List of terrorist incidents, 2002
Encyclopedia
This is a timeline of incidents in 2002 that have been labelled as "terrorism
" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government
or its forces (see state terrorism
and state-sponsored terrorism
).
Singapore: Singapore embassies attack plot
foiled. Pakistan, January: Kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl
by Pakistani terrorists. India, January 22: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on guards at the American Center in Kolkata
, killing five people. Colombia, January 25: A bomb kills a child and four police officers and injures 28 people in Bogotá
. Rebel group FARC is blamed. Israel, January 25: 25 people were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a cafe on a pedestrian mall near Tel Aviv
's old central bus station. Israel, January 27: A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up in Jerusalem, killing 2 and injuring 140. The female terrorist, identified as a Fatah
member, was armed with more than 10 kilos of explosives. Israel, January 30: A Palestinian suicide bomber wounds two members of Shin Bet security service near Taibeh. Colombia, January 30: A car bomb
kills five and injures 40 in the city of Florencia
in the department of Caquetá
. No group claims responsibility. Israel, February 16: Two teenagers were killed and about 30 people were wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in the shopping mall in Karnei Shomron
. A third person subsequently died of his injuries. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, February 18: An Israeli Bedouin policeman was killed by a suicide bomber whom he had stopped for questioning on the Ma'ale Adumim–Jerusalem road. The terrorist succeeded in detonating the bomb in his car. The Fatah
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, February 27: A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up at a roadblock on the Jerusalem–Modi'in highway, injuring three policemen. Israel, March 2: Eleven people were killed and over 50 were injured, 4 critically, in a suicide bombing near a yeshiva
in the center of Jerusalem where people had gathered for a barmitzvah celebration. The terrorist detonated the bomb next to a group of women waiting with their baby carriages for their husbands to leave the nearby synagogue. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 5: One person was killed and a large number injured, most lightly, when a suicide bomber exploded in an Egged bus as it entered the Afula
central bus station. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel Three people, including Druze police officer Salim Barakat of Yarka was killed in Tel-Aviv when a terrorist opened fire on two adjacent restaurants. Israel, March 7: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of a hotel in Ariel (city)
Ariel. 15 people were injured, one seriously. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 9: 11 people were killed and 54 injured, 10 of them seriously, when a suicide bomber exploded in the crowded Moment cafe in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 17: A suicide bomber exploded himself near an Egged bus at the French Hill
junction in northern Jerusalem. 25 people were lightly injured. Israel, March 20: Four soldiers and three others were killed, and about 30 wounded, several seriously, in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus near Afula
. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack. Peru, March 21: At least nine people were killed and 30 injured by a powerful car bomb
which went off near the United States embassy in Lima
. Israel, March 21: Three people were killed and 86 injured, 3 of them seriously, in a suicide bombing in the center of Jerusalem. The terrorist detonated the bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of a crowd of shoppers. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 27: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover
festivities in a hotel in Netanya
in the Passover massacre
. Israel, March 29: Two people were killed and 28 injured, two seriously, when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a supermarket in Jerusalem. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 30: One person was killed and about 30 people were injured in a suicide bombing in a cafe in Tel-Aviv. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 31: A Hamas
suicide bomber kills 15 and injures over 40 in Haifa
in the Matza restaurant massacre
. Israel, March 31: A paramedic and three others were very seriously injured in a suicide bombing at the emergency medical center in Efrat
, south of Jerusalem. Israel, April 1: A police officer was killed in Jerusalem when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in his car after being stopped at a roadblock. The Fatah
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, April 7: Two bombs explode in the restaurant district of Villavicencio
, killing twelve and injuring 70. FARC is the prime suspect for the attack. Israel, April 10: Eight people were killed and 22 injured in a suicide bombing on an Egged bus near Kibbutz
Yagur
, east of Haifa
. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. Tunisia, April 11: A natural gas
truck fitted with explosives is driven into a synagogue
by an al-Qaeda
member, killing 21 and wounding more than 30 in the Ghriba Synagogue Attack. Colombia, April 12: A rocket explodes near the studios of RCN TV
in Bogotá
. Israel, April 12: Six people were killed and 104 wounded when a woman suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, April 14: During an assassination attempt of then-presidential candidate Álvaro Uribe Vélez a bomb kills two and injures 20 in Barranquilla
. Rebel group FARC is blamed. Colombia, April 19: Two bombs, allegedly placed by FARC kill three and injure ten near Cartagena
. United States, May: Luke Helder
injures 6 by placing pipebombs in mailboxes in the Midwest. Motivation to protest government control over daily lives and the illegality of marijuana and promotion of astral projection
Colombia, May 2: FARC launches a mortar bomb against a church during combats with AUC
, killing at least 117 civilians, 48 of them children in what is known as the Bojayá massacre
. Delayed response from the authorities make it impossible to establish a final count, as most of the dead were buried before they could be accounted for. Israel, May 7: 16 people were killed and 55 wounded in a suicide bombing in a crowded game club in Rishon Lezion, southeast of Tel-Aviv, which caused part of the building to collapse. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan, May 8: May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi kills eleven Frenchmen and two Pakistanis. Israel, May 8: A suicide bomber strikes at a snooker club in Rishon Letzion south of Tel Aviv, killing 16 Israelis and wounding 60. Russia, May 9: A bomb explosion in Kaspiisk in Dagestan
kills at least 42 people and injures 130 or more during Victory Day
festivities. India, May 13: Twelve people are killed in the Jaunpur train crash
, caused when Islamic extremists cut the rails. Israel, May 19: Three people were killed and 59 injured, 10 seriously, when a suicide bomber, disguised as a soldier, blew himself up in the market in Netanya
. Both Hamas
and the PFLP took responsibility for the attack. Israel, May 20: A suicide bomber, apparently bound for Afula
, killed himself after policemen approached him for questioning at a bus stop. There were no other injuries. Israel, May 22: Two people were killed and about 40 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated himself in downtown Rishon Lezion. Israel, May 23: In the 2002 Pi Glilot bombing, disaster was averted when sprinklers put out a fire after a diesel truck was detonated in a gas depot. The bombing could have caused a chain reaction, killing thousands of people. Israel, May 24: A security guard opened fire on a terrorist attempting to ram a car bomb
into a disco in Tel Aviv
. The terrorist was killed and five Israelis slightly injured when the bomb exploded prematurely. Israel, May 27: A grandmother and her infant granddaughter were killed and 37 people were injured, some seriously, when a suicide bomber detonated himself near an ice cream parlor in Petah Tikva
. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, June 5: 17 people were killed and 38 injured when a car packed with explosives struck an Egged bus at the Megiddo Junction
near Afula
. The bus, which burst into flames, was completely destroyed. The terrorist was killed in the blast. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, June 11: A 14-year-old girl was killed and 15 others were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a pipe bomb
at a restaurant in Herzliya
. Pakistan, June 14: Car bomb at US Consulate in Karachi kills twelve. Israel, June 18: A Hamas
suicide bomber detonates himself on a bus in Jerusalem in the Patt junction massacre
. The attack kills 19 people and wounds over 74. Israel, June 19: Seven people were killed and 50 injured, three critically, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the French Hill
bus stop in northern Jerusalem. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Saudi Arabia, June 20: Car bomb in Riyadh kills Simon Veness, a British national. Colombia, June 24: A grenade, allegedly thrown by FARC members, injures six police officers in Bogotá
. United States, July 4: An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport
, killing two Israelis before being killed himself. Israel, July 16: Nine people were killed and 20 injured in a terrorist attack on a bus traveling from Bnei Brak to Emmanuel. An explosive charge was detonated next to the bullet-resistant bus. The terrorists waited in ambush, reportedly wearing Israeli army uniforms, and opened fire on the bus. While four terror organizations claimed responsibility for the attack, it was apparently carried out by the same Hamas
cell which carried out the attack in Emmanuel on December 12, 2001. Israel, July 17: Five people were killed - two Israeli and three foreign workers - and about 40 were injured, four seriously, in a double suicide bombing on Neve Shaanan Street near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, July 28: A carbomb partially destroys government buildings in Cali
. FARC is blamed for the attack. No casualties. Israel, July 30: Five people suffered light to moderate injuries in a suicide bombing at a felafel stand in central Jerusalem. The bomber, who was killed, apparently exploded prematurely. Israel, July 31: Nine people were killed and 85 wounded, 14 of them seriously, when a bomb exploded in the Frank Sinatra student center cafeteria on the Hebrew University's Mt. Scopus campus. The explosive device was planted inside the cafeteria, which was gutted by the explosion. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, August 4: Nine people were killed and some 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus at the Meron
junction in the Galilee
. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, August 5: A bomb exploded in a car at the Umm al-Fahm
junction in northern Israel, killing the terrorist and wounding the driver, an Arab Israeli resident of Nazareth
. Colombia, August 7: Three round of mortars are fired against an Army base in Bogotá
, injuring six. FARC is blamed for the attack. Colombia, August 7: Four rounds of mortars are fired against the Presidential Palace in Bogotá
during the inauguration ceremony of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. 13 people, mostly homeless, die and 50 are wounded when some of the rounds hit slums in downtown Bogotá
. FARC is blamed. India, September 10: A train derailment kills 130 people in the Rafiganj rail disaster. Naxalite
terrorism is suspected. Israel, September 18: A policeman was killed and three people were wounded in a suicide bombing at a bus stop at the Umm al-Fahm
junction. The terrorist, who was apparently planning to detonate the bomb after boarding a bus, set the charge off early when approached for questioning. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, September 19: Six people were killed and about 70 wounded when a terrorist detonated a bomb in a bus opposite the Great Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. India, September 25: Two terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed
group raid
the Akshardham temple complex in Ahmedabad
, killing 30 people and injuring many more. United States, October: John Allen Muhammad
and Lee Boyd Malvo
conduct the Beltway Sniper Attacks
, killing ten people in various locations throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
from October 2 until they are arrested on October 24. Yemen, October 6: Limburg tanker bombing. Israel, October 10: One man was killed and about 30 people were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up while trying to board a bus across from Bar-Ilan University
on the Geha highway. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack. Indonesia, October 12: Bali bombing
of holidaymakers kills 202 people, mostly Western tourists and local Balinese hospitality staff. Philippines, October 17: Zamboanga bombings kill six and wounds about 150. Philippines, October 18: A bus bomb in Manila
kills three people and wounds 22. Russia, October 19: A car bomb explodes outside a McDonald's
Corp. restaurant in Moscow, killing one person and wounding five. Israel, October 21: 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded when a car bomb containing about 100 kilograms of explosives was detonated next to an intercity bus, while traveling along Wadi Ara
toward Hadera
. The bus had pulled over at a bus stop when the suicide bomber, driving a jeep, approached from behind and exploded. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, October 22: A bomb kills three and wounds at least eleven in Bogotá
. No claims are made for the attack. Russia, October 23: Moscow theater hostage crisis
begins; 120 hostages and 40 terrorists killed in rescue three days later. Colombia, November 19: Police deactivate a bomb left by ELN
members in front of newspaper La Opinión
in Cúcuta
. Israel, October 27: Three soldiers were killed and about 20 people were wounded in a suicide bombing in Ariel
. The victims were killed while trying to prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb. The terrorist was identified as a member of Hamas
. Israel, November 4: An Israeli security guard and a teenage boy, both recent immigrants from Argentina, were killed and about 70 were wounded in a suicide bombing at a shopping mall in Kfar Sava. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, November 21: Hamas orchestrates the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre
. Eleven people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated on a crowded bus in central Jerusalem. Kenya, November 28: Kenyan hotel bombing
. 15 people died, comprising 12 Kenyans and 3 Israeli tourists. At nearly the same time, a missile was fired at an Israeli jet taking off nearby but missed. Colombia, December 9: A car bomb
injures 50 in western Bogotá
. Authorities blame FARC. Colombia, December 13: A package bomb injures 32 on the 30th floor of the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Bogotá
. No groups claim responsibility. Colombia, December 17: A bomb blast kills one and injures 20 in Neiva. The bomb was placed outside the building of the National Telecommunications Company, Telecom Colombia
. Authorities suspect FARC is responsible for the attack. India, December 21: Kurnool train crash
, Islamic extremists derail a train and kill 20 people. Russia, December 27: The truck bombing of the Chechen parliament in Grozny
kills 83 people.
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
or its forces (see state terrorism
State terrorism
State terrorism may refer to acts of terrorism conducted by a state against a foreign state or people. It can also refer to acts of violence by a state against its own people.-Definition:...
and state-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism
State-sponsored terrorism is a term used to describe terrorism sponsored by nation-states. As with terrorism, the precise definition, and the identification of particular examples, are subjects of heated political dispute...
).
Singapore: Singapore embassies attack plot
Singapore embassies attack plot
The Singapore embassies attack plot was a plan in 2001 by Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb the diplomatic missions and attack personnel of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel based in Singapore. There were also several other targets. The plot was uncovered in December 2001 and as...
foiled. Pakistan, January: Kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda.At the time of his kidnapping, Pearl served as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and was based in Mumbai, India. He went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between...
by Pakistani terrorists. India, January 22: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on guards at the American Center in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, killing five people. Colombia, January 25: A bomb kills a child and four police officers and injures 28 people in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. Rebel group FARC is blamed. Israel, January 25: 25 people were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a cafe on a pedestrian mall near Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
's old central bus station. Israel, January 27: A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up in Jerusalem, killing 2 and injuring 140. The female terrorist, identified as a Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
member, was armed with more than 10 kilos of explosives. Israel, January 30: A Palestinian suicide bomber wounds two members of Shin Bet security service near Taibeh. Colombia, January 30: A car bomb
Car bomb
A car bomb, or truck bomb also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device , is an improvised explosive device placed in a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle,...
kills five and injures 40 in the city of Florencia
Florencia, Caquetá
Florencia is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history....
in the department of Caquetá
Department of Caquetá
Caquetá Department is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders with the departments of Cauca and Huila to the west, the department of Meta to the north, the department of Guaviare to the northeast, the department of Vaupés to the east, the departments of Amazonas...
. No group claims responsibility. Israel, February 16: Two teenagers were killed and about 30 people were wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in the shopping mall in Karnei Shomron
Karnei Shomron
Karnei Shomron is an Israeli settlement and local council established in 1977 in the northwestern West Bank, east of Kfar Sava. It is north-east of Tel Aviv and north of Jerusalem. In 2006, the population of Karnei Shomron was 6,300...
. A third person subsequently died of his injuries. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, February 18: An Israeli Bedouin policeman was killed by a suicide bomber whom he had stopped for questioning on the Ma'ale Adumim–Jerusalem road. The terrorist succeeded in detonating the bomb in his car. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, February 27: A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up at a roadblock on the Jerusalem–Modi'in highway, injuring three policemen. Israel, March 2: Eleven people were killed and over 50 were injured, 4 critically, in a suicide bombing near a yeshiva
Yeshiva
Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...
in the center of Jerusalem where people had gathered for a barmitzvah celebration. The terrorist detonated the bomb next to a group of women waiting with their baby carriages for their husbands to leave the nearby synagogue. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 5: One person was killed and a large number injured, most lightly, when a suicide bomber exploded in an Egged bus as it entered the Afula
Afula
Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...
central bus station. The Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel Three people, including Druze police officer Salim Barakat of Yarka was killed in Tel-Aviv when a terrorist opened fire on two adjacent restaurants. Israel, March 7: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of a hotel in Ariel (city)
Ariel. 15 people were injured, one seriously. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 9: 11 people were killed and 54 injured, 10 of them seriously, when a suicide bomber exploded in the crowded Moment cafe in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 17: A suicide bomber exploded himself near an Egged bus at the French Hill
French Hill
French Hill , also Giv'at Shapira is a neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem. It is located on territory occupied during the Six-Day War in 1967, later annexed to Israel under the Jerusalem Law in 1980...
junction in northern Jerusalem. 25 people were lightly injured. Israel, March 20: Four soldiers and three others were killed, and about 30 wounded, several seriously, in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus near Afula
Afula
Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...
. The Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Peru, March 21: At least nine people were killed and 30 injured by a powerful car bomb
Car bomb
A car bomb, or truck bomb also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device , is an improvised explosive device placed in a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle,...
which went off near the United States embassy in Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
. Israel, March 21: Three people were killed and 86 injured, 3 of them seriously, in a suicide bombing in the center of Jerusalem. The terrorist detonated the bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of a crowd of shoppers. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 27: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover
Passover
Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...
festivities in a hotel in Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
in the Passover massacre
Passover massacre
The Passover massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on March 27, 2002, during a Passover seder. Thirty civilians were killed in the attack and 140 were injured...
. Israel, March 29: Two people were killed and 28 injured, two seriously, when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a supermarket in Jerusalem. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 30: One person was killed and about 30 people were injured in a suicide bombing in a cafe in Tel-Aviv. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, March 31: A Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
suicide bomber kills 15 and injures over 40 in Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
in the Matza restaurant massacre
Matza restaurant massacre
The Matza restaurant suicide bombing occurred on March 31, 2002, when a Palestinian Hamas suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in Haifa, Israel, near the Grand Canyon shopping mall, killing 16 Israeli civilians and injuring over 40 people.-The attack:The attack occurred at...
. Israel, March 31: A paramedic and three others were very seriously injured in a suicide bombing at the emergency medical center in Efrat
Efrat
Efrat , or officially Efrata , is an Israeli settlement established in 1983 and a local council in the Judean Mountains of the West Bank. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this...
, south of Jerusalem. Israel, April 1: A police officer was killed in Jerusalem when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in his car after being stopped at a roadblock. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, April 7: Two bombs explode in the restaurant district of Villavicencio
Villavicencio
Villavicencio is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of the Department of Meta, with 361,058 inhabitants. The city is located at 4°08S, 73°40W, 75 km southeast of the Colombian capital city of Bogotá by the Guatiquía river...
, killing twelve and injuring 70. FARC is the prime suspect for the attack. Israel, April 10: Eight people were killed and 22 injured in a suicide bombing on an Egged bus near Kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Yagur
Yagur
Yagur is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Carmel about 9 km southeast of Haifa, it is one of the two largest kibbutzim in the country, with a population of 1,124 in 2008. It falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council....
, east of Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Tunisia, April 11: A natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
truck fitted with explosives is driven into a synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
by an al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
member, killing 21 and wounding more than 30 in the Ghriba Synagogue Attack. Colombia, April 12: A rocket explodes near the studios of RCN TV
RCN TV
RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. Israel, April 12: Six people were killed and 104 wounded when a woman suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, April 14: During an assassination attempt of then-presidential candidate Álvaro Uribe Vélez a bomb kills two and injures 20 in Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...
. Rebel group FARC is blamed. Colombia, April 19: Two bombs, allegedly placed by FARC kill three and injure ten near Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
. United States, May: Luke Helder
Luke Helder
Lucas John Helder is a former University of Wisconsin–Stout college student from Pine Island, Minnesota, who earned notoriety as the Midwest Pipe Bomber in May 2002.- Bombings :...
injures 6 by placing pipebombs in mailboxes in the Midwest. Motivation to protest government control over daily lives and the illegality of marijuana and promotion of astral projection
Astral projection
Astral projection is an interpretation of out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of an "astral body" separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it...
Colombia, May 2: FARC launches a mortar bomb against a church during combats with AUC
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia was created as an umbrella organization of regional far-right...
, killing at least 117 civilians, 48 of them children in what is known as the Bojayá massacre
Bojayá massacre
The Bojayá massacre was a massacre that occurred on May 2, 2002 in the Colombian town of Bojayá , in Chocó department...
. Delayed response from the authorities make it impossible to establish a final count, as most of the dead were buried before they could be accounted for. Israel, May 7: 16 people were killed and 55 wounded in a suicide bombing in a crowded game club in Rishon Lezion, southeast of Tel-Aviv, which caused part of the building to collapse. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan, May 8: May 8 Bus Attack in Karachi kills eleven Frenchmen and two Pakistanis. Israel, May 8: A suicide bomber strikes at a snooker club in Rishon Letzion south of Tel Aviv, killing 16 Israelis and wounding 60. Russia, May 9: A bomb explosion in Kaspiisk in Dagestan
Dagestan
The Republic of Dagestan is a federal subject of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and the largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea...
kills at least 42 people and injures 130 or more during Victory Day
Victory Day
Victory Day is a common name of many different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.- April 30 in Vietnam :...
festivities. India, May 13: Twelve people are killed in the Jaunpur train crash
Jaunpur train crash
The Jaunpur train crash was the result of an act of sabotage which caused the derailment of a passenger train at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, a state in Northern India on the 13 May 2002.- Overview :...
, caused when Islamic extremists cut the rails. Israel, May 19: Three people were killed and 59 injured, 10 seriously, when a suicide bomber, disguised as a soldier, blew himself up in the market in Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
. Both Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
and the PFLP took responsibility for the attack. Israel, May 20: A suicide bomber, apparently bound for Afula
Afula
Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...
, killed himself after policemen approached him for questioning at a bus stop. There were no other injuries. Israel, May 22: Two people were killed and about 40 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated himself in downtown Rishon Lezion. Israel, May 23: In the 2002 Pi Glilot bombing, disaster was averted when sprinklers put out a fire after a diesel truck was detonated in a gas depot. The bombing could have caused a chain reaction, killing thousands of people. Israel, May 24: A security guard opened fire on a terrorist attempting to ram a car bomb
Car bomb
A car bomb, or truck bomb also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device , is an improvised explosive device placed in a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle,...
into a disco in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
. The terrorist was killed and five Israelis slightly injured when the bomb exploded prematurely. Israel, May 27: A grandmother and her infant granddaughter were killed and 37 people were injured, some seriously, when a suicide bomber detonated himself near an ice cream parlor in Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...
. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, June 5: 17 people were killed and 38 injured when a car packed with explosives struck an Egged bus at the Megiddo Junction
Megiddo Junction
The Megiddo Junction is an intersection of Highways 65 and 66 in northern Israel, located near kibbutz Megiddo. A major landmark is a large prison . Nearby are the sites of some ancient battles of Megiddo and the ruins of Megiddo .The five kilometre stretch of Highway 65 east towards Afula is...
near Afula
Afula
Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:...
. The bus, which burst into flames, was completely destroyed. The terrorist was killed in the blast. The Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, June 11: A 14-year-old girl was killed and 15 others were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a pipe bomb
Pipe bomb
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially...
at a restaurant in Herzliya
Herzliya
Herzliya is a city in the central coast of Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a population of 87,000 residents. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
. Pakistan, June 14: Car bomb at US Consulate in Karachi kills twelve. Israel, June 18: A Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
suicide bomber detonates himself on a bus in Jerusalem in the Patt junction massacre
Patt junction massacre
The Patt junction bus bombing was a suicide bombing on an Egged bus carried out by Hamas in Jerusalem on June 18, 2002, killing 19 people and wounding over 74. Seventeen of the dead were residents of Gilo...
. The attack kills 19 people and wounds over 74. Israel, June 19: Seven people were killed and 50 injured, three critically, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the French Hill
French Hill
French Hill , also Giv'at Shapira is a neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem. It is located on territory occupied during the Six-Day War in 1967, later annexed to Israel under the Jerusalem Law in 1980...
bus stop in northern Jerusalem. The Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Saudi Arabia, June 20: Car bomb in Riyadh kills Simon Veness, a British national. Colombia, June 24: A grenade, allegedly thrown by FARC members, injures six police officers in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. United States, July 4: An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States. It is most often referred to by its IATA airport code LAX, with the letters pronounced individually...
, killing two Israelis before being killed himself. Israel, July 16: Nine people were killed and 20 injured in a terrorist attack on a bus traveling from Bnei Brak to Emmanuel. An explosive charge was detonated next to the bullet-resistant bus. The terrorists waited in ambush, reportedly wearing Israeli army uniforms, and opened fire on the bus. While four terror organizations claimed responsibility for the attack, it was apparently carried out by the same Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
cell which carried out the attack in Emmanuel on December 12, 2001. Israel, July 17: Five people were killed - two Israeli and three foreign workers - and about 40 were injured, four seriously, in a double suicide bombing on Neve Shaanan Street near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, July 28: A carbomb partially destroys government buildings in Cali
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
. FARC is blamed for the attack. No casualties. Israel, July 30: Five people suffered light to moderate injuries in a suicide bombing at a felafel stand in central Jerusalem. The bomber, who was killed, apparently exploded prematurely. Israel, July 31: Nine people were killed and 85 wounded, 14 of them seriously, when a bomb exploded in the Frank Sinatra student center cafeteria on the Hebrew University's Mt. Scopus campus. The explosive device was planted inside the cafeteria, which was gutted by the explosion. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, August 4: Nine people were killed and some 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus at the Meron
Meron
A meron or half-instanton is a Euclidean space-time solution of the Yang-Mills field equations. It is a singular non-self-dual solution of topological charge 1/2. The instanton is believed to be composed of two merons....
junction in the Galilee
Galilee
Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the...
. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, August 5: A bomb exploded in a car at the Umm al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm is a city in the Haifa District of Israel with a population of 43,300, nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm mountain ridge, the highest point of which is Mt. Iskander , overlooking Wadi Ara...
junction in northern Israel, killing the terrorist and wounding the driver, an Arab Israeli resident of Nazareth
Nazareth
Nazareth is the largest city in the North District of Israel. Known as "the Arab capital of Israel," the population is made up predominantly of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel...
. Colombia, August 7: Three round of mortars are fired against an Army base in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, injuring six. FARC is blamed for the attack. Colombia, August 7: Four rounds of mortars are fired against the Presidential Palace in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
during the inauguration ceremony of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez. 13 people, mostly homeless, die and 50 are wounded when some of the rounds hit slums in downtown Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. FARC is blamed. India, September 10: A train derailment kills 130 people in the Rafiganj rail disaster. Naxalite
Naxalite
The word Naxal, Naxalite or Naksalvadi is a generic term used to refer to various militant Communist groups operating in different parts of India under different organizational envelopes...
terrorism is suspected. Israel, September 18: A policeman was killed and three people were wounded in a suicide bombing at a bus stop at the Umm al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm is a city in the Haifa District of Israel with a population of 43,300, nearly all of whom are Arab citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm mountain ridge, the highest point of which is Mt. Iskander , overlooking Wadi Ara...
junction. The terrorist, who was apparently planning to detonate the bomb after boarding a bus, set the charge off early when approached for questioning. The Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, September 19: Six people were killed and about 70 wounded when a terrorist detonated a bomb in a bus opposite the Great Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. India, September 25: Two terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed
Jaish-e-Mohammed
Jaish-e-Mohammed is a Pakistani-based, militant Islamic group established by Maulana Masood Azhar in March 2000...
group raid
Akshardham Temple attack
The Akshardham Temple attack or Akshardham Temple siege occurred on September 25, 2002 when two heavily armed terrorists arrived at the Akshardham Monument in Gandhinagar, the capital of Western Gujarat state in India at around 1630 hrs local time. They scaled the perimeter fence and opened fire,...
the Akshardham temple complex in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
, killing 30 people and injuring many more. United States, October: John Allen Muhammad
John Allen Muhammad
John Allen Muhammad was a spree killer from the United States. He, along with his younger partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing at least 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert...
and Lee Boyd Malvo
Lee Boyd Malvo
Lee Boyd Malvo , is a spree killer convicted, along with John Allen Muhammad, of murders in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks, which took place in the Washington Metropolitan Area over a three-week period in October 2002...
conduct the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Beltway sniper attacks
The Washington sniper attacks took place during three weeks in October 2002 in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured in various locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia...
, killing ten people in various locations throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is a combined statistical area consisting of the overlapping labor market region of the cities of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.. The region includes Central Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Jefferson County in the Eastern Panhandle of West...
from October 2 until they are arrested on October 24. Yemen, October 6: Limburg tanker bombing. Israel, October 10: One man was killed and about 30 people were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up while trying to board a bus across from Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
on the Geha highway. Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Indonesia, October 12: Bali bombing
2002 Bali bombing
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was claimed as the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia according to the current police general, killing 202 people,...
of holidaymakers kills 202 people, mostly Western tourists and local Balinese hospitality staff. Philippines, October 17: Zamboanga bombings kill six and wounds about 150. Philippines, October 18: A bus bomb in Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
kills three people and wounds 22. Russia, October 19: A car bomb explodes outside a McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
Corp. restaurant in Moscow, killing one person and wounding five. Israel, October 21: 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded when a car bomb containing about 100 kilograms of explosives was detonated next to an intercity bus, while traveling along Wadi Ara
Wadi Ara
Wadi Ara or Nahal Iron , refers to an area within Israel that is mostly populated by Arabs. It is located northwest of the Green Line and is mostly within Israel's Haifa District. Today, Highway 65 runs through the wadi.-Geography:...
toward Hadera
Hadera
Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain...
. The bus had pulled over at a bus stop when the suicide bomber, driving a jeep, approached from behind and exploded. The Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Colombia, October 22: A bomb kills three and wounds at least eleven in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. No claims are made for the attack. Russia, October 23: Moscow theater hostage crisis
Moscow theater hostage crisis
The Moscow theater hostage crisis, also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege, was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater on 23 October 2002 by some 40 to 50 armed Chechens who claimed allegiance to the Islamist militant separatist movement in Chechnya. They took 850 hostages and demanded the...
begins; 120 hostages and 40 terrorists killed in rescue three days later. Colombia, November 19: Police deactivate a bomb left by ELN
National Liberation Army (Colombia)
National Liberation Army is a revolutionary, avowed Marxist guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964....
members in front of newspaper La Opinión
La Opinión
La Opinión is a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, USA and distributed throughout the six counties of Southern California. It is the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States and second-most read newspaper in Los Angeles . It is published by...
in Cúcuta
Cúcuta
Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...
. Israel, October 27: Three soldiers were killed and about 20 people were wounded in a suicide bombing in Ariel
Ariel (city)
Ariel is an Israeli settlement and a city in the West Bank. Ariel was established in 1978. Its population at the end of 2009 was 17,600, including 7,000 immigrants who came to Israel after 1990. It is the fourth largest Jewish settlement city in the West Bank., after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit,...
. The victims were killed while trying to prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb. The terrorist was identified as a member of Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
. Israel, November 4: An Israeli security guard and a teenage boy, both recent immigrants from Argentina, were killed and about 70 were wounded in a suicide bombing at a shopping mall in Kfar Sava. The Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...
claimed responsibility for the attack. Israel, November 21: Hamas orchestrates the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre
Jerusalem bus 20 massacre
The Kiryat Menachem bus bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on November 21, 2002 in a public bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem in Jerusalem, Israel...
. Eleven people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated on a crowded bus in central Jerusalem. Kenya, November 28: Kenyan hotel bombing
Kenyan hotel bombing
The 2002 Mombasa attacks refer to an Israeli-owned hotel and a plane belonging to an Israeli airline in Mombasa, Kenya that were targeted on 28 November 2002. A red all-terrain vehicle crashed through a barrier outside the Paradise Hotel and blew up when it hit the lobby. Also two surface-to-air...
. 15 people died, comprising 12 Kenyans and 3 Israeli tourists. At nearly the same time, a missile was fired at an Israeli jet taking off nearby but missed. Colombia, December 9: A car bomb
Car bomb
A car bomb, or truck bomb also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device , is an improvised explosive device placed in a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle,...
injures 50 in western Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. Authorities blame FARC. Colombia, December 13: A package bomb injures 32 on the 30th floor of the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. No groups claim responsibility. Colombia, December 17: A bomb blast kills one and injures 20 in Neiva. The bomb was placed outside the building of the National Telecommunications Company, Telecom Colombia
Telecom Colombia
Telefónica Telecom is the largest telecommunications company in Colombia. It is headquartered in Bogotá, D.C.....
. Authorities suspect FARC is responsible for the attack. India, December 21: Kurnool train crash
Kurnool train crash
The Kurnool train crash was the derailment and crash of a passenger train in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, India, on 21 December 2002.The train was an express passenger service traveling between Hyderabad and Bangalore, entered Kurnool district at 1.00am, when it suddenly derailed, throwing...
, Islamic extremists derail a train and kill 20 people. Russia, December 27: The truck bombing of the Chechen parliament in Grozny
Grozny
Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...
kills 83 people.
See also
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of Palestinian suicide attacks
- List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2001–2006