doctor in Puli Alam City, Logar province, Afghanistan. The doctor was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a government employee in Isabela City, Basilan area, Philippines. One person was killed and the employee was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Mashkai area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on Aijaz Ahmad Reshi in Mundji area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Reshi, a former Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HuM) member, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to both Lashkar-e-Islam (India) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
06/15/2015: Assailants opened fire on and set fire to the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (GIDI) church in Puncak Jaya district, Papua province, Indonesia. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Free Papua Movement (OPM-Organisasi Papua Merdeka).
06/15/2015: Explosive devices detonated at the base of a transmission tower in Barajil village, Giza governorate, Egypt. This is one of four related attacks on transmission towers in Barajil on this date. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2015: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in Togoponon neighborhood, Hinapuyan area, Surigao del Sur province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/15/2015: Three assailants abducted a pregnant woman from her residence in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. The victim was released on September 29th, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/15/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated outside of the central police station in N'Djamena city, N'Djamena region, Chad. This was one of two related bombings targeting police facilities in the city on the same day. Thirty-seven people were killed and 101 people were injured across both attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/15/2015: Two suicide bombers detonated outside of the National Gendarmerie academy in N'Djamena city, N'Djamena region, Chad. This was one of two related bombings targeting police facilities in the city on the same day. Thirty-seven people were killed and 101 people were injured across both attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in 700 neighborhood, Sirte, Libya. In addition to the assailant, at least two soldiers were injured in the blast. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting military forces in Salehiya, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least six soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated near a military checkpoint in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least two soldiers were killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting joint forces in Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 28 security members were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Amin, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: An explosive device detonated in Ad Dawanim, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: An explosive device detonated near the Ar Rashid produce market in Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a family fleeing the area near Mama, Kirkuk, Iraq. A child was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Altinsu, Hakkari, Turkey. Three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/15/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Nasro Qala, Bagram district, Parwan, Afghanistan. At least one civilian and three soldiers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: An explosive device planted under a Ministry of Labour vehicle detonated at a court complex in Kollam, Kerala, India. One person was injured in the blast. The Base Movement claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for alleged ill treatment of Muslims.
06/15/2016: Assailants abducted seven farmers in Jabour, west of Gereida, South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants armed with knives attacked Ripon Chakrabarty in Madaripur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Chakrabarty, a Mathematics professor at Nazimuddin Government University College, was injured in the assault. Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (HT) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked Egyptian Army checkpoints in Toma, North Sinai, Egypt. At least 15 assailants were killed and 20 others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked a road construction site in Miangpadar, Odisha, India. This was one of two coordinated attacks targeting road construction sites in Kalahandi district on this date. A supervisor was abducted and later released and construction vehicles were set on fire across both assaults. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group was opposed to the construction project.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked a road construction site in Upar Pakhi, Odisha, India. This was one of two coordinated attacks targeting road construction sites in Kalahandi district on this date. A supervisor was abducted and later released and construction vehicles were set on fire across both assaults. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group was opposed to the construction project.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) checkpoint in Band Taimor, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 15 security force members and 35 assailants were killed and four security personnel were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked and killed a civilian in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources stated that the victim was accused of being a police informant.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked Nagendra Narayan, a journalist, in Bagaha, Bihar, India. Narayan was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked popular resistance committee posts in Dali, Ad Dali, Yemen. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked popular resistance committee posts in Murays district, Ad Dali, Yemen. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked security forces in Saladin, Iraq. Security members repelled the assault, killing 13 assailants, including a suicide bomber. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2016: Assailants attacked Si'ow in Suuq Bacaad neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Si'ow, a local district deputy mayor, was killed in the incident. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants executed a young person in Riyadh, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at security forces in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. A military officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Assailants fired mortars at gendarmerie forces in Umurlu, Hakkari, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/15/2016: Assailants lashed a civilian accused of adultery in Ghazni, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a gendarmerie post in Kizilagac, Mus, Turkey. At least one village guard was killed and one village guard was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Mennonite farmer in Manitoba Colony, San Pedro, Paraguay. There were no reported casualties in the assault. The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) claimed responsibility for the attack and had previously warned members of the Mennonite community to cease anti-environmental activities or they would be targeted.
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdullahi Ibrahim Liban in Salaam neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Liban, a district project assessment director, was killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Hafiz Mohammed Sajjad at Choice Bakery in Shah Faisal Colony neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Sajjad, the owner of the bakery, was killed in a sectarian assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Philippine National Police (PNP) officers in Casabangan, Masbate, Philippines. At least one officer was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers in Raja, Lol, South Sudan. The assailants also set fire to the residence of the local governor. At least 41 people, including seven soldiers, 20 civilians, and 14 assailants, were killed and five other people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Islamic Movement for the Liberation of Raja and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Source also suspected that the incident may have been carried out by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
06/15/2016: Assailants opened fire on Tariq Jamshed outside a bank in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khan, a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) official, was killed and a bank guard was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants raided a Justice Ministry employee's house in Zafraniya, Baghdad, Iraq. The employee and her son were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Assailants set fire to a truck and construction equipment in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Assailants shot and injured a Popular Defense Forces (PDF) member guarding water wells in Um Burma, east of Tawilah, North Darfur, Sudan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in a sectarian attack in Gilgit Colony neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Assailants shot and killed district governor Kohmard Mohammad Hadi in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2016: Assailants shot and stabbed Srinivas Bisen near Kerlapal, Chhattisgarh, India. Bisen, the driver for an Additional District Magistrate, was killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victim of being a police informant.
06/15/2016: Assailants threw two grenades at a police station in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two similar grenade attacks in Shopian on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/15/2016: Assailants threw two grenades in Batpora chowk in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Three civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar grenade attacks in Shopian on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/15/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber equipped with an explosives-laden belt targeting a mosque in Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen. The Hadramawt Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber in Zafran, Sirte, Libya. The assailant was the only reported casualty. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2016: Six assailants attacked and killed Yogeeshgouda Goudar, a district councilor, in Saptapur, Karnataka, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: A female suicide bomber detonated behind a public school in Am Chide, Extreme-North, Cameroon. In addition to the assailant, two civilians were killed and several civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: A sniper opened fire on an Iraqi Volunteer Forces roadblock in Bashir, Kirkuk, Iraq. A volunteer fighter was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside the Chuangxin Kindergarten in Fengxian, Jiangsu, China. In addition to the assailant, seven people were killed and 65 people were injured in the blast. An unaffiliated individual, identified as Xu, claimed responsibility for the incident and left a manifesto on the wall of his apartment referring to overpopulation in China and other countries.
06/15/2017: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on a military convoy in Balcad, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and six soldiers were injured in the blast and ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al-Furat neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Brigadier General 'Ali al-Sudani's motorcade in An Nada, Diyala, Iraq. Al-Sudani, the Diyala governorate intelligence chief, was not harmed; however, his driver was injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military forces near Angosturas, Arauca, Colombia. One soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
06/15/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Lanate Bliss, Basilan, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) or Jemaah Islamiya (JI) in the attempted attack.
06/15/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting Makki Absit al-Zwai, a border guard, in Ajdabiya, Wahat, Libya. Two people, including al-Zwai, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpost in Zenkhelo, Wardak, Afghanistan. A mortar struck a civilian house in the ensuing clash, killing three civilians and wounding a fourth. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked Gor Tepa, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked Halkanok, Takhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked Kabasha, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in North Kivu on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mayi Mayi.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked Kuruk, Takhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked Mukulia, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in North Kivu on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mayi Mayi.
06/15/2017: Assailants attacked Zard Kamar, Takhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/15/2017: Assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting an Assam Rifles (AR) patrol in Kashung, Manipur, India. At least one soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was intended to "teach a lesson."
06/15/2017: Assailants detonated explosives at an electricity pylon in Hit district, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, though the pylon was damaged in the blast. This was one of three bombings targeting electricity pylons in Hit district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2017: Assailants detonated explosives targeting three aid trucks delivering food in Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties, though the trucks were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
06/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police patrol at Ghaz Chowk in Chamkani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least four people, including three officers and an assailant, were killed and another assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on police personnel near a bank in Hyderpora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least one police officer was killed and another officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants opened fire on protesters in Ukhrul, Manipur, India. A civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), noting that the victims were protesting the killing of a civilian by NSCN-IM members at the time of the attack.
06/15/2017: Assailants raided the farm of Olu Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, in Kajola, Ondo, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash with police forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani extremists.
06/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a forest department office in Tarkhola, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters carried out the attack.
06/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a police checkpost in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters carried out the attack.
06/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a railway station in Gayabari, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters carried out the attack.
06/15/2017: Assailants set fire to a TDF telecommunications pylon in Piegros-la-Clastre, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Wild Individualities and Children and Matches (Des enfants et des allumettes) separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants set fire to St John the Baptist Church in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants shot and injured a civilian in Katrasoo, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants shot and killed a former intelligence officer in Ghazni, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants shot and killed Mahamaporee Bato, an assistant village head, near his residence in Ban Pratu Chang, Pattani, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants shot and killed Shabir Ahmad Dar, a police officer, outside his residence in Bogund, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
06/15/2017: Assailants shot and killed Sheikh Mohamed Madeer, a clan elder and electoral delegate, at a mosque in Baidoa, Bay, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/15/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at the sub-divisional forest office in Mairang, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked an unknown number of security posts in Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 11 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/15/2017: Security forces discovered and defused 113 explosive devices north of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle in Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
06/15/2017: Security forces discovered and defused seven explosive devices in Khazalip, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/15/2017: Two suicide bombers armed with firearms attacked Al Zahra Mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition to the two assailants, four people were killed and seven people were injured in the attack. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/1975: In a suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico, four panel trucks belonging to the Church and Tower Corporation, subcontracted by the Puerto Rico telephone company, were bombed by suspected members of the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN).  The blasts partially destroyed the trucks, and a fifth bomb exploded while police were dismantling the device, but there were no casualties.  These bombings are believed to have been an act of sabotage against the government-owned telephone lines installation company, whose employees had been on strike since about two months prior to this incident (April 22).
06/16/1980: A fire was set, by unknown perpetrator(s), at the Iran Times newspaper office in Washington, D.C., United States.  The fire was ignited in seven different places in the office, and an empty five-gallon gasoline can was found behind the building after the fire was extinguished. The arson caused $5000 in damages including shattered rear windows and damage to communications equipment. There were no casualties in this incident.
06/16/1999: A mail bomb, disguised as a videotape, was sent to an Edmonton TV station in Canada. The device partially detonated when an employee, Garnet Lewis, opened it. Lewis and fellow employee, Stacey Brotzel, suffered minor injuries in the blast. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
06/16/1999: An unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a former special branch agent in Whitely Bay, North Tyneside, United Kingdom. The Irish Republican Army's Belfast Brigade was suspected in this incident.
06/16/1999: In the Diyadin District of Agri Province, Turkey, a group of perpetrators attacked the gendarme post at the entrance to the District, as well as security and municipal buildings, with missiles and rifles. Two of the perpetrators were killed in the attack, which caused no additional casualties. The municipal buildings were also damaged in the attack.
06/16/1999: Two British journalists, Simon Houston and Chris Watt, and their Albanian interpreter, Xherdet Shabani, were injured when they were fired upon while driving on a road outside of Prizren, Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). Authorities suspected that a rebel wing of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was responsible for the attack.
06/16/1999: Two unidentified men on motorcycles gunned down the 30 year-old mayor of Santo Domingo municipality, Jorge Eduardo Arias Chaverra, as he was driving to Medellin, Colombia. This incident occurred on or within in a few days prior to June 16, 1999.
06/16/2000: Halil Dreshaj, a senior official of the Democratic League of Kosovo, was shot dead and his father was injured by unknown gunmen near Pec, Kosovo.
06/16/2000: Two environmental activists and anarchists, Jeffrey Luers and Craig Marshall, were responsible for setting arson, suspectedly via the use of bombs, at the Joe Romania Chevrolet dealership in Eugene, Oregon in the United States.  The arson destroyed three pick up trucks including a 2000 Silverado, causing about $40,000 in damages. There were no casualties in the incident. The two men were indicted for this and an attempted arson the previous month.  Leurs was found guilty and initially sentenced to 22 years in prison for the two incidents, but the sentence was later reduced to 10 years. Marshall plea bargained, and was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison.
06/16/2000: Umar Idrisov, a Muslim cleric leader, was shot and killed by attackers in his home in Urus-Martan in southwestern Chechnya, Russia. The perpetrators of the assassination were unknown.
06/16/2000: Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped an Italian archaeologist in the Marib Province of Yemen. The victim was released on July 20, 2000.
06/16/2001: A powerful bomb blew up a ruling Awami League party office at Narayanganj town, Bangladesh, near the capital of Dhaka, killing 21 and injuring at least 100. Three women among the dead were reported to have been suicide bombers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2003: Lendu militiamen killed 70 villagers in Nkora, near Mahagi town, Ituri District, Democratic Republic of Congo.
06/16/2003: Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacked Obalanga sub-county, Uganda, killing four people and abducting 65 others. The perpetrators also set fire to 12 houses during the attack and looted drugs from the Obalanga Health Center.
06/16/2003: Suspected members of the People's War Group (PWG) attacked and possibly kidnapped four policemen in Andhra Pradesh State’s Khammam District in India. The policemen had crossed into Andhra Pradesh from neighboring Chattisgarh State to visit a market when they were attacked. The outcome of the incident was not known. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.
06/16/2003: Suspected members of the People’s War Group (PWG) planted a landmine that exploded when a group of 20 policemen inadvertently set it off as they were returning from a patrol of the village of Nemallipuri in India’s Andhra Pradesh State. Three policemen were killed and another was injured when the mine exploded. No group claimed responsibility for planting the mine, but the PWG had raided the village the previous night.
06/16/2004: A bomb hit a car used by NATO-led peacekeepers in northern Afghanistan, killing four civilians including two children. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2004: A grenade, hurled from a passing car, exploded near a gas station in the business district of Ortigas, in Manila, damaging a truck. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, and no one was injured.
06/16/2004: A home-made explosive device went off near a five-star hotel in the financial district of Makati in Manila, wounding a bystander. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2004: A janitor at a school near Narathiwat's provincial capital in southern Thailand was shot dead on his way to work by two motorcycle gunmen. No one else was injured, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2004: A policeman and a school employee were shot dead in southern Thailand. Policeman Veerasak Thipmanee, 50, was gunned down in Narathiwat province's Tak Bai district near the Malaysian border as he rode his motorbike to work. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2004: A rash of random bombing incidents in the Philippine capital injured four people and set the town on edge. Two grenades were hurled near a church-run university but only one exploded, injuring a mother and her two children. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2004: Anti-U.S. guerrillas trying to discredit Iraq's new interim government killed an Iraqi oil official and attacked foreign contractors, hoping to rattle ordinary Iraqis and the government in waiting. Ghazi Talabani, 70, a senior advisor in Iraq's North Oil Co., was shot down outside his house in the northern city of Kirkuk.
06/16/2004: Four Afghans, including two children, were killed in a bomb blast in the northeastern city of Kunduz. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2004: Maoist Communist Center members killed two policemen and seriously injured two others in Sandhikharka of Arghakhanchi, in Nepal. No one else was injured or killed in the attack.
06/16/2004: Suspected Islamic militants in Indian Kashmir abducted eight ruling party workers and shot four of them, one of whom died in hospital. The eight, all Muslims affiliated to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were abducted from Ashmuqam village in southern Anantnag district. No one else was killed or injured in the attack.
06/16/2004: Three foreigners were killed in a booby-trapped car explosion in the city center of Al-Ramadi, west of Baghdad. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
06/16/2004: Two foreigners and a security man were killed in a shootout between foreign fighters and security agencies in South Waziristan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2005: A grenade thrown at the car of Abdul Rehman Veeri, a minister in Kashmir who was not in the car at the time, missed its target and wounded eleven people in Avantipore in Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2005: Arwea Weaetae, a volunteer defense worker, was beaten to death by unknown assailants in the Raman district of the Yala province in Thailand.
06/16/2005: Four Nigerian oil workers and two Germans were kidnapped from their speedboat by militants. The workers were employees of B+B Nigeria Limited, which was working on a project for Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Members of the Tunu Community of the Bayelsa State were angry that the oil company did not give them jobs. Members from the Iduwini National Movement have accused the company of unfair treatment.
06/16/2005: Maoists kidnapped, shot, and then killed by cutting the throat of Dhruba Narayan Tajpuriya, from Sijuwa village in Morang, Nepal. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/16/2005: Muslim separatists are suspected of shooting and killing Keau Pakdisuwan and injuring his neighbor as they rode motorcycles in the Ruso district in the Narathiwat province of Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
06/16/2005: Muslim separatists are suspected of the shooting death of Abduloh Suwanno, a janitor at a school in the Rangae district in the Narathiwat province of Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
06/16/2005: Two members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were shot and killed in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka by unknown assailants.
06/16/2007: A local cleric was killed by unidentified armed men in Sangin District of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The slain mullah has been identified as Maulvi Abdol Rahman.He was on way to mosque for Esha (night) prayer last night when attacked by armed motorcyclists, said the officer, who blamed Taleban for the killing.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/16/2007: An overnight bombing in a small village called Badaber near the provincial capital city of Peshawar, Pakistan, severely damaged a music shop. Two passers-by were injured in the attack, which was carried out by two unknown motorbike riders.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/16/2007: Gunmen clad as police commandos bombed a Sunni mosque in Basra, Iraq, during the early hours. The mosque, which lies in al-Shamshomiyah area in central Basra, suffered severe damage.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/16/2007: In Kabul, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber drove a car into a convoy of Virginia base DynCorp contract workers and coalition forces.  Four people were killed in the attack and no group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2008: A male  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated explosives on his motorcycle outside the  SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) office complex in Vavuniya in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.  The blast resulted in the death of  12 police personnel, including three women police constables.  An additional 40 people, including 17 police officers and children, were injured in the explosion.  It is unknown if property damage resulted from the incident.
06/16/2008: On Monday evening, a three-storey residential property on Edgebaston Road in Smethwick, Birmingham, Great Britain, was firebombed. The explosion, which was caused by a petrol bomb, destroyed the house but caused no casualties. Police and fire investigators later treated the attack as arson. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2008: On Monday evening, four civilians, including one child, were killed and six others were wounded when a bomb exploded at the Shiite Masjid Roshan Chiragh Mosque in downtown Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier province, Pakistan. The blast, which took place near the outer wall of the mosque as worshipers were leaving after evening prayers, shattered the building's front wall and damaged its dome. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/16/2008: On Monday night at 03:00, three masked men threw a petrol bomb into a commercial building on Front Street, Stanley town, Durham, England, United Kingdom. The blaze severely damaged the mid-19th century building and spread to neighboring properties. The attackers left the scene in a Ford Transit van which was later found torched nearby. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/16/2008: On Monday night, two men riding a motorcycle hurled two bombs at the home office of Sondhi Limthongkul, an anti-government protest leader, in Bangkok, Bangkok province, Thailand. The bombs, however, missed their intended target and instead exploded without causing any damage on the sidewalk in front of the wall surrounding the house. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/16/2008: On Monday, a bomb exploded near a checkpoint set by Sahwa forces in Bahraz's village of Abu Fayyad in southern Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. Three fighters were killed and two other were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2008: On Monday, a child was killed when suspected Taliban militants fired rockets in the Yaqubi district of Khost, Afghanistan.
06/16/2008: On Monday, an bomb exploded near high voltage power lines on the main route from Kirkuk to Al Rashad in At Ta'mim, Iraq. An electrician working on the power lines was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2008: On Monday, assailants detonated a grenade next to a police patrol in Ad Dali', Ad Dali', Yemen, wounding nine police officers and damaging a police vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2008: On Monday, at 0100, Communist Party of India Maoists blew up a portion of a road bridge near Tundi in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. Cane bombs were used in the attack. No casualties were reported.
06/16/2008: On Monday, at 1600, an adhesive bomb stuck to a civilian car exploded in Raghiba Khatoon in northern Baghdad, Iraq. The driver of the car was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2008: On Monday, Communist Party of India Maoists stormed a marriage function and killed the bridegroom, Laxman Parlipal, by slitting his throat before wedding guests in Koder village of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India.
06/16/2008: On Monday, in Ceel Dheere, Galguduud, Somalia, armed assailants kidnapped one humanitarian. No group claimed responsibility, although the victim had reportedly previously received threats from the assailants.
06/16/2008: On Monday, National Alliance rebels took control of the town of Am Dam, Ouaddai, Chad. No casualties were reported. Am Dam is the second town to be taken by the National Alliance rebels in their advance on the Chadian capital, Ndjamena.
06/16/2008: On Monday, National Alliance rebels took control of the town of Biltine, Biltine, Chad. No casualties were reported. Biltine is the third town to be taken by the National Alliance rebels in their advance on the Chadian capital, Ndjamena.
06/16/2008: On Monday, Niger Delta Freedom Fighters bombed the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation pipeline that supplies crud to the Kaduna Refinery in northeast Edo, Nigeria. No casualties were reported.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday afternoon around 1300, in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan, two members of the Baloch Republican Army (BRA) detonated an explosive device at a juice shop in the Mezan Chowk business center. Four people were injured in the attack and two shop were damaged. The BRA then claimed responsibility for the incident by telephone.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at about 1215, in the village of Michidui, North Cachar Hills, Assam, India, unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on civilians and set ablaze 20 houses in a Zeme Naga tribe village. Twelve civilians, including eight minors were killed on the spot and two others wounded. No group claimed responsibility but it was suspected that Black Widow militants were responsible for the attack.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday morning at approximately 0820, in South Upi, Maguindanao, Philippines, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle in which several village council members were riding, killing one official's aide, wounding three village council members, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members under rogue commanders were responsible.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday, at a middle school in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, assailants attacked the school with remote triggered grenade launcher causing no casualties but damaging the school’s windows. No groups claimed responsibility.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday, in Burdwan, West Bengal, India, assailants fired upon and killed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) district committee member Phalguni Mukherjee. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday, in Inavi, Peren District, Nagaland, India, a large group of National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak Muivah militants set approximately 500 residences on fire in the village. No casualties were reported.
06/16/2009: On Tuesday, in Manatu, Palamau, Jharkhand, India, in a gun battle with Maoist rebels, four policemen were killed and five injured. Between 30 to 40 Communist Party of India - Maoist militants were responsible for the attack, the guerrillas say they are fighting for the rights of neglected tribes people and landless farmers.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday night, in Bujumbura, Burundi, unknown militants threw grenades at homes. This attack was one of three related attacks that also targeted Kirundo and Ngozi. No damages or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another opposition group is suspected.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday night, in Kirundo, Kirundo district, Burundi, unknown militants threw three grenades at homes. This attack was one of three related attacks that also targeted Ngozi and Bujumbura. One house was damaged while there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another opposition group is suspected.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday night, in Ngozi, Ngozi district, Burundi, unknown militants threw grenades at homes. This attack was one of three related attacks that also targeted Kirundo and Bujumbura. No damages or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another opposition group is suspected.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday night, in the village of Markapalli, Malkangiri district, Orissa, India, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) cadres killed Manoram Durua, a jawan serving under Border Security Force (BSF) of the Shasastra Seema Bal (SSB). Reportedly, Durau returned to his native village to attend the Raj festival when an armed group of eight to10 Maoists called on him at his home and asked him to accompany them. The Maoists slit his throat and then dumped his body near the village. No damages were reported. Maoist posters left in the village issued warnings to SPO and village guards to quit their jobs. The attack and warnings resulted in the resignation of five people in Kalimela police station jurisdiction.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in central Karrada district, Baghdad, a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the vehicle of an Education Ministry official wounded three civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in Datta Khel, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, suspected Taliban militants held and shot dead an alleged murderer before a large gathering in North Waziristan. Waheed Khan, a 28-year-old resident of North Waziristan, was killed before a crowd of 200 for allegedly killing a tribesman on 06/12/2010. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in Kotgi area of Thal Tehsil, Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, two unidentified assailants opened fire on a car, killing the District Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Fida Saadi, and wounding his driver, Muzaffar Khan. No group claimed responsibility, but the Tehrik-i-Taliban was suspected. No damages were reported.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in Pathan Colony, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed an alleged police informer, Bahadur Khan (50), while he was sitting outside his house. No group claimed responsibility and no damages were reported.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, armed assailants kidnapped Babar Ali, the son of a Member of Provincial Assembly and district president of Pakistan People's Party- Sherpao, Haji Mohammad Ali Khan, and grandson of former Senator Haji Dilawar Khan Mohmand, near the Adezai check post. No group claimed responsibility and the status of the hostage is unknown.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in Sheykhabad, Wardak, Afghanistan, assailants kidnapped and beheaded, Syed Rasool , a civilian whom they accused of spying. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, in the Al Asri district of Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, wounding the driver and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2010: On Wednesday, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, wounding one civilian and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday afternoon around 1400, in Damboa, Borno, Nigeria, four children were killed when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device at a church. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday afternoon, in the town center of the Mahas district of Hiiraan, Somalia, unidentified militants stoned a man to death. He was identified as Sharma’arke Abdullahi Mohamoud, and had been accused of rape and sentenced to death by an Islamic court. No group claimed responsibility, although al-Shabaab was suspected.
06/16/2011: On Thursday morning, around 1100, in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, militants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) that had been at the Nigerian police headquarters car park. It was believed that the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, could have been the intended target of the attack. Nigerian police currently believe the VBIED was detonated by a timer or by remote control and that the militant was killed accidently. The one militant, one traffic warden, and one other person was killed and at least five other people were injured. The attack completely destroyed at least 33 vehicles and slightly damaged at least 40 vehicles. The militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack through speaker Abu Zaid, on the BBC’s Hausa language service.
06/16/2011: On Thursday morning, in the Duppatota village in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, over 150 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) carrying rifles kidnapped 100 tribal members from their homes and marched them into the forest. The Maoists also threatened their family members against following them. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, Maoists have in the past kidnapped civilians on the pretext of being police informers and killing some of them. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2011: On Thursday night around 0130, in Jehanabad, Bihar, India, over 25 Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) charged the Nadaul Railway Station detained the railway employees and set fire to it, damaging a portion of the control room and the booking counter. According to the stationmaster of Nadaul, Rajesh Kumar, most of the documents in the control room and the booking counter, including $127.11 (Rs 5,700) cash and tickets, were reduced to ashes. The militants also took Kumar hostage to a nearby field but freed him about a half-an-hour later. No casualties were reported and the attack was carried out during a 24 hour shutdown called by the Maoists to protest the arrest of a CPI-M leader identified as Jagdish Master (Jagdish Yadav) in Gaya. Members of the CPI-M distributed leaflets and pamphlets and declared to avenge the arrest of Jagdish.
06/16/2011: On Thursday night, in Keta village, Garwah, Jharkhand, India, around 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) detonated three can bombs containing ammonium nitrate at the Lohia-Samata High School, damaging three-fourths of the school. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police officials claimed that the militants planned to carry out the attack during their 24 hour shutdown in Jharkhand, Bihar and North Chhattisgarh, but security forces foiled their attempt on that day. The attack resulted in no casualties and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. However, officials suspect that Munna Vishwakarma, the Maoist inter-state zonal head, led the attack.
06/16/2011: On Thursday night, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed a civilian as he left a mosque. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday night, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and wounded an Electricity Ministry employee while he was driving his car. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday night, in the al-Mualla neighborhood of Aden city, Adan, Yemen, unknown militants attacked a judicial complex with two grenades and heavy gunfire. No casualties were reported and the attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, unknown gunmen armed with machine guns attacked the house of an Iraqi contractor killing him, his Indian maid, and his Turkish engineer guest. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated explosive devices near a supply gas pipeline in the Pir Koh area, damaging the pipeline and causing no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in Gaya, Bihar, India, around 100 suspected Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) attacked the Kothi Police Station firing at least 500 rounds at the officers. The police officers retaliated firing at least 150 rounds at the rebels. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage but resulted in no casualties. The attack was carried out during a 24 hour shutdown called by the Maoists to protest the arrest of a CPI-M leader identified as Jagdish Master (Jagdish Yadav) in Gaya. Members of the CPI-M distributed leaflets and pamphlets and declared to avenge the arrest of Jagdish.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown militants opened fire from various buildings in Orangi, killing seven civilians and an Awami National Party activist. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in one of four related attacks, at Dobhi block (administrative division) in Gaya, Bihar, India, around 70 Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) destroyed a mobile tower using an improvised explosive device. The attack resulted in no casualties and was carried out during a 24 hour shutdown called by the Maoists to protest the arrest of a CPI-M leader identified as Jagdish Master (Jagdish Yadav) in Gaya. Members of the CPI-M distributed leaflets and pamphlets and declared to avenge the arrest of Jagdish.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in one of four related attacks, at Imamganj bazaar in Gaya, Bihar, India, around 70 Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) destroyed two mobile towers using improvised explosive devices. The attack resulted in no casualties and was carried out during a 24 hour shutdown called by the Maoists to protest the arrest of a CPI-M leader identified as Jagdish Master (Jagdish Yadav) in Gaya. Members of the CPI-M distributed leaflets and pamphlets and declared to avenge the arrest of Jagdish.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in one of four related attacks, at Pankadih village under Imamganj block in Gaya, Bihar, India, around 70 Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) destroyed two mobile towers using improvised explosive devices. The attack resulted in no casualties and was carried out during a 24 hour shutdown called by the Maoists to protest the arrest of a CPI-M leader identified as Jagdish Master (Jagdish Yadav) in Gaya. Members of the CPI-M distributed leaflets and pamphlets and declared to avenge the arrest of Jagdish.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in one of four related attacks, at Tilaiya village under Banke bazaar in Gaya, Bihar, India, around 70 Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) destroyed a mobile tower using an improvised explosive device. The attack resulted in no casualties and was carried out during a 24 hour shutdown called by the Maoists to protest the arrest of a CPI-M leader identified as Jagdish Master (Jagdish Yadav) in Gaya. Members of the CPI-M distributed leaflets and pamphlets and declared to avenge the arrest of Jagdish.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown gunmen on motorcycles opened fired with unknown weapons onto a former Olympic boxer who was also a member of Muslim Shiite community, killing him. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in the Mamoond area of Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan, at least five civilians were killed when around 200 suspected Taliban militants attacked a village with small-arms and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). The militants allegedly crossed into Pakistan from Konar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in the Officers district, Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting Zuheir Hazim al-Jiboury, a member of Mosul's Judicial Council. The blast wounded Jiboury in the leg while he was driving his car in front of his house, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2011: On Thursday, in the Suwayrah, Wasit, Iraq, an unknown assailant planted an improvised explosive device targeting the Deputy Chairman of the Support Council. The bomb detonated while it was being planted in front of the house of the chairman. The militant was killed, and the blast caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2012: A pressure cooker bomb was discovered and defused in Kohat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in the vicinity of a police vehicle in Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast, and their vehicle was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: A suicide bomber attempted to drive an explosives-laden vehicle into an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base in Afgooye town, Lower Shabele region, Somalia. Security stopped the bomber before he could access the base, causing him to detonate. In addition to the bomber, two people were killed and three injured; the casualties included military troops and civilians. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that AMISOM troops were enemies of Allah and Islamic Sharia.
06/16/2012: An Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Aabgarmak area of Ghormach district, Badghis state, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed in the explosion, and four more were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: An explosive device detonated in front of Equitalia, the main tax collection office, in Lamezia Terme town, Calabria region, Italy. There were no reported damages in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: An explosive device detonated near the railway station in Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh state, India. There were no reported casualties in from the blast other than a stray dog. Two more explosive devices were found at the same site and safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: An explosive device hidden in a pushcart detonated in Dhoda area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast was targeting a police van; six police officers were killed and an unknown number of police and civilians injured. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Market area of Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least 25 people were killed and another 50 injured in the blast. The explosion also damaged surrounding buildings. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Shia procession in the Shula area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 14 people were killed and another 32 injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting Shia people in the city. Al-Qa'ida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the shrine of Saint Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the Kadhimayn area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 18 people were killed and another 36 injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting Shia people in the city. Al-Qa'ida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2012: Approximately eight assailants attacked Anwar Khan and his son in Koro Bagh area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The assailants pulled the Maidan Peace Committee member and his son from their car before shooting and killing them both. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: Assailants attacked a military convoy in near El Wak town, Gedo region, Somalia. The attack led to an exchange of fire, causing an unknown number of casualties on both sides. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/16/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) logistics convoy in the Karwangah area of Gulistan district, Farah province, Afghanistan. The convoy was being escorted by a private security company; one security guard was killed in the attack, and one of the company's vehicles was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: Assailants kidnapped Chief Raphael Aliu Olorunpomi from Kabba area, Kogi state, Nigeria. His body was found on June 21, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: Assailants opened fire on police officers at a roadside restaurant in Gaziosmanpasa district, Istanbul province, Turkey. One officer was killed and another injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at a school in Krong Pinang district, Yala province, Thailand. A group of soldiers were taking part in a briefing at the school at the time of the attack; three soldiers were killed and another six injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2012: Assailants threw a hand grenade into a private residence in Kharan city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The house was occupied by laborers at the time of the attack; one laborer was injured. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victims were targeted because they were non-Balochi and did not have a right to live in Balochistan.
06/16/2013: A car bomb detonated near a military checkpoint outside of the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Ten soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: A roadside bomb and an explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Madaen city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 14 people were injured in the blasts. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The blast struck a civilian vehicle, killing four people and injuring another six people. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Tuz Khormato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The blast struck a police patrol, killing two police officers. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a commercial shop in Jabalah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Six civilians were wounded in this attack. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks across Iraq on June 16, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources note that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is suspected of the attack.
06/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a military commander's convoy in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Iraqi Army 2nd Division Major General Ali al-Frieji was not harmed in the blast, although three of his guards were injured. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near the convoy of a chief of a police brigade in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Colonel Abed Traiba was not harmed in the blast, although two of his guards were injured. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a cafe in New Baghdad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and another 27 people were injured in the blast. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An assailant shot and killed Marine Warrant Officer Manu Kaemanee in Mai Kaen district, Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to separatists.
06/16/2013: An explosive device detonated in Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The explosion targeted police, killing one officer and wounding three additional officers. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were arming the device in Sikandar Khel area, Ahmad Khel district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: An explosive device was found and defused near a railway track in Makrani Parah area, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at al-Arousah Square in Basra city, Basra governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar bombings; this first blast was designed to draw a crowd that was targeted by a later explosion. At least four people were killed and another six people were injured across both incidents. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at al-Arousah Square in Basra city, Basra governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar bombings; this second blast was designed to target people responding to an earlier explosion. At least four people were killed and another six people were injured across both incidents. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in Mahmoudiya city, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and another nine were injured in the blast. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in Najaf city, Najaf governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and 28 others were injured in the blast. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a vegetable market near Nasiriyah city, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and another 17 people were injured across both attacks. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Arbil city, Arbil governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and two civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Nasiriyah city, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and another 17 people were injured across both attacks. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a mosque and market in Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. The blast struck a group of construction workers, killing five people and injuring another 12 people. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a restaurant in Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and another 15 people were injured in the blast. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a restaurant in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the blast and a soldier and three civilians were injured. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: Assailants abducted Mehr Ullah Magsi, a relative of former governor Zulfiqar Magsi, and two other people in Dasht area, Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The victims were rescued on June 17th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Pilgrims Area, Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. Two assailants were killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack. This was one of two attacks in Damaturu on the night of June 16th. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/16/2013: Assailants attacked Maybula village, Tulunan municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. Dondon Palomo, a Barnagay Police Auxiliary Team (BPAT) member, was killed along with one attacker. Additionally, three other attackers were injured. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) claimed the attack and stated that the attack was due to a land dispute.
06/16/2013: Assailants fired mortar rounds at the presidential palace in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. No injuries were reported in the firing, as the mortars landed near the entrance to Villa Somalia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/16/2013: Assailants opened fire at a hostel housing students who attended the local government secondary school in Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. In the same attack, assailants also opened fire on a teacher's house nearby. Seven students, two teachers and two assailants were killed in the attack; in addition, seven civilians were injured. This was one of two attacks in Damaturu on the night of June 16th. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Muslim Bagh area, Qila Saifullah district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. As a result of the assault, three police officers were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2013: Assailants opened fire on police officers guarding an oil pipeline in the Hatra area near Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least four police officers were killed and another five were injured in the attack. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Faisal Base in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three members of the PAF security forces were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Assailants threw a petrol bomb into Cluan Place neighborhood, Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No casualties or damage was reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, a 15 year old male was arrested in connection with the incident.
06/16/2013: Attackers stormed a police station and detonated a powerful crude bomb in Williamnagar village, East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. No casualties were reported, but the attack caused damage to two official quarters. No group claimed responsibility; however, police sources attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and said the attack was in retaliation for a police raid on the GNLA's jungle hideout.
06/16/2013: Four assailants threw explosives and used machetes to attack a Union Parishad (UP) chairman in Hamdoha village, Jhenidah district, Khulna division, Bangladesh. The chairman, Ruhul Biswas, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Gunmen attacked a group of Shia men near the Syrian border in Qaa village, Bekaa governorate, Lebanon. Four of the men were killed and another was wounded in the attack. In a video posted online, the Syrian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the incident, stating the victims were Hezbollah fighters that were trying to enter Syria.
06/16/2013: Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on two people, one of whom was a Nepalese soldier, in a tea shop in Janakpur city, Central region, Nepal. Both people were injured in the attack. Janatantrik Terai Madhesh Mukti Morcha (JTMMM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Gunmen shot and killed a member of the Isabela City Police Office (ICPO), Police Intelligence Operative Hendry Noel Hidalgo, in Aguada city, Isabela municipality, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect the involvement of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/16/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Damerl Ulao, a politician and former candidate for mayor, in Roseller T Lim town, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Nripen Mondal, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, in Malda village, West Bengal state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities later arrested two individuals in connection with the attack whom they asserted were members of the Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO).
06/16/2013: Gunmen shot and killed two polio campaign workers, Aziz Mohammad and Mohammad Sheraz, in Kandar village, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Over a dozen assailants with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and machine guns attacked Badaber Police post in Badaber village, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Perpetrators kidnapped the head of the Shorabak District Development Council, Mohaboob Khan Barisi, and a friend in Shorabak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of the council head are unknown; however, the body of his friend was found on June 19th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2013: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated in Mahawil city, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least six people were injured in the blasts. This was one of 19 coordinated attacks around Iraq on June 16th, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of the bombing.
06/16/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Sarkar Vialla area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Five civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/16/2014: A roadside bomb, targeting soldiers, detonated in Ghulam Khan area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Six soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in the blast. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated near a shopping mall in Mazari Sharif city, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Five people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a civilian motorcycle in Chang Pheuk area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The civilian was killed in the blast. This was one of three attacks at the same location on June 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol responding to an earlier blast in Chang Pheuk area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties; however, the police vehicle was damaged in the blast. This was one of three attacks at the same location on June 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Rangers patrol in Chang Pheuk area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One ranger was wounded in the blast. This was one of three attacks at the same location on June 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: An explosive device detonated near defense volunteers providing protection to teachers in Dusongyo subdistrict, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One civilian was killed and a defense volunteer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Baiji area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants abducted 12 people, including six soldiers and six tribesmen, in Amran governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
06/16/2014: Assailants abducted a fish breeder, Chan Sai Chiun, and his employee, Mazlan, in Kunak area, Sabah state, Malaysia. One of the hostages was reeased on December 9, 2014; the outcome for the other hostage is unknown. The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded a ransom.
06/16/2014: Assailants abducted and tortured Arvind Kumar in Rangatari area, Meghalaya state, India. The driver was released the same day and Kumar, a bank branch manager, was rescued on June 18, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that either Achik Songna An'pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK) or the Garo National Liberation Army carried out the abduction.
06/16/2014: Assailants abducted Gamal Shenouda in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Shenouda, a merchant and member of the Coptic Christian community, was released prior to July 1, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/16/2014: Assailants abducted six construction employees working on a police station in Tunceli province, Turkey. Two people were released on June 20th, 2014; however, the fate of the remaining four hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the abduction to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/16/2014: Assailants abducted Umer Jillani in Garden Town neighborhood, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Jillani, the nephew of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, was killed and his body was discovered on March 5, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was involved in the attack.
06/16/2014: Assailants attacked a health building in Garwah area, Hesatu village, Jharkhand state, India. No casualties were reported; however, the building was damaged in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpost and tied up four police officers in Torghar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The four police officers were wounded and the checkpost was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
06/16/2014: Assailants attacked an Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan convoy in Torgan area, Jaghatu district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. In addition to eleven assailants, one police officer was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants attacked at military checkpost in Mihshash district, Amran governorate, Yemen. This was one of at least two attacks on military checkposts carried out by Huthis in Amran governorate on June 16, 2014. In addition to ten assailants, two soldiers were killed across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/16/2014: Assailants attacked at military checkpost on Janat mountain in Amran governorate, Yemen. This was one of at least two attacks on military checkposts carried out by Huthis in Amran governorate on June 16, 2014. In addition to ten assailants, two soldiers were killed across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/16/2014: Assailants attempted to attack residents in Korongilum village, Borno state, Nigeria. Eight assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/16/2014: Assailants attempted to plant a roadside bomb in Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and one other was injured when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants launched a rocket at an Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) checkpoint in Fatah Mohammad Pech area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants launched two rockets near Ashkelon city, Southern district, Israel. Both rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire and threatened local residents in Sitio Bulay area, San Juan village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. This was one of three coordinated incidents carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) in San Juan village on June 16, 2014. There were no reported casualties; however, local residents fled their homes as a result of the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire and threatened local residents in Sitio Mahayahay area, San Juan village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. This was one of three coordinated incidents carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) in San Juan village on June 16, 2014. There were no reported casualties; however, local residents fled their homes as a result of the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire and threatened local residents in Sitio Malaygang area, San Juan village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. This was one of three coordinated incidents carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) in San Juan village on June 16, 2014. There were no reported casualties; however, local residents fled their homes as a result of the three attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire in Poromoko town, Lamu province, Kenya. At least ten people, including Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens, police officers, and civilians, were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Sonua area, Jharkhand state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a government primary school guard in Sheikh Baba area, Khar tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The guard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military battalion in Wata Pur district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a minibus in Bulo Sheikh village, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Two civilians were killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a private bus escorted by a security convoy near Muxungue town, Sofala province, Mozambique. No one was injured in the attack, but the bus was damaged. This was one of two coordinated attacks on convoys on the same road on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a shopkeeper in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The shopkeeper was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on a truck being escorted by a security convoy near Muxungue town, Sofala province, Mozambique. No one was killed or injured in the attack, but the truck was damaged. This was one of two coordinated attacks on convoys on the same road on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan convoy between Now Zad district and Lashkar Gah city in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two employees and a police officer were killed in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks in Helmand province on June 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan convoy between Sangin and Kajaki districts in Helmand province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks in Helmand province on June 16, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on Muhammad Asif in Nazimabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Asif, an assistant sub-inspector, was killed in the attack. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on soldiers in Daraga town, Albay province, Philippines. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/16/2014: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of a police chief in Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. The police chief was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/16/2014: Assailants seized the National Bank of Ukraine building in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Assailants set a Yaguarate Hu estate on fire in Tacuati town, San Pedro department, Paraguay. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) may have been involved in the attack.
06/16/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police station in Lyari neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Four people were wounded in the attack. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Five mortar bombs struck in Musayyib area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Two explosive devices detonated at the residence of Israr Ali in Badaber village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Ali, a Masho Khel Aman Lashkar chief, was unharmed; however, the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a police patrol in Wasiti area, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2014: Two pipe bombs were discovered and safely defused near a cemetery in Strabane town, Strabane district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to dissident republicans.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated after a vehicle struck it in Jambarak Kotal area, Deh Rahwod district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least two people were killed and 16 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated at a market in Suwaib 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.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated at a police station in Dera Bugti area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a police officer in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. This was one of three related attacks on the homes of police officers in Arish on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near a girls' school in Mukhaysah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least four students and a teacher were killed and four students were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Hawo-Abdi area, near Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Three soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Tipo-Tipo village, Basilan province, Philippines. A soldier was killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the Cano Limones-Covenas Oil Pipeline in Campo Seis district, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. This was one of two attacks on the pipeline this day. No casualties were reported in either incident. No group claimed responsibility for the blasts; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the Cano Limones-Covenas Oil Pipeline in La Cristalina area, Teorama district, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. This was one of two attacks on the pipeline this day. No casualties were reported in either incident. No group claimed responsibility for the blasts; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/16/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the home of Kherson governor Andrey Putilov in Kherson city, Kherson oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Education employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Abakhel village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants abducted Pavel Kanygin in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Kanygin, a Novaya Gazeta, was beaten by the assailants and released the following day. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants abducted Ramesh Majhi from Puijhari village, Kalahandi district, Odisha state, India. Majhi, a Christian pastor, was killed and his body was discovered shortly after the kidnapping. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victim was accused of being a police informant.
06/16/2015: Assailants abducted six civilians from their vehicle in Qarabagh area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Four of the passengers were released later the same day. The whereabouts of the remaining two victims is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to the Taliban.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked a military base in Sileia area, West Darfur state, Sudan. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sudan Liberation Movement.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked a military vehicle in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. One soldier was killed and four soldiers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked a Sahwa Council member in his home in Latifiyah region, Babil governorate, Iraq. The Sahwa Council member and one of his relatives were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked a security post in Gombat area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This is one of three related attacks in the Sangin district on the same date. Two police officers were killed and three others were wounded across the attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked a security post in Kandahar Hadda area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This is one of three related attacks in the Sangin district on the same date. Two police officers were killed and three others were wounded across the attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked a security post in Zrando area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This is one of three related attacks in the Sangin district on the same date. Two police officers were killed and three others were wounded across the attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked an internally displaced person's residence in Jarf neighborhood, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. An unknown number of assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Sarak-e-Bala area, Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Fourteen police and assailants were killed and eight others were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/16/2015: Assailants attacked the vehicle of Abdul Baqi Safi along Khanabad district road, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Safi, a former militia leader, and two others were killed and two people were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at Al-Jahez Park in Malki neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. This was one of four projectile attacks in different Damascus neighborhoods on the same morning. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Jaysh al-Islam (Syria).
06/16/2015: Assailants fired a rocket that landed and detonated in Barzeh neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. This was one of four projectile attacks in different Damascus neighborhoods on the same morning. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Jaysh al-Islam (Syria).
06/16/2015: Assailants fired five rockets that landed and detonated in Mazzeh neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. This was one of four projectile attacks in different Damascus neighborhoods on the same morning. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Jaysh al-Islam (Syria).
06/16/2015: Assailants fired mortars and rockets at Ahsi area of Al Aka compound, Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This is one of three similar attacks in the area on the same day. Two civilians were killed and five civilians were injured across all three assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2015: Assailants fired mortars and rockets at Al Fuhaylat area of Al Aka compound, Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This is one of three similar attacks in the area on the same day. Two civilians were killed and five civilians were injured across all three assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2015: Assailants fired mortars and rockets at Nuaimiya area, Fallujah city, Al Anbar, Iraq. This is one of three similar attacks in the area on the same day. Two civilians were killed and five civilians were injured across all three assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Al-Azamiyyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of five projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Khaldiyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of five projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Sabil neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of five projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated on Nile Street in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of five projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated Tishreen Street in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of five projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. At least seven people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the five incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired two rockets at Arnous Park in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. At least nine people were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants fired two rockets at the Russian Embassy in Mazraa neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. This was one of four projectile attacks in different Damascus neighborhoods on the same morning. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Jaysh al-Islam (Syria).
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military detachment near a college in Calimuog area, Alayao village, Camarines Norte province, Philippines. One civilian was killed during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a National Directorate of Security (NDS) operative in Khawajak Baba area, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The operative was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police constable in Saddar area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The constable was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Bijbehara town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on a security forces checkpoint in Jhao area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians at Sabha University, Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. One civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Palian village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Two people were killed in the attack. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants set fire to a bus in Curia area, Meta department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/16/2015: Assailants set fire to a shop in Lathore area, Odisha state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/16/2015: Assailants set fire to the residence of a police officer in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. This was one of three related attacks on the homes of police officers in Arish on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a civilian residence in Shani Khel area, Ghallanai town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at political party officials in Gahongore town, Bubanza province, Burundi. One political official was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/16/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Dr. Mohammad Ramzan Sofi in Kral Teng area, Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Abu Qurayn, Misrata, Libya. In addition to the bomber, at least 10 people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. The victims included civilians and police. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
06/16/2016: An assailant opened fire on civilians near Rata Panyang, Yaring district, Pattani, Thailand. At least one person was injured in the assault. This was one of two attacks in Yaring on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to separatists.
06/16/2016: An assailant shot and stabbed Jo Cox in Birstall, England, United Kingdom. Cox, a Labour Party Member of Parliament, was killed and a bystander who intervened was injured in the assault. Tommy Mair, a neo-Nazi supporter, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated "put Britain first" as he attacked Cox, who supported Britain remaining in the European Union. Moreover, in court Mair identified himself as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain."
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated at the residence of two journalists, Khaled Al Issa and Hadi Al Abdullah, in Aleppo, Syria. Al Issa was killed and Al Abdullah was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in As Sina'I, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. One police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least three people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated in Shuala, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Traffic Police checkpost outside the residence of Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Nowshera Road in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Hoti, a former provincial chief minister, was not harmed; however, at least one police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistani Police vehicle in Garhi Sobat Khan neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A sub inspector was killed and three other officers were wounded in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Royal Thai Police vehicle en route to an earlier incident between Taloh subdistrict and Taree-ai subdistrict in Yaring district, Pattani, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Yaring on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to separatists.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between Golweyn and Danoow in Barawe district, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Assailants then opened fire on the convoy following the blast. At least four people were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hamamiyat, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: Assailants attacked a police camp in Ngagam, Diffa, Niger. Seven police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the raid. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants attacked the residence of a former militant in Mashkai subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three people, the militant, his son, and an assailant, were killed in the incident. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline in Oruk Anam, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and the Niger Delta Volunteers (NDV) both claimed responsibility for the incident; however the police doubted the veracity of these claims.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire at the residence of Egyptian National Police (ENP) officers in Masaeed, North Sinai, Egypt. At least two officers were killed in the assault. The Sinai Province of the Islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on a funeral wake in Kuda, Adamawa, Nigeria. At least 18 people were killed and 10 people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpost in Sari Sang, Logar, Afghanistan. At least eight assailants were killed and 10 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Sudanese Police station in El Sareif, North Darfur, Sudan. At least two assailants were killed and four officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on Leonor Dinagay in Tagaska, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Dinagay, a local municipal council member, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on Musaab Omer in El Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. Omer, a National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officer, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on Pakistan Intelligence Community (PIC) employees in Sanjawi subdistrict, Ziarat district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three employees were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants opened fire on Russian Armed Forces soldiers in Suleyman-Stalsky district, Dagestan, Russia. At least five people, including one soldier and four assailants, were killed and two other soldiers were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2016: Assailants raided al-Jazirah, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area. Security forces repelled both assaults, killing 40 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2016: Assailants raided Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 18 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2016: Assailants raided Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing seven assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: Assailants raided Zankura, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. Security forces repelled both assaults, killing 40 assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Ossissa, Delta, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
06/16/2016: Police discovered and defused two explosive devices in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to dissident Republicans.
06/16/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device on a road in Koraput district, Odisha, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
06/16/2016: Security forces discovered and defused nine explosive devices intended to target police personnel near Manika, Jharkhand, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber in Sirte, Libya. The bomber was the only reported casualty in the attack. This was one of two attempted suicide bombings in the area on the same day. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2017: A roadside bomb detonated in Ab Band, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least five people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: A sound bomb detonated at the residence of a former contracts department director in Basra, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, but the house was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: A suicide bomber detonated outside Abu Thar al-Ghafari Mosque in Idlib city, Syria. The attack targeted Abdullah Muhammad al-Muhaysini, an Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) leader. Al-Muhaysini was not harmed but at least one guard was killed and nine other people, including fighters and civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2017: An assailant stabbed a border police officer at Herod's Gate in Jerusalem, West Bank. The officer and the assailant were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Jerusalem on this date. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) jointly claimed responsibility for the incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) issued a separate claim of responsibility; however, Israeli and Palestinian officials doubted the veracity of this claim.
06/16/2017: An explosive device detonated against a passenger vehicle near Sheikh Barrow, Mandera, Kenya. At least four people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/16/2017: An explosive device detonated at a fish vending stand in Albu Khalid, Baghdad, Iraq. Four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying laborers in Alingar, Laghman, Afghanistan. Four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/16/2017: Assailants abducted a teacher, identified as Necmettin Yilmaz, in Siverek district, Sanliurfa, Turkey. The hostage was killed and his body was discovered on July 12, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/16/2017: Assailants abducted nine people in Dara Morghab, Ghor, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/16/2017: Assailants abducted two Pakistani diplomats, identified as Jan Khan and Ijaz Khan, between the cities of Jalalabad and Torkham in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Both hostages were rescued on July 26, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
06/16/2017: Assailants abducted Vijay Barnawal in Sijuwa, Bihar, India. Barnawal, a former Maoist, was beheaded and his body was discovered the following morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists and stated that the victim was accused of being a police informant.
06/16/2017: Assailants armed with explosive devices and firearms attacked Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) members in Jazrah, Raqqah, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked a border guards convoy between Rutbah and Kilu Miat wa Sittin in Rutbah district, Al Anbar, Iraq. Three border guards were injured in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked a border police post in Lunda Norte province, Angola. An official of the Foreigners and Migration Service was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to an armed group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked a civilian vehicle in Shirin Tagab, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Faryab on the same night and one of two attacks with related casualties. A civilian and a police officer were killed and five people, including civilians, were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Volunteer Forces checkpoint in Al-Walib, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, one volunteer fighter was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked Moghul village in Darzab, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. At least five assailants were killed and 10 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Shirin Tagab, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Faryab on the same night and one of two attacks with related casualties. A civilian and a police officer were killed and five people, including civilians, were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked security checkpoints in Ghorband, Parwan, Afghanistan. It is unknown if the attack resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Abgarmak, Faryab, Afghanistan. At least one assailant was killed and four assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Faryab on the same night. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/16/2017: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Qaysar, Faryab, Afghanistan. At least four security personnel and nine assailants were killed and 22 people, including eight police officers, were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of four coordinated attacks in Faryab on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/16/2017: Assailants attempted to detonate explosive devices at a grid station on Chak Baili Road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. However, Pakistani Police officers engaged the assailants before they were able to enter the station. There were no reported casualties in the incident. Following the clash, officers defused the explosive devices left at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2017: Assailants fired rockets at a Kenyan African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Bardere, Gedo, Somalia. It is unknown whether the attack resulted in any casualties. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Batho, Baizai subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. This was one of three related attacks in Baizai on the same day. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Gorsal One, Baizai subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. This was one of three attacks targeting checkposts in Baizai on the same day. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Torabara, Baizai subdistrict, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. This was one of three related attacks in Baizai on the same day. The Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/16/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Thall Scouts checkpost in Bezo, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
06/16/2017: Assailants raided a military barracks in Bintagoungou, Timbuktu, Mali. At least five soldiers were killed and eight soldiers were injured in the attack. An unknown number of soldiers were also abducted, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Assailants raided the Radio Africa No. 1 office in Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon. The assailants forced station employees to broadcast a recorded message and planted an explosive device in the office. There were no reported casualties, and the explosive device was later defused at the scene. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Libreville on this date. Roland Desire Aba'a Minko, a supporter of opposition leader Jean Ping, claimed responsibility for the incidents and demanded that President Ali Bongo Ondimba resign from office.
06/16/2017: Assailants raided the TV+ offices in Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon. The assailants forced station employees to broadcast a recorded message. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Libreville on this date. Roland Desire Aba'a Minko, a supporter of opposition leader Jean Ping, claimed responsibility for the incidents and demanded that President Ali Bongo Ondimba resign from office.
06/16/2017: Assailants set fire to a billing center of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited in Lodhoma, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters carried out the attack.
06/16/2017: Assailants set fire to a panchayat office in Mirik, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
06/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Chinese national in Xaisomboun, Laos. No group claimed responsibility; however, source noted that the incident was part of a larger of attacks against Chinese nationals in Laos as disapproval of China's rising economic clout in the nation.
06/16/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Royal Thai Police officer at a police station in Waeng, Narathiwat, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/16/2017: Assailants threw a hand grenade and opened fire on a police vehicle in Thajiwara Achabal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Six police officers were killed and two civilians were injured in the attack. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Assailants threw two hand grenades at the Bihisht Mosque in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. At least three people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices at a building in Al-Matarah, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Security forces identified and arrested an assailant driving an explosives-laden vehicle near Wahid Huzayran Bridge in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Security forces identified and killed an assailant planting explosive devices in Al-Mansuriyah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/16/2017: Security forces intercepted and killed five suicide bombers in Samarra, Saladin, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/16/2017: Two assailants opened fire and attempted to stab border police officers near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, West Bank. The two assailants were killed and four people, including three civilians and a police officer, were injured in the ensuing clash. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Jerusalem on this date. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) jointly claimed responsibility for the incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) issued a separate claim of responsibility; however, Israeli and Palestinian officials doubted the veracity of this claim.
06/17/1984: A bomb exploded at the Vedanta Society Temple, a Hindu temple is operated by an Indian religious order, in Seattle, Washington in the United States.  The damage was minor and there were no casualties from the blast. Al-Fuqra was responsible for the incident, for which one of the members was later arrested.
06/17/1984: Two firebombs made of gasoline and propane set fire to a Hare Krishna temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.  No casualties resulted from the explosion, but the blast broke seven windows and caused minor fire damage.  The bombs exploded just minutes before temple residents were about to gather for a service. Jamaat-al-Fuqra is believed to be responsible for the incident.
06/17/1999: Hilario Gustavo, a resident of Caiceli, Darulete, was kidnapped and then stabbed to death in Manufatia, East Timor, Indonesia. Police suspected that the attack was perpetrated by a pro-independence group because Gustavo was a member of Besi Merah Putih (Red and White Iron), a pro-Indonesia militia group.
06/17/1999: In Dagestan Republic, Russia, three Interior troops were killed and fourteen were wounded in three attacks on posts along the administrative border between Chechnya and Dagestan. The unknown perpetrators used grenade launchers and automatic weapons in the attack.
06/17/1999: Near Klina in eastern Kosovo, a land mine exploded when an armored vehicle belonging to the Italian contingent of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeepers drove over it. The explosion was accompanied by shots fired from unknown perpetrators in the vicinity. The four soldiers on board the vehicle were lightly injured and the vehicle was damaged in the attack.
06/17/1999: On the Rozaje-Pec road in the village of Savine Vode, Kosovo, approximately ten members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) opened fire on a convoy of Serbian refugees attempting to return their hometown of Pec. Milan Petrovic, a sixteen-year old Serb boy, was killed in the attack. One perpetrator was killed and another was injured when the Serbs returned fire.
06/17/1999: The cultural society of Aniluerreka in Aoiz, Narvarra Province, Spain, was damaged in an arson attack when unknown assailants doused the interior and exterior of the building with petrol before setting it on fire. No casualties were reported in this incident. Aniluerreka is reportedly the office of the political wing of the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA).
06/17/1999: Two unidentified armed assailants attacked and killed Ramazan Sagir, a former leader of the True Path Party (DYP) of Selcuklu District from 1996-97, as he emerged from his house on Rauf Denktas Boulevard in Konya, Selcuklu district, Turkey. Sagir died at the scene.
06/17/2000: A policeman was killed and two injured when unknown perpetrators in an unidentified speeding car attacked a checkpoint in Grozny, Russia. A bystander was  injured in the attack as well.
06/17/2000: Armed members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) killed a policeman at a bar near Tamda, Algeria. Two others were wounded in the incident as well.
06/17/2000: Chechen rebels fired on police checkpoint in the Nozhai-Yurt district in Chechnya, Russia. There were no casualties as a result of this incident.
06/17/2000: Chechen rebels fired on two temporary police stations in Grozny, Russia. There were no casualties as a result of this incident.
06/17/2000: Shots were fired by an unknown source at the house of Helen Wray in Londonderry, Belfast in Northern Ireland. No casualties resulted from the attack. This house had been the site of previous paramilitary attacks.
06/17/2002: A dynamite attack damaged the multinational Drummond railway system in between the Cienaga and Papare terminals. Officials believe the 19th Front of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)were responsible.
06/17/2002: A hand grenade attack damaged the office of a Panhellenic Socialist Party official in Athens. No one was wounded and the Popular Resistance (Laiki Antistasi) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2002: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near the Arab-Israeli village of Kafr Salem. Authorities believe the attack was in retaliation for the government’s decision to construct a security fence along the West Bank. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2002: Abu Sayyaf rebels captured and beheaded 2 Muslims in Basilan who they had suspected were in aid of the Philippine military against Al-Qaeda.
06/17/2002: HAMAS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that decimated a bus in Southern Jerusalem. A total of 18 citizens were killed and another 48 were left wounded.
06/17/2002: Members of the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) kidnapped and beat 2 UN officials working in the country. The act was condemned by the Secretary General Kofi Annan.
06/17/2002: Rebels kidnapped 4 Indonesian sailors from a boat off the coast of the Philippine island of Jolo. The Philippine Armed Forces suspected Abu Sayyaf in the abduction.
06/17/2003: Members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the firing of three mortar shells at the settlement of Neve Deqalim in Gush Qatif, in the Gaza Strip. Al-Aqsa brigades said that the operation was in response to the assassination of commander Jihad Hasanayn. One Israeli soldier and civilian settler may have been wounded in the attack.
06/17/2003: One girl was killed and her sister and grandfather were injured in a shooting incident that occurred on the Trans-Israeli Highway near the town of Kfar Saba on the Israeli side of the West Bank border area. Unknown gunmen, suspected of being Palestinian extremists, fired at the car the victims were riding in, killing the girl and causing her grandfather to lose control of the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
06/17/2003: One paramilitary soldier was assassinated and another seriously wounded following a shooting attack near the eastern edge of Boumerdes, Algeria. Elements of the local section of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) known as El Feth Katibat were suspected in the attack. Local sources believed that the shooting was retaliation for the killing of two GSPC leaders, Nouredine Skodarli and Lyes Saadaoui, on June 15, 2003.
06/17/2003: Suspected Islamic militant gunmen entered the house of Ali Mohammed Bhat in the village of Khiram, India, shooting and killing Bhat’s son. Bhat worked for the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and authorities believed that he was the intended target of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting.
06/17/2003: Unknown attackers detonated an improvised explosive device outside of a shop selling chickens in Shopian, India. The explosion injured five people and damaged two shops. Authorities suspected that the intended target of the bomb was an Indian police patrol. However, the bomb detonated after the patrol had passed. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/17/2004: Gunmen shot dead a provincial leader of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's opposition party, triggering violent protests in the restive Pakistani port city of Karachi. Two men attacked Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader of Sindh province Munawwar Suharwardi, a close confidante of Bhutto's, as he parked his car on a main road in eastern Karachi. No one else was killed or injured, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2004: There was an attempt to blow up a vehicle carrying border guards along the Makhachkala-Kaspiysk road in Dagestan, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2004: Two car bombs killed at least 41 Iraqis and wounded nearly 150 in separate attacks against the country's nascent security forces. Most of the victims were Iraqis waiting outside a recruiting station in downtown Baghdad, where they had lined up seeking jobs in Iraq's security forces. At least 35 people died and 145 were wounded when a vehicle laden with artillery shells exploded outside the station.
06/17/2004: Two car bombs killed at least 41 Iraqis and wounded nearly 150 in separate attacks against the country's nascent security forces. One car bomb exploded near the town of Balad, north of the Iraqi capital, killing six members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and wounding four.  The perpetrators were unknown.
06/17/2005: A car booby trapped with explosives detonated in front of the Sunni Al-Kamaliyah Mosque and wounded four Iraqis. The intended target was a patrol of the Al-Dhib Brigade forces affiliated with the commandos of the Iraqi Interior Ministry. The explosion damaged two oil trucks, cars, and nearby shops. It was not known who was responsible for the attack.
06/17/2005: Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility in an internet statement for the assassination of Salem Mahmoud al-Haj Ali, an Iraqi judge. He and his driver were shot and killed while on his way to work in Mosul, Iraq. The claim was not verified by authorities.
06/17/2005: Grenade explosion in India injures 15 people including two police officers.
06/17/2005: Members of the Party for Liberation of Hutu People-National Liberation Forces (Palipehutu-FNL ) attacked Gihundo church in Muhuta Commune in the Bujumbura Province of Burundi. The type of weapon used was not reported, but six people were killed and seven were injured.
06/17/2005: Unknown gunmen shot and killed Keu Pakdisuwan, the owner of the grocery store in which the attack took place, in the Rueso district of Thailand and injured his friend Samran Thaithongnum. When police came to investigate, a mobile phone-triggered bomb planted in a flower pot in front of the shop detonated, but resulted in no casualties.
06/17/2005: Unknown perpetrators entered a girls' school in Dara-e Nur in the Wardag province of Afghanistan and set it on fire. No injuries were reported but the school was destroyed.
06/17/2006: Perpetrators killed 11 civilians including two children, in Cauca, Balboa, Colombia. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/17/2007: A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle against the Sunni Al-Anwar mosque in the town of Al-Haswa, Iraq, 60 kilometres (35 miles) south of Baghdad.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/17/2007: Gunmen attacked the Ogabainbiri oil field station in Bayelsa, Nigeria, owned by Eni, an Italian firm.  Twenty-seven Nigerian workers were taken as hostages.  After four days the hostages were released after troops drove out the gunmen, during the assault 12 of the captures were killed. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2007: In the northern oil hub of Kirkuk, Iraq, a car bomb explodes near an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Kurdish party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, killing two security guards.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/17/2007: Suicide bomber destroys a bus full of police instructors at Kabul, Afghanistan's busiest transportation hub on Sunday, killing 35 people and wounding 52.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday afternoon, at about 1700, in Nisur Square in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon a car being driven by a government employee who worked in the Council of Ministers, killing the government employee, wounding his father, and damaging their vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday morning at 0800, in the Az Zira'i district of central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and killed Mohey al-Din Abdel Hamid al-Naqeed, an Al-Iraqiya television anchorman, as he was leaving his house for work. There was no damage reported and no group claimed responsibility, although the reporter had received death threats from purported members of the Islamic State of Iraq warning him to quit his job.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday morning at 6:30, 15 gunmen raided Upper Kulasihan village at the coastal town of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte province, Philippines, taking 26 villagers, 23 males and 3 females, hostage. The three females in addition to 12 female teachers and students abducted from nearby Barangay San Roque village by the same gunmen, were released two hours and fifteen minutes after the initial hostage taking attack. The remaining 23 male captives were released in Munai town, Lanao del Norte later during the day. The gunmen, who were believed to be members of "Tonda Force," an armed cattle-rustling group, also took cattle and horses from the village. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday morning just before 7:00, 15 gunmen raided Barangay San Roque village at the coastal town of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte province, Philippines, taking 12 female teachers and students hostage from Barangay San Roque Elementary School. The hostages, in addition to three females abducted from nearby Upper Kulasihan village by the same gunmen, were released two hours and fifteen minutes after the initial hostage taking attack. The gunmen, who were believed to be members of "Tonda Force," an armed cattle-rustling group, also took cattle and horses from the village. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, 63 people were killed and 75 were wounded when a car bomb exploded in Hurriyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast ripped through a garage and a bus stop, hitting an outdoor market and apartments. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, a remote-control roadside mine exploded in Spin Boldak, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Three private security guards were killed and three others were injured. The vehicle they were in was totally destroyed. Taliban militants are suspected of detonating the bomb.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, four Awakening members were killed and two were wounded when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle struck a checkpoint in a predominantly Sunni Suliekh neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, Taliban militants blew up three bridges in Arghandab, Kandahr, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported.
06/17/2008: On Tuesday, three brothers driving a truck were stopped at a fake checkpoint in Al Dahouni and kidnapped by suspected Al Qaeda member on the road linking Mandali and Wassit in Diyala, Iraq.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday around 1200 noon, in a village in Belabo, Narsingdi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, locals set fire to around 50 houses, protesting the killing of Jubo League leader, Abdus Sattar. The residence of a Union Parishad (UP) Chairman at Belabo was included in the arson. Aggrieved locals took positions around the houses of the chairman and his accomplices in the village and set fire to them. No casualties were reported. Two men were arrested in connection with the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0620, in Athens, Attiki, Greece, assailants fired upon and killed an anti-terrorism police officer who was sitting in his vehicle. The vehicle was damaged in the attack. The militant group Sect of Revolutionaries claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0830, five people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad's Karrada district. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Durahi Archi, Kondoz, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired on a group of people, killing Mohammad Najeb Jamil, Director of Oil and Gas Department, and injuring two civilians. The Taliban Claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday night at about 2230, in Agoro, Bayelsa, Nigeria, assailants detonated explosives at the Trans Ramos Pipeline administered by Royal Dutch Shell, damaging a crude oil pipeline. No casualties or motive for the attack were reported and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday night, in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants simultaneously detonated two explosives in the Sergkhana region, causing no casualties and damaging five stores. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday night, in Guzara, Herat, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired seven rockets at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) office but caused no casualties or damage. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, a sticky explosive device targeted a civilian vehicle in a market in al-Saadiya district of Khanaqin, Iraq. The civilian was wounded. The blast caused damage to the surrounding shops. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device detonated in front of a barbershop in Suz area in the downtown district of Jalawlaa, approximately 30 km southwest of Khanaqin, Iraq. Two civilians were injured. Damage was caused to several nearby stores. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Banksole village, Lalgarh, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, motorcycle-borne assailants fired upon a group of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members while they were at a tea shop, killing one CPI-M branch secretary and two members. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, at Umer Farooq Chowk, armed assailants on a motorbike fired on and killed the vice principal of Khuzdar Residential College, Khalid Mehmood Butt. No damage or motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Lalgarh, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants set fire to three residences belonging to Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members, damaging three homes but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants are suspected.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Lalgarth, West Bengal, India, assailants killed three Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers after they killed three workers the previous day. Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible for the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Lalgarth, West Bengal, India, assailants set a police post on fire causing no casualties. Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) militants were responsible for the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Misadui village in the North Cachar Hills district, Guwahati, Assam, India, twelve people were killed during a raid on a village by unknown militants. Heavily armed tribal militants attacked the village of a rival tribe, indiscriminately firing on villagers and set ablaze more than 20 houses. No group claimed responsibility, but police suspected that the Black Widow militant group was behind the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Sagi area, Pandiali, Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, damaging a health center but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in Salkosa, Dhubri District, Assam, India, former United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militant, Khiren Chandra Nath (36), was shot dead and another former militant, Bishnu Barman, and a civilian, Dulal Sil Sarma, were wounded by a group of militants who opened fire on them in a saloon. United Liberation Front of Assam was held responsible for the attack.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, armed assailants fired upon and killed the city's Chief of Police. Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, on Ambar Road, in Pandiali, Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, damaging a bridge but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2009: On Wednesday, two reservoir-dredging vehicles were severely damaged when they were set on fire by 5 unidentified militants during an attack in the Bacho district of Narathiwat, Thailand. Three irrigation workers were tied up and held at gunpoint during the attack but were not harmed and were released following the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2010: Assailants abducted 23 paramilitary soldiers from a checkpost in Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The soldiers were executed on February 16, 2014. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating it executed the soldiers in retaliation for the Pakistani government’s custodial killing of fellow TTP members.
06/17/2010: On Thursday morning around 0920, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Blakaria, Russia, a homemade bomb detonated in the yard of house number 47 on Eneyeva Street as two Elbrussky district policemen walked by, damaging the residence but causing no casualties. The house was reportedly owned by a police officer. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2010: On Thursday morning at 1030, in the rural forested area of San Roque of Kurusu del Hierro, Concepcion, Paraguay, at least five armed guerillas fired upon 50 police officers, killing two police officers and wounding at least one guerilla member, four civilians and two children. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Paraguay People's Army (EPP) was responsible, and that possibly EPP leaders carried out the attack.
06/17/2010: On Thursday morning at 1130, at Sitio Abante in Barangay Iligan, Esperanza, Masbate, Philippines, approximately 20 assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near a cell phone tower guarded by civilian security guards, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. One plastic gallon used as an IED and an electric wire (about 70 meters long) were recovered from the area. The amount of damages was estimated at P10,000 (225.71 USD). No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that New People's Army/Communist Party of Philippines (NPA-CPP) was responsible.
06/17/2010: On Thursday morning, on an unreported road in Thung Yang Daeng district, Pattani, Thailand, two soldiers were wounded after a roadside bomb detonated while they were escorting teachers. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2010: On Thursday night, in Fielat village of the Al Amieriya district of Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, militants raided a Sahwa Council leader's residence and fired upon its occupants, killing the Sahwa Council leader, his civilian wife and brother, and three children and damaging the residence. The house belonged to Hamed Saud. No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
06/17/2010: On Thursday night, in Muyinga, Muyinga district, Burundi, unknown assailants threw three grenades at houses. Several houses were damaged but there were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group is suspected.
06/17/2010: On Thursday night, in the Buyenzi district of Bujumbura, Burundi, unidentified assailants threw grenades at several houses in two linked attacks. Several houses were damaged but there were no casualties reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group is suspected.
06/17/2010: On Thursday night, in the Kinama district of Bujumbura, Burundi, unidentified assailants threw grenades at several houses in two linked attacks. Several houses were damaged but there were no casualties reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group is suspected.
06/17/2010: On Thursday, in Aughnacloy, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, at least 350 civilians were evacuated when army experts defused 300 pounds (136 kilograms) of explosives placed by suspected dissident republicans in a van outside a police station on the Dungannon Road in the village of Aughnacloy. According to police, the device would have caused complete devastation if it had exploded. The white van with the explosives was discovered with its engine still running. A blue Toyota Avensis car believed to have been used by the bombers was found burnt out across the border in County Monaghan. The attack caused no casualties or damages and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2010: On Thursday, in the Landhi suburb in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified militants shot and killed a Shia Muslim doctor, Zahid Hussain, as he was leaving his clinic. No group claimed responsibility but authorities believed the murder was a target killing because he was a Shia.
06/17/2010: On Thursday, near Bhuiyadih village in Chatra, Jharkhand, India, unidentified assailants set fire to two industrial vehicles, destroying the vehicles. Reportedly, 20 to 25 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) reached the construction site of the Mini Construction Company and set fire to a road roller and a truck. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police suspect that the company refused paying levy to the rebels. Later, assailants assaulted and wounded several employees of Runta Group Industries. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Maoist faction was responsible.
06/17/2011: On Friday night around 2300, in the Sunzhensky District of Ingushetia, Russia, unidentified gunmen opened fire upon the home of a former police officer but caused no casualties. When other officers responded to the incident, the individuals detonated an unknown explosive device that wounded one police officer. The explosive device was believed to be a grenade that was thrown into the yard. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2011: On Friday night, in Bray, Wicklow, Ireland, two improvised explosive devices, planted by suspected militants, were safely defused by police. The area was declared safe at 0100 on 06/18/2011. The specific target is unknown and no casualties or property damage resulted as the bombs did not explode. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2011: On Friday night, in the Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device under a car. The blast killed two civilians, wounded three others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2011: On Friday, in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, an employee of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited, Gul Zameen, was kidnapped near his home by the Lashkar-e Islami militants because he was accused of cooperating with the Akakhel peace committee. The civilian was later beheaded and his body dumped near a filling station. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2011: On Friday, in Parsahi village, Latehar, Jharkhand, India, around 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) set fire to a truck, a jeep and two drilling machines of the RK Drilling Company, causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicles. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, non-payment of extortion demanded was said to be the reason behind the attack. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2012: A landmine detonated in Zinjibar city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Three people were killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One child was killed in the explosion, and another three people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Tuz-Khurmato city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the attack, and a second officer was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in Xamar Bile village, Wardighley district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The blast struck a Somali elder's vehicle, killing one person and injuring three more. Mohammed Hassan Haad, the chair of the Huwiya Clan Elders, was not in the vehicle at the time. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting a Turkish security convoy in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. A security company contractor was killed in the blast, and two more contractors were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: A rocket targeting a military checkpoint struck a private residence instead in Waza Khwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. At least six civilians were killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside of the Christ of King Catholic Church in Sabongari area, Zaria city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks against churches in the area. At least 19 people were killed and another 80 injured across all three explosions. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that Christians were destroying mosques.
06/17/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside of the ECWA Goodness Church in Wusasa area, Zaria city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks against churches in the area. At least 19 people were killed and another 80 injured across all three explosions. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that Christians were destroying mosques.
06/17/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside of the Shalom Church in Trikania area, Zaria city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks against churches in the area. At least 19 people were killed and another 80 injured across all three explosions. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents, stating that Christians were destroying mosques.
06/17/2012: An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier shot and killed his commanding officer in Ganjgal area, Sarkano district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The soldier fled following the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility, stating that the assailant had joined the group.
06/17/2012: An explosive device detonated along a road in the Karez Doghi, Farah, Afghanistan. The explosive device was intended for Afghan security personnel; however, the device detonated prematurely, killing two assailants. Sources attribute the attack to the Taliban.
06/17/2012: An explosive device detonated near the Al Xarameyn Hotel in the Fagax junction area of Yaqshiid district, Banaadir region, Somalia. One person was killed and three others injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: An explosive device planted in the police chief's vehicle detonated in Al Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. A police colonel was killed and two other police officers injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/17/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The blast targeted a military patrol; three soldiers and three civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a gas station in Al-Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed in the blast, and another 24 were injured; several of the victims were police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Yaqshiid district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. The blast was targeting a military base but struck civilians instead; three were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/17/2012: Approximately 10 assailants attacked a polling station in Exarcheia area, Athens city, Attica region, Greece. The attackers, armed with hammers and bats, injured two police officers and set the ballot box on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: Assailants attacked Igbinedion University in Okada area, Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria. The assailants attacked students with machetes, opened indiscriminate fire, and destroyed school property, causing an unknown amount of casualties and damages. Additionally, it is unknown if students were kidnapped during the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: Assailants kidnapped three Muttahida Quami Movement's (MQM) workers from Kharadar area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Their bodies were found in an abandoned car the next day, June 18, 2012; they had been tortured before being killed. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the People's Amn Committee.
06/17/2012: Assailants launched a grenade at a navy checkpoint in Buenaventura city, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Nine people, including civilians and a soldier, were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsiblity, but officials attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/17/2012: Assailants opened fire on a wedding ceremony in Mazang area, Punjab province, Pakistan. Three people were injured in the attack, including two youths and a baby. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Sopore city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Five CRPF personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2012: Two hand grenades were discovered at the Skai Media Group Office in Neo Faliro district, Attica region, Greece. Employees at the media office received a telephone call alerting them to the presence of the devices. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A car bomb detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people died in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A car bomb was discovered and defused outside of a Zaidi religious center in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2013: A grenade was thrown into a police station in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. One police officer was injured by shrapnel and a vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A gunman opened fire on a high-ranking police officer praying in a mosque in Ban Mai Kan village, Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. The officer, Abdulkarim Patalu, was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Five soldiers were killed across three similar incidents in Logar, Badakhshan, and Kandahar provinces. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Five soldiers were killed across three similar incidents in Logar, Badakhshan, and Kandahar provinces. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near Afghan soldiers in Logar province, Afghanistan. Five soldiers were killed across three similar attacks in Logar, Badakhshan, and Kandahar provinces. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an army patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Five soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A roadside bomb hidden in a gas canister detonated targeting a group of soldiers that were providing protection for teachers in Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. Three soldiers and one child were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A sticky bomb on a KIA minibus exploded near a bridge in Dhraa Dijla area, Taji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and at least three people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2013: A suicide bomber dressed in police attire detonated his explosives near an election center for armed forces in the middle of Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/17/2013: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into Nabi Ilham's convoy in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Ilham, the provincial police chief, was not harmed in the blast; however, three people were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: A suicide bomber in a police uniform detonated his explosives near police officers waiting to enter an election center in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and 21 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, police attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2013: An armored vehicle packed with six tons of explosives detonated near a military base in al-Douwairinah area, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Sixty soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, news sources attributed the attack to the Al-Nusrah Front.
06/17/2013: An explosive device detonated in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: An explosive device detonated inside a restaurant in Taji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Seven people were killed and 20 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2013: An explosive device detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Aryob Zazi district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Five soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2013: An explosive device detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Mazan District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and another was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2013: Assailants attacked a convoy of trucks in Sang-e-Kalima area, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Three drivers were killed, two civilians were injured, and two trucks were destroyed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/17/2013: Assailants attacked a district judge in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. The judge was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: Assailants attacked Sahkhi Khan in Ainulmajar area, Char Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Khan, a former commander of Junbish-i-Milli Islami Afghanistan, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/17/2013: Assailants captured and lynched a National Examination Council education official in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attribute the attack to Boko Haram.
06/17/2013: Assailants hurled a grenade and opened fire at a police team in Rangdapara area, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. The grenade failed to detonate and there were no reports of injuries or property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
06/17/2013: Assailants opened fire at Ansaruden Private Primary School in Jajeri ward, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Nine students were killed and an unknown number were injured. A Boko Haram spokesperson claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the students were targeted for assisting the army.
06/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on Arnold Porcalla and Oliver Delloson inside the private residence of a barangay official in Patag village, Sorsogon province, Philippines. Porcalla and Dellson, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldiers, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however sources suspected that the New People's Army (NPA) was involved.
06/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on Maulvi Habibur Rahman in Alishing town, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Rahman, a religious scholar, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on Saiden Maliga in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Maliga, a barangay council member, was killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2013: Assailants opened fire on the governor's house in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: Assailants shot three police officers in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The victims were casting their ballots at the time of the attack. All three of the officers died in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: Five assailants opened fire on fishermen and tea sellers at Alau River in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least thirteen fishermen and tea sellers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, the attack was attributed to Boko Haram, who told the fishermen that they were targeted because their children were in a vigilante group that was helping the military.
06/17/2013: Gunmen attacked an armory in Dondo town, Sofala province, Mozambique. At least five soldiers were killed and at least two were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/17/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Lilia Pendatun, a Mindinao school district deputy education supervisor, in Talayan municipality, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: Gunmen shot and killed two Afghan Ministry of Agriculture employees, Gardening and Livestock Coordination Chief Naqeed Salik and head of technical relations Noor Agha Akbari, in Logar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2013: Perpetrators kidnapped five Philippine Army 69th Infantry Battalion soldiers returning from a market in Paquibato district, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. The victims were released on July 31st, 2013. The New People's Army 1st Pulang Bagani Battalion claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the military was being punished for its activities in the Paquibato district.
06/17/2013: Police forces stopped a car with explosive devices near a checkpoint in Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Two perpetrators were arrested and confessed their intention to target Rawalpindi city. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: A pipe bomb detonated outside a civilian residence in Church Green area, Holywood town, North Down district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a passenger van in Ghaliman area, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and one other was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt at the residence of Husam al-Shalluf in Huwayij village, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. In addition to the suicide bomber, two of his sons were killed and Al-Shalluf, a Jaysh al-Quds commander, was wounded 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).
06/17/2014: An assailant opened fire on a police officer in Fortul municipality, Arauca department, Colombia. The police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
06/17/2014: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated outside of a World Cup viewing center in Nayi-Nawa neighborhood, Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least 21 people were killed and 27 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/17/2014: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a tribal leader in Dufair village, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. This was one of three similar attacks in Dufair village on June 17, 2014. Ten assailants were killed and two civilians were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/17/2014: An explosive device detonated near a military store in Bab Al Sharqi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Sinak bridge in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: An explosive device detonated near the Trans-Siberian gas pipeline in Lokhvystia district, Poltava oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Zaidan area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At lease one soldier was killed and two more soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Rusafa area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two passengers were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least 10 people were killed and 35 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants abducted David near Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. David, a civilian, was released the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/17/2014: Assailants abducted Mahmoud al-Zowei, the nephew of former general Khalifa Haftar, in Ajdabiya town, Wahat district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants abducted Maleswar Rao in Kalachand area, Assam state, India. Rao, the manager of a stone-crushing unit, was rescued on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Dima Haso National Army carried out the abduction.
06/17/2014: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in El Wak area, Gedo region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/17/2014: Assailants attacked residents with mortars and gunfire in Bashir village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of four attacks on villages in the same area on the same day. At least 40 people were killed across all attacks, including one peshmerga commander in Bashir. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2014: Assailants attacked residents with mortars and gunfire in Brawchi village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of four attacks on villages in the same area on the same day. At least 40 people were killed across all attacks. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2014: Assailants attacked residents with mortars and gunfire in Chardaghli village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of four attacks on villages in the same area on the same day. At least 40 people were killed across all attacks. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2014: Assailants attacked residents with mortars and gunfire in Karanaz village, Kirkuk, Iraq. This was one of four attacks on villages in the same area on the same day. At least 40 people were killed across all attacks. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2014: Assailants detained at least 101 construction workers in Dawr district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. After checking the vicitms' identification cards, the assailants kidnapped at least 60 of the foreign workers, including 15 Turkish nationals. At least 44 hostages were released two days later; the outcome of the kidnapping for the remaining captives is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2014: Assailants kidnapped approximately 100 civilians from a market in Muhawil town, Babil governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants launched a mortar shell near a civilian residence in Asadabad city, Kunar province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells near a military checkpoint in Oleksiyivske village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least 26 soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells, targeting government forces and border guards, near Luhansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least 30 soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Yusufiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. One assailant was killed and four soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Popular Resistance Committees member in Burayqah city, Adan governorate, Yemen. The member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on Fawwaz Uwaydan in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Uwaydan, the secretary-general of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on Munawar Zaman Malik in Anantnag city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Malik, a former member of an armed group, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants opened fire on security guards outside Al-Jala hospital in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants set a room of a school on fire in Kili Fazal Shah Chashma Achozai area, Quetta district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants shot down a helicopter near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No further information is available.
06/17/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Sopore area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. At least one civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a police commander near a public festival in Safar area, Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and three people, including the police commander, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2014: Assailants threw grenades and fired mortars at the Mufraq police station in an attempt to free inmates in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least nine assailants and 54 inmates and police officers were killed and six more officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2015: A suicide bomber attempted to attack a checkpoint in Al Laythi area, Benghazi district, Libya. The bomber was killed when security forces opened fire. The explosives were later defused by security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/17/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in Kadhimiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least seven people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blast; the victims included police officers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Karma town, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, four soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Al-Quba Al-Khadra mosque in Hayel area, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated blasts in Sanaa on this day. Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded across attacks. The Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out as an act of retaliation against Huthis.
06/17/2015: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Huthi leader's residence and Al-Hashush mosque in Jiraf area, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated blasts in Sanaa on this day. Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded across attacks. The Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out as an act of retaliation against Huthis.
06/17/2015: An assailant attempted to attack a line of passengers at a railway station in Xian city, Shaanxi province, China. The assailant was killed by police before being able to successfully complete the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Uighur separatists.
06/17/2015: An assailant opened fire on parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. At least nine people were killed in the attack. An individual, identified as Dylann Roof, claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: An explosive device attached to a mortar was discovered and defused at a water pipeline in Water District area, Maluso municipality, Basilan province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on soldiers in Caqueta department, Colombia. At least four soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated at Al-Tayssir mosque in Al-Ziraa district, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated blasts in Sanaa on this day. Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded across attacks. The Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out as an act of retaliation against Huthis.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. A police officer was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a local councilor in Tangi Garegal area, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The councilor was injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in the Tangi Garegal area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle close to a hospital in Khost province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One police officer was killed and at least two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a produce shop in Amiriyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near a school in Tangi Garegal area, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. This was one of two related attacks in the Tangi Garegal area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near Bajaur Scout soldiers in Ghungat Jour area, Safi tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Eleven soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials responding to an earlier blast in Ghungat Jour area, Safi tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three BDU officials were wounded in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in this area on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near Lieutenant Colonel Abdallah Bin-Salih al-Bulwi in Jabal Tawliq area, Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Al-Bulwi was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Turath 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.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Naik Mohammad, a political tehslidar, in Jamrud town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Lieutenant Denis Okech Okello between Tortoorow and Balli Doogle, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Okello, an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) commander, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/17/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Al-Kibssi mosque in Al-Ziraa district, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated blasts in Sanaa on this day. Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded across attacks. The Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out as an act of retaliation against Huthis.
06/17/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a Huthi leader's residence in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. This was one of five coordinated blasts in Sanaa on this day. Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded across attacks. The Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out as an act of retaliation against Huthis.
06/17/2015: Assailants abducted Joma Gol from his residence in Qala-e Nazar Khan, Obe district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Gol, a border police officer, was killed and his body was discovered on June 18, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked a local police post in Nur Khel area, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Fifteen people, including 13 assailants and two police officers, were killed and another two were injured in ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Saydabad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Thirteen assailants were killed and a police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked a soldier in Mapandi area, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. A soldier and an assailant were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Moro Ghuraba.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Lamana village, Niger. This was one of two coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same night. Thirty-eight people were killed and three people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Ngoumnao village, Niger. This was one of two coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same night. Thirty-eight people were killed and three people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Army soldiers and Hezbollah members in Al-Rashdin neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/17/2015: Assailants attacked Tall Albu Jarad village, Baiji district, Saladin, Iraq. Five police officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2015: Assailants attempted to open fire on Abdul Ahad Rehmani in Tarzoo Sopore area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Rehmani, an All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) tehsil secretary, was unharmed as local residents intervened and prevented the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: Assailants executed two civilians in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the civilians were targeted because AQAP believed they were spies for the United States (US).
06/17/2015: Assailants fired mortars at a federal police base in a village east of Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. Seven police officers were killed and eight officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Amiriyat al-Fallujah town, Al Anbar, Iraq. Five people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. The victims included Sahwa Council members and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a Turkish military base in Daglica district, Hakkari province, Turkey. One civilian was injured when a mortar landed in the nearby town. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Faiyum city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. A police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on a security post in Marawara district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks in Marawara on the same day. At least six assailants were killed and 12 others, including assailants, Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, and police officers, were wounded across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on bar patrons in the Gasibe town, Matana district, Bururi province, Burundi. Leonidas Ndikumagenge, a National Council for the Defense of Democracy—Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) representative, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers stationed at the Brigade 90 Base with guns and projectiles in Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Army soldiers with guns and projectiles in Baath, Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Army soldiers with guns and projectiles in Jabah, Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Army soldiers with guns and projectiles in Khan Arnabeh, Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Army soldiers with guns and projectiles in Quneitra city, Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Army soldiers with guns and projectiles in Tall Bazzaq village, Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on Syrian Army soldiers with guns and projectiles in Tall Shaar village, Quneitra governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of seven attacks targeting military personnel in Quneitra on the same day. The Southern Front claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/17/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Mohammad Fahim Musazai in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan. Musazai, the Grishk district chief, escaped unharmed, although two of his guards were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: Assailants set fire to the balcony of a refugee center in Vilhelmina, Vasterbotten county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2015: Assailants shot and killed Riaz Mughal, a police sub-inspector, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. A passerby was also injured in the attack. Members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Islami (TTI) confessed to carrying out the attack.
06/17/2015: Assailants threw grenades at a Huthi leader's vehicle in Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen).
06/17/2015: Explosives detonated at the residence of Abdel-Aziz Jubari, a senior politician, in Dhamar city, Dhamar governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/17/2015: Twenty-one explosive devices were discovered and defused in Mahuatoli forest, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting military personnel in Sirte, Libya. The bomber was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Deh Rahwod district, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least three people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near a produce store in Amiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near Aman Lashkars members in Loti, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one member was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between Dalcad Qorey and Wareer Malle in Barawe district, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Assailants then attacked the convoy with projectiles and firearms following the blast. At least seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near Eid Muhammad Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two children were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ebjur, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the convoy of Colonel Mustafa Hussein in Tuz Khormatu, Saladin, Iraq. Six people, including Mustafa, were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: An explosive device detonated underneath a Russian Police vehicle in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: Assailants abducted Lorenzo Romarate in Nasugbu district, Batangas, Philippines. The outcome of the kidnapping of Romarte, a local village chair, is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: Assailants fired mortar shells at Bashir, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2016: Assailants fired two rockets that landed in Gorentas, Hatay, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Doctors Without Borders convoy between Sibut and Grimari in Ouaka, Central African Republic. A local driver was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy of Ethiopian troops between Ceel Buur and Dhusamareb in Ceel Buur district, Galguduud, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: Assailants opened fire on Russian Police officers in Tabasaransky district, Dagestan, Russia. At least two officers were killed and four others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2016: Assailants raided Abir, Amerli, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks in the area on the same day, one of which included the detonation of an explosives-laden vehicle by a suicide bomber. At least eight assailants and 22 security personnel, including a police chief, were killed and 43 people were injured in the ensuing clashes in the four areas. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2016: Assailants raided Ahmad, Amerli, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks in the area on the same day, one of which included the detonation of an explosives-laden vehicle by a suicide bomber. At least eight assailants and 22 security forces members, including a police chief, were killed and 43 people were injured in the ensuing clashes in the four areas. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2016: Assailants raided Amerli, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks in the area on the same day, one of which included the detonation of an explosives-laden vehicle by a suicide bomber. At least eight assailants and 22 security forces members, including a police chief, were killed and 43 people were injured in the ensuing clashes in the four areas. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2016: Assailants raided Bastamly, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks in the area on the same day, one of which included the detonation of an explosives-laden vehicle by a suicide bomber. At least eight assailants and 22 security forces members, including a police chief, were killed and 43 people were injured in the ensuing clashes in the four areas. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/17/2016: Police forces shot and killed a suicide bomber equipped with an explosives-laden motorcycle in Shakhook, Ghazni, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: Security forces identified and killed two suicide bombers in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/17/2016: Security forces shot and killed a suicide bomber attempting to target police personnel in Kot district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2016: Twenty assailants attacked a record store in Istanbul, Turkey. At least one person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the record store was targeted for holding a listening session during Ramadan.
06/17/2017: An Afghan soldier opened fire on United States military personnel at Camp Shaheen near Mazari Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan. The assailant was killed and seven United States soldiers and an Afghan soldier were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: An assailant attempted to stab a civilian near Alon Shvut, West Bank. The civilian was injured in the assault before the assailant was arrested by police forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
06/17/2017: An explosive device detonated in a restroom at the Centro Andino mall in Bogota, Colombia. Three people, including a French citizen, were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Revolutionary Movement (MRP). Sources also suspected the possible involvement of the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN), which the group denied.
06/17/2017: An explosive device detonated near a building materials shop in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. Four people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Jaji Maydan, Khost, Afghanistan. At least three police officers were killed and two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Cukurca district, Hakkari, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were injured in the blast. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting uprising forces in Fayzabad, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Three people, including two uprising members and one civilian, were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: Assailants abducted 15 elders in Harardhere district, Mudug, Somalia. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/17/2017: Assailants abducted a village guard in Yeniaslanbasar, Sirnak, Turkey. The hostage was killed shortly after the kidnapping, and his body was discovered two days later on June 19, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/17/2017: Assailants abducted Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender, two Dutch journalists, from Filogringo, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The two hostages were released on June 23, 2017. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: Assailants abducted Haji Noor Mohammad from Gorzad road in Faryab, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of Mohammad, an Afghan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MOLSAMD) employee, are unknown The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: Assailants attacked military forces in Kabasha, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 12 assailants and one soldier were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Mayi Mayi militia.
06/17/2017: Assailants attacked police posts in Pir Koti, Paktika, Afghanistan. At least 18 assailants were killed and three assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/17/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting the Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline near Alto La Pava, Arauca, Colombia. There were no reported casualties, though the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
06/17/2017: Assailants fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Hudur, Bakool, Somalia. At least five people, including an unknown number of assailants, were killed and ten people were injured as security forces repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/17/2017: Assailants in Afghanistan attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Bezo, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three attacks targeting checkposts in Kurram on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2017: Assailants in Afghanistan attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Katwao, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three attacks targeting checkposts in Kurram on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2017: Assailants in Afghanistan attacked a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Khwana Kandao, Kurram district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three attacks targeting checkposts in Kurram on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Duniwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on a joint United Nations (UN), Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) aid convoy in Harasta, Damascus, Syria. At least one member was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces patrol in Sabazkoh, Panjgur district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Yaring district, Pattani, Thailand. At least three people were killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that separatists carried out the attack.
06/17/2017: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Jan at his under-construction residence in Puli Alam, Logar, Afghanistan. Jan, the provincial head of the police anti-crime unit, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2017: Assailants publicly amputated the hand of a civilian accused of theft in Toora Toorow, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: Assailants shot and killed Aijaz Ahmad Malik, a Janta Dal United (JDU) leader, in Arrubugh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/17/2017: Assailants stabbed and killed Ahmi Ahli, a village head, in Tet Oo Chaung, Rakhine, Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/17/2017: Assailants threw two petrol bombs at a Communist Party of India: Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) office in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. There were no reported casualties. A Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) member claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the alleged killing of right-wing workers by the CPI-ML.
06/17/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Mushahidah, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/1974: Prominent and controversial Jewish radio talk-show host who was an outspoken opponent of racism, Alan Berg, was murdered by members of The Order outside his residence at 1445 Adams Street in Denver, Colorado, United States.  After following and watching Berg's actions for a few hours on the night of his murder, at about 9:21pm, Robert Mathews, David Lane, and Bruce Carroll Pierce, watched Alan Berg pull into his driveway, at which point Pierce came up to Berg as he was exiting his Volkswagen Beetle, and shot him thirteen times point-blank in the head and body with a .45 caliber cartridges from a automatic Ingram MAC-10 machine gun.  Berg suffered about thirty-four wounds, and died instantly.  Four members of the group were indicted for his murder under the charges of violating Berg's civil rights: David Lane, Bruce Carroll Pierce, Jean Margaret Craig, who helped to gather information in an intelligence folder on Berg's life and whereabouts for about three weeks before his murder, and Richard Scutari, who helped to devise the plan of action for the murder.  Only Lane and Pierce were convicted and sentenced for the crime.
06/18/1998: A timed explosive device, which was left on a motorcycle parked near the main entrance of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), exploded in Karachi, Pakistan. The explosion damaged more than a dozen vehicles, but there was no immediate impact on the market. Three people were injured and 20 were killed from this attack by an unknown perpetrator. In addition to this attack, the Sindh Government Secretariat was also targeted.
06/18/1998: A timed explosive device, which was left on a motorcycle parked near the main entrance of the Sindh Government Secretariat by an unknown perpetrator, exploded in Karachi, Pakistan. The explosion injured 14 people and killed 10. In addition to this attack, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) was also targeted.
06/18/1999: A bomb exploded in the parking lot of the NATO/Kosovo Force (KFOR) headquarters in Skopje, Macedonia, destroying a German truck and a British Land Rover and damaging a civilian bus. Although Macedonia Dawn later claimed responsibility for the attack in an anonymous phone call, it was later shown that individual Serbs perpetrated the crime and, according to the Macedonian Interior Minister, the perpetrators were assisted by Serb Secret Service agents. Some of the assailants were ex-officers of the Yugoslav Army who had married Macedonian citizens and were recruiting Serb locals to conduct subversive acts in Macedonia. No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/18/1999: A tax collection agency in Cintegabelle, France, the electoral district of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, was bombed by the Breton Revolutionary Army. The group claimed responsibility for the attack in an anonymous phone call after the blast. The explosion caused extensive damage to the office building and surrounding homes, including shattered windows. No casualties were reported in the attack.
06/18/1999: An Orange Order hall near Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland, was destroyed by fire in an arson attack that occurred just after midnight local time. No casualties or injuries were reported in this incident, for which the perpetrators were unknown.
06/18/1999: Arsonists attacked the B'nai Israel synagogue in downtown Sacramento, California, U.S.A.. This was the first of three attacks launched within minutes of each other on synagogues in the Sacramento area. This fire damaged the synagogue, but no casualties were reported. Propaganda fliers left at the scene of the blast blamed the "North Atlantic Terrorist Organization" and "Jewsmedia" for the war in Kosovo.
06/18/1999: Hotel Mediterrane, a popular tourist-destination hotel, was bombed in Calvi, Corsica, France. The medium-intensity blast caused extensive damage, but no casualties were reported. Police found a note at the scene bearing the signature of the Corsican National Liberation Front.
06/18/1999: Unknown arsonists attacked Congregation Beth Shalom synagogue in Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, U.S.A.. This was the second of three attacks launched within minutes of each other on synagogues in the Sacramento area. This fire damaged the synagogue, but no casualties were reported.
06/18/1999: Unknown arsonists attacked Kenesset Israel Torah Center synagogue in Sacramento, California, U.S.A.. This was the last of three attacks launched within minutes of each other on synagogues in the Sacramento area. This fire damaged the synagogue, but no casualties were reported.
06/18/2000: A police truck in Aceh Province, Indonesia was ambushed by armed gunmen believed to be separatist rebels as it traveled between Blang Karieng and Krueng Geukeuh. Three policemen were lightly injured in the attack.
06/18/2000: A remote control bomb exploded in eastern Sri Lanka killing a local Police Chief and wounding two others on the roadside in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka. Police suspected that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were behind the attack.
06/18/2000: Twenty-two Nigerians and two foreign workers working for the Chevron Corporation were kidnapped by unknown perpetrators in the Escravos region of Nigeria. The two foreigners and four of the Nigerians were released later the same day. The fate of the other 18 hostages was not known.
06/18/2001: A prominent businessman was assassinated after a bomb, planted outside the gate of his residence, exploded in Budapest, Seventh District, Hungary around 10:30pm.  A young woman with the man was wounded in the attack, and serious damage was done to the residence and  vehicles in the vicinity of the explosion.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, sources suggested this attack might have been related to a previous attempt made on the man's life two years before.
06/18/2001: No one was injured when a pipe bomb left outside the home of Martin Wilson, a new councilman in the Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP), detonated in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland around 2:00am.  The front door of Wilson's home was damaged in the attack.  No group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but authorities thought this was a continuation of sectarian violence by loyalists targeting Catholics in the area.  Two men were later arrested for questioning about possible connections to the bombing.
06/18/2001: Unidentified Palestinian gunmen in a Mercedes painted yellow shot at two Israelis traveling in Samaria, West Bank, killing one Israeli and wounding the other.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although the gunmen were thought to have fled to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) area.
06/18/2004: An Afghan interpreter and two Americans were killed when a mine exploded in Barmal in [southern] Paktika Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2004: In Jammu and Kashmir, six security personnel and a civilian were injured in a grenade blast at Azadgunj Chowk near Baramula. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2004: Islamic radicals beheaded an American engineer, Paul Johnson Jr., held hostage in Saudi Arabia and then posted photographs of the man's severed head and bloodied corpse on a Web site. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Penninsula (AQAP) threatened to kill Johnson unless the Saudi government freed imprisoned Islamic militants. Saudi officials refused, insisting that they would not negotiate with terrorists.
06/18/2005: A police constable was shot and killed at a bus depot in Serunuwara, Sri Lanka by four members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam when he went to meet an informer.
06/18/2005: A suicide bomber detonated near the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters killing two and wounding eleven in Fallujah, Iraq. The intended target was the convoy of Fallujah's police commander. The blast also detonated nearby shops.
06/18/2005: An unknown number of casualties occurred when masked gunmen opened fire on citizens in the Al-Athuriyin Market in the Al-Dawrah area in southern Baghdad, Iraq. The identities of the perpetrators was unknown.
06/18/2005: Separatists militants are suspected of shooting and killing Muhamadsamidin Tohma, a community police officer, in the Bacho district of the Narathiwat Province in Thailand. The community policing initiative was started to encourage young Muslims to ally with the government against separatists. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2005: Taliban militants are suspected of kidnapping thirteen police and government officials in Mian Nisheen in the Kandahar provinceof Afghanistan. Abdul Hakim Latifi, a spokesman for the group, claimed responsibility and said that the men would be tried in the Taliban court and executed if found guilty but released if found innocent. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
06/18/2005: Two owners of an asphalt factory that provided materials to U.S. forces were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Dujayl, south of Tikrit, Iraq.
06/18/2005: Two unknown gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Abdulloh Suwanno, an employee of the Southern Border Provinces Peace-building Command's job creation project, while he was on his way to provide security at Ban Tanyonglimo school in Rangae district of Thailand.
06/18/2005: Two unknown gunmen on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded Humdan Benyasop, a teacher. The attack occurred in the Sungai Padi district of Thailand.
06/18/2005: Unknown gunmen fired rocket propelled grenades at a police station in Kirkuk, Iraq killing one person and injuring four others.
06/18/2005: Unknown perpetrators threw a grenade into a shop in the Yaha district in the Yala province of Thailand and injured five villagers.
06/18/2006: A sergeant and two constables died when an anti-personnel claymore mine exploded near their water transport vehicle in the Vavuniya district of Sri Lanka on Kebethigollewa Rd. It is suspected the LTTE triggered the blast via a remote controlled mine they had placed on the road that targeted the water-tanker. It was attempting to deliver drinking water to the Vavuniya police station.
06/18/2006: Six fisherman were killed by The Revolutionary Army Forces of Colombia for violating a fishing ban the group had put in place in Bogota, Colombia.
06/18/2007: A remote-controlled bomb exploded near a pickup truck in northwestern Pakistan Monday, wounding a government official, his two bodyguards and driver.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday evening, in Ashqelon, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired two rockets a  military base, causing no casualties or damage. There was no motive reported and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday near El Geneina, Darfur, Sudan, a convoy of about 1,000 militiamen on camels, horses and in four-wheel-drive vehicles stopped a group of four United Nations-African Union peacekeepers, who were then assaulted and held at gunpoint. One of the staffers was stripped of his belongings, kidnapped briefly and then released by the militiamen on horseback. No group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, 14 people were wounded when a bomb exploded in a taxi in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, Ali and Mohammad Zaid, two members of the Awakening Council, were kidnapped in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. The bodies of the brothers were found shot to death three days later. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, at 1100, four police were killed and three others were injured when a roadside bomb struck a van of border police force in Ali Sher, Khost, Afghanistan. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, at 1330, in Saravan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Iran, armed assailants fired upon and killed a judge.  Jundullah claimed responsibility.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, at 2030, Getam Apang, son of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang, and his music teacher were abducted near his residence in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The family received a phone call from the abductors, who are suspected militants, but no information was released. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction and no casualties were reported.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, eight people were wounded when a car crammed with explosives went off in the Al Karama neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, in Jamila, Diyala, Iraq, armed assailants kidnapped Mahmoud al-Dwadi, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan member, and later fired on and killed the victim. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, in Kufr Aza, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired two rockets near a military base, causing no reported casualties or damages. Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades claimed responsibility.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, in Sederot, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired between eight and 21 rockets at a community, causing no casualties and damaging a house. There was no motive reported and the Al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-J) militants abducted Lila Prasad Lamichhane, an employee of Surya Nepal Pvt. Ltd Tobacco Company, from Dumarwana-8 in Bara district, Narayani province, Nepal. Later that night, Lamichhane's body was recovered near the Dudhaura River in Bara district with a bullet injury in his forehead. The JTMM-J district leader claimed responsibility for the incident on the telephone after the murder transpired.
06/18/2008: On Wednesday, Jif Yare, the commander of western capital police department, was killed when his convoy drove over a land mine planted by unknown insurgents on 21st October Street in Mogadishu, Banaadir province, Somalia. The commander's vehicle, which was destroyed from the explosion, was part of a motorcade of vehicles guarding the convoys of the Somali president who arrived in Mogadishu from Djibouti. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/18/2009: On Thursday at 1200 noon, in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on the Kabul Shah Road, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device planted on a motorbike in front of the Tawazon Company office, killing one civilian, one child, injuring three civilians, and damaging the office. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that the Taliban was involved.
06/18/2009: On Thursday morning at 0700, in As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian car, wounding a man and his son and damaging the car. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2009: On Thursday morning at about 0900, an Al Shabaab suicide car bomber killed 54 people, including the Somali Security Minister and a former Ambassador to Ethiopia, at a hotel in Beledweyne, Somalia. Also, 62 people were injured in the bombing. The Medina Hotel was extensively damaged.
06/18/2009: On Thursday morning at approximately 0900, in Pul-i-Alchen, Archi, Konduz, Afghanistan, assailants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device targeting a vehicle of the Mercy Corps, an American non-governmental organization (NGO), injuring four Afghan NGO workers and damaging the vehicle. A Taliban spokesman warned they would continue to target workers associated with any foreign organization having political goals, but not those involved in humanitarian activities. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/18/2009: On Thursday morning, in central As Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the motorcade transporting Ahmad Zarkoushi, the city's mayor, in the al-Asri neighborhood, wounding eight people, including the mayor and damaging two motorcade vehicles. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2009: On Thursday night at about 2245, in Asadly, Calilabad, Azerbaijan, assailants threw grenades and fired at soldiers and border guards at a border checkpoint, killing one soldier, wounding two border guards and reportedly killing an unknown amount of civilians. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Forest Brothers were responsible.
06/18/2009: On Thursday night, in Yala province, an unknown number of militants shot dead a 29-year-old man as he returned home from evening prayers at a mosque before dumping his body on a village road. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2009: On Thursday, in Bakwa, Farah, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a passenger vehicle, injuring four civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/18/2009: On Thursday, in Jaud, Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, destroying a gas pipeline but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2009: On Thursday, in Yala province, separatists shot two Muslim males while they ate dinner, a 21-year-old who died at the scene and a 16-year-old who died later at a local hospital. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2009: On Thursday, mortar shells landed on a mosque in Mogadishu's north Karan district and killed 12 people. Many others were injured. No groups claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2009: On Thursday, near Goaltore, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants with sharp weapons assaulted and killed four Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) was responsible.
06/18/2009: On Thursday, near Palur village, in Koraput, Orissa, India, assailants detonated two landmine improvised explosive devices near a police vehicle, killing nine police officers, eight belonging to the Orissa Special Security Force and one belonging to Orissa State Armed Police, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/18/2010: On Friday afternoon at 1545, in Tozkhurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. The bomb targeted the residence of a Salah ad Din Provincial Council member, killing 18 civilians, wounding 61 others, ten children, destroying the residence and damaging several others. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
06/18/2010: On Friday night at 0045, in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified gunmen fired automatic rifles at a Volga car owned by the Russian Defense Ministry on Alferova Street, occupied by three officers of the Federal Security Service military counter-intelligence department, killing the chief of the department and wounding the other two. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2010: On Friday night, at about 0300, in Samarra, Salah ad Din, Iraq, an armed assailant fired upon and killed a translator. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that Ansar al-Islam (AI) was responsible.
06/18/2010: On Friday night, in one of two related attacks, in Kayanza, Kayanza Province, Burundi, unidentified assailants threw a grenade into a bar, injuring 17 people. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, although it was widely believed that the ex-rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group was responsible.
06/18/2010: On Friday night, in one of two related attacks, in Kayanza, Kayanza Province, Burundi, unknown assailants threw a grenade into a butcher shop, injuring three people. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, although it was widely believed that the ex-rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group was responsible.
06/18/2010: On Friday night, in Rubira, Mpanda, Makamba, Burundi, unknown assailants threw grenades at a police patrol. No damages or casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack but the National Liberation Forces (FNL) is suspected.
06/18/2010: On Friday, in Al Hudaydah, Al Hudaydah, Yemen, assailants attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Safer-Ras Elisa oil pipeline, but were stopped when authorities intervened before the assailants were able to detonate the IED. There were no casualties or damage and no group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that members of the Abidah tribe were responsible.
06/18/2010: On Friday, in Dibrugarh, Assam, India, assailants attacked a Bajrangpur tea estate by unknown means, damaging the business but causing no casualties. Intelligence sources said the attack by a group of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) cadres was an attempt by the group to recover lost ground in the district. The assailants attempted to kill the manager, Indra Kumar Baruah, for refusing to pay the RS 10 lakh extortion demanded in January. No group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2010: On Friday, in Korangi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified assailants shot and killed a local leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), Amir Siddiqui. No group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2010: On Friday, in Sheikh Mohalla, Mawach Goth in Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified men on motorcycles threw a low intensity explosive at the Pakistan People’s Party’s office PS-90. The attack was meant to harass people as the attackers had attached pebbles with a rifle cartridge. There were no casualties or damages reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2010: On Friday, in the Craigavon area of County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, unidentified militants threw a pipe bomb at the Brownlow police station which failed to explode and was subsequently defused by police. The attack caused no casualties or damages and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2010: On Friday, in the Mu'alimin district of Baquba, Diyala, Baghdad, a car bomb wounded at least 30 people. The device exploded near a police captain's house, wounding six members of his family and shattering windows of nearby homes. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2011: On Saturday evening around 2045, at the Starlight Karaoke Bar along the national highway in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, Maguidanao, Philippines, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device constructed from an 81-millimeter mortar shell. Five female employees, identified as Elenita Alesna, Noraida Lagiya, Glaiza Caday, Noraya Raiz and Rosalie Lakim, were injured and the attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2011: On Saturday morning, in Lubuk Linggau, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia, a parcel improvised explosive device sent by unidentified militants detonated inside at a Supermarket, wounding at least one person identified as the store owner, Hindra Sumarjono. According to police, Sumarjono received a package that was approximately 15 x 20 centimeters containing the device with a return address in Jakarta on Friday afternoon. Sumarjono received wounds to his stomach after opening the package upon reaching his office on Saturday morning. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, it is possible the victim was identified as an infidel and that was the reason for the attack. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the store and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. According to police, the sender may have links to the Singaporean Fajar Taslim network. Police were looking for an unidentified person described as 165 centimeters in height, dark-skinned, with hair parted in the middle and with a thin mustache in connection with the parcel.
06/18/2011: On Saturday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, three unidentified militants armed with pistols fired upon and executed two teenagers, Mohamed Abubakar and Adil Mohamed Hussein, who were accused of spying for the Somalia government. The militant group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement given by one of their judges, Sheikh Dahir Ahmed Omar.
06/18/2011: On Saturday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants planted an improvised explosive device that would later be discovered by police forces and attempted to be defused. The bomb detonated when the police attempted to defuse it. A policeman with the rank of captain was killed, three other policemen were wounded, and an unknown amount of property damages was caused. No group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2011: On Saturday, in the district of Wanlawayn in Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, unidentified militants took hostage nine people by unknown means that had been accused of using drugs; no casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group al-Shabaab was suspected.
06/18/2011: On Saturday, in the New Baghdad neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown militants carrying silenced weapons, shot and killed a Baghdad municipal employee. No group claimed responsibility.
06/18/2012: A civilian vehicle struck an explosive device planted along a road in Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Eight people were killed and another five injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
06/18/2012: A suicide bomber attacked the vehicle of Major General Salem Ali al-Quton in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. In addition to the bomber, the commander of the southern military region and two of his guards were killed in the blast. Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was in retaliation for the Yemeni military's operations against AQAP.
06/18/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a government official's house as a university bus carrying Shia students passed by in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. In addition to the bomber, at least four people were killed and another 40 injured in the blast. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: A suicide bomber detonated at a funeral ceremony for a Shia tribal leader in the Shefta neighborhood of downtown Baquba, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 14 people were killed and approximately 40 others injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Iraqi security officials attributed the attack to Al-Qa'ida in Iraq (AQI).
06/18/2012: An assailant attempted to bomb a natural gas pipeline in Plano, Texas, United States. The assailant was critically injured when the explosive device detonated prematurely. Additionally, the pipeline was also damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources note that Anson Chi identified as part of the anti-government Sovereign Citizen movement.
06/18/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated as a police vehicle passed by in the Sariab area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated in central Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. A police officer and civilian were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: An explosive device detonated at a bazaar in the Tagab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Six people, including an Afghan police commander, were killed and another 17 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/18/2012: An explosive device detonated at a bus stand in Sadda area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: An explosive device detonated in the Nawabad area of Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) logistics convoy in Bakwa district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Three convoy guards were injured and three oil tankers were set ablaze in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: Assailants attacked a police security post in Daulena district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Three police officers and four attackers were injured in the clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: Assailants attacked a Turkish military convoy in Hatay city, Hatay province, Turkey. One soldier was killed and another three injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/18/2012: Assailants attacked police and military installations in the Gwange area of Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks that occurred on the same day. At least 25 people were killed, including five security officers, and an unknown number injured in the assaults. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2012: Assailants attacked police and military installations in the Sabo Pegi area of Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks that occurred on the same day. At least 25 people were killed, including five security officers, and an unknown number injured in the assaults. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2012: Assailants attacked State Security Services headquarters in the Pompomari area of Damaturu city, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks that occurred on the same day. At least 25 people were killed, including five security officers, and an unknown number injured in the assaults. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2012: Assailants detonated explosives and opened fire on an Israeli construction convoy near the Israeli-Egyptian border in Southern, Israel. Three people were killed in the incident, including one Israeli construction worker and two of the three attackers. The group Mujahedeen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Israeli officials accused Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) of carrying out the attack.
06/18/2012: Assailants launched a rocket that exploded at the Hof Ashkelon regional council offices in Southern, Israel. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: Assailants launched two rockets at Bagram Airfield in Parvan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on Zahid Hasan Rana in Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Rana, a candidate for the municipal corporation elections, was critically wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2012: Assailants stormed the Tunisian consulate in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties, as Libyan officials successfully negotiated with the assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source indicated that the assailants were protesting an art exhibition in Tunisia that they alleged insulted the religion of Islam.
06/18/2012: Three assailants in Afghan police uniforms threw a grenade and opened fire on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One soldier from the United States was killed and another eight soldiers wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: A car bomb detonated as an Iraqi army vehicle passed by in Al-Ghufran area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Ten people, including two soldiers, were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered in Springhill Park neighborhood, Strabane city, Strabane district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Police successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint next to the Habib ibn al-Mudhaher mosque in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the mosque on this day. Thirty-one people were killed, including the bombers, and 57 were wounded across the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2013: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a funeral procession of Haji Abdullah in Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The explosion targeted members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly, particularly Imran Khan Mohmand, a recently elected constituent. Thirty-four people were killed and at least 43 were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: A suicide bomber detonated inside of the Habib ibn al-Mudhaher mosque in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated attacks at the mosque on this day, in which the first suicide bomber distracted security so the second bomber could enter the mosque. Thirty-one people were killed, including the bombers, and 57 were wounded across the two blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2013: A suicide bomber detonated targeting Hajji Mohammad Muaqiq's convoy in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Muaqiq, a member of parliament and a former vice president, was not harmed; however, three civilians were killed and 24 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated as a Narathiwat Task Force 35 patrol passed by in Sungai Padi district of Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reports of injuries in the attack; however, a roadside bus shelter was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated in Abu-Ja'far al-Mansur Square, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four civilians were wounded in the blast, which also caused damage to nearby property. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated in an unknown location of Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six others wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in Krong Pinang village, Yala province, Thailand. One officer was killed and seven were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspect a sect led by Aba Jeh-ali.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated outside the house of Alamgir Khalil, a former Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) of the Awami National Party (ANP), in Pushtakhara area, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured; however, the gate of the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources state that Khalil may have been receiving extortion demands.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting soldiers protecting teachers in Mayo district, Pattani province, Thailand. One soldier, Muhammad Wattanabamrung, was killed, while one other soldier and a child were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Saladin police chief, Brigadier Jum'a Enad Saadoun, in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reports of injuries in the attack; however, one vehicle was damaged by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: An explosive device detonated while a car was passing by in Dujail area, south of Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and two more were wounded in this attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/18/2013: Approximately forty gunmen attacked a rubber plantation in Camarangan area, Esperanza municipality, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. Five caretakers for the company were bound and killed. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the attack. A spokesperson for the New People's Army (NPA) stated the group targeted the Shennalyne Corporation because it was engaging in logging activities which were deemed illegal and were destroying the environment. Furthermore, the spokesperson stated that the workers were killed because they were identified as being members of the Wild Dog anti-communist group and had engaged in human rights violations.
06/18/2013: Assailants attacked a Khasadar Force security checkpoint in Haider Khel village, North Waziristan Agency (NWA), Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two Khasadar Force members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Assailants fired two rockets at Bagram airbase in Bagram city, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Four North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers from the United States (US) were killed in the attack and an unknown number of NATO soldiers were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) official in Maripur area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The official was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Assailants set a fire outside of Masjid-e-Noor mosque in Gloucester city, Gloucestershire county, England, United Kingdom. No injuries were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, two individuals, Clive Ceronne and Ashley Juggins, were arrested in connection with the attack. Authorities believe that the attack was a response to the killing of a British soldier, Lee Rigby, in May, 2013.
06/18/2013: Assailants set fire to a mobile phone tower in Abdulkhel area, Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. This was one of six similar attacks on the same day on towers belonging to Roshan, MTN and Etisalat. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, security personnel guarding the towers were kidnapped then released following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Assailants shot and killed a retired army officer, Major Pradit Sangsorn, in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Assailants threw a petrol bomb in Short Strand neighborhood, Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. A young girl was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary rangers in Kapo district, Pattani province, Thailand. One ranger, Chakrapol Suwannakut, was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however police attributed the attack to southern separatists.
06/18/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the car of the Kismaayo deputy governor in Kismaayo village, Lower Jubba region, Somalia. The deputy governor was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Gunmen opened fire on unspecified targets in the Abra neighborhood of Sidon village, South, Lebanon. One person was killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities described the perpetrators as Muslim fundamentalists and followers of Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir, and speculated that the attack was likely in response to Hezbollah's intervention in Syria.
06/18/2013: Mortar shells fired from an unknown location struck a base of the 48th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Iraq Army in Al-Sukkariyah area, Baiji town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Seven Iraqi soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Two assailants detonated an explosive device then opened fire on a cafe in Baksanskiy district, Kabardino-Balkar republic, Russia. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2013: Two suicide bombers attempted to blow up a polling station in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Security forces shot and killed the attackers before they could detonate their explosives. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police sources said the two attackers were wanted members of Al-Qai da in Iraq.
06/18/2014: A pipe bomb was discovered and safely defused in New Lodge area, Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: A rocket struck near government buildings in the center of Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two rocket attacks in the city on the same day. At least 12 people, including seven police officers, were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2014: A rocket struck Shawaf street in the center of Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two rocket attacks in the city on the same day. At least 12 people, including seven police officers, were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Pul-i-Sangi area, near Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the suicide bomber, two police officers were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: An explosive device attached to a fuel tanker detonated in Surkhakan area, Qarghayi district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of a hospital employee detonated near the Keysaney hospital in Karaan area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. A doctor was killed and seven other people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
06/18/2014: An explosive device detonated after a military patrol had passed by in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two more soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Miranda municipality, Cauca department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attempted bombing to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
06/18/2014: Assailants abducted 20 civilians in Jameeca village, Bay region, Somalia. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Al-Shabaab.
06/18/2014: Assailants abducted 40 civilians from Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Eight of the captives were released within an hour; the outcome for the remaining abductees is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: Assailants abducted and assaulted Watareka Vijitha Thero in Colombo city, Western province, Sri Lanka. Thero, a Buddhist monk, was released the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Buddhist monks.
06/18/2014: Assailants abducted Nadiya Savchenko and imprisoned her near Shchastya, Luhansk, Ukraine. Savchenko, a Ukrainian Air Force pilot, was transferred to a Russian prison on an unknown date and released on May 25, 2016. The Luhansk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2014: Assailants attacked an unknown number of military bases in Saqlawiyah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/18/2014: Assailants attacked K.P. Suresh Kumar, the Hindu Munnani general secretary, in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India. Kumar was killed in the assault. At least three members of Al Ummah claimed responsibility for committing the attack.
06/18/2014: Assailants attacked the oil refinery in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least 40 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/18/2014: Assailants attacked the tomb of Mohamed Bey at the Sahaba mosque in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties; however, the tomb was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/18/2014: Assailants kidnapped 15 Shia civilians in Pirwajli village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The bodies of the abductees were discovered later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/18/2014: Assailants kidnapped 40 Indian workers in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Approximately 39 hostages were killed while the final hostage escaped on June 22, 2014. The 39 bodies were discovered in a mass grave on March 21, 2018. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/18/2014: Assailants kidnapped three members of the Shabak community in Jazeer district, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The bodies of two of the abductees were found the next day; the outcome for the remaining captive is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/18/2014: Assailants launched a rocket at a civilian residence on a kibbutz near Sderot town in Shaar HaNegev region, Southern district, Israel. There were no reported casualties; however, the residence was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: Assailants launched rockets at the Benina International Airport in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on aerial targets on June 18, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) and sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have been involved in the attack.
06/18/2014: Assailants launched rockets at the Tubruq Air Force base in Tubruq city, Butnan district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on aerial targets on June 18, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) and sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have been involved in the attack.
06/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on a family of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at their residence in Bakro Banda area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Eight people were killed and one other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) base in Lafoole area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ali al-Sharafi in Sanaa city, Saba district, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Sharafi, a senior intelligence officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Asey Hassan Hayle in Wada Jir district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Hayle, a senior official of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
06/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Gulnar at her residence in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Gulnar, a female singer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: Assailants opened fire on Tahira Asif in Allama Iqbal town, Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Asif, a Pakistan National Assembly member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: Assailants stormed Sha'lan al-Karim's residence in Dujail area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Karim, a member of parliament, was not harmed in the attack, although three security guards were injured. In addition, the assailants detonated explosives, damaging the house. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/18/2014: Assailants threw grenades at a police reserve complex in Dimalgaon village, Assam state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).
06/18/2014: Assailants threw two grenades at a police post in Tauheedahad area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2014: Two explosive devices detonated in Ghazaliyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and nine people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and other assailants attacked a building hosting a political conference in Adado town, Galguduud region, Somalia. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a police officer in Arish town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. The police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated in Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near produce shops in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated near the residence of a former nazim in Norar area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Taji district, Saladin, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Sahwa Council members in Zaidan village, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two members were killed and two more members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: An explosive device was defused after it was discovered planted under a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) vehicle in Glenrandel area, Eglinton town, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to The New Irish Republican Army.
06/18/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Shamlan area, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants abducted a civilian from the Mawlai - Motsiyar Block-I area, Shillong city, Meghalaya state, India. The civilian was released shortly after the kidnapping. The Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants abducted Malek Afzal from Mashwanay village, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Afzal, an Afghan National Solidarity Program (NSP) district head, was found dead on June 19, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants abducted Prasanta Kumar from Udalguri district, Assam state, India. Kumar, a journalist, was tortured and released later on the same day. The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants attacked a Huthi-held police station in Adan governorate, Yemen. Fifteen Huthis were killed and at least 24 others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen).
06/18/2015: Assailants attacked a military base in Gedweyne village, Gedo region, Somalia. At least 12 people, including soldiers and assailants, were killed and six soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants attacked government buildings in Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Twenty-six people were killed and nine others were killed in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Musa Qala on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Katsak village, Jemaa district, Kaduna state, Nigeria. This is one of two similar raids in the area on the same night. At least 13 people were killed and 15 people were injured across both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2015: Assailants attacked residents in Ungwan Danborno village, Birnin Gwari district, Kaduna state, Nigeria. This is one of two similar raids in the area on the same night. At least 13 people were killed and 15 people were injured across both raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2015: Assailants fired a rocket that landed and detonated in Tishrin neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least eight people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven others were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a military camp in Mazraha area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Five soldiers were killed and five others were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers in Marinka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/18/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Amiriyat al-Fallujah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and 12 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants kidnapped two NGO workers and their driver from Ishasha road, near Ishasha area, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. One of the victims was released later the same day; the whereabouts of the remaining two victims remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Pamalian area, Shariff Saydona Mustapha town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Four people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
06/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Khassadar official in Jamrud town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The official was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Purok Manga area, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. Two assailants were killed and 10 others, including five assailants and five soldiers, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/18/2015: Assailants set fire to a health clinic in Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. This was one of two related attacks in Musa Qala on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2015: Assailants set fire to construction equipment in Himagtocon village, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2015: Assailants set fire to the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha area, Northern district, Israel. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolt.
06/18/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at civilians in Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Marie province, Burundi. Three civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2015: Assailants threw explosive devices at a factory in Damas village, Meghalaya state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Achik Matgrik Elite Force (AMEF).
06/18/2015: Security forces discovered and defused five explosive devices planted along the Arish-Rafah road, Arish district, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a People's Union of Kurdistan (PUK) building in Tuz Khormatu, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least three people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: An assailant attempted to assassinate presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The assailant was arrested as he tried to remove a gun from the holster of a police officer. Michael Steven Sandford claimed responsibility for the incident. Sandford stated that he targeted Trump because he believed "somebody had to stand up for America" and told the Secret Service that he had planned for over a year to assassinate Trump.
06/18/2016: An explosive device detonated at a pier in Sabarang subdistrict, Pattani, Thailand. There were no reported casualties but two boats were damaged in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks on piers in Muang district during a five-minute span. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2016: An explosive device detonated at the Pramongsiripong pier in Bana subdistrict, Pattani, Thailand. There were no reported casualties but two boats were damaged in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks on piers in Muang district during a five-minute span. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2016: An explosive device detonated in Lakhkar Kalay, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Washash, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the residence of Vikas Bansode, a Supreme Court advocate, in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Assailants abducted a civilian at Dimapur Railway Station in Dimapur, Nagaland, India. The hostage was rescued on July 30, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
06/18/2016: Assailants abducted four people, including two education officials, in Ghor province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Taliban may have carried out the attack.
06/18/2016: Assailants attacked the man-made river project in Ajdabiya, Wahat, Libya. At least one person was killed and two others were injured in the attack. The Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Assailants attacked the residence of Muhammad Ali in Hargeysa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia. Ali, the Somali Ministry of Interior minister, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Assailants executed three civilians in Qayyarah, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims had been attempting to flee the area.
06/18/2016: Assailants fired mortars at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Shalan Bood, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks targeting AMISOM bases in Lower Shebelle on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Al-Shabaab.
06/18/2016: Assailants fired mortars at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base near Buufoow, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks targeting AMISOM bases in Lower Shebelle on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Al-Shabaab.
06/18/2016: Assailants fired mortars targeting an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Saberi district, Khost, Afghanistan. One child was killed and one soldier and two civilians were injured in the assault and ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/18/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at a security forces gathering in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Lieutenant Colonel Hashim Isma'il was killed and five other security members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/18/2016: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, Aleppo, Syria. At least six people were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2016: Assailants opened fire and detonated explosive devices at a brick kiln near Mahishaur, Bihar, India. An unspecified number of workers were injured and three vehicles were set on fire in the attack. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded an extortion payment from the kiln owner.
06/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Darzab district, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. Three assailants and one police officer were killed and two assailants and one officer were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on the village council building in Ein Yabus, West Bank. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Assailants opened fire on volunteer fighters in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. At least three volunteers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Assailants raided Logo, Benue, Nigeria. At least 59 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured and reported missing following the assault. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/18/2016: Assailants raided Ugondo, Benue, Nigeria. At least 15 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same night. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/18/2016: Assailants raided Wumbi, Borno, Nigeria. At least two people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/18/2016: Assailants threw 20 petrol bombs at a guard booth outside the Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: At least six explosive devices were discovered and defused along Arish-Sheikh Zuweid International Road near Al-Khorouba, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2016: Security forces discovered and defused 10 explosive devices in Baghlan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Security forces shot and killed a suicide bomber on an explosives-laden motorcycle in Logar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2016: Volunteer fighters discovered and attempted to defuse an explosives-rigged house in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. The device detonated, killing four volunteers in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: A female suicide bomber detonated at a house in Kofa, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated suicide attacks in Kofa on this date. In addition to the assailant, five civilians were killed in this blast. At least 11 people were also injured across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
06/18/2017: A female suicide bomber detonated at a mosque in Kofa, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated suicide attacks in Kofa on this date. In addition to the assailant, seven civilians were killed in this blast. At least 11 people were also injured across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
06/18/2017: A sniper shot and killed a civilian in western Taizz, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
06/18/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Hawr Rajab, Baghdad, Iraq. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Diraz, Northern, Bahrain. One police officer was killed and two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Nepali Congress Party (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-Maoist Centre) candidates near an election office in Gajehada, Province 5, Nepal. At least 12 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: An explosives-rigged house detonated targeting police personnel in Old City neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Seven police officers were killed and 20 officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants abducted a Kenyan adviser for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) in Kart-e Char, Kabul, Afghanistan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants abducted Man Kumar Patangwa, a Nepali Congress Party (NC) ward member candidate, from Khejenim, Province 1, Nepal. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand).
06/18/2017: Assailants abducted two education officials from a mosque in Pashtun Zarghun, Herat, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of the hostages are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban, which denied involvement.
06/18/2017: Assailants ambushed a military patrol in Marabatuan, Davao Occidental, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/18/2017: Assailants attacked a police vehicle and set fire to an abandoned police post in Goiribus, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
06/18/2017: Assailants attacked military forces in Wajiro, Borno, Nigeria. Three soldiers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/18/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on a police vehicle in Maadi neighborhood, Cairo, Egypt. At least two police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the attack. The Hasam Movement claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the Egyptian government transferring ownership of two islands to Saudi Arabia.
06/18/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on military forces in Ajos, Quezon, Philippines. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, two soldiers were injured in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date; this second incident targeted military personnel responding to the scene of an earlier attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Assailants executed 30 civilians 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 stated that the victims were accused of leaving ISIL-controlled areas.
06/18/2017: Assailants executed four civilians near 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 stated that the victims were accused of working with security personnel.
06/18/2017: Assailants fired a rocket at the residence of Sardar Akhtar Mengal in Wadh, Balochistan, Pakistan. Mengal, a Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2017: Assailants fired a rocket into Mazrah, Saladin, Iraq. One civilian was killed and another civilian was injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants fired artillery at eastern Taizz, Yemen. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
06/18/2017: Assailants fired projectiles at Djiboutian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) bases in Bulobarde, Hiiraan, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military convoy in Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) patrol near Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five assailants were killed and two Nepali peacekeepers were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Mayi Mayi militia.
06/18/2017: Assailants opened fire on military forces in Pagan Pequino, Davao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/18/2017: Assailants raided a Globe Telecom cell site in Tuhian, Quezon, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, though two power generators were set on fire in the assault. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Assailants raided a police station in Maasin district, Iloilo, Philippines. There were no reported casualties, although nine police officers were tied up and weapons were stolen during the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the police station was targeted because police officers were extorting money from small businesses.
06/18/2017: Assailants raided an unknown number of villages near Ngouroge, Taraba, Nigeria. There were an unknown number of casualties and approximately 120 houses were set on fire in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants raided Gumsuri, Borno, Nigeria. At least 12 assailants and five civilians were killed in the attack and ensuing clash with volunteer fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/18/2017: Assailants raided the Kangaba Le Campement resort in Dougourakoro, Koulikoro, Mali. At least five people were killed in the assault and 32 people were held hostage for several hours before being rescued by security forces, who killed four assailants. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed Haji Murad, a tribal elder, in Tash Qala, Faryab, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban, which denied responsibility.
06/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed Sinong Abiding Yala, a village head, in Kabang district, Yala, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Assailants shot and killed two tax officers at a barbershop in Suuq Boocle area, Mogadishu, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/18/2017: Assailants stormed a road maintenance site and set fire to a tractor near Malewahi, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/18/2017: At least three explosives-laden vehicles, intended to target security forces, were discovered and destroyed in Al Shifa neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Four suicide bombers attacked Sidiq air base near Tuz Khormato, Saladin, Iraq. The four assailants detonated after being intercepted by security forces, killing themselves and injuring at least two Peshmerga soldiers. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Security forces arrested an assailant planting an explosive device in Kidawa, Compostela Valley, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/18/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-rigged houses in Anah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in Anah district on this date in which seven explosives-rigged houses were defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-rigged houses in Rawah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in Anah district on this date in which seven explosives-rigged houses were defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Al-Wadi Al-Akhdar, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in Al Anbar on the same day in which six explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Anah district, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in Al Anbar on the same day in which six explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Hadithah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in Al Anbar on the same day in which six explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Wadi Ghaydah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of four similar incidents in Al Anbar on the same day in which six explosives-laden vehicles were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/18/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attempting to target police personnel in Bab al-Toub neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting civilians in Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Security forces intercepted and arrested two female suicide bombers targeting an internally displaced persons camp in Kofa, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated suicide attacks in Kofa on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
06/18/2017: Six assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked a police headquarters in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan. At least 12 people, including the six assailants and six police officers were killed, and 12 people, including civilians, were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/18/2017: Two female suicide bombers detonated near an internally displaced persons camp in Kofa, Borno, Nigeria. This was one of four coordinated suicide attacks in Kofa on this date. The two assailants were killed in this blast. At least 11 people were also injured across three of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
06/19/1998: Five men with automatic rifles ambushed a group of Hindu revelers returning from a wedding in Chapnali, Kashmir, India, killing 25 people and injuring six. The gunmen emerged from the woods as the wedding party was resting by a stream. Police officials blamed Pakistan-backed Islamic separatists. None of Kashmir's separatist groups claimed responsibility.
06/19/1999: Four members of the Communal Guard were killed and seventeen others were injured when a home-made bomb exploded as the victims walked by in Ighzer Oumezian, Algeria. The perpetrators of this incident were not known.
06/19/1999: In Nigeria, youths suspected to be Ijaws attacked the town of Kantu, an Itsekiri community. The attack left five dead, including a junior ranking military officer. Additionally, a four year-old boy was kidnapped, and several houses were burned or vandalized.
06/19/1999: One-thousand National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels equipped with reportedly highly sophisticated firepower attacked the city of Caala in Huambo province, Angola. The attack was repelled by the Angolan Armed Forces. Ten civilians and twenty UNITA members were killed, sixteen civilians were wounded, and two UNITA rebels were captured in the attack.
06/19/1999: The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) attacked thirty Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel of the C Company, 113 Battalion at Tanse Hill near Cotblang village, Pidie province, Indonesia. Five TNI soldiers were injured in the attack.
06/19/1999: Unidentified armed bandits, suspected to be from neighboring Chad and Niger, killed over 100 people in Taraba state, Nigeria. Over 200 victims received treatment at the Taraba state hospital in Jalingo. Reports noted that nursing mothers and babies were primarily affected by the attack, suffering serious wounds that were inflicted by machetes.
06/19/2000: Between six and ten armed gunmen kidnapped the politician, Guillermo Leon Valencia, the brother of one of the Colombian government’s lead negotiators, after a high-speed car chase and gunfight with his bodyguards in Medellin, Colombia. The group behind the kidnapping was not known.
06/19/2000: The Merc Uhana, a Sri Lankan cargo ship to Jaffna, was damaged by an explosive laden suicide boat belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) off the Mullaithivu coast. No one was killed as a result of the attack.
06/19/2001: Three nearly simultaneous, powerful car bombs exploded outside a court building, prosecutor's office and police station in Gudermes, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Chechnya's capital Grozny. Two people died and at least 35 were injured in the attack committed by Chechen Rebels (non-specific).
06/19/2001: Two bombs containing fertilizer and gasoline and connected to detonators triggered by cell phones were left at the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, around 4:00am by a member of the Free Vietnam Movement.  The police successfully defused both bombs and no one was injured.  Following the incident, the man who planted the bombs, along with two other members of the Free Vietnam Movement, were arrested and confessed to their involvement in the attack.  While two of the men were Vietnamese, a third man had dual citizenship in the United States and Vietnam, and the fourth man, a United States citizen, fled to the U.S. before authorities could capture him.
06/19/2002: A suicide bomber killed himself and 6 others at a bus stop in the Jewish settlement of French Hill in East Jerusalem. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2002: The director of the Georgian Argobusinessbank, a British national, was kidnapped in Tbilisi by criminals dressed in police uniforms.
06/19/2003: A suicide bomber belonging to al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, walked into a grocery store in Sdeh Trumot in the north of Israel and detonated explosives he was carrying in a large black bag. The explosion killed the owner of a grocery shop. Israeli police believed that the bomb detonated prematurely.
06/19/2004: 14 Armed Police Force personnel and 4 civilians were killed when suspected Maoist Communist Center guerrillas launched an attack at armed police patrol team in western Nepal. There are no reports of injuries from the attack.
06/19/2004: Four policemen died when a car bomb exploded on a highway in the southern Colombian province of Caqueta. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2004: In the capital of Yala province in Thailand, two remote control bombs were detonated at a Chinese-style pavilion in a public park, causing minor injuries to four policemen. The first bomb exploded with no casualties, but the police went to the scene to collect evidence and the second bomb exploded 11 minutes later, wounding four of them. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2004: The Taliban attacked the town of Mizan in Zabol Province [southern Afghanistan] and killed two Afghan soldiers. No one else was injured in the attack.
06/19/2005: A suicide bomber detonated in the Ibn Zanbour restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq and killed 23 people. The number of injured and the amount of damage was not reported. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack on the restaurant, which was frequented by Iraqi police and soldiers due to its proximity to the Green Zone. The claim was not verified by authorities.
06/19/2005: Eight people were killed when Maoist rebels attacked government headquarters in Diktel in the Khotang district of Nepal. The guerillas set fire to government offices and freed 66 prisoners from the prison in the five hour gun battle with security forces. They also stole medicines worth Rs 80,000 in Nepali currency and kidnapped eight senior government officials. Three of the eight killed were Maoists. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
06/19/2005: Near Kotrapal Village, Dantewara, Chhattisgarh, India, perpetrators attacked villagers with land mines, firearms, and bows and arrows, killing eight civilians and injuring approximately 100 more. The attack was staged against approximately 3000 villagers who were meeting to boycott the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M), who had just imposed a ban that was affecting tribal income. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was widely believed that the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M) was responsible.
06/19/2005: Palestinian militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and those affiliated with the Fatah movement shot at soldiers and civilians performing engineering work near an Israeli military post in the Gaza Strip in Palestine. They later fired rockets at the army post and injured three Israeli soldiers. One of the militants was killed by a soldier while another militant escaped.
06/19/2006: A police officer was injured in armed attack in Istanbul, Turkey. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/19/2006: Suspected Taliban-linked militants killed 32 family members and loyalists of Dad Mohammad, a lawmaker and former intelligence chief Helmand province in south Afghanistan. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/19/2007: A truck bomber attacked a revered Shi i shrine in the heart of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, killing at least 78 people and wounding more than 200.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/19/2007: An unknown number of suspected insurgents early Tuesday ambushed soldiers and local militiamen after launching arson attacks at two schools and a government building in Thailand's southern province of Pattani, killing a soldiers and injuring four others.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/19/2007: Assailants ambushed a U.N. convoy on the main Kabul-Kandahar highway in Afghanistan, killing two Afghan guards, wounding another and damaging two vehicles.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/19/2008: On Thursday evening, a bomb planted on a Mercedes car parked near Hotel Guhaad exploded killing the owner of the hotel, Galkayo businessman Abdirisak Mohamed, and injuring two others in the town of Galkayo, Mudug province, Somalia. Abdirisak "Ka Warkabe" Mohamed also served as a clan peacemaker. Three suspects were arrested by police in the state of Puntland on 06/20/2008 on Friday. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/19/2008: On Thursday night in southern Niger Delta, Nigeria, armed youth blew up a Nigerian oil pipeline operated by U.S. Chevron, cutting more output from the world's eighth largest oil exporter. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, a Muslim man and his three year old son were killed by four men using M-16 rifles near a rubber plantation in an unknown district of Yala province, Thailand. The man, who was taking his family to work at the rubber plantation, was believed to be an army informant. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, an adhesive bomb stuck to a civilian car, a Nissan Sunny, exploded at the Al Hamza intersection near the Sadr offices in Bayaa, Ninawa, Iraq. One civilian was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, an explosive charge went off near Al Mustansiriya University in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties resulted from the blast and no group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, at 0800, a roadside bomb exploded near Al Mowal restaurant on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, at 2300, suspected militants opened fire at the residence of Salam Joy, a member of the state legislative assembly from Wangoi Assemnly Constituency, at Samurou in Wangoi, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no one was injured.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, Ghulam Mohiudin Malik was injured when a shell exploded in his house in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, gunmen blew up two houses in Ashti neighborhood in Al Sa'diyah, Diyala, Iraq. Both houses were empty when they were blown up with a remote control but a civilian passing by was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta fighters attacked a Chevron supply vessel after attacking the Royal Dutch Shell company in Nigeria. The militants later kidnapped the captain of the vessel. No casualties were reported.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta fighters attacked a Chevron vessel and kidnapped its captain in Nigeria. The purpose behind the kidnapping was to bargain for the release of prisoners held by the government. No casualties were reported.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta fighters attacked the Royal Dutch Shell company's major off-shore platform, Bonga field, in Nigeria. The target was the facilities central control room, however, they were unable to gain access. After leaving the station militants kidnapped a captain from a Chevron vessel. No casualties were reported.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, suspected Sunni Muslim gunmen killed six people, five of whom were truck drivers, and wounded 14 bystanders when they fired at a convoy of 24 trucks carrying food supplies to Shiite villages in northwestern Pakistan. The apparent sectarian attack, which took place on a road in the Kurram tribal region 19 miles west of Parachinar district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas province, Pakistan, was suspected to be carried out as a reaction to the shooting death of a Sunni man in Shalozan Tangi on 06/17/2008. The assailants also set 14 of the trucks on fire and kidnapped eight Shiite Muslim truck drivers following the armed attack. Heavy gunfire between the attackers and the escorting military soldiers forced the gunmen to retreat. The bodies of the eight hostages were later found dumped near a road in the Alizai area of the Kurram tribal region, west of Parachinar district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas province, Pakistan, on the night of 06/22/2008.No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/19/2008: On Thursday, three peasant farmers were injured by the explosion of a mine field installed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in a tobacco field in El Zapato, Ovejas, Sucre, Colombia. The victims were identified as Victor Eduardo Huertas Oveja, Sol Angel Teheran Carpio and Alexander Martinez Villalba.
06/19/2009: On Friday afternoon around 1400, in Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to a motorbike at a taxi stand near a bus stop, killing one civilian, wounding 17 others, and damaging one bus stand. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Balochistan Republican Army was responsible.
06/19/2009: On Friday evening at about 2100, in Dalgate, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, assailants threw a grenade at a tourist bus but missed the target, killing one roadside vegetable vendor and wounding three civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday evening, in the Mu'alimin district of central Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to the car of a health department employee, wounding two people and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday morning at 0905, in Arrigorriaga, Vizkaya/Biscay, Spain, an improvised explosive device exploded as a police chief started his vehicle, killing him and destroying the vehicle. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday morning at approximately 1100, in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan, assailants entered a mosque on the premises of a university, beheading one student and kidnapping one other. The beheaded student was Mohammad Moshtaq, a Kabuli student, and a third year medical student. Mohammad's kidnapped classmate was Abdul Haq. The status of the kidnapped student is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday night, in Bajaur, Pakistan, at two boys’ schools, assailants placed homemade bombs in the schools, destroying the schools completely. No motive was reported and no casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but Taliban militants were blamed.
06/19/2009: On Friday night, in Mamond, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, at a boys’ degree college, assailants placed homemade bombs in the school, destroying the school completely. No casualties or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that the Taliban were responsible.
06/19/2009: On Friday night, in Musakhel, Khowst, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a school, damaging one school. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday, in Bakka Khel, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants fired rockets at an airstrip, damaging one airstrip but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday, in Lal Bazaar area, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, a former militant of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Firdous Ali Dar, was killed while two of his accomplices, Riyaz Ahmadd Bhat and Ghulam Mohammad Ganaie, were injured when an improvised explosive device they had allegedly fabricated exploded in the Lal Bazaar area. Three grenades, one IED, 100 rounds of AK 47, one mobile phone and some burnt Indian currency notes were recovered. The Police also recovered large quantity of crackers from the incident site. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday, in Lalgarh, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, an improvised explosive device was triggered by the Communist Party of India-Maoist cadres and hit the Domkal Sub Divisional Police Officer's car, injuring three officers.
06/19/2009: On Friday, in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria, in an effort to further leverage their negotiations with the government, assailants detonated explosives on oil pipeline run by the Italian firm Eni SpA, damaging the pipeline. No casualties were reported and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, assailants planted two bombs in a bathroom at Jahangirnagar University. The bombs were discovered taped to the sunshade of the bathroom by two workers. They informed the students of the matter who informed the Provost, Associate Professor Khabir Uddin. He sent an on-duty guard, Amjad Hossain, to check the boxes. Hossain took the boxes from the sunshade and threw one of them, which exploded immediately. No casualties or damage were reported. The status of the other bomb is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2009: On Friday, near Lohandiguda village, in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India, assailants fired upon and killed a village council president, Vimal Meshram (42). No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/19/2010: On Saturday evening at about 1800, in Maidan Shahr, Wardak, Afghanistan, unknown assailants attacked a group of civilians by unknown means, killing three former policemen and injuring four other civilians. According to Police Chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai, the victims killed were former policemen. However, a relative identified the victims an active sergeant and the two as constables. The Taliban claimed responsibility; also claiming that the three men killed were policemen.
06/19/2010: On Saturday evening, around 1,050 kilometers south of Manila in Digos City, Davao Del Sur, Philippines, a third journalist, Nestor Bedolido, was shot and killed by an unidentified armed man. Bedolio wrote for weekly Kastigador, had authored a series of articles criticizing a prominent politician in Davao Del Sur province ahead of the May elections. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2010: On Saturday evening, in one of three related attacks, in Jiyan village, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India, assailants fired upon and killed one civilian. According to police, a group of armed ultras barged into the home of Bosko Singh (36) and shot him. No damages were reported in the attack. Pamphlets left by the rebels described the victims as police informers and warned villagers against helping the police. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility.
06/19/2010: On Saturday evening, in one of three related attacks, in Kasiabeda village, Jamsehdpur, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India, assailants fired upon and wounded the president of the public distribution system (PDS) dealers, Ramchandra Mardi, alias Hopan Mardi. No damages were reported in the attack. Pamphlets left by the rebels described the victims as police informers and warned villagers against helping the police. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility.
06/19/2010: On Saturday morning, in Sai Buri, Pattani province, Thailand, two unknown male assailants threw a grenade at the Nuru Lamuttakin Tabing mosque targeting villagers gathered for morning Salah (prayers), injuring one female civilian and two children and damaging the mosque. The event, presided over by Yala governor Krissada Boonraj, combined Buddhist, Islamic and Chinese religious activities aimed at praying for peace and victims killed in insurgent attacks. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believe that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/19/2010: On Saturday night, at about 2300, in an al Hurriyyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting civilians. Two civilians were killed in the attack, four civilians were wounded, and nearby shops were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/19/2010: On Saturday night, in one of five related attacks, in Kayanza, Kayanza Province, Burundi, unidentified assailants threw a grenade at the house of a Burundian National Liberation Forces (FNL) parliament member’s house. The casualties for the attacks were listed cumulatively as one person injured. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the ex-rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group was responsible.
06/19/2010: On Saturday night, on an unreported road in Muang, Pattani, Thailand, unknown armed assailants fired upon a truck using an assault rifle, killing a former paramilitary ranger and his wife, injuring their child, and damaging the truck. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2010: On Saturday, authorities responded to a call from a concerned civilian who claimed a suspicious man dropped off a box in the wooded area in the road near El Cortijo that leads to Galindo in Huila, Neiva, Colombia. The arrival of the officers forced the assailants to flee, abandoning the box which police discovered contained explosives that were intended to disrupt public order during elections. The improvised explosive device was composed of two canisters of pentolite, a grenade, 181 cartridges, three hollow charges, two Indugel bars, two anti-personnel mines and a pound of tar. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the 17th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible.
06/19/2010: On Saturday, in the Al-Tawahi district of the port city of Aden, Yemen, gunmen have killed thirteen people, including 10 members of security forces, and wounded 12 civilians in an attack on an intelligence headquarters. There was a heavy exchange of gunfire at the scene. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2010: On Saturday, in the rural area of La Guayacana, Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia, members of the Daniel Aldana Mobile Column from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), blew up an electrical tower with dynamite, disrupting service to the municipality and surrounding areas. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/19/2010: On Saturday, in the western Harithiya district of Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a car, wounding three civilians and damaging the car. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2010: On Saturday, in Tres Bocas, Tibu, Colombia, an improvised explosive device was detonated against electric tower #54. The explosion damaged the tower and interrupted electric service to the towns of Tres Bocas, Petrolea, and La llana, but caused no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2011: On Sunday afternoon around 1400, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, a civilian at a bus stop on Moskovskaya Street located a suspicious package containing a cell phone and wires. The individual called police, who dispatched sappers to the scene. Sappers disabled the improvised explosive device by detonating it at the location. An investigation of the device later revealed the bomb had a blast equivalent to one kilogram of TNT. There were no casualties and no group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2011: On Sunday night at 0100, in Nassiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device at the residence of the Chairman of the Energy Committee, Hussein Hassab al-Awad. The front part of the house and a government car were damaged. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2011: On Sunday night, in one of two related attacks, at Zirat Masood village in Safi tehsil of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants opened fired with unknown weapons and tossed hand grenades at the house of Safi Peace Committee member Malik Ghazi Khan, killing one child and wounding five others, including Ghazi. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the house and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Taliban fighters regularly target pro-government tribesmen.
06/19/2011: On Sunday night, in one of two related attacks, at Zirat Masood village in Safi tehsil of Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants opened fired with unknown weapons and tossed hand grenades at the house of Safi Peace Committee member Malik Mohammad Gulab, killing three people, identified as Gulab, and his son and a nephew, Inayatur Rehman and Abdur Rehman. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the house and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Taliban fighters regularly target pro-government tribesmen.
06/19/2011: On Sunday night, near Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown militants opened fire onto the town head of Jadidat al-Shat area, Mezhir Talib, in front of his home. Talib was killed and two of his body guards were wounded in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2011: On Sunday, from a residence in Tuyom village, Cauayan town, Negros Occidental, Philippines, three armed men abducted and later killed a former New People’s Army (NPA) rebel and suspected military informant identified as Rigor Escuras. The armed men, who identified themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, brought the victim to the adjoining sub-village of Buswang, also in Tuyom Village, where he was killed. Escura's body was recovered at 0500 on 06/20/2011 in a sugarcane field in the sub-village of Sitio Tibak in Tuyom. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities claim that the group was under the command of Reneil Celion (Ka Kumpol).
06/19/2011: On Sunday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device attached to a taxi detonated, killing its driver, and wounding three university students who were in the car. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the taxi. No group claimed responsibility.
06/19/2011: On Sunday, in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated an improvised explosive device in the Taru Jabba area damaging a 123KV electric transmission tower and disrupting electricity supply to nearby cities. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2012: A suicide bomber attacked the vehicle of Fahim in the Bazidkel area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Fahim, a former peace committee member, escaped unharmed, as he was not in the car at the time of the attack; however, in addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and another four injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: An assailant on a motorcycle threw a grenade at the house of Abdul Haq Shafaq in Maymana district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One person was injured in the attack; however, Shafaq, the governor of Faryab province, escaped unharmed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: An assailant took four people hostage at a French bank in Toulouse city, Midi-Pyrenees region, France. Two of the hostages were released by the assailants while the other two were rescued after approximately seven hours. Mohamed Merah claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that he was a member of Al-Qaida.
06/19/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and another five wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: An explosive device detonated near the Federal Government Girls' College on Bauchi-Gombe Road in Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. The assailant died from his wounds after the device exploded prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials indicated that, prior to his death, the assailant claimed to be a member of Boko Haram.
06/19/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated, targeting a police vehicle in Lomas de Grenada area, Popayan city, Cauca department, Colombia. One civilian was killed and seven police officers injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was involved.
06/19/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated, targeting Malik Atta Khan in Chaharmang area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a tribal elder, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: An explosive device planted along Sariab road detonated in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Four civilians, including one child, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused along the route of a presidential motorcade in Bender city, Bender province, Moldova. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused near an engineer's residence in the Pishumthong area of Imphal city, Manipur state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants attacked a military outpost in the Daglica area of Hakkari province, Turkey. This was one of three coordinated attacks that occurred during the same day. At least 26 people were killed, including eight Turkish soldiers and 18 attackers, and 19 Turkish soldiers were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/19/2012: Assailants attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in southern Afghanistan. One NATO service member was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants attacked the Dalca military outpost in the Daglica area of Hakkari province, Turkey. This was one of three coordinated attacks that occurred during the same day. At least 28 people were killed, including eight Turkish soldiers and 20 assailants; in addition, at least 16 Turkish soldiers were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/19/2012: Assailants attacked the vehicle of Ahmad Khan in the Terli area of Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Khan, a deputy administrator of Chaparhar district, and another official were killed in the assault, and a third person was injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants attacked the Yesiltas military outpost in the Daglica area of Hakkari province, Turkey. This was one of three coordinated attacks that occurred during the same day. At least 26 people were killed, including eight Turkish soldiers and 18 attackers, and 19 Turkish soldiers were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents; however, sources attributed them to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/19/2012: Assailants attempted to set ablaze a mosque in Jab'a village, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties, as local residents put out the fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Israeli police suspected that Jewish settlers were behind the attack. A source indicated that graffiti in Hebrew was discovered on the mosque stating "The war has begun" and "Pay the price."
06/19/2012: Assailants launched a rocket that struck a building in the Ashkelon coastal region in Southern, Israel. Four border police officials were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Suding Rokeh in Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. Rokeh, a former assistant village chief of Moo Six, sustained critical injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence officer in Qaram Qul district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The officer was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint near a school in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Assailants poisoned students of the Karta-e-Sol school in Bamyan province, Afghanistan. At least 47 students were poisoned in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Afghan intelligence officials suspected the Taliban.
06/19/2012: Assailants set Mullah Abdul Salam's residence on fire in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Salam, a religious scholar, was not harmed in the attack; however, Salam's sister was injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the residence was being used as a base for a local militia to carry out operations against Taliban forces.
06/19/2012: Assailants shot and killed a Philippine soldier in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed it to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/19/2012: Assailants threw two grenades at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) barracks located at the Brnjak border crossing in the Zubin Potok area, Kosovska Mitrovica city, Kosovo. A French soldier sustained minor injuries after one of the grenades exploded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Four assailants attempted to carry out a suicide bombing operation in Mazar-i-Sharif city, Balkh province, Afghanistan. However, Afghan national police officials arrested the three attackers in the Shah Mardan area of Faryab province as they were on their way to execute the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
06/19/2012: Four assailants in Afghan police uniforms attacked a police base in Zara Bazaar, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Seven people were killed, including three police officers and the four attackers, and another six police officers were injured in the clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Seven assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military base in Deh-e Bagh area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The seven attackers were killed and 10 NATO troops injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Three assailants attempted to attack foreign embassies and the residences of important civilian and military figures in Sana'a city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Security officials detained the three attackers before they could carry out their plans. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/19/2012: Three explosive devices detonated on the Ovejas River Bridge between the cities of Popayan, capital of Cauca department, and Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties, although the blasts demolished part of the bridge and left a crater in the road. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/19/2012: Two explosive devices detonated in Zinjibar city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. At least five civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2012: Two roadside bombs exploded, targeting a police unit in Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One police officer was killed and another two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to separatists.
06/19/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting the vehicle of Hafidh Abdul Mehdi, a Mutahidoun Bloc election candidate, in Heet district, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. No one, including Mehdi, was injured in the explosion. This was one of two bomb attacks targeting Mutahidoun Bloc candidates in Heet on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: A roadside bomb detonated targeting the vehicle of Zahran al-Heeti, a Mutahidoun Bloc election candidate, in Heet district, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. No one, including Al-Heeti, was harmed in the explosion. This was one of two bomb attacks targeting Mutahidoun Bloc candidates in Heet on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest while embracing the leader of the United Iraq Party near Hadhar village, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The victim, Younis al-Rammah, and at least two other relatives died in the attack. Additionally, six people were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources believe that the attacker was a member of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/19/2013: A suicide bomber on a motorbike named Ali Salem Al-Gharazi detonated his explosives in Othman market in Saada city, Saada governorate, Yemen. Two people, including the bomber, were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: An explosive detonated in a residential area east of Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and a police officer was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: An explosive device detonated in Verkhniy Alkun village, republic of Ingushetia, Russia. Two soldiers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: An explosive device detonated near a youth center in Madaen city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Wissam Al Bayati's personal residence in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Bayati, a tribal leader and former member of parliament, was not harmed in the blast; however, two people were killed and at least three people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Anti-government gunmen attacked Shamshad Post in Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. In the ensuing gunfight, one assailant, identified as Zahid, was killed and four assailants were wounded. Additionally, two police officers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Karakar Kandao village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One assailant was killed and two were injured in the ensuing gun battle. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Shamshpur village, Surkhrod district, Ningarhar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers and four assailants were killed in the attack and four assailants were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Assailants attempted to ambush a police patrol in Yarmouk area, west of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In the resulting clash, two gunmen were killed and two more were injured. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/19/2013: Assailants opened fire on Allimudin Quiallah in Limpapa village, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. Quiallah, a barangay chairperson, and one civilian was killed while another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: Assailants shot and killed two farmers on Maiduguri-Mafa-Dikwa Road, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a police station in Gulbahar village, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One police officer and three civilians were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: At least two assailants opened fire on a soldier, Haidar Ali, in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: At least two gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Felicitas Jose, a Treasury Department employee, in Barangay Lagui-Sail, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines. Jose was killed and two of her companions were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Five Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers shot and killed five colleagues while on duty in Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Authorities report that the perpetrators then joined the Taliban. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
06/19/2013: Five assailants attacked an army convoy in Matani area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. During the attack, which involved rockets and guns, six soldiers and four attackers were killed and at least two soldiers were injured. Two vehicles were also destroyed in the incident. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the assault was in response to a drone strike that killed a Taliban leader in May.
06/19/2013: Four assailants opened fire on the Innovative Secondary School in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Four teachers and two students were killed. No group claimed responsibility; however, media sources suspect Boko Haram.
06/19/2013: Four rockets landed at a Pakistan Tobacco Company factory in Akora Khattak village, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. A wall of the factory was damaged in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: Gunmen attacked a Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) compound in Mosahi town, Kabul province, Afghanistan. No injuries were reported, and nine assailants were arrested. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Gunmen attacked a liquor store in Al-Battawin area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One worker was killed and another was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: Gunmen shot and killed an Adezai peace militia member, Misri Khan, at a cattle market in Shera Kera village, Mattani district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Perpetrators kidnapped three people including a police officer and a soldier in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The three victims were all related. The bodies of the victims were found June 20, 2013 after they had been shot and killed. The perpetrators left the bodies in a car rigged with three explosive devices. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2013: Petrol bombs exploded outside of a residence on Kells Avenue in Suffolk neighborhood, Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No injuries were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Seven gunmen detonated an explosives-laden truck at the gates of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) compound and then proceeded to attack the campus, in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. At least 16 people were killed in the assault, including all of the gunmen. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2013: Several explosive devices detonated around the perimeter of the Al-Hadaiq police station in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No one was injured in the blast; however, the police station was destroyed and nearby property was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol in Wasiti area, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: A rocket struck a civilian residence in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: A suicide bomber threw a hand grenade and detonated explosives at the residence of Farmanullah Khan in Matan Adezai area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan, the chief of Adezai Aman Lashkar, survived; however, in addition to the suicide bomber, one person was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: An explosive device detonated near a religious bookstore in Ras Abeida area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a civil servant, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a police officer, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a school in Nazha neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. At least 14 people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a police patrol in central Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were killed and two more officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants abducted 14 employees of SAK Organization in Um Lyon area, Kutum town, North Darfur state, Sudan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. This was one of two similar abductions in Kutum area on June 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants abducted a military prosecutor in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants abducted Doctor Shaukat, a senior field monitoring officer for the anti-polio campaign, in Jamrud city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The victim was released on September 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants abducted four people, including employees of GOAL Aid Agency and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), near Kutum town, North Darfur state, Sudan. The driver was released the same day and the remaining three hostages were released on July 19, 2014. This was one of two similar abductions in Kutum area on June 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked a section of the Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline in El Paso village, Catatumbo municipality, El Tarra district, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. The pipeline was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Tahrir area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. A peshmerga lieutenant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Soorbaghal area, Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. In addition to eight assailants, one civilian, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Humabza village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of five attacks carried out by Boko Haram on villages in Adamawa state on June 19, 2014. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Imirsa village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of five attacks carried out by Boko Haram on villages in Adamawa state on June 19, 2014. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Shuwa village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of five attacks carried out by Boko Haram on villages in Adamawa state on June 19, 2014. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Shuwari village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of five attacks carried out by Boko Haram on villages in Adamawa state on June 19, 2014. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/19/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Yaza village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. This was one of five attacks carried out by Boko Haram on villages in Adamawa state on June 19, 2014. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/19/2014: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device near Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Security forces killed eight assailants before they could plant the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants hijacked a military vehicle and abducted three soldiers in Radhmah area, Yarim district, Ibb governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/19/2014: Assailants intercepted and set a police supply van on fire in Sunabeda area, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, the van was damaged in the attack. The driver of the van was released following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/19/2014: Assailants launched a missile near a civilian residence in southern Zabul province, Afghanistan. At least 10 civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants launched a rocket near Southern district, Israel. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants launched mortars at a military detachment in Kabbon Takas village, Sulu province, Philippines. Six soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/19/2014: Assailants launched rockets at a Levies Forces checkpost in Shalozan Tangi area, Parachinar city, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Levies personnel was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Bittiku village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least nine people were killed and several buildings were set on fire in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages in Borno state on June 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved in the attack.
06/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Ngohi village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and several buildings were set on fire in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages in Borno state on June 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved in the attack.
06/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on Haji Baran in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Baran, a member of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah's campaign team and the former governor of the district, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants opened fire on Shamsul Islam in Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Islam, the son of a senator, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants set up a fake checkpoint in Tal Afar town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least eight civilians were stopped and killed by the assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/19/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices and stones at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Jenin city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two assailants were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2014: Assailants threw explosive devices at a police station in Garsor area, Galkayo city, Mudug region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
06/19/2014: Three suicide bombers attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicles in Torkham city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the three suicide bombers, a civilian was killed and two drivers were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: An assailant opened fire on a police commander at a hotel in Bandar-e Sancharak area, Sari Pul city, Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. The commander and his son were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and said that Bahrollah was attempting to seize areas which the Taliban had captured.
06/19/2015: An assailant opened fire on a police officer in Lejanias district, Meta department, Colombia. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/19/2015: An explosive device detonated against a civilian vehicle in Khwaja Baba area, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in Abu Sayda district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: An explosive device detonated in Garmam area, Zabul province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Abu Ghraib district, Al Anbar district, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six others people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Sahwa Council convoy in Hawr Rajab area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: An explosive device planted under a bus detonated in Mashtal area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants ambushed a military convoy near Afgoye district, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Eighteen soldiers were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked Mohammed Dandan in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. Dandan 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.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked police posts and police vehicles in Citiboke neighborhood, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Marie province, Burundi. This is one of four related attacks in Bujumbura on this date. Eleven police officers were wounded across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked police posts and police vehicles in Jabe neighborhood, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Marie province, Burundi. This is one of four related attacks in Bujumbura on this date. Eleven police officers were wounded across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked police posts and police vehicles in Musaga neighborhood, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Marie province, Burundi. This is one of four related attacks in Bujumbura on this date. Eleven police officers were wounded across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked police posts and police vehicles in Nyakabiga neighborhood, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Marie province, Burundi. This is one of four related attacks in Bujumbura on this date. Eleven police officers were wounded across the four incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked police posts in Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Six people, including assailants and a civilian, were killed and twelve others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/19/2015: Assailants attacked the Serbisyo Caravan in Tibucag area, Dagohoy village, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/19/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at neighborhood guards in Boudhima area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Five guards were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a residential area in Taza Khurmatu town, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least three civilians were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at civilian residences in Saba al-Bor, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at soldiers in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least five soldiers were killed in the attack. The Barqa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Kafr Hamra, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in and around Aleppo city on the same day. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across the two incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in neighborhoods in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Aleppo on this date. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Sinoron village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. A soldier was killed and six others, including four assailants and two soldiers, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on municipal employees in the town hall in Centro area, Isabela province, Philippines. Vice Mayor Florante Raspado and one other person were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2015: Assailants opened fire on two Israeli civilians near the Dolev settlement, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. One civilian was killed and the attack and the other was wounded. Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out to commemorate the Hamas members involved in the death of three Israeli teens in the West Bank in 2014. The attack was additionally attributed to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
06/19/2015: Assailants threw two incendiary devices at a refugee shelter in Filipstad town, Varmland county, Sweden. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle prematurely in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. The bomber was identified and chased by security forces, leading to the premature detonation. Aside from the death of the bomber, there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/19/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle after being intercepted by Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel in Muhmand Dara district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. In addition to the death of the assailant, two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at an Armenian and Assyrian genocide commemoration in Qamishli, Al Hasakah, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least three guards were killed and five others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: An assailant threw a grenade at Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers at Bakara Market in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least four people, including three soldiers and one civilian, were wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: An explosive device detonated in Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. A Federal Police officer was killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Central Security Forces (CSF) vehicle outside of Nakhl, North Sinai, Egypt. At least three conscripts were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: 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.
06/19/2016: An explosive device detonated near an Egyptian National Police (ENP) vehicle on Hasna-Sadr Hitan Road outside of Hasna, North Sinai, Egypt. At least one officer was killed and another was injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Aurangabad, Bihar, India. At least one CRPF officer was killed and two officers were injured in the blast. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to the death of four CPI-Maoist members.
06/19/2016: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at Life Church in Stephens City, Virginia, United States. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: Assailants abducted Michael Grande, a police officer, from Lupon, Davao Oriental, Philippines. Grande was released on August 26, 2016. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility and accused Michael Grande of terrorizing civilians and profiting from illegal gambling.
06/19/2016: Assailants abducted six Central Police officers in PK5 neighborhood, Bangui, Central African Republic. The hostages were released on June 24, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to ex-Seleka members.
06/19/2016: Assailants abducted six people in Sendrapalli, Karnataka, India. Five of the hostages were released at an unspecified time, while the sixth hostage was killed and his body was discovered on June 21, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/19/2016: Assailants attacked Major General Isma'il al-Mahallawi, an Operations Command official, with explosive devices in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Al-Mahallawi was unharmed but five of his guards were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: Assailants attacked police checkposts in Band Taimor, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 13 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/19/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices and threw Molotov cocktails at a kindergarten in Ipekyolu district, Van, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Police defused an additional explosive device at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/19/2016: Assailants fired a ballistic missile at the 115th Brigade army and popular resistance committee camp in Hazm, Al Jawf, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Tagab Yari, Herat, Afghanistan. At least three assailants and six civilians were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban and stated that the victims were accused of breaking the Ramadan fast.
06/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on Cristobal Julian Paulo Pacificador Perez in Guiwan neighborhood, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. Perez, a Philippine Army (PA) lieutenant colonel, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on Somali Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Huriwa neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victims were targeted for allegedly mistreating local civilians.
06/19/2016: Assailants opened fire on Zenaida Libuna in Tina, Capiz, Philippines. Libuna, a local village council member, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: Assailants set fire to an auto shop in Anoru neighborhood, Pattani city, Pattani province, Thailand. At least one person was injured in the assault. This was one of two attacks targeting shops in Pattani on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/19/2016: Assailants set fire to JP Furniture Shop in Rusamilae subdistrict, Pattani, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two attacks targeting shops in Pattani on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/19/2016: Assailants shot and injured G Satyanarayana, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader, in Kommalapudi, Andhra Pradesh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Yuyo, Bang Khun Thong subdistrict, Narathiwat, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: Assailants shot and killed an Egyptian National Police (ENP) constable inside his residence in Sabil neighborhood, Masaeed, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/19/2016: Assailants stabbed and injured two internally displaced persons at Otash camp in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan. This was one of two attacks targeting IDPs near Nyala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: Assailants stabbed and killed an internally displaced person at her residence at Otash camp in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan. This was one of two attacks targeting IDPs near Nyala on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2016: Assailants threw petrol bombs at a police patrol in Athens, Greece. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks in the Exarchia neighborhood on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: Assailants threw petrol bombs at the Ministry of Culture building in Athens, Greece. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks in the Exarchia neighborhood on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle in Fallujah, 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).
06/19/2016: Snipers opened fire on a police patrol in San Calixto, Norte de Santander, Colombia. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Liberation Army (EPL).
06/19/2017: A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police van on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France. The assailant was killed in the attack. Adam Dzaziri claimed responsibility for the incident and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in letters mailed prior to the attack.
06/19/2017: An assailant drove a van into Muslim pedestrians outside the Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park area, London, United Kingdom. At least one person was killed and 11 people were injured in the attack. After exiting his vehicle, the assailant was beaten and detained by a crowd until police arrived. Darren Osborne claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that he was going to kill Muslims. Osborne also stated that he carried out the attack in retaliation for the terrorist attacks at London Bridge on June 3, 2017.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated against a team of journalists in Old City neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least three journalists were killed and one journalist was injured in the blast; the victims included an Iraqi national and three French nationals. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated at an electric substation in Pokrovsk district, Donetsk, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated prematurely in Hajar, Northern, Bahrain. One assailant, identified as Nabeel Al Samee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) vehicle in Walcadey, Gedo, Somalia. Two KDF soldiers were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military convoy in Gerille, Wajir, Kenya. Four soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle near Nam Dam, Pattani, Thailand. At least six soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
06/19/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Volunteer Forces patrol in Hor al-Bashah, Saladin, Iraq. One volunteer fighter was killed and two fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused at an electricity generator in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused at an unknown location in Diyala governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Mandali, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants abducted three farmers in Tawilah district, North Darfur, Sudan. All three hostages were released on July 19, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked a military post in Ebnat, Amhara, Ethiopia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. The Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy (PGMUD) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked a police convoy in Shewan, Farah, Afghanistan. An assailant was killed and three other people, including a police officer and two assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked a security checkpost in Khwaja Baha Wuddin, Takhar, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks in the district on the same day. At least three soldiers were killed and three were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked an unknown number of security checkpoints in Darzab, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. At least 21 people, including 13 assailants, were killed and 18 people, including 15 assailants, were injured in the attack. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked Dehna checkpost in Zolfiqar, Herat, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed and two officers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked Gor Tepa, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks in the area on the same night. At least three police officers and six assailants were killed and nine assailants and three police officers were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked Pul-i-Momin, Takhar, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks in the area on the same night. At least three police officers and six assailants were killed and nine assailants and three police officers were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2017: Assailants attacked several areas of Khwaja Ghar district, Takhar, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks in the area on the same night. At least three police officers and six assailants were killed and nine assailants and three police officers were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/19/2017: Assailants fired a chemical-laced mortar at military personnel in Old City neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Three soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/19/2017: Assailants fired rocket launchers at a military convoy along the Cukurca-Van Highway in Hakkari province, Turkey. At least one soldier was killed and five soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Drubgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One civilian was injured as security forces returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan Navy vehicle in Jiwani, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were killed and three other soldiers were injured in the assault. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/19/2017: Assailants opened fired on a Military Police Guard Command convoy near Bagram Air Base in Shahkoh, Parwan, Afghanistan. At least eight soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to a truck in Kalijora, West Bengal, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters carried out the attacks.
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Bad Bevensen, Lower Saxony, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Berlin, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Bremen, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Engelsdorf, Saxony, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Hamburg, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants set fire to railway infrastructure in Mockau neighborhood, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least ten coordinated attacks on railways across Germany on this date. Shutdown G20: Take Hamburg offline! claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that railway infrastructure was targeted because it represented "the central nervous system of capitalism."
06/19/2017: Assailants shot and killed a trader at a market in Bosaso, Bari, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/19/2017: Assailants shot and killed Ronnie Montejo, a retired military intelligence officer, in Mabigo, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants shot and killed Sayed Agha Mohammad, the Chighansor district governor, in Zaranj, Nimroz, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants threw petrol bombs and set fire to a truck on National Highway 10 in Setijora, West Bengal, India. Five people, including the truck driver and four passengers, were injured in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters carried out the attacks.
06/19/2017: Assailants threw petrol bombs at the house of K.K. Dinesan in Mokeri, Kerala, India. Dinesan, a Communist Party of India: Marxist (CPI-M) district committee member, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Assailants, including a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle, attacked a police checkpoint in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Security forces repelled the assault, killing the suicide bomber. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/19/2017: Two female suicide bombers detonated after being intercepted by local vigilantes in Tsamiya, Adamawa, Nigeria. The assailants were the only reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Boko Haram.
06/20/1998: Suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army used automatic weapons to attack the town of Gulu, Uganda. They looted shops and abducted 30 people from the town. Casualties were not reported and information regarding the fate of the kidnapped was not known.
06/20/1999: A group of unidentified perpetrators with shotguns attacked the home of Kiziltepe District Governor Mesut Yildirim on Senyurt Boulevard in Kiziltepe district, Mardin province, Turkey. Eight security officers were wounded in the attack, though there were no casualties.
06/20/1999: In Russia, unknown assailants with automatic weapons fired on Ibragim Khultygov, chairman of Chechnya's National Security Service, while he was in his home. Khultgov escaped unharmed by hiding behind a wall during the attack, which he believed in revenge for a recent operation carried out by the National Security Service, in which a powerful oil mafia was neutralized and a large quantity of weapons were seized.
06/20/1999: Rebels of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) attacked the city of Huambo, Angola, with long-range artillery fire, reportedly in an attempt to divert attention from government forces who were fighting UNITA rebels in the city of Caala. At least three civilians were killed and 100 others were wounded in the attack, which ended on June 22, 1999.
06/20/1999: Sergeant Made Roditha, a member of B Company of the Comoro Police Mobile Brigade, was stabbed ten times in the head by unidentified assailant's) in Dili, East Timor, Indonesia. Roditha had just arrived on duty in Dili to provide security for the United Nations team.
06/20/1999: Two unidentified groups were implicated in the ambush of a civilian vehicle in Ait Saadallah, Algeria, on the road linking Ziama and Erraguene. The surprise attack killed two passengers, while two others were injured, but managed to escape. Further details on this incident were not available.
06/20/1999: Unidentified perpetrators gunned down two officials from the Ingush Ministry of Emergency Situations in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Sunzhensky district, Ingushetia, Russia. Minister S. Khvalya was killed in the attack and Rapid Response Department head, G. Ganiyev, was wounded. The attackers fired a TT gun from a Zhiguli car before fleeing the scene.
06/20/1999: Unknown assailants, attempted to shell a police checkpoint with a grenade thrower near the village of Aksai, Khasavyurt district, Dagestan, Russia. The grenade missed the target and instead damaged nearby railway tracks. No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/20/2000: A bomb exploded behind the Sheik Muhi al-Din Mosque injuring one civilian in Arbil, Iraq.
06/20/2000: An armed group threw six grenades at an United Nations border post manned by Australian soldiers near Maliana in the settlement of Aidabasalala, Timor-Leste. None of the soldiers were injured in the attack. It was suspected that pro-Indonesian militias were responsible for the attack.
06/20/2000: Muslim rebels suspected of belonging to the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) kidnapped nursery plant owner, Wilfredo Marasigan, in North Cotabato, Philippines. The perpetrators of the kidnapping held him hostage for five million pesos.
06/20/2000: Two Kosovo Serbs were injured in a drive-by shooting in the center of Pristina, Kosovo by unknown assailants.
06/20/2001: Two militiamen were killed when suspected New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas attacked an isolated military detachment in Barangay Sikatuna, Isabela town, Philippines. Both killed were members of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) assigned to the detachment of the Charlie Company of the Army's 11th Infantry Battalion. About 20 NPA rebels fired at the huts where the militiamen were staying inside the detachment. The soldiers and the Cafgu members immediately returned fire. The exchange of gunfire lasted for 15 minutes. The rebels withdrew, leaving behind M-203 grenade launchers and M-60 machine guns.
06/20/2002: A car bomb detonated and killed a British employee of the Saudi-French Bank in Riyadh. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/20/2002: An attempt on the life of a Russian Deputy Mayor of Moscow proved unsuccessful. The Deputy Mayor was not harmed but one of the assailants was killed by the return fire.
06/20/2002: Four commuter busses were burned in the Philippine town of Hinobaan. The New People’s Army (NPA) has claimed responsibility for the incident citing a desire to economically damage the owners of the bus line.
06/20/2002: Gunmen with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) killed 6 Israelis in the city of Nablus in the West Bank.
06/20/2002: Rebels attacked the hangar holding an aircraft and helicopters of a presidential candidate with rocket launchers at Antananarivo Ivato airport. No one was harmed and the assailants fled.
06/20/2002: Rebels with the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) abducted 6 nurses from the town of Sinje. The UN arranged for the release of the hostages.
06/20/2003: Unknown attackers blew up a truck loaded with explosives between 50 and 300 meters away from the Russian government compound in Grozny, Chechnya. Eighteen people were injured and two people, believed to have been the bombers, died in the explosion. The Chechen Justice Ministry, which was housed in the compound, was destroyed in the attack. Although no group claimed responsibility, Russian authorities suspected that Chechen militants were behind the incident.
06/20/2004: Anti-aircraft shells were fired from Lebanon into Israel, hitting an Israel Defense Forces base but causing no casualties. Hizballah was believed responsible for the salvo, which came shortly after Israel Air Force warplanes flew over the frontier. The Shi'ite militant group did not comment.
06/20/2004: At least 70 people, mainly opposition activists, were injured when a bomb exploded at an Awami League [AL] rally in northeastern Bangladesh. The bomb exploded minutes after AL lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta finished addressing hundreds of supporters in Sunamganj District, 177 kms northeast of the capital Dhaka. No one was killed in the attack, and no group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2004: At least five soldiers died and five more were wounded in an ambush by Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)guerrillas in the mountains in northwestern Colombia.
06/20/2004: Attackers lying in wait for Iraqi troops detonated a roadside bomb on the dangerous road leading to Baghdad's airport, killing two and wounding eleven. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2004: Six policemen were killed and five others were wounded when a bomb was thrown from an unknown source at a police station in the city of Samarra, in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2004: Two Indian soldiers were killed and two critically injured as unidentified heavily-armed militants ambushed an army patrol party in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India.
06/20/2004: Unidentified miscreants fired rockets on Balochistan Frontier Corps at Sui Field, Kacha Qila. Sui Airport was heavily damaged in this exchange of fire, and the airport building was destroyed completely. No one was killed or injured, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2005: Anti-government guerillas attacked the headquarters of Khotang district in eastern Nepal. There were damages and seven security personnel were killed and 21 policemen were missing. It was not reported if the group responsible for the attack was known.
06/20/2005: Insurgents are suspected of beheading Amkha Duangmala and Khongmanee Duangmala in the Yaring district of Pattani, Thailand.
06/20/2005: Militants are suspected of shooting Abdur Rehman, a suspected undercover agent for a security agency, in Wana bazaar in South Waziristan, Pakistan. The masked gunmen shot at the pickup and killed Rehman's driver and cousin.
06/20/2005: Militants from the Lord's Resistance Army hacked three women to death in Latuu, Aruu County in Pader, Uganda.
06/20/2005: Ten unidentified gunmen wearing Iraqi Army uniforms attacked a house in Abi-Sayda in the Diyala governorate of Iraq and killed to members of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
06/20/2005: The home of a former police officer in the Sungai Padi district of the Narathiwat province in Thailand was invaded by unknown gunmen who attacked with AK-47 rifles. Paison Sorkor, the nephew of the intended target Atthapol Dulabut, was seriously wounded.
06/20/2005: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam complained to the police that someone had thrown a bomb at their building in the Mannar (District) of Sri Lanka. There were no casualties or damages. Police suspected that the group had made the attack up to shift blame away from their activities.
06/20/2005: The Taliban attacked the Washier district in the Helmand province of Afghanistan and killed the district chief and his guard. The weapons used was not reported. Authorities claimed that ten Taliban militants were also killed. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdul Latif Hakimi said only one Taliban member was killed and that the Taliban had set fire to a district building.
06/20/2005: Thirteen Iraqi Traffic Police Officers were killed and 103 others wounded by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive driven by an unknown suicide bomber entered the sports field where they were training.
06/20/2005: Unknown terrorists fired upon a car on the road between Hermesh and Baqa al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank. One Israeli was killed and another wounded.
06/20/2007: More than a dozen gunmen attacked two police bases in Mogadishu, Somalia early Wednesday with rocket-propelled grenades, sparking fire fights that killed at least two people, witnesses and police said.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/20/2007: Suspected Shi i militiamen detonated a bomb inside a Sunni mosque in Haswa, Iraq, 30 miles south of Baghdad, at about 1 a.m. About six hours later, militants struck again at mosque near Hillah, 60 miles south of the capital. A third Sunni mosque was attacked and damaged in an explosion in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad; that mosque was first attacked last week.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/20/2008: On Friday afternoon, Arab terrorists shot and wounded three people who were hiking between the Jewish communities of Nevei Tzuf and Nachliel in Samaria, northwest of Ramallah in Palestine's West Bank. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/20/2008: On Friday evening at 19:45, four policemen were injured when an unidentified man exploded a hand grenade at the Kabasalan police station near the town’s public market in Kabasalan district, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. Police suspected this was a retaliatory attack for the killing of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader Akiddin Abdusalam, alias Commander Kiddie. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/20/2008: On Friday morning at 06:30, at least five gunmen ambushed a village chieftain, Abdulatip Kadingilan, seriously wounding him in Barangay Kibayao, Carmen town, North Cotabato, 100 meters away from the headquarters of the Air Force's 602nd Brigade, Philippines. Kadingilan, who sustained gunshot wounds on different parts of his body, was aboard his Toyota pick-up when waylaid by the gunmen who were onboard two motorcycles.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/20/2008: On Friday night, in Semdinli, Hakkari, Turkey, assailants detonated a bomb at a Justice and Development Party building, damaging the building but causing no casualties.  The Kongra-Gel (KGK, PKK, TAK, KADEK, HPG) claimed responsibility.
06/20/2008: On Friday, a People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak militant shot and wounded a Manipur Public Works Department engineer, B. Kunjeshwar Wangkhei, in Imphal East, Manipur, India.
06/20/2008: On Friday, a power plant under construction for the Filipino-French company Pamatec Technology Corp was torched by New People’s Army (NPA)  rebels on the central island of Masbate province region of the Philippines following refusal by the company to pay extortion money. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made following the incident, however several letters demanding payment of "revolutionary taxes" were sent to the company prior to the arson attack.
06/20/2008: On Friday, a roadside car bomb went off near Al Fasoul Al Arabaa Restaurant in the Al Harithiya area in western Baghdad, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2008: On Friday, an unknown gunman opened fire on a public market in Zamboanga city, Zamboanga province, Philippines, wounding three civilians. The attack occurred just as police and military tightened security in the south following a government offensive against Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in nearby provinces of Sulu and Basilan. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/20/2008: On Friday, assailants detonated an explosive charge in a refugee camp in Ayn Al Hulwah, Southern Province, Lebanon, injuring three civilians. It is suspected that Al Fatah is responsible.
06/20/2008: On Friday, Communist Party of India Maoists blew up railway tracks between Pokla and Bakaspur in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. A goods train was derailed as a result of the blast. No casualties were reported.
06/20/2008: On Friday, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta militants attacked the Chevron Abiteye-Olero crude pipeline near the Escravos River in Nigeria. The militant group claimed it provided explosives to the youths involved in the attack. No casualties were reported.
06/20/2008: On Friday, one man was killed and another was injured from a roadside blast on the East-West Highway in in Dhanusha district, Janakpur province, Nepal. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/20/2008: On Friday, three Israelis were injured when a group of armed Palestinians opened fire on them near the Israeli settlement of Neve Tsof, north of Ramallah, in Palestine's West Bank. The military wing of Al-Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the incident during a written statement made later that day.
06/20/2008: On Friday, unknown individuals attempted to assassinate Eduard Emin-zade, the head of the counterintelligence department of the Abkhaz State Security Service. The assailants opened fire on Emin-zade's car near the Sukhumi railway station in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. Emin-zade and his driver were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1300, in Tuz Khurmatu, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a suicide bomber, driving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, attacked the Shia Al-Rasul Mosque as worshippers were departing noon prayers, killing 82 civilians, wounding 211 others, and damaging between 30-50 homes, several shops, two dozen cars, and the mosque. A truck, carrying over an estimated ton of explosives was used as the VBIED. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that the Islamic State of Iraq perpetrated this attack.
06/20/2009: On Saturday afternoon at 1650, in southern Tehran, Iran, an assailant detonated a suicide improvised explosive device belt at the north entrance of the shrine to former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, wounding three civilians, one Iranian and two foreigners from a local Arab country, and damaging the northern section of the shrine. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday afternoon at approximately 1500, in Khok Sila district in Charoen Sin, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near the Pheu Thai Party's campaign rally, slightly damaging one temple but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday evening around 1800, in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India, armed assailants kidnapped the Chhattisgarh Water Resource Department sub-divisional officer and later fired upon and killed him the next day. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/20/2009: On Saturday evening at 1940, two suspected Muslim guerrillas hurled two grenades near a crowded town plaza where a beauty contest was being held in Christian town of Maasim, Sarangani Province, Philippines, killing one civilian and wounding 32 others. Two men hurled one grenade each: one at a group of men playing a card game at a table, the second at another group of men at a karaoke bar. Army Lieutenant Colonel Edgardo de Leon blamed Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas for the attack.
06/20/2009: On Saturday evening, in Tonagapal, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, twelve Indian police officers were killed and twelve officers wounded when their vehicle went over a land mine planted by suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist rebels. Other police officers watching the attack, fired upon the rebels, leaving seven dead.
06/20/2009: On Saturday morning, in Khugiani, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired upon and killed one imam on his way home after performing the morning prayers. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
06/20/2009: On Saturday night around 0230, in Dulalnagar village, Chuadanga, Khulna, Bangladesh, five assailants abducted a regional leader of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML), Kalu, from his residence by gunpoint, took him to a field, and slit his throat. Kalu's body was found on 06/21/2009. No damages were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday night at 0145, in San Sebastian, Vizkaya/Biscay, Spain, assailants firebombed a bus, destroying the bus and damaging nine nearby vehicles. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed separatists were responsible.
06/20/2009: On Saturday night, approximately midnight, in Guzara, Herat, Afghanistan, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle, killing three children, three civilians, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Taliban were responsible.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Beijingwada, Malkangiri District, Orissa, India, a bus was hijacked by about 20 Communist Party of India-Maoist militants. The bus was released, along with its occupants, the following day as the militants demand for reintroduction of bus service to Bejingwada area in the District was met.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Khuga Khel Shinwari, Landi Kotal, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants fired eight mortar rounds and rockets at government installations and residential compounds, wounding two civilians, three children, damaging several residences, an energy grid station, a railway station, the local government building, and a veterinary hospital. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Kudura Village, Kandhamal District, Orissa, India, four village officials were kidnapped by 15 Communist Party of India-Maoist militants. The status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Manipur, India, ten unidentified militants were killed during an incidence of inter-factional fighting on the border between India and Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Tbilisi, Georgia, assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at a rear entrance to the Georgian parliament building causing no casualties but damaging the building. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Teyvareh, Ghowr, Afghanistan, armed assailants entered the residence of a police officer, who was the security command's criminal investigation chief, then fired upon and killed him. No group claimed responsibility. There was no reported damage.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, in Zabol, Afghanistan, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle, killing eight civilians, including five women. In addition, 13 others were wounded and one vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2009: On Saturday, renewed fighting between pro-government forces and rebel insurgents left 12 people dead in Karan district, to the north of Mogadishu. The dead included lawmaker, Mohammed Hussein Adow, an ally of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the killing and vowed to target government officials in their renewed campaign.
06/20/2010: On Sunday afternoon, in the first of two related attacks, in the town of Shirqat, Salah ad Din, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a market, causing no casualties. No material damage was reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2010: On Sunday morning at 0750, in Lashkar-gah, Helmand, Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, a bomb was detonated targeting the Kabul Bank, killing two people and wounding at least 13 others. According to Afghan Ministry of Interior, the two killed were a young girl and a woman. It is possible that a third child, a boy, was also killed in the first explosion; however, it has not been confirmed. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the bomb appeared to have been intended for Afghan soldiers who go regularly to Kabul Bank to collect their pay. Less than an hour later, another bomb exploded 3 kilometers away in front of a high school, wounding five others, including an Afghan soldier and two children. Both explosives were hidden in pushcarts. No damages were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however the Taliban is suspected to be responsible.
06/20/2010: On Sunday morning at 0810, in Lashkar-gah, Helmand, Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, a bomb was detonated near a high school, wounding five people, including an Afghan soldier and two children. Earlier, less than half an hour, an explosive was detonated targeting the Kabul Bank. Two people, including a young girl and a woman were killed in the attack and 14 others were wounded. It is possible that a third child, a boy, was also killed in the first explosion; however, it has not been confirmed. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the bomb appeared to have been intended for Afghan soldiers who go regularly to Kabul Bank to collect their pay. Both explosives were hidden in pushcarts. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility; however the Taliban is suspected to be responsible.
06/20/2010: On Sunday morning at 1100, in Baghdad, Iraq, two suicide bombers detonated their vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices targeting the Trade Bank of Iraq, killing two police officers, five security guards, and 19 civilians; wounding fifty three civilians, damaging two nearby government buildings, two banks, five residences and 20 nearby vehicles. A security spokesman said the two cars were packed with around 80 kilograms of ammonium nitrate driven at the gates of the bank, also reporting that the building was badly damaged. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility.
06/20/2010: On Sunday morning, Ad Dali, Ad Dali', Yemen, suspected Yemen southern separatists ambushed and shot and killed two police officers on routine patrol. Two of the seperatist militants also died while another was wounded. Following the ambush, the militants also set fire to and burned the police vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/20/2010: On Sunday morning, Taliban militants attacked the Bobak village in Aab Kamra, Badghis, Afghanistan. One Taliban militant and one pro-government militiaman were killed in the exchange of fire that ensued. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, a resident, Abdur Rauf, said the villagers were supportive of the government and Taliban often launched their attacks against them. No damages were reported. Maulvi Abdul Manan, regional Taliban commander, claimed only one of their fighters was injured in the attack and that the Taliban inflicted heavy casualties and property damages on the villagers. In retaliation, pro-government tribal militiamen attacked a village of in Magur, on the morning of 06/20/2010 around 0800. Three Taliban militants were killed and at least 30 other civilians were injured in the attack. Many women, children and elderly were among the wounded. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for this second attack.
06/20/2010: On Sunday night at 0345, in Thessaloniki, Greece, a team of MAT riot police were attacked by a group of unknown individuals with Molotov cocktails in front of the Sport Museum. The assailants threw the Molotov cocktails at the police before fleeing, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2010: On Sunday, in one of three related attacks, in Bakrakocha, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India, assailants fired upon and killed one civilian, Lakhiram Mardi. No damages were reported in the attack. Pamphlets left by the rebels described the victims as police informers and warned villagers against helping the police. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility.
06/20/2010: On Sunday, in Puerres, Narino, Colombia, assailants blew up a section of an oil pipeline interrupting the flow of oil but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility but it is widely believed that the 48th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible.
06/20/2010: On Sunday, in Timergara, Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, suspected militants attacked a training centre at the Government Technical College with rockets and firearms, killing two Levies recruits and injuring two more. The deceased were identified as Salimullah and Bakhtiar Hussain, while the injured included Muhammad Halim and Muhammad Farooq. No group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2010: On Sunday, in Tres Bocas, Norte de Santander, Colombia, two suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militants robbed ballots and then burned the only voting registration table set up in that area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: Early on Monday, 15 kilometers to the north of Ba'quba in Diyala, Iraq, a group of unidentified gunmen broke into the house of the Mayor of Judeidat al-Shat township, Nisr al-Maamoury, and opened fired on him, killing him. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday afternoon, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device near a women's college killing at least one civilian, wounding twelve others and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday afternoon, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) abducted three villagers at gunpoint, identified as Poonam Doga, Hemla Gudia and Semal Laxman. Reportedly, the victims were fishing at a pond two kilometers from the Nayapara Relief Camp near the Raipur District Headquarters when they were taken. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday around 1200 noon, at a residence in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, Philippines, a child identified as Nulpok Bagung was killed when suspected militants detonated an improvised explosive device. The improvised explosive device was constructed out of an 81-millimeter mortar shell and was rigged with a battery operated blasting mechanism. Reportedly, two militants on a motorcycle were seen leaving the explosive device at the house belonging to the victim’s family. The victim’s mother told police that the assailants even asked permission to temporarily leave the box containing the explosive device at their house. Minutes after they left, the blast occurred. The attack resulted in an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday at 1220 noon, on an unspecified road in Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand, suspected militants using a nine millimeter handgun killed a traffic officer identified as Police Senior Sergeant Major Awut Kongkeawwith in a drive by shooting. The attack resulted in an unknown amount of property damage to the police officer's motorcycle and no group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2011: On Monday evening around 2030, in the village of Maiskiy, Prigorodny District, Dagestan, Russia, police located and disposed of an improvised explosive device (IED). The IED was an eight kilogram roadside bomb, made from a 10 liter bottle and filled with ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. An unspecified type of shrapnel was also included in the device. The specific target was unknown. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2011: On Monday evening around 2100, in Mattani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, an unidentified militant detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at the guest house of a leader of the Adezai Qaumi Lashkar (peace committee member), Ejaz (Ijaz) Bacha Khan, killing three people and wounding five others. Reportedly, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle, consisting of 40 kilograms of explosives, into the outer wall of the guest house which resulted in the destruction of the guest house as well as some nearby shops and damaged other nearby buildings. The deceased were identified as Khan and two policemen Kiramat Ullah and Iqbal Hussain. Sources said that several police men who were deployed at a nearby check post were among the injured. Some of those injured in the explosion were identified as Abdur Rehman, Aadil Sher, Umer, Gul Dad Raheem, Kamal Nawaz, Naeem Khan and Faheem Khan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Taliban militants regularly target members of the peace committee at Mattani.
06/20/2011: On Monday evening at 2030, in Magdum village, Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines, 10 unidentified armed men set fire to the Woodcor Veneer Plywood Plant, which resulted in an estimated $207,278 (9 million pesos) in monetary damages. The attack resulted in no casualties and no group claimed responsibility, but it is suspected that the New People's Army (NPA) was responsible.
06/20/2011: On Monday evening, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle fired upon and killed a Nigerian Civil Defense Corps officer in front of his home. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday morning around 0900, at a tea shop in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, four unidentified militants on two motorcycles using AK-47s and shot guns wounded a local security guard of Rawaeng village identified as Rose Domad. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damages and no group claimed responsibility.
06/20/2011: On Monday morning around 1100, in the Bashand area of Wardoj, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, suspected Taliban militants attacked the entourage of the governor of Badakhshan, Dr. Shah Waliullah Adeeb. During the exchange of fire one policeman was wounded and one militant was killed, another wounded, and one more was captured. No group claimed responsibility, although Taliban militants are suspected.
06/20/2011: On Monday night at 2230, in Cuambog Village, Mabini Town, Compostela Valley, Philippines, unidentified armed men set fire to the equipment of a mini sawmill owned by a lawyer identified as Henry Sembrano. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage but resulted in no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday night, in the Al Shaab area of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen armed with pistols equipped with silencers killed Lieutenant-Brigadier, Khudhier Chakhiour Kadhim, of Iraq’s Interior Ministry. The attack took place while Kadhim was driving in his car. It is unknown if the attack resulted in any damages to his car and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. On 06/22/2011, security forces said that the persons responsible for the attack have been arrested, and sources indicated that a Captain and two police officers were involved in the attack. The identities of the perpetrators were not confirmed by officials.
06/20/2011: On Monday, in an unspecified location in Davao del Norte province in the Philippines, suspected New People's Army (NPA) set fire to an unspecified plywood plant, causing in an unknown amount of property damage to the plant and resulting in no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday, in Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, an eight year old girl was previously taken hostage and forced to wear a suicide vest to blow up a checkpoint in the Darra Islam area, but she yelled at the soldiers that she was forced to wear a suicide vest. The vest was removed from her successfully and no casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban militants are suspected for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown militants fired a rocket onto the Province's Council headquarters causing damage to the building but no casualties were reported during the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday, in Nerkh, Wardak, Afghanistan, unknown militants fired a rocket at a house of civilians, wounding 10 civilians, including a woman and six children. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday, in Yala, Yala, Thailand, an unidentified gunman shot and killed a local leader of the ruling Democratic Party and seriously injured his wife. Reportedly, Sophon Songkaew, was shot in the head and torso by a lone gunman, who then took two shots at Sophon's wife Wimol before making off with the victim's gun. Police are unsure if the attack was politically motivated or carried out randomly by insurgents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday, near Jhumra Hills in Borkaro, Jharkhand, India, over 70 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) detonated an improvised explosive device on the railway tracks between the Jageshwar and Dania Railway Stations. One Railway Protection Force (RPF) Policeman identified as Anil Kumar Rai was killed and his colleague, B. Chand, the engine driver, S. Mahto and his assistant N. Mehta were injured in the attack. The militants later looted the policemen’s weapons and set fire to the railway engine. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the tracks and the train, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2011: On Monday, on a roadside in Aqaba bin-Nafi’e square, al-Masbah sub-district in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device as a French Embassy motorcade passed, wounding seven people, including four Iraqi guards protecting the French convoy and three nearby civilians, and causing an unreported amount of damage to their cars. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting a police vehicle in Nagotal village, Lower Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast, and their vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a joint North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Afghan military checkpoint in the Spin Jumat area of Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, 21 people were killed, including three soldiers from the United States. Another 31 people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: An assailant attempted to bomb a post office in the Shumaila area of Sana'a city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The assailant was identified and taken into custody before he had a chance to detonate the explosive device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated after being struck by a tractor in Sari Sang area, Logar province, Afghanistan. At least eight people were killed and another two injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the Afghan Interior Ministry attributed it to the Taliban.
06/20/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the Village Hall in Umudo village, Obolo city, Imo state, Nigeria. The hall was scheduled to host a village mass the next day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, villagers suspected Boko Haram.
06/20/2012: An explosive-laden vehicle detonated, targeting Aziz Ibrahim in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Ibrahim, an Iraqi judge, was injured in the blast, along with nine other people; two people were also killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: Assailants abducted Vijay Kumar and two others at the Ghorparan Halt station located in Bihar state, India. Kumar, the station's manager, and the two other victims were released following a search operation later the same day in the neighboring Simultala forest. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Maoists.
06/20/2012: Assailants attacked a retired police officer and a mining consultant in Kiblawan village, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. Both individuals were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2012: Assailants detonated explosives and opened fire on an armored security vehicle in Dagestan republic, Russia. Four police officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint near the Sani Abacha Youth Center in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. One police officer was killed in the incident. Following the attack, officials discovered explosives in one of the abandoned vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police station in the Rakhni area of Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a pro-government peace force camp in the Mondrani Pat area of Sui city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two members of the camp were injured when they struck a landmine while chasing the fleeing attackers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that the Baloch Republican Army (BRA) was involved.
06/20/2012: Assailants opened fire on a public bus at a checkpoint near Altaquer town, Narino department, Colombia. Four people were killed and another seven injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/20/2012: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a security convoy that was escorting Claudio Accogli near Daraa city, Daraa governorate, Syria. Accogli, an Italian journalist, escaped unharmed; however, one police officer was killed and another three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Baiji town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The blast, which targeted a bus carrying elections officials, killed one person. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2013: A suicide bomber detonated inside of a vote counting center in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least three people, besides the assailant, were killed and seven other people were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: A vehicle rigged with explosives detonated in Al-Shirqat, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The vehicle, which detonated while it was being defused, contained the bodies of three previously kidnapped victims. No injuries were reported in the explosion and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2013: An explosive device detonated at the Khan Wali Kor Government Primary School for Boys in Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A room and a boundary wall were destroyed but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2013: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2013: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. One captain was killed and a lieutenant was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: An explosive device detonated near the provincial attorney general office in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: An explosive device hidden in a gas canister detonated in Mayo district, Pattani province, Thailand. The blast targeted a group of soldiers protecting teachers. Five soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpost in Kunduz district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. One police officer and one assailant were killed. There was no claim of responsibility for this attack; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
06/20/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in Karbogha Sharif, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was planted at Government Primary School No-1. No injuries were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: Assailants kidnapped a former United States (US) soldier in El Retorno town, Guaviare department, Colombia. The victim, Kevin Scott Sutay, was in the country as a tourist at the time of his abduction. In July 2013, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for the attack, and offered to release Sutay as a good will gesture prior to peace talks. Sutay was released on October 27, 2013.
06/20/2013: Assailants launched a mortar at a checkpoint near a voting center in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: Assailants launched mortar rounds into Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers died in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a car in Al Wahat district, Libya. The car contained engineers working for Swiss-based ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB). The driver and one German engineer were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/20/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply container in Mastung, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reports of injuries in the attack; however, the container was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2013: Gunmen shot and killed a village chief in Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/20/2013: Gunmen stormed a house in Khar tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The house belonged to a peace committee member, Sheen Gul, who was killed in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the homes of peace committee members in this area on this day. Two Levies officials were also injured across both incidents. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted the peace committee members because of their leadership role in the anti-Taliban movement.
06/20/2013: Gunmen stormed the home of Sur Gulab in Khar tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Gulab, a peace committee member, was killed and one Levies officer was wounded in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the homes of peace committee members in this area on this day. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted the peace committee members because of their leadership role in the anti-Taliban movement.
06/20/2014: A land mine detonated near a soldier in Mandi Sabjian sector, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One soldier was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a military vehicle in San Jose village, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/20/2014: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in Dahr al-Baidar area, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. In addition to the suicide bomber, one person was killed and 32 other people were wounded in the attack. The Liwa Ahrar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosive device detonated at the shrine of Nange Badshah in Pindorian suburb, Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. At least 37 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
06/20/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police station in Lourdes park, Chapinero neighborhood, Bogota city, Bogota department, Colombia. Three people were wounded in the blast. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police van in Akazai area, Torghar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosive device detonated near a teacher protection patrol in Bang Khao village, Pattani province, Thailand. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a private residence near a mosque in Jayrif neighborhood, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near a military post in Mudiyah district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Nari Manda area, Nad Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three United States (US) soldiers were killed and one US soldier was wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: An explosives-laden truck detonated near National Defense Force members in Hurrah village, Hamah governorate, Syria. At least 43 people were killed and an unknown number were wounded in the blast. The Islamic Front (Syria) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants abducted two European International Management Group (IMG) subcontractors in Al-Bayda city, Jabal Al Akhdar district, Libya. The hostages were released on July 4, 2014. The Haftar militia claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that they abducted the two subcontractors because the militia believed the two were spies.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked a Chinese Police checkpoint and set a room on fire in Karakax district, Xinjiang province, China. Five police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked a military camp in Istiqbal area, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of at least two coordinated attacks on military camps in Sanaa governorate on June 20, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked a military camp in Sabahiyah area, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of at least two coordinated attacks on military camps in Sanaa governorate on June 20, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked a military convoy in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 16 soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked a military position in Upepeni village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked a military vehicle near Morek town, Hamah governorate, Syria. Five soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked an unknown number of border posts near Qaim city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 30 police officers were killed in the attack and the assailants took control of the posts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked security forces in Qaim city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The clash lasted into the next day and the attackers gained control of portions of the city. There were at least 30 reported casualties resulting from the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2014: Assailants attacked the Baiji oil refinery in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2014: Assailants attempted to attack a unit of the Air Defense Missile Troops unit in Avdiyivka city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks on this Air Defense Missile Troops unit in Avdiyivka city on June 20, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/20/2014: Assailants launched a mortar shell near a civilian residence in Muhmand Dara district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. One child was killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/20/2014: Assailants launched missiles at villages in Sahl al-Ghab area, Hamah governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Islamic Front (Syria) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Free Syrian Army.
06/20/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells near a residential area on Madhowa Island in Lower Juba region, Somalia. Two civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2014: Assailants launched mortars at a border post in Vyselky village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attacks on border posts in Vyselky area on June 20, 2014. Three border guards were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on a border checkpost in Izvaryne area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Six border guards were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on a bus transporting coal workers in Krasnodon area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One worker was killed and six others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Forces checkpoint in Chandni Chowk area, Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military convoy along the Jos-Bauchi freeway in Jos North district, Plateau state, Nigeria. One assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military unit in Artemivsk town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was wounded in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police mobile van in Khazana area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One assailant was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) troops in Kurtun village, Bay region, Somalia. In addition to three assailants, one soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Air Defense Missile Troops unit in Avdiyivka city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks on this Air Defense Missile Troops unit in Avdiyivka city on June 20, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on Judge Sakhi Sultan in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Sultan, the chair of the Balochistan Environmental Protection Tribunal, was killed in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in revenge for the death of Zaman Marri.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on Somali National Army (SNA) bases in Wajid town, Bakool region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2014: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Abdi Salah Qamis in Ceel Cadde village, Gedo region, Somalia. Qamis, a senior commander of the Somali National Army (SNA), was killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants set the Chairat Parawood Company wood processing plant on fire and took a security guard hostage in Kayu Boko subdistrict, Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The security guard was released the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2014: Assailants stormed and attacked Muqdadiyah town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least 30 paramilitary members were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: An assailant detonated a grenade inside a police vehicle as he was being transferred following a court hearing in Sopore district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The assailant was killed and six police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
06/20/2015: An explosive device detonated after it was struck by a bus in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least 14 civilians were killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/20/2015: An explosive device detonated at God Church School in Kolkata city, West Bengal state, India. One student was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: An explosive device detonated near an electricity transformer in Faiyum city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. This was one of two similar attacks in Faiyum city on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near Jalukbari area, Guwahati city, Assam state, India. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was intended to disrupt the Ambubachi celebration. The group later retracted the claim and denied involvement in the attack.
06/20/2015: An explosive device was discovered in Shindand District, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were killed when the device detonated as they attempted to defuse it. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in northwestern Baghdad, Iraq. A Shia Endowment employee and his brother were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside the Qiba al-Mahdi Mosque in Zira neighborhood, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. At least two people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. The Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting Huthis in Ibb city, Ibb governorate, Yemen. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: Assailants attacked a police station near Afgoye town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Eight police officers were killed in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: Assailants attacked army positions outside Derna city, Derna district, Libya. One soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/20/2015: Assailants attacked military personnel in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/20/2015: Assailants attacked park rangers and soldiers in Dungu area, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three soldiers and rangers and two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
06/20/2015: Assailants attacked security posts in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Twenty-nine people, including 12 soldiers and 17 assailants, were killed and 38 others were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was intended to disrupt a government gathering, in which Afghanistan's newly appointed defense minister was going to be introduced.
06/20/2015: Assailants attacked three soldiers in a market in Datu Piang municipality, Maguindanao province, Philippines. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
06/20/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device against an electricity pylon in Altaquer corregimiento, Narino 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).
06/20/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at residential areas in Aden city, Aden governorate, Yemen. This was one of two related attacks on this day. Four people were killed and an unknown number of others were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
06/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel near Chintalnar area, Chhatisgargh state, India. One CAF officer was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians at a shop in Culasi village, Sorsogon province, Philippines. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mohamed Barre Abdullahi in Wajir district, Wajir county, Kenya. Abdullahi, a government administrator and chief of Erib location, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mumin Barre in Koshin neighborhood, Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. Barre, a prominent traditional elder, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2015: Assailants opened fire on the head doctor of the Darah-e Kaihan health center at his residence in Dushi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. The doctor was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the Day of the African Child school in Bujumbura city, Burundi. A civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2015: Sometime on or after June 20, 2015 assailants abducted Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda in from an unknown location in Syria. The whereabouts of Yasuda are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the abduction to Al-Nusrah Front.
06/20/2016: A landmine detonated targeting an ambulance in Owane, Garissa, Kenya. The driver was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle at a market in Keshem, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least eight people were killed and 40 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to an Army Camp in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least three soldiers were killed and 10 soldiers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a bus carrying Canadian Embassy security guards in Banae area, Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 15 Nepalese and Indian security guards were killed and six people, including guards and Afghan civilians, were injured in the blast. The Taliban and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Iraqi troops in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least three soldiers were killed and four other soldiers were wounded in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2016: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Ataullah Faizani, a provincial council member, detonated in Chihil Sutun neighborhood, Kabul, Afghanistan. At least four people, including Faizani, were injured in the blast. The Taliban and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated in Abu Dushayr, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated in Biya, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Shaab, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Royal Thai Armed Forces patrol providing protection for teachers in Sai Mo, Pattani, Thailand. At least two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between El-Baraf and Adaley, outside of Mahaday, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. A clash ensued between soldiers and the assailants following the blast. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated near Pakistani Police officers along Shakirpura Road in Daudzai neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least one police constable was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a family fleeing the area near Dibis, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Amiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a university professor, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 107 civilians in Weran, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 119 civilians in Burayj al-Rih, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 143 civilians in Arima, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 27 civilians in Tel Jerja, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 37 civilians in Sur Sanbat, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 74 civilians in Kawikli, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 86 civilians in Ghandoura, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted 96 civilians in Shawa, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted four civilians in Qabasin, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted Ovais Sajjad Shah outside a shopping mall in Clifton neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Shah, the son of a High Court of Sindh Chief Justice, was injured and released on July 19, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to an unknown splinter group of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Additionally, sources suspected that the incident may have been carried out by Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent.
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted seven Egyptian nationals in Karareem, Misrata, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted six civilians in Kayiba, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants abducted two civilians in Kalben, Aleppo, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This is one of 11 abductions in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants attacked military and popular resistance committee posts in Az Zunuj valley, Taizz governorate, Yemen. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of three related attacks in Taizz on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
06/20/2016: Assailants attacked military posts in Thabat area, Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of three related attacks in Taizz on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
06/20/2016: Assailants attacked police officers escorting a commuter bus near El Wak, Mandera, Kenya. Five police officers were killed and four others were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2016: Assailants attacked the 35th Brigade army headquarters in the old airport area of Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of three related attacks in Taizz on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Huthi extremists.
06/20/2016: Assailants crucified one person in Albu Kamal, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. The victim was first held in cages for several hours and lashed 70 times. This was one of two similar incidents in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants crucified two people in Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. Both victims were first held in cages for several hours and lashed 70 times. This was one of two similar incidents in the governorate on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2016: Assailants executed a young person 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).
06/20/2016: Assailants hijacked a tugboat and held 10 Indonesian crew members hostage in the Sulu Sea of the Philippines. At least four crew members were abducted while the remaining six hostages were freed on the same day. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the same tugboat on the same day, across which seven crew members were abducted. Two of the hostages escaped on August 17, 2016. Three hostages were released on October 1, 2016. The final two hostages were released on December 12, 2016. The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded a ransom in exchange for the victims.
06/20/2016: Assailants hijacked a tugboat and held 13 Indonesian crew members hostage in the Sulu Sea of the Philippines. At least three crew members were abducted while the remaining ten hostages were freed on the same day. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the same tugboat on the same day, across which seven crew members were abducted. Two of the hostages escaped on August 17, 2016. Three hostages were released on October 1, 2016. The final two hostages were released on December 12, 2016. The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded a ransom in exchange for the victims.
06/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on a fuel truck convoy between Changara and Vanduzi in Manica, Mozambique. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on Chaudhry Abdul Khaleeq in Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Khaleeq, an Ahmadi doctor, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on Nemesio Castillo in San Jose, Mabini district, Batangas, Philippines. Castillo, a local village councilor, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings at an internally displaced persons camp in Thur, Central Darfur, Sudan. At least four people were killed and seven others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
06/20/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents in PK5 neighborhood, Bangui, Central African Republic. At least three people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by an anti-Balaka militia.
06/20/2016: Assailants raided Agbede, Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 13 people were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Ijaw militants.
06/20/2016: Assailants raided Elegbete, Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 13 people were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Ijaw militants.
06/20/2016: Assailants raided Gbeji, Benue, Nigeria. An unknown number of casualties were reported in the assault. This was one of six coordinated attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/20/2016: Assailants raided Gov, Benue, Nigeria. An unknown number of casualties were reported in the assault. This was one of six coordinated attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/20/2016: Assailants raided Igbo Olomu Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day. At least 13 people were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Ijaw militants.
06/20/2016: Assailants raided Jootar, Benue, Nigeria. An unknown number of casualties were reported in the assault. This was one of six coordinated attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/20/2016: Assailants set fire to three trucks in Tayeeglow district, Bakool, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2016: Assailants threw a hand grenade at a Philippine National Police (PNP) station in Poblacion neighborhood, Maasim, Sarangani, Philippines. At least one officer was killed and seven other people, including five officers and two civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar Al-Khilafa (Philippines).
06/20/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police vehicle along the Lashkar Gah-Kandahar highway in Nahri Saraj, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least four police officers were killed and two additional officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosives-laden suitcase at the Brussels Central Station in Brussels, Belgium. The suitcase partially detonated twice without causing any casualties or damage. Following the failed blasts, the assailant charged soldiers while shouting "Allahu Akbar" before he was shot and killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as Oussama Zariouh and stated that he was sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2017: A suicide bomber detonated after being stopped at a military checkpoint in Sidra, Sirte, Libya. The assailant was killed and one soldier was injured in the blast. Security forces later defused the assailant's explosives-laden vehicle at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the Wadajir district headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, at least ten people were killed and nine people, including district commissioner Omar Abdullahi Hassan, were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: An assailant attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers near Qalandiyah, West Bank. The assailant was shot and killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist, identified as Baha' Emad Samir al-Harbawi.
06/20/2017: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of an anti-corruption judge detonated in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The judge was killed and three people were injured in the blast. The Taliban and the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated at the residence of Leela Chauhan in Rupakot Majhuwagadhi, Province 1, Nepal. Chauhan, a Communist Party of Nepal: Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) ward chairperson candidate, was not harmed; however, one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated in Ghazni, Afghanistan. A National Directorate of Security (NDS) member was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated in Radhwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated in Raqqah city, Syria. At least three people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Bawi, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Mayo-Sava district, Extreme-North, Cameroon. One soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram carried out the attack.
06/20/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Ali Osman Wehliye's vehicle along the Warshadaha road in Mogadishu, Somalia. Wehliye, the Oodweyne Ward administrator, was not harmed, but one person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/20/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Dornapal, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Maoists carried out the attempted attack.
06/20/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Qazi Killay neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants abducted a civilian in Serif Omar, North Darfur, Sudan. The hostage was released weak and fatigued on July 27, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: Assailants attacked Chhannuram Mandavi at his residence in Cholnar, Chhattisgarh, India. Mandavi, a former sarpanch and local Indian National Congress (INC) leader, was killed in the assault. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and accused Chhannuram Mandavi of being a police informant.
06/20/2017: Assailants attacked Iraqi Volunteer Forces personnel near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing eight assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/20/2017: Assailants attacked Peshmerga outposts in Zarkah, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least one Peshmerga soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants attacked Popular Front for the Renaissance of the Central African Republic (FPRC) members in Bria, Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic. At least 100 people, including fighters and civilians, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anti-Balaka militia.
06/20/2017: Assailants attacked rice farmers in Markurdi, Benue, Nigeria. 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.
06/20/2017: Assailants fired a projectile that landed and detonated near the Modern Medicine Hospital in Raqqah city, Syria. At least two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire at a military checkpoint in Shaykh Uthman, Adan, Yemen. At least three soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on a commercial convoy being escorted by joint security forces near Dalwa, Borno, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and six people were injured in the attack. In addition, 16 civilians were abducted. At least 10 hostages were released on February 10, 2018. The fate of the remaining hostages is unknown. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on a mediation committee in Shibam, Hadramawt, Yemen. Two people, including a tribal leader and a civilian, were killed and four people, including Major General Saleh Timas, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military vehicle between Polangi and Somage, Northern Samar, Philippines. Four soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pak-Arab Refinery Company Ltd. (PARCO) vehicle near Karampur, Sindh, Pakistan. At least two people, including a Pakistani Police officer, were killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan Armed Forces checkpost in Dewana Baba Ziarat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on Awae Taksatu in Nong Chik district, Pattani, Thailand. Taksatu, a religious teacher, was killed and his son was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Paglaum, Leyte, Philippines. One soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fire on shoppers in Gaziantep, Turkey. Five people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants opened fired on Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) vehicles in Yasynuvata, Donetsk, 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.
06/20/2017: Assailants set fire to heavy equipment in Palawan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/20/2017: Assailants shot and injured the owner of an electricity generator in Shaab neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants shot and killed Edwin Drueco, a village councilor, outside a warehouse in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/20/2017: Assailants shot and killed Jojie Omandac, a former Philippine Marine Corps officer, in Intramuros neighborhood, Manila, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on a barangay outpost in Lampaya, Iloilo, Philippines. In addition to an unknown number of assailant casualties, at least one village watchperson was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/20/2017: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire at a bar in Rusizi district, Western, Rwanda. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber who intended to target a military convoy near Bagram Airbase in Bagram, Parwan, Afghanistan. There were no casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting security personnel in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/20/2017: Security forces intercepted and killed 12 suicide bombers in Al-Salam, Saladin, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
06/20/2017: Three assailants armed with knives attacked Shyam Pokharel in Itahari, Province 1, Nepal. Pokharel, a Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) ward chairperson candidate, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/1998: Attackers with automatic weapons ambushed a police van in Karachi's eastern district of Ibrahim Hyderi, Pakistan, killing three policemen. Pakistani officials accused India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for staging this attack; however, India denied any involvement.
06/21/1998: Three members of the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts (ALF and ELF) placed and ignited six five-gallon buckets of fuel at three different places on the exterior of the U.S.D.A. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), which was housed in the Forest Land Management Center in Olympia, Washington in the United States.  The fires were started with a fire starter and a lit fuel-soaked sponge, which were thrown into the buckets of fuel.  The fire spread to the building, causing an estimated $1,200,000 damage to the building and contents.  There were no casualties in the incident. A few hours after the APHIS arson, the perpetrators set incendiary devices at the  U.S.D.A. Animal Damage Control (ADC) facility, also in Olympia, Washington, only about 12 miles from the APHIS building. The groups claimed responsibility for the arsons in letter, stating that the acts were a "great cleansing process" and "This war on wildlife and nature must end! We will not stop until it does." The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which committed nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.
06/21/1998: Three members of the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts (ALF and ELF) placed and ignited two incendiary devices outside the U.S.D.A. Animal Damage Control (ADC) facility in Olympia, Washington in the United States.  Each device, consisting of two five-gallon plastic buckets filled with a mixture of gasoline, heavy petroleum distillate and detergent, functioned properly and the fire spread to a wood fiber/paraffin solid fuel mixture and then to the bucketed fuel.  There were no casualties in the incident. The fire caused approximately $500,000 in damage.  A few hours prior to the ADC arson, the perpetrators ignited fuel filled buckets at the  U.S.D.A. APHIS facility, also in Olympia, Washington, only about 12 miles from the ADC building. The groups claimed responsibility for the arsons in communiqué, stating that the acts were a "great cleansing process" and "This war on wildlife and nature must end! We will not stop until it does."  The perpetrators were part of a group calling themselves "The Family," which committed nearly 20 arson and ecotage attacks over a 6 year period.
06/21/1998: Two grenades exploded close to the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, but there were no casualties or damage to the area in this attack by unknown perpetrators. The grenades blew up in a spinney around 700 meters (yards) from the Embassy perimeter. Investigators said remote detonators found on the site had failed to launch the rocket-propelled grenades towards the Embassy.
06/21/1999: Ninja militiamen attacked the town of Djambala in Plateaux Region, Congo, but were repelled by Congolese troops, who forced the militiamen to retreat to neighboring hills. No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/21/2000: A bomb exploded at the back of a terrace house in the predominately Catholic Balymurphy district in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The blast injured a Catholic man and his son. The Protestant loyalists, the Ulster Freedom Fighters were suspected to be connected with the attack.
06/21/2000: A Catholic man was attacked by eight masked men in Londonderry, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The attackers broke his arms and legs with iron bars. Although the assailants were unknown, the attack occurred after Protestant militants threatened to end a ceasefire.
06/21/2000: Six mortar bombs landed near the Decani monastery in Belgrade, Serbia. The attack did not result in any casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2000: The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) attacked an Indonesian police post in the center of Lhokseumawe. Six policemen were injured.
06/21/2001: No one was injured when a fifty pound bomb car bomb exploded outside the Banco Guipuzcoano building in San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa province, Spain around 8:00am.  The Gara newspaper and another organization received telephone calls before the explosion warning of a bomb in the area.  Damage to the building included blown out windows and loose paneling.  The car the bomb was left in was destroyed.  Authories blamed the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) organization for the attack, although no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2002: A bomb exploded under a car registered to the Egyptian Embassy in the Pagrati neighborhood of Athens. No one was harmed and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2002: A car bombing attributed to the separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA) exploded in the Spanish town of Fuengirola. Three British citizens were injured in the attack.
06/21/2002: A car bombing attributed to the separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA) exploded in the Spanish town of Marbella. No one was hurt.
06/21/2002: Members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fired on the regional police chief's vehicle near Paico village. One policeman was killed and three other individuals were wounded in the attack.
06/21/2003:  Rani Begum was killed when he was injected with cyanide in Todi-Poonch, Kashmir.
06/21/2003: About 10 suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) shot and killed the mayor of Tayug, Guerrero Zaragosa, in the Philippines. The attackers ambushed the mayor as he was leave a cockfighting venue. Two of Zaragosa’s bodyguards were wounded in the shooting as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2004: An Afghan police officer was killed in an ambush on a UN vehicle traveling along a road in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province. No one else was injured or killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2004: An election registration team in Arghandab District in Kandahar Province (Afghanistan) was attacked. In this incident, a rocket was fired on a vehicle of the security forces that was part of the team, resulting in one person being killed and two injured. No group claimed responsiblity,
06/21/2004: The motorcade of Iraqi Health Minister Ala al-Din Alwan came under an attack in Baghdad. An explosive charge went off when the motorcade was passing. Four bodyguards were killed in the attack, and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2005: George Hawi, a former leader of the Lebanese Communist Party, was killed in a car bomb attack in the Wata Musaytbeh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon. No one took responsibility for attaching the bomb to the victim's car.
06/21/2005: Naxalites, Maoist guerillas, attacked villagers in the Dantiwara district of Chattisgarh, India. Eight villagers were killed and 30 tribesmen injured in two attacks in two days. Twenty-four tribesmen were missing after the attacks.
06/21/2005: Palestinian gunmen shot at a minivan driving through the West Bank and killed an Israeli. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2005: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a gun attack of the car of an employee with the UN-backed Afghan electoral commission in the Maywand district of the Kandahar (Province) province, Afghanistan. The attack killed the husband of election official and injured the driver.
06/21/2007:  On a road between Myawadi and Thngan Nyi Naung, Kayin State, Burma, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) killing eight members of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), one civilian, as well as one monk.  The DKBA vehicle sustained damages.  The Karen National Union (KNU), claimed responsability.
06/21/2007: A suicide truck bombing outside the Sulaiman Bek city hall in a predominantly Sunni area of northern Iraq killed at least 17 people, including the mayor, and wounded 66, officials said.   No claim of responsibility was reported, but authorities suspect al-Qaida in Iraq is responsible.
06/21/2007: Local sources in the refugee camp told our correspondent that Sirreis was a construction worker, and he was killed as travelling home after visiting his sister. A number of masked gunmen obstructed his way and opened fire at him. He was hit by several gunshots in the chest and legs and died after being transferred to Rafidia hospital in Nablus, Palestine. The sources stated that Sirreis was not affiliated to any political party, yet he was considered a Fatah loyalist, according to Fatah sources in Al-Ein refugee camp.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/21/2008: On Saturday afternoon at 1300, in Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device hidden in the vehicle of Ammar Aziz Mohammed, the office manager of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in the Al Tobchi neighborhood, wounding three and damaging the vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2008: On Saturday in Doda, Jammu, India, security forces have recovered a 20 kilogram improvised explosive device, planted by militants on Bharat road in Soran village. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2008: On Saturday late at night, six unknown armed men abducted Hassan Mohammad Ali, the chief of the Mogadishu UN refugee agency, from his home in the Elasha Biyaha trading district on the outskirts of  Mogadishu, Banaadir province, Somalia. On 08/27/2008 on Wednesday afternoon, Ali was released unconditionally by his abductors in Mogadishu. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/21/2008: On Saturday night, unknown militants threw a hand grenade at the Jajab Cinema hall, killing two civilians and injuring six others in the Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu, Banaadir province, Somalia. Leaflets had been anonymously distributed earlier, warning the cinema's owner against showing American and Indian films containing nudity. Some residents of the area had complained that the cinema sometimes showed pornographic movies at night. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, a suspected Taliban rocket fired from Pakistan hit a hospital in Asadabad, Konar, Afghanistan. One man was killed while another man and a woman were injured in the attack.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, at 0730, two militants opened fire at a passenger bus at Thoubal Kiyam Siphai Babu bazaar in Thoubal, Manipur, India. Both the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak and the People's United Liberation Front have claimed responsibility for the attack. No casualties were reported.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, at 0800, two people were injured when their car exploded in the Al Kornish area of central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. Police suspect the two passengers were planning a car bomb attack. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, at 1600, a bomb planted in a civilian car exploded on Al Nidhal Street in Baghdad, Iraq. Two Iraqi employees of a local LG Company branch were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, four suspected militants hurled a hand grenade at the Dharamjuli Tea Estate after attempting to kidnap the son of the shopkeeper in Udalguri, Assam, India. The blast killed one woman, identified as Bharati Koya, and injured another woman. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, four suspected militants tried to kidnap Pranab Jyoti Deka, the son of the Dharamjuli Tea Estate's shopkeeper, in Udalguri, Assam, India. The militants hurled a hand grenade at the shop when people tried to stop them. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, near Escravos in Delta, Nigeria, assailants detonated bombs, damaging an oil facility but causing no injuries.  The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta claimed responsibility.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia militants detonated dynamite by remote control at the Colombian Ecopetrol oil pipeline in the rural area of Tibu, Norte de Santander, Colombia. The pipeline was closed and 100,000 barrels of crude oil were lost. No casualties were reported.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, Rudy Haddad, a Jewish man, was attacked and beaten by an unknown number of African youths in Paris, Ile de France, France. The attack was anti-Semitic. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2008: On Saturday, suspected Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) Muslim militants ambushed a passenger train near Narathiwat district, Yala province, Thailand, killing three passengers and a railway police officer while wounding five others. The gunmen were wearing military fatigues and were using automatic rifles in the attack. On 06/22/2008 on Sunday, police detained three rebels suspected of being involved in the attack while on 06/25/2008 on Wednesday, the provincial court in Narathiwat issued arrest warrants for Harem Janeh, Duerapa Jeh-uma, Amran Ming and Asueming Samae who were also suspected of being responsible for the attack. Asueming Samae was arrested on 20080709 on Tuesday. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/21/2009: A suicide bomber detonated inside the Al-Baghdadi Restaurant in Abu Dishir neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 15 people were killed and 25 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2009: On Sunday afternoon at around 1300, on Jumhuriya Street in central Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated via mobile phone a roadside improvised explosive device 50 meters from the provincial government building, killing one civilian, wounding two others and a police officer. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday at approximately 1200 noon, on Kota Baru- Thung Yang Daeng Road in Tambon Wang Phaya of Raman, Yala, Thailand, assailants threw an improvised explosive device (IED) near Toh Pakeh School, causing no injuries or damage because it failed to explode. A second IED later exploded when a team of defense volunteers and soldiers attempted to defuse it, wounding one defense volunteer. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, in in Qareh Bagh, Ghazni, Afghanistan, a landmine exploded, killing a tribal elder and wounding two civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, in Muzhava, Samegrelo-Zemo Svanet'i, Georgia, an improvised explosive device exploded as a European Union Monitor Mission convoy was passing, killing a Georgian medical worker, wounding a Georgian doctor, destroying one vehicle, and damaging one other. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants attacked a police officer’s house with grenades and small arms causing no casualties but damaging the home. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, in Rivers, Nigeria, assailants detonated explosives, damaging two oil pipelines and an offshore facility operated by Shell but causing no casualties. No motive for the attack was reported and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, source details that one person was killed and three others, including a cop, were wounded in an explosive charge blast that occurred near the provincial building in Mosul, Ninewah, Iraq. The device was detonated by a mobile phone. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, special agents of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) located a Chevrolet Corsa, license plates GRD-676, that was loaded with R1, shrapnel, and detonating cord, in a parking lot in Ibague, Tolima, Colombia. The special agents neutralized in a control manner the car bomb. No group has claimed responsibility however, authorities believe that the 21st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were responsible and that the intended targets were government entities such as city hall and a courthouse.
06/21/2009: On Sunday, the source details that a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad has left at least two people dead and six others wounded. The attack came happened near a restaurant in southeast Baghdad. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/21/2010: On Monday afternoon, at 1630, in Barangay Nagsurot in Burgos, Iloocos Norte, Philippines, two security aides of Mayor-elect Matilde Sales died after their car was shot at by a group of men. Sales and five others, including a radio reporter, were on board a Toyota Grandia van when they were ambushed. Killed were Sales’ close-in security Mario Monje and Phertofil Caletena. Another aide, Lito Rangasan and Sales’ driver, whom police identified only as Mario, were wounded. Sales and Bombo Radio senior reporter Lita Baptista, who were both seated in the middle section of the van, were unhurt. Police recovered empty shells from M-16 and M-14 rifles at the ambush site. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2010: On Monday around 1230 noon, in Chegemskiy, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near a government building wounding one traffic police officer and damaging the building. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2010: On Monday night around 2200, in the district of Bwiza in Bujumbura, Burundi, one assailant riding a motorcycle threw a grenade into a bar, killing one person and injuring six others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although it was widely believed that the ex-rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another political opposition group was responsible.
06/21/2010: On Monday night at around 0300, near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, suspected militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a Muslim shrine of a saint named Mian Umer Baba, destroying it. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2010: On Monday night, in the village of Nyabiraba near Gitega, Gitega Province, Burundi, unidentified assailants threw a grenade at a home, killing one person and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2010: On Monday night, in Yaqshid district of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, militants attacked with unknown weapons, positions held by militants of the group Hizbul Islam, killing 10 people and injuring 20 others. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, but the militant group al-Shabaab is thought to be responsible.
06/21/2010: On Monday, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified militants fired a mortar shell at a university faculty building. No casualties were reported but the building was lightly damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday afternoon, in Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan, unknown militants opened fire on the vehicle of the Arbaki (militia) commander, Mullah Rahmatollah, killing the commander, two other militia men, a civilian, and wounding one female civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday morning, in Charikar, Parvan, Afghanistan, an unidentified suicide bomber detonated his explosive device near the entrance of the governor's office, killing one teenage girl and wounding a security guard while causing an unknown amount of property damage to the area. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through spokesman Qari Yosuf Ahmadi.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday morning, in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated explosive devices that were attached to a school, destroying the school and damaging nearby buildings but causing no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday morning, in the al-Soub al-Sagheer neighborhood in Al Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated two suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices targeting the house of Salim Hussein Alwan, the Governor of the Al Qadisiyah province. The blasts took place during a shift change of the guards outside his house and killed 25 people and wounded 30 others. However, Voice of Iraq reported from security sources that only 23 people were killed and up to 40 people were wounded. Most of the victims were security guards gathering at the site and residents of the neighboring houses; Salim and his family; however, escaped unhurt. The blasts caused an unknown amount of property damage to the property and no group claimed responsibility; however authorities attributed the attack to Saddam Hussein's Baath party loyalists and the terrorist group of Al Qaeda Group of Jihad in the Country of Two Rivers (Iraq).
06/21/2011: On Tuesday night around 2300, in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Gadzhi Aliebegov of the Investigation Committee of Russia. Alibegov, an investigator for the organization, was killed as he was emerging from his car on Khurshilov Street. No other casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday night, in Kirumba, North Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa), unidentified militants fired upon and killed Kambale Musonia, a journalist for Community Radio of Lubero Sud, outside his home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday, in Al Musayyib, Babil, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a coffee shop. The blast killed five civilians, wounded nine others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday, in El Arish, Shamal Sina, Egypt, unknown gunmen armed with small arms in three vehicles attacked a police patrol. The gunmen shot and killed two policemen and wounded two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday, in Imphal, Manipur, India, unidentified militants threw a hand grenade at the residence of an executive engineer identified as Thokchom Kesho. The grenade failed to detonate resulting in no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday, in the Harthiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device planted inside a Kia minibus. The blast killed one civilian, wounded three others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2011: On Tuesday, in the Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device that targeted a liquor store. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage, but caused no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/21/2012: A motorcycle struck a roadside bomb near a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Sohbatpur town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: A pipe bomb was discovered and defused in the Waterside neighborhood, Londondery city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: A roadside bomb detonated after being struck by Abdul Saboor Khidmat's vehicle in the Azizabad area of Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Khidmat, a member of the Wolesi Jirga, escaped the attack unharmed; however, his bodyguard was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting the vehicle of Omar Khan Baiani in the Ghoramch area of Bamyan city, Bamyan province, Afghanistan. Baiani, a local administrative chief, escaped the attack unharmed; however, his vehicle was damaged in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: An explosive device attached to a donkey cart detonated outside of the Panji Peer shrine in the Hazar Khwani area of Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three people were killed and another 21 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: An explosive device buried underneath a road detonated, targeting a military vehicle providing protection for teachers in Sukhirin district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. A soldier and a civilian were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: An explosive device detonated at the Farooqia mosque in the Gausabad area of Satellite Town, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people were killed and another 14 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: An explosive device detonated in Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. One person was killed and another four injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: An explosive device planted along a road detonated, targeting a security-force vehicle in Ladha Tehsil, South Waziristan region, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One Pakistani army officer was killed and six other troops injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: An explosive-laden motorcycle was discovered in front of the Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The explosive device failed to detonate; however, two New Zealand International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) workers were injured while fleeing from the hospital following the discovery of the explosives. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Approximately seven assailants attacked a popular hotel at Qargha Lake near Karga city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. At least 25 people were killed, including civilians, police officers, and attackers, and at least 32 hostages were released following an intense 12-hour standoff. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted the lakeside resort because it hosted parties that involved the consumption of alcohol and other exploits prohibited by Islam.
06/21/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military logistics convoy in Sayad Abad district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants attacked a police station and the residence of a relief agency official in Bula Hawa town, Gedo region, Somalia. Two civilians were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab.
06/21/2012: Assailants attacked a Somali army base in Bula Hawa town, Gedo region, Somalia. Approximately 10 people, including civilians, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants attacked a Somali military base in the Elasha Biyaha area in Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. At least six soldiers were killed, including a Somali army commander, and another 10 soldiers were injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants bombed two high-power transmission towers in Badhber area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, but the towers were destroyed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Levies Force station in the Nag area of Washik district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two Levies Force personnel were killed and another injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected Baloch nationalists.
06/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Bouira city, Bouira province, Algeria. One police officer was killed and another two injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Yenisehir town, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Three people were injured in the assault, including two police officers and one civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants shot and killed a district police inspector in Khasavyurt city, Dagestan republic, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2012: Assailants threw an explosive device at the residence of Salik Mlah in Labu-Labu village, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Mlah, a former village chief, and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Garmsir, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: A landmine blast targeted a police patrol in Nerli, Chhattisgarh state, India. A firefight ensued, but no injuries were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police spokesperson attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/21/2013: A rocket landed near a checkpost in Dukki, Punjab province, Pakistan. No one was injured and no damage was caused in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: A rocket struck a power station in Aley, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. There were no reported injuries; however, a power cable was damaged, disrupting service. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated prematurely in Killa Saifullah, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Only the bomber was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2013: An explosive device detonated as police arrived on the scene of an earlier incident in Karachi city, Sindh province Pakistan. Seven people were wounded in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Bilal Colony on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: An explosive device detonated at a mosque in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. No injuries were reported, and the blast caused little damage. Pavlo Lapshyn, a self-identified white supremacist, was arrested and pled guilty to the offence.
06/21/2013: An explosive device detonated in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people died and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: Assailants attacked a patrol base of the 33rd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. One civilian was killed when he was hit by a stray bullet. This was one of two coordinated attacks on military targets in Barangay Bagumbayan on this day, both of which were claimed by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM). A spokesperson for the BIFM stated that the attack was in response to an earlier attack on their forces by members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU).
06/21/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Kala Zal district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and another was injured in the attack. This was the one of two police checkpoints attacked in this district on this day, both of which were claimed by the Taliban.
06/21/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Qalae Zal district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. One police officer and 18 assailants were killed and 11 assailants were wounded. This was the one of two police checkpoints attacked in this district on this day, both of which were claimed by the Taliban.
06/21/2013: Assailants attacked checkpoints in Chappadarra, Kunar province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and another wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however authorities attributed it to the Taliban.
06/21/2013: Assailants attempted to burn down the headquarters of the Strong Egypt Party in Warak district, Qalyubia governorate, Egypt. No major damage was caused and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2013: Assailants fired on a Turkish military helicopter in Hakkari province, Turkey. There were no reported injuries and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2013: Assailants kidnapped and beheaded the family of an Afghan intelligence officer in Parwan province, Afghanistan. Four of the officer's family members were killed. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, government officials attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/21/2013: Assailants kidnapped two engineers from a stone quarry in Orenlik, Bitlis province, Turkey. There was no claim of responsibility for this attack; however, sources attributed it to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown.
06/21/2013: Assailants opened fire in Bilal Colony area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two people were killed and 20 people were injured in the incident, which was one of two attacks in Bilal Colony on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2013: Assailants set fire to a passenger bus in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No additional information was available.
06/21/2013: Assailants set six vehicles on fire in Bristol, South West region, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported injuries. Borderless Solidarity Cell (BSC) claimed responsibility for the incident in an online statement, saying that the group targeted the United Kingdom (UK) Border Agency vehicles because of the vehicles were used in dawn raids on immigrant families and because of the agency's role in restricting free movement.
06/21/2013: Assailants shot and killed a cleric in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The cleric, Molana Yasir Qurashi, was from a Jamia-e-Farooqia affiliated seminary. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: Assailants shot and killed a militia member in Bangaray Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. This was one of two coordinated attacks on military targets in Barangay Bagumbayan on this day, both of which were claimed by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM). A spokesperson for the BIFM stated that the attack was in response to an earlier attack on their forces by members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU).
06/21/2013: At least 30 assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Keshkal, Chhattisgarh state, India. In the ensuing gunfire, one police officer was killed and three were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police spokesperson attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/21/2013: Gunmen attacked vehicles on the highway in Machanga district, Sofala province, Mozambique. At least two people were killed and five wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/21/2013: Gunmen fired at a Provincial Assembly member (MPA) in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. MPA Sajid Qureshi, his son, and a civilian bystander died in the shooting. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the incident was part of their strategy for attacking secular parties and their leaders in Pakistan.
06/21/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Police returned fire and killed two of the assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol in Toubi, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. One person was killed in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/21/2013: Gunmen shot and wounded a teacher in Talayan, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2013: Two gunmen opened fire and a suicide bomber detonated their explosives at Hussaini Madrassa in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Fifteen people, including the suicide bomber, were killed and 32 were injured in the attack. There was no claim of responsibility for this attack; however, security forces attributed it to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
06/21/2014: A land mine detonated near a vehicle in Sarab area, Shahidi Hassas district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. A police officer and two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: A mortar struck Adhaim area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three people, including two police officers, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and one other was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a police vehicle in Hangu town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: A roadside bomb, targeting military personnel, detonated in Ballota area, Sidi Abdelaziz town, Jijel province, Algeria. A soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the convoy of Mohammad Massom Stanikzai in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Stanikzai, a senior official of the Afghan High Peace Council, survived; however, one civilian was killed, in addition to the suicide bomber, and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Taliban was involved in the attack.
06/21/2014: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Yusuf Ahmed Abukar detonated in Hamar Weyne area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Abukar, a radio presenter, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/21/2014: An explosive device detonated in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: An explosive device detonated outside a police checkpost near Sohrab Goth area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Fadhil area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one police officer was killed and two more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: An explosive device planted in a trash bin detonated in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Four people, including three civilians and a police officer, were killed and three other people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked a coal mine and held a number of mining officers hostage in Kirovsky area, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, several vehicles were stolen in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked a mosque in Navanthurai village, Northern province, Sri Lanka. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of three attacks carried out by Buddhist monks on Muslim targets in Sri Lanka on June 21, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Buddhist monks.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked a Muslim prayer room at the University of Jaffna in Jaffna district, Northern province, Sri Lanka. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of three attacks carried out by Buddhist monks on Muslim targets in Sri Lanka on June 21, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Buddhist monks.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked a peshmerga checkpoint in Sulayman Beg region, Saladin governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of assailants were killed and two peshmerga members and a civilian were injured in the ensuing clash. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of at least two attacks on checkpoints carried out by the Taliban in Helmand province on June 21, 2014. In addition to ten assailants, three police officers were killed and two others were wounded across attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked an unknown number of military bases in Imam Weis area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least 15 attackers were killed in the ensuing clash. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked and burned down the police station in Rutbah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. Once the police station was destroyed, the assailants took control of the town. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked residents and took control of Anah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two towns the assailants targeted on the same day. In the 24 hours following the attacks, the assailants killed 21 leaders in both towns. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/21/2014: Assailants attacked residents and took control of Rawah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two towns the assailants targeted on the same day. In the 24 hours following the attacks, the assailants killed 21 leaders in both towns. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/21/2014: Assailants drove a truck into a police building and detonated explosive devices in Yecheng district, Xinjiang province, China. Thirteen assailants were killed and three police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants kidnapped civilians who had witnessed an earlier attack in Upepeni village, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. One hostage escaped and alerted security forces, who chased the assailants. One soldier and one assailant were killed and one civilian was wounded in the ensuing clash; the fate of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants launched rockets at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) base located at an airport in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on a civilian in Shihr town, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. The civilian was killed in the attack. This was one of two similar attacks carried out by Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on June 21, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on Abdulkolik Cheha in Panare district, Pattani province, Thailand. Cheha, a military informant, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Jobin area, Alishing district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Four people, including one police officer and three assailants, were killed and four people, including two police officers and two assailants, were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on Brigadier General Abdullah Hussein al-Mihdhar in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Al-Mihdhar, a military academy officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved in the attack.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on police forces at the port of Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least six people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Shekarpor Darwaza area, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and two people, including a police officer and a civilian, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on police patrols in Juraf neighborhood, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Seventeen police officers were wounded and taken hostage in the attack. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Korongilum village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 12 people were killed, 11 others were injured and an unknown number of buildings were damaged in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages carried out by Boko Haram on June 21, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Ntsiha village, Borno state, Nigeria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages carried out by Boko Haram on June 21, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2014: Assailants stormed Dagu village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages carried out by Boko Haram on June 21, 2014. At least 91 people were abducted across attacks; four of which attempted to escape and were killed by the assailants. At least 63 hostages escaped on July 5, 2014. The fate of the remaining 87 hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2014: Assailants stormed Kummabza village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages carried out by Boko Haram on June 21, 2014. At least 91 people were abducted across attacks; four of which attempted to escape and were killed by the assailants. At least 63 hostages escaped on July 5, 2014. The fate of the remaining hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2014: Assailants stormed Yaga village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages carried out by Boko Haram on June 21, 2014. At least 91 people were abducted across attacks; four of which attempted to escape and were killed by the assailants. At least 63 hostages escaped on July 5, 2014. The fate of the remaining 87 hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the vehicle of Hasan Ghomrawi in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. Ghomrawi, the mayor of Beddawi city, was unharmed; however, several vehicles were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2014: Assailants threw petrol bombs at a clothing store, owned by members of the Muslim community, in Panadura town, Western province, Sri Lanka. There were no reported casualties; however, the store was damaged in the attack. This was one of three attacks carried out by Buddhist monks on Muslim targets in Sri Lanka on June 21, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Buddhist monks.
06/21/2014: Multiple mortar shells landed near a border checkpoint and detonated in Uspenka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one border guard was wounded in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/21/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and other assailants stormed a National Intelligence Agency training site in Shibis neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: A suicide bomber detonated near a Kurdish Asayish Headquarters in Qamishili city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least one person was killed and 11 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2015: An assailant stabbed Roz Ben-Carmela, an Israeli Border Police officer, outside of the Damascus Gate in the Old City, Jerusalem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The officer was wounded in the attack and the assailant was wounded when the officer opened fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated in front of a Ministry of Agriculture building in Sofia city, Grad Sofia oblast, Bulgaria. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah district, Babil governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and nine others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Al Bawi village, near Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa Council members were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of a police chief in Chahar Shanbeh Tepa area, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated near two electricity towers in Bostan area, Pishin district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) convoy along Baragoni-Kiunga road, Lamu county, Kenya. Three soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ejbur area of Rasheed neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Peshmerga patrol in Zarkah area, Iraq. One Peshmerga officer was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least two police officers were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in As Sulaykh area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a teacher, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Ghadeer area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. A police captain was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants attacked Dashti Archi district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. The attack lasted into June 22, 2015, when the district came under the assailants' control. No casualties were reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants attacked local militia fighters in Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Four local fighters were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/21/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a police station in eastern Ramadi city, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and five officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Al-Mimdarah area, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. This was one of two attacks in this area on this day. Three civilians were killed and four others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
06/21/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Mansurah neighborhood, Shaykh Uthman city, Adan governorate, Yemen. This was one of two attacks in this area on this day. Three civilians were killed and four others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
06/21/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Al-Masharqa neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least eight people were killed and 14 others were injured in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/21/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Khaldiyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least three people were killed in the incident. This was one of two projectile attacks in different Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Compostela Valley province, Philippines. One civilian was wounded when a nearby residence was hit. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police post in Mugoboka area, Rohero neighborhood, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying liquor in At Tamim neighborhood, Madain town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on Anwar Hajji Dayib in Dharkeenley district, Banaadir region, Somalia. Dayib, a finance official in the office of the Prime Minister, was killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on electrical technicians attempting to repair power lines in Al-Hadan, Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Al-Islah Party.
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on police and detonated an explosives-laden vehicle on a checkpost in Shagholi area, Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Sixteen people, including six police officers and ten assailants, were killed and eight others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least three officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/21/2015: Assailants stormed the residence of a senior chief in Wajir area, Wajir county, Kenya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2015: Assailants threw grenades in Burengo town, Ngozi province, Burundi. Four civilians were killed and 27 others were injured in this attack. This is one of three related attacks in Burundi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/21/2015: Assailants threw grenades in Kirundo town, Kirundo province, Burundi. One civilian was injured in this attack. This is one of three related attacks in Burundi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/21/2015: Assailants threw grenades in Muyinga district, Muyinga province, Burundi. No casualties were reported. This is one of three related attacks in Burundi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Logar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Paktika province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosive devices in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/21/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military post providing services to a refugee camp in Ar-Ruwayshid, Mafraq, Jordan. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 13 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the volunteer fighters' headquarters in Dawr, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least four volunteers were killed and six volunteers were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at the Al-Salam checkpoint near Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least four people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier opened fire on his colleagues in Kotal Siah, Badghis, Afghanistan. At least four soldiers and the assailant were killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An assailant opened fire on Abdiweli Ibrahim Mohamed in Jowhar, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. Mohamed, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) regional head, was killed and another person was injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: An assailant opened fire on Bill Kayong in Kuala Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia. Kayong, a Miri Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device attached to the motorcycle of Abdul Ahmad detonated in Charikar, Parwan, Afghanistan. Ahmad, an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated as it was being defused by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officials in Makhdoom Rasheed, Punjab, Pakistan. At least two officials were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Captain 'Isam al-Din Abdallah, the volunteer fighter media official, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated in Rasheed, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated in Zafraniya, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Central Security Forces (CSF) vehicle outside of Al-Qusayma, North Sinai, Egypt. At least six officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Al-Fadhiliyah, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Russian Armed Forces vehicle along Ithriya-Raqqa Road in Hamah governorate, Syria. At least three soldiers were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel near Kurusnar, Chhattisgarh, India. At least two CAF officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/21/2016: Assailants abducted Albino Andrea in Kebel Kheir neighborhood, Wau, South Sudan. Andrea, the cameraperson for Governor Rizik Zackariah Hassan, was tortured and released on June 23, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: Assailants abducted Amadou Aboubakar Kabirou from an unknown area of Central African Republic while he was attempting to negotiate the release of police officers in a previous kidnapping. Kabirou, a parliamentary deputy, was released unharmed along with the other six hostages on June 25, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants attacked a military outpost in Nad Ali district, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least 12 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/21/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Al Anad, Lahij, Yemen. At least 20 assailants were killed and 10 soldiers were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/21/2016: Assailants attacked security forces in As Sukariyat, Saladin, Iraq. Security members repelled the assault, killing 11 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/21/2016: Assailants fired a ballistic missile at Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties as the missile was intercepted by security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/21/2016: Assailants fired a projectile at the residence of Dulen Ayunan in Bualan, Pikit district, North Cotabato, Philippines. Ayunan, a local village councilor, was not harmed but at least four children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: Assailants held hostage Tharayil Shajan near Mananthavady, Kerala, India. Shajan, a civilian, was released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the victim attributed the attack to Maoists, though authorities questioned this accusation.
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Beytussebap district, Sirnak, Turkey. Three police officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Shaykh Uthman, Adan, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Arab Ebjur, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two Sahwa Council members were killed and five members were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) members in Embac, Paquibato district, Davao del Sur, Philippines. At least one soldier was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Koseng Muso in Muang Pattani district, Pattani, Thailand. Muso, a local assistant village head, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Ningombam Nabachandra at a security complex in Imphal, Manipur, India. Nabachandra, a former People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) chair, and his aide were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK).
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Caldiran district, Van, Turkey. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/21/2016: Assailants opened fire on Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) officers in Yingo district, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least two officers were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/21/2016: Assailants raided a prison in Jaar, Abyan, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the assault, though an unknown number of prisoners were released. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/21/2016: Assailants raided a village in Boori, Diffa, Niger. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. An imam was killed in one of the villages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2016: Assailants raided Anyiin, Benue, Nigeria. At least three people were killed in the assault. This was one of six coordinated attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/21/2016: Assailants raided Arikoukouri, Diffa, Niger. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. An imam was killed in one of the villages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2016: Assailants raided Uzer, Benue, Nigeria. At least one person was killed in the assault. This was one of six coordinated attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/21/2016: Assailants raided Vaase, Benue, Nigeria. At least four people were killed in the assault. This was one of six coordinated attacks in the area overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
06/21/2016: Assailants set fire to a Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) office in Beira, Sofala, Mozambique. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants shot and killed an Egyptian National Police (ENP) officer at his residence in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/21/2016: Assailants shot, killed, and beheaded Allain John-Morrison, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chief, in Abua-Odual, Rivers, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants stopped several civilian vehicles and detained 100 civilians near Gereshk, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least 75 hostages escaped or were rescued on the same day. The remaining 25 hostages were released on June 22, 2016. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that those who were affiliated with the government were targeted.
06/21/2016: Assailants stopped two civilian vehicles and robbed the occupants of their personal property in Cheringoma, Sofala, Mozambique. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/21/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a police station in Wanpoh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a residential compound for a telecommunications company in Imphal, Manipur, India. One person was injured in the blast. The National Revolutionary Front of Manipur (NRFM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a Somali National Army (SNA) checkpoint in Via-Wajeer neighborhood, Merca, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however sources suspected that the attack was carried out by Al-Shabaab.
06/21/2016: Assailants threw petrol bombs and stones at Israeli vehicles on Route 443 in West Bank. At least one person was killed and three people were injured in the assault, while three people were also injured as Israeli security forces responded with gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
06/21/2016: Assailants threw petrol bombs at the Republic of the Congo Embassy in Paris, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Multiple explosive devices detonated targeting a military patrol in El Espejo, San Calixto, Norte de Santander, Colombia. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Popular Liberation Army (EPL).
06/21/2016: Police discovered and defused an explosives-laden minibus in Ergani, Diyarbakir, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2016: Security forces identified and arrested three suicide bombers in Istanbul, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/21/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle near a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) guard post at Al-Sagha market on Al-Jalaa Street in Al-Sulaybah neighborhood, Idlib, Syria. In addition to the assailant, at least three people were killed and three other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/21/2017: An assailant armed with a knife stabbed Lieutenant Jeff Neville at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, United States. Neville, a police officer, was injured in the attack. Amor Ftouhi claimed responsibility for the incident and made statements about deaths caused by the United States government in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan during the attack.
06/21/2017: An assailant set fire to an asylum center near Ystad, Skane, Sweden. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An assailant shot and killed Xolile Gwangxu, a Democratic Alliance (DA) ward councilor, in Phillipi neighborhood, Cape Town, South Africa. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An assailant threw acid at Muslim civilians in a vehicle in Beckton area, London, United Kingdom. Two civilians suffered burn injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to an anti-Muslim extremist, identified as John Tomlin.
06/21/2017: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in the 15th police district of Kabul, Afghanistan. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An explosive device detonated against a farmer's vehicle in Kanaan, Diyala, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An explosive device detonated at an electricity tower in Sabunji, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, but the tower was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An explosive device detonated in Riyadh neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Judge 'Ali al-Ka'bi in Qiblah neighborhood, Basra, Iraq. Four people, including al-Ka'bi, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a logging truck in Abbari, Borno, Nigeria. Three loggers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/21/2017: Assailants armed with explosive devices attacked a military post in Dumagmang, Camarines Norte, Philippines. At least one soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a barangay outpost in Malagakit, North Cotabato, Philippines. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Pigcawayan district on this date. At least six assailants and one militia member were killed and 8 assailants and 2 militia members were injured across two of the assaults. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for military operations in Mamasapano.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) outpost in Simsiman, North Cotabato, Philippines. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Pigcawayan district on this date. At least six assailants and one militia member were killed and 8 assailants and 2 militia members were injured across two of the assaults. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for military operations in Mamasapano.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a mosque in Surkhabad, Logar, Afghanistan. Two people, including a former Hizb-i-Islami commander, were killed two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Almar, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Faryab overnight. At least three soldiers, two civilians, and nine assailants were killed, and four soldiers and nine assailants were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Dawlatabad, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Faryab overnight. At least three soldiers, two civilians, and nine assailants were killed, and four soldiers and nine assailants were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Ghormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Faryab overnight. At least three soldiers, two civilians, and nine assailants were killed, and four soldiers and nine assailants were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Gurziwan, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Faryab overnight. At least three soldiers, two civilians, and nine assailants were killed, and four soldiers and nine assailants were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Qaysar, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Faryab overnight. At least three soldiers, two civilians, and nine assailants were killed, and four soldiers and nine assailants were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Shirin Tagab, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Faryab overnight. At least three soldiers, two civilians, and nine assailants were killed, and four soldiers and nine assailants were injured across the attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
06/21/2017: Assailants attacked Sukku Gota at a relative's residence in Ketulnar, Chhattisgarh, India. Gota, a police officer, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
06/21/2017: Assailants destroyed houses in an unknown village in Pigcawayan district, North Cotabato, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Pigcawayan district on this date. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for military operations in Mamasapano.
06/21/2017: Assailants destroyed houses in Malagakit, North Cotabato, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Pigcawayan district on this date. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for military operations in Mamasapano.
06/21/2017: Assailants destroyed houses in Simsiman, North Cotabato, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Pigcawayan district on this date. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for military operations in Mamasapano.
06/21/2017: Assailants detonated explosives at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 100 people were killed and an unknown number were injured, while the mosque was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). ISIL denied responsibility and claimed that United States aircraft were responsible for the incident.
06/21/2017: Assailants hijacked two fuel trucks in Wadi Bi, Jufra, Libya. There were no reported casualties, though one driver was reported missing following the attack. The trucks were recovered by security forces on June 23, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Fezzan Province of the Islamic State.
06/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Choknyu, Nagaland, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) may have out the attack.
06/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on Operation Solid Structure personnel in Sirte, Libya. Two Solid Structure members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) peacekeepers guarding Muslim refugees in Bangassou, Mbomou, Central African Republic. There were no reported casualties as the Moroccan peacekeepers repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anti-Balaka militia.
06/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Brigadier Obaid Mohammad Al Quaiti in southern Ad Dali governorate, Yemen. Al Quaiti, the Ad Dali security chief, was not harmed; however, five bodyguards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: Assailants opened fire on village guards in Eruh district, Siirt, Turkey. A village guard was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/21/2017: Assailants raided Malagakit Elementary School in Malagakit, North Cotabato, Philippines. At least 31 people were held hostage for several hours before being released. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Pigcawayan district on this date. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for military operations in Mamasapano.
06/21/2017: Assailants shot and injured Kristo Hispano, a village chair, in Malate neighborhood, Manila, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: Assailants shot and killed Sheikh Ibrahim Kaba-Adde, a clan elder, at a mosque in Qoryoley, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/21/2017: Security forces discovered and defused 11 explosive devices, intended to target police personnel, along Dhanora-Orchha road in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
06/21/2017: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in Rufush, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: Security forces identified and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles in Muhallabiyah, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/21/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated in Kolofata, Extreme-North, Cameroon. In addition to the two assailants, eight civilians were killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/22/1985: Two bombs exploded in the Moslem prayer room at the Daar Us Salaam mosque in Houston, Texas, United States, about an hour after worshippers left the mosque.  There were no casualties in the incident, but the explosions caused about $50,000 in damages.  Daniel Allen Russell, Randy James Jones, and Stephen C. Ahern, all of Houston, were all charged and sentenced after their admissions to constructing and planting the bombs in the mosque.  It appears that the perpetrators acted independently of any group, and their reasons for the bombing, while conflicting, are suspected to be in retaliation and anger over American hostages being held in Lebanon during the Shiite Moslem hijacking of passengers aboard TWA Flight 847.  The bombing came in the midst of threatening phone calls to several area mosques and Islamic society headquarters after the hostage situation in Beirut.
06/22/1998: One person was killed and ten were injured when a van carrying 11 policemen exploded near the Dagestani village of Solnechnoye, North Caucasus, Russia. Reports indicated that the van was presumably blown up by a land bomb near the Chechen border, where the explosive device's wire led in the direction of Chechnya. Chechen Rebels were suspected in the attack.
06/22/1998: Rebels from the Ejercito Popular Revolucionario (Revolutionary Popular Army) used automatic weapons to ambush an infantry detachment in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, killing three soldiers and injuring three others. Reports stated that the attack was in reprisal for the deaths of 11 peasants, who were killed on June 7, 1998 when soldiers attacked a Guerrero school where a group of rebels was holding a meeting with local residents.
06/22/1999: A bomb exploded outside the offices of the Interior Ministry in Moscow, Russia, as explosive experts were attempting to safely defuse it using a robot. At approximately 9:00 am local time, the bomb had been discovered in a package in the lobby of the Ministry by a police officer, who noticed a ticking sound. The blast damaged four cars belonging to the Interior Ministry and shattered six windows. The guard's booth and fence were also damaged, but no casualties were suffered in this incident. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
06/22/1999: National Liberation Army (NLA) members of the Jose Antonio Galan front attacked Puerto Libertador in Cordoba Department, Colombia, killing two people and allegedly abducting three others. The fate of the kidnapped victims was unknown. This incident occurred on or within a few days before June 22, 1999.
06/22/1999: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombian (FARC) members kidnapped Elizabeth Yanez, the director of an environmental agency in Buenaventura, Colombia, as she and her 18 month-old child were traveling via speedboat to a remote area in Buenaventura on official business. According to Yanez's husband, a second speedboat approached his wife's boat and its occupants opened fire to force the boat to stop. After retrieving her name, the perpetrators took off with Yanez. The fate of the kidnapped victims was unknown. This incident occurred on or within a few days before June 22, 1999.
06/22/1999: Two people were killed and fourteen others were injured when a bomb exploded in a shop in Aden, Yemen. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
06/22/1999: Two roadside bombs exploded one after the other in the village of Markabe in southern Lebanon, killing one South Lebanon Army (SLA) soldier and one Lebanese civilian, while injuring two other civilians. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown. Israeli forces launched ground and air attacks in the area following the explosions.
06/22/1999: Unknown assailants burnt an unnamed radio station near Bilbao, Spain, affecting public and private broadcasting services in the area. According to authorities, the arsonists made their way through a fence, dowsed the booster station with a flammable liquid, and set fire to it. No casualties were reported in this incident.
06/22/2000: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) detonated three explosives containing TNT in Gisew, Iraq that caused a fire in the village.
06/22/2000: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) detonated three tractor explosives via remote control while women were on their way to harvest in Gisew, Iraq. No fatal injuries resulted from the blasts.
06/22/2001: No one was injured when Albanian gunmen fired upon a passenger train traveling a route between Skopje-Kicevo near Tetovo, Macedonia around 10:15am.  The train was damaged but continued on to the train station in Skopje.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2001: Police arrested a man carrying 20 bottles filled with gasoline and each containing a fuse made of cloth before he could throw them at the United States embassy in Mexico City, Federal district, Mexico.  Marco Fabio Flores Licea, the man responsible for the attack, claimed the motive behind his attack was to protest American imperialism.
06/22/2001: Two Israeli soldiers were killed and one wounded by a Palestinian male suicide bomber in the Gaza Strip, Israel. The troops were lured to a booby-trapped jeep by a woman pretending to need help. As the army patrol approached the vehicle near the Jewish settlement of Dugit, the bomber blew himself up while, suposedly, Palestinian snipers simultaneously fired on the Israeli men. The Islamic militant group HAMAS claimed responsibility for the killings.
06/22/2002: A bombing attributed to separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA) exploded in the Spanish town of Santander damaging 11 vehicles, a ministry building and wounding a member of the National Police Force.
06/22/2002: A car bombing attributed to separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA) exploded in a car park in the Spanish town of Zaragoza. Three people were injured by the blast.
06/22/2003: Four Palestinians who were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade were killed and three others wounded when a bomb they were about to plant went off prematurely outside the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun.
06/22/2003: Suspected militant Albanians were suspected of being behind two bombings in Skopje, Macedonia. The two bombs exploded two minutes apart in the center of Skopje. The first bomb went off in the Mavrovka shopping center while the second one exploded near the Telekom building. One person was injured in the attacks. Although no group claimed responsibility for the bombings, ethnic Albanian guerilla groups had been responsible for similar bombings in the past.
06/22/2004: A policeman was killed while another was wounded when communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels disguised as Army soldiers raided the police station in New Corella town, Davao del Norte province in the Philippines. Three rebels were killed in the attack.
06/22/2004: A South Korean interpreter was beheaded by the insurgents who held him captive after his abduction five days prior near Falluja. A militant Islamic group linked to terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2004: Forty-seven people from the Ingushetian Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service, border guard and prosecution service were killed in the bandit raid in the republic. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, and the number of injured is unknown.
06/22/2004: Suspected Islamic insurgents armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked an army outpost in Thailand's Muslim-dominated south, killing a soldier and wounding two others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2004: The dean of law at Mosul University and her husband were found dead outside their home in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Layla Abdullah Saeed and her husband, Moneer Yahya Ali Al-Khairo were killed by unidentified militants. Reuters reported that she had received death threats because of voicing a moderate opinion.
06/22/2005:  A suspected member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shot and wounded a police officer in Batticaloa town, Sri Lanka.  The officer approached the suspected Tamil Tiger when he noticed the man acting suspiciously.  After wounding the officer, the attacker fled on a bicycle.
06/22/2005: An improvised bomb exploded at a car service station in Buynaksk in the Dagestan province of Russia and injured two people. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/22/2005: Asan Kaji, deputy village headman, was killed by three unknown gunmen in the Yala province of Thailand.
06/22/2005: Chamnarn Thepsuwan, a defense volunteer, was shot and killed by four suspected militants in the Patani Province of Thailand. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2005: Lek Pongpa, a Buddhist man, was shot twice and decapitated at a roadside teashop in the Cho-Ai-Rong district of the Narathiwat province, Thailand. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2005: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels threw a grenade at Sinhalese civilians in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.  Three civilians, two women and a man, were injured in the attack.
06/22/2005:Militants threw a grenade in Bijbiara in Kashmir, India and injured seventeen people. It was not reported if the identity of the perpetrators were known.
06/22/2006: Saddam Hussein's lawyer was abducted, tortured, and killed in Baghdad, Iraq. The perpetrators to this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/22/2006: The Taliban shot and killed three Pakistani policemen in Waziristan, Pakistan in an ambush near a restive border town.
06/22/2006: Two people were killed and twenty one injured in a grenade attack on a religious pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/22/2007:  Armed assailants attacked a Niger Army base in Agadez, Niger, killing 15 soldiers, wounding 43, and kidnapping 72 others.  The base also sustained damages.  Thirty hostages were released on June 28, 2007.  On or about July 11, 2007, the assailants released three injured hostages to the Red Cross, six more hostages were released on August 4, 2007.  The Niger People's Movement for Justice (MNJ) claimed responsability.
06/22/2007: Gunmen killed two security guards in charge of security at a regional gas pipeline east of the Algerian capital, in Draa El-Mizan, Algeria, a newspaper reported Sunday.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/22/2008: Between Sunday and Wednesday, armed assailants fired upon opposing political forces in Tripoli, Northern Province, Lebanon, killing eight civilians, one child, one police officer; wounding approximately twenty-eight civilians and nineteen political affiliates; and damaging three buildings, a mosque, three residences, three vehicles, and the local electrical infrastructure.  No group claimed responsibility, but it was widely believed that forces of the opposing 14 March Coalition and 8 March Coalition were responsible.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, 70 Communist Party of India Maoists bombed a classroom of the Jain Dharamsla middle school in Dantar village in Chatra, Jharkhand, India. Four classrooms and the resource center of the school were damaged in the blast. Two hostages were killed at the school following the bombing.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, 70 Communist Party of India Maoists kidnapped Bhuvaneshwar Ganjhu, a suspected police informer, in Vashisth Nagar village, Chatra, Jharkhand, India. Ganjhu later had his throat slit along with another hostage outside the Jain Dharamsala middle school in Dantar village in Chatra. Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack by leaving a not at the scene.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, a bomb concealed inside a bag exploded and wounded two people inside a market place in Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, a fragmentation grenade was tossed by an unidentified person into a crowd of civilians watching a game at a local carnival during Matagoan Festival at Tabuk City, Kalinga-Apayao province, Philippines. One man was killed and 18 others were wounded from the grenade attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, an explosive charge detonated near the disabled department and the headquarters of the Iraqi Red Crescent in Al Wasiti neighborhood in southwestern Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The explosion did not cause casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, at 2030, 70 Communist Party of India Maoists kidnapped Pankaj Singh, a suspected police informer, in Jhagartari village in Chatra, Jharkhand, India. Singh was killed with a sharp-edged weapon for being a suspected police informer.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, at 2030, ten people were killed and 24 were wounded when mortar rounds fell on Sahwa headquarters in Al Atheim north of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, four civilians were killed when a roadside bomb targeting their vehicle exploded in Fashka village west of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, Hezbollah militants launched rockets and mortar shells from Jebel Mohsin against al-Awite supporters of the parliament majority in Tripoli of Mankoubeen district, Northern Province, Lebanon. The fighting continued well into the next day on 06/23/2008 on Monday, in which Hezbollah militants clashed with al-Awite supporters using heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. A total of four people were killed and 35 others were wounded following the two day attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, in Mardan, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device next to a movie cinema, badly damaging the Taj Cinema hall but causing no casualties. The bomb was believed to be six to eight kilograms of explosive, was remote controlled and hidden in a butter tin. The bomb went off just after the end of the show. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, Nemichand Jain, the caretaker of the Jain Dharamsala middle school, was beatn up by 70 Communist Party of India Maoists in Dantar village in Chatra, Jharkhand, India. The school was later bombed and two hostages were killed there.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) rebels kidnapped four French Nationals working for nuclear group Areva while they were jogging at gunpoint from the northern Nigerian town of Arlit, Agadez province. The rebels stated that they wanted "to pass on the message to the Nigerian government that it's impossible to do anything concerning prospection and exploitation of minerals in Nigeria before problems are resolved in the north of the country." MNJ rebels were in contact with the International Red Cross to negotiate a hostage release set for the following day on 06/23/2008 on Monday, however, the hostages were not released until 06/25/2008 on Wednesday.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, three civilians were killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a passing car on Rashad Kirkuk Street in southwest Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2008: On Sunday, unknown gunmen armed with pistols shot and killed Mohammad Hassan Kulmiye, head of the Somali Center for Research and Dialogue (CRD), in front of a cafeteria near his home in Beled Weyene, Hiiraan province, Somalia. Mr. Kulmiye, who was a prominent person and known peace activist in Hiiraan, died instantly after being shot several times in his head. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/22/2009: On Monday afternoon at 1330, in Khost, Khost, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device and a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting a government building, killing 10 civilians, wounding 34 civilians, seven children, and damaging several shops, several vehicles, and the government building. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/22/2009: On Monday afternoon at approximately 1415, in Khost, Afghanistan, a small improvised explosive device exploded near a mosque. As a crowd of civilians gathered, a motorcycle drove into the crowd and detonated a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. Six Afghani civilians were killed and twenty six were wounded. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device in the predominantly Shiite northeastern Al Habibiyah neighborhood, wounding three civilians. This bombing was one of five IED attacks to occur in predominantly Shia areas of Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a minibus transporting high school students to their final exams in Al-Hamzah Square in the predominantly Shia northeastern Al Habibiyah neighborhood, killing three students, wounding 12 others and the minibus driver, and damaging the minibus and several shops. This bombing was one of five improvised explosive device attacks to occur in predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 0800, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Shu'bah marketplace in the predominantly Shiite northern Ur neighborhood, killing three civilians and a four-year-old child, wounding 20 to 30 civilians, and damaging the market. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at 1100, in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a car in the central Al-Sab Qusur neighborhood, killing five civilians and wounding 20 others. This bombing was one of five IED attacks on predominantly Shia areas of Baghdad to occur on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at about 0830, in the Nasyr-Kortsky Okrug area of Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, a suicide bomber drove a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device into the convoy of the Ingushetia President at the intersection of the Kavkaz federal highway and Likhachyeva Street and detonated it, killing one bodyguard, one police officer, and one civilian; wounding three bodyguards, one civilian and one top government official; and destroying one vehicle, damaging two others and two nearby residences. The Riyad us-Saliheyn Martyrs' Brigade of the Caucasus Emirate claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday morning at approximately 0930, in Nahr-i-Saraj, Helmand, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device  targeting a civilian vehicle, wounding three civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday night around 0200, near Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, assailants detonated four improvised explosive devices inside a girls' school, damaging one school but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it is believed to have been the Taliban.
06/22/2009: On Monday night at 0020, at Mashogagar village, in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, assailants detonated three improvised explosive devices, targeting a primary school for girls, wounding two civilians and damaging the school. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2009: On Monday night at approximately 2345 in Labungan village in Dinaig, Maguindanao, Philippines, armed assailants fired upon several residences at a construction site operated by RDI Construction, killing one juvenile employee, wounding one child and three civilians, and damaging several residences. The assailants also set fire to a backhoe, damaging the vehicle but causing no injuries. Authorities believed the attack was motivated by extortion. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members under rogue commanders were responsible. MILF leadership denied responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday night, in Narathiwat, Thailand, four suspected Islamic militants stormed into a Buddhist temple and fired at a group of around 50 villagers gathered inside taking an aerobics class. Two volunteer guards providing security fired back and the rebels fled the scene. Seven people were injured including a 20-month-old girl. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in Barabazar, Bhawanipur, Puruliya, West Bengal, India, assailants set fire to a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) office, damaging the office but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in Chaqwari area of Khar, Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a girls primary school, damaging the school. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, a car bomb detonated in the Sabaa Qosoor area of al-Karada sub-district killing a civilian and injuring five others. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya militants kidnapped four civilians and "convicted" them based on Sharia law, of theft of several Mogadishu neighborhoods. On 06/23/2009, assailants amputated, by unknown means, one right hand and one left foot from each victim as punishment. No material damage was reported.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in the evening, in Husayniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a vegetable market, killing four civilians, wounding 16 others, four children, and damaging several shops in the market. A motorcycle was used as the VBIED. This bombing was one of five IED attacks on predominantly Shiite areas of Baghdad on this day. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in the morning, in Abu Ghurayb, Al Anbar, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near the city's municipal council building while a council meeting was in session but struck a civilian car at a checkpoint before reaching the intended target, killing four police officers and three civilians; wounding six police officers, four civilians, three United States soldiers; and damaging the checkpoint, a civilian car, a US military vehicle, and the municipal building. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, in the morning, in Chechar, Khenchela, Algeria, assailants attacked a gendarme patrol, slitting the throats and killing five police officers, kidnapping two others and stealing weapons and police uniforms. It Is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. The status of the hostages is unknown. Al-Qaida Organization in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility.
06/22/2009: On Monday, source details that a bombing ripped through a popular café in al-Doura area, southern Baghdad, Iraq, killing two persons and wounding 13 others. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday afternoon, in Girishk, Helmand, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants remotely detonated an improvised explosive device in a bazaar, killing one tribal elder, wounding six civilians and damaging several shops. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday evening, in southwest of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, an explosive charge went off targeting the motorcade of the director of the police department, Colonel Adnan Abdullaht. The blast damaged one of the motorcade’s vehicles, and caused no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday morning at 0730, in Farah, Afghanistan, unidentified militants detonated a remote-controlled roadside improvised explosive device, targeting Nazir Khidmat, the vehicle of the head of the provincial council, Nazir Ahmad Khedmat, wounding him. his son and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although Taliban is suspected responsible for the attack.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday morning, at 0800, in southeastern Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a government official's motorcade on the Mohmmed al-Qassim Highway, wounding one government official, six police officers, one civilian, and damaging two vehicles. Abu Bakr Al Siddiq as Salafi claimed responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, a bomb planted in a private clinic exploded killing the head of a provincial health department, in Konduz, Konduz, Afghanistan. Dr. Azizullah Safari was headed to the second floor of his clinic when the bomb detonated under the stairwell. Additionally, the Afghan Ministry of Interior claimed that a woman and child who were waiting for the doctor at his clinic were also injured and the clinic was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device placed inside a vehicle, killing one civilian, wounding one other, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was responsible.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in Daura neighborhood, southern Baghdad, Iraq, two civilians were killed and seven others wounded when a roadside improvised explosive device went off at a popular market. The bomb targeted a Transport Ministry Officials’ motorcade. The blast caused damage to shops at the market, but no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in Ghazni, Ghazni, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants fired three rockets at the governor's office, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, two policemen were wounded in a bomb explosion. An explosive charge went off targeting a convoy of a former member of the parliament, chief of al-Touz police and director of the Kirkuk emergency police department. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in Marja, in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, unknown militants fired on the aircraft carrying U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, as it was attempting to land. The envoy escaped the rocket attack. No casualties or damages were reported, and there was no claim of responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in Nadiangere, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Sudan, unidentified assailants killed two members of a Wild Life forces patrol by unknown means. The two men killed were Sergeant Peter Vura and Sergeant Phillip Benjamin. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was responsible.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in one of two related attacks, at a square in Marja, Helmand province, Afghanistan, three suicide bombers waiting for United States Representative of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, were killed, when one of them became impatient and detonated early, killing himself and the other two bombers. Nearby buildings were damaged but no other casualties were reported. It was suspected that the Taliban was responsible.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in the al-Kuweer area of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, three civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device attached to their vehicle by unidentified militants was detonated. The car was damaged and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in the Ba'quba district of Diyala, Iraq, unidentified militants placed a sticky improvised explosive device on the car of a commander of the anti-al-Qaeda Sahwa militia, Sheikh Raad al-Tami, killing the commander and damaging his car. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in the Charmang area of Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants blew up a government primary school, causing no casualties but completely destroying the building. Several suspected militants were detained by security forces in response to the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2010: On Tuesday, in the Mu'alimin district of Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, injuring 10 civilians and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday afternoon, in Magra village, Gaya, Bihar, India, six suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) on two motorcycles shot and killed Arvind Kumar, a former Sarpanch (president of the local self-Government institution) of Sewra. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, Kumar is the husband of newly elected Sarpanch Mamata Devi, and a close political aide of the assembly speaker and local Legislative Member (MLA), Udai Narain Chaudhary. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday morning, in an unknown area of the Cibitoke province in Burundi, two people were killed when unidentified militants fired upon a civilian bus. Afterwards, the militants then set fire to the bus causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle before they fled into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday morning, in the al-Shu'ala neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle born improvised explosive device targeting the al-Hamza mosque. The blast killed one civilian, wounded seven others including three policemen, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday night, Chorwa village in East Champaran, Bihar, India, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) set fire to the mixing plant of a construction company, causing an estimated $ 22,300 (INR 1,000,000) in damages. The tires of one truck and dumper, AC wiring and other equipment were destroyed in the attack, but no casualties were reported. According to police, the Maoists left some literature citing the company's failure to pay 'levy' to the local CPI-M as the reason behind the attack.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday night, in Raman, Yala, Thailand, two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a culinary teacher as he was returning home from a market on a motorcycle. Police were investigating whether the attack was the result of personal conflict or the work of southern separatists. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the motorcycle and no group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of a former member of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. The blast killed the former member and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen attacked an Iranian Oil delegation convoy. The gunmen wounded two Iraqi guards in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Dibs, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to the car of Hadi Ghazi, the Mayor of Dibs. The car was parked in front of Ghazi's house. The blast damaged the car, but caused no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated an improvised explosive device in the market area of Jamrud, killing one civilian and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unknown assailants kidnapped an employee of Iraq's Communication Ministry as he rode his motorcycle. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Korangi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown militants opened fire onto two brothers, identified as Nasarullah and Habibullah, who were members of the Awami National Party killing them. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown gunmen opened fire from motorbikes onto a bus carrying Shia pilgrims, killing three civilians and wounding nine others. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in Shirqat, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown gunmen shot and killed Jassem Mohammed, the candidate from Iraq's Unity Coalition, and another unknown person. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the al-Rubaie thoroughfare in the Zaiyouna neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a traffic police patrol. The blast wounded five people, including two traffic policemen, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the Amiriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated twin roadside improvised explosive devices targeting a convoy of police vehicles. The blast wounded six police including the chief of police, two civilians, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the Domiz neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a civilian house. The blast wounded two civilians, including a woman, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the house. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the Khatoon neighborhood, Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, an unknown gunman on a bicycle, armed with a silenced weapon, shot and killed the mayor of the Khatoon neighborhood. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the Kinama area of Ruyigi, Burundi, unknown militants fired upon and killed a village chief in his home. The chief was identified as Jean Ruzoviyo. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the Saidiya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of a retired lieutenant colonel, Mohammed Jassem, who served in Saddam Hussein's Army. The blast killed the colonel and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2011: On Wednesday, in the Waziriya neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a sticky improvised explosive device attached to the car of the Director of the Agricultural Bank. The car was parked in the parking garage of the bank. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage, but no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/22/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi military checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting Shia Muslims at the Al-Husseinia market in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in the market on the same day; this first blast was designed to draw a crowd that was targeted in a later attack. At least 13 people were killed and 100 people injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
06/22/2012: A roadside bomb exploded after it was struck by a civilian vehicle in Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were killed and another injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near a transformer repair shop on Sarband Road near Shahab Khel town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, five local shops were destroyed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: A roadside bomb exploded targeting Shia Muslims at the Al-Husseinia market in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two bombings in the market on the same day; this blast occurred as security personnel converged on the scene to attend to the casualties from an earlier explosion. At least 13 people were killed and 100 people injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the coordinated incidents.
06/22/2012: A roadside bomb exploded, targeting a police patrol in the Wahid Gari area near Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Afghan assailants attacked a Levies checkpost in the Upper Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one assailant and one police officer were killed and two officers were injured in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/22/2012: Afghan assailants carried out a mortar shell attack against a security post in Kharsha area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two security officials were killed and another two injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/22/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a Somali military convoy near a military base in Qansah-Dheere district, Bay region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties or damages in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting the vehicle of Sheikh Rashid al-Badri in Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. Al-Badri, the imam of the Abu Turab mosque, was not harmed; however, his vehicle was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting the vehicle of Sheikh Sujar al-Dariaaii in Kut city, Wasit governorate, Iraq. Al-Dariaai, a chieftain and former member of the Wassit council, was not harmed; however, his vehicle and several houses were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: An explosive device planted in a tree detonated targeting the Kryxtal Lounge nightclub in Abuja city, Abuja state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties; however, several businesses and luxury vehicles were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the Juma'at mosque in the Fagge area of Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, four individuals were arrested in connection to the incident.
06/22/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the entrance of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. A female Iranian pilgrim was killed and 13 other people injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in southern Afghanistan. The soldier, a United States citizen, was killed in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants attacked and killed a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in southern Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants in a vehicle opened fire on a police checkpoint in the Bayaa district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three Iraqi police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants kidnapped members of a pro-government militia in Darat Izzah area, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least 25 of the captive militia members were killed, and a video of their corpses was released. No group claimed responsibility, but opponents of the Bashar al-Assad regime stated that the Free Syrian Army carried out the attack.
06/22/2012: Assailants launched three rockets that landed at the Tochi Scouts Camp in Miran Shah town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two Frontier Corps (FC) members were injured in the rocket attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police post in the Barki Rajan area, Logar province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two coordinated events in the same area; police forces responding to this first attack were later ambushed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2012: Assailants opened fire on Cleric Abubaker Kiweewa in Kyanja area, Central region, Uganda. Kiweewa was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
06/22/2012: Assailants opened fire on district police chief Hazrat Muhammad in the Baraki Rajan area of Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Three people were killed in the ensuing firefight, including Muhammad, another police officer, and one assailant. This is one of two coordinated attacks that occurred in the same area; Muhammad was responding to an earlier attack on a security post. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2012: Assailants opened fire on Juma Obaidi al-Jazawi as he was leaving a mosque in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Jazawi, a military prosecutor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants opened fire on Maulvi Faiz Mohammad in the Yatim Qeshlaq area of Almar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Mohammad, a local spiritual leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Assailants stormed the residence of Mohammad Saleem Mirab in Dong Qala village, Almar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Mirab, a local police officer, was killed along with four members of his family. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
06/22/2012: Four assailants on motorcycles attacked a security checkpoint in the Nag area of Washiq district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two security officials were killed and another injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Several explosive devices were discovered and defused in the Ballysimon area of Limerick county, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2012: Two explosive devices detonated inside the Ghulam Banda government girls' school near Kohat city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was destroyed in the blasts. The school's security guard, Niaz Mohammad, was arrested and later confessed to executing the attack on the orders of extremist elements.
06/22/2012: Two severed heads were placed outside Ciudad Victoria's city hall in Tamaulipas state, Mexico. The heads each had a Z carved into the skin. The date that the victims were killed and their identities are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, according to a sign left at the scene of the event, city officials were warned to stop cooperating with the Zetas.
06/22/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, Thailand. The blast targeted a pickup truck carrying soldiers. Two soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: A suicide bomber detonated at the Al-Rahman Mosque in Taji, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Twenty-five people, including the assailant, were killed and 25 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a police patrol in Athba, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Four people, besides the assailant, were killed and six people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, police attributed it Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2013: An explosive device detonated in Chamarkand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two police committee members, who were inspecting the site of an earlier explosion, were killed. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the committee members were targeted because of their involvement in the anti-Taliban movement.
06/22/2013: An explosive device detonated in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2013: An explosive device detonated in Zangabad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/22/2013: An explosive device detonated near Somali soldiers in Qansax Dheere, Bay region, Somalia. Five people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the incident.
06/22/2013: An explosive device detonated near the Petroleos del Norte oil pipeline in Tibu, North Santander department, Colombia. There were no reported injuries, but the pipeline sustained damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/22/2013: An explosive device detonated on a police van in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The van was partially damaged, however there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for this attack; however, police sources suspect the involvement of Baloch nationalists.
06/22/2013: An explosive device targeted a police van in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four police officers were injured in the blast, while the van was slightly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2013: Assailants abducted a clerk in the Islamic Studies department at Western Mindanao State University, in Zamboanga city, Philippines. There was no claim of responsibility for this attack; however, sources indicate that the abduction was carried out by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). The clerk was released on July 31, 2013.
06/22/2013: Assailants attacked a border police checkpoint in Zryob Zazi, Paktia province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed in the attack. Hizb-I-Islami claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Kubaysah, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The assailants used two car bombs and rocket-propelled grenades. Four police officers were killed and three others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/22/2013: Assailants attacked a Sierra Leone military base in Taabto municipality, Lower Juba, Somalia. There were no reported injuries. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/22/2013: Assailants attacked joint forces in Charchino district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Twenty assailants were killed by return fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Levies checkpost in Khar tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two members of the Aman Lashkar peace committee were killed and two Levies officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/22/2013: Assailants opened fire on police officers at a market in Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Two police officers were killed and one civilian was injured in the attack. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at the home of a former deputy superintendent of police in Mach, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The former deputy's son was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Assailants threw grenades at civilians in Tikrit, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people died and four other people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Gunmen ambushed Somali and African Union Mission in Somalia soldiers in Baidao, Bay region, Somalia. No injuries or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2013: Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Samarra, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/22/2013: Gunmen attacked the central jail in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The assailants were targeting the office of the Inspector General of Prisons, and four officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Gunmen attacked the central market of Almar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One Afghan Local Police (ALP) officer and two civilians were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Gunmen kidnapped two filmmakers near Barangay Liang, Sulu province, Philippines. Both victims were released on February 2, 2014. No group claimed responsibility of the incident; however, authorities speculated that the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was responsible.
06/22/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in Tuz Khormato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2013: Police discovered and defused an explosive device in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was hidden in a plastic bag near a car showroom. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/22/2013: Six explosive devices were found and safely disposed of in Echarate, Cusco province, Peru. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted incident; however, military officials attributed the incident to the Shining Path (SL).
06/22/2013: Two French journalists, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres, were abducted in Raqqah city, Ar Raqqah governorate, Syria. Both hostages were released on April 19, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: A land mine detonated and assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Dacudao village, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. In addition to one assailant, one soldier was killed and one other soldier was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/22/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint in Gwoza area, Borno state, Nigeria. In addition to the suicide bomber, three soldiers were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/22/2014: A suicide bomber detonated at a military official's funeral in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two explosions at the same location within a few minutes. At least six people were killed and eight people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2014: An assailant carrying a grenade was intercepted by security personnel and detained near Moshav Yated area, Southern district, Israel. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated along a railway track between Illovaysk and Kuteynykove in Amvrosiivka district, Donetsk, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the tracks and 14 train wagons were damaged in the blast. This was one of two attacks on railway tracks in Donetsk oblast on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated along a railway track between Illovaysk city, Amvrosiyvki district and Mospyne city, Donetsk district in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties; however, the tracks were damaged in the blast. This was one of two attacks on railway tracks in Donetsk oblast on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of five blasts in Gardez city on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near a hospital in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were wounded in the blast. This was one of five blasts in Gardez city on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Chakdara tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle carrying defense contractors in Tel Hazaka area, Golan Heights, Israel. One civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of an elder in Faqirabad Chowk area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The elder was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a peshmerga patrol in Sinai area, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least two peshmerga members were killed and eight more members were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Safi area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device was discovered in Anah village, Ghor province, Afghanistan. Nine civilians were killed and two others were wounded when they attempted to defuse the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device, targeting an Afghan National Army (ANA), detonated in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of five blasts in Gardez city on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosive device, targeting an Afghan National Police (ANP) vehicle, detonated in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Five people, including two police officers and three civilians, were wounded in the attack. This was one of five blasts in Gardez city on June 22, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a military official's funeral in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of two explosions at the same location within a few minutes. At least six people were killed and eight people were injured across both blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2014: Assailants abducted five civilians in Abu Rumayl village, West Darfur state, Sudan. Three of hostages were released the same day; however, the fate of the remaining two hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Janjaweed.
06/22/2014: Assailants abducted seven civilians in Senoba area, Uludere town, Sirnak province, Turkey. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/22/2014: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four police officers were killed and one officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Fafahdun town, Gedo 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.
06/22/2014: Assailants attacked Ashis Saunta, a local civilian, at his residence in Tankuapada village, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. Saunta was killed after he was dragged out of his home and shot by the assailants. According to a letter left with the victim, Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted Saunta because he was a police informant. However, other sources stated that CPI-Maoist killed Saunta because he encouraged villagers to vote in defiance of the CPI-Maoist call for a poll boycott.
06/22/2014: Assailants attacked the border crossing in Waleed area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although the assailants took control of the crossing once border police fled. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2014: Assailants kidnapped 20 Kurdish schoolchildren from an unknown location in Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a border guard convoy in Horodysche city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One border guard was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a border guard detachment near Chervonopartyzansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a convoy of People's Democratic Party House of Assembly leaders in Abudu area, Edo state, Nigeria. One assailant was killed and a driver was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military roadblock in Biryukove town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One border guard was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy in Bara subdistrict, Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two assailants were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Ceel Buur town, Galguduud region, Somalia. Three assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ahmed Humiad Radman in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Radman, an intelligence officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved in the attack.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ayman Mahmood Ragheb Al-Obeidi in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Al-Obeidi, a soldier, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: Assailants opened fire on Rangers near Sisakhon district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two rangers were killed and five others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2014: Assailants stormed and attacked Alam town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2015: A grenade detonated targeting police officers in Bujumbura city, Burundi. At least one police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and six other assailants attacked the Afghan parliament building in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. At least nine people, including all seven assailants, were killed and 31 others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was intended to disrupt a government gathering, in which Afghanistan's newly appointed defense minister was going to be introduced; an Afghan official also attributed the attack to the Haqqani Network.
06/22/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Nukhayb area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least two soldiers were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: An explosive detonated inside a house used by police personnel in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. This was one of two related attacks targeting police residences in Arish on this date. At least eight people, including police officers and civilians, were injured across both attacks. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Hamamiyat village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Hazhdar Kotal area, Puli Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Abu Disheer area, 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 incident.
06/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near the Sberbank building in Darnytskyi area, Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. This was one of two related attacks on banks in Kiev on the same date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: An explosive device detonated near the Sberbank building in Obolonskyi area, Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. This was one of two related attacks on banks in Kiev on the same date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused under a culvert in Dhekiajuli area, Assam state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a checkpoint in Tika village, Benghazi district, Libya. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries.
06/22/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting soldiers in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Four soldiers were killed and 20 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/22/2015: Assailants abducted Anja de Beer, the country director for an international NGO, in Taimani area, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. De Beer was released unharmed on September 10, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants abducted Ihsanullah Sadaat and his driver in Chishti Sharif district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Sadaat, a district executive director, was released on July 8, 2015, while the fate of the other hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
06/22/2015: Assailants ambushed soldiers in Khasfa area, Al-Baghdadi town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Five soldiers were killed and seven soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2015: Assailants armed with knives and explosives attacked a police checkpoint in Tahtakoruk district, Kashgar city, Xinjiang region, China. At least 33 people were killed and five others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Uighur separatists.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Garah, Kajaki, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least six assailants were killed and an unknown number of others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked Dilawar Shah in Tani district, eastern Khost province, Afghanistan. Shah, a former militant, and his two sons were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked police posts in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Five assailants were killed in ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Biu village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were shot and killed or had their throats slit and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked soldiers in Beledweyne city, Hiiraan region, Somalia. Six soldiers were killed across this and another attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked soldiers in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Six soldiers were killed across this and another attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2015: Assailants attacked two individuals, including a police officer, inside a van in Salbu town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
06/22/2015: Assailants crucified three civilians who refused to fast during Ramadan in Kasrah 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).
06/22/2015: Assailants detonated explosives targeting the Transandino oil pipeline in Tumaco area, Narino 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).
06/22/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a military base in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed and six others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a residential area in Daridam area, Kunar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants kidnapped and executed a professor in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2015: Assailants kidnapped two Al-Nas Establishment for Press and Publications employees at an unknown location in Yemen. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the kidnapping to Huthis.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle along Canal Street, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a municipal employee in Hawo Taako neighborhood, Afgoye town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The employee was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle transporting Interior Ministry officials in Baladiyat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two officials were killed and a third official was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a village council member in barangay San Antonio, Oton area, Iloilo province, Philippines. The council member was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on a villager and abducted two others from Nawada district, Bihar state, India. The villager was injured in the attack and the hostages were rescued soon after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Daridam area, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on soldiers in Datu Unsay district, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Hisham Sharaf in As Sittin Street area, Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Sharaf, a General People's Congress (GPC) leader, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
06/22/2015: Assailants set fire to the College Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church and a church van in College Hills neighborhood, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) office in Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Three intelligence officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Explosive devices, targeting a Colombian military helicopter, detonated in El Bejuco village, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. Four soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the attack. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident and sources also attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/22/2015: Security forces identified and killed four assailants in a vehicle attempting to attack a checkpoint in Karm al-Qauadis, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Security forces identified and killed two assailants in a vehicle attempting to attack a checkpost in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Three explosive devices detonated targeting a military patrol near Hadithah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Six soldiers were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2015: Two assailants opened fire on Hassan Aden Ibrahim near his residence in Beledweyne town, Hiiraan region, Somalia. Ibrahim, a prominent traditional elder, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2015: Two young female suicide bombers detonated at a fish market near a mosque in Baga Road area, Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. In addition to the bombers, at least 20 people were killed and 50 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
06/22/2016: A sniper opened fire on Egyptian National Police (ENP) officers in front of a police station in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least one officer was killed and another was wounded in the assault. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2016: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Amin, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated at a park in Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated in Chattar, Sibi subdistrict, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated in Hor al-Bashah, Saladin, Iraq. Four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated in Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated in Vijayapuri Colony neighborhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. A civilian was injured in the blast. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that "podu lands" be granted to tribe members.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near a Philippine Army (PA) truck in Ulandang, Midsayap district, North Cotabato, Philippines. Assailants then opened fire on the vehicle. At least three people, including two soldiers and a civilian, were wounded in the blast and the ensuing clash. Security forces arrested two assailants that identified themselves as Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The assailants claimed responsibility for the attack during interrogation but later denied any involvement. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) also claimed responsibility and stated that the incident was carried out in response to an upcoming military operation against the group.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near a police checkpoint in Bihsud district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. A police officer and a civilian were killed and two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Taliban may have carried out the attack.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy between Mahaday and Ceel Baraf in Middle Shebelle, Somalia. A clash ensued between soldiers and the assailants following the blast. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in As Salikh, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: 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.
06/22/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighter patrol in Albu Khadu, Saladin, Iraq. At least two volunteers were killed and three volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: Assailants abducted a coal company employee in Mach, Balochistan, Pakistan. The hostage was killed and his body was discovered on July 3, 2016. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the victim was killed for being a suspected spy.
06/22/2016: Assailants abducted Rajeev Gupta, a photojournalist, from Delhi, India. Gupta was rescued by police forces on June 23, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: Assailants abducted three people, including a forest ranger, in Kukicherra, Hailakandi district, Assam, India. All three hostage were released on July 5, 2016. The Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) claimed responsibility and stated that the hostages were released because the government agreed to pay for the education of 100 girls from the Reang tribe. Sources also attributed the incident to the United Democratic Liberation Army (UDLA).
06/22/2016: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Lahij, Yemen. One soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) carried out the attack.
06/22/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at a power transmission tower in Albu Khadu, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of five similar attacks on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2016: Assailants fired a rocket targeting a police station in Bayindir, Izmir, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of three related rocket attacks in Bayindir on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/22/2016: Assailants fired a rocket targeting a police station that struck a house in Bayindir, Izmir, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of three related rocket attacks in Bayindir on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/22/2016: Assailants fired a rocket that struck a house in Wadi al-Midam area, Taizz, Yemen. At least five civilians were killed and five civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/22/2016: Assailants fired mortars at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base of Kenyan soldiers in Halgan, Hiiraan, Somalia. The mortars missed the intended target and landed in a residential area. At least one person was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2016: Assailants fired mortars at Jalula, Diyala, Iraq. An unknown number of people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2016: Assailants launched a mortar shell at the Benghazi Medical Centre in Benghazi, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire and detonated explosive devices targeting the residence of Abd-al-Hamid Shahit, a pro-government militia leader, in An Nadirah district, Ibb, Yemen. Shahit was unharmed, but at least seven people were killed and 18 people were injured in the attack. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Shahit was targeted because they believed he was affiliated with Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on a civilian residence in Buale district, Middle Juba, Somalia. At least two people were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Macmahon Holdings vehicle near Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria. At least one Nigerian driver was killed and seven employees, three from Australia, two from Nigeria, one from New Zealand, and one from South Africa, were abducted. The seven hostages were injured and released on June 27, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Tatvan, Bitlis, Turkey. Three assailants and one civilian were killed and two civilians were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdullah Mohamed Farah in Garsoor village, Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia. Farah, the Puntland coordinator for planning and international relations, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that that attack was carried out by Al-Shabaab.
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Amjad Sabri in Liaquatabad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Sabri, a Sufi singer, was killed in the assault. Halqa-e-Mehsud claimed responsibility for the attack. Separately, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi also claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victim was targeted for partaking in Shia gatherings.
06/22/2016: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Farhan Ali Waris in Liaquatabad neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Waris, a Shia noha reciter, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2016: Assailants raided a military member's house in Arab Ebjur, Baghdad, Iraq. Two family members of the soldier, who were volunteer fighters, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: Assailants raided a police station in Amerli, Saladin, Iraq. At least six detainees were killed and four detainees were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: Assailants raided Zarkah, Saladin, Iraq. At least four assailants were killed and 14 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/22/2016: Assailants set fire to Secondary School No 2 in Teletl, Dagestan, Russia. The school guard was held hostage and released after the fire was set. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack may have been carried out by the Shamil Group.
06/22/2016: Assailants shot and killed a civil secretariat section officer in Yakatoot neighborhood, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2016: Police forces discovered and defused an explosive device intended to target security personnel in Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
06/22/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device near Abasan, Gaza Strip. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2016: Security forces discovered and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police station in Waberi neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, at least nine people, including a Jubaland State minister, were killed and 19 people were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the New Kabul Bank as security forces and civilians attempted to collect their salaries in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 34 people were killed and 58 people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers, police officers, and civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: An explosive device detonated along Ash Shatt road in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military facility in Konak neighborhood, Izmir, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: An explosive device was discovered and safely detonated in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. Two people were killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: Assailants abducted 16 civilians from Kator, South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to tribesmen.
06/22/2017: Assailants abducted John Lugun from his house in Narahatu, Jharkhand, India. Lugun, a village head, was shot and killed shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the People's Liberation Front of India.
06/22/2017: Assailants abducted Monisola Margaret Olaoye, a director for the Ondo State Board of Internal Revenue, and her driver in Ore, Ondo, Nigeria. Olaoye was released on June 29, 2017 following the payment of a ransom, and the fate of the remaining hostage is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Fulani extremists carried out the attack.
06/22/2017: Assailants attacked a military position in Kalau neighborhood in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Beni on this date. At least 13 assailants and three soldiers were killed while six assailants and three students were injured in the ensuing clashes. The National Movement of Revolutionaries (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2017: Assailants attacked a military position in Rwangoma neighborhood in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Beni on this date. At least 13 assailants and three soldiers were killed while six assailants and three students were injured in the ensuing clashes. The National Movement of Revolutionaries (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2017: Assailants attacked security posts in Pusht Rod, Farah, Afghanistan. At least six assailants were killed and nine were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/22/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and set fire to construction equipment in San Isidro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the attack was related to an extortion demand.
06/22/2017: Assailants intercepted two vehicles carrying National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) officials in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, India. Three people were beaten and both vehicles were set on fire in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Tabi, Saladin, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: Assailants opened fire on a sugar planter's vehicle in Minapasok, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The sugar planter and his driver were killed in the assault. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/22/2017: Assailants raided a military prosecutor's office in an attempt to free prisoners in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Beni on this date. At least 13 assailants and three soldiers were killed while six assailants and three students were injured in the ensuing clashes. The National Movement of Revolutionaries (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2017: Assailants raided a police headquarters in an attempt to free prisoners in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Beni on this date. At least 13 assailants and three soldiers were killed while six assailants and three students were injured in the ensuing clashes. The National Movement of Revolutionaries (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2017: Assailants raided a women's prison in an attempt to free prisoners in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of five coordinated attacks in Beni on this date. At least 13 assailants and three soldiers were killed while six assailants and three students were injured in the ensuing clashes. The National Movement of Revolutionaries (MNR) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/22/2017: Assailants set fire to Artur Abashev's vehicle Kirov, Russia. Abashev, the deputy head of the regional public monitoring commission and a coordinator for opposition activist Alexei Navalny, was not harmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: Assailants shot and killed a civilian near his residence in Basatin neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: Assailants shot and killed Fathi al-Sha'lan, a village chieftain, in Al-Abd, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/22/2017: Assailants shot and killed the son of an Iraqi Volunteer Forces member in Hammam al-Alil, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/1998: A petrol bomb was thrown at the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Embassy in Kensington, West London, United Kingdom. No casualties or damage was reported. Officials accused Islamic extremists, however, there were no arrests made.
06/23/1999: A lifeguard was killed by the explosion of a bomb buried in the sand of a beach near Ain Tagourait, Tipaza Province, Algeria exploded. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown.
06/23/1999: A mini-bus carrying passengers, including monks, was hit by a mine and attacked by the Bo Mya-led Kayin National Union (KNU) near Natyekan in Kayin state, Myanmar. The explosion left eight passengers dead and wounded sixteen others.
06/23/1999: In Kosovo, armed Albanians occupied the administrative building of the Kosmet section of Elektroprivreda Serbia, the Serbian Electricity Board, and demanded to talk with officials in order to take over the firm. No casualties were reported in this incident. The perpetrators was lead by Iljaz Kurtesi, the former president of the Yugoslav Parliament and a top figure of the former Communist Party, and Daut Grguri, former director of Electrokosmet. Elektropriveda officials stated that they did not intend to meet with the perpetrators, but the resolution of this incident was not known.
06/23/1999: The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) ambushed a civilian vehicle in Luacenha, Cuando Cubango Province, Angola, killing one person and burning the vehicle. Another person was reported missing after the attack.
06/23/1999: Two people were killed and thirteen others were injured when a bus hit an anti-tank mine in the Gali district of Abkhazia, Georgia. The perpetrators of this incident were not known, but authorities called the attack a "deliberate terrorist act."
06/23/1999: Unidentified assailants fired upon a post manned by Russian Interior Ministry troops in the village of Pervomayskoye, Khasavyurt district, Dagestan, Russia. The gunfire, which came from the direction of Chechnya, stopped when the troops returned fire. No casualties were suffered in this attack.
06/23/2000: In a series of related incidents, suspected Basque radicals attacked a bank using Molotov cocktails in Barakaldo, Spain. No one was injured in the attack.
06/23/2000: In a series of related incidents, suspected Basque radicals attacked three banks around Salvatierra, Spain, using Molotov cocktails. No one was injured in the attacks.
06/23/2001: Three unidentified members of the Corsican National Liberation Front (FLNC) detonated a bomb in an empty residence in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, after making the guard of the housing development let them into the home.  No one was injured, but the home was destroyed.  The men wrote the group name's acroynym FLNC on a wall of the residence.
06/23/2002: A car bombing attributed to the separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA) exploded in the Spanish town of Mijas outside of a hotel. There were no injuries reported.
06/23/2002: Two grenades exploded outside of a building housing 500 members of the ruling National Conference party in Sriringar. No one was harmed. The groups Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM) and Al-Madina [LeT Front] both claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2002: Unknown gunmen opened fire at a seaside resort in Zeralda killing 6 teenagers playing soccer and wounding 3 others.
06/23/2003: A member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killed an anti-terrorism intelligence officer, Sunil N. Thabrew, in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka. The perpetrator shot the victim, who was also a police inspector, in the head while he slept at a local police station. Authorities pursued and apprehended the perpetrator while he attempted to escape and before he tried to commit suicide by ingesting cyanide.
06/23/2003: A suspected member of Islamic guerrillas hurled a grenade into a crowded bus station in India's portion of Kashmir, killing 2 civilians and wounding 48 others, many seriously. The attack took place in Shopian, a town about 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Srinagar, summer capital of India's Jammu-Kashmir state.
06/23/2003: Four unknown attackers invaded the home of Firoz Din in the Hari area of Poonch District in India’s Jammu and Kashmir State. Upon entering his home, the perpetrators injected Din with a lethal dose of poison that lead to his death. No group claimed responsibility for the murder.
06/23/2003: Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed three members of a family in Sogam, India. The perpetrators invaded the home of Abdul Ahad, killing him, his son, and a male relative. Ahad's daughter was also injured in the shootout and possibly succumbed to her injuries in hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2003: Suspected militants from the Adan Abyan Islamic Army (AAIA) fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at a six truck military medical convoy in the Habaab region of Yemen’s Abyan Province. The attackers wounded seven people, including several medics, in the ambush.
06/23/2003: Unknown attackers kidnapped Rani Begum from her home and injected her with a fatal does of poison in Dodi, India. The woman was related by marriage to the former political leader, Choudhary Aslam. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
06/23/2004: A roadside bomb exploded near a hospital in central Baghdad, killing at least two Iraqi civilians -- a woman and a child -- and wounding two Iraqi men. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2004: At least 19 people were injured in a grenade attack in Anantnag District of Jammu and Kashmir. Militants hurled a grenade at a security picket at Bijbehara in the district. It missed the target and exploded on the roadside causing splinter injuries to pedestrians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2004: Six Indian policemen were killed when their vehicle was blown up by a landmine planted by suspected Maoists in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. No one else was injured in the attack.
06/23/2004: Taliban militants claimed responsibility for a landmine explosion that killed at least five policemen and injured two others in violence-hit southern Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border. A police convoy hit a landmine in Spin Boldak district, some 460 kilometers (290 miles) south of the capital Kabul and 10 kilometers from the Pakistani border town of Chaman.
06/23/2005: Four coordinated car bombings exploded in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq and killed 20 people and injured 50 more. The first car bomb detonated near the Shi i Husseiniyah Abdul- Rassul mosque, the second near Albu Jumaa mosque, the third targeted a police patrol near a restaurant, and the fourth was a suicide car bombing near a male bath. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2006: A bomb killed six people in a market in Shariff Aguak, Philippines. The perpetrators to this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2006: A suicide bomber killed five civilians in line for gasoline in Basra, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2006: Twelve Iraqi worshippers died in mosque bombing in Hibhib, Iraq. The perpetrators of this incident were unknown and there was minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2006: Unknown militants bombed a food market in Doda, India. Seven police officers and civilians were injured and there was minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2006: Unknown militants bombed a food market in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India, injuring ten and causing minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2007: A parked car packed with explosives blew up on Saturday in the center of the Hillah, Iraq,, 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, killing two people.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/23/2007: Taleban militants decapitate a man from the eastern Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan on the charge of spying for the Afghan government.  The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2008: On Monday afternoon, in front of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) exchange, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device wounding a teacher. According to police the time bomb was planted close to the main gate of the PTCL exchange. The PTCL exchange is located in a high security area including the Governor House and residences of senior officers and ministers. The explosion shattered some of the windowpanes of the PTCL exchange. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2008: On Monday at 2340, gunmen attacked an apartment with automatic weapons and grenades in Kabardino-Balkaria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2008: On Monday at noon, a powerful homemade explosive device hidden in a saucepan at a café on Pervomayskaya Ulitsa Street in Grozny, Chechnya province, Russia,  was found and defused  by federal police officers. The IED was planted in a five-litter aluminum saucepan filled with 3 kilograms of plastic explosives, in addition to bolts, screws, an electric detonator and a Nokia mobile telephone to be used as the remote control device. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/23/2008: On Monday evening at 20:00, suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) insurgents launched rocket-propelled grenades at a Transco National Transmission Corporation diesel-fed power plant facility in Barangay Santa Maria village, Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. The attack resulted in a power blackout in two municipalities in the area. MILF militants wanted to sabotage the economic activity in Kalamansig and nearby towns of Sultan Kudarat. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/23/2008: On Monday evening at 20:00, suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) insurgents launched rocket-propelled grenades at a Transco National Transmission Corporation power barge in Pag-asa village, Kalamansig town, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines, however they missed their target. MILF militants wanted to sabotage the economic activity in Kalamansig and nearby towns of Sultan Kudarat. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/23/2008: On Monday night at 22:40, Colonel Arip Aliyev, the chief of the Buinaksky GUVD, was killed in an assassination attack on his Mercedes 500 car in Makhachkala, Buinaksk district, Dagestan province, Russia. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/23/2008: On Monday, a bomb partially exploded outside the offices of German drug maker Bayer AG in the Maroussi area of Athens, Greece, Greece. The bomb was in a box that contained a cellular phone attached to explosives. No casualties were reported but minor damages were done to the offices. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/23/2008: On Monday, an Awakening Council member was seriously wounded when he was shot by gunmen 20 miles east of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2008: On Monday, at 0600, Taliban gunmen ambushed a convoy in the Dawalt Abad district in Balabolok, Farah, Afghanistan. Eight security guards escorting the US-led coalition logistical convoy were killed and four vehicles were destroyed.
06/23/2008: On Monday, former Bodo Liberation Tigers militants shot dead Lakshman Boro, the vice-president of the Bodo Santi Mancha, at his residence in Bagulamari village in Baksa, Assam, India.
06/23/2008: On Monday, in Nasirabad, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants fired on the camp of the Pakistan Army's engineering wing, the Frontier Works Organization, killing two security guards and wounding one civilian. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2008: On Monday, in the Tirah bazaar, in Kohat, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants threw and detonated an improvised explosive device inside a music shop, wounding three civilians and damaging the shop. The attackers were veiled and riding motorbikes. The attack follows a similar warning last week, in which the Taliban had asked barbers and CD shop owners to shut down their business activity or face dire consequences. No group claimed responsibility, though the Taliban are believed to be responsible.
06/23/2008: On Monday, Pakistani Tehrik-e-Taliban militants under command of Baitullah Mehsud captured Jandola town at the entrance to the South Waziristan tribal province in Pakistan. The attack resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including four tribesmen and two militants, and the injury of ten others. Afterwards, Mehsud's fighters took 30 pro-government peace committee tribesmen members hostage. On 06/25/2008 early in the morning, the bullet-riddled bodies of the abducted men, some of whom instead had their throats slit, were found in the Kariwam area of Jandola, Waziristan tribal province, Pakistan. A spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for killing the 22 tribesmen and said they would soon decide the fate of the other eight hostages.
06/23/2008: On Monday, two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Al Khalis, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2008: On Monday, two Sahwa fighters were killed when a roadside bomb, planted on the main road near Al Naqieb village, exploded south of Bahraz district, south of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/23/2008: On Wednesday, at 0600, Taliban militants kidnapped a group of USPI drivers and guards after they ambushed their convoy in Balabolok, Farah, Afghanistan.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday at about 1200 noon, in Lakhisarai, Bihar, India, approximately 30 assailants armed with bombs and guns ambushed a police team on court premises, killing one police officer, wounding a court official, and damaging the court premises. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) was responsible. Two suspected militants were detained by police after the attack.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday at around 0000 midnight, in Kharati village, Gaya, Bihar, India, assailants detonated explosives on a mobile phone tower, damaging the tower but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday morning at approximately 0700, in Aqchah, Jowzjan, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device on a vehicle transporting humanitarian workers, killing three workers and destroying the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday morning, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants fired on the vehicle of the principal of Commerce College, killing the principal and damaging the vehicle. No motive was reported and the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, assailants assaulted and wounded a forest guard and an anti-poaching staffer and set fire to and destroyed documents at the Cherchaun forest office in an unspecified location in Orissa, India. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility. This is one of three related attacks.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, assailants stopped two vehicles and forced the drivers to drive them to the Cherchaun forest office at an unspecified location in Orissa, India. Later, the assailants released the drivers. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility. This is one of three related attacks.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in an unspecified location in Orissa, India, approximately 40 armed assailants attacked the offices of a wildlife sanctuary, taking the watch officer hostage; then set fire to three buildings, damaging all three buildings. Later, the hostage escaped. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility. This is one of three related attacks.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Bhuiadih, Khunti, Jharkhand, India, about 10 suspected cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) attacked a truck laden with iron ore and lit the truck on fire, but causing no casualties. The truck driver and his assistant were missing, but it was unknown if they escaped or were abducted by the rebels. No group has claimed responsibility, but the CPI-M were believed to be responsible.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Chahapur Village, Palamu, Jharkhand, India, around 10 assailants detonated explosives on a municipal-level self-government building, damaging the building but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Hangu, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped one police officer. On the same day, in Tal area, Orakzai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, the officer's body was found. No damage or motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Jambalo, Cauca, Colombia, three hooded men murdered an leader of the National Indigenous Organization, in Marino Mestizo, who was highly active in fighting drug trafficking. Indigenous leaders believe the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were responsible after a video of the assassination of the leader was posted on the website YouTube.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Kharihani, Dhanusa, Janakpur, Nepal, a Communist Party of Nepal – Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) activist, Ram Swagarath Kapadi, was shot dead by Madhesh Rastra Janakranti Party (MRJP) militants during an attack. The MRJP claimed responsibility for the killing and said Kapadi was murdered for charging a high interest rate on loans to poor villagers.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Nouakchott, Trarza, Mauritania, two armed assailants unsuccessfully tried to kidnap, then fired upon and killed a United States citizen who was the director of a computer science school. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and the group Al-Qaida Organization in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility.
06/23/2009: On Tuesday, in Thikathiya village in Aurangabad, Bihar, India, about 25 assailants exploded dynamite on a cultural center, destroying the building but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) was responsible. Police said the extremists were demanding levy from the local contractor since long and when they failed to pay the same the Maoists blew up the centre.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday afternoon around 1300, in Udhaim, Diyala, Iraq, unidentified armed assailants stormed a residence and kidnapped two Sahwa Council members and two civilians. The next day on 06/24/2010, all four hostages were shot and killed. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday afternoon around 1700, in Golapalli, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) shot and killed three police officers and then ran in the woods. According to police, one head constable, Ramesh Kujur, and two other constables, Santosh Yadav and Ashok Markam, ventured out of Golapalli to visit a nearby local market when they were surrounded and shot by the rebels. The Maoists also triggered a blast and fired upon the nearby Golapalli police station to prevent any rescue team from reaching the incident site. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday afternoon at 1400, in Tubigan, Maluso, Basilan, Philippines, about 30 armed assailants led by Abu Sayyaf leader Purudji Indama, stopped a minibus at a barricade then assaulted and fired upon and stabbed passengers, killing the driver, two civilians, and a child and injuring six others. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was responsible. No damages were reported.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday morning at 0935, in Ghazni, Ghazni, Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, unidentified assailants fired a rocket at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) government office, damaging one NDS vehicle but causing no casualties. A second rocket was fired at the Rural Rehabilitation and Development government office. The window-panes of nearby houses were also shattered in the attacks. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday morning at 0935, in Ghazni, Ghazni, Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, unidentified assailants fired a rocket at the Rural Rehabilitation and Development government office, damaging the window-panes several nearby houses but causing no casualties. A second rocket was fired at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) government office, in which one NDS vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday morning at 1130, in Behsud, near Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle, killing one bodyguard, wounding four political activists, and damaging the vehicle. The vehicle belonged to Mavlavi Abdul Aziz Khairkhwa, parliamentary election candidate. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday night at 0030, in the village of Dumagmang, Labo town, Camarine Norte, Philippines, five suspected new People's Army (NPA) militants set fire to a mining company building, owned by El Dore Mining Corporation. The firm might have been attacked for refusing to pay revolutionary taxes. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday night at 2215, in the Muhammad Ali Sharif Society at Gulshan-e-Rafi in Alfalah police precincts, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, a Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) activist was shot and killed by two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike in a teashop. The JI activist, Mobinul Haq (29), with his elder brother and friend Kamran who was also injured in the attack. One of the men got off the motorbike, took out a nine millimeter pistol and fired multiple shots at Mubin who sustained six bullet wounds on the upper and lower torso. No group claimed responsibility and no damages were reported.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday, at an unknown location in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, seven Afghan construction workers of the Qaher Afghan Road Construction Company were killed when a remote controlled- roadside improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle and heavily damaged the car. Local authorities suspect the Taliban to be responsible, but there was no claim for the attack. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, Taliban militants regularly target civilians seen as allied with the government or international forces.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday, close to the Bhum Jai Thai political party opposition headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Anek Singkunthod’s fruit cart containing a gas tank and an unreported amount of TNT explosives prematurely exploded when his accomplice, thought to be Kampol Khamkong, called his cell phone thus causing damage to two cars parked nearby and a restaurant as well as wounding Anek Singkunthod. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that anti-government protesters, including the possibility of Red Shirt Protestors, were responsible.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday, in Bashkhel in Sherikai area in Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a group of militants attacked the house of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, shooting and killing him and kidnapping his son. The sources said militants took extreme action after JI leader allegedly failed to pay them Rs5 million as extortion money (58,407.8 USD). No group claimed responsibility and the status of the hostage is unknown.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday, in the al-Yarmouk area of Mansour district in Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, two civilians were injured when an improvised explosive device attached to their vehicle by unidentified militants was detonated. Their vehicle was damaged and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2010: On Wednesday, in the Ballyhenry area of Newtonabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, residents discovered an improvised explosive device placed by unidentified militants in their home. Army bomb experts arrived and safely defused the device. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2011: On Thursday afternoon, in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown militants hurled hand grenades at civilians killing three civilians and wounding another three. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2011: On Thursday afternoon, in the Sheikhraz area of Mengeh Jek, Jowzjan, Afghanistan, Taliban militants opened fire on a vehicle that was occupied by police. A police chief, Haqnawaz, was killed along with five other police officers. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
06/23/2011: On Thursday morning around 0700, on the Davao-Agusan Highway in the Pasian village, Monkayo, Compostela Valley, Philippines, around 50 New People's Army (NPA) rebels dressed like soldiers set up a roadblock and flagged down vehicles to conduct searches. Reportedly, the rebels flagged down a motorcycle carrying Senior Police Officer 3 Benjamin Langbid of the Caraga regional police office and a civilian companion. When Langbid resisted being searched, the rebels shot and killed him and his companion. Langbid fired back, killing one rebel. Another civilian passenger of a utility van was also hurt when rebels fired at the vehicle after its driver ignored the rebel roadblock. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2011: On Thursday morning around 0900, in the Sinug-ang sub-village of Bayugan-3 village in Rosario, Agusan del Sur, Philippines, a father and son working as security guards of a small-scale gold mining operation were shot and killed by unidentified militants. Reportedly, the victims were riding on a motorcycle toward the COSSMA Mining area in Bunawan when the militants opened fire on them using .45-caliber pistols. The victims were identified as Leonardo Amper Civil, and his son Ronald Amper Civil, former members of the New People's Army (NPA) who had left the group sometime in 2006 and became members of the Civilian Active Auxiliary force. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, close relatives told police probers that the victims had been receiving death threats a few months ago allegedly coming from their former comrades. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the motorcycle and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2011: On Thursday morning, in Kurram, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated explosive devices near a power pylon causing an unknown amount of property damage and disrupting power throughout the whole town. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2011: On Thursday night, in Bayi Village, Bannang Sata, Yala, Thailand, a suspected militant shot and killed an assistant village headman, Maya-in Maming, in front of his residence. Reportedly, Maming was parking his motorcycle at his home after coming back from performing duty as chief of a village defense unit when an attacker hiding in an orchard near his home fired on him with an M16 assault rifle. It is unknown if the attack caused any damages and no group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2011: On Thursday, in a market in the al-Shurta al-Rabaa neighborhood, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated improvised explosive devices that were loaded in three shopping carts. The blast killed 23 civilians, wounded 107 others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. The casualties were reported as a cumulative amount and were therefore reported in the first incident. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2011: On Thursday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor's convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device, killing him. The contractor was identified as American citizen Dr. Stephen Everhart, who was working on a project to introduce a new business curriculum to a Baghdad university in a program supported by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education. The attack caused an unknown amount of damages and no group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2011: On Thursday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a sticky bomb attached to a minibus exploded and wounded the driver. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2011: On Thursday, in Taji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown gunmen in a car armed with silenced small arms shot and wounded an employee for the Sunni Endowment. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2011: On Thursday, in the al-Shurta al-Rabaa neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a Husseiniya, a place of worship for Shiites. The blast killed 23 civilians, wounded 107 others, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/23/2012: A suicide bomber attacked a lunch gathering of Afghan police officers and civilians in Aliser district, Khost province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least 13 people were killed and another six injured; the victims included police officers and civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: An Afghan police officer opened fire on his fellow police officials in Chino district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed and three others injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the assailant was a member of their group.
06/23/2012: An explosive device detonate,d targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in southern Afghanistan. The soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a music store in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed, including the storeowner and a patron, and another two injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a students' examination center near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: An explosive device planted in a tree detonated near Kenyan police officers on patrol in Mandera city, Mandera county, Kenya. At least two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the attack.
06/23/2012: Assailants attacked and killed a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier in southern Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants executed five civilians in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Officials believed that the victims were targeted for supporting military troops. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants fired weapons and rockets at a gendarmerie post in Ovacik district, Tunceli province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar events in the province on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/23/2012: Assailants fired weapons and rockets at a traffic registration bureau in Bitlis province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack, although the bureau building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspect that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was involved.
06/23/2012: Assailants launched a mortar attack in the Monti area of Shegal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants launched a poisonous gas attack against a girls' school in Sar-e Pol city, Sar-e Pol province, Afghanistan. At least 100 female students were affected and subsequently hospitalized. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants launched eight rockets targeting a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpoint in the Soro area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants launched rockets and mortars that struck a school in Southern, Israel. One person was injured and the school damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a defense volunteer as he was driving home in Raman district, Yala province, Thailand. The volunteer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed it to separatists.
06/23/2012: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a laundry shop in the Sariab area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Eight people were killed and another person injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2012: Assailants opened fire on a gendarmerie post in Tunceli province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two similar events in the province on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish Communist Party/Marxist (TKP-ML).
06/23/2012: Assailants shot and killed a female civilian in front of a crowd in Shinwari district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. The crowd cheered and chanted when she was killed. No group claimed responsibility, but sources attributed the attack to the Taliban and noted that the assailants accused the victim of committing adultery.
06/23/2013: A car bomb detonated as it entered Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. The two assailants were killed and two people were wounded in the blast; several houses were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: A car bomb detonated in the Mazzeh 86 area of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Three people, including a child, were killed in the blast. The Ahrar Al-Sham Movement claimed responsibility for the incident in a statement posted online.
06/23/2013: A car bomb detonated near the Al-Rashid Hospital in Tuz Khormato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two nearly simultaneous car bombings in Tuz Kormato on this day. One person was killed and 30 were wounded across both attacks; property damage was also reported. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks.
06/23/2013: A car bomb detonated near the Tuz Hospital in Tuz Khormato, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of two nearly simultaneous car bombings in Tuz Kormato on this day. One person was killed and 30 were wounded across both attacks; property damage was also reported. No group claimed responsibility for these attacks.
06/23/2013: A mortar shell fired from an unknown location landed in the Allawi neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: A pipe bomb was discovered and made safe in Ballycarry village, Larne district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/23/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No injuries were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near members of the Afghan National Police (ANP) in Chinarto district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Seven police officers died in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, provincial officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/23/2013: A rocket-propelled grenade detonated at a refugee camp in Banisa, Mandera province, Kenya. Authorities believe the intended target of the attack was the district commissioner's vehicle. Fifteen people were killed and 21 others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives laden vehicle outside police headquarters in Riyadh town, Kirkuk, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: An explosive device attached to a car detonated in Sadda, Federally Administered Tribal Area, Pakistan. One person was killed and three others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: An explosive device detonated in Sateng, Yala province, Thailand. The device had been panted near a power pole and it detonated as a Ranger vehicle passed by. Three Rangers and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: An explosive device detonated near a military checkpost in Bakka Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One soldier was killed and two more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Paktia province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier, Sergeant Corey Garver, died in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Sar Hawza area, Paktika province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier, Specialist Javier Sanchez Junior, was killed and one US soldier, Brandon Korona, was injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: An explosive device was planted outside of the Arab Socialist Baath Party office in Jlala, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The device was discovered and successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Assailants attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Sui town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported and the assailants fled the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: Assailants attacked a group of foreign hikers at a base camp in Astore district, Gilgit-Baltistan province, Pakistan. Eleven people were killed. Both Jundallah and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack, with the TTP claiming that the attack was in retaliation for a United States (US) drone strike that killed the group's second in command.
06/23/2013: Assailants attacked an army checkpoint in Sidon, South governorate, Lebanon. The attack led to an extended fight with soldiers. During the fight, 21 assailants and 17 soldiers were killed and 50 others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Assailants attacked the Custody of the Holy Land convent in Gasaneyah, Homs governorate, Syria. The assailants first stormed the convent before killing Father Francois Murad and two other people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in Mlang, North Cotabato province, Philippines. The assailants targeted the home of Federico Padernal Porras, a municipal agriculturist. There were no reported casualties or property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Assailants kidnapped a taxi driver from Tunceli province, Turkey. The driver, Cemal Beyazgul, was killed and his body was found on July 16, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that the Turkish Communist Party/Marxist (TKP-ML) was involved in the attack.
06/23/2013: Assailants kidnapped two government employees in Maidan Shahar, Wardak province, Afghanistan. The individuals, who worked in the rural uplift department, were successfully rescued by security forces the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: Assailants opened fire in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The assailants fired on a patrol of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district force officers, injuring two officers. No group claimed responsibility; however, police attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/23/2013: Assailants opened fire on Levies forces in Kharan, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One Levies officer was killed and two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Assailants shot and killed a tribal leader's bodyguard in Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Assailants threw petrol bombs at a house in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No damage or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2013: Assailants used firearms and two suicide bombers to attack a police station in Hawija, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two assailants and three police officers were killed and five people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Dr. Fayez Hammad, a professor at the University of Southern California and citizen of the United States, was kidnapped while visiting family in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. He was reportedly released unharmed on June 27, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Forty-four explosive devices were found and defused by police personnel in Purnapani, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the incident to Maoists.
06/23/2013: Gunmen attacked a joint army and police checkpoint in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and two others were wounded in the assault. Before fleeing, the assailants also kidnapped two soldiers from the checkpoint. The bodies of the soldiers were found later in the day in the same area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of miners in Meghalaya state, India. Eight coal miners were killed and three others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources speculated that the United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) was behind the attack.
06/23/2013: Gunmen shot and killed an off-duty soldier in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Three assailants attacked the home of an imam in Kokhabrosso, Dagestan, Russia. Two of the imam's family members were wounded, and one assailant was killed when the imam returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2013: Three suicide bombers detonated their explosives at the Rukneddine police station in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Eight people, including the assailants, were killed in the blasts. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Damascus on this day. The Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident in a message posted online.
06/23/2013: Three suicide bombers were shot and killed as they attempted to break into the Criminal Security Branch in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. The assailant's explosive vests did not detonate and no one other than the assailants were killed in the attack. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks in Damascus on this day. The Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the incident in a statement posted online.
06/23/2014: A roadside bomb was discovered and safely defused in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a peshmerga checkpoint near the Taza bridge in Khanaqin district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least three peshmerga members were killed and three members were injured in the blast; the bridge was also destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An assailant, who was a police officer, opened fire on two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) advisers in Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan. The assailant was killed and both advisers were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An explosive device attached to a power pylon detonated in Sumanat village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the power pylon was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Kano School of Hygiene in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. At least eight people were killed and 12 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved in the attack.
06/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a military convoy in Shandara Essa Khel area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One soldier was wounded in the blast. Another explosive device was discovered and safely defused following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Shah Hasankhel area, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Seven soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near soldiers providing security for teachers in Yamu area, Pattani province, Thailand. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Saro area, Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near a market in Hayatabad neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants abducted a local village chief and three of his family members in Valentina village, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. The family was released several hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/23/2014: Assailants abducted a television station manager in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants abducted Volodymyr Semystiaha in Luhansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Semystiaha, a historian, died in captivity as a result of torture on June 27, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/23/2014: Assailants ambushed a security convoy transporting prisoners in Hashimiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least 75 people were killed and five people were injured in the attack; the victims included prisoners, police officers, and assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2014: Assailants attacked a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) convoy between Bardale and Qansax Dheere towns in Bay region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/23/2014: Assailants attacked a supply convoy in Qoryoley city, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties; however, at least 21 traders were abducted and a number of vehicles were damaged in the attack. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/23/2014: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy near Kulbiyow area, Lower Juba region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/23/2014: Assailants attacked Muslim civilians in Ardo-Djobi village, Bambari city, Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic. In addition to one assailant, 18 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anti-Balaka militia.
06/23/2014: Assailants attacked Somali National Army (SNA) forces in Ceel Buur town, Galguduud region, Somalia. Three assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/23/2014: Assailants attempted to plant explosive devices at a Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) camp in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least 22 assailants were killed by security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a peshmerga station near Bashir village, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two peshmerga members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2014: Assailants launched mortars and grenades at a military post near Slovyansk 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.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a House of Representatives candidate in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. The candidate was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military unit in Artemivsk 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.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) convoy in a bazaar in Marko area, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Eighteen civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy near Kulbiyow village, Lower Juba region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Awami National Party (ANP) worker in Karachi, Pakistan. The worker was killed and one other person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on Jovito Velasco in Mansalanao village, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. Velasco, a former member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU), was killed in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Karshi village, Kaduna state, Nigeria. At least 21 people were killed in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks on villages in this area on June 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Nandu village, Kaduna state, Nigeria. At least 17 people were killed in the assault. This was one of two similar attacks on villages in this area on June 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
06/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents in Witu town, Lamu province, Kenya. At least 11 people were killed and several others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
06/23/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the residence of Khayal Zaman Orakzai in Hayatabad area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Orakzai, a member of the Pakistan National Assembly, was unharmed; however, the house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives laden vehicle at a National Defense Force checkpoint located near a pediatric hospital in Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. This was one of three suicide attacks in Hasakah on the same day. In addition to the two bombers, at least one person was killed and 13 others were injured in this incident and the attack targeting the police station. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives laden vehicle near a Kurdish Asayish police station in Tall Hajar neighborhood, Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. This was one of three suicide attacks in Hasakah on the same day. In addition to the two bombers, at least one person was killed and 13 others were injured in this incident and the attack targeting the National Defense Force checkpoint. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle near a Huthi checkpoint in Lahij governorate, Yemen. In addition to the suicide bomber, there were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Rahaliyah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at Shaykh Mutlak Turki al-Aliwi's residence in Al Nada village, Iraq. Fifteen people were killed and 24 others were injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks targeting the same clan on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: A young female suicide bomber detonated at a market in Wagir area, Gujba district, Yobe state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least 10 people were killed and 23 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
06/23/2015: An assailant opened fire on the office of The Mirror newspaper in Curepe town, Tunapuna-Piarco region, Trinidad and Tobago. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: An explosive device detonated at M. Lhuillier Pawnshop in Lamitan city, Basilan province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military patrol in Bohe Manicaan area, Sapa Bulak village, Basilan province, Philippines. Two soldiers were killed and one other was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military patrol in Tipo-Tipo village, Basilan province, Philippines. Two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
06/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Mir Ali town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One soldier was killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Sahwa Council leader's residence in Abu Ghraib district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The leader's brother was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near factories in Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Ghazaliya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: An explosives-rigged house detonated as security forces were attempting to defuse it in Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four volunteer fighters were killed and five others were injured between this and another similar attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2015: Assailants abducted Jawad in Islam Kala area, Herat province, Afghanistan. Jawad, an Iranian oil tank driver was released on June 28, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Assailants abducted Mohammad Qasim, a school headmaster, in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Assailants abducted Muhammad Qasim, Asadullah, and Niamatullah, three senior district officials, in Khas Uruzgan district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
06/23/2015: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Hawul district, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 22 people were shot and killed or had their throats slit and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/23/2015: Assailants attacked Saddam Ja'far in Dhamar governorate, Yemen. Ja'far, a Huthi leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Supporters of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
06/23/2015: Assailants attacked Wadia Border Crossing in Wadia area, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/23/2015: Assailants beheaded two civilians in Tortoorow, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device on railway tracks in Chhipadohar area, Jharkhand state, India. There were no reported casualties, although a Palamu Express train was derailed as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/23/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Tubruq area, Butnan 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.
06/23/2015: Assailants kidnapped elder Shaykh Mutlak Turki al-Aliwi along the Balad Ruz-Mandali road, Balad Ruz district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of two attacks targeting the same clan that occurred on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Assailants killed two civilians and left them hanging by their wrists in Mayadin town, Deir ez-Zor governorate, Syria. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the victims were killed for not fasting during Ramadan.
06/23/2015: Assailants launched artillery at Pervomaisk village, 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.
06/23/2015: Assailants launched artillery at Yasnogorodivka village, 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.
06/23/2015: Assailants launched artillery near Horlivka 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.
06/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ali Hamza near his residence in Merca town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. Hamza, an elder, was killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) officer in Darae Bum area, Qadis district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Haji Hakim Gulabzay in Chakhansur district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. Gulabzay, a mullah of Noori Grand Mosque, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Yebi village, Diffa region, Niger. Five people were killed, four others were injured, and more than 100 houses were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/23/2015: Assailants set fire to construction equipment in Moyyalagummi village, Andhra Pradesh state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the police allegedly carrying out fake operations and unlawfully imprisoning civilians.
06/23/2015: Assailants set fire to God's Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Assailants threw two incendiary devices at Newtownards Road area, Belfast city, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2015: Three suicide bombers detonated at a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) barracks in Sahel al-Raeis neighborhood, Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. In addition to the three bombers, at least 10 soldiers were killed and 16 others were injured in the blasts. This was one of three suicide attacks in Hasakah on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2016: An assailant threw a grenade at a Somali National Army (SNA) checkpoint in Wahar-Adde neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least one soldier was killed and three others were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least three people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: An explosive device detonated near a confectionery factory in Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: An explosive device detonated near Sultan Ghazi Baba Mosque in Mihtarlam, Laghman, Afghanistan. At least eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighter patrol in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one volunteer was killed and four volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: An explosive device intended to target security forces detonated prematurely while being planted in Dawood Khel, Logar, Afghanistan. Seven assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/23/2016: An explosive device intended to target security personnel detonated prematurely in Alingar district, Laghman, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and two assailants were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the provincial capitol building in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused east of Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in an unknown area of North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
06/23/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a gendarmerie outpost in Omerli, Mardin, Turkey. At least one civilian was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/23/2016: Assailant set fire to a French car dealership in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Les Casseurs claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group supported demonstrators against French labor reforms.
06/23/2016: Assailants abducted Shamsur Rahman in Kansak, Farah, Afghanistan. Rahman, a provincial appellate court judge, was shot and killed on June 24, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/23/2016: Assailants abducted three people, including Abdul Ali Hazara, at Regal Plaza in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Two of the hostages were released shortly after the kidnapping while Hazara, the brother of the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) chair, was released the following day, on June 24, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2016: Assailants attacked a Turkish mosque in Dodrecht, Netherlands. At least two people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/23/2016: Assailants attacked a village in Bago, Myanmar. No casualties were reported, though a mosque, a school, and several houses were damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: Assailants attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) posts in Khogyani district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least one police officer and 14 assailants were killed and three police officers and 19 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police posts in Pasaband district, Ghor, Afghanistan. At least one assailant was killed and three police officers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: Assailants attacked Mahdiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2016: Assailants attacked Payapag village in Surigao del Norte, Philippines. At least one civilian was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at an electricity tower in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks targeting towers in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/23/2016: Assailants detonated explosives targeting the Trans Niger Oil Pipeline in Awarra, Imo, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. Red Scorpion claimed responsibility for the incident and appealed that all Nigerian oil-producing areas should maintain equal rights. The group also demanded that all workers should leave the area prior to the attack.
06/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on a Grey Wolves office in Dodrecht, Netherlands. At least one person was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abdullah Mohamed Farah in Garsoor, Galkayo district, Mudug, Somalia. Farah, the Puntland Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation coordinator, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/23/2016: Assailants raided a village in Elepete, Ogun, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on communities in the area overnight. At least 50 people were killed across all of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Ijaw militants, which the group denied.
06/23/2016: Assailants raided a village in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on communities in the area overnight. At least 50 people were killed across all of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Ijaw militants, which the group denied.
06/23/2016: Assailants raided a village in Lagos, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on communities in the area overnight. At least 50 people were killed across all of the assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Ijaw militants, which the group denied.
06/23/2016: Assailants raided Dahham Hawwas' house in Dawr, Saladin, Iraq. Hawwas, a tribal chief, was killed and one of his family members was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2016: Assailants shot and killed Sukhbeer, a police sub-inspector, in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources noted that the victim was involved in an investigation of scams involving multiple madressas.
06/23/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at a police vehicle in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two grenade attacks in Sopore on this date. Tehrik al-Mojahedin claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/23/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at police officers in Model Town area, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two grenade attacks in Sopore on this date. Tehrik al-Mojahedin claimed responsibility for the incidents
06/23/2017: A suicide bomber armed with grenades and rifles attacked a mosque in Al Muthanna, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security officials killed the assailant. This was one of two related attacks that took place in Al Muthanna on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/23/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the office of Ehsan Mehboob, a Pakistani Police Inspector General, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 14 people, including seven officers, were killed and 19 other people were injured in the blast. Mehboob, however, was not harmed. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at Turi Market in Parachinar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. This was one of two attacks in Parachinar; this later bombing targeting people gathering at the site of an earlier explosion. At least 78 people were killed and more than 281 other people were injured across both blasts. Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/23/2017: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a group of civilians fleeing Old City, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, 12 civilians were killed and at least 20 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: An assailant gave a Nazi salute, shouted "white power," and then attempted to kill a restaurant owner at 3 Alexandria Avenue in Harrow, London, England, United Kingdom. The attacker drove at Kamal Ahmed with a van, intending to crush him against the front of the curry restaurant he owns. Marek Zakrocki claimed responsibility for the incident and stated "I'm going to kill a Muslim."
06/23/2017: An assailant set fire to an asylum center near Ystad, Skane, Sweden. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated against a vehicle near Qurqura, Mandera, Kenya. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab may have carried out the attack.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated at Gokarna Bhatta's residence in Attariya, Province 7, Nepal. Bhatta, a Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-Maoist Centre) mayoral candidate, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated at Turi Market in Parachinar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. This was one of two attacks in Parachinar; this first bombing was designed to draw a crowd. At least 78 people were killed and more than 281 other people were injured across both blasts. Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated in the Jabal Kudaw mountains in Chowman district, Arbil, Iraq. Two shepherds were killed and another shepherd was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated near a fish stall in Madain, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Ban Lubohsama, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least 12 people, including ten soldiers and two civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Genc district, Bingol, Turkey. One soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/23/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Nuayriyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: Assailants abducted and killed an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker in Bangassou, Mbomou, Central African Republic. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: Assailants fired a rocket into a crowd on al-Furqan Street in Aleppo city, Syria. At least four people were killed and 20 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2017: Assailants fired mortars into Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. At least one civilian was killed and another civilian was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: Assailants fired three rockets at Frontier Corps (FC) camps in Mastung district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: Assailants lured Syrian Police officers outside of their headquarters with a sound bomb in Ad-Dana, Idlib, Syria. As the officers came outside, an explosives-laden vehicle detonated, killing at least two people and injuring 10 other people. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2017: Assailants opened fire at a livestock market in Biyo Cadde, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. At least two people, including a soldier, were killed and five people were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: Assailants opened fire on Borbie Rivera outside a bar in Pasay, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. Rivera, a city councilor, and his bodyguard were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/23/2017: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers at a restaurant in Habib Bank Chowrangi neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least four officers were killed and two other officers were injured in the assault. Ansar al-Sharia (Pakistan) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2017: Assailants opened fire outside Equity Bank in El Wak, Mandera, Kenya. At least three people, including police officers and civilians, were killed and three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/23/2017: Assailants raided a police outpost in Malitbong, Davao del Norte, Philippines. Three assailants and one police officer were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/23/2017: Assailants shot and killed Letkholal Haokip, the Haokip Students' Organization (HSO) president, in Langol, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/23/2017: Security discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles and explosive devices in Bab al Bayd, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents on this date in which three explosives-laden vehicles and 15 explosives were discovered and defused across two areas of Mosul. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2017: Security discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles and explosive devices in Maawsil al-Jadidah, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents on this date in which three explosives-laden vehicles and 15 explosives were discovered and defused across two areas of Mosul. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-rigged houses in Bab al Bayd, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents on this date in which four explosives-rigged houses were discovered and defused across two areas of Mosul. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-rigged houses in Maawsil al-Jadidah, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents on this date in which four explosives-rigged houses were discovered and defused across two areas of Mosul. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/23/2017: Security forces identified and arrested five suicide bombers near the Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/23/2017: Security forces identified and killed a female suicide bomber in Kolofata, Extreme-North, Cameroon. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Boko Haram in the attempted attack.
06/23/2017: Suicide bombers armed with explosives-laden belts, grenades, and rifles attacked a commercial area in Al Muthanna, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. In addition to an assailant, three people were killed and at least nine others were injured in the attack, including police officers and civilians. This was one of two related attacks that took place in Al Muthanna on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/23/2017: Suicide bombers attacked a house in Shuhada, Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least seven civilians and five assailants were killed in the attack, while six others and an unknown number of assailants were wounded. This was one of two related attacks that took place in Shuhada on this date. At least 19 people, including assailants, were killed and 11 people were injured across both attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/23/2017: Suicide bombers attacked a house in Shuhada, Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two soldiers and five assailants were killed, while five others and an unknown number of assailants were wounded in the attack. This was one of two related attacks that took place in Shuhada on this date. At least 19 people, including assailants, were killed and 11 people were injured across both attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/23/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated in Mora, Extreme-North, Cameroon. The two assailants were killed and a civilian was injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/1978: In a series of three related incidents, the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) claimed responsibility for bombing the J.C. Penny Department Store at the Woodfield Shopping Center in Schaumburg, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) in the United States.  There were no casualties but the store was damaged.
06/24/1978: In a series of three related incidents, the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) claimed responsibility for bombing the Marshall Field's Department Store at the Woodfield Shopping Center in Schaumburg, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) in the United States.  Ron Kravitz, a security guard attempting to remove one of the incendiary devices, was injured and the store was damaged.
06/24/1978: In a series of three related incidents, the Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN) claimed responsibility for bombing the Sears Department tore at the Woodfield Shopping Center in Schaumburg, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) in the United States.  There were no casualties but the store was damaged.
06/24/1998: A car bomb exploded in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Prior to the explosion, the Irish National Liberation Army warned police about the bomb, but the device exploded during the evacuation process. Six people were injured and homes, banks and shops were extensively damaged in the blast.
06/24/1998: An explosive device, concealed in a flashlight, detonated in the hands of a police officer at a bank in the town of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. The device had been planted at a branch of the Banco Popular, which is part of a consortium that is in the process of buying the Puerto Rico Telephone Company. The Puerto Rican government signed a deal where the phone company, commonly called Telefonica, was sold to a consortium led by U.S. communications giant, GTE Corp. This attack comes amid rising tensions all over Puerto Rico in response to this phone company sale. The blast tore a finger off the officer's right hand and also injured his left hand and leg. Though no group claimed responsibility for this attack, the explosive device was similar in makeup to those used by the guerilla group, Los Macheteros in bank bombings early in the month.
06/24/1999: A bomb exploded on a bus in the southwestern city of Chengdu, China, near the railway station. One person was killed and at least fifty sustained injuries, thirty of them serious. Some believe the attack could have been perpetrated by Xinjiang separatists, as many people from the region have migrated to Chengdu to work. No substantive evidence has been found linking the attack to Islamic separatism, however. There has been tension in Xinjiang between the majority Muslim population and the minority Han Chinese.
06/24/1999: A bomb was safely deactivated by security forces on a beach near Saidia, Tipaza Province, Algeria. No casualties were suffered in this incident.
06/24/1999: At the University of Pristina, Milenko Lekovic, a Serbian professor, Miodrag Mladenovic, a guard, and Jovica Stamenkovic, a waiter at the university cafe, were shot to death. The bodies of three victims were found bound and bludgeoned in a university restroom. The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was suspected of the attack, although they denied involvement, blaming the attacks on either civilians masquerading as militia or Serb paramilitary soldiers.
06/24/1999: Hizballah claimed responsibility for launching Katyusha rockets from southern Lebanon at the area near the town of Kiryat Shemona in the North district of Israel, resulting in the death of two Israelis, and the injuring of thirteen others. The victims were standing outside buildings which took direct hits in the attack.
06/24/1999: Police in Donegal county, Northern Ireland, foiled an attack intended to frustrate Irish peace talks when they stopped a van carrying bomb-making equipment near Manorcunningham. Authorities suspected that the Provisional Irish Republican Army was behind the attack. The driver of the van and another man were arrested and questioned, but there was no further information disclosed about the suspects. No casualties occurred in this incident.
06/24/1999: Unidentified Albanian perpetrators, reportedly members of Shiptar gangs, opened fire on Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini's car in Pristina, Kosovo. No casualties were reported, but it was not unknown whether any injuries were suffered in the attack.
06/24/2001: Three bombs made of commercial dynamite were planted by suspected New People's Army (NPA) members at the Yellow Bus Lines (YBL) terminal. Two of the three bombs exploded, but no one was injured in the blasts.
06/24/2002: A bomb exploded in a building belonging to the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in the town of Dire Dawa. The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2002: A grenade fired into the home of a government official injured 5 Indian army personnel in the town of Kupwara in Kashmir. The official was not harmed.
06/24/2002: Armed assailants attacked city hall in Rio de Janeiro causing damage to the outside of the building. Two grenades left behind had to be detonated by the Rio bomb squad.
06/24/2002: Armed militants with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and Dima Halao Daoga (DHD) attacked a vehicle convoy of officials from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in the village of Dolodoli. Six people were killed in the attack.
06/24/2002: Rebels attacked three transport vehicles and four tourist vans in the town of Musayni. Eight people were killed and another 19 were injured in the attack.
06/24/2002: Rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) kidnapped 14 people in the northern Ugandan town of Iceme. The army rescued the captives from the LRA.
06/24/2002: Rebels with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacked and killed 4 people in the town of Kitgum in northern Uganda.
06/24/2003: Suspected members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed a Gateway bus killing one person and injuring six others near Katine, Uganda. The attackers ambushed the bus with gunfire at the Katine-Kalaki junction, puncturing the vehicle with 29 bullet holes.
06/24/2003: The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in Uganda raided the Catholic-founded Lwala Girls Secondary School in Kaberamaido District, situated 30 miles from the town of Soroti, Uganda. The attackers abducted 56 girls, 23 of whom Ugandan military forces rescued in the following three days.
06/24/2004: A bomb exploded on an Istanbul bus, killing at least four people and wounding 14. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2004: At least one soldier died in the attack by presumed militants of the Maoist organization Shining Path on an army barrack in southeastern Peru. The armed incursion occurred against the Cangare barrack, where a military engineering battalion is stationed.
06/24/2004: Five people were killed and 17 injured when suspected militants triggered a bomb inside a crowded bus in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2004: In Baghdad, a suicide bomber dressed in a policeman's uniform and carrying a briefcase loaded with explosives and ball bearings killed four Iraqis and wounded two U.S. troops at a checkpoint. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2004: In Baquba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, about 150 insurgents seized two police stations and began hoarding weapons in buildings around a stadium in the city center. Two American soldiers were killed and seven were wounded, at least 25 insurgents were killed and at least seven Iraqi police officers were also reported killed. Fighters for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility.
06/24/2004: The northern Iraqi city of Mosul was hit when multiple morning car bombings killed 62 people and wounded 220. The military wing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, the Tawhid and Jihad movement, claimed responsibility for the attacks in an internet statement.
06/24/2004: Unidentified people fired at least six missiles at the American soldiers’ base at Dawlat Shah District of [eastern] Laghman Province in Afghanistan. No one was injured, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2005: Militants are suspected of being behind four simultaneous explosions triggered by mobile phones in the Yala province of Thailand. One of the bombs was in a men's bathroom in a district office in Yaha, motorcycle bomb detonated in the parking lot in front of the Raman district office and damaged ten vehicles, Another motorcycle bomb detonated in the parking lot of the Bannang Sata district office and destroyed six motorcycles and two sedans, and a fourth bomb exploded in the women's bathroom at the Non-formal Education Office in Krong Pinang district. Authorities said they knew who some of the perpetrators were. No one was injured in the attacks.
06/24/2005: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Fatah, claimed responsibility for an attack that killed one Israeli and injured four others at a settlement near Hebron, Palestine. It was not reported what weapons were used in the attack.
06/24/2005: The Freedom Hawks of Kurdistan (Tayrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan - TAK) claimed responsibility for the bombing of the chemical depot of a bandage factory. Twenty people were injured and part of the factory collapsed.
06/24/2006: A chief detective in the Afghan police department, Hazir Mohammad, was assassinated Saturday on his way to work by armed men in Sabari, Afghanistan. The perpetrators in this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: A newly US built school was half-destroyed by bomb explosions overnight in Paktika, Afghanistan. There were no casualties. The assailants were unknown.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: A Swedish cameraman was shot point blank in Mogadishu, Somalia during peace deal celebration. The perpetrators to this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Eleven people were injured in a grenade attack by unknown militants aimed at the police force in the Jammu and Kashmir state of India. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Five Iraqi soldiers were killed outside U.S. military base south of Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi Police source in Al-Najaf said that the armed men intercepted a car transporting five people working at the US base, including two engineers, as they were leaving the base, adding that the armed men opened fire on the car, killing its occupants. The perpetrators in this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Seven Algerian soldiers killed and seven wounded in an rocket propelled grenade ambush. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) in Anhif, Algeria was suspected. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Two university students were injured in firearms attack in Ba'qubah, Iraq. The perpetrator(s) were unidentified and there were no media accounts of any group claiming responsibility for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Unknown insurgents killed a father and son in drive by motorcycle shooting in Pattani, Thailand. The perpetrators to this incident were unknown. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2006: Unknown insurgents shot and injured a fifty seven year old man in Narathiwat, Thailand. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2007: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle on a road near a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol outside Dardara town in Khiman Valley, Lebanon. At least six Spanish and Colombian peacekeepers were killed and two other peacekeepers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2007: A Taliban militant was killed and a guard was shot and wounded on Sunday as gunmen stormed the Muslim Public School Surrani at Bannu, Pakistan.    No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2007: An incendiary device and flammable liquids were planted next to the BMW vehicle of UCLA professor, Arthur Rosenbaum, outside of his residence at 465 Loring Avenue in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The device was lit, but because of a malfunctioned fuse, it did not ignite. Thus, there were no injuries, nor damage.  In a communiqué issued to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the Animal Liberation Brigade claimed responsibility for the attempted firebombing, stating that Rosenbaum, who had been regularly harassed by animal-rights activists for his research work with cats and monkeys, should watch his back or he would face injections into his eyes like the primates. Though the L.A. field office for the U.S. Department of Justice ATF Bureau put out a $110,000 reward for information on the perpetrators, no individual perpetrators were identified from the anonymous claim.
06/24/2007: Ten policemen were wounded when suspected militants detonated a bomb as an armored police vehicle passed through Maloora village on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday morning at 07:00, a motorcycle bomb exploded near a railroad station in the Pimonchai fresh food market in Muang district, Yala province, Thailand, injuring ten people, including four soldiers. The 11 pound remote-controlled bomb detonated moments before the four soldiers arrived at the market. Police believed the bombing was in retaliation for clashes between security forces and a local insurgent group in Bannang Sata district on 06/22/2008 on Sunday. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday morning at 11:30, a village councilman from New Loon village in Asuncion town, Davao del Norte province, Philippines, was shot and killed by two unknown men aboard a motorbike in Purok 5, San Vicente, New Loon village. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday night, a bomb placed under a police car exploded in the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica province, Kosovo. The blast destroyed the police car, however no casualties occurred. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, a remote controlled roadside bomb struck a civilian car in Yaqubi, Khost, Afghanistan. Two women were killed in the explosion and one man was injured. The bomb was allegedly placed by suspected Taliban militants.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, assailants riding motorcycles fired on a supply convoy with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades near Markaz-e Seyyedabad, Vardak, Afghanistan, killing one contractor and wounding three others.  The assailants then set fire to the convoy, damaging at least 40 trucks.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, at 0800, one civilian was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near Al Andalus square in central Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, at about 0215, in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, an assailant detonated a bomb near a vehicle owned by a Kosovo Police Service officer, damaging the vehicle but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, in Faridpur and Chatmohor, Pabna, Bangladesh, armed assailants killed two extremists. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, in Maiwand are of Kohlu, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near the Kohlu-Maiwand power transmission line, damaging two pylons but causing no injuries. Due to the damage to the towers, electricity to Maiwand and adjoining areas was suspended. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, in Maroussi, Attiki, Greece, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a building housing the Bayer pharmaceutical company and Siemens engineering firm, damaging the building but causing no casualties. Popular Will claimed responsibility.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, in Sederot, Southern District, Israel, Israel, assailants fired four rockets at communities, wounding four civilians and damaging a residence.  Al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility.  This incident was one of two linked attacks in which the second rocket attack occurred in Shahar, Southern District, Israel.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, in the Shur area, in Matta, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants set fire to two schools, damaging both schools but causing no injuries.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, Mahdi Atwan, the Chairman of the Municipal Council, was gunned down outside his home in Abu Dushayr, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, two civilians were injured when one mortar round fell on Al Kamaliyah area in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, two improvised explosive devices were discovered in a café in Pervomaiskaya Street of the Leninsky district of Grozny, Chechnya. The devices consisted of 400-500 grams of high explosives, fragmentation material, an electronic detonator and a cell phone initiation system. It is reported that one device was fastened to a table with insulation tape. The explosive device reportedly consisted of a metal cylinder filled with the mixture of plastid and hexogen as well as small screws and balls, and a Nokia mobile phone. The device was defused by the Federal Security Service personnel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, unidentified gunmen opened fire at Ibrahim Hassan Ali, the mayor of Karhat Qazen village, in southwest Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the killing.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, unknown gunmen driving a car shot dead a police officer, Muamar Marai Hassan, near Mosul University in Al Majmoua Al Thakafiya district in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2008: On Tuesday, unknown gunmen kidnapped four University of Mosul students in Al Shifaa neighborhood in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The kidnappers released the students later that day. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2000, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a billiard hall in the Sunni neighborhood of Jihadin, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing one civilian, injuring 10 other civilians, and damaging the business. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2100, in Barangay Bautista near an elementary school in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines, a city councilor, his bodyguard and a former Barangay captain were killed while two others were wounded in an ambush by at least six gunmen. One of the assailants was also killed when the bodyguard returned fire before he died. Police identified the dead as Danilo Yang, councilor and noted anti-illegal drug advocate; his bodyguard Brando de los Santos; and Romulo Barcenas, former captain of Barangay Santiago 2. The fourth dead man, the assailant, had not been identified. San Pablo City police chief, said another bodyguard of Yang, identified as Joven Lopez, and bystander Mark Edward Herrera, 17, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday evening, in Ad Diwaniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, in a drive-by shooting, assailants fired upon and wounded the Al-Sadr Trend tribal affairs committee chairman as he stood in front of his house. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday in the afternoon, in Urus-Martan, Chechnya, Russia, an improvised explosive device exploded as a civilian vehicle was passing, killing two civilians, wounding one other, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0900, in eastern Al Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated targeting the motorcade of Colonel Saad Abbas, the Al Fallujah Sahwa Council leader. Two policemen were killed, six were wounded and a police vehicle was damaged by the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb wounded three street cleaners as they emptied a garbage container. There was no reported damage. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, a sticky improvised explosive device placed inside an Opel-modeled car detonated near the State Company for Car Manufacturing. The blast wounded the driver of the car. There were no claims of responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, the Al Quds gas driven power station was attacked by two rockets that caused damage to the plant. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Char Bolagh, Balkh, Afghanistan, assailants set fire to an Afghan Red Crescent vehicle, damaging the vehicle but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Helmand, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a civilian vehicle, killing seven civilians, wounding four others, and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Khar, Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants fired two rockets at the city, wounding two civilians. No damage or motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a cell phone tower, damaging the cell phone tower, several shops, and several residences. No casualties or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, the Philippine Army linked Moro rebels in separate mortar attacks that killed a civilian in Maguindanao province. The mortar shell landed in a house in the village of Binangga near the town of Guindulungan in Maguindanao province. Ponce, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, identified the lone fatality as Guiaria Enok, 41, while another relative, Vanessa Enok, 27, was injured in the attack.
06/24/2009: On Wednesday, unknown assailants set a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a shopping center in Sadr city, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, that detonated and killed at least 55 people and injured 116 others. No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
06/24/2010: On Thursday afternoon at 1700, in Khas Uruzgan, Uruzgan, Afghanistan, assailants kidnapped 11 civilians. On 06/25/2010, in a field in the Bagh Char area of Khas Uruzgan, a villager discovered the bodies and notified local police. Acting Uruzgan governor, Khudia Rahim, said five or six of the 11 victims had been beheaded. However, other officials claim that all eleven victims were beheaded. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, some police officials believe the men were killed because the Taliban said they were spying for the government or working for the government. Another police official claimed that the men were killed for being ethnic Hazaras and [Shia] Muslims, who are facing a widespread oppression from the Taliban. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/24/2010: On Thursday at 0330, in Ventanitas, Yamural, Antioquia, Colombia, on the road that leads to the Atlantic Coast, three militants intercepted an 18 wheeler truck transporting yucca and set it on fire, destroying the vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible.
06/24/2010: On Thursday evening at 2000, in Al Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims, killing two pilgrims, wounding five others, and damaging the bus. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2010: On Thursday evening at 2015, in Athens, Greece, an improvised explosive device disguised as a gift, detonated at the offices of the Ministry of Citizen Protection, killing Giorgos Vassilakis, 52, head of the minister's security team and damaging the building. No group claimed responsibility, although Revolutionary Struggle was suspected.
06/24/2010: On Thursday morning, in the Al Asra district Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the convoy of the Captain of the Al Rashad police department, wounding the Captain, one police officer, one army officer, and one passing student, and destroying three vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2010: On Thursday morning, on Mitrapap road near Prajaksilpakhom School, Muang, Udon Thani, Thailand, a homemade bomb comprised of four PVC pipes, an unreported amount of TNT and a time fuse housed inside a brown paper bag was found near a public telephone booth and subsequently defused by police preventing any casualties or damage from taking place. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing attack.
06/24/2010: On Thursday night around 2230, in the Ain Ghreb area of Stan Guentis, Tebessa, Algeria, suspected Islamist rebels attacked a wedding party with firearms, killing five people, including two children, two other civilians, and the groom, who was an off-duty soldier. One civilian was also wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2010: On Thursday night at 0200, in Salvatierra, Pais Vasco, Spain, unidentified assailants threw seven Molotov cocktails and paint at the Agurain police station on Fueros Street, causing minor damage to the police station but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities called the attack an act of radical terrorism.
06/24/2010: On Thursday night at 0300, on the Deh Yak-Gardez road, near Dehak, Ghazni, Afghanistan, assailants attacked a private security checkpoint for a road construction company by unknown means. Eight security guards were wounded and the checkpoint was damaged. The assailants also took away 18 weapons from the site. Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed that their fighters killed eight security guards in the attack and took five vehicles and several arms with them. The claim was not confirmed.
06/24/2010: On Thursday night, in Binpur, West Midnapore, India, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) gunmen kidnapped Srimanta Tudu, the son of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader, Motilal Tudu, from a bus stop. Later the Maoists telephoned the victim’s residence demanding the release of their "action squad member" Durga Mandi from police custody. No casualties and no damages were reported. The CPI-M claimed responsibility and the status of the hostage is unknown.
06/24/2010: On Thursday night, in Gitega, Gitega Province, Burundi, unidentified assailants threw a grenade at a vehicle playing propaganda messages for the ruling party. The vehicle was damaged but there were no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the ex-rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) or another opposition party is suspected.
06/24/2010: On Thursday, in Negev, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired three mortars at communities, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2010: On Thursday, in the Al Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle in the northwest 'Atayfiyah neighborhood, wounding the driver and four nearby civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2010: On Thursday, in the Mansur district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a senior official of the Industry and Minerals Ministry, wounding the government employee and three bodyguards. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/24/2010: On Thursday, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) kidnapped, fired on and killed one primary school teacher, Ranjit Dey, who was also a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) member. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed a Maoist faction was responsible, as posters were found at the location.
06/24/2011: On Friday at noon, in Kosit village in Takbai, Narathiwat, Thailand, suspected Islamist militants detonated three explosive devices killing two people and wounding 10 others. In the first explosion, two workers employed by the Takbai Irrigation Project office were killed and five others wounded when a bomb exploded at their living quarters while the workers were having lunch. A second bomb was then detonated about one kilometer (one-half mile) away from the first explosion, targeting soldiers sent to inspect the bombing, injuring one soldier. During a third explosion, four members of a bomb disposal unit clearing the area about three meters from the second explosion were also injured. Authorities cut signals of mobile phones in the area after the third blast. The attacks resulted in an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2011: On Friday morning around 0530, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown militants were seen planting an improvised explosive device near a congregation of Shia Muslims who gathering to pray on Fridays, but the bomb was later discovered and defused by police forces. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2011: On Friday night around 0240, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, a police major, identified as Pemsky Krai Andrey Tunyev, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen. The gunmen used automatic weapons and fired upon the officer from a wooded area nearby. No other casualties were reported. Police later surrounded the area in an attempt to capture the fleeing militants. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2011: On Friday night around midnight, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device along a road near the Geolg Sports Complex and a tax service's office. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage and the intended target of the device is not clear. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2011: On Friday night, at Upadli village in Dhanora, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, a civilian identified as Shrikant Telange was abducted and later shot and killed by Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) for allegedly being a suspected police informer. The body of Telange was recovered near Malewada on 06/26/2011. A Maoist note was recovered from the incident site claiming that the victim was a police informer.
06/24/2011: On Friday night, in al-Nasr & al-Salam village, Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified gunmen entered the house of a local Municipal Council representative and shot and killed Councilman Ali Gughamish and his nephew. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2011: On Friday night, in Bedlangmari village, Kokrajhar, Assam, India, two suspected militants of the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) were shot and killed by security forces during an exchange of fire. No security forces were wounded in the attack and one of the ultras has been identified as Sanjib Basumatary. Two nine millimeter pistols, four magazines, 14 live rounds, fired cases and a grenade were recovered from the encounter site. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2011: On Friday night, in Koraput, Odisha, India, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) abducted four civilians. Three were later released and one, a civilian identified as Sapaura Sirika from Jidipadar village, was killed by having his throat slit. The body of Sirika was recovered on 06/25/2011 at Kalam-Jhadipada chowk, about 90 kilometers Koraput. A Maoist letter recovered from the incident site claimed that Sirika was punished at a ‘Kangaroo court’ for being a police informer.
06/24/2011: On Friday night, in the Karma Village outside Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, a sticky bomb detonated, killing one civilian, injuring three others, and causing an unknown amount of property damage. All of the victims were part of the same family. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/24/2011: On Friday, in Aden, Adan, Yemen, unknown militants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near an Army post, killing four soldiers and a civilian, and wounding sixteen others, including four soldiers. The explosion also damaged one tank that was stationed there. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2011: On Friday, in Baiji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown gunmen broke into a house of a policeman with unknown firearms and shot and killed him and his wife. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/24/2011: On Friday, in the Khan Abad district of Konduz, Afghanistan, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device that was attached to a bicycle outside of an ice cream shop. The blast killed 10 people, including one police officer and a 10-year-old girl, while injuring 24 others, including one police officer, and causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2011: On Friday, in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants used dynamite to blow up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline. There were no casualties in the attack and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/24/2012: A roadside bomb exploded, targeting a police vehicle in Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Six police officers were killed and the vehicle destroyed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: An assailant with hand grenades attacked the Jericho Beer Garden in Mishomoroni town, Coast province, Kenya. At least three people were killed and 12 injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police arrested one individual in connection with the attack and suspect that Al-Shabaab was involved.
06/24/2012: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated in the Ali Lala area of Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least one civilian was killed and another injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated, targeting a police vehicle in Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least two police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: An explosive device detonated as a police vehicle was passing by a hospital in Derik town, Mardin province, Turkey. One police officer was killed and another three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: An explosive device detonated in an unfinished building in Tudunwadan Dan-Iya area, Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. Nine people were injured in the blast, and the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting the residence of Zabita Khan in Masool Koroona area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Khan, a former political official, escaped the attack unharmed; however, his residence was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: An explosive device detonated, targeting a police patrol in Pachir Aw Agam district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: Assailants attacked a French uranium plant in Bakouma area, Mbomou prefecture, Central African Republic. There were no reported casualties; however, the assailants caused material damage and stole equipment and food. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: Assailants attacked a Pakistani military convoy in Upper Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Approximately six soldiers and 14 assailants were killed as a result of the clash. In addition, at least 11 soldiers were kidnapped, and seven of the captive soldiers were later beheaded. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that they would continue fighting "until the establishment of sharia law in Pakistan."
06/24/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Zair Koh area of Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Ten Afghan police officers were abducted in the attack; they were released in a rescue operation on June 27, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Taliban.
06/24/2012: Assailants attacked the Yobe prison in Damaturu area, Yobe state, Nigeria. Two assailants were killed, an unknown number of police officers were injured, and 40 prison inmates escaped as a result of the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Boko Haram.
06/24/2012: Assailants launched 50 rockets that landed in Narai district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. One person, a young shepherd, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a police patrol in the Bakra Mandi area of the Eastern Bypass, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least three police officers were killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a police vehicle in Nagan Chowrangi area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two police officers, including a sub-inspector, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint near Shauri village, Dagestan republic, Russia. One police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2012: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the residence of Okram Megha in Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. Megha, a special contractor, escaped the attack unharmed; however, three police vehicles were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2013: A pipe bomb detonated in Coolock village, Dublin county, Ireland. No injuries were reported in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2013: A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Deh Rawod district, Oruzgan province, Afghanistan. Six police officers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/24/2013: A suicide bomber detonated in a cafe in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Five people, besides the attacker, were killed and 16 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2013: A suicide bomber detonated in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The assailant targeted Colonel Ghazi Ali Al-Jubouri, the head of the Saladin counter-terrorism program. Al-Jubouri was killed and two body guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources speculated that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
06/24/2013: A suicide car bomber targeted a military checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. The casualties included both civilians and soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, source indicate that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was suspected.
06/24/2013: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated north of Ramadi city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and another was wounded in this attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/24/2013: An explosive device detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast, which occurred after people rushed to the scene of a previous attack, killed five people and wounded at least 15 others. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: An explosive device detonated near a group of soldiers in Mawab municipality, Compostella Valley province, Philippines. The blast was followed by a brief firefight. Three soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, military sources attributed this incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/24/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely in Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. The blast killed the three assailants attempting to plant the device. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/24/2013: An explosive device made out of a pressure cooker was discovered at a private residence in Palpa district, West developmental region, Nepal. The residence was that of Khil Raj Regmi, the Chair of the Interim Election Council. The device was safely defused without causing injury. The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (Baidya) claimed responsibility for the incident in a note left at the scene.
06/24/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in the Husseiniyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and at least 15 were wounded in this incident. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Al-Shurta Al-Rabeaa neighborhood of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and nine others were wounded in the blast. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Maalif area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 10 people were wounded in the blast. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Nahrawan town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven were wounded in the blast. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in or around Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market and restaurant in the Jihad area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two attacks in the Jihad area on this day. Nine people were killed and 21 were injured across the two attacks. This was also one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Al-Samarrai Mosque in the New Baghdad area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: Assailants ambushed soldiers in Maliwanag village, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. Two soldiers were killed and another soldier was injured in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/24/2013: Assailants attacked government fighters in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. One government militia member was injured. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2013: Assailants detonated a grenade in Gamu municipality, Isabela province, Philippines. The device detonated under a military vehicle at the headquarters of the Army's 5th Infantry Division. One of the vehicle's passengers, Felipe Carino, the vice chairman of the Cordillera Forum for Peace and Development, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2013: Assailants disguised in police uniforms opened fire in Muzaffarpur city, Bihar state, India. The assailants targeted the family of Pradeep Rai, the Chairman of Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS). Two people were killed and one person was injured. Maoists claimed responsibility for this attack, stating that Rai was targeted because he exploited poor people in the area.
06/24/2013: Assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and assault rifles at a military detachment in Nabalawag village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. This was the second of two villages in Midsayap municipality that were assaulted by the same attackers on this day. At least one person was injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
06/24/2013: Assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and assault rifles at a military position in Tampad village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. This was the first of two villages in Midsayap municipality that were assaulted by the same attackers on this day. At least one person was injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
06/24/2013: Assailants stabbed five Syrian passengers aboard a bus in Beirut city, Beirut governorate, Lebanon. The victims suffered minor injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a crowd of people near a shop in Wajir town, Wajir province, Kenya. Four people were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities speculated that Al-Shabaab may have been involved.
06/24/2013: Assailants threw three petrol bombs at a private residence in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No damage or casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2013: At least one explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside the Al-Wahda Market in the Karrada area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blasts; the market and nearby cars were also damaged. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2013: Gunmen attacked civilians in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The incident occurred near a Shia mosque in the Qahira area, and four civilians were killed. No group claimed responsibility for this attack.
06/24/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. DSP Amanullah Khan and his driver were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2013: Gunmen stopped and then proceeded to set fire to two trucks in Magar village, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The vehicles were destroyed and both drivers were abducted. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown.
06/24/2013: Police stopped a vehicle that was rigged with explosives in Risalpur city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The two occupants of the vehicle were arrested and the explosives were successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2013: Two assailants attacked a Rashtriya Rifles convoy in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. As the assailants escaped, they threw grenades and opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) checkpost nearby. Overall, eight soldiers and CRPF officers were killed and 14 other people were injured. Five assailants were also injured. The Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, intelligence agencies speculated that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) may have been involved.
06/24/2013:An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the Al-Wadha area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. This was one of ten coordinated attacks in Baghdad on this day. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the ten attacks.
06/24/2014: A sniper opened fire on peshmerga members in Jalula town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two peshmerga members were killed and two more members were injured in the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a military checkpoint and a cafe in Beirut city, Beirut governorate, Lebanon. The suicide bomber was killed and 12 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a military checkpoint in Spin Wam area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. In addition to the suicide bomber, three people, including two soldiers and one civilian, were killed and two other people were wounded in the attack. Mujahideen Ansar claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was the beginning of a counteroffensive against the Pakistani military.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated along a railway track between Krasnohorivka and Horodnyy areas in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks on railway tracks in Donetsk oblast on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated along a railway track in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks on railway tracks in Donetsk oblast on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a produce shop in Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at an Overseas Courier Service (OCS) office in Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the office was damaged in the blast. A second explosive device was discovered and safely defused following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at an under-construction jirga hall in Darsamand area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the building was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sixth of October city, Giza governorate, Egypt. One person was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Haji Zai area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a pile of lumber in Sibsib village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near Islamia Public School in Mughal Khel village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the school was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near Novokarlivka village, Zaporizhzhya oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Hur Husayn area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Mushahidah village, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device planted in the vehicle of an imam detonated in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused on Budaiya Highway in Northern governorate, Bahrain. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosive device, targeting a soldier, detonated in Kareemabad area, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The soldier was killed in the blast. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated among civilians in Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. One person was killed and 10 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a telecommunication station in Rutbah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least one Iraqi Ministry of Transport official was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at a Shia mosque in Qubah village, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in villages in the area on the same night. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/24/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at a Shia mosque in Sharikhan village, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks in villages in the area on the same night. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/24/2014: Assailants abducted Doctor Irshad in Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The victim was released on October 7, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants abducted two civilians in Shabelkovka village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/24/2014: Assailants abducted two Turkish employees of the Summa Construction company in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Both victims were released on August 12, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants attacked a polling station in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. There were no reported casualties; however, the polling station was damaged in the blast. This was one of two attacks on this polling station on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants attacked Hadithah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Security forces countered the attack, causing the assailants to flee. No further information is available.
06/24/2014: Assailants attacked police officers near the University of Amran in Amran city, Amran governorate, Yemen. Thirteen civilians were killed and 24 others were wounded in the attack. This was one of at least two attacks carried out by Huthis in Amran city on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/24/2014: Assailants attacked the oil refinery in Baiji city, Saladin.governorate, Iraq. At least 40 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/24/2014: Assailants attempted to plant a roadside bomb in Malgoti area, Khost province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed when the device detonated prematurely. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2014: Assailants fired a rocket propelled grenade at a polling station in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. There were no reported casualties; however, the polling station was damaged in the blast. This was one of two attacks on this polling station on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants launched a missile at a military helicopter near Slovyansk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Nine soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/24/2014: Assailants launched a rocket near a barn in Sedot Negev Regional Council area, Southern district, Israel. There were no reported casualties; however, the barn was damaged in the blast. This was one of three rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants launched a rocket toward Israel, which landed on a civilian residence in Beit Lahiya city, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip. A child was killed and three others were wounded in the attack. This was one of three rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells near a military checkpost in Amran city, Amran governorate, Yemen. Four children were killed in the blast. This was one of at least two attacks carried out by Huthis in Amran city on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
06/24/2014: Assailants launched two rockets near Ashkelon city, Southern district, Israel. The two rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. This was one of three rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on June 24, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire at a police roadblock in Timau area, Meru province, Kenya. Six assailants were killed and one assailant was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Izvarnye area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpost in Bulabulin area, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 40 people, including 16 soldiers and 24 assailants, were killed, several others were injured, and an unknown number of soldiers were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpost in Speena Tanga area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane as it was landing in the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One passenger was killed and two other people were wounded in the attack. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to operations against the TTP.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Nuwaidrat village, Central governorate, Bahrain. There were no reported casualties; however, the vehicle was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on Edmund Turk Vail in Dancalan village, Negros Occidental province, Philippines. Vail, a former councilor, was killed and one of his companions was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on Kabylie Hraish in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. Hraish, a local elder, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on Maulana Izhar ul Haq Farooqi in Khaban-e-Sirsyed neighborhood, Rawalpindi city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Farooqi, a religious office holder, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on Munir Kafili in Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Kafili, a Turkmen Front leader and city council chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Ab Khoban area, Karukh district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Five people, including three police officers and two assailants, were killed and five others, including three police officers and two assailants, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on two armored personnel carriers near the airport in 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.
06/24/2014: Assailants set fire to equipment at a construction site in Budhauli village, Bihar state, India. Assailants also opened fire at the site, injuring at least one person. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/24/2014: Assailants set fire to the residence of Malik Nawab, an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander, in an unknown location in Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police patrol in Mubi area, Adamawa state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2014: Assailants threw hand grenades at a police checkpoint in Obe district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Four people, including two police officers and two civilians, were killed and five other people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2014: Assailants threw two explosive devices at a Naga People's Front (NPF) office in Mokokchung district, Nagaland state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, the office was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint in Al-Fathah area, Kirkuk, Iraq. In addition to the bombing, assailants attacked the checkpoint with mortars and firearms. This was one of three related attacks on the same day. Eight people were killed and another eight were injured across all three assaults. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/24/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic convoy in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. In addition to the bomber, 14 people were killed and four others were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An assailant opened fire on Edwin Cua in Bacnotan district, La Union province, Philippines. Cua, a village chairperson, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated at SABA News Agency in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. One guard was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. Sanaa Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated in Tash Balaq area, Ab Kamari district, Badghis province, Afghanistan. One person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Adhamiyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a water pipe in Ar Rahmaneyah village, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near Abdul Jabar Mussadiq in Keshem district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Mussadiq, a district governor, was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Beirut Square, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Mushahidah District, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
06/24/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Forgney area, Longford county, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to Dissident Republicans.
06/24/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in front of the Muaaz Bin Jabal Mosque in At Tall village, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. At least 13 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2015: Assailants abducted Mahtab Uddin, an Awami League official, in Aricha ghat area, Manikganj district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants abducted two construction workers and their driver in Shibirghan-Qush Tepa highway area, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. All three victims were killed the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2015: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Likolay area, Gedo region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/24/2015: Assailants attacked military personnel in Wadi Marqas area, Derna district, Libya. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/24/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoints in Hama governorate, Syria. At least 24 soldiers were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2015: Assailants executed a soldier outside Baidoa city, Bay region, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants fired mortars at Tubruq area, Butnan district, Libya. Four civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants fired projectiles and then clashed with National Defense Force soldiers in Jeb al-Jarrah village, Homs governorate, Syria. At least 22 people, including three soldiers and nineteen assailants, were killed and six others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/24/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Al-Buhadima neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two people were killed and nine others were wounded in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Benghazi city on June 24, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Hadayq neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Two people were killed in the attack. This was one of two related attacks in Benghazi city on June 24, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in neighborhoods in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. Two people were killed and 24 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
06/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Quddoos Bangulzai in Killi Raiki area, Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Bangulzai, a police officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Manayupit village, Capiz province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on the residence of Sayed Hasan Almas in Laghman province, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed and two people, including an assailant, were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2015: Assailants set fire to Briar Creek Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants set fire to two construction vehicles in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of Diane Nininahazwe in Bwiza area, Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Marie province, Burundi. Nininahazwe, a journalist, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2015: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber before he could detonate at a market in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: A sniper opened fire on a military checkpoint in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: A sniper shot and killed Khaled al-Zintani, a freelance journalist, in Benghazi, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
06/24/2016: An assailant rammed her vehicle into another vehicle near Kiryat Arba, West Bank. Two civilians were injured in the assault and the assailant was killed by security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
06/24/2016: An explosive device detonated in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a bakery in Zafraniya, Baghdad, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Husseiniyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Bawi, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle on the Hakkari-Cukurca motorway in Hakkari province, Turkey. Four soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/24/2016: An explosive device planted on a bicycle detonated at a market in Almo Chowk neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least seven people were killed and 27 others were injured in the blast. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside Jala Hospital in Benghazi, Libya. At least five people were killed and 13 others were wounded in the blast. The Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: Assailants abducted three individuals in Qala Kah district, Farah, Afghanistan. Two hostages, including a former National Directorate of Security (NDS) district chief and his bodyguard, were killed shortly after the kidnapping. The whereabouts of the remaining hostage are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2016: Assailants armed with grenades, projectiles, and firearms attacked a police station in Fortul, Arauca, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN).
06/24/2016: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base of Kenyan soldiers in Dhamaso, Gedo, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked a Doctors Without Borders office in Muzbat, near Um Baru, North Darfur, Sudan. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Maton district, Al Jawf, Yemen. At least 13 assailants and eight soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked military forces in Taizz, Yemen. At least six assailants and three soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Bandar area, Kot district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Kot district on this date. At least 33 people, including 30 assailants, were killed and 12 people were injured across the three events. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked police checkpoints in Seapy area, Kot district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Kot district on this date. At least 33 people, including 30 assailants, were killed and 12 people were injured across the three events. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked security and uprising personnel in Gurziwan district, Faryab, Afghanistan. Three uprising members and 14 assailants were killed and two uprising members and five assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/24/2016: Assailants attacked security forces in Sirte, Libya. Ten assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at two forestry department buildings and set fire to construction vehicles in Hurudunga, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded that a nearby dam construction project be halted and evicted locals be allowed to return to the area.
06/24/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at the Somali Armed Forces (SAF) base in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the incident. This was one of three projectile attacks in Mogadishu on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Al-Shabaab.
06/24/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at the Somali Armed Forces (SAF) Jaallle Siyaad Military Academy in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the incident. This was one of three projectile attacks in Mogadishu on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Al-Shabaab.
06/24/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at the Somali Ministry of Defense building in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least one person was killed and two others were injured in the incident. This was one of three projectile attacks in Mogadishu on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Al-Shabaab.
06/24/2016: Assailants in Afghanistan fired projectiles and then attacked Pakistan Armed Forces checkposts in Nawagai subdistrict, Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a gendarmerie post in Sogukkuyu, Mardin, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a military vehicle in Komur, Adiyaman, Turkey. One soldier was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base of Ethiopian troops in Yurkud, Gedo, Somalia. At least five soldiers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Gouzoudou, Extreme-North, Cameroon. This was one of two related attacks in Extreme-North on the same day. At least four civilians were killed and two others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on residents and set fire to buildings in Kaldjiwa, Extreme-North, Cameroon. This was one of two related attacks in Extreme-North on the same day. At least four civilians were killed and two others were injured across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
06/24/2016: Assailants raided and set fire to civilian homes in Kot district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least five people were abducted during the raids. An unspecified number of hostages were freed by security forces, and the whereabouts of the remaining hostages are unknown. This was one of three coordinated attacks in Kot district on this date. At least 33 people, including 30 assailants, were killed and 12 people were injured across the three events. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/24/2016: Assailants shot and killed a Saudi Arabia Police Force officer in Saihat, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: Assailants shot and killed a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Senegalese peacekeeper in Bangui, Central African Republic. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Merca, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2016: Police forces discovered and defused five explosive devices in Lalgarh, West Bengal, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/24/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Hyderpora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2016: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in front of a civilian residence in Kharsha Bandha, Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: A roadside bomb detonated targeting civilians in Himreen, Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq. Ten civilians were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources believe the civilians were targeted for attempting to leave Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) controlled areas at the time of the attack.
06/24/2017: An assailant threw a grenade at a shop in Ain al-Hilweh, South, Lebanon. Five people were injured in the blast. An unaffiliated individual, identified as R. Aa., claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: An explosive device detonated in Spin Toot, South Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two children were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: An explosive device detonated near a blacksmith in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the residence of Dhiraj Sharma, a Communist Party of Nepal: Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) mayoral candidate, in Bardaghat, Province 5, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Shari Filastin, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: An explosive device, intended to target security forces, was discovered and defused in Bagumbayan, Iloilo, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/24/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a market in Ad-Dana, Idlib, Syria. At least 10 people were killed and 30 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/24/2017: Assailants abducted a cafe owner in Serif Omar, North Darfur, Sudan. The hostage was released fatigued on September 6, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: Assailants abducted Gopal Babu Shrestha, a civilian, from Gongabu, Province 3, Nepal. Shrestha was rescued the following day on June 25, 2017. This was one of two related kidnappings in Gongabu on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand).
06/24/2017: Assailants abducted Kavita Dahal, a civilian, from Gongabu, Province 3, Nepal. Dahal was rescued the following day on June 25, 2017. This was one of two related kidnappings in Gongabu on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand).
06/24/2017: Assailants abducted Muhammad Abu Bakir Abu Sidrah Al-Qadhafi, a tribal elder and former soldier, in Abu Hadi, Sirte, Libya. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
06/24/2017: Assailants abducted two farmers in Gallab, North Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: Assailants armed with machetes attacked Buddhist villagers in Tarein, Rakhine, Myanmar. At least two people were killed and two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
06/24/2017: Assailants armed with swords raided the residence of Abu Harshine, a village administrator, in Khuang Ta Ka, Rakhine, Myanmar. Harshine was killed and his two children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: Assailants beheaded Jaya Devi, a civilian, in Nawada district, Bihar, India. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victim of being a police informant.
06/24/2017: Assailants fired eight mortars into Matlaha, Saladin, Iraq. Two civilians were killed and nine civilians were injured in the attack. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol vehicle in Pantha Chowk, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least two assailants and one CRPF officer was killed and two officers were injured in the ensuing clash. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) members in Korangi neighborhood, Karachi, Pakistan. At least one member was killed and another member was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: Assailants raided Kaseghe, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least four assailants and two soldiers were killed and a civilian was injured in the ensuing clash with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Movement of Revolutionaries (MNR).
06/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed Colonel Abdirashid Barre Gurhan, a Somali National Army (SNA) commander, at his residence in Ceel Waaq, Gedo, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed Hiranya Doley, an Indian National Congress (INC) leader, at his residence in Dekapam, Assam, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected that the Liberal Democratic Council for Missing Land carried out the attack.
06/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed three farmers in Feroz Koh, Ghor, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/24/2017: Assailants shot and wounded anti-corruption investigator Austin Okwor in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/24/2017: Assailants stopped and set fire to a cargo truck transporting coconuts in Cuyago, Agusan del Norte, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/24/2017: Security forces identified and arrested two assailants, armed with an explosives-laden belt and a landmine, targeting a residence in Musayyib, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
06/24/2017: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Shivnagar, Tripura, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Dariyah, Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/24/2017: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused in Mushahidah, Al-Faris, Saladin, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/25/1981: In Torrance, California, United States, a firebomb exploded outside the building used by the Institute for Historical Review (IHR), a group that denied the Holocaust ever occurred, claiming there is no proof that the Nazis gassed Jews during World War II.  There was minor damage to the building, and no casualties resulted from the incident.  About two hours before the blast, an anonymous caller told the Associated Press, United Press International, and the City News Service, in Los Angeles, that a bomb had been planted by a group named the Jewish Defenders.  Police then confirmed the bombing, but it was unclear whether the IHR still used the building at the time.
06/25/1981: Members of the United Freedom Front robbed New Britain Bank & Trust in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. $89,000 were stolen.  It is unknown if anyone was injured in the incident.
06/25/1982: Members of the United Freedom Front robbed Syracuse Savings Bank in Onondaga, New York in the United States. $195,000 were stolen.  It is unknown if anyone was injured in the incident.
06/25/1998: Manuel Zamarreno, councilor to Spain's ruling Popular Party, was assassinated by a car bomb in Renteria, Spain. A police bodyguard accompanying the victim was injured in the bombing. Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/1999: Four people died and three others were injured when the vehicle in which they were traveling set off a land mine on the road between Bungo and Sosso in Uige Province, Angola. Authorities claimed that the land mine was planted by the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), who then also opened fire on the vehicle.
06/25/1999: Members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) killed five civilians in the village of Puerto Bello in Antioquia Department, Colombia, at an undisclosed time over the weekend of June 25-27, 1999. The perpetrators raided stores and stole 40 mules in the attack as well.
06/25/1999: Suspected members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) threw an explosive device weighing about 30 kilograms at a police patrol car in the Arenales neighborhood of Barrancabermeja, Santander Department, Colombia, at an undisclosed time over the weekend of June 25-27, 1999. Seven people, including three policemen, a secret agent, and three civilians were injured as a result.
06/25/1999: The People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan (ARGK) bombed Bayrak Hill in Turkey, which controls the security of Beytussebap and where officers are positioned, with heavy weapons and bombs. Eight Turkish Army soldiers were killed and nine others were wounded in the attack.
06/25/2000: A Serb man, Kica Milanovic, was killed and another injured when an unidentified attacker fired at their car in Kosovo Polje, Kosovo from an alley.
06/25/2000: An armed group attacked a mercury factory in Ismael, Algeria, killing one and setting fire to several lorries and pieces of equipment. The perpetrators were thought to have belonged to the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC).
06/25/2000: An insurance office in Renteria, Guipuzcoa Province, suffered an arson attack by an unknown group. The building sustained minimal damage during the attack.
06/25/2000: Nine people were killed and two injured when unknown assailants fired on their vehicle in Lengdenpokse, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2000: The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) attacked a quarry in Bouzerra, Algeria, killing one guard and setting five lorries on fire.
06/25/2000: The election headquarters of the Iranian political leader, Hojjat ol-Eslam Montajabnia, of the Combatant Clerics’ Society was attacked by unidentified individuals seeking to set fire to his campaign placards and tracts. His offices had already received threats and warnings prior to the attack. No one was injured in the incident.
06/25/2001: An assassination attempt on Petros Makeyan, the Democratic Fatherland political party leader, failed after a gunman shot at Makeyan with a revolver at his home in Panik, Shirak region, Armenia, around 2:00am.  Makeyan was not wounded in the attack, although it was thought that the shooter was a professional who planned out the attack in advance.  Makeyan had received death threats prior to the attempt on his life.
06/25/2001: At least forty people, including soliders and pilgrims, were injured when a bomb left in a scooter detonated in the Jammu railway station in Jammu, Kashmir, India around 9:15pm.  Vehicles in the vicinity of the explosion were damaged.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although it was thought that Muslim militants were targeting soldiers and pilgrims who were sitting in the waiting area before the next train departed.
06/25/2001: Eleven people were killed and seven injured in a National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) attack against Uige, the capital of Uige Province in the north of Angola. UNITA attacked Uige in three separate areas, north, east and south of the city, penetrating the neighbourhoods of Candombe, Velho and Kilala. Clashes lasted about five hours and many people fled their homes during the fighting.
06/25/2001: Guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ambushed an army bus by detonating a claymore mine that killed 6 soldiers, at Maduvil in the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka.
06/25/2001: One person was injured when a van carrying Exxon Mobil company workers encountered a bomb on the roadway in Aceh province, Indonesia, around 8:00am.  The van was commuting between work stations at the Exxon Mobil oil fields when the attack occurred.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was thought that the company was targeted for its involvement in possible human rights infractions in the area.
06/25/2005: A Basque government building in Lasala Square in San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain sustained minor damaged when unknown perpetrators threw Molotov cocktails at it.
06/25/2005: Jad Suwanchatri and his wife Serm Suwanchatri were killed along with their dog by unknown assailants on a road in the Yala province of Thailand. Jad was shot and both victims had their throats cut in a beheading attempt. Previous attacks had been blamed on Islamic separatists.
06/25/2005: The Basque separatist group ETA called the Basque newspaper Gara and warned that an explosive device had been placed inside a car parked outside the Peineta sports stadium in Madrid, Spain. There were no casualties.
06/25/2006: A grenade was thrown at police station in Nelliyadi, Sri Lanka, a constable was seriously injured. The perpetrators to this group were unknown and there was minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2006: A grenade was thrown at police station in Valvedditturai, Sri Lanka, two police officers were injured. The perpetrators to this group were unknown and there was minor property damage. No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2006: Two Israeli soldiers were killed at an Israeli Defense Force (IDF) post in the Gaza Strip and one soldier, Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit, was taken hostage.  Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees, and a group called Army of Islam claimed responsibility for the attack.  Hamas claims the attack was in response to Israeli crimes of killing women and children and assassinating militant leaders. On October 17, 2011 Shalit was released by Hamas in exchange for the release of over 1,000 political prisoners from Israeli jails.
06/25/2007: A parked car exploded in the center of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, killing one civilian and wounding 20 others, police Brig. Mohammed al-Wakaa said. He said there were no police or military targets at the site.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2007: A stealthy suicide bomber slipped into a busy Baghdad, Iraq, hotel Monday and blew himself up in the midst of a gathering of U.S.-allied tribal sheiks, undermining efforts to forge a front against the extremists of al-Qaida in Iraq. Four of the tribal chiefs were among the 13 victims, police said.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2007: A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint near the governor's offices in the predominantly Shi i southern city of Hillah, Iraq, killing at least eight people and wounding 31, police said.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2007: Fifteen people were killed when a bomber ploughed an explosives-laden oil tanker into the police headquarters of the northern town of Baiji, Iraq, a local police officer said. Another 50 people, mostly civilians, were wounded.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2007: South of Baghdad, in the town of Hilla, Iraq, a suicide bomber slammed into a crowd of recruits waiting outside a police academy, killing eight and wounding several dozen.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/25/2008: 06/25/2008: On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl's school in the village of  Karamar in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday afternoon, in ward-5, Gaur, Rautahat, Nepal, assailants detonated a pipe bomb at the home of a government official, Raj Narayan Jha, chief of Cottage and Small Industry Office, damaging the home but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and Terai Army claimed responsibility.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday morning at 6:30, Enesto Binggan, councilman and acting village chief of Fatima, was shot and killed by two unknown gunmen aboard a motorcycle in Paquibato District, Davao City, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. Binggan had aided soldiers in the past in anti-insurgency campaign in his village and police believed this to be the motive behind the attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, an improvised explosive device, targeting the motorcade of Dr. Sabah Amim al Dawdi, exploded in Al Kournish region in central Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. The driver of the car was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, at 1930, two people were killed and 15 were wounded when a bomb exploded inside a Kia microbus at a checkpoint near Al Dahan market in Karbala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blast.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, gunmen killed Mosul municipality director Khalid Mahmoud and his driver in Al Baladiyat area in downtown Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl's high school in the village of Bar Shoor in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl's high school in village Bar Shoor and a girl's primary school in the adjoining village of Lower Shoor in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl's primary school in the village of Lower Shoor in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl's school in the village of Chuparyal in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008: On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl’s school near the residence of District Nazim in the village of Joora in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2008:On Wednesday, militants set fire to a girl's school in the village of Sinjar in the Matta area of Swat, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported from the arson attack and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/25/2009: On Thursday afternoon at 1300, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near a bus terminal in the predominantly Shiite southwestern Madinat al Bayaa neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring five civilians and damaging the bus station. No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday evening around 1900, the chief epidemiologist of the Department of Health in Southern Mindanao was gunned down and his daughter injured in an attack in Davao City. Dr. Rogelio Penera and his 15-year-old daughter were on their way home from work when two motorcycle gunmen chased their car and shot the victims near their house in Countryville Subdivision in Barangay Cabantian in Buhangin district, Davao City, Philippines. No groups claimed the responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2009: On Thursday morning at 1030, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a public market in the predominantly Shiite southwestern neighborhood of Al Bayaa, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, killing two civilians, injuring between 26 and 28 others, and damaging the market. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
06/25/2009: On Thursday morning, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device by a civilian car near Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, injuring five civilians and damaging their vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday morning, in Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a girls' high school, damaging the school. No casualties or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, a roadside bomb set by unknown assailants detonated in the Ur district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians. No damages or claim of responsibility have been reported.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, assailants detonated a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a minibus in the predominantly Shiite southwestern neighborhood of Hayy Al Amil, in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilian passengers and damaging the minibus. No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in Benito Juarez, Sonora, Mexico, assailants fired upon a vehicle carrying congressional candidate, Ernesto Cornejo for the National Action Party, and his aides, killing two civilians and wounding three others, and damaging the vehicle. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in Kakiriguma village, Koraput, Orissa, India, assailants detonated explosives on infrastructure targets, damaging three communications tower control rooms and a railway building but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in Karaan, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, armed assailants fired upon and killed an ambulance driver working with Amin Voluntary, as he was responding to a fake phone call. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near an electrical power line transmission tower in the Al Habibiya neighborhood, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. Two electrical transformers were also bombed in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the electrical transformers but causing no casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in one of two related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near two electrical transformers in the Al Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the electrical transformers but causing no casualties. One electrical power line transmission tower was also bombed in the Al Habibiya neighborhood, in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in Rivers, Nigeria, assailants detonated explosives, damaging an oil pipeline operated by Shell but causing no casualties. The attack effectively decommissioned the Cawthorne Channel 1, 2 and 3 flow stations that feed Bonny export terminal. No motive for the attack was reported and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, in the late evening, in Elum area of Buner, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped one police officer. Later that evening, in the same area, the assailants fired upon and killed the victim. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2009: On Thursday, unknown assailants wearing Iraqi Army uniforms fired upon a convoy transporting a senior criminal judge in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring one bodyguard and damaging one convoy vehicle. No group claimed responsibility and the judge was unharmed.
06/25/2010: On Friday in the rural locality of Majayura, Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia, the 10th Brigade of the National Army found and safely neutralized six improvised explosive devices installed at the base of two energy towers (#99 and 100). No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2010: On Friday morning at 0500, in Jorm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants set fire to a girls' high school, damaging the school. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the headmaster of the school, Abdol Shakur, blamed the attack on militants involved in anti-education acts.
06/25/2010: On Friday night at approximately 2200, in Talashi square, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a music shop, destroying the music shop and damaging several nearby shops. There were no casualties reported, and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2010: On Friday, in Bagdubi village in Bankura, India, four militants set ablaze the house of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) zonal committee member Nabin Hembram. Two women were killed in the fire. The victims were identified as Kamala Hembram (80) and Saraswati (55). According to police, the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) have been hunting for Nabin since the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) shot and killed two squad members on 12/15/2006 and they believed him to be the one who tipped off the police about their presence. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the police believe that the attack was the result of revenge. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Maoists were responsible.
06/25/2010: On Friday, in Saana, San'a, Yemen, one unknown gunman fired upon Abdul al-Raqib al-Qirshi as he was leaving a hotel. Qirshi, an opposition leader who had just returned to Yemen from a 32 year exile, was wounded in the head from the gunshot and fell into a coma. He died in a hospital over a month later on 07/29/2010. Al-Qirshi was in a group who plotted a coup against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 1978. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2010: On Friday, in Sherishnager, Hyderabad, Sindh province, Pakistan, unknown assailants planted two improvised explosive devices near the railroad tracks. A police patrol found the bombs and personnel of the bomb disposal squad defused both of them. There were no casualties or damages and no group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2010: On Friday, in the Bin Qasim area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown assailants planted two improvised explosive devices near a railroad track, but only one detonated, damaging the track but causing no casualties. The other was later defused by personnel of the bomb disposal squad. No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2010: On Friday, in the Tandi Phatak area of the Ghotki district of Sindh, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated four improvised explosive devices next to a railway, damaging the tracks but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2010: On Friday, near the village of Wadi al-Asaj, Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq, unknown gunmen set up a fake checkpoint and led two oil ministry employees to an unknown place and kidnapped the two employees. The gunmen left the employees vehicle at the incident site. No casualties were reported in the kidnapping and no group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
06/25/2011 (Default Date): On Saturday morning, in the area of Yaldho near Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia, two civilians were found beheaded, by the main highway linking Puntland's commercial port of Bosaso to other urban centers in the south. The men were dressed in Puntland military uniforms, although military officials assure that they were not soldiers. One of the civilians was identified as Mahad Mohamud Faraqle. Witnesses stated that the men had been captured by Islamist militants, loyal to Mohamed Said Atom, after heavy fighting in the mountainous Galgala region just outside of Bosaso, about 1500 kilometers north of Mogadishu. The method of killing was consistent with al-Shabaab style murders. No group claimed responsibility, although al-Shabaab is suspected.
06/25/2011: On Saturday afternoon at 1500, in the Ameen neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, an unknown armed group assassinated the director general of the Ministry of Electricity, Salman Jassim, using guns with silencers. No group claimed responsibility.
06/25/2011: On Saturday afternoon, at Murumgaon village in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, a group of suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) called a civilian identified as Ramchandra Bahirwar from his house and after an exchange of heated words, shot and killed him. Reportedly, the civilian is a former deputy sarpanch (deputy chief of gram panchayat, the village level local self-Government institution), and also a road contractor. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, sources claimed that the attack may have been carried out because the Maoists believed Bahirwar was a police informer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2011: On Saturday evening, in Isabela City, Basilan, Philippines, suspected Abu Sayyaf militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting civilians at the Mon’s Kitchen Diner, killing two people and wounding 12 others. One of the deceased was identified as Alnissar Alonto, a former soldier of the 52nd Engineering Battalion. The identities of the other victims are unknown. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2011: On Saturday morning in Abu Ghraib area, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown gunmen broke into the house of Tahir ahmed, the deputy head of a local town hall in Abu Ghraib, and left him and his son, a local police officer, dead. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2011: On Saturday morning, in the Qandal area of Kismayo, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, suspected al-Shabaab fighters began search operations and took hostage five civilians on suspicion of spying by unknown means. Many of the apprehended civilians were teenagers. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, although al-Shabaab was suspected.
06/25/2011: On Saturday, in Garsoor village north of Galka'yo, Mudug, Somalia, a Puntland official with the Central Investigation Department, Abdislam Ali Seylan, was shot and killed at a tea cafe by unidentified gunmen. Witnesses saw three assailants flee from the scene. Abdislaam was shot in the head and chest several times. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2011: On Saturday, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated a bomb outside the International Committee of the Red Cross gate causing no casualties but a wall and a main gate were damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2011: On Saturday, in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown militants opened fire onto a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees vehicle carrying Afghan refugees on the National Highway. The attack caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicles. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2011: On Saturday, in the Azra district of Lowgar, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber driving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated his explosives targeting the Akbar Khail hospital. The blast killed at least 38 civilians, injured over 100 others and destroyed several vehicles and damaged the hospital. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/25/2012: A 50-kilogram explosive device was discovered and defused on a road near the Uzuntarla area of Tunceli province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).