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Global Terror Incidents, January 2017

Below is a list of attacks and incidents involving non-state terror/insurgent groups worldwide between 1-31 January 2017

January 1

Location:   Bilda, Algeria
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed, 7 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Location:  Istanbul, Turkey
Type: 2017 Istanbul Nightclub Shooting 
Casualties: 39 killed, 70 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Najaf, Iraq
Type: Bombing/Attack
Casualties: 7 police + 3 attackers killed, 17 police injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Tartus, Syria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 police + 2 attackers killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Ma’an, Jordan
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 soldier killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 security personnel + 2 civilians wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:  Bujumbura, Burundi
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed (Environmental Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru)
Attacker:  Unknown/Lone Wolf

Location:  Herat, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 civilians injured
Attacker: Taliban

January 2

Location:  Djibo, Burkina Faso
Type: Shooting (Article in French)
Casualties: 1 killed, 1 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: January 2017 Mogadishu Bombings 
Casualties: 7 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 17 civilians wounded
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: January 2017 Baghdad Bombings 
Casualties: 56 civilians + 3 attackers killed, 122 civilians injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Samarra, Iraq
Type: Attack/Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 7 police + 3 attackers killed, unknown number of police injured
Attacker: Daesh

January 3

Location:  Abyan, Yemen
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 16 Yemeni soldiers + 15 AQ fighters killed, 10 Yemeni soldiers injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Location:  Bria, Central African Republic
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 UN Peacekeepers killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Anti-Balaka

Location:  Cairo, Egypt
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 civilian killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 Afghan police killed
Attacker: Taliban

January 4

Location:   Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 4 UN guards injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Kidapawan, Philippines
Type: 2017 Kidapawan Jail Siege
Casualties: 2 police + 5 escapees killed, 1 injured
Attacker: Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters

Location:  Madagalil, Nigeria
Type: (Attempted) Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 government officials killed
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:  Bio Bio, Chile
Type: Shooting  (Article in Spanish)
Casualties: 5 forest workers injured
Attacker: Mapuche

Location:  Kunduz, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 US military personnel killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Taliban

Location:  Nawa, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 policewoman killed
Attacker: Taliban

January 5

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 27 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 57+ civilians injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Jableh, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 16+ civilians killed, 30+ injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Izmir, Turkey
Type: 2017 Izmir Courthouse Attack
Casualties: 2 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 10 injured
Attacker: Kurdistan Freedom Falcons

Location:  Asdod, Israel
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf

January 6

Location:  Ad-Dawr, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 4 police + 2 attackers killed, 12 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 killed for “sorcery”
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Abyan, Yemen
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 6 Yemeni soldiers + 1 attacker killed, 20 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 civilians wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:  Monufia, Egypt
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 2 civilians killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Tala wa Barfak, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 13 killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Taliban

January 7

Location:  Yobe State, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 5 Nigerian soldiers + 15 attackers, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: Shooting, attempted bombing
Casualties: 2 attackers killed, 1 police officer injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Azaz, Syria
Type: January 2017 Azaz Bombing
Casualties: 60+ civilians killed, 50+ injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Lamphelpat, India
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 police officers injured
Attacker: Kangleipak Communist Party

Location:  Zabul, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 police officer killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Taliban

January 8

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: SVBIED 
Casualties: 20 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 50+ wounded
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Jourian, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 civilians killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  East Jerusalem, Israel
Type: 2017 Jerusalem Truck Attack
Casualties: 4 soldiers + 1 attacker killed, 17 wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Taiz, Yemen
Type: Roadside Bomb
Casualties: 5 civilians killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Unknown

January 9

Location:  Athens, Greece
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 police officer wounded
Attacker: Anarchists

Location:  Arish, Egypt
Type: SVBIED/Attack
Casualties: 7 police, 1 civilian, and 5 attackers killed, 15 civilians wounded
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Bandipora, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 attacker killed, 1 soldier wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Taiba

Location:  Puerto Jordán, Colombia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 soldier killed
Attacker: National Liberation Army

Location:  Zabul, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Taliban

Location:  Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Taliban

Location:  Hotan, China
Type: Raid
Casualties: 3 terrorists killed
Attacker: Turkestan Islamic Party

January 10

Location:  Zamboanga City, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 killed, 5-7 fishermen kidnapped
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf

Location:  Bu’ale, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 3 killed
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Gondar, Ethiopia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 11 injured
Attacker: Anarchists

Location:  Kalari, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 3 civilians + 2 attackers killed
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:   Kandahar, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 11 killed, dozens wounded
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  al-Fari’ah, Palestine
Type: Stabbing, shooting
Casualties: Attacker killed, 1 soldier wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Narayanpur, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 civilian + 4 attackers killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Naxalites

Location:  San Pedro, Paraguay
Type: Shooting, attempted kidnapping
Casualties: 1 wounded
Attacker: Paraguayan People’s Army

Location:  Abyan, Yemen
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Location:  Kabul, Afghanistan
Type: SVBIED 
Casualties: 38 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 70+ wounded
Attacker: Taliban

Location:  Lashkargah, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide bombing
Casualties: 7 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 6 civilians wounded
Attacker: Taliban

January 11

Location:  Yobe, Nigeria
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 soldier killed
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 wounded
Attacker: Daesh

January 12

Location:  Damascus, Syria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 8+ killed plus the attacker, unknown number injured
Attacker: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham

Location:  Segou, Mali
Type: Roadside Bomb
Casualties: 5 Malian soldiers killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Karachi, Pakistan
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 police officer killed
Attacker: Tehreek-e-Taliban

January 13

Location:  Madagali, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 6+ killed, 14 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Execution
Casualties: 2 crucified
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Belfast, United Kingdom
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 wounded
Attacker: Real Irish Republican Army

Location:  Shan State, Myanmar
Type: Shelling
Casualties: 2 killed, 8 injured
Attacker: Ta’ang National Liberation Army

January 14

Location:  Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Roadside Bomb
Casualties: 2 Nigerian soldiers killed
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 Nigerian soldiers, 10 attackers killed, 27 soldiers injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Gnam-Gnam, Cameroon
Type: Execution
Casualties: 17 executed
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Diyala, Iraq
Type: Shooting/Ambush
Casualties: 8 killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Kirkuk, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 5 burned to death
Attacker: Daesh

January 15

Location:  Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Bosso, Niger
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 9 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Fulani herdsmen

Location:  Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing, kidnapping
Casualties: 7 killed, 2 wounded, 14 kidnapped
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  La Araucania, Chile
Type: Arson
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Mapuche

January 16

Location:  Abyan, Yemen
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 soldiers killed, 3 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Location:  Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 3 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 17 civilians wounded
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  New Valley Province, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 8 security officers + 2 attackers killed, 3 security officers wounded
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Diyarbakir, Turkey
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 police killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Kurdistan Workers’ Party

Location:  Sirnak, Turkey
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 5 wounded
Attacker: Kurdistan Workers’ Party

Location:  Popasna, Ukraine
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 Ukrainian soldiers wounded
Attacker: Luhansk People’s Republic

Location:  Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 killed, 12 wounded
Attacker: Militant guerrillas

Location:  Arish, Egypt
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 police killed
Attacker: Unknown

January 17

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 Ugandan soldier executed
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Diyarbakir, Turkey
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 police officer killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Kurdistan Workers’ Party

January 18

Location:  Gao, Mali
Type: 2017 Gao Bombing
Casualties: 77 + 1 attacker killed, 115+ injured
Attacker: Al-Mourabitoun

Location:  Umm al-Hiran, Israel
Type: Vehicular Attack
Casualties: 1 police officer + 1 attacker killed, several injured
Attacker: Islamic Movement in Israel

Location:  Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Type: Shooting/Raid
Casualties: 4 attackers killed, unknown civilians injured
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:  Narayanpur, India
Type: Landmine 
Casualties: 3 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Naxalites

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 7+ killed, 20 injured
Attacker: Unknown

January 19

Location:  Palmyra, Syria
Type: Execution
Casualties: 12 executed
Attacker: Daesh

January 20

Location:  Benghazi, Libya
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 1 killed, 13 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike 
Casualties : 2 killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Al-Bab, Syria
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 5 Turkish soldiers killed, 9 wounded
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Parachinar, Pakistan
Type: 2017 Parachinar Bombing
Casualties: 25 killed, 87 wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi & Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

Location:  Orakzai, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 tribal elders executed, 6 others injured
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:   Balkh, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 3 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Taliban

Location:  Arish, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 civilian killed
Attacker: Unknown

January 21

Location:  Diffa, Niger
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 Niger soldiers killed, 7 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Rakban, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 4 killed, 14 injured near refugee camp
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Rafah, Egypt
Type: Shelling
Casualties: 8 killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 attackers killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Tripoli, Libya
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed near Italian embassy
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Beirut, Lebanon
Type: Attempted Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 1 attacker wounded
Attacker: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham

Location:  Kandahar, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 43 killed, including 16 police officers, unknown number injured
Attacker: Taliban

January 22

Location:  Belfast, United Kingdom
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 police officer wounded
Attacker: Dissident Republicans

Location:   Maywand District, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting/Attack
Casualties: 3 police killed
Attacker: Taliban

Location:  Barabasti, India
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Unknown

January 23

Location:  Mandera, Kenya
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Afgooye, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 8 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Bombing/Shooting
Casualties: 8 killed, dozens kidnapped
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 Egyptian soldiers killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Bijapur, India
Type: Arson
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Naxalites

Location:  Benghazi, Libya
Type: Shooting/Clash
Casualties: 30+ killed, 25+ wounded
Attacker: Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries

January 24

Location:  Aguelhok, Mali
Type: Mortar Attack
Casualties: 1 peacekeeper killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Location:  Aleppo/Idlib, Syria
Type: Attacks
Casualties: Many
Attacker: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham

Location:  Pulwama, India
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 police officer injured
Attacker: Unknown

January 25

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: SVBIED/Shooting
Casualties: 4 police, 24 civilians, 4 attackers killed, 43+ injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 3 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 4 civilians + 3 attackers killed, unknown injuries
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, 9 wounded
Attacker: Daesh

January 26

Location:  Bujumbura, Burundi
Type: Shooting/Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 9 killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike
Casualties: 3 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Shooting/Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, 8 injured
Attacker: Daesh

January 27

Location:  Kulbiyow, Somalia
Type: Battle
Casualties: 9-66 AMISOM soldiers + 70 attackers killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Aleppo, Syria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Democratic Union Party

Location:  Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Daesh

January 28

Location:  Abyan, Yemen
Type: Attack
Casualties: 4 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Fallujah, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed + 1 attacker, 2 wounded
Attacker: Daesh

January 29

Location:  Al-Barka, Philippines
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 children killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf

Location:  Quebec City, Canada
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 6 killed, 17 injured
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Type: Shooting/Raid
Casualties: 4 soldiers and 20+ attackers killed, 7 soldiers wounded
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Qandala, Somalia
Type: Execution/Kidnapping 
Casualties: 3 soldiers killed, 9 civilians injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Khasavyurt, Russia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Manama, Bahrain
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 police officer killed
Attacker: Islamists

Location:  Dhaka, Bangladesh
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf

January 30

Location:  Mahaday, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 civilians and 3 soldiers wounded
Attacker: Al-Shabaab

Location:  Madougou, Mali
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 civilians injured
Attacker: Ansar Dine

Location:  Madagali, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 15 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Fotokol, Cameroon
Type: Attack
Casualties: 1 killed, 3 injured 
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Shalinsky District, Russia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 police officers + 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Caucasus Emirate

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 3 killed
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Isabela, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 soldiers killed, several injured
Attacker: New People’s Army

January 31

Location:  Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 1 civilian + 1 attacker killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram

Location:  Aden, Yemen
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 7 injured
Attacker: Daesh

Location:  Denver, United States
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 transit officer killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Norte de Santander, Colombia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 soldier killed, 2 injured
Attacker: National Liberation Army

Location:  Juba and Nimule, South Sudan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Nuer White Army

Location:  Unknown Location, Azerbaijan
Type: Attack
Casualties: 4 attempted attackers killed
Attacker: Unknown