05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Hodan area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Five people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle, investigating an earlier incident, in Monkayo municipality, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. Four people were wounded in the blast. This was one of two attacks carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) in Monkayo municipality on May 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Rangers patrol in Bacho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two rangers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near a school in Sher Malik village, Utmanzai town, 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.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Shareecha neighborhood, Biyaha district, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated outside a police station in Yarkand district, Xinjiang province, China. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. This was one of five explosive devices planted in Yarkand district on May 23, 2014; four of which were safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated outside Al-Salam Mosque in Nasr City neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Hanbas area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police convoy in Ayn al-Jahesh area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two police officials were killed and nine police officers and officials were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Dujail area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and two more officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting pilgrims in Kadhimiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and 12 other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Talbya neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near El Aalam Mosque in Nasr City neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused outside a gas station in Yarkand district, Xinjiang province, China. This was one of five explosive devices planted in Yarkand district on May 23, 2014; four of which were safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused outside a police building in Yarkand district, Xinjiang province, China. This was one of five explosive devices planted in Yarkand district on May 23, 2014; four of which were safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An explosive device, targeting a military vehicle, detonated between Ataq city and Al Nuqub area in Shabwah governorate, Yemen. Four civilians were killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/23/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a police patrol in Bab al-Jadid area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were injured in the blast; the victims included police officers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated in Jubayl area, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five similar bombings around the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the various blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated near residences in Askari neighborhood, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five similar bombings around the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the various blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated near residences in Jughayfi neighborhood, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five similar bombings around the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the various blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated near residences in Sejar town, near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five similar bombings around the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the various blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated near residences in Shuhadah neighborhood, Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of five similar bombings around the city on the same day. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the various blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2014: An unknown number of mortar shells struck Zahra neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three pilgrims were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants abducted Krishna Singh in Barkagaon-Keredari, Hazaribag district, Jharkhand, India. Singh, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was released unharmed on May 25, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Jharkhand Bachao Aandolan.
05/23/2014: Assailants abducted Sheikh Abdel Karim Ishag of Um Shalaya refugee camp in Azom district, Central Darfur state, Sudan. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Janjaweed.
05/23/2014: Assailants attacked a military convoy near Rubizhne village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Twenty assailants were killed in the attack. The Luhansk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants attacked police personnel in Jamiliah area, Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Kabrihu village, Biu district, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties, although an unknown number of buildings were set on fire. This was one of three coordinated attacks by the same group on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/23/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Kimbi village, Biu district, Borno state, Nigeria. At least eight people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire. This was one of three coordinated attacks by the same group on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/23/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Moforo village, Marte district, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 25 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire. This was one of three coordinated attacks by the same group on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/23/2014: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device in Dangam district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. Nine assailants were killed and one other was wounded when the device detonated prematurely. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants kidnapped a chemist and another civilian in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of two kidnappings in the area by the same group. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
05/23/2014: Assailants kidnapped a ward head from his residence in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of two kidnappings in the area by the same group. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Boko Haram was involved.
05/23/2014: Assailants launched a missile near a civilian house in Abuhdima neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Twenty people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade.
05/23/2014: Assailants launched a rocket near Al-Saiqa base in Abuhdima neighborhood, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Hay al-Sihah area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Al Tahrir, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Hay al-Rifa'i area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint near a mausoleum in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police official was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Salafi imam in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The imam was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials in Qiresh village, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. At least four people, including one officer and one assailant, were killed and another assailant was injured in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on Donbas Battalion militia members in Karlivka village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One person was killed and nine others were wounded in the attack. The Right Sector claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on Samuel Bravo Oliverio in Digos city, Davao del Sur, Philippines. Oliverio, a radio commentator for Radio Ukay, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on the husband of a village councilor in Makati city, Metropolitan Manila province, Philippines. The victim was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Indian consulate in Herat province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed and two police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Taliban.
05/23/2014: Assailants set mining equipment on fire at a gold mining site in Monkayo municipality, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties; however, mining equipment was damaged in the attack. This was one of two attacks carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) in Monkayo municipality on May 23, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/23/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Sahwa Council member in Makhmur district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2014: Security forces identified and arrested an assailant as he was planting an explosive device in a mosque in Sulaymaniyah city, Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden vest was detained by security prior to detonating in a crowded area of Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2015: An assailant attempted to extort money from a farmer in Guadalupe district, Huila department, Colombia. The assailant was arrested by police officials while carrying out the act. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials attributed the attack to Luis Eduardo Llanos Becue, a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) member.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated at a transmission tower in Nasr City neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khazana village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A civilian was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Abu Jan village, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Four people were killed in the blast. No claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a military vehicle in Qatn district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. At least two civilians were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Army patrol in Datta Khel, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Four security personnel were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Sheikh Omar area, Baghdad city, Baghdad government, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near an auto store in Talibiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Mohammad Ismael Haqyar in Shah Mashad area, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Haqyar, a district governor, and his bodyguard other person were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Mushahidah region, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting police officers in Maghliz area, Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: An explosive device detonated underneath a tunnel in Abu Hammad city, Al Sharqia governorate, Egypt. One civilian was killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants abducted Djalma Santos da Conceicao from a bar in Conceicao da Feira town, Bahia state, Brazil. Da Conceicao, a journalist known for covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was tortured and killed shortly after being kidnapped. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants ambushed the vehicle of Alexei Mozgovoy in Perevalsk town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Mozgovoy, an LPR commander, was killed along with his secretary, three LPR soldiers, and three civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Luhansk People's Republic.
05/23/2015: Assailants armed with rockets and firearms raided Gubio town, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 37 people were killed, an unknown number were injured, and numerous buildings were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/23/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Dewana Warkh area, Deh Rahwod district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. At least 10 police officers were abducted during the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants attacked Ahmed Bahaj in Jardan district, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. Bahaj, the governor of Shabwah, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/23/2015: Assailants attacked Awdheegle town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. This was one of four related attacks on towns in the region on this date. At least 18 people, including soldiers and assailants, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured across this and another attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2015: Assailants attacked Dameeri town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. This was one of four related attacks on towns in the region on this date. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2015: Assailants attacked Mubarak town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. This was one of four related attacks on towns in the region on this date. At least 18 people, including soldiers and assailants, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured across this and another attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2015: Assailants attacked Shaan town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. This was one of four related attacks on towns in the region on this date. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2015: Assailants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and attacked the Allas oilfield in Tikrit district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing three assailants and injuring three more. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/23/2015: Assailants fired a projectiles at a military base in Qarga area, Kabul province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at an unknown number of residential neighborhoods in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. At least 10 people were killed and 80 were wounded between this attack and an attack the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/23/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant in Avdiivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed near the border crossing in Al-Tuwal area, Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Two people were killed and six were wounded between this and a related attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks; however, authorities attributed this incident to Huthis.
05/23/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed near the border crossing in Al-Tuwal area, Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Two people were killed and six were wounded between this and a related attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/23/2015: Assailants fired rockets at the residence of Rehmat Saleh Baloch in Chankan area, Panjgur district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Baloch, the National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination minister, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying two members of parliament on Makkah-Al Mukkarramah avenue, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One member and the driver were killed and the other member was injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle transporting Somali Ministry of Transportation employees in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Two people were killed in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mahmud Hasan Dhogor near a hotel in Farjano neighborhood, Kismayo town, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Dhogor, a Council of Elders member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants opened fire on Zedi Feruzi in Bujumbura city, Bujumbura Mairie province, Burundi. Feruzi, a Union for Peace and Development-Zigamibanga party leader, and a police officer were killed and an officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants stabbed Justice and Development party (AKP) candidate Ramazan Demir in Adana city, Adana province, Turkey. Demir was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants stabbed two Israeli civilians on Beit Habad street in the Old City neighborhood, Jerusalem city, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Palestinian extremists.
05/23/2015: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the vehicle of a prison officer near Blarney town, County Cork, Ireland. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Assailants threw grenades at a residential compound containing a mobile transmission tower in Kralteng area, Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One of the grenades failed to detonate and was defused shortly after the incident. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attacks to Lashkar-e-Islam (India). In addition, a police official attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), though the group denied any involvement.
05/23/2015: Explosive devices were discovered in the Parliament chamber in Mogadishu, Banaadir region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown, but there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2015: Security forces identified and killed four suicide bombers in Karma district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt targeting a military recruitment center in Aden, Adan, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, at least 25 soldiers were killed and 23 soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks targeting military recruits in Aden on this date. The Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a military recruitment center in Aden, Adan, Yemen. In addition to the assailant, at least 20 soldiers were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated suicide attacks targeting military recruits in Aden on this date. The Adan-Abyan Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at the Electricity Directorate in Jableh, Lattakia, Syria. This was one of three bombings in Jableh and one of six coordinated attacks in Tartus and Jableh on the same day. At least 108 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed across all three Jableh incidents. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Syrian and Russian airstrikes.
05/23/2016: An assailant armed with a knife assaulted border police at a checkpoint near Givon HaHadasha, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to a Palestinian extremist.
05/23/2016: An explosive device detonated at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least four people, including soldiers and civilians, were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosive device detonated in al Iskan neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosive device detonated in Obaydi area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Saudi Border Guard patrol in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. One officer was killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting an Afghan National Army (ANA) Ranger vehicle in Shindand district, Herat, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Nusaybin district, Mardin, Turkey. At least four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the Church of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin in Campiglione, Marche, Italy. Two anarchists, identified as Martino Paniconi and Marco Bordoni, admitted responsibility for the attack after their arrest.
05/23/2016: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a bus station in Tartus, Syria. This was one of two bombings at the same bus station and one of six coordinated attacks in Tartus and Jableh on the same day. At least 52 people, including four suicide bombers, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all three Tartus incidents. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Syrian and Russian airstrikes.
05/23/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near bus station in Jableh, Lattakia, Syria. A suicide bomber then detonated inside the station. This was one of three bombings in Jableh and one of six coordinated attacks in Tartus and Jableh on the same day. At least 108 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed across all three Jableh incidents. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Syrian and Russian airstrikes.
05/23/2016: Assailants abducted Jose Jaime Macuane outside his residence in Maputo, Mozambique. Macuane, a professor and Soico Television (STV) political commentator, was shot in both legs before being released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2016: Assailants abducted six civilians in Sozma Qala district, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suggested that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the death of two members of an armed group.
05/23/2016: Assailants abducted two journalists and their driver, who were investigating the earlier kidnapping of a Spanish journalist, in El Tarra, Norte de Santander, Colombia. John de Jesus Reales was released on May 25th, 2016, and Carlos Melo and Diego D'Pablos were released on May 27th, 2016. The National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Assailants ambushed a bus in Pinda, Sofala, Mozambique. At least six people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
05/23/2016: Assailants ambushed civilians near Caia, Sofala, Mozambique. At least one person was killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
05/23/2016: Assailants attacked a military camp in Lumbishi, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least three people were killed in the assault. This was one of two related attacks on military camps in Kalehe district on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Nyatura militia.
05/23/2016: Assailants attacked a military camp in Tushunguti, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A soldier was injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks on military camps in Kalehe district on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Nyatura militia.
05/23/2016: Assailants attacked a security forces outpost in Shindand district, Herat, Afghanistan. One assailant was killed and one assailant was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2016: Assailants attacked Takhta Bag checkpost in Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Assailants fired missiles at military positions near Sirte, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
05/23/2016: Assailants fired rockets at the National Hospital in Jableh, Lattakia, Syria. A suicide bomber then detonated at the emergency entrance of the hospital. This was one of three bombings in Jableh and one of six coordinated attacks in Tartus and Jableh on the same day. At least 108 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed across all three Jableh incidents. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Syrian and Russian airstrikes.
05/23/2016: Assailants fired three mortars that landed near the Green Zone in Karada neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
05/23/2016: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of young men in Aden, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks that resulted in 20 abductees in Mosul on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of using cellular phones.
05/23/2016: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of young men in Andalous, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks that resulted in 20 abductees in Mosul on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of using cellular phones.
05/23/2016: Assailants kidnapped an unknown number of young men in Sumer, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks that resulted in 20 abductees in Mosul on the same day. The outcome of the kidnappings is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of using cellular phones.
05/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Datal Blao, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. At least four soldiers and two assailants 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).
05/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Khan near Bara Bandai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khan, a village defense committee chair, and one police guard were killed and one police guard was injured in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on Mohammad Sadiq Sheikh, a police officer and guard for a government official, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sheikh was killed in the attack. This was one of two related attacks targeting police officers in Srinagar on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also suspected the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
05/23/2016: Assailants opened fire on two police officers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The officers were killed in the attack. This was one of two related attacks targeting police officers in Srinagar on this date. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also suspected the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
05/23/2016: Assailants set fire to Hindu residences in Kundasi, Khulna, Bangladesh. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Assailants shot and injured Molvi Ahsan, a religious scholar, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Assailants shot and killed Sufaid Ali, a soldier, near Jehangira, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices targeting police vehicles in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Three assailants were arrested while planting explosive devices under police vehicles in Warsaw, Masovia, Poland. Police later neutralized the explosive devices. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to anarchists.
05/23/2016: Two assailants shot and killed a soldier in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated at a bus station in Tartus, Syria. This was one of two bombings at the same bus station and one of six coordinated attacks in Tartus and Jableh on the same day. At least 52 people, including four suicide bombers, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all three Tartus incidents. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Syrian and Russian airstrikes.
05/23/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated at a petrol station in Tartus, Syria. An explosives-laden vehicle also detonated at the station. This was one of six coordinated attacks in Tartus and Jableh on the same day. At least 52 people, including four suicide bombers, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured across all three Tartus incidents. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for Syrian and Russian airstrikes.
05/23/2017: A landmine detonated targeting a United States military vehicle in Talwakai, Kunduz, Afghanistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a police checkpoint near the Juba Hotel in Bosaso, Bari, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, at least five people, including a police officer and four civilians, were killed and six people were injured in the blast. Jabha East Africa claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: An assailant set fire to the front door of a mosque in Oldham, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to anti-Muslim extremists.
05/23/2017: An assailant stabbed a police officer in Netanya, Central, Israel. The assailant was killed and two people, including the police officer and a civilian, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire targeting Najibullah Kabuli in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kabuli, a former member of parliament (MP), was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated in Baliapanda, Odisha, India. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Jisr Diyala area, Baghdad, Iraq. One person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Lao, Narathiwat, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Rooud area, Baghdad, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Burane, Middle Shebelle, Somalia. It is unknown if the attack resulted in any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi Army convoy near Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. Two military officers were killed and another officer was injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting civilians in Kalan Kaichi, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least three civilians were killed and four civilians were injured in the blast No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2017: Assailants abducted Sagayar Majri in Tripoli city, Libya. The whereabouts of Majri, a Constitution Drafting Assembly member, are unknown. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2017: Assailants ambushed a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol in Aguelhoc, Kidal, Mali. Two Chadian peacekeepers were killed and another peacekeeper was injured in the attack. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked a joint Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Laantabuur, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. At least five assailants and one soldier were killed in the ensuing clashes. Additionally, at least 20 civilians were abducted in this assault, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Zangitan, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 22 people, including 10 soldiers and 12 assailants, were killed and nine soldiers were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked a police post in Darae Bum, Badghis, Afghanistan. This was one of three attacks on police posts in the area on this date. At least eight people, including five assailants and three police officers, were killed across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Lambar 50, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area on this date. At least five assailants and one soldier were killed in the ensuing clashes. Additionally, at least 25 civilians were abducted in this assault, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police checkpoints in the Tawhid Abad, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least 10 assailants were killed and a police officer along with an unknown number of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked joint security forces near Anah, Al Anbar, 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).
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked Muqur, Badghis, Afghanistan. At least one police officer and 11 assailants were killed and in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: Assailants attacked the Baghlan-Mazar highway in Afghanistan. It is unknown if the attack resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/23/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on a joint police patrol near Timenar, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties, though one assailant was arrested. Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on a Thahan Phran patrol in Kuan Na Nga, Yala, Thailand. At least two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
05/23/2017: Assailants detonated explosive devices along railway tracks between Kasidih and Koyotand, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties in the blasts, though two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash with security forces. Additionally, at least 23 explosive devices were discovered and defused at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/23/2017: Assailants executed 13 civilians in As Sarjikhanah 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) and stated that the victims were accused of attempting to leave ISIL-controlled areas.
05/23/2017: Assailants raided Amai Pakpak Medical Center and held hospital staff and patients hostage in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Two people were killed and the remaining 78 hostages were rescued on May 24, 2017. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Assailants raided and set fire to Malabang District Jail in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date and one of two attacks on jails, across which 107 inmates were freed. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Assailants raided and set fire to Marawi City Jail in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date and one of two attacks on jails, across which 107 inmates were freed. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Assailants raided the Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. At least 15 people were abducted and the church was set on fire in the attack. At least two hostages, including the priest and a teacher, were rescued on September 16, 2017 while the fate of the remaining victims is unknown. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Assailants set fire to Dansalan College in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. There were no reported casualties. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Assailants set fire to Kahawatte Glass and Electricals, a Muslim- and Tamil-owned business, in Kahawatte, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: Assailants set up a checkpoint and stopped a truck carrying Christian civilians in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Nine people were executed in the attack. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Assailants shot and killed a teacher in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2017: Assailants shot and killed Mduduzi Tshivase, an African National Congress (ANC) municipal councilor, in Umzimkhulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: Assailants stabbed Aditi Boral in her residence in Bagerhat, Khulna, Bangladesh. Boral, the daughter of Member of Parliament Happy Boral, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2017: Assailants stopped an ambulance and killed two people in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. This was one of seven coordinated attacks in Marawi on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also attributed the attacks to the Maute Group, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
05/23/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device near a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/23/2017: Security forces identified and intercepted three suicide bombers targeting a market in Doubel, Extreme-North, Cameroon. Two assailants detonated, while the third assailant was shot and killed. The assailants were the only reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/23/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) Palmyra checkpoint near a power plant along 60th Street in Zahra neighborhood, Homs, Syria. In addition to the two assailants, at least four people were killed and 30 other people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/23/2017: Two suicide bombers in an explosives-laden vehicle were identified by security forces near the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) al-Mustaqbal checkpoint close to the Damascus International Airport in Sayyidah Zaynab, Damascus, Syria. The vehicle detonated when security forces opened fire, killing three people, including the two assailants and a civilian, while another civilian was injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/1999: Suspected naxalites belonging to the banned People's War Group bombed two police quarters that were under construction in the town of Velpur, India. There were no casualties in this incident.
05/24/2000: A bomb suspected by police to have been set by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) exploded in Kabacan in the Philippines. Two people were injured and a motorcycle as well as a parking lot were damaged in the attack.
05/24/2000: A group calling itself as National Front Against Tigers (NFAT) claimed responsibility for a grenade attack on the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. No casualties and only minor damage to the embassy resulted from the attack.
05/24/2000: The car of Otar Turnanba, a staff member of the administration of Abkhazia's Ochamchira district in Georgia, came under attack by suspected Georgian radicals in Shesheleti, Abkhazia, Georgia. Three people were injured in the incident.
05/24/2000: Three Portuguese construction workers and one Angolan were kidnapped in Cabinda, Angola. The authorities suspected the Front for the Liberation of Cabinda Enclave (FLEC) in the incident. The fate of the victims was unknown.
05/24/2000: Two journalists, one of which was an American, and four soldiers were killed when they were ambushed by rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) near Rogberi, Sierra Leone. Two additional journalists were also injured in the attack.
05/24/2001: A bomb exploded at Avrupa Newspaper in Kucukkaymakli Omorphita, Cyprus. Much of the newspaper building was destroyed in the subsequent fire after the blast. It was not certain who was responsible for the attack.
05/24/2001: An estimated 30 skinhead males attacked an Italian woman in Leipzig, Germany. The woman was not injured however the perpetrators hit a German passerby in the head and finally clashed with police, injuring one officer in the eye. Seven extremists were arrested, but only one was detained. Reports did not state whether the individuals were affiliated in a specific group. The same group of men was suspected for also attacking two Iranian men in a nearby city.
05/24/2001: An estimated six skinhead males attacked two people, identified as Iranian males, riding bicycles in Hanover, Germany. One of the men suffered cuts and lacerations. The same group of men was suspected for also attacking an Italian woman in a nearby city.
05/24/2001: Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) militants were blamed for the assassination of Santiago Oleaga, editor of the local newspaper El Diario Vasco in San Sebastian, Spain.
05/24/2001: Rebels from the Democratic Republic of Congo ambushed a bus in Mitakataka, Burundi. Ten people were killed and four others were injured in the attack.
05/24/2002: A suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrilla threw a hand grenade into the residence of an elderly man in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The explosion caused no physical injury. The incident was thought to be in response to a failed ransom attempt.
05/24/2002: An Israeli security guard opened fire on an approaching suicide bomber outside of a Tel Aviv nightclub, killing the man and injuring two onlookers. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful attack.
05/24/2002: Armed rebels attacked a military checkpoint along Thailand’s border with Burma in the Mae Sot district. No soldiers were harmed in the exchange; the military suspected the Karen National Union (KNU).
05/24/2003: A BBVA [bank] cash dispenser was burnt after radicals threw two Molotov cocktail at the machine in Oiartzun, Spain. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, which caused no casualties.
05/24/2003: A home-made explosive device was planted in the house of a Basque policeman in San Sebastian, Spain. No casualties resulted from the incident because the bomb failed to explode. No group claimed responsibility for the attempt.
05/24/2003: A major gas and oil pipeline owned by ChevronTexaco was been damaged by an explosion in Ajama, Nigeria. The attack caused damage that cut off supplies to a key electricity plant in the region. The government accused the Ijaw ethnic group for the incident, but the Ijaw leader denied the accusation. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.
05/24/2003: An unknown perpetrator threw a grenade at an office of a French non-governmental organization, Madera, in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The incident caused no casualties. No group took responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2003: Suspected members of the National Liberation Army (NLA) stopped 3 buses belonging to different companies on a roadblock and set them on fire near Dibulla, Colombia. No casualties resulted from this incident.
05/24/2004: Unknown attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a British vehicle, killing two and wounding two others in Baghdad, Iraq.
05/24/2005: A car bomb exploded outside a school for girls in a Christian neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, killing 6 bystanders and wounding 4 others. Three cars and several nearby building were also damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2005: A letter bomb delivered to a police station in Turin, Italy, exploded and injured a policewoman. The so-called Informal Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2005: In Turin, Italy, a police officer was injured by a letter bomb sent to the police station.  Authorities suspect anarchist groups behind the attack.  Two other police officers suffered temporary vision problems.
05/24/2005: Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) abducted two civilians, A.M. Shanthapala (18) and Janaka Pushpakumara (22), and a homeguard, K.M. Chaminda (24), while they were drinking toddies at "Colony 39" settlement in Ampara, Sri Lanka, around 3:30pm.  The LTTE also took the motorcycle the men drove to the colony.  Those abducted were returned to their families on July 07, 2005.
05/24/2005: Suspected Maoist rebels burned down the house of Supreme Court Chief Justice Hari Prasad Sharma in Dang, Nepal. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2005: Suspected members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attacked the town hall in Puerto Rico, Colombia firing assault rifles and throwing grenades. The perpetrators killed between six and nine municipal officers and kidnapped six others. No group claimed responsibility for the raid.
05/24/2005: Ten Iraqi civilians were abducted by an unidentified armed group near the Iraqi/Syrian border. Four days later, on 28 May, their bodies were found by police in al Qa'im city, near Baghdad. The Iraqi police reported that the ten men had recently returned from Syria. Their bodies showed evidence of tourture.
05/24/2005: Unidentified perpetrators threw Molotov Cocktails at the Syrian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. No one was harmed in the attack.
05/24/2006: In the first of two related events blamed on Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers (200605250007), at least three Sri Lankan soldiers and policemen were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a Claymore mine explosion in the district of Vavuniya. Military officials suspected that Tamil Tiger rebels were responsible for the attack, but no arrests have been made. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/24/2007: An unknown suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a funeral procession in Fallujahh, Iraq, targeting and killing at least 12 innocent civilians and injuring others.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/24/2007: Suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a bomb at a military checkpoint in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.  Three police personnel were killed in the early morning attack.
05/24/2007: The Liberation Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) blew up a motorcycle next to a Sri Lankan army bus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 2 people and injuring 5 others.
05/24/2007: The Taliban are suspected of remotely detonating a bomb at a weapons cache in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, killing 7 people.  There are no reports of other injuries or fatalities.  No one claimed responsibility.
05/24/2007: The Taliban are suspected of remotely detonating a bomb planted under a police vehicle killing 4 Afghan police officers in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  There are no reports of injuries.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/24/2007: Unknown assailants detonated a bomb in a square in Sadr City, Iraq, targeting innocent civilians.  An unknown number of construction workers at the square were killed or injured.  No one claimed responsibility.
05/24/2007: Unknown assailants threw a grenade into a Mogadishu police station in Somalia, killing 2 civilians.  There are no reports of other fatalities or injuries.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/24/2007: Unknown gunmen attacked a minibus with firearms and then blew it up in the Hussieniyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  13 people were killed and 4 others were injured.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/24/2008: On Saturday at approximately 1545, a bomb attached to a mini bus in al Mansour neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq detonated.  Three tribal sheiks were killed and four others injured as they were leaving a conference at the headquarters of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, a small Sunni political party. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2008: On Saturday evening in Dhusamareb, Galgudud, Somalia, armed assailants fired upon a cafeteria, wounding two clan elders and one mayor.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2008: On Saturday evening, at 2030, in Kalyanpur, Saptari, Nepal, assailants detonated a bomb at the Girdhari rice mill, killing one child and wounding one civilian and damaging the mill. No motive was reported and The Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (ATMM) claimed responsibility.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, a landmine planted by suspected Kurdistan Workers Party militants exploded and derailed five cars of a train traveling from Elazig to Tatvan in Bingol, Turkey, Turkey. No casualties were reported.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, a petrol bomb was used to attack an empty house in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb targeted Zuhair Muhsin, the mayor of Mosul city, in eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, injuring two of his bodyguards. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, assailants detonated a bomb near a police station in Kabala, Mardin, Turkey, killing a child.  No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, Balaclava-clad gangs wearing swastikas smashed shop windows with iron bars and baseball bats and beat up Bengali shopkeepers in Pigneto, Lazio, Italy.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, armed assailants kidnapped Shahid Khan, an official of World Health Organization in Mohmand Agency. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, suspected United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants shot dead a civilian, identified as Dhaneswar Moran, in Nakathalguri village of Tinsukia district, Assam province, India. Police said Dhaneswar Moran might have been gunned down for allegedly serving as an army informer. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/24/2008: On Saturday, United Self-Defense Forces Of Colombia (AUC) terrorist, Alexis Oviedo Nieto, alias "Cachetes," from the Don Mario Front, killed two civilians identified as Alejandro Angulo Gonzalez and Ana Maria Chiquillo Berrio in the Obrero neighborhood of Apartadó, Antioquia department, Colombia. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, however Oviedo Nieto was arrested by the National Colombian Police on 10/28/2008 on Tuesday on charges of double homicide.
05/24/2009: On Sunday afternoon around 1330, in an Indian religious temple of the Sikhs in Vienna, Austria, gunmen fired upon and injured nine people. An unknown number of perpetrators were arrested. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday afternoon around 1745, in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Philippines,  authorities received a message from Port Manager Oscar Diloan that a suspected improvised explosive device was placed inside a small plastic container left by an unidentified man near the ticketing booth of the Superferry Lines at the Nasipit International Port, the largest seaport in Northeastern Mindanao. Chief Superintendent Jaime Milla, Caraga police regional director, said police have yet to identify which group was responsible for planting the IED, but said that it was “uncharacteristic or different from the bombs being used by terrorists in other parts of Mindanao.” The authorities recovered the IED and safely detonated it. The IED contained a half kilogram of ammonium nitrate and mails connected to an electric detonating device and placed on a plastic ware container. No casualties occurred and no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday and Monday, in Dungu, Orientale, Congo (Kinshasa), assailants attacked and set fire to 20 homes, killed seven civilians by unknown means, wounded 20 others, kidnapped 10 others, damaged about 12 homes, and stole clothing. No motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was responsible.
05/24/2009: On Sunday evening at 2118, in the city of Neiva, Huila, Colombia.  Two men riding a motorcycle threw two kilograms of nitrate from ammonium on a Public Companies of Neiva’s building, injuring two civilians and causing no significant property damage. Minutes after the attack, the army captured a suspect and was turn in to the General District for questioning. Police authorities of Huila believe that the Revolutionary Army of Colombia were responsible for the attack.
05/24/2009: On Sunday in Khost, Afghanistan, a potential candidate for the provincial council seat was killed when a bomb attached to his car was detonated. No claim of responsibility was issued for the attack.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, armed assailants surrounded and fired upon the residence of two police officers in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, damaging the home, then entered and fired upon the occupants, killing two police officers.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, in Khowst, Khowst, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in the Hamam market, wounding three civilians, one police officer, and damaging one shop. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, in the Imphal West district, Manipur, India, assailants threw a hand grenade at a local councilor’s residence, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, police forces defused an improvised explosive device that targeted the home of a police officer in downtown Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq.  No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, the Ninawa Police discovered six plastic bags containing TNT explosives under a bridge in southern Mosul.  The explosives were defused and no casualties were reported.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/24/2009: On Sunday, unknown armed assailants fired upon and killed one teacher in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2010: On Monday around 1200 noon, along the Davao-Mati national highway in Sitio Chapter, Maputi, Banay-Banay, Davao Oriental, Philippines, armed assailants fired upon soldiers guarding Maverick Construction, killing three soldiers and injuring five others. Rebels fired rocket-propelled grenades at the construction site upon arrival. The assailants also kidnapped three civilians and stole three trucks and 11 firearms while escaping, using them as human shields, then released one of the civilians before leaving the area. The raid netted 11 high-powered firearms comprising of two FN Minimi Light Machine Guns, two M203 grenade launcher rifles, three Garand rifles, three M14 rifles and an M16 Armalite rifle. Troops had been deployed to the site last month when the rebels attempted to burn the company's heavy equipment for its refusal to heed the extortion demands of the rebels. The status of the two remaning hostages is unknown. New People's Army/Communist Party of Philippines (NPA-CPP) claimed responsibility.
05/24/2010: On Monday evening, in Khash Rud, Nimruz, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a bridge, destroying the bridge but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/24/2010: On Monday in the early morning, in front of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Thessaloniki, Greece, unknown assailants threw Molotov cocktails at police officers, damaging several parked vehicles but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2010: On Monday, armed tribesmen kidnapped two United States (US) tourists and their Yemeni driver. The couple was taken hostage near the mountain town of Hajara near, Bani Mansour, Sanaa, Yemen, and then taken to Hamra Village. The assailants demanded for the release of a fellow tribesman held by authorities in Sanaa in exchange for the tourist. The US embassy was working to verify the report in liaison with local security authorities but the status of the hostages is unknown. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2010: On Monday, in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants threw a grenade at the private residence of a senior Balochistan National Party (BNP) member, identified by security officials as Arbab Mohammad Nawaz Mengal. No casualties were reported but the house was partially damaged. The Baluchi Militant Defense Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2010: On Monday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the residence of a police officer, damaging the residence but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2010: On Monday, in Ramadi, Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices targeting the residence of a senior police official, killing his bodyguard, wounding four of his family members, and damaging the residence. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2010: On Monday, in the Amil neighborhood of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq, two armed men fired upon Bashar Hamid al Agaili, winning candidate at the March elections from former PM Ayad Allawi's coalition, outside Agaili's home. He was shot in the head and chest, and was taken to the hospital where he died of his injuries. Agaidi's brother was wounded in the attack. The gunmen drove off from the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2010: On Monday, in the night, in Merca, Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia, unknown assailants entered the residences of two officials working for the humanitarian organization WSL and kidnapped them. The officials were identified as Hasanow Mustafe and Sayid Ali, who were responsible for humanitarian operations of helping the impoverished people in the region. Eyewitnesses reported that the kidnapped officials were being held at Merca Central Police Station. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed al-Shabaab al-Islamiya was responsible. The status of the hostages is unknown.
05/24/2010: On Monday, in Zaneh Khan, Ghazni, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants attacked a group of security guards working for a construction company by unknown means, causing no casualties or damage. Four militants were killed by the security guards. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday afternoon around 1400, on Pobeda Street in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified militants shot and killed a police officer as he was walking out of his house. The victim was identified as police major Anvar Aliyev. It is believed that the militants used a pistol in the attack shooting Aliyev in the back twice. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday afternoon at 1730, on Chernyshevsky Street in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, unidentified militants shot and killed Magomedgadzhi Aliyev, the director of the Gorvodokanal water supply company and town counselor, outside of his home. Aliyev was driving in his vehicle when the gunmen opened fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday at 1200 noon, on an unspecified road in Barangay (village) Kauswagan of Banay-Banay, Davao Oriental, Philippines, three armed gunmen who identified themselves as members of the New People's Army (NPA) stopped a cargo truck bearing plate number LEA 543 owned by Jose Badayas and hijacked the vehicle along with both of its drivers. The rebels then drove the truck to Sitio Sayon where they released the two civilian hostages who were identified as Nilo Momo and Elmar Austria and met up with a large number of NPA militants who then set fire to the truck, which completely burned down. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the attack.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday morning at 0730, in Nowruzabad in the 12th security district of Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber in an explosive laden vehicle tried to kill Ahmad Zia, the deputy head of the Afghan intelligence agency the National Directorate of Security (NDS). However, the bomber was shot and wounded before he could detonate his explosives. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihollah Mojahed, reported through a statement that a Taliban member named Islamoddin carried out the attack on NDS staff in the Nowruzabad area.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday morning at 0900, in the Sparwan village of Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 10 road construction workers were killed and 28 others were wounded when their truck struck an improvised explosive device planted by unidentified militants. The workers were on their way to work at a Canadian-financed road project in the district. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday night, in Darzab, Jowzjan, Afghanistan, unknown militants used an incendiary device to attack a mobile communications mast that was operated by the Roshan communications company. No casualties were reported but the mast was destroyed during the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through a message to the media.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday, in Kalafgan, Takhar, Afghanistan, a child was wounded when the vehicle of a district official, Raza Shah Sara-e Sangi, struck an improvised explosive device planted by unidentified militants. Sara-e Sangi was not harmed but the attack resulted in an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday, in Matani, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device at a market. The attack caused partial damage to the shop, but resulted in no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday, in Porak, Lowgar, Afghanistan, militants shot and killed the headmaster of a girls’ school, Khan Mohmmad, near his home. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Taliban militants were responsible.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday, in Rashidiya sub-district in Baghdad, Iraq, four civilians were killed and 15 others were wounded in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack by unidentified militants targeting a Sunni residential area. No property damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday, in Saiburi, Pattani, Thailand, Baruding Sama, assistant to local village council member Ban Toh Bala, was shot and killed by a man on a motorcycle while he was riding his motorcycle to a tea shop in the village. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but police suspected southern separatist militants were responsible.
05/24/2011: On Tuesday, near Ghousia Chowrangi in Landhi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified armed men shot and killed an activist of Awami National Party (ANP), Asghar Khan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2012: A grenade exploded at a banana plantation in Poblacion village, Malalag town, Davao del Sur province, Philippines. Two security guards were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: A landmine detonated after being struck by a police vehicle in the Shewan area of Bala Balok district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: A landmine detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) supply vehicle in the Sur Dewal area of Pusht Rod district, Farah province, Afghanistan. An ANA soldier was killed and another injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a passenger bus in the Jungle area of Qara Bagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Seven people were killed and at least 14 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near the vehicle of Haji Mazdoor, an elder of the Kochi tribe, in the Khairabad area of Sorkhrod district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Mazdoor was killed and his son injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: A roadside bomb detonated, targeting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Cale C. Miller, a soldier from the United States, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An assailant opened fire on a group of Lebanese soldiers in the Caracas neighborhood of Beirut city, Beirut governorate, Lebanon. Lebanese security forces then pursued the suspect to his apartment, where he had taken refuge, and killed him. In addition, five security officials, including soldiers and police officers, were injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attacker was later identified as a Syrian national.
05/24/2012: An assailant threw a petrol bomb at the building of the interregional department for combating organized crime in the city of Zhlobin, Gomel region, Belarus. According to officials, the petrol bomb was meant to distract police officers so the assailant could detonate a larger explosive device; however, authorities seized the attacker before he could successfully trigger the device. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security officials indicated that the assailant had connections to a criminal organization that sent Afghan nationals to European nations.
05/24/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated as a passenger vehicle passed by on Kohat-Jawaki road in Ghulam Banda, Kohat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two people were killed and another five injured as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Basel Ibrahim, an Iraqi police major, detonated on al-Arbayeen Street in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Ibrahim was critically injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device attached to the vehicle of Maulana Yousaf Shah, the head of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S), detonated at a service station in Akora Khattak city, Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was harmed, as the device was discovered and its presence was reported to bomb disposal units; however, the device exploded before officials arrived on the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device detonated inside a local mosque in Galkayo city, Galkayo district, Mudug region, Somalia. Three people were killed and another 10 injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in al-Dujail district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and four others, a soldier and three civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device struck a freight train near the Achi-Izerbash station between the towns of Achi and Izerbash in Dagestan republic, Russia. There were no reported casualties; however, the train and the railway track were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device was discovered on Camlough Road in Newry city, Newry and Mourne district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties, as bomb disposal experts safely detonated the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: An explosive device was discovered underneath a police inspector's vehicle in Khasavyurt district, Dagestan republic, Russia. There were no reported casualties, as police officials successfully defused the device. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: Assailants attacked a group of Senegalese soldiers in Efok region, Ziguinchor province, Senegal. Two soldiers were killed and another injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: Assailants attacked a military convoy in the Koh-i-Kanda area of Khulam district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security officials attributed it to the Taliban.
05/24/2012: Assailants opened fire on a Hazara Muslim in the Killi Chakar Khan area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The Muslim was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials believed that the attack was sectarian in nature.
05/24/2012: Four assailants opened fire inside a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) office in the Mawach Goth area of Baldia town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The president of the local PPP chapter was killed and at least two other party workers injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2012: Three assailants opened fire on a police intelligence agent in Umagos village, Lagonglong town, Misamis Oriental province, Philippines. The agent was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police sources suspected the New People's Army (NPA).
05/24/2012: Two assailants on bicycles threw a hand grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Kurushnar village, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties, as the grenade failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: A remote-controlled roadside bomb detonated near a police patrol in Charsadda town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four police officers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: A roadside bomb targeted army rangers on patrol in tambon Buarae, Pattani province, Thailand. Five soldiers were killed and one was injured in the blast; the truck in which they were traveling was also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, media attributed the incident to Muslim fundamentalists.
05/24/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near Haji Hayatullah's vehicle in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Hayatullah, a leader of Jamatul Dawa Alquran and Sunnah, was not harmed in the attack; however, at least two people in addition to the assailant were killed and two other individuals were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: An explosive device detonated in a suburban area of south Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties or damages resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: An explosive device detonated in front of a hotel in Bazazi area, Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Two people, including a police officer, were killed and another officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely in a mosque in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Twelve people, including six assailants who were transporting the device, were killed in the blast, while 13 people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the media and local officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near a border police vehicle in Haska Mena district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two officers were killed and three other individuals were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated prematurely while being planted in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the provincial governor attributed the attack to the Taliban and added that one of the people killed was a senior leader of the group.
05/24/2013: An explosive device targeted a major oil pipeline in Serwah district, Marib governorate, Yemen. The pipeline between the Safer field and Hodeida was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, authorities attributed the incident to Al-Toaiman Tribesmen.
05/24/2013: Assailants ambushed a group of Army jawans in Pulwama town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Four soldiers and one assailant were killed in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities identified the assailants as members of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
05/24/2013: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) oil container in the Wazirdund area of Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The driver and one other occupant of the truck were injured in the attack. This was one of two attacks on NATO supply trucks in Jamrud tehsil on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants attacked security posts in Warduj district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. The incident led to renewed gunfire between security forces and the assailants after attacks on police check posts the night before. No casualty figures were available. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants attacked the United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The attackers used a combination of suicide bombings, gunfire, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) during the attack that left ten people dead and 14 other individuals injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were targeting a guesthouse used by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
05/24/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device near the motorcade of Governor Omar al-Himiari in Muqdadiyah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The assailants then engaged the convoy in an exchange of gunfire. Four people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants fired grenades at a police convoy in Mattani village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Six police officers were killed and four more people, including a District Police Officer (DPO), were injured in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants launched a rocket and opened fire at the Naji Center in Tripoli city, North governorate, Lebanon. No injuries were reported in the attack, but property was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on a convoy in Jamrud tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The assailants were targeting a convoy of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) containers, killing two people and injuring one other individual. This was one of two attacks on NATO supply trucks in Jamrud tehsil on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, officials blamed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for the violence.
05/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Wama district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers and a civilian were injured in the attack, while three assailants were killed in the return fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants opened fire on a wedding convoy in Dogh-i-Ghori district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. One person was killed and six others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a Baitul Firdous Boys School in Orangi town, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two students were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a compact disc (CD) shop in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The shopkeeper was killed in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a Frontier Corps (FC) security vehicle in Tump town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two security personnel were injured in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Gunmen attacked a military position in Al Bayda area, Thalib governorate, Yemen. Five people were killed, including three of the gunmen, and an unknown number of people were injured in the violence. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/24/2013: Gunmen attacked security members stationed at the district Security Department in Al-Udayn district, Ibb governorate, Yemen. In the ensuing clash, at least one assailant was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to a group led by Al-Zuhari.
05/24/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of the vice president of Hajjah university in Abs district, Hajjah governorate, Yemen. It is unknown if the vice president was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Gunmen shot Abdul Karim, an employee in the prosecutor's office, in Ghazni City, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Karim was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2013: Gunmen shot Kanhu Charan Madhi, a tribal special police officer (SPO), in Kattakonda village, Odisha state, India. Madhi had been warned to quit his job and leave the village prior to the attack; he was killed in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/24/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near Iranian workers at a gas pipeline in Khazraj area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least four people were killed and six others were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: A suicide bomber detonated prematurely before he could reach the Jos View Center where people were watching a football game in Jos city, Plateau state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the Parliament of the Republic of Somalia Compound in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Following the blast, a suicide bomber detonated inside the compound as several other assailants stormed the building. At least nine people, including five assailants and four security officers, were killed and 16 others were wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosive device at a Royal Dutch Shell petrol station was found and defused in Bana subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in the Mueang district on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists had been involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated as it was being planted in Dangam district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. At least five assailants were killed and another was wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a department store in Paka Harang area, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a fishing port in Bana subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a petrol station in Rusa Milae subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of two petrol stations targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at a primary school in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Talubo Power Station in Talubo subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated in a the parking lot of a supermarket in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another was injured in the blast. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated in Ghazaliyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four more people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated in Rueso district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. No further information is available.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated in Tall Banar area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and a second person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy in Pandiyali town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least six soldiers were killed and another was injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Jarrar claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was carried out in retaliation to military operations in North Waziristan.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Levies Forces checkpost in Mamond town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Amil 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.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near a minibus in Qari Sadi village, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and five others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near Aman Lashkars volunteers in Mamond town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one member was killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near an electrical post in Paka Harang subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated near an electrical post in Rusa Milae subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a 7-Eleven store in Paka Harang area, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of five convenience stores targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a 7-Eleven store in Sabarang subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of five convenience stores targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a 7-Eleven store near a college in Sabarang subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of five convenience stores targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a 7-Eleven store near a dorm in Rusa Milae subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of five convenience stores targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a 7-Eleven store near a school in Paka Harang area, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of five convenience stores targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of a member of Aman Lashkars in Wacha Jawara area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least one assailant was killed and another was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem).
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Khanasah village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting Ozturk Yilmaz's convoy in Maliyah area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Yilmaz, the Turkish consul, was not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused along a road in Bad-e-Samoor neighborhood, Khar city, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a petrol station in Sabarang subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of two petrol stations targeted and one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a PTT petrol station in Paka Harang area, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at an Esso petrol station in Paka Harang area, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 bombings in Mueang district on this night. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at the entrance to Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the incidents. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a bazaar in G-9 Markaz neighborhood, Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a government compound in Hadithah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were injured in the blast; the victims included police officers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a liquor store in Wasiti area, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. At least 10 people were killed and 33 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Muhammad Khalifah al-Nimrawi's residence in Tell Abu Al Jarad area, Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Nimrawi, a Sahwa Council leader, was not harmed; however, three of his family members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: Assailants abducted six people, including Dr. Hassan Abakar, in Um Dukhun town, West Darfur state, Sudan. All six hostages, including Dr. Abakar, the commissioner of Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), were released later that day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hara village, North Darfur state, Sudan. At least 25 people were injured and seven others were reported missing in the incident. This was one of three attacks by the same group of assailants in North Darfur on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Janjaweed.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Central Bank of Yemen building in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Central Security Organization (CSO) Headquarters in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Cooperative and Agricultural Credit Bank in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Seyoun Airport in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Yemen Post Office in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Yemeni Army Headquarters in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants assaulted the Yemeni Traffic Police Department in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. This was one of eight coordinated attacks in Seiyun on the same day. Multiple explosives-laden vehicles detonated, mortars were fired, and assailants opened fire in the incidents. At least 25 people, including 15 assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 20 assailants, were injured across the attacks. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants attacked a Turkmen Border Troops checkpoint at the Turkmenistan border in Faryab province, Afghanistan. At least three soldiers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Gubula, Adamawa state, Nigeria. An unknown number of casualties resulting from the ensuing clash between the assailants and the military and at least 18 people were reported missing. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at an Al-Saiqa Base in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The rocket missed the target and struck a civilian home. An unknown number of people were injured in the blast. This was one of two rocket attacks targeting the military base in Benghazi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at an Al-Saiqa Base in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The rocket missed the target and struck a civilian home. At least two people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blast. This was one of two rocket attacks targeting the military base in Benghazi on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2014: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers in Daldako town, South Kordofan state, Sudan. At least two soldiers, including Colonel Hussein Jabr Aldar, a senior commander of the RSF, were killed and several others were injured in the blast. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants fired grenade launchers at the electricity cooperative compound in Marawi city, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants fired three mortars at a National Army of Colombia base in La Montanita municipality, Caqueta 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).
05/24/2014: Assailants hijacked a rickshaw and abducted four people in Kabkabiya town, North Darfur state, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. This was one of three attacks by the same group of assailants in North Darfur on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Janjaweed.
05/24/2014: Assailants in military uniforms kidnapped three farmers from their private residence in Saduniyah village, Kirkuk, Iraq. The captives were killed the same day outside of the village. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: Assailants intercepted a vehicle and opened fire on the occupants near Khafak Tunnel in western Ghor province, Afghanistan. At least six people, including an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Frontier Corps vehicle in Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least ten people, including two soldiers and eights assailants, were killed and four others, including three soldiers and one assailant, were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Philippine Army (PA) patrol in Santo Nino neighborhood, Tanjay city, Negros Oriental province, Philippines. At least four assailants were killed and two others, including one soldier, were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Raga area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least four police officers were killed and one police officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police officer in Dadigutu village, Khunti district, Jharkhand state, India. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the People's Liberation Front of India.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle transporting journalists in Slovyansk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least two people, including an Italian journalist and a Russian interpreter, were killed and a French journalist was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers from Rwanda in Kabkabiya town, North Darfur state, Sudan. At least five people, including a peacekeeper and four assailants, were killed and 10 others, including three peacekeepers and seven assailants, were injured in assault. This was one of three attacks by the same group of assailants in North Darfur on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to tribesmen.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Basima village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two people were killed and another was wounded in the assault. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that Ali Sher, one of the civilians, was targeted because they believed he was a state agent.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on French Armed Forces in Bambari town, Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic. At least five people, including four assailants, were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Selekas.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) soldiers in Slovyansk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Maina Njenga in Suera village, Nyandarua county, Kenya. At least five people were killed and five others, including Njenga, a pastor and the former leader of Mungiki, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants opened fire on visitors of the Jewish Museum in Brussels city, Brussels capital region, Belgium. At least four people, including two Israeli tourists, a French tourist, and a Belgian museum worker, were killed in the assault. Mehdi Nenmouche, an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) member who had recently returned from Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants threw a grenade and opened fire on the State Committee for National Security Headquarters in Khorugh city, Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. At least one assailant was killed and two others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at a navy ship in the Phithep Pattani Port in Sabarang subdistrict, Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 coordinated attacks in Mueang on this date. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at the Pattani police station in Mueang district, Pattani province, Thailand. This was one of 17 coordinated attacks in Mueang on this date. At least three people were killed and 73 others were wounded across all of the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that separatists were involved.
05/24/2014: Four explosive devices were discovered and defused in Makilala town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/24/2014: Two suicide bombers detonated while seated at La Chaumiere, a restaurant frequented by international soldiers, in Djibouti city, Djibouti region, Djibouti. In addition to the two bombers, at least three people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2015: A grenade detonated targeting a police vehicle in La Exportada neighborhood, Tumaco municipality, Narino department, Colombia. A police officer was killed and two others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/24/2015: A sniper opened fire on a military checkpoint in Latifiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and a military officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a military headquarters in Baqubah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four incidents in Baqubah and one of eight coordinated attacks in Diyala on the same day. At least 14 people were injured across all seven successful incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2015: An assailant threw an incendiary device at the front gates of Bellevue Palace in Tiergarten neighborhood, Berlin city, Berlin state, Germany. No casualties were reported. A right-wing extremist claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: An explosive device detonated in Daquq district, Kirkuk, Iraq. Two people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: An explosive device detonated in Pashtun Kot district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Day Mirdad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Husseiniyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: An explosive device detonated near a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Hor Rajab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa Council members were killed and four members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: An explosive device detonated outside of a police officer's residence in Balad Ruz, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four incidents in Balad Ruz and one of eight coordinated attacks in Diyala on the same day. At least 14 people were injured across all seven successful incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2015: An explosive device planted in a military vehicle detonated in Abu Ghraib district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baqubah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four incidents in Baqubah and one of eight coordinated attacks in Diyala on the same day. At least 14 people were injured across all seven successful incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the convoy of Salman Mamnoon, the son of President Mamnoon Hussain, in Hub city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Mamnoon was unharmed in the attack; however, three people were killed and at least 15 others were injured in the blast. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to a recent military operation in the area.
05/24/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in an unspecified number of districts in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants abducted Temoishim, the spouse of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, in Khudei Kunou village, Manipur state, India. The victim was released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of 10 coordinated attacks against police checkpoints in Sangin on this date. At least 23 people, including police officers and assailants, were killed and 19 others were injured across the attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2015: Assailants attacked Ain Al-Asad military base in Al-Baghdadi, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/24/2015: Assailants fired artillery at Ukrainian soldiers 16 times in Shyrokyne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed and two were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/24/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers near Chermalyk town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/24/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in an unknown number of residential neighborhoods in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. At least 10 people were killed and 80 were wounded between this attack and an attack the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/24/2015: Assailants fired rockets at a Pakistan Armed Forces camp in Shawa area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) detachment in Casay village, Camarines Sur 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).
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian near Tayeba camp, Central Darfur state, Sudan. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpost in Khalukhel area, Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Four people, including a police commander and three assailants, were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on a police post in Seyah Sang area, Khakrez district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on Malik Haji Habibullah in Batikot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Habibullah, a tribal elder, and two others were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Kansak area, Farah province, Afghanistan. At least one police officer was killed and five others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on security officials at a border post near Ghakhi area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed in the attack. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ukrainian soldiers near Hnutove town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.\
05/24/2015: Assailants raided Gafa village, Benue state, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least 101 people were killed across all five raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/24/2015: Assailants raided Iorza village, Benue state, Nigeria. At least 30 people, including a village head, were killed in the attack. This was one of five coordinated raids on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/24/2015: Assailants raided Per village, Benue state, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least 101 people were killed across all five raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/24/2015: Assailants raided Tse Gusa village, Benue state, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least 101 people were killed across all five raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/24/2015: Assailants raided Ukula village, Benue state, Nigeria. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least 101 people were killed across all five raids. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/24/2015: Assailants set a school on fire in Parang town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2015: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and assailants attacked a residential compound in Al-Baghdadi subdistrict, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing at least six assailants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2015: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Baqubah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four incidents in Baqubah and one of eight coordinated attacks in Diyala on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2015: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated near a bridge in Baqubah, Diyala governorate, Iraq. This was one of four incidents in Baqubah and one of eight coordinated attacks in Diyala on the same day. At least 14 people were injured across all seven successful incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2016: An assailant kidnapped Hussein Mohammed al-Hujeiri in Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Al-Hujeiri, the nephew of a cleric allegedly involved in the kidnapping and execution of Lebanese soldiers in 2014, was killed later the same day. The assailant, identified as Maarouf Hamieh, stated that al-Hujeiri was targeted as revenge for the death of Hamieh's son in 2014 and for the failure of the Lebanese government to punish those responsible.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated at an exhibition commemorating Yemeni unification at Sanaa University in Sanaa, Amanat Al Asimah, Yemen. At least two people were killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated in Ghormach district, Faryab, Afghanistan. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a border police vehicle in Alisher, Khost, Afghanistan. The provincial border police chief was killed and five officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a produce store in Amiriyah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Zafraniya 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.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a civilian minibus between Shah Wali Kot and Daman districts, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least four people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Caldiran district, Van, Turkey. At least six soldiers were killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Van province on this date; this bombing occurred as military personnel were responding to an earlier event. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol van in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one police officer was killed and six people, including officers and civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police tank in Herat province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Ahmad al-Asadi and Rayyan al-Kildani in Al Anbar, Iraq. Al-Asadi, a member of parliament, and Rayyan al-Kildani, the secretary general of the Babylon Brigades, were not harmed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were injured and one soldier was reported missing following the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Mashtal neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a pharmacist, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: An explosives-laden house detonated targeting military personnel in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. Four soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Sinai Province of the Islamic State carried out the attack.
05/24/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Al-Birth, North Sinai, Egypt. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State and stated that the victim was targeted for his cooperation with the military.
05/24/2016: Assailant shot and killed the chief of judicial police at a beer warehouse in Ndava district, Mwaro, Burundi. This was one of two related attacks in Ndava district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Assailants abducted Ervin Ibragimov in Bakhchysarai, Crimea, Ukraine. The whereabouts of Ibragimov, a Mejlis of the Crimean Tartar People member, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2016: Assailants attacked a military convoy near Hawina, Lower Juba, Somalia. At least 21 assailants were killed and an unknown number of military personnel sustained casualties in the ensuing clash. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of security posts in Qala-e Eshan, Faryab, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2016: Assailants attacked an unspecified number of border police outposts in Tagab, Herat, Afghanistan. An unknown number of assailants were killed or wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2016: Assailants attacked military bases in Ceel Waaq, Gedo, Somalia. At least 11 assailants were killed and two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/24/2016: Assailants attacked military personnel in Palo, Compostela Valley, Philippines. One civilian 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).
05/24/2016: Assailants attacked security forces near Saqlawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. Military members repelled the assault, killing 25 assailants. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at a transmission tower in Shamilskiy district, Dagestan, Russia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Shamilskiy district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at a security forces checkpoint in Parom, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Fuah, Idlib, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two projectiles attacks in neighboring villages of Idlib on the same day. Jaish al-Fatah (Syria) claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were carried out in retaliation for the military not adhering to the truce.
05/24/2016: Assailants fired projectiles at Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Kafrayah, Idlib, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of two projectiles attacks in neighboring villages of Idlib on the same day. Jaish al-Fatah (Syria) claimed responsibility and stated that the incidents were carried out in retaliation for the military not adhering to the truce.
05/24/2016: Assailants kidnapped a volunteer fighter in Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Assailants kidnapped an Army porter in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The porter was killed and his body was found the following morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
05/24/2016: Assailants opened fire at a ruling party office in Ndava district, Mwaro, Burundi. One guard was killed and four people were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Ndava district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Assailants opened fire at a security checkpoint in Silopi district, Sirnak, Turkey. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle near Sangota, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and one officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying khat in Kamor Warabey, Gedo, Somalia. The driver was killed and a conductor was wounded and abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/24/2016: Assailants opened fire on police officers responding to an earlier attack in Shamilskiy district, Dagestan, Russia. There were no reported casualties in the assault. This was one of two related attacks in Shamilskiy district on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Assailants raided a civilian residence near Shahrag, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least three people were killed, three people were injured, and two people were abducted in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the family was targeted because the BLA believed they were informants.
05/24/2016: Assailants raided Gurkolle I, Borno, Nigeria. At least one person was killed and an unknown number were injured in the assault. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2016: Assailants raided Gurkolle II, Borno, Nigeria. At least one person was killed and an unknown number were injured in the assault. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2016: Assailants raided Jajeri, Borno, Nigeria. At least five people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the assault. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2016: Assailants raided Jatori, Borno, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the assault. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2016: Assailants raided Ladi Mbutaye, Borno, Nigeria. At least four people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the assault. This was one of five coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2016: Assailants set fire to a dozen vehicles in Van province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks in Van province on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/24/2016: Police officers discovered and attempted to defuse two explosive devices in Kalukta, West Bengal, India. Three officers were wounded when one of the devices detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an unspecified number of explosive devices in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related incidents in Afghanistan on the same day. 24 explosive devices were defused across both events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an unspecified number of explosive devices in Zabul province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related incidents in Afghanistan on the same day. 24 explosive devices were defused across both events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting military forces with an explosives-laden vehicle in Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles targeting a military convoy in Saqlawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailants, at least ten soldiers were killed and nine soldiers were injured in the blasts. This was one of two similar attacks in the area on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2017: A sniper shot and killed three civilians attempting to flee Hayy as-Sihhah neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/24/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia. In addition to the assailant, at least five people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a bus station in Kampung Melayu neighborhood, Jakarta, Indonesia. This was one of two suicide bombings at the same station within a short period of time. In addition to the two assailants, at least three police officers were killed and ten people, including five officers and five civilians, were injured across both blasts. Jamaah Ansharut Daulah claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also suspected the possible involvement of Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) in the attacks.
05/24/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a toilet near a bus station in Kampung Melayu neighborhood, Jakarta, Indonesia. This was one of two suicide bombings at the same station within a short period of time. In addition to the two assailants, at least three police officers were killed and ten people, including five officers and five civilians, were injured across both blasts. Jamaah Ansharut Daulah claimed responsibility for the incidents. Sources also suspected the possible involvement of Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) in the attacks.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated against the vehicle of Sakhi Dad in Pas Hesar, Ghazni, Afghanistan. Dad, an Education Department property manager, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated at a passport office in Benghazi, Libya. A Navy officer was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Malef neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. One person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Dashti Archi , Kunduz, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and five others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol near Liboi, Garissa, Kenya. At least three police officers were killed and five officers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that attacks would continue until Kenya withdrew from the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia.
05/24/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Ali Roba's convoy in Simo, Mandera, Kenya. Roba, the Mandera governor, was not harmed; however, five police officers were killed and an unknown number of officers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants abducted three women from Gakara, Extreme-North, Cameroon. The hostages were taken to Nigeria, and the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2017: Assailants abducted two Chinese nationals in Jinnah Town neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one other person was injured during the kidnapping incident. Both hostages were killed on or before June 8, 2017. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. Additionally, sources suspected that the incident may have been carried out by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
05/24/2017: Assailants abducted two people from a hospital in Bangassou, Mbomou, Central African Republic. Both hostages were killed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to an anti-Balaka militia.
05/24/2017: Assailants armed with axes, hammers, and knives attacked the education faculty at University of Athens in Athens, Attica, Greece. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to anarchists.
05/24/2017: Assailants attacked Iraqi Volunteer Forces near Hatra, Nineveh, Iraq. Eight assailants were killed as security forces repelled the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants attacked security forces posts in Tagab, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Six assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/24/2017: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers along Ithriyah-Khanasser Road south of Aleppo city, Syria. At least 11 soldiers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/24/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire on police forces in Pichhikoder, Chhattisgarh, India. One police officer was injured in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on a commercial convoy in Tundabia Gate, North Darfur, Sudan. At least one Popular Defence Forces (PDF) soldier was killed and 20 people were injured in the ensuing clash with security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying soldiers and Sirawai municipal officials in Malambuhangin, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Qayoum Wani near his residence in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Wani, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants set fire to a French-language elementary school in Ndodjiga, Mopti, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident and denounced Western education at the scene of the attack, threatening to burn down other schools teaching the French language.
05/24/2017: Assailants set fire to a leased mining block in Chaghai district, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants set fire to a Muslim-owned pharmacy in Nawinna, Western province, Sri Lanka. There were no reported casualties. A former soldier claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2017: Assailants set fire to two vehicles in Ara, Haifa, Israel. There were no reported casualties. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the incident and left a note at the scene stating that the arson was a "price tag" attack.
05/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed a former polio campaign supervisor at Peeple Bazaar in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed Dmitry Popkov, the chief editor of Ton-M newspaper, in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants shot and killed Hajira Abdi, an electoral delegate, in Wadajir neighborhood, Mogadishu, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/24/2017: Assailants stole firearms and ammunition from Melborn Tan, an alleged drug dealer, in Santo Nino, Bukidnon, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Tan was targeted for his involvement in the illegal drug trade.
05/24/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a Special Operations Group (SOG) camp in Imam Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police checkpoint in Bannang Sata, Yala, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Bannang Sata on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2017: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) building in Bannang Sata district, Yala, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in Bannang Sata on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/24/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in Hayy ath-Thawrah neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Three explosive devices were discovered and defused in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Three female suicide bombers detonated after being intercepted by security forces in Mamanti, Borno, Nigeria. The assailants were the only reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/24/2017: Two assailants attempted to steal the rifle of a bank security guard in Imam Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/24/2017: Two grenades detonated in Baalbek, Beqaa, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties in the blasts, and a third explosive device was discovered and defused at the scene. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/1986: Tamil guerillas murdered 20 Sinhalese settlers, including 10 children, and burned down about  25 homes with firebombs in the town of Padavi Sri Pura (about 12 miles west of Trincomalee) in Sri Lanka.  About 20 Tamil militiamen entered the village, ordered "11 people, among them toddlers and children, to kneel on the banks of a canal and shot them in the head, mostly at point-blank range," and then burned their bodies.  Five of the 20 victims were burned alive in their huts.  "Ten of the 20 civilians murdered were aged between nine months and 14 years, and four were women."  Army officials believed the perpetrators to be part of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).  This incident, along with a similar incident two days prior, where 12 Sinhalese civilians were murdered by Tamils (198605250013a), occurred on the two holiest days of the Buddhist year, the Vesak festival which celebrates peace, brotherhood and the life of Buddha.  The Tamils were fighting for an independent Eelam state, and as such, attempted to drive the Sinhalese out of the disputed Eastern Province.
05/25/1989: Unknown perpetrators threw a brick and an unlit molotov cocktail through the window of the California Cattlemen's Association in Sacramento, California, in the United States.  The incendiary, which was found by Executive Vice President John Ross who was working late, failed to go off. The damage included a shattered window.  There were no casualties in the incident.
05/25/1999: A car bomb exploded in front of the main post office in central Algiers, Algeria, killing one person and injuring two. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2000: A bomb set by suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members exploded in Zamboanga, Philippines, in front of the city's police office, killing one and injuring 16 others. This is one of two attacks in the southern Philippines on 05/25/2000.
05/25/2000: A Chinese delegation member was killed and two others injured when their car came under automatic weapon fire from unknown attackers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Chinese delegation was helping to investigate an arson incident that occurred earlier in the May 2000.
05/25/2000: Four people were killed and 39 wounded in a grenade attack launched by two suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) rebels at a busy market in Jolo, Philippines. This is one of two attacks in the southern Philippines on 05/25/2000.
05/25/2001: A booby-trapped car with two Palestinians inside went off alongside a bus in the city of Hadera, Israel, injuring about 60 people. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack saying that this attack was to commemorate the first anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
05/25/2001: A remote detonated landmine exploded in Mahadev, Jammu and Kashmir State, India, while a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle was passing through a religious area. Five CRPF members were killed and two others were injured in the attack, for which Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM) claimed responsibility.
05/25/2001: Two bombs exploded 10 minutes apart from each other in front of Bogotá’s National University during rush hour, killing 4 people and injuring about 20 others. The authorities were hesitating between leftist guerilla armies, drug traffickers, or a growing rightist paramilitary.
05/25/2002: A 16-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber and three other suspected militants were arrested by Israeli authorities in the town of Jenin, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the botched attack.
05/25/2002: Rebels attacked an automobile convoy in the Sirajganj district of Bangladesh. One Awami League party activist was killed and another 15 people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2003: A powerful remote-controlled bomb went off when a convoy of five police vehicles was passing through the village of Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya. No casualties resulted from the attack. The perpetrators of the bombing were unknown.
05/25/2003: Islamist extremists killed eight people in an attack in Boukaat El Maqam, Algeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2003: Radicals threw three Molotov cocktails at the balcony of the home of a socialist councilor in the town of Renteria, Spain. The incident left no casualties. The perpetrators of the attack were unknown.
05/25/2003: Suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) torched a college building in Kabacan, Philippines. No casualties resulted from the incident.
05/25/2004: Unknown attackers killed the Awqaf Director of Al-Anbar Governorate in Iraq.
05/25/2004: Unknown attackers killed two Russian workers and wounded five others in Iraq.
05/25/2004: Unknown bombers attack the Kurma hotel in Baghdad, Iraq. Five civilians were injured in the incident..
05/25/2004: Unknown individual(s) placed a bomb near a market, killing one civilian and wounding 12 others in Maluku, Indonesia.
05/25/2005: Members of the National Liberation Forces (FLN) fired artillery shells at three neighborhoods of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura. Five people were injured in the attack including three soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2005: Suspected Islamic militants attacked a group of police officers in Thailand’s Saiburi (District). The attack began when multiple perpetrators shot and injured a district fire department officer. Six police officers gave chase to the perpetrators, but another group of attackers ambushed them. During the 10 minute gun battle that ensued, one policeman was shot and killed while another was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2005: Two suspected members of Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) detonated a car bomb containing 18-20 kilograms of explosive material in Madrid, Spain. 34 people were injured when the bomb exploded inside a stolen van that had been parked along a busy street. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Colonel Mikhlif Mosa, a local police chief, in Mosul, Iraq. The policeman’s relative was also killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2006: A religious scholar and representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mawlawi Fazl Rahman, was kidnapped and killed by suspected Taliban perpetrators in Afghanistan’s Kandikhel Village. A person who identified himself as Hilal and a Taliban figher, claimed himself and the Taliban were responsible for the incident.
05/25/2006: A three-truck convoy traveling from Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, Afghanistan to a coalition base in the Wazi Khwa (District) was attacked by unknown perpetrators using small arms fire and grenade launchers. Three of the truck’s drivers were killed, one injured, and another one was missing in the incident. When coalition forces arrived at the scene, they found one body and two trucks on fire and proceeded to search for the missing driver. No group claimed responsibility and no one was arrested.
05/25/2006: In Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, unidentified gunmen shot and killed an Afghan civilian who was delivering sweets and other supplies to United States’ troops. Afghan Deputy Governor Nur Mohammed Khan stated that this ‘was done by the opposition of the government, the enemies of Afghanistan.’ No group claimed responsibility and no one was arrested.
05/25/2006: In one of five incidents, including one also involving the bombing of a tourist bus (200605310005), during recent peace talks in India’s Kashmir region (200605210005, 200605220009, 200605230002, 200605310005), at least four tourists were killed and six others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus in Srinagar. Indian authorities believed that the bomb was planted by ‘suspected Islamic rebels’ and ‘militants.’ The attack occurred minutes after Indian Prime Minister Singh ended a meeting at another location in the city, aimed at restoring peace to the region. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/25/2006: In the first of two rocket attacks against Israel’s city of Negev (200605260004), two Qassam rockets were fired at the western part of the city. One of the rockets landed near Sderot’s cemetery and the other fell in an open filed outside of the town. No damages or injuries were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2006: In the second of two related incidents by suspected Tamil Tiger members in Sri Lanka (200605240001), at least four policemen were killed when a Claymore mine exploded in Kathankudy. The policemen were on a routine patrol when they struck the mine, which military officials blamed was placed by Tamil Tiger members.
05/25/2006: The decapitated bodies of three policemen, who went missing on May 25, 2006, were found three days later in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province. Afghan official Mohaidin Kan stated that this was the work of the Taliban. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/25/2007: An Indian dhow ship, Al Aqeeq, was hijacked of the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia by pirates.  The nationalities of those on board are unconfirmed, and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2007: Eight expatriates were kidnapped offshore from the Sangana community in Bayelsa state of Nigeria.  The foreign oil workers kidnapped were four Britons, three US nationals, and a South African.  The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was responsible for the kidnapping. The hostages were released after three weeks in custody, it is not clear whether or not a ransom was paid.
05/25/2007: Seven freight train cars were derailed near the town of Genc in the eastern Bingol province of Turkey.  No one was injured in bomb attack.  The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was blamed for the attack, but has not claimed responsibility.
05/25/2007: Suspected Kurdish rebels set off a remote controlled bomb targeting the police chief Osman Ozturnk of Tunceli, Turkey.  The attack took place on the road in Tunceli province. No one was injured in the attack and no one has claimed responsibility for it although the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was blamed for the attack.
05/25/2008: On Sunday afternoon, in Jowzjan, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired upon and killed the school principal of Menli High School. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2008: On Sunday at approximately 1300, a car bomb targeted the convoy of Salim al-Muslimawi, the governor of Babil, near Yarmouk hospital in Yarmouk neighborhood, west Baghdad, Iraq.  Eleven people were injured, seven of which who were guards with the convoy and four other civilians.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2008: On Sunday at approximately 1600, a roadside bomb exploded in Suleikh neighborhood in north Baghdad, Iraq.  One civilian was killed and four others were wounded.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2008: On Sunday morning around 1000, in Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of Sheikh Mishhin Mohammad Abbas, a U.S.-backed patrol leader, wounding three of his guards. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2008: On Sunday night around 0100, unknown assailants shot and killed Colonel Akhmedudin Absaludinov in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia.  No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2008: On Sunday night around 2000, unknown gunmen killed Police Captain Asamat Nagoyev and one civilian in a drive-by shooting in Baksan, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia.  No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2008: On Sunday night, suspected Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) militants set off a timed bomb in the pathology department of the RIMS hospital next to the office of the RIMS Director in Imphal, Manipur province, India. Although no casualties were reported, the explosion caused heavy damages on the doors and office buildings, including the office of the RIMS Director. The hospital had reported receiving threats from KCP militants prior to the bombing attack, although no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/25/2008: On Sunday, at 1930, a bomb exploded at house No. 96 on Akushinsky Prospect in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. The bombing seriously wounded a civilian. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2008: On Sunday, in Nad Ali, Helmand, Afghanistan, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a civilian vehicle, damaging the vehicle and killing four civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
05/25/2008: On Sunday, suspected People's United Liberation Front (PULF) militants planted a bomb containing a grenade in the Yairi-pok Bazar in Imphal, Manipur province, India, at a shop next to P. Pishak at Yairipok Keithel, who was targeted in a previous bombing attack by PULF militants on 05/22/2008. No casualties were reported as Assam Rifles troops located and defused the bomb prior to detonation. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, which was suspected to be carried to threaten shopkeepers for not making extortion payments.
05/25/2008: On Sunday, the Zana Khan district of Ghazni province was captured by Taliban militants but later was retaken by police in Zaneh Khan, Ghazni, Afghanistan.
05/25/2009: On Monday morning at 0700, in Arghandab, Zabol, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a civilian van, killing four civilians, wounding three others and damaging the van.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible for the attack.
05/25/2009: On Monday morning at around 1030, in Bagacay, Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines, around 30 members of the New People's Army (NPA) stormed the office of the district engineer at Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), demanding the suspension of all on-going infrastructure projects in the Sorsogon's second district. They warned the DPWH engineers to heed to their demands, including the imposition of revolutionary taxation or else face the consequences. After 15 minutes, the rebels left the area. No casualties occurred during the attack. The police confirmed the NPA was responsible for the attack.
05/25/2009: On Monday morning, Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in the Shahidkhel area of Hangu, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/25/2009: On Monday night at 0300, in Tbilisi, Georgia, assailants detonated a grenade at the building of the opposition TV channel Maestro. The explostion damaged the entrance door, the building's walls, and smashed some of the windows, but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2009: On Monday night at approximately 2220, in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkariya, Russia assailants fired upon a police officer as he was driving away from a gas station, killing the police officer and causing minor damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2009: On Monday, in Abiteye, Warri, Delta, Nigeria, assailants detonated a bomb near an oil pipelines run by Chevron, causing extensive damage to the pipelines. The attack was in retaliation to a recent government crackdown on armed groups in southern Nigeria. No casualties were reported and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility.
05/25/2009: On Monday, three Shias were killed and one was wounded in a drive-by by unidentified militants on a motorcycle at a construction site in Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier, Pakistan. The attack could have been sectarian motivated. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday afternoon, in Afgooye, Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia, assailants kidnapped three journalists. On 05/26/2010, the assailants released the victims. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Islamic Party was responsible.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday evening, in Barabsapur village, Kanker, Chhattisgarh, India, six unidentified assailants set fire to construction vehicles, destroying several vehicles, while another 150 unidentified armed assailants watched from the hills. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) faction was responsible.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday evening, in Girishk, Helmand, Afghanistan, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a civilian vehicle, killing four civilians and one police officer and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday night at 0148, in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina, an improvised explosive device exploded in front of a branch of Banco Ciudad near the Colon Theater, damaging the bank but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility but the Revolutionary Cell Brigade of Mauricio Morales was suspected responsible.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday night at 2200, on the bridge Los Esclavos in between Corinto and Miranda in Cauca, Colombia, assailants set fire to a bus belonging to the Sultana del Valle company. The bus with plates VKJ-653 was incinerated with the driver still inside. The victim suffered third degree burns and the bus was completely destroyed. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible after pamphlets were seen circulating the area the previous week warning bus drivers to stay away from that area.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, approximately 40 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot at a civilian supporter of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), in the Salbani area of West Midnapore, West Bengal, India. The victim, identified as Biswanath Mahato, was injured when 40 assailants wearing masks opened fire on him. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, in Ashqelon, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired two mortars at a community, causing no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at the main gate of the Army Public School and College on Warsata road, damaging the school but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, in Konduz, Konduz province, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants fired two rocket-propelled grenades at a house, wounding two civilians and damaging the house. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, in Ma'rib, Yemen, in one of two linked attacks, assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at two gas stations to avenge the death of a provincial official killed by mistake in an anti-Qaeda air raid, the attack caused no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that local tribesmen were responsible.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, in Ma'rib, Yemen, in one of two linked attacks, assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at two gas stations to avenge the death of the secretary general of Marib provincial council, Jaber Ali al-Shabwani, whom was killed by mistake in an anti Al Qaeda raid. The attack caused no casualties or damage. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that local tribesmen were responsible.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, in the Limonar neighborhood Neiva, Huila, Colombia, an improvised explosive device exploded as police were disabling it, wounding two police officers and damaging 73 residences. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intented to used the explosive to create fear in the supporters of presidential candidate Manuel Santos.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, near Jhargram town, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot and injured a newspaper distributor and his cousin in the Manikpara market. Debashis Banerjee (50), a social worker and former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-Marxist) member, was shot when three to five assailants on two motorcycles opened fire on him. His cousin, Prasanta (52), was injured when he tried to aid Debashis. Banerjee was hit twice in his back and once in his right leg, and his cousin, was hit in his right leg and right arm. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, police believe that the Maoists were trying to create panic in the area to make it easier for them to extort money. A relative of Banerjee claimed that he quit the CPI-Marxist, fearing an attack by the Maoists. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, near Marib, Marib province, Al-Shabwan tribesmen fired rocket-propelled grenades to avenge the death of the secretary general of Marib provincial council, Jaber Ali al-Shabwani, whom was killed by mistake in an anti Al Qaeda raid. The 450-kilometer pipeline connects the Safer oil field in Marib with Al-Salif port on the Red Sea. It was hit by rocket fire and began leaking oil. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2010: On Tuesday, on Airport Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, two people were killed and 15 others were wounded when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting Shia scholar Allama Najfi. Najfi was not harmed in the attack. Police officials claimed that one of those killed may have been carrying the bomb. The amount of property damage caused by the blast is unknwon and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2011: Maoists detonated explosives at a government-run school in Tilaiya Khurd village, Gaya, Bihar, India. The blast destroyed the building. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing; however, authorities attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday afternoon at 1320, in New Delhi, Delhi, India, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the car of Rajat Jain at gate number seven outside the Delhi High Court, damaging the vehicle and at least two other nearby vehicles. The attack resulted in no casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday evening at 1800, outside the residence of Chari Mangacop, former mayor of Placer, in Surigao City, Surigao del Sur, Philippines, 10 fully armed militants suspected of being members of the Front Committee 16 of the New People's Army (NPA) poured gasoline on heavy machinery contracted to Tag-anito Mining Corporation and set it on fire after the rebels held the ex-mayor and his wife at gunpoint. The targeted equipment included a backhoe, a mini dump truck, a 10-wheeler dump truck, a refrigerated van, a bulldozer and payloader. Prior to the arson attack the NPA rebels also raided the ex-mayor's residence and seized several high-powered firearms. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday evening, in Killi Ghazgi in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fired on a Levies Sepoy official, Muhammad Akram, killing him while he was on his way to the station. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday morning, in Mohammad Agha, Lowgar, Afghanistan, unknown militants used an incendiary device to attack a mobile communications mast. No casualties were reported but the mast was destroyed during the attack. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack through their spokesman by unknown means.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday night, in the village of Guadas in Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, Colombia, militants from the 34th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) took three persons out of their homes and shot and killed them. Fabio Nelson Vélez was a civilian, while Saul Caro and Esneider were both former militants of the Guevarist Revolutionary Army (ERG). No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attack to the FARC’s 34th Front.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday night, on the Medininagar-Aurangabad Highway near Nava village in Palamau, Jharkhand, India, 40 armed suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) set seven vehicles on fire, causing an unknown amount of property damage. The attack resulted in no casualties and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Al Jibour, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unidentified militants planted and activated several explosive charges in a house under construction, which belonged to a policeman in Dhilo’iya. No casualties were reported since the house was not occupied yet by its owners but the blast resulted in an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unidentified militants opened fire on an employee of the Oil Derivatives Directorate, killing him, while his attackers escaped to an unknown destination. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a car, injuring two civilians. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the car. No group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Damaturu, Yobe, Nigeria, unidentified militants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) in the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Nigerian police discovered and defused the IED before it could be detonated. No material damage or casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Turkey, unidentified militants detonated a percussion bomb targeting an election office of the Justice and Development Party. The blast caused no casualties but did shatter the windows of the building. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, however, police believe that the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are behind these attacks.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Garma, Al Anbar, Iraq, a law enforcement colonel and captain were killed and a policeman injured, when a roadside detonated. No property damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, a roadside bomb detonated close to al-Nida's Bridge, which killed Lieutenant Brigadier, Hussein Ni’ama Hawas, the police director of Dibbis township. He was on his way to work along with two of his guards, who were injured. No property damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Rauna village, Belaganj, Gaya, Bihar, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) set an excavator on fire, causing an unknown amount of property damage but resulting in no casualties. The attack was carried out because Baijnath Prasad, the machine owner, had refused to pay levy demanded by the militants. A note and red cloth left by the Maoists at the incident site claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in Silvan village outside Diyarbakir, Turkey, suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) entered a stone quarry owned by the head of the local Justice and Development Party member Haci Nedim Kilicaslan. Once inside the quarry the militants captured the quarry operator and a security guard and secured them to a chair with electrical cables. The militants then went outside and set fire to four large machines in the quarry causing about $380,904 USD (600,000 Türk lirasi) in damages. Militants then wrote pro-PKK slogans on the walls of the quarry and left the scene. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, although the PKK is thought to be responsible.
05/25/2011: On Wednesday, in the Zhandrai area of Orgun, Paktika, Afghanistan, unknown gunmen kidnapped Mohammad Alam Khan Zadran, a tribal elder and head of Orgun District council. No demands were given after the kidnapping and the hostage’s body was found on 05/30/2011 around Sarobi, Paktika, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2012: A local police commander was killed in an attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
05/25/2012: A man was killed and two children injured when an explosive device detonated in Helmand province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
05/25/2012: A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier, Roberto Loeza, was killed in an armed attack in eastern Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the military attributed it to the Taliban.
05/25/2012: A roadside bomb exploded after being struck by a police vehicle in the Khwaja Ahmad area of Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two police officials, a police commander and his bodyguard, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: A roadside bomb struck a passenger bus in the Mujahir Bazaar area of Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two passengers were killed and another three injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a school that was being used as a base for an armed Houthi-Shia group in Hazm district, Al-Jawf governorate, Yemen. At least 14 people, including members of the armed Shia faction, were killed in the blast, and three people were injured. Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were targeting Shias "because they attacked our religion and the honor of our prophet and carried out criminal acts against Sunnis."
05/25/2012: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated himself near a police van at a bazaar in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The attacker was killed and at least three others, a police officer and two civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police official claimed that the suicide bomber was a Taliban member who came from Pakistan.
05/25/2012: A suicide bomber with an explosives-laden belt attempted to attack a mass Houthi-Shia demonstration in a marketplace in Sadaa city, Sa'dah governorate, Yemen. The assailant was caught with the explosive belt and subsequently killed before he could detonate the explosives. Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were targeting Shias "because they attacked our religion and the honor of our prophet and carried out criminal acts against Sunnis."
05/25/2012: An explosive device detonated inside a police station in Sandona town, Narino department, Colombia. Six people were injured and numerous buildings damaged in the blast. This was one of two explosive devices targeting police stations in this department on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: An explosive device detonated prematurely as an assailant was planting it outside an Indian National Congress (INC) leader's residence in the Philobari area of Tinsukia district, Assam state, India. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials indicated that the deceased attacker, identified as Indrajit Moran, was an activist for the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). Sources also note that ULFA had called for a general strike to protest the INC's president's trip to Guwahati city. Two people were also arrested in connection with the incident.
05/25/2012: An explosive device planted in a cart detonated near a police station in Tuquerres town, Narino department, Colombia. One person was killed and another six injured in the blast. This was one of two explosive devices targeting police stations in this department on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: An explosive device planted inside a water cooler targeting Abdullah Abu Talib detonated at a trading house in Rada district, Al Bayda governorate, Yemen. Talib, deputy of the General People's Congress party, and two others were injured in the blast. The Company of Um al-Mu'minin (Mother of the Believers) A'isha, an affiliate of Ansar al-Sharia and a subgroup of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: Assailants attacked a border police post in the Chinar area of Lalpura district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Eight assailants were killed and another three injured in the clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: Assailants detonated explosives at a gas pipeline in the Mach area of Bolan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the gas supply in the area was interrupted as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: Assailants detonated explosives at Lagadpati Rajagopal's farmhouse near the Kondapur area of Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh state, India. Rajagopal, a parliamentarian for the Vijaywada constituency, was not present at the time of the incident; however, the building suffered minor damage. According to pamphlets found at the scene, the perpetrators stated that they carried out the attack to honor Telangana martyrs.
05/25/2012: Assailants on motorcycles attacked a Joint Task Force (JTF) security checkpoint near the Malam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in the Karkasara Quarters of Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. One personl was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2012: Assailants planted and detonated explosives at the residence of a local peace activist in the Aka Khel area of Bara tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The activist was unharmed; however, the house was seriously damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local sources attributed it to Lashkar-e-Islam (Pakistan).
05/25/2012: Five assailants opened fire on a passenger bus on the National Highway close to the Qazi Ahmed area of Nawabshah city, Shaheed Benazir Abad district, Sindh province, Pakistan. The five assailants boarded the bus and instructed all the Sindhi riders to vacate before opening fire on the remaining passengers. At least nine people were killed and another 30 injured in the assault. According to pamphlets found at the scene of the attack, the Sindhu Desh Liberation Army (SDLA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they carried it out in retaliation for the killing of Muzaffar Bhutto, head of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM).
05/25/2012: Two suicide bombers in an explosives-laden vehicle ran through a police checkpoint and then detonated at a police station in Pinarbasi town, Pinarbasi district, Kayseri province, Turkey. Three people, a police officer and the two attackers, were killed and 19 others injured in the blast. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they executed the suicide attack in retaliation "for the political and armed attacks targeting the Kurdish people."
05/25/2013: A female suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near police officers in the vicinity of the interior ministry building in Makhachkala city, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The assailant died in the blast and 11 people were injured; several of the victims were police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: A remote-controlled roadside bomb detonated near a truck of soldiers in Batong town, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Five soldiers were injured and their Isuzu truck was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Shehar area, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Two soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local officials attributed the explosion to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/25/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device prematurely in Kabul city, Kabul governorate, Afghanistan. The intended target of the attack was unknown. There were no reported casualties associated with the explosion aside from the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: An assailant attacked a French soldier, who was on patrol, with a box cutter in Paris city, Ile-de-France region, France. The soldier was wounded in the incident. No group claimed responsibiltiy; however, Alexandre Dhaussy, a recent convert to Islam, was arrested in connection with the attack.
05/25/2013: An assailant attempted to set fire to a local mosque in Rhyl town, Wales, United Kingdom. The attacker, John Parkin, was arrested at the scene after he was caught on video attempting to light a beer bottle on fire on the grounds of the mosque. Parkin, who admitted to being under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, told police that it was his intention to light the bottle and hurl it at the mosque. Police suspected that Parkin was inspired to carry out the attack in response to the murder of a British soldier, Lee Rigby, on May 22, 2013, in England.
05/25/2013: An explosive device detonated by a power pole along the Yaha-Kabang road in Yala province, Thailand. This was one of three simultaneous blasts on power poles in different areas of the district. One power pole was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2013: An explosive device detonated by a power pole along the Yaha-Patae road in Yala province, Thailand. This was one of three simultaneous blasts on power poles in different areas of the district. One power pole was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2013: An explosive device detonated by a power pole at the intersection of Yaha-Kabang road in Yala province, Thailand. This was one of three simultaneous blasts on power poles in different areas of the district. One power pole was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2013: An explosive device exploded in front of a construction shop near a police checkpoint in Sungai Padi district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. No one was injured and nothing was damaged in the blast. This was the second of two attacks near the police checkpoint on this day and officials suspected the bomb targeted police investigating the shooting that occurred earlier in the day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: An explosive device placed along a road detonated in Tha Sap area, Yala province, Thailand. The explosion targeted a bomb squad police car, injuring six people, including four police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2013: An explosive device planted along the road detonated striking an army patrol in Heet city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Five soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident
05/25/2013: An explosive device planted on the road detonated near a Sahibabad police van in Upper Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in a bazaar in Hangu town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: An explosive device was found in a vehicle at a checkpost in Jamrud town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three people in the vehicle were arrested. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The blast was targeting a bus transporting Iranian Shia pilgrims. At least six people were killed and 20 additional individuals were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered in Daman district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The driver of the vehicle, whom authorities believed to be a suicide bomber, refused to stop when ordered to do so by security forces; they opened fire, killing the assailant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Approximately 100 gunmen ambushed a convoy of Indian Congress Party workers in Darbha town, Chhattisgarh state, India. At least 17 people were killed, including high-level officials Nand Kumar Patel, Mahendra Karma, and Uday Mudliyar. Additionally, 32 people were wounded. At least two people were kidnapped. No information is available with regards to an outcome for the kidnap victims. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M) claimed responsibility for the incident, citing its intention to punish Mahendra Karma, the founder of Salwa Judum, for initiating an anti-Maoist movement.
05/25/2013: Assailants abducted the son of the adviser to the commander of security forces, Colonel Khalid Yahya Muhammad Salah, in Sirwah district, Marib governorate, Yemen. The victim's whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction.
05/25/2013: Assailants attacked the Abdisugow police post in Liboi town, Garissa county, Kenya. The assailants crossed into Kenya from Somalia to carry out the attack. This was one of two police posts targeted in Liboi on the same day. At least six people, including two police officers, were killed across both attacks. Two officers were also abducted during the assaults and were released on June 25, 2015. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message posted on Twitter.
05/25/2013: Assailants attacked the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) and soldiers in Tulunan town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the town mayor attributed the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
05/25/2013: Assailants attacked the Damajale police post in Liboi town, Garissa county, Kenya. The assailants crossed into Kenya from Somalia to carry out the attack. This was one of two police posts targeted in Liboi on the same day. At least six people, including two police officers, were killed across both attacks. Two officers were also abducted during the assaults and were released on June 25, 2015. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message posted on Twitter.
05/25/2013: Assailants fired a missile at Lashkargah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The missile damaged a house near the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) office. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on a Levies security check post in Basima area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One nearby civilian and one assailant were injured in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Su-Ngai Padi district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. There were no reports of damages or injuries. This was one of two attacks near this checkpoint on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Assailants opened fire on Mullah Sher Muhammad in Charkh district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Muhammad, a provincial High Peace Council member, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Assailants shot and killed a village council member, Enicito Lebron, in Kalilangan area, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at an Ethiopian army vehicle at a busy market in Baidoa city, Bay region, Somalia. A civilian was killed and 14 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2013: Six landmines were discovered on a motorcycle by officers at a checkpoint in Upper Mabuhay town, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. The driver, Joey Atienza, was arrested at the scene and admitted that he was a member of the New People's Army (NPA).
05/25/2014: A mortar shell landed on a building in Thula district, Amran governorate, Yemen. At least two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: A rocket struck the Jaarah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least seven people were injured in the blast. This was one of two car bombings in Homs on the same day. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint in Jabal al-Arbain town, Idlib governorate, Syria. This was one of four suicide car bombings in Jabal al-Arbain on the same day. In addition to the four bombers, at least 24 people were killed and several others were wounded in the blasts. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a taxi stand in Zahraa neighborhood, Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least 12 people were killed and 23 others were injured in the blast. This was one of two car bombings in Homs on the same day. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: A suicide bomber detonated near the vehicle of Abdul Wadood Jaju in Dabaro Pul neighborhood, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, Jaju, the Kandahar Police Commander, was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: A suicide bomber from the United States detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint in Jabal al-Arbain town, Idlib governorate, Syria. This was one of four suicide car bombings in Jabal al-Arbain on the same day. In addition to the four bombers, at least 24 people were killed and several others were wounded in the blasts. Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated near a school in Taluqan city, Takhar province, Afghanistan. At least three students were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: An explosive device attached to Yasin Taha al-Tamimi's vehicle detonated in Wajihiyah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Tamimi, the chair of the Supreme National Commission for Accountability and Justice, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated at a watchtower in Hay al-Risalah, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated at the Ali al-Na'mah market in Qahira, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated in Al-Nawfal village, Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated in Qasba Colony neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Qasba Colony on the same day; this later explosion was meant to target a crowd that had gathered near the site of a previous incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated in Salikh 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.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated near a supply truck convoy in Ayvalik village, Sirnak province, Turkey. An additional explosive device was defused at the scene. At least two people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol in Khalwak village, Kushk district, Herat province, Afghanistan. This was one of three unrelated bombings targeting security personnel in Afghanistan on the same day. At least five soldiers were killed in the blasts. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol in Mamozai area, Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. This was one of three separate bombings in the province on this day. At least five soldiers were killed across all of the blasts. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan Police Ranger vehicle in Khairkhana village, Badghis province, Afghanistan. At least two officers were killed and three others were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a police officer's residence in Hit city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The police officer and his son were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Hadithah district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed and another four officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Hit district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosive device hidden in the restroom of a gas station detonated in Sentul village, West Java province, Indonesia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a hydroelectric construction project in Antioquia department, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the 36th Jair Aldana Baquero Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/25/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the private residence of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader in Orangi Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a police station in Ras Al Jadah area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three police officers were killed and 14 officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a police chief's convoy in Qadisiyah area, Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two police guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: An unknown number of mortar shells struck Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and 26 people were injured in the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: Assailants attacked a Central Election Commission of Ukraine polling station in Novoaydar town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one civilian was killed and another was wounded in the incident. This was one of two attacks targeting polling stations in Novoaydar district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Luhansk People's Republic.
05/25/2014: Assailants attacked members of Rudjoko village, Bunia district, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. One person was killed and 12 houses were burned in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Patriotic Resistance Front in Ituri (FRPI).
05/25/2014: Assailants attacked Naji Hussein Naji Khiran in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Khiran, a Political Security Organization (PSO) senior intelligence officer, was killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Waga village, Adamawa state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were killed 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.
05/25/2014: Assailants attempted to kidnap Doctor Abdul Rab Abubakar Bingabr in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. The assailants fled after Dr. Bingabr, the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Head of Pakistani Mission, began shouting. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants attempted to plant an explosive device near the entrance of the Jalazoen Refugee Camp in Jalazun town, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. At least one assailant was injured after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel opened fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Mamond town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least five assailants were killed and five soldiers were injured in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants kidnapped two people, including an Afghan Border Police (ABP) officer, in Gizab district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The hostages were discovered beheaded on May 27, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants kidnapped two Ukrainian journalists and their driver at a checkpoint in Shchastya city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The driver was released sometime between May 25 and 27, 2014; however, the outcome for the journalists is unknown. The Luhansk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the victims were being held on suspicion of espionage.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire and threw grenades near a Levies Forces checkpost in Wadh town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least six officers were killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Baloch nationalists were behind the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Al-Jari area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on Central Election Commission of Ukraine polling stations in Novoaydar district, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least two assailants were killed and three soldiers wounded in the assault. This was one of two attacks targeting polling stations in Novoaydar district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Luhansk People's Republic.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers in Shabqadar village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least two officers were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and traders in Kanuyya village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 24 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Military of Yemen 2nd Military Command Headquarters in Khalaf neighborhood, Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. At least two civilians were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/25/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) headquarters in Athens city, Attica region, Greece. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Organization for Revolutionary Self Defense claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the attack was carried out in response to the party's policies.
05/25/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Kurdistan Democratic Party employee in Al Nabi Yunis area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Pakistan Army official in Orangi Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants stabbed to death Bapu Gonda Talandi, an Indian National Congress (INC) activist, in Aheri city, Maharashtra state, India. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that they targeted Talandi, because they were unhappy with his work in the region.
05/25/2014: Assailants surrounded a vehicle and held the four occupants hostage, including two Mexican environmentalists and two tourists from the United States, in the Lacandon Jungle in Ocosingo district, Chiapas state, Mexico. The victims were freed approximately 20 hours later, on May 26, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at a warehouse in Qasba Colony neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Qasba Colony on the same day; this first explosion was meant to draw a crowd. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/25/2014: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle as it was being checked by Afghan Police officers in Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the two bombers, at least two officers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a government complex in Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, four people were killed and up to 73 others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An assailant attacked a military barracks in Tunis city, Tunis governorate, Tunisia. Seven soldiers and an assailant were killed and ten others were injured in the attack. Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated by the Uch Gas Field, Uch area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated in Ghalanai area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated in Khazana area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated in Pir Koh area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Nekah Shela area, Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Six civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market 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.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle between Garissa and the Dadaab areas, Garissa county, Kenya. Three police officers were wounded in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in this area on this day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near Payanur town, Kerala state, India. At least two civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of former senator Abdul Wahid in Gulnahi area, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Wahid was wounded in the attack. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Aman Lashkars members responding to the site of an earlier blast in Ziarat Khwar area, near Safi tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks on this date. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of a former Aman Lashkars chief in Ziarat Khwar area, near Safi tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three people were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks on this date. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in a garden near a private residence in Short Strand neighborhood, Belfast city, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to loyalists.
05/25/2015: Assailants abducted 12 civilians from Chahar Dehi area, Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the abduction to the Taliban.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked a civilian residence in Faraspal village, Chhattisgarh state, India. One civilian was killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked a civilian residence in Gondpal village, Chhattisgarh state, India. One civilian was killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked a police compound in Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Naw Zad district on this date. Twenty-six people were killed and an unknown number were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for both incidents.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked a police convoy in Yumbis village, Garissa province, Kenya. Two assailants were killed and two police officers were wounded in the attack. This was one of two coordinated attacks in this area on this day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked a police post in Goshtay area, Waza Khwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. This was one of four related attacks targeting police posts in Goshtay on this date. At least 22 people, including police officers and assailants, were killed and ten others were injured across all four attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police checkpoints in Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Naw Zad district on this date. Twenty-six people were killed and an unknown number were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for both incidents.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked civilians in the Argo Camp area, Tawilah district, North Darfur state, Sudan. This was one of two related attacks in Tawilah district on this day. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Janjaweed.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked civilians near Dali camp, Dali area, North Darfur state, Sudan. This was one of two related attacks on local camps on this day. An unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Janjaweed.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked Kenyan soldiers in Yumbis village, Garissa county, Kenya. At least 13 soldiers were killed and two others were injured in the attack. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants attacked Mafa town, Borno state, Nigeria. Security forces repelled the assault, killing 30 assailants and injuring an unknown number of assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/25/2015: Assailants fired a rocket at an oil tanker in Masabah area, Taizz governorate, Yemen. Thirteen people were killed and sixty others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/25/2015: Assailants fired missiles that landed in residential areas in Asadabad district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks in Kunar on this date. Ten civilians were killed and five others were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/25/2015: Assailants fired missiles that landed in residential areas in Marawara district, Kunar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks in Kunar on this date. Ten civilians were killed and five others were injured across the two attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/25/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Ber village, Timbuktu region, Mali. No casualties were reported. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants intercepted police officers responding to an earlier attack in Santa Rosa village, Camarines Norte province, Philippines. No casualties were reported. This was one of three related attacks in Santa Rosa on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/25/2015: Assailants launched a rocket at a residential complex in Mar Taqla neighborhood, Latakia governorate, Syria. At least four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire at a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office in the Iqbal Market area, Sopore town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. A BSNL employee was killed and two others were injured in the attack. Lashkar-e-Islam (India) claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire at a mining site in Cantilan area, Surigao del Sur province, Philippines. A mine worker was killed and ten others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Rashtriya Rifles patrol in Kanjikul area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. A soldier and an assailant were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on a shop in Qandhari Bazar area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed in the attack. This was one of three related attacks in Quetta on this date. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation to the recent killing of Sunni traders in Quetta city.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) vehicle in Bamako city, Bamako Capital District, Mali. One peacekeeper was killed and one was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians along Jinnah Road, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One person was killed and three others were injured in the attack. This was one of three related attacks in Quetta on this date. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation to the recent killing of Sunni traders in Quetta city.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on civilians along Jinnah Road, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two people were killed and two others were injured in the attack. This was one of three related attacks in Quetta on this date. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation to the recent killing of Sunni traders in Quetta city.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on Haji Hafizullah in Ziaratjah village, Herat province, Afghanistan. Hafizullah, a tribal elder, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on Hariet Estrella in Calumpang village, Masbate province, Philippines. Estrella, a municipal councilor, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on Podiyam Sukka in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Sukka, a member of Congress, and his wife were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on police officers in Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. At least three police officers were killed and six others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on Reggie Sacristia in Beverly Hills village, Antipolo city, Rizal province, Philippines. Sacristia, a village chairperson, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on Ronnie Habitan in Santa Rosa village, Camarines Norte province, Philippines. Habitan, a gold miner, was killed in the attack. This was one of three related attacks in Santa Rosa on this date. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Ronnie Habitan was targeted for his involvement in illegal activities.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Tangdhar area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. At least four people, including three soldiers and one assailant, were killed and another soldier was injured in the assault. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2015: Assailants opened fire on vehicles on Grand Trunk Road in Gaya district, Bihar state, India. Following the initial assault, the assailants set fire to the vehicles. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/25/2015: Assailants set fire to a cell tower in Palamu area, Jharkhand state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/25/2015: Assailants set fire to three vehicles on a road between Hazaribagh and Giridih areas, Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/25/2015: Assailants set fire to vehicles in Panapur area, Bihar state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/25/2015: Explosive devices detonated at a mobile phone tower in Panapur area, Bihar state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Maoists.
05/25/2015: Security forces repelled an attack by assailants in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2015: Three explosive devices detonated near a Philippine National Police (PNP) vehicle responding to an earlier attack in Santa Rosa village, Camarines Norte province, Philippines. Following the blasts, assailants then opened fire on the officers. At least two officers were injured in the attack. In addition, eight other explosive devices were discovered and defused following the incident. This was one of three related attacks in Santa Rosa on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/25/2016: A sniper opened fire on volunteer fighters in Muslakhah, Saladin, Iraq. Khalid al-Jumayli, a volunteer fighter leader, was killed and five of his aides 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).
05/25/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a vehicle carrying Maidan Wardak Appellate Court employees in Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 10 people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the execution of six Taliban members earlier that month.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated as security forces attempted to defuse it in Galgala, Bari, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and three soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated at a teacher training center in Mahmudi Raqi, Kapisa, Afghanistan. At least six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near Ar Rashid market in Hayy Abu-Dashir area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al-Tobji area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Seaida neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Chevron gas pipeline in Delta, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. One police officer was killed and two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a security forces vehicle in Galgala, Bari, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and four others were injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Labanikhia square in Puri, Odisha, India. This is one of two related attacks within a 24-hour period. Three individuals were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) providing protection to teachers in Kuan Nori, Pattani, Thailand. At least two officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device detonated while being defused by security forces in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. Four soldiers were killed and two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: An explosive device planted at the building site for a police residence detonated in Hayy al-Jamiah, Wasit, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants abducted a civilian from Cholnar, Chhattisgarh, India. Madvi was killed and his body was discovered the following morning. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/25/2016: Assailants abducted Aeteshwar Oraon, a rations dealer, in Anjan, Jharkhand, India. Oraon was killed shortly after the abduction. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants abducted four Solidarite Internationale aid workers in Timbo-Timbo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two 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 kidnapping to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
05/25/2016: Assailants ambushed a military patrol in Kaziba, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants ambushed a police boat at the Okujagu waterways, near Okrika, Rivers, Nigeria. At least six police officers were kidnapped during the assault; one was rescued the following day and the whereabouts of the other five officers is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants attacked peshmerga members in Tel Rabaa village, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. It is unknown if the assault resulted in casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/25/2016: Assailants attacked popular resistance committee members in Al Arba'in street in Taizz, Yemen. Five assailants were killed and five popular resistance members were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
05/25/2016: Assailants attacked Qari Mohammad Ibrahim, a mosque caretaker, in Narayanganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ibrahim was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants attacked Somali military positions in Ceel Waaq, Gedo, Somalia. At least six assailants were killed and three assailants and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/25/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a hydroelectric plant in Gjegjan, Shkoder, Albania. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants fired missiles at a security checkpoint in Al-Muqataah, North Sinai, Egypt. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants fired missiles at government buildings in Marib, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
05/25/2016: Assailants opened fire on an Ahmadi civilian in Gulzar Hijri neighborhood, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2016: Assailants opened fire on Colonel Lucien Rufyiri, a retired military officer, at his residence in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi. Rufyiri was killed and his son was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants opened fire on Sudesh Paswan in Dumaria, Bihar, India. Paswan, a Lok Janshakti Party (LPJ) leader, and his cousin were killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and accused Sudesh Paswan of being a police informant.
05/25/2016: Assailants set fire to a church in Vilcun, Araucania, Chile. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two arson attacks on churches in Vilcun on this date. Weichan Auka Mapu claimed responsibility for the incidents and demanded the release of arrested individuals.
05/25/2016: Assailants set fire to the First Congregational Church in Vancouver, Washington, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants shot and killed Geovani Tan Lim in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victim of stealing land.
05/25/2016: Assailants shot and killed Rodolfo Jacosalem, a former New People's Army (NPA) member, in Masulog, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants slit Debesh Chandra Pramanik's throat in Gaibandha, Rangpur, Bangladesh. Pramanik, a Hindu trader, was killed in the attack. The Islamic State in Bangladesh claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities questioned the veracity of this claim.
05/25/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at a civilian residence in Ash Shuhada, Babil, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at a civilian residence in Musayyib, Babil, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants threw an explosive device at an Indian National Congress (INC) office in Palunda, Kerala, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2016: Assailants threw an incendiary device at the Planned Parenthood Modesto Heath Center in Modesto, California, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a middle school in Diyarbakir, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in front of Ravindra Vidyalaya school in Dwarka, Gujarat, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber in Kazimiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources identified the assailant as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/25/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber targeting a Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) base at the Kanona Mountain in Bashiqah, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Three assailants opened fire on Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Three FC officers were killed in the attack. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Two assailants beat up journalist Denis Kuchmenko in Bratsk, Irkutsk, Russia. Kuchmenko, the Gorod media holding company director general, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2016: Two assailants opened fire on police officers providing security for the National Conference (NC) leader in Monghama, Jammu and Kashmir, India. One police officer was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
05/25/2016: Two suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a gendarmerie post in Anitli, Mardin, Turkey. In addition to the assailants, at least three people, including a soldier and two village guards, were killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/25/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Washer, Helmand, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least six people, including intelligence chief Tur Jan, were killed and two people were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Jisr Diyala area, Baghdad, Iraq. The vehicle's driver, a government employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Bawi, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle between Malelei and Kulan, Garissa, Kenya. Five police officers were killed in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an armored police vehicle in Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. At least three police officers were killed and two officers were injured in the blast. The Sinai Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an oil pipeline in Dikom, Assam, India. One assailant was killed in the blast. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Assam. However, police officials questioned the veracity of this claim.
05/25/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military forces in Cukurca district, Hakkari, 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).
05/25/2017: An explosives-laden parcel detonated in the vehicle of Lucas Papademos in Athens, Greece. Papademos, the former Prime Minister, and two Bank of Greece employees were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire carried out the attack. In addition, sources suspected the invovlement of the Revolutionary Struggle.
05/25/2017: Assailants abducted ten students from Lagos State Model College in Igbonla, Lagos, Nigeria. Four hostages were released later the same day and the other six victims were released unharmed on July 28, 2017. The Niger Delta Forest Army (NDFA) claimed responsibility for the incident and demanded inclusion within the government's amnesty program. Sources also posited that the assailants demanded a ransom in exchange for the victims.
05/25/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Aks-I-Daud, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of three incidents targeting security posts in Khanabad on the same day. At least three assailants were killed injured across the ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/25/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Andarabi, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of three incidents targeting security posts in the area on the same day. At least three assailants were injured across the ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/25/2017: Assailants attacked a security post in Qoshlaq, Kunduz, Afghanistan. This was one of three incidents targeting security posts in Khanabad on the same day. At least three assailants were injured across the ensuing clashes. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/25/2017: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) posts in Jagram, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 21 people, including eight assailants and 13 soldiers, were killed and 31 others, including eight soldiers and 23 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/25/2017: Assailants attacked security posts in Qadis, Badghis, Afghanistan. At least thirty-six people, including six security personnel, eight civilians, and 22 assailants, were killed and 52 others, including two security personnel, 17 civilians, and 33 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/25/2017: Assailants fired a grenade launcher at a Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) meeting in Guinanta, Basilan, Philippines. At least two assailants were killed and three BPAT members were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/25/2017: Assailants fired rockets at a military base in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The rockets instead struck a school, killing one student and injuring nine others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/25/2017: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Jorah neighborhood, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. At least four children were killed and three other children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/25/2017: Assailants opened fire on Sardar Aladdin Mithu, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) district secretary, at his office in Phultala, Khulna, Bangladesh. Two people, including Mithu and his bodyguard, were killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: Assailants set fire to Big Munch Chicken, a Muslim-owned restaurant, in Halewood, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to anti-Muslim extremists.
05/25/2017: Assailants shot and killed a police officer in a taxi in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Yazidi civilian in Lufat, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: Assailants shot and killed Halima Elmi Yusuf, an electoral delegate, in Seybiyaano area, Mogadishu, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2017: Assailants, including one suicide bomber, attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Wahat as Sawannah, Homs, Syria. At least nine people, including eight soldiers and the bomber, were killed in the incident. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/25/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Wajihiyah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: Security forces discovered and destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in Sinjar district, Nineveh, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/25/2017: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber targeting a residential area in Ghalibiyah, 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).
05/26/1979: Members of the Ku Klux Klan, armed with guns, clubs, and sticks, disrupted a march of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Decatur, Alabama, United States.  The march was in support of a mentally disabled black man who was charged with raping a white woman, and convicted by an all-white jury.  During the march, Klansmen blocked the street, disobeyed police orders to allow the marchers to pass, and opened gunfire, injuring two black marchers and five law enforcements officials.  Two Klansmen were also shot and wounded. In May 1984, ten Klansmen were charged in federal court for civil rights violations in a violent disruption of black marchers and police, and nine of the men were charged with the conspiracy of use of force or threat of force for purposes of intimidating parade participants because of their race. By January 1989, all ten Klan members had either been found guilty or pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them in this incident.
05/26/1998: Seven people were killed and eight others injured by a suspected Armed Islamic Group (GIA) bomb attack, which took place in a fruit and vegetable market in Khemis Miliana, a town about 60 miles southwest of Algiers, Algeria.
05/26/1999: Four gunmen shot and killed three policemen in the town of Multan, Pakistan, after they were pulled over during a routine traffic violation. The policemen were shot while escorting the perpetrators back to the police station. Although no group claimed responsibility for the attacks, Pakistani authorities believed that they were trained perpetrators.
05/26/2000: An unknown attacker threw a hand grenade into a crowd in Polje, Kosovo, seriously injuring 5 Kosovo-Serbs.
05/26/2000: On either the 26th or 27th of May, eight unknown gunmen in Indonesia's Aceh province kidnapped 2 gas plant workers and demanded four billion rupee ($476,190) ransom. Both workers, who were with Exxon Mobil (formerly Mobil Oil Indonesia), were released hours later.
05/26/2000: Suspected rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) used a rocket propelled grenade to attack an oil refinery belonging to Petron Corp. A petroleum storage tank was damaged but there were no casualties.
05/26/2003: An unknown attacker threw an explosive device at a U.S. convoy in Baghdad, Iraq. One soldier died and three were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident. The perpetrator was wounded in the incident by U.S. fire, but he escaped.
05/26/2003: One soldier was killed and another injured when their convoy was ambushed in Hadithah, Iraq. The unknown attackers fired small arms, rocket-propelled grenades, and heavy machine guns at the convoy during the incident.
05/26/2003: Resistenza Corsa bombed a bar frequented mainly by North Africans in Bastia, France. No casualties were reported in the incident.
05/26/2003: Resistenza Corsa tried to bomb two establishments frequented mainly by North Africans in Bastia, France, but the bombs failed to explode.
05/26/2003: Suspected anti-globalization protesters bombed a government building that housed the federal mint and defense ministry offices in Berne, Switzerland. The bombing caused damage to the building but no casualties. In a fax sent to Swiss media, an anonymous group claimed responsibility for the attack. The group claimed the blast was designed to draw attention to the "security strategy" of the Swiss authorities during the upcoming G8 summit, due to start on June 1, 2003.
05/26/2003: U.S. soldiers shot and killed a woman who tried to approach them carrying two hand grenades in Baqubah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2004: A Thai police officer was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in the Narathiwat province, Thailand.
05/26/2004: Three unidentified gunmen killed two employees of the Russian company Interenergoservis and injured five others in an attack on their bus in Baghdad, Iraq.
05/26/2005: A member of the Islamist Dawa party, Fakhri Abd Amiri, was found dead in the Qadissiah district of Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
05/26/2005: Fevzi Dogan, the Mayor of Mersin’s Atakent subdistrict was killed when a bomb exploded at his home. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/26/2005: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the house of the undersecretary of Iraq’s Interior Ministry, Hiqmat Mussa Salman, in the Ghazaliyah district of Baghdad, Iraq. Four policemen were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Musa Sallum Abbas, a professor at Al-Mustansiriyah University, outside his home in Baghdad, Iraq. The professor’s 3 bodyguards were also killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2006: In one of two separate incidents in Afghanistan on this day (200605260001), a policeman was killed and three Taliban perpetrators wounded after a group of Taliban members attacked the Gero (District) with guns and motorcycles. The fighting lasted for three hours and three injured Taliban members took refuge in the tents of Kuchi nomads near the district. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/26/2006: In one of two separate incidents in Afghanistan on this day (200605260002), an off duty policemen was ‘gunned down’ at his home in Qara Bagh (District). A note was left at the scene warning government employees to quit their jobs and self-proclaimed Taliban commander Mullah Muhammad Anas Sharif, claimed that his group killed the policemen because he was spying for the American forces against the Taliban.
05/26/2006: In the second of two rocket attacks against Israel’s city of Negev (200605250005), Palestinians fired one Qassam rocket at the western part of the city. The rocket landed in an open field, causing some damage to an orchard, but no injuries or claims of responsibility were reported.
05/26/2006: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) used remote controlled explosives to topple an electricity pylon in El Pailon, Colombia. The attack left 180,000 citizens of Tumaco without electricity.
05/26/2007:  Five people were killed and 37 people were wounded in two coordinated car bomb and mortar attacks in Baghdad, Iraq.  No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/26/2007: Eight were killed and 20 wounded in a bomb attack in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.  The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), were suspected of planting the bomb in Guwahati.  The ULFA has not claimed responsibility.
05/26/2007: Three Afghan policemen and one civilian were wounded in a suicide attack on the police vehicle the police were riding in.  The attack took place about 50 meters from the provincial governor’s office in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.  The Taliban is suspected in the attack, but has not taken responsibility.
05/26/2007: Two deputy mayors of Mogadishu, Somalia were targeted in a bomb attack on their convoy in northern Mogadishu.  One boy was killed and four government soldiers were wounded.  No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2007: Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and seven were wounded in a roadside bomb attack near the town of Tank in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.  No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008:  On Monday, five Iraqi civilians were wounded when a bomb went off near a parking lot for travelers to and from Baghdad International Airport near the statue of ‘Abbas ibn Firnas. The wounded included one Iraqi soldier and four civilians.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008:  On Monday, seven people were wounded when a gunman hurled a hand grenade at the motorcade of followers of Major General Marid ‘Abd al-Husayn, the Director of Tribal Affairs in the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008: On Monday afternoon at about 1600, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, assailants fired a mortar round at the local airport in the eastern Al Muthanna neighborhood, causing unspecified damage but no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday evening at 17:00, a group of 30 suspected United Self-Defense Forces Of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries armed with rifles crossed the border from Colombia into Ecuador and took three Colombians hostage from the community of San Martin (unknown province) who allegedly owed extortion payments. The statuses of the hostages were unknown and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/26/2008: On Monday evening at 17:31, two bombs planted by Indian Ranvir Sena militants were detonated five minutes apart at the main gate of the International Conference Center (ICC) in Baneshwar, Katmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal. No casualties or property damage was reported. Pamphlets found near the blast scene indicated that the blasts were carried out by a little-known Hindu fundamentalist outfit called Ranabir Sena.
05/26/2008: On Monday evening at 1731, in one of two related attacks, at the main gate of the International Conference Center in Baneshwar, Katmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal, a bomb was planted by Indian Ranvir Sena militants. This bomb was detonated five minutes apart from another bomb that was planted by the same group in the same area. No casualties, property damage or motive were reported. Pamphlets found near the blast scene indicated that the blasts were carried out by a little-known Hindu fundamentalist outfit called Ranabir Sena.
05/26/2008: On Monday morning in Awoba, Rivers, Nigeria, rebels detonated an improvised explosive device against a Royal Dutch oil pipeline causing no injuries but killed 11 soilders in a fire fight after the bombing.  The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday morning, a bomb exploded near the house of a Turkmen teacher in al Askari neighborhood in downtown Tuz Khurmatu, Salah ad Din, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack or reported casualties.
05/26/2008: On Monday night at 0130, in Pol-e Alam, Logar, Afghanistan, Taliban militants fired six rockets at the residence of the governor, damaging the residence. No casualties were reported.
05/26/2008: On Monday, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, damaging a nearby building but causing no injuries in Tehran, Tehran, Iran.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, at 0345, a bomb destroyed the Toyota car of a Finance Ministry chief in Leninsky District in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. The vehicle was badly damaged, but nobody was hurt. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, at 1650, a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam parcel bomb with a timer exploded in the fifth compartment of the Kalutara district-bound train near Dehiwala in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. The explosion killed nine passengers and wound 70 others.
05/26/2008: On Monday, at 2300, three assailants left an IED on a yard in Medford, Oregon, United States. The letters "KKK" and a cross were also burned into the grass. No casualties were reported. David Moss and Devin Klauseger were arrested and charged in connection with the attack.
05/26/2008: On Monday, during the morning, suspected Kurdistan Workers Party militants blew up a Turkish-Iranian gas pipeline 13 kilometers from the Iranian border in Bogubeyazit, Agri, Turkey. No casualties were reported.
05/26/2008: On Monday, five civilians were injured when a bomb exploded inside a park near the Abbas Ebin Firnas intersection in west Baghdad, Iraq around 1000.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2008: On Monday, four Afghan Health and Development Services (AHDS) workers were taken hostage by Taliban militants in the Nahr-e Robat area of Daman District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Later that night, the Taliban released all four hostages in Arghestan District after they were interrogated. According to one of the hostages, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the kidnapping stating that "we were given wrong information about you that is why we abducted you, but we are now freeing you as it became clear that you are innocent people."
05/26/2008: On Monday, four people, including a child, were kidnapped near Mori area in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. Five armed men intercepted them at gunpoint as they were traveling to the village of Haberi. The kidnappers initially demanded ransom of Rs5 million but lowered it to Rs1 million. No group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
05/26/2008: On Monday, in Beirut, Lebanon, nine people were wounded during a pro-Nasrallah shooting between Shiite supporters of Hezbollah and pro-government Sunni loyalists. No damage or motive were reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, in Khan Bani Sa'd, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a police officer's residence, killing him, wounding one child, and causing unspecified damage to the residence. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, in northern Baghdad, Iraq, four Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighters and two policemen were killed and 12 others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive motorbike near the headquarters of the leader of al-Tarimiya Sahwa force. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, in Rudat, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a group of road workers, killing one worker and wounding four others.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2008: On Monday, Prabir Mohanty, the district secretary of Biju Janata Dal party (BJD), was abducted by gunpoint by three armed Communist Party of India (Maoist)-Naxalites from MV-79 village in Malkangiri district, Orissa province, India. On 05/27/2008 on Tuesday, Mohanty was gunned down by the Maoist rebels in a forest in Malkangiri district, Orissa province, India. On 05/30/2008 on Friday, Maoists claimed responsibility for the abduction attack and threatened to kill the remaining family members of Mohanty.
05/26/2008: On Monday, RPG’s were fired at the Abed an-Nasser mosque in Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon. No casualties were reported.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday afternoon around 1500, unknown assailants detonated a car bomb in the town of Al Mahmudiyah, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring three civilians.  No claim of responsibility or damages have been reported.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday afternoon at about 1400, in Andijon, Andijon, Uzbekistan, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device on Fitrat Street, killing one police officer and wounding three civilians. Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) claimed responsibility.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday in Cicekli, Tunceli, Turkey, assailants killed Sergeant Huseyin Ozden and wounded another soldier. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday morning, in Khonobod, Andijon, Uzbekistan, assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms at a police station, killing one police officer, wounding three others, and causing minor damage to the police station.  Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday night around 0200, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels bombed a bridge and raided a village in Maguindanao province. The gunmen partially damaged the bridge in the village of Lintokan in Datu Piang town. Rebels also torched houses on a nearby village of Reina Regente, forcing residents to flee the rampage. There were no immediate reports of civilian casualties, but the military blamed the attacks on MILF under a senior leader, Ameril Umbra Kato.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday night, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, assailants fired mortars at the Somali presidential palace, but hit a small restaurant, killing 10 people, wounding a unknown number of people and damaging the restaurant. No motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday night, unknown assailants fired a mortar shell into the eastern Fudhayliyah neighborhood, and hit a busy intersection in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing three people, injuring eight, and causing unspecified damage to the community.  No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday, in Neiva, Huila, Colombia, an improvised explosive device  placed on an air conditioner of one of the Public Companies of Neiva building exploded, injuring one civilian and damaging that building, 16 other businesses and three residences.  No group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  was responsible.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday, in the Salar area, in Sheykhabad, Vardak, Afghanistan, armed assailants kidnapped Mohammad Yahya Atar Mowlaye, a provincial political candidate.  On 06/04/2009, in the Haft Asyab area, in Vardak, Afghanistan, the body of the kidnap victim was found; he was beaten to death. No group claimed responsibility. No groups claimed responsibility for the attack but it was believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday, suspected Taliban militants blew up a CD shop and a police post in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan. The CD shop was damaged, but no casualties were reported.
05/26/2009: On Tuesday, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device near the Rafidain Bank branch in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, injuring two civilians and damaging the bank and several nearby shops.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday afternoon at 1600, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot and killed Bhartiy Janata Party (BJP) local leader, Budhara Sodi, while he was attending a wedding at Keralapal village in Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh, India. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday early in the day, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, suspected Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) militants opened indiscriminate fire on a village near the Pinboni area killing a civilian, identified as Santosh Mal. There was no damage reported. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday evening, in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants fired rockets at the city, wounding two children and destroying one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday evening, in Gopiballavpur, Nayagram, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, assailants kidnapped four Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members, then assaulted, fired upon, and killed one of the victims. The body of Shatrughan Ghosh, 42, a Group D employee of the CPM-run Patina panchayat in Nayagram, was found by the side of a road in a neighbouring village. Later, the assailants released the remaining victims, Satyajit Giri, the secretary of the panchayat, Gouranga Patra, an assistant secretary, and job assistant Sanat Das, unharmed. According to a villager witness, a group of 15 armed assailants stopped the panchayat workers' auto-rickshaw on the Nayagram-Gopiballavpur road and asked the four to get out and took off with them towards Chamarbandh near Keshia forest. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility. Maoist posters, found near the body of the CPM branch committee member, accused him of being a police informer.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday morning at 0800, near the Bhutian Government Boys Primary School located close to Bhadana village in the Gujar Khan district of Punjab, Pakistan, unknown gunmen fired on and killed a female teacher, Shahnaz Bibi. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday morning at 1025, in Yala, Yala Province, Thailand, Twin bombs exploded. The bombs were hidden on motorcycles and exploded near the business district of the town. The first bomb detonated at 1015 in front of a car showroom and the second went off close by ten minutes later. Two people were killed and 28 were wounded. Medical staff, police and rescue workers were wounded while investigating the first attack. The suspects were identified as Azori Uma and Arifin Bahae, both residents of Yala's Muang district. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday morning, in Yarang, Pattani, Thailand, two unidentified men fired upon civilian on a motorcycle, Samaaae Kaning (23), as he was riding a motorcycle home from work at a rubber plantation, killing him and damaging the motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday night, in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, assailants fired a rocket at the Bolan Mining Company, damaging one building but causing no casualties. Lashkar-e-Balochistan claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday, in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, armed assailants on motorcycles intercepted and fired upon prayer leader and government school teacher, Qari Bashir Ahmed, whom die later from the critical injuries. No group claimed responsibility but Islamic Extremist are suspected responsible.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday, in the Goaltore region of West Midnapore District, West Bengal, India, around 20 to 25 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) cadres killed a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) worker, Sujit Mal (Mallot), 20. According to police, Sujit was hacked to death when the assailants attacked the house where he and other party collegues had taken shelter. The Maoists also beat other CPM members before fleeing the area. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday, in western Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq, unknown gunmen opened fire at a market, on Captain Khattab Aouni from the interior ministry, killing him instantly. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2010: On Wednesday, near Sidi Bel-Abbes, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, assailants kidnapped, Driss Magherbi, a former member of Algeria's government-sanctioned rural militia, the Legitimate Defence Group (GLD) and former president of the Sidi Ali Benyoub municipal council (APC). Driss Magherbi, was found decapitated on 06/06/2010 in a unknown place. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday evening around 1815, in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a suicide bomber detonated his pickup truck near a police checkpoint that was close to the police station, killing at least 33 people and wounding more than 50 others. An estimated 15 shops were damaged and one small hotel and six shops surrounding the hotel were destroyed, while several houses, a District Coordination Officer (DCO) office and the police station were damaged. According to police, an estimated 450 kilograms of explosives were used in the attack. Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Terik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack by telephone from an undisclosed location, saying that it was a small attack carried out to avenge Osama’s martyrdom. The claim also said that the intended target was the DCO office and threatened larger attacks in the future because small attacks would not suffice.
05/26/2011: On Thursday evening at 2000, in Sadr neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, a high-profile Shiite official, who led efforts to clear Iraq’s national government of loyalists to Saddam Hussein, was shot and killed by two unidentified assailants using silenced small-arms. Ali al-Lami, head of Iraq’s Justice and Accountability Commission, was riding in a car when the gunmen approached and shot him in the head. One person has been arrested in connection with the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2011: On Thursday morning around 0900, under the Koc overpass in Etiler neighborhood, the Levent sub district of Istanbul, Turkey, a bicycle bomb detonated near a bus stop wounding eight people, including three women, four men and one police officer. The blast also damaged a public bus, a private vehicle and several nearby buildings. No other casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is believed that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was responsible. One person has been arrested in connection with the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday morning around 1100, in Badachaur Village Development Committee (VDC)-2, Rolpa, Rapti, Nepal, a civilian, Talima Bishta, was wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near her home, causing an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday morning at 0500, outside the radio broadcasting station of La Veterana in Patia, Popayan, Colombia, two men riding a motorcycle who were suspected of belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) shot at a journalist and political activist, Héctor Rodríguez Castro, with automatic firearms. As a result, Rodríguez Castro was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although authorities believe the FARC is responsible. Two men were later detained on suspicious of being responsible for the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday morning at 0530, on a road leading to Tyrnyauz, Elbruss District, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified assailants planted two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the curb of the Baksan-Azal federal road. Interior Ministry forces arrived and defused the two IEDs with no casualties. The power of the bombs was equivalent to over five and 10 kilograms of TNT. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday morning, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, five mortar rounds were fired at the airport grounds of Baghdad International Airport. It is unknown if the attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/26/2011: On Thursday, in barrio María, Arboletes, Antioquia, Colombia, two unidentified male assailants shot and wounded the Socialist Party of National Unity mayoral candidate, Edwin Gomez, during an attack in Gómez' residence. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities suspect the attack may have been carried out by criminal groups in an effort to control political activity in the area.
05/26/2011: On Thursday, in Dera Bugti, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated an explosive device near a gas supply pipeline destroying a portion of the pipeline and resulting in no casualties. Gas supply was suspended from well numbers 15 and 17 to a gas purification plant in the Pir Koh area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, unidentified armed militants riding motorcycles fired upon the car of a prison guard, killing the prison guard, then setting the car on fire, a police spokesman reported. The prison guard was waiting to pick up his boss' children from school. Other reports say the militants blew up the car with an explosive device. The attack destroyed the prison guard’s car. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
05/26/2011: On Thursday, on the Pan-American road in Timbio, Cauca, Colombia, two construction trucks were set on fire by suspected militants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The arson attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the trucks but no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the arson attack to the FARC.
05/26/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a military patrol in Badoush town, northwest of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in Abu Sayda town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. A soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An assailant threw a hand grenade at the Dubai Lodge, a hotel and restaurant frequented by government officials, in Wajir town, Wajir county, North Eastern province, Kenya. At least three people were injured in the blast. This was one of two hand grenade attacks in the area at approximately the same time. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Eric Warren, a United States (US) Marine, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. A British NATO soldier was killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar incidents that occurred in Helmand and Kandahar provinces on the same day. At least three assailants were killed across this blast and an unrelated premature blast in Kandahar province. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar incidents that occurred in Helmand and Kandahar provinces on the same day. At least three assailants were killed across this blast and an unrelated premature blast in Helmand province. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a military security post in Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of three related bombings in Cizre on the same day. One person was injured across all three blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle at a gas station in Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of three related bombings in Cizre on the same day. One person was injured across all three blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting the local courthouse in Cizre town, Sirnak province, Turkey. This was one of three related bombings in Cizre on the same day. One person was injured across all three blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device was discovered at a shrine in Garhi Suhbat Khan village, Peshawar city, Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties, as the device was successfully defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: An explosive device, targeting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops, detonated in southern Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Khado area, Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. At least six police officers went missing as a result of the assault. The final outcome of the six missing police officers is unknown; however, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the officers had defected to their armed movement.
05/26/2012: Assailants attacked a Zein telecommunications tower in the Zabkasabasi area of Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties; however, the communications tower was brought down as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: Assailants attacked the vehicle of a Sahwa Council leader in Tarmiyah town, Al Faris district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two assailants were killed and one of the leader's bodyguards injured in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: Assailants fired a rocket into the predominately Christian neighborhood of Basti Panchayat in Quetta city, Quetta district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least four people were injured in the attack. This was one of two related rocket attacks in the city of Quetta on the same day. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the rocket missed its intended target, Quetta Cantonment.
05/26/2012: Assailants fired a rocket into the Qandhari market in Quetta city, Quetta district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. At least two people were killed and another 18 injured in the blast. This was one of two related rocket attacks in the city of Quetta on the same day. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the rocket missed its intended target, Quetta Cantonment.
05/26/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Muzafar Jamali, the principal of Public School Kharan, and his family while they were riding in their vehicle in Kharan town, Kharan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Jamali and one relative were killed, and at least four others, including Jamali's two daughters, were injured in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they targeted Jamali because he "worked for state agencies."
05/26/2012: Assailants on motorcycles opened fire at the Gidan Hamisu Gurgu relaxation spot, an area frequented by poker players, in Kano city, Kano state, Nigeria. Three people were killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Miqdadiyah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people, an army officer and a soldier, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2012: Assailants opened fire on Alhaji Ahmadu in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Ahmadu, chair of the People's Redemption Party (PRP) in Nafada, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, military officials suspected Boko Haram.
05/26/2012: Five assailants threw a hand grenade targeting non-Somali masons at the Horseed Primary School Construction Site in the Dadaab refugee complex, Ifo One, Garissa county, North Eastern province, Kenya. At least five masons were injured in the blast. This was one of two hand grenade attacks in the area at approximately the same time. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected Al-Shabaab.
05/26/2012: Two roadside bombs exploded near a Kurdish family's residence in Jalawla town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: A gunman shot and killed a Yemeni security forces' commander, Captain Majed Muttair, outside of his home in al-Qutn district, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/26/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The blast hit a military convoy, killing one soldier and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an Iraqi military patrol in Heet city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and another was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near federal police patrolling Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One police officer was injured and a vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: A roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Four security personnel were killed and six others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: A rocket hit a car dealership near Mar Mikhael church in Beirut city, Beirut governorate, Lebanon. Four Syrian workers were wounded in the explosion. This was one of two rockets to land in the area at the same time. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: A rocket hit a residential building in Maroun Misk neighborhood, Chiayah area, Mount Lebanon governorate, Lebanon. This was the second of two rockets to land in the area at the same time. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: An explosive device detonated in Sarwan Kala area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting an Iraqi military patrol near Haditha city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and another two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: An explosive device detonated under a vehicle in Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. There were no reports of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: An explosive device hidden inside of a garbage bag detonated near a row of shops in Bangkok city, Bangkok metropolitan region, Thailand. Seven people were injured by the blast. A member of the Pattani United Liberation Organization-MKP (PULO-MKP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Doaba town, Orakzai Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: An explosive device was discovered and safely removed in Ballyclare town, Newtownabbey district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a civilian house in Shora town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of two blasts that occurred at the same location; this first explosion was designed to draw first responders to the scene. At least three people, including two soldiers and a police officer, were killed in the two explosions. Additionally, at least 30 people, including civilians, were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a civilian house in Shora town, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was the second of two blasts that occurred at the same location; this explosion was designed to target security forces responding to an earlier attack. At least three people, including two soldiers and a police officer, were killed in the two blasts. Additionally, at least 30 people, including civilians, were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Kisweh suburb, Damascus city, Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria. As a result of the explosion, six civilians were killed and ten others were injured. The Al-Nusrah Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2013: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle at Bagram airfield, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. One United States soldier, Specialist Christopher R. Drake, was killed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Assailants attacked an army base near Kadugli city, South Kurdufan state, Sudan. During the assault, more than 70 assailants were killed and an unknown number of people were injured. Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Assailants detonated four explosive devices near an electricity pylon in Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, enough damage was caused to suspend electricity for several hours. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in northern Waziriya area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One officer was killed and another officer was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Assailants removed segments of the railroad tracks in Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No one was injured in the attack; however, rail service was interrupted. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M) had been involved in the attack.
05/26/2013: Assailants threw two explosive devices at Juba League leader, Joynul Abedin Nafar, in Darshana town, Khulna division, Bangladesh. Nafar was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Gunmen attacked a security checkpost in the Janikhel tehsil, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two security officials were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of civilians in Kazimiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and another person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the village chief of Tungawan area, Zamboanga Sibugay province, Philippines. The chief, Mobinn Tamanan, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Three explosive devices detonated in Eidgah area, Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The explosions targeted police officers, injuring at least two people. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2013: Three inmates took a prison guard hostage at the prison in Full Sutton, England, United Kingdom. The guard was badly beaten before being rescued by prison officials several hours later. One additional guard was injured during the rescue mission. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities stated that the inmates who had carried out the attack were inspired to do so by the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, on May 22, 2013.
05/26/2013: Two assailants threw incendiary devices at a mosque in Grimbsy seaport, East Midlands region, England, United Kingdom. No injuries were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, closed-circuit cameras caught Stuart Harness and Gavin Humphries throwing the devices.
05/26/2013: Two rockets landed in a residential area in Hermel town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Property was damaged but no casualties were reported in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol in eastern Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol in Imam Wies area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and another officer was injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol in Tal Ar Romman neighborhood, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and five more people were injured in the explosion; the victims included civilians and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: A rocket detonated near an Afghan Police vehicle on the outskirts of Kunduz city, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. At least one officer was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: A suicide bomber detonated a explosive-laden Humvee near a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Gold squad building in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Twenty-five SWAT members were killed in the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated near a bus carrying Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and Afghan Ministry of Defense employees in Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. In addition to the bomber, at least two people were killed and nine others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device attached to a bicycle detonated near an Afghan Police vehicle in Maymana city, Faryab province, Afghanistan. At least nine people, including five officers, were injured in the blast. Mahaz Fedai Tahrik Islami Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated at a Sunni mosque in Abu Khamis village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties; however, the mosque was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated in Parachinar city, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Presidential Election Commission polling station in Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra city, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Following the blast, assailants opened fire on the soldiers. At least one civilian was killed and four others were wounded in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan Police vehicle in Surobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. At least three officers were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated near an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Heliwaa neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated prematurely as two assailants were planting it near Buwayr village, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Both assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Faysaliyah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a Pakistan Armed Forces vehicle near the Oalay Checkpost in Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Ghazaliyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a Presidential Election Commission polling station in an unknown location of Giza governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a Presidential Election Commission polling station in Faiyum city, Faiyum governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near the private residence of a YSR Congress Party supporter in Bandlapalli village, Andhra Pradesh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near a Pakistani Police line as a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy passed by in Kalat village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused in Bayhan district, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/26/2014: Approximately 47 explosive devices were discovered and defused across Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants ambushed a Joint Task Force (JTF) military patrol in Gida Bua village, Plateau state, Nigeria. Four soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Ashigashiya village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages in the same area on the same day; at least nine people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire across both attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Chinene village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated attacks on villages in the same area on the same day; at least nine people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire across both attacks. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants attacked Sergei Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least 40 people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/26/2014: Assailants attempted to attack security checkpoints in Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The security forces launched an airstrike in response, killing at least 11 assailants and injuring two others. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants fired multiple rockets at the Benina International Airport in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties; however, a generator was damaged in the blasts, which led to the closure of the airport. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants fired two rockets from Syria into an area between Labweh and Nabi Othman villages in Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants kidnapped an individual in Razih district, Saada governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/26/2014: Assailants kidnapped four Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) civilian monitors near a checkpoint in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. All four hostages were released on June 26, 2014. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the OSCE monitors were kidnapped because they did not respect his request to leave Donetsk oblast.
05/26/2014: Assailants kidnapped six academics in Sirwah district, Marib governorate, Yemen. All six hostages were released a few hours later. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to tribesmen.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire and threw explosive devices at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in Sandeshkhali village, West Bengal state, India. This was one of two attacks targeting BJP members in Sandeshkhali on the same day; this latter incident targeted the site of a previously thwarted assault. At least 23 people, including a police officer, were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a checkpoint in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a district head's residence in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a joint checkpoint in Arab Jabur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa Council members were killed and five Sahwa Council members and police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) convoy in Lamu city, Lamu county, Kenya. At least three people, including two soldiers and one assailants, were killed and another soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, source attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Pakistani Police vehicle in Ittehad Town neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. At least three assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police barracks in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on a primary school in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Internal Troops (VV) checkpoint near Slovyansk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least two assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, a officials attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Sandeshkhali village, West Bengal state, India. This was one of two attacks targeting BJP members in Sandeshkhali on the same day. At least 23 people, including a police officer, were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Doctor Mehdi Ali Qamar in Chenab Nagar town, Punjab province, Pakistan. Dr. Qamar, an American-Pakistani heart surgeon, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Muftah Awad Bouzid in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Bouzid, who served as the chief editor of Birnieq Newspaper, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Muslim fundamentalists were behind the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Saleem Riaz in Shabqadar village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Riaz, a Pakistani Police Deputy Superintendent, was not harmed; however, at least two assailants were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on Sarawut Kingsa-nga during his wedding ceremony in Mayo district, Pattani province, Thailand. Kingsa-nga, a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Thai Police, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to separatists.
05/26/2014: Assailants opened fire on the Emir's palace in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants set fire to four North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) fuel tankers in Jabal Saraj district, Parwan province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants set fire to the Local Government Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants set fire to the Magistrate Court in Buni Yadi town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of eight attacks carried out by the same assailants in the town on the same day. At least 24 soldiers and police officers were killed across all attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/26/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Tamarod Political Movement campaign worker in Kerdasa village, Giza governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to the Muslim Brotherhood.
05/26/2014: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a Daily Jang newspaper van in Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's campaign headquarters in Housh Eissa town, Beheira governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2014: Multiple assailants, including four Afghan Local Police (ALP) officers, attacked a police checkpoint in Hafiz Kamra village, Laghman province, Afghanistan. At least two officers were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2015: A radio-controlled explosive device detonated on railway tracks near Umerkot area, Punjab province, Pakistan. The blast caused the derailment of a Khushal Khan Khattak Express train; four passengers were injured as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: A suicide bomber detonated explosives and assailants opened fire on an appellate court in Maydan Shahr area, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Four assailants and two soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: A suicide bomber detonated explosives and two other assailants stormed the Teaching Training Center building in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Four people, including the assailants, were killed and two others were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device detonated as Levies Force personnel were attempting to defuse it in Babra Charmang village, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Five Levies officials were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device detonated in Barkhan district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One military official was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Al Saba area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device detonated near an auto showroom in Basmayah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying volunteer fighters in Abu Ghraib district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Four volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Mashtal 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.
05/26/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a private residence in Short Strand neighborhood, Belfast city, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2015: An explosives-laden package detonated at the residence of Abhay Kushwaha in Kujati village, Gaya district, Bihar state, India. Kushwaha, a Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader, was unharmed, but his cousin was killed and his brother-in-law was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Maoists.
05/26/2015: Assailants abducted 17 civilians in Yangala area, Orientale province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Six of the hostages were released on May 27, 2015, while the whereabouts of the remaining victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
05/26/2015: Assailants abducted three individuals from Nasr City neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. One of the kidnapped individuals, Cleric Anas Sultan, was released on May 30, 2015. The whereabouts of the other two individuals is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants abducted two soldiers from Enarotali area, Papua province, Indonesia. The assailants took the soldiers to an elementary school and briefly held teachers hostage; the soldiers escaped on May 27, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of separatists.
05/26/2015: Assailants ambushed a civilian vehicle in Lafey area, Mandera county, Kenya. One civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Al-Shabaab.
05/26/2015: Assailants attacked a police patrol in Zawa township, Xinjiang province, China. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Uighur separatists.
05/26/2015: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers as they were defusing an explosive device in Farsi district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and at least one other were wounded in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants attempted to attack the Heetal hotel in Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, Kabul city, Kabul province, Afghanistan. All four assailants were killed by security forces before they could reach the hotel. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2015: Assailants attempted to storm the parliament building in Tubruq city, Butnan district, Libya. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants fired a rocket that hit a textile factory in Puli Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related rocket attacks in Puli Khumri on this date. At least six civilians were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2015: Assailants fired a rocket that landed near a school in Puli Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two related rocket attacks in Puli Khumri on this date. At least six civilians were injured across both attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2015: Assailants fired artillery at the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant in Avdiivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a passenger bus in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. Five civilians were killed and thirty-five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/26/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a residential area near Horlivka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two related attacks in this area on this day. Eight people were killed and four others were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/26/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at residential areas in Dar Sad neighborhood, Shaykh Uthman city, Adan governorate, Yemen. One civilian was killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Huthis.
05/26/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian at his residence in Dooru village, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The civilian was killed in the attack. Lashkar-e-Islam (India) claimed responsibility for the incident; sources also attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
05/26/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying a teacher and a village head in Tambon Nong Raet, Pattani province, Thailand. Both targeted individuals were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants opened fire on Antarsingh Tadwal inside his residence in Khajuri Devda village, Madhya Pradesh state, India. Tadwal, a district panachayat member, was killed and at least three members of his family were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2015: Assailants opened fire on Elif Dogan Turkmen in Cukurova district, Adana province, Turkey. Turkmen, a Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy candidate, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Abdullah Al-Thinni in Tubruq city, Butnan district, Libya. Al-Thinni, the Libyan Prime Minister, was not harmed; however, at least one of Al-Thinni's bodyguards was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2015: Assailants stopped the vehicle of Namkut Pame in Tamenglong district, Manipur state, India. Pame, a worker for an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate, was abducted and held in a house to prevent him from participating in the election. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
05/26/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of a journalist in Jamrud city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Jowhar town, Middle Shebelle region, Somalia. Seven soldiers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Multiple explosive devices were discovered and defused planted along Chattar Road near Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Security forces defused an explosive device in Mansoka area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices in Jisr Diyala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2015: Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles and suicide vests targeting a joint convoy north of Karma town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. This was one of three assaults in the area on the same day. At least 17 soldiers were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2015: Suicide bombers detonated near military forces stationed at a canal outside of Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Following the blasts, assailants then attacked the soldiers. This was one of three assaults in the area on the same day. At least 17 soldiers were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2015: Suicide bombers in explosives-laden vehicles detonated near a military headquarters in Karma town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Following the blasts, assailants then attacked the headquarters. This was one of three assaults in the area on the same day. At least 17 soldiers were killed across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2016: An assailant ran over a police officer at a checkpost in Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the assailant was identified as Tausif Ahmed.
05/26/2016: An assailant threw an explosive device at a liquor shop in Puri, Chandanpur, Odisha, India. This is one of two related attacks within a 24-hour period. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated along the Nasimi road in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. One volunteer fighter was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated at a crude oil pipeline Warri, Delta, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the same night in the area. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated at a gas pipeline near Warri, Delta, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated attacks on the same night in the area. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated in a commercial area in Saba al-Bor, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated in al Bakriyah 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.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al Bayya' area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated on a Haryana Roadways bus near Pipli, Haryana, India. At least eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated outside a house in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Al Mashahdah subdistrict, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting security forces in Nusaybin district, Mardin, Turkey. At least one soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/26/2016: An explosive device detonated while security forces attempted to defuse it in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India. Six security personnel were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/26/2016: An explosives-rigged house detonated in At Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least five security members were killed and three members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Assailants abducted a civilian from his home in Galcad, Galgaduud, Somalia. The hostage was beheaded along with another victim who was kidnapped on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/26/2016: Assailants abducted a suspected informant in Hoshab, Kech district, Balochistan, Pakistan. The hostage was killed and his body was discovered on July 26, 2016. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2016: Assailants abducted an unspecified number of people from their homes in 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, claiming that hostages were forced to join the group.
05/26/2016: Assailants attacked Kandru Patel in Heeramandla, Chhattisgarh, India. Patel, a civilian, was killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and accused Kandru Patel of being a police informant.
05/26/2016: Assailants attacked military bases in Anole, Gedo, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/26/2016: Assailants equipped with a rocket and firearms attacked a police station in Aden, Adan, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Assailants fired a mortar that landed near the Benghazi Medical School in Belaoun, Benghazi, Libya. This was one of three related mortar attacks in Benghazi on this date. At least one person was injured across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2016: Assailants fired a mortar that struck an abandoned house in Hawari, Benghazi, Libya. This was one of three related mortar attacks in Benghazi on this date. At least one person was injured across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2016: Assailants fired two mortars that landed in Sidi Abaid, Benghazi, Libya. This was one of three related mortar attacks in Benghazi on this date. At least one person was injured across the three events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2016: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Two people, including a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker, were killed and one person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
05/26/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Ovacik district, Tunceli, Turkey. One soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/26/2016: Assailants opened fire on military personnel in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines. One soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/26/2016: Assailants set fire to the Liberty Bible Church in Vancouver, Washington, United States. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Assailants shot and killed an Anti-explosives Directorate member in Laylan subdistrict, Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Assailants shot and killed Bahcebasi village chief Mehmet Acu in Yesilli district, Mardin, Turkey. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Assailants threw a grenade at an army camp in Kakpora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. A military cook was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Police discovered and defused an explosive device at a bus terminal in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Security forces discovered and defused 37 explosive devices in Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Security personnel discovered and defused an explosive device in Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Two assailants opened fire on Fateh Muhammad, a Station House Officer (SHO), in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Muhammad was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Two assailants opened fire on Maximo Binuya in Penaranda, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Binuya, a village chief, was killed and his driver was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2016: Two assailants stabbed and injured an off-duty soldier in Saint Julien du Poy, Occitanie, France. The assailants claimed responsibility and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for France's involvement in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2016: Two explosive devices detonated targeting an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) patrol in Moirangpurel, Manipur, India. One IRB member was injured in the blast. The People's Liberation Army (India) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2017: An assailant armed with a knife shouted racial and religious slurs at two passengers on a MAX light rail train in Portland, Oregon, United States. The assailant then stabbed three passengers who attempted to intervene. Rick John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche were killed and Micah David-Cole Fletcher was injured in the attack. Jeremy Joseph Christian, an anti-Muslim extremist, claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that "Muslims should die" during the attack.
05/26/2017: An explosive device detonated against a minibus in Adraskan, Herat, Afghanistan. At least 10 civilians were killed and six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, an official attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/26/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Suwaib area, Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Pakistan Army vehicle in Mandi Kas, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/26/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol vehicle in Marbel, North Cotabato, Philippines. Three police officers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks on police in the area on this date. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for a military operation in Barangay Salat the previous day.
05/26/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol vehicle in Sikitan, North Cotabato, Philippines. Two police officers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks on police in the area on this date. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incidents and stated that the attacks were carried out in retaliation for a military operation in Barangay Salat the previous day.
05/26/2017: Assailants abducted Kalicharan Mahto, a civilian, from his residence in Tiskopi, Jharkhand, India. Mahto was killed and his body was discovered the following morning. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and accused the victim of being a police informant.
05/26/2017: Assailants abducted Maw Oo Myar, a Kantarawaddy Times and Democratic Voice of Burma reporter, in Loikaw, Kayah, Myanmar. Myar was rescued after sustaining injuries when the assailants crashed their vehicle a short time after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Zangitan, Kandahar, Afghanistan. At least 25 people, including 18 soldiers and seven assailants, were killed and 31 others, including 15 assailants and 16 soldiers, were injured in the ensuing clash. In addition, four soldiers were abducted in the attack; their whereabouts are unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked civilians in Wachkot, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. At least twenty-one people, including six civilians and 15 assailants, were killed and a civilian was injured in the ensuing clash. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked military and Iraqi Volunteer Forces positions in Khanaqin district, Diyala, Iraq. This was one of two related attacks in the area on this date. At least one assailant was killed as security forces repelled both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked military checkpoints in Abgarmak, Ghormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks targeting military checkpoints in the area on this date. Five people, including a soldier and four assailants, were killed and 11 others, including three soldiers and eight assailants, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked military checkpoints in Chinaye, Ghormach, Faryab, Afghanistan. This was one of two related attacks targeting military checkpoints in the area on this date. Five people, including a soldier and four assailants, were killed and 11 others, including three soldiers and eight assailants, were injured across the ensuing clashes. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked Transol trucks in Ercilla, Araucania, Chile. This was one of two related attacks in the area on this date. One person was injured and five vehicles were set on fire across the two assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Mapuche activists.
05/26/2017: Assailants attacked Transol trucks in Victoria, Araucania, Chile. This was one of two related attacks in the area on this date. One person was injured and five vehicles were set on fire across the two assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Mapuche activists.
05/26/2017: Assailants hijacked a truck and killed an unknown number of occupants in Minya, Egypt. This was one of two related attacks carried out by the assailants on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State in Egypt.
05/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on a passenger bus carrying Coptic Christian civilians in Adwah, Minya, Egypt. At least 30 people, including a United States citizen, were killed and 20 people were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks carried out by the assailants on this date. The Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Rashtriya Rifles patrol in Saimoh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
05/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Iraqi Volunteer Forces checkpoint in Falahat, Al Anbar, Iraq. Four volunteer fighters were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Assailants opened fire on civilians attempting to flee al-Shifa neighborhood in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 27 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2017: Assailants raided the Dumri Bihar railway station in Dumri, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties, though assailants forced workers to leave the station and set fire to railway equipment during the assault. Additionally, 40 explosive devices were discovered and defused at the scene following the attack. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to recent alterations to tenancy acts and the signing of memorandums of understanding between investors and the Jharkhand state government.
05/26/2017: Assailants shelled a building housing journalists in Taizz, Yemen. Two journalists were killed and two journalists were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists.
05/26/2017: Assailants shot and killed Rionito de la Cruz, a district general services officer, in Larap, Camarines Norte, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Assailants threw two grenades in Rohero neighborhood in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi. One person was injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/26/2017: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices in Ate, Lima, Peru. The Shining Path (SL) claimed responsibility for the incident in a note left at the scene.
05/26/2017: Security forces identified and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles in Adnaniyah, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/26/2017: Two assailants shouted homophobic slurs and assaulted a woman with an umbrella outside a store in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The woman suffered numerous cuts to her face during the incident. Police later arrested Alex Santiago in connection with the attack, but have not identified the second assailant.
05/27/1982: A molotov cocktail was thrown and exploded at the front door of the Northridge home of Dr. George Ashley in San Fernando Valley, just 24 miles northwest of Los Angeles, California, United States. Dr. Ashley was a high school teacher in the Sun Valley area of L.A. and an advisor at the Institute for Historical Review, a private research organization in Torrance, California, which has maintained that the Holocaust never occurred. No one was injured in the incident, but the blast  caused about $1,000 in property damage.  The perpetrators are unknown, but are suspected to be Jewish.  A call was made to the Associated Press after the incident but much of it was incomprehensible; however, past calls claiming responsibility for attacks on Ashley's home were made in the name of "Jewish Defenders." Additionally, before the explosion, Ashley had received warning calls stating "We will burn you alive with your family and give you a good Jewish lesson."
05/27/1989: Unknown perpetrator(s) moved five logging tractors, owned by the Marvin L. Goodson Logging Company, 100 feet from the land they were working on for the Federal Paper Board Company Inc., and arranged them in a circle around a fuel truck and set the truck and tractors ablaze off of Green Swamp Road (North Carolina 211) ten miles south of Bolton, North Carolina, in the United States.  The arson caused about $600,000 in damages, incinerating every flammable part of the five tractors, fuel truck, and a loader. No casualties were reported in the incident.  About two weeks before the arson, the Marvin L. Goodson Logging Company, which owned the tractors, had received two threatening letters to "take your equipment and go back to where you came from."
05/27/1998: Eleven people were killed and 50 were injured in an overnight bomb attack on a village in the Blida region of Algeria, 50 km south of Algiers. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) was suspected in this incident.
05/27/2000: About 75 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) entered the village of Licomo, Philippines, and killed at least 3 villagers as well as causing much damage to buildings. This is one of three MILF attacks on 05/27/2000.
05/27/2000: At least three Russian policemen were killed by 30 Chechen rebels in armed assault in Grozny, Chechnya. The number of injured was not reported.
05/27/2000: Lieutenant Colonel Sulaiman Ahmad of the Indonesian military was abducted by eight perpetrators suspected to be members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and found the next day strangled to death in Lancang Barat village, in Aceh.
05/27/2000: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) executed eight civilians in the village of Pantar, Philippines, for refusing to help the guerillas. This is one of three MILF attacks on 05/27/2000.
05/27/2000: Sixty members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) burned down 14 grass huts, stole livestock, and shot four civilians in San Pedro, Philippines. Two villagers were also kidnapped in this attack. The outcome of the shot and kidnapped villagers was not reported. This is one of three MILF attacks on 05/27/2000.
05/27/2000: Two environmental activists and anarchists, Jeffrey Luers and Craig Marshall, were responsible for an attempted arson of trucks at the Tyree Oil Company in Eugene, Oregon in the United States.  The two placed a section of cloth, which was draped over a gallon milk jug filled with a fuel and soap mixture, in the fuel tank of a double-trailer fuel truck. Then,  crude delay devices were used to try to ignite that jug and another one also rigged to the vehicle; however, both delays failed to ignite the jugs.  According to authorities, the potential blast could have caused damage over two city blocks.  The two men were indicted for this and an arson the following 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.
05/27/2000: Unidentified attackers lobbed a grenade and fired bullets into the home of opposition political leader Raul Gonzalez in Iloilo City, Philippines. No casualties resulted from the attack.
05/27/2001: At a few minutes after midnight local time, a bomb exploded in a bar district in Jerusalem, Israel. No one was injured in the attack, which was claimed by the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
05/27/2001: At approximately 9:00 am local time, a car bomb exploded in a parking lot located on a main shopping street and about 20 meters from the police headquarters in West Jerusalem. The bomb lightly injured two people. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was meant to mark Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon one year earlier.
05/27/2001: Twenty Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) gunmen abducted twenty people from the Dos Palmas Island Resort at Honda Bay in the Palawan province of the Philippines. The ASG again threatened to behead or otherwise kill the hostages if their demands were not met. On June 1, 2001, two of the Philippine hostages were beheaded, and several days later the ASG announced that it had also beheaded Guillermo Sobero, one of the American hostages. U.S. hostage  Gracia Burnham was rescued on June 7, 2002, while American Martin Burnham and Filipino Ediborah Yap were both killed during an encounter between the ASG and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The fate of the other hostages was not known.
05/27/2002: A suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing two Israelis and wounding another 50 in the town of Petah Tiqvah, Israel. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2002: Members of the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) attacked a convoy of soldiers in the Chadian town of Ounianga. There were no reported injuries, but the incident had a detrimental effect on recent peace accords in the country.
05/27/2002: Militants ambushed and killed 11 members of the Assam Rifles Battalion in the Indian town of Manipur. Officials have speculated that the attack was perpetrated by members of the Kuki Revolutionary Army.
05/27/2003: Gunmen opened fire on American troops at a checkpoint in Fallujah, Iraq, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding nine others. U.S. troops returned fire, killing two attackers and capturing six Iraqis for questioning. The attackers used grenades and small arms in the attack. The U.S. soldiers killed or wounded were from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2003: HAMAS' al-Qassam Brigades fired four mortars on Sderot, Israel. No causality information was reported for the incident. The al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2003: Police headquarters and the town hall in San Vicente del Caguan, Colombia, were partially destroyed by the explosion of at least 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of dynamite. One child was killed and four other people wounded in the incident. Police blamed on the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) for the attack.
05/27/2003: Unknown individuals attacked the home of Yagoba Gutierrez, a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party activist and founding member of an anti-ETA platform, with explosive material in Bilbao, Spain. No casualties resulted from the attack. The perpetrators of the bombing were unknown.
05/27/2003: Unknown rebels destroyed a section of the Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline at an unspecified location 425 kilometers northwest of Bogota, Colombia. The attack caused at least 7,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled into the Cimitarra River, which supplies drinking water to Colombians. No causality information was reported and no group took responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2004: Maoist rebels attacked a newspaper driver with a home made bomb near the Pokhara mountain resort, Nepal. The driver and two others were wounded in the incident.
05/27/2004: Unknown attackers shot and killed two Japanese journalists and injured their Iraqi driver in a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.
05/27/2004: Unknown gunmen attacked a member of Iraq's Interim Governing Council (IGC) in a failed assassination attempt. Instead, the target's son and three bodyguards were killed in Al-Yusufiya, Iraq.
05/27/2004: Unknown perpetrators exploded a car bomb in Karachi, Pakistan, killing two people, including a police officer, and injured 27 others near the US Consul’s house. The bomb exploded outside the main gate of the Pakistan-American Cultural Centre, a private language school not affiliated with the U.S. government, in an upscale neighborhood of Karachi.
05/27/2005: An unidentified suicide bomber blew himself up at the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan killing 20 people and injuring 100 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2005: Members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) killed eight civilians during an attack on a village in the Kitgum district of Uganda. The villagers were shot and beaten to death with machetes and then dragged to the center of a nearby road. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed 12 civilians, including tribal elder Mohammed Faqir and several of his relatives, who were traveling in vehicles in the Kunar province of Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Panawa Ladeng, the deputy chief of Kororamae village, in the Yala province of Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Shaykh Nayif Sabhan al-Juburi, a leader of the Al-Jubur tribe, outside his home in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the assassination.
05/27/2005: Unidentified perpetrators bombed a construction company in Athens, Greece causing minor damage to the facility. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2006: A series of three mine blasts in Wilpattu national park, Sri Lanka, killed seven local tourists and a guide.  Wreckage from their jeep was discovered along with six bodies.  However, other visitors to the park reported seeing eight bodies amongst the wreckage.
05/27/2006: An unidentified perpetrator, using an automatic weapon, opened fire on the headquarters of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, injuring no one. The target appeared to be members of the CPVPV, but at the time of the attack they were all outside of the building performing afternoon prayers. The perpetrator escaped and the search for him was ongoing. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Mansur neighborhood, a makeshift roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing one Iraqi policeman and wounding three others. No group claimed responsibility and no one was arrested.
05/27/2007:  Two policemen and two civilians were hurt in a grenade explosion targeting the police.  The attack took place in the Sunni Muslim Barbir neighborhood of Beirut in Lebanon.  No one has taken responsibility.
05/27/2007: Ban Supeh school, a primary school, in the Narathiwat province of Thailand was burned to the ground by 10 armed gunmen of an unknown separatist group. No one has taken a responsibility for the arson attack.
05/27/2007: In a series of seven bombings around Hat Yai, Thailand, the first bombing outside the Thoengsia Siang Tueng Foundation injured around 13 people.  The authorities have blamed Muslim separitists for the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: In the fifth of seven explosions in Hat Yai, Thailand, no one was injured in the explosion against the JB Hotel.  Muslim separatists were suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: In the fourth of seven explosions in Hat Yai, Thailand, no one was injured in the explosion against the Garden Home Hotel.  Muslim separatists were suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: In the second of seven explosions in Hat Yai, Thailand, no one was injured in the explosion against the Tesco Lotus.  Muslim separatists were suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: In the seventh of seven explosions in Hat Yai, Thailand, no one was injured in the explosion against the Phesat drug store.  Muslim separatists were suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: In the sixth of seven explosions in Hat Yai, Thailand, no one was injured in the explosion against the Nai Nang restaurant.  Muslim separatists were suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: Seventeen villagers were killed, twenty-eight were injured, and 12 were kidnapped in the village Kaniola village of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The attack was claimed by the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda).
05/27/2007: Three Afghan policemen were killed by a roadside explosion in the Manogai district of Kunar province, Afghanistan. No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2007: Three civilians were killed in a road side bomb attack on their vehicle in Thirukkovil, Sri Lanka.  The same vehicle apparently had transported Sri Lankan security troops earlier in the day.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are suspected to be responsible for the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007: Two Pakistani doctors, Dr Abdur Rehman and Dr Muhammad Ishaq, were kidnapped by suspected Taliban in the Lakki Marwat area of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2007:In the third of seven explosions in Hat Yai, Thailand, no one was injured in the explosion against the Big C super store.  Muslim separatists were suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday afternoon at 1630, in Kathmandu, Nepal, assailants detonated a bomb at Ratna Park, wounding five civilians and damaging the park. No motive was reported and Ranbir Sena claimed responsibility.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday night, a  Border Roads Organization driver, Surendra Paul, who engaged in the construction work of National Highway-62, was shot dead by four United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants who were following him in another vehicle near Dudhnoi on National Highway-62 in the Goalpara district, Assam province, India. Two passengers riding with Paul managed to escape unhurt. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday night, at least three people were killed and five others wounded when two bombs detonated in the town of Negelle Borena, Ejersa Dera district, Oromiya province, Ethiopia. According to authorities, the first device exploded in the Kidane Mihret Hotel while the second exploded three minutes later in the Shuferoch Hotel, just a few yards away. The twin bomb attack came as the regime of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi celebrated the 17th anniversary of former president Mengistu Haile Mariam's ouster. Both hotels also sustained significant property damage. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident, however on 05/29/2008 on Thursday, Ethiopian police arrested an unknown number of suspects linked to the bombing attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, 100 Communist Party of India (Maoist) / Naxalites militants stormed the residence of Subuk Paswa, a community watchman, tied his limbs, dragged him out to the street and slit his throat in public with a sharp weapon in Batwari village of Munger district, Bihar province, India, during a day-long strike in Bihar state. The Maoist rebels said they had called an impromptu strike to protest against the recent arrest of some of their leaders, distributed leaflets in villages and rural towns, saying civilians with no ties to the movement were being tortured by the police for information.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, a car rigged with explosives went off amid a market in al-Khadraa neighborhood in Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq.  Three to four people were killed and 27 to 46 more injured.  Five policemen were among the wounded.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, a policeman was abducted and killed by CPI-Maoists in a remote village in state of Bihar, India.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, an adhesive bomb was planted under the vehicle of the Chairman of the Municipal Council of the az-Za‘faraniyah area of Baghdad.  Nabil al-A'raji survived the assassination attempt at his house in Al-Sindibad neighborhood, though was slightly wounded. The car was totally destroyed in the blast. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, at 0515, 30 armed members of the New People's Army bombed a Globe Telecom cell site using homemade bombs in the village of Uson, Masbate, Philippines. Rebels armed with assault rifles blasted the cell site's entrance gate and blew up the generator room; they also took the .38 caliber handgun from the security guard on duty.  No casualties were reported.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, at 2345, unidentified men set off a bomb at a transmission tower belonging to the Southern Philippines Power Corp. in Sarangani, Philippines. No casualties were reported.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, in Bayji, Salah ad Din, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon and killed three government employees working on an oil pipeline. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, in Dilaram, Farah, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a passenger bus, killing seven civilians, one child, injuring 10 civilians, and destroying the bus. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, insurgents shot dead at least eight Somali clan elder and injured 11 others in the Gedo region of Somalia. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, militia men armed with propelled grenades and machine guns captured the main university building in Kismayu, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and there were no reported casualties.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, outlaws detonated a locally made bomb planted outside two CD shops at Chato Chowk in Mardan, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no casualties were reported.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, several rockets slammed into the Ashraf City refugee camp outside of Khalis, Diyala, Iraq.  The People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran occupies the camp and are regarded by coalition forces as protected people under the Geneva Conventions.  The PMOI officially took residence in the camp two days before the attack.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack or reported casualties.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, six civilians were injured when suspected Indian Ranvir Sena militants hurled a home-made bomb containing shrapnel at a crowded bus stop in Katmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, Somali Islamic Front militants detonated a bomb in the Liban region of the Somali administrative region of Ethiopia targeting senior officials of Ethiopia's municipal government. No casualties or property damage was reported, however the Somali Islamic Front did claim responsibility for the bombing attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, the first of five time initiated improvised explosive devices was detonated successively against an Interconexión Eléctrica S.A electricity pylon in Maicao, La Guajira. Colombia. The attack knocked down and damaged the towers but caused no casualties. The Revolutionary Forces of Colombia  59th front claimed responsibility.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, two firebombs were discovered in the JJP Sports building on Royal Avenue in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The first bomb was partially exploded while the second one was not detonated. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2008: On Tuesday, unknown rebels detonated explosives targeting railroad tracks used to transport thousands of tons of coal to El Cerrejon, La Guajira, causing 40 train wagons to be derailed before the city of El Cerrejon (in Magdalena department) in the department of La Guajira, Colombia. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday afternoon, in Ghyabi Khel, Yahya Khel, Paktika, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired on a District Chief's vehicle, killing him, his three sons, a civilian bystander, injuring one other son, and damaging the vehicle. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday evening at 1800, in Muminan Village, Andar, Ghazni, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired on and killed two tribal leaders. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed theTaliban was responsible.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday evening at 1835, in Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar, the third improvised explosive device exploded near the office of the International Organization for Migration in Mayan Gone Ward. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities blamed the All Myanmar Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF). The ABSDF denied responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday morning around 0400, a bomb exploded in front of a hotel in the center of the town of Yala, Thailand, but only parked cars and windows were damaged by the small device. Police said attackers used homemade explosives with shrapnel made of steel rods cut into one centimeter pieces. They were set off electronically by remote control, possibly mobile phones. No casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday morning around 0900, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the convoy of a high-ranking official in the Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians, damaging several nearby buildings and one civilian vehicle.No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday morning between 0930 and 1000, in Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar, a bomb exploded in a drain at the roadside in the city's Shwe Taung Ward, Myanmar. This attack was one of three attacks. No casualties were reported.  No group claimed responsibility, although authorities blamed the All Myanmar Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF). The ABSDF denied responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday morning between 0930 and 1000, in Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar, the second improvised explosive device exploded near the government office in Sit Kare Gone Ward. No casualties were reported. This was the second of three attacks. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities blamed the All Myanmar Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF). The ABSDF denied responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday night, in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired a rocket at a school, damaging the school but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday night, in Shoor Andam, Daman, Kandahar, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired rockets and then set fire to the Nasaji Nakhi High School, destroying the school but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday, an Afghan civilian was killed and 11 others wounded when a missile struck a wheatfield in Kunar province. No groups claimed responsibility.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday, four warehouses in the city of Yala,Thailand came under arson attacks, damaging more than Bt100 million of property. No casualties were reported, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive is unknown.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday, gunmen reportedly fired on guards before detonating a suicide car bomb at the Inter-Services Intelligence and the Lahore Police headquarters in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.  Around 30 people were killed, over 200 injured, and both buildings were damaged in the attack. Hakimullah Mehsud, a commander of the Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said it had been carried out in revenge for the ongoing military operation to force militants out of the Swat valley.
05/27/2009: On Wednesday, unknown gunmen planted an explosive charge that went off in the Sahet al-Houriya area in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, injuring two civilians.  No claim of responsibility or damages have been reported.
05/27/2010: On Thursday afternoon at 1400, in Mansur, southern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown militants fired two mortar rounds targeting a fabric factory, wounding 12 of the factory workers and causing damage to the factory. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday afternoon at 1845, in Stavropol, Russia, an unshelled explosive device detonated at the Stavropol House of Culture; seven people were killed and 46 injured in the bombing. The blast damaged the cultural center and a nearby cafe. The bomb was equivalent to 0.4 kilograms of TNT and was packed with steel ball bearings. Authorities believed Islamic Extremists or nationalists were responsible.
05/27/2010: On Thursday afternoon, in Delanguda village, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, assailants attacked and killed two police officers. The victims were identified as Balaji Bhosale (40) and Tushar Bandewar (26). According to police, the two constables were traveling via motorcycle on their way back from Etapalli to Gatta when they were forced to get down from the bike by the assailants and were shot. The assailants also set the motorcycle on fire before leaving the incident site. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
05/27/2010: On Thursday around 0000 midnight, in Dadajabula near Wajir, North Eastern, Kenya, unknown assailants armed with grenades and small arms attacked a village, firing upon and wounding four civilians and one child, kidnapping three civilians, and ransacking and damaging several houses. The assailants also attempted to steal a car. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed al-Shabaab al-Islamiya was responsible. The status of the hostages is unknown.
05/27/2010: On Thursday evening at 2000, in eastern al Jadidah neighborhood, Sab'ah Nisan, Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown militants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to a Transportation Ministry employee's car. Two passing civilians were injured and the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday evening at approximately 1830, at Bhulabheda in Belpahari, West Bengal, India, unidentified assailants fired upon and killed a former member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM). According to police, Deepak Mondal, 58, had gone to market with his friends when Maoists cornered him and opened fire on him. No damages were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) faction was responsible.
05/27/2010: On Thursday mornig at 0600, in the Mompol area of Libug, in the Sumisip district of Basilan, Philippines, around 30 armed assailants led by Puruji Indama barricaded a minibus and kidnapped three civilians, taking them away to an unknown location. The assailants shot and killed the three victims on or before 06/05/2010. The abducted were identified as Claudio Manarita, an employee of Manggal Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Development Cooperative (MARBEDCO), Rolando Francisco and the identity of the third captive was not immediately available. The Abu Sayyaf Group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday morning at 0500, in Malgobek, Ingushetia, Russia, a bomb exploded at a cafe, damaging the cafe but causing no casualties. The bomb was equivalent to nearly 600 grams of TNT. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday morning at 0800, in Al Karkh, Baghdad, Iraq, in the Aalawi al Hillah neighborhood, six people were wounded in a roadside improvised explosive device bomb explosion. Several vehicles were also damaged. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2010: On Thursday morning at 0815, in the southwestern Jihad neighborhood of the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the civilian population. Three people were wounded in the explosion and five nearby stores were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2010: On Thursday morning at 0830, in Iskan neighborhood, western Baghdad, Iraq, four people were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion near a main road. The roadside bomb consisted of an improvised explosive device. Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2010: On Thursday morning at 0900, on Kindi street in the western Harithiya neighborhood of Al Karkh district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting the civilian population. Two people were wounded in the explosion and five nearby stores were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
05/27/2010: On Thursday night at 0200, in Hawar Rajab, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of three related attacks, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the home of a second Sahwa member. The residence was empty at the time of the attack since the family had moved months earlier in fear of retaliation. Cumulatively, three nearby civilians were wounded and three residences were damaged from all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday night at 0200, in Hawar Rajab, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the home of a Sahwa member. The residence was empty at the time of the attack since the family had moved months earlier in fear of retaliation. Cumulatively, three nearby civilians were wounded and three residences were damaged from all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday night at 0200, in Hawar Rajab, Baghdad, Iraq, in one of three related attacks, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, targeting the home of a policeman. The house had been abandoned months earlier in fear for retaliation. Cumulatively, three nearby civilians were wounded and three residences were damaged from all three attacks. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday night at 1920, in San Juan de Pasto in Narino, Colombia, assailants in a motorcycle hurled a high capacity improvised explosive device at a political campaign of Manuel Santos. The explosion damaged windows, doors and furniture of residences, offices, stores and injured 12 people including five police officers. No group claimed responsibility but the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were suspected responsible.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, in al-Raha village, Hubail Shams in the Malah area of Ad Dali province, Yemen, suspected seperatist militants armed with heavy bullet machine guns ambushed two armored military vehicles as they were traveling towards the Lahj based al- Anad barracks. One soldier was killed, four others including one civilian passerby and three Yemeni soldiers were injured and one military vehicle was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, in Khatan locality in Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of senior Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader, Attaullah Mohammadzai. A woman was injured in the attack, and several nearby vehicles and residences were damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, in Safi, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, destroying the office of the Agriculture Directorate but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, in Shewa Fersh, Safi near Mohmand city, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive devices, destroying a primary school but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility. This is one of two related attacks.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, in the Bakr district of eastern Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting Saleh al Hadeedi, a local tribal leader, near the tribal leader's home. The blast wounded al Hadeedi's wife while al Hadeedi remained unharmed. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, in the village of Al-Raha in an unreported city in the Malah area of Ad Dali, Yemen, separatist militants ambushed a convoy of Yemeni Soldiers. Two soldiers were killed and 11 more were wounded when their vehicle flipped over, as the separatists attacked them. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, near Khar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants fired rockets and rocket-propelled grenades at the residence of a tribal leader. They waited for the family to come out of the residence before opening fire against them killing the tribal leader, his wife and son. The assailants then detonated an improvised explosive device, destroying the residence. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/27/2010: On Thursday, near Marib, Ma'rib, Yemen, assailants detonated an explosive device, damaging an oil pipeline but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed that members of a local tribe were responsible.
05/27/2011: On Friday early in the morning, in Mersin city, Mersin province, Turkey, unidentified militants threw an improvised explosive device (IED) into the Justice and Development party office. The IED exploded, damaging the building but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2011: On Friday morning around 0830, in one of two linked attacks in Damboa, Borno, Nigeria, around 70 unidentified militants opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles on a police barrack and the First Bank branch. The casualties for both linked attacks were listed cumulatively with the militants killing four policemen, one prison warden and eight civilians. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the barrack and bank. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Boko Haram militants are suspected.
05/27/2011: On Friday morning, in one of two linked attacks in Damboa, Borno, Nigeria, around 70 unidentified militants detonated explosive devices at a police station, causing an unknown amount of damage. The militants also opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles on the station. The casualties for both linked attacks were listed cumulatively with the militants killing four policemen, one prison warden and eight civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Boko Haram militants are suspected.
05/27/2011: On Friday night at 2200, in Saiburi, Narathiwat, Thailand, an unknown number of militants on motorcycles set fire to a truck on Pattani-Narathiwat road after opening fire on a six-wheel truck with Ak-47s. One civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the attack. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2011: On Friday night at 2230, in Bawan village, Handwara, Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India, four suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) militants killed a father and son, identified as Ghulam Rasool Mir and Manzoor Ahmad Mir. According to Mir’s wife, the four militants barged into Mir’s home and asked for milk. After they had the milk, the militants asked for her son and husband to sit down and opened fire on them. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, one source indicates that Ghulam was suspected of being a police informer. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2011: On Friday night, in Kalamidadar village, Nuapada, Odisha, India, in one of two related attacks, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) killed a suspected police informer, Parasaram Majhi, in front of villagers. It is unclear whether or not the victim was shot and killed or beaten to death. Police denied that the civilian was a police informer. The Maoists claiming responsibility, pasted posters near the incident site claiming that the victim was killed for being a suspected police informer and for having applied for Special Police Officer positions.
05/27/2011: On Friday night, in Koten village, Nuapada, Odisha, India, in one of two related attacks, Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) killed a suspected police informer, Nageswar Majhi, in front of villagers. It is unclear whether or not the victim was shot and killed or beaten to death. Police denied that the civilian was a police informer. The Maoists claiming responsibility, pasted posters near the incident site claiming that the victim was killed for being a suspected police informer and for having applied for Special Police Officer positions.
05/27/2011: On Friday, in Sidon, Southern Province, Lebanon, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated when vehicles of Italian peacekeepers from the United Nations (U.N.) were traveling south on the main highway in Sidon, leaving a crater in the road and scattering debris from the charred U.N. vehicles. The bomb contained up to 25 pounds of explosive material and was placed behind the low concrete barrier lining the highway. Six Italian peacekeepers and two civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility.
05/27/2011: On Friday, in the Ordzhonikidzevskaya area of Sunzhensky, Ingushetia, Russia, unidentified militants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) 50 meters from the Privoz market at an abandoned gas station. The device consisted of a grenade-launcher projectile, an attached mobile phone and was equivalent to 300 grams of TNT. The IED was discovered and safely defused by sappers before it could be detonated. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
05/27/2011: On Friday, on Idil Avenue in Cizre, Sirnak, Turkey, Turkey, about 30 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) supporters threw Molotov cocktails at the Ufuk High School Private Boys' Dormitory, catching the building on fire and injuring three children that were inside, as well as damaging the building. Before attacking the dormitory, 60 protesters also attempted to block traffic while riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd. Seven suspects have been arrested and one detained in connection with the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Kurdistan Workers Party was suspected.
05/27/2012: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate his explosives near police forces in Mianashin district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed by police before he could carry out his attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: An explosive device detonated near a bus carrying Pakistani Shia pilgrims in Saqlawiyah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The blast flipped the bus over, injuring 24 pilgrims. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: An explosive device detonated near a security convoy in the Rashkai area between Nowshera city and Swat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One security official was killed and four injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: An explosive device detonated targeting a security force vehicle in Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Five security personnel were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: An explosive device hidden inside a radio detonated when picked up by a civilian in Chung village, Punjab province, Pakistan. The civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: An explosive device targeting a police van detonated in the Sariab Walijet area, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Three civilians were killed and at least another seven people injured, one of whom was a police officer. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Jaranga village, Kunti district, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants attacked a police security post in Qashqari area, Darzab district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed and two others kidnapped. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2012: Assailants attempted to kidnap Hussain Lawai, the head of a private bank and a prominent political figure, in the Korangi area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The kidnapping was unsuccessful; however, Lawai was injured in the attempt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants detonated a landmine and then opened fire on a Special Operation Group (SOG) vehicle in Kanaguda village, Malkangiri district, Odisha state, India. Three police officers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, government sources attributed it to Maoists.
05/27/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device at the tower of a power transmission line in Yousafabad area, Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan. The tower was destroyed in the attack, causing a power disruption to nearby areas. Local authorities arrested 25 suspects in connection with the attack; however, no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants fired missiles at the district building in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and six others injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants fired two mortar rounds at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Kalagosh area, Noorgram district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. The attack killed Colonel Sher Zaman Waziri, the commander of the 1st battalion of the 201st Sailab military corps, and wounded four others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants in a small boat armed with automatic weapons and explosives attacked the Benisede flow station in Ekeremor area, Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The attackers damaged two offshore well heads but were repelled by soldiers of the Joint Task force (JTF) and unable to damage the flow station itself. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants killed two United States (US) Army soldiers, Leroy Deronde III and Kedith L. Jacobs, in Chaki Wardak district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
05/27/2012: Assailants opened fire on law enforcement forces in Tal Mneen area, Damascus governorate, Syria. Seven officers were killed and 11 wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Assailants threw two petrol bombs at the New Street church in Randalstown town, Antrim district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The bombs damaged two of the church's doors. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Gunmen opened fire on Shia worshippers outside the home of a Muslim cleric in Potiskum city, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least one person, the cleric's brother, was killed and an unknown number wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Gunmen shot and killed Colonel Muhammad Arif Nizami, an Operational Coordination Center Provincial (OCCP) deputy chief, in Qamchi area, Watapur district, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Colonel Nizami's son was also killed in the attack, and a student was injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Ten detonators were discovered on a railway track near Nashkal Station in Medak's Tellapur village, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh state, India. The detonators were defused by police. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2012: Two gunmen shot and killed traditional elder Nur Hashi in Xamar Jadiid village, Xamar Jajab district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Some reports also suggested Hashi was the Xamar Jadiid village governor. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: A land mine detonated in Masheen Aab area of Qarahbagh district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. The explosion was targeting the head of Afghan Wireless telecommunication company, Amin Ramin. Ramin was not harmed in the blast; however, five of his guards were killed and three more were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: A roadside bomb detonated as a police van passed by in Puran tehsil, Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Five people were killed in the blast. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Al-Mukalla district, Hadramawt province, Yemen. One police officer and two Yemeni soldiers were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)s.
05/27/2013: A roadside bomb was discovered and safely defused in Anari Banda area in an unknown part of Pakistan. The bomb was thought to be targeting passing army convoys. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: A roadside land mine exploded under a vehicle of the Special Action Force police in Allacapan municipality, Cagayan province, Philippines. Seven police officers were killed and seven others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however the attack was attributed to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/27/2013: A rocket launched from Syria hit a residential house in Hermel village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. One person was killed and another person was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: A sniper opened fire on Al-Ikhbariya TV reporters near Dabaa air base in Homs, Syria. At least one reporter, Yara Abbas, was killed while an unknown number of other journalists were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) patrol in Kansak area, Bala Baluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Two Italian soldiers and two civilians were injured in the explosion. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2013: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated an explosive device near a funeral ceremony in Darzaab district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. The blast targeted the district governor, Rahmatullah Hashar, who was in attendance at the funeral. Three people, including the district governor, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An envelope containing an unidentified gray powder arrived at Italian news agency Il Giornale in Milan city, Lombardy region, Italy. The letter also contained threats to Silvio Berlusconi and Giorgio Napolitano. No injuries were reported; however, six people were taken to the hospital as a precaution. This was one of two suspicious letters sent to news agencies on the same day. Armed Group for the Defence of the People claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An envelope containing an unidentified white powder arrived at Italian news agency Corriere della Sera in Milan city, Lombardy region, Italy. The letter also contained threats to Silvio Berlusconi and Giorgio Napolitano. No injuries or deaths were reported. This was one of two suspicious letters sent to news agencies on the same day. Armed Group for the Defence of the People claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosive device attached to a car detonated in Mosul district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The explosion targeted Fadhil Abbas, an emergency police commander. Abbas was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosive device detonated in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosive device detonated near a school in ban Kalapo, Sai Buri district, Thailand. The explosion targeted paramilitary personnel near the school, killing two guards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, police suspected that separatists may have been involved in the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Arogh area, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The blast struck the vehicle of a former police commander, Asadullah Khan. Three of Khan's police guards were killed in the blast and Khan and another guard were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. A police colonel was killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Shahr-e Safa area, Zabul province, Afghanistan. The blast targeted the convoy of Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar, the Zabul deputy governor. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Rassoulyar attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/27/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near a bridge in the Tabing area, Pattani province, Thailand. One border police officer was killed and three others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden car and a device planted along a road detonated in the Um al-Maalif area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were killed and 12 people were injured in the blasts. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a market in Sadria area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 11 people were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baladiyat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people were killed and another 11 people were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Bayaa district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and another nine individuals were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Hurriya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 14 individuals were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Jisr Diyala area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and another 12 individuals were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Kadhmiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and another eight people were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Madain area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least six people were killed and another eight individuals were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Sadoun Street, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six civilians were killed and another 14 civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least seven people were killed and another ten individuals were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Sabi al-Boor area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least eight people were killed and another 26 individuals were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a marketplace in the Shorja area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another ten individuals were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convoy in Khakrez district, Farah province, Afghanistan. Three people were injured in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a stadium in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two devices that detonated at the same time a short distance apart. At least one person died and another 15 others were injured in the attack. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a stadium in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two devices that detonated at the same time a short distance apart. At least one person was killed and another 15 people were injured in the attack. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near al-Samarrai mosque in al-Jadeeda district, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in the blast. This was one of 12 coordinated car bombings in Iraq on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Majestic Gas Station in Al-Waer neighborhood Homs city, Homs governorate, Syria. Six people were killed and 40 individuals were wounded in the blast; the gas station and nearby buildings were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2013: Assailants abducted a Syrian man from a Red Cross ambulance in Arsal village, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The Red Cross had been receiving demands that they halt transportation of Syrian citizens to Lebanese villages for treatment.The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Police unit in Safar area, Garmsir district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants attacked an oil pipeline in Jahm area, Marib governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties; however, the pipeline was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants attacked the Kismayo airport in Lower Juba region, Somalia. The incident occurred while a Somali government delegation was meeting inside the airport. Soldiers responded to the attack with rockets and gunfire. No casualties were reported; however, the airport was said to have suffered extensive damage in the assault. A spokesperson for Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device near a police vehicle in Cagayan province, Philippines. After the explosion, the attackers fired on the officers, killing nine people and injuring seven more individuals. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/27/2013: Assailants fired at two buildings on Ahmed Shah Bukhari road in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reports of casualties or property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants kidnapped a school principal in Qush Tepa district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. The principal was later beheaded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants kidnapped a South African couple in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. The victims had been involved in local development and were teachers. One hostage was released on January 10, 2014, and the remaining hostage was killed during a rescue attempt on December 6, 2014. Although authorities initially believed that the kidnapping may have been the result of a land dispute, officials later attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/27/2013: Assailants kidnapped hundreds of Syrian Kurds in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The victims were released on July 21, 2013, in exchange for the release of a prisoner. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants killed five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants launched two rockets at Bagram Airfield, Parvan province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants opened fire on Afghan Local Police officers in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and a commander was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants set fire to two vehicles, one of which was a public bus, and opened fire on another vehicle in Cauca department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. Sources attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/27/2013: Assailants shot and killed a Sahwa Council member in Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Assailants shot and killed the secretary to the senate chairman in Lalma area, Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Four assailants attacked the Graisha Levies checkpost in Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One Levies personnel was killed and one other individual was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Levies officials suspected that Baloch nationalists had been involved in the attack.
05/27/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a military pilot at his house in Tuz Khormato town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The pilot was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Munawar Imam, the Karachi Mass Transit Project Director General, in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Imam was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Gunmen shot at Somali soldiers in Afgooye town, Lower Shabelle Region, Somalia. At least one soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/27/2013: Two gunmen attacked a police constable, who was also a cleric, in Sheikhan area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The officer, Hafiz Muhammad Farooq Shah, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2013: Two gunmen opened fire on police at a checkpoint in Arghistan district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Seven officers were killed and one was injured in the attack. The assailants, who were invited guests at the checkpoint, reportedly opened fire on the officers after a verbal argument broke out over an unspecified matter. A spokesperson for the Taliban later claimed responsibility for the incident, denying that the shooting was personal in nature and suggesting instead that it was an "insider attack."
05/27/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a military patrol in Maaskarat area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police headquarters in Bab al-Beid area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks targeting police facilities in the city on the same day. At least three people were killed and three more were injured across both incidents; the victims included police officers and civilians. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police headquarters in Mashahda area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks targeting police facilities in the city on the same day. At least three people were killed and three more were injured across both incidents; the victims included police officers and civilians. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2014: A suicide bomber detonated at a mosque in Shorjah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 20 people were killed and 32 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was involved.
05/27/2014: An explosive device attached to a taxi detonated in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The taxi driver was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated as a civilian was trying to cross the border in Ozeir village, Homs governorate, Syria. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated at a market in Sadr city area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline in Pir Koh village, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated near a power pylon in Khadokhel village, Khyber district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Royal Thai Armed Forces patrol in Bacho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. At least one soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Yemeni Army vehicle at a market in Sanah village, Ad Dali governorate, Yemen. At least three people, including two soldiers, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Southern Mobility Movement (Yemen).
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated outside the private residence of Mohammad Yousuf in Agha Mir Jani neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Yousuf, a former mayor, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a joint Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and United Nations (UN) convoy near Taybet al-Imam village, Hamah governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks on the convoy in the same day; this earlier explosion was meant to lead the inspectors into an ambush. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting Salah al-Fatlawi's convoy in Balad district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Fatlawi, the Samarra Operations Command chief, was not harmed; however, two of his guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the dining facility of the Central Security Organization (CSO) compound in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Dera Bugti town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Khoura village, Samba district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a videoke bar in Pikit town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle, targeting a hotel used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), detonated in Raqqah city, Raqqah governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attributed the attack to Al-Nusrah Front.
05/27/2014: An unknown number of rockets struck near the mausoleum of Al-Khudr in Iskandariyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. This was one of two rocket attacks on the mausoleum at the same time. There were no reported casualties, although the attacks resulted in damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/27/2014: Assailants abducted a pro-Ukrainian activist in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. The activist, Hanna Mokrousova, was allegedly tortured and released in exchange for other prisoners on June 2, 2014. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2014: Assailants abducted and shot a journalist and traditional monarch in Egume village, Kogi state, Nigeria. The journalist, Chief Isah Edimeh, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2014: Assailants ambushed a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) convoy in Garas village, Bakool region, Somalia. At least 10 people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
05/27/2014: Assailants attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Qoryoley town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. At least three assailants were killed in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/27/2014: Assailants attacked a Yemeni Army post in Amran city, Amran governorate, Yemen. This was one of three military posts targeted in Amran on the same day. At least five soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were killed across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthis.
05/27/2014: Assailants attacked and robbed a shopkeeper in Kurusu de Hierro town, Concepcion department, Paraguay. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities suspect that the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) was behind the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at the residence of Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. At least one assailant was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that the Haftar Militia was behind the incident.
05/27/2014: Assailants kidnapped Father Pawel Witek in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Witek, a Polish Catholic priest, was assaulted and released on May 28, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/27/2014: Assailants killed a civilian, Sengran R. Marak, in Daji Badimagre village, Meghalaya state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army and stated that Marak was targeted by the group on suspicions of being a police informer.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on a joint Ethiopian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) base in Caato, Bakool, Somalia. At least 40 people, including 28 soldiers and 12 assailants, were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on a joint Ethiopian African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) convoy in Caato, Bakool, Somalia. At least 39 people, including 27 soldiers and 12 assailants, were killed and 19 others were injured in the assault. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on a joint Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and United Nations (UN) convoy near Taybet al-Imam village, Hamah governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties; however, all eleven inspectors were briefly held captive before being released. This was one of two attacks on the convoy in the same day; this later assault targeted the inspectors as the convoy was fleeing the site of an earlier explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Libyan Ministry of Internal Affairs protection unit in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The outcome of the assault is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on a National Police of Colombia station in Union Peneya town, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. At least one officer was wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the 15th Jose Ignacio Mora Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle transporting Saadettin Dogana in Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Dogana, a security chief for Turkish Airlines, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on Bernardo Buno near his private residence in Puting Bato West village, Batangas province, Philippines. Buno, a village chairperson, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on Ibne Raza Haider in Liaquatabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Haider, a Shia car mechanic, was killed and three others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on Maulvi Daud Shah in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Shah, principal of the Shaheed Mohammad Hashim Khan Dar-ul-Hifaz religious school, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers escorting a measles vaccination team in Kulachi village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least four officers were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on Pakistani Police officers in Urmar neighborhood, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least one officer was killed and another was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on the private residence of Lotfi Ben Jeddou in Kasserine town, Kasserine governorate, Tunisia. Jeddou, the head of the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior, was not harmed; however, at least four police officers were killed and another was injured in the assault. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also attributed the incident to the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade.
05/27/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Jomer Cadino in Tigbao town, Zamboanga del Sur province, Philippines. Cadino, a village chairperson, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/27/2014: Assailants set up a roadblock and abducted a Turkish Land Forces officer between Lice and Hani villages in Diyarbakir province, Turkey. The officer was released on June 21, 2014. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants shot and killed a former officer of the Internal Security Service (ISS) in Derna city, Derna district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants stabbed and killed Tarun Kumar Acharya, a television reporter, in Bikrampur town, Odisha state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Assailants stormed and set fire to the Druzhba Arena in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. At least one security guard was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Donetsk People's Republic.
05/27/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device near a Northern Electricity Distribution Company office in Nablus city, West bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2014: Two explosive devices detonated in succession in Dora district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least four people, including two police officers, were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An assailant attempted to plant an explosive device on a railway track near Malir village and Kandh Kot tehsil, Sindh province, Pakistan. The assailant was arrested by police officials during the act. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Mahabir Trade Agency in Tura town, Meghalaya state, India. Eight civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cemetery in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near a joint police and military convoy in As Samarat road area, Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. One soldier was killed and one other was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in As Safa neighborhood, Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the vehicle. At least two police officers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Mansour area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated on railway tracks in Hyderabad city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated on railway tracks near Talpur crossing in Nawbshah city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Bajaur Scouts convoy in Gungat Jur area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Eight security personnel were injured in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) personnel in Gungat Jur area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three BDU officials were injured in the blast. This was one of two related bombings in the area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2015: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near a power station in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants abducted Mousa Grera from Bani Walid city, Misrata district, Libya. The whereabouts of Grera, a retired officer and the brother of the Libyan Justice Minister, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2015: Assailants abducted Ngachonmi Chamroy in Manipur state, India. Chamroy, an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate, was released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
05/27/2015: Assailants armed with explosive devices and firearms attacked a police camp in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Four officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/27/2015: Assailants attacked a district headquarters building in Charkh district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Nine people, including two National Directorate of Security (NDS) members and seven assailants, were killed and 11 others were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants attacked military forces in Zingibar town, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Six soldiers were killed in the attack. Sources attributed the attack to the Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen).
05/27/2015: Assailants attacked soldiers in Choua area, Chad. Four soldiers and 33 assailants were killed and four soldiers were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/27/2015: Assailants executed at least 20 people, including Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers and civilians, in the amphitheater in Palmyra city, Homs governorate, Syria. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/27/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a Saudi border guard post in Dhaharn al-Janub area, Asir region, Saudi Arabia. Two Saudi border guards were killed and five others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at residential areas in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. Three civilians were killed and twenty individuals were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, sources attributed the incident to the Huthis.
05/27/2015: Assailants fires mortars into a residential area of Popasna town, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian at his residence in Pattan town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The civilian was injured in the attack. Lashkar-e-Islam (India) claimed responsibility for the incident. Sources also attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
05/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on a United Council (UC) candidate in Bakot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The candidate was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on Hazara civilians in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Gulberg neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on Sayed Ahmad in Ashkmash district, Takhar province, Afghanistan. Ahmad, the district attorney in Ashkmash, and his son were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2015: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Ahmad Ali al-Dib in Suq al-Khamis area, Jafara district, Libya. Al-Dib, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, and three others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2015: Assailants set up a roadblock and prevented transit into Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/27/2015: Assailants shot and killed Abdallah Khalaf Zarzur al-Jaburi, the leader of the Engineers Union, near the Muthanna bridge in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device at a police station in Esperanza town, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2015: Assailants threw incendiary devices at a construction site in Bartala village, Jharkhand state, India. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on two Malian Armed Forces vehicles in Gao region, Mali. At least five soldiers were killed and four soldiers were injured in the ambush. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) in the attack.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in Afmadow, Lower Juba region, Somalia. Two civilians were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated in Rashidiyah, Diyala, Iraq. One civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Al Wardiyah, Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Al Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Sibi Scouts convoy on the Sibi-Quetta highway in Thane, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting volunteer fighters near Karmuradi, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Four volunteers were killed and 15 volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the Shiuab Mosque in Idlib, Syria. At least five people were killed and 30 others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2016: Assailants abducted Jamil Baloch, a Karachi Development Authority (KDA) official, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Baloch was released on June 1, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Assailants abducted seven people from an area south of Feina, South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Assailants attacked a Frontier Corps checkpost in Mohmand district, Pakistan. At least four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/27/2016: Assailants attacked military forces near Bosso, Diffa, Niger. At least 10 assailants were killed and three soldiers and 24 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/27/2016: Assailants fired rockets at a military checkpoint in Kilis province, Turkey. There were no reported casualties. This was one of three related rocket attacks in the area 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).
05/27/2016: Assailants fired three rockets that struck a house in Elbeyli district, Kilis, Turkey. Five people were injured in the blast. This was one of three related rocket attacks in the area 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).
05/27/2016: Assailants hijacked a commercial vehicle with six passengers aboard near Feina, South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
05/27/2016: Assailants opened fire on military forces in Lakwana, Northern, Uganda. A soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Assailants shot and injured Francisco Rosales, a retired military sergeant, in Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Assailants shot and killed Warlito Pinuela, a local councilor, outside his residence in Timanan, Maguindanao, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device planted near a security post in Churachandpur district, Manipur, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed an explosives-laden truck in Sirte, Libya. One assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
05/27/2016: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in Khair Khana, Kabul, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Haqqani Network.
05/27/2016: Security forces identified and killed four suicide bombers with two explosives-laden vehicles in Sejar, Al Anbar, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2016: Six assailants abducted Ajay Kumar Singh and Raju Kerketta, two civilians, from Bondekera, Gumla district, Jharkhand, India. Singh and Kerketta were 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.
05/27/2016: Three assailants attempted to abduct Dr. Marian Lao from a clinic in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines. Security personnel prevented the kidnapping and five people, including Lao and two guards, were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and suspected that the group intended to use Lao to treat injured ASG members.
05/27/2016: Two assailants shot and killed journalist Alex Balcoba in Manila, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: A landmine detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Anar Dara, Farah, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/27/2017: A police officer opened fire on his colleagues at a police post in Seorai, Zabul, Afghanistan. At least six police officers were killed and another officer was injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting guards belonging to a private security company in Khost, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, 18 people were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. The casualties included civilians and security guards. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire on Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA) personnel in Laportuna, Bukidnon, Philippines. Two CAA members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/27/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Nahrawan, Diyala, Iraq. At least four people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: An explosive device detonated prematurely as an assailant was planting it in Subayat, Saladin, Iraq. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/27/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a gas pipeline in Teokghat, Assam, India. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to the government's abuse of natural resources in Assam state.
05/27/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused at a soldier's grave in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/27/2017: Assailants armed with axes attacked Anduram Benjam in Kolengpara, Chhattisgarh, India. Benjam, a former Maoist, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists and noted the victim was accused of being a police informant.
05/27/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Lambar 50, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. In addition to an unknown number of casualties among assailants and soldiers, at least two civilians were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/27/2017: Assailants attacked a police post in Petelkoli, Tillaberi, Niger. Two police officers and one civilian were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: Assailants attacked civilians at Sarj Khanah Market in Old City area, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. An unknown number of civilians, including seven women, 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) and stated that the women were targeted because they refused to sleep with ISIL members.
05/27/2017: Assailants attacked Tor Abaji members in Tse Igbe, Benue, Nigeria. Four people were killed, an unknown number of people were injured, and several houses were set on fire during the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for an earlier incident allegedly perpetrated by the Tor Abaji group.
05/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on a civilian convoy in Kasra, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. At least one person was killed and an unknown number of other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol near Tekanar, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Thahan Phran base in Bannang Sata district, Yala, Thailand. There were no reported casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
05/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on Indian Army porters in Janger Naar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Two porters were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: Assailants opened fire on security posts in Shahidi Hassas, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. At least 11 security personnel, including two police officers and nine soldiers, were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. Additionally, the assailants sustained an undetermined number of casualties in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/27/2017: Assailants set fire to a BSNL mobile tower in Tiskopi, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/27/2017: Assailants shot and killed a Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) employee in Nushki, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/27/2017: Assailants shot and killed Benito Gunay Gamier, a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member, in Gudofredo Reyes, Camarines Sur, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that communist rebels carried out the attack.
05/27/2017: Assailants stopped a civilian convoy fleeing Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Eight passengers were executed after they were unable to recite verses from the Quran. The Maute Group claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the victims had "betrayed their faith" in a note left at the scene.
05/27/2017: Assailants stopped the vehicle of the Ri Bhoi Sericulture Officer in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Assailants forced the driver out of the vehicle before setting it on fire with a petrol bomb. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six related attacks in Shillong on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Khasi Students Union carried out the attacks.
05/27/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a police station in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six related attacks in Shillong on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Khasi Students Union carried out the attacks.
05/27/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a vehicle in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six related attacks in Shillong on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Khasi Students Union carried out the attacks.
05/27/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at the Superintendent of Fisheries office in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six related attacks in Shillong on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Khasi Students Union carried out the attacks.
05/27/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at the Superintendent of Training for Self Employment of Women office in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six related attacks in Shillong on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Khasi Students Union carried out the attacks.
05/27/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb in Lumdiengjri neighborhood in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of six related attacks in Shillong on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected that the Khasi Students Union carried out the attacks.
05/27/2017: Security forces discovered and defused 32 explosive devices in Tawm Mashkur area, Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Old City area, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of five rigged houses discovered in Old City on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/27/2017: Security forces discovered and defused seven explosives-laden vehicles in Old City area, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: Security forces identified and arrested an assailant in an explosives-laden vehicle in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. The vehicle was safely detonated a short time later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/27/2017: Security forces identified and destroyed five explosives-laden vehicles in Abu Khashab, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/1999: A bomb exploded at the home of a member of the Algerian Civilian Defense Forces in Boufarik, Algeria. The explosion killed one person and injured two others. Although no group claimed responsibility for the incident, local authorities believed that Islamic militants perpetrated the attack.
05/28/1999: A bomb exploded in Tipaza, Algeria, killing a man and his six-year-old son. The bomb went off along a beach, which was busy with people relaxing on Islam's weekly day of rest. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/1999: Attackers belonging to the People's Sovereignty Party threw stones at the Secretariat office of the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC) in Jakarta, Indonesia, breaking the building's front windows, but causing no casualties. Callers associated with the People's Sovereignty Party had threatened to attack and burn down the Secretariat if the UPC continued with a plan to unveil malfeasance on the disbursement of a safety net fund later that afternoon.
05/28/1999: In Russia, unknown perpetrators poured gasoline on the doors of a Cherkessk apartment belonging to the Editor-in-Chief of the "Den Respubliki" (Day of the Republic) newspaper and then lit a fire. The blaze was extinguished before anyone was hurt or any serious damage occurred to the apartment building. Local authorities believed that the attack had something to do with the upcoming elections in Russia's republic of Karachay-Cherkessia.
05/28/2000: An Australian UN peacekeeper was injured when 4 suspected pro-Jarkarta militiamen threw a hand grenade at a guard post at the Nunura Bridge midway between Maliana and Balibo, East Timor, Indonesia.
05/28/2000: An explosion at a Protestant church injured 60 parishioners in Medan, Indonesia. Authorities did not know who was responsible for the attack.
05/28/2000: Approximately 100 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels attacked a predominantly Christian village in the town of Kabuntalan in Maguindanao province, Philippines. The rebels killed three militiamen, burned a farmers' cooperative warehouse, and carted away about 15 bags of rice.
05/28/2000: Chechen rebels attacked Russian soldiers in Grozny, Chechnya. Chechen rebels claimed to have killed 40 Russian soldiers in the attack, however, the Russian military denied this report.
05/28/2000: Fifteen people were injured when a bomb exploded in a crowded market in Vientiane, Laos. There was no clam of responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2000: Two people were killed and 12 were injured as a result of a bomb blast triggered by suspected Islamic militants in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Police suspected that Bilal Ahmad, a militant and one of those killed in the blast, may have been the perpetrator responsible for the bombing.
05/28/2001: A bomb exploded near an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) unit north of the Sufa crossing in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The device did not cause any damage or casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2001: An Indian army officer and a woman were killed and seven other people were injured when Hizb-ul-Mujahideen members detonated an improvised explosive device concealed in a bicycle near Sangrama, India. An Indian Army vehicle was also blown up in the explosion. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen spokesman Saleem Hasmi told the newspaper in Islamabad that its activists had carried out the attack.
05/28/2001: An unknown perpetrator threw a firebomb inside Jerusalem’s Old City. No one was hurt in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2001: At least nine bodies, thought to belong to local farmers, were found in the mountains in northeast Colombia.  The bodies had all been decapitated.  No group claimed responsibility for the incident, though sources noted that paramilitary groups were active in the area.
05/28/2001: At least seven people were killed during an attack on President Ange-Felix Patasee’s residence in the Central African Republic. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Patasee was not injured during the incident.
05/28/2001: Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, a leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the vice president of the Ram Janambhoomi Trust, was injured in a bomb attack in Ahilya Ghat, India, on the bank of Saryu River. Unidentified assailants hurled bombs at the group, injuring Gopal and four other members of his group. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2001: Suspected Palestinian militants detonated an explosive device when an Israeli Border Police vehicle was passing by near the village of Zububa in the Yizre’el Valley, north of the Megiddo-Janin road in Israel. The bombing did not cause any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2001: The Karpos military supply base used by the NATO-led Kosovo Force peacekeeping mission was hit by a mortar launched by suspected ethnic Albanian guerrillas in the northern Macedonian town of Kumanovo. The attack did not result in any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2001: Two bombs exploded near an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) convoy moving past the Sanur camp in the Samaria region. The bombs did not cause any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2001: Unknown attackers lobbed grenades and fired guns at B.A. Nengroo’s residence in Prechu, India. Nengroo was the Junior Minister for Food and Supplies. The attack did not result in any casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2002: A car bomb explosion just north of Bogota, Colombia, injured five citizens in a busy commercial area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2002: A perpetrator killed three Yeshiva students and wounded two others in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, Israel. The Al-Asqa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2002: A total of eight suspected rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) shot dead a former mayor and an assistant in a residence in Naga City, Philippines.
05/28/2002: Rebels with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) used gas tanks to attack a police station in Cali, Colombia, injuring no one.
05/28/2003: A beach restaurant was damaged in a bomb attack in Borgo, France. No casualties resulted from the incident. A leaflet on the scene called for the defense of the Corsican coastline. The perpetrators of the incident was not known.
05/28/2003: An Indian army soldier was killed and two other people injured when Muslim rebels ambushed a convoy with assault rifle fire and grenades in Dangiwachi, India. The perpetrators of the incident was unknown.
05/28/2003: Suspected members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed a civilian bus and set it on fire on the Karuma-Pakwach road, Uganda. Fourteen people died and twelve were seriously injured in the attack.
05/28/2004: Two Iraqis working for Dutch journalists were abducted by unknown perpetrators in Iraq. The dead bodies of the workers were found one day later.
05/28/2005: A remotely-triggered car bomb exploded near a convoy carrying members of the Central Reserve Police Force, injuring 7 troopers and 12 civilian bystanders in Anantnag, India in South Kashmir. The group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to a newspaper.
05/28/2005: Suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bombed a freight train traveling along the Mus-Elazig Railroad that exploded in Mus, Turkey. The explosion derailed two cars and damaged the tracks but no one was injured.
05/28/2005: Suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) shot and killed police inspector Jude Thyagarajah in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2005: Two bombs exploded in the Indonesian town of Tentena on Sulawesi Island killing 22 people and injuring 60 others. The first bomb exploded in a crowded market in Tentena. Indonesian authorities believed the attack was the work of Azahari Husin and the Jemaah Islamiyah organization. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/28/2005: Two bombs exploded in the Indonesian town of Tentena on Sulawesi Island killing 22 people and injuring 60 others. The second bomb exploded outside of a police station in Tentena about 15 minutes after the first bomb exploded. The second bomb appeared to target first responders helping individuals injured in the initial blast. Indonesian authorities believed the attack was the work of Azahari Husin and the Jemaah Islamiyah organization. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/28/2005: Unidentified attackers abducted and later shot and killed Aslam Mujahid, deputy chief of Pakistan’s Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, in Karachi, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2006: A Muslim village chief, Dorha Sa Dorloh, was killed and his wife wounded after they were attacked in a drive-by shooting by ‘Islamic militants’ in Thailand’s Narathiwat province. A police lieutenant stated that ‘suspected militants’ carried out the attack and then stole the couple’s motorcycle. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2006: Five or more rockets were launched at Pakistan’s city of Quetta, killing one woman and injuring two of her children and one other male relative, who were in the home of their husband/father, army soldier Rahim Nawaz. Another rocket landed near a mosque, damaging its wall, but it appears the others did no harm. Merak Baloch claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks for his ‘banned organization,’ stating that they were fired in protest to nuclear tests conducted in the Balochistan province by the government on May 28, 1998. This incident is connected to another rocket attack in the Balochistan province (200605280009). No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2006: In one of a multitude of attacks in Pakistan on this day, two bombs exploded in Muchh, south of the Quetta, damaging a shop and the outer wall of a house, but no injuries. There was no claim of responsibility for the bombing.
05/28/2006: In one of three incidents in Afghanistan on this day (200605280001, 200605280002), in an unsubstantiated claim by Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yusof, a police car near Zabol Province’s capital Qalat was destroyed in an attack by Taliban forces. There was also mention of a ‘serous clash’ after this first attack, but none of this has been corroborated with a source besides Yusof.
05/28/2006: In one of three incidents in Afghanistan on this day (200605280001, 200605280003), Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yusof claimed responsibility for an attack in which four policemen were killed and their vehicle destroyed in Zabol Province’s Yawalak Tangi. Two members of the Taliban were wounded in the attack by police fire.
05/28/2006: In one of three incidents in Afghanistan on this day (200605280002, 200605280003), Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yusof claimed responsibility for an attack on a vehicle belonging to the security commander of Zabol Province in which one policeman was wounded. The commander’s vehicle included a provincial delegation which at the time of the attack was visiting Atghar (District) to inspect a bridge.
05/28/2006: In one of three separate incidents in Pakistan’s Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts (200605280007, 200605280008), two soldiers were injured when ‘perpetrators’ fired five rockets at the Kohlu township from nearby mountains. The rocket that caused the injuries hit the wall of a Frontier Constabulary camp. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. This incident is connected to another rocket attack in the Balochistan province (200605280010).
05/28/2006: In one of three separate incidents in Pakistan’s Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts (200605280007, 200605280009), two Kalpar Bugti tribesmen received injuries after a landmine explosion in the Haideri Nullah area of the Pir Koh gas field. There was no claim of responsibility for the landmine.
05/28/2006: In one of three separate incidents in Pakistan’s Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts (200605280008, 200605280009), two security personnel on a routine patrol were injured when their vehicle struck a landmine in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti. There was no claim of responsibility.
05/28/2006: In one of two incidents in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region (200605280005), pro-Taliban militants used guns to kill pro-government tribal leader Malik Takhti Khan of the Jani Khel clan in Mir Ali. Khan had been supporting government efforts against the militants in the region. No group claimed responsibility and the perpetrators escaped in a vehicle.
05/28/2006: In one of two incidents in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region (200605280006), three people died, a soldier, policeman, and civilian, and three other soldiers were injured when a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint in Datta Khel. Authorities were not sure if the bomb went off on purpose, therefore a suicide bombing, or if it went of accidentally. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2006: Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ‘retained’ sixteen election officials and prevented the setting up of five polling sites in Choco Department, Colombia. This act prevented 200 citizens from casting their vote in Juntas del Tamana, Carmen de Surama, Curundo, Urabara and Irabubu. It is unknown when or if the ‘retained’ election officials were released.
05/28/2006: Three Katyusha rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Israel’s northern border, striking the residential section of IDF’s air control unit base in Mount Meron. One IDF soldier suffered from shock and one of the base’s buildings was lightly damaged. No group claimed responsibility for rocket attack.
05/28/2007: A claymore landmine targeting Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) commandos in a truck, killed seven civilians and wounded 31 people including 7 commandos.  The attack took place in the Ratmalana district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.  The Tamil Tigers were blamed for the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2007: A suicide bomber killed two Pakistani soldiers and wounded 8 others in the attack near Tank in South Waziristan, Pakistan.  The Taliban has been blamed for the attack. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2007: A truck bomb outside a revered Sunni shrine killed 21 civilians and injured 28 civilians in Baghdad, Iraq.  Several cars were damaged in the blast as well as the shrine.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2007: Fifteen Iraqis were kidnapped in Fadhil neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq.  No one has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.
05/28/2007: Five civilians were killed and over 52 wounded in five thrown hand grenade explosions in the main stadium during a rally in Jijiga, eastern Ethiopia.  The five assailants were caught, and belong to the Ogaden National Liberation Front.
05/28/2007: Four people were killed and 23 were wounded in a bomb explosion in the southern Thailand province of Songkhla.  Muslim separatists are blamed for the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2007: Nine policemen were killed and three policemen were injured in a roadside mine blast in Chattisgarh state of India.  Maoist rebels are suspected in the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2007: The rail track linking Quetta with the rest of Pakistan was blown up on Monday in the Bolan district of the Balochistan province, Pakistan.  The Baluchistan Liberation Army took responsibility for the sabotage attack through a telephone interview.  The group also took responsibility for bombing a gas pipeline in conjunction with the attack on the railways.
05/28/2007: Two civilians were killed and two were wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting Dyncorp security contractors near Kunduz, Afghanistan.  The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.  No security contractors were harmed.
05/28/2007: Two policemen were killed and four wounded when a convoy from the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) was attacked in the western province of Farah, Afghanistan.  The Taliban was blamed for the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/28/2008: On Tuesday, powerful bomb exploded inside a government-run girls’ school and destroyed its main gate and a side wall but caused no loss of life in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday at approximately 1000, a roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in Qara Tapa, in Diyala province, Iraq.  Two people were killed, a father and his son, and the other son was wounded. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday at approximately 1230, a mortar hit the ministry of planning building in Baghdad, Iraq. There were no casualties recorded, or any claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday evening, in Katmandu, Gagmati province, Nepal, a bomb was planted by Indian Ranvir Sena militants at the southern gate and it detonated within minutes of another bomb planted by the same group just outside the western gate of the International Conference Center of the meeting where special assembly members waited for the start of the meeting that would end 240-years of Shah Dynasty. No casualties or damage were reported from the blasts. Police arrested two suspects in connection with the bombing attacks. No motive was reported and Ranvir Sena claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday evening, two bombs planted by Indian Ranvir Sena militants detonated within minutes of each other just outside the western gate of the International Conference Center of the meeting where special assembly members waited for the start of the meeting that would end 240-years of Shah Dynasty in Katmandu, Gagmati province, Nepal. No casualties were reported from the blasts. Police arrested two suspects in connection with the bombing attacks. Ranvir Sena claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday morning, in Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside bomb, targeting Colonel Fo’ad Shwani’s convoy, the deputy of emergency police in Kirkuk. The blast wounded one of the security guards, but caused no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday, a civilian, Vihugha Aomi, and a militant of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN - K), Zakaito Zhimomi, were allegedly abducted from Showuba village near Vihokhu camp of Dimapur district, Nagaland province, India, and later shot dead by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants who also burned the motorbike that the two hostages were riding. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday, a group of militants ambushed a wedding convoy in Yala, Thailand. Ten members of the wedding party were injured and one rebel was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday, a Sri Lankan television journalist, Paranirupasingham Devakumar, and his friend Mahendran Varadhan were stabbed to death as they drove a motorbike through Navanthurai village in Jaffna, North Eastern, Sri Lanka. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday, in Gorbaz, Khowst, Afghanistan, an armed assailant entered the government headquarters and fired on the complex, causing no injuries. Shortly after, a suicide bomber drove his vehicle into the complex and detonated his vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, injuring two United States soldiers, one healthcare worker, one government official and damaging the headquarters building. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday, suspected insurgents attacked Hawae Samuror, chairman of the Kohror Tambon Administration Organization in Raman, Yala, Thailand. A fight ensued that ended in the death of one attacker and the injury of 8 of Hawae’s associates. Muhamah Azan was arrested on 05/29/2008 and a group of insurgents were arrested a day later for their involvement in the attack.
05/28/2008: On Wednesday, unidentified men bombed the No. 44 tower of the National Transmission Co. (Transco) in Pagayawan, Bacolod, Lanao del Norte. Cell phone parts and electrical wires were recovered from the scene. No casualties were reported.
05/28/2009: On Thursday afternoon, in Matta Cheni, Khowst, Khowst, Afghanistan, armed assailants kidnapped a Turkish engineer. There is no information available on the hostage.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday evening at 1830, in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan, at the Kabari Bazaar, assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).  Two minutes later and a few steps away at the Qissa Khawani Bazaar, assailants detonated a second VBIED.  When the police arrived at the scene, armed assailants, taking shelter on a rooftop and inside a hotel, began firing at the police and public in general.  Authorities reported that the attacks killed five civilians, injured over 70 civilians and children, destroyed tons of vehicles, and damaged the markets. Taliban was held responsible, two militants were killed and two arrested by security forces.
05/28/2009: On Thursday evening at about 2000, near Gori, Shida Kartli, Georgia, assailants fired at police post with a large caliber pistol, causing minor damage to the police post, but no casualties. No motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday evening, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, three armed men riding a motorcycle fired inside a mobile phone shop, killing four civilians, injuring one other, and damaging the store.  No group claimed responsibility although such attacks are previously blamed on the Baloch Liberation Army.
05/28/2009: On Thursday in Cukurca, Hakkari, Turkey, assailants set fire to several work machines. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was responsible for the attack.
05/28/2009: On Thursday morning at 1115, in Mabao 25 km from Haflong, North Cachar Hills, India, assailants set fire to 16 homes. No group claimed responsibility but police suspected Dimasas tribesmen to be responsible for the attack. There were no reported casualties.
05/28/2009: On Thursday morning, in As Sinniyah, Al Qadisiyah, Iraq, assailants killed Jawad Khaled Gayad, a member of the Diwaniya council, in the al-Sinniyah district. Gayad was the director of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council's officer in the province. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/28/2009: On Thursday night around 2220, twenty suspected communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels attacked a Globe cell site in Poblacion village in Pio V. Corpus town in Masbate province in Bicol, the Philippines. Security guard, Jerry Besabella, traded shots with the gunmen, prompting them to retreat without damaging the facility. Police have started hot pursuit operations for the rebels, who the military claimed are targeting Globe sites due to the owners' refusal to pay revolutionary taxes.
05/28/2009: On Thursday night at 0440 in Victoria Parade, Belfast, Northern Ireland, assailants threw a pipe bomb at a house causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday night between 2300 and 2330, in Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador, two improvised explosive devices  containing propaganda leaflets exploded at the Teleamazonas television station causing no property damage or casualties.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, at Disaobra and Langting stations on the Lumding-Badarpur line, Assam, India, assailants removed 41 sleepers from rail tracks. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, between Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq and Qara Tapa, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle, killing two children, one civilian, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a market, killing one, injuring 20 civilians, and damaging many shops.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, in the Al Jami'ah district of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq an improvised explosive device went off targeting a motorcade of the Ninawa council. In the incident, three civilians from the same family, including a three-year-old child were injured. The explosion also injured a member of the Ninawa council from al-Hadbaa list, Lamyaa Mohamed, and her driver. Three vehicles were also damaged. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, in Zeme Naga, North Cachar Hills District, Assam, India, unidentified militants set fire to a school building, community hall and 28 houses. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, in Zerne Naga, North Cachar Hills, India, assailants set fire to 28 houses. No group claimed responsibility. There were no reported casualties.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, Iraqi Security Forces defused a bomb with 100 tons of TNT placed inside an oxygen cylinder planted on the side of the main route between Tikrit and Kirkuk. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, outside Godey, Somali Region, Ethiopia, assailants ambushed the convoy of Somali security minister Col. Omar Hashi while he was travelling by road from Ethiopia towards his home in Hiiraan region in central Somalia. Unknown casualties were reported, but could not be confirmed. No damage or motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/28/2009: On Thursday, unidentified men planted explosives along the boundary wall of a local tribal elder, Wadera Mian Khan Hamzani Bugti's house in Sui, Balochistan, Pakistan. The explosion occured when a tanker was filling the undergound water tank, it collapsed the house and left six buried under rubble. Tanker driver Arshad Bugti and a brother of Wadera Mian Khan Hamzani died on the spot, while four other people sustatined injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
05/28/2010: On Friday afternoon at 1340, in Garhi Shahu, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, in one of three related attacks, seven assailants attacked a place of worship, taking worshipers hostage. The assailants wearing explosive vests and carrying arms and ammunition hurled three grenades after an interval of 10 minutes and took positions at different points. Gunfire and explosions continued for a long time at the worship place. The attackers hurled the fourth grenade at 2:09 pm, the fifth one at 2:23 pm, the sixth at 2:40 pm and the next three after an interval of two minutes each. One attacker was atop a minaret, firing with an assault rifle and throwing grenades as the police were engaged in a fierce gun battle with the armed men below. At least, 500-600 worshippers, including children, were trapped in the building. Around 10 cars parked outside the building were damaged. Jawans of the Elite Force launched the operation and a police team, led by SP Babar Bukht Qureshi, managed to break open the back door of the building and rescued the trapped worshippers. Three attackers apparently blew themselves up while no details were available about the other attackers, a police officer said. The Punjab chapter of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2010: On Friday afternoon at 1341, in Baitul Noor at 87-C in Model Town, Punjab, Pakistan, in one of three related attacks, two men riding a bike, wearing explosive vests shot dead two guards, one performing duty 20 yards away from the building, and the other on the main entrance. They parked their bike in which a time device was planted near a picket, set up by the administration of the building and rushed inside the three-story place of worship. They opened indiscriminate fire on the worshipers inside the building and hurled two hand grenades at them, which severely injured dozens of people, including children. Worshipers overpowered one of the men, preventing him from pulling the pin of the explosive vest he wore. Worshipers also overpowered the second assailant as he was reloading his weapon. During the brawl, the time device that had been planted in the bike a few yards away exploded. A cameramen and a reporter received injuries, while a car and the bike were partially damaged. A digital satellite news gathering vehicle of a private channel was attacked by a bike rider, who fired at least seven shots at the vehicle; however, all inside the vehicle escaped unharmed. Both the attackers, one of whom was identified as Mohammad, were handed over to the police. They were aged 16-18 and were clad in Shalwar Kameez. The injured attacker was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital under tight security, while the other was removed to an undisclosed location for questioning. The Bomb Disposal Squad defused almost 18 hand grenades and four detonators, besides collecting the remains of the explosive devices for forensic examination. The Punjab chapter of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2010: On Friday afternoon at 1430, in Garhi Shahu, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, in one of three related attacks, armed men fired shots and hurled a grenade at the mosque of Ahl-e-Hadees, adjacent to the City Law College. Indiscriminate firing by the assailants smashed the windowpanes of nearby buildings. Two suicide bombers barricaded themselves and held several people hostage while battling the police for nearly four hours before blowing themselves up. Police recovered two damaged AK-47 rifles and four hand grenades from them. The Punjab chapter of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2010: On Friday morning at 1000, on the Panamerican Route, at the height of the village El Mango, in the Village of Mondomo, in the jurisdiction of Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, Colombia, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), attacked with grenades and mortars the caravan of the Fourth Regional Police Commander, General Gustavo Adolfo Ricaurte. The attack left a bodyguard wounded and one vehicle damaged. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/28/2010: On Friday morning at approximately 0830, at Gidhni turning near Chak basti in Palamau, Jharkhand, India, assailants detonated a landmine improvised explosive device, killing one police officer and wounding one other police officer. The deceased was identified as Upendra Kumar Singh, and the wounded was identified as Ashok Kumar Sao. No damages were reported. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) faction was responsible.
05/28/2010: On Friday night around 0130, near Jhargram, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, the Calcutta-Mumbai Express passenger train derailed and was hit by a cargo train. At least 115 people were killed and more than 140 were injured. Officials disagreed on the cause of the derailment, with some saying it was caused by an explosion but others blaming sabotaged rail lines. No group claimed responsibility, but a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) faction was blamed for the attack. According to police, Umakangta Mahato and Bapi Mahato of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) sabotaged the train track which caused the train to derail. The CPI-Maoists denied being involved with the incident. On 08/27/2010, Umakangta Mahato was killed in a clash with security forces in Lodhashuli in Jhargram.
05/28/2010: On Friday night, in El Plateado, Argelia, Cauca, Colombia, assailants hurled an improvised explosive device at a residence. The explosion killed two children, injured four other people and caused and unknown amount of property damage to five residences. No group claimed responsibility but it is suspected the 60th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out the attack to create fear in civilians for the upcoming presidential elections.
05/28/2011: On Saturday afternoon at 1630, at the Takhar Province Governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa's office complex in Taloqan, Takhar, Afghanistan, a man wearing a police uniform entered an Afghan meeting with officials from the region and detonated his explosive device. Seven people, including Police Chief General Mohammad Daud Daud, provincial Police Chief Shah Jahan Nuri and two German soldiers, were killed and nine others including provincial Governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa and German General Markus Kneip were injured. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the complex. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told media via telephone from unknown location claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up inside governor's office, targeting top regional leaders.
05/28/2011: On Saturday morning around 1000, in the Salarzai area of Bajaur, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, a man on foot detonated a bomb at a restaurant at a market, destroying the one-room restaurant and damaging several nearby shops. Eight civilians were killed, including two pro-government elders, and 10 others were wounded in the blast. Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman, claimed responsibility, saying the elders were targeted because they were helping the security forces.
05/28/2011: On Saturday night at 0300, in Matta tehsil, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons and lobbed hand grenades on the house of the Awami National Party (ANP) president, Muzaffar Ali Khan, causing an unknown amount of property damage. Khan, a guest, identified as Sher Rehman, and a policeman, identified as Abdullah, were killed and another policeman, identified as Zamin Zada, was injured in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2011: On Saturday night, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, unknown militants detonated an explosive device that was attached to a civilians vehicle, killing the one civilian and damaging the vehicle as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2011: On Saturday, at Firdous Colony in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, unidentified militants opened fire on the President Asif Ali Zardari’s Chief Security Officer, Bilal Sheikh, but the militants fled the scene after security forces returned fire. Reportedly, Sheikh was returning from a meeting at Bilawal House when his vehicle and accompanying police vans came under attack by assailants using sophisticated weapons. The assailants arrived on three motorcycles and in two cars and fired at least two rockets and hurled an unknown amount of hand grenades at the convoy. Two security officers named Mehmood and Farooq were wounded in the incident and a rocket launcher, hand grenade and other weapons were detained. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2011: On Saturday, in the village of Cocuana in Neiva, Huila, Colombia, military troops located an improvised explosive device comprised of a cylinder loaded with 40 pounds of ammonium nitrate and shrapnel, which was planted by the Angelino Godoy Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and suspected to target both military troops and civilians. No casualties or property damage resulted as troops safely defused the explosive device. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities attributed the attempted bombing to the FARC’s Angelino Godoy Front.
05/28/2012: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated near a school in Sharana city, Paktika province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and the vehicle destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated in Balghlan-e-Markazi district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. The blast was targeting an Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrol; four police officers were killed and one wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated in Mulazai area, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The blast targeted a police van on a search operation after a previous attack; three police officers were injured in the blast. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated in Nahr-e-Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The blast targeted a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle; one United States soldier, Julian C. Chase, was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One boy was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated near a railway track in Satellite town, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. A span of track two feet long was destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated near a security bus in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Three security officers were killed and 12 more injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device detonated near an Afghan National Army (ANA) vehicle in Sur Dewal area, Pusht-i-Rod district, Farah province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and another injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device hidden in a fire extinguisher detonated near a patrol vehicle of local defense volunteers in Ban Koli village, tambon Talo Dueraman, Kapho district, Pattani province, Thailand. Three volunteers were killed and four injured in the attack, while their pickup truck was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: An explosive device suspected to be a fertilizer bomb was thrown into a shopping area in Nairobi city, Nairobi province, Kenya. One person was killed and 37 wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected Al-Shabaab. In addition, one of the assailants was apprehended and arrested at the scene.
05/28/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Chaman town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, a private home was destroyed and a mosque damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants abducted an Italian engineer working for Borini Prono in Ilorin city, Kwara state, Nigeria. The engineer was released on June 1, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants ambushed a group of security personnel gathering water at a well in Kot Langar Khel village, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and several injured in the ambush; a donkey and a mule being used to transport the water were also killed. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2012: Assailants attacked a passenger bus carrying Shia Muslims with firearms and grenades in Charkhel village, Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three passengers were killed and six injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants attacked a police station and Frontier Constabulary (FC) fort with firearms, hand grenades, and rockets in Mulazai area, Tank district, Pakistan. Two police officers were killed and the building was damaged in the attack. This was one of two attacks targeting police in Mulazai on this night. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) troops in Tangi area, Kashk-e-Kohna district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants attacked an Afghan Border Police (ABP) patrol in Dargai area, Dand Wa Patan district, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were injured, and seven attackers were killed and four injured by return fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device in a primary school for boys in Safi tehsil, Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the school building was destroyed. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for this attack.
05/28/2012: Assailants fired a rocket at a military compound in Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, the wall of the compound was damaged. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants on motorcycles attacked a police van with firearms and grenades in Sariab Wali Jat area, Quetta district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police superintendent outside of a medical clinic in Korangi area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The police superintendent and a doctor were killed in the attack, and a bodyguard was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants opened fire on the car of Khasan Sizhazhev, the head of the Baksan district, in Kabardino-Balkaria republic, Russia. Sizhazhev was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at a police patrol in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and three people injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Assailants threw a grenade at the Dunya radio station in Parwan province, Afghanistan. One security guard was injured in the attack, and the station's building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Gunmen opened fire on Hajji Mohammad, a tribal elder, in Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Mohammad was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a government source suspected the Taliban.
05/28/2012: Gunmen shot and killed a Shura councilmember in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Seven explosive devices were discovered by police in a car in Dungannon town, Tyrone district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Police officers defused the explosives and arrested the two occupants of the car. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2012: Six assailants planting roadside explosives were killed by an North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike in Nirkh district, Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a local government source stated that the assailants were members of the Taliban.
05/28/2012: Two assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a group of Christian Igbo traders in Yola city, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Four traders were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: A gunman shot at a French military convoy in Kidal town, Kidal region, Mali. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: A rocket hit a residential area on the outskirts on Hermel town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Three Lebanese citizens were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: A suicide bomber in a car exploded near a military convoy in Mosul district, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and two other people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2013: A suicide bomber in a truck targeted a police checkpoint in Tarmiyah town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2013: An assailant threw a grenade at two security guards in Butterworth town, Penang state, Malaysia. The explosive failed to detonate. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2013: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated near a Shia imambargah in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device concealed in garbage detonated as a military patrol passed in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Three soldiers were killed and at least three other civilians and soldiers were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated at a coffee shop in Hibhib village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Seven people were killed and 11 other individuals were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated during a combing operation in Chindpal area, Kanker district, Chhattisgarh state, India. One officer was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police convoy in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer, Lieutenant Colonel Faris al-Rashidi, was killed and three were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of the residence of a private school owner in the Shabqadar area of Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast; however, the building and a vehicle were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated prematurely in Wazakhwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. The two assailants, to whom the device belonged, died in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two Afghan soldiers were killed and three more were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device detonated targeting Sahwa Council members in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device on a minibus detonated in the Sadr City area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Seven people were killed and 26 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device placed in a car detonated as a bus full of border guards passed in Derbent city, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Two guards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near the Shalal market in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and three other individuals were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated north of Kabul city in Kabul province, Afghanistan. The blast struck the convoy of Obaidullah Ramin, a parliamentarian. Ramin was not harmed in the attack; however, five people were killed in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated targeting the vehicle of peace committee leader Mian Shirazi in Bishbanr area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Shirazi's son and bodyguard were killed and three other people were injured in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2013: An explosive device was discovered near Karkhano market, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was safely defused without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle and a roadside bomb detonated in a market in Doura district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Nine people were killed and 34 other individuals were wounded in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and safely defused in Dora area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants ambushed a Khyber Rifles vehicle transporting food and goods in the Landi Kotal town, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. A soldier and an assailant were injured in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants attacked a journalist as he left the Al-Jumhuriyah newspaper headquarters in Taiz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. There was no additional information with regards to the outcome for the victim, Tayyib Rashad Abd-al-Wahab. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants attacked a patrol of Afghan National Police (ANP) officers in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Three officers were killed and seven others were wounded in the attack. Additionally, two ranger vehicles were damaged after the assailants set them on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/28/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Four police officers and two assailants were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) had been involved in the attack.
05/28/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Barmal district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed in the ensuing firefight. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Sarobi district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Eleven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants fired rockets and rifles at the residential compound of Montasser Sabal in Talitay town, Maguindanao province, Philippines. Sabal, the mayor of Talitay, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2013: Assailants forcibly shut down a number of stores in the market in Saqayn district, Saada governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the incident was attributed to Huthis.
05/28/2013: Assailants kidnapped a student from his home in Saqayn district, Saada governorate, Yemen. The kidnapping outcome for the victim, Abdallah Salim al-Haffar, is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the incident was attributed to Huthis.
05/28/2013: Assailants launched two grenades at an infantry outpost in Sawo area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The grenades missed and hit a rubber tree, causing no injuries or damage. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle near Sukkur city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two people, including the Muzaffargarh Traders Association president, Muhammad Saleem, were killed in the attack. Additionally, five more people, including a former member of parliament, Mehr Irshad Sial, were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants shot and killed a Sahwa Council leader near Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants shot and killed two paramilitary rangers on patrol in Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Assailants threw three explosive devices at the residence of Foreign Minister Dipu Moni in Dhaka city, Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No one was injured in the explosion and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2013: Assailants torched Palestinian-owned vehicles in Marj Naja village, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported; however, several vehicles were engulfed in flames. This was one of two arson incidents targeting Palestinians on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Israeli extremists.
05/28/2013: Assailants torched Palestinian-owned vehicles in Zubeidat village, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported; however, several vehicles were engulfed in flames. This was one of two arson incidents targeting Palestinians on this day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Israeli extremists.
05/28/2013: Gunmen attacked a Lebanese army checkpoint in Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. Three soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities claimed that the assailants had retreated to Syria.
05/28/2013: Gunmen attacked World Health Organization (WHO) polio vaccination workers in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One WHO worker was killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa members were killed and two were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Gunmen shot the senior lawyer of the Sindh High Court, Kausar Saqlain, in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The lawyer and his two sons were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Two explosive devices placed in a car were found and defused by police in Nalchik city, Kabardin-Balkar republic, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2013: Two explosive devices were thrown at police responding to a fake emergency call in northern Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The devices exploded, but no one was injured in the blast. Christine Connor, identifed as an Irish republican extremist, confessed to carrying out the attack.
05/28/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Latifiyah town, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least five civilians were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: A roadside land mine detonated near an Afghan Security convoy in Muhammad Agha district, Logar province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: A rocket struck a police checkpoint in Sinai area, Hit city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: A rocket struck a shop in Hujir area, Babil governorate, Iraq. One child was killed and another person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint in Bab Ash Shams area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 16 people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast; the victims included military personnel and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint in Kadhimiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 15 people were killed and another 52 people were injured in the blast; the victims included police officers and civilians. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the federal police headquarters in Thaljah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least two soldiers and one police officer were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated in Hadeyek Helwan neighborhood, Helwan city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated in Qayyarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. A police officer was killed in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Nasr wa Al-Salam village, Abu Ghraib area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and three more people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Turkmen private residence in Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. This was one of 11 similar attacks targeting Turkmen families in the same district. At least five people were killed and 11 people were injured across the various incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated near Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers at an unknown location in Afghanistan. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated near the convoy of General Dahir Adan Ilmi in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Ilmi, the chief of the Somali National Army (SNA), was not harmed; however, there were an unknown number of injuries in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Al-Yarmuk area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Sumer area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and a second civilian was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol near Fadiliyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one military officer was killed and two soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device planted in a civilian vehicle detonated in Qayyarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least one student was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused along a highway in Kalat district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused in President Roxas town, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/28/2014: An explosives-laden motorcycle detonated near Khok Pho Hospital in Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. At least 10 people, including three Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV) members, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated at a diesel fuel market in Maarat Misrin town, Idlib governorate, Syria. Sixteen people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in a commercial area in Jihad area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 10 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Amin area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least five people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting a military patrol in Wadi Iqab area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. At least five people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: Assailant shot and killed a soldier in Zab area, Kirkuk, Iraq. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: Assailants abducted Commander Habibullah in Onkhi Dara village, Wardak province, Afghanistan. Habibullah, the chief security guard for the Afghan Ministry of Education, was found dead on May 30, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants abducted Ercan Alparslan in Yokuslu village, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Alparslan, the mayor of Dicle district and the leader of the Free Cause Party, was released on June 1, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/28/2014: Assailants attacked villagers as they were sleeping in Wat village, Kuru district, Plateau state, Nigeria. At least four people were killed and an unknown number were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspect that Fulani militants were involved.
05/28/2014: Assailants attempted to set fire to the Egyptian National Police (ENP) Local Unit Headquarters in Wasta city, Beni Suef governorate, Egypt. Security forces chased off the assailants before they could initiate the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a United States Department of State Consulate vehicle in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. At least two civilians from the United States were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants fired rockets at a Somali National Army (SNA) base in Burdhubo city, Gedo region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/28/2014: Assailants launched an airstrike on the February 17 Martyrs Brigade compound in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. The Haftar Militia claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) base in an unknown location in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. At least one soldier was killed and four others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Philippine Army (PA) patrol in Osang neighborhood, Catubig city, Northern Samar province, Philippines. At least one assailant was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on Abbas Raza in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Raza, the son of the caretaker for the Qasr-i-Abu Talib Imambargah, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on Abdulhaheng Buraheng at a market in Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. Buraheng, the chief of Group 8 village, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on an Egyptian Border Guard post in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. At least one soldier was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on Edelito Beloso as he was walking in Mabini town, Batangas province, Philippines. Beloso, a village chairperson, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and threw petrol bombs at buildings in Amuda village, Borno state, Nigeria. Thirteen people were injured in this attack. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least nine people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were destroyed across two of the incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and threw petrol bombs at buildings in Arbokko village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least nine people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were destroyed across two of the incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and threw petrol bombs at buildings in Gumushi village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least 26 people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were destroyed in the incident. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to Boko Haram.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers in Deel village, Bakool region, Somalia. At least two people, including one soldier and one assailant, were killed and several others were wounded in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on Syed Shahid Shah in Paposh Nagar neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Shah, a Pakistani Police head constable, was killed in the assault. The Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Reynaldo Navarro in Sagayen village, Davao del Norte province, Philippines. At least three people, including two assailants and Navarro, the mayor of Laak town, were killed and two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, authorities suspect that the New People's Army (NPA) was behind the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants opened fire on travelers near Awulari, Borno state, Nigeria. Eight people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/28/2014: Assailants set fire to equipment at an RSB Company construction camp in Kambesu village, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two construction camps targeted in Rayagada district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to the Kasipur-Niyamgiri division of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/28/2014: Assailants set fire to equipment at an RSB Company construction camp in Kusumaguda village, Odisha state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two construction camps targeted in Rayagada district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to the Kasipur-Niyamgiri division of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/28/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Benghazi Joint Security Force (BJSF) official in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Shia shop owner in Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants shot and killed two police officers in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2014: Assailants shot mortars and opened fire on an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Kismayo town, Lower Jubba region, Somalia. The outcome of the assault is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/28/2014: Assailants shot mortars and opened fire on an Armed Forces of Ukraine base in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2014: Assailants stabbed Budhram Mudma in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. Mudma, an Indian Police Service (IPS) constable, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/28/2014: Assailants threw grenades and opened fire on civilians at Notre Dame de Fatima Church in Bangui city, Bangui prefecture, Central African Republic. At least 30 people were killed and an unknown number were wounded in the assault. Additionally, at least 27 people were abducted; their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Selekas.
05/28/2014: Security forces arrested a suicide bomber who was planning to detonate in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility; however, the bomber stated that he had been recruited by the Taliban.
05/28/2015: A magnetic explosive device attached to the vehicle of Malik Nasarullah detonated in Zargari area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Nasarullah, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) district council candidate, and at least one other person were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in the car park at the Babil Hotel in central Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Security forces also found and defused a second explosives-laden vehicle at the same location. This was one of two similar attacks targeting hotels in the area. At least 15 people were killed and 42 people were injured across both blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2015: An assailant threw grenades at a jail in Navotas city, Metropolitan Manila province, Philippines. One civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated near an auto show in Bayaa area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The driver was killed and two passengers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated in Dniprovskiy neighborhood, Kiev city, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. One person was killed and one other was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated in Miranda district, Cauca department, Colombia. One soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated near a joint checkpoint in Jaarah village, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and four people were injured in the blast; the victims included Sahwa Council members and police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Saba al-Bor area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in Daranjani neighborhood, Zanzibar city, Zanzibar West region, Tanzania. One person was killed and an unknown number were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated near a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) convoy between Teherdge and Timbuktu cities, Timbuktu region, Mali. Three peacekeepers were wounded in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Saydiyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Roshen Confectionery Corporation shop owned by Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, Kiev oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Dera Bugti area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the car park at the Ashtar Hotel in central Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar attacks targeting hotels in the area. At least 15 people were killed and 42 people were injured across both blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused between Florencia and San Vicente del Caguan areas, Caqueta department, Colombia. In addition, assailants opened fire on police officials when the vehicle was discovered. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/28/2015: Assailants abducted a border police officer from his home in Abu Khan, Khost province, Afghanistan. Officer Bakhtaullah was killed and his body was discovered on May 30, 2015. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: Assailants abducted a teacher in Asmar town, Kunar province, Afghanistan. The teacher was shot and his body was found on May 31, 2015. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident and left a letter with the body accusing the victim of being a spy.
05/28/2015: Assailants abducted Dennis Cabadonga, the son of a village chairperson, from sitio Lupag, Malintubuan village, Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected the involvement of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
05/28/2015: Assailants abducted Sudhir Haldar from Hajongpara area, Meghalaya state, India. Haldar, a civilian construction manager, was rescued by Meghalaya police on June 2, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Lama group.
05/28/2015: Assailants armed with rockets, hand grenades, and firearms attacked a police vehicle in Daraban area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three people, including an assailant and two police officers, were killed and two police officers were injured in the assault. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to the death of their commander while in police custody.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked a group of displaced people in Otash Camp area, Nyala town, South Darfur state, Sudan. One civilian was killed and six others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Janjaweed.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. One assailant was killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost on the Qala-i-Naw-Herat highway in Badghis province, Afghanistan. A police officer and an assailant were killed and two officers and two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked a Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) patrol in Yambio district, Western Equatoria state, South Sudan. The attack resulted in an unknown number of casualties. The Revolutionary Movement for National Salvation (REMNASA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. Four soldiers and an unknown number of assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan. At least five soldiers and seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked an air force base in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. This was one of two related attacks on air force bases in Quetta on this date. Ten assailants were killed and 13 soldiers were wounded across both attacks. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to military operations in South Waziristan.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoints along northwestern Ariha city, Idlib governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of three related attacks in Ariha on the same day. Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Nusrah Front, and Al-Sham Legion all claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoints along southeastern Ariha city, Idlib governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of three related attacks in Ariha on the same day. Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Nusrah Front, and Al-Sham Legion all claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2015: Assailants attacked Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers along eastern Ariha city, Idlib governorate, Syria. There were an unknown number of casualties in the incident. This was one of three related attacks in Ariha on the same day. Ahrar al-Sham, Al-Nusrah Front, and Al-Sham Legion all claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2015: Assailants attempted to abduct Abdulghani Jamil, the Sanaa governor, from Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. Jamil and his nephew were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/28/2015: Assailants attempted to attack an oil complex in Las Tropicales town, Arauca department, Colombia. Six people, including three soldiers and three assailants, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/28/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Border Patrol Police (BPP) base in Yaring district, Pattani province, Thailand. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2015: Assailants opened fire on Abdirazaq Muhammad Artan near Bosaso city, Bari region, Somalia. Artan, a district commissioner, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/28/2015: Assailants opened fire on two civilians riding a motorcycle in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, Thailand. One civilian was killed and the other was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: Assailants set fire to a vehicle owned by the spouse of that Mayor of Ceret in Ceret, Languedoc - Roussillon, France. There were no casualties in the attack; however, the vehicle was destroyed in the fire. Animal Liberation Front (ALF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at the residence of a government of Balochistan council member in Thana Ward neighborhood, Gwadar city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2015: Assailants threw a hand grenade in a bazaar in Akora Khattak area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three individuals were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2015: Explosive devices detonated in El Puro district, Cacua department, Colombia. Six people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/28/2016: A landmine detonated targeting an Ethiopian military convoy in Yurkud, Gedo, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting military forces in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, four soldiers were killed in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting volunteer fighters in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 12 volunteers were killed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated and assailants opened fire targeting a Frontier Corps convoy in Awaran district, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were killed and three soldiers were injured in the attack. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated in Puli Alam, Logar, Afghanistan. At least 11 civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated near a car park in Ad Dawanim 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.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Ghazaliya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) vehicle in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. At least two officials were killed and two others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Hurrepal area, Bijapur district, Karnataka, India. One police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle on Sahil al-Bahr road in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. At least three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Sinai Province of the Islamic State may have carried out the attack.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying volunteer fighters in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two volunteers were killed and four volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Mohammad Qul in Qurghan district, Faryab, Afghanistan. Qul, an uprising commander, was not harmed, but two bodyguards were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked a construction camp in Rayagada, Odisha, India. There were no reported casualties, but several construction vehicles were set on fire in the incident. Maoists claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked a military camp in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least five people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Sources also suspected the involvement of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Nad Ali district, Helmand, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks on checkpoints in Helmand on this date. At least eight people, including seven police officers and a local uprising forces commander, were killed, four officers were injured, and one officer was reported missing across the three attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Nahri Saraj district, Helmand, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks on checkpoints in Helmand on this date. At least eight people, including seven police officers and a local uprising forces commander, were killed, four officers were injured, and one officer was reported missing across the three attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Sra Khash, Helmand, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks on checkpoints in Helmand on this date. At least eight people, including seven police officers and a local uprising forces commander, were killed, four officers were injured, and one officer was reported missing across the three attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked residents in Al Amiriyah subdistrict, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in the area on the same day. Two people were killed and 20 people were injured across both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/28/2016: Assailants attacked residents in Albu Shehab, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of two similar incidents in the area on the same day. Two people were killed and 20 people were injured across both assaults. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/28/2016: Assailants attempted to abduct Rakesh Singh in Patna, Bihar, India. Singh, a journalist, was injured in the failed kidnapping attempt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Agip and Shell Nembe 1 oil pipeline in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. This was one of three coordinated attacks on pipelines in the area. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Agip and Shell Nembe 2 oil pipeline in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. This was one of three coordinated attacks on pipelines in the area. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2016: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Agip and Shell Nembe 3 oil pipeline in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the blasts. This was one of three coordinated attacks on pipelines in the area. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2016: Assailants fired a rocket that struck a residential complex at Oguzeli airport near Gaziantep, Turkey. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Assailants fired chlorine-laced rockets at Kahrez, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 35 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).
05/28/2016: Assailants fired grenades at the residence of Datu Pandag Ampatuan in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, Philippines. Ampatuan, the brother of former governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., was not harmed but two children were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Assailants opened fire in a food shop in Zafraniya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Khwaja Pesta, Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least one police officer was killed and one officer was injured in the assault. Waheedullah, the deputy administrative officer for Kunduz, was abducted in the attack; he was rescued on June 10, 2017. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Assailants threw a crude bomb at an All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) rally in Tripalpur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. At least nine people, including children, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Five suicide bombers attacked peshmerga forces in Kuwayr, Arbil, Iraq. Security members repelled the assault, killing two assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/28/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-laden vehicle in Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in southern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2016: Security forces identified and killed two suicide bombers targeting military forces with an explosives-laden vehicle in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, 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 attack.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated at a school while an individual was attempting to remove a flag planted with the device in Nok Jo, Balochistan, Pakistan. The person was killed in the blast. An unknown group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a police officer in Jazirat Albu Dhiyab, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting police residences in the area on this date. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated between Mlaihah and Nahta in Izra district, Daraa, Syria. At least one person was killed and an unknown number of other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated in Khilana, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Khilana on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated in Mushahidah, Saladin, Iraq. Four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated near a passenger van in Khilana, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. At least four people were injured in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Khilana on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/28/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Colonel Mu'ayyad al-Humayshi in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. Al-Humayshi, a popular mobilization forces (PMF) commander, and five of his escorts were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused on a road in Pir Koh, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2017: Assailants abducted 10 people in Lambar 50, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/28/2017: Assailants abducted Muhammad Sa'd Ghayth, an Al-Munasila tribe member, in Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya. Ghayth was killed and his body was discovered the following day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State.
05/28/2017: Assailants abducted six civilians in Bangassou, Mbomou, Central African Republic. The hostages were killed shortly after the abduction. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Anti-Balaka Militia.
05/28/2017: Assailants attacked Abdul Hameed Hamid, a district administrative chief, in Wazir Kala, Logar, Afghanistan. Hamid and two of his guards were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Assailants attacked and killed the councilor of a local village chief in Mougnoukana, Douentza district, near Mondoro, Mopti, Mali. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/28/2017: Assailants attacked Hulaywah, Saladin, Iraq. At least 12 assailants were killed and three Peshmerga personnel were injured in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Assailants attacked Kaya village in Borno, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/28/2017: Assailants attacked military personnel at the Mosul Medical Complex, in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. At least 13 soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/28/2017: Assailants attacked Zarkah, Saladin, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack, killing and injuring an unknown number of assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/28/2017: Assailants fired missiles at Shirqat, Saladin, Iraq. At least five civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/28/2017: Assailants fired mortars at Kasibah, Diyala, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Assailants opened fire on a police captain on Ad Dawrah Highway in Baghdad, Iraq. The officer was unharmed as there were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Assailants opened fire on Ajmal Khan, a district governor, outside of his residence in Jani Khail, Paktika, Afghanistan. Ajmal and his son were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Assailants opened fire on security posts in Sangin, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least seven assailants were killed and six assailants were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Assailants set fire to kendu leaves at a farm in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security forces arrested two members of the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) in connection with the attack.
05/28/2017: Assailants stabbed and killed Tahhrl, a local administrator, in Buthidaung, Rakhine, Myanmar. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/28/2017: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices in Murghcha, Herat, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/1981: In Toledo, Oregon, in the United States, two women, claiming to be part of the People's Brigade For A Healthy Genetic Future set fire to a 1977 Hiller 12-E helicopter, owned by Western Helicopter Service Inc. of Newberg, and being leased at the time by Publishers Paper Company in order to spray herbicides on 100 acres of forest near Toledo. The women said the arson was a protest against the use of herbicides, and claimed responsibility for the incident in phone calls to various news organizations, including Coast News Service, as well as in a written statement left at the Newport Post Office.  The fire caused $180,000 in damages (the total cost of the aircraft). No casualties were reported.
05/29/1999: Suspected separatist rebels ambushed and killed two policemen and seven soldiers in the Setia Bakti sub-district of West Aceh Regency, Indonesia.
05/29/2000: Approximately 30 armed men, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), ambushed an army convoy at Zamboanga, on Basilan island, Philippines, wounding seven soldiers.
05/29/2000: Four army personnel were injured when unknown attackers threw a grenade at their patrol in Shopian, Kashmir, India.
05/29/2000: Four people were injured when a bomb exploded in a restaurant in Medan, Indonesia. There was no clam of responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2000: The head of the Samudra sub-district military command, First Lieutenant Katimin, was shot dead by unknown assailants in North Aceh, Indonesia.
05/29/2000: Three Kosovo-Serbs, one of which was a four-year child, were killed and another two Kosovo-Serbs seriously injured in Cernica, in eastern Kosovo, when an unknown gunman opened fire on the group while they were standing outside of a shop in the Kosovo-Serb occupied part of town.
05/29/2000: Two Russian soldiers were killed and another four wounded in a rebel ambush on a patrol near the village of Sayasan, in southern Chechnya.
05/29/2000: Unknown attackers threw two grenades at police officers in a busy section of Srinagar, India, however, the grenades fell short of their target and instead injured eight civilians.
05/29/2001: In one of two related incidents, Molotov cocktails were suspected to have been thrown at the home of Golkar Party-Lampung Chairman Zulkarnaen's father-in-law in Kemiling, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. No casualties resulted from the incident and the perpetrators were neither identified nor apprehended. A spokesman for the political party claimed that the blast was part of a campaign of political terrorism designed to intimidate the Golkar Party from pursuing the impeachment of the Indonesian President.
05/29/2001: In one of two related incidents, Molotov cocktails were suspected to have been thrown at the home of the Golkar Party's South Lampung District Head, Zulkifli Anwar in Pahoman, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. Zulkifli Anwar was not home at the time of the attack and no casualties resulted from the incident. The perpetrators were neither identified nor apprehended. A spokesman for the political party claimed that the blast was part of a campaign of political terrorism designed to intimidate the Golkar Party from pursuing the impeachment of the Indonesian President.
05/29/2001: Militants fired three rifle grenades at a building of a women's college in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, at approximately 0700 GMT. India's junior Commerce and Industry Minister, Omar Abdullah, who had been at the college for a function, left the building ten minutes before the attack. Abdullah escaped injury, but three schoolgirls and one woman were injured in the incident. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2001: Palestinian Militants claiming to be part of the Fatah Hawks kidnapped two journalists in the Gaza Strip. Joshua Hammer, an American and the Chief of Newsweek's Jerusalem Bureau, and Gary Knight, a British photographer, were kidnapped while en route to a refugee camp near the Gaza/Egyptian Border. A spokesman for the Fatah Hawks said the kidnapping was symbolic, intended to illustrate that there would be repercussions for America and Britain policies. The journalists were released unharmed, as promised, at 6 p.m. on the same day of the kidnapping. The Palestinian Authority claimed that a group named the Fatah Hawks no longer exited and that they had no connection with this incident. The perpetrators were not identified or apprehended and no casualties resulted from the incident.
05/29/2001: Two people were killed and at least three were wounded when the car they were riding in was fired upon by Palestinian gunmen near the settlement of Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion, Israel.  One of the women killed was an Israeli settler named Sarah Blaustein, who had just moved to Israel from New York.  Her husband and son, Norman and Sammy Blaustein, were wounded in the attack.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2001: Unidentified assailants threw grenades and a bomb at the residence of Father Vinay, a Christian priest in Muzaffarnagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. No casualties resulted from the incident, and the attackers were not identified or apprehended.
05/29/2002: A bomb that was placed under the seat of a public bus exploded in Ahmedabad, India. Two other buses were also bombed at the time of this attack, which occurred at peak hour when the buses were crowded with commuters. Police suspected crude homemade bombs of low intensity were used. A total of 12 people were injured in all three attacks. Alerted by the explosions, the police launched a search of all buses and bus stations in Ahmedabad and recovered another two bombs hidden in lunch containers at two other bus stations. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2002: Alerted by the explosions of three other buses, police launched a search of all buses and bus stations in Ahmedabad, India, and discovered and defused a bomb hidden in a lunch container at a bus station. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2002: Militants killed two Indian policemen during an attack on the District Police Lines in Doda, India. Authorities believed that Lashkar-e Taiba was responsible for the incursion.
05/29/2003: Alleged members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed a civilian pick-up truck about 40 kilometers (24 miles) east of Gulu on the Gulu-Moroto road, killing one and injuring another person. The LRA members burned the truck after killing the civilians.
05/29/2003: Ten people, five civilians and five perpetrators, were killed when approximately seventy-five Moslem separatists attacked two army outposts and a village in Carmen, Philippines. The rebels fired rockets and mortars on the army outposts and burned approximately 15 homes. The army blamed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for the incident, but the group denied the accusation.
05/29/2004: Islamic militants attacked oil company compounds in Al-Khubar, Saudi Arabia, killing 22 civilians of various nationalities and wounding at least 25 others during the incident.  The perpetrators held about 50 hostages for 22 hours until the Saudi security forces attacked and freed the hostages. An emailed statement signed by Al-Qaida in the Arabian Penninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the attack, which reportedly targeted facilities affiliated to the U.S. occupation company Halliburton.
05/29/2004: Save Kashmir Movement members threw a grenade into the home of a Kashmiri separatist in Srinagar, India-controlled Kashmir. No casualties resulted from the incident.
05/29/2004: Unknown assailants beheaded a man in the Sungai Padi district, Thailand.
05/29/2004: Unknown perpetrators exploded a bomb under train tracks in Elkhotovo, Russia, wounding six people and derailing six train cars.
05/29/2005: A suicide bomber targeting the Iraqi Oil Ministry detonated his vehicle just outside the ministry building, killing two security guards. No group claimed responsibilty for the attack. There was no report of damage to the facility.
05/29/2005: A suicide car bomb exploded at the gates of the Iraqi Oil Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 2 police guards and injuring 6 bystanders. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2005: An explosive device went off outside the house of Boris Komurzoyev, Public Health Minister for Ingushetia, Russia. There were no casualties but the explosion damaged the gate outside his home. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2005: Insurgents attacked a police major crimes unit in the Amariyah neighborhood of Baghdad using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, machine-guns, and a car bomb. The attack killed seven civilians and four police officers, and wounded twelve civilians. Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2005: Insurgents killed General Ahmad Saleh al-Baranzanchi, the director of internal affairs of the province of Kirkuk, after abducting him from his home in Kirkuk, Iraq. The group Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the assassination.
05/29/2005: The National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a private residence in Cargese, Corsica. The attack did not result in any casualties and the building sustained only minor damage.
05/29/2005: The National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a private residence in Porto Vecchio, Corsica. The attack did not result in any casualties and the building sustained only minor damage.
05/29/2005: The National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a private residence in Sagone, Corsica. The attack did not result in any casualties and the building sustained only minor damage.
05/29/2005: The National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the former premises of the Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment in Lucciana, Corsica. The attack did not result in any casualties and the building sustained only minor damage.
05/29/2005: The National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the Haute-Corse Prefect’s Office in Bastia, Corsica. The attack did not result in any casualties and the building sustained only minor damage.
05/29/2005: Two Taliban members shot and killed Maulvi Abdullah Fayaz, Chief of Kandahar (Province)’s Islamic Council, in Afghanistan’s Kandahar (Province) Province. Taliban spokesman, Mullah Abdul Latif Hakimi, claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Faridullah Khan, a tribal ally of the Pakistani government, in Wana, Pakistan. Two of Khan’s companions were also killed and 2 others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2005: Unidentified perpetrators dressed in uniforms, suspected to be Ossetian rebels, opened fire on the Kurta police station from a vehicle moving from Java in the direction of Tskhinvali in Georgia. Policemen stationed at the Tamarasheni checkpoint closed the road after hearing about the attack. The perpetrators then fired on the policemen at the Tamarasheni checkpoint. One Georgian policeman was killed and two others were injured in the attack. Four of the perpetrators were killed as well. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Masbah district, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police patrol, killing three people and wounding five others. Policemen and civilians were both among the victims. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2006: In one of a multitude of incidents in Pakistan at this time, ‘perpetrators’ used homemade explosives to blow up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Pash Bogi area. The explosion disrupted the flow of gas to a Sui purification plant from Loti in the Pesh Bogi area. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/29/2006: Perpetrators attacked workers on an irrigation construction site in Welikanda, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. They tied victims together, killed 12 men execution-style, and wounded two others. No claim of responsibility was reported but it was believed that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was responsible.
05/29/2007: A homemade bomb targeting the High Season Hotel in Hat Yai, Thailand failed to damage its target or injure anyone.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2007: Five Britons, including an IT consultant and four bodyguards, were confirmed kidnapped from the Iraqi finance ministry in Baghdad, Iraq.  The kidnappers wore national police uniforms and used 40 vehicles in the operation.  In a video released in December 2007, armed kidnappers stood in front of a sign that read "Islamic Shiite Resistance in Iraq." Over the course of more than two years, at least three of the bodyguards were killed and the fourth is presumed dead. The IT expert, Peter Moore, was released in December 2009. Authorities attribute responsibility to Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a group led by former Mahdi Army spokesman Qais al Khazaali.
05/29/2007: One civilian was killed and eight civilians were wounded in a car bomb attack near the high court in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2007: Twenty-five civilians were killed and 75 wounded in a car bomb attack targeting the al-Imma Husseiniya, a Shi i prayer hall in the Amil neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2008: Early on Thursday,  in Kozloduy, Bulgaria, a bomb was used to target the house of the mayor of Oryahovo.  The blast broke windows, and stairs and elevator shafts were damaged.  The material used in the bomb has not been established.  No injuries were reported, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2008: Early Thursday morning, French national Johann Freckhaus, head of the French company Gohan Sreckhaus, and two of his Afghan colleagues and a driver were taken hostage by suspected Taliban militants as they were driving between Moqor and Ghazni in the Gelan District of Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The hostages were released on Thursday, 06/19/2008, however no claim of responsibility was issued for the hostage taking incident. Mawlawi Mohammad Anwar, a Taliban commander, was suspected to be responsible for the kidnapping.
05/29/2008: On Thursday at 0230, in Athens, Attiki, Greece, assailants set fire to a New Democracy political party building, damaging the building and a nearby vehicle but causing no casualties. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2008: On Thursday morning at 0910, by the side of a country road 300 meters from the village of Churbauli, Znauri district, South Ossetia, Georgia,  two explosive devices that went off inflicted "splinter wounds to three people who were inside a car that was passing along the road at that time. There has been no claim of responsibility. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage.
05/29/2008: On Thursday morning at about 1045, in Sinjar, Ninawa, Iraq, a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device in a crowd of civilians waiting outside a police station to apply for jobs as police officers, killing 16 people, wounding 21 people, and damaging the police station. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was believed the Islamic State of Iraq was responsible.
05/29/2008: On Thursday morning,  in Tskhinvali, Shida Kartli, Georgia, a car bomb exploded near the Police Special Task Force building wounding six civilians. According to a police spokesman, the early morning blast originated from a car that may have been driven into South Ossetia from neighboring Georgia.  An investigation is underway. There has been no claim of responsibility. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage.
05/29/2008: On Thursday night, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas detonated explosives at four electric towers in Maicao the state of La Guajira, Colombia, leaving many communities in the department of La Guajira without power. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, a bomb believed to have been set off by a mobile phone exploded outside Edwin Andrews Air Force air base while people were waiting to board a military transport plane in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga, Philippines. Three civilians were killed and 19 were wounded. Among the wounded were four aid workers and two staff members of the city's congresswoman. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is allegedly responsible for the attack.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, a car bomb went off near a bus station in al-Nabi Shiit neighborhood of Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq.  Fourteen people were wounded, including eight women and children.  The explosion also damaged nearby houses and shops. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, armed men bombed two high power pylons with a crude bomb detonated by mobile phone in Alabel, Cotabato, Philippines. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, at 1400, an assistant village head, Masoleh Kalupae, was shot and killed by four insurgents on two motorcycles in Moo 6 village in Tambon Puyud of Muang, Pattani, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, at 2045, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants shot and killed three individuals at Zone 18 village in Anuradhapura, North Central, Sri Lanka.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, at least ten people were injured after armed groups hurled a hand grenade into the house of Somali legislative body member, Adan Ali Shaleyto, in Baidoa, Bay, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas detonated explosives at an electric tower in Barrancas in the state of La Guajira, Colombia, leaving several communities in the department of La Guajira without power.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam assassins gunned down a civilian at Kallikai in Nelliady, North Eastern, Sri Lanka.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam fired 20 artillery shells towards the populated Kolombuthurai, Gurunagar and Pasiuura areas of Jaffna, North Eastern, Sri Lanka. Six civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in the attack.
05/29/2008: On Thursday, three civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated along a road in the village of Tokagac in the town of Yuksekova in Hakkari, Turkey. The bomb was planted by suspected Kurdistan Workers Party militants.
05/29/2009: On Friday afternoon at 1330, a magnetic bomb attached to a car exploded near the courthouse in Khalis in the Diyala province. The car belonged to the poet Khalid al Saadi, who was in the car at the time. All six people, including Saadi were killed in the explosion. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/29/2009: On Friday afternoon at about 1709, the Column Teofilo Forero of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), enter the city hall of the city of Garzon, department of Huila, Colombia. Killing two bodyguards, one police officer, two soldiers, injuring three soldiers and kidnapping councilman, Armando Acuna, the status of the councilman remains unknown. FARC claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/29/2009: On Friday afternoon at approximately 1500, in Ba'qubah, Diyala, Iraq, the house of a displaced Shiite family was blown up in the Amin neighborhood by an improvised explosive device. The family had just repaired the house that was previously damaged and were about to return to their neighborhood. No casualties were reported in the incident.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday afternoon, in Chitrakonda, Malkangiri, Orissa, India, assailants assaulted and killed the town traders' association president.  No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible. There was no reported damage.
05/29/2009: On Friday evening at 2100, in Chitrakonda, Orissa, India, assailants set fire to five vehicles that are being used in laying a road. The Communist Party of India-Maoist/Naxalites (CPI-Maoist) was responsible for the attack. There were no reported casualties.
05/29/2009: On Friday evening at around 1840, at Bubong village in Barangay Calanganan, Cotabato City, a powerful improvised explosive device fashioned from a rocket propelled grenade with mobile phone as trigger mechanism went off underneath a parked ten-wheeler cargo truck. The explosion destroyed the truck. Benzon Altonera, truck driver, said the firm's owner had received threat from a group for his failure to grant protection money to lawless group. No one was reported injured in the incident, even as police suspect business rivalry as a possible motive behind the incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2009: On Friday evening, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, assailants fired upon and killed the Hizbul Al Islam insurgent leader, Abdulkadir " Qatatow" Hamsa. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday in Zahedan, Sistan va Baluchesta, Iran, three unknown gunmen wounded three people, including one child, at one of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's campaign offices after protesting. The Jundallah group is suspected of being responsible for the attack.
05/29/2009: On Friday morning at 0730, near Monasteri, Shida Kartli, Georgia, assailants fired upon a police vehicle with automatic weapons, causing minor damage to the vehicle, but no casualties. No motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday morning, in Ibrahimzai, Mata Khan, Paktika, Afghanistan, armed assailants kidnapped four engineers (2 Afghan; 2 Pakistani). No group claimed responsibility. There is no further information on the hostages.
05/29/2009: On Friday morning, in Karubi village in Kapho, Pattani, Thailand, armed assailants fired upon and killed a deputy subdistrict headman.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed Muslim separatists were responsible.
05/29/2009: On Friday morning, in Khakriz, Kandahar, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device exploded when it was struck by a vehicle, killing four civilians, including  a child and a woman. Their vehicle was also destroyed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/29/2009: On Friday night at 2300, unidentified attackers aboard a motorcycle opened fire on a customer service center along Kalat street, Jail road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Five civilians were killed in the attack, identified as Muhammad Zoheb, Abdul Khaliq, Arshad Mahmood, Muhammad Asif and Nilam Bibi. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday night, an 81-mm mortar damaged the roof of the house of Kalamansig Vice Mayor Joaquin Concha in Kalamansig town. Concha and other local officials in Kalamansig have been receiving threats from a group who claimed to be followers of Commander Boyet of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF) 104th base command. Eid Kabalu, MILF spokesman, denied the MILF had any hand in the blast that hit the town vice mayor's home. No one was hurt in the blast which damaged portions of the second floor of Concha's residence.
05/29/2009: On Friday, a local chapter leader of the Awakening Council was targeted in a bombing as he opened his butcher store northeast of Baghdad.  Khazal al-Sammarie was killed and eight other people were injured when a bomb hidden on a motorcycle parked near the store on the outskirts of Baquba. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/29/2009: On Friday, a roadside bomb targeted the convoy of the 12th division commander of the Iraqi army, the major general Abdul Ameer Al-Zaidi. The incident took place in the Sufra village in western Kirkuk. A source from the division confirmed the incident saying that several guards were wounded without further details. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/29/2009: On Friday, an improvised explosive device targeted the Amir Al-Momenin mosque in Zahedan, Sistan va Baluchesta, Iran during evening prayers. The incident killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 50. No claim of responsibility has been reported, but 15 suspects were arrested the same day.
05/29/2009: On Friday, an improvised explosive device went off in the Ghawam village in the south of Qurat Taba in the Kafri district in southern Sulaimaniya. Two children were killed and four others were injured in the incident. All of the victims were part of the same family. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Baidoa, Bay, Somalia, an unidentified gunman fired an assault rifle at Al Shabaab militiamen; the gunman was later arrested by Al Shabaab militants. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and it wasn’t reported if the gunman was affiliated with any militant group.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Khalis, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a bomb targeting a bus station, killing four civilians and wounding at least ten. The bomb was attached to a car parked at the station. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Khowst, Afghanistan, a magnetic improvised explosive device attached to a vehicle exploded, killing a Provincial Council candidate and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Kismaayo, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, an unidentified man threw a hand grenade into a crowd injuring two people. Al Shabaab militants arrested a number of young men thought to be responsible. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Kohat, North West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in front of a music shop, destroying the shop as well as three adjacent shops.  The explosion also damaged a nearby residence and injured Rasheeda Bibi, a child inside.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Lumding, Assam, India, at a railroad stretch between Lumding to Badarpur, assailants removed railroad tracks. No group claimed responsibility. There were no reported casualties.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Mandali, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a civilian vehicle on the highway the district, killing one civilian, wounding three others, and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, in Phoiding village, North Cachar Hills District, Assam, India, two huts were set on fire by unidentified militants during an attack on the village. A woman was killed and another was injured during the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, near Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near a vehicle, killing two children, wounding four civilians, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2009: On Friday, near Mantriput in Malkangiri District, Orissa, India, that assailants killed a construction contractor to dissuade contractors from taking up construction works in the insurgency-affected remote areas. The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were responsible for the attack. There was no reported damage.
05/29/2010: On Saturday afternoon at 1230, in the Dispetcheri area of Kabul, Kabul province, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber approached the office of a company that supplies food to foreigners and detonated the improvised explosive device strapped to his body, only killing himself and causing no damage. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2010: On Saturday afternoon at 1530, in the corner of streets Vitacura and Alonso de Cordova in Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile, a bomb exploded at the church, Inmaculada Concepción de la comuna de Vitacura. The attack wounded a civilian, Cruz López Carrasco, who was cleaning the interior of the church and caused an unspecified amount of damage to the church. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2010: On Saturday morning at 0845, in Khost, Khost province, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at an ice cream shop, injuring four civilians and one child and damaging the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2010: On Saturday morning, in Bor Hin village, Panare, Pattani, Thailand, a village official of Tambon Bor Hin Administration Organization, Yusoh Masoo, was killed by four men on two motorcycles while sitting in a tea shop. The attackers used M16 rifles and shot at Masoo several times. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
05/29/2010: On Saturday morning, in Derry, Northern Ireland, unknown assailants launched a rocket toward the Strand Road police station, causing no casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility, though dissident republicans are suspected.
05/29/2010: On Saturday, in Lakano, Khost, Khost province, Afghanistan, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device, destroying Zakokhel High School but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2010: On Saturday, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting the house of a policeman. The assailants used cylinders packed with TNT and C-4 explosive materials in the bombing. No casualties were reported but large portions of the house were destroyed and nearby houses were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2010: On Saturday, in Sargardan Square in Khost city, Khost province, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device exploded when it was struck by a vehicle, killing one civilian, injuring four others, and damaging the vehicle. The attack was thought to target the car of a brother of the head of Dwamanda District of Khost Province, Sayd Ahmad Khan Wafa. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2010: On Saturday, in the Oginigba area of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, eight unknown gunmen attacked and kidnapped a senior customs officer, identified as Comfort Enujeko. A team of policemen arrived and exchanged fire with the gunmen, killing two of the kidnap suspects and arresting four others. Enujeko was taken to an unknown location and the outcome is unknown. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2010: On Saturday, on kilometer 96, Berlin, between Junin and Guayacana in Tumaco, Narino, Colombia, electric tower number 233 was blown up, causing no casualties but disrupting the flow of electricity to the Port of Nariño. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday afternoon at 1730, in the village of La Concha, Campamento, Antioquia, Colombia, two mayoral candidates, Guillermo Roldan of the Conservative Party and Donay Correa of the National Unity Party, were taken hostage by armed militants who identified themselves as belonging to the 36th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The mayoral candidates were later killed by unknown means the next day on Monday 05/30/2011 when the FARC rebels forced the candidates’ companions to reclaim the bodies.
05/29/2011: On Sunday evening at 2000, in Bauchi, Bauchi, Nigeria, in one of three linked attacks, 14 people were killed and 40 others were injured when unidentified militants detonated three improvised explosive devices simultaneously in a market near the Nigerian 33 Artillery Brigade barracks. An unknown amount of material damage was caused to the market in the attack. The militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack on a BBC radio station.
05/29/2011: On Sunday evening at 2100, in Zuba near Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, in one of three linked attacks, two people were killed and 10 others were injured when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device at a bar in the Zuba International Market. The attack caused an unknown amount of material damage. The militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack on a BBC radio station.
05/29/2011: On Sunday night, in the district of PZ in Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria, in one of three linked attacks, eight people were injured when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near several beer parlors. An unknown amount of material damage was caused by the attack. The militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack on a BBC radio station.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Al Mashahidah, Salah ad Din, Iraq, unknown armed militants opened fire on an off-duty policeman, killing him. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown militants detonated an explosive device that was attached to the car of a political analyst and a university professor. The blast wounded both of them and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Iraq, unknown militants detonated a bomb fifteen minutes after they detonated a previous one that damaged a liquor store, targeting security elements and fire fighters. One soldier was killed and 4 fire fighters and 6 Army and police men were wounded. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Hilla, Babil, Iraq, unknown militants detonated two explosive charges near the headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Council in the al-Nil area; two guards were wounded and the building was severely damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Kanyosha, Bujumbura, Burundi, unidentified militants tossed grenades at a home of a ruling party member, killing four civilians wounding another five during the attack. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Kismayo, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, suspected al-Shabaab militants abducted eight teenagers who were accused of committing deeds against the Islamic religion according to the militants. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, although al-Shabaab is thought to be responsible.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Kitatsoti village, Garhwa, Jharkhand, India, suspected Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) militants set fire to a truck, causing an unknown amount of property damage to the truck. According to police, the militants also beat up the driver of the truck. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown militants detonated a bomb that was planted in the car of a candidate for the Ministry of Defense, General Khalid Al-Obaidi. The General and his nephew were wounded in the blast and an unknown amount of property damage was reported. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2011: On Sunday, in the Sui area of Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified armed men detonated an improvised explosive device targeting an eight-inch gas pipeline, damaging the pipeline but resulting in no casualties. Gas was suspended from well number 74 of the Sui plant. No group claimed responsibility.
05/29/2012: A mine exploded in Barmal district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Sarkhogan area near Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed and one injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: A roadside bomb struck a civilian car in Abu Ghraib town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and one injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol detonated in Haswa town, Anbar governorate, Iraq. The blast killed one police officer, injured another, and damaged several vehicles. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2012: An explosive device detonated in a primary school for girls in Safi tehsil, Mohmand agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast; however, the school was damaged. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the blast.
05/29/2012: An explosive device detonated near a Sahwa Council member's car in Samarra city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The Sahwa Council member was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: An explosive device hidden inside a television set was discovered and defused near a roundabout in Kaduna city, Kaduna state, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: An explosive device targeting a military convoy detonated in Shahidi Hassass district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The explosion wounded an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier and damaged a vehicle carrying rocket-propelled grenades. An Australian soldier was wounded when the damaged vehicle exploded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: An explosive device targeting a military patrol detonated near Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. The blast killed four Yemeni soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: An explosive device targeting a natural gas pipeline detonated in Sarikamis district, Kars province, Turkey. The pipeline, which flowed from Turkey to Azerbaijan, was damaged and shut down for several days. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/29/2012: An explosive device targeting a police vehicle detonated in al-Garma town near Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and two more wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused by police in Goth Mulla Maluk area, Naseerabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: An explosive device was discovered by a villager in Goalpara district, Assam state, India. The device was defused by the Indian Army. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police source suspected the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA).
05/29/2012: Assailants ambushed a military supply convoy in Mazraat Mashhour village, Zinjibar city, Zinjibar district, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Three Yemeni soldiers and three assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/29/2012: Assailants attacked a border police checkpost in Ghanio area, Warduj district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Eight police officers were killed and one wounded in the attack; two assailants were also killed and two injured. One police officer was also kidnapped from the scene; his whereabouts are unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: Assailants attacked a joint Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) military base in Qoqani village, Lower Jubba region, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Lower Jubba region on this day. Six people were killed, including three assailants, and seven injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
05/29/2012: Assailants attacked a joint Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) military base in Tabataa village, Lower Jubba region, Somalia. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Lower Jubba region on this day. Six people were killed, including assailants, and seven people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
05/29/2012: Assailants attacked the convoy of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the President of Somalia, in Aelesha town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. One Somali soldier was killed and four wounded in the attack; however, the President escaped unharmed. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they were attacking the head of the enemy.
05/29/2012: Assailants fired mortars at Kenyan Navy ships off the coast of Kismaayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The Kenyan warships returned fired, injuring one boy. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: Assailants fired rockets targeting residential areas in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Seven civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, government sources attributed it to the Taliban.
05/29/2012: Assailants in police uniforms attacked an oil supply vehicle in Naway Qala area, Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. The attackers burned the vehicle, destroying it. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol outside Chilpara village, South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. One police officer was killed and three others wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).
05/29/2012: Assailants shot and wounded a German tourist in Jayapura city, Special Region of Papua province, Indonesia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected the Free Papua Movement (OPM: Organisasi Papua Merdeka).
05/29/2012: Assailants threw grenades at a private home in Perakhel village, Khogiani district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Five members of the same family were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: Explosive vests worn by five suicide bombers detonated prematurely while the bombers were en route to their target in Momand Dara district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three bombers were killed and two others injured, while the car was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however the district governor attributed it to the Taliban.
05/29/2012: Gunmen attacked a military convoy in Tsumada district, Dagestan republic, Russia. One police officer was wounded and several vehicles damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2012: Gunmen attacked a police patrol near Liboi town, North Eastern province, Kenya. Four police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a government source suspected Al-Shabaab.
05/29/2012: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle belonging to the Balochistan Rural Support Programme, a nongovernmental organization, in Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The driver of the vehicle was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated near police officers removing roadblocks in Bani Jamra village, Northern governorate, Bahrain. Seven officers were injured in the blast. Al-Ashtar Brigades claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: A roadside bomb and an explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Abu Ghraib city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Twelve people were killed and 31 were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near an army vehicle in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three civilians, including a child, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspected that the Taliban had been involved.
05/29/2013: An explosive device detonated as a bridal party was passing in the Jihad district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eighteen people were killed and 40 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: An explosive device detonated as the assailant was planting it on Kismayu road in Garissa town, Garissa county, Kenya. One assailant was killed in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police van in Pol-e Khomri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Four police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: An explosive device detonated near a school in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At least three school children were injured in the blast. Police shot and killed the assailant. Security forces discovered and safely defused a second device in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The explosion targeted the convoy of the Saladin governor, Ahmed Abdulla al-Jubouri. At least one vehicle was damaged in the blast; no one was injured. This was the first of two attacks on al-Jubouri on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2013: An explosive device was found and defused outside of a teacher's home in Badaber village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: An explosive device was thrown at the Kissonerga community council office in Kissonerga village, Paphos district, Cyprus. No one was injured in the blast; however, the building and a nearby bar were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and 16 other individuals were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2013: Assailants assaulted a polio vaccination team with stones in Tal area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One polio worker was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Assailants attacked Rangers officers in the Kunwari Colony area of Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two Rangers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Assailants kidnapped a police officer from the Jowzjan-Sar-e-Pul highway in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. The police officer was found dead on June 1, 2013. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Assailants launched rockets at Dora neighborhood, Hermel city, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The targeted location was a stronghold of Hezbollah. No casualties were reported. This was one of two coordinated rocket attacks on the city. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Assailants launched rockets at Moroh district, Hermel city, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The targeted location is a stronghold of Hezbollah. One person was wounded in this attack. This was one of two coordinated rocket attacks on the city. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Assailants shot a military brigadier general in his private residence west of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The victim, Talib Mohammed al-Zobaie, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: At least two assailants, including at least one suicide bomber, attacked an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The assailants and at least one other person died and another individual was injured in the ensuing firefight. Seven staff members, trapped in the crossfire, were rescued after several hours. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Shindand district, Herat province, Afghanistan. Two civilians and two assailants were killed, while four gunmen were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2013: Gunmen attacked an outpost near the al-Waleed border crossing in Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three policemen were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Gunmen shot and killed a tribal sheik in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2013: Gunmen shot and killed M Mukka, a former member of the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum group, in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police attributed the shooting to Maoists.
05/29/2013: Gunmen shot and wounded Abdikadir Abdirasak Sofe, a reporter for Royal TV, as he was on his way home in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspect that Al-Shabaab was behind the incident.
05/29/2013: Six suicide bombers attacked the provincial governor's office in Bazarak city, Panjshir province, Afghanistan. One suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest and the other five assailants were killed by security forces. In addition, an explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused after it failed to detonate. At least one police officer was killed in the attack and two other officers were injured; several buildings were also damaged or destroyed in the blasts. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Two explosive devices detonated near a football field in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2013: Two explosives-laden vehicles simultaneously detonated in Saladin governorate, Iraq. The explosions targeted the convoy of the Saladin governor, Ahmed Abdulla al-Jubouri. Five bodyguards were injured and three vehicles were destroyed in the blast. This was the second of two attempts on al-Jubouri's life on this day. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2014: A land mine detonated after it was discovered and taken to the district police command in Kareze Saydi area, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and four other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: A land mine detonated in Nari Pul area, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated bombings in Kandahar on the same day; this second attack occurred as police officers and others gathered at the scene of the first attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/29/2014: A land mine detonated near a military vehicle in Bannu city, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: A land mine detonated near a police checkpoint in Nari Pul area, Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A police officer was killed in the blast. This was one of two coordinated bombings in Kandahar on the same day; the second attack occurred as police officers and others gathered at the scene of this first attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for incidents.
05/29/2014: A roadside bomb detonated in Togdheer neighborhood, Hargeysa city, Woqooyi Galbeed region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a military patrol team in North Waziristan district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the vehicle of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) employees in Goundam town, Timbuktu region, Mali. Two UNHCR members were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: A roadside bomb detonated prematurely as assailants were planting it in Helmand province, Afghanistan. This was one of three similar, but uncoordinated incidents that occurred in Helmand on the same day. Nine assailants were killed across the three blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, an Afghan military official attributed the attempted attacks to the Taliban.
05/29/2014: A roadside bomb, targeting a Kurdish police patrol, detonated in Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: A roadside land mine detonated in Aqcha district, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. The blast killed a senior intelligence officer and injured three others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2014: A sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle detonated in Mihtarlam city, Laghman province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: An assailant shot and killed an intelligence officer and his son in Mukalla city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
05/29/2014: An explosive device detonated near a market in Singjamei neighborhood, Imphal city, Manipur state, India. Two people were killed and six others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a highway in Datu Piang municipality, Maguindanao province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, security sources suspected that the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) was involved.
05/29/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused at the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: An explosive device was found and defused in Labuo village, North Cotabato province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/29/2014: Assailants abducted 153 Kurdish children near Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least 148 hostages were released between June and October, 2014. An additional five hostages escaped on an unknown date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2014: Assailants abducted the son of a General National Congress (GNC) member in As-Sabi'ah neighborhood, Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The victim was rescued by authorities on June 2, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants ambushed a military and police convoy near the Mucoza area in Sofala province, Mozambique. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
05/29/2014: Assailants ambushed an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Leego locality, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. At least four people were killed, including soldiers and assailants, and three civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked a Catholic prayer meeting at a private residence in Sleman district, Yogyakarta Special Region province, Indonesia. Seven people were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks targeting this prayer gathering by the same assailants on the same day. Muslim fundamentalists claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the building lacked the necessary permits.
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked a predominantly Kurdish village near Ras Al-Ain town, Al-Hasakah governorate, Syria. At least 15 Kurdish civilians were killed during the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked a private residence, which was previously hosting a Catholic prayer meeting, in Sleman district, Yogyakarta Special Region province, Indonesia. The assailants were reportedly targeting the owner of the aforementioned residence; however, there were no reported casualties. This was one of two related attacks targeting this prayer gathering by the same assailants on the same day. Muslim fundamentalists claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Al-Ali area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two Sahwa Council members were killed in the attack. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel in Aliabad district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. An ALP officer was killed and three others were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the violence to Al-Shabaab.
05/29/2014: Assailants attacked residents and buildings in Mayo Kam village, Taraba state, Nigeria. At least three people, including two police officers, were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
05/29/2014: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a Sufi shrine in Awjalat town, Wahat district, Libya. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants forced passengers off of a public bus and set it on fire between Ituango and Medellin municipalities in Antioquia department, Colombia. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the 36th Jair Aldana Baquero Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/29/2014: Assailants kidnapped at least 193 Kurdish civilians from Qabasin village, Aleppo governorate, Syria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2014: Assailants kidnapped Munir Choliani from Kambar Shahdadkot district, Sindh province, Pakistan. Choliani, a leader of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) party, was abducted along with his wife, daughter and driver. The wife and daughter were released later; Choliani was found dead on May 30, 2014. The whereabouts of the driver remain unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants kidnapped the daughter of a police commander in Guanche municipality, Cauca department, Colombia. The girl was freed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the 6th Hernando Gonzalez Acosta Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/29/2014: Assailants launched a missile near a residential area in Barikab area, Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Thirteen children were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire and threw explosive devices at a wedding party in Kama village, Borno state, Nigeria. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on a group of Shias in Orakzai tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Five people, including one assailant, were killed and another person was injured in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Shiekhan tribesmen.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on a National Congress Party member in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra state, India. The individual, Ghissu Mattami, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of Maoists.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. At least one Sahwa member was killed and another member was kidnapped during the attack; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on Chadian migrants in Sabha city, Sabha district, Libya. Ten people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on Levies forces in Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Three Levies personnel were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers as they were traveling to a mosque in Jar Khoshk, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Three police officers were killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants opened fire on police personnel in Chokpot city, Meghalaya state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants shot and killed a police captain in Hammam al-Alil area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants shot and killed a village guard in Dargecit district, Mardin province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/29/2014: Assailants shot and killed five Turkmen civilians in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter near Slovyansk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Fourteen soldiers, including a general, were killed in the attack. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants stormed a police checkpost in Spin Kaney area, Paktika province, Afghanistan. Seven police officers and an unknown number of assailants were killed in the ensuing clash, while two police officers were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at a military convoy in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Pro-Russia militia.
05/29/2014: Assailants threw an explosive device at the Everglades Hotel in Prehen area, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The explosive device detonated while security personnel were attempting to defuse it. There were no reported casualties in the blast. The New Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2014: At least three assailants opened fire on Indian soldiers as they were repairing telephone lines in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No one was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: A former police officer poisoned and opened fire at six other police officers at the Chiltan police checkpost, Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. The six police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the assailant (Hazrat Mohammad) immediately joined the Taliban after the incident.
05/29/2015: A grenade detonated outside of a mosque at Camp Kasim in Jolo city, Sulu province, Philippines. Five civilians were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated bombings at Camp Kasim on this date; this first blast was intended to draw police personnel to the scene for the second attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed the attacks to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/29/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt at Al-Anoud Mosque in Dammam city, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. In addition to the bomber, four people were killed and four others were injured in the blast. The Najd Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden rickshaw near Kalma Chowk area, Lahore city, Punjab province, Pakistan. The assailant was attempting to enter Gaddafi stadium, where a cricket match was taking place. In addition to the bomber, two people were killed and at least six others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: A suicide bomber detonated targeting an Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ) officer in an unknown location in Gedo region, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/29/2015: An assailant carrying an explosives-laden shoe was detained as he attempted to enter a mosque in Sanaa city, Amanat Al Asimah governorate, Yemen. The explosive device was safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in At Tawithah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in Mahlakpur village, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated in Sayyid Ghraib, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near a car park in Mashtal area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in Ban Nor Ngor area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Five people, including four soldiers and a student, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near police officers in Bandar area, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Furat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police van in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Five people, including a police officer and four civilians, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting police personnel responding to an earlier attack outside of a mosque at Camp Kasim, Jolo city, Sulu province, Philippines. Eleven people were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated bombings at Camp Kasim on this date; the first blast was intended to draw police personnel to the scene for this second attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, security officials attributed the attacks to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/29/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Ukrainian soldiers in Novoaydar district, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants abducted a Sikh civilian in Khwaja Sabz Posh district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2015: Assailants abducted Abdulnabi Al-Shargawi, a Libyan National Army soldier, in Derna, Libya. Al-Shargawi was executed on June 3, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
05/29/2015: Assailants abducted Ahmed al-Hajj and three of his children from their residence in As Sayyani district, Ibb governorate, Yemen. Al-Hajj, a member of parliament, was released on June 11, 2015, but the fate of his children is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Huthis.
05/29/2015: Assailants abducted John Thangal from Senapati district, Manipur state, India. Thangal, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, was released on May 30, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked a church in Noorpur Mohallah area, Faisalabad city, Punjab province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint near Derna city, Derna district, Libya. Two soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Langar Khwajah area, Herat province, Afghanistan. Three assailants were killed and three people, including one police officer and two assailants, were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) outpost in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks on police outposts on the same day. Five officers were killed and an unknown number were abducted across the three attacks. Nine police officers were released on or around June 13, 2015. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) outpost in Baghlani Jadid district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of three related attacks on police outposts on the same day. Five officers were killed and nine officers were abducted across the three attacks. The abducted officers were released on or around June 13, 2015. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked Gen Najibollah in Sari Pul province, Afghanistan. Gen Najibollah, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief in the province, was killed in the incident. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack; however, officials dismissed the claim, asserting that Najibollah died from natural causes.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked Mohammad Akhtar in Jawaleq village, Badghis province, Afghanistan. Akhtar, a provincial High Peace Council member, was killed and two of his colleagues were kidnapped in the attack; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked Shia civilians in Ruguji village, Katsina state, Nigeria. At least 20 people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants attacked Solaiman Qol in Nawghili village, Faryab province, Afghanistan. Qol, the bodyguard of a former Jamiat-e-Islami (JI) commander, was killed in the incident. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire against a Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) patrol near Dharampenta village, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh state, India. A CAF constable was killed and two others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired a rocket into a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Gao region, Mali. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired mortars and Katyuhsa rockets targeting Popular Resistance Committee positions in Dar Sad neighborhood, Shaykh Uthman city, Adan governorate, Yemen. Ten people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers near Kamyanka 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.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers near Opytne village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were wounded between this and another attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers near Pisky village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were wounded between this and another attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Hranitne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Opytne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired rockets at a military checkpoint in Kech district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No casualties were reported. The Baloch National Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants fired rockets at residential areas in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. Eight people were killed and eight others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Barqa Province of the Islamic State.
05/29/2015: Assailants hijacked two buses travelling to Karachi and abducted 30 passengers in Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Five of the hostages were rescued by security forces and 22 others were found dead later that day. The fate of the remaining three hostages is unknown. The United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation to military operations in the area.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) soldier in Iraya area, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected the involvement of the New People's Army (NPA).
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) soldier in Libmanan district, Pag-Oring Nuevo area, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. The soldier was killed in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the soldier was targeted because the group believed he was a military informant.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on a military patrol in Gubat town, Sorsogon province, Philippines. One soldier was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the New People's Army (NPA).
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying a Frontier Works Organization (FWO) contractor in Washuk district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The FWO contractor and the vehicle's driver were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on an Assam Rifles convoy near Phesama village, Nagaland state, India. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K).
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) activists in Salim Khan area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two JI activists were killed and another was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on Maulvi Syed Maqbool in Alikhil village, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Maqbool, a former jihadi commander, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on Mohammed Sharif Lashari, a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) secretary for information, and Anwar Bhutto, a PPP worker, near Bakra Pir area, Malir Town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Lashari and Bhutto were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on Sartaj Ahmad outside of a bank in Kach Dorah village, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. The constable was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Assailants opened fire on security forces in Ghulam Khan Kalay area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two soldiers were killed and one soldier was injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/29/2015: Assailants sfired projectiles at Ukrainian soldiers in Vodyane town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One Ukrainian paratrooper was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Five explosive devices were discovered and defused near railway tracks in Sugnibad village, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2015: Two explosive devices detonated at a wedding in Tashon Alade area, Borno state, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed and 12 people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
05/29/2015: Two explosive devices were discovered and defused along the Sukma-Dornapal road, near Misma village, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attempted attack to Maoists.
05/29/2016: A suicide bomber detonated at casino in Muqdadiyah, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 35 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: An explosive device attached to a bus detonated in Nuayriyah 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.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated in As Sihhah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated near a military checkpoint along Biu-Damboa road at the outskirts of Biu, Borno, Nigeria. At least five people, including a soldier, were killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated near workshops in Basmayah, Diyala, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Frontier Corps patrol in Ghalanai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least one soldier was injured in the blast, and an additional explosive device was discovered and defused. This was the second of two related bombings targeting Frontier Corps personnel in Ghalanai on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Frontier Corps patrol in Ghalanai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were injured in the blast. This was the first of two related bombings targeting Frontier Corps personnel in Ghalanai on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/29/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle near Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. Two police officers were killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: An explosive device planted under a vehicle detonated in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a checkpoint in Kulp, Diyarbakir, Turkey. At least six people, including five village guards and one civilian, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/29/2016: Assailants ambushed a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) convoy near Sevare, Mopti, Mali. Five Togolese peacekeepers were killed and one peacekeeper was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
05/29/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers raided Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 33 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Assailants attacked a Turkish military base in Dihok, Iraq. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/29/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police checkpoints in Bayzo, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least 12 police officers were killed and seven officers were injured in the assault. Seven police officers were also reported missing. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2016: Assailants attacked military positions in Bayhan district, Shabwah, Yemen. At least 28 assailants and 20 soldiers were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
05/29/2016: Assailants attacked peshmerga forces in western Kirkuk city, Kirkuk, Iraq. Security forces repelled the assault, killing six assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2016: Assailants fired a rocket at Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers in Talet al-Sheikh Youssef, Aleppo, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Southern Front.
05/29/2016: Assailants opened fire at a market in Turbat district, Balochistan, Pakistan. Two people, including a Levies officer, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on a peace committee post in Gat Agra, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One volunteer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police captain along Al Qanat Street, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The officer was killed and his cousin was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on Abd al-Khaliq Salih Ali al-Mashali in Al-Hawtah, Shabwah, Yemen. Al-Mashali, the security campaign's deputy commander, was killed 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.
05/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on an Afghan Border Police (ABP) vehicle in Towrgondi, Herat, Afghanistan. Four police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2016: Assailants opened fire on Kani Masi military base in Uludere district, Sirnak, Turkey. A soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/29/2016: Assailants shot and killed a security official at his residence in Kwale, Kenya. This was one of three related attacks on security officials in Kwale on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources suspected the involvement of Al-Shabaab in the attacks.
05/29/2016: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a police vehicle in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the South East Antrim Brigade.
05/29/2016: At least 40 assailants attacked a police station in Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, Philippines. At least one police officer was injured in the assault. Assailants also abducted Chief Inspector Arnold Ongachen, who was released on August 26, 2016. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Police discovered and defused an explosive device on a bridge in Balagtasan, Basilan, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Security forces discovered and defused an explosives-rigged house in Sejar, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2016: Security forces intercepted assailants targeting an Agip oil pipeline in Gulobokri, Bayelsa, Nigeria. The assailants opened fire and one security member and an unknown number of assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
05/29/2016: Security forces intercepted assailants targeting infrastructure in Perigbene, Bayelsa, Nigeria. There were an unknown number of assailants casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Niger Delta extremists.
05/29/2016: Two explosives-laden vehicles detonated targeting joint security forces in Albu Hawa, Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least seven police officers and volunteer fighters were killed in the blasts. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2017: A drone dropped an unknown number of explosive devices in Shirqat, Saladin, Iraq. At least one civilian was killed and three civilians 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).
05/29/2017: An assailant fired at the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper office in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. There were no reported injuries, but windows were damaged in the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated at the residence of a police officer in Husayn, Basrah, Iraq. There were no reported casualties, although the house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated in Aziziyah, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated near a market in Taji, Saladin, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated near an Aman Lashkars vehicle in Narai Kandaw, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two members were killed and another member was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Radwaniyah, Babil, Iraq. At least one person was killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a Jubaland Forces (JF) vehicle in Cabdalle Biroole, Lower Juba, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Pinaglabanan, Camarines Sur, 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).
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol vehicle in Ar-Rif, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. Two police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting an African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoy in Merca, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. There were an unknown number of casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting military personnel in Ghanimiya, Diyala, Iraq. At least six soldiers were killed and another six were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: An explosive device detonated underneath a civilian vehicle near Balad Ruz, Diyala, Iraq. Two civilians were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2017: An explosive device was discovered and defused on Sakran Road in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Armed assailants entered a government hospital and demanded that the staff treat their wounded members in Glan, Sarangani, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Maute Group.
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Rabiah, Diyala, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack, which did not result in casualties. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked a military base in Ghani Khel, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Security forces repelled the assault, killing four assailants and injuring six additional assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked an unknown number of popular mobilization forces (PMF) checkpoints along the road between Hadithah and Baiji in Al Anbar, Iraq. Security forces repelled the attack, killing and injuring an unknown number of assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked and set fire to two civilian vehicles in Chutte, Jharkhand, India. Two civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked civilians in Malumbi, Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least seven people were killed and 33 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Twa militia.
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked farmers in Ghat, Libya. One civilian, identified as Islam Yahya, was killed and four civilians were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked joint security forces in Nad Ali, Helmand, Afghanistan. Thirty people, including two security personnel and 28 assailants, were killed and 17 people, including four security personnel and 13 assailants, were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants attacked police posts in Koka Balq area, Takhar, Afghanistan. At least five assailants were killed and four assailants were injured in the attack. In addition, the police forces sustained an unknown number of casualties. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants beheaded five Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nguru Nguro, Borno, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram carried out the attack.
05/29/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a railway track between the Chiyanki and Karmabad railway stations in Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/29/2017: Assailants executed nine civilians and set fire to the Mosul Public Hospital 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).
05/29/2017: Assailants kidnapped two police officers in Shirin Tagab, Faryab, Afghanistan. Shortly after the abduction, the two officers attempted to escape captivity. Both of the officers and five assailants were killed and two assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle transporting Irshad Ahmad in Mattani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. At least four people, including Ahmad, an Aman Lashkars leader, were killed and another person was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2017: Assailants opened fire on Umar Rehman along Jail Road in Huddah neighborhood, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Rehman, a Pakistani Police Deputy Superintendent, was killed and his nephew, a sub-inspector, was injured in the assault. Al-Alami faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/29/2017: Assailants set fire to a construction equipment at a work site in Gagaguro, Jharkhand, India. There were no reported casualties. This was one of two similar incidents carried out by the assailants in the area on this date. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to alterations made to the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNT) and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act (SPT).
05/29/2017: Assailants set fire to a mobile tower in Anandpur, Bihar, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/29/2017: Assailants set fire to houses in Bena Samba, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. An unknown number of people were killed and injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kamwina Nsapu Militia.
05/29/2017: Assailants set fire to houses in Dipongu, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. An unknown number of people were killed and injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kamwina Nsapu Militia.
05/29/2017: Assailants set fire to houses in Kansenga, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. An unknown number of people were killed and injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kamwina Nsapu Militia.
05/29/2017: Assailants set fire to houses in Mbombo, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was one of four related attacks in the area on this date. An unknown number of people were killed and injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Kamwina Nsapu Militia.
05/29/2017: Assailants stopped and set fire to a passenger bus near Jhorigaon, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/29/2017: Assailants stopped and set fire to a vehicle travelling along the Gridih-Dumri road in Dumri, Jharkhand, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. This was one of two similar incidents carried out by the assailants in the area on this date. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in response to alterations made to the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNT) and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act (SPT).
05/29/2017: Assailants threw a crude bomb at the Ideal Chemist medical shop in Dimapur, Nagaland, India. At least one person was killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at a tobacco shop in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation office in Sohra, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/29/2017: Security forces discovered and defused eight explosive devices in the Ath Tharthar Project area in Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attempting to attack Peshmerga personnel in Zerga, Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/29/2017: Two assailants opened fire on a K-9 bomb detection unit in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, Philippines. At lest two K-9 handlers and two civilians were injured in the attack. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for security forces' response to a demonstration by farmers on April 1, 2016. Sources also suspected that the Maute Group or the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) may have been involved in the attack.
05/3/2003: Alleged members of the Popular Liberation Army (EPL) attacked police officers in an ambush in the rural area of Quinchia, Colombia. Three officers were killed and four wounded in the incident.
05/3/2003: At least fifteen civilians were injured in a grenade blast triggered by unknown militants at a crowded bus stand in the Anantnag district, India. The grenade was aimed at a police vehicle but missed its target, landing among pedestrians.
05/30/1981: President Ziaur Rahman of Bangledesh was attending a two hour political meeting to help resolve an intra-party dispute at a Circuit House in Chittagong. At 3:30AM the President was awoken by two rebel Army strike teams who freely entered the Chittagong Circuit House. The forty-four policemen on duty offered no resistence when the first team fired two shots, killing one constable and four of Ziar’s defenders, and accidentally wounding two of their own men. When inside, Lt-Col Matiur Rahman [Mahbubur], a Freedom Fighter, shot and killed General Ziaur.
05/30/1999: A group of perpetrators suspected of belonging to the New People's Army (NPA) fired at a house in the town of Salay, which belong to Loreto Tagarda, the Village Chief. Tagarda, a policeman and one civilian were killed in the attack. Another woman was also seriously wounded in the shooting.
05/30/1999: Attackers threw a grenade at a crowded bar in Kampala, Uganda, killing one woman and injuring nine others. The National Army for the Liberation of Uganda claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/1999: In Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, a suicide bomber killed the leader of the National Auxiliary Forces (NAF), Ganesha Kumar, along with two other people. In addition to the three dead victims and the dead perpetrator, nine other people were injured in the explosion. Sri Lankan government authorities suspected that the suicide bomber was a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
05/30/1999: In one of several linked incidents, a bomb was found near the Police Commissioner's office in Egmore, a neighborhood of Chennai, India. After being discovered, local authorities defused the bomb. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but Islamic militants were suspected.
05/30/1999: In one of several linked incidents, a large time-bomb placed inside a denim bag was found near the police quarters under construction at Variety Hall Road in Coimbatore, India. The bomb was discovered and defused before it could explode. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but Islamic militants were suspected.
05/30/1999: In one of several linked incidents, an explosion that was probably the result of a bomb caused extensive damage to the Victoria Hostel in Chennai, India. No one was injured or killed in the blast and no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic militants were suspected.
05/30/1999: In one of several linked incidents, powerful time bomb contained in a metal box was found near the Police Officers' Guest House in the Cantonment Police Station campus in the heart of Tiruchi, India. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility for the incident, but Islamic militants were suspected.
05/30/1999: Six members of an Algerian self-defense group were killed and four others were wounded in an attack by suspected armed Islamic militants in a wooded area at Had Sahary northeast of Djelfa. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/1999: Suspected Islamic militants bombed a square in the district of Bouzareah in Algiers, Algeria, killing one and injuring five. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2000: On May 30, 2000, Sergei Zverev was killed. He was an assistant to the pro-Moscow mayor of Grozny, Chechnya. His car exploded when it ran over a landmine and then the assailants attacked the car with gunfire. Grozny mayor Supyan Mokhchayev was also in the car. He sustained injuries but survived the attack. Officials say Chechen rebels of the Wahhabis community were responsible, specifically the Akhmadov brothers.
05/30/2000: On May 30, 2000, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ambushed a police convoy. They set off a landmine as the officers rode over it in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka which is about 160 miles north of Colombo. 5 were killed and 20 were wounded. The attack was a response to attacks from the Sri Lankan Army.
05/30/2000: On the evening of May 30, 2000, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) took control of the Town of Lunsar, Sierra Leone. This town is strategic and was taken back after the government forces took back the town just a few days earlier. The government lost the city because they ran out of ammunition and other supplies. Casualties are unknown.
05/30/2001: Civilians in unspecified locations of Cordoba Department, Colombia were attacked by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The assailants burned houses and decapitated twenty four individuals.
05/30/2001: In Grozny, Chechnya, Russian Federation six individuals fired and threw a grenade at a police vehicle, killing two policemen.
05/30/2001: In Minsk, Belarus, two unknown individuals threw a grenade at the Russian Embassy. This attack occurred right before a summit for the Commonwealth of Independent States was to commence. The explosion damaged the wall of the Embassy.
05/30/2001: In Netanya, Israel, a remote control car bomb exploded, injuring two Israelis. Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone interview.
05/30/2001: Maoists insurgents attacked a police outpost in the Kailali District of Nepal, near the western border with India. The police outpost at Prithvipur, in Lalbojhi village, was attacked by approximately 300 Maoists insurgents with bombs and guns, and it was the largest attack to date in the Kailali District. The gun battle lasted approximately one hour, during which three policemen and at least two Maoists were killed and two policemen were wounded. The Maoists also looted the police station and took five 303 rifles, four guns, two pistols, and one communication set from the police outpost during the incident.
05/30/2001: Near Myawadi, Myanmar, the Karen National Union (KNU) attacked a passenger vehicle with firearms and rocket launchers, injuring five and killing one. The defense service responded to the incident, but no perpetrators were captured.
05/30/2001: Two mortar shells were fired into the Israeli settlement of Rafiah Yam in the Gaza Strip in the South district. There were, however, no casualties or damage reported.
05/30/2002: Perpetrators were unsuccessful in an attempt to destroy a bus carrying the Mayor of Medellin, Luis Perez Gutierrez, in Medellin, Colombia. Authorities believed that the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) perpetrated the attack.
05/30/2003: A bomb was placed in the car of policemen in Sanguesa, Spain. Two policemen were killed and a one seriously injured in the attack. Five civilians were also wounded in the bombing. The police blamed the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) for the incident.
05/30/2003: A bus hit a landmine in Grozny, Chechnya. three people were killed and eight wounded in the incident, which was suspected to have been perpetrated by separatist rebels.
05/30/2003: A Palestinian suicide bomber attempting to enter Israel from the Gaza Strip died after his explosive charge went off under Israeli fire near Sufa. The radical Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed responsibility the planned operation, saying it was directed at Israeli soldiers.
05/30/2003: At least two children were killed when suspected Muslim insurgents triggered a blast in Thanamandi, India. It was not known who was specifically responsible for the attack.
05/30/2004: Suspected Maoist rebels bombed a bus killing two and wounding 17 others in Kathmandu, Nepal.
05/30/2004: Unknown attacker opened fire at a British convoy, killing one Iraqi and wounding another in Baghdad, Iraq.
05/30/2004: Unknown gunmen opened fire and killed two westerners and wounded three others in Baghdad, Iraq.
05/30/2004: Unknown gunmen shot and killed a religious scholar and wounded his son, nephews, and a police bodyguard in Karachi, Pakistan.
05/30/2005: A group loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for double suicide attacks in Hillah that killed twenty-seven and injured at least 118.  The suicide bombers entered a crowd of more than 500 former police commandos who were protesting outside the police station, and new recruits who were there to apply to join the police.
05/30/2005: A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a Shi i mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 2 people, including a policeman and a worshipper, and injuring 23 others. Two other assailants were killed by police guards before they could detonate their explosive belts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2005: Taliban members set off a roadside bomb attached to a bicycle in Kabul, Afghanistan injuring eight people. The device exploded as an NATO led International Security Assistance Force convoy passed by along the road. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2005: Three suicide bombers detonated explosives during a police rally in Al-Hillah, Iraq, killing 31 and wounding 108 others. The group Al-Qa’ida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2006: A six-year old girl was killed and five others wounded in Muchh, Pakistan after ‘insurgents’ hurled a hand grenade into a house. The girl’s parents were among those injured. Police detained a man on suspicion of involvement in the incident. This was one of a multitude of incidents around this time in Pakistan and may be related to other attacks in this area on May 28, 2006 (200605280010, 200605280011). No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/30/2006: Greece’s Culture Minister George Voulgarakis was targeted by a timed, homemade bomb placed on a bicycle that exploded on a street about 200 meters from the minister’s apartment in Athens. No one was injured, but extensive damage was caused to five vehicles. Voulgarakis was scheduled to pass by the bombing location three minutes after it exploded. Police believed the group Revolutionary Struggle, which had previously attacked Greece’s National Economy and Employment ministries, was responsible for the attack. Voulgarakis stated that he had been ‘targeted’ and given threats.
05/30/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Husaniya district, a car bomb exploded killing at least five people and wounding thirty-five others. There was no claim of responsibility or anyone arrested for the incident.
05/30/2006: In Hilla, Iraq, about 90 kilometers south of Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle outside of a car store, killing twelve civilians and injuring over thirty more. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2007:  A Sunni Iraqi journalist, Abdul-Rahman al-Essawi, and his family of seven were murdered while they slept by unknown gunmen 10 miles west of Fallujah, Iraq. No one has taken responsibility for the killings.
05/30/2007: A roadside bomb killed three Afghan guards working for a U.S. security company, U.S. Protection and Investigation in the Gereshk district of the Helmand province, Afghanistan.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2007: Four Afghan policemen were killed in a remote-controlled roadside bomb attack near the Tirin Kot district of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.  Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2007: Gunmen assassinated Ahmed Mohamed Odaysge, a top Somali intelligence official, in Mogadishu, Somalia.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2007: Nazar Abdul-Wahid, a journalist with multiple agencies in Iraq, was killed when militants shot him dead on the street from their car in Amarah, Iraq.  No one has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2007: Six students were injured and the targeted MP Samia Sadat Azizi was unharmed in a remote-controlled bomb attack in the Parwan province of Afghanistan.  The government blamed “Afghanistan’s enemies,” a common term used to refer to the Taliban for the attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/30/2008: On Friday evening at 18:00, Indian Ranbir Sena militants hurled a small bomb at a rally as Maoist leader Prachanda gave a speech two days after the monarchy was abolished, close to the open air theatre at Ratna park in Katmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal. The explosion, which made a loud noise, caused no damage or resulted in any casualties. Another bomb was also detected at the site which was defused by police. Pamphlets were left behind in the bombing attack in which Ranvir Sena claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2008: On Friday morning at dawn, an incendiary device was thrown at the Millennium bank subsidiary in Thessaloniki, Greece by unknown anarchists who claimed responsibility for the attack in a web blog post. The anarchists also claimed responsibility for another arson attack in Thessaloniki as well. No casualties were reported for the incident, but the facade of the bank's building was damaged as a result of the arson attack.
05/30/2008: On Friday night at 2230, in Qalat, Zabol, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired on and killed a district chief and his bodyguard in front of his residence. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
05/30/2008: On Friday night, members of the ethnic Kirat Workers' Party detonated a bomb at a village development committee office building in Udayapur district, Sagarmatha province, Nepal. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/30/2008: On Friday, a Central Reserve Police Force trooper was killed and another sustained injuries when Communist Party of India-Maoist militants attacked them at the Katekalyan village's weekly market in the Dantewada district of India.
05/30/2008: On Friday, an improvised explosive device detonated in a football playground in the al-Azzat neighborhood of Ba'quba, Diyala province, Iraq.  One child was killed and three others were injured.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2008: On Friday, at 1000, a group of unknown attackers opened fire on a Toyota Camry of local resident Yakha Yevloyev, a relative of former Ingush President Ruslan Aushev, in the village of Surkhakhi, Ingushetia, Russia. Yevloyev was injured in the attack. The assailants fled in a silver VAZ-2110 vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2008: On Friday, at least eight people were killed and 26 wounded after a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle on worshippers at a mosque in Kohal, Amran, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2008: On Friday, four transmission towers were destroyed by improvised bombs planted at the base of the towers in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2008: On Friday, in Adan, 'Adan, Yemen, armed assailants fired two Katyusha rockets at oil refineries and pipelines, causing no injuries or damage.  Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility.
05/30/2008: On Friday, in Andar, Ghazni, Afghanistan, armed assailants fired on and killed a civilian and a prayer leader. The assailants accused both of spying. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
05/30/2008: On Friday, in the Negev, Southern District, Israel, assailants fired a mortar at a community, damaging a road but causing no casualties.  No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2008: On Friday, Islamic insurgents took control of the town of Adale, Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no casualties were reported.
05/30/2008: On Friday, Islamic insurgents took control of the town of Lego, Hiiraan, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no casualties were reported.
05/30/2008: On Friday, Union of Islamic Courts militants kidnapped Osman Hassan Ali, a parliament member, as he was traveling in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. Ali was taken to an unknown location where he was interrogated for several hours and then released.
05/30/2009: On Saturday evening at approximately 2130, in Mahupadar, Malkangiri, Orissa, India assailants detonated a landmine improvised explosive device which damaged the police post but caused no casualties. This particular attack is part of a series of linked attacks.  The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday evening, assailants detonated a landmine improvised explosive device on a communications tower in the area of Mahupadar, Malkangiri, Orissa, India, damaging the tower but causing no casualties. This attack is part of a series of related attacks.  The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday evening, in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines, assailants detonated an improvised explosive assembled from a 60mm mortar bomb placed under a truck near the cockpit area, damaging the truck but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was responsible.
05/30/2009: On Saturday evening, Taliban militants on a motorcycle shot and killed Syed Mohammad, the  jail deputy chief officer in the Helmand Central Jail, while he was shopping at a shop near his house in Safyan village near Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2009: On Saturday morning at 0800, a remote controlled roadside improvised explosive device exploded targeting the car of the governor of Konduz, wounding him and his driver, in an unspecified area of Konduz, Afghanistan. No group has claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday night, militants attacked with light and heavy weapons  the prison in Mehtar Lam, Laghman, Afghanistan. The attackers suffered heavy casualties but caused no civilian casualties or  property damages. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Al Iskandariyah, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device magnetically attached to a truck, killing one civilian and damaging one vehicle. There was no motive reported and the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Arivaca, Arizona, United States, three assailants broke into the home of Raul Flores and his family. The assailants shot and killed Flores and his nine-year-old daughter, and wounded her mother. Three people were arrested on 06/12/2009 in connection to the attack. They were identified as Shawna Forde, Jason Eugene Bush and Albert Robert Gaxiola. Ford and Bush are founding members of Minuteman American Defense, an anti-illegal immigration group. The victims of the attack were US citizens; however, authorities indicated that the attack was carried out in order to advance the goals of the group. In 2011, Forde and Bush were convicted on charges stemming from their involvement in this attack, and sentenced to death. Gaxiola was convicted and sentenced to two life terms without parole.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Hangu, North West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants kidnapped three employees of the agriculture department from their office. The status of the kidnapped has not yet been reported.  No group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Kirkuk, Diyala, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off on al-Atibaa street, wounding one civilian and damaging several nearby shops. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2009: On Saturday, in Pacha Killay, Buner, North West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants beheaded three civilians whom they accused of spying for the Army.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/30/2010: On Sunday night around 2300, approximately 50 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up buildings of a panchayat (village level local self government institution) office and a warehouse attached to it at Kangurkonda village under Kalimela Police Station in Malkangiri District, Orissa, India. The assailants cornered off the village and then went to the Panchayat office, planted landmines and exploded the structures. No casualties were reported. Preliminary investigation revealed that property worth Rs 25 lakh has been damaged in the explosion. The assailants also took away some official documents, four tables and eight chairs. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, is suspected that the infrastructure was targeted because the revels believed it could serve as temporary camps for security personnel. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2010: On Sunday night at 2235, in Newry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, unknown assailants detonated an improvised explosive device at a police officer's home, damaging the home but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed dissident republicans were responsible.
05/30/2010: On Sunday, in Florida, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, assailants attacked the town of Miravalle by unknown means, wounding a civilian. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was responsible. This is the second of two related attacks.
05/30/2010: On Sunday, in Florida, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, assailants attacked the town of Pueblo Nuevo by unknown means, wounding a civilian. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was responsible. This is one of two related attacks.
05/30/2010: On Sunday, in Piranshahr, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi, Iran, unknown armed assailants fired upon a border guard station, killing four border guards. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed Kurdish rebels were responsible.
05/30/2010: On Sunday, in Puente del Río Bolo, Pradera, Cali, Colombia, during a search and control operation Engineers Battalion of Coronel Agustín Codazzi, found and neutralized 70 anti-personnel mines composed of shrapnel explosives, nails, staples and screws. No group claimed responsibility but it is suspected the Gabriel Galvíz Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) installed the explosives with the intent to disrupt the voters from the elections.
05/30/2011: On Monday evening around 2100, in the Gangamari area of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, unidentified militants entered the home of the brother of the Shehu of Borno and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Abbah Anas. The suspected militants fired upon and killed Abbah Anas and then fled the scene of the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday morning around 1150, in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, a suicide bomber driving a white Toyota Corolla detonated his suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at the gate of the Italian-run Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters (an outreach unit made up of civilian affairs, aid workers and military personnel). Unidentified militants wearing suicide vests and armed with automatic weapons then opened fire on the compound, civilians, and police and military personnel, from nearby buildings. Two bombers and four other people were killed and 27 others, mainly civilians, were injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks by telephone, which lasted over five hours. The Taliban also claimed that the attack involved four suicide bombers; this report however, has not been confirmed.
05/30/2011: On Monday morning at 1120, in Miran Shah, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device inside the Super Waziristan Hotel. Initially nine people were wounded, including four children, but one girl later succumbed to her wounds at the hospital. The twelve-room hotel was damaged in the attack, but it is unknown how much damage was caused in the attack. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, it occurred as the United States put increasing pressure on Islamabad to root out terror groups believed to be running training camps in North Waziristan. No group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2011: On Monday morning, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, two unknown armed men opened fire on the car of the Assistant Director of the Northern Cement Company, Arkan Jihad. The attack killed Jihad and a civilian, along with wounding his bodyguard. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday night around 2300, on Ultisa Revolyutsionnaya in Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, two unidentified gunmen shot and killed a policeman, identified as Senior Lieutenant Khusein Nakhushyev, as he was returning home after finishing his shift. The gunmen fired on him from two directions and numerous nine millimeter shells were found at the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday night at 2327, in Charikar, Parvan, Afghanistan, unknown militants fired rockets targeting a provincial reconstruction team base for South Korea's aid workers and troops. The base was hit by rockets, believed to have been fired from an RPG-7 portable anti-tank grenade rocket launcher or BM-1 rocket launcher. The attack caused no casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the area. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday night through 05/31/2011 on Tuesday, in the Shahbaz Ogri area in the outskirts of Ghazni, Afghanistan, unknown militants detonated explosive devices near two telecommunication antennas of private companies, damaging both towers but causing no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday night, in the Khadhraa neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown militants detonated an explosive charge that was planted under the car of a Professor in the Islamic Sciences College of Baghdad University, wounding him while he was driving. The blast caused an unknown amount of damage to his vehicle. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday, in an unknown city, Ghowr, Afghanistan, Taliban militants abducted an employee of Mudira NGO, Haji Ata Gol, and the Taliban demand the release of a woman who had been detained by Ghowr Province security forces for helping the Taliban last month. The status of the hostage is unknown and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack by unknown means.
05/30/2011: On Monday, in Herat city, Herat province, Afghanistan, in one of two related attacks, militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the Ministry of Transport at a busy intersection of a shopping center, causing an unspecified number of casualties. Militants also attacked the nearby Provincial Reconstruction Team headquarters at the same time, which is just a block away. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks by telephone, which lasted over five hours. The Taliban also claimed that the attack involved four suicide bombers; this report however, has not been confirmed.
05/30/2011: On Monday, in the Tiloul-al-Baj area, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown militants detonated an explosive device targeting the Governor of Ninawa, Athil al-Nujaify and his motorcade. The governor was not wounded during the blast. However, one vehicle was damaged during the blast and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2011: On Monday, in Tyrnyauz, Elbruss District, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified assailants planted an improvised explosive device near the door of an apartment owned by a police officer of the Elbruss District interior department. The device was equivalent to 800 grams of TNT and was defused with no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
05/30/2012: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Haska Mena district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Three local officials, including a district senior officer, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden vest attempted to attack a police headquarters building in Mehrabad area, near Tirin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The bomber was arrested by police before he could reach his target. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: An assailant shot and killed an off-duty Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) militia member in Barangay Pawa, Albay province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility; however, a police official blamed the New People's Army (NPA).
05/30/2012: An explosive device attached to a government vehicle detonated in Ramadi city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One civilian was killed and two more injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: An explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan. One United States (US) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier, Nicholas Olivas, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: An explosive device detonated while security forces were attempting to remove a body near it in Galkayo town, Mudug region, Somalia. Earlier that day, police had shot at two men who sped through a police checkpoint, killing one. When police attempted to remove his body, an explosive device he was carrying detonated, killing three officers and injuring five people, including civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: Assailants attacked a bakery in the Mafa area, near Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Ten people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected Boko Haram.
05/30/2012: Assailants attacked a Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) military outpost in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. At least two civilians were injured in the attack. The Cesar Cayon Command Front 18 of the New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: Assailants attacked the Dar Najd military post in Rada town, Bayda governorate, Yemen. One soldier was killed and one injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/30/2012: Assailants killed Sean E. Brazas, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier from the United States, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
05/30/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a car containing supreme court judge Rana Bahadur Bam in Lalitpur district, Central region, Nepal. Bam was killed in the attack, while a bodyguard and another passenger were wounded. Leaflets of the Nepalbad Party were found near the scene; however, authorities said this was a specific ruse to confuse investigators.
05/30/2012: Assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a Hazara Shia in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The Shia was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the police suspected it was sectarian in nature.
05/30/2012: Assailants set fire to the Sirajul Islam School in Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the fire; however, the record room of the school was damaged and textbooks destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: Assailants sprayed the Aahan Dara Girls School with toxic chemicals in Taloqan town, Takhar province, Afghanistan. At least 160 students were hospitalized after complaining of headaches, vomiting, and dizziness. No group claimed responsibility; however officials suspect that the Taliban was behind the attack.
05/30/2012: Assailants threw two hand grenades at a restaurant in Wajir town, North Eastern region, Kenya. One person was killed and three injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police source suspected Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2012: Dozens of assailants attacked the barracks of the 135th Armored Brigade of the Yemeni Army in Jaar town, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Ten soldiers and at least 15 attackers were killed in the attack; an unknown number of people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/30/2012: Three assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Rainawari area, Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Seven CPRF personnel were injured in the attack. The Islamic Front claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2012: Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a civil judge and judicial magistrate, Syed Zaheer Ahmed Naqvi, in Gulberg town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The judge was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: A grenade exploded on soldiers in Puerto Concordia area, Meta department, Colombia. As a result of the blast, three soldiers were killed and two more people were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/30/2013: A land mine detonated in the Loti area of Dera Bugti town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. One civilian was killed and three others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: A mortar hit the Harasta suburb of Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. One person was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vehicle in Wardak province, Afghanistan. One United States soldier, Staff Sergeant Joe A. Nunezrodriguez, was killed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the convoy of Al-Anbar Governor Qassim al-Fahdawi as it entered the governmental complex in Ramadi city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Twelve people were injured in the blast; al-Fawdawi was not injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: A suicide bomber targeted a joint military and police checkpoint in Tal Afar city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the media suspected that the attack was carried out by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/30/2013: An explosive device detonated at a government-run girls' primary school in Miryan area, Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast, although the building was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosive device detonated in the Media Quarter area of Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Five people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: An explosive device detonated inside a mosque in Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in the Karrada district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast; the police truck and nearby stores were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the media suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was responsible for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosive device in a minibus detonated in Al-Jadeeda area, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosive device in a plastic bag was discovered and safely defused in Kells village, Ballymena district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated near a police patrol in the Saidiyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the media suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was responsible for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosive device planted along a road detonated outside of a sports stadium in Baqubah city, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two players were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused outside of a private residence in Dublin city, County Dublin, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: An explosive device was thrown in Kosi Kalan town, Uttar Pradesh state, India. This was one of four attacks in Kosi Kalan on this day. Five people were injured across all of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
05/30/2013: An explosive device was thrown in Sarrafa Bazaar in Kosi Kalan town, Uttar Pradesh state, India. This was one of four attacks in Kosi Kalan on this day. Five people were injured across all of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
05/30/2013: An explosive device was thrown in the Batasha Bazaar in Kosi Kalan town, Uttar Pradesh state, India. This was one of four attacks in Kosi Kalan on this day. Five people were injured across all of the attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
05/30/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the al-Bunoug district of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four people were killed and 12 people were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the media suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was responsible for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in the commercial area of the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Six people were killed and 17 were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a military convoy in the Azamiyah area of Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and 14 others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, the media suspected that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was responsible for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a university in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and eight others were injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle targeted a military convoy near a bakery in Al-Bunook neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were killed and nine others were wounded in the blast; nearby buildings were also damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: Assailants ambushed a joint patrol of Rangers and police in Orangi town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The Rangers and police returned fire and killed two attackers. There was no claim of responsibility for this attack.
05/30/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Gulo area of Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks on police checkposts in Andar district on this day. Two police officers were killed and two others were injured across the attacks. In addition, ten assailants were killed and five more were injured in the ensuing firefights. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Habib Gadalo area of Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks on police checkposts in Andar district on this day. Two police officers were killed and two others were injured across the attacks. In addition, ten assailants were killed and five more were injured in the ensuing firefights. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Minar area of Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks on police checkposts in Andar district on this day. Two police officers were killed and two others were injured across the attacks. In addition, ten assailants were killed and five more were injured in the ensuing firefights. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2013: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in the Rustam area of Andar district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. This was one of four coordinated attacks on police checkposts in Andar district on this day. Two police officers were killed and two others were injured across the attacks. In addition, ten assailants were killed and five more were injured in the ensuing firefights. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2013: Assailants attacked Somali and Ethiopian troops in Ceelbarde town, Bakool region, Somalia. Soldiers returned fire and killed three of the assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the assault to Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2013: Assailants hurled a hand grenade at the Batamaloo police post in Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reports of injuries or property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Assailants opened fire on a local school owner in Orangi Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The owner of Al Qaim school was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Assailants shot and killed the district head of Dala Alamderi in Maiduguri city, Borno State, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Boko Haram was suspected of being involved in the attack.
05/30/2013: Assailants threw two grenades at a police station in Orangi Town area, Sindh province, Pakistan. Three police officers were wounded in the attack. There was no claim of responsibility for this incident.
05/30/2013: Assailants used explosives and incendiary devices to burn down a church in Hembe area, Gwoza town, Borno State, Nigeria. Two civilians were shot and killed. This was one of two similar attacks on churches in this area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Boko Haram was suspected of being involved in the attack.
05/30/2013: Assailants used explosives and incendiary devices to burn down a church in Hrazah area, Gwoza town, Borno State, Nigeria. This was one of two similar attacks on churches in this area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Boko Haram was suspected of being involved in the attack.
05/30/2013: Assailants with guns and suicide vests attacked police in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two police officers and four perpetrators were killed in the attack. Additionally, five people were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Gunmen ambushed a police vehicle in Tagbayaon area, Samar province, Philippines. Two police officers were wounded in the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, the attack was attributed to the New People's Army (NPA).
05/30/2013: Gunmen attacked a police checkpost in Chahardarah district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Four assailants were killed and three other assailants were injured when police returned fire. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Shewan area, Bala Baluk district, Farah province, Afghanistan. One assailant was killed and three police officers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/30/2013: Gunmen opened fire on police officers in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Twelve police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Gunmen shot and killed Mullah Mohammad Hassan, a prayer leader, in Turbat city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Gunmen shot the Ban Waeng School headmaster, Avirute Yaseng, in Sako area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. The victim was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Gunmen shot two border police officers between Ramadi city and Jordan in Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Both officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2013: Two explosive devices detonated in Buser al Harir area, Daraa governorate, Syria. Two people were killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2013: Two explosive devices detonated near the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office during a protest in Dhaka city Dhaka division, Bangladesh. No casualties were reported in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: A grenade detonated at a grocery store in Quibdo city, Choco department, Colombia. Seventeen people were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/30/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the Somaliland presidential palace in Hargeysa city, Woqooyi Galbeed region, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a police patrol near Dujail town, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and a second police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An assailant attempted to detonate an explosives-laden belt near a checkpoint in Tapuah area, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant was detained by Israeli security forces and the explosives-laden belt was safely defused. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device attached to a Jeep was discovered and safely defused near a teaching hospital in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device detonated at a produce shop in Tarmiyah district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Latifiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. A military officer was killed and three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Sakalat area, Abu Ghraib district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and four more soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device planted in an Iraqi Ministry of Oil employee's vehicle detonated in Ghazaliyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The employee was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device planted under Jabar Khalaf al-Hindi's vehicle detonated in Jarah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Hindi, a mayor, was killed and two other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device was discovered in Jazirah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The device detonated as it was being defused, killing an explosives expert. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An explosive device, intended to target police officers, detonated prematurely in Doweika neighborhood, Cairo city, Cairo governorate, Egypt. The assailant was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Muslim Brotherhood.
05/30/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated inside a bar near the City Palace Hotel in Cabdicasiis district, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. One person was killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: An unknown number of explosive devices detonated at the Sadiqiyah bridge in Khalidiyah, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured and a portion of the bridge was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/30/2014: Assailants abducted 30 khat traders in Baar Caleen neighborhood, Kismayo city, Lower Juba region, Somalia. The civilians were rescued by security forces later that day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2014: Assailants abducted Dmytro Verzilov in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Verzilov, a district council deputy, was released later that day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/30/2014: Assailants abducted five Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) contractors in Maco town, Compostela Valley province, Philippines. The contractors were released on June 2, 2014. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that they carried out the abduction because the contractors were conducting surveillance in the area.
05/30/2014: Assailants abducted four Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election monitors and a translator in Severodonetsk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The four OSCE monitors were released on June 28, 2014; however, the fate of the translator is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to the Luhansk People's Republic.
05/30/2014: Assailants attempted to abduct Romy Estrella at a lodge in Baliuag town, Bulacan province, Philippines. Estrella, a former mayor, was unharmed; however, Joselito Hizon, Estrella's aide was abducted in the attack. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells at the residence of Mungab in Heliwaa area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. Mungab, the governor of Banaadir region, was unharmed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Qara Tapa area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and a second soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military unit in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police patrol in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. One police officer was killed and one other was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying soldiers in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers and a civilian were killed and a soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying three emirs in Tashan Alade area, Borno state, Nigeria. Alhaji Idrissa Timta, the emir of Gwoza, and two police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on civilians in Askari area, Muqdadiyah district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and two more people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: Assailants opened fire on Syed Farhan Shah in Nazimabad neighborhood, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Shah, a school principal, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2014: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a military patrol in Riyash area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) and Ba'ath Brigades camp in Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. This was one of two similar attacks in Hasakah on the same day. At least 50 soldiers were killed and injured and 10 assailants were killed in the incidents. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/30/2015: A suicide bomber detonated inside the Alhaji Haruna mosque in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least 26 people were killed and 28 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/30/2015: A suicide bomber in a explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting Huthis in Shoqra city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. In addition to the bomber, at least seven people were killed in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated along Kifah street in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated in Akhnoor area, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. One soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated in Amin Qala area, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated in Nahrawan area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near a market in Yusufiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police headquarters in Nahrin district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. A police officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near an army base in Sidi Khaled, Derna district, Libya. At least two civilians were killed in the blast. This was one of two attacks in Sidi Khaled; this first explosion was meant to draw a crowd. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated near an army base in Sidi Khaled, Derna district, Libya. Three soldiers were killed and one wounded from the blast. This was one of two attacks in Sidi Khaled; this later explosion targeted soldiers rushing to the scene of an earlier blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Jisr Diyala, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting a Royal Thai Army patrol in Ban Chomphu, Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. Seven soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in the district overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
05/30/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated targeting Huthis at an arms depot in Shoqra city, Abyan governorate, Yemen. Twelve Huthis were killed and eight others were injured in the blast. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2015: Assailants abducted an Indian National Congress (INC) supporter in Ukhrul town, Manipur state, India. The hostage was thrashed and released three hours later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
05/30/2015: Assailants abducted an official of a construction company and set three vehicles of the Inder Gope Construction Company of Hazaribagh on fire in Murki, Jharkhand state, India. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/30/2015: Assailants abducted five construction employees in Lumding town, Assam state, India. Two of the employees were released on the same day; however, the whereabouts of the remaining three hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants abducted Gholam Rasul, an employee of the Ministry of Education, from Charsada district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/30/2015: Assailants abducted Ringtheineng in Taningjang village, Manipur state, India. The whereabouts of Ringtheineng, the village chairperson, are unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM).
05/30/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Dara-i-Sufi Payin district, Samangan province, Afghanistan. At least five police officers and eight assailants were killed and a police officer and nine assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. In addition, six police officers were abducted during the attack; the outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Mahtab area, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed and two others were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants attacked and killed a member of an uprising group led by a former politician in Kohistan district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/30/2015: Assailants attacked police posts in Hisarak district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants attacked polling officials in Henglep, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the ballot boxes and ballot papers for three polling stations were stolen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2015: Assailants attacked polling stations and removed election material and ballot boxes in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants broke into a polling station and removed the election material and ballot boxes in Toru village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. This was one of two attacks on polling stations in the village on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Loro 8 oil well in Putumayo department, Colombia. The well was damaged in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting oil infrastructure in Putumayo on this date.. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/30/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Orito-San Miguel oil pipeline in Putumayo department, Colombia. The pipeline was damaged in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting oil infrastructure in Putumayo on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/30/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Otirto-Churuyaco oil pipeline in Putumayo department, Colombia. The pipeline was damaged in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting oil infrastructure in Putumayo on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/30/2015: Assailants detonated explosive devices at the Yurilla 1 oil well in Putumayo department, Colombia. The well was damaged in the attack. This was one of four attacks targeting oil infrastructure in Putumayo on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/30/2015: Assailants detonated multiple explosive devices at the Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) prison in Palmyra city, Homs governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties, but the prison was destroyed in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2015: Assailants fired rockets targeting Saudi Border Guards in Al-Harth district, Jazan province, Saudi Arabia. At least one guard was killed and seven others were injured in the blasts. Huthis claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2015: Assailants fired two projectiles that struck Albu Aythah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and three people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants fired two rifle grenades at an Indian Army camp in Sopore area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties or damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants kidnapped dozens of Huthis in Al Kalabah neighborhood, Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however sources attributed the attack to Popular Resistance Committees (Yemen).
05/30/2015: Assailants launched grenades and attacked Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least seven people were killed and 20 people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/30/2015: Assailants opened fire and launched mortars in Al Mufti neighborhood, Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Hasakah on the same day. At least ten people were killed across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/30/2015: Assailants opened fire and launched mortars in As Salihiyah neighborhood, Hasakah city, Al Hasakah governorate, Syria. This was one of two projectile attacks in Hasakah on the same day. At least ten people were killed across both incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/30/2015: Assailants opened fire on Shaukat, a council member, in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Shaukat was not harmed; however, three civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants opened fire on two Border Patrol Police (BPP) soldiers riding a motorcycle in Ka Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. Both soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants shot and killed a school teacher in Naw Zad district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants stopped a bus carrying police supplies and passengers, had the passengers alight, and torched the vehicle near Dugaiguda village, Chhattisgarh state, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/30/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at a cell phone tower in Handwara town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There were no reported casualties. Lashkar-e-Islam (India) claimed responsibility for the incident. Additionally, authorities attributed the attack to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
05/30/2015: Assailants torched a polling station in Gandi village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Assailants torched a polling station in Shahidan village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Eight suicide bombers with explosives-laden vehicles attacked security forces in Ash Shihah, near Karma, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the bombers, 20 soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/30/2015: Nine explosive devices were discovered and defused in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident: however, sources attributed the unsuccessful attack to the Taliban.
05/30/2015: Security forces discovered and attempted to defuse an explosive device in Jurf al-Sakhar subdistrict, Babil governorate, Iraq. The device detonated, injuring four security members. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Security forces discovered and defused 50 explosive devices in An Nubai area, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Madain area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2015: Security forces identified and killed three assailants as they were planting explosive devices on the road east of 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).
05/30/2015:Two explosive devices planted near a police checkpoint were discovered and defused between the cities of Dir and Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle in Sadr City area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least three people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Shalal Market in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least six 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.
05/30/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a government compound in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least two people were killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a police vehicle in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In addition to the death of the assailant, at least 12 people, including police officers and civilians, were injured in the blast. Police also defused an explosives-laden bicycle following the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/30/2016: An assailant stabbed and injured a soldier in Tel Aviv, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist.
05/30/2016: An explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle detonated in Ghazaliya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated at a cafe in al Hakim neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated in Batikhel, Paktika, Afghanistan. At least 12 people, including one police officer, were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated in Chilauna, Godda district, Jharkhand, India. One child was killed and two other children were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated near Mount Sammama in Kasserine governorate, Tunisia. Three people were killed in the blast. Jund al-Khilafah (Tunisia) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the death of the group's leader, Abu Seif Jammali.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated on a bridge in Lamitan, Basilan, Philippines. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Silopi, Sirnak, Turkey. At least four civilians were killed and 19 people, including five 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).
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle in Van, Turkey. At least two police officers were killed and one officer was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a vehicle carrying a Chinese engineer in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Three people were injured in the blast. The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) claimed responsibility for the incident, accusing security personnel of targeting youths and opposing the economic exploitation of Sindh's natural resources. Additionally, the Sindhu Desh Liberation Army (SDLA) and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a subgroup of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), separately claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighter patrol in Hamrin Hills, Saladin, Iraq. Two volunteers were killed and three volunteers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Assailants abducted four children from a playground in Shindand district, Herat, Afghanistan. One hostage was killed and two hostages were released on May 31, 2016. The fate of the remaining victim is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/30/2016: Assailants abducted Sharad Kursami in Mardrmalinga, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, India. Kursami, a suspected police informant, was killed and his body was discovered on June 2, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked a military base in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. The outcome of the attack is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked a military base in Siinka Dheer, Lower Shebelle, Somalia. The assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked a military base in Siirt, Turkey. At least 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).
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked a military gunboat at the Onitsha river, Anambra, Nigeria. At least eight soldiers were killed in the assault. The Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Gizab district, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. This was one of at least 11 related attacks on checkpoints in Gizab district on this date. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police checkpoints in Babaji, Helmand, Afghanistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of two related attacks on checkpoints in Helmand on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Taliban.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked an unknown number of police checkpoints in Sangin district, Helmand, Afghanistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the assault. This was one of two related attacks on checkpoints in Helmand on this date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incidents to the Taliban.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked military and popular resistance committee forces in Dali, Ad Dali, Yemen. Seven assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of five related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked Nkpor, Anambra, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and a police vehicle was set on fire in the assault. The Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Assailants attacked police personnel in Sirnak province, Turkey. One police officer was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/30/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting a gas pipeline near Pir Koh, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Assailants fired a missile targeting Najran region, Saudi Arabia. The missile was intercepted by Saudi defense forces. Huthi extremists claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Assailants raided a village in Benue, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least 10 people were killed and 25 buildings were set on fire across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/30/2016: Assailants raided al Ma'adan, Khanaqin, Diyala, Iraq. Four people, including the mayor, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/30/2016: Assailants raided Tse Ikyoor, Benue, Nigeria. This was one of six coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. At least 10 people were killed and 25 buildings were set on fire across all six events. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Fulani militants.
05/30/2016: Assailants shelled popular resistance committee posts in Az Zaylah front in Dali, Ad Dali, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of five related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
05/30/2016: Assailants shelled popular resistance committee posts in Hamak front in Dali, Ad Dali, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of five related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
05/30/2016: Assailants shelled popular resistance committee posts in Murays front in Dali, Ad Dali, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of five related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
05/30/2016: Assailants shelled popular resistance committee posts in Ya'is front in Murays, Ad Dali, Yemen. There were no reported casualties. This was one of five related attacks in Murays district on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Huthi extremists.
05/30/2016: Assailants shot and killed a military officer in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/30/2016: Military forces discovered and defused 24 explosive devices in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Security forces discovered and defused two explosive devices in Chhokarbandha, Gaya district, Bihar, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
05/30/2016: Security forces identified and destroyed an explosives-laden truck in Al-Zahir, Sirte, Libya. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2016: Three explosive devices detonated targeting joint forces in Jibal Himrin, Tikrit, Saladin, Iraq. Four security members were killed in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at an ice cream shop in Karada, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least 11 people, including an Australian child, were killed and 47 others were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the public pension office in Shawaka, Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least nine people were killed and 36 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting the vehicle of the Khogyani district governor, Haji Zalmai, in Khogyani, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. The assailant was the only reported casualty. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: A suicide bomber detonated targeting a military patrol in Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least eight people, including a journalist, were killed and 10 people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: An assailant fired a pellet gun at a civilian outside the Masjid Ebun Abass mosque in the Bronx, New York, United States. The civilian, Sailum Camarra, was injured, and the mosque was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, police identified the incident as one of three similar attacks targeting the mosque over several weeks.
05/30/2017: An explosive device detonated at a commercial area in Baghdad, Iraq. This was one of four related bombings that took place in and around Baghdad on this date. At least seven people were killed and 19 people were injured across the four blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2017: An explosive device detonated in Asriyah, Diyala, Iraq. A soldier was 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).
05/30/2017: An explosive device detonated near a civilian vehicle in Galgala, Bari, Somalia. At least two civilians were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2017: An explosive device detonated near a mosque in Tawakol, Diyala, Iraq. Three civilians were killed and four civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighters patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. This was one of four related bombings that took place in and around Baghdad on this date. At least seven people were killed and 19 people were injured across the four blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Abu al Hasan, a volunteer fighters commander, Suaydat, Diyala, Iraq. Hasan was killed and two of his companions were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: An explosive pipe bomb was discovered and defused near the Thailand Cultural Center metro station, Huai Khwang, Bangkok, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants abducted 17 farmers in Mayangose, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out the attack.
05/30/2017: Assailants attacked a volunteer fighters checkpoint in Qarah Tapah, Diyala, Iraq. Four volunteer fighters were killed and two 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).
05/30/2017: Assailants attacked military personnel and took three civilians hostage in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. One of the hostages was killed on June 2, 2017, while the remaining two hostages were rescued on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected the involvement of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/30/2017: Assailants detonated an explosive device and opened fire targeting a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) detachment in Labu-o, North Cotabato, 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).
05/30/2017: Assailants extorted and killed Lydia Julkanain, a civilian, in Sulu, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/30/2017: Assailants fired three rockets at a Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Chankan neighborhood, Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants fired two mortars into Abu Ghraib, Al Anbar, Iraq. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants opened fire on Abdul Rashid Lone, a senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker, outside of a mosque in Khanpura, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Lone and his nephew were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants opened fire on Haji Farid in Taaj Abad neighborhood, Peshawar, Pakistan. Farid, a former Hezb-i-Islami secretary from Afghanistan, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/30/2017: Assailants opened fire on Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. Two KPR officers were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Pokot extremists.
05/30/2017: Assailants set fire to 11 Enedis utility vehicles in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Wild Individualities claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in opposition to capitalism.
05/30/2017: Assailants set fire to a Basque family vacation home in Helette, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Irrintzi claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the vacation house was targeted because it was "only used a few weeks of the year."
05/30/2017: Assailants set fire to a Nigeria Agip Oil Company pipeline in Ijaw, Bayelsa, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. Suoyo Dickson, a suspected Niger Delta extremist, confessed to carrying out the attack.
05/30/2017: Assailants set fire to a Polish school in Mostyska, Lviv, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants set fire to the battery room for a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) mobile tower in Mutanpal, Chhattisgarh, India. There were no reported casualties. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the recent death of a Maoist leader.
05/30/2017: Assailants shot and killed Madahey, an electoral delegate, in Wadajir, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a district forest office in Nongstoin, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants threw an incendiary device at a truck in Umsning, Meghalaya, India. No casualties were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked Addayah neighborhood of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three related attacks that occurred in the area on this date. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 13 assailants across each of the attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked Muhallabiyah, Mosul district, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three related attacks that occurred in the area on this date. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 13 assailants across each of the attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2017: Assailants, including suicide bombers, attacked Tall Zalat, Mosul district, Nineveh, Iraq. This was one of three related attacks that occurred in the area on this date. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 13 assailants across each of the attacks. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/30/2017: Security forces discovered and defused three explosive devices in Khairabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/30/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber as he approached the Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/30/2017: Two suicide bombers detonated after being identified by security forces along Haji Chapman road in Kabul, Afghanistan. The assailants were the only reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/1974: A pipe bomb exploded in the restroom on the second floor of the Chicago police department in Chicago, Illinois in the United States.  The perpetrator(s), casualties, and potential damages of this incident are unknown.
05/31/1999: Golkar Party sympathizers hurled stones and fired arrows at members of the National Mandate Party (PAN) on their way home from a political rally in Ujungpandang, Indonesia.
05/31/1999: Members of the National Liberation Army (NLA) kidnapped 144 people in Cali, Colombia, as they attended Church services. The ELN members released 84 of their hostages hours after the initial kidnapping. However, they kept captive 40 men and 20 women. The perpetrators then proceeded to retreat with their captives into the mountains surrounding the city. The action appeared designed to persuade President Andres Pastrana to take the ELN more seriously in negotiations to end the 35-year conflict.
05/31/2000: On May 31, 2000, a homemade, remote control bomb exploded on an army base in Volgograd, Russia. Three soldiers were killed and 12 were injured. The explosives contained metal fragments as well as explosive material. The government stated it was an act of terrorism against the army by Chechen rebels. No one has taken credit for the attack.
05/31/2001: A bomb exploded at a bus station in Pirwadhai, Pakistan, injuring eleven. The bomb was planted under a bus by unidentified assailants.
05/31/2001: A Macedonian Army captain driving a water tanker was killed when he drove over a landmine near Blace, Macedonia. Albanians were suspected of planting the device.
05/31/2001: A police station was attacked with firearms by an unknown group of individuals in Boghni, Algeria. One policeman was killed during the attack. Authorities were unable to catch the assailants.
05/31/2001: At dawn, unidentified assailants killed the Gikalova village Administrative Chief, Adlan Mushtarkov, in Gikalova, Chechnya, Russia. A local resident, who was near Mushtarkov at the time of the attack, was seriously injured.
05/31/2001: In Kakma, Croatia, unknown assailants used firearms to attack the residence of Glisa Kolundzic, a member of the Serb Democratic Forum. The residence and a car was damaged in the attack, but Kolundzic was not injured.
05/31/2001: The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) attacked two commercial vehicles carrying civilians in the West Bahr al Ghazal state of Sudan, outside of Wau town. A member of the SPLA was killed during the attack. Reports did not indicate whether there were other casualties or damage.
05/31/2001: Unidentified Palestinians shot and killed an Israeli motorist south of Ramallah in the West Bank.
05/31/2002: A suicide bomber killed four Russian soldiers in front of a military checkpoint in Grozny, Chechnya. No group claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Chechen Rebels (non-specific) were suspected.
05/31/2003: A bomb exploded on a bus in Hyderabad, Pakistan, leaving at least four people wounded in what police called an "act of terrorism". The perpetrators responsible for this incident was unknown.
05/31/2003: A Shiite leader was injured and his son killed after unknown gunmen ambushed his car in Quetta, Pakistan.
05/31/2003: Suspected rebels shot dead Gul Mohammed, a worker with India's main opposition Congress, in the village of Bragam, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2003: Two Border Security Force (BSF) members and 11 civilians were injured in a grenade explosion in Khudwani, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2004: A suicide car bomber detonated his device near a coalition building in Baghdad, Iraq.  Two died in addition to the bomber and twenty-five were wounded in the incident.
05/31/2004: Iyathurai G. Nadesan, a journalist for the Colombo-based Virakesari Tamil daily newspaper, was shot and killed in Batticaloa city in Eastern Sri Lanka.  There were no eyewitnesses and no group claimed responsibility, although officials expect the killing may be due to rifts within the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
05/31/2004: Maoist rebels bombed an office in Goldhunga, Nepal, killing one civilian and damaging the local health post.
05/31/2004: Maoist rebels killed one civilian in the Dhanusha district in southeastern Nepal for allegedly spying on them.
05/31/2004: Unknown attackers fired 18 rockets into a residential area in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing one and wounding 12 others.
05/31/2005: Authorities suspected the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were responsible for the assassination of military intelligence officer Nizam Mutalif in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Mutalif was killed when a gunman on a motorcycle pulled up alongside his vehicle and opened fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2005: Major Nizam Mutaliph, the commanding officer of the Sri Lanka Army's First Intelligence Corps, was fatally shot while traveling in his chauffeur-driven car in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Witnesses state that the gunfire came from two different directions, indicating that there were possibly two teams involved in the shooting.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are believed to be involved in the incident.
05/31/2005: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Jerges Mohammed Sultan, a journalist for the Iraqi state television station Al-Iraqiya, outside his home in Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2006: In Baghdad, Iraq’s Al-Dawrah area four mortar shells exploded, killing nine people and wounding seventeen others. There was no claim of responsibility or anyone arrested.
05/31/2006: In one of five incidents, including one also involving the bombing of a tourist bus (200605250006), during recent peace talks in India’s Kashmir region (200605210005, 200605220009, 200605230002, 200605250006), two tourist buses were attacked with grenades thrown by unknown perpetrators, wounding thirty-five people near Dal Lake in Srinagar. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. This attack occurred just days after India’s Prime Minister Singh paid a visit to the city for regional peace talks.
05/31/2006: In one of six recorded rocket attacks on Israeli territory from Lebanese and Palestinian territory (200605180005, 200605180006, 200605250005, 200605260004, 200605280014), four Qassam rockets launched from the Gaza Strip struck the city of Sederot, causing some material damage and lightly wounding two people. One of the rockets landed on an apartment building close to the home of Defense Minister Amir Peretz. The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine’s military wing, Al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, but Israeli IDF officials stated that the rockets were assembled by Hamas. The IDF responded to the incident with artillery shelling against areas in northern Gaza.
05/31/2006: Religious scholar and shop owner Mawlawi Abdol Hakim was killed by a number of unidentified perpetrators in Kajaki district of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. A government spokesman blamed ‘enemies of the homeland’ for the attack, but no one had been arrested. No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/31/2006: Unidentified armed men shot and killed former pro-government commander Haji Abdul Hakim while he was driving towards the district office in the southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility and no one was arrested.
05/31/2007: A homemade bomb was detonated in the Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, at platform No. 8 of Kamalapur Railway Station.  No one was hurt and no one has taken responsibility for the attack.  Another live bomb was found at the scene.
05/31/2007: A rocket and grenade attack against Pir Attique Gilani’s home, an influential tribal elder, killed 13 civilians near the Tank district of Afghanistan.  Gilani was not injured in the attack, but he lost six family members in the attack.  No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2007: Approximately 25 police recruits and civilians were killed and 50 were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a recruiting center in Fallujah of the Anbar province, Iraq.  No group has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2007: Two activists of a local party, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) were beheaded in Munger district of the Bihar state, India.  Unknown militants conducted the murders.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
05/31/2007: Two were killed and four were injured in an attack on Magdaleno Pena’s convoy, the newly elected mayor of Pulupandan, Philippines.  No group has taken responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2007: Unidentified militants blew up a railway bridge in Pakistan’s Balochistan province between Quetta and the rest of the country.  Thirteen suspects have been arrested for the attack, but no one has claimed responsibility.
05/31/2008: On Saturday afternoon in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, Islamic insurgents attacked the home of Somali police chief Abdi Qeybdid, killing one little girl and injuring several others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2008: On Saturday evening at 17:00, 25 suspected members of the Shan State Army (SSA) -Shan United Revolutionary Army raided a saw mill, setting fire to the mill and trawler-G before they slashed to death eight saw mill workers and critically wounded one other in the Mukami township of Shan state, Myanmar (Burma). The group also allegedly captured the chairman of the Narhsai Village Peace and Development Council following the attack on the village. The status of the hostage is unknown and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
05/31/2008: On Saturday morning, in Sheykhabad, Vardak, Afghanistan, on the Kabul-Ghazni highway, armed assailants kidnapped the National Solidarity Program (NSP) chief, Wahidullah Mujaddedi, and two civilian companions. Mujaddedi was later released on 06/23/2008. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, a mortar round killed a woman and wounded three people, including a child, when it landed on a house in a village just east of Baquba, Diyala, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, a roadside bomb exploded in a crowded market in the city of Ba'quba, Diyala province, Iraq.  Two to three people were killed and seven to eight others wounded. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, a suicide bomber attempted to blow himself up at the army checkpoint next to Ayn Al Hulwah Palestinian refugee camp in Ayn Al Hulwah, Southern Province, Lebanon. Troops opened fire on the man and killed him. The bomber was allegedly a member of Jund Al Sham Organization for Jihad and Al Tawhid.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, at 0845, a Lebanese soldier was killed by an explosion in Abdeh, Northern Province, Lebanon. Fatah al Islam claimed responsibility for the bombing.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, at 2100, two civilians were killed and nine others were injured when a hand grenade exploded near a bus stop along the Colombo-Galle main road, opposite the Arpico super market in Wellawatta in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants are suspected of the attack.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, Council of Islamic Courts fighters took control of the town of Kudha, Jubbada House, Somalia. The fighters used heavy and light weapons in the attack but were not met with resistance. No casualties were reported.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, gunmen killed an off-duty police officer near his home in the Dair neighbourhood in north Basra, Iraq.  There were no claims of responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, in Al Sadah, Diyala, Iraq, assailants fired upon and killed Ahmed Foad, the head of the Diyala morgue. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, assailants detonated a parked car bomb, targeting the headquarters of the Kurdistani Party in the Tamim neighbourhood, killing three civilians and wounding eight others. There was no motive or damage reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, suspected members of Al Shabaab surrounded the Liboi Police Station in Wajir, North Eastern, Kenya. The militants over-ran the station and freed three detainees suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda, as well as six other prisoners. Several guns and a police vehicle were taken during the assault. No casualties were reported.
05/31/2008: On Saturday, unknown Niger militants severely beat Godfrey Johnson for defending militant victims and supporting foreign industry in Warri, Delta, Nigeria. The militants also attacked the home of Godfrey Johnson’s parents, set their house on fire and beat them severely after Johnson fled Nigeria. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
05/31/2009: An assailant attempted to throw an incendiary device into the residence of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi on Mockingbird Lane in Cherokee Park neighborhood, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. There were no reported casualties as the device bounced off the window and failed to ignite. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailant overnight. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2009: On Sunday morning, in Wichita, Kansas, USA, Dr. George Tiller, an abortion doctor who held a practice, was shot dead in the foyer of the Reformation Lutheran Church. The gunman fired only one shot, fatally wounding Tiller, threatened two others, and then escaped. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility. Scott Roeder was convicted for the murder.
05/31/2009: On Sunday night at 0400, in Hangu, North West Frontier, Pakistan, armed assailants forced their way into the Army Public School, and fired on and killed Admin officer, Gharib Gul. The assailants then kidnapped head constable, Shakirullah, another member of police force, Sepoy Bilal and one civilian, Sohail.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/31/2009: On Sunday night, in Aryub Zazai, Paktia, Afghanistan, assailants kidnapped two police officers then proceeded to kill them. It is unknown if the attack caused any damage. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in al-Nassiriya, Dhi Qar, Iraq, security forces defused an improvised explosive device planted on the railway coming from Basra to Baghdad. The 5th Emergency Contingent and the Special Weapons And Tactics forces defused a charge of 60 mm. caliber mortar shells that were tied together to a timer planted on the railway. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in Baghdad, Iraq, a bomb targeted an Iraq's state run Iraqiya TV channel crew's car in the Adhamiya district, wounding three people and causing no reported damage. There was no motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, a bomb was attached and targeted a car of al-Baghdadiya TV channel in the Al-Shurta district, killing Alaa Abdul Wahab, a sports journalist working for the TV channel, and wounding Dr. Sultan Jurjis, another sports reporter. There was no damage or motive reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in Rollagedda, Chitrakonda, Malkangiri District, Orissa, India, suspected Communist Party of India- Maoist cadres exploded an iron ore pipeline of the Essar Company. No group claimed responsibility. There were no reported casualties.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, in Waithou, Thoubal District, Manipur, India, a former People's Liberation Army (PLA) cadre, Khagembam Mahesh alias Rishikesh, was shot dead by the Assam Rifles personnel along the India-Myanmar road. His accomplice managed to escaped. Khagembam opened fire on the Assam Rifles personnel when they asked his accomplice who was riding a motorcycle to stop.Khagembam was the pillion rider of his accomplice and he was killed in the retaliatory firing of the Assam Rifles personnel. There was no reported damage.
05/31/2009: On Sunday, Iranian security officials defused a bomb planted on a domestic passenger plane heading from Ahvaz to Tehran. The bomb was found 15 minutes after the plane with 131 passengers took off, when flight security guards found a handmade bomb placed in the lavatory. The plane landed immediately at Ahvaz airport and the bomb was defused. No claim of responsibility has been reported.
05/31/2010: On Monday afternoon at 1310, in Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetiya, Russia, an improvised explosive device exploded at a cafe, injuring two police officers, a waitress and damaging the cafe. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2010: On Monday morning at 0730, in Palestine street, in northern Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a improvised explosive device attached to an sport utility vehicle outside a restaurant, causing an unknown amount of property damage and wounding one civilian passing by. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2010: On Monday night at 2330, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia, unknown assailants armed with grenades and assault rifles attacked the Atashka cafe, killing one civilian, injuring one other and damaging the cafe. The assailants were driving a Zhiguli car. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2010: On Monday night at 2335, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, four armed assailants wearing police uniforms forced their way into the Jinnah hospital and fired indiscriminately at responding police officers as they made their way through the hospital, killing six people, three police officers, two security guards, and one civilian. The attack injured many people and caused an unspecified amount of damage to the hospital. The assailants also held medical personnel and patients hostage as they moved throughout the hospital. The attackers managed to escape from the scene after around 30-minute gunfight. One of the injured terrorists, Muaaz, who was arrested from Model Town worship place of Ahmadis during Friday’s attacks, was at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital. The security sources said the terrorists targeted the hospital in order to release the injured terrorist, but failed to secure his release. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2010: On Monday, in Guzrah, Herat, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants detonated a remote-controlled improvised explosive device near the convoy of the province police chief, injuring three civilian bystanders and damaging at least one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2010: On Monday, in Kherua village, Puruliya, West Bengal, India, unidentified assailants fired upon and killed one political activist of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM). No damages were reported in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, although it was believed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) faction was responsible.
05/31/2010: On Monday, in Pan de Azúcar, Chitagá, North Santander, Colombia, the 13th Infantry Battalion lead by General Custodio García Rovira of the 30th Military Brigade, found and safely neutralized eight 40 pound cylinder bombs. No group claimed responsibility but authorities claimed the Arturo Ruiz Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) intended to use the explosives against civilians and troops in the area.
05/31/2010: On Monday, in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, two assailants armed with silencer pistols fired upon and killed Sahwa Council leader, Nael al-Azami. No damages were reported and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday evening at 2000, in the Bagh-e-Chel Sutoon area of Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, unidentified militants detonated unknown explosives in a market, killing one civilian, injuring six others and damaging the market. It is unclear whether the blast was caused by a bomb or two grenades. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday evening at 2030, in the Chelsiton sub-district of Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, unidentified militants threw a hand grenade at a civilian vehicle, killing one civilian, wounding at least one other and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday night, at the main gate of the city on Arbil-Kirkuk road in Arbil, Irbil, Iraq, Kurdish security forces located and defused a sticky bomb in a civilian car. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday night, in Buruda village, Bhanja Nagar, Ganjam, Odisha, India, about 25 to 30 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) raided a house and cut off the hand of Bhagabat Nayak. The specific motive for the attack is unknown, but one source indicates that the attack was carried out when he refused to join the Maoist faction. According to police, however, the attack was carried out by the militants for allegedly collecting money in the name of red rebels and that he was warned to stay from his activity about five days prior to the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in Jurf al-Sakhar neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified militants opened fire at a government-backed local Sahwa Council militia leader, killing him and wounding his bodyguard. No group claimed responsibility. The armed assault took place in Jurf al-Sakhar neighborhood in Baghdad.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in Kashmore, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated a low intensity bomb near the Tangwani Railway Station, wounding 10 passengers, damaging the track and derailing five coaches of the Khushal Khan Express. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in one of three related attacks, in an undisclosed village in Chatra, Jharkhand, India, suspected Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) set fire to an unknown number of vehicles engaged in sinking ponds, causing an unknown amount of property damage, but resulting in no casualties. A total of 10 tractors and five other machines were set on fire by the militants and it is unclear how many vehicles were targeted in each attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in one of three related attacks, in an undisclosed village in Chatra, Jharkhand, India, suspected Communist Party of India -Maoists (CPI-M) set fire to an unknown number of vehicles engaged in sinking ponds, causing an unknown amount of property damage, but resulting in no casualties. A total of 10 tractors and five other machines were set on fire by the militants, and since they were reported cumulatively, all 15 vehicles were captured in the previous attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in Parchha village, Rohtas, Bihar, India, over 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) detonated an improvised explosive device at a government primary school, destroying three out of the seven rooms. The attack resulted in no casualties and after triggering the blast, the Maoists shouted slogans against the Government machinery for using the school buildings and other installations to house Security Forces for anti-Maoist operations. Ajit Mishra, a government school teacher posted at the school, was arrested by police on 06/01/2011 on suspicion of supplying the Maoists with explosives, remote control devices, fuse wire and other equipment used in several explosions in Rohtas and neighboring districts.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, West Bank and Gaza Strip, an explosion caused by unknown militants took place inside the Abu-Ataya training base belonging to the Popular Resistance Committees, killing three Palestinians and wounding eight others. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in the Latambar area of Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen opened fire on and killed Jama’at Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) member and former District Chief of Karak, Maulana Salimullah. Four others were also wounded in the attack, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2011: On Tuesday, in the village of Albu-Suleiby south of Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, four armed men in a civilian car attacked three brothers, who were working in a wheat field, killed them instantly. The brothers were members of the pro-government Sahwa Council and had fought Al Qaeda over the past few years. No group claimed responsibility.
05/31/2012: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate explosives at a meeting of tribal elders and local officials at the district police headquarters in Nawa-I-Barakzayi district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The bomber was killed by police before he could reach his target. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a district police headquarters in Arghistan district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Five police officers were killed and six others wounded in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in front of the home of the mayor of Isabela city, Basilan province, Philippines. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated in a girls' primary school in Mardan city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three assailants had removed the school guard at gunpoint and then planted the explosives; as a result, no one was injured, but the school was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated in Ghazaliyah area, Mansour district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The blast wounded four civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A United States North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier, Alexander Povilaitis, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated near a military patrol in Bacho district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. Two soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police checkpoint in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated near a police patrol in Doura area, Rashid district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Four police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated near a vehicle carrying the district counterterrorism chief in Eidgah area, Dasht-e-Archi district, Kunduz province, Afghanistan. Four people, including the chief and his three bodyguards, were killed and two additional people injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device detonated underneath a freight train between Inchkhe town and Izberbash town, Dagestan republic, Russia. The rail line was damaged as a result of the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device hidden in a jar was discovered in the women's restroom of a McDonald's restaurant in Fatih district, Istanbul city, Istanbul province, Turkey. Police were able to defuse the explosive. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused by police in Yuksekova district, Hakkari province, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source suspected the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/31/2012: An explosive device was discovered and defused on railway tracks along the Muzaffarpur-Motihari route, Bihar state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, police sources attributed the incident to the Communist Party of India: Maoist (CPI-M).
05/31/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a restaurant in Shula area, Kadhimiyah district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Eleven people were killed and 36 others injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near the home of an advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister in Qadisiyah area, Mansour district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The advisor was uninjured in the blast; however, one person was killed and four others were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: Assailants attacked Somali government forces and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops in Laantabuur area, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. No one was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to members of Al-Shabaab.
05/31/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device near the Bheri Transport Services office and set fire to a bus in Karkando Chowk, Banke district, Bheri zone, Mid-Western region, Nepal. No one was injured in the blast, and there was no damage to the office; however, the bus was destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: Assailants kidnapped two United States (US) tourists in South Sinai governorate, Egypt. The tourists were released on June 2, 2012. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Bedouin tribesmen.
05/31/2012: Assailants opened fire on a delivery truck in Michoacan state, Mexico. The truck was destroyed and the driver injured in the attack. The Knights Templar (Caballeros Templarios) claimed responsibility for the incident. According to banners hung by the group, the trucks were burned because the group believed they were helping transport government intelligence agents.
05/31/2012: Assailants opened fire on a traffic police department major in front of his home north of Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. The major and his driver were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: Assailants opened fire on Zairbek Gazimagomedov, a physical education teacher, outside a mosque in Tsebari village, Dagestan republic, Russia. The teacher, who was targeted because he spoke out against bandits and was a respected village figure, was killed in the attack. The assailants then attacked Gazimagomedov's school with heavy arms, causing it to catch fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2012: Assailants stopped a car coming home from a wedding and abducted a Ghor municipal judge, his father, and his driver in Chaghcharan village, Ghor province, Afghanistan. The whereabouts of the victims are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a police source suspected the Taliban.
05/31/2012: Members of a pro-government militia killed a man at a camp near Nyala city in South Darfur state, Sudan. No further information is available.
05/31/2012: Three explosive devices detonated simultaneously in front of two adjacent homes belonging to police officers in Ameriya area, Mansour district, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven others injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: A remote-controlled explosive device detonated when a peace lashkar member tried to clear the road of stones blocking his way in Masho Gagar area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The lashkar member, Najeem Khan, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a checkpoint in Sedira area, Al Shirqat district, Iraq. One police officer and two civilians were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Daulina district, Ghor province, Afghanistan. At least three people were killed and 11 more individuals were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/31/2013: An explosive device detonated at a mourning ceremony in Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four people were injured by the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: An explosive device detonated in a bar in Ashaga-Stal village, Suleyman-Stalskiy district, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The device detonated as security forces were attempting to defuse it, although no casualties were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2013: An explosive device detonated outside of a mosque in Saidiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least three people were killed and another 11 individuals were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: An explosive device planted along a road targeted a police patrol near the Haji Abdullah mosque in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Kizlyar town, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Assailants abducted four government contractors in Chinarak area, Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2013: Assailants ambushed African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers in Wanlaweyn town, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. There were no reports of casualties in the attack; however, two military vehicles were damaged. A spokesperson for Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Assailants attacked a contingent of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers that were on a road reconstruction mission between Ballidogle and Berweyn villages in Bay region, Somalia. An unknown number of assailants were wounded when the soldiers returned fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/31/2013: Assailants attacked Abu Kershola town, South Kordufan state, Sudan. As a result of the assault, two officers were killed and at least ten soldiers were kidnapped. No information is available with regards to an outcome for the kidnap victims. The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2013: Assailants detonated two explosive devices at Jafar Shah's private residence in Mamash khel area, Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Shah, a local leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), was not injured in the blast, although the house and a vehicle were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Assailants launched an attack on a security checkpost in Samo Kali area, Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. During the assault, three soldiers and 20 of the assailants were killed, while 15 soldiers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/31/2013: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpoint in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least three police officers were killed and another two officers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Assailants opened fire on Luis Lindstron near Tacuati town, San Pedro department, Paraguay. Lindstron, a former mayor and logging company president, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however sources attributed the incident to the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP).
05/31/2013: Gunmen attacked a political activist in Sachal Goth area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One person was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply convoy in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. A Khasadar Force officer escorting the convoy was injured in an exchange of gunfire with the assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supply truck in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The truck's driver was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2013: Gunmen opened fire on the DXFL-FM radio station in Dipolog city, Zamboanga del Norte province, Philippines. There were no reports of injuries in the attack; however, the station was damaged by the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near civilian vehicles in Mazar area, Giro district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Twelve civilians were killed and two others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/31/2014: An explosive device attached to a power pylon was discovered and safely defused in Chaman city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated in a market in Ma'amil area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated near a civilian residence in Askari district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Five civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated near a Sahwa Council checkpoint in Jarah area, Diyala governorate, Iraq. One Sahwa Council member was killed and four more members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated near an air defense camp in Mansoura neighborhood, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two blasts in this area on May 31, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated near the presidential complex in Mansoura neighborhood, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of two blasts in this area on May 31, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated outside a grocery store in Yaha district, Yala province, Thailand. There were no reported casualties; however, the store was damaged in the blast. Separatists claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated outside of a police officer's residence in Khan Dari area, Abu Ghraib city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. The police officer was killed and three civilians were injured in the blast. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device detonated outside the residence of Ferdinand Agduma in Lambayong municipality, Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines. Agduma, a village chair, was unharmed; however, the house was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device planted on a donkey cart detonated near a police checkpost in Baldia Town area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near a hotel in Marib city, Marib governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosive device, targeting security personnel, detonated near a canal in Badaber area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a school in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants abducted an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The hostage was rescued on June 7, 2016. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/31/2014: Assailants abducted and tortured three teenagers in Arsal town, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. The teenagers had their fingers broken and were released early the following day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Nusrah Front.
05/31/2014: Assailants abducted Doctor Mansoor Bajwa in Gulshan Hadeed neighborhood, Bin Qasim town, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Bajwa was rescued on June 21, 2014. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants abducted Rana Jamil Hasan and his wife near Sargodha city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One of the hostages was released on May 31, 2014. The remaining hostage was released on December 8, 2014 No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Taliban members.
05/31/2014: Assailants armed with axes attacked Raza in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Raza, the caretaker of the Imam Musa Kazim Imambargah, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. This was one of at least two attacks on military checkpoints in Bajaur district on May 31, 2014. In addition to 16 assailants, one soldier was killed and two others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/31/2014: Assailants attacked a military checkpost in Bajaur district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. This was one of at least two attacks on military checkpoints in Bajaur district on May 31, 2014. In addition to 16 assailants, one soldier was killed and two others were wounded across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
05/31/2014: Assailants attacked Zafar Aheer in Western Fort Colony neighborhood, Multan city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Aheer, the resident editor of the Daily Jang newspaper, was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants attempted to storm the Donetsk International Airport in Donetsk city, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. This was one of two attempts made to storm the airport by the same group on May 31, 2014. Six assailants were killed across both attacks. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants launched a rocket near a house in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the house was damaged in the blast. This was one of two rocket attacks in Bannu city on May 31, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants launched a rocket near a mosque in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties; however, the mosque was damaged in the blast. This was one of two rocket attacks in Bannu city on May 31, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants launched mortar shells at a military border post near Dyakove area, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on a female health worker in Ganjanu Kalay area, Hangu town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The health worker was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on a former Maoist in Belgaon village, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra state, India. The individual was killed in the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on a restaurant in Zobe area, Mogadishu city, Banaadir region, Somalia. In addition to one assailant, two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Al-Shabaab was involved in the attack.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on a soldier in Afgoye district, Lower Shebelle region, Somalia. The soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on a special operations team in Kiralan neighborhood, Lice district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Two protestors were killed and two soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on Abdullah al-Tawil Abu Khalid in Taben town, Lahij governorate, Yemen. Abu Khalid, an intelligence officer, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and threw petrol bombs at buildings in Gula village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages in this area on May 31, 2014. At least 42 people were killed, 16 others were wounded and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and threw petrol bombs at buildings in Kanari village, Ngala district, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages in this area on May 31, 2014. At least 42 people were killed, 16 others were wounded and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on residents and threw petrol bombs at buildings in Wazarde village, Borno state, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated attacks on villages in this area on May 31, 2014. At least 42 people were killed, 16 others were wounded and an unknown number of buildings were damaged across attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/31/2014: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Zubair Ahmed Channa in Korangi area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Channa, a deputy commissioner, was unharmed; however, his driver and a guard were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants set a synagogue on fire in Petah Tikva city, Central district, Israel. There were no reported casualties; however, the synagogue was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants set a synagogue on fire near Baqa Al Garbiyye city, Haifa district, Israel. There were no reported casualties; however, the synagogue was damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants threw a grenade at a Levies Forces checkpost along Khand road in Pakistan. Three Levies personnel were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants threw a hand grenade at an auto repair shop in Garissa town, Garissa province, Kenya. One person was killed and four others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2014: Assailants threw grenades at a police patrol in Mandera city, Mandera province, Kenya. Two assailants were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/31/2014: Explosive devices planted in a tunnel detonated underneath a military position in Zahrawa area, Old City neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. Twenty soldiers were killed in the blast. The Islamic Front (Syria) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: A rocket struck a house in Shila village, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One civilian was killed and four others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a Fajr Libya Militia checkpoint at Dafniya gate, Misrata city, Misrata district, Libya. At least six people were killed and seven people were injured in the attack. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: An explosive device attached to a vehicle carrying Ministry of Planning employees detonated along Al Qanat road in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One employee was killed and a second employee was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated at the Moru-Moru market in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. At least four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram was involved.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated near a car park in Dawanim area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated near a gas pipeline near Arish city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim fundamentalists.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated near a police vehicle in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Sulaykh 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.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated near the residence of a Huthi leader in Dhamar governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties, although the house and other buildings were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting police officers responding to the scene of an earlier explosion in Ban Chomphu, Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. One police officer was killed and four were injured in the blast. This was one of two related attacks in the district overnight. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK).
05/31/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting Sultan Mohammad in Sher Bayg area, Jawzjan province, Afghanistan. Mohammad, a local police commander, was killed and two police officers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Assailants ambushed soldiers and militia members in Khalidiyah town, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. At least 13 security members were killed and 41 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).
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpost in Enzar Kala area, Maruf district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks on checkposts in the area on the same day. At least 25 assailants were killed and two soldiers and 45 assailants were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpost in Kalamshah area, Maruf district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks on checkposts in the area on the same day. At least 25 assailants were killed and two soldiers and 45 assailants were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpost in Rud Kala area, Maruf district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks on checkposts in the area on the same day. At least 25 assailants were killed and two soldiers and 45 assailants were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpost in Surkh Abad area, Maruf district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. This was one of four attacks on checkposts in the area on the same day. At least 25 assailants were killed and two soldiers and 45 assailants were injured across the four attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Taliban.
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked an election team in Kholmun village, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties; however, the assailants stole ballot boxes. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked Mukondo village, Nord Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. An unknown number of residents were kidnapped and their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
05/31/2015: Assailants attacked Ukrainian soldiers near Marinka town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Two soldiers were killed and one soldiers and two assailants were wounded. Additionally, two soldiers were kidnapped; their whereabouts are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/31/2015: Assailants damaged and set fire to a house belonging to a football star, Danny O'Callaghan, in Belfast city, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties; however, the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to The New Irish Republican Army.
05/31/2015: Assailants detonated explosives targeting an electrical tower in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
05/31/2015: Assailants fired a rocket that struck the Topak Preliminary School in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. A teacher and two students were killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) ship near the port of Aden, Aden city, Adan governorate, Yemen. The shells missed the ship and there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/31/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at residential areas in Taizz city, Taizz governorate, Yemen. At least three civilians were killed and another four were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/31/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at residential areas north of Ad Dali governorate, Yemen. Twelve civilians were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthis.
05/31/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at soldiers near Shyrokyne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One soldier was killed and as many as four soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Donetsk People's Republic.
05/31/2015: Assailants fired rockets laced with chloric acid at a residential compound near Al Baghdadi, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three children suffocated but survived the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/31/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Al-Azamiyah neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least eight people were killed and 15 others were injured in the blasts. This was one of two projectile attacks in Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2015: Assailants fired rockets that landed and detonated in Jamiliyeh neighborhood, Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. At least four people were killed and an unknown number of others were injured in the blasts. This was one of two projectile attacks in Aleppo neighborhoods on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2015: Assailants opened fire on a Roma wedding celebration party near Busra city, Busra province, Turkey. Three people were killed and six were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Assailants opened fire on and threw hand grenades at an election celebration in Kari Haider town, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least seven people were killed and three others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Assailants opened fire on supporters of Zabih Ullah, a newly elected councilor, in Gambit Barati area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. At least three people were killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Assailants opened fire the vehicle of Rana Shamshad in Kamoki city, Punjab province, Pakistan. Shamshad, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial assembly member, was killed in the assault, along with his son and an aide. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2015: Assailants raided Fika town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of two attacks on towns in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties, although several buildings were destroyed, including the Divisional Police Station, the Magistrate Court, and the Secretariat, as well as numerous telecom masts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
05/31/2015: Assailants raided Ngalda town, Yobe state, Nigeria. This was one of two attacks on towns in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties, although several buildings were destroyed, including the Divisional Police Station, the Magistrate Court, and the Secretariat, as well as numerous telecom masts. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
05/31/2015: Assailants threw an explosive device and opened fire at a transport weigh bridge in Sarangma village, Meghalaya state, India. At least 4-5 people, including a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police officials suspected that the Achik National Cooperative Army (ANCA) was behind the attack.
05/31/2015: At least one suicide bomber detonated explosives-laden vehicles near police station in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Following the blast, assailants then opened fire on the station. At least four assailants were killed and 10 other people were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Eight explosive devices were discovered in Bohe village, Ungkaya Pukan town, Basilan province, Philippines. The devices were intended to target military forces in the area. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a source attributed the attack to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
05/31/2015: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Ban Chomphu village, Khok Pho district, Pattani province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2015: Six assailants attempted to attack a military headquarters in Tangdhar town, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Security forces opened fire on the assailants, killing at least four, and a civilian was killed in the crossfire. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
05/31/2016: A roadside bomb detonated targeting a truck in Gobazna, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to tribesmen.
05/31/2016: A sniper opened fire on a police checkpoint near Arab Ejbur area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and two officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a checkpoint in Sulayman Beg, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated suicide bombings at the same location within a few minutes. In addition to the assailants, at least four people were killed and 11 people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint in Sulayman Beg, Saladin, Iraq. This was one of two coordinated suicide bombings at the same location within a few minutes. In addition to the assailants, at least four people were killed and 11 people were injured across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated in Al-Tobji area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed and injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated in Habibiya area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. An unknown number of people were killed and injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated near a medical center in Zafraniya neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated near a produce shop in Yusufiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Rasheed, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and eight people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a Frontier Works Organization (FWO) vehicle in Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Mohmand district on this date. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a subgroup of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military convoy in Katrom, Central Darfur, Sudan. At least three soldiers were killed and an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the blast. The Sudan Liberation Movement claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting a military convoy near Galgala, Bari, Somalia. At least two soldiers were killed and four soldiers were wounded in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting families fleeing the area in Maktab Khalid area, Kirkuk, Iraq. One person was killed and two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting Frontier Corps personnel near Baizai, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Mohmand district on this date. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a subgroup of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2016: An explosives-laden bicycle detonated in Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least one person was killed and 11 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
05/31/2016: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of Raqqah, Syria. At least one United States Armed Forces soldier was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
05/31/2016: Assailants abducted Badrinath Tiwari, a police constable, from his residence in Malam, Gulma district, Jharkhand, India. Tiwari was killed shortly after the kidnapping. Additionally, Tiwari's relatives were assaulted and locked inside their home during the attack. Maoists claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants attacked Baarbe Primary and Secondary School in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
05/31/2016: Assailants attacked military personnel in Semdinli district, Hakkari, Turkey. One soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/31/2016: Assailants attacked the Benghazi Department of Security in Benghazi, Libya. At least one security officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants detonated an explosive device at a mosque being used by military forces as a control tower in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt. There were no reported casualties; however; the mosque and nearby houses were damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
05/31/2016: Assailants fired rockets targeting a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Gao region, Mali. At least one Chinese peacekeeper was killed and 12 United Nations personnel were injured in the attack. This was one of two related attacks targeting United Nations personnel in Gao on this date. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2016: Assailants kidnapped 100 young civilians in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), noting the victims were accused of failing to grow beards.
05/31/2016: Assailants opened fire and detonated an explosive device targeting Rangers in Rangae, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least two Rangers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants opened fire on a police station in Intamgom, Sahel, Burkina Faso. Three police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Muslim extremists.
05/31/2016: Assailants opened fire on United Nations Mine Action Centre (UNMAS) employees in Gao, Mali. A French demining expert was killed and two Malian security guards were injured in the assault. This was one of two related attacks targeting United Nations personnel in Gao on this date. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2016: Assailants raided a construction company camp near Dogla Bathan, Banke Bazar, Gaya district, Bihar, India. Four laborers were injured in the attack. The Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants raided Isini, Taraba, Nigeria. At least three people were killed and a number of buildings were set on fire during the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants raided Ninte, Kaduna, Nigeria. At least two people were killed and an unknown number of buildings were set on fire during the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.
05/31/2016: Assailants raided Nuaymiyah, Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 15 security force members and 32 assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants raided Yebi, Diffa, Niger. At least six people were killed and an unknown number of people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/31/2016: Assailants stopped several passenger vehicles and detained at least 185 civilians in Shina Tepa, Kunduz, Afghanistan. 152 people were released after being questioned, 13 people were killed at the scene, and 20 people were abducted. Security forces rescued 10 hostages and killed three assailants on June 1, 2016. Two hostages were killed on June 2, 2016, and the fate of the remaining eight kidnapped passengers is unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Assailants stormed the House of Assembly and opened fire in Lokoja, Kogi, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Five assailants raided an offshore gas platform in Cabinda province, Angola. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources claimed that assailants threatened oil workers and told them to leave the area.
05/31/2016: Police discovered and defused two explosive devices along Bahmragarh-Tadgaon road in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.
05/31/2016: Police discovered and safely detonated an explosive device in Silvan district, Diyarbakir, Turkey. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/31/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber in Baghlan province, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber in Maywand, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The assailant intended to target the district police chief or the district administrative chief. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Security forces identified and arrested a suicide bomber intending to target the port in Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Two assailants opened fire on Michael de Guzman in Villasis, Pangasinan, Philippines. De Guzman, the security guard of the vice mayor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2016: Two explosive devices detonated targeting a military convoy on Arish-Sheikh Zuweid Road in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. At least five soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State.
05/31/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden sewage tanker near Zanbaq Square in Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, at least 92 people were killed and an additional 491 people, including 11 United States citizens, were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident, though sources doubted the veracity of this claim. Sources also attributed the attack to the Haqqani Network, which denied involvement.
05/31/2017: A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to target federal police officers in Zanjili neighborhood, Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. Security forces intercepted the vehicle which detonated, killing the assailant and 13 civilians. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated near a bakery in Qahira, Baghdad, Iraq. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military truck between Kiunga and Ishakani in Lamu, Kenya. There were no reported casualties in the blast. This was one of three bombing attacks in Lamu on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Weydow, Banaadir, Somalia. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a police vehicle traveling between Baure and Milimani in Lamu, Kenya. Following the blast, assailants opened fire on the officers. At least eight people, including seven officers and a civilian, were killed in the event This was one of three related attacks in Lamu on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting a volunteer fighters patrol in Hawr Rajab, Baghdad, Iraq. Three volunteer fighters were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) personnel responding to an earlier explosion in Lamu, Kenya. At least two soldiers were killed and another was injured in the blast. This was one of three related attacks in Lamu on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosive device detonated targeting police vehicles responding to earlier incidents in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. Additional police vehicles were set on fire and stolen in the attack. At least three officers were injured in the assault. This was one of three related attacks in Fafi on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle intending to target the central business district was intercepted and defused in Bosaso, Bari, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle was discovered and defused at Al-Suqur Checkpoint, southeastern Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Assailants abducted six farmers from Laka Mazar, Ghor, Afghanistan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
05/31/2017: Assailants abducted six government officials and school inspectors from Kasai-Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The hostages were killed later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kamwina Nsapu militia.
05/31/2017: Assailants attacked a military logistics vehicle near Kasasibah, Diyala, Iraq. One soldier was killed and a second soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Assailants attacked a military supply convoy in Tikerefinadji, Segou, Mali. At least two soldiers were killed an unknown number of soldiers were injured in the incident. In addition, several military personnel were reported missing following the attack. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the Malian army's alleged aggression against members of the Muslim community.
05/31/2017: Assailants attacked a village Gumsuri, Borno, Nigeria. At least 14 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
05/31/2017: Assailants attacked and destroyed a Safaricom telecommunication mast in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three related attacks in Fafi on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2017: Assailants attacked police posts in Giro, Ghazni, Afghanistan. At least thirteen assailants were killed and more than 10 assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. Additionally, two police officers were injured in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Assailants attacked security checkposts in Shepola, Paktia, Afghanistan. There were an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Assailants executed 34 civilians in Dural al-Khayyat 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), noting that the victims were attempting to escape from the area.
05/31/2017: Assailants executed seven civilians in Moshahda 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), noting that the victims were attempting to escape from the area.
05/31/2017: Assailants in a boat fired three rocket-propelled grenades at the MT Muskie oil tanker in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off the coast of Dhubab district, Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Houthi extremists (Ansar Allah), which denied involvement.
05/31/2017: Assailants opened fire on a Balochistan Constabulary vehicle along Sariab Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least one officer was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2017: Assailants opened fire on a joint security post in Abala, Tillaberi, Niger. Six soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
05/31/2017: Assailants opened fire on national gendarmerie personnel in Ben Omar, Blida, Algeria. At least four security personnel were injured in the attack. The Algeria Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Assailants set fire to a school in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. At least 2 teachers were kidnapped in the incident. One of the hostages was killed shortly after the abduction, while the whereabouts of the second hostage are unknown. This was one of three related attacks in Fafi on the same day. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2017: Assailants shot and killed Abdisalan Abdullahi, an electoral delegate, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. This was one of two related attacks on electoral delegates in Mogadishu on the same night. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2017: Assailants shot and killed Colonel Abdullahi Elmi Nur, the head of the military ambulance service, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2017: Assailants shot and killed Mohamad Abukar, an electoral delegate, in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. This was one of two attacks on electoral delegates in Mogadishu on the same night. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incidents.
05/31/2017: Assailants shot down on a military helicopter in Senoba, Sirnak, Turkey. 13 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities doubted the veracity of this claim.
05/31/2017: Assailants stopped the vehicle of an African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeeper from Nigeria in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan. The peacekeeper was shot and killed and his vehicle was stolen in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/31/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at a police station in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. Three police officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Assailants threw a grenade at police officers in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Four police officers were injured in the blast. Police later arrested members of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), who confessed to carrying out the attack.
05/31/2017: Assailants threw a hand grenade and opened fire at a police patrol in Kiziltepe, Mardin, Turkey. A police officer and an unknown number of assailants were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
05/31/2017: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a police requisition vehicle in Lailad, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device in Dungiven, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an explosive device near an oil pipeline in Bay Hasan, northwest of Kirkuk, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Security forces discovered and defused an unknown number of explosives-laden vehicles in Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/31/2017: Seven assailants armed with baseball bats attacked and injured the landlord for the election campaign headquarters of Aleksei Navalny, an opposition leader, in Irkutsk, Russia. The assailants, belonging to an unknown group, claimed responsibility for the incident by shouting "You are selling the motherland to Navalny!"
05/4/2003: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) raided the mining town in Siocon, Philippines. MILF attacked the military headquarters and the municipal police station and kidnapped fifteen civilians in the incident. Two soldiers, six policemen, and eight civilians died and eight soldiers and fifteen civilians were wounded in the attack. Eleven hostages were freed by the end of the day. MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu confirmed the attack, saying eleven rebels were wounded and two were killed in the raid.
05/6/2003: A bomb planted in Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland, was found and disarmed after a phone call warning of the bomb. Police suspected dissident republicans were responsible for the incident.
05/6/2003: Fifteen members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted four people in the area of Lalogi, Uganda. Two were rescued by the army and the other two victims escaped.
05/6/2003: Seven mortars were fired by Palestinian militants at the Gaza Strip settlement of Nezarim. No casualties or damages were reported as a result of the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/6/2003: Suspected militants from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Fighting (GSPC) ambushed and killed six Algerian soldiers in Keddara, Algeria. The perpetrators bombed the military vehicle and shot or stabbed the survivors after the bombing.
05/6/2003: Twenty-three civilians were injured when suspected Islamic militants hurled a grenade at a police patrol, which instead exploded among civilians in Pulwama, India.
05/6/2003: Two civilians were injured in an explosion triggered by suspected Islamic militants in Lasjan, India. The militants supposedly were targeting a security forces vehicle in the incident.
05/7/2003: A Muslim cleric close to U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai was gunned down in Kalacha, Afghanistan. There were no claim of responsibility for the incident.
05/7/2003: Fifteen alleged members of All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) attacked a market place in Mohorcherra, India, killing nine persons. All the victims of the incident were non-tribal Bengalis.
05/7/2003: Members of the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) threw a coffee-jar bomb at a police car in Armagh, North Ireland. No casualties or damage resulted from the incident because the bomb failed to detonate. The Continuity IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing attempt.
05/7/2003: Militants ambushed an Indian patrol at an unspecified remote village in the Baramulla district, India. The attack left two soldiers dead and five injured. Al-Mansoorian claimed responsibility for the attack. Two of the perpetrators were killed after the Indian patrol returned fire in the incident.
05/7/2003: Suspected members of the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) armed with assault rifles and machetes dragged sleeping villagers from their houses, lined them up, and shot them at close range in Fimnacherra, India. Nineteen people died on the spot and eight villagers were severely injured.
05/7/2003: Suspected members of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) shot dead two people near Agartala, India.
05/8/2003: A home-made device was detonated in a currency exchange office in a shopping center in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. One person was killed in the incident, suspected to have been carried out by Uighur separatists. Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies detained an Uzbek citizen for suspected of involvement in the incident on May 9, 2003. The Kyrgyz Interior Ministry assessed that this attack was engineered by advocates of the radical religious groupHizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (HT).
05/8/2003: A Palestinian suicide bomber was killed when he drove a car packed with explosives into an Israeli tank near the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, in the Gaza Strip. Only the suicide bomber driving the car was killed. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/8/2003: A U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division soldier was killed as a result of sniper fire in Baghdad, Iraq. There were no claim of responsibility for the incident.
05/8/2003: A U.S. soldier was shot while directing traffic on an bridge in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldier from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment was injured, but survived the incident. There were no claim of responsibility for the incident.
05/8/2003: Unknown perpetrators blew up a communications tower in the western city of Pensilvania, Colombia. The government simply reported that an unspecified terrorist group was responsible for the incident.
05/9/2003: A remote-controlled bomb exploded near the place a parade celebrating the Victory Day had to be held in Grozny, Chechnya. A Russian interior ministry serviceman was killed and two soldiers wounded in the incident. A preliminary government investigation indicated that the attack intended to target the Chechen and law enforcement leadership who were to attend the Victory Day celebrations. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
05/9/2003: Ghulam Ahmed Rather, a worker of the state's National Conference party, was shot dead by suspected rebels in Khrew, India. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/9/2003: Nine power pylons were bombed in the Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. The bombings affected the power supply to much of southwest Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
05/9/2003: One Afghan soldier was killed and one U.S. soldier was injured in an attack by suspected Taliban members in Lalmi, Afghanistan.
05/9/2003: One police officer was killed and a soldier injured in a rebel attack on a police outpost protecting the Calima hydroelectric plant in Calima, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/9/2003: Three security officials were killed in a bomb attack on a water treatment facility in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. The blast did not interrupt the delivery of drinking water. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
05/9/2003: Two power pylons were bombed in the Huila Department, Colombia. The bombings affected the power supply to much of southwest Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/1998: In Colombia, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) took hostage Edward Leonard, who worked for a Canadian drilling company, and demanded a $500,000 ransom. After three months of negotiations, the rebels refused to release Leonard. The owner of the drilling company, Norbert Reinhart, offered himself in exchange for the Leonard. After 106 days of captivity, Leonard was freed and Reinhart took his place. The rebels demanded $2 million for his release. As of November 9, 1998, Reinhart had not been released.
06/00/1999: Eight campesinos were apparently kidnapped by unknown guerrillas in a mountainous area of Antioquia department. The fate of the victims was unknown.
06/00/1999: Five masked men belonging to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) forced their way into a house at Rosemount Gardens, Londonderry, Northern Ireland and singled out two brothers, beating them with baseball bats. The assailants warned the two brothers to leave Londonderry within 24 hours.
06/00/2006: A suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebel shot and injured aTamil political party member in Nunavil, Jaffna district, Sri Lanka.
06/00/2006: A Tamil woman was shot and killed by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.  Police state that the victim, Krishanthan Renuka, had been assaulted by the LTTE in the past for allegedly giving information to the military.
06/00/2012: Sometime between June 11 and June 13, 2012, an explosive device was discovered near the private residence of founding President Kenyatta in Gatundu town, Central province, Kenya. The device was safely defused without incident. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful attack.
06/00/2012: Sometime between June 25 and June 29, 2012, assailants abducted two members of the Amn Lashkar, a Pakistani peace militia, in the Kharkai Maskinai area of Lower Dir district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The two militia members were found dead in Binshahi village on July 5, 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/2013: Sometime between June 1, 2013 and June 30, 2013, assailants kidnapped Toni Neukirch, a German citizen, from an unknown location in Syria. Neukirch was released on June 19, 2014, in exchange for an unspecified ransom amount. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/00/2013: Sometime between June 17, 2013 and June 19, 2013, assailants shot and injured Abd-al-Hakim As'ad, a commander of the security guards for the Major General, in Radfan city, Lahij governorate, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/2014: Sometime between June 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014, assailants abducted two Zvezda TV Channel journalists in Donetsk region, Ukraine. Both hostages were injured and released on an unspecified date. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Right Sector.
06/00/2014: Sometime between June 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014, assailants threw a grenade at an irrigation department vehicle in Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties. Muhim Khan, a Lashkar-e-Balochistan member, claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/2014: Sometime between June 15 and June 30, 2014, assailants abducted six Ukrainian Army officers in Horlivka area, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One of the victims, Captain Roman Zasukha, was shot and injured while in captivity. All of the hostages were released in late July 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abductions to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/00/2015: Assailants abducted Essam El-Oul, a Central Bank of Libya spokesperson, from an unknown location in Libya. The kidnapping occurred between June 7 and June 9, 2015. The outcome of the abduction is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/2015: Between June 1 and June 30, 2015, assailants abducted 15 Egyptian fishermen in Misrata city, Misrata district, Libya. The victims were released as of February 10, 2016. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the abduction to Muslim fundamentalists.
06/00/2015: Sometime between June 1, 2015, and June 30, 2015, assailants abducted and killed an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist).
06/00/2015: Sometime between June 14 and June 20, 2015, assailants opened fire on Al-Khader village, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. One civilian was killed and ten others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/2015: Sometime between June 15, 2015 and June 30, 2015, assailants set fire to two police vehicles in Most city, Usti nad Labem region, Czech Republic. There were no reported casualties but the two vehicles were damaged in the attack. The Revolutionary Cells Network (SRN) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was carried out in retaliation for police operations in April 2015.
06/00/2016: Sometime between June 1, 2016 and June 12, 2016, assailants abducted a civilian in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The civilian was killed shortly after the abduction. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/00/2016: Sometime between June 19 and June 25, 2016, assailants fired rockets at villages in Waziiyah district, Taizz, Yemen. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Huthi extremists.
06/00/2016: Sometime between June 26 and July 2, 2016, assailants abducted Sami Hussein, a civilian, from Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. Hussein was beheaded shortly after the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State, noting that the victim was accused of working with security forces.
06/00/2016: Sometime between June 26 and July 2, 2016, assailants shot and killed Ahmed Abdel Hamid, a civilian, in Sheikh Zuweid, North Sinai, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Sinai Province of the Islamic State, noting that the victim was accused of working with security forces.
06/00/2017: Sometime between June 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017, assailants abducted a farmer in Choco, Colombia. The hostage was released on November 23rd, 2017 after a ransom payment. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the National Liberation Army (ELN).
06/00/2017: Sometime between June 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017, assailants abducted Sheikh Tarek Bugarara in Beida, Jabal Al Akhdar, Libya. The whereabouts of Bugarara, a Jebel Al-Rahma Mosque cleric, is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/00/2017: Sometime between June 11, 2017 and June 17, 2017, assailants raided Wagga, Adamawa, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties, though three assailants were arrested as volunteer fighters repelled the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/00/2017: Sometime between June 22, 2017 and June 26, 2017, three explosive devices were discovered and defused along a highway in Catatumbo, Santander, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/00/2017: Sometime between June 23, 2017 and July 3, 2017, assailants set fire to a girls school in Darzab district, Jawzjan, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State.
06/01/1999: A South Lebanon Army (SLA) soldier was killed when an explosive charge, set by unknown perpetrators, blew up near his vehicle in the Jazzin area of southern Lebanon. This was the second SLA soldier killed by a roadside bomb explosion in the Jazzin area within a few hours.
06/01/1999: A South Lebanon Army (SLA) solider was killed when a roadside bomb, set by unknown perpetrators, exploded in Jazzin, Lebanon.  Another SLA soldier was killed by a roadside bomb explosion in the Jazzin area a few hours earlier.
06/01/1999: At least four unidentified armed men in camouflage uniforms fired on four soldiers of the Lamlho Military Sector Command in Sakti sub-district, Pidie, Indonesia. Two soldiers were killed and the other two escaped. The attack occurred in the context of a wave of violence in Aceh Province, due to upcoming elections and separatists demanding an independent Islamic State.
06/01/1999: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels attacked the Kiri Ibanwewa settlement in Welioya, Sri Lanka, killing eleven civilians and injuring six others.
06/01/1999: The South Lebanon Army (SLA) discovered and subsequently defused an explosive charge planted by suspected Hizballah members at the 'Ayn Majdalayn road junction near Jazzin, Lebanon. No casualties resulted from this incident.
06/01/1999: The South Lebanon Army (SLA) discovered and subsequently defused two explosive charges planted by suspected Hizballah members along the Kafr Hunah-Jazzin public highway near Jazzin, Lebanon. No casualties resulted from this incident.
06/01/1999: Twenty to sixty suspected Islamic separatists, armed with AK-47 rifles and hand grenades, raided the village of Keudee Geureubak in Idi Rayeuh District, Indonesia. The perpetrators also abducted and subsequently killed two soldiers and one civilian. The three bodies were found later that evening with multiple stab wounds, broken necks, and hands bound on a deserted road in Teupin Batee, also in Idi Rayeuh District. The attack occurred in the context of a wave of violence in Aceh Province, due to upcoming elections and the demand by separatists for an independent Islamic State.
06/01/2000: A gang of unknown individuals kidnapped United Nations observers in the Kodor Gorge, near the village of Lata, Abkhazia, Georgia. The UN observers were released them four days later, on 06/05/2000, without demand of ransom. No casualties resulted from the incident.
06/01/2000: Members of the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) bombed the Hammersmith bridge in London in order to destabilize the political process in Northern Ireland. No casualties resulted from the incident.
06/01/2001: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of young Israelis waiting to enter the Tel Aviv disco Pacha, killing 21 people, 17 instantly, and injuring 100 others. Many nearby cars were damaged as well. The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement HAMAS claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, as did a group calling itself Palestinian Hezbollah.
06/01/2001: A ten pound bomb detonated outside a police station in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland around 3am.  No one was injured, as the police had evacuated the area after receiving several phone warnings that a bomb was in the area.  Minor damage was done to the police station.  Although no group claimed responsibility for the attack, authorities suspected that the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) organization was behind the explosion.
06/01/2001: Two or three logging trucks, that belonged to the Ray Schoppert Logging Company, were set on fire by environmentalists in Estacada, Oregon U.S.A. The fires were started when milk jugs filled with gasoline were set alight. The attack came the night before the company was to begin cutting trees from the Eagle Creek logging site. An alert Schoppert company employee noticed the fire.  In August 2002, four men were indicted in connection with this attack. Authorities believe that this attack was linked with a similar incident in April 2001 that took place at Ross Island Sand & Gravel in Portland, Oregon. They also believe that the perpetrators may have links to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and/or the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).
06/01/2002: Anti-Indian guerrilla forces killed 1 and injured 13 in overnight grenade attacks in the Kashmiri town of Srinagar.
06/01/2003: Members of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak) attacked an Indian Central Reserve Police Force post in the Tuinem area of India’s Manipur State. No casualties resulted from the 30-minute gun battle. An unknown caller claimed that the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Prepak) was responsible for the attack.
06/01/2003: The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) indicated it was responsible for setting fire to two nearly completed luxury homes in Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan, U.S.A. The fire destroyed the two homes and authorities found the letters "ELF" and an anti-sprawl message spray painted at the scene.
06/01/2003: Unknown attackers fired two Russian-made rockets at the house of Ahmad Wali Karzai in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Ahmad Wali Karzai was a tribal leader and the brother of then Afghan President, Hamid Karzai. The rockets missed Karzai’s house and hit a nearby compound. No one was hurt in the attack, and the structure sustained only minor damage. Although local authorities suspected the Taliban and Al-Qaida were responsible for the attack, no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2004: Seven people were injured when a bomb exploded outside a department store in the southern Philippines in Pagadian city. There were no immediate suspects, and no one was killed in the attack.
06/01/2005: Commanding Officer of the Army First Intelligence Corp in Sri Lanka, Major Tuan Nizam Muthaliph, was followed by two Tamil Tigers on motorcycles and shot point blank when his car stopped at a traffic light near Badrawathy Maha Vidyalaya, Narahenpita near the Polhengoda junction. The Tigers had threatened to kill the major before May 30th, and the major was without his usual heightened security detail at the time of the shooting.
06/01/2005: Forty-one Ivorian ethnic Guere civilians were killed and 64 others were injured outside Duekoue, Moyen-Cavally Region, Cote D'Ivoire, when an unidentified group of people attacked and burned several homes. Locals suspected government-backed militias.
06/01/2005: In the early hours of the morning, unknown assailants threw an estimated six bombs at Mir Mohiuddin in front of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) office in Alamdanga sub-district, Chuadanga (District), Khulna Division, Bangladesh. Mohiuddin, a local BNP leader, was wounded, along with two others. Officials originally arrested five rival BNP members, but a representative from the ML- Janajuddha faction of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) claimed responsibility shortly after the attack, stating that Mouhiuddin was a social exploiter and an enemy of the state. Despite this claim, some officials still suspected BNP intra-party rivalry and conflict as the reason for the attack.
06/01/2005: People's Democratic Party worker Abdul Salam Dar was shot and killed at Tuli-Nowpora in the Kulgam area of Anantnang (District), Jammu and Kashmir State, India. Authorities suspected militants, but no militant group opposing Indian rule in Kashmir claimed responsibility.
06/01/2005: Twenty-one people were killed and 52 were wounded in a suicide bombing at the Abdul Rab Akhundzada Mosque in Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan, during the funeral of Maulvi Abdullah Fayyaz, an anti-Taliban cleric who was killed earlier in the week. The bomber was identified by officials as an Arab, but further details were not disclosed. Some officials believed that al-Qaida was responsible for that attack. The Taliban, which did claim responsibility for the death of Fayyaz, denied responsibility for this incident. Among the dead was Kabul Police Chief General Akram Khakraizwall, who was believed to have been a specific target of the explosion.
06/01/2006: A land mine attack in Jharkhand, India, killed 12 troops. Maoist rebels blamed.
06/01/2006: Hamas launches rockets into Sderot, Israel. No one injured and some property damage was reported.
06/01/2006: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam bombed the Office of Tamil political party in Sri Lanka’s eastern province. Four people were injured.
06/01/2006: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam shot and killed two political party activists in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
06/01/2006: Suicide car bomb explodes near NATO base in Farah, Afghanistan. No injuries reported and the Taliban was suspected in the attack.
06/01/2007: Anchal Singh, an Indian police officer trainee, was killed and five police officers were wounded when an unknown number of suspected Lashkar-e Taiba (LET) perpetrators attacked the Sheeri Police Training School in Sheeri, Baramulla District, Kashmir State, India with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles. Two perpetrators were killed when police returned fire.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Col. Makhtal Farah Gagab, chief of Somali security forces in Kismayu, was shot and killed by three Mujahedin Youth Movement perpetrators at 7:15 PM at a downtown pharmacy in Kismayu, Somalia.
06/01/2007: Eight people, including three Indian senior managers of Indonesian petrochemical company Indorama and three women and two children from the same family, were abducted and two police guards killed by suspected members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) firing small arms at a housing compound for expatriate oil workers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Four Iraqi police officers were wounded when unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar shells at a police joint coordination center at Basra International Airport (BSR) at dawn in al-Hakimiyah neighborhood, Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Four Iraqi policemen were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) perpetrators detonated near their police vehicle at approximately 1:00 PM in al-Doura, Rasheed District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Four Somali Police officers were wounded when an unknown number of Mujahedin Youth Movement perpetrators landed by boat at the remote northern fishing village of Bargal, Puntland State, Somalia and fired on Somali Police Police officers with small arms before fleeing into nearby mountains. Police in Bargal contacted Combined Task Force 150 and requested naval artillery support. At least eight of the perpetrators were killed in the subsequent counterattack, and one American, one Swedish, one British, one Eritrean, one Yemeni, one Pakistani, one Moroccan, and at least one other unspecified Middle Eastern passport were found among the bodies on 06/02/2007.
06/01/2007: Hassan al-Bazam, a Palestinian HAMAS supporter and bodyguard for Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, was abducted by an unknown number of suspected Force 17 (al-Fatah) perpetrators carrying small arms and riding in two cars as he walked toward the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza Strip (Occupied Territory), Palestine. Al-Bazam alleges he was beaten with rifles and clubs, burned with candles and cigarettes, forced to curse God and Muhammad, had his beard and eyebrows shaved, had a ‘17’ shaved into his head, had gunshots fired between his legs, and was ordered to give his captors names of HAMAS activities before being released seven hours later at an unspecified location in Gaza. Fatah denied involvement in the attack.
06/01/2007: Hawl-Wadaag District Commissioner Hassan Farey was shot and killed by three Mujahedin Youth Movement perpetrators as he exited a mosque at 6:25 PM in Mogadishu, Somalia. Somali security forces arrested three suspects on June 2.
06/01/2007: Mohammed Rashid, a manager of the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, was injured when an explosive device placed in his car by unknown perpetrators detonated in Bannu, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired ten rockets at a police station at approximately 2:00 AM in Bannu, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Two rockets damaged a wall and a gate, while the other eight landed in a nearby field.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when Bangladeshi police defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Jadid Al-Qaidah Bangladesh (JAQB) perpetrators and found in a bathroom at approximately 3:30 PM at a student dormitory at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in Rajshahi, Rajshahi District, Bangladesh.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) perpetrators claimed responsibility for firing at least three Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. In this incident, one of those rockets struck and damaged a garage at a kibbutz in the Negev.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) perpetrators fired at least three Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. In this incident, one of those rockets struck and damaged a warehouse at a kibbutz south of Ashkelon, Israel.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when seven small bombs emplaced by suspected Taliban perpetrators detonated in the early morning outside the homes of seven civilians in Khost Province, Afghanistan. In this case an unspecified government official was targeted.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when seven small bombs emplaced by suspected Taliban perpetrators detonated outside the homes of seven civilians in Khost Province, Afghanistan. In this case a judge was targeted.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when seven small bombs emplaced by suspected Taliban perpetrators detonated outside the homes of seven civilians in Khost Province, Afghanistan. In this case a police official was targeted.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No casualties were reported when seven small bombs emplaced by suspected Taliban perpetrators detonated outside the homes of seven civilians in Khost Province, Afghanistan. In this case an unspecified government official was targeted.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when three unknown perpetrators emplacing an improvised explosive device (IED) on a roadside southwest of Fallujah, Anbar Governorate, Iraq fled after being fired on by an American tank. One of the perpetrators was wounded and three Iraqi children were killed by American fire.
06/01/2007: One Afghan child and an unspecified number of Afghan shopkeepers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) affixed to a bicycle and planted by unknown perpetrators detonated near a mosque in Urozgan Province, Afghanistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: One Indian soldier was killed and 15 others were wounded when a 20-kilogram bomb planted by an unknown number of Hizb-ul-Mujahedeen (HUM) perpetrators and concealed in a wooden box surrounded by foliage detonated adjacent to their bus at approximately 7 AM near the Presentation Covenant High School, Rajbagh District, Srinigar, Kashmir State India.
06/01/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were wounded when an unknown number of mortar shells fired by unknown perpetrators landed in Saba al-Bour District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. The attack occurred at around 12:00 PM.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: One Iraqi civilian was killed and two were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 11:30 AM in al-Khadra District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: One Iraqi police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) set by unknown perpetrators detonated near a police vehicle at approximately 11:00 AM in central Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Three Iraqi civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated in al-Hurriyah District, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Twelve civilians were killed and 40 injured when four mortar shells fired by unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 7:30 PM in Um al-Maalif District, Baghdad, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two Algerian municipal guards were wounded when two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at 6:30 PM near their vehicle on the road to the Halouane Apartment Complex, Ain Zaouia, Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two Iraqi civilians were killed and four were wounded when unknown perpetrators fired an unknown number of mortar shells at a residential area of Mahmudiya, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two Iraqi police officers, two Iraqi soldiers, and two Iraqi civilians were killed, 11 other Iraqi civilians were wounded, and two houses were damaged when an unknown perpetrator detonated a suicide truck bomb in the morning at a police checkpoint near the eastern beach in Awijiliya neighborhood, al-Shirqat, Salaheddin Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and five others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated at approximately 2:30 AM in Sulayman Bak District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two members of the 1920 Revolution Brigades were killed and four others wounded when an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) suicide bomber struck a brigade safehouse in Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two Sri Lankan Red Cross workers were abducted from the Colombo Fort train platform in Colombo, Sri Lanka while waiting in a group of six people for the train to Batticaloa by unknown perpetrators claiming to be plainclothes police officers. The two Tamil men, S. Shanmugalingam and K. Chandramohan, were found dead in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka on 06/02/2007, having been shot in the head.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2007: Two unknown perpetrators were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) they were emplacing on a main road in al-Madaen neighborhood, Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq detonated prematurely.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/01/2008: On Sunday afternoon at 1610, in Malangawa, Sarlahi, Nepal, assailants detonated a bomb at a government office, wounding six civilians, two government employees and damaging the office. Terai Army claimed responsibility.
06/01/2008: On Sunday evening, a nine year old school boy was killed when a bomb left in an abandoned house in Eazhaalai North near the High Security Zone in Chunnakam district, North Eastern province, Sri Lanka, exploded. The boy's younger brother and another child, who were also playing in the abandoned house, were injured from the blast. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/01/2008: On Sunday night at 0115, in Cherkessk, Karachayevo-Cherkesiya, Russia, armed assailants fired upon the vehicle of a member of Karachayevo-Cherkesiya's People's Assembly, killing him and damaging his vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, a bomb exploded by the side of the road killing a woman in the al-Katun area of Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, a car bomb parked near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast killed two civilians and wounded five others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, a military vehicle ferrying food rations was blown up after Red Sea Afars Democratic Organization members attacked soldiers in Morad, Eritrea. No casualties were reported.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, an improvised explosive device was detonated outside a cafe in Toplica, Macedonia. One person was killed and nine other people were injured. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, at 1200, a bomb exploded in front of a private home killing a woman and her child and wounding four others in Yakiti neighborhood in Jalawlah, Diyala, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, five people were injured when suspected Islamist insurgents attacked the convoy of  Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic fire before reaching the Mogadishu airport on the Maka al-mukarama Streets in Mogadishu, Banaadir province, Somalia. The president, who was unharmed from the assassination attack, was flying to Djibouti for talks with the opposition.  No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, four Eritrean soldiers, including a senior commander, were killed and more than 10 others wounded when Red Sea Afars Democratic Organization members attacked them in Morad, Eritrea.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, in Aracinovo, Aracinovo, Macedonia, armed assailants fired upon a police patrol at an election polling station, killing one police officer, wounding two others, and damaging their vehicle. In Cair, Macedonia, an assailant assaulted a police officer at an election polling station, wounding him and stealing his firearm.  In Cair, Macedonia, armed assailants fired upon an election polling station, wounding one bodyguard and five civilians and damaging the building. Throughout Macedonia, assailants set fire to 45 ballot boxes at election polling stations, damaging them but causing no casualties. In Bukovic, assailants stole ballot boxes from two election polling stations, damaging them.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, in Aracinovo, Aracinovo, Macedonia, armed assailants fired upon a police patrol at an election polling station, killing one police officer, wounding two others, and damaging their vehicle. In Cair, Macedonia, an assailant assaulted a police officer at an election polling station, wounding him and stealing his firearm. In Cair, Macedonia, armed assailants fired upon an election polling station, wounding one bodyguard and five civilians and damaging the building. Throughout Macedonia, assailants set fire to 45 ballot boxes at election polling stations, damaging them but causing no casualties. In Bukovic, assailants stole ballot boxes from two election polling stations, damaging them. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, in Chahar Shanghow, Faryab, Afghanistan, assailants set fire to a boys' secondary school, damaging it but causing no injuries.  No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Taliban was responsible.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, the National Liberation Army's Gustavo Palmesano Ojeda Front planted a land mine composed of eight IED's targeting the local civilian population as well as army troops in the rural area of Alta Maroca, Dibulla, La Guajira, Colombia. Troops discovered and defused the bomb before it exploded and seized four kilograms of pentolite, 500 meters of detonating cord and one gallon of liquid precursor chemicals.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, two people, including a Ugandan peacekeeper, were injured when suspected Islamist insurgents fired five mortar shells at the plane of Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed as he was departing the Mogadishu airport in Mogadishu, Banaadir province, Somalia. The president, who was flying to Djibouti for talks with the opposition, was unharmed from the assassination attack. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/01/2008: On Sunday, unidentified gunmen shot dead a pro-Taliban militant commander, Haji Khanan Khan, and his guard and wounded three others in the Darazinda semi-tribal area in Dera Ismail Khan, North West Frontier, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2009: An assailant opened fire on soldiers outside of a military recruiting station in the Santa Fe Heights suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.  One soldier, identified as William Long, was killed and a second soldier, identified as Quinton Ezeagwula, was injured in the assault. This was one of two attacks carried out by the same assailant overnight. Upon his arrest Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad stated that he had intended to kill as many military personnel as possible.  He denied any affilitation with known organizations but later recanted, claiming that he was a soldier for Al-Qa ida and that the attack on the military recruiting station was "a Jihadi attack."  Muhammad had spent time in Yemen, returning four months before the attack; he stated that he had wanted to form his own terrorist cell upon return to the United States.
06/01/2009: On Monday evening, in Semkhor village, in North Cachar Hills, Assam, India, unidentified militants shot dead four children and a 25 year-old woman from the Dimasa tribe. Three others were injured in the incident. The deceased were identified as Karong Thonglo, Lambo Langthasa, Warsi Thonglo, Depola Langthasa, and Senring Langthasa. It is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday morning around 0900, near Khayr Kot, Paktika province, Afghanistan, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded along a road connecting Kher Kot and Kharan, injuring two Pakistani engineers. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday morning, in the Shewafarash area of Lakro sub-division in Mohmand, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, Taliban militants blew up a girls' school. The school was wired with an improvised explosive device. No casualties were reported. No groups claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed that the Taliban were responsible.
06/01/2009: On Monday night at 0330, near Ingiri, Zugdidi, Georgia, a timed improvised explosive device using trinitrotoluene exploded on the Khobi-Zugdidi section of the railway, destroying several meters of the railway but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday night at 0400, in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near a vegetables store in the Alwat al-Rasheed market. In the incident, four people were killed and 14 were injured. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday night, in Gayan, Paktika, Afghanistan, assailants broke into the residents of a member of the district council, shot and killed him and wound his son. No material damage or motive for the attack was reported and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday night, in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, Naheem Kashmiri, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif leader was shot and killed by unidentified militants on a motorcycle on Jinnaf road near Saleem Complex. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, 44 kilometers from Puerto Asis, Putumayo, Colombia, two armed assailants stopped a Transquilili tanker truck near a Ecopetrol site and took gasoline from the truck to set it on fire. Secretary of the department, Fabián Belnavis, suspects the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were responsible for the attack.
06/01/2009: On Monday, at about 1200 noon, in the al-Waziriyah neighborhood of northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated near an intersection on Palestine Street. Three civilians were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, at an unspecified location in Wasit, Iraq, four Katyusha missiles hit the office of a U.S. firm in Wasit, damaging the building. The firm is building al-Malih bridge. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a media rights activist was beaten by unidentified attackers. Poddala Jayantha was the secretary of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists' Association and was abducted near his home and severely beaten with sticks and later dumped in a suburb of Colombo. State media reports have accused unnamed journalists of colluding with Tamil Tiger rebels. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Darao, Pakistan, a boys primary school was destroyed by suspected militants who planted explosives in the vicinity. No casualties were reported in the attack. No groups claimed responsibility, although it was believed that the Taliban were responsible.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Gujarat, India, a bomb was defused near the Phalej railway crossing, around 50 meters from the Anand railway station. The bomb had metal shrapnel and glass pieces but there was no explosive material inside it. A letter signed by the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was recovered, asking the people to join jihad and follow the SIMI.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Kotatrap, Mohmand, Pakistan, a girls middle school was destroyed by suspected militants who planted explosives in the vicinity. No casualties were reported in the attack. No groups claimed responsibility, although it was believed that the Taliban were responsible.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Museyib, Babil, Iraq, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device outside a barber shop, injuring two people, including one barber and damaging the shop. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants kidnapped between 126 to around 500 students, teachers, and relatives from Razmak Cadet College as they were traveling on buses. Over the next few days over one hundred hostages had been released. No casualties were reported. The Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Palombaggia, Porto Vecchio, Corsica, France, an improvised explosive device that was placed in the basement of an unoccupied residence belonging to a Swiss family exploded, causing minor damage to the residence but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Shahr-e-Safa, Zabol, Afghanistan, assailants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device near the vehicle of foreign advisers, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility. Two militants and a foreign national were detained shortly after the bombing.
06/01/2009: On Monday, in Zahedan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Iran, an arson attack targeted the Mehr Financial and Credit Institute that is linked to the paramilitary Basij corps that is often involved in crackdowns on dissidents. The attack resulted in the deaths of five employees of the business that were killed when the building caught fire. No claim of responsibility has been reported. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday evening, at about 1800, in the village Paloquemao, near the municipality of Isnos, Huila, members of the 13th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) kidnapped Juan Antonio Giraldo Londono, an engineer working on the reconstruction of a highway, employed by Union Temporal Gayco S.A. On 07/09/2010, Londono was freed unharmed in Popayan , Cauca, Colombia. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday morning, in Yaha, Yala, Thailand, in one of two related attacks, unidentified assailants set fire to a telephone booth and an electric pole, damaging the telephone booth and the electric pole but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday morning, on the 410 Yala-Betong, in Raman, Yala, Thailand, in one of three linked attacks, unidentified assailants set fire to electric transformers, damaging two transformers but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday morning, on the Mae Sri Bend in Raman, Yala, Thailand, in one of three linked attacks, unidentified assailants set fire to a pile of tires. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday night at 0045, in Nalchik, Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified assailants fired upon a police vehicle, damaging the vehicle but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday night at 2330, in Senapati, Manipur, India, unidentified assailants set the house of Manipur tribal welfare minister DD Thaisii on fire, destroying the residence but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however, it is believed that supporters of the bandh (shutdown) called against the Autonomous District Council (ADC) polls in Senapati, Ukhrul, and Tamenglong are responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday night, in the Raman district of Yala, Thailand, unidentified assailants set fire to a cell phone tower, damaging the tower. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in Arauquita, Arauca, Colombia, armed assailants fired upon civilians killing a total of 11 in two separate attacks. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) was responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a restaurant, damaging the restaurant but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in Krong Pinang district, Yala, Thailand, in one of two linked attacks, suspected insurgents torched tires but local residents were able to extinguish the blaze. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in Sabari, Khost, Afghanistan, unidentified armed assailants kidnapped the head of the vaccination wing of the World Health Organization and Head of Khost Public Hospital, Dr. Azizollah Rahmanzai, while he was driving on the Sabari-Khost city road and took him to an unknown location. The status of the hostage is unknown. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in Safi, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device targeting a health clinic, damaging the clinic, but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility but the Taliban was suspected.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in Tame, Arauca, Colombia, armed assailants fired upon civilians killing a total of 11 in two separate attacks. No group claimed responsibility, although authorities believed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) was responsible.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in the Khushal Kally area of Safi, Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device damaging a girls' primary school but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility but the Taliban was suspected.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, in the Rind Market of Hub, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified assailants on a motorcycle threw a grenade at a clothes shop, wounding five civilians, one child and damaging several shops. Windowpanes of shops nearby were shattered due to the huge intensity of the blast. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2010: On Tuesday, on Munawar Road in Quetta, Balochsitan, Pakistan, unknown assailants threw a grenade at a primary school, damaging the school walls but causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2011 (Default date): On Wednesday, from an unknown village in Basilan, Philippines, suspected Abu Sayyaf militants abducted three civilians and forced them to act as porters for the militants. On 06/22/2011, Philippine elite troops, based on information from a detained Abu Sayyaf group member, raided a militant hideout in Upper Cabengbeng village, Sumisip town, Basilan, and released the three civilians. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility. Two militants, identified as Stanyul Ahlalul and Nurudin Mandiki were arrested during the operation. According to Alexander Macario, commander of a military special task force, the militants were part of a unit that specialized in kidnappings to raise funds for the group.
06/01/2011 (Default date): On Wednesday, in Akakhel, Bara tehsil, Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, suspected Lashkar-e-Islami (LI/LeI) militants kidnapped a member of the Akakhel Peace Committee identified as Said Marjan from near his home and later shot and killed him. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: Early on Wednesday, near the Nazar area in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated several improvised explosive devices near a 500 kilovolt power pylon transmission line from Targela Dam to Sheikh Mohammadi grid station, damaging the transmission line and causing cracks in a nearby house. The family members of the damaged house nearby which belonged to Qamar Din, were knocked unconscious by the explosion. No other casualties were reported and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday afternoon, in Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near a mosque, wounding two civilians and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to District Police Officer Killa Abdullah Shah Nawaz Khan, there were three people sleeping at the mosque and the bomb was concealed among their belongings. The two injured persons and Pesh Imam of the mosque, Maulvi Abdullah, were included as suspects in the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday afternoon, in Ghazni city, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, unknown militants detonated an improvised explosive device near a mobile communications tower, destroying the tower and causing no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday afternoon, in Pararia Village, Rohtas District, Bihar, India, heavily armed Communist Party of India- Maoists (CPI-M) kidnapped two villagers, Shatrughan Mahato and Shashi Mahato, because they believed that the villagers were passing information about the group's and activities to the police. According to police, the militants killed Satrughan Mahato and released Sashi Mahato on 06/02/2011. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday around 0015 midnight, in one of two related attacks, in Maranding Village, Lana, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the house of Lily Pongase Y. Nacario. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage, but resulted in no casualties. The specific motive for the attacks is unknown; however, officials are looking into two possible explanations. Philippine National Police provincial director Senior Superintendent Orlando Benas said that he received a text message suggesting that an alleged spokesperson for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rogue Commander Bravo, identified as Jamal, was asking for a "revolutionary tax." Meanwhile, two rival militant groups had been known to meet in Maranding Village, where the blasts happened, indicating that the incidents could have stemmed from rivalry. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday evening at 1930, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, unidentified militants detonated two improvised explosive devices at the Disease Control Unit of the Borno State Ministry of Health warehouse where vaccines are stored; no casualties were reported. The attack destroyed vaccines, drugs, three cars, and other property in a nearby warehouse and store all totaling more than an estimated $160,299 American dollars. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was suspected.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning at 0530, near al-Sa'ah Restaurant in the Mansour neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a vehicle borne improvised explosive device parked near the convoy of Abdul-Kareem Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Iraq Ministry of Human Rights, was detonated by unknown militants. Abdullah escaped unharmed, but two nearby civilians were injured. The blast damaged nearby buildings and shops. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning at 0610, in Bareda Forest 70 kilometers from Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 15 suspected militants of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) faction opened fire on a joint police team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, Jharkhand Jaguar and District police. One civilian, Neelmani Mahato, was killed and three militants were injured during the exchange of fire. Police recovered a nine-millimeter pistol with four rounds, three mobile handsets and four SIM cards from the incident site. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning in Santiago, Chile, an Earth Liberation Front (ELF) militant, identified as, Luciano Pitronello Schuffeneger, failed to detonate an explosive device at Santander Bank. He accidentally blew his hand off, set himself on fire, and lost his eyesight, however no property damages were reported. ELF militants claimed responsibility for the attack through an online post to the BiteBack website.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning, at Andalus Square on al-Nidhal Street, in Al Karradah neighborhood, Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, seven civilians were wounded when a roadside improvised explosive device was detonated. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning, at the Barawal village in Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, at least 200 Taliban militants attacked a police post in the village and also attacked troops from hide-outs in the thick forest outside the village. During this attack, at least two schools were destroyed with explosives and several houses were set on fire. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the houses. No casualties were reported and a Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman contacted Reuters via telephone and claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning, in Lohardaga, Jharkhand, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) set fire to ten vehicles, including a Bolero, three trucks and two construction machines. The vehicles belonged to Atul Agarwal, who had a contract with HINDALCO to do mining work at the Pakhar Bauxite Mining. The motive for the attack is unknown and the contractor and his staff denied receiving any extortion demands. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage to the construction vehicles, but resulted in no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday morning, in the Sariab area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified masked gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on professor Ghulam Hussain Saba Dashtiari of Balochistan University, killing him while he was walking with a student. A man identifying himself as Saifullah, spokesman for the Ansarul Islam group, called the Quetta Press Club and claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday night around 0315, in one of two related attacks, in Maranding Village Lana, Lanao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines, unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device near the SEA OIL gas station on the national highway, 20 meters away from the location of another explosion earlier in the night. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage, but resulted in no casualties. The specific motive for the attacks is unknown; however, officials are looking into two possible explanations. Philippine National Police provincial director Senior Superintendent Orlando Benas said that he received a text message suggesting that an alleged spokesperson for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rogue Commander Bravo, identified as Jamal, was asking for a "revolutionary tax." Meanwhile, two rival militant groups had been known to meet in Maranding Village, where the blasts happened, indicating that the incidents could have stemmed from rivalry. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday night at 2130, in al-Hamya village in the Mesayyab area of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, six civilians were killed and at least 11 wounded when an improvised explosive device was detonated at a policeman's wedding by unknown militants. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in an unspecified location in Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified militants planted a vehicle borne improvised explosive device inside a private vehicle. Security force personnel later discovered and safely defused the device during a clearing operation. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in Azan, Shabwah, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants attacked troops with gunfire and explosives, in their attempt to take control of the city. No casualties were reported and it is unknown if the attack caused any property damage. AQAP declared the city to be the capital of its newly-established Taliban-style Islamic emirate. No group claimed responsibility, although AQAP is suspected.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq, a male suicide bomber in a funeral ceremony was stopped and arrested by police before he could detonate the improvised explosive device he was wearing as a belt. The man was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries, which were caused by unknown means. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in Chemtal, Balkh, Afghanistan, in one of three related attacks, unknown militants detonated an improvised explosive device near a mobile communication tower. There were no casualties but the tower was destroyed. Two other communications towers were also destroyed in the same district that day. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in the Achini area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, unknown militants detonated two improvised explosive devices near a community model primary school for girls. The blasts damaged the school but caused no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in the Cizre sub district of Sirnak, Turkey, Turkey, a group of 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) members attacked the 13th century Red Madrassa with stones. The PKK members were attending a concert organized by the Peace and Democracy Party on a field near the building. Reports from the region said the attackers broke into the building and damaged the interior as well. All of the windows on the building were shattered in the attack, and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in the Meadowbrook area of Craigavon, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, unknown militants threw at least three incendiary devices at a police patrol. No casualties were reported and the attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/01/2011: On Wednesday, in the outskirts of Gaya District, Bihar, India, suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) organized a 'Kangaroo Court' and beat up two people with heavy wooden sticks, Shyam Sundar Yadav and Vinod Yadav, suspected of leaking vital information about the Maoists to the local police. Shyam Sundar Radav, pleading for mercy, promised not to leak information and is willing to abide my Maoist rules and regulations. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/01/2012: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The driver of the vehicle was killed in the blast, and two passengers were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: A civilian vehicle struck an explosive device in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: A Palestinian assailant opened fire on Israeli soldiers, killing one of them, near the Gaza border in Southern, Israel. The gunman was killed in return fire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials attributed the attack to Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) and Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement).
06/01/2012: A roadside bomb detonated in the Ghadakheyl area of Kapisa province, Afghanistan. Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: A roadside bomb detonated near Balad Ruz town, Diyala governorate, Iraq. The blast struck the vehicle of a Sahwa member, killing him. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: A roadside bomb was discovered and safely defused in Ghanikhel district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. No further information is available.
06/01/2012: A suicide bomber detonated in Ghanikhel district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The assailant was targeting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops that were defusing an explosive device found on the roadside. The bomber detonated prematurely, killing himself but failing to injure anyone else. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Forward Operating Base in Salerno city, Khost province, Afghanistan. Additional assailants shot rocket-propelled grenades and opened fire on the base following the blast. At least 21 people were killed in the attack, including 14 assailants, and an unknown number of people were injured. The Haqqani Network claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in Tarin Kot district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The explosion was targeting a police vehicle; two police officers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: An explosive device detonated at the Government Girls Primary School in Sheran village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reported injuries, although the wall surrounding the building was destroyed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: An explosive device detonated at the Rashid vegetable market in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed in the blast, and another three were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: An explosive device detonated on Bannu-Dera Ismail Khan Road in Saru Bada Khel area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Raqiaz Khan, the superintendent of police, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: An explosive device detonated on Mardan road in Bara Banda area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The device was targeting a vehicle carrying police officials but detonated prematurely; there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: An explosive device planted in a pushcart detonated in Hangu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Three civilians were injured in the blast, and the surrounding buildings were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in the Tarko area of Gereshk district, Helmand district, Afghanistan. One police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that the Taliban was involved.
06/01/2012: Assailants attacked Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers who were conducting an anti-poppy drive in Qaisar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. One soldier was killed and a police officer injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials attributed it to the Taliban.
06/01/2012: Assailants attacked Swedish and Finnish soldiers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Chimtal district, Balk province, Afghanistan. There were no reported casualties in the clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: Assailants opened fire on a military officer and his family in Sayadan area, Parvan province, Afghanistan. General Mir Mirza and three family members were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: Assailants opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foot patrol in Nahre Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One British soldier was killed in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle belonging to an Interior Ministry official in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The official was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2012: Assailants opened fire on the vehicle of a former prime minister in the Spinny Road area of Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Maulana Ataullah Lango, a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), was injured in the attack; his son, who was in the vehicle with him, was killed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, although two people were taken into custody in connection with the attack.
06/01/2012: Assailants opened fire on the Zuwa Da Wuri Hotel in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. Two people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials suspected that the hotel, which is popular for its liquor sales, was targeted by Boko Haram.
06/01/2012: Assailants shot and killed Colonel Mohammed Dulaimi, a military intelligence officer, in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. No further information is available.
06/01/2012: Six assailants shot and killed Brahmeshwar Singh in Arrah city, Bihar state, India. Singh was the leader of the Ranbir Sena, an outlawed militia group populated by upper-class landowning individuals. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: A land mine detonated near a vehicle of Somali soldiers in Lower Shabeelle region, Somalia. There were no reports of injuries or property damage in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Barikot area, Kamdesh district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. Two police officers were injured and their vehicle was damaged in the explosion. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Shirqat district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. The explosion targeted the Sahwa Council, injuring two of its members. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated in Wardak province, Afghanistan. One North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldier, Ray Ramirez, a member of the United States Army, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: A roadside bomb detonated near a border police van in Daomanda district, Khost province, Afghanistan. Three officers were killed and three others were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/01/2013: A roadside bomb exploded under a military vehicle in Mount Chaambi, Kasserine governorate, Tunisia. Three soldiers were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2013: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in a bazaar in Qara Bagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. As a result of the explosion, one civilian was killed and eight others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: An explosive device detonated in Chambarak area, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Four civilians were killed and eight people were wounded in the explosion. Authorities attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/01/2013: An explosive device detonated in Maiwand village, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The explosion targeted the United States (US) Army's 1st Armored Division, killing one soldier. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/01/2013: An explosive device detonated near a military convoy in the neighborhood of Heyt in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One Iraqi soldier was killed and two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: An explosive device placed along a road was discovered and safely defused in Tohdeng area, Narathiwat province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused near the Killi Ghulam Jan girls' primary school in Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: An explosive device was found and safely defused near the Pat Feeder canal in Thana Sohbatpur area, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Talbisseh, Homs, Syria. Six soldiers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Rafah city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no casualties reported in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2013: Assailants attacked a security post in Parachamkini area, Kurram Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two security personnel were killed and five others were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants beat up Ghassan Sweidan, an Agence France-Presse photographer, in Beddawi city, North governorate, Lebanon. Sweidan was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants detonated an explosive device in Colonel Abdulrahman Bashukail's vehicle in Seiyun city, Hadramawt governorate, Yemen. Bashukail, the director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), was killed in the blast and his guard was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants launched rocket-propelled grenades at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) contingent in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. A United States soldier, Job Reigoux, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2013: Assailants opened fire on a car carrying two police officers in Chaparhar district, Ningarhar province, Afghanistan. Both police officers, Muhammad Aslam and Sher Ali Khan, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants opened fire on Dr. Niaz Muhammad in Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The doctor was killed and one other person was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants set a trash bin on fire and placed it near the door of Whiterock Orange Hall in Belfast city, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No one was injured; however, the building sustained some damages. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Assailants threw an explosive device at an army corporal and a teacher as they returned from prayers in Khan Jahan Ali area, Khulna division, Bangladesh. The two targets were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2013: Gunmen attacked a prison in Niamey city, Niamey Urban Community region, Niger. Two security guards were killed and at least three were wounded following a firefight. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and the Al-Mua'qi'oon Biddam Brigade (Those who Sign with Blood) claimed responsibility for the incident. Authorities also suspected Boko Haram of being involved in the attack.
06/01/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) contingent in Patan area, Paktia province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier and one civilian contractor were killed. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a Shia shrine in Bekaa Valley, Beqaa governorate, Lebanon. There were no reports of casualties in the attack; however, the shrine was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Gunmen raided a police department in Delaram district, Nimruz province, Afghanistan. Two people, including one assailant, were killed and four police officers were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/01/2013: Gunmen shot and killed a high school principal, Haji Rehman, in his home in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), speculating that the principal was killed because he was considered pro-government.
06/01/2013: Ten gunmen attacked a paramilitary base in tambon Bukit, Narathiwat province, Thailand. One ranger was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2013: Two gunmen attacked a Yemeni Air Force officer in Seiyun city, Hadramawt province, Yemen. Colonel Yahya Al-Umayssi, who was the commander of the Air Force, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities suspect that Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was involved.
06/01/2014: A land mine detonated at a playground in Ghara village, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Two children were killed and one other was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/01/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a civilian vehicle in Tarnak Wa Jaldak district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. The blast killed one person. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near a vehicle carrying Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN) workers in Warduj district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Three people, including two AKDN workers, were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: A sniper opened fire on university students taking an exam in Saqlawiyah area, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. One student was killed and five students were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: A tennis ball bomb was thrown at a restaurant in Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. One waiter inside the restaurant was killed and two other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An assailant shot and killed two civilians in Seattle, Washington, United States. Prosecutors later indicted Ali Muhammad Brown for the murders of the two victims. Brown claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that he committed the act to punish the United States for its involvement in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Brown has been indicted on murder charges for two similar attacks that occurred in Washington and New Jersey states in 2014.
06/01/2014: An assailant threw a grenade at a car display center in Iloilo city, Iloilo province, Philippines. Although there were no reported casualties, a vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated at the construction site of a police officer's residence in Sharikat Tariq area, Kirkuk, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated in Sheikh Zuweid town, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. Three police officers from the bomb disposal squad were injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated near a bar during a football game in Kabang area, Mubi town, Adamawa state, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Jazirah village, Samarra district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Four soldiers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military patrol in Muhallabiyah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a military vehicle in Baiji city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Three soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Falahat village, Tarmiyah district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol in Qadisiyah area, Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and another police officer and three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device detonated targeting a police patrol on the Dora highway in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed and two officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: An explosive device was discovered and defused near a private residence in Drogheda town, Louth county, Ireland. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants abducted ten displaced people from the El Salam camp in Beilel locality, South Darfur state, Sudan. Four of the hostages were released shortly after the abduction on the same day; the six remaining hostages were tortured and released on June 15, 2014. The assailants demanded $8,700 ransom for each of the kidnap victims. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
06/01/2014: Assailants ambushed police officers on the highway in Tikrit city, Saladin governorate, Iraq. Five police officers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2014: Assailants attacked a border guard patrol in New Valley governorate, Egypt. Five soldiers and an officer were killed in the attack. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Ansar Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants attacked a civilian in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh state, India. The civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/01/2014: Assailants attacked soldiers in Gorongosa district, Sofala province, Mozambique. Three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/01/2014: Assailants attacked the Holy Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea republic, Ukraine. At least three people, including the priest, were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants attacked the Ibn-al-Abbas Mosque in Munayrah district, Al Hudaydah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack; however, the mosque was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into an area near the municipal palace in Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of four mortar attacks in the city on this day. Four people were killed and four others were injured across all of the incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into the Jamiliya neighborhood of Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of four mortar attacks in the city on this day. Four people were killed and four others were injured across all of the incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into the Midan neighborhood of Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of four mortar attacks in the city on this day. Four people were killed and four others were injured across all of the incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2014: Assailants fired a mortar shell into the Saadallah Al-Jabery neighborhood of Aleppo city, Aleppo governorate, Syria. This was one of four mortar attacks in the city on this day. Four people were killed and four others were injured across all of the incidents. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2014: Assailants kidnapped a truck driver in Senapati district, Manipur state, India. The driver was released on June 2, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) was involved.
06/01/2014: Assailants launched an airstrike against a base of the February 17 Martyrs Brigade in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. This was one of three related airstrikes in Benghazi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Haftar militia.
06/01/2014: Assailants launched an airstrike against an Ansar al-Sharia base in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. The rockets missed their target and struck a university, wounding two people. This was one of three related airstrikes in Benghazi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Haftar militia.
06/01/2014: Assailants launched an airstrike against Ansar al-Sharia members in Sidi Faraj area, Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. One rocket missed its target and struck a car dealership. No one was injured in the attack. This was one of three related airstrikes in Benghazi on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Haftar militia.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Baladiyat area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military checkpoint in Jurf al-Sakhr region, Babil governorate, Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and four soldiers 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).
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint in Qayyarah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One police officer was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on civilians at a church service in Attangara village, Borno state, Nigeria. At least nine civilians were killed in the attack. Four assailants were killed when the villagers retaliated. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on Major Sadiq Abd-al-Aziz in Muhandisin area, Basra city, Basra governorate, Iraq. Abd-al-Aziz, an Iraqi Ministry of Interior employee, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on police officers inspecting the site of an earlier attack in Thung Yang Daeng district, Pattani province, Thailand. There were no reports of casualties in the attack. This was one of two related incidents in Thung Yang Daeng on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that separatists were involved.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on Sergeant Major Arun Kaewkor-iad in Thung Yang Daeng district, Pattani province, Thailand. Kaewkor-iad, chief of the local crime suppression unit, was killed in the attack, and a passerby was wounded. This was one of two related incidents in Thung Yang Daeng on this date; the second attack targeted police officers responding to the scene. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that separatists were involved.
06/01/2014: Assailants opened fire on Sheikh Abdirashi near the Klalifa Mosque in Garissa town, Garissa county, Kenya. Abdirashi, a prominent Muslim cleric, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants set fire to houses, stores, and churches in Gwoshe town, Borno state, Nigeria. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/01/2014: Assailants shot and killed a Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member in barangay Pag-oring Nuevo, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/01/2014: Assailants shot and killed a farmer in barangay Tuburan, Masbate province, Philippines. The assailants accused the victim of being an informant. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/01/2014: Assailants shot and killed two defense volunteers in Rangae district, Narathiwat province, Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2014: Assailants threw a petrol bomb at a house in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. No one was injured in the attack, but the front door of the house was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: A rocket was launched at a security checkpost in Ziaratkai area, Shakai tehsil, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Two security force members were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle targeting a Federal Police gathering near Fallujah University in Fallujah city, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, four police officers were killed and seven officers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An explosive device detonated at an Eastern Motors car showroom in Chingmeirong neighborhood, West Imphal district, Manipur state, India. There were no reported casualties from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2015: An explosive device detonated in a vehicle transporting Sahwa Council members in Abu Ghraib district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Two members were killed and two more members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near a restaurant in Jisr Diyala area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. 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.
06/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Husseiniyah, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. One person was killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An explosive device detonated near shops in Mahmudiyah, Babil, Iraq. One person was killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Farooq Wazir in Raghzai area, South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Wazir, a local government official, and two others were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An explosive device planted on a bus detonated in Zafraniyah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Nawadih village, Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
06/01/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in Yakatoot area, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: An unknown number of explosive devices were discovered and defused in North Sinai governorate, Egypt. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants abducted Worthing Mahung from Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. The whereabouts of Mahung, the Ukhrul district Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpoint in Shepano Kala locality, Yosufkhel district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. At least two assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked a police station in Las Mercedes corregimiento, Cucuta municipality, Norte de Santander department, Colombia. One officer was killed and another was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked a security check post in Qaysar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. At least 10 people, oincluding nine assailants, were killed and 16 other assailants were wounded in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked a security forces checkpoint in Sawkai area, Dattakhel district, North Waziristan, Pakistan. Thirteen assailants and one soldier were killed and three soldiers were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked and killed two tribal members in South Waziristan agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility; however, a source attributed the incident to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and stated that TTP targeted the two victims because it had accused them of spying for the United States.
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked Azaz town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three similar attacks in Aleppo on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked Marea town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three similar attacks in Aleppo on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked Sawran town, Aleppo governorate, Syria. There were no reported casualties in the incident. This was one of three similar attacks in Aleppo on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2015: Assailants attacked volunteer fighters in Karma district, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. Volunteers 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).
06/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles at Al Refa'ai mosque in Sheikh Zuweid city, North Sinai governorate, Egypt. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Shyrokyne town, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Donetsk People's Republic.
06/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed near Al-Jumhuri Hospital in Ta'izz city, Ta'izz governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties from the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Ta'izz on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis.
06/01/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed near the Court of Appeals Headquarters in Ta'izz city, Ta'izz governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties from the blast. This was one of two related attacks in Ta'izz on the same day. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis.
06/01/2015: Assailants kidnapped a civilian in Menaka town, Gao region, Mali. The victim was killed on June 3, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
06/01/2015: Assailants kidnapped Yousef al-Shoumani from the al-Ghani oilfield in Jufra district, Libya. Al-Shoumani, a manager for Millitah Oil and Gas Company, was released on June 5, 2015. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Councilor Alex Calucag in Nalasin village, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines. Calucag, the president of the Solsona Association of Barangay Captains, was injured and his police escort was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on an unoccupied checkpoint near Rodyna village, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants opened fire on Maulana Idrees Kashmiri in Islamabad city, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. Kashmiri, an Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) leader and prayer leader, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Assailants stormed a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) office in Ain al-Hilweh area, Sidon District, South governorate, Lebanon. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Fatah al-Islam.
06/01/2015: Assailants threw a grenade at mobile transmission tower in Gadood Bagh area, Habba Kadal neighborhood, Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. At least one civilian was wounded in the blast. Lashkar-e-Islam (India) claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources also suspected that the incident was carried out by Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), who denied any involvement.
06/01/2015: Civilian fighters identified a suicide bomber approaching a security checkpoint in Biu city, Borno state, Nigeria. The bomber detonated once spotted, killing only himself. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2015: Three suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden vehicles targeting a federal police base in Tharthar, Al Anbar governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least 38 people were killed and 25 people were injured in the blast; the victims included military, police, and volunteer fighters. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Ambassador Hotel in Hodan neighborhood, Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia. Following the blast, other assailants then entered the hotel, opened fire, and held at least 57 people hostage. At least 24 people, including Parliament of the Republic of Somalia members and four assailants, were killed and 50 others were wounded in the incident. All 57 hostages were rescued by security forces. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: A suicide bomber detonated and three other assailants attacked an appellate court building in Ghazni, Afghanistan. In addition to the four assailants, five people were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack; the victims included police officers and civilians. Additionally, an explosives-laden vehicle was defused at the scene. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated at the residence of Allan Tolorio in Veteran's Village, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. Tolorio, a Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) official, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated in Horeya neighborhood, Rafah, North Sinai, Egypt. At least five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near a commercial area in Ad Dawrah area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and four people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near a construction truck in Karappa, Mohmand district, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The truck driver was injured in the blast. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near a market in Latifiyah, Babil, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near an electric generator in Al-Dawanim area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and seven people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldiers in Sandab, Mindanao district, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. At least two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated near markets in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. One person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated outside of the Al Fadhilah office in Shaab area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting security forces in Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey. At least one soldier was killed and 11 soldiers and 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).
06/01/2016: An explosive device detonated targeting the vehicle of Bismullah Khan in Balkh, Afghanistan. Khan, a district police chief, was killed and three of his bodyguards were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: An explosive device planted inside the vehicle of Sarjang, a local police commander, detonated in Khogyani district, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Three people, including Sarjang, were killed and nine people, including police officers and civilians, were injured in the blast. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Sandab, Mindanao district, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: Assailants abducted a civilian at Kass Market in an unknown area of South Darfur, Sudan. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Janjaweed.
06/01/2016: Assailants abducted Abdul Fatah from Kamankhelo Intermediate School in Puli Alam, Logar, Afghanistan. Fatah, a teacher, was shot and killed shortly after the abduction. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants abducted Romeo Solana from an area between Makilala and Amas in North Cotabato, Philippines. Solana, a police officer, was killed on or before September 3, 2016. The New People's Army (NPA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers raided Kubaysah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day that also resulted in death of 130 soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Assailants and suicide bombers raided Sejar, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day that also resulted in death of 130 soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Assailants attacked a Nigerian Petroleum Development Company houseboat in Warri, Delta, Nigeria. At least six people were killed, one person was injured, and one person was reported missing in the attack. The victims included soldiers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) was involved, which the group denied.
06/01/2016: Assailants attacked internally displaced persons in Tawilah, North Darfur, Sudan. At least two people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants attacked the residence of Mekki Ahmed Mekki in El Radoom, South Darfur, Sudan. Mekki, an imam and local treasurer, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants detonated explosives at a Chevron oil well in Warri South-West, Delta, Nigeria. This was one of two coordinated attacks on oil wells in the area on the same day. There were no reported casualties resulting from the attacks. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the attack was intended to "show the whole world that the Nigeria military is good in harassing innocent Nigerians."
06/01/2016: Assailants kidnapped 1500 displaced civilians fleeing Saqlawiyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least 49 were killed, 600 were released on June 6, 2016 after being tortured, and the outcome for the remaining victims is unknown. The Hezbollah Battalions (Iraq) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on a gendarmerie post in Tunceli province, Turkey. One soldier was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on Chito Mabunga in Poblacion neighborhood, Trento, Agusan del Sur, Philippines. Mabunga, a recently elected local councilor, was killed and at least two other people were injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on Mukhtihar Mulgani near the intersection of Samugli Road and Sabzal Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Mulgani, a Pakistani Police sub inspector, was killed in the assault. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on Nathi Hlongwa in Imbali, near Edendale, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Hlongwa, an African National Congress (ANC) branch chairperson, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants opened fire on Simo Mncwabe, a municipal chief financial officer (CFO), in Edendale, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mncwabe was killed and his two children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants poisoned students at Istiqlal school in Wardak, Afghanistan. More than 100 students were reported sick as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants raided Al-Mahana, Makhmur, Arbil, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 50 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Assailants raided al-Naser, Makhmur, Arbil, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 50 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Assailants raided Kabrouk, Makhmur, Arbil, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 50 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Assailants raided Khrbirdan, Makhmur, Arbil, Iraq. This was one of four coordinated attacks on villages in the area on the same day. Security forces repelled the assaults, killing 50 assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Assailants set fire to a future International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) refugee center in Altenfelden, Upper Austria state, Austria. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Assailants shot and killed a retired Pakistan Army soldier in Faqirabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: Assailants shot and killed three Focus Humanitarian Assistance employees in Parwan, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/01/2016: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at an All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna" office in Sumy, Ukraine. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Military forces identified and killed three suicide bombers targeting soldiers in Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq. This was one of three coordinated attacks in the area on the same day that also resulted in death of 130 soldiers. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2016: Police forces discovered and defused five explosive devices intended to target security personnel along Hedri-Jambia road in Etapalli, Maharashtra, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2016: Police officials identified and arrested two assailants attempting to plant a roadside bomb in Nirkh, Wardak, Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2016: Two assailants shot and killed Bhikam Shakya, a Municipality Council employee, in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2017: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near Jalalabad airport in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, one soldier was killed and four people, including a soldier and three civilians, were injured in the blast. The Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2017: A train crashed into a fallen tree along the railway between Debr and Bakov nad Jizerou in Mlada Boleslav district, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. There were no reported casualties in the attack. An anti-immigrant extremist left notes at the scene of the attack in order to make it look like the attack had been perpetrated by jihadists. He did this in order to "provoke a backlash against Muslims" and immigration.
06/01/2017: A young female suicide bomber detonated and a second young female bomber was shot and killed by Vigilance Committee members in Djakana, Extreme-North, Cameroon. Aside from the death of the two assailants, at least two Vigilance Committee members were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/01/2017: An assailant stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier at the entrance to Mevo Dotan, West Bank. The soldier was injured while another soldier shot and killed the assailant. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources identified the assailant, Nof Infiaat, as a Palestinian extremist.
06/01/2017: An assailant, posing as a journalist, opened fire on Adam Osmayev at an interview in Kiev city, Ukraine. Osmayev, a former Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) soldier and current Kiev-2 Police Battalion officer, was injured in the assault. Osmayev's wife returned fire, also injuring the assailant. No group claimed responsibility; however, the assailant was identified as Oleksandr Dakar.
06/01/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Al-Suwaib, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one Iraqi Volunteer Forces soldier was killed and a civilian was injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Hit on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/01/2017: An explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated in Al-Suwaib, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one person was killed and another person was injured in the blast. This was one of two similar attacks in Hit on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated at a commercial area in Bahzar, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were killed and six other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated at a market in Hazm, Al Jawf, Yemen. Six civilians were killed and 15 civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated at the entrance gate in Tarmiyah, Saladin, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated in Ash Shamsiyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least three people were injured in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Ash Shamsiyah within 10 minutes of each other. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated near a Kenya Police Service (KPS) patrol in Liboi, Garissa, Kenya. At least two officers were killed and two other officers were injured in the blast. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Armed Forces patrol in Ash Shamsiyah, Diyala, Iraq. At least four soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two bombings in Ash Shamsiyah within 10 minutes of each other. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated near shops in Wardiyah neighborhood, Madain, Diyala, Iraq. At least one person was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: An explosive device detonated on a road between Surah and Ghariyat ash-Sharqiyah al-Sowra in Daraa, Syria. At least three people were killed and an unknown number of other people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated prematurely as assailants were driving to a location to plant it in Qatif, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. At least two assailants were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Shia Muslim extremists.
06/01/2017: Assailants abducted Chibuihe Obi in Owerri, Imo, Nigeria. Obi, a gay rights activist, was released unharmed on June 4, 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: Assailants attacked an Indian National Congress (INC) office in Pahamsohthri, Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: Assailants attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint at the Hamreen Mountains northeast of Baiji, Saladin, Iraq. At least four people, including three soldiers and one assailant, were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
06/01/2017: Assailants attacked the residence of Amos Yerima in Kakurna, Kaduna, Nigeria. Yerima, a local village chief, was not harmed; however, at least one Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) member was killed and three people, including Yerima's wife and two children, were abducted. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani extremists.
06/01/2017: Assailants fired mortars at a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp near the airport south of Timbuktu, Mali. At least three French soldiers were injured in the attack. Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2017: Assailants fired mortars at fleeing civilians in Zanjili neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq. At least seven people were killed and 23 other people were injured in the incident. This was one of two attacks targeting fleeing civilians in Zanjili on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on an Iraqi Police Service (IPS) checkpoint in Hadid, Diyala, Iraq. A captain was killed and another officer was injured in the assault. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/01/2017: Assailants opened fire on Hajji Harish outside his residence in Faluja neighborhood, Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia. Harish, a tribal elder, was killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/01/2017: Assailants set fire to a Meg Mini Tea Company factory in Lumnongrim Dewlieh, Meghalaya, India. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/01/2017: Snipers opened fire on fleeing civilians in Zanjili neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq. At least 163 people were killed in the assault. This was one of two attacks targeting fleeing civilians in Zanjili on the same day. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/02/1985: The east side home of a black family in the Slavic neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, was firebombed by an explosive that was thrown through a window of the home, resulting in the death of elderly black woman, Mabel Gant, who burned to death as she was trapped in her first floor bedroom during the fire.  Two white teenagers from the neighborhood were arrested as suspects and authorities were searching for additional suspects.  The Gant family was one of few black families in the white Polish neighborhood, and authorities confirmed that the gasoline bombing was racially motivated. This was one of several in a wave of racially motivated incidents in the area as well as other states at the time.
06/02/1998: A bomb exploded at a public administrative building on Pasdaran Avenue in northern Tehran, Iran. No casualties were reported but the building was damaged. Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq later claimed credit for the attack, stating that it was "expanding operations against the clerical regime" and retaliating "for the slaying of eight members of the group in a clash with Iranian security forces in November 1997." In addition to this attack the group also attacked the Islamic Revolutionary Court and attempted to attack the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards.
06/02/1998: A bomb exploded at the Islamic Revolutionary Court in northern Tehran, Iran. Three people were killed, six injured, and the explosion destroyed the entrance of the building and smashed windows. According to witnesses, a woman left a bag inside the court building and left shortly before the explosion. Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq later claimed credit for the attack, stating that it was "expanding operations against the clerical regime" and retaliating "for the slaying of eight members of the group in a clash with Iranian security forces in November 1997." In addition to this attack the group also attacked a public administrative building and attempted to attack the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards.
06/02/1998: Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq attempted to stage an attack on the headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards in northern Tehran, Iran. The attackers fled from the site when challenged by authorities but left explosives and ammunition at the scene. Members of the group later claimed credit for the attack, stating that it was "expanding operations against the clerical regime" and retaliating "for the slaying of eight members of the group in a clash with Iranian security forces in November 1997." In addition to this attack the group also attacked the Islamic Revolutionary Court and a public administration building.
06/02/1999: The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for and attack in a residential area of the oil port of Barrancabermeja, which killed 11 persons, including alleged guerrilla fighters of the Popular Liberation Army (EPL), a dissident faction of the National Liberation Army (NLA). Several pedestrians were  also injured and another four were missing and possibly kidnapped.
06/02/1999: The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed five people and wounded another eleven when they attacked an unnamed village, under the control of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and located close to Haciumran district in northern Iraq. The perpetrators used automatic weapons and rocket launchers to attack the village after allegedly crossing in from the Iranian border.
06/02/1999: Two unidentified armed rebels fired on a truck in the Trumon area, which was carrying ballot papers for the upcoming election, killing a local election supervision official and injuring the driver of a mini-bus behind the truck. The attack occurred in the context of a wave of violence in Aceh Province, due to upcoming elections and separatists demanding an independent Islamic State.
06/02/1999: Two unidentified assailants hurled one or two hand grenades at the outer door of Masal Evi Bar in the Kadikoy District of Turkey. Patri Klein, a German citizen, and his wife, Sureyya Klein, sustained minor injuries and minor property damage occurred as well. Turkish authorities detained a number of suspects following the explosion and early reports indicated that an Islamic fundamentalist organization was responsible for the attack, but no further information was provided on the perpetrators.
06/02/1999: Two unidentified soldiers were killed when a group of men in combat fatigues attacked four members of the Kota Bakti Military Sector Command in Pidie, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Some reports also noted a civilian death, but it was not known whether any injuries were suffered as well. The attack occurred in the context of a wave of violence in Aceh Province, due to upcoming elections and separatists demanding an independent Islamic State.
06/02/2000: A man was kidnapped in Rundu, Namibia. No one claimed credit for the incident, although the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) was suspected. There is no information on the fate of the hostage.
06/02/2000: A police headquarter was shelled by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in a hit-and-run attack. It is unknown if there were victims.
06/02/2000: A police headquarters was shelled by Chechen Rebels (non-specific) in a hit-and-run attack. It is unknown if there were victims.
06/02/2000: A senior legislator from India's main Opposition Congress Party, Moulvi Iftikhar Ansari, and ten of his supporters were injured in a grenade attack near the Magam township in Indian Kashmir. Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (HM) was first claimed responsibility for the incident but later denied responsibility in an announcement.
06/02/2000: A woman was kidnapped from her home in Mut'jiku, Namibia. No one claimed credit for the attack, although the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) was suspected. There was no information on the fate of the hostage.
06/02/2000: Chechen Rebels (non-specific) killed a special forces policeman and wounded another in Grozny, Chechnya, while he was patrolling close to a church.
06/02/2000: Chechen Rebels (non-specific) wounded two Russian soldiers in a grenade attack on a military headquarter in Grozny, Chechnya.
06/02/2000: Four soldiers suffered injuries as a result of an explosion at a mausoleum in Tagdempt, 340 kilometers (approx 200 miles) west of Algiers, Algeria. Armed Islamic militants were suspected responsible for the attack.
06/02/2000: Four young people died after being shot and stabbed near a forest of Hassi Ben Okba, a small town at around 10 km to the east of Oran, Algeria, by armed Islamic militants. A few minutes later, the same armed group set up a bogus roadblock on a road leading to Hassi Ben Okba. Three people in a car, a couple and a child, were shot dead by machine-gun fire on a road.
06/02/2000: In Jolo, Philippines, ten foreign journalists, including six Germans, a Frenchman, an Italian, a Dane, and an Australian, were held by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) gunmen and were released only after a ransom of $25,000 was paid. The journalists came to the island to interview hostages that were being kept the Abu Sayyaf Group.
06/02/2000: Indian UN peacekeeping troops came under rocket attack from rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) near a fought-over strategic road junction in Rogberi, Sierra Leone. The peacekeepers returned fire. No casualties resulted from the attack.
06/02/2000: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a mortar attack on government position in the North of Sri Lanka. Fifteen LTTE militants were killed in the conflict.
06/02/2000: Six soldiers were wounded when a bomb exploded in Ain Sour, 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Algiers, Algeria. Armed Islamic militants were suspected responsible for the bombing.
06/02/2000: Two Serbs were killed and three others wounded when their car hit a mine on a supposedly cleared road, used only by Serbs, between Pristina and Kosovo Polje, Kosovo. It was not known who was responsible for the incident.
06/02/2001: Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) took control of the Jose Torres Memorial Hospital and the St. Peter church compound while fleeing with three Americans and 17 Filipino hostages they seized from a beach resort 5 days before that. The terrorists held hostage 200 people, mostly hospital patients and personnel and later fled with at least 4 newly kidnapped.
06/02/2001: Five villagers were killed when Algerian Islamic extremists cut their throats in Bokat Eduaudia, Chlef province, Algeria.  No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2001: Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful explosion in a busy Kupwara bus stop in north Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir State, India, killing two people, including an 11-year-old boy from the western state of Rajasthan, and wounding 32 others. The grenade missed the security personnel who were the militant's intended target. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the explosion. The explosion also damaged three vehicles parked near the bus stop as well as the fuel tank of a bus parked nearby. The fuel tank ignited and caused some of the injuries.
06/02/2002: An outbreak of sectarian violence in Belfast between members of the Provisional IRA and the Ulster Volunteer Force in East Belfast led to 3 Protestant men being shot.
06/02/2002: The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)were thought to be behind explosions which killed 9 and injured 23 in the town of Chicorodo.
06/02/2003: Unknown perpetrators fired a rocket at a camp near Sheykhabad village, Afghanistan, which was housing personnel involved in de-mining operations along the Kabul-Kandahar road. One worker was killed and eight others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, although local authorities suspected that members of the Taliban and Al-Qaida were behind the attack.
06/02/2004: An attack targeted a military convoy at Ouadas, 30 km northwest of Bejaia Province in Algeria. Ten people were killed and 16 others injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2004: Militants opened fire on two Americans in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, but no one was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2004: Norwegian doctor Egil Kristian Tynaes from Bergen and four others were killed when their car was ambushed in Afghanistan in the Khair Khana district. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/02/2004: Three foreign aid workers and two Afghans were shot and killed in northwestern Afghanistan, in an attack claimed by resurgent Taliban militants. The group was ambushed near Khair Khana, a village in Qadis district of Badghis province 340 miles west of the capital, Kabul.
06/02/2005: A bomb went off outside the Greek Labor Ministry building, but there were no casualties and damage was minimal. Fifteen minutes before the bomb exploded, a warning was phoned in to Elevtheroptipia newspaper; the bomb was found in time to clear the area and call in the fire department before the explosion. About a week after the bombing on June 9th, the "Revolutionary Struggle" group claimed responsibility and issued a proclamation through the press.
06/02/2005: Four people from two families, including one policeman, were abducted late at night from their homes outside Srinagar, India, and were found beheaded the next morning. The victims were Police Constable Abdul Majid Khan, his brother Ijaz Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad and his brother Shabir Ahmed Bajran. The father of Abdul Majid was also injured in the attack. Militants were suspected, but no group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2005: In a string of attacks that occurred during the evening of June 2nd, a roadside bombing killed one policeman, commander Shadi Khan, and wounded his two bodyguards in Helmand province in Afghanistan. Officials blamed the Taliban for the act, and five Taliban were arrested in Kandahar (Province) province.
06/02/2005: National Integrationist Front (FNI) militiamen fired on a UN helicopter as it took off from Lugo village in Ituri district in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The helicopters were part of UN Organization Mission in the DRCongo (MONUC), and four Nepalese peacekeepers escorting the UN human rights team were hit, one of whom died the following day. The helicopters were attacked on their way back from investigating allegations of rape and other human rights violations in the Lugo village area.
06/02/2005: The same night when police commander Shadi Khan was killed in Helmand Province, two employees of the Kandahar (Province) Electricity Department were attacked, killing one and wounding the other, along the Kabul-Kandahar (Province) Highway in Shahjoy (District) of Zabol Province. The two employees were transporting equipment. Officials blame the Taliban for the attack.
06/02/2005: Three unidentified attackers threw a grenade at the Sun Television retransmission station, run by the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), in Vairavarpuliyankulam, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, around 1:45am.  No one was injured, although damage to the facility was reported.
06/02/2006: Car bomb kills four soldiers near Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in North Waziristan, Pakistan. Unknown number injured and no one claimed responsibility.
06/02/2006: Eight oil-rig workers kidnapped off coast of Nigeria near Warri by gunmen. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2006: Four people killed and 57 injured in successive bomb attacks at Baghdad, Iraq, market. No one claimed responsibility.
06/02/2006: Three civilians die in suicide car bomb attack in near Kandahar (Province), Afghanistan. Taliban suspected.
06/02/2006: Village chief shot dead by suspected Islamic militants in southern Thailand. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2007: A Thai Muslim female civilian teacher and one other civilian were killed and two police officers were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms at a police patrol in the evening near a mosque in Sungai Padi District, Narathiwat Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Ali Khudir al-Zind, a prominent Sunni sheik and imam of al-Saddiq Mosque, was shot and killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle as he walked near his home in western Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Five civilians were killed when an unknown number of Taliban perpetrators attacked the home of Auxiliary Police Commander Habibi in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Ten perpetrators were killed and two wounded when police reinforcements arrived and returned fire.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Five people were killed when a roadside bomb planted by unknown perpetrators detonated near their vehicle at about 6:00 PM in Dara Khwar, Bajaur, Pakistan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Four employees of Schlumburger Ltd., including one British national, one Pakistani national, one Dutch national, and one French national, were abducted by an unknown number of Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) perpetrators from their expatriate residential compound in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported but two Congolese Park Guards were briefly held hostage, several cell phones and documents were stolen, and two houses were burned down when an unknown number of perpetrators from the Democratic Forces for Rwanda’s Liberation (FDLR) used small arms and arson in an attack on Virguna Park near Lulumbi, Nord-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported but two houses were damaged when a Qassam rocket fired by an unknown number of members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade from the Gaza Strip landed in Sderot, Israel.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of perpetrators affiliated with the al-Quds Brigade of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired two 100mm mortar shells at Netiv Ha’ashara, Southern District, Israel. PIJ claied responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of perpetrators from the Ayman Judah unit of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and an unknown number of perpetrators from the Sulayman al-Dughmah unit of the National Resistance Brigades (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) fired three rockets from the Gaza Strip at the Sufa Border Crossing, Gaza Strip (Occupied Territory), Palestine. The two groups claimed responsibility in a written joint statement.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported when Bangladeshi Police defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Jadid Al-Qaidah Bangladesh (JAQB) perpetrators in the morning at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in Rajshahi, Rajshahi District, Bangladesh.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported when Indian Police located and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators which was wrapped in plastic and concealed beneath a passenger seat on the Tista-Torsha express train at the train station in Binnaguri, North Bengal State, India.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: No casualties were reported when the Amro Abu Sitta unit of the Abu ar-Rish Brigades (al-Fatah) fired two homemade rockets at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in the Gaza Strip (Occupied Territory), Palestine. The attack occurred in the early morning and the Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement to the Palestinian press on June 2.
06/02/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when a Thai Muslim perpetrator protesting the murder of a female Muslim teacher was shot and killed by Thai security forces as he attempted to throw a grenade at them during an evening protest in Narathiwat Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when an unknown number of Taliban perpetrators attacked an Afghan police checkpoint with small arms at 8:30 AM in Tarankot, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Four perpetrators were killed and two arrested when Afghan police counterattacked.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when suspected Taliban perpetrators attacked an Afghan police checkpoint in Yaqubi District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Twelve of the perpetrators were killed when police returned fire.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: One Algerian plainclothes municipal guard was shot and killed by three Al-Qai’da in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) perpetrators firing small arms from a Renault-type vehicle at approximately 3:30 PM in Ait Kelili Municipality, Mekla, Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria.  AQLIM later claimed responsibility for the killing.
06/02/2007: One Algerian soldier was killed and 10 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by an unknown number of Al-Qai’da in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) perpetrators detonated near their convoy at about 9:00 AM near Imaghninene, Naciria Municipality, Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: One Iraqi police officer was killed and four others were wounded when a car bomb planted by unknown perpetrators detonated adjacent to their patrol in the evening in al-Miqdadiyah District, Diyala Governorate, Baghdad.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Police seized over 1,000 kg of explosives concealed in a truck transporting coconuts from Kurunegala to Puttalam at a checkpoint at Kotavehera, Palugashandiya, Sri Lanka. Police state they thwarted a suicide attack when they stopped the truck packed down with explosives. The driver and assistant were arrested.
06/02/2007: Rokan Mutlak al-Jibouri, a Sunni tribal sheik and village mayor, was shot and killed by suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators firing small arms in the morning outside his home north of Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Rolly Mondejar and Reynante Capao, Filipino civilian members of the Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU), were shot and killed while repairing a water pipeline by New People’s Army perpetrators firing small arms at approximately 8:00 AM near the Globe cellular repeater site in Barangay Pasian district, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province, Davo Region, Philippines.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Senior al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) commander Muwaffaq al-Jugheifi was shot and killed by an unknown number of suspected Anbar Salvation Council perpetrators firing small arms from two civilian vehicles in a morning attack outside the Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Mosque, Fallujahh, al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq.  Anbar Salvation Council claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2007: Seven Iraqi civilians were killed, 25 others were wounded, and five houses were damaged when unknown perpetrators fired at least 18 mortar shells into a Sunni enclave between 1:30 AM and 7:00 AM in al-Fadhil neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) perpetrators detonated explosives attached to the busy Sarha Bridge on the Baghdad-Kirkuk road near Taz Khurmato, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Ten Sri Lankan soldiers and 52 perpetrators were killed and twenty Sri Lankan soldiers were wounded when an unknown number of members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired artillery and mortars and launched a raid with small arms at approximately 9:30 PM against an army artillery base at Pampaimadu, in the Vavuniya-Mannar border area, Sri Lanka.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Two Iraqi Arab farmers were killed and five others were wounded by small arms fire from unknown perpetrators late in the day about 40 miles northwest of the Sarha Bridge in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2007: Two police officers suffered minor injuries and two police cars were damaged when suspected Muslim perpetrators detonated a bomb at 9:10 PM in Joh Ai Rong District, Narathiwat Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/02/2008: On Monday afternoon at 13:30, two suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and killed Ayyathurai Pushpanadan and Arasakoon Pullei Mohandas, two members of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) political party, in Batticaloa district, North Eastern province, Sri Lanka. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/02/2008: On Monday morning, in Takht Bhai, in Mardan, North-West Frontier, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device planted in a plastic box at the gate of a government girl's school, damaging the school and an adjoining hospital but causing no casualties. No motive was reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2008: On Monday morning, unknown gunmen carrying pistols shot Aweys Sheikh Abdullah, a UN Development Program official, outside a Mosque in Baidoa, Bay province, Somalia, seriously wounding him. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/02/2008: On Monday, a bomb left inside the private car of Dr. Fares Younes Abdul Rahman, deputy dean of the Agriculture Faculty, went off while he was leaving the faculty in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq. The bomb killed the professor and injured one of the university's bodyguards. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2008: On Monday, a bomb went off in the main headquarters of Diyala Sahwa councils in al-Amin quarter in Ba'quba, Diyala, Iraq. Three members of the Awakening Council were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
06/02/2008: On Monday, an IED planted by unidentified gunmen exploded near Madinat al-Tibb hospital in Bab al-Muazzam area in Baghdad, Iraq. One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2008: On Monday, at 0320, Communist Party of India Maoists blew up a Patna-Howrah railway line between Narganjo and Chorparan station under Jhajha-Jassideeh section of Eastern Railway in Jamui, Bihar, India. No casualties were reported.
06/02/2008: On Monday, at 0800, unidentified militants abducted and shot dead two National Socialist Council of Nagaland Isak Muivah militants in the East Block near Dhansiri new bridge in Dimapur, Nagaland, India.
06/02/2008: On Monday, at 1300, at least eight people were killed and several others were wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. The blast destroyed the embassy gate and damaged the building and vehicles in the compound. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2008: On Monday, at 1606, a bomb exploded at the Regal Cinema during a show in Bannu, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The doors and furniture were damaged in the explosion and one person was wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2008: On Monday, gunmen threw a grenade at a civilian car, injuring three people, near Qahtan square in Yarmouk, western Baghdad, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2008: On Monday, in Kismaayo, Jubbada Hoose, Somalia, armed assailants fired upon the convoy of the former Somali defense minister, killing one security guard, wounding one other, and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2008: On Monday, in Yingo, Narathiwat, Thailand, two gunmen in the backseat of a pickup truck fired upon another pickup truck, killing one government official and damaging his vehicle. The body of kamnan, Isma-ae Madaga, 52, was found covered in bullet wounds inside his pickup truck which had crashed into a roadside tree about 300 meters from his house. Madaga attempted to reach for his pistol after the crash, but the gunmen approached his vehicle and shot him again at close range. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2008: On Monday, over a hundred Communist Party of India Maoist's blew up a portion of the office of Kharagpur sub-divisional officer A.K. Singh in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Dynamite was used in the blast, which destroyed property and records in the office.
06/02/2008: On Monday, unidentified militants planted a parcel bomb containing iron pipes and cables at the Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The bomb disposal unit of the Indonesian police defused the bomb. No group claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday evening, two teachers were slain and two others wounded in an ambush in Ra-ngae district, Narathiwat, Thailand, when they were on their way home in a pickup truck with four other teachers. The slain were identified as Warunee Nawaga, 37, who was found dead on a front passenger seat, and the pregnant woman Atcharaporn Thepsorn, 37. Mrs. Atcharaporn died on her way to hospital. Male teacher Mamasakree Hayeemusor, who drove the pickup truck, and female teacher Sarocha Sanriam received gunshot wounds. Four people in military uniform on two motorcycles overtook the vehicle carrying the teachers on their way home and flagged it down on Chanae-Rangae Road. Two of them parked a motorcycle about 50 meters from the pickup truck to keep a lookout for authorities. The two other men approached the vehicle. As one of the men told Mr Mamasakree there was a bomb on the road ahead, the other, armed with an AK-47 rifle, opened fire. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday morning around 1100, in Dakwa, Orientale, Congo (Kinshasa), armed assailants attacked the village, killing one police officer and one civilian, kidnapping between 138 and 150 civilians and 50 children, killing livestock and looting and burning a health center, several residences, pharmacies, retail shops, and a Catholic mission. The police officer was fired upon and wounded and then stabbed to death. On or about 06/08/2009, 100 of the abductees were rescued. No motive for the attack was reported and no group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was responsible.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday morning at about 0830, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, an improvised explosive device (IED) that had been placed under a vehicle belonging to Lt. Colonel Isa Tochiyev, the chief of personal security for the republic's anti-drug department, exploded as the police officer was driving with his family on Moskovskaya Street, killing the police officer, wounding two children and damaging the vehicle. The IED was filled with 100 to 200 grams of explosives. The Caucasus Emirate claimed responsibility.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday morning at around 0900, in Khan Aqa village, Sayadan, Parvan, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber rammed and detonated his vehicle-borne improvised explosive device into another vehicle, killing two children, four civilians, wounding one child, and damaging one vehicle. No motive was reported and the Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami both claimed responsibility.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday, in Shangla, North West Frontier, Pakistan, unidentified militants fired two mortar shells into the Ronial area district, wounding three children. No groups claimed responsibility.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday, in Taloqan, Takhar, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a handcart, wounding two civilians. No damage or motive were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2009: On Tuesday, in the Tirah bazaar of Kohat, North West Frontier, Pakistan, a remote control improvised explosive device, hidden in a sack exploded in at a bus station. Two people were killed and 18 injured in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility.
06/02/2010: On Wednesday evening at about 2030, in one of two related attacks in Yenegoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria, an explosion was set off at Etegwe behind White Eagle hotel, property of the state deputy speaker Nestor Binabor. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2010: On Wednesday evening at about 2030, in one of two related attacks in Yenegoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria, unidentified assailants detonated dynamite at the Baby bridge road area, where the private residence of the state deputy governor Peremobowel Ebibi is located. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2010: On Wednesday morning, in Rauta VDC-9, Murkuchi, Udayapur, Sagarmatha, Nepal, assailants detonated an improved explosive device near the Murkuchi Chamber of Commerce and multiple businesses, causing no casualties. The attack caused a deep crater in the road. The Sanyukta Jatiya Mukti Morcha left pamphlets at the site claiming responsibility.
06/02/2010: On Wednesday night, in Balaghat, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, assailants set fire to one car and two construction vehicles, destroying the three vehicles but causing no casualties. According to police officials, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M) cadres who were opposed to construction of road from Korka to Dodori, had threatened the contractor to stop the work and that four of the assailants belonging to Malajkhand 'dalam' (unit) set afire the vehicle and the JCB machines. No group claimed responsibility, although it was widely believed a Maoist faction was responsible.
06/02/2010: On Wednesday, in Kabul, Kabul province, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants fired rocket-propelled grenades at the peace jirga hosted by the President, causing no casualties or damage. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday afternoon around 1505, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, unidentified militants detonated a homemade bomb at the Saint Patrick Catholic Church near the Borno state government secretariat building; no casualties were reported. Telephone poles, the bishop's office, and the security fence surrounding the secretariat building were all damaged in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but the militant group Boko Haram was thought to be responsible for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday afternoon at 1530, in Murhu, Khunti, Jharkhand, India, 14 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) using knives and firearms attacked the Murhu Branch of the State Bank of India. At least three security personnel were injured in the attack and three militants were killed during a counter attack. The injured policemen were identified as Christopher Dung Dung, Shivlal Oraon and Firu Oraon. The militants fled the area and took away three rifles. According to State Police spokesperson SN Pradhan, the motive for the attack was not looting the bank, but rather looting the firearms of the security personnel. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday afternoon, in Tongpal village in Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh, India, five to six suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) opened indiscriminate fire at a weekly marketplace, killing Constable Budharuram Poyam and injuring Constable Rakesh Bhaskar. It is possible that two other villagers were also killed during the attack, but this information was not confirmed. No damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday evening at 2030, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of four related attacks, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated targeting the headquarters of the Al Anbar provincial government. The blast killed 10 people and wounded 15, whom were mostly police and soldiers, and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the headquarters. The casualties for the four attacks were given as a cumulative total and were therefore reported in the first bombing. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday evening at 2030, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of four related attacks, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, which was driven by a suicide bomber was detonated targeting the headquarters of the Al Anbar provincial government. The blast caused an unknown number of casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the headquarters. The casualties for the four attacks were given as a cumulative total and were therefore reported in the first bombing. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday evening at 2030, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of four related attacks, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, which was driven by a suicide bomber, was detonated targeting Ramadi General Hospital. The blast caused an unknown number of casualties and an unknown amount of property damage to the hospital. The casualties for the four attacks were given as a cumulative total and were therefore reported in the first bombing. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday evening at 2030, in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq, in one of four related attacks, an explosive device detonated at the headquarters of the Al Anbar provincial government. The blast killed two people and injured five others and caused an unknown amount of property damage to the headquarters. No group claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday evening, in Mandera, North Eastern, Kenya, four Kenyan soldiers were killed and 10 others were injured when unidentified militants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting a Kenyan military convoy. There was an unknown amount of material damage caused and no group claimed responsibility, but the militant group al-Shabaab was thought to be responsible for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday morning at 0900, in between the villages of Pueblo Nuevo and Campo 23 in the outskirts of Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia, two armed militants from the Raúl Eduardo Maecha 24th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hijacked a milk truck in the rural area of Aguas Blancas and then fitting the truck with explosives detonated a vehicle borne improvised explosive device targeting the Magdalena Medio Road. The blast caused an unknown amount of damage to several nearby houses but resulted in no casualties. No group claimed responsibility; however authorities attributed the attack to the 24th Front of the FARC.
06/02/2011: On Thursday night around 2200, along the by-pass road section of Birgunj, Parsa, Nepal, a cadre of the Terai Mukti Tigers (TMT), Ashnarayan Saha Kalwar, was shot and seriously injured by a group of unidentified assailants. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, two civilians were injured when unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device attached to their vehicle. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday, in Fallujah, Al Anbar, Iraq, unidentified militants stormed into the house of a Sunni Arab tribal leader, Sheikh Hameed Mohammed Samir, chieftain of Albu Duwaib tribe, and opened fire on and killed him. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday, in Mosul, Ninawa, Iraq, unidentified militants planted a roadside improvised explosive device, which detonated near a hospital, wounding four security guards, and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday, in the Brandywell area of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, unidentified militants detonated a suspected improvised explosive device, which damaged several residences but caused no casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2011: On Thursday, in the Saadoun Park area of Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device detonated and injured three civilians. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage and no group has claimed responsibility.
06/02/2011: On Thursday, on the outskirts of Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on and killed a leader of the National Party, Nasim Jangian, while he was dinning at a restaurant with friends. There were no other casualties and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle on the Torkham-Jalalabad highway in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The bomber was targeting a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military convoy but detonated prematurely; there were no reported casualties aside from the assailant. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: An explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated in Tarin Kot district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The blast was targeting a police patrol; two police officers were killed and two more injured. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: An explosive device detonated at a meeting of Maoist leaders being held at a secondary school in Jalbire village, Central Region, Nepal. The blast damaged the school; however, there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, although police detained three people, including an ex-Maoist.
06/02/2012: An explosive device detonated at a military checkpoint in Khargai area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One soldier was injured in the blast, and two vehicles were damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: An explosive device detonated in eastern Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. Three civilians were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: An explosive device detonated in the Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. There was no one in the immediate vicinity of the blast, although an oil and gas vehicle had passed by a few minutes earlier. There were no reported injuries or damages in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: An explosive device detonated when a soldier stepped on it in Lice district, Diyarbakir province, Turkey. Two soldiers were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the incident to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/02/2012: Approximately 10 assailants planted explosives at the base of an electricity transmission tower in Bajaur agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The tower was destroyed in the blast, disrupting service to the surrounding areas; however, there were no reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants attacked a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military patrol in Nahre Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One British soldier was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants attacked Fataha village in North Darfur, Sudan. The attackers killed villagers and raided the market before clashing with the military. Reports indicate that 45 of the assailants were killed in the counter-attack. Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants attacked three Jewish youths as they left school in the Villeurbanne area of Lyons city, Rhône-Alpes region, France. The assailants beat the victims with a hammer and iron bars, injuring all three. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, one assailant surrendered to the police several days later. Officials believe the attack was anti-Semitic in nature.
06/02/2012: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting a police transport vehicle in Bhanpuri town, Chhattisgarh state, India. The vehicle was carrying 26 people, including prisoners and police officers. One person was killed and the remaining 25 passengers injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials attributed the attack to Maoists.
06/02/2012: Assailants fired three rockets at a military headquarters in Zinjibar city, Abyan province, Yemen. One soldier was killed and six more injured in the explosions. The soldiers returned fire, killing four assailants. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the attack to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/02/2012: Assailants kidnapped three people in Bhagalpur city, Bihar state, India. The bodies of the three victims were discovered on June 5, 2012; their throats had been slit. A Maoist commander reported the next night that the abductees had been killed as a punishment for cooperating with the police.
06/02/2012: Assailants opened fire on a security checkpost in Jaho tehsil, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Two Levies personnel were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants opened fire on Ishtiyaq Ahmad Poswal in Vishroo area, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. Poswal, a sarpanch, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants set fire to the vehicle of John Cole at his residence in The Pastures area of Coulby Newham neighborhood, Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom. Cole, a local councilor, was not harmed as there were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants set fire to three mobile telephone masts in Joghondak area, Karokh district, Herat province, Afghanistan. The masts, which were damaged in the fire, were owned by Afghan Wireless, Etisalat, and Roshan. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants set up a roadblock comprised of burning cars along the Diyarbakir-Bingol highway in Turkey. The attackers stopped a passenger bus and kidnapped a British tourist on board; he was released on June 3, 2012. There were no reported casualties resulting from the blockade or the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident, but officials attributed it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
06/02/2012: Assailants threw a hand grenade at the house of a retired engineer in Imphal area, Manipur state, India. The device failed to detonated and was discovered and removed by security forces. No group claimed responsibility for the unsuccessful incident.
06/02/2012: Assailants threw a hand grenade near the Televisa studios in Matamoros city, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. The device failed to detonate and was safely removed without causing injury. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that the attack was connected to a Zeta campaign.
06/02/2012: Assailants threw an explosive device at police carrying out house searches in Londonderry city, Londonderry district, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties in the blast; however, a police vehicle was badly damaged. Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the police were targeting and victimizing republican people and areas.
06/02/2012: At least four assailants shot at Bharat Singh at his office in Najafgarh area, Delhi state, India. Singh, a member of Independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), and another person were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Police identified and shot at a suicide bomber in Qaisar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan. The bomber was attempting to target a police patrol at the time he was spotted; he detonated prematurely, injuring two police officers. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2012: Security forces discovered 21 landmines planted in Latehar district, Jharkhand state, India. No further information is available.
06/02/2012: Two assailants opened fire on soldiers at a public festival in San Andres town, Antioquia department, Colombia. Two soldiers were killed in the attack, and two civilians were injured. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/02/2013: A suicide bomber attempted to detonate an explosives-laden vehicle near a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Belhaf town, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. The soldiers were able to shoot at the car, which detonated, killing only the assailant. In a separate but coordinated attack, assailants opened fire on a nearby security team. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attack to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/02/2013: An assailant shot and killed an army officer in downtown Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: An explosive device detonated near a checkpost in Bannu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two soldiers were injured and their vehicle was partially damaged in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: An explosive device detonated near a patrol of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One United States (US) soldier was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: An explosive device was discovered and defused in Spina Thana area, Darra Adamkhel town, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: An explosive device was thrown at an Israeli civilian vehicle in Hebron city, West Bank territory, West Bank and Gaza Strip. No one was injured in the blast; however, the vehicle was damaged. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside of a police station in Jobar suburb, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Eight police officers were killed and 10 civilians were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a spokesperson for the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights attributed the bombing to the Al-Nusrah Front.
06/02/2013: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Kamdesh district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two checkpoints attacked in Kamdesh district on this day. At least 13 assailants and four police officers were killed, while four other officers were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/02/2013: Assailants attacked a checkpoint in Kamdesh district, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. This was one of two checkpoints attacked in Kamdesh district on this day. At least 13 assailants and four police officers were killed, while four other officers were wounded across both attacks. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/02/2013: Assailants attacked a police station in Malam Jabba area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. There were no reports of injuries in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: Assailants kidnapped the father of the Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs from his house in Borno state, Nigeria. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources suspected that Boko Haram had been involved in the attack.
06/02/2013: Assailants kidnapped three people, including two police officers, in Rutba town, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: Assailants opened fire on a security team near a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Belhaf town, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. There were no reported casualties and the damage from the attack remained unknown. In a separate but coordinated attack, a suicide bomber attempted to detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a station six miles away. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, officials attributed the attacks to Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/02/2013: Assailants opened fire on two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) fuel supply trucks in Dasht tehsil, Mastung district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the attack; however, both trucks were burned and destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: Assailants shot at Hayatullah Burki in Tank city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Burki, a former member of a peace committee was killed, while his bodyguard was injured. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2013: Assailants threw a grenade at a police station in Anantnag city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No one was injured in the blast. Police arrested four suspects and, during questioning, Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) members claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: Gunmen assassinated Staff General Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. One of his bodyguards was also killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for this incident.
06/02/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of trucks, burned the vehicles, and then kidnapped people in Rutba town, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. Three Syrian truck drivers were killed and two people, at least one of whom was a police officer, were kidnapped during the attack. There is no information available with regards to an outcome for the kidnapping. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: Gunmen opened fire on a group of Pakistan Sunni Tehreek workers in Shah Faisal colony, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two party workers were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2013: Gunmen shot the cousin of the deputy chair of the provincial council in Fallujah city, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq. The victim was killed and his wife was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A grenade detonated near police officers in Berd-Yurt village, Sunzhenskiy district, Ingushetia republic, Russia. Three people were wounded in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area; police targeted in this attack were responding to an earlier explosion in the same place. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A land mine detonated in Haji Kor Anzari area, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. One person was wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A remote-controlled explosive device planted on a railway track detonated near a train in Chagai district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The blast caused the derailment of the last train car; two people were injured as a result of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, Pakistani officials suspected that Baloch nationalists were involved.
06/02/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the national highway in Soniji Goshak area, Khuzdar district, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A roadside bomb detonated near the vehicle of Waqar Jan Noori in Pasni town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Noori, the son of a Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Syed Essa Noori, was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A roadside mine detonated near a police vehicle in Berd-Yurt village, Ingushetia republic, Russia. Two police officers were wounded in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in the area; the second attack targeted police responding to the scene of this first attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A rocket struck a civilian residence in Shorah area, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Three children were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: A rocket that was fired at a military aircraft missed the intended target and hit a building in the center of Luhansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Five people were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, local authorities attributed the attack to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/02/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden motorcycle near a mini bus carrying Turkish engineers in Bihsud district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailant, three of the passengers were killed and another two people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police suspected that the Taliban was involved.
06/02/2014: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a military checkpoint in Tarmiyah area, Saladin governorate, Iraq. In addition to the bomber, at least three people were killed and five people were injured in the blast; the victims included soldiers and civilians. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An assailant opened fire on a joint Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Border Police checkpoint in Tapuah settlement, West Bank, West Bank and Gaza Strip. The assailant was killed and one officer was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An explosive device detonated near a school in Mahmudiyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least one student was killed and three students were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An explosive device planted underneath the vehicle of a Russian-speaking driver detonated at Ostrcilova Square in Prague city, Prague district, Czech Republic. Although no one was injured, the front part of the vehicle was damaged in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated in Sawb al-Shamiyah area, Nasiriyah city, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq. At least 18 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a checkpoint in Huraki village, Homs governorate, Syria. At least ten people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in the blast. Additionally, at least 20 people were wounded. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Hay al-Askari area, Najaf city, Najaf governorate, Iraq. At least one person was killed and 20 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a market in Iskandariyah area, Babil governorate, Iraq. At least two people were killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants abducted Gula Khan from a house in Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Khan, a local tribesman, was beheaded on June 5, 2014. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants abducted Reverend Alexis Prem Kumar in Sohadat village, Herat province, Afghanistan. Kumar, an Indian priest and the country director for the Jesuit Refugee Service, was released unharmed on February 22, 2015. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/02/2014: Assailants abducted three people from their residence in Chinese Pier village, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources have suspected that the attack was carried out by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), though some officials doubted the group's involvement.
06/02/2014: Assailants ambushed a military patrol in Bui town, Borno state, Nigeria. Four assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a camp of border guards in Luhansk city, Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. Five assailants were killed in the ensuing clash, while three soldiers and eight assailants were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Luhansk People's Republic.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a civilian convoy near Muxungue town, Sofala province, Mozambique. Four soldiers and three civilians were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR).
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a joint African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali Armed Forces (SAF) military base on the outskirts of Ceel Buur city, Galgaduud region, Somalia. At least six people, including three assailants, were killed and 10 others were wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a military checkpoint in Hamdan district, Sanaa governorate, Yemen. A Special Forces commander, another soldier, and several assailants were killed in the attack. Additionally, three soldiers and several assailants were wounded. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Huthis.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a police car in Hayatabad suburb, Peshawar city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. One police officer was killed and another was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Lashkar Gah city, Helmand province, Afghanistan. One officer was killed and two others were wounded. Additionally, six assailants were killed when police retaliated. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked a pro-Haftar militia base in Benghazi city, Benghazi district, Libya. At least 21 people were killed and 112 others were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, a Libyan air force commander attributed the attack to Ansar al-Sharia (Libya).
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops in Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. One United States soldier, Captain Jason B. Jones, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants attacked Somali Armed Forces (SAF) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops in Caato village, Bakool region, Somalia. Casualties were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed it to Al-Shabaab acting in collaboration with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF).
06/02/2014: Assailants fired a rocket at a house in Parkhi village, Paktia province, Afghanistan. A civilian was killed and four others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at Mazzeh neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. No further information is available.
06/02/2014: Assailants fired mortar shells at Qassaa neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. Injuries were reported in the attack, but the exact number is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants kidnapped a trader from his shop in Jekabari area, Assam state, India. The trader was successfully rescued unharmed the following day, on June 3, 2014. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Garo National Liberation Army.
06/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on a civilian in Nong Chik district, Pattani province, Thailand. The civilian was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to separatists.
06/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on a military base in Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. A military commando was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on Gustavo Enrique Ortiz in La Union Peneya town, Caqueta department, Colombia. Ortiz, a Colombian Army captain, was killed in the attack. The victim was carrying out social work at the time of the shooting. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities attributed the attack to the 15th Jose Ignacio Mora Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on Major Ahmad Nabil in Hay al-Arabi area, Mosul city, Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Nabil, the deputy chief of the governor's protection force, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants opened fire on the convoy of Abdessalam Jadallah Al-Abidi in Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. Al-Abidi, the Libyan army chief, was unharmed and there were no other reported casualties. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants publicly cut the hand off of a civilian in Barawe district, Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. The victim was injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victim had been found guilty of theft in an Islamic court and that anyone violating Sharia law would be punished.
06/02/2014: Assailants publicly flogged a civilian in Barawe district, Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. The victim was injured in the attack. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that the victim had been found guilty in an Islamic court of raping a girl and that anyone violating Sharia law would be punished.
06/02/2014: Assailants shot and killed a civilian in Liaquatabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. The victim was an employee of the Sindh government. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police stated the attack was sectarian in nature.
06/02/2014: Assailants shot and killed a civilian outside of an auto shop in Azizabad area, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, police stated that the attack was sectarian in nature.
06/02/2014: Assailants shot and killed police sub-inspector Muhammad Saleem in Bilal colony, Karachi city, Sindh province, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Assailants shot down a Syrian Air and Air Defense Forces aircraft in Qasr al-Hayr town, Homs governorate, Syria. The pilot was abducted in the attack and his whereabouts are unknown. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Four suicide bombers equipped with explosives-laden vests attacked district headquarters in Gereshk district, Helmand province, Afghanistan. In addition to the assailants, four people were killed, while three other people were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2014: Multiple mortar shells landed near a Syrian Armed Forces (SAF) building and detonated in Bab Mousalla neighborhood, Damascus city, Damascus governorate, Syria. It is unknown whether there were any casualties in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2014: Twenty assailants attacked the LGC Construction compound in Tagbongabong village, Agusan del Norte province, Philippines. A mini bulldozer and a mini roller were damaged in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/02/2015: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in Baiji district, Saladin governorate, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, at least seven people were killed and 14 people were injured in the attack; the victims included soldiers and volunteer fighters. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: A suicide bomber detonated at a cattle market in Maiduguri city, Borno state, Nigeria. In addition to the bomber, at least 31 people were killed and 25 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/02/2015: An assailant opened fire on the vehicle of Ali Salad in Baydhabo town, Bay region, Somalia. Salad, a deputy police commander, was killed and the assailant was killed when Salad's bodyguards opened fire. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/02/2015: An explosive device detonated in Balipeta area, Koraput district, Odisha state, India. No one was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: An explosive device detonated near a cafe in Madain district, Diyala governorate, Iraq. Two people were killed and five people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: An explosive device detonated near stores in Abu Disheer 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.
06/02/2015: An explosive device detonated on Dera Ismail Khan-Tank Road near Hethala area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: An explosive device was discovered and safely defused in South Garo Hills district, Meghalaya state, India. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attempted attack to the Garo National Liberation Army.
06/02/2015: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near a restaurant along Palestine Street in Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. At least two 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.
06/02/2015: Assailants abducted Hisham al-Sami'i, a journalist, in Ta'izz city, Ta'izz governorate, Yemen. The outcome of the kidnapping was unknown. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Huthis.
06/02/2015: Assailants attacked a military convoy in Rashad area, South Kordofan state, Sudan. An unknown number of soldiers were killed and injured in the assault. Sudan People's Liberation Movement- North claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Assailants attacked a military detachment in Barangay Casay, Lupi town, Camarines Sur province, Philippines. One assailant was killed and an unknown number were injured in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the New People's Army (NPA).
06/02/2015: Assailants attacked a police checkpost in Gadanha area, Dahana-i-Ghuri district, Baghlan province, Afghanistan. This was one of two similar attacks on posts in the area on the same day. Six police officers, three assailants, and one civilian were killed in the ensuing clash. In addition, one police officer, three civilians, and eight assailants were wounded and three officers were kidnapped across both raids. The whereabouts of the police officers were unknown. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Assailants attacked local Afghan militia members in the Jan Gharaq area, Afghanistan. Two militia members, including Commander Qader, were killed and two others were wounded in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Assailants attacked two civilians in Nasratabad area, Fayzabad city, Fayzabad district, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The two civilians, who were former Taliban members, were killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Taliban.
06/02/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device against an electricity pylon in Inda Zabaleta area, Tuma district, Narino department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the attack, but the pylon was damaged. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/02/2015: Assailants detonated an explosive device targeting a culvert in Puerto Concordia district, Meta department, Colombia. There were no reported casualties in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/02/2015: Assailants fired mortars at a residential area in Ajiri, Borno state, Nigeria. At least five civilians were killed in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/02/2015: Assailants fired projectiles that landed and detonated in Lebedynske village, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. One civilian was wounded in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Assailants from Baghlan province attacked a police checkpoint in Kohmard district, Bamyan province, Afghanistan. Three police officers and three assailants were killed in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Assailants intercepted a medical mission in Belen de los Andaquies, Caqueta department, Colombia. There were no casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Bannu Chowk area, Hangu city, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two people were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Assailants opened fire on the guesthouse of People in Need (PIN) employees in Zari district, Balkh province, Afghanistan. Nine people, including seven employees and two security guards, were killed in the gunfire. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
06/02/2015: Assailants stormed Goma airport and attempted to take over the building, including storming banks within the airport, in Goma city, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three assailants and four soldiers were killed and three assailants and six soldiers were injured. Additionally, at least three attackers were captured by security forces. No group claimed responsibility; however, separate sources attributed the attack to both Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and Mai Mai Bakata Katanga Militia members.
06/02/2015: Assailants threw two incendiary devices at a public bus in Chandina upazila, Comilla city, Chittagong division, Bangladesh. At least one person was killed and six others were injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Two assailants opened fire on Franklin L. Dumdom in Purok 8 area, Tabontabon village, Sibagat town, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines. Dumdom, a village chairperson, was injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Two assailants opened fire on Khairullah in Aqcha district, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan. Khairullah, the director of the population department, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2015: Two assailants opened fire on Mas-ud Sappari in Kumalarang village, Isabela City, Basilan province, Philippines. Sappari, a former village chief, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in a taxi in Al-Mansuriyah, Diyala, Iraq. In addition to the assailant, four people were killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: A suicide bomber detonated in front of the Khulafa al Rashideen Mosque in Daatur neighborhood, Lattakia, Syria. In addition to the bomber, at least three people were killed and four others were wounded in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2016: A suicide bomber targeting security forces detonated in Sirte, Libya. In addition to the bomber, two Libyan soldiers were killed 12 others were wounded in the blast. The Tripoli Province of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: An assailant armed with a knife attacked an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) checkpoint near Anabta, West Bank. The assailant was killed in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to a Palestinian extremist, identified as Ansar Hussam Harasha.
06/02/2016: An explosive device detonated between Albu Mafraj and Bashir in Kirkuk, Iraq. A volunteer fighter was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: An explosive device detonated in Qala-i-Najil, Laghman, Afghanistan. At least two people were killed and 16 people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/02/2016: An explosive device detonated near a produce shop in Ar Radwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. One person was killed and nine people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: An explosive device detonated near shops in Zaidan, Al Anbar, Iraq. Two people were killed and six people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: An explosive device detonated near the vehicle of Ghulam Jilani Kharotai along Lashkar Gah-Marjah Highway in Nad Ali, Helmand, Afghanistan. At least two people, including Kharotai, the Helmand deputy police chief, and a guard, were killed and another guard was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/02/2016: An explosive device planted in a vehicle detonated in Baladiat area, Baghdad city, Baghdad governorate, Iraq. The owner of the vehicle, a Ministry of Science and Technology employee, was killed in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: An explosive device was discovered and defused at the residence of Isidora Pogka, a judge, in Ymittos, Athens, Greece. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: Assailants abducted Seighe Diike in Igbomotoru, Bayelsa, Nigeria. Diike's husband, a lawmaker, was injured in the attack. The outcome of the kidnapping is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2016: Assailants attacked a security checkpoint in Pasaband, Ghor, Afghanistan. At least three soldiers were killed and nine were injured, while the assailants sustained an unknown number of casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/02/2016: Assailants attacked security posts in Laghabad, Ghazni, Afghanistan. Two police officers and three assailants were killed and three assailants were injured in the ensuing clash. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2016: Assailants attacked the Clough Creek-Tebidaba Crude Oil pipeline in Bayelsa, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated assaults on pipelines in the area overnight. There were no reported casualties in the attacks. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group was enforcing their word that oil production in Nigeria would reach zero unless the group's demands were met.
06/02/2016: Assailants attacked the Ogboinbiri-Tebidaba pipeline in Bayelsa, Nigeria. This was one of three coordinated assaults on pipelines in the area overnight. There were no reported casualties in the attacks. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that the group was enforcing their word that oil production in Nigeria would reach zero unless the group's demands were met.
06/02/2016: Assailants opened fire on Suriya Nakkaew in Nong Bua, Suan Taeng subdistrict, Chumphon, Thailand. Nakkaew, a local village head, was killed and his wife was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2016: Assailants set fire to an excavator owned by Pappu Construction Company in Nepalgunj, Mid-Western development, Nepal. There were no reported casualties in the attack. The Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that Pappu Construction Company was targeted in retaliation for the contractor's mediocre construction work.
06/02/2016: Assailants stopped a bus and kidnapped 24 Hazara passengers in Dehmurda, Sari Pul, Afghanistan. The hostages were released later the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/02/2016: Security forces identified and intercepted an assailant equipped with an explosives-laden vehicle attempting to target a local government headquarters in Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
06/02/2017: A sniper shot and killed a fleeing civilian in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Maute Group.
06/02/2017: An assailant driving an explosives-laden vehicle was arrested near Al-Marj Bridge in Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq. The vehicle was defused a short time later. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2017: An explosive device detonated against a civilian vehicle near Baqubah, Diyala, Iraq. At least two people were injured in the blast. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2017: An explosive device detonated near an Iraqi Army patrol in Radhwaniyah, Al Anbar, Iraq. At least one soldier was killed and another soldier was injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2017: An explosive device detonated near Royal Thai Army soldiers behind the fisheries research and development office in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least two soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Tak Bai on the same day; this later explosion targeted soldiers responding to the scene of an earlier incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
06/02/2017: An explosives-laden vehicle detonated near Royal Thai Army soldiers behind the fisheries research and development office in Tak Bai district, Narathiwat, Thailand. At least three soldiers were injured in the blast. This was one of two coordinated attacks in Tak Bai on the same day; this first explosion was designed to draw a crowd. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/02/2017: An explosives-rigged house was discovered and defused in Bab Sinjar neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq. This was one of four rigged houses discovered in Bab Sinjar on the same day. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents.
06/02/2017: Assailants abducted 11 people in Mamundioma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. All 11 hostages were released unharmed on June 4, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
06/02/2017: Assailants abducted a Mornoi Tea Estate manager in Dingdinga, Assam, India. The hostage was released unharmed on June 7, 2017. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources suspected that the attack was carried out by the Birsa Commando Force (BCF), which denied involvement.
06/02/2017: Assailants abducted two civilians near Jebel Mghilla in Sbiba district, Kasserine, Tunisia. One of the hostages was released shortly after the kidnapping while the second was killed shortly thereafter. Jund al-Khilafah (Tunisia) claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the killed victim was targeted because he was a spy.
06/02/2017: Assailants armed with projectiles and firearms attacked a Somali National Army (SNA) camp in Kulbiyow, Lower Juba, Somalia. There were an unknown number of assailant casualties in the ensuing clash. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Al-Shabaab.
06/02/2017: Assailants attacked a road construction company office in Bagabandh, Jharkhand, India. An unknown number of construction workers were injured and nine construction vehicles were set on fire in the assault. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the incident to Maoists.
06/02/2017: Assailants attacked an NGO vehicle in Gao, Mali. At least two people were injured in the incident. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2017: Assailants attacked Zeeshan Ali and stole his photography equipment in G-8 block, Islamabad, Pakistan. Ali, an Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) photojournalist, was briefly held hostage and tortured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2017: Assailants attempted to abduct Azaz Syed on Park Road in Islamabad, Pakistan. There were no reported casualties as Syed, a senior Geo TV journalist, escaped the kidnapping attempt. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/02/2017: Assailants set fire to residences and businesses of indigenous people in Baittapara, Chittagong, Bangladesh. This was one of three related attacks in Rangamti district on the same day. At least one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Awami League.
06/02/2017: Assailants set fire to residences and businesses of indigenous people in Manikjora Chhara, Chittagong, Bangladesh. This was one of three related attacks in Rangamti district on the same day. At least one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Awami League.
06/02/2017: Assailants set fire to residences and businesses of indigenous people in Tintila, Chittagong, Bangladesh. This was one of three related attacks in Rangamti district on the same day. At least one person was killed and an unknown number of people were injured across all three incidents. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attacks to the Awami League.
06/02/2017: Assailants threw two incendiary devices at Ta'am Deli and Grill on Bury New Road in Greater Manchester neighborhood, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom. There were no reported casualties as the devices failed to ignite. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to anti-Semitic extremists.
06/02/2017: Security forces identified and killed a suicide bomber attempting to target families fleeing Bab Sinjar neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2017: Six explosives-laden vehicles were discovered and defused in Bab Sinjar neighborhood, Mosul, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/02/2017: Two young suicide bombers detonated at a refugee camp in Kolofata, Extreme-North, Cameroon. In addition to the two assailants, at least nine people were killed and 30 other people were injured in the blasts. No group claimed responsibility; however, sources attributed the attack to Boko Haram.
06/03/1974: Suspected members of a pro-Israel group set fire to the offices of Mohammed Mehdi, head of the Action Committee on American-Arab Relations in New York City in the United States.  According to the firemen, there were four separate fires within one room, causing moderate damage.  It is unknown whether any casualties resulted from this incident.
06/03/1998: A bomb exploded during rush hour on a suburban train going from Sirkeci to Halkali in Yesilkoy, Turkey. The bomb exploded in the first railway car as the train approached the Yesilkoy Station, killing one person and injuring four. AAuthorities suspected the involvement of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)  in this attack. In addition to this attack, another bombing took place at a coffee shop in Kucukmece.
06/03/1998: Two unidentified male perpetrators threw a hand grenade at the Fatih Coffeehouse on Bayrampasa Cyprus Avenue in Kucukmece, Turkey. Six people were injured and the coffee house was damaged. Authorities suspected the involvement of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)  in this attack. In addition to this attack, another bombing took place on a suburban train going from Sirkeci to Halkali.
06/03/1999: A village guard and a civilian were killed in the Chlef Province of northern Algeria. The attack was attributed to unidentified armed Islamists.
06/03/1999: An improvised explosive device (IED) went off at approximately 3:00pm local time near the Chandni Chowk police outpost in Delhi, India. The explosion occurred after an employee at the Ghantewalan Shahi Halwai brought a bag with the police, which had been left at the shop by two unidentified youths. The device exploded before bomb squad members reached the scene, injuring four policemen and twenty-three others. Authorities suspected that the perpetrators were Punjab-based militants with the backing of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
06/03/1999: Forces supporting ousted rebel leader Ernest Wamba dia Wamba attacked a rival radio station in Kisangani, Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. No casualties occurred in this incident.
06/03/1999: In Amalfi, unidentified paramilitaries kidnapped six employees and a former employee of El Carmen hospital for their suspected links to leftist guerrillas. All seven were later released with help from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
06/03/1999: In Congo, Ninjas loyal to Former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas opened fire on a large truck traveling from Kinkala to Brazzaville. Sixty civilians, mostly sick women and children, and three soldiers were killed in the attack. It was unknown whether there were any injuries suffered as well.
06/03/1999: Members of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) fired murdered six people and injured three others when they fired on truck in Rio Frio, Huanuco Department, Peru. It was thought that the perpetrators might have mistaken the victims for soldiers dressed in civilian clothes.
06/03/1999: Members of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) killed three farmers in the village of Tintaypuquio, Peru, located 165 miles east of Lima.
06/03/1999: Three women were shot dead and one man was kidnapped in Laalam, northern Algeria. The attack was blamed on members of an unnamed armed Islamic group hiding in the nearby Babor mountains. The fate of the kidnapped victim was unknown.
06/03/1999: Two farmers in their sixties were murdered in Beni Amrane, northern Algeria. One had his throat cut while the second was shot by about ten attackers dressed in military garb. The assailants fled to the Menoura mountains and were suspected to be armed Islamists.
06/03/2000: A grenade was launched on the Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Philippines. The police suspected the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was responsible for the incident. While the cathedral was hit, police believed that the ASG aimed at the soldiers and not the cathedral. No casualties resulted from the incident.
06/03/2000: A motorized convoy of eight trucks of Russia's Ministry for Emergency Situations carrying 32 forced migrants from Sleptsovskaya, Ingushetia, to Grozny came under fire from Chechen rebels in the forests of Samashki, Achkhoi-Martan district, Chechnya. A ministry serviceman was wounded in the clash.
06/03/2000: Armed Islamic militants killed two people driving between Hassi Ben Okba and Arzew, Oran Province, Algeria. The attackers intercepted the car, forced the victims out of the car, attacked the victims with knives, and proceeded to set the vehicle on fire then flee towards the "mountain of Lions". Both people died as a result of the attack. The same group killed seven people in Hassi Ben Okba on 06/02/2000.
06/03/2000: Rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) stopped a six-vehicle convoy taking supplies to United Nations peacekeepers and military observers already surrounded in their camp at Kailahun, and surrounded 10 more UN peacekeepers.
06/03/2000: Suspected militants of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) set off a landmine near Borkhola village, some 220 kilometers (136 miles) west of the state capital Guwahati, India. Seven security force personnel traveling in a jeep were on their way to carry out a raid on a militant-infested village just before dawn when militants triggered off the remote-controlled landmine. Two security force personnel were killed and five seriously injured in the attack.
06/03/2000: Three unknown masked individuals set fire to a branch of the Guipuzcoa provincial tax office in Renteria, Spain, after evacuating the premises. No casualties resulted from the incident.
06/03/2001: At least 10 people were killed and 18 others injured when a bomb exploded in the Baniarchar Catholic Church in southern Gopalganj district in Bangladesh. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2001: In India, a group of 25 woodcutters who went to remote Lungsung Reserve Forest, near Runikhata outpost, in lower Assam's Kokrajhar District, were attacked by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). The militants opened fire on the woodcutters using automatic weapons killing 10 people on the spot. One managed to escape and reported the incident to the police after trudging through the forest for 24 hours.
06/03/2001: Suspected rebels from the Front National de Libération (FNL) attacked a camp for displaced people situated in Murara, Mabanda Commune, Makamba Province located in southern Burundi, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others, including a pupil.
06/03/2002: Molotov Cocktails consisting of Miller beer bottles filled with gasoline and stuffed with burning rags were thrown at the Cuban-American National Foundation headquarters at 1312 SW 27th Ave., Miami, Florida, U.S.A. . Authorities believe that an earlier Molotov Cocktail attack on the Alpha 66 headquarters at 1714 W. Flagler St. is related to this incident. Leaders of both groups suspect that the "hand of Castro" was behind the attacks and Cuban spies carried out the attack.
06/03/2002: The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)unsuccessfully attempted to detonate a 40-pound cylinder bomb in the Police Station in Cundinmarca
06/03/2002: The headquarters of exile paramilitary group Alpha 66 in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. was hit by Molotov Cocktails. Authorities believe that this incident is related to a subsequent Molotov Cocktail attack on the Cuban-American National Foundation headquarters. Leaders of both groups suspect that the "hand of Castro" was behind the attacks and Cuban spies carried out the attack.
06/03/2003: Five people were injured in Istanbul when a radio-controlled bomb exploded next to a bus carrying Turkish security court (DGM) prosecutors. Those injured included a government prosecutor, two police officers, and two civilians. The bomb exploded as the bus was passing under a pedestrian bridge on the European side of Istanbul. Several cars were damaged in the bombing as well. The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), a leftist organization, claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2004: A building site vehicle was damaged after an explosive charge was set off in an attack in Prunelli-di-Fiumorbu, near Ghisonaccia, in northern Corsica. No one was injured, and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2004: At least 10 soldiers were killed and 45 others were injured in the ambush at the entrance of the commune of Beni-K'sila, in Algeria, while the convoy of the combined forces was returning from a combing operation. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2004: At least 23 civilians were killed in an attack by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels on Kalabong Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), in Namokora subcounty, Chwa County in Kitgum District [northern Uganda]. Ten others were injured in the attack.
06/03/2004: Five aid workers of the Doctors Without Borders aid agency including three women and two men were killed in Qades district of Badghis Province of Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, though a similar attack was perpetrated by the Taliban one day earlier.
06/03/2004: Members of al-Quds Brigades fired four rockets into Israeli settlements in Gaza. No one was injured in the attack.
06/03/2004: The Italian embassy in Baghdad was hit by a number of missiles, including two which fell inside the headquarters of the embassy. Two people were killed, and five injured in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but militants were suspected of the attack.
06/03/2004: Three people including a ruling party politician were killed and seven policemen were injured in a grenade attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. Rebels systematically targeted politicians of parties that participate in the Indian-administered government in Kashmir, though no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2005: Municipal Councilor Mohammed Ashraf, a member of the main opposition National Conference, was killed in the city of Srinagar of Indian Kashmir while on the way to his municipal office. He was gunned down by suspected Muslim rebels in an ongoing string of political assassinations that had been going on in the area, which continued the 15-year long insurrection in Indian Kashmir. Militants had previously threatened those who participated in elections and had succeeded in assassinating several elected officials already.
06/03/2005: Unknown assailants threw a grenade inside the Anuradhapura-Anbuvalipuram junction market in Sri Lanka at around 10:30 am, injuring at least five persons. The attack occurred where Tamils were staging a strike to demand security forces withdraw from the streets police and witnesses stated.
06/03/2006: One policemen killed and two others injured in explosion near Pakistan-Afghan border. Pro-Taliban militants blamed.
06/03/2006: Russian diplomat killed and four others kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: An unknown number of U.N. personnel were held hostage for four hours when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators hijacked three U.N. vehicles near Fashir, North Darfur State, Sudan.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Ayad Shihab Ahmed, a manager of the Central Bank of Iraq, and his brother were shot and killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms from a vehicle at approximately 4:00 PM in al-Amil neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Col. Ziyad al-Hamadani of the Iraq Police and three other police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to the corpse of a dead Iraqi Police officer as a booby trap detonated inside a vehicle detonated as they investigated the scene in the evening in eastern Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: East Timorese politician Alfonso Guterres was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer carrying small arms during a political rally for CNRT Party head Xanana Gusmao outside a police station in Viqueque, Viquedue District, Timor Leste.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Father Ragheed Ganni, an Iraqi civilian and Chaldean priest, and three of his deacons were shot and killed by unknown perpetrators firing small arms at them just after Sunday evening mass outside a church in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Five civilians were killed and seven others wounded when unknown perpetrators opened fire with small arms on four commuter minibuses operated by KIA that attempted to evade a fake Iraqi Army checkpoint at 9:30 AM in Ghalbiya neighborhood, Baqouba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Five Colombian male civilians were killed and three more were wounded when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators opened fire with small arms in the morning outside an open-air roadside restaurant near Donmatias, Antioquia Province, Colombia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Five Iraqi civilians were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated sometime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in Doura neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Five Somali police officers and two Somali civilians were killed and at least six other people were wounded when Abdul-Aziz Muhammad Semter, a Mujahedin Youth Movement perpetrator, detonated a suicide car bomb at the premier’s residence in Mogadishu, Benadir Region, Somalia. The Mujahedin Youth Movement later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: Four Indian police officers were killed and two wounded when eight to ten members of the Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) fired small arms at a police vehicle in Dillai, Karbi Anglong District, Assam State, India.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Four Israeli soldiers were wounded when an unknown number of members of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (HAMAS) fired eight mortar rounds from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, one round striking the Erez Checkpoint (where the soldiers were wounded) and another landing near a Kibbutz adjacent to the Gaza border.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Four Lebanese soldiers and civilians were wounded when an unknown number of Jund al-Sham perpetrators fired small arms and rocket-propelled grenades at a Lebanese Army checkpoint at the Ayn al-Hilwah Refugee Camp near Sidon, Lebanon.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Ghanim al-Sabawi, a tribal sheik, was shot and killed in the afternoon by unknown perpetrators firing small arms in Mosul, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Jamulal Thausan, a worker for the Assam State Electrical Board, and one unidentified member of the Dima Halom Daogah (Nunisa) (DHD (N)) militant group were shot and killed by an unknown number of suspected members of Dima Halao Daoga (DHD) with small arms in Maibong, North Cachar Hills District, Assam State, India.  DHD Later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: Muhammed Mehdi, a retired brigadier general of the Iraqi Army, was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators carrying small arms in the evening in Ma’aridh neighborhood, Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Nine civilians and one Iraqi police officer were killed and 30 other civilians were wounded by the explosion of a car bomb planted by the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) near an open-air market and police station at about 12:00 PM in the Shi’ite enclave of Baladruz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.  ISI Later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: No casualties were reported when a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle containing a 1,000-pound improvised explosive device (IED) and two tanks of chlorine gas at approximately 1:30 PM about 200 yards from the entrance to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Warhorse, just outside Baquba, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: No casualties were reported when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators fired small arms and rockets at the Aktutun Gendarmerie Border Outpost, Semdinli District, Hakkari Province, Turkey.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: No casualties were reported when Filipino troops defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators on a bus in the late evening at the Husky Bus Terminal in Talitay, Maguindinao Province, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines. The IED, which was left on the bus by two unknown perpetrators, was discovered and thrown out of the bus by Filipino civilians. It was composed of black powder and steel fragments stuffed in a pitcher and wired to a detonator and batteries, all of which were placed in a backpack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: No non-perpetrator casualties were reported when four unknown perpetrators preparing to fire rockets into the Green Zone, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq from just south of Sadr City were killed by rockets fired from an American helicopter. The preventive attack occurred late in the evening and destroyed one vehicle and 10 rockets. Six suspected perpetrators were subsequently arrested.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: One Afghan civilian security officer was killed and two others were wounded when an unknown number of Taliban perpetrators detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) and fired small arms at a vehicle of the American-owned USPI security company in Sangi Sar, Zherai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The perpetrators also sustained an unspecified number of casualties in the early-morning attack.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: One Afghan police officer and one Taliban perpetrator were killed when an unknown number of Taliban perpetrators attacked a police training post with small arms and officers returned fire in the evening in Greshk District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.  The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2007: One Afghan police officer was killed and four others were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated near their vehicle in the early morning in Ali Sher District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. The attack occurred near the Pakistani border.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: One civilian was injured when an unspecified number of mortar rounds fired by unknown perpetrators landed at approximately 12:00 PM near the Um al-Tabool Mosque, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: One Iraqi police officer was injured and a police vehicle damaged when a single grenade thrown by an Ansar al-Sunna detonated near a police patrol outside a courthouse at approximately 11:00 AM in the downtown area of Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq.  Ansar al-Sunna later claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2007: One person was injured and a building and religious paraphernalia suffered minor damage when approximately 100 Anti-Apostate Movement Alliance (AGAP) perpetrators forced entry to the Sidang Jemaat Allah Church, interrupted services, and struck the reverend’s wife with a Bible in the morning in Gading Tutuka neighborhood, Soreang, West Java Province, Indonesia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: One Somali civilian and one perpetrator were killed when Ethiopian Army troops fired on a suicide car bomber who had broken through two checkpoints while attacking an Ethiopian Army base in the early morning in Huriwaa District, Mogadishu, Benadir Region, Somalia.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Six Russian civilians were kidnapped and one Nigerian civilian killed when an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated explosives at a residence belonging to the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) and then kidnapped resident workers at approximately 5:30 AM in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Twenty Muslim Thai civilians were wounded when a bomb in a parked motorbike planted by an unknown number of unknown perpetrators detonated on a soccer pitch at Ban Bue Su School, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand.   No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Two civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated near an SUV in a vehicle convoy between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM in al-Qadisiyah neighborhood, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2007: Two Thai civilians were killed and two Thai police officers, Sawasdi Thalwan and Preechapol Suwannaphum, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown perpetrators detonated near a police convoy and unknown perpetrators opened fire with small arms in the evening in Sungai Padi District, Narathiwat Province, Thailand.  No claim of responsibility was reported.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday afternoon at 13:30, 20 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels abducted police chief Jonel Belenson and his aide Rowell Balmores at gunpoint at Sitio Mahayahay in the village of Kapatagan near Baganga township of Davao Oriental province, Philippines. Belenson fought his captors while being led away and was shot to death. Belmores’ body was found in a river later that day. Following the incident, the NPA rebels called up the office of the mayor in Boston and informed the staff that they had killed the police official.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday evening, a bomb planted by suspected separatists exploded at an annual fair organized by the Thai Red Cross killing one civilian and injuring four others in an unknown district of Yala province, Thailand. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday evening, two Muslim men and a woman were killed as they were conducting evening prayers when suspected insurgents fired on the family's house in an unknown district of Yala province, Thailand. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday in the Debke neighborhood of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, unknown gunmen fired upon and killed Abbas Mohammad Nur, the Mogadishu traders committee spokesman, and two of his bodyguards, injuring one as well, near the Bakara market. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, 25 - 30 Communist Party of India Maoist militants pulled down 14 electricity poles in the Mahimangwadi and Chotedonagar area on the Orcha Road in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh, India. No casualties were reported.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, a cameraman for the government channel Iraqia was injured when a roadside bomb exploded near a music shop in Saymar neighborhood in Basra, Al Basrah, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, a roadside bomb targeting a harvester exploded on the road between Hawija and Riadh, west of Kirkuk, At Ta'mim, Iraq. Two farmers were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, an IED went off near an orchard leaving two people wounded in Nazaka village, Al Huwayjah, At Ta'mim, Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, at 0830, Taliban militants gunned down the Alisher District Intelligence Chief in the Laknow area of Khost, Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed claimed the attack was to terrify government employees to leave their jobs in the country.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, at 0900, a Katyusha rocket fired by unknown militants landed near the local council of the Sha'ar Hanegev community in western Negev, Hadarom, Israel. No casualties were reported and no claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, at 1600, four mortar shells hit the Muthana airport in downtown Baghdad, Iraq. No casualties were reported and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, five New People’s Army (NPA)  rebels of the Special Partisan Unit under the Leonardo Panaligan Command shot and killed civilian auxiliary volunteer officer Santos Pasaporte near his home in Sitio Bagtic of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental province, Philippines. Pasaporte died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, five people, including three Israelis and two Thai nationals, were wounded when Palestinian militants launched at least five rockets at farming areas in southern Israel from Palestine's Gaza Strip into Israel. One of the rockets struck a hen house but no other damages were reported. No claim of responsibility was made for the incident.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, four people were killed and seven others were injured when their van hit a land mine in Kurram, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, in Jamhuriyah neighborhood in Tozkhurmato, Salah ad Din, Iraq, armed assailants fired upon a vehicle carrying a Kurdish provincial councilor and a municipal councilor, killing both officials, wounding one of their bodyguards, and damaging the vehicle.  No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2008: On Tuesday, in the Khwajak Baba area, in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device in a market area, wounding two civilians and damaging several shops. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday around afternoon at 1245, in Simlipal, Bankura, West Bengal, India, five assailants fired upon a group of police officers while they stopped to eat lunch at a hotel, killing three police officers, wounding two others, and damaging the hotel and a police van. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday evening around 1800, near Panasagondi, in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, approximately 40 assailants set fire to equipment at a road construction site, damaging six vehicles and one construction machine but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday evening at 2030, in the southern Durah neighborhood of the Rashid District, Baghdad, Iraq, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded, wounding three civilians. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday evening at about 2100, in the al-Shorta al-Rabea neighborhood of the Rashid district, Baghdad, Iraq, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded inside a popular cafe in Baghdad. The IED was hidden in a bag brought in by an unidentified man who fled the scene before the blast. The blast caused severe damage to the cafe and killed nine civilians while injuring between 31 and 39 others. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday evening, Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas detonated a powerful improvised explosive device at the base of a transmission tower in President Quirino town in Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines, toppling the tower. The guerrillas apparently are unhappy over the non-signing of a preliminary deal last year that would have given them control of a vast Muslim autonomous region.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday in the village of Santa Rosa in Villagarzon, Putumayo, Colombia, assailants set fire to a passenger bus, completely destroying it but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, although it was reported that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were responsible.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday morning around 0500, in the Boro Chenam and Kampai villages, in Haflong, North Cachar Hills, India, militants opened fire killing five civilians, wounding one child, and setting ablaze 54 houses. No group claimed responsibility, but the Black Widows are suspected to be responsible.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday morning at 0800, in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, assailants launched a grenade at the State Road Safety Inspectorate building on Kartoyev Street but missed and hit a nearby shop, causing minor damage but no casualties. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday morning, in the Manila district of Pasig, at least four or five assailants blocked the path of a black Toyota Hi-Lux (ZNW 329) of Transportation and Communications Assistant Secretary Elmer Soneja, while cruising along Ortigas Extension in Sta. Lucia Village and opened fired at him at around 0935. One of five suspects fired at the driver's side of Soneja's vehicle and walked away casually from the ambush site. Soneja who was then driving lost control of the wheel, prompting the vehicle to go wayward hitting another vehicle, a Toyota Lite-Ace (ZEF 879) driven by Gertrudes Remigio, of 45-B C. Santos St., Ugong Pasig and another Hyundai Tucson (ZNF 827) driven by Antonio Pitogo. Elmer Soneja is now in stable condition. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday night, followers of Ameril Umbra Kato, a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), detonated a military improvised explosive device fashioned from three mortar shells under one of the towers, damaging a tower of the country's National Transmission Corporation at Datu Montawal in Maguindanao province, Philippines.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, a bombing occurred at approximately 1945 in Ligaya village in General Santos, South Cotabato, Philippines, when assailants detonated two improvised explosive devices near an electricity transmission tower, damaging the tower but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, during the late evening, in the Melissia area of Athens, Attiki, Greece, a group of about ten assailants threw Molotov cocktails at a police station, destroying two nearby vehicles and damaging four others but causing no injuries. The group was repulsed by the police station's guard, who fired shots in the air, while the duty officer threw two non-lethal grenades, emitting sound and light. The assailants fled on motorcycles and on foot. Alexandros Grigoropoulos Anarchist Attack Group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, in Boro Chamon village, Haflong District, North Cachar Hills, India, Dima Halam Daogah-Jewel (DHD-J) militants attacked and set fire to the village, killing five tribal members, injuring ten civilians, and damaging the village.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, in Ingushetia, Russia, assailants attacked a Gosudarstvennaya Inspectsiya Bezopasnosti Dorozhnogo Dvizheniya (GIBDD) building housing traffic police with grenade launcher causing no casualties. No group claimed responsibility. It Is unknown if the attack caused any property damage.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, in Kokrajhar, Assam, India, an exchange of fire took place between rival factions of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) at the Kokrajhar bazaar. No casualties or damages were reported and no group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, in Pattani province, a Muslim man was killed in a drive-by shooting. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, in Wana, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, assailants detonated an improvised explosive device inside a government run hospital, damaging the hospital but causing no casualties. No groups claimed responsibility.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan, unknown assailants opened fire on a government vehicle, wounding one government employee and two civilians. The two civilians were identified as Abdul Ghani and Sanaullah. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was believed that the Balochi Liberation Army was responsible.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, near Chitrakonda, in Malkangiri, Orissa, India, assailants set fire to five vehicles of the Essar Steel Company, damaging one dump truck, one excavator, one truck, and two sport utility vehicles but causing no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but it was believed the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was responsible.
06/03/2009: On Wednesday, west of Zahedan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Iran, militants fired on a bus in southeastern Iran, killing one passenger, wounding two others and damaged one bus. No motive for the attack was reported and no group has claim of responsibility.
06/03/2010: On Thursday morning around 0800, in Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near the motorcade of the Undersecretary of Technical Affairs at the Agriculture Ministry, wounding two bodyguards and two nearby civilians and damaging one vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2010: On Thursday morning around 0900, in the eastern Baghdad al Jadidah neighborhood, in the Sab'ah Nisan district of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, wounding two civilians and damaging the vehicle. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2010: On Thursday, at around 1000, in Barbacoas, Narino, Colombia, armed assailants set up a roadblock, stopped five vehicles, and kidnapped five civilians and one undercover police officer who the assailants threatened to kill. Later on the same day the undercover police was fired upon as he escaped. On 06/06/2010, the remaining five hostages , Miriam Paz Solarte, José Antonio Rivero, Roberto Torres, Segundo Sevillano Casanova and Ignacio Díaz Tello, were rescued by authorities. No group claimed responsibility but authorities suspect the Daniel Aldana Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible for the incident.
06/03/2010: On Thursday, in Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand, unidentified armed assailants fired upon a teacher riding a motorcycle, killing the teacher and damaging his motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility, but authorities believed that Muslim separatists were responsible.
06/03/2010: On Thursday, in Sharan, Paktika, Afghanistan, unidentified assailants killed two civilians, Amir Jan and Qari Qasim, both age 30, by unknown means for being alleged spies causing no damage. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
06/03/2010: On Thursday, in the southern Durah neighborhood in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Baghdad province, Iraq, unidentified assailants detonated an improvised explosive device near a passing train, wounding 14 civilians and damaging one train coach and one track. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2010: On Thursday, in the Villa Somalia area of Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, unknown assailants fired mortars at the Somali presidential palace killing a Ugandan national African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) officer and former driver for Somalia’s president, Private Eriya Kabuye. No damage was reported and no group claimed responsibility, but the group Al-Shabaab is thought to be responsible.
06/03/2010: On Thursday, in the Yazidi area of Tall Qasab, in the Sinjar sub district of Tall 'Afar, Ninawa, Iraq, unknown assailants detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside a liquor store, killing three people, one of whom was an interpreter for the U.S. forces, wounding 12 others and damaging the liquor store. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2011: On Friday afternoon at 1530, in the sub-village of Libi, Bulanting Village, Lamitan, Basilan, Philippines, four unidentified gunmen abducted an engineer of Mace Construction, Virgilio Fernandez. A witness identified the leader of the group that kidnapped Fernandez as Mosama Jamiri who has been linked to Abu Sayyaf. Reportedly, the assailants shot at the tires of the dump truck Fernandez was riding on, forced him down and took him away on a motorcycle. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. On 06/23/2011, troops arrested Musana Jamiri and identified him as an Abu Sayyaf member. No casualties were reported and the status of the hostage is unknown.
06/03/2011: On Friday evening around 2000, in Asturias Village, Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, five unidentified militants on motorcycles dropped a backpack containing an improvised explosive device near a store owned by Police Officer Maning Julmaani Sappal. A civilian spotted the suspicious device and alerted police who later defused the device, resulting in no casualties or damages. The explosive device was fashioned out of two rounds of 81 millimeter mortars with a timing device, battery, four blasting caps, an electrical clamp, and wiring. The specific motive for the attack is unknown; however, the device was dropped only a few meters away from the residence of Sulu Governor Sakur Tan. Police could not immediately confirm if Tan was the target of the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is suspected that the Abu Sayyaf is responsible.
06/03/2011: On Friday evening, in the Speyrah district of Khost, Afghanistan, a road construction vehicle ran over a roadside improvised explosive device. Three Afghan workers were killed and an unknown amount of property damage was caused. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Taliban militants were responsible.
06/03/2011: On Friday night, in one of two related attack, in Bela village, Gaya, Bihar, India, over 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) raided the Siwalia and Bela villages and abducted three suspected police informers, identified as Shohail Ansari, Nehal Ansari, and Nagvir Yadav. It is unclear how many hostages were taken from each village. The militants also beat up an undetermined number of villagers during the attack when they resisted. One of the villagers identified only as Ansari was later released and the status of the other two hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2011: On Friday night, in one of two related attack, in Silwalia village, Gaya, Bihar, India, over 50 suspected Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-M) raided the Siwalia and Bela villages and abducted three suspected police informers, identified as Shohail Ansari, Nehal Ansari, and Nagvir Yadav. It is unclear how many hostages were taken from each village. The militants also beat up an undetermined number of villagers during the attack when they resisted. One of the villagers identified only as Ansari was later released and the status of the other two hostages is unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2011: On Friday night, in the Yenisehir District, Diyarbakir Province, Turkey, Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) supporters vandalized a dormitory at the Imam-Hatip High School. The individuals first shattered the windows with stones, and then attempted to enter the building, but were forced back by guards. The individuals hung flags of the Kurdistan Communities Union on the dormitory, just before throwing Molotov cocktails inside. One staff member at the dormitory was slightly injured in the attack. No other casualties were reported.
06/03/2011: On Friday night, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a suicide bomber blew himself up in Tikrit’s Teaching Hospital, killing four people, including two policemen, wounding three others, and causing an unknown amount of property damage to the hospital. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in an unspecified location in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, Taliban militants opened fire on a taxi cab that was carrying more than 10 civilians when the vehicle refused to stop for them. Two passengers were injured when the militants fired on it with two AK-47 rifles. After taking fire, the driver stopped the vehicle and instructed the passengers to lie to the Taliban about their point of origin. “If the Taliban knew we were coming from Kajran, we would either be killed or captured,” said the taxi driver. “I explained this to everyone as the Taliban approached the vehicle, and told them to claim we were from a pro-Taliban village to ensure everyone’s safety.” After the militants allowed the vehicle to continue, one of the injured passengers approached US Special Operations Forces and told them the details of the attack. No group claimed responsibility.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in Baghdad city, Baghdad province, Iraq, a sticky bomb was detonated in an attempted assassination of a pro-government Sahwa Council commander. The blast wounded the commander, along with his companion, and caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia, two people were injured when unidentified militants detonated a roadside improvised explosive device targeting Ahmed Muse Abdurrahman, Puntland’s Head of Operations in Mudug, while he was driving his personal car. Ahmed Muse Abdurrahman was not injured in the attack, but an unknown amount of damage occurred. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in Sanaa, San'a, Yemen, suspected Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) assailants fired multiple rockets at the Presidential Palace. Seven government employees were killed, and President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded. The attack caused an unknown amount of property damage. No group claimed responsibility, although AQAP was suspected.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in Siagard, Parvan, Afghanistan, unidentified militants kidnapped a leading politician, identified as Jawad Zuhaak, and his bodyguard, and took them away to an unknown location. On 06/07/2011, police found the beheaded body of Zuhaak. The status of the bodyguard is unknown. No group claimed responsibility, but it was suspected that Taliban militants were responsible.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in the Elbrusskiy District of Kabardino Balkariya, Russia, unidentified militants attacked a police post with automatic rifles. DPS and OMON policemen were manning the post, which had been set as part of the KTO (counter-terrorism operations) regime imposed in the district in March. Both 7.62 and 5.45 millimeter shells were found at the scene. There were no casualties and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
06/03/2011: On Friday, in Tikrit, Salah ad Din, Iraq, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the compound's al-Farouq Mosque, killing 19 persons and wounding 72 others, most of them members of the security forces, judges and two of the province’s council members. The judge was identified as Talib Al Azzawi. The blast caused an unknown amount of property damage to the mosque. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
06/03/2012: A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Tarin Kot city, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Two people were killed and two more injured in the explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in the vicinity of a church in Yelwa area, Bauchi city, Bauchi state, Nigeria. The bomber had attempted to drive the car into the church but had been stopped by a checkpoint, causing him to drive the car into the security gate instead. At least 16 people were killed and an unknown number injured. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: An explosive device detonated in Saladin governorate, Iraq. Two assailants who were planting the device were killed in the premature blast. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: An explosive device detonated in the Shali area of Khas Oruzgan district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. The blast hit a civilian vehicle, killing one person and injuring two more. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: An explosive device detonated near a church in Cedeno area, Yarumal city, Antioquia department, Colombia. Three people were injured in the blast. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the attack to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
06/03/2012: Assailants abducted a police officer from a checkpoint in Payan village, Faqir Payan Kalay, Helmand province, Afghanistan. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers successfully rescued the police officer later the same day. One British soldier was killed in the rescue operation, and a second soldier was injured. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the attack to the Taliban.
06/03/2012: Assailants attacked a bus carrying Muslim civilians near Taungbokke town, Rakhine state, Myanmar. That assailants also stopped a passing car, killing one person in the car and eight people on the bus. Before killing the victims, the attackers accused them of being responsible for the death of a Buddhist woman the previous week. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: Assailants attacked North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Nahri Saraj town, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Gregg Thomas Stone, a British soldier, was killed in the assault. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: Assailants attacked the police station in El Adde town, Gedo region, Somalia. The assailants opened fire on the station, causing the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces posted there to return fire. There were no reported casualties in the incident. The attackers also shot at and set fire to the town's water pump, destroying the only viable water source. No group claimed responsibility, but locals attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab, believing that the incident was prompted by the presence of Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) in the town.
06/03/2012: Assailants kidnapped a revolutionary brigade commander, Abu-Ajilah Habshi, on Airport Road, Tripoli city, Tripoli district, Libya. The whereabouts of Habshi are unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
06/03/2012: Assailants kidnapped two villagers from Munger district, Bihar state, India. The victims were suspected of being police informers and were killed following the abduction. No group claimed responsibility, but officials attributed the incident to Maoists.
06/03/2012: Assailants on two motorcycles opened fire on a shop on Sirki Road in Satellite Town neighborhood, Quetta city, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Five people were killed in the attack, including four members of the Shia Hazara community. As the assailants were fleeing, they also shot at a police patrol, killing one police officer and injuring another. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.