| suicide bombings statistics and analysis 1980-2002 |
[Sep. 8th, 2004|10:24 am] |
Jane's review
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2637.shtml
Economist, etc: http://www.aijac.org.au/updates/Jan-04/140104.html
Tamil movement statement on religion: http://members.tripod.com/~loga/thunuk1.htm
An article on radicalization of Islam (in Russian): http://www.livejournal.com/users/nalymov/353599.html
Terror Attack Database
http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/intnl_attacksearch_frame.htm
International Terrorism - Search Results
107 attacks found
Date:
Nov 22, 2002
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Organization:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Ship
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Location:
Gaza Coast, Gaza Strip
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 4
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 2
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Details: Two Palestinian militants blew up an explosives-laden fishing boat in a failed attack on an Israeli patrol boat, killing themselves and wounding four sailors. More
information
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Date:
Nov 21, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 11
Injured: 50
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A suicide bomber struck a municipal bus in Jerusalem this morning, killing at least ten people and injuring nearly 50. The bombing targeted the number 20 Jerusalem bus as it passed through a quiet residential neighborhood at the height of morning rush hour. More
information
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Date:
Nov 4, 2002
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Organization:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Kfar Sava, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 2
Injured: 69
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Two people were killed and 69 injured in a suicide bombing at Kfar Sava's Arim shopping mall. One of those killed was a security guard, who prevented the attacker from entering a crowded store. More
information
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Date:
Oct 27, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Ariel, West Bank
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Casualties:
Killed: 3
Injured: 17
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: At least three people were killed and 17 injured in a suicide attack on a gas station at the entrance to Ariel, in the northern West Bank. All of the fatalities are IDF reservists, and at least one was an officer, who attempted to stop the bomber. More
information
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Date:
Oct 10, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Bar Ilan Junction, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 16
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: One person was killed and 16 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up after failing to get onto a bus on the Geha highway near Bnei Brak, but a far greater disaster was prevented by the bus driver and a passenger who pinned the bomber to the ground until the packed bus had emptied. More
information
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Date:
Oct 2, 2002
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Organization:
Unknown
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Tourist Site
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Location:
Guilin, China
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 18
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Details: At the public Central Square
in Guilin, at 21:35 P.M, a blast was detonated by a suicide bomber who died,
and injuring for about twenty people, one in very serious condition. A high
security alert reigned in China during the National Day holiday week, fearing
events of the kind, that already happened last March, and in which a series
of bomb exploded, killing 108 people.
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Date:
Sep 19, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 6
Injured: 59
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Six people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a large bomb on a municipal bus in Tel-Aviv. More
information
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Date:
Sep 18, 2002
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Organization:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus stop
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Location:
Um al-Fahm, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 3
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the Israeli Arab city of Um al-Fahm, when police officers challenged him. One Israeli policeman was killed and two passersby injured. More
information
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Date:
Aug 4, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Meron Junction, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 10
Injured: 40
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: At least ten people were killed, and more than 40 wounded in a suicide bombing on a commuter bus in northern Israel. More
information
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Date:
Jul 30, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Marketplace
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 5
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a felafel stand on Jerusalem's main street. Five people were injured—most lightly—but the bomber was the only fatality. More
information
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Date:
Jul 17, 2002
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Organization:
Fatah
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Marketplace
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Location:
Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 5
Injured: 30
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 2
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Details: Two Palestinian suicide bombers detonated explosives in central Tel-Aviv on the eve of Tisha b'Av, killing at least three people, and wounding thirty. Six of the wounded were in serious condition, the rest suffered moderate to light injuries. More
information
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Date:
Jun 19, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus stop
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 7
Injured: 50
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Seven Israelis were killed and 50 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop at Jerusalem's French Hill Intersection. More
information
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Date:
Jun 18, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Patt Intersection - Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 20
Injured: 52
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian suicide bomber
blew himself up on a bus packed with schoolchildren and office workers near
the busy Patt Intersection in southern Jerusalem, killing 20 people and wounding
52.
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Date:
Jun 10, 2002
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Organization:
Unknown
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Restaurant
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Location:
Herzliya, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 11
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A 15-year-old Israeli girl was killed and 11 others were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a relatively small pipe bomb at a popular shwarma restaurant in Herzliya. More
information
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Date:
Jun 5, 2002
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Organization:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Megiddo Junction, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 17
Injured: 50
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A car packed with explosives blew up next to a bus near the Megiddo Junction in Northern Israel at 7:15 local time. Seventeen Israelis were killed, and at least 50 were wounded – 10 of them seriously. More
information
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Date:
May 27, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Restaurant
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Location:
Petah Tikvah, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 2
Injured: 57
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Two people--a toddler and an elderly woman -- were killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a bomb filled with shrapnel at a shopping center in Petah Tikvah. More
information
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Date:
May 23, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Militant
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Location:
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 5
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: An Israeli security guard shot and killed the driver of a car packed with pipe bombs as it sped towards a crowded nightclub in Tel Aviv. More
information
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Date:
May 22, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Rishon LeTzion, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 2
Injured: 50
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: In Rishon LeTzion, a suicide bomber entered a semi-open public park at about 21:30, mingled with a crowd of mostly elderly residents playing chess in the plaza, and detonated. Two people were killed besides the bomber, a 15 year-old boy and a 65 year-old man. More
information
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Date:
May 19, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Marketplace
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Location:
Netanya, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 3
Injured: 59
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Three people were killed and
59 injured - 10 seriously - when a suicide bomber, disguised as a soldier,
blew himself up in the market in Netanya.
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Date:
May 8, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Megiddo Junction, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian bomber standing at the busy Megiddo Junction exploded, possibly prematurely, injuring only himself. More
information
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Date:
May 7, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Entertainment Facility
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Location:
Rishon Le Zion, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 16
Injured: 60
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A suicide bomber detonated a powerful bomb in a crowded billiards hall in Israel, killing at least 16 and wounding more than 50. The attack took place at the "Sheffield Club" pool hall, on the third floor of a building in Rishon LeTzion, South of Tel-Aviv. The building, located in a suburban industrial zone filled with shops, was about a block distant from one of the country's largest shopping malls. More
information
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Date:
Apr 12, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Marketplace
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 6
Injured: 100
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A female suicide bomber exploded a powerful charge in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market on a Friday afternoon, killing six people and injuring more than 85. More
information
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Date:
Apr 11, 2002
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Organization:
Al-Qa'ida
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Tourist Site
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Location:
Djerba, Tunisia
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Casualties:
Killed: 19
Injured: 15
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A truck filled with natural gas crashed into a wall surrounding a historic synagogue on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. Five people where reported killed in the blast and fourteen more people succumbed to injuries in hospital. At least sixteen German tourists were among the dead. The wounded were airlifted to Djerba's regional hospital by helicopter.
Tunisia's state news agency reported that some twenty people were injured,
most suffering from burns.
More
information
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Date:
Apr 2, 2002
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Organization:
Unknown
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Militant
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Location:
Roadblock near Bakka al-Sharkiya, West
Bank
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a roadblock near Bakka al-Sharkiya when IDF soldiers opened fire at him. More
information
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Date:
Apr 1, 2002
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Organization:
Unknown
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Military Personnel
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 2
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a Jerusalem roadblock, killing an Israeli policeman and injuring two other Israelis. More
information
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Date:
Mar 31, 2002
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Organization:
Fatah
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Military Personnel
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Location:
Efrat settlement, West Bank
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 4
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A 17-year-old suicide bomber exploded himself near a medical station in Efrat. More
information
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Date:
Mar 31, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Haifa, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 35
Injured: 15
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian bomber targeted a restaurant in Haifa Sunday morning, killing fifteen people and injuring more than 35. More
information
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Date:
Mar 30, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 30
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Around 25 people were wounded,
five seriously when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at approximately
9:30 P.M. in the "My Coffee Shop" cafe on the corner of Allenby and Bialik
Streets in downtown Tel Aviv. A young woman later died of sustained injuries.
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Date:
Mar 29, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 2
Injured: 30
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: An Israeli man and a young woman
were killed and more than 30 others injured in a suicide bombing carried
out by a woman, at a supermarket on Uruguay Street in Jerusalem's Kiryat
Yovel neighborhood shortly before 2 P.M. on Friday.
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Date:
Mar 27, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Natania, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 29
Injured: 150
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Twenty-nine Israelis were killed and around 150 were wounded, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the dining room of the Park Hotel in Netanya. More
information
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Date:
Mar 22, 2002
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Organization:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Military Personnel
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Location:
Between Anin Village and Umm al-Fahm, West
Bank
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 1
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 3
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Details: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a Golani force at the Salem Roadblock near Anin Village. An IDF officer commanding the force was moderately wounded from the explosion. More
information
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Date:
Mar 21, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 5
Injured: 86
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Three Israelis were killed and 86 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of a crowd of shoppers on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem. More
information
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Date:
Mar 20, 2002
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Organization:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Bus
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Location:
Mus Mus, Wadi Ara, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 7
Injured: 42
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Seven people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber detonated a powerful bomb on a bus in northern Israel. The bombing occurred on an intercity bus enroute from Tel Aviv to Nazareth. More
information
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Date:
Mar 9, 2002
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Organization:
Hamas
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Restaurant
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 11
Injured: 50
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A Palestinian suicide bomber walked into Jerusalem's Moment cafe in the city's Rehavia neighborhood last night at 10:30 and blew himself up, killing at least 11 people and wounding over 50, 10 seriously. More
information
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Date:
Mar 2, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Place of Worship
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Location:
Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 10
Injured: 40
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Yeshiva in Jerusalem at the end of the Jewish Sabbath. Ten Israelis were killed and more than forty wounded. Among the dead was an entire family--both parents and two young children--as well as several relatives. A young mother and her seven-months old baby were also killed. More
information
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Date:
Feb 27, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Militant
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Location:
Maccabim roadblock, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 0
Injured: 3
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 3
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Details: A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up at the Maccabim roadblock on the Jerusalem-Modi'in highway wounding three policemen, two lightly and one moderately. The two other passengers, that the bomber drove with to the roadblock, were also killed. More
information
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Date:
Feb 18, 2002
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Organization:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Police Facility/Personnel
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Location:
Outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel
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Casualties:
Killed: 1
Injured: 0
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: A suicide bomber blew himself up on the outskirts of Jerusalem killing an Israeli police officer who had pulled the car over for a routine check. More
information
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Date:
Feb 16, 2002
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Organization:
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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Location:
Karnei Shomron, West Bank
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Casualties:
Killed: 3
Injured: 6
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Number of Terrorists Involved: 1
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Details: Three Israeli teenagers were
killed and 29 other people wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber
blew himself up next to a pizzeria in the Yovelim shopping mall in Karnei
Shomron, between Kalkilya and Nablus.
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Date:
Jan 27, 2002
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Organization:
Fatah Tanzim
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Attack Type:
Suicide Bomb
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Target Type:
Civilian
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