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On August 16, 2015, the Syrian Air Force launched strikes on the rebel-held city of Douma, northeast of Damascus, killing at least 96 people and injuring2022 Spain letter bomb attacks (914 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
In late November and early December 2022, a number of letter bombs were mailed to locations across Spain. Packages were received at high-profile individuals2022 Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings (256 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) On 25 May 2022, three explosions hit a group of minivans in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack (1,767 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack occurred on 11 April 2014, in the rebel-held northern Syrian town of Kafr Zita during the Syrian Civil War. The attack1986 Damascus bombings (328 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1986 Damascus bombings were a series of terrorist attacks perpetrated in Damascus, Syria in 1986. They were the deadliest acts of terrorism against1979 Brussels bombing (441 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1979 Brussels bombing was an attack carried out by volunteers belonging to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army bandAttacks on shipping in Lough Foyle (1981–82) (1,499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
The motor boat, the Stork, was towed out to sea and destroyed by an explosive device before dawn, while the crew was ashore. Another British boat, the PuffinKashmir Princess (1,788 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Kashmir Princess, or Air India Flight 300, was a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation Air India flight. On 11 April 1955, it was damaged in midair2015 Parachinar bombing (180 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A bombing occurred on 23 December 2015 at a clothes bazaar in Pakistan's Parachinar area in the Kurram Valley. It was not clear whether the bombing wasFritz Kater (103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Fritz Kater (1861–1945) was a German trade unionist, publisher, and anarcho-syndicalist. He was active in the Free Association of German Trade Unions (FVdG)2015 Quetta bus bombing (178 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2015 Quetta bus bombing occurred on 19 October 2015 in Quetta a city in Balochistan. The blast killed at least 11 people and another 22 were injuredGarryhinch ambush (1,012 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Garryhinch ambush was a surprise attack on the Garda Síochána by the Provisional IRA on 16 October 1976. A bomb planted by the IRA in a farmhouse at5 August 2022 Kabul bombing (113 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 5 August 2022, Islamic State – Khorasan Province bombed a Muharram mourning procession in a Shi'ite neighborhood in western Kabul, Afghanistan. TheAnthony Berry (764 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield1994 British Army Lynx shootdown (1,308 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 19 March 1994, a British Army Lynx helicopter was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland. A unit of the IRA'sJune 2017 Herat mosque bombing (170 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On June 6, 2017, a bomb explosion outside the Jama Masjid, a historic mosque in the western city of Herat in Afghanistan killed at least 7 civilians, andRFA Fort Victoria bombing (871 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The bombing of RFA Fort Victoria took place on 6 September 1990, when a unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) planted two bombs aboard the1992 Coalisland riots (1,901 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local Irish nationalist civilians and British Army soldiers (of the ThirdHaska Meyna mosque bombing (295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 18 October 2019, a bombing occurred in a mosque in Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, killing at least 73 worshippers. Dozens more2011 Basra bombings (230 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2011 Basra bombings were three bombing attacks in a busy market in Basra, Iraq, on November 24, 2011, that killed at least 19 people and wounded at2008 Karbala bombing (182 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2008 Karbala bombing occurred on 17 March 2008 in Karbala, Iraq. The suicide bomb detonated outside a cafe near the shrine. The bombings killed at2020 Gamboru bombing (180 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
At about 5pm on 6 January 2020, a bomb exploded at a market in Gamboru, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The market is located on a bridge which connectsAlfortville Armenian Genocide Memorial bombings (460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A hit-team headed bomb attack was undertaken at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Alfortville, France by Grey Wolves member Abdullah Çatlı and paid forJanuary 2017 Parachinar bombing (674 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 21 January 2017, a bomb was detonated at a vegetable market in Parachinar, in the Kurram Valley of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan2004 Mosul bombings (74 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 24 June 2004 Mosul bombings were a series of coordinated car bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where five car bombs targeted police2011 Karbala bombing (79 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2011 Karbala bombing was an attack that took place in the city of Karbala on 25 September 2011. A car bomb exploded next to a crowded identity cardHaska Meyna mosque bombing (295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 18 October 2019, a bombing occurred in a mosque in Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, killing at least 73 worshippers. Dozens moreAlexander Zakharchenko (2,499 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (26 June 1976 – 31 August 2018) was a Ukrainian separatist leader who was the Rusia-installed head of state and prime2008 Istanbul bombings (525 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
41°00′43″N 28°58′34″E / 41.012°N 28.976°E / 41.012; 28.976 The 2008 Istanbul bombings occurred on July 27, 2008 when two explosions hit a busy shopping2008 Kunming bus bombings (509 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2008 Kunming bus bombings occurred on 21 July 2008 when explosions aboard two public buses in downtown Kunming, the capital of southwest China's YunnanBelturbet bombing (1,783 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Belturbet bombing occurred on 28 December 1972 when a car bomb planted by Loyalist paramilitaries exploded in the main street in the border town ofJuly 2003 Mumbai bombing (164 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
At 21:15 on 28 July 2003 a bomb placed under a seat of a B.E.S.T. bus exploded on the busy Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in Ghatkopar. The bomb was placed in1980 Antwerp attack (446 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 27 July 1980, Said Al Nasr, a Syria-born Palestinian, used grenades to attack a group of 40 Jewish children waiting with their families for a bus to2010 Aksu bombing (824 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2010 Aksu bombing was a bombing in Aksu, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China that resulted in at least seven deaths and fourteen injuries when a UyghurTrain 904 bombing (1,959 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Train 904 bombing (Italian: Strage del Rapido 904 or Strage di Natale (Christmas massacre)) was a terror attack which occurred on 23 December 19842004 Good Friday ambush (1,582 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2004 Good Friday ambush was an attack by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004 during the Iraq War on a convoy of United States supply trucks during the2000 Ozamiz ferry bombing (386 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2000 Ozamiz Ferry Bombing is one of the Philippines' bloodiest bombing incidents. At least 44 people were killed, while more than 100 ferry passengersJanuary 2014 Cairo bombings (695 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 24 and 25 January 2014 a series of bombs exploded in Greater Cairo. The first four explosions occurred on the day before the anniversary of the EgyptianJAT Flight 367 (2,320 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
JAT Flight 367 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft (registration YU-AHT) which exploded shortly after overflying NDB Hermsdorf (located in or aroundDunmurry train bombing (1,348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Dunmurry train bombing was a premature detonation of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) incendiary bomb aboard a Ballymena to Belfast passengerAttack on Derryard checkpoint (1,592 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 13 December 1989 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint complex manned by the King's Own Scottish2019 Bangkok bombings (1,518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
carried out similar attacked in seven southern district in 2016. The explosive device reported by the Royal Thai Police was believed to be a homemade bomb2013 Pakistan election day bombings (66 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 11 May 2013, the election day for Pakistan general election several bombings took place across the country. The bombings were targeted against offices2009 Karachi bombing (1,281 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2009 Karachi bombing or Ashura attack took place on 28 December 2009 inside a Shia procession commemorating the day of Ashura, at Muhammad Ali JinnahMarch 2017 Parachinar suicide bombing (168 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 31 March 2017, a car bombing took place at a market in Parachinar, northwest Pakistan. The bombing was believed to be motivated by sectarianism, asBhagwati Charan Vohra (765 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Bhagwati Charan Vohra (15 November 1903 – 28 May 1930) was an Indian revolutionary, associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He wasDawoud Rajiha (749 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Dawoud Abdallah Rajiha (Arabic: داود راجحة; 1947 – 18 July 2012; forename sometimes transliterated Dawood or Daoud, surname sometimes transliterated Rajha)January 2003 Mumbai bombing (103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 27 January 2003, a bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the busy Vile Parle railway station in Mumbai, India. The bomb killed one person and injuredFour Four Bravo ambush (1,184 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Four Four Bravo was the call sign of a fifteen-man Sri Lankan Army patrol, deployed in the Jaffna Peninsula on 23 July 1983. The patrol was ambushed andAttack on USNS Card (2,452 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The attack on USNS Card was a Viet Cong (VC) operation during the Vietnam War. It took place in the port of Saigon in the early hours of 2 May 1964, andNovember 2016 Mogadishu car bombing (162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The November Mogadishu car bombing occurred on 26 November 2016. At least 20 people were killed by the explosion of a car bomb near a market in the Somali2002 Immanuel bus attack (460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Immanuel bus attack was an ambush attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilians on 16 July 2002. It was carried out by three PalestiniansMay 2010 Mogadishu bombings (547 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The May 2010 Mogadishu bombings were an attack at a mosque near the Bakaara market in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on 1 May 2010. The bombs killedKursiivi printing house arson (304 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Kursiivi printing house arson took place in the early morning of 26 November 1977, destroying the printing house Kursiivi in Helsinki in Lauttasaari2009 Assam bombings (385 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2009 Assam serial blasts occurred on 6 April 2009 in the Maligaon and Dhekiajuli areas of the Assamese capital Guwahati on the eve of the AssameseJune 2013 Pakistan bombings (168 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
June 2013 Pakistan bombings was the series of terrorist attack in Pakistan on 30 June 2013. The attacks took place in Hazara Town, Quetta, in PeshawarApril 2012 Damascus bombings (70 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 27 April 2012 Damascus bombing was a suicide attack that targeted the Syrian military, killing nine people. The event, occurred during the Syrian CivilFebruary 2017 Mogadishu bombing (161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 19 February 2017, at least 39 people were killed after a car bomb exploded near Wadajir market in Madina district, Mogadishu, Somalia. More than 50Ernst-Robert Grawitz (442 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Ernst-Robert Grawitz (8 June 1899 – 24 April 1945) was a German physician and an SS functionary (Reichsarzt, "Arzt" meaning "physician") during the Nazi2004 Ashura massacre (381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed at least 80–100 and injured at least 200 Iraqi Shi'aKarachi Chinese consulate attack (1,483 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 23 November 2018, an armed assault on the Chinese consulate in Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan killed four people in an hour-long shootout. Those killed2012 Eker bombing (321 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2012 Eker bombing (Arabic: تفجير العكر) occurred on the 10 April 2012 in the village of Eker, in the south of the Kingdom of Bahrain. According toDoreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne (450 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Doreen Geraldine Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, CI DStJ (née Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne; 29 May 1896 – 28 August 1979) was an Anglo-Irish aristocratOctober 2016 Istanbul bombing (310 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 6 October 2016, at around 15:50 (UTC+3), a bomb attached to a motorcycle blasted in a terrorist attack in Yenibosna neighborhood of Bahçelievler districtMarch 2022 Quetta bombing (125 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
At about 7pm on 2 March 2022, a bomb exploded near a police mobile on Fatima Jinnah Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. It killed three people and injuredKissufim tank ambush (401 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On September 5, 2002, during the Second Intifada, a Merkava II tank was driving along a dirt road near the Kissufim crossing following figures identifiedFrank Steunenberg (1,603 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Frank Steunenberg (August 8, 1861 – December 30, 1905) was the fourth governor of the State of Idaho, serving from 1897 until 1901. He was assassinated2004 Ashura massacre (381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Ashura massacre of March 2, 2004 in Iraq was a series of planned terrorist explosions that killed at least 80–100 and injured at least 200 Iraqi Shi'aCanadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 (504 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was a scheduled domestic flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, via Prince2021 Chaman bombings (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
political organizations, organized a protest march. The improvised explosive device exploded just as the demonstrators had finished their protest march13 September 2008 Delhi bombings (2,383 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronised bomb blasts that took place within the span of a few minutes on Saturday, 13 September10 May 2010 Iraq attacks (494 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks were a series of bomb and shooting attacks that occurred in Iraq on 10 May 2010, killing over 114 people and injuring 350November 2016 Mogadishu car bombing (162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The November Mogadishu car bombing occurred on 26 November 2016. At least 20 people were killed by the explosion of a car bomb near a market in the Somali2002 Immanuel bus attack (460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Immanuel bus attack was an ambush attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilians on 16 July 2002. It was carried out by three Palestinians2009 Chakwal mosque bombing (190 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2009 Chakwal mosque bombing occurred on 5 April 2009, in Chakwal in the Punjab province of Pakistan. An initial casualty count of 30 was reported withThomas Begley (799 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Thomas Begley (10 November 1970 – 23 October 1993) was a Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) Volunteer. Begley was killed when2012 Eker bombing (321 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2012 Eker bombing (Arabic: تفجير العكر) occurred on the 10 April 2012 in the village of Eker, in the south of the Kingdom of Bahrain. According toMaurice Gibson (529 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Sir Maurice Gibson, PC (1 May 1913 – 25 April 1987), was a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland. He was killed, along with his wife Cecily, LadyAMAD Project (844 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the existence of any program aimed at the development of a nuclear explosive device, and in particular denied the existence of the AMAD Plan when reporting2008 Wah bombing (632 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2008 Wah bombing was a double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah, Pakistan, on 21 August 2008. The attack, which killed2008 breach of the Egypt–Gaza border (3,670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 23 January 2008, Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip set off an explosion near the Rafah border crossing, destroying part of the 2003 wall. The UnitedJanuary 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing (45 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
At least 19 people were killed by a girl aged about 10 in a suicide bombing attack. "Bomb strapped to girl 'about 10 years old' kills 19 in Maiduguri,January 2012 al-Midan bombing (1,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 6 January 2012, a bomb exploded in the Al-Midan district of Damascus, Syria. According to the Syrian government, a suicide bomber attacked buses carryingThomas Walker Gilmer (793 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Thomas Walker Gilmer (April 6, 1802 – February 28, 1844) was an American statesman. He served in several political positions in Virginia, including electionYevhen Konovalets (1,709 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets (Ukrainian: Євген Михайлович Коновалець; 14 June 1891 – 23 May 1938) was a Ukrainian military commander and political leaderMilan Milišić (643 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Milan Milišić (6 July 1941 – 5 October 1991) was a Yugoslav poet, translator, author and journalist from Dubrovnik. He wrote several volumes of poetry2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing (618 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
36°18′09″N 43°07′20″E / 36.302433°N 43.122342°E / 36.302433; 43.122342 The Forward Operating Base Marez bombing took place on December 21, 2004. Fourteen2002 Mumbai bus bombing (358 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
At 18:45 IST on Monday, 2 December 2002, a bomb placed under a seat of a B.E.S.T. bus exploded near the busy Ghatkopar station. The bomb was placed inMohammad Omar (Afghan governor) (260 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani (Pashto: انجنير محمد عمر) (died October 8, 2010) was the Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan from 2004 until he was assassinated2008 Mogadishu bombing (253 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2008 Mogadishu bombing occurred on August 3, 2008 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A roadside bombing killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish2012 Rahim Yar Khan bombing (405 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2012 Rahim Yar Khan bombing occurred on 15 January 2012, when a remote-controlled bomb exploded during a Shi'a Muslim procession in the city of Rahim2013 Canning riots (1,094 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2013 Canning riots were anti-Hindu riots in state of West Bengal on 21 February 2013. The riots occurred in the Canning subdivision, after a MuslimSeptember 2016 Urum al-Kubra aid convoy attack (1,225 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy unloading at a warehouse along Highway 60 in the rebel-held city of Urum al-Kubra, approximately2015 Peshawar mosque attack (135 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 13 February 2015, group of armed men wearing uniforms of security forces broke into the Shiite mosque named as Imamia mosque in the city of PeshawarWoolwich pub bombing (568 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Woolwich pub bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on the Kings Arms, Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames in London,27 September 2008 Delhi bombing (1,716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing in India's second largest metropolis left three people dead and twenty-three more injured, on an infamous SaturdayDeath of Brian Wells (4,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Commerce bank robbery, in which a bank robber was killed due to an explosive device Mosman bomb hoax, a 2011 extortion attempt using a fake collar bombQissa Khwani Bazaar bombing (175 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Qissa Khwani Bazaar bombing took place in the Qissa Khwani Bazaar market in Peshawar, Pakistan on 29 September 2013. A car bomb detonated about 112003 Karbala bombings (448 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2003 Karbala bombings consisted of four suicide attacks on the Coalition military barracks in Karbala, Iraq, 110 kilometres (68 mi) south of BaghdadShikarpur bombing (128 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Shikarpur bombing occurred on 30 January 2015 when Sunni militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban killed 61 people and injured 50 in a bombing atAir Lanka Flight 512 (333 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Air Lanka Flight 512 was an Air Lanka (now SriLankan Airlines) flight from London Gatwick Airport via Zurich and Dubai to Colombo (Bandaranaike InternationalMichael Willetts (697 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Michael Willetts, GC (13 August 1943 – 25 May 1971) was one of the first British soldiers to be killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and theSussex Arms pub bombing (200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 12 October 1992, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a bomb that had been planted in the gents' toilets in the Sussex Arms pub inKhalil Haqqani (1,244 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Khalil Rahman Haqqani (Pashto: خلیلالرحمن حقاني, pronounced [xalilʊrahˈmɑn haqɑˈni]; c. February 1966 – 11 December 2024) was an Afghan Pashtun, Mujahideen2008 breach of the Egypt–Gaza border (3,670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 23 January 2008, Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip set off an explosion near the Rafah border crossing, destroying part of the 2003 wall. The United1997 Ürümqi bus bombings (285 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On February 25, 1997, 3 bombs exploded on 3 buses (lines 2, 10, and 44) in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. 9 people were killed, including at least 3 children2004 Multan bombing (516 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. The death toll was reported at 41 with nearlyRed Lion Pub bombing (574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Red Lion Pub bombing was a bomb attack on 2 November 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Planted by the Provisional IRA, it exploded in the Red Lion1970 Crossmaglen bombing (603 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 11 August 1970, two Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers were killed by a booby-trap bomb planted under a car by the Provisional Irish RepublicanGuildford pub bombings (1,146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Guildford pub bombings occurred on Saturday 5 October 1974 when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound (2.7-kilogram) geligniteMay 2009 Lahore attack (323 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2009 Lahore bombing, at police headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 May 2009, killed at least 35 people and injured 250. During the attack gunmenAir Lanka Flight 512 (333 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Air Lanka Flight 512 was an Air Lanka (now SriLankan Airlines) flight from London Gatwick Airport via Zurich and Dubai to Colombo (Bandaranaike International1974 Tower of London bombing (281 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1974 Tower of London bombing happened on 17 July 1974 with the explosion of a 10–14-pound (4.5–6.4 kg) bomb in the White Tower of the Tower of LondonDecember 2009 Lahore attacks (486 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The December 2009 Lahore attacks were a series of two bomb blasts and a shooting which occurred in a crowded market in Lahore, Pakistan on 7 December 2009Air France Flight 406 (318 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Air France Flight 406 was a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner that crashed in French Algeria on May 10, 1961, after a bomb exploded on board. All 78 passengersOperation Damocles (1,422 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Operation Damocles was a covert campaign of the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad in August 1962 which targeted German scientists and technicians, formerlyApril 2014 Nyanya bombing (638 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 14 April 2014 at about 6:45 am, two bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring at least2021 Lahore bombing (824 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 23 June 2021, a car bomb exploded in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, killing three people. On 23 June 2021, about 11 am local time, a car bombing took placeMunir Al Yafi (137 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Brig. Gen. Abu Al-Yamamah Munir Mahmoud Ahmed Mashali Al Yafi (1974 in Yafa'a District, Lahij Governorate, Yemen – 1 August 2019) was a Yemeni support1948 Cairo bombings (646 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1948 bombings in Cairo, which targeted Jewish areas, took place during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, between June and September, and killed 70 Jews andPan Am Flight 103 (16,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
satisfied that it has been proved that the primary suitcase containing the explosive device was dispatched from Malta, passed through Frankfurt, and was loaded2011 Faisalabad bombing (464 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2011 Faisalabad bombing occurred on 8 March 2011. At least 25 people were killed and over 127 wounded when a car bombing occurred in a compressed naturalDecember 2010 Abuja bombing (103 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The December 2010 Abuja bombing was a bomb attack on a barracks on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, on 31 December 2010. Four people were killed, includingCirconvallazione massacre (1,517 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Circonvallazione massacre, in Italian Strage della Circonvallazione, was a Cosa Nostra attack that took place on June 16, 1982 on the Palermo ringStrand Bar bombing (676 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Strand Bar Bombing was a bomb attack on a pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 12 April 1975, during the Troubles. The Red Hand Commando (RHC), a loyalistPlaza República Dominicana bombing (879 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A car bomb attack was carried out by the armed Basque separatist group ETA in Madrid, Spain, on 14 July 1986, which killed 12 people and injured anotherPaul Jeffreys (227 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Paul Avron Jeffreys (13 February 1952 – 21 December 1988) was an English rock musician. He played bass guitar in Cockney Rebel between 1972 and 1974, workingNuclear explosive (426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A nuclear explosive is an explosive device that derives its energy from nuclear reactions. Almost all nuclear explosive devices that have been designed1974 Bristol bombing (266 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1974 Bristol bombing was a twin bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA in a shopping street in Bristol city centre on 18 December 1974. A bombAssassination of Shuja Khanzada (742 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Provisional IRA carried out two separate attacks on the same day on 1 May 1988 against British military personnel in the Netherlands which resulted1999 Vladikavkaz bombing (177 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Provisional IRA (IRA) planted a bomb underneath a minibus at an army recruiting centre in Wembley, northwest London on 16 May 1990, killing a soldierHarriette Moore (1,179 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The 2019 Lyon bombing took place on 24 May 2019 in Lyon, France. The bomb exploded near a bakery on a busy street and the blast wounded 14 people. ElevenCapaci bombing (1,718 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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There were two near simultaneous bombings in Algiers which occurred on 11 December 2007 when two car bombs exploded 10 minutes apart starting at around1985 Frankfurt Airport bombing (272 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 19 June 1985, a bombing at the Frankfurt Airport, West Germany, killed three and wounded 74 people. A second bomb was found and defused not far fromEdmonton aircraft bombing (344 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On January 28, 1965 around 2:30 a.m., a man bombed three American warplanes being retrofitted at an airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The United StatesRené Moawad (1,287 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On 25 and 27 November 1974 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) placed several bombs in pillar boxes and one in a hedge behind a pillar box. This2018 Quetta suicide bombing (537 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 25 July 2018, during polling for the 2018 Pakistani general election, a bomb blast outside a polling station in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area resultedTandem-charge (446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Huanggutun incident (Chinese: 皇姑屯事件; pinyin: Huánggū Tún Shìjiàn), also known as the Zhang Zuolin Explosion Death Incident (Japanese: 張作霖爆殺事件, Hepburn:West German Embassy siege in Stockholm (849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Once inside they identified Neave's car, and fixed a 16-ounce (450 g) explosive device with a mercury tilt detonator on to the floor panel under the driver's2013 Taiyuan attack (367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A series of suspected bombs exploded outside the office of the Chinese Communist Party in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on 6 November 2013. The blast killed at leastZhang Zuolin (4,977 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Harrods bombing refers to the car bomb that exploded outside Harrods department store in central London, England, on Saturday 17 December 1983. Members2001 Immanuel bus attack (579 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2001 Immanuel bus attack was an ambush attack by Palestinian militants targeting Israeli civilians on the West Bank on 12 December 2001; eleven passengersJake Young (American football) (594 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
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Cornelius Tuhafeni Ndjoba (1930–1982) was the chief of the Ovamboland bantustan in Namibia, then known as South West Africa from August 1975 to July 19801987 Meerut riots (1,574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1987 Meerut riots were a series of violent communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in the northern Uttar Pradesh town Meerut which occurred2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre (1,080 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 20 July 2001, in the month of Shraavana, 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a terror attack on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag Lake nearRanjan Wijeratne (961 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The 1973 Coleraine bombings took place on 12 June 1973 when the Provisional IRA detonated two car bombs in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland1983 Harrods bombing (1,298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Once inside they identified Neave's car, and fixed a 16-ounce (450 g) explosive device with a mercury tilt detonator on to the floor panel under the driver'sAbel P. Upshur (2,032 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On 15 June 1988 an unmarked military van carrying six British Army soldiers was blown up by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) at Market PlaceJanuary 2011 Iraq attacks (881 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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hunger strikes to prisons in Northern Ireland. The construction of the explosive device was typical of those used by the IRA. An analysis of fragments of theJune 2014 Borno State attacks (1,050 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
From 20 to 23 June 2014, a series of attacks occurred in Borno State, Nigeria. 91 women and children were kidnapped in the attacks and more than 70 peopleAvivim school bus bombing (705 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Avivim school bus bombing was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on 22 May 1970, in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them childrenMassoud Ali-Mohammadi (2,669 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Machuca massacre (Spanish: La Masacre de Machuca) was a massacre that took place in the Colombian village of Machuca, near Segovia, Antioquia on October2001 Madrid bombing (119 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 6 November 2001, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a car bomb on Corazón de María street in Madrid, Spain. The blast injured about 99October 1975 Northern Ireland attacks (772 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 2 October 1975, the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) carried out a wave of shootings and bombings across Northern Ireland2016 Dalori attack (378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 30 January 2016, at least 86 people were killed and at least 62 more injured in an attack by Boko Haram militants on Dalori Village 4 kilometers from2008 Damascus car bombing (1,179 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On 30 October 2000, the separatist Basque organization ETA detonated a large car bomb on Badajoz Avenue in Madrid, Spain. The blast killed three people;Antonio Ricaurte (689 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Antonio Clemente José María Bernabé Ricaurte Lozano (June 10, 1786 – March 25, 1814) was a patriot of the Independence of Colombia and Venezuela and captain2019 Tunis bombings (362 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2019 Tunis bombings occurred on 27 June 2019, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in two areas of Tunis, Tunisia, killing a policeFebruary 2018 Benghazi bombing (137 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Jaunpur train bombing occurred on 28 July 2005, when an explosion destroyed a carriage of Shramjeevi Express train near the town of Jaunpur in Uttar1919 United States anarchist bombings (2,015 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On 16 February 2013, at least 91 people were killed and 190 injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town on the outskirts1995 Vallecas bombing (421 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A car bomb attack was carried out by the armed Basque separatist group ETA in the Puente de Vallecas district of Madrid, Spain on 11 December 1995, whichNon-lethal weapon (6,448 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Burhānuddīn Rabbānī (Persian: برهانالدین ربانی; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was an Afghan politician and teacher who served as the sixth presidentKfar Darom bus attack (492 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Kfar Darom bus attack was a 1995 suicide attack on an Israeli bus carrying civilians and soldiers to Kfar Darom, an Israeli settlement in the GazaDense inert metal explosive (1,021 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Toussaint Rouge (French: [tusɛ̃ ʁuʒ], "Red All Saints' Day"), also known as Toussaint Sanglante ("Bloody All-Saints' Day") is a series of 70 attacks committedCharles Tillinghast James (1,395 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Charles Tillinghast James (September 15, 1805 – October 17, 1862) was a consulting manufacturing engineer, early proponent of steam mills (especially cottonAugust 2015 Egypt bombings (221 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The August 2015 Egypt bombings were a series of blasts on 20 August 2015 in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, possibly targeting state infrastructure. In Cairo, reportsAugust 2015 Egypt bombings (221 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The August 2015 Egypt bombings were a series of blasts on 20 August 2015 in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, possibly targeting state infrastructure. In Cairo, reports2019 Cairo bombing (155 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 4 August 2019, a car drove into three other cars outside the National Cancer Institute Egypt in central Cairo, Egypt. The collisions caused an explosionHisham Ikhtiyar (709 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Major General Hisham Ikhtiyar (Arabic: هشام اختيار); 1941 – 20 July 2012) (family name also transliterated as Ikhtiar, Bakhtiar, Bekhityar, Bekhtyar andEduardo Mondlane (1,354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (20 June 1920 – 3 February 1969) was a Mozambican revolutionary and anthropologist who was the founder of the Mozambican LiberationAlfred Herrhausen (963 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Alfred Herrhausen (30 January 1930 – 30 November 1989) was a German banker and the Chairman of Deutsche Bank, who was born in Essen and assassinated in28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing (1,494 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar (Market for women and children) of the1992 Madrid bombing (447 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A car bombing was carried out by the armed Basque separatist group ETA in Madrid, Spain on 6 February 1992, killing 5 people and injured a further 7. The2014 Chennai train bombing (952 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2014 Chennai train bombing is the explosion of two low-intensity bombs in the early hours of 1 May 2014, Thursday at Chennai Central railway station2009 suicide air raid on Colombo (1,703 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On February 20, 2009, the air wing of the Tamil Tigers separatist militia launched a suicide attack against military locations in and around Colombo, Sri2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Kuşadası minibus bombing occurred on July 16, 2005, when a minibus carrying locals and tourists to the town's famous "Ladies Beach" exploded in Kuşadası1982 French embassy bombing in Beirut (231 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A car bomb exploded inside the French embassy compound in Beirut on the morning of 24 May 1982. It killed ten Lebanese people and two French people; it2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings (1,208 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings occurred on 5 June 2015 in Diyarbakır, Turkey, during an electoral rally of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) at 17:552003 Red Square bombing (179 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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 offMurder of the Quinn brothers (1,776 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Jason, Mark and Richard Quinn were three brothers murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in a firebomb attack on their home in Ballymoney, CountyRahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalhami (2,094 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, 50 km (31 mi)José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana (1,580 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The February 2018 Benghazi bombing was an attack with bombs on the Saad Ben Obadah mosque in Benghazi, Libya. The bomb attack occurred on Friday, 9 FebruaryAuguste Vaillant (537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sent to Paul Reclus before the attack. Vaillant threw the home-made explosive device from the public gallery at about 4pm on 9 December 1893. He was himselfIan Gow (2,222 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Downing Street mortar attack was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 February 1991. The IRA launched three homemade mortarHazza' Majali (649 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Hazza' Barakat al-Majali (1917 – 29 August 1960) (Arabic: هزاع بركات المجالي) was a Jordanian politician that served as the two-time 11th Prime MinisterHuntly rail bridge bombing (2,444 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Huntly rail bridge bombing occurred on the Glen Afton (or Awaroa) Branch, near Huntly, New Zealand, around 3 a.m. on 30 April 1951, when high explosivesDense inert metal explosive (1,021 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The Battle at Springmartin was a series of gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 13–14 May 1972, as part of The Troubles. It involved the BritishAbu Ali Mustafa (829 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mustafa Ali Zabri (Arabic: مصطفى علي الزبري; 14 May 1938 – 27 August 2001), better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa (/ˈɑːbuː ˈɑːli ˈmuːstəfə/ ; Arabic:5 April 2010 North-West Frontier Province attacks (1,016 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On April 5, 2010, two bombings in Pakistan killed up to 50 people and injured 100 more. In the first attack the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar was attackedHipercor bombing (1,448 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A car bomb attack was carried out on 19 June 1987 at the Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, Spain, by the Basque separatist organisation ETA, whichRanasinghe Premadasa (2,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
allowed him to get close to the President, when Veerakumar detonated the explosive device. Killed in the explosion were Mohideen, SSP Ronnie Gunasinghe and mostRangoon bombing (1,464 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in Rangoon, Burma. The attemptAbu Mahdi al-Muhandis (2,066 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Jamal Ja'far Muhammad Ali Al Ibrahim (Arabic: جمال جعفر محمد علي آل إبراهيم Jamāl Jaʿfar Muḥammad ʿAlīy ʾĀl ʾIbrāhīm, 16 November 1954 – 3 January 2020)Comair Flight 206 (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
land when it broke up in flight over Germiston. Reports indicated an explosive device on board; the cockpit was found a quarter of a kilometer away fromAden Hashi Farah Ayro (1,211 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Aden Hashi Farah Aero (Somali: Aaden Xaashi Faarax Ceyroow, Arabic: آدن حاشي فارح عيرو) (1976 – 1 May 2008) also known as Abu Muhsin al-Ansari was a militaryPhilip Testa (679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Philip Charles Testa (April 21, 1924 – March 15, 1981), also known as "The Chicken Man", was an Italian-American mobster known for his brief leadershipPaul Carbone (1,282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Paul Bonnaventure Carbone (1 February 1894 – 16 December 1943) was a Corsican criminal involved in the Marseille underworld from the 1920s until his deathAlfred W. Place (129 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Alfred William Place (May 8, 1877 – September 19, 1955) was an American college football player and coach, minister, and missionary. He was the sixth head2004 church bombings in Baghdad and Mosul (657 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On August 1, 2004, a series of car bomb attacks took place during the Sunday evening Mass in churches of two Iraqi cities, Baghdad and Mosul. The six attacksMine warfare (105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
different types of explosive devices: Land mine, a weight-triggered explosive device intended to maim or kill people or to disable or destroy vehicles MinelayingControlled mines (1,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
termed his underwater explosive device a torpedo: Robert Fulton invented the word torpedo to describe his underwater explosive device and successfully destroyedRuth First (2,237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Heloise Ruth First OLG (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, whereAttempted assassination of Ali Khamenei (635 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Sergeant Jesse Ainsworth (aged 24) of Texas was killed near Walakan by an explosive device during Operation Enduring Freedom. Kandahar Province Geographic NamesNight of Fire (348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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action, who were suspected to be capable of producing such professional explosive device that was used in the bombing. On October 29, Croatian police arrestedAhmet Taner Kışlalı (583 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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"primitive". On Thursday, 7 April 2005, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on Sharia al-Moski in Islamic Cairo, near the al-Hussein Mosque and2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing (507 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Said Seyam (Arabic: سعيد صيام; 22 July 1959 – 15 January 2009), first name also spelled Saeed and Sayed and last name also spelled Siam, was the interiorAdolf Jäger (906 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killingRail war in Russia (2022–present) (1,544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
detection of the damage caused. July saw a train drivers cab damaged by an explosive device in the Bryansk Oblas. August, part of the Lgov-Lokinskaya rail lineHarry T. Moore (2,716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Harry Tyson Moore (November 18, 1905 – December 25, 1951) was an African-American educator, a pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of theJohn Christenbury (630 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
John Boyd Christenbury (February 13, 1907 – July 17, 1944) was an American college football, basketball and baseball coach. His collegiate career beganBruce McKenzie (769 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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the Spaniards, an Italian engineer in Spanish service had made an explosive device from a barrel bound with iron hoops, filled with gunpowder, flammableBattle of Vukovar (16,807 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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in Mosul, Iraq. In 2014 the mosque and shrine were destroyed by an explosive device claimed by soldiers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The mausoleumMine countermeasures vessel (594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to locate, identify, and neutralize or remove underwater mines. Any explosive device that is placed in or near water to damage or destroy ships, submarinesMehola Junction bombing (296 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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the time appealed to the UN for assistance. On 13 November 2003, an explosive device was detonated in a bus in the area, killing four people, two of themMiami Showband killings (9,880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
organisation transferring weapons to the Miami Showband minibus and that an explosive device of some description was being carried by the Showband for an unlawfulCanadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 (2,408 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108, known as the Sault-au-Cochon Tragedy, was a Douglas DC-3 operated by Canadian Pacific Air Lines (registry CF-CUA2011 Kashgar attacks (2,687 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2011 Kashgar attacks were a series of knife and bomb attacks in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China on July 30 and 31, 2011. On July 30, two Uyghur men hijackedMcGurk's Bar bombing (2,915 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at McGurk's Bar in Belfast, Northern IrelandMarx Dormoy (676 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Assef Shawkat (Arabic: آصف شوكت, romanized: ʾĀṣif Šawkat; 15 January 1950 – 18 July 2012) was a Syrian military officer and intelligence chief who wasBernt Carlsson (1,814 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of SalvadorAbu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (3,018 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو الحسن الهاشمي القرشي, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī), probably born Nour Karim al-Mutni21 September 2013 Iraq attacks (756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
bombing, while another was gunned down at a checkpoint. An improvised explosive device killed a civilian and injured 6 others near Abu Ghraib, while a similarAbdirahman Omar Osman (585 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Abdirahman Omar Osman (also known as Abdirahman Yariisow and Engineer Yarisow; 16 August 1965 – 1 August 2019) was a Somali politician who was the GovernorIeu Koeus (170 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Ieu Koeus (Khmer: អៀវ កើស; 1905 – 14 January 1950) was a Cambodian politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 1946 toMartial Bourdin (507 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Martial Bourdin (1868 – 15 February 1894) was a French anarchist, noted for his attempt to bomb Greenwich Observatory. He sustained fatal injuries when2014 Nairobi bus bombings (593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In another incident which occurred on the same day, an improvised explosive device was deposited within a bag on a beach. The bag was noticed, and noMurder of Karin Grech (721 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Karin Maria Grech (1962 – 28 December 1977) was the daughter of Professor Edwin Grech, then head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at St.2003 Tushino bombing (258 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2003 Tushino bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on July 5, 2003, at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, Russia, killing 15 people and injuring upTerry Robbins (2,680 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Terry Robbins (October 4, 1947 – March 6, 1970) was an American far left activist, a key member of the Ohio Students for a Democratic Society (The S.D2008 Bangalore serial blasts (2,068 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
2008 Bangalore serial blasts occurred on 25 July 2008 in Bangalore, India. A series of nine bombs exploded in which 1 person was killed and 20 injured2001 Ramna Batamul bombings (574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Ramna Batamul bombing was a series of bomb attacks on 14 April 2001 at a cultural programme of the Pahela Baishakh celebrations arranged by ChaayanotRamón Lorenzo Falcón (819 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (Spanish: [anasˈtasjo soˈmosa ðeˈβajle]; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the 53rd President of Nicaragua fromRemembrance Day bombing (2,417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Remembrance Day bombing (also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre) took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh2007 Songkhla bombings (217 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2007 Songkhla bombings took place in Songkhla Province, Thailand on 27 and 28 May 2007, and are believed to be part of the ongoing south Thailand insurgency2015 Bangkok bombing (3,918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
over with cement, by 19 August. In a separate attack in Bangkok, an explosive device was thrown from a bridge near a boat pier shortly after 13:30 ICT on2013 Bat Yam bus bombing (1,042 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
32°01′19″N 34°45′16″E / 32.0220°N 34.7545°E / 32.0220; 34.7545 On 22 December 2013, at approximately 2:30 pm, a pressure cooker bomb exploded on a publicGround burst (213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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science fiction drama film Proximity fuze, a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when the distance to the target becomes smaller thanAndrew Kehoe (2,256 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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32°01′19″N 34°45′16″E / 32.0220°N 34.7545°E / 32.0220; 34.7545 On 22 December 2013, at approximately 2:30 pm, a pressure cooker bomb exploded on a publicHassiba Ben Bouali (246 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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Many bombings were committed during the Algerian Civil War that began in 1991. The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) claimed responsibilityLouis Lingg (1,878 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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The 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks were the fifth simultaneous wave of bombings to hit Iraq during the insurgency and the first such major assault sinceBatista Tagme Na Waie (573 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
General Batista Tagme Na Waie, also transliterated as Batista Tagme Na Wai (born 1949, Catió, Portuguese Guinea – died 1 March 2009), was chief of staff2008 Imphal bombing (2,480 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
24°49′N 93°57′E / 24.82°N 93.95°E / 24.82; 93.95 In the 2008 Imphal bombings, at least 17 people were killed and more than 30 were injured on 21 OctoberAkhat Bragin (384 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Akhat (Alexander) Khafizovich (Sergeevich) Bragin (Ukrainian: Ахать (Олександр) Хафізович (Сергійович) Брагін, Russian: Ахать (Александр) Хафизович (Сергеевич)January 2012 Iraq attacks (791 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Throughout January 2012, a series of bombing and shooting attacks took place in multiple locations in Iraq, seemingly targeting Shia Muslims. On 5 JanuaryWładysław Raginis (1,623 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On 11 December 2016, a suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 47 others at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (commonly known as El-Botroseya Church)Nishtar Park bombing (230 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 11 April 2006, a bombing at Nishtar Park in Karachi, Pakistan resulted in the deaths of at least 49 people and injured around a hundred others. At the2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing (395 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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one was taken to hospital with wounds after being hit by a homemade explosive device. Journalists were prevented from filming the incidents by riot policeVirgil Maxcy (1,623 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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On 16 June 2013, a series of coordinated bombings and shootings struck across several cities in Iraq, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing (432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
derailment, investigators found that the rails had been sabotaged using an explosive device that went off when the train passed over it. It also emerged that theMohamad Chatah (736 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mohamad Chatah (Arabic: محمد شطح; 7 March 1951 – 27 December 2013) was a Lebanese economist and diplomat. Chatah was born in Tripoli, Lebanon. He studiedHudson River bomb plot (653 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On July 6, 2006, the New York Daily News released a story claiming the FBI had disrupted a terrorist plot to bomb the tunnels connecting New Jersey withMohammad Beheshti (1,867 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini BeheshtiBattle of Sambisa Forest (2021) (3,829 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
In May 2021, the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched an invasion of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, Nigeria, which was serving asMikhail Kirponos (1,470 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Кирпоно́с, Ukrainian: Михайло Петрович Кирпонос, Mykhailo Petrovych Kyrponos; 12 January 1892 –10 June 2013 Iraq attacks (915 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
On 10 June 2013, a series of coordinated bombings and shootings struck the central and northern parts of Iraq, killing at least 94 people and injuringNizar Rayan (2,063 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Nizar Rayan (Arabic: نزار ريان, Nɩzár Rɑȋán, also transliterated Rayyan; 6 March 1959 – 1 January 2009) was a high-ranking Hamas leader who served as aSquib (explosive) (1,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. It resembles a tiny stick of1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague (1,424 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague was an attack and siege on the French Embassy in The Hague in the Netherlands starting on Friday 13 September23 July 2012 Iraq attacks (1,292 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 23 July 2012 Iraq attacks were a series of simultaneous, coordinated bombings and shootings that struck the Iraqi security force and Shi'ite MuslimArthur Caron (257 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Arthur Caron (December 16, 1883 – July 4, 1914) was a French Canadian anarchist and a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He masterminded anKabul ambulance bombing (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
January 2018, an ambulance was used as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near Sidarat Square in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 103 people wereLa Main Rouge (665 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
La Main Rouge (English: The Red Hand) was a French terrorist organization operated by the French foreign intelligence agency Service de Documentation Extérieure2010 Moscow Metro bombings (3,935 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2010 Moscow Metro bombings were suicide bombings carried out by two female Islamic terrorists during the morning rush hour of March 29, 2010, at twoDecember 2013 Volgograd bombings (2,034 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
In December 2013, two separate suicide bombings a day apart targeted mass transportation in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of SouthernMorteza Avini (1,773 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Sayyid Morteza Avini (Persian: سید مرتضی آوینی; also spelled Aviny; 23 September 1947 – 9 April 1993) was an Iranian documentary filmmaker, author, and2015 Baga massacre (3,086 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2015 Baga massacre was a series of mass killings carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Baga and its environs2007 Bikfaya bombings (843 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2007 Bikfaya bombings were two blasts on buses near Bikfaya, Lebanon which killed three people and injured 21 others. The bombings heightened tensionsMir Asadollah Madani (536 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mir Asadollah Madani Dehkharghani (Persian: میراسدالله مدنی) (1914 – 11 September 1981) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric. He was the second ImamNight of the Bridges (780 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
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were sent to Zambar and locals were questioned about an improvised explosive device.[citation needed] Khost Province Giustozzi, Antonio (1 September 2009)