List of terrorist incidents in 2009

This is a timeline of incidents in 2009 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.

Number of terrorist incidents (January–June)

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
Date Dead Injured Location Description
January 1 6 67 Guwahati, India. A serial blast kills 5 civilians and injures 67 in the city of Guwahati. Police believe the United Liberation Front of Assam are responsible for the attacks.[1]

February
Date Dead Injured Location Description
February 20 4 50+ Colombo, Sri Lanka. Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters were shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target. 4 people including the two pilots were killed while over 50 were injured.[2]
February 22 1 22 Khan el-Khalili, Egypt. A bomb detonated in an area of coffee shops near Al Hussein Mosque, killing a French tourists. 17 French nationals, 3 Saudis, and 3 Egyptians were wounded.[3]
February 22 13 15 Mogadishu, Somalia. Two Al Shabeeb militants in a car detonated a bomb in an AU base, killing eleven peacekeepers from Burundi and injuring fifteen others.[4]

March
Date Dead Injured Location Description
March 7 2 4 Antrim town, Northern Ireland. Two unarmed soldiers, Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey, of the 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead outside Massereene Barracks. Two other soldiers and two civilian delivery men were also shot and wounded during the attack. An Irish republican paramilitary group, the Real IRA, issued a statement claiming responsibility.[5]
March 8 28 57 Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police academy killing 28 people and injuring 57 others.[6]
March 9 1 0 Craigavon, Northern Ireland. PSNI officer Stephen Carroll was shot dead by a sniper in Craigavon, County Armagh. This was the first killing of a police officer in Northern Ireland since 1998.[7] The Continuity IRA claimed responsibility for the shooting.
March 15 5 4 Shibam, Yemen. A suicide bomber detonated his suicide vest near Korean tourists posing for pictures in southern Yemen at Shibam, a UNESCO World Heritage site referred to as the "Manhattan of the Desert". Four South Koreans and a Yemeni tour guide were killed and four other foreigners and an "unspecified number of Yemenis" were wounded.[8]
March 27 0 0 Valparaíso, Chile. An improvised device was found and denoted in a controlled explosion by members of the GOPE. The Explosive device was left in the window, in the newspaper office "El Mercurio de Valparaíso", in the city of Valparaíso. The Brigadas Autónomas y Rebeldes Norma Vergara Cáceres" claimed responsibility for the incident, claiming that it was in honor of the death of Norma Vergara Caceres, a Chilean guerrilla which were killed during an encounter against Carabineros de Chile.[9][10][11]

April
Date Dead Injured Location and description

May
Date Dead Injured Location and description

June
Date Dead Injured Location Description
June 18 20 37 Beledweyen, Somalia. 2009 Beledweyne bombing The National Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden was killed along with nineteen others after he was targeted by an insurgent suicide car bomber in a town west of Mogadishu. Dozens of others were injured in the brazen attack on the transitional government.[12]
June 20 73 185 Taza, Iraq. June 2009 Taza bombing A truck bomb explodes near a mosque in Taza, a town 10 miles south of Kirkuk, killing 73 people and leaving about 185 others injured.[13]

July
Date Dead Injured Location Description
July 5 6 45~55 Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines. A bomb exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral, killing six and injuring up to 45.[14]
July 7 6 40 Jolo and Iligan, Mindanao, Philippines. Two bombs exploded in two separate cities, killing six and injuring up to 40.[15]
July 17 9 >50 Jakarta, Indonesia 9 people are killed following the bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel and Ritz-Carlton.[16]
July 29 0 65 Burgos, Spain A car bomb containing 200 kilogrames of explosives exploded in a 14-story barracks of the Guardia Civil in the northern city of Burgos. no deaths were reported, but more than 60 people were injured.[17]
July 30 2 3 Calvià, Majorca, Spain A car bomb exploded outside a Guardia Civil offices in Calvià, Majorca, killing two members of the Guardia Civil Carlos Sáenz de Tejada and Diego Salva Lezaun. ETA was blamed for the attack and the authorities 'sealed' all entry and exit points to the island to avoid the terrorists' escape. Another explosive device was found under a policeman car in the same town some hours later and deactivated by police. "Two Spain police killed by new bomb blamed on ETA". Reuters UK. July 30, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2009.

August
Date Dead Injured Location Description
August 15 7 91 Kabul, Afghanistan Suicide car bomb attacks NATO headquarters of Kabul.[18]
August 17 25 164 Nazran, Russia At least 25 people have been killed by a powerful bomb attack at a police station in southern Russia, officials and hospital sources say.[19]

September
Date Dead Injured Location Description
September 1 0 0 Mexico City, México An explosive attack was registered at the branch of a bank BBVA Bancomer and a pastry shop “El Globo” in Mexico D F, in addition to vandal acts in the city, leaving only material damage. The attack was claimed by the Revuleta Verdinegra and the Subversive Front for Global Liberation.[20][21][22]
September 17 21 10+ Mogadishu, Somalia Two Shabaab suicide car bombers penetrated security at an African Union base and killed 21 people, including the deputy African Union commander and 16 other peacekeepers.[23]

October
Date Dead Injured Location Description
October 10 20 Several Rawalpindi, Pakistan October 10: 10 Militants attack the heart of the Pakistani military, holding hostages, nine gunman were killed and one captured.[24]
October 15 37 20+ Pakistan More than 20 militants attack police facilities in Lahore and Kohat.[25]
October 18 31 25 Pishin, Iran 31 people have died in the attack, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, and dozens more injured.[26]
October 20 6 29 Islamabad, Pakistan 6 people die in an attack on the International Islamic University when two suicide bombers detonate their explosives.[27]
October 25 155 520+ Baghdad, Iraq Two vehicles detonate in the Green Zone, killing at least 155 and injuring 520.[28]
October 28 117 200+ Peshawar, Pakistan A car bomb is detonated in a woman exclusive shopping district, and over 110 die with 200 or more injured.[29]

November
Date Dead Injured Location Description
November 2 35 60 Rawalpindi, Pakistan Two suicide bombers on bicycles detonated their bombs in front of a bank[30]
November 5 13 30 Killeen, Texas, United States Nidal Malik Hasan, while serving as a Major in the United States Army, opened fire killing 13 and wounding 30 at Fort Hood.[31]
November 19 19 51 Peshawar, Pakistan A bombing occurs outside of a local court[32]
November 27 26 90+ Bologoye, Russia A bomb detonated on a track and derailed a train of the Nevsky Express, travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg, killing 26 people and injuring up to another 90 more. No group has claimed responsibility, though Chechen separatists and rebels in the North Caucasus are believed to be the most likely perpetrators for this attack[33][34]

December
Date Dead Injured Location Description
December 3 24 60 Mogadishu, Somalia A male suicide bomber disguised as a woman detonates in a hotel meeting hall. The hotel was hosting a graduation ceremony for local medical students when the blast went off, killing four government ministers as well as other civilians.[35]
December 4 38 80 Rawalpindi, Pakistan Four gunmen attack a mosque which is frequented by current and former Pakistani military personnel. Security forces responded to the incident and a gun battle erupted, followed by three of the attackers detonating themselves.[36]
December 7 48 100 Lahore, Pakistan Two bomb blasts ripped through a busy market as it was crammed in by shoppers. The attack, which injured some 100 people, sparked a huge blaze at the city's Moon Market. The blasts came just hours after a suicide bomber killed 10 people in Peshawar.[37]
December 8 2 9 Narathiwat, Thailand A motorcycle bombing bomb exploded in a crowded market in Thailand's south, killing two and injuring nine, just before a visit by the Malaysian and Thai premiers. The incident was blamed on Islamic separatists.[38]
December 8 127 448 Baghdad, Iraq A series of bombings killed at least 127 people and injured 448 others, making it the deadliest attack in Iraq since the October 25, 2009 Baghdad bombings.[39]
December 15 33 50 Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan A bomb blast hits a market in the central Pakistani town of Dera Ghazi Khan.[40]
December 18 12 28 Lower Dir District, Pakistan A suicide bomber detonates near a mosque used by police officers.[41]
December 25 0 3 United States Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempts to detonate an explosive on an aircraft en route from Amsterdam to Detroit. During the incident, the suspect ignites himself on fire until he is extinguished and overpowered by two passengers. The aircraft lands safely in Detroit with the only injuries reported to be the suspect himself and two others.[42]
December 28 43 60 Karachi, Pakistan A suicide bomber detonates at a crowded Shia Muslim procession.[43]
December 31 0 0 Paraguay EPP members attacked a small military outpost in the San Pedro Department, stealing weapons and burning it to the ground.[44]


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