List of terrorist incidents in 2001

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This is a timeline of incidents in 2001 that have been labelled terrorism and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism), of which the most notable were the September 11 attacks.

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January

DatesTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of

February

DatesTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
February 9 Massacre 15 Rajouri district, India 2001 Chalwalkote massacre : A group of Muslim militants massacred 15 Muslim villagers. Kashmiri Islamic Terrorists [1] Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
February 14Vehicular Assault8 (+1)26Near Azor, Israel 2001 Azor attack : A Hamas terrorist plowed a bus into a crowd, killing 8 and wounding 26. [2] Hamas Second Intifada
February 16Bus bombing1243 Podujevo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Podujevo bus bombing : A bus carrying Kosovo Serb pilgrims was bombed, killing 12. Kosovo Albanian extremists were suspected of being behind the attack.Kosovo Albanian extremists (suspected)Aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars

March

DatesTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
March 4 Suicide bombing 3 (+1)65 Netanya, Israel 2001 Netanya bombing : A Hamas suicide bomber killed 3 and wounded 65. [2] Hamas Second Intifada
March 4 Car bombing 01 White City, London, England, United Kingdom 2001 BBC bombing : The Real IRA exploded a car bomb outside the BBC's main news centre. One London Underground worker suffered deep cuts to his eye from flying glass and some damage was caused to the front of the building. [3] Real IRA Dissident Irish Republican campaign
March 16 Bombing 10838 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Shijiazhuang bombings: A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when within a short period of time several bombs exploded near four apartment buildings.Jin Ruchaolone-wolf terrorist
March 26 Sniper attack 11 Hebron, West Bank Murder of Shalhevet Pass: A 10-month-old Israeli baby named Shalhevet Pass is murdered in a sniper attack by Tanzim militant Mahmud Amru. Shalhevet's father was also wounded. Tanzim Second Intifada

April

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
April 14 Bombings 10≈50 Dhaka, Bangladesh 2001 Ramna Batamul bombings: Two bombs explode at a Pohela Boishakh parade. Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Internal conflict in Bangladesh

May

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
May 8Kidnapping and murder20 Tekoa, West Bank Murders of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran: Two Israeli teenagers are kidnapped and murdered from an Israeli settlement. The killers are never found.Unknown Second Intifada
May 18Suicide Bombing5 (+1)100+ Netanya, Israel 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a shopping mall, 5 people were killed in the blast and over 100 men, women and children were injured. Hamas Second Intifada

June

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
June 1Suicide bombing21 (+1)100+ Tel Aviv, Israel Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Palestinian named Saeed Hotari blew himself up while waiting in line to enter the Dolphinarium nightclub, killing 21 people, mostly teenage girls. Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility. Hamas
Islamic Jihad 		Israeli–Palestinian conflict

July

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
July 16Suicide bombing2 (+1)6 Israel Binyamina train station suicide bombing: An Arab suicide bomber detonated at a bus stop near a train station. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack which killed two people. [4] Islamic Jihad Israeli–Palestinian conflict

August

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
August 3Bombing07 Ealing, United Kingdom 2001 Ealing bombing : The last (at time of writing) IRA bomb on mainland Britain explodes in West London, injuring seven people. [5] Real IRA Dissident Irish Republican campaign
August 3Massacre175 Doda district, India 2001 Kishtwar massacre: 17 Hindu villagers are kidnapped and murdered by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. LeT Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
August 9Suicide bombing15 (+1)130 Jerusalem, Israel Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing: Hamas militant Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri blows himself up in a Sbarro restaurant, killing 15 civilians, including 7 children and a pregnant woman. Hamas Second Intifada
August 10Land mine, shooting252165 Angola 2001 Angola train attack: UNITA militants derail a train en route from Zenza do Itombe to Dondo and open fire on the passengers after they came out the train. UNITA Angolan Civil War

September

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
September 9Suicide bombing3 (+1)94 Nahariya, Israel Nahariya train station suicide bombing: A suicide bomber detonated at a train station, killing three people and wounding over 90 unarmed civilians. The Palestinian militant group Hamas took responsibility for the murders. [4] Islamists Second Intifada
September 11Suicide hijackings2,977 (+19)6,000+United States September 11 attacks : 2,977 victims and 19 terrorists were killed [6] in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. A fourth plane, suspected by many to have been originally intended to hit the White House or the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., [7] crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after an apparent revolt against the hijackers by the plane's passengers. [8] Al-Qaeda
September 18Bioterrorism517United States 2001 anthrax attacks: A number of letters containing high-grade Anthrax are sent to U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Tom Daschle and a number of news organizations across the U.S. in September and October 2001, killing five people and infecting seventeen others. The prime suspect, Bruce Edwards Ivins, a microbiologist for the USAMRIID, committed suicide in 2008 after learning that charges against him were likely, but he has never been confirmed to have committed the attacks.Unknown
September 27Bombing00 Santiago de Chile, Chile Case Letter-bombs: The so-called "letter-bomb" case was a terrorist attack on the United States Embassy, perpetuated by Lenin Guardia, a sociologist and intelligence analyst, who was known to have contributed to the disarticulation of a guerrilla group during the transition to democracy, that its end was the indictment of the FPMR (Chilean extreme left group). [9] Lenin Guardia

October

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
October 1Suicide car bombings38 (+3) Srinagar, India 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing: Three suicide car bombers ram their cars into the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly JeM Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
October 17Assassination10 Jerusalem, Israel Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi: Israel's tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by three Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members at the Hyatt hotel PFLP Second Intifada

November

DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
November 29Suicide bombing3 (+1)7 Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel Pardes Hanna bus bombing: An Arab suicide bomber detonated on a bus traveling on a major highway between Hadera and Afula, killing 3. [4] Islamic Jihad Second Intifada

December

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
December 1Suicide bombings, car bombing11 (+2)188 Jerusalem, Israel Ben Yehuda Street bombings#2001: Arab suicide bombers detonated on Ben Yehuda Street, a pedestrian mall frequented by many young people on Saturday night. A car bomb exploded nearby 20 minutes later. Ten people were killed, including many children, and 188 were injured in the terrorist attacks. [4] Hamas Second Intifada
December 2Suicide bombing15 (+1)40 Haifa, Israel Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber boarded a bus traveling from the Neveh Sha'anan district, paying the driver with a large bill. He then blew himself up as the driver asked him to collect his change. [4] Hamas Second Intifada
December 12Bombing, shooting11 (+3)30 Immanuel, West Bank 2001 Immanuel bus attack: Three Palestinian militants from Hamas detonate two roadside bombs before opening fire on a bus Hamas Second Intifada
December 13Shooting9 (+5)18 New Delhi, India 2001 Indian Parliament attack: A group of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists open fire on the Indian Parliament, killing 8 security personnel and a gardener. LeT
JeM
December 22Attempted bombing00France/United States Over Atlantic Ocean 2001 failed shoe bomb attempt: Al-Qaeda operative Richard Reid attempts detonate plastic explosives hidden in his shoes on American Airlines Flight 63 en route from Paris to Miami, but is subdued by other passengers. Richard Reid
(Al-Qaeda)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Militants massacre 15 villagers in Rajouri | India News - Times of India". The Times of India .
  2. 1 2 Major Arab Terror Attacks Since Oslo
  3. ↑ "Bomb blast outside BBC". BBC News online. March 4, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chronology of Arab Suicide Bombings". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Car bombers rock west London". BBC News online. August 3, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Lost lives remembered during 9/11 ceremony - News - the Rocket - Slippery Rock University". Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ "'We Have Some Planes'". 9/11 Commission Report. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 2004. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Security Council Condemns, 'In Strongest Terms', Terrorist Attacks On United States". Un.org. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  9. ↑ "La Semana Juridíca - noticia 23 mayo. Carta bomba". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
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