Mass Murder By Terrorists
See also: List of mass car bombings, List of terrorist incidents, and Suicide bombings in Iraq since 2003In recent years, terrorists have performed acts of mass murder to intimidate a society and draw attention to their causes. Examples of major terrorist incidents involving mass murder include:
- October 6, 1976: Cubana Flight 455 - 73 killed
- November 20, 1979: Grand Mosque Seizure - 127 killed (excluding perpetrators)
- August 2, 1980 : Bologna bombing - 85 killed
- April 18, 1983 : 1983 United States embassy bombing - 63 killed
- October 23, 1983: Beirut barracks bombing - 299 killed
- March 8, 1985 : Beirut car bombing - 80 killed
- May 14, 1985 : Anuradhapura massacre - 146 killed
- June 23, 1985: Air India Flight 182 bombing over the Atlantic Ocean - 329 killed
- December 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Scotland - 270 killed
- March 12, 1993: Bombay bombings - 257 killed
- April 19, 1995: Oklahoma City bombing in the United States - 168 killed
- August 7, 1998: U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania - 224 killed
- September 11, 2001: September 11 attacks in the United States - 2,998 killed
- October 12, 2002: Bali bombing in Indonesia - 202 killed
- March 2, 2004: Ashura massacre in Iraq - 170 killed
- March 11, 2004: Madrid train bombings in Spain - 191 killed
- September 4, 2004: Beslan school hostage crisis in Russia - 344 killed
- February 28, 2005: Al Hillah bombing in Iraq - 127 killed
- July 7, 2005: 7 July 2005 London bombings in the United Kingdom - 52 killed
- July 11, 2006: Mumbai train bombings in India - 207 killed
- March 27, 2007: Tal Afar bombings and massacre in Iraq - 152 killed
- August 14, 2007: Yazidi communities bombings in Iraq - 796 killed
- November 26–28, 2008: 2008 Mumbai attacks in India - 185 killed
- July 22, 2011: 2011 Norway attacks - 77 killed
- December 6, 2011: Ashura bombings in Afghanistan - 80 killed
- January 20, 2012: Nigeria attacks - 185 killed
- May 21, 2012: Sana'a bombing in Yemen - 101 killed
- June 13, 2012: June 2012 Iraq attacks - 93 killed
- July 23, 2012: July 2012 Iraq attacks - 116 killed
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