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This is a timeline of incidents in 2007 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
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Total incidents: 3
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | 1 | 0 | Istanbul, Turkey | Assassination of Hrant Dink |
| January 22 | 131 | 186 | Baghdad, Iraq | See 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings. [1] |
| January 29 | 2 (+1) | 7 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | January 2007 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing - 2 people were killed while 7 wounded when suicide bomber blew himself up. [2] |
Total incidents: 3
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 3 | 135 | 305 | Baghdad, Iraq | Al-Sadriya district market: Truck bombing. See 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing. [3] |
| February 3 | 23 | 20 | Bagram, Afghanistan | 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing |
| February 19 | 68 | 49 | Near New Delhi, India | Samjhauta Express, a train headed toward Lahore an hour after it leaves New Delhi; two bombs explode. See 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings. [4] [5] |
Total incidents: 1
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | 152 | 347 | Tal Afar, Iraq | Two truck bombs kill 152 people and injure 347. See 2007 Tal Afar bombings. [6] |
Total incidents: 2
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 18 | 200 | 251 | Baghdad, Iraq | A series of explosions kills 200 people and injures 251. See 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings. [7] |
| April 28 | 63 | 70 | Karbala, Iraq | A car bomb kills 63 people and injures 70. [8] |
Total incidents: 2
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18 | 16 | 100 | Hyderabad, India | Attack on Mecca Masjid. For details, see 18 May 2007 Mecca Masjid bombing. [9] |
| May 22 | 9 (+1) | 121 | Ankara, Turkey | A suicide bombing rips through a shopping district, killing nine people and wounding dozens more. See 2007 Ankara bombing. [10] |
Total incidents: 1
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 29, June 30 | 0 (+1) | 5 | United Kingdom | 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, 2007 London car bombs, 2007 UK terrorist incidents. Car bomb plot, suspected Al-Qaeda. At Glasgow-International Airport, a car rams into terminal one, causing minor injuries to five people and setting off a blaze. An explosive device catches fire instead of detonating. In London's West End, an attempt to set off two car bombs by suspected cell-phone triggers fails. One car is towed before the device is discovered in an underground car park. Police link two the incidents and find suicide notes on two suspects in the London incident. [11] Eight men are arrested, one Glasgow suspect is critically burned. One of the five men could be an associate of Dhiren Bharot, a high-level Al-Qaeda operative. Authorities say the London bombs could have caused "significant loss of life." [12] [13] Police link the two incidents to the same two people. [14] |
Total incidents: 1
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2 | 10 | 12 | Marib, Yemen | Eight Spanish tourists and two Yemenis are killed and another twelve are wounded in a suicide bombing attack at the Queen of Sheba temple. |
Total incidents: 2
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 | 796 (+4) | 1,562 | Iraq | The Qahtaniyah bombings kills nearly 800; this was the Iraq War's most deadly car bomb attack during the period of major American combat operations. It was also the third deadliest act of terrorism in history, only being surpassed by the September 11 attacks in the United States and the Camp Speicher massacre in Iraq. |
| August 25 | 44 | 54 | Hyderabad, India | Hyderabad bombings: Twin bombings kill at least 44 and injure 54. Two bombs are defused and 19 others are found unexploded. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, blames Islamic militants with ties to Pakistan or Bangladesh, saying that the extremists want to foment tension between India's Hindus and Muslims. Both Bangladesh and Pakistan deny the accusations.[ citation needed ] |
Total incidents: 0
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
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Total incidents: 3
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 11 | 3 | 30 | India | Explosives kept in a tiffin box at a Sufi shrine by Terrorists resulted in the Ajmer sharif dargah blast while devotees were breaking fast during Ramadan. The site of the blasts was close to the Rajasthan state Chief Minister's Iftar Party. [16] |
| October 18 | 136 (+2) | 387 | Karachi, Pakistan | Twin suicide bombings occur near a truck carrying former prime minister Benazir Bhutto through a crowded street of supporters eight hours after her return from exile, despite 20,000 security officers having been assigned to protect her. At least 136 are killed and 387 are wounded; Bhutto escapes unharmed. The Taliban or Al Qaeda are suspected. [17] [18] |
| October 21 | 12 | 16 | Hakkâri Province, Turkey | PKK stages an attack on the Turkish outpost in Hakkari. The attack wounds 16 and kills 12 Turkish soldiers carried out of northern Iraq. Eight soldiers are kidnapped. [19] [20] |
Total incidents: 1
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 23 | 15 | 80 | Uttar Pradesh, India | Uttar Pradesh serial blasts. Near-simultaneous blasts triggered by militants in court premises in Varanasi, Faizabad, and Lucknow kill 15 people and injure more than 80. [21] |
Total incidents: 3
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 11 | 37 | 177 | Algiers, Algeria | Bombings kill 37 or more and injure 177. [22] |
| December 24 | 4 | 1 | Aleg, Mauritania | Four French tourists are gunned down; the family's father survives, but with serious injuries. Mauritanian police say two of the three suspects are affiliated with a salafist group close to Al-Qaeda. [23] [24] |
| December 27 | 24 (+1) | 46 | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by an attacker who shoots her after a campaign rally and then blows himself up; at least 20 others are dead. Islamist militant leader Baitullah Mehsud or elements within the Pervez Musharraf government are suspected. [25] [26] [27] See Benazir Bhutto assassination. |
In 2003, there were 25 suicide bombings executed by 32 attackers.
