List of terrorist incidents in 2001

This is a timeline of incidents in 2001 that have been labelled terrorism and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

List guidelines
  • To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
  • List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
  • Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident, including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
  • Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
  • Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
  • If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
  • Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.

January
Dates Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of

February
Dates Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
February 9 Massacre 15 Rajouri district, India 2001 Chalwalkote massacre: A group of Muslim militants massacred 15 Muslim villagers in Rajouri district. Kashmiri Islamic Terrorists [1] Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
February 14 Vehicular Assault 8 (+1) 26 Near Azor, Israel 2001 Azor attack: A Hamas terrorist plowed a bus into a crowd, killing 8 and wounding 26.[2] Hamas Second Intifada
February 16 Bus bombing 12 43 Podujevo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Podujevo bus bombing: A bus carrying Kosovo Serb pilgrims was bombed, killing 12. Kosovo Albanian extremists were suspected of being behind the attack. Kosovo Albanian extremists (suspected) Aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars

March
Dates Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator Part of
March 4 Suicide bombing 3 (+1) 65 Netanya, Israel 2001 Netanya bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber detonated in the city of Netanya, killing 3 and wounding 65.[2] Hamas Second Intifada
March 4 Car bombing 0 1 White City, London, England, United Kingdom 2001 BBC bombing: The Real IRA exploded a car bomb outside the BBC's main news centre in London. One London Underground worker suffered deep cuts to his eye from flying glass and some damage was caused to the front of the building.[3] Real IRA Dissident Irish Republican campaign
March 16 Bombing 108 38 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Shijiazhuang bombings: A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when within a short period of time several bombs exploded near four apartment buildings. Jin Ruchao lone-wolf terrorist
March 26 Sniper attack 1 1 Hebron, West Bank Murder of Shalhevet Pass: A 10-month-old Israeli baby named Shalhevet Pass is murdered in a sniper attack by Tanzim militant Mahmud Amru. Shalhevet's father was also wounded. Tanzim Second Intifada

April
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
April 14Bombings10≈50Dhaka, Bangladesh2001 Ramna Batamul bombings: Two bombs explode at a Pohela Boishakh parade.Harkat-ul-Jihad al-IslamiInternal conflict in Bangladesh
April 28Massacre15Vejce, MacedoniaVejce massacre: 15 Macedonian special forces members are massacred by UÇK militantsUÇK2001 insurgency in Macedonia

May
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
May 8Kidnapping and murder20Tekoa, West BankMurders of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran: Two Israeli teenagers are kidnapped and murdered from the Israeli West Bank settlement Tekoa. The killers are never found.UnknownSecond Intifada
May 18Suicide Bombing5 (+1)100+Netanya, Israel2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: An Arab suicide bomber from the Hamas blew himself up at the entrance of a shopping mall in the city of Netanya, near Tel Aviv, 5 people were killed in the blast and over 100 men, women and children were injured.HamasSecond Intifada

June
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
June 1Suicide bombing21 (+1)100+Tel Aviv, IsraelDolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Palestinian named Saeed Hotari blew himself up while waiting in line to enter the Dolphinarium nightclub in Tel Aviv, killing 21 people, mostly teenage girls. Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility.Hamas
Islamic Jihad		Israeli–Palestinian conflict

July
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
July 16Suicide bombing2 (+1)6IsraelBinyamina train station suicide bombing: An Arab suicide bomber detonated at a bus stop near the train station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa. The Arab terrorist group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack which killed two people.[4]Islamic JihadIsraeli–Palestinian conflict

August
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
August 3Bombing07Ealing, United Kingdom2001 Ealing bombing: The last (at time of writing) IRA bomb on mainland Britain explodes in Ealing, West London, injuring seven people.[5]Real IRADissident Irish Republican campaign
August 3Massacre175Doda district, India2001 Kishtwar massacre: Seventeen Hindu villagers are kidnapped and murdered by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants.LeTInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
August 9Suicide bombing15 (+1)130Jerusalem, IsraelSbarro restaurant suicide bombing: Hamas militant Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri blows himself up in a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem, killing 15 civilians, including 7 children and a pregnant woman.HamasSecond Intifada
August 10Land mine, shooting252165Angola2001 Angola train attack: UNITA militants derail a train en route from Zenza do Itombe to Dondo and open fire on the passengers after they came out the train.UNITAAngolan Civil War

September
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
September 9Suicide bombing3 (+1)94Nahariya, IsraelNahariya train station suicide bombing: A suicide bomber detonated at a train station in Nahariya, an Israeli city, killing three people and wounding over 90 unarmed civilians. The Palestinian militant group Hamas took responsibility for the murders.[4]Islamists
September 11Suicide hijackings2,977 (+19)6,000+United StatesSeptember 11 attacks: kill 2,977 victims and 19 terrorists[6] in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: the World Trade Center in New York City, and The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. A fourth plane, suspected by many to have been originally intended to hit the White House or the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.,[7] crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after an apparent revolt against the hijackers by the plane's passengers.[8]Al Qaeda.
September 18Bioterrorism517United States2001 anthrax attacks: A number of letters containing high-grade Anthrax are sent to U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Tom Daschle and a number of news organizations across the U.S. in September and October 2001, killing five people and infecting seventeen others. The prime suspect, Bruce Edwards Ivins, a microbiologist for the USAMRIID, committed suicide in 2008 after learning that charges against him were likely, but he has never been confirmed to have committed the attacks.Unknown
September 27Bombing00Santiago de Chile, ChileCase Letter-bombs: The so-called "letter-bomb" case was a terrorist attack on September 27, 2001, at the United States Embassy in Chile, perpetuated by Lenin Guardia, a sociologist and Chilean intelligence analyst, who was known to have contributed to the disarticulation of a guerrilla group during the transition to democracy, that its end was the indictment of the FPMR (Chilean extreme left group).[9]Lenin Guardia

October
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
October 1Suicide car bombings38 (+3)Srinagar, India 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing: Three suicide car bombers ram their cars into the assembly of Jammu and KashmirJeMInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
October 17Assassination10Jerusalem, IsraelAssassination of Rehavam Ze'evi: Israel's tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by three Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members at the Hyatt hotel in JerusalemPFLPSecond Intifada

November
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
November 29Suicide bombing3 (+1)7Pardes Hanna-Karkur, IsraelPardes Hanna bus bombing: An Arab suicide bomber detonated on a bus traveling on a major highway between the Israeli coastal cities of Hadera and Afula, killing 3.[4]Islamic JihadSecond Intifada

December
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
December 1Suicide bombings, car bombing11 (+2)188IsraelBen Yehuda Street bombings#2001: Arab suicide bombers detonated on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, a pedestrian mall frequented by many young people on Saturday night. A car bomb exploded nearby 20 minutes later. Ten people were killed, including many children, and 188 were injured in the terrorist attacks.[4]HamasSecond Intifada
December 2Suicide bombing15 (+1)40Haifa, IsraelHaifa bus 16 suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber boarded an Israeli bus traveling from the Neveh Sha'anan district in Haifa, paying the driver with a large bill. He then blew himself up as the driver asked him to collect his change.[4]HamasSecond Intifada
December 12Bombing, shooting11 (+3)30Immanuel, West Bank2001 Immanuel bus attack: Three Palestinian militants from the Hamas detonate two roadside bombs before opening fire on a bus in ImmanuelHamasSecond Intifada
December 13Shooting9 (+5)18New Delhi, India2001 Indian Parliament attack: A group of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists open fire on Indian Parliament, killing 8 security personnel and a gardener.LeT
JeM
December 22Attempted bombing00France/United States Over Atlantic Ocean2001 failed shoe bomb attempt: Al-Qaeda operative Richard Reid attempts detonate plastic explosives hidden in his shoes on American Airlines Flight 63 en route from Paris to Miami, but is subdued by other passengers.Richard Reid
(Al-Qaeda)

See also

References
  1. "Militants massacre 15 villagers in Rajouri | India News - Times of India".
  2. Major Arab Terror Attacks Since Oslo
  3. "Bomb blast outside BBC". BBC News online. March 4, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
  4. "Chronology of Arab Suicide Bombings". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  5. "Car bombers rock west London". BBC News online. August 3, 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2006.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "'We Have Some Planes'". 9/11 Commission Report. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 2004. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  8. "Security Council Condemns, 'In Strongest Terms', Terrorist Attacks On United States". Un.org. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2017-06-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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