List of terrorist incidents in 2002

This is a timeline of incidents in 2002 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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.
  • In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
  0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
  100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.

January
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetrator(s)Part of
JanuaryAttack attempt00SingaporeSingapore embassies attack plot foiled.Jemaah Islamiyah
January 05Suicide hijacking10Tampa, Florida, United States2002 Tampa airplane crash: A 15-year-old student, Charles Bishop, hijacked a Cessna 172 aircraft and flew it into the side of the Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa, Florida. Only the perpetrator was killed, and there were no injuries.Charles Bishop
January 17Shooting6 (+1)33Hadera, IsraelBat Mitzvah massacre: A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a Bat Mitzvah celebration in HaderaAl-Aqsa Martyrs' BrigadesSecond Intifada
January 22Shooting520Kolkata, India2002 attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on guards at the American Center in Kolkata, killing five people.HuJI
January 25Suicide bombing0 (+1)25Tel Aviv, Israel2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing: 25 people were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a cafe on a pedestrian mall near Tel Aviv's old central bus station.[1]Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
January 27Suicide bombing1 (+1)140Jerusalem, IsraelJaffa Street bombing: A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up in Jerusalem, killing 2 and injuring 140. The female terrorist, identified as a Fatah member, was armed with more than 10 kilos of explosives.[2]FatahSecond Intifada

February
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
February 16Suicide bombing3 (+1)27Karnei ShomronKarnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing: Two teenagers were killed and about 30 people were wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in the shopping mall in Karnei Shomron. A third person subsequently died of his injuries. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineSecond Intifada

March
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
March 02Suicide bombing11 (+1)50+Jerusalem, IsraelYeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre: Eleven people were killed and over 50 were injured, 4 critically, in a suicide bombing near a yeshiva in the center of Jerusalem where people had gathered for a barmitzvah celebration. The terrorist detonated the bomb next to a group of women waiting with their baby carriages for their husbands to leave the nearby synagogue. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took responsibility for the attack.Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade		Second Intifada
March 05Shooting3 (+1)15Tel Aviv, IsraelSeafood Market attack: Three people, including Druze police officer Salim Barakat of Yarka was killed in Tel Aviv when a terrorist opened fire on two adjacent restaurants.[3]UnknownSecond Intifada
March 09Suicide bombing11 (+1)54Jerusalem, IsraelCafé Moment bombing: 11 people were killed and 54 injured, 10 of them seriously, when a suicide bomber exploded in the crowded Moment cafe in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.HamasSecond Intifada
March 12Ambush6 (+2)1Matzuva, IsraelMatzuva attack: Two Islamic Jihad members opened fire on Israeli civilians traveling along a road.Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
March 20Suicide bombing7 (+1)27Afula, IsraelUmm al-Fahm bus bombing: Four soldiers and three others were killed, and about 30 wounded, several seriously, in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus near Afula. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
March 21Suicide bombing3 (+1)86Jerusalem, IsraelKing George Street bombing: Three people were killed and 86 injured, 3 of them seriously, in a suicide bombing in the center of Jerusalem. The terrorist detonated the bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of a crowd of shoppers. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades		Second Intifada
March 27Suicide bombing30 (+1)140Netanya, IsraelPassover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover festivities in a hotel in Netanya in the Passover massacre.HamasSecond Intifada
March 29Suicide bombing2 (+1)28Jerusalem, IsraelKiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing: Two people were killed and 28 injured, two seriously, when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a supermarket in Jerusalem. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades took responsibility.Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades		Second Intifada
March 30Shooting, suicide bombing11 (+2)20Jammu, India2002 Raghunath temple attacks: Two suicide attackers open fire on the Raghunath Temple in Jammu before blowing themselves up. This was the first of two attacks on this temple in 2002.Lashkar-e-TaibaInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
March 31Suicide bombing16 (+1)40+Haifa, IsraelMatza restaurant suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 15 and injures over 40 in Haifa.HamasSecond Intifada

April
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
April 10Suicide bombing8 (+1)22Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa, IsraelYagur Junction bombing: Eight people were killed and 22 injured in a suicide bombing on an Egged bus near Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.HamasSecond Intifada
April 11Truck bombing19 (+1)30+Djerba, TunisiaGhriba synagogue bombing: A natural gas truck fitted with explosives is driven into a synagogue by an al-Qaeda member, killing 20 and wounding more than 30.al-QaedaInsurgency in the Maghreb
April 12Suicide bombing6 (+1)104Jerusalem, Israel2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing: Six people were killed and 104 wounded when a female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.Al-Aqsa Martyrs' BrigadesSecond Intifada

May
DateTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
May 02Mortar bombing11998ColombiaBojayá massacre: FARC launches a mortar bomb against a church during combats with AUC, killing at least 117 civilians, 48 of whom were children. Delayed response from the authorities make it impossible to establish a final count, as most of the dead were buried before they could be accounted for.FARCColombian conflict
May 06Assassination10Hilversum, NetherlandsAssassination of Pim Fortuyn: Right wing politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by far left extremist Volkert van der Graaf who said he was worried about Fortuyn getting in power and targeting immigrants and Muslims as scapegoatsVolkert van der GraafTerrorism in Netherlands
May 07Suicide bombing15 (+1)57Rishon LeZion, Israel2002 Rishon LeZion bombing: 16 people were killed and 55 wounded in a suicide bombing in a crowded game club in Rishon Lezion, southeast of Tel Aviv, which caused part of the building to collapse. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.HamasSecond Intifada
May 08Bombing13 (+1)40Karachi, PakistanThe 2002 Karachi bus bombing kills eleven Frenchmen and two PakistanisAl-Qaeda (suspected)Terrorism in Pakistan
May 09Bombing44133Kaspiysk, RussiaKaspiysk bombing: A bomb explosion in Kaspiysk in Dagestan kills at least 42 people and injures 130 or more during Victory Day festivities.Shariat JamaatSecond Chechen War
May 13Sabotage1280Jaunpur, IndiaJaunpur train crash: Twelve people are killed when Islamic extremists cut rails to a train.Students Islamic Movement of IndiaTerrorism in India
May 14Shooting3147Kaluchak, India2002 Kaluchak massacre: Three LeT militants open fire on a tourist bus filled with mainly Indian Army personnel and their families.Lashkar-e-TaibaInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
May 19Suicide bombing3 (+1)59Netanya, IsraelNetanya Market bombing: 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. Both Hamas and the PFLP took responsibility for the attack.Hamas
PFLP		Second Intifada
May 23Car bombing00Tel Aviv, IsraelPi Glilot bombing attempt: Disaster was averted when sprinklers put out a fire after a diesel truck was detonated in a gas depot. The bombing could have caused a chain reaction, killing thousands of people.HamasSecond Intifada

June
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
June 05Car bomb17 (+1)38Afula, IsraelMegiddo Junction bus bombing: Seventeen people were killed and 38 injured when a car packed with explosives struck an Egged bus at the Megiddo Junction near Afula. The bus, which burst into flames, was completely destroyed. The terrorist was killed in the blast. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
June 11Suicide bombing1 (+1)15Herzliya, Israel2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing: A 14-year-old girl was killed and 15 others were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a pipe bomb at a restaurant in Herzliya.Al-Aqsa Martyrs' BrigadesSecond Intifada
June 14Suicide car bombing12 (+1)51Karachi, Pakistan2002 U.S. consulate attack in Karachi: The car bomb at US Consulate in Karachi kills 12Al-Qaeda (suspected)
June 18Suicide bombing19 (+1)74+Jerusalem, IsraelPatt Junction Bus bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber detonates himself on a bus in Jerusalem in the Patt junction massacre. The attack kills 19 people and wounds over 74.HamasSecond Intifada
June 19Suicide bombing7 (+1)50Jerusalem, Israel2002 French Hill suicide bombing: Seven people were killed and 50 injured, three critically, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the French Hill bus stop in northern Jerusalem. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades		Second Intifada
June 20Shooting5 (+2)10Itamar2002 Itamar attack: Two PFLP gunmen raid an Israeli settler house in Itamar and kill a mother and three of her children and wound two other children. They also kill and Israeli commando before they are killed by Israeli forces. Eight more Israelis were wounded during the attack.PFLPSecond Intifada

July
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
July 04Shooting2 (+1)0Los Angeles, United States2002 LAX shooting: An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport, killing two Israelis before being killed himself.Hesham Mohamed HadayetIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
July 13Massacre29~30Jammu, India2002 Qasim Nagar massacre: 29 Hindus are massacred by Islamic extremists in the Jammu suburb Qasim NagarLashkar-e-TaibaInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
July 16Bomb, shooting920Bnei Brak–Emmanuel, Israel2002 Immanuel bus attack: Nine people were killed and 20 injured in a terrorist attack on a bus traveling from Bnei Brak to Emmanuel. An explosive charge was detonated next to the bullet-resistant bus. The terrorists waited in ambush, reportedly wearing Israeli army uniforms, and opened fire on the bus. While four terror organizations claimed responsibility for the attack, it was apparently carried out by the same Hamas cell which carried out the attack in Emmanuel on December 12, 2001.HamasSecond Intifada
July 17Suicide bombings5 (+2)40Tel Aviv, IsraelNeve Shaanan Street bombing: Five people were killed – two Israeli and three foreign workers – and about 40 were injured, four seriously, in a double suicide bombing on Neve Shaanan Street near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
July 31Bombing9 (+1)100+IsraelHebrew University bombing: Nine people were killed and 85 wounded, 14 of them seriously, when a bomb exploded in the Frank Sinatra student center cafeteria on the Hebrew University's Mt. Scopus campus. The explosive device was planted inside the cafeteria, which was gutted by the explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.HamasSecond Intifada

August
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
August 04Suicide bombing9 (+1)50Meron, IsraelMeron Junction Bus 361 attack: Nine people were killed and some 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus at the Meron junction in the Galilee. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.HamasSecond Intifada
August 19Shootdown12731Khankala, Russia2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: A group of Chechen rebels shoot down a Russian helicopter carrying over 140 soldiers over a minefield. This event is the deadliest incident in helicopter aviation historyChRISecond Chechen War

September
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
September 05Suicide car bombing30167Kabul, Afghanistan2002 Kabul bombing: A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in Kabul.TalibanWar in Afghanistan
September 10Train derailment130+150+Rafiganj, IndiaA train derailment kills 130 people in the Rafiganj rail disaster. Naxalite terrorism is suspected.Naxalites (suspected)
September 19Bombing6 (+1)70Tel Aviv, IsraelAllenby Street bus bombing: Six people were killed and about 70 wounded when a terrorist detonated a bomb in a bus opposite the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.HamasSecond Intifada
September 25Raid30 (+2)80Ahmedabad, IndiaAkshardham Temple attack: Two terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed group raid the Akshardham temple complex in Ahmedabad, killing 30 people and injuring many more.Jaish-e-Mohammed

October
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
October 02-21Bombings11180Zamboanga City, PhilippinesThe Zamboanga bombings kills 11 and wounds about 180.Abu Sayyaf (suspected)Moro conflict
October 02-24Shootings103Beltway, United StatesBeltway sniper attacks: John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo conduct a series of sniper attacks in several locations throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area from October 2 until they were arrested on October 24. The attacks killed 10 and wounded 3 others. They were later found to have killed seven other people and wounded seven more across the nation over the past several months.John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo
October 06Bombing112Off of Aden, YemenLimburg tanker bombing: On October 6, 2002, one crew member was killed and 12 other crew members were injured in a bombing of a ship carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil.Al-Qaeda
October 08Shooting1 (+2)1Faylaka Island, KuwaitFaylaka Island attack: Two Kuwaitis opened fire on U.S. Marines conducting a training exercise on Faylaka Island. The two attackers and one marine were killed.Al-Qaeda
Taliban
October 11Bombing6 (+1)166Vantaa, FinlandMyyrmanni bombing: A bomb explosion kills 7 people including the perpetrator and wounds 166 people at Myyrmanni shopping mall.Petri Gerdt
October 12Bombings202 (+2)209Bali, IndonesiaThe 2002 Bali bombings kills 202 people, mostly western tourists and local Balinese hospitality staff.Jemaah Islamiyah
October 21Car bomb14 (+2)50Wadi Ara to Hadera, IsraelKarkur junction suicide bombing: 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded when a car bomb containing about 100 kilograms of explosives was detonated next to an intercity bus, while traveling along Wadi Ara toward Hadera. The bus had pulled over at a bus stop when the suicide bomber, driving a jeep, approached from behind and exploded. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.Islamic JihadSecond Intifada
October 23-26Hostage crisis133 (+40)700+Moscow, RussiaThe Moscow theater hostage crisis kills 133 hostages and some 40 terrorists upon rescue.Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs
Islamic International Brigade
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment		Second Chechen War
October 30Bombings13Soweto, South Africa2002 Soweto bombings: Eight bombings across Soweto target a mosque, the Nan Hua Temple as well as railways and petrol stations across the city. One woman is killed and her husband and two other people were injured. A group calling itself "Warriors of the Boer Nation" claimed responsibility.Warriors of the Boer Nation

November
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
November 21Suicide bombing11 (+1)50+Central Jerusalem, IsraelHamas orchestrates the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre. Eleven people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated on a crowded bus in central Jerusalem.HamasSecond Intifada
November 24Shooting, suicide bombing14 (+2)45Jammu, India2002 Raghunath temple attacks: Two suicide attackers open fire on the Raghunath Temple in Jammu before blowing themselves up. This was the second of two attacks on this temple in 2002.Lashkar-e-TaibaInsurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
November 27Shooting6 (+2)34Beit She'an, Israel2002 Beit She'an attack: Two Palestinians opened fire on a Likud polling station.Al-Aqsa Martyrs' BrigadesSecond Intifada
November

27

 Suicide car boming 0 (+1) 0 Gaza, Israel A suicide bomber from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine rammed a car bomb into an empty building near Gaza's main Erez crossing terminal to Israel killing only himself. PFLP Second Intifada
November 28Bombing, attempted shootdown13 (+3)80Mombasa, Kenya2002 Mombasa attacks: An Israeli hotel in Mombasa is bombed, killing 13 people (10 Kenyans and 3 Israeli tourists). At nearly the same time, two missiles were fired at an Israeli jet taking off nearby but missed.Al-Qaeda (suspected)

December
DateTypeDeathsInjuriesLocationDetailsPerpetratorsPart of
December 02Bombing250Mumbai, India2002 Mumbai bus bombing: A bomb placed under a seat of a B.E.S.T. bus explodes and kills two people.Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected)
December 21Train derailing2080Kurnool, IndiaKurnool train crash: Islamic extremists derail a train and kill 20 people.Lashkar-e-Taiba
December 27Car bombings83 (+3)210Grozny, Russia2002 Grozny truck bombing: The truck bombing of the Chechen parliament in Grozny kills 83 people.Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of MartyrsSecond Chechen War

See also

References
  1. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993) Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "FactsOfIsrael.com - Palestinian homicide bombings". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. This peace is killing us Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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