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Global Terrorism

2014

Below is a chronicle of major acts of terrorism that occurred during 2014

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January 1 Two car bombs exploded on New Year's Day outside a hotel frequented by foreigners and Somali government officials, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. A police official reported that six people were killed in the blasts while an additional eight were injured. The same official indicated that no claim of responsibility had been made but the Al-Shabab movement was suspected after an audio tape warning of attacks on New Year's Eve. A third car bomb occurred an hour after the first two as the vehicle was being inspected by government soldiers, raising the overall death toll to eleven with seventeen wounded in the three car bombings.
January 2 Three attackers hurled a grenade into the Tandoori bar in the Kenyan resort town of Diani, south of the port city of Mombasa, wounding ten people. No organization claimed responsibility for the grenade attack, however the region is a popular target area for Islamic extremists.
January 2 A car bomb exploded on a crowded street in the southern Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik, a Hezbollah stronghold, leaving five people dead and twenty people injured from the blast. Hezbollah militiamen dispersed crowds of people who came to assist the wounded after the explosion by firing gunshots into the air.
January 2 A truck bomb exploded on a busy commercial street in the northern Iraqi city of Balad Ruz, killing nineteen people and injuring thirty-seven others.
January 4 At least 1 soldier died and another 2 were wounded after a bomb exploded in the North Sinai Governorate.
January 5 Six explosions, at least two confirmed to be car bombs, across Baghdad targeted a restaurant and a tea house in a northern Shite suburb as well as a commercial district, leaving a total of twenty people dead and 55 wounded.
January 7 A suicide truck bomb struck a police station in the northern city of Kirkuk killing two people and injuring an additional 55 others.
January 9 A suicide bomber struck a military recruiting centre in Baghdad killing twelve people and injuring 25 others. Although no claim of responsibility was made, the news report indicated that suicide bombings are the favored tactics of the Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist organization, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
January 9 Eighteen people were killed and dozens injured in a massive car bombing of the central Syrian village of Kafat, located in Hama province. The car bombing occurred at the village school leaving a number of women and children as well as pro-government militiamen killed and wounded. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the death toll could rise as a number of the casualties were brought to hospital in critical condition.
January 9 Senior police officer Chaudhry Aslam, an anti-terrorist policeman known for his strident opposition to armed gangs and terrorist groups in Karachi, was killed along with three other anti-terrorism police officers and four other policemen were wounded in a suicide car bombing.
January 12 A car bomb exploded outside a bus terminal in central Baghdad killing nine people and injuring 16 others.[12] A second car bomb occurred afterwards at a northern Baghdad taxi stand killing an additional four civilians and injuring another twelve.
January 12 Two IEDs exploded in the Martoong region of Swat Valley destroying the lead scout car of a 15-car convoy targeting an advisor, Amir Muqam, of the Pakistani Prime Minister. Amir Muqam was uninjured, however five Pakistani police officers were killed when their scout car was destroyed and four additional police officers were injured in the attack.
January 12 A suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated his explosive device next to a bus carrying police recruits in Kabul, killing two people, including a police officer, and wounding 14 people on the bus as well as six pedestrians that were nearby. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast.
January 13 A car bomb exploded in the Shite district of Shaab, Bagdad killing eleven and injuring 28 others.
January 14 A Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated a powerful suicide car bomb in the heavily populated centre of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria at a military checkpoint at the local market district while crowds of civilians were in the market celebrating the birth of the prophet Mohammed. 30 people were reportedly killed and an additional 50 were injured in the bombing with the military blaming Boko Haram for the attack and stating that they had arrested a member of Boko Haram for the attack.
January 15 Six car bombs exploded in north, central and eastern Baghdad killing 40 civilians and injuring 88 others. The bombs targeted a number of open-stall markets and commercial areas, attempting to inflict the maximum amount of casualties.
January 15 An explosion targeting the funeral tent of a slain Iraqi Sunni leader killed 18 people and injured an additional 16 others.
January 15 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants set off a powerful suicide car bomb in northern Syria in Jarabulus, Aleppo Province, targeting rival Islamic and secular rebels at a checkpoint. 26 people were killed, including three civilians, and dozens of others injured, most critically as reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This car bombing occurred in rebel-held territory and was a part of the factional fighting that has occurred since the start of the year between different rebel factions.
January 16 A suicide car bomber struck in the mainly Shite town of Hermel in Lebanon near the border with Syria. The bomber targeted a main commercial street during rush hour traffic by two local banks and the main government office resulting in a five deaths with an additional 42 injured.
January 17 A train, the Khushhal Khan Khattack Express, traveling from Peshawar to Karachi derailed after a bomb placed in one of the train compartments exploded, causing seven train cars to derail, killing at least three people and injuring 15 others. The bomb and derailment occurred in the Rajanpur district of Punjab province, and no claim of responsibility was made for the blast.
January 17 A blast occurred, most likely from a grenade as reported by Bangkok police officials, at a rally led by an oppositional protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban during the ongoing political crisis that started in November 2013. One person died of shrapnel wounds and blood loss on January 18, 2014, and 35 people were injured
January 17 A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest outside the heavily guarded Taverna restaurant, popular with foreigners in Kabul. Two gunmen then entered the facility and began firing at patrons and staff before being shot dead by Afghan government forces. In total, 21 people included a Somali American, two Britons, two Canadians, a Danish police officer, a Russian, a Malaysian and a Pakistani were killed, while an additional 12 were wounded in the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
January 18 A series of car bombs targeted the Iraqi capital of Baghdad with a hospital, restaurant, commercial market and a juvenile prison among the targets hit. A total of 18 people were killed and 52 others injured in the blasts.
January 19 A massive explosion targeted a military convoy as it began to leave Bannu, Pakistan to travel to Razmak. 20 soldiers were killed and 24 others injured. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast.
Januaey 20 A suicide bomber detonated his explosive at a market bazaar near the General Headquarters of the Pakistani military targeting soldiers that were on foot patrol through the market. The market was destroyed and 13 people killed, including six Pakistani soldiers, and another 18 people wounded, most of them critically. The Pakistani Taliban were blamed for the second attack in two days on the Pakistani army.
January 20 A series of explosions hit Baghdad killing 24 people and injuring an additional 58.
January 20 Assailants in pursuit of Lakhai Hansda, Vice President of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha state political party, threw a grenade at him and fled. Hansda was fatally wounded. Indian police were unable to locate the attackers
January 21 For the second time in a month, a suicide car bomber struck the Hezbollah Shite suburb of Haret Hreik, killing four people and wounding 35 others. A group known as the Nusra Front of Lebanon, possibly an offshoot of the Al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front in Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack because of Hezbollah's forces assisting Assad in Syria.
January 22 A remote controlled bicycle bomb exploded while targeting a police patrol in Peshawar as police officers drove to guard a polio vaccination team. Six police officers and a young boy were killed and 11 others were wounded.
A truck bomb exploded next to the Police Headquarters in Cairo, killing four people and damaging the police building and the Islamic Museum severely. Three more explosions occurred throughout Cairo targeting police stations or police vehicles, killing an additional two people and wounding nearly 100 people in total. An Al-Qaida inspired Sinai militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem), claimed responsibility for the blasts.
January 25 Two car bombs struck in Baghdad, one striking an outdoor market and the other a commercial street, causing six fatalities and resulting in 12 other people being transported to hospital with a variety of injuries.
January 25 Three people were killed and five others injured when a car bomb exploded in an ethnically diverse town of Tuz Khormato, striking a Turkmen neighborhood.
January 25 Hours after the President-elect, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, took the oath of office in an attempt to have the nation emerge from years of diplomatic isolation following the coup and rule of former strongman Andry Rajoelina, a grenade was tossed into the stadium grounds where Rajaonarimampianina's inauguration had been held, causing an explosion that left material damage to the stadium, one person dead and an additional 33 injured. The Madagascarian Interior Ministry suspected the blast was directly related to the new President's inauguration and that some political groups on the island were unhappy with the electoral outcome.
January 26 A suicide bomber detonated his explosives next to a bus carrying Afghan government troops in a south-eastern district of Kabul, damaging the bus and killing two soldiers on board, as well as two civilians who were in the street. A total of 22 people were injured in the attack which was claimed by the Taliban.
January 26 A roadside bomb detonated in Helmand province destroying a taxi cab and killing six civilians and injuring an additional thirteen others in the second attack of the day blamed on Taliban militants.
January 26 An attack occurred in Kawuri village, Konduga Local Government, Borno State, located some 37 kilometers southeast of Maiduguri Nigeria.
January 27 A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle, filled with explosives, into a military checkpoint outside the Anbar province flashpoint city of Fallujah, controlled by Al-Qaeda inspired militants as well as Sunni anti-government tribes. Four four soldiers were killed and 21 others injured.
January 27 Two suicide car bombs exploded near a checkpoint of the Syrian army in the village of Rahdjane, killing 13 soldiers.
January 30 A car bomb exploded in Baghdad on a commercial street killing four people and injuring 11 others.
January 30 The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on Afghan police officers in eastern Afghanistan. Two police officers were killed and another three officers injured.
January 30 Six attackers, suspected members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), seized control of a government Ministry of Transportation building in north-eastern Baghdad and took a number of employees hostage. The attackers killed nine hostages when the Iraqi army moved into seize control of the building and four of the attackers detonated suicide explosive vests throughout the building during numerous gun battles with police and army personnel. Iraqi forces were able to secure the building after shooting the last two attackers dead, rescuing a number of government employees who were still being held hostage. The final toll of the attack was 24 dead and 50wounded.
January 31 An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded after a bus drove over it in Kuthra village in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria killing seven people and injuring three others. Boko Haram, an extremist Muslim insurgent group, was blamed for the IED explosion.

February

February 1 A car bomb exploded next to a gas station, causing a ripple effect of explosions in the Shite town of Hermel, Lebanon, killing four people and injuring 18 others. No one claimed responsibility for the car bombing, at least the fourth attack on Shite towns or neighborhoods allied to Hezbollah since the beginning of 2014, but suspicion fell on Sunni militants.
February 1 Two car bombs killed 25 people near Aleppo in northern Syria. The attack also killed a leader of a rebel group.
February 2 A Muslim cleric hostile to Boko Haram was killed in the city of Zaria while driving his car. His wife and son were injured. Suspicion fell on Boko Haram for the killing.
February 2 An attack on the Picture House cinema in Peshawar, the region's main city, took place as some 90 people were watching a movie. Attackers hurled two grenades and fled the scene. 4 people were killed.
February 2 A man blew himself up in the seat of a rebel brigade in Syria, in the northern province of Aleppo. At the same time, a car bomb exploded in front of the building.
February 3 A car bomb struck a council building in the town of Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad, followed by a second car bomb that exploded at an open stall market killing nine people and injuring 28 others.
February 3 Four people were killed and 11 others wounded when an explosive laden vehicle detonated in a northern Baghdad suburb. A second car bomb exploded killing an additional three people and wounding nine others.
February 3 A man wearing an explosive belt blew himself up on a public transport minibus in Choueifat, killing at least one person and injuring two others.
February 4 Two soldiers were killed and an additional ten soldiers injured after a bomb exploded on a Sanaa street as their military bus passed by transporting troops to their base.
February 5 The heavily fortified "Green zone" - where most government ministries and foreign embassies are - was attacked when two parked car bombs exploded outside the Foreign Affairs ministry, killing 11 people and injuring 15 others. Soon after, a suicide bomber walked into a restaurant near the "Green zone" and detonated his explosive device, killing an additional eight people and wounding 12 others. A third car bomb exploded on a commercial street in a northern suburb of Baghdad killing four and injuring eight. A total of 32 people were killed in the four blasts.
February 6 A series of car bombs exploded in different neighborhoods of Baghdad hitting commercial streets, open markets and an auto-car dealership and killing 13 people in total and wounding 57 others.
February 7 Two bombs exploded near Giza Square, a popular anti-military staging area for Morsi Brotherhood protesters, targeting two police patrols causing six police officers to report to hospital with varying degrees of injuries. A BBC correspondent who arrived to report on the explosions noted that there was minimal damage caused by the two blasts.
February 9 Several gunmen tossed grenades into a Sufi shrine just as a Sufi Muslim preacher began his sermon in Karachi, and then opened fire on worshippers, killing eight people and injuring an eight others. Sunni-militants were suspected in the attack.
February 10 A car bomb exploded outside a hotel in Mogadishu where several Somali police commanders were meeting, injuring four people including a high-level police commander of the Somali national government.
February 10 A suicide bomber detonated his explosive device at the house of a tribal elder in Peshawar, Pakistan, as he was being pursued on foot by police officers who were firing at him, as citizens had reported him as suspicious to police officers. It is unsure if the intended target was the Pakistan tribal elder or if a police bullet hit his vest causing the explosion that killed four civilians and injured five other people.
February 10 A suicide car bomber drove his explosive laden vehicle into a NATO convoy in Kabul, near the Pul-i-Charkhi prison, and blew up his vehicle after ramming the second NATO vehicle in the convoy. Two American civilian contractors and the suicide bomber were killed in the blast and seven Afghan civilians were injured.
February 10 A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Baghdad, killing three and injuring 11 others. On the same day, a terrorist trainer north of Baghdad prematurely detonated a demonstration car bomb, killing 21 terrorist students.
February 11 Unknown attackers tossed three grenades into a movie theatre in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the second terrorist attack in two days and second terrorist attack in February to target cinemas in Pakistan. 11 people were killed and 20 others injured. This attack occurred while government and Pakistani Taliban negotiators met in Islamabad to begin the process of introductory peace talks.
ebruary 13 Two bombs, hidden in a clothing stall, exploded simultaneously in an open-stall market in Baghdad, killing five people and injuring 15 others.
February 13 A remote control car bomb exploded near the international airport in Mogadishu as a convoy of U.N vehicles traveled by, damaging one of the U.N vehicles, killing seven Somali civilians and injuring 15 civilians and four security guards. No U.N. Somali or International staff were injured or killed in the terrorist attack.
February 13 A suicide car bomber in the southern city of Karachi struck a police bus carrying officers from a training depot, heavily damaging the bus and killing 11people, mostly police officers. 40 others were wounded, with ten of those injured reported to be in critical condition.
February 14 A car bomb exploded near a mosque in the southern Syrian province of Daraa in a small village called Yadouda. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights an non-profit organization cataloguing the violence in Syria reported that thirty-two people were killed in the car bombing and dozens were reportedly wounded. The Syrian government reported a death toll of three and activists in Yadouda reported eighteen names of fatalities because of the car bomb.
February 15 Islamic militants suspected of being members of Boko Haram entered a village and murdered 105 men and 1 woman.
February 16 A remote controlled improvised explosive device detonated when a tourist bus passed by the Taba border crossing in the southern Sinai Peninsula between Egypt and Israel, killing three South Korean tourists and their Egyptian driver and injuring 33 other foreigners who were on the bus. This was the first attack against foreigners since the July 2013 overthrow of President Morsi.
Februay 17 Three car bombs detonated in Shite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad near open commercial markets killing 12 people and injuring dozens more. A fourth car bomb exploded after dusk in a mostly Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding 11 others. The four bombings left a total of 23 dead and at least 66 wounded.
February 18 Four car bombs detonated in and around commercial markets and bus stations across Baghdad killing 17 people and injuring 49 others.
February 18 Four car bombs detonated simultaneously in different regions of the southern Iraqi city of Hillah leaving 11 people dead and injuring 35 others.
February 18 A car bomb exploded in the southern town of Musayyib, Iraq, killing five people and injuring 13 others.
February 19 Two suicide bombers, one in a vehicle and another on a motorcycle, detonated their suicide vests during morning rush hour traffic in Beirut near the Iranian cultural centre. The two explosions severely damaged an orphanage across the road and a number of children were injured in the blasts. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an Al-Qaeda linked organization claimed responsibility for the blasts.
February 20 A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a northern district of Kabul outside an Ismali (Shite) shrine, killing himself and a security guard and injuring four civilians.
February 20 A mortar attack struck a busy area in a mainly Shiite town south of Iraq's capital, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 50 others. Five mortars hit a busy market, a residential apartment building and a parking lot. The mortars appeared to have been fired from the Sunni-dominated town of Jurf al-Sakr.
February 20 A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle filled with explosives at a Syrian border crossing controlled by Syrian rebels, killing an estimated ten people and wounding an unknown number of rebels and civilians, with a number being ferried to the Turkish town of Killis for medical treatment.
February 21 An Al Shabab unit attacked the presidential palace complex, known as Villa Mogadishu, under the guise of wearing presidential guard uniforms. They detonated a suicide car bomb at the gates and then opened fire on ministry staff and security forces. Militants were able to reach a mosque in the center of the compound before they detonated suicide vests or were killed by government forces. The President of Somalia was not harmed in the attack. Nine militants and five officials/security personnel were killed in the attack including the Chief of Staff to the President.
February 21 A suicide car bomber detonated his explosive laden vehicle at the gates of the district police headquarters in Surobi, Afghanistan, setting off a firefight between two additional Taliban militants and police officers which left four people dead, including a police officer, and four officers injured.
February 22 Two soldiers, a civilian and a suicide bomber were killed when the attacker detonated his vehicle full of explosives at a military checkpoint to the Hezbollah Shite stronghold town of Hermel as soldieres were inspecting his vehicle for weapons and explosives. 15 other people were injured in the explosion, which occurred on the Orontes river bridge leading into the town of Hermel.
February 23 A suicide car bomb exploded outside a field hospital in the rebel held town of Atmeh, close to the Turkish border, killing ten people and injuring 40-50 others, according to one activist on the ground. Ambulances rushed across the border from Turkey to provide aid to the injured. A number of the injured were rushed to another hospital in Atmeh, while the more seriously injured were transported across the border to Turkish hospitals.
February 23 A bomb on a motorized rickshaw exploded near a police facility in the city of Kohat killing 14 people and injuring 15 others.
February 23 A car bomb exploded in Sadr City, a Shite stronghold, and later on a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded in a northern neighborhood of Baghdad, killing nine people overall and sending another 29 to hospital.
February 24 The Iranian consulate in Peshawar was attacked when a suicide bomber parked his vehicle and walked towards a checkpoint outside the building and detonated his explosives killing two security guards and injuring twelve people. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing.
February 25 Police officials in Baghdad reported that an explosive laden vehicle detonated in a commercial market in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad killing 15 people and injuring 36 others.
February 25 A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowded restaurant in Tirin Kot in Uruzgan province, according to police officials, killing seven people and injuring 42 others. Hospital staff reported that several of the injured were in critical condition and they expected the death toll to rise.
February 25 Islamic militants suspected of being members of Boko Haram broke into the Federal Government College while students were sleeping, threw explosives into dorm rooms and sprayed the rooms with gunfire.
February 27 Eleven people were killed in a suicide bombing at a tea shop in a quiet district of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. It is suspected that the tea shop was targeted as it was a favorite location for government agents who worked for the Somali government intelligence agency however, it is unknown if any government employees were killed or injured in the blast.
February 27 A bomb planted in a motorcycle display in an outdoor market exploded in Sadr City in Baghdad, killing 22 people and injuring 45 others. Two more bombs exploded on mini-buses in Shite areas of Baghdad killing an additional nine people and injuring 25 others.

March

March 3 Gunmen opened fire at a judicial court in a shopping mall in the Pakistani city of Islamabad killing 11 people and injuring 30 others, in a brazen attack by Pakistani militants in an area of Pakistan that they rarely strike.
March 5 A series of car bombs exploded, targeting Shite areas of Baghdad, killing 17 people and injuring 66 in at least six car-bomb attacks.
March 6 A series of car bombs exploded for the second straight day in a row in Baghdad, targeting a number of Shite neighborhoods as well as a Sunni neighborhood in northern Baghdad. 18 people were killed and at least 58 others injured.
March 9 A suicide mini-bus bomber detonated his bus filled with explosives at a northern checkpoint in the Shi'ite town of Hilla in southern Iraq, trapping civilians in their vehicles, where they were killed or seriously injured as the explosion destroyed over 50 vehicles near the mini-bus. Although no one claimed responsibility for the attack, a provincial official claimed that the attack was the work of Al Qaeda. 45 people were killed and at least 157 others were wounded.
March 11 A sticky-bomb attached to a mini-bus in the Shi'ite neighborhood of Sadr City exploded, killing two people and injuring five on the bus. In an industrial section of Baghdad after nightfall, a second sticky bomb went off, killing an additional two people and wounding eight others.
March 13 Heavily armed gunmen opened fire on a military transport bus in Cairo, killing a Warrant Officer and injuring three soldiers. the military-backed government blamed the attack on the deposed Muslim Brotherhood. The brotherhood disavowed the crime and others suggest Sinai militants were more likely involved in this attack.
March 14 A civilian vehicle drove over a roadside bomb, planted to target Afghan government troops, destroying the vehicle and killing six civilians including two women and two children.
March 14 Three bombs exploded across Baghdad, targeting two open markets and a commercial area, killing eight and wounding at least 26 others.
March 14 A bomb detonated near a passing civilian bus just after two vehicles filled with federal Pakistani troops drove by, destroying the bus, killing ten people and injuring 37 others. Balochi militants, anti-Shi'ite extremists and Afghan Taliban operate in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, and could have been responsible.
March 14 A suicide bomber blew himself up while targeting a police armored personnel carrier twenty kilometers south of Peshawar, severely damaging the police vehicle. No police officers were killed but nine people died in the attack and 43 others were wounded, including many officers.
March 15 The Boko Haram fighters tried to free fellow Jihadists from a Nigerian Prison, dressed in military uniforms stormed the area in vehicles painted in military colours. At least five of the casualties were military personnel and one was a civilian. At least 212 people were killed in the fighting.
March 16 The Nusra Front claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing in the Lebanese border town of Nabi Othman which killed two people and injured 14 others, after the fall of the last rebel held community in Syria near the Lebanese border.
March 17 A car bomb detonated at the gates of the military academy in Bengazhi, eastern Libya, followed by two more bombings in the compound, targeting graduating military recruits. Eight were killed and 13 others wounded.
March 18 A suicide bomber on a three wheel motorcycle detonated his explosives in a busy marketplace in the northern city of Maymana, Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people and injuring 25 others.
March 18 In the Golan Heights, near the ceasefire line with Syria, an Israeli army patrol had observed suspicious movement by a fence line and were investigating when a roadside bomb detonated nearby, injuring four soldiers, one seriously. Israel responded by targeting Syrian government positions across the border by artillery.
March 20 Gunmen stormed the Kabul Serena Hotel, which is frequented by foreign nationals, killing nine people. In the ensuing gun battle with security forces, four attackers were killed. Among the dead was an Agence France-Presse reporter, his family, and two Canadian citizens.
March 20 Two bombs detonated via suicide bombers at a police station and a town square. NATO helicopter gunships later cleared out the remaining militants, killing six terrorists. Among the dead was a district police chief.
March 20 A terrorist set off a belt laden with explosives in a cafe while patrons were watching a soccer game, killing 13 people and wounding 38 others.
March 21 Violence across north and west Baghdad killed 28 people and injured dozens of others. A suicide bomber rammed an explosive laden truck into a police station in the village of Injan. After the bombing a gun-battle ensued between militants and police, with nine police officers killed. Hours later, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb during a funeral procession for a leader of an anti-al-Qaeda militia, killing nine people and injuring 25 others. In a separate incident, gunmen attacked an Army checkpoint, killing 4 soldiers and kidnapping 9 others. Two other car bombs detonated and a roadside bomb struck a military convoy.
March 22 A roadside bomb detonated on a commercial street in Tikrit Iraq. During the investigation of the bombing a second car bomb exploded killing another police officer.
March 23 Two gunmen stormed a Christian church Mombasa, Kenya during a Sunday service, killing 3 people and wounding others.
March 24 Terrorists stormed a military checkpoint in Yemen, killing 20 soldiers.
March 25 Terrorists in Kabul, Afghanistan, stormed an election office killing two workers, two police officers, and a provincial election candidate and injuring eight others. After the attack five militants were killed in a gun battle with security forces.
March 27 A landmine explosion in Gadchiroli, India killed at least 15 policemen. Officials blamed Maoist rebels.

April

April 2 A suicide bomber dressed as a military soldier detonated his vest at an Interior Ministry compound in Kabul, killing six police officers
April 2 A Yemeni suicide bomber with a bomb-laden car attempted to break through the main gate at a Yemeni army base in Aden, killing six soldiers and two civilians
April 3 A bomb detonated prematurely in the Islamabad suburbs on a sidewalk that was on a route for a convoy carrying former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf. After the explosion the convoy was rerouted
April 4 An Associated Press photographer was shot and killed by a terrorist disguised as an Afghan National Police officer. Two cameramen were also injured.
April 8 A bomb detonated on a rail car while passengers were boarding to take a trip to Rawalpindi Pakistan.
April 9 A bomb detonated in a busy market in Rawalpindi Pakistan killing 22 people and injuring around 100 others.
April 13 A bomb detonated in a busy Iraqi market killing 22 people and injuring around 100 others.
April 14 Two bombs detonated at a bus station in Abuja, Nigeria killing 71 people and injuring another 124
April 14 pproximately 276 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria
April 15 bomb detonated at a traffic police post in Cairo Egypt, injuring two police officers and one civilian
April 16 A group of insurgents in Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia ambushed a bus carrying dozens of people, killing nine and injuring six others
April 18 During the South Sudanese Civil War, armed men stormed a United Nations Mission in South Sudan shelter, killing at least 20 people and injuring at least 70 others
April 24 Suspected Maoist militants detonated a car bomb outside a polling station in Dumka, Jharkhand, India killing two policemen and six polling officials

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