List of mass car bombings

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This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses etc.) that resulted in at least two deaths.

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Mass car bombings (by date)

2020s

DateCountryCityDeathsTypeMore info
2020-04-28 Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria Afrin 53truck bomb
2021-03-5 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu 21car bomb
2021-04-21 Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Quetta 5car bomb
2021-05-8 Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Kabul 90car bomb
2021-09-25 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu8car bomb
2021-10-6 Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria Al-Bab 18truck bomb[ citation needed ]
2021-10-10 Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Aden 6car bomb
2021-11-25 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu8 SUV bomb
2021-12-20 Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Kabul9car bomb [1] [2]
2022-10-29 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu100+car bomb
2023-01-4 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu35car bomb [3]
2023-9-23 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Beledweyne 18+truck bomb [4]
2023-10-29 Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Mogadishu6car bomb [5]
2024-3-30 Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria Azaz 8car bomb

2010s

DateCountryCityDeathsTypeMore Info
2019-01-17Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá 21suicide car bomb
2019-01-21Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Maidan Shar 126car bomb
2019-02-14Flag of India.svg  India Pulwama 40+car bomb
2018-01-27Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 103+bomb in ambulance
2017-10-14Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Mogadishu 587truck bomb
2017-05-31Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 90+car bomb
2017-04-15Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Aleppo 126+car bomb
2016-11-24Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Hillah 125truck bomb
2016-7-3Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 323+truck bomb
2016-7-3Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 5car bomb
2016-05-17Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 30car bomb
2016-05-17Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 6car bomb
2016-05-17Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 8car bomb
2016-01-11Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 12car bomb
2012-10-3Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Aleppo 40three suicide car bombs
2012-9-9Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Aleppo 30car bomb [6]
2012-7-31Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 21two car bombs [7]
2012-7-23Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 13 cities116suicide bombs, car bombs, shootings
2012-06-13Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad, 6 other cities93suicide car bombs, shootings
2012-05-19Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Deir ez-Zor 9car bomb
2012-05-10Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Damascus 55suicide car bombs
2012-04-30Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Idlib 20car bombs
2012-04-8Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Kaduna 38suicide car bombs
2012-03-31Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Yala
Hat Yai 		16car and trucks bombs
2012-03-20Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad, 9 other cities52car bombs, suicide car bombs, shootings
2012-03-17Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Damascus 27two car bombs
2012-02-23Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad, 14 other cities83suicide car bombs, shootings
2012-02-10Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Aleppo 28suicide car bombs
2012-01-27Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 32suicide car bomb
2012-01-10Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Jamrud 30car bomb
2012-01-5Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad
Nasiriyah 		73suicide car/motorcycle bombs, shootings
2011-12-23Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Damascus 44suicide car bombs
2011-12-22Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 60–72suicide car bombs
2011-09-25Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Karbala 25car bomb, suicide bombings
2011-10-7 to 13Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 64car bombs, suicide bombs, IEDs, shootings
2011-08-16Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 21suicide car bomb
2011-07-22Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Oslo 8van bomb
2011-06-25Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Logar Province 20–35suicide car bomb
2011-06-16Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 2–6suicide car bomb
2011-05-26Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Fuzhou, Jiangxi 3suicide car bombs
2011-05-13Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Charsadda District 98suicide car bombs
2011-05-5Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Al Hillah 24suicide car bomb
2011-03-9Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 40suicide car bomb
2011-03-8Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Faisalabad 25car bomb
2011-01-27Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 48car bomb
2011-01-24Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad
Karbala 		27July
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2011-01-18 to 20Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baqubah, Karbala, Tikrit 137car bombs, suicide car bombs, shooting
2010-12-6Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Ghalanai 50suicide car bombs
2010-11-11Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi 18suicide car bombs, grenades, shootings
2010-11-2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 57–62car bombs, roadside bombs
2010-10-1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 12two car bombs
2010-09-19Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 31car bombs, remote bomb
2010-08-17Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 69truck bomb, suicide bomb
2010-06-20Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 26two suicide car bombs
2010-05-10Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad, 8 other cities.100suicide car bombs, shootings
2010-04-23 to 24Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 85car bombs
2010-04-5Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 50suicide car bombs
2010-04-4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 42car bombs
2010-03-18Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 18suicide car bomb
2010-03-12Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Lahore 72suicide car bombs
2010-03-3Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baqubah 33suicide car bombs
2010-02-10Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Khyber Agency 19suicide car bomb
2010-02-25Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 41three suicide car bombs
2010-01-1Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Shah Hasan Khel 105suicide car bomb

2000s

YearDateCountryCityDeathsTypeMore info
December
18		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Timergara 12suicide car bomb
December
15		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Dera Ghazi Khan 33car bomb
December
8		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 127suicide car bombs
November
19		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 10car bomb
November
2		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rawalpindi 35motorcycle bomb
October
28		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province 92car bomb
October
25		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 155car bombs (2)
October
12		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Shangla District, Swat Valley 41suicide car bomb against military vehicle
October
11		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Ramadi, Al Anbar Governorate 26coordinated car bombs (3), including one suicide car bomb
October
9		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province 48car bomb
October
8		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 17suicide car bomb
September
17		Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Mogadishu 21car bombs (2)
August
25		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kandahar 43car bomb
August
15		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 7suicide car bomb, attempted assassination
August
19		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 101car and truck bombs
July
4–5, 7		Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Mindanao 8bombs, car bomb
June
30		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Kirkuk 40suicide car bomb
June
24		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 65motorcycle bomb
June
20		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Taza 80truck bomb
June
18		Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Beledweyne 35car bomb
June
10		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Al Batha 30car bomb
June
9		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 17car bomb
May
27		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Lahore 30 car bomb, shooting
May
20		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 38car bomb
April
29		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 52car bombs (2)
April
6		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 37car bombs (6)
Feb.
22		Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Mogadishu 11car bomb
2009Jan.
24		Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Mogadishu 15car bomb
Dec.
28		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Buner District 36car bomb [8]
Dec.
5		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 29car bomb
Nov.
6		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Bajaur Agency 22car bomb [9]
Oct.
29		Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Bosaso and Hargeisa 30car bombs (5)
Oct.
10		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Orakzai Agency 110car bomb
September
29		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Tripoli 7car bomb
September
28		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 32bombs, car bombs
September
27		Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Damascus 17 car bomb
September
20		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad 60 truck bomb
September
12		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Dujail 32car bomb
September
6		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 20 km from Peshawar 30car bomb
Aug.
23		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Swat 20suicide car bomb
Aug.
19		Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Issers 44car bomb
July
7		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 58car bomb
June
17		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 65car bomb
June
2		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad 6–8car bomb
May
2		Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Sa'dah 15car bomb
April
15		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baquba 53car bomb
Feb.
18		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Spin Boldak 38suicide car bomb
Feb.
16		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Parachinar 47car bomb

The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured

2008Feb.
10		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Balad 33car bomb
Dec.
13		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Amarah 463 car bombs
Dec.
12		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Amarah 46car bombs (3)
Dec.
11		Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers 31suicide car bombs (2)
Dec.
9		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Matta, Swat District,10car bomb [10]
Nov.
24		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rawalpindi 35car bombs (2). [11]
September
8		Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Dellys 30car bomb
Aug.
14		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Yazidi compounds in Kahtaniya 796truck bombs (4)
Aug.
1		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 74truck bomb, car bombs (2)
July
26		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 92car bomb
July
25		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 50car bombs (2)
July
19		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad 87car bomb
July
19		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Hub 30car bomb
July
16		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Kirkuk 86car bombs (3)
July
15		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Matta, Swat District,17car bomb (2)11 policeofficers among the dead. 47 wounded. [12]
July
14		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Miranshah 23car bombAt least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured [13]
July
7		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Armili 156truck bomb
June
19		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 75car bomb
June
17		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Kabul 35car bomb
May
13		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Makhmour50suicide truck bomb
May
6		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 35car bomb
April
28		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Karbala 68car bomb
April
18		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 198car bombs (4)
April
14		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Karbala 65car bomb
April
11		Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers 33car bombs (2)
March
29		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Khalis 47car bombs (3)
March
27		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Tal Afar 152truck bombs (2)
Feb.
18		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 62car bombs (2)
Feb.
14		Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Zahedan 18car bomb
Feb.
12		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 79car bombs (3)
Feb.
3		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 135truck bomb
Jan.
22		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 88car bombs (2)
2007Jan.
16		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 70suicide car bombs, school bombings
December
30		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid 2van bomb
Dec.
12		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 71minibus bomb, car bomb
Dec.
2		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 51car bombs (3)
Nov.
23		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Sadr City 215car bombs (6)
Oct.
16		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Digampathana 100truck bomb
Aug.
3		Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Panjwayi 21car bomb
July
1		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Sadr City 66car bomb
2006March
12		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Sadr City 58car bombs (2)
Nov.
19		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Abu Sayda 50car bomb
Nov.
18		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Khanaqin 74suicide car bombs
September
29		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Balad 102car bombs (3)
September
14		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 114car bomb
Aug.
17		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 43car bombs (3)
July
23		Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh 88car bombs (2)
July
16		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Mussayib 98truck bomb
Feb.
28		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Hilla 125car bomb
2005Feb.
14		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut 22truck bomb
Dec.
19		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Karbala and Najaf 67car bombs (2)
Oct.
7		Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Hilton Taba, Taba 31truck bomb
Oct.
7		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Multan 40car bomb
September
30		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Baghdad 41car bombs (3)
September
14		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Police station, Baghdad 47car bomb
September
9		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Australian Embassy, Jakarta 9van bomb
July
28		Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq Police station, Baquba 68suicide car bomb
June
24		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Police stations, Mosul 62car bombs (5)
June
18		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Baghdad 35suicide car bomb
June
17		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad 35car bomb
May
15		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Mosul 62car bombs
May
13		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Karbala, Najaf 67suicide car bombs
April
21		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Police stations, Basra 74car bombs (4)
Feb.
11		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad 47car bomb
Feb.
10		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Police Station, Iskandariya 53truck bomb
2004Jan.
18		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Coalition Headquarters, Baghdad 31truck bomb
Dec.
27		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Coalition targets, Karbala 19car bombs (4)
Dec.
25		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rawalpindi 14truck bombsTargeted Pervez Musharraf
Nov.
20		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey British targets, Istanbul 32truck bombs
Nov.
15		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Two synagogues, Istanbul 31truck bombs
Nov.
12		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah 33truck bomb
Nov.
8		Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 18truck bomb
Oct.
27		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Baghdad 35car bombs (4)
Aug.
29		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf 85car bomb
Aug.
25		Flag of India.svg  India Mumbai 52car bombs (2)
Aug.
19		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq United Nations Iraqi Headquarters, Baghdad 22truck bomb
Aug.
7		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad 19truck bomb
Aug.
5		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jakarta 12car bomb
Aug.
1		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mozdok, North Ossetia–Alania 50truck bomb
May
12		Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Riyadh 35car bombs (4)
May
12		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Znamenskoye, Chechnya 59truck bomb
2003Feb.
7		Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá 36car bomb
Dec.
27		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Government buildings, Grozny, Chechnya 72truck bombs
Nov.
28		Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Hotel in Mombasa 13car bomb
Oct.
21		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Bus near Hadera 14car bomb
Oct.
12		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Bali 202car bomb
September
5		Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg  Afghanistan Kabul 30car bomb
June
14		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan US consulate, Karachi 12truck bomb
June
5		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Megiddo Junction 17car bomb
May
8		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi 14car bomb
April
11		Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Synagogue, Djerba 21truck bomb
April
7		Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Villavicencio 12car bomb
2002March
21		Flag of Peru.svg  Peru U.S. Embassy, Lima 9car bomb
December
1		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Jerusalem 11suicide car bomb
Oct.
1		Flag of India.svg  India Assembly Building, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 38car bomb
June
19		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Gudermes, Chechnya 12car bombs (3)
2001March
24		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai 19car bomb
August
1		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Central Jakarta 2car bomb
2000July
3		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Grozny, Chechnya 25truck bomb

1990s

YearDateCountryCityDeathsTypeMore Info
September
4		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan 307car bomb
1999February
16		Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Tashkent 166 car bombs
September
5		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan 17car bomb
Aug.
15		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Omagh, Northern Ireland 29car bomb
Aug.
7		Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 		Nairobi and Dar es Salaam 224car bombs (2)
March
5		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Street, Colombo 36mini-bus bomb
1998February
14		Flag of India.svg  India Coimbatore 46car bombs
Nov.
19		Flag of India.svg  India Hyderabad 23car bomb
1997Oct.
15		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka World Trade Center, Colombo 18truck bomb
December
25		Flag of India.svg  India Arai Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland 5car bomb
June
25		Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers, Khobar (near Dhahran)20fuel truck bomb
February
9		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Docklands, London2truck bomb
1996Jan.
31		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Central Bank, Colombo 90truck bomb
Dec.
21		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Peshawar 45car bomb
Nov.
19		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Egyptian embassy in Islamabad 15truck bomb
Nov.
13		Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh 7car bomb
Feb.
27		Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg  Iraq Zakho 76car bomb [14]
1995Jan.
30		Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers 42car bomb [15]
April
19		Flag of the United States.svg  United States Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City 168truck bomb
July
18		Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Jewish center, Buenos Aires 85car bomb
1994April
6		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Afula 8car bomb
June
21		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid 7car bomb
April
24		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London1truck bomb
May
27		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Uffizi Gallery, Florence 6car bomb
March
12		Flag of India.svg  India Mumbai 257car bombs
Feb.
26		Flag of the United States.svg  United States World Trade Center, New York City6truck bomb
1993Jan.
30		Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá 20car bomb [16]
July
16		Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Lima 24car bombs (2)
April
10		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Baltic Exchange, London3truck bomb
1992March
17		Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires 29car bomb
May
29		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Vic 9car bomb
1991March
2		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Colombo 19remote control car bomb
1990May
12		Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá and Cali 26car bombs (2) [17]

1980s

YearDateCountryCityDeathsTypeMore info
Dec.
6		Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá 52truck bomb
Nov.
22		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut 24car bomb
1989April
14		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Trincomalee 38car bomb
July
8		Flag of Afghanistan (1987-1992).svg  Afghanistan Jalalabad 31truck bomb [18]
April
23		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Tripoli 60truck bomb
April
14		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy USO Club, Naples 5car bomb [19]
1988Feb.
17		Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Oshakati, South-West Africa 27car bomb
Dec.
11		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Zaragoza 11car bomb
Oct.
8		Flag of Afghanistan (1987-1992).svg  Afghanistan Kabul 27car bomb [20]
July
14		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Karachi 72car bombs (2) [21]
July
5		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Army camp, Jaffna 40truck bomb
June
19		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Barcelona 21car bomb
1987April
21		Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Colombo 106car bomb
Aug.
19		Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran 20car bomb [22]
July
14		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid 12car bomb
March
27		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Victoria Police HQ, Melbourne 1car bomb
1986March
17		Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Military compound, Damascus 60truck bomb [23]
Aug.
17		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Market, Beirut 55car bomb
May
22		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut 50car bomb
1985March
8		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut 80car bomb
Aug.
8		Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt 2car bomb Red Army Faction
1984September
20		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon U.S. embassy in Beirut 23car bomb
Dec.
21		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon French Army building, Beirut 15truck bomb
Dec.
17		Flag of England.svg  England London 6car bomb
Dec.
12		Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait U.S. and French embassies, Kuwait City 6truck bombs
Nov. 4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Israeli Army HQ, Tyre 60truck bomb
Oct.
23		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon United States Marines and French Paratroop barracks, Beirut 305truck bombs
May
20		Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Church Street, Pretoria 20car bomb
April
18		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon U.S. Embassy, Beirut 63car bomb
1983Jan.
28		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organisation building, Beirut 45car bomb
Nov.
11		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Israeli military HQ, Tyre 102car bomb
Oct.
1		Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Central Square, Tehran 60truck bomb [24]
Aug.
1		Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq Baghdad 20car bomb [25]
July
20		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hyde Park parade, London4car bomb
1982May
24		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon French embassy, Beirut 14car bomb [26]
Dec.
15		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Iraqi embassy, Beirut 61car bomb [27]
Nov.
29		Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria Damascus 64car bomb [28]
1981Oct.
1		Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organisation office, Beirut 83car bomb Mossad [29]

1970s

Date YYYY ‑ MM ‑ DD CountryPlaceDeathsTypePerpetrator,
actual or suspected		Source/Article
1979-01-22Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon 8car bomb Mossad Ali Hassan Salameh
1978-02-08Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Maghera, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Provisional IRA [30]
1977-04-20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [31]
1976-08-21Flag of the United States.svg  United States Washington, D.C. 2car bomb DINA Washington D.C. bombing
1976-08-16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Keady, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [32] [33]
1976-03-17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Dungannon, Northern Ireland 4car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [32]
1975-12-19Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Dundalk 2car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [31]
1974-05-17Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Dublin
Monaghan 		33car bombs (4) Ulster Volunteer Force Dublin and Monaghan bombings
1974-01-11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Derry, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Official IRA [34]
1973-06-12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Coleraine, Northern Ireland 6car bomb Provisional IRA 1973 Coleraine bombings [35]
1973-05-17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Omagh, Northern Ireland 5car bomb Provisional IRA [35]
1973-01-14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Derry, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Provisional IRA [35]
1972-12-28Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Belturbet 2car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [34] [36]
1972-12-01Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Dublin 2car bombs (2) Ulster Volunteer Force [34]
1972-10-31Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Ulster Defence Association Benny's Bar bombing
1972-09-30Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [34]
1972-09-14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 3car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [34]
1972-08-26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Provisional IRA [34]
1972-07-31Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Claudy, Northern Ireland 9car bombs (3) Claudy bombing
1972-07-21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 9car bombs (22) Provisional IRA Bloody Friday (1972)
1972-05-24Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany United States Army base, Heidelberg 3car bomb Red Army Faction List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972-05-11Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany United States Army base, Frankfurt 1car bomb Red Army Faction List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972-03-20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 7car bomb Provisional IRA 1972 Donegall Street bombing
1972-03-15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2car bomb Provisional IRA [34]
1972-02-22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom British Army base, Aldershot, England7car bomb Official IRA Aldershot bombing (1972)
1970-08-24Flag of the United States.svg  United States University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 1truck bomb Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine, Leo Burt Sterling Hall bombing

1900–1969

Date YYYY ‑ MM ‑ DD CountryPlaceDeathsTypePerpetrator/
Suspected perpetrator		Article/Source
1965-03-30Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam US Embassy, Saigon 21car bomb [37]
1962-05-02Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers 62car bomb [38]
1948-03-11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mandate for Palestine Jewish Agency, Jerusalem 11car bomb
1948-03-02Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mandate for Palestine Office building, Haifa 14truck bomb
1948-02-22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mandate for Palestine Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem 52–80truck bombs (2) Ben Yehuda Street Bombing
1948-01-04Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mandate for Palestine Jaffa 18truck bomb
1947-04-25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mandate for Palestine Sarona police compound, Tel Aviv 5truck bomb
1947-01-12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Mandate for Palestine Haifa 4truck bomb
1927-05-18Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Bath Township, Michigan 5 in car bombing, 45 overall suicide car bomb Andrew Kehoe Bath School disaster
1920-09-16Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Wall Street, New York City 38wagon bomb Wall Street bombing

See also

Notes

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  3. ↑ "Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia - police". Reuters. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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  5. ↑ "A car bombing at a Somali military facility kills 6 people, including 4 soldiers, police say". AP News. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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  7. ↑ "Iraq car bombings kill 19 in central Baghdad". BBC News. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Abdur Rahman Abid. "Suicide blast rocks Buner on polling day; 36 killed" Dawn, 29 December 2008
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  10. ↑ 10 killed in Swat suicide attack Daily Times, December 10, 2007
  11. ↑ 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi Daily Times, November 25, 2007
  12. ↑ At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
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  18. ↑ "31 Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack". The Washington Post, July 9, 1988.
  19. ↑ Suro, Roberto (16 April 1988). "A Japanese With Lebanese Links Blamed in Naples U.S.O. Bombing". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "Bomb Kills 27 in Afghan City; Government Blames Moslem Guerrillas for Blast in Kabul". The Washington Post, October 10, 1987.
  21. ↑ "Bombs Kill 72 and Wound 250 in Pakistani City". The New York Times. 15 July 1987. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Car Bomb Blast in Central Tehran Square Kills 20". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1986.
  23. ↑ "Damascus Bomb May Have Killed 60" . Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  24. ↑ "At Least 60 Killed, 700 Hurt As Bomb Explodes In Tehran". The Associated Press, October 3, 1982.
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  29. ↑ Bergman, Ronen (2018) Rise and Kill First. The secret history of Israel’s targeted assassinations. Random House. ISBN   978-1-4000-6971-2. pp. 242-243
  30. ↑ "Sutton Index of Deaths 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet . Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  31. 1 2 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1977". Conflict Archive on the Internet . Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  32. 1 2 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet . Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  33. ↑ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 672
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet . Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  35. 1 2 3 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1973". Conflict Archive on the Internet . Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  36. ↑ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 311
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  38. ↑ Karawan, Ibrahim A., et al. Values and Violence, p. 129.
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