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This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
List guidelines
- To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
- List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
- Casualties figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
- The casualties listed are the victims, perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
- Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher.
- If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
- In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
- 0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.An unknown number of people were killed/injured by the incident.
List
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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3–7 Jan | Massacre | Unknown Est. 2000+ |
Unknown | Baga, Borno State, Nigeria | 2015 Baga massacre | Boko Haram militants opened fire on villages.[1] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
5 Jan | Suicide bombing | 3 (+2) | 2 | Arar, Saudi Arabia | January 2015 Arar attack | Two gunmen, one strapped with a suicide vest, ambushed a border guard patrol along the border with Iraq, killing two guards and injuring one. The guards were able to return fire and kill one of the gunmen, and afterwards the other one detonated his vest.[2][3] | ISIL (suspected) | |
6 Jan | Suicide bombing | 1 (+1) | 1 | Istanbul, Turkey | January 2015 Istanbul suicide bombing | A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in front of a police station, killing one officer and wounding another.[4][5] | DHKPC | DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey |
7 Jan | Car bomb | 37 / 38 | 66 | Sana'a, Yemen | January 2015 Sana'a bombing | A car bomb detonated in front of a police academy.[6] | al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (suspected) | Yemeni Civil War |
7 Jan | Mass shooting | 12 | 11 | Paris, France | Charlie Hebdo shooting | Two heavily armed gunmen entered the offices of satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo.[7] | al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[8] | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
9 Jan | Hostage crisis | 4 (+1) | 9 | Porte de Vincennes, France | Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis | A man attacked a kosher market, taking hostages in a four-hour siege. The police raided the market, killing the gunman and freeing the hostages.[9] | Amedy Coulibaly[10] | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
13 Jan | Artillery | 12 | 18 | Volnovakha, Ukraine | Volnovakha bus attack | MRLS attack on a highway checkpoint near the village of Buhas outside Volnovakha municipality in Donetsk Oblast that hit an intercity bus.[11] These territories were controlled by Donetsk People's Republic. | Donetsk People's Republic | War in Donbass |
21 Jan | Melee attack | 0 | 12 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2015 Tel Aviv attacks | A Palestinian from the West Bank, illegally entered Israel and boarded a crowded bus during rush hour and stabbed passengers before being shot in the leg and arrested by police.[12] | Hamza Mohammed Hasan Matrouk (lone wolf) | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
24 Jan | Artillery | 30 | 108 | Mariupol, Ukraine | January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack | MRLS attack.[13] | Donetsk People's Republic | War in Donbass |
25 Jan | Attack | 67+ | Mamasapano, Philippines | Mamasapano clash | Special Action Force officers encountered fighters from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Moro Islamic Liberation Front and private armed groups after a successful operation to kill wanted militant Zulkifli Abdhir, also known as Marwan. 44 SAF officers, 18 MILF members, 5 BIFF members, and some civilians were killed[14] | Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters Moro Islamic Liberation Front |
Moro conflict | |
4–5 Feb | Mass shooting | 91+ | 500+ | Fotokol, Cameroon | 2015 Fotokol attack | Militants attacked villages and torched mosques and churches.[15] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon |
14–15 Feb | Shooting | 2 (+1) | 6 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2015 Copenhagen shootings | A man opened fire at the "Art, blasphemy and the freedom of expression", which was organized by Lars Vilks at Krudttønden cafe at Østerbro. Later in the night on 15 February, Dan Uzan, a 38-year-old Jewish community member who was on security duty, was shot in the head by the same person and later died outside the Great Synagogue. The attacker was killed.[16] | Omar Abdul Hamid El-Hussein | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
22 Feb | Bombing | 4 | 10–12 | Kharkiv, Ukraine | 2015 Kharkiv bombing | Explosion at a pro-Ukraine march.[17] Three suspects were arrested on 26 February.[18] | Anti-Maidan | Russo-Ukrainian War |
7 Mar | Suicide bombing | 58 | 139 | Maiduguri, Nigeria | March 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing | Suicide bombs roughly an hour after each other in markets and a car lot.[19] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
18 Mar | Shooting, hostage taking | 21 | 40+ | Tunis, Tunisia | Bardo National Museum attack | One or two gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum. | ISIL | Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) |
20 Mar | Suicide bombing | 142 | 351 | Sana'a, Yemen | 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings | Militants carried out four suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers.[20] | ISIL-YP | Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) |
26–27 Mar | Suicide bombing, Shooting | 24 | 28 | Mogadishu, Somalia | Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack | Six gunmen stormed an upscale hotel for diplomats and government officials. Combat between the militants and Somali troops ended two days later after twelve hours of fighting. Somalia's ambassador to Switzerland, Yusuf Bari-Bari, was among the dead.[21] | Al-Shabaab | War in Somalia |
2 Apr | Hostage taking, Shooting | 147+ (+4) | 79 | Garissa, Kenya | Garissa University College attack | Six to ten gunmen opened fire at the Garissa University. Christians were their main target of the attack, with the Islamic extremists separating the Muslims from Christians before executing them.[22][23] | Al-Shabaab | War in Somalia |
18 Apr | Suicide bombing | 33 | 115 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan | April 2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing | A suicide bomber set off a bomb outside a state run bank.[24] | ISIL | War in Afghanistan |
21 Apr | Raid | 0 | 0 | Lipkovo, Republic of Macedonia | Gošince attack | 40 armed men took over a police station at the border with Kosovo, tied and beat the policemen and stole arms and equipment. | NLA | |
27 Apr | Shooting | 1 (+1) | 2 | Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zvornik police station terrorist attack | At a police station in Republika Srpska, an armed member of a wahhabist movement opened fire on the police. An officer was killed, two others were injured, and the attacker was killed by police.[25] | Wahhabist movement | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
3 May | Shooting | 0 (+2) | 1 | Garland, Texas, United States | Garland terror attack | At Curtis Culwell Center, a school district owned events center, two assailants opened fire outside a Mohammed art exhibit. A policeman providing security for the event, returned fire, killing both suspects. One security guard was injured.[26] | ISIL | |
9 May | Shooting | 22 | 37 | Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia | Kumanovo shootings | An armed group clashed with police and soldiers. | UÇK | |
13 May | Attack | 45 | 13 | Karachi, Pakistan | 2015 Karachi bus shooting | A bus carrying Shia Muslims was attacked by six armed gunmen who rode up in motorcycles.[27] | Jundallah (claimed), ISIL (claimed), Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (claimed) | Sectarianism in Pakistan |
14 May | Suicide bombing, hostage taking | 14 | 6 | Kabul, Afghanistan | Park Palace guesthouse attack | A hotel that was hosting a cultural event was attacked.[28] | Taliban | War in Afghanistan |
22 May | Suicide bombing | 22 | 102 | Qatif, Saudi Arabia | 2015 Qatif bombings | A suicide bomber detonated himself inside a Shia mosque during Friday prayers. | ISIS | |
25 May | Shooting | 7 (+1) | 9 | Tunis, Tunisia | Tunis barracks shooting | A soldier killed 8 comrades and injured 9 others in a shooting rampage before killing himself.[29] | Unknown | |
29 May | Attack | 21 | 0 | Mastung, Pakistan | 2015 Mastung bus attack | Unknown militants attacked and burned two Karachi-bound buses.[30] | Unknown | Baluchistan conflict |
4 Jun | Ambush | 20 | 11 | Manipur, India | 2015 Manipur ambush | The attack, in the Chandel district close to the border with Myanmar, was carried out against a small convoy of army vehicles traveling from one army camp to another in the hilly and forested area about 60 miles south of the state capital, Imphal.[31] | Unknown | Insurgency in Northeast India |
17 Jun | Shooting | 9 | 1 | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | Charleston church shooting | Mass shooting and hate crime at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. | Dylann Roof | Terrorism in the United States |
17 Jun | Bombing | 63 | Monguno, Nigeria | Monguno bombing | A large sack containing homemade bombs exploded.[32] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency | |
22 Jun | Car bomb, Shooting | 9 | 40 | Kabul, Afghanistan | Kabul Parliament attack | Car bomb outside the National Assembly as fighters attempted to storm the building during a parliamentary speech of defense minister Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai. | Taliban | War in Afghanistan |
25–29 Jun | Massacre, Suicide bombing, Hostage-taking | 223–233 | 300+ | Barkh Butan, Kobani, Syria | Kobanî massacre | Bombers detonated three car bombs in Kobanî, close to the Turkish border crossing. | ISIL | Syrian Civil War |
26 Jun | Bombing, Beheading | 1 | 2 | Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, France | Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack | One attacker decapitated one person and blew up a gas canister in a factory near Lyon. One person was killed and two were injured. The attacker wrote unknown Arabic writings on the severed head of the victim and placed it near the entrance of the factory. One attacker was killed and the other arrested.[33] | ISIL | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
26 Jun | Suicide bombing | 27 (+1) | 227 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing | Suicide bombing at the Imam Sadiq mosque.[34] | ISIL | |
Jun 26 | Mass shooting | 38 (+1) | 40 | Sousse, Tunisia | Sousse attacks | Tourists killed by armed gunmen.[35] The main gunman was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the army and armed police. | ISIL | ISIL insurgency in Tunisia |
Jun 26 | Attack | 70 | 27 | Leego, Somalia | Battle of Leego (2015) | Militants attacked an African Union base.[36] | Al Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
Jun 29 | Shooting | 1 | 3 | Shilo, West Bank | 2015 Shvut Rachel shooting | Four Israelis were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting. One of them died in hospital the following day.[37][38] | PFLP | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
29 Jun | Car bomb | 1 | 4 | Cairo, Egypt | Assassination of Hisham Barakat | State prosecutor Hisham Barakat was killed by a remotely detonated car bomb. Two civilians and two police officers were injured.[39] | Unknown | |
1 Jul | Attack | 21 | 9 | North Sinai, Egypt | July 2015 Sinai clashes | Militants simultaneously attacked 21 security positions in an attempt to establish territorial control. Militants detonated two suicide car bombs in Sheikh Zuweid targeting two military barriers and then besieged a police station in Sheikh Zuweid and clashed with government forces in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. Militants also attacked and shelled minor security positions across North Sinai and said it detonated a suicide car bomb in Arish but no media or official reports confirmed that.[40] The attacks left 21 Egpytians dead and 9 wounded. | Wilayat Sayna | Sinai Insurgency |
1–2 Jul | Massacre | 145 | 17 | Kukawa, Nigeria | July 2015 Kukawa massacre | Insurgents attacked mosques. 84 men and boys were killed on the 1st at one mosque. 17 others were wounded in the attack. 97 others, mostly men, were killed in mosques on the 2nd and a number of women and young girls were killed in their homes.[41] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
5 Jul | Bombings and arson | 69 | 67+ | Jos, Potiskum and Borno, Nigeria | 5 July 2015 Nigeria attacks | In Potiskum, Yobe State, six people were killed in a suicide bombing at a church, followedd by a bomb at a restaurant and a suicide bomb at a mosque in Jos, Plateau State. 51 were killed along with 67 injured. Militants killed nine people and burned 32 churches and 300 houses in cities in Borno State.[42] | Boko Haram | Boko Haram insurgency |
16 Jul | Spree shooting | 5 (+1) | 2 | Chattanooga, United States | 2015 Chattanooga shootings | A Kuwaiti-born national opened fire on a U.S. military recruitment center and a U.S. Navy Reserve center, killing 4 U.S. Marines and a sailor, and wounding a Marine and a Chattanooga police officer. An investigation revealed he had been radicalized online by a foreign Islamic terror group. | Muhammad Abdulazeez (lone wolf) | |
17 Jul | Suicide bombing, car bomb | 130 | 130 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_November_2015