The incidents listed here have been described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism", including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
Incidents must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORISM.
Casualties given are the victims, with perpetrator casualties listed as a separate figure: x (+y) indicates that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure followed by a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died or been injured (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died)– the actual toll could be considerably higher.
Multiple attacks occurring in the same place on the same day are shown as a single incident.
Casualty figures are the total casualties of the incident, including immediate and later casualties, such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred.
Casualty figures of 20 or more are shown in bold. Figures for casualties greater than 50 are also underlined.
A 42-year-old man, inspired by the Islamic State, drove a rented 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning into pedestrians celebrating New Year's Day, killing 14 people and injuring 57 others before being killed by police in a shootout.[1]
A 37-year-old man parked a rented Tesla Cybertruck loaded with fireworks outside the main entrance of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas before shooting himself in the head and detonating them, killing himself and injuring seven others.[2]
Terrorists opened fire on a car and a bus on Highway 55 before escaping, killing three Israelis, including a police officer, and injuring eight others. Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack two days later.[3][4]
24 armed men attacked the vicinity of the presidential palace, killing two security personnel and injuring five others. Eighteen attackers were also killed and six others were injured.[6][7]
Eva Gretzmacher, an Austrian development worker for the AMANAY Association, was abducted by armed men. On 13 April, Swiss community worker Claudia Abbt was also abducted by armed men. Both women were abducted at their homes in the city of Agadez by the Islamic State – Sahel Province.[10][11]
A man armed with a handgun entered the Supreme Court of Iran and opened fire, killing judges Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghisseh and injuring another judge and a bodyguard before killing himself.[12]
Muhammad Daraghma, the brother of Ahmed Daraghma, the founder and commander of the Tubas Brigade of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ambushed a military base armed with an M16 rifle, killing two soldiers and injuring eight others before being killed in a shootout.[14]
Jihadists opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying mostly foreigners, killing at least 54 people, including 20 Malian soldiers, and injuring 34 others. 19 attackers were also killed.[15][16]
A clash occurred at the Indravati National Park between Maoists and police with explosive devices, grenade launchers and AK-47s, killing two security forces and injuring two others. At least 31 Maoists were also killed during the clash.[17]
A 23-year-old man linked to the Islamic State stabbed six pedestrians walking by him before being arrested by responding officers, killing a fourteen-year-old boy and injuring five others, including two seriously.[19]
Three bombs were detonated, probably earlier than when they were supposed to, in parked buses in the city of Bat Yam. Two other devices failed to explode.[20]
At least two people threw a grenade and opened fire at a public gathering organized by the March 23 Movement, killing at least 16 people and injuring 70 others.[24]
A 53-year-old Palestinian man drove his car into a group of people at a bus stop, killing one person and injuring thirteen others, before being killed by police after he exited the vehicle and tried to stab officers with a screwdriver. Hamas praised the attack but did not claim responsibility for it.[25]
A suicide bombing occurred at the Darul Uloom Haqqania. The attack took place during Friday prayers, resulting in the deaths eight individuals, including the perpetrator and the prominent cleric and head of the seminary, Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani.[26]
BLA militants derailed the Jaffar Express train with explosives before opening fire and taking hostages, killing 8 passengers and 23 security personnel.[27] 38 people, including at least 3 security personnel and the train driver, were injured during the attack.[28] All 33 attackers were killed according to security officials. Mama Qadeer reported that all of the more than 200 security personnel were killed in the attack while the BLA claimed they killed 50 security personnel and 50 hostages.[29][30][31][32]
Six Al-Shabaab militants detonated explosives and opened fire after storming the Cairo Hotel, killing fifteen people, including clan elders and security guards, and injuring at least five others. Six militants were also killed in the attack.[33][34]
At least 44 people were killed and 13 others were injured when Islamic State militants carried out an armed assault and set ablaze a mosque in Fambita.[37]
At least six police officers were killed and five others were injured in an armed assault on a police reservists camp in Garissa. At least two militants were also killed and at least four were injured, weapons were stolen and others were kidnapped.[38][39]
Five different nationality people were stabbed and injured in a knife attack in the Sint Nicolaasstraat area in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. The perpetrator was arrested by Dutch police with terrorism being suspected.[40]
A 38-year-old set governor Josh Shapiro's residence on fire with Molotov cocktails while he and his family slept inside. The perpetrator was charged with terrorism, attempted murder, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault after he turned himself into the police.[43]
The 2025 French prison attacks are a series of terrorist attacks that started on 13 April 2025, and spanned several days, targeting multiple prisons and penitentiary-related places and targets across France with arson attacks on vehicles and automatic weapon fire.[citation needed]
At least 26 people, including law enforcement members and mostly tourists, were killed and at least 20 others were injured when a group of militants opened fire on people eating and taking pony rides at a meadow.[45][46]
Between 25 and 28 April 2025, Pakistani Armed Forces engaged a large group of militants attempting infiltration along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In two days of clashes, 54 militants were killed, followed by a sanitization operation that eliminated 17 more, raising the total to 71. Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were recovered.[47][48][49]
An Al-Shabaabsuicide bomber killed at least 20 people, 15 recruits and five civilians nearby, outside the gates of Damaanyo military base where hundreds of young men had been lined up to enlist in the Somali National Army in Hodan neighbourhood of Mogadishu.[52] Another 15 others were seriously injured in the bombing, including some critically, and the death toll is expected to rise due to the severity of the injuries.[53][54][55]
A quadcopter drone dropped munitions on a civilian house in Hurmuz village, Mir Ali tehsil.[56] The attack killed four children from the same family and injured five others, including a woman.[57] Some of the injured were in critical condition and were taken to Mir Ali Hospital for treatment.[58]
A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a school bus transporting students of the Army Public School. The attack took place around 7:40a.m. local time (2:40 GMT) and resulted in the deaths of eleven people, eight children, the bus driver, a security guard and the bomber. A total of 53 others were injured in the blast.[59][60][61][62]
A clash occurred between Maoists and security forces in the Abujmarh forest area. 27 Maoists were killed, including a top leader, while one soldier was killed and another was injured.[63][64]
May 28: On May 28, 2025, ISIS carried out a bombing in the Tulul al-Safa region of Suwayda Governorate, targeting fighters from the U.S.-backed Syrian Free Army. The group used an improvised explosive device (IED) to strike an FSA vehicle, claiming to have killed one fighter and wounded three others.[67][66]
On May 31, a passenger train with hundreds of occupants was derailed by an explosion the bridge it was travelling on in Bryansk Oblast, causing a section to fall onto the train, killing seven people and injuring eighty-nine others.[68] A day later, a track-measuring train with two cars reportedly derailed after three explosions on a bridge, the Unecha-Zhecha section, in Bryansk Oblast while it was going there. No casualties or damage were reported.[69][70] Another train derailed and caught fire after an explosion on a bridge in Kursk Oblast, initially injuring three people, including the train's driver. One of the injured workers later succumbed to their injuries in hospital.[71] The collapses are being probed as acts of terrorism.[72]
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a male Egyptian living in Colorado, allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack a group participating in a solidarity walk for hostages taken from Israel during the October 7 attacks, leaving fifteen people injured, including the suspect.[73] One other person was reported to be injured, but ended up dying from their injuries weeks later.
Over 200 gunmen on motorbikes and in eight vehicles stormed a Niger Armed Forces base and engaged in gunfire with soldiers, killing 34 soldiers and dozens of terrorists, while 14 others soldiers were injured.[74] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the assault in a statement released the following day.[75]
At least one attacker covering his face opened fire at a crowd of people inside the Mar Elias Church while 350 people were praying during mass before detonating his explosive vest after being charged at, killing at least 31 people, including himself, and injuring 54 others.[76][77] Local media reported children were among the casualties.[78] The Syrian Ministry of Interior said the Islamic State was responsible for the attack, while the Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah group claimed responsibility for the attack.[79]
A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistan Armed Forces convoy before detonating the explosives, killing themself along with 16 soldiers and injuring 29 others, including six children and women.[80]
On 1 July, 2025, militants believed to be members of the Lakurawa group launched a raid on Kwallajiya, a village in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Nigeria. Many were preparing for afternoon prayers, with many victims working on their farms.[81][82][83]
A suicide bomber blew themself up at a military academy followed by gunfire, reportedly killing at least four soldiers and injuring several others.[87] Exact casualty figures are unknown, but officials said they will release confirmed casualty figures once the probe is complete.[88]
Militants attacked a catholic church during a night vigil when around 100 people were present.[90][91][92] Churchgoers were rounded up and executed with light firearms and machetes before rebels burned stores and houses.[93][94] People were reported missing and several children were kidnapped.[95][96]
On August 13, a drone strike targeted Colombian Navy and Military Forces of Colombia soldiers manning a checkpoint on the Naya River. Three people were killed and four others were injured.[97] On August 21, a truck bomb targeting the Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base exploded on a busy street in Cali, killing six people, injuring more than 60 others and causing widespread damage.[98] A second truck loaded with gas cylinders was found and deactivated by authorities. At least one suspect was detained.[99] Hours later, a National Police of ColombiaSikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk was shot down during an anti-narcotics mission in Amalfi, killing thirteen police officers and critically injuring three others.[100][101]
Tamima Nibras Juhar, a 34-year-old Muslim welfare worker, was fatally stabbed while working by an 18-year-old man. The suspect was later arrested and expressed far-right views.[102] The suspect also had plans to attack mosques.[103]
A self-proclaimed sovereign citizen opened fire on police officers executing a warrant as part of a firearms prohibition order in relation to historical sex offences against the perpetrator, killing two and injuring one. The perpetrator fled the scene and is currently at large.[104]
A 23-year-old transgender woman shot up a Catholic church and school, killing two children injuring 21 others during a Catholic mass. Federal Bureau of Investigation director Kash Patel said the shooting is being investigated as a domestic terrorist attack and an anti-Catholic hate crime.[105]
↑ "פיגוע הירי בבקעה: מערכת הביטחון מאשרת את זהות המחבל"[Shooting attack in the Valley of the Dead: The security establishment confirms the identity of the terrorist] (in Hebrew). Channel 7. February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
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