List of mass car bombings
This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses etc.) that resulted in at least two deaths.
Mass car bombings (by date)
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2020s
2010s
Year |
Date |
Country |
City |
Deaths |
Type |
More Info
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2019
|
January 17
|
Colombia
|
Bogotá
|
21
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
January 21
|
Afghanistan
|
Maidan Shar
|
126
|
car bomb
|
|
|
February 14
|
India
|
Pulwama
|
40+
|
car bomb
|
|
2018
|
January 27
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
103+
|
bomb in ambulance
|
|
2017
|
October 14
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
587
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
May 31
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
90+
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 15
|
Syria
|
Aleppo
|
126+
|
car bomb
|
|
|
November 24
|
Iraq
|
Hillah
|
125
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
July 3
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
323+
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
July 3
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
5
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 17
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 17
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
6
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 17
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
8
|
car bomb
|
|
2016
|
January 11
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
12
|
car bomb
|
|
|
October 3
|
Syria
|
Aleppo
|
40
|
three suicide car bombs
|
|
|
September 9
|
Syria
|
Aleppo
|
30
|
car bomb
|
[6]
|
|
July 31
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
21
|
two car bombs
|
[7]
|
|
July 23
|
Iraq
|
13 cities
|
116
|
suicide bombs, car bombs, shootings
|
|
|
June 13
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad, 6 other cities
|
93
|
suicide car bombs, shootings
|
|
|
May 19
|
Syria
|
Deir ez-Zor
|
9
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 10
|
Syria
|
Damascus
|
55
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
April 30
|
Syria
|
Idlib
|
20
|
car bombs
|
|
|
April 8
|
Nigeria
|
Kaduna
|
38
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
March 31
|
Thailand
|
Yala Hat Yai
|
16
|
car and trucks bombs
|
|
|
March 20
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad, 9 other cities
|
52
|
car bombs, suicide car bombs, shootings
|
|
|
March 17
|
Syria
|
Damascus
|
27
|
two car bombs
|
|
|
February 23
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad, 14 other cities
|
83
|
suicide car bombs, shootings
|
|
|
February 10
|
Syria
|
Aleppo
|
28
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
January 27
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
32
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
January 10
|
Pakistan
|
Jamrud
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
2012
|
January 5
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad Nasiriyah
|
73
|
suicide car/motorcycle bombs, shootings
|
|
|
December 23
|
Syria
|
Damascus
|
44
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
December 22
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
60–72
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
September 25
|
Iraq
|
Karbala
|
25
|
car bomb, suicide bombings
|
|
|
October 7–13
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
64
|
car bombs, suicide bombs, IEDs, shootings
|
|
|
August 16
|
Nigeria
|
Abuja
|
21
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
June 25
|
Afghanistan
|
Logar Province
|
20–35
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
June 16
|
Nigeria
|
Abuja
|
2–6
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
May 26
|
China
|
Fuzhou, Jiangxi
|
3
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
May 13
|
Pakistan
|
Charsadda District
|
98
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
May 5
|
Iraq
|
Al Hillah
|
24
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
March 9
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar
|
40
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
March 8
|
Pakistan
|
Faisalabad
|
25
|
car bomb
|
|
|
January 27
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
48
|
car bomb
|
|
|
January 24
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad Karbala
|
27
|
July 22
|
|
2011
|
January 18–20
|
Iraq
|
Baqubah, Karbala, Tikrit
|
137
|
car bombs, suicide car bombs, shooting
|
|
|
December 6
|
Pakistan
|
Ghalanai
|
50
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
November 11
|
Pakistan
|
Karachi
|
18
|
suicide car bombs, grenades, shootings
|
|
|
November 2
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
57–62
|
car bombs, roadside bombs
|
|
|
October 1
|
Nigeria
|
Abuja
|
12
|
two car bombs
|
|
|
September 19
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
31
|
car bombs, remote bomb
|
|
|
August 17
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
69
|
truck bomb, suicide bomb
|
|
|
July 22
|
Norway
|
Oslo
|
8
|
van bomb
|
|
|
June 20
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
26
|
two suicide car bombs
|
|
|
May 10
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad, 8 other cities.
|
100
|
suicide car bombs, shootings
|
|
|
April 23–24
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
85
|
car bombs
|
|
|
April 5
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar
|
50
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
April 4
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
42
|
car bombs
|
|
|
March 18
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
18
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
March 12
|
Pakistan
|
Lahore
|
72
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
March 3
|
Iraq
|
Baqubah
|
33
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
February 10
|
Pakistan
|
Khyber Agency
|
19
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
January 25
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
41
|
three suicide car bombs
|
|
2010
|
January 1
|
Pakistan
|
Shah Hasan Khel
|
105
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
2000s
Year |
Date |
Country |
City |
Deaths |
Type |
More info
|
|
December 18
|
Pakistan
|
Timergara
|
12
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
December 15
|
Pakistan
|
Dera Ghazi Khan
|
33
|
car bomb
|
|
|
December 8
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
127
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
November 19
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar
|
10
|
car bomb
|
|
|
November 2
|
Pakistan
|
Rawalpindi
|
35
|
motorcycle bomb
|
|
|
October 28
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
|
92
|
car bomb
|
|
|
October 25
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
155
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
October 12
|
Pakistan
|
Shangla District, Swat Valley
|
41
|
suicide car bomb against military vehicle
|
|
|
October 11
|
Iraq
|
Ramadi, Al Anbar Governorate
|
26
|
coordinated car bombs (3), including one suicide car bomb
|
|
|
October 9
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
|
48
|
car bomb
|
|
|
October 8
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
17
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
September 17
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
21
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
August 25
|
Afghanistan
|
Kandahar
|
43
|
car bomb
|
|
|
August 15
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
7
|
suicide car bomb, attempted assassination
|
|
|
August 19
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
101
|
car and truck bombs
|
|
|
July 4–5, 7
|
Philippines
|
Mindanao
|
8
|
bombs, car bomb
|
|
|
June 30
|
Iraq
|
Kirkuk
|
40
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
June 24
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
65
|
motorcycle bomb
|
|
|
June 20
|
Iraq
|
Taza
|
80
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
June 18
|
Somalia
|
Beledweyne
|
35
|
car bomb
|
|
June 10
|
Iraq
|
Al Batha
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 9
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar
|
17
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 27
|
Pakistan
|
Lahore
|
30
|
car bomb, shooting
|
|
|
May 20
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
38
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 29
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
52
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
April 6
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
37
|
car bombs (6)
|
|
|
Feb. 22
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
11
|
car bomb
|
|
2009
|
Jan. 24
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu
|
15
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 28
|
Pakistan
|
Buner District
|
36
|
car bomb
|
[8]
|
|
Dec. 5
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar
|
29
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 6
|
Pakistan
|
Bajaur Agency
|
22
|
car bomb
|
[9]
|
|
Oct. 29
|
Somalia
|
Bosaso and Hargeisa
|
30
|
car bombs (5)
|
|
|
Oct. 10
|
Pakistan
|
Orakzai Agency
|
110
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 29
|
Lebanon
|
Tripoli
|
7
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 28
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
32
|
bombs, car bombs
|
|
|
September 27
|
Syria
|
Damascus
|
17
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 20
|
Pakistan
|
Islamabad
|
60
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
September 12
|
Iraq
|
Dujail
|
32
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 6
|
Pakistan
|
20 km from Peshawar
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 23
|
Pakistan
|
Swat
|
20
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 19
|
Algeria
|
Issers
|
44
|
car bomb
|
|
|
July 7
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
58
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 17
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
65
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 2
|
Pakistan
|
Islamabad
|
6–8
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 2
|
Yemen
|
Sa'dah
|
15
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 15
|
Iraq
|
Baquba
|
53
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Feb. 18
|
Afghanistan
|
Spin Boldak
|
38
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
Feb. 16
|
Pakistan
|
Parachinar
|
47
|
car bomb
|
The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured
|
2008
|
Feb. 10
|
Iraq
|
Balad
|
33
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 13
|
Iraq
|
Amarah
|
46
|
3 car bombs
|
|
|
Dec. 12
|
Iraq
|
Amarah
|
46
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
Dec. 11
|
Algeria
|
Algiers
|
31
|
suicide car bombs (2)
|
|
|
Dec. 9
|
Pakistan
|
Matta, Swat District,
|
10
|
car bomb
|
[10]
|
|
Nov. 24
|
Pakistan
|
Rawalpindi
|
35
|
car bombs (2)
|
.[11]
|
|
September 8
|
Algeria
|
Dellys
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 14
|
Iraq
|
Yazidi compounds in Kahtaniya
|
796
|
truck bombs (4)
|
|
|
Aug. 1
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
74
|
truck bomb, car bombs (2)
|
|
|
July 26
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
92
|
car bomb
|
|
|
July 25
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
50
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
July 19
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
87
|
car bomb
|
|
|
July 19
|
Pakistan
|
Hub
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
|
July 16
|
Iraq
|
Kirkuk
|
86
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
July 15
|
Pakistan
|
Matta, Swat District,
|
17
|
car bomb (2)
|
11 policeofficers among the dead. 47 wounded.[12]
|
|
July 14
|
Pakistan
|
Miranshah
|
23
|
car bomb
|
At least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured [13]
|
|
July 7
|
Iraq
|
Armili
|
156
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
June 19
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
75
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 17
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
35
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 13
|
Iraq
|
Makhmour
|
50
|
suicide truck bomb
|
|
|
May 6
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
35
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 28
|
Iraq
|
Karbala
|
68
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 18
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
198
|
car bombs (4)
|
|
|
April 14
|
Iraq
|
Karbala
|
65
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 11
|
Algeria
|
Algiers
|
33
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
March 29
|
Iraq
|
Khalis
|
47
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
March 27
|
Iraq
|
Tal Afar
|
152
|
truck bombs (2)
|
|
|
Feb. 18
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
62
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
Feb. 14
|
Iran
|
Zahedan
|
18
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Feb. 12
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
79
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
Feb. 3
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
135
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Jan. 22
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
88
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
2007
|
Jan. 16
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
70
|
suicide car bombs, school bombings
|
|
|
December 30
|
Spain
|
Madrid
|
2
|
van bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 12
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
71
|
minibus bomb, car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 2
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
51
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
Nov. 23
|
Iraq
|
Sadr City
|
215
|
car bombs (6)
|
|
|
Oct. 16
|
Sri Lanka
|
Digampathana
|
100
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 3
|
Afghanistan
|
Panjwayi
|
21
|
car bomb
|
|
|
July 1
|
Iraq
|
Sadr City
|
66
|
car bomb
|
|
2006
|
March 12
|
Iraq
|
Sadr City
|
58
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
Nov. 19
|
Iraq
|
Abu Sayda
|
50
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 18
|
Iraq
|
Khanaqin
|
74
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
September 29
|
Iraq
|
Balad
|
102
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
September 14
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
114
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 17
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
43
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
July 23
|
Egypt
|
Sharm el-Sheikh
|
88
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
July 16
|
Iraq
|
Mussayib
|
98
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Feb. 28
|
Iraq
|
Hilla
|
125
|
car bomb
|
|
2005
|
Feb. 14
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
22
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 19
|
Iraq
|
Karbala and Najaf
|
67
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
Oct. 7
|
Egypt
|
Hilton Taba, Taba
|
31
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 7
|
Pakistan
|
Multan
|
40
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 30
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
41
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
|
September 14
|
Iraq
|
Police station, Baghdad
|
47
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 9
|
Indonesia
|
Australian Embassy, Jakarta
|
9
|
van bomb
|
|
|
July 28
|
Iraq
|
Police station, Baquba
|
68
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
June 24
|
Iraq
|
Police stations, Mosul
|
62
|
car bombs (5)
|
|
|
June 18
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
35
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
June 17
|
Iraq
|
Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad
|
35
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 15
|
Iraq
|
Mosul
|
62
|
car bombs
|
|
|
May 13
|
Iraq
|
Karbala, Najaf
|
67
|
suicide car bombs
|
|
|
April 21
|
Iraq
|
Police stations, Basra
|
74
|
car bombs (4)
|
|
|
Feb. 11
|
Iraq
|
Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad
|
47
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Feb. 10
|
Iraq
|
Police Station, Iskandariya
|
53
|
truck bomb
|
|
2004
|
Jan. 18
|
Iraq
|
Coalition Headquarters, Baghdad
|
31
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 27
|
Iraq
|
Coalition targets, Karbala
|
19
|
car bombs (4)
|
|
|
Dec. 25
|
Pakistan
|
Rawalpindi
|
14
|
truck bombs
|
Targeted Pervez Musharraf
|
|
Nov. 20
|
Turkey
|
British targets, Istanbul
|
32
|
truck bombs
|
|
|
Nov. 15
|
Turkey
|
Two synagogues, Istanbul
|
31
|
truck bombs
|
|
|
Nov. 12
|
Iraq
|
Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah
|
33
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 8
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Riyadh
|
18
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 27
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
35
|
car bombs (4)
|
|
|
Aug. 29
|
Iraq
|
Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf
|
85
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 25
|
India
|
Mumbai
|
52
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
Aug. 19
|
Iraq
|
United Nations Iraqi Headquarters, Baghdad
|
22
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 7
|
Iraq
|
Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad
|
19
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 5
|
Indonesia
|
Jakarta
|
12
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 1
|
Russia
|
Mozdok, North Ossetia–Alania
|
50
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
May 12
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Riyadh
|
35
|
car bombs (4)
|
|
|
May 12
|
Russia
|
Znamenskoye, Chechnya
|
59
|
truck bomb
|
|
2003
|
Feb. 7
|
Colombia
|
Bogotá
|
36
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 27
|
Russia
|
Government buildings, Grozny, Chechnya
|
72
|
truck bombs
|
|
|
Nov. 28
|
Kenya
|
Hotel in Mombasa
|
13
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 21
|
Israel
|
Bus near Hadera
|
14
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 12
|
Indonesia
|
Bali
|
202
|
car bomb
|
|
|
September 5
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
30
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 14
|
Pakistan
|
US consulate, Karachi
|
12
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
June 5
|
Israel
|
Megiddo Junction
|
17
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 8
|
Pakistan
|
Karachi
|
14
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 11
|
Tunisia
|
Synagogue, Djerba
|
21
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
April 7
|
Colombia
|
Villavicencio
|
12
|
car bomb
|
|
2002
|
March 21
|
Peru
|
U.S. Embassy, Lima
|
9
|
car bomb
|
|
|
December 1
|
Israel
|
Jerusalem
|
11
|
suicide car bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 1
|
India
|
Assembly Building, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
|
38
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 19
|
Russia
|
Gudermes, Chechnya
|
12
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
2001
|
March 24
|
Russia
|
Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai
|
19
|
car bomb
|
|
August 1
|
Indonesia
|
Central Jakarta
|
2
|
car bomb
|
|
2000
|
July 3
|
Russia
|
Grozny, Chechnya
|
25
|
truck bomb
|
|
1990s
Year |
Date |
Country |
City |
Deaths |
Type |
More Info
|
|
September 4
|
Russia
|
Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan
|
64
|
car bomb
|
|
1999
|
February 16
|
Uzbekistan
|
Tashkent
|
16
|
6 car bombs
|
|
|
September 5
|
Russia
|
Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan
|
17
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 15
|
United Kingdom
|
Omagh, Northern Ireland
|
29
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 7
|
Kenya Tanzania
|
Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
|
224
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
March 5
|
Sri Lanka
|
Street, Colombo
|
36
|
mini-bus bomb
|
|
1998
|
February 14
|
India
|
Coimbatore
|
46
|
car bombs
|
|
|
Nov. 19
|
India
|
Hyderabad
|
23
|
car bomb
|
|
1997
|
Oct. 15
|
Sri Lanka
|
World Trade Center, Colombo
|
18
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
December 25
|
India
|
Arai Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland
|
5
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 25
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Khobar Towers, Khobar (near Dhahran)
|
20
|
fuel truck bomb
|
|
|
February 9
|
United Kingdom
|
Docklands, London
|
2
|
truck bomb
|
|
1996
|
Jan. 31
|
Sri Lanka
|
Central Bank, Colombo
|
90
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 21
|
Pakistan
|
Peshawar
|
45
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 19
|
Pakistan
|
Egyptian embassy in Islamabad
|
15
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 13
|
Saudi Arabia
|
U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh
|
7
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Feb. 27
|
Iraq
|
Zakho
|
76
|
car bomb
|
[14]
|
1995
|
Jan. 30
|
Algeria
|
Algiers
|
42
|
car bomb
|
[15]
|
|
April 19
|
United States
|
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City
|
168
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
July 18
|
Argentina
|
Jewish center, Buenos Aires
|
85
|
car bomb
|
|
1994
|
April 6
|
Israel
|
Afula
|
8
|
car bomb
|
|
|
June 21
|
Spain
|
Madrid
|
7
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 24
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
May 27
|
Italy
|
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
|
6
|
car bomb
|
|
|
March 12
|
India
|
Mumbai
|
257
|
car bombs
|
|
|
Feb. 26
|
United States
|
World Trade Center, New York City
|
6
|
truck bomb
|
|
1993
|
Jan. 30
|
Colombia
|
Bogotá
|
20
|
car bomb
|
[16]
|
|
July 16
|
Peru
|
Lima
|
24
|
car bombs (2)
|
|
|
April 10
|
United Kingdom
|
Baltic Exchange, London
|
3
|
truck bomb
|
|
1992
|
March 17
|
Argentina
|
Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires
|
29
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 29
|
Spain
|
Vic
|
9
|
car bomb
|
|
1991
|
March 2
|
Sri Lanka
|
Colombo
|
19
|
remote control car bomb
|
|
1990
|
May 12
|
Colombia
|
Bogotá and Cali
|
26
|
car bombs (2)
|
[17]
|
1980s
Year |
Date |
Country |
City |
Deaths |
Type |
More info
|
|
Dec. 6
|
Colombia
|
Bogotá
|
52
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 22
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
24
|
car bomb
|
|
1989
|
April 14
|
Sri Lanka
|
Trincomalee
|
38
|
car bomb
|
|
|
July 8
|
Afghanistan
|
Jalalabad
|
31
|
truck bomb
|
[18]
|
|
April 23
|
Lebanon
|
Tripoli
|
60
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
April 14
|
Italy
|
USO Club, Naples
|
5
|
car bomb
|
[19]
|
1988
|
Feb. 17
|
South Africa
|
Oshakati, South-West Africa
|
27
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 11
|
Spain
|
Zaragoza
|
11
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 8
|
Afghanistan
|
Kabul
|
27
|
car bomb
|
[20]
|
|
July 14
|
Pakistan
|
Karachi
|
72
|
car bombs (2)
|
[21]
|
|
July 5
|
Sri Lanka
|
Army camp, Jaffna
|
40
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
June 19
|
Spain
|
Barcelona
|
21
|
car bomb
|
|
1987
|
April 21
|
Sri Lanka
|
Colombo
|
106
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 19
|
Iran
|
Tehran
|
20
|
car bomb
|
[22]
|
|
July 14
|
Spain
|
Madrid
|
12
|
car bomb
|
|
|
March 27
|
Australia
|
Victoria Police HQ, Melbourne
|
1
|
car bomb
|
|
1986
|
March 17
|
Syria
|
Military compound, Damascus
|
60
|
truck bomb
|
[23]
|
|
Aug. 17
|
Lebanon
|
Market, Beirut
|
55
|
car bomb
|
|
|
May 22
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
50
|
car bomb
|
|
1985
|
March 8
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
80
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Aug. 8
|
West Germany
|
Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Red Army Faction
|
1984
|
September 20
|
Lebanon
|
U.S. embassy in Beirut
|
23
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 21
|
Lebanon
|
French Army building, Beirut
|
15
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 17
|
England
|
London
|
6
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Dec. 12
|
Kuwait
|
U.S. and French embassies, Kuwait City
|
6
|
truck bombs
|
|
|
Nov. 4
|
Lebanon
|
Israeli Army HQ, Tyre
|
60
|
truck bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 23
|
Lebanon
|
United States Marines and French Paratroop barracks, Beirut
|
305
|
truck bombs
|
|
|
May 20
|
South Africa
|
Church Street, Pretoria
|
20
|
car bomb
|
|
|
April 18
|
Lebanon
|
U.S. Embassy, Beirut
|
63
|
car bomb
|
|
1983
|
Jan. 28
|
Lebanon
|
Palestine Liberation Organisation building, Beirut
|
45
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Nov. 11
|
Lebanon
|
Israeli military HQ, Tyre
|
102
|
car bomb
|
|
|
Oct. 1
|
Iran
|
Central Square, Tehran
|
60
|
truck bomb
|
[24]
|
|
Aug. 1
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
20
|
car bomb
|
[25]
|
|
July 20
|
United Kingdom
|
Hyde Park parade, London
|
4
|
car bomb
|
|
1982
|
May 24
|
Lebanon
|
French embassy, Beirut
|
14
|
car bomb
|
[26]
|
|
Dec. 15
|
Lebanon
|
Iraqi embassy, Beirut
|
61
|
car bomb
|
[27]
|
|
Nov. 29
|
Syria
|
Damascus
|
64
|
car bomb
|
[28]
|
1981
|
Oct. 1
|
Lebanon
|
Palestine Liberation Organisation office, Beirut
|
83
|
car bomb
|
Mossad[29]
|
1970s
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Country |
Place |
Deaths |
Type |
Perpetrator, actual or suspected |
Source/Article
|
1979-01-22
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut, Lebanon
|
8
|
car bomb
|
Mossad
|
Ali Hassan Salameh
|
1978-02-08
|
United Kingdom
|
Maghera, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
[30]
|
1977-04-20
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[31]
|
1976-08-21
|
United States
|
Washington, D.C.
|
2
|
car bomb
|
DINA
|
Washington D.C. bombing
|
1976-08-16
|
United Kingdom
|
Keady, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[32][33]
|
1976-03-17
|
United Kingdom
|
Dungannon, Northern Ireland
|
4
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[32]
|
1975-12-19
|
Ireland
|
Dundalk
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[31]
|
1974-05-17
|
Ireland
|
Dublin Monaghan
|
33
|
car bombs (4)
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
Dublin and Monaghan bombings
|
1974-01-11
|
United Kingdom
|
Derry, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Official IRA
|
[34]
|
1973-06-12
|
United Kingdom
|
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
|
6
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
1973 Coleraine bombings[35]
|
1973-05-17
|
United Kingdom
|
Omagh, Northern Ireland
|
5
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
[35]
|
1973-01-14
|
United Kingdom
|
Derry, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
[35]
|
1972-12-28
|
Ireland
|
Belturbet
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[34][36]
|
1972-12-01
|
Ireland
|
Dublin
|
2
|
car bombs (2)
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[34]
|
1972-10-31
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Defence Association
|
Benny's Bar bombing
|
1972-09-30
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[34]
|
1972-09-14
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
3
|
car bomb
|
Ulster Volunteer Force
|
[34]
|
1972-08-26
|
United Kingdom
|
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
[34]
|
1972-07-31
|
United Kingdom
|
Claudy, Northern Ireland
|
9
|
car bombs (3)
|
|
Claudy bombing
|
1972-07-21
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
9
|
car bombs (22)
|
Provisional IRA
|
Bloody Friday (1972)
|
1972-05-24
|
West Germany
|
United States Army base, Heidelberg
|
3
|
car bomb
|
Red Army Faction
|
List of attacks attributed to the RAF
|
1972-05-11
|
West Germany
|
United States Army base, Frankfurt
|
1
|
car bomb
|
Red Army Faction
|
List of attacks attributed to the RAF
|
1972-03-20
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
7
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
1972 Donegall Street bombing
|
1972-03-15
|
United Kingdom
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
2
|
car bomb
|
Provisional IRA
|
[34]
|
1972-02-22
|
United Kingdom
|
British Army base, Aldershot, England
|
7
|
car bomb
|
Official IRA
|
Aldershot bombing (1972)
|
1970-08-24
|
United States
|
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
|
1
|
truck bomb
|
Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine, Leo Burt
|
Sterling Hall bombing
|
1900–1969
List of Irgun operations 1937-48, British Mandate for Palestine[39]
See also
Notes
- ^ "Car Bomb Kills 9 in Afghan Capital | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ "Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ "Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia - police". Reuters. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "Dozens killed and injured by truck bomb explosion in Somalian city". The Guardian. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "A car bombing at a Somali military facility kills 6 people, including 4 soldiers, police say". AP News. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "(The Daily Star)". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Iraq car bombings kill 19 in central Baghdad". BBC News. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Abdur Rahman Abid. "Suicide blast rocks Buner on polling day; 36 killed" Dawn, 29 December 2008
- ^ "Bomber strikes Salarzai jirga in Bajaur, kills 22" Daily Times, 7 November 2008
- ^ 10 killed in Swat suicide attack Daily Times, December 10, 2007
- ^ 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi Daily Times, November 25, 2007
- ^ At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
- ^ Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops Daily Times, July 15, 2007
- ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Chronology for Kurds in Iraq". Refworld. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Ibrahim, Youssef M. (6 February 1995). "Islamic Rebels Admit Setting Off Bomb In Algerian Capital". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Escobar's hand seen in Bogotá bomb atrocity". The Independent. February 1993. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ The Washington Post, May 13, 1990, Douglas Farah
- ^ "31 Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack". The Washington Post, July 9, 1988.
- ^ Suro, Roberto (16 April 1988). "A Japanese With Lebanese Links Blamed in Naples U.S.O. Bombing". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Bomb Kills 27 in Afghan City; Government Blames Moslem Guerrillas for Blast in Kabul". The Washington Post, October 10, 1987.
- ^ "Bombs Kill 72 and Wound 250 in Pakistani City". The New York Times. 15 July 1987. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Car Bomb Blast in Central Tehran Square Kills 20". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1986.
- ^ "Damascus Bomb May Have Killed 60". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "At Least 60 Killed, 700 Hurt As Bomb Explodes In Tehran". The Associated Press, October 3, 1982.
- ^ "Baghdad Bomb Toll". The Washington Post, August 5, 1982.
- ^ "Bomb Kills 14 at Beirut Embassy". Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1982.
- ^ "Terrorist Organization Profiles - START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Bergman, Ronen (2018) Rise and Kill First. The secret history of Israel’s targeted assassinations. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6971-2. pp. 242-243
- ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Sutton Index of Deaths 1977". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Sutton Index of Deaths 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 672
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sutton Index of Deaths 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ a b c "Sutton Index of Deaths 1973". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 311
- ^ "This Day in History". History.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Karawan, Ibrahim A., et al. Values and Violence, p. 129.
- ^ List of Irgun attacks
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