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The following is a list of terrorist incidents and arrests outside Iraq and Syria that have been connected to or have been said by reliable sources to be inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
2014
Country | Date | Article | Description | Dead | Injured | Status |
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Belgium | May 2014 | Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting | The Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium was targeted when a gunman identified as Mehdi Nemmouche opened fire at the museum. Three people died at the scene while a fourth died on 6 June due to injuries. When apprehended in Marseille, with his belongings was a camera with a recording claiming responsibility for the shooting, and a white sheet with the name of the Islamic State emblazoned onto it. | 4 | 0 | Subject in custody, extradited to Belgium. |
Australia | September 2014 | 2014 Endeavour Hills stabbings | Two counter-terrorism police officers stabbed | 0 | 2 | Perpetrator shot dead |
Australia | September 2014 | 2014 Australian terror raids | 15 people were detained after planning to kidnap a random Australian citizen and execute them. | 0 | 0 | One person charged |
Canada | October 2014 | 2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack | Two soldiers run down with car. One dies. | 1 | 1 | Perpetrator shot dead after chase. |
Canada | October 2014 | 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa | Soldier standing guard at National War Memorial shot dead. Gunman storms Parliament. Security officer shot in leg trying to take gun from perpetrator. | 1 | 3 | Perpetrator shot dead in Parliament Building. |
Australia | December 2014 | 2014 Sydney hostage crisis | ISIL supporter Man Haron Monis takes 17 hostages at a Lindt café in Sydney. 11 escape before the gunman kills a hostage and police storm the building. Another hostage died after being hit by a ricocheting police bullet. | 2 | 4 | Perpetrator shot dead during police raid. |
France | December 2014 | 2014 Tours stabbing attack | An ISIL supporter entered into a police station in Joué-lès-Tours screaming Allahu Akbar before stabbing three police officers. | 0 | 3 | Perpetrator shot dead. |
France | December 2014 | 2014 Dijon attack | An ISIL supporter rammed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians in Dijon while screaming Allahu Akbar. | 0 | 11 | Perpetrator arrested. |
France | December 2014 | 2014 Nantes attack | An suicidal ISIL supporter rammed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians in Nantes at a Christmas market while screaming Allahu Akbar. | 1 | 10 | Perpetrator arrested. |
Total | 9 | 34 |
2015
Country | Date | Article | Description | Dead | Injured | Status |
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Saudi Arabia | January 2015 | 2015 Arar attack | Two attackers open fire on border guards, killing 3 before one detonates his suicide vest | 3 | 1 | Both perpetrators killed |
France | January 2015 | Fontenay-aux-Roses and Montrouge shootings | On 7 January, Amedy Coulibaly shot a 32-year-old jogger in the park next to Coulibaly's home. He suffered injuries to his arm and back. On January 8, Coulibaly shot and killed municipal police officer Clarrisa Jean-Philippe in Montrouge, Paris while critically wounding a street sweeper. These attacks were connected to Coulibaly after the shell casings on both scenes were matched to the hostage crisis in Porte de Vincennes. | 1 | 2 | Perpetrator shot dead after Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis. |
France | January 2015 | Porte de Vincennes hostage crisis | As part of the 2015 Île-de-France attacks, Amedy Coulibaly took hostages at a Hypercacher kosher superette in Paris on 9 January. This took place concurrently with the Dammartin-en-Goële standoff with the Charlie Hebdo gunmen. Amedy Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. Coulibaly was killed in the police siege which ended the hostage crisis. Four were killed as well as nine injured. | 4 | 9 | Perpetrator shot dead. |
Belgium | January 2015 | 2015 anti-terrorism operations in Belgium | Belgian police raid a terrorist cell in the town of Verviers killing two suspects. Arrests are made across Belgium | 0 | 0 | Suspects killed and arrested. |
Libya | January 2015 | 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack | Car bombing, suicide attack and subsequent hostage situation in hotel known for hosting foreigners and government officials. | 10 | Several | Some perpetrators dead, others escaped |
Denmark | February 2015 | 2015 Copenhagen shootings | Danish-born Jordanian-Palestinian Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein opened fire on a free speech event hosted by Lars Vilks and the Great Synagogue of Copenhagen. El-Hussein had pledged allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a few days prior. | 2 | 5 | Perpetrator shot by police |
Tunisia | March 2015 | Bardo National Museum attack | Mass shooting and hostage-taking of foreign tourists at the Bardo National Museum | 22 | 50 | 2 perpetrators killed by police, 1 escaped |
Yemen | March 2015 | 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings | Suicide bombings of two Shi'a mosque in Sana'a | 142 | 351 | All perpetrators killed in the explosions |
United States | May 2015 | Curtis Culwell Center attack | Two men attacked officers with gunfire at the entrance to an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas | 0 | 1 | Both perpetrators killed |
Turkey | June 2015 | 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombing | TNT bombing targeting a rally of the Peoples' Democratic Party | 4 | 100+ | Perpetrator arrested. |
France | June 2015 | Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack | French-born Islamist beheads his boss and then rams his car into a gas cylinder outside a factory | 1 | 2 | Perpetrator arrested; commits suicide in prison six months after the attack |
Kuwait | June 2015 | 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing | Suicide bombing of a Shi'a mosque in Kuwait City | 27 | 227 | Bomber killed in explosion, 15 others convicted of involvement in the attack |
Tunisia | June 2015 | 2015 Sousse attacks | Mass shooting targeting western tourists at a hotel in Port El Kantaoui 10 kilometres north of Sousse | 38 | 39 | Perpetrator killed by police |
Egypt | July 2015 | July 2015 Sinai clashes | Members of the Wilayat Sinai launch attacks on military checkpoints and a police station in and around the town of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai | 21 | 9 | 241 attackers killed, several dozen escaped |
Egypt | July 2015 | 2015 Cairo bombing | Car bombing of the Italian consulate building in Cairo | 1 | 9 | Unknown |
Iraq | July 2015 | 2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing | Suicide car bombing targeting Shi'a market in the city of Khan Bani Saad | 120-130 | 130+ | Perpetrator killed in explosion |
Turkey | July 2015 | 2015 Suruç bombing | Suicide bombing targeting the youth wing of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed | 33 | 104 | Perpetrator dead. |
France | August 2015 | 2015 Thalys train attack | A man who supported ISIL attacked a Thalys train from Paris to Amsterdam before being subdued. | 0 | 3 | Perpetrator subdued and arrested. |
Turkey | October 2015 | 2015 Ankara bombings | Suicide bombing targeting protesters at a peace rally | 102 | 400+ | Perpetrators dead. |
Egypt/ Russia | October 2015 | Metrojet Flight 9268 | Flight en route from Egypt to Saint Petersburg bombed | 224 (nearly all Russians) | 0 | Unknown |
Lebanon | November 2015 | 2015 Beirut bombings | Suicide bombings targeting Shi'a civilians in the Hezbollah dominated suburb Bourj el-Barajneh | 43 | 200-240 | Perpetrators dead. |
France | November 2015 | November 2015 Paris attacks | Shootings, suicide bombings, grenade, hostage taking. | 130 | 368 | Perpetrators killed[1] |
France | November 2015 | 2015 Saint-Denis raid | French police raid apartment in Saint-Denis searching for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind of the November 2015 Paris attacks. | 0 | 6 | Abaaoud and two others conspirators killed |
Tunisia | November 2015 | 2015 Tunis bombing | Suicide bombing targeting a bus carrying presidential guards. | 13 | 16 | Perpetrator killed in explosion. |
Syria | December 2015 | Tell Tamer bombings | Truck bombings of a Kurdish militia hospital and a market. | 60 | 80 | Unknown |
Syria | December 2015 | 2015 al-Qamishli bombings | Suicide bombings in three restaurants frequented by Kurds and Assyrian Christians. | 16 | 35 | Perpetrators killed in explosions |
Total | 996-1006 | 2147+ |
2016
Country | Date | Article | Description | Dead | Injured | Status |
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Libya | January 2016 | Zliten truck bombing | Suicide truck bombing at a police training camp | 60 | 200+ | Perpetrator killed in explosion |
Egypt | January 2016 | 2016 Hurghada attack | Stabbing attack targeting foreign tourists at the Bella Vista hotel in Hurghada | 0 | 2 | Two perpetrators killed by police |
Turkey | January 2016 | 2016 Istanbul bombing | Suicide bombing targeting foreign tourists in Sultanahmet Square | 11 | 15 | Perpetrator killed in explosion |
Indonesia | January 2016 | 2016 Jakarta attacks | Suicide bombings and shootout targeting a Starbucks and a police station in central Jakarta. Also occurred near a UN information center and several foreign embassies | 2 | 24 | 5 perpetrators killed, others escaped |
Total | 73 | 241+ |
See also
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of terrorist incidents, 2014
- List of terrorist incidents, 2015
- September 11 attacks
References
- ^ McLaughlin, Eliott C. (2015-11-18). "Paris attacks: What you need to know". CNN.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.