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This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses, and other motor vehicles) that resulted in at least two deaths.

Mass car bombings (by date)

2020s

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DateYYYY‑MM‑DD Country City Deaths Type More info
2020-04-28 Syria Syria Afrin 53 truck bomb
Main article: 2020 Afrin bombing
2021-03-05 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 21 car bomb
Main article: March 2021 Mogadishu bombing
2021-04-21 Pakistan Pakistan Quetta 5 car bomb
Main article: Quetta Serena Hotel bombing
2021-05-08 Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul 90 car bomb
Main article: 2021 Kabul school bombing
2021-09-25 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 8 car bomb
2021-10-06 Syria Syria Al-Bab 18 truck bomb [1]
2021-10-10 Yemen Yemen Aden 6 car bomb
2021-11-25 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 8 SUV bomb
Main article: November 2021 Mogadishu bombing
2021-12-20 Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul 9 car bomb [2][3]
2022-10-29 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 100+ car bombs perpetrator: Al-Shabaab
Main article: October 2022 Mogadishu bombings
2023-01-04 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 35 car bomb perpetrator: Al-Shabaab

[4]

2023-09-23 Somalia Somalia Beledweyne 18+ truck bomb [5]
2023-10-29 Somalia Somalia Mogadishu 6 car bomb [6]
2024-03-30 Syria Syria Azaz 8 car bomb
Main article: 2024 Azaz bombing
2025-08-21 Colombia Cali 7 car bomb
Main article: FARC dissidents
2025-11-10 India India New Delhi 13 car bomb
Main article: 2025 Delhi car explosion

2010s

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DateYYYY‑MM‑DD Country City Deaths Type More Info
2019-01-17 Colombia Bogotá 21 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2019 Bogotá car bombing
2019-01-21 Afghanistan Maidan Shar 126 car bomb
Main article: Maidan Shar attack
2019-02-14 India Pulwama 40+ car bomb
Main article: 2019 Pulwama attack
2018-01-27 Afghanistan Kabul 103+ bomb in ambulance
Main article: Kabul ambulance bombing
2017-10-14 Somalia Mogadishu 587 truck bomb
Main article: 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings
2017-05-31 Afghanistan Kabul 90+ car bomb
Main article: May 2017 Kabul attack
2017-04-15 Syria Aleppo 126+ car bomb
Main article: 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
2016-11-24 Iraq Hillah 125 truck bomb
Main article: November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing
2016-07-03 Iraq Baghdad 323+ truck bomb
Main article: 2016 Karrada bombing
2016-07-03 Iraq Baghdad 5 car bomb
Main article: 2016 Karrada bombing
2016-05-17 Iraq Baghdad 30 car bomb
Main article: May 2016 Baghdad bombings
2016-05-17 Iraq Baghdad 6 car bomb
Main article: May 2016 Baghdad bombings
2016-05-17 Iraq Baghdad 8 car bomb
Main article: May 2016 Baghdad bombings
2016-01-11 Iraq Baghdad 12 car bomb
Main article: January 2016 Iraq attacks
2012-10-3 Syria Aleppo 40 three suicide car bombs
Main article: October 2012 Aleppo bombings
2012-09-09 Syria Aleppo 30 car bomb [7]
2012-07-31 Iraq Baghdad 21 two car bombs [8]
2012-07-23 Iraq 13 cities 116 suicide bombs, car bombs, shootings
Main article: 23 July 2012 Iraq attacks
2012-06-13 Iraq Baghdad, 6 other cities 93 suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks
2012-05-19 Syria Deir ez-Zor 9 car bomb
Main article: 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing
2012-05-10 Syria Damascus 55 suicide car bombs
Main article: 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings
2012-04-30 Syria Idlib 20 car bombs
Main article: April 2012 Idlib bombings
2012-04-8 Nigeria Kaduna 38 suicide car bombs
Main article: April 2012 Kaduna bombings
2012-03-31 Thailand Yala
Hat Yai 		16 car and trucks bombs
Main article: 2012 Southern Thailand bombings
2012-03-20 Iraq Baghdad, 9 other cities 52 car bombs, suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 20 March 2012 Iraq attacks
2012-03-17 Syria Damascus 27 two car bombs
Main article: March 2012 Damascus bombings
2012-02-23 Iraq Baghdad, 14 other cities 83 suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks
2012-02-10 Syria Aleppo 28 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2012 Aleppo bombings
2012-01-27 Iraq Baghdad 32 suicide car bomb
Main article: 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing
2012-01-10 Pakistan Jamrud 30 car bomb
Main article: 2012 Khyber Agency bombing
2012-01-5 Iraq Baghdad
Nasiriyah 		73 suicide car/motorcycle bombs, shootings
Main article: 5 January 2012 Iraq bombings
2011-12-23 Syria Damascus 44 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2011 Damascus bombings
2011-12-22 Iraq Baghdad 60–72 suicide car bombs
Main article: 22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings
2011-09-25 Iraq Karbala 25 car bomb, suicide bombings
Main article: 2011 Karbala bombing
2011-10-7 to 13 Iraq Baghdad 64 car bombs, suicide bombs, IEDs, shootings
Main article: October 2011 Baghdad bombings
2011-08-16 Nigeria Abuja 21 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing
2011-07-22 Norway Oslo 8 van bomb
Main article: 2011 Norway attacks
2011-06-25 Afghanistan Logar Province 20–35 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Logar province bombing
2011-06-16 Nigeria Abuja 2–6 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing
2011-05-26 China Fuzhou, Jiangxi 3 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
2011-05-13 Pakistan Charsadda District 98 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2011 Charsadda bombing
2011-05-05 Iraq Al Hillah 24 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Al Hillah bombing
2011-03-9 Pakistan Peshawar 40 suicide car bomb
Main article: March 2011 Peshawar bombing
2011-03-08 Pakistan Faisalabad 25 car bomb
Main article: 2011 Faisalabad bombing
2011-01-27 Iraq Baghdad 48 car bomb
Main article: 27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing
2011-01-24 Iraq Baghdad
Karbala 		27 car bombs, roadside bombs
Main article: 24 January 2011 Iraq bombings
2011-01-18 to 20 Iraq Baqubah, Karbala, Tikrit 137 car bombs, suicide car bombs, shooting
Main article: January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks
2010-12-6 Pakistan Ghalanai 50 suicide car bombs
Main article: December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings
2010-11-11 Pakistan Karachi 18 suicide car bombs, grenades, shootings
Main article: Pakistan CID building attack
2010-11-02 Iraq Baghdad 57–62 car bombs, roadside bombs
Main article: November 2010 Baghdad bomb attacks
2010-10-01 Nigeria Abuja 12 two car bombs
Main article: October 2010 Abuja attacks
2010-09-19 Iraq Baghdad 31 car bombs, remote bomb
Main article: 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010-08-17 Iraq Baghdad 69 truck bomb, suicide bomb
Main article: 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010-06-20 Iraq Baghdad 26 two suicide car bombs
Main article: 20 June 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010-05-10 Iraq Baghdad, 8 other cities. 100 suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks
2010-04-23 to 24 Iraq Baghdad 85 car bombs
Main article: April 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010-04-05 Pakistan Peshawar 50 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2010 Peshawar bombing
2010-04-04 Iraq Baghdad 42 car bombs
Main article: 4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010-03-18 Afghanistan Kabul 18 suicide car bomb
Main article: May 2010 Kabul bombing
2010-03-12 Pakistan Lahore 72 suicide car bombs
Main article: March 2010 Lahore bombings
2010-03-3 Iraq Baqubah 33 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2010 Baqubah bombings
2010-02-10 Pakistan Khyber Agency 19 suicide car bomb
Main article: February 2010 Khyber bombing
2010-02-25 Iraq Baghdad 41 three suicide car bombs
Main article: 25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010-01-1 Pakistan Shah Hasan Khel 105 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing

2000s

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DateYYYY‑MM‑DD Country City Deaths Type More info
2010-12-18 Pakistan Timergara 12 suicide car bomb
Main article: December 2009 Lower Dir mosque bombing
2010-12-15 Pakistan Dera Ghazi Khan 33 car bomb
Main article: 2009 Dera Ghazi Khan bombing
2010-12-08 Iraq Baghdad 127 suicide car bombs
Main article: 8 December 2009 Baghdad bombings
2010-11-19 Pakistan Peshawar 10 car bomb
Main article: 2009 Peshawar judicial complex bombing
2010-11-02 Pakistan Rawalpindi 35 motorcycle bomb
Main article: November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing
2010-10-28 Pakistan Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province 92 car bomb
Main article: 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing
2010-10-25 Iraq Baghdad 155 car bombs (2)
Main article: 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings
2010-10-12 Pakistan Shangla District, Swat Valley 41 suicide car bomb against military vehicle
Main article: 2009 in Pakistan
2010-10-11 Iraq Ramadi, Al Anbar Governorate 26 coordinated car bombs (3), including one suicide car bomb
Main article: 2009 in Iraq
2010-10-09 Pakistan Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province 48 car bomb
Main article: 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing
2010-10-08 Afghanistan Kabul 17 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack
2010-09-17 Somalia Mogadishu 21 car bombs (2)
Main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu
2010-08-25 Afghanistan Kandahar 43 car bomb
Main article: 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing
2010-08-15 Afghanistan Kabul 7 suicide car bomb, attempted assassination
Main article: 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing
2010-08-19 Iraq Baghdad 101 car and truck bombs
Main article: 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings
July 4, 2010 Philippines Mindanao 8 bombs, car bomb
Main article: July 2009 Mindanao bombings
2010-06-30 Iraq Kirkuk 40 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2009 Kirkuk bombing
2010-06-24 Iraq Baghdad 65 motorcycle bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010
2010-06-20 Iraq Taza 80 truck bomb
Main article: 20 June 2009 Taza bombing
2010-06-18 Somalia Beledweyne 35 car bomb
2010-06-10 Iraq Al Batha 30 car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010
2010-06-09 Pakistan Peshawar 17 car bomb
Main article: Pearl Continental hotel bombing
2010-05-27 Pakistan Lahore 30 car bomb, shooting
Main article: 2009 Lahore bombing
2010-05-20 Iraq Baghdad 38 car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010
2010-04-29 Iraq Baghdad 52 car bombs (2)
Main article: 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks
2010-04-06 Iraq Baghdad 37 car bombs (6)
Main article: 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings
2010-02-22 Somalia Mogadishu 11 car bomb
Main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu
2009-01-24 Somalia Mogadishu 15 car bomb
2009-12-28 Pakistan Buner District 36 car bomb [9]
2009-12-05 Pakistan Peshawar 29 car bomb
Main article: 5 December 2008 Peshawar bombing
2009-11-06 Pakistan Bajaur Agency 22 car bomb [10]
2009-10-29 Somalia Bosaso and Hargeisa 30 car bombs (5)
Main article: October 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings
2009-10-10 Pakistan Orakzai Agency 110 car bomb
Main article: 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing
2009-09-29 Lebanon Tripoli 7 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombing
2009-09-28 Iraq Baghdad 32 bombs, car bombs
Main article: 28 September 2008 Baghdad bombings
2009-09-27 Syria Damascus 17 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Damascus car bombing
2009-09-20 Pakistan Islamabad 60 truck bomb
Main article: Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
2009-09-12 Iraq Dujail 32 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Dujail bombing
2009-09-06 Pakistan 20 km from Peshawar 30 car bomb
Main article: September 2008 Peshawar bombing
2009-08-23 Pakistan Swat 20 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2008 Swat Valley bombing
2009-08-19 Algeria Issers 44 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Issers bombing
2009-07-07 Afghanistan Kabul 58 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Indian Embassy bombing in Kabul
2009-06-17 Iraq Baghdad 65 car bomb
Main article: 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing
2009-06-02 Pakistan Islamabad 6–8 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Danish embassy bombing
2009-05-02 Yemen Sa'dah 15 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Bin Salman Mosque bombing
2009-04-15 Iraq Baquba 53 car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2009
2009-02-18 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 38 suicide car bomb
Main article: Spin Boldak bombing
2009-02-16 Pakistan Parachinar 47 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Parachinar bombing

The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured

2008-02-10 Iraq Balad 33 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Balad bombing
2008-12-13 Iraq Amarah 46 3 car bombs
Main article: 2007 Al Amarah bombings
2008-12-12 Iraq Amarah 46 car bombs (3)
2008-12-11 Algeria Algiers 31 suicide car bombs (2)
Main article: December 11, 2007 Algiers bombings
2008-12-09 Pakistan Matta, Swat District 10 car bomb [11]
2008-11-24 Pakistan Rawalpindi 35 car bombs (2) [12]
2008-09-08 Algeria Dellys 30 car bomb
Main article: 2007 Dellys bombing
2008-08-14 Iraq Yazidi compounds in Kahtaniya 796 truck bombs (4)
Main article: 2007 Yazidi communities bombings
2008-08-01 Iraq Baghdad 74 truck bomb, car bombs (2)
Main article: 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings
2008-07-26 Iraq Baghdad 92 car bomb
Main article: 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing
2008-07-25 Iraq Baghdad 50 car bombs (2)
2008-07-19 Iraq Baghdad 87 car bomb
Main article: 2007 al-Khilani Mosque bombing
2008-07-19 Pakistan Hub 30 car bomb
2008-07-16 Iraq Kirkuk 86 car bombs (3)
Main article: 2007 Kirkuk bombings
2008-07-15 Pakistan Matta, Swat District 17 car bomb (2) 11 police officers among the dead. 47 wounded.[13]
2008-07-14 Pakistan Miranshah 23 car bomb At least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured [14]
2008-07-07 Iraq Armili 156 truck bomb
Main article: 2007 Amirli bombing
2008-06-19 Iraq Baghdad 75 car bomb
Main article: Al-Khilani Mosque bombing
2008-06-17 Afghanistan Kabul 35 car bomb
2008-05-13 Iraq Makhmour 50 suicide truck bomb
Main article: 2007 Makhmour bombing
2008-05-06 Iraq Baghdad 35 car bomb
2008-04-28 Iraq Karbala 68 car bomb
Main article: Imam Abbas Mosque bombing
2008-04-18 Iraq Baghdad 198 car bombs (4)
Main article: 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings
2008-04-14 Iraq Karbala 65 car bomb
Main article: Imam Hussein Mosque bombing
2008-04-11 Algeria Algiers 33 car bombs (2)
Main article: 11 April 2007 Algiers bombings
2008-03-29 Iraq Khalis 47 car bombs (3) Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2008
2008-03-27 Iraq Tal Afar 152 truck bombs (2)
Main article: 2007 Tal Afar bombings
2008-02-18 Iraq Baghdad 62 car bombs (2)
Main article: 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
2008-02-14 Iran Zahedan 18 car bomb
Main article: 2007 Zahedan bombings
2008-02-12 Iraq Baghdad 79 car bombs (3)
Main article: 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
2008-02-03 Iraq Baghdad 135 truck bomb
Main article: 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing
2008-01-22 Iraq Baghdad 88 car bombs (2)
Main article: 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings
2007-01-16 Iraq Baghdad 70 suicide car bombs, school bombings
Main article: Mustansiriya University bombings
2007-12-30 Spain Madrid 2 van bomb
Main article: 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing
2007-12-12 Iraq Baghdad 71 minibus bomb, car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007
2007-12-02 Iraq Baghdad 51 car bombs (3) Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2007
2007-11-23 Iraq Sadr City 215 car bombs (6)
Main article: 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings
2007-10-16 Sri Lanka Digampathana 100 truck bomb
Main article: 2006 Digampathana truck bombing
2007-08-03 Afghanistan Panjwayi 21 car bomb
2007-07-01 Iraq Sadr City 66 car bomb
Main article: 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing
2006-03-12 Iraq Sadr City 58 car bombs (2) Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2006
2006-11-19 Iraq Abu Sayda 50 car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2006
2006-11-18 Iraq Khanaqin 74 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2005 Khanaqin bombings
2006-09-29 Iraq Balad 102 car bombs (3)
Main article: 2005 Balad bombings
2006-09-14 Iraq Baghdad 114 car bomb
Main article: 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing
2006-08-17 Iraq Baghdad 43 car bombs (3)
Main article: 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings
2006-07-23 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh 88 car bombs (2)
Main article: 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks
2006-07-16 Iraq Mussayib 98 truck bomb
Main article: 2005 Musayyib bombing
2006-02-28 Iraq Hilla 125 car bomb
Main article: 2005 Al Hillah bombing
2005-02-14 Lebanon Beirut 22 truck bomb
2005-12-19 Iraq Karbala and Najaf 67 car bombs (2) Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005
2005-10-07 Egypt Hilton Taba, Taba 31 truck bomb
2005-10-07 Pakistan Multan 40 car bomb
2005-09-30 Iraq Baghdad 41 car bombs (3) Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005
2005-09-14 Iraq Police station, Baghdad 47 car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005
2005-09-09 Indonesia Australian Embassy, Jakarta 9 van bomb
Main article: 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing
2005-07-28 Iraq Police station, Baquba 68 suicide car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004
2005-06-24 Iraq Police stations, Mosul 62 car bombs (5)
2005-06-18 Iraq Baghdad 35 suicide car bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004
2005-06-17 Iraq Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad 35 car bomb
2005-05-15 Iraq Mosul 62 car bombs
Main article: 2004 Mosul bombings
2005-05-13 Iraq Karbala, Najaf 67 suicide car bombs Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005
2005-04-21 Iraq Police stations, Basra 74 car bombs (4)
Main article: 21 April 2004 Basra bombings
2005-02-11 Iraq Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad 47 car bomb
2005-02-10 Iraq Police Station, Iskandariya 53 truck bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2005
2004-01-18 Iraq Coalition Headquarters, Baghdad 31 truck bomb Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2004
2004-12-27 Iraq Coalition targets, Karbala 19 car bombs (4)
Main article: 2003 Karbala bombings
2004-12-25 Pakistan Rawalpindi 14 truck bombs Targeted Pervez Musharraf
2004-11-20 Turkey British targets, Istanbul 32 truck bombs
Main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings
2004-11-15 Turkey Two synagogues, Istanbul 31 truck bombs
Main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings
2004-11-12 Iraq Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah 33 truck bomb
Main article: 2003 Nasiriyah bombing
2004-11-08 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 18 truck bomb
2004-10-27 Iraq Baghdad 35 car bombs (4)
Main article: 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings
2004-08-29 Iraq Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf 85 car bomb
Main article: Imam Ali Mosque bombing
2004-08-25 India Mumbai 52 car bombs (2)
Main article: 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings
2004-08-19 Iraq United Nations Iraqi Headquarters, Baghdad 22 truck bomb
Main article: Canal Hotel bombing
2004-08-07 Iraq Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad 19 truck bomb
Main article: 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad
2004-08-05 Indonesia Jakarta 12 car bomb
Main article: 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing
2004-08-01 Russia Mozdok, North Ossetia–Alania 50 truck bomb
2004-05-12 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 35 car bombs (4)
Main article: Riyadh compound bombings
2004-05-12 Russia Znamenskoye, Chechnya 59 truck bomb
Main article: 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing
2003-02-07 Colombia Bogotá 36 car bomb
Main article: 2003 El Nogal Club bombing
2003-12-27 Russia Government buildings, Grozny, Chechnya 72 truck bombs
Main article: 2002 Grozny suicide bombing
2003-11-28 Kenya Hotel in Mombasa 13 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Mombasa attacks
2003-10-21 Israel Bus near Hadera 14 car bomb
2003-10-12 Indonesia Bali 202 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Bali terrorist bombing
2003-09-05 Afghanistan Kabul 30 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Kabul bombing
2003-06-14 Pakistan US consulate, Karachi 12 truck bomb
Main article: 2002 Karachi consulate attack
2003-06-05 Israel Megiddo Junction 17 car bomb
2003-05-08 Pakistan Karachi 14 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Karachi bus bombing
2003-04-11 Tunisia Synagogue, Djerba 21 truck bomb
Main article: Ghriba synagogue bombing
2003-04-07 Colombia Villavicencio 12 car bomb
2002-03-21 Peru U.S. Embassy, Lima 9 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Lima bombing
2002-12-01 Israel Jerusalem 11 suicide car bomb
Main article: Ben Yehuda Street bombings
2002-10-01 India Assembly Building, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 38 car bomb
Main article: 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack
2002-06-19 Russia Gudermes, Chechnya 12 car bombs (3)
2001-03-24 Russia Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai 19 car bomb
2001-08-01 Indonesia Central Jakarta 2 car bomb
Main article: 2000 Philippine consulate bombing
2000-07-03 Russia Grozny, Chechnya 25 truck bomb
Main article: July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings

1990s

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DateYYYY‑MM‑DD Country City Deaths Type More Info
1999-09-04 Russia Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan 307 car bomb
Main article: Russian apartment bombings
1999-02-16 Uzbekistan Tashkent 16 6 car bombs
Main article: 1999 Tashkent bombings
1999-09-05 Russia Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan 17 car bomb
Main article: Russian apartment bombings
1999-08-15 United Kingdom Omagh, Northern Ireland 29 car bomb
Main article: Omagh bombing
1999-08-07 Kenya
Tanzania 		Nairobi and Dar es Salaam 224 car bombs (2)
Main article: 1998 United States embassy bombings
1999-03-05 Sri Lanka Street, Colombo 36 mini-bus bomb
1998-02-14 India Coimbatore 46 car bombs
Main article: 1998 Coimbatore bombings
1998-11-19 India Hyderabad 23 car bomb
1997-10-15 Sri Lanka World Trade Center, Colombo 18 truck bomb
1997-12-25 India Arai Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland 5 car bomb
Main article: 1996 Dimapur car bombing
1997-06-25 Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers, Khobar (near Dhahran) 20 fuel truck bomb
Main article: Khobar Towers bombing
1997-02-09 United Kingdom Docklands, London 2 truck bomb
Main article: 1996 South Quay bombing
1996-01-31 Sri Lanka Central Bank, Colombo 90 truck bomb
Main article: Central Bank Bombing
1996-12-21 Pakistan Peshawar 45 car bomb {{Citation needed}}
1996-11-19 Pakistan Egyptian embassy in Islamabad 15 truck bomb
Main article: Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan
1996-11-13 Saudi Arabia U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh 7 car bomb
1996-02-27 Iraq Zakho 76 car bomb [15]
1995-01-30 Algeria Algiers 42 car bomb [16]
1995-04-19 United States Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City 168 truck bomb
Main article: Oklahoma City bombing
1995-07-18 Argentina Jewish center, Buenos Aires 85 car bomb
Main article: 1994 AMIA bombing
1994-04-06 Israel Afula 8 car bomb
Main article: Afula Bus suicide bombing
1994-06-21 Spain Madrid 7 car bomb
1994-04-24 United Kingdom London 1 truck bomb
Main article: Bishopsgate bombing
1994-05-27 Italy Uffizi Gallery, Florence 6 car bomb
1993-03-12 India Mumbai 257 car bombs
Main article: 1993 Bombay bombings
1993-02-26 United States World Trade Center, New York City 6 truck bomb
Main article: 1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993-01-30 Colombia Bogotá 20 car bomb [17]
1993-07-16 Peru Lima 24 car bombs (2)
Main article: Tarata bombing
1993-04-10 United Kingdom Baltic Exchange, London 3 truck bomb
1992-03-17 Argentina Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires 29 car bomb
Main article: 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires
1992-05-29 Spain Vic 9 car bomb
Main article: 1991 Vic bombing
1991-03-02 Sri Lanka Colombo 19 remote control car bomb
Main article: Havelock Road Bombing, 1991
1990-05-12 Colombia Bogotá and Cali 26 car bombs (2) [18]

1980s

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DateYYYY‑MM‑DD Country City Deaths Type More info
1989-12-06 Colombia Bogotá 52 truck bomb
Main article: DAS Building bombing
1989-11-22 Lebanon Beirut 24 car bomb
1989-04-14 Sri Lanka Trincomalee 38 car bomb
1989-07-08 Afghanistan Jalalabad 31 truck bomb [19]
1989-04-23 Lebanon Tripoli 60 truck bomb
1989-04-14 Italy USO Club, Naples 5 car bomb [20]
1988-02-17 South Africa Oshakati, South-West Africa 27 car bomb
Main article: 1988 Oshakati bomb blast
1988-12-11 Spain Zaragoza 11 car bomb
Main article: 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing
1988-10-08 Afghanistan Kabul 27 car bomb [21]
1988-07-14 Pakistan Karachi 72 car bombs (2) [22]
1988-07-05 Sri Lanka Army camp, Jaffna 40 truck bomb
Main article: Vallipuram Vasanthan
1988-06-19 Spain Barcelona 21 car bomb
Main article: 1987 Hipercor bombing
1987-04-21 Sri Lanka Colombo 106 car bomb
Main article: Central Bus Station Bombing
1987-08-19 Iran Tehran 20 car bomb [23]
1987-07-14 Spain Madrid 12 car bomb
Main article: Plaza República Dominicana bombing
1987-03-27 Australia Victoria Police HQ, Melbourne 1 car bomb
Main article: Russell Street Bombing
1986-03-17 Syria Military compound, Damascus 60 truck bomb [24]
1986-08-17 Lebanon Market, Beirut 55 car bomb
1986-05-22 Lebanon Beirut 50 car bomb
1985-03-08 Lebanon Beirut 80 car bomb
Main article: 1985 Beirut Car Bombing
1985-08-08 West Germany Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt 2 car bomb Red Army Faction
1984-09-20 Lebanon U.S. embassy in Beirut 23 car bomb
1984-12-21 Lebanon French Army building, Beirut 15 truck bomb
1984-12-17 England London 6 car bomb
Main article: Harrods bombing
1984-12-12 Kuwait U.S. and French embassies, Kuwait City 6 truck bombs
Main article: 1983 Kuwait bombings
1984-11-04 Lebanon Israeli Army HQ, Tyre 60 truck bomb
Main article: Tyre headquarters bombings
1984-10-23 Lebanon United States Marines and French Paratroop barracks, Beirut 305 truck bombs
Main article: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
1984-05-20 South Africa Church Street, Pretoria 20 car bomb
Main article: Church Street bombing
1984-04-18 Lebanon U.S. Embassy, Beirut 63 car bomb
Main article: April 1983 US Embassy bombing
1983-01-28 Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organisation building, Beirut 45 car bomb
1983-11-11 Lebanon Israeli military HQ, Tyre 102 car bomb
Main article: Tyre headquarters bombings
1983-10-01 Iran Central Square, Tehran 60 truck bomb [25]
1983-08-01 Iraq Baghdad 20 car bomb [26]
1983-07-20 United Kingdom Hyde Park parade, London 4 car bomb
Main article: Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
1982-05-24 Lebanon French embassy, Beirut 14 car bomb [27]
1982-12-15 Lebanon Iraqi embassy, Beirut 61 car bomb [28]
1982-11-29 Syria Damascus 64 car bomb [29]
1981-10-01 Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organisation office, Beirut 83 car bomb Mossad[30]

1970s

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Date YYYY‑MM‑DD Country Place Deaths Type Perpetrator,
actual or suspected		 Source/Article
1979-01-22 Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon 8 car bomb Mossad perpetrator: Ali Hassan Salameh
1978-02-08 United Kingdom Maghera, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [31]
1977-04-20 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [32]
1976-08-21 United States Washington, D.C. 2 car bomb DINA Washington D.C. bombing
1976-08-16 United Kingdom Keady, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [33][34]
1976-03-17 United Kingdom Dungannon, Northern Ireland 4 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [33]
1975-12-19 Ireland Dundalk 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [32]
1974-05-17 Ireland Dublin
Monaghan 		33 car bombs (4) Ulster Volunteer Force Dublin and Monaghan bombings
1974-01-11 United Kingdom Derry, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Official IRA [35]
1973-06-12 United Kingdom Coleraine, Northern Ireland 6 car bomb Provisional IRA 1973 Coleraine bombings[36]
1973-05-17 United Kingdom Omagh, Northern Ireland 5 car bomb Provisional IRA [36]
1973-01-14 United Kingdom Derry, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [36]
1972-12-28 Ireland Belturbet 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [35][37]
1972-12-01 Ireland Dublin 2 car bombs (2) Ulster Volunteer Force [35]
1972-10-31 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Ulster Defence Association
Main article: Benny's Bar bombing
1972-09-30 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [35]
1972-09-14 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 3 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [35]
1972-08-26 United Kingdom Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [35]
1972-07-31 United Kingdom Claudy, Northern Ireland 9 car bombs (3)
Main article: Claudy bombing
1972-07-21 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 9 car bombs (22) Provisional IRA
Main article: Bloody Friday (1972)
1972-05-24 West Germany United States Army base, Heidelberg 3 car bomb Red Army Faction List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972-05-11 West Germany United States Army base, Frankfurt 1 car bomb Red Army Faction List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972-03-20 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 7 car bomb Provisional IRA
Main article: 1972 Donegall Street bombing
1972-03-15 United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [35]
1972-02-22 United Kingdom British Army base, Aldershot, England 7 car bomb Official IRA
Main article: 1972 Aldershot Bombing
1970-08-24 United States University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 1 truck bomb Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine, Leo Burt
Main article: Sterling Hall bombing

1900–1969

Further information on bombings in Palestine from 1937 to 1948: List of Irgun operations and List of Lehi operations
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Date YYYY‑MM‑DD Country Place Deaths Type Article/Source
1965-03-30 South Vietnam US Embassy, Saigon 21 car bomb [38]
1962-05-02 Algeria Algiers 62 car bomb [39]
1948-03-11 British Mandate for Palestine Jewish Agency, Jerusalem 11 car bomb [citation needed]
1948-03-02 British Mandate for Palestine Office building, Haifa 14 truck bomb [citation needed]
1948-02-22 British Mandate for Palestine Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem 52–80 truck bombs (2)
Main article: Ben Yehuda Street Bombing
1948-01-04 British Mandate for Palestine Jaffa 18 truck bomb
1947-04-25 British Mandate for Palestine Sarona police compound, Tel Aviv 5 truck bomb [citation needed]
1947-01-12 British Mandate for Palestine Haifa 4 truck bomb [citation needed]
1927-05-18 United States Bath Township, Michigan 5 in car bombing, 45 overall suicide car bomb
Main article: Bath School disaster

Perpetrator: Andrew Kehoe
1920-09-16 United States Wall Street, New York City 38 wagon bomb
Main article: Wall Street bombing


See also

Notes

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  2. ^ "Car Bomb Kills 9 in Afghan Capital". Voice of America. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ "Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. ^ "Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia - police". Reuters. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  5. ^ "Dozens killed and injured by truck bomb explosion in Somalian city". The Guardian. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  6. ^ "A car bombing at a Somali military facility kills 6 people, including 4 soldiers, police say". AP News. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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  8. ^ "Iraq car bombings kill 19 in central Baghdad". BBC News. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  9. ^ Abdur Rahman Abid. "Suicide blast rocks Buner on polling day; 36 killed" Dawn, 29 December 2008
  10. ^ "Bomber strikes Salarzai jirga in Bajaur, kills 22" Daily Times, 7 November 2008
  11. ^ 10 killed in Swat suicide attack Daily Times, December 10, 2007
  12. ^ 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi Daily Times, November 25, 2007
  13. ^ At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
  14. ^ Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops Daily Times, July 15, 2007
  15. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Chronology for Kurds in Iraq". Refworld. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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  17. ^ "Escobar's hand seen in Bogotá bomb atrocity". The Independent. February 1993. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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  19. ^ "31 Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack". The Washington Post, July 9, 1988.
  20. ^ Suro, Roberto (16 April 1988). "A Japanese With Lebanese Links Blamed in Naples U.S.O. Bombing". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  21. ^ "Bomb Kills 27 in Afghan City; Government Blames Moslem Guerrillas for Blast in Kabul". The Washington Post, October 10, 1987.
  22. ^ "Bombs Kill 72 and Wound 250 in Pakistani City". The New York Times. 15 July 1987. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  23. ^ "Car Bomb Blast in Central Tehran Square Kills 20". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1986.
  24. ^ "Damascus Bomb May Have Killed 60". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  25. ^ "At Least 60 Killed, 700 Hurt As Bomb Explodes In Tehran". The Associated Press, October 3, 1982.
  26. ^ "Baghdad Bomb Toll". The Washington Post, August 5, 1982.
  27. ^ "Bomb Kills 14 at Beirut Embassy". Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1982.
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  30. ^ Bergman, Ronen (2018) Rise and Kill First. The secret history of Israel’s targeted assassinations. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6971-2. pp. 242-243
  31. ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  32. ^ a b "Sutton Index of Deaths 1977". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  33. ^ a b "Sutton Index of Deaths 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  34. ^ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 672
  35. ^ a b c d e f g "Sutton Index of Deaths 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  36. ^ a b c "Sutton Index of Deaths 1973". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  37. ^ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 311
  38. ^ "This Day in History". History.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  39. ^ Karawan, Ibrahim A., et al. Values and Violence, p. 129.
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