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U.S. Embassy Bombing
The April 18, 1983 United States embassy bombing was a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 63 people, mostly embassy and CIA staff members, several soldiers and one Marine. 17 of the dead were Americans. It was the deadliest attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission up to that time, and is thought of as marking the beginning of anti-U.S. attacks by Islamist groups. -
Car Bombing in Karachi, Pakistan
Two car bombs killed at least 72 people and wounded more than 250 here today. Witnesses said people rushed screaming through dense clouds of smoke and dust. Earlier reports said there were four bombs. This was the first bombing reported in Karachi, but bomb attacks have recently become more frequent in Pakistan. -
Bombing of Korean Airlines
Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq and Seoul, South Korea. On 29 November 1987, the aircraft flying that route exploded in mid-air upon the detonation of a bomb planted inside an overhead storage bin in the airplane's passenger cabin by North Korean agents. -
Bombing of Pan AM Flight
Pan Am Flight 103 (also known as the Lockerbie bombing) was a Pan Am transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport that was destroyed by a bomb on Wednesday, 21 December 1988, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. sections of the plane crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland, killing an additional 11 people on the ground. -
Bombing of Passenger Jet, over Chad
On Tuesday, 19 September 1989 the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft registered N54629 took off from N'Djamena International Airport at 13:13. 46 minutes later, at its cruising altitude of 10,700 metres (35,100 ft), an explosion caused UTA Flight 772 to break up over the Sahara Desert near the towns of Bilma and Ténéré in Niger. All 155 passengers and 15 crew members died. -
PLF attempts an attack on Nitzanim beach
squad of 17 members attempted a seaborne attack on the Tel Aviv beaches and hotels, ... intercepted by Israeli military forces on the Nitzanim beach and four of the terrorists were killed. -
A remote control bomb.
A remote control bomb kills seven police officer and injures 23 more in Medellín. Authorities blame the Medellín Cartel for the attack. -
9/11
a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. -
Boston Marathon Bombing
two pressure cooker bombs exploded at 2:49 pm EDT (18:49 UTC), killing 3 people and injuring an estimated 264 others.[3] The bombs exploded about 13 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart, near the finish line on Boylston Street. Shortly after the FBI released the images, the suspects allegedly killed an MIT police officer, carjacked an SUV, and initiated an exchange of gunfire with the police in Watertown, Massachusetts. -
Peshawar Mosque Attack
On 20 June 2013, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite mosque, killing 15 people and injuring over 20. The attack happened in the Shiite area known as Gulshan Colony. Three people were suspected of carrying out the attacks. The perpetrators first gunned down a police officer and a security guard, before the suicide bomber went into the mosque.
