Acts of Terrorism

  • Unabomber

    Unabomber
    He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to become a domestic terrorist.
  • World Trade Center Bombing

    World Trade Center Bombing
    The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by Ramzi Yousef and associates against the United States on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City.
  • Oklahoma City Bombing

    Oklahoma City Bombing
    The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, United States, on April 19, 1995. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
  • East African Embassy Bombing

    East African Embassy Bombing
    On August 7, 1998, al-Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden, bombed the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks, using massive truck bombs, killed 224 people and injured thousands. The bombings devastated the embassies and surrounding areas, leading to significant changes in U.S. embassy security and global counterterrorism efforts.
  • USS Cole Attacks

    USS Cole Attacks
    On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer, was attacked in Aden, Yemen, by suicide bombers who detonated explosives in a small boat alongside the ship. The explosion killed 17 sailors and injured 39 others, creating a large hole in the ship's hull. The attack was carried out by Al-Qaeda and was a major terrorist event before 9/11.
  • 9/11 Attacks

    9/11 Attacks
    The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
  • Indian Parliament Attack

    Indian Parliament Attack
    The 2001 Indian Parliament attack was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India in New Delhi, India on 13 December 2001.
  • Passover Massacre

    Passover Massacre
    The Passover massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on 27 March 2002.
  • London Train Bombings

    London Train Bombings
    three terrorists had been shot and killed by armed police, at the end of a rampage in which eight people were murdered
  • Mumbai Attacks

    Mumbai Attacks
    The 2008 Mumbai attacks were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organisation, carried out 12 shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.