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Revision as of 13:24, 6 September 2008

The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2008.

January

Date Dead Injured Location and description
January 3  ≈7 ≈66 Turkey Diyarbakir. PKK militants were suspected by Turkish authorities to be behind a car bomb explosion.[1][2]
January 7 ≈19 ≈50 Iraq Baghdad. Six bombings.[3]
January 10 ≈23 ≈58 Pakistan Lahore. One suicide bomber blew himself up in a police crowd.[4][citation needed]
January 13 2 ≈5 Myanmar Yangon. A bomb exploded in a public toilet in a railway station, injuring one woman. This was the third bombing incident in three days. One other took place on Friday, in a railway station toilet in Nay Pyi Taw, killing one woman. Another man died, and four people were injured, when a bomb exploded in Pyu, north of Rangoon.[5]
January 14 11 ≈55 Pakistan Karachi. A bomb exploded in Karachi during President Pervez Musharraf's visit.[6]
January 14 ≈6 ≈6 Afghanistan Kabul. A suicide bomber kills six at the Kabul Serena Hotel.[7]
January 15 3 ≈22 Lebanon Beirut. A bomb targeting a US Embassy vehicle detonates, killing bystanders and injuring the occupants.[8]
January 15 0 ≈39 Thailand South Thailand. Suspected Islamist separatist bombed a market.[9]
January 16 30 65 Sri Lanka Buttala: A civilian bus was bombed, and the fleeing passengers were gunned down and the feeing gunmen also attacked farmers, killing at least 30 people.[10][11] The Sri Lankan government claimed that the gunman belonged to LTTE.
January 16 9 6 Iraq Khan Bani Saad: A woman wearing a vest lined with explosives blew herself up near Shiite worshippers in turbulent Diyala province north of the capital Wednesday, killing nine of them.[12]
January 18 0 8 Israel Sderot ;Western Negev. In 72 hours, more than 120 Qassam rockets and 65 mortars were fired towards the Western Negev, an exceptionally high number. More than 8 Israelis are injured by the rocketattacks. Two rockets nearly missed a kindergarten, full with children. See List of Qassam rocket attacks[13]
January 18 4 4 Yemen Hadhramaut Governorate. Gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists, killing two Belgian women, their Yemeni driver and a Yemeni man believed to be a tourist guide. Belgian tourist and a Yemeni were wounded in the incident. Al-Qaida suspected.[14]
January 20 0 0 Greece Athens. A Chilean diplomatic car was destroyed by an IED. An organization calling itself “Radical Solidarity” claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had been in support of Chile’s indigenous population.[15]
January 21 18 22 Iraq Al-Hajaj. Suicide bomber kills 18 in a funeral tent .[16]
January 24 1 4 Israel West Bank. Two Palestinians infiltrated a religious seminary and stabbed 3 students in the West Bank settlement of Kfar Etzion before being shot dead. The same day, Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Israelis outside the Shuafat refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem, killing a border police officer and seriously wounding a female officer.[17]
January 26 4 ≈36 Lebanon Beirut. A powerful car bomb killed one of Lebanon’s top terrorism investigators and three other people in eastern Beirut.[18]
January 29 4 20 Algeria Thenia. Four people killed and 20 wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber on a police station at Thenia, 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of Algiers.[19]
January 30 ≈6 ≈18 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah. Taliban insurgents were blamed for a suicide bomb attack in a mosque, killing at least six including a provincial deputy governor, Per Mohammad.[20][21]

February

Date Dead Injured Location and description
February 1  6 0 Pakistan North Waziristan. A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a Pakistani security force checkpost in the North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, killing six men. [22]
February 1 0 3 Mauritania Nouakchott. Gunmen opened fire on Israel's embassy in Mauritania, wounding three French nationals [23]
February 1 98 ≈200 Iraq Baghdad. Two mentally disabled women were strapped with explosives and sent into busy Baghdad markets, where they were blown up by remote control. The bombs killed at least 98 people and wounded more than 200 at two popular pet markets [24]
February 2 20 50 Sri Lanka Dambulla. A bus carrying civilians bombed.[25]
February 3 12 ≈100 Sri Lanka Colombo. Suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up outside a train at the main railway station in Colombo.[26]
February 3 ≈8 ≈9 Somalia Mogadishu. A landmine destroyed by a mini-bus.[27][28][29][citation needed]
February 4 1 9 Israel Dimona. A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosion belt in a shopping centre and kills one woman and injures nine other people. A second suicide bomber is hurt in the blast and shot to death by Israeli police before he could detonate his own belt.[30][31] See Dimona attack.
February 4 13 20 Sri Lanka Weli-Oya and Colombo.Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 13 people with two roadside bombs on Monday, just hours after the government celebrated the island's 60th anniversary of independence with a parade of military might in the capital. [32]
February 5 25 ≈90 Somalia Bossaso. Two separate bombs went off in northern Somalia, killing at least 25 civilians and wounding more than 90 others [33]
February 9 27 50 Pakistan Charsada, Peshawar province. The bombing of a political gathering killed 27 and wounded more than 50 people.[34]
February 11 ≈25 ≈40 Iraq Balad, Iraq is struck by a car bomb. See 2008 Balad bombing.[35]
February 11 10 13 Pakistan North Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed at least ten people, including an election candidate, and wounded 13 others [36]
February 16 39 ≈100 Pakistan Parachinar. A suicide bomber attacked supporters of assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[37]
February 17 65 ≈50 Afghanistan Kandahar. Taleban suspected of a suicide bomb attack at a dog-fighting competition.[38][39][40][21]
February 18 37 30 Afghanistan Near Pakistan border. A suicide bomber targeted a foreign military convoy.[41]
February 19 1 3 Afghanistan Kandahar car bomb kills 1. [42]
February 20 0 0 India Panvel. A small explosion occurred in a movie theater screening Jodhaa Akbar, a film deemed insulting to some Hindutva groups.[43][44]
February 26 5 0 Afghanistan Roadside bomb kills 5 policemen [45]
February 29 27 40 Pakistan Suicide bomb at Pakistan funeral kills 27 [46]

March

Date Dead Injured Location and description
March 6 54 ≈130 Iraq Baghdad. In a popular market in the Karada shopping area, a roadside bomb detonates. As a crowd gathered around the site of the blast, a few minutes later a suicide bomber blew himself up which killed dozens and wounded scores.[47]
March 10 3 0 Iraq Kanaan. A female suicide bomber entered the home of Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi, a prominent Sunni who had turned against al-Qaeda, and blew herself up, killing al-Karkhi, his 5-year-old niece, and a security guard.[48]

April

Date Dead Injured Location and description
April 6  15 90 Sri Lanka Weliveriya. See 2008 Weliveriya bombing
April 12  13 ~200 Iran Shiraz. An bomb exploded inside of the Shohada Hosseiniyeh mosque at around 9 p.m. during a sermon by a cleric well-known for criticism of Wahhabism and Bahaii. Tehran blamed Western-backed monarchists for the attack.[49][50] On its website, a group called Anjoman-e Padeshahi-e Iran (API), or Soldiers of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, claimed responsibility.[51]
April 15  ~53 ~90 Iraq Baquba. At least 53 died and another 90 were injured when explosives packed in a bus detonated outside a restaurant near a court in Baquba, north of Bagdad.[52]
April 15  13 Iraq Ramadi. 13 were killed in a suicide bombing at a kebab restaurant where policemen were eating in Ramadi[52]
April 19  0 12 Israel Kerem Shalom. Three explosive-laden vehicles approached under heavy morning fog the Kerem Shalom central humanitarian crossing. Bombers triggered the explosives in the two jeeps, wounding thirteen IDF soldiers; one moderately-seriously, two moderately and eight lightly. Four bombers were killed in the incident, their attempts to detonate the third vehicle foiled. The bombing attack was combined with a barrage of 15 mortar shells fired at the area. [52]
April 25  26 64 Sri Lanka Piliyandala. The bombing of a commuter bus in a suburb of Colombo killed 26 and injured at least 64. See 2008 Piliyandala bus bombing

May

Date Dead Injured Location and description
May  2  ~15 ~55 Yemen Yemen, Sa'dah Governorate. 15 are killed and 55 are injured in a bombing at the Ben Salman mosque.[52]
May  10  11 29 Sri Lanka Ampara. A bomb attributed to Tamil Tiger rebels ripped through a cafe, 11 killed, 29 injured.
May  13  63 213 India Jaipur. A simultaneous bomb blast at eight different sites, including a crowded shopping site and a Hanuman temple, no one has claimed responsibility.
May  14  1 4 Spain Legutiano, Alava. A powerful bombing outside a civil guard, blamed on Basque separatist ETA group, killing one guard.
May  16  9 93 Sri Lanka Downtown Colombo. A suicide bomb exploded near the Sri Lankan president residence, blamed on LTTE.
May  18  13 20 Pakistan Mardan. A bomb exploded a bakery shop near Pakistani Army site, which blamed on Taliban militants.
May  21  6 0 Ethiopia Addis Ababa. a bomb went off on minibus near Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, where blamed on Oromo Liberation Front.
May  22  0 1 United Kingdom Exeter. See 22 May 2008 Exeter bombing
May  26  8 72+ Sri Lanka Colombo. A packed commuter train carrying 200 passenger onboard which time bombing exploded at Dehiwela railroad station, that blamed on LTTE.[53]
May  28  3 5 Ethiopia Negele Boran. A bomb blast at Kidane Mihret and Shuferoch hotel, Islamic militants suspected.
May  29  2 17 Philippines Zamboanga. a cell-phone time bomb exploded outside Edwin Andrews Air Base, where blamed on Abu Sayyaf militants.

June

Date Dead Injured Location and description
June  2  ~8 ~30 Pakistan Islamabad. A suicide car bombing blast occurred at around 1 p.m. local time outside of the Danish embassy. Nearby buildings also suffered damage. The attack is thought to be the work of fundamentalist terrorists.[54]
June  4  0 ~18 Sri Lanka Colombo. A bomb blast targeted a commuter train as it sped towards the capital. The explosive had been left along the track and detonated at around 7:10 a.m. as the last car passed. Government sources implicated the LTTE.[55]
June  4  0 7 India Thane. A bomb exploded in the parking lot of an auditorium hosting a play that parodied the Mahabharat. Two men, ages 50 and 34, admitted guilt to the attack and others on February 20th and May 31st. Although the men claimed membership in Hindutva groups, they stated that they acted alone without support.[56][57]
June  6  21 47 Sri Lanka Moratuwa suburb of Colombo. A roadside bomb blast targeted a crowded state-run commuter bus at about 7:35 a.m. The government quickly placed blame upon LTTE, who had yet to claim responsibility. See 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing[58]
June  6  2 20 Sri Lanka Kandy district. The Sri Lankan government blamed LTTE militants for a bomb explosion that occurred aboard a commuter bus only a few hours after a similar attack near the capital. See 2008 Polgolla bus bombing [59]
June  9  12 Algeria Boumerdès Province. Two explosions kill 13 in the town of Beni Amrane, Algeria. Islamic militants suspected. [60]
June  15  2 ~12 Nepal Rautahat District. A group calling itself the Tarai Army claimed responsibility for an explosion in a crowded bus station in southern Nepal. The bomb had been hidden in a wheat sack.[61][62]
June  15  0 8 Turkey Istanbul. An explosion in a cafe in the Büyükçekmece district on the European side of the Bosporus was attributed to a bomb.[63]
June  16  12 40+ Sri Lanka Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Explosives in a motorcycle is detonated in front of a police station in Vavuniya, killing 12 members of police and injuring 40, including children. [64]
June  17  63+ 75+ Iraq Baghdad. A minibus packed with explosives detonated near a marketplace in the Huriya district during the evening business rush. The predominantly Shiite crowd blamed Sunni extremists although the U.S. military believed that radical Shiite militants caused the attack in an attempt to reignite sectarian tensions or to target nearby coalition forces.[65][66]
June  20  6 4 Afghanistan Gereshk, Helmand. A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy as it passed by a market during the morning hours. The blast killed 5 civilians and 1 coaltion member.[67]
June  22  15 40+ Iraq Baquba, Diyala. A female suicide bomber struck at a government outpost.[68]
June  24  0 10 Thailand Muang district, Yala province. A bomb hidden in a bike exploded at a market around 7 AM. Six civilians and four soldiers were injured. A remote control detonated the explosive.[69]
June  26  18 25 Iraq Al-Karmah, Anbar province. A suicide bomber attacked a meeting of tribal sheikhs. U.S. troops, who were in attendance, were among the injured. It is believed that AQI was behind the attack.[70]
June  26  18 80+ Iraq Mosul. A car bomb exploded in a busy market minutes after a previous explosion.[71]

July

Date Dead Injured Location and description
July  3  0 0 Indonesia Palembang, Sumatra. Police arrested 12 militants who are accused of planning to bomb a cafe in Bukittinggi, a city popular among tourists. Several of the arrested have links to Jemaah Islamiyah.[72]
July  4  0 50+ Belarus Minsk. A home-made bomb explodes in Belarus' capital at an outdoor Independence Day concert, injuring around 50 people. President Alexander Lukashenko was also attending the concert. No one has claimed responsibility as of yet, but government spokespersons blames the attack on "hooligans".[73]
July  6  11 ~22 Pakistan Islamabad. A suicide-bomber targeted a group of police officers near the Lal Masjid almost a year after a deadly siege and raid on the mosque.[74]
July  7  58 150+ Afghanistan Kabul. A suicide-bomber drove an explosives-laden automobile into the front gates of the Indian embassy.[75]
July  9  3 3 Turkey Istanbul. Four men, believed to be Turkish citizens, attacked the American consulate around 1100 local time. Three of the four began shooting and were soon met with police fire. The three gunmen, as well as three police officers, were killed in the exchange. The fourth assailant, the driver, escaped the scene. Injuries occurred to two other people.[76][77]
July  15  35 63 Iraq Diyala. Two men detonated explosive-laden belts seconds apart in a crowd of Army recruits at the Saad military base. The two bombers had disguised themselves as recruits.[78]
July  20  0 1 Spain Laredo and Noja. ETA claimed responsibility for four bomb blasts in resort areas along the northern coast.[79]
July  21  2 13 China Kunming, Yunnan. Two bomb explosions occurred onboard separate passenger buses during the early morning commute. The first blast happened at about 7:00 AM and the second came about an hour later.[80][81]
July  24  ~8 ~24 Iraq Baqouba. Iraqi police said at least eight people have been killed in a female suicide bombing against a checkpoint manned by US-allied Sunni guards northeast of Baghdad.[82]
July  25  2 20+ India Bangalore. A series of nine blasts kills 2 and injures 20 people[83].
July  25  6 15+ State of Palestine Gaza City. At least six people, including senior Hamas member, killed after bomb explodes at major Gaza intersection; explosive device planted near Hamas police parking site [84].
July  26  50+ 160+ India Ahmedabad. A series of seventeen blasts killing 49 and injuring 160 people[85].
July  27  0 6 India Godda, Jharkhand. At least six people were injured when a bomb exploded at a bus stand in Jharkhand's Godda district early Sunday.[86]
July  27  ~17 150+ Turkey Istanbul. Two bombs kill 17 people and wound at least 150 in Istanbul.[87].
July  28  32+ 102 Iraq Baghdad. Three female suicide bombers and a roadside bomb targeted Shi'ite pilgrims headed towards Kazimiyah.[88][89]
July  28  25 185 Iraq Kirkuk. A bomb explosion occurred at a large protest against a provincial elections law. The US military initially believed the explosion to be a suicide attack. The majority of the victims were Kurds.[89]

August

Date Dead Injured Location and description
August  3  0 25 Algeria Tizi Ouzou, Kabylie. A suicide car bomber targeted the local police force. The explosion injured 25 people, 4 of whom were police. No one has claimed responsibility.[90]
August  4  16 16 Pakistan Sibi, Balochistan. A bomb attached to a parked motorcycle exploded in the main bazaar. The bomb was detonated by remote. Three of the killed were said to be members of a tribe supporting the Islamabad government.[91]
August  8  21+ ~70 Iraq Tal Afar. A bomb exploded in a crowded vegetable market.[92]
August  10  0 10 Colombia Bogota. An explosion in the north of Colombia’s capital Bogotá left ten people wounded. The police blame rebel group FARC for the attack.[93]
August  13  18+ 45 Lebanon Tripoli. A bomb, hidden in a briefcase, exploded at a crowded civilian bus stop at around 7:45 AM. Most of the dead were reported to be soldiers, who seemed to be the target of the attack. A remote control detonated the explosive. Initial suspicion fell upon Fatah al-Islam although political turmoil and sectarian strife could implicate any number of groups.[94][95]
August  15  7 50 Colombia Ituango, Antioquia. Seven people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a bomb detonated in a small town. FARC denies responsibility on the attack, blaming Colombian State.[96][97]
August  17  3 13 Azerbaijan Baku. A young man reportedly threw a grenade into the Abu Bakr mosque during evening prayers while as many as 200 worshiped.[98]
August  18  12 22 Afghanistan Khost. A suicide bomber drove a car towards the gates of an American military base. The explosion killed no American military personnel, but did harm workers outside of the base. The forces repelled a second attacker, who fled. The attacks came on Afghanistan's Independence Day, which celebrates the end[99]
August  19  32 35 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan. A suicide bomber struck outside of a hospital, where a large crowd Shiite mourners had gathered.[100]
August  19  43 45 Algeria Issers, Boumerdès Province. A suicide bomber drove a vehicle into a large group of military recruits gathering for exams. Although no one has claimed responsibility, such attacks are usually blamed upon Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb.[101][102]
August  19  0 19 Turkey Mersin. Investigators believe that an individual was attempting to conduct a suicide attack when he attempted to avoid a police checkpoint. The man detonated explosives after his car was stopped, and the explosion killed him and wounded 19 officers. The PKK and the TAK both claimed responsibility for the attack.[103]
August  20  11+ 31 Algeria Bouira. Two car bombs were detonated by remote control. The first explosion targeted the military and reportedly injured 4 soldiers. The second explosion, which occurred about a minute later next to a downtown hotel, killed 11 people and injured 27. Most of the casualties from the second blast were civilians on board a passing bus.[104]
August  21  63 81 Pakistan Wah, Attock District. Twin suicide bombings kill 63 people and injure 81 people targeting Pakistan's main munitions factory, the Pakistan Ordnance Factories. The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility in retaliation for Pakistan Army attacks in the War in North-West Pakistan.

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August  23  8 Pakistan Swat, Pakistan. A suicide bomber drives and detonates a vehicle into a checkpoint, killing 8 policemen and injuring several others.

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August  23  0 19 Turkey Izmir. At about 7:45 AM, a car bomb exploded in a residential area as vehicles carrying security personnel approached. The blast injured seven police, three soldiers and six civilians. The PKK and the TAK both claimed responsibility for the attack.[107]
August  24  30 42 Iraq Abu Ghraib. A suicide bomber detonates his explosives at the home of a tribal sheikh who celebrated the release of his son from US detention. The dinner was also attended by members of the Awakening movement.[108][109]
August  26  28 45 Iraq Jalawla, Diyala Governorate. 28 people were killed outside a police station by a suicide bomber.[110]
August  30  0 48 Sri Lanka Colombo. Nearly 50 people suffered injuries when a hidden bomb detonated in a commercial district. The government blames LTTE operatives.[111]

September

Date Dead Injured Location and description
September  1  4 26 Colombia Cali. Four people were killed and around 26 more wounded by a car bomb in the Colombian city of Cali in one of the worst urban attacks this year. Police said they believed FARC guerrillas were responsible for the attack.[112]
September  1  7 34+ Philippines Digos City, Mindanao. Investigators believe a woman left a bomb on board a passenger bus. The following explosion killed at least 7 and wounded at least 34.[113] Police connect the blast to al-Khobar, an extortionist group that had threatened the bus company the week before the attack and has carried out similar attacks in the past few years. The group is believed to have loose ties to various insurgent groups, such as Abu Sayyaf and the New People's Army.[114]
September  2  7 7+ Iraq Mosul. A suicide car bomber struck an army checkpoint in the city of Mosul in Nineveh province, killing at least 7 and injuring at least 7.[115]
September  2  6 4 Afghanistan Khost. Six people, including two policemen, were killed in a roadside bomb attack and a Taliban ambush.[116]
September  3  6 24 Ethiopia Addis Ababa. A bomb exploded in a bar, killing 6 and injuring many more.[117]

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