Global Terrorism
2005
Below is a chronicle of major acts of terrorism that occurred during 2005.
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January
January 7 Thailand: Explosion at a railroad crossing - no casualties. One Buddhist shot dead in southern Thailand
January 9 Indonesia: Blast in Sulawesi inside a church. Four killed and injuring over 30
January 16 Thailand: One person dead, over 50 others injured in an explosion in a commercial area in southern Thailand
February
February 14 Lebanon: A car bomb kills former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 20 others in Beirut
February 17 Thailand: Seven people dead, 40 injured by a car bomb outside a hotel in southern Thailand
February 22 Columbia: A car bomb explodes in front of the offices of RCN TV, injuring two
February 25 Israel: A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv kills five Israelis and undermines a weeks-old truce between the two sides
March
March 6 Thailand: A Buddhist monk was killed by gunmen in southern Thailand
March 7 Thailand: Two policemen and three unknown attackers were killed in a shootout with five gunmen disguised as veiled Muslim women at a police station in southern Thailand
March 15 Thailand: One policeman was killed, three injured by bomb in southern Thailand
March 19 Qatar: Car bomb attack on theatre in Doha kills one Briton and wounds twelve others
March 19 Thailand: 15 people, ten of them policemen, injured in two explosions. One of the bombs was detonated via a cell phone
March 26 Thailand: One Buddhist dead, two injured, in two attacks by gunmen in southern Thailand
March 27 Thailand: Two bombs used to stop an armored train patrolling in southern Thailand, terrorists then fired on the policemen on the train. Approximately 20 policemen and some other passengers were wounded
April
April 3 Thailand: Songkhla bombings: Two people killed (possibly five), 54 injured, by three explosions in Hat Yai -one at the airport, one at a hotel, and another at a department store
April 7 Egypt: A suicide bomber blows himself up in Cairo's Khan al Khalili market, killing three foreign tourists and wounding 17 others. In two further attacks on April 30, suspected accomplices detonate a bomb and spray a tourist coach with gunfire
May
May 7 Afghanistan: A suicide bomber attacks an Internet cafe at a guesthouse in Kabul, killing a UN engineer and an Afghan national and injuring five others
May 7 Myanmar: Multiple bomb explosions across Myanmar's former capital Yangon kill 19 and injures 160
June
June 1 Afghanistan: A suicide bomber blows up in a mosque in Kandahar, killing 20 people
June 12 Iran: Bombs explode in the cities of Ahvaz and Tehran, leaving ten dead and 80 wounded days before the Iranian presidential election
July
July 5 India: Terrorist attack on Ayodhya – Six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba storm the Ayodhya Ram Janmbhomi complex. Before the terrorists could reach the main disputed site, they were shot down by Indian security forces. One devotee and two policemen were injured
July 7 United Kingdom: Suicide bombers attack one double-decker bus and three London Underground trains, killing 52 people and injuring over 700, occurring on the first day of the 31st G8 Conference. The attacks are the first suicide bombings in Western Europe
July 12 Israel: Islamic Jihad takes responsibility for a suicide bombing in Netanya, which kills five people at a shopping mall
July 21 United Kingdom: Attempted London bombings - Small explosions in three London Underground stations and one double-decker bus. This was pronounced as a "major incident" rather than an attack, and only minor injuries were reported. These four bombs were designed to cause as much damage as the 7 July 2005 London bombings, but the explosives had deteriorated and failed to detonate
July 23 Egypt: Sharm el-Sheikh bombings – Car bombs explode at tourist sites in Sharm el-Sheikh, killing at least 88 and wounding more than 100
July 28 India: Jaunpur train bombing: 13 are killed when militants detonate a bomb on a commuter train
August
August 4 Israel: Jewish settler in an IDF uniform opens fire on a bus in Shfaram, killing four Israeli Arabs and wounding five
August 17 Bangladesh: Total 493 homemade bombs exploded in 288 different locations in all districts of the country except Munshiganj; 2 were killed instantly with above 100 more wounded
October
October 1 United States: Joel Henry Hinrichs III detonated a bomb near the packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma killing himself in the process
October 1 Indonesia: A series of explosions occurs in resort areas of Jimabaran Beach and Kuta in Bali, as three suicide bombers kill 20 people and injure 129
October 10 Colombia: A car bomb injures nine people in Bogotá.October 15 Iran: Two bombs exploded at a shopping mall in Ahvaz, Khuzestan. Six people died and over 100 were injured
October 24 Iraq: Multiple car bombs explode outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, killing at least 20. It is thought that the attacks were targeting journalists inside the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Ishtar
October 26 Israel: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a bomb near a falafel stand in Hadera that kills himself and six others. Twenty-six people were also wounded
October 29 India: Multiple bomb blasts hit markets in Delhi, India, leaving at least 61 dead and more than 200 injured
October 29 Indonesia: In Poso, Central Sulawesi, four Christian schoolgirls aged 15 to 17 years on their way home from school were assaulted by six masked Muslim men who beheaded three of them, Theresia Morangke, Alfita Poliwo, and Yarni Sambue, with machetes and placed their severed heads in front of a church and a police station. The fourth girl, Noviana Malewa, survived but suffered serious machete wounds. The terrorists belong to the group Tanah Runtuh whose leader Hasanuddin confessed at his trial that the well-planned assault was inspired and financed by Guru Sanusi, a former Muslim rebel (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) from Mindanao.[7][8] Central Jakarta District Court sentenced two of the killers to 14 years in prison and mastermind Hasanuddin to 20 years
November
November 8 Australia: Several suspected terrorist were arrested in Sydney and Melbourne after police say they foiled an attack on the country
November 9 Jordan: Three explosions at hotels in Amman, leave at least 60 dead and 120 wounded
November 14 Afghanistan: Twin suicide attacks in Kabul target NATO-led peacekeepers, killing a German soldier and eight Afghans and marking the first attack in a wave of suicide bombings that will continue into 2006
December
December 5 Israel: A suicide bomb attack kills at least five people in Netanya in north-western Israel
December 11 Afghanistan: A suicide bomb attack injures three civilians in the southern Kandahar Province
December 14 Afghanistan: A suicide attack rocks the famous blue mosque of Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province but did not cause serious injuries
December 20 Afghanistan: A suicide bomber detonates in the western Herat Province, injuring three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers
