List of terrorist incidents, 2003 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a timeline of incidents in 2003 that have been labelled as "terrorism

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...

January

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
January 5	23	80	Israel: Two Palestinian suicide bombers from the Islamic Jihad blew themselves up about 2 minutes apart, the explosions ripped through a crowded neighborhood near the old Tel Aviv bus station.
January 16	4	27	Colombia: A car bomb kills four and injures 27 at a shopping mall in Medellín Medellín Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million... . The attack is believed to be a retaliation of FARC for the arrest of 53 of its members in the preceding days.

Iraq, Suicide attacks in 2003.

March

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
March 4	21		Philippines: Bomb attack in an airport in Davao Davao Davao refers to several closely related places in Mindanao in the Philippines. The term is used most often to refer to the city.Davao Region, an administrative regionDavao del Norte provinceDavao del Sur provinceDavao Oriental province... kills 21.
March 5	6	68	Colombia: A car bomb kills six and injures 68 in a covered parking lot 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... . Rebel group 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.... is blamed for the attack.
March 5	17	53	Israel: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 17 people and wounds 53 when he detonates a bomb hidden under his clothing in the Haifa bus 37 massacre Haifa bus 37 massacre The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a terrorist attack on a civilian bus in Haifa by a member of the militant organization Hamas.-The attack:... .
March 13	1		Serbia: Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated by snipers.
March 23	2	14	Iraq: SGT Hasan Akbar, US Army United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... , murdered two officers and wounded 14 soldiers in a grenade Grenade A grenade is a small explosive device that is projected a safe distance away by its user. Soldiers called grenadiers specialize in the use of grenades. The term hand grenade refers any grenade designed to be hand thrown. Grenade Launchers are firearms designed to fire explosive projectile grenades... attack at an Army base in Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... .
March 30	0	40	Israel: In the first suicide bombing since the start of the Iraq war, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself outside a crowded cafe in the Mediterranean coastal city of Netanya, wounding nearly 40 people, two of them critically.

April

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
April 10	1	9	Palestinian Territories: An Israeli settler detonated a bomb in the playground of a Palestinian school, injuring 20 children.
April 23	1	9	Israel: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to the Kfar Sava train station, northeast of Tel Aviv.
April 30	4	50	Israel: A Muslim British citizen suicide bomber blows himself up at "Mike's Place", a restaurant in Tel Aviv.

May

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
May 8	3		Colombia, : A bomb kills three in an attack against a water treatment plant 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.
May 12	26	160	Saudi Arabia: Suicide bombings of United States expatriate housing compounds in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... kill 26 and injure 160 in the Riyadh Compound Bombings Riyadh compound bombings The Riyadh compound bombings took place on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Altogether, 35 people were killed, and over 160 wounded. A smaller campaign of insurgency in Saudi Arabia had started in November 2000 when car bombings were carried out targeting and killing individual expatriates in... . 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... blamed.
May 12	59		Russia: A truck bomb attack on a government building in the Chechen town of Znamenskoye kills 59.
May 12	14	43	Russia: Two female suicide bombers attacked Chechen Administrator Mufti Akhmed Kadyrov during a religious festival in Iliskhan Yurt. Kadyrov escaped injury, but 14 people were killed and 43 were wounded. Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility.
May 16	41	100+	Morocco: Casablanca Attacks 2003 Casablanca bombings The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country's history. 45 people were killed as a result of these attacks... by twelve suicide bombers on five "Western and Jewish" targets in Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture... leave 41 dead and over 100 injured. Attack attributed to a Moroccan 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... -linked group.
May 17	2	0	Israel: A suicide bomber detonated himself next to a pregnant Israeli woman and her husband at a public square in Hebron. Hamas claimed responsibility.
May 18	7	20	Israel: A suicide bomber disguised as a religious Jew detonated on a bus in Jerusalem.
May 19	0	3	Israel: A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked an Israeli checkpoint on the Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed responsibility.
May 19	3	50	Israel: In the fifth suicide bombing in two days, a female Palestinian student suicide bomber detonated at the main entrance to the Shaarei Amakim mall in Afula.

June

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
June 9	5	10	Afghanistan: A suicide bomber in a taxi cab filled with explosives slams into a bus carrying German ISAF troops, killing four soldiers and one Afghan national.
June 11	16	100	Israel: A Hamas Palestinian suicide bomber, dressed as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, detonated his explosives belt on a bus in downtown Jerusalem. Palestinian terrorists have attempted 11 suicide bombings and murdered 23 Israelis in the last 4 days, since Palestinians "accepted" the "roadmap for peace" and the end of violence.
June 19	1	0	Israel: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a bag of explosives in a grocery store located in Moshav Sde Trumot, Israel. Avner Mordechai, 63, the owner of the store, was critically injured in the blast, and later died of his injuries.

July

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
July 5	15	40	Russia: 15 people die and 40 are injured in bomb attacks at a rock festival in Moscow.
July 8	1	3	Israel: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the home of Mazal Afari, 65, a resident of Moshav Kfar Yavetz, east of Netanya, Israel, killing her and three of her grandchildren were lightly injured, the bombing caused the house to collapse.

August

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
August 1	50+	76	Russia: A suicide truck bomber detonates at the Russian hospital in Mozdok Mozdok Mozdok is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania in southern Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, north of Vladikavkaz, the republic's capital. The name of the town literally means "dense forest" in the Kabardian language... in North Ossetia kills at least 50 people and injures 76.
August 13	2	12	Israel: Two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up in almost simultaneous attacks, in the Israeli towns of Rosh Ha'ayin and Ariel.
August 19	22	100+	Iraq, : Canal Hotel Bombing Canal Hotel Bombing The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100. The blast targeted the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq created just 5 days... in Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... kills 22 people (including the top UN representative Sergio Vieira de Mello Sérgio Vieira de Mello Sérgio Vieira de Mello was a Brazilian United Nations employee who worked for the UN for more than 34 years, earning respect and praise around the world for his efforts in the humanitarian and political programs of the UN... ) and wounds over 100.
August 19	23	130	Israel: Jerusalem bus 2 massacre Jerusalem bus 2 massacre The Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing was the suicide bombing of a crowded public bus in the Shmuel HaNavi quarter in Jerusalem, Israel, on August 19, 2003. Twenty-three people were killed and over 130 wounded. Many of the victims were children... : A Hamas suicide bomber detonates himself on a crowded bus carrying mostly Orthodox Jewish Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and... Israelis, including many children returning from the Western Wall Western Wall The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount... . 23 people are killed and over 130 wounded.
August 24	6	28	Colombia: Six die and 28 are wounded when a bomb explodes in a riverboat in the town of Puerto Rico. Rebel group FARC is blamed.
August 25	48	150	India: At least 48 people were killed and 150 injured in two blasts in south Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... - one near the Gateway of India Gateway of India Its design is a combination of both Hindu and Muslim architectural styles, the arch is in Muslim style while the decorations are in Hindu style. The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The stone was locally obtained, and the perforated screens were brought from Gwalior.The... at the other at the Zaveri Bazaar.

September

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
September 3	7	90	Russia: A bomb blast on a passenger train near Kislovodsk in southern Russia kills seven people and injures 90.
September 9	14	100	Israel: Two Palestinian suicide bombings, the first at a crowded bus stop near Tel Aviv, the second five hours later at a popular Jerusalem nightspot. Among the victims of the bombings was the head of a Jerusalem hospital emergency room and his 20-year-old daughter who was going to get married later that evening.
September 11	1	0	Sweden: Foreign Minister Foreign minister A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in... Anna Lindh Anna Lindh Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1984-1990, Member of Parliament 1982-1985 and 1998-2003... dies in the early morning of September 11, 2003, following a knife attack in Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... on the afternoon of September 10. Mijailo Mijailović Mijailo Mijailovic Mijailo Mijailović is the self-confessed and convicted assassin of the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh, whom he stabbed on 10 September 2003 at the NK department store in Stockholm... is later arrested and sentenced for the assassination. Mijailović is said to have been greatly angered by Lindh's staunch support for the U.S.-led military campaign against Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... .
September 11	8	15	Colombia: A bomb strapped to a horse kills eight and injures 15 in the village of Chita. The attack is blamed on FARC, as the same technique had been used in the past.
September 29	10	54	Colombia: A motorcycle packed with explosives kills ten and injures 54 in downtown Florencia Florencia -Places:Florencia de Benito Juárez, a municipality in the state of Zacatecas, MexicoFlorencia, Caquetá, a town and municipality in the Department of Caqueta, ColombiaFlorencia, Cauca, a town and municipality in the Department of Cauca, Colombia... , capital of Caquetá Caquetá Caquetá may refer to: Caquetá River, a river in Colombia* Caquetá Territory, a former territory of Colombia* Caquetá Department, a department of Colombia... . Rebel group FARC is blamed.

October

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
October 4	21	51	Israel: A female Palestinian suicide bomber kills 21 and wounds 51 in a 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... restaurant in the Maxim restaurant massacre.
October 8	6	11	Colombia: A car bomb kills six and injures eleven 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.
October 15	3		Palestine: A bomb is detonated by Palestinians against a US diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip thumb\|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of... , killing three Americans.

November

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
November 8	17	122	Saudi Arabia: A suicide car bomber targeted the Muhaya residential compound, which was occupied mainly by nationals of other Arab countries. The next day, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage said al-Qaeda was probably responsible.
November 15	2	70	Colombia: A grenade attack from a motorcycle kills two and injures seventy in the Bogotá Beer Company, a popular pub 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... . Two FARC members were captured.
November 15 and November 20	57	700	Turkey: Four suicide truck bombers detonate at two synagogues, the British Consulate, and the HSBC Bank in Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , killing 57 and wounding 700 in the 2003 Istanbul Bombings 2003 Istanbul bombings The 2003 Istanbul bombings were four truck bomb attacks carried out on November 15, 2003 and November 20, 2003, in Istanbul, Turkey, leaving 57 people dead, and 700 wounded. Several men have been convicted for their involvement.- First bombings :... .

December

Date	Dead	Injured	Location and description
December 5	46		Russia: Suicide bombers kill at least 46 people in an attack on a train in southern Russia
December 9	6	11	Russia: Red Square Bombing Red Square Bombing The 2003 Red Square bombing was the 9 December 2003 suicide bombing on Mohovaja street in Moscow.According to police, a female suicide bomber set off a explosive belt on a busy street close to the Moscow Kremlin, killing six people and injuring 44. Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzhkov reported speculation... : A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds at least eleven.
December 25	3	0	Israel: A Palestinian suicide bomber, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) blew himself up at a bus stop under the Geha Bridge in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
December 25	14	50	Pakistan: Two suicide truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf’s motorcade passed through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An earlier attempt on December 14 caused no casualties. Pakistani officials suspected Afghan and Kashmiri militants.
December 29	5	0	Afghanistan: A suicide bomber detonated when he was detained by five Afghan security officers, killing all five officers.