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Global Terror Attacks — February 2017

The following is a list of every terrorist incident globally in February 2017. The purpose of this list is to better illustrate who the true victims of terrorism are.

 

February 1

Location:  Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
Type: Rocket Attack
Casualties: 1 killed, two injured
Attacker:  Taliban

Location:  Hawija, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 5 executed
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Qandala, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 3 civilians + 3 soldiers executed
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Baidoa, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 soldiers killed, unknown number injured
Attacker:  Al-Shabaab

Location:  Koraput, India
Type: Landmine
Casualties: 7 police killed + 5 injured
Attacker: Naxalites

Location:  Boosaaso, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 soldiers killed, 6 injured
Attacker:  Al-Shabaab

Location:  Mandera, Kenya
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 police and 1 boy killed, unknown number injured
Attacker:  Al-Shabaab

Feburary 2

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

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Attempted Bombing/Assassination
Casualties: 0
Attacker:  Al-Shabaab

Location:  Abyan, Yemen
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 civilians killed, unknown number injured
Attacker:  Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Location:  Kontcha, Cameroon
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 killed, unknown others wounded
Attacker:  Boko Haram

Location:  Mexico City, Mexico
Type: Arson
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Anarchists

February 3

Location:  Rafah, Egypt
Type: Attempted Bombing
Casualties: 0
Attacker:   Islamic State

Location:  Paris, France
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 1 soldier + attacker wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Almar, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 8 police killed, unknown injured
Attacker:  Taliban

Location:  Various cities, Philippines
Type: Attack/Kidnapping
Casualties: 3+ killed, 5 soldiers captured, unknown injured in 20 attacks nationwide
Attacker:  New People’s Army

Location:  Luhansk, Ukaine
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 2, including the head of the LPR militia
Attacker: Unknown (Likely Ukrainian special forces)

February 4

Location:  Ménaka, Mali
Type:  Shooting
Casualties:  4 soldiers killed, 8 injured
Attacker:  Ansar Dine

Location:  Kismayo, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 3 soldiers killed, others injured
Attacker:  Al-Shabaab

Location:   Tuburan, Philippines
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker:  Abu Sayyaf

February 5

Location:  Manama, Bahrain
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Lone wolf

Location:  Kidal, Mali
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker:  Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Location:  Kismayu, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 4 killed
Attacker:  Al-Shabaab

February 6

Location:  Maidan, Afghanistan
Type: Rocket attack
Casualties: 4 killed, 3 injured
Attacker:  Taliban

February 7

Location:  Borno, Nigeria
Type: (Attempted) Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 0
Attacker:  Boko Haram

Location:  Damaturu, Nigeria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 security personnel + 1 civilian killed
Attacker:  Boko Haram

Location:  Farah, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 district governor killed
Attacker:  Taliban

Location:  Kabul, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide Bombing 
Casualties: 22 killed +1 attacker, 41 injured
Attacker:  Islamic State — Khorasan Province

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 15
Attacker:  Islamic State

February 8

Location:  Donetsk, Ukraine
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 (Mikhail Tolstykh, rebel leader)
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Qushtipa, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 6 killed + 2 missing
Attacker:  Islamic State — Khorasan Province

Location:  Bosaso, Somalia
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 4 + 2 attackers killed
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 27 killed
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 killed, 19 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Eilat, Israel
Type: Rocket attack
Casualties: 5 treated for shock
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Province

Location:  Ramadi, Iraq
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 2 killed, 2 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

February 9

Location:  Petah Tikva, Israel
Type: Shooting/stabbing
Casualties: 6 wounded + 1 attacker wounded
Attacker: Lone wolf

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Rocket attack
Casualties: 9 killed
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Beledweyne, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 killed, several injured
Attacker:  Al Shabaab

February 10

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 10 killed, 33 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Suicide Bombing 
Casualties: 5 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 14+ wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

February 11

Location:  Sinai, Egypt
Type: Execution
Casualties: 5 killed
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Province

Location:  Borno, Nigeria
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 7 soldiers killed, 19 wounded
Attacker:  Boko Haram

Location:  Borno, Nigeria
Type: Arson
Casualties: 1 killed, dozens wounded
Attacker:  Boko Haram

Location:  Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 7 + 1 attacker killed, 20 wounded
Attacker:  Taliban

Location:  Helmand, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide Bombing 
Casualties: 12 + 1 attacker killed, 20 wounded
Attacker:  Taliban

Location:  Al-Arish, Egypt
Type: Assassination/kidnapping 
Casualties: 1 killed, 1 kidnapped
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Province

February 12

Location:  Kirkuk, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 15 burned to death
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Karachi, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker:  Tahreek-i-Taliban

February 13

Location:  Wana, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 killed
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:  Lahore, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 18 + 1 attacker killed, 90+ wounded
Attacker: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

Location:  Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 police killed + 9 injured
Attacker:  Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Location:  Donbass, Ukraine
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed, 3 wounded
Attacker:  Pravy Sektor

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Shelling
Casualties: 4 killed, 24 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Chibok, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 1 killed, 1 injured
Attacker:  Boko Haram

February 14

Location:  Pishan Town, China
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 5 civilians + 3 attackers killed, 10 injured
Attacker:  Turkistan Islamic Party

Location:  Rada’a, Yemen
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 3+ killed
Attacker:  Islamic State – Yemen Province

February 15

Location:  Zamboanga, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 8 wounded
Attacker:  Abu Sayyaf

Location:  Ghalanai, Pakistan
Type: 
Suicide Bombing/Shooting
Casualties: 5 + 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

Location:  Peshawar, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 + 1 attacker killed, 12+ wounded
Attacker:  Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 18 killed, 30+ wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike
Casualties: 3 killed, 4 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 13 drowned in metal cages
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Hawija, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 8 executed
Attacker:  Islamic State

February 16

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 59 killed, 66 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Sehwan, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 89 killed, 250+ wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State — Khorasan Province

Location:  Rafah, Egypt
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Province

Location:  Nangarhar, Afghanisan
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 17 ANA killed, 21 IS killed
Attacker:  Islamic State — Khorasan Province

February 17

Location:  Davao City, Philippines
Type: Clashes 
Casualties: 5 killed, 15 injured
Attacker:   New People’s Army

Location:  Khyber Agency, Pakistan
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 2 injured
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 2 civilians + 9 attackers killed, unknown number injured
Attacker:  Boko Haram

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Mortar Attack
Casualties: 2 killed, 2 wounded
Attacker:  Al Shabaab

Location:  Sinai, Egypt
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 5 soldiers killed, 2 wounded by roadside bomb
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Province

Location:  Tirkit, Iraq
Type: Attack
Casualties: 8 PMU killed, unknown number injured
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Viransehir, Turkey
Type: Car Bombing 
Casualties: 2 killed, 17 injured
Attacker:  Kurdistan Workers’ Party

February 18

Location:  Pailitas, Colombia
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed, 40 injured
Attacker:  National Liberation Army

Location: Lima, Peru
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 9 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed, 1 injured
Attacker:  Al Shabaab

February 19

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Suicide Bombing 
Casualties: 2 civilians + attacker killed, unknown injured
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Suicide Car Bombing
Casualties: 40 killed, 50+ injured
Attacker:  Al Shabaab

Location:  Villa Nueva, Guatemala
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 4 injured by homemade bomb
Attacker: Unknown

Location:  Bogotá, Colombia
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed, 40 injured
Attacker:  National Liberation Army

February 20

Location:  Lebedynske, Ukraine
Type: Shooting/Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed, 9 injured
Attacker:  United Armed Forces of Novorossiya

Location:  Kaduna, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 20 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Fulani herdsmen

Location:  Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 1 killed, 7 kidnapped
Attacker:  Abu Sayyaf

Location:  Kismayo, Somalia
Type: IED 
Casualties: 2 killed, 5 injured
Attacker:  Al Shabaab

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike 
Casualties: 11 killed, 3 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

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

February 21

Location:  Bangor, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Type: Firebombing 
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Dissident republicans

Location:  Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 7 killed, 30 wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Unknown Location, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Charsadda, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombings 
Casualties: 7 civilians + 3 attackers killed, 21 injured
Attacker: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

February 22

Location:  Arish, Egypt
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 2 killed
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Province

Location:  Ouaka, Central African Republic
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 4 injured
Attacker: FPRC

Location:  Derry, United Kingdom
Type: Attempted Bombing 
Casualties: 0
Attacker: New Irish Republican Army

Location:  Benghazi, Libya
Type: Attempted Assassination 
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker:  Benghazi Shura Council

Location:  Tiloa, Niger
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 15 killed, 19 injured
Attacker:  Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

February 23

Location:  Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf

Location:  Shopian, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 killed, 5 injured
Attacker:  Hizbul Mujahideen

February 24

Location:  Sosyan, Syria
Type: Car Bombing 
Casualties: 61 killed, 100+ wounded
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Zinjibar, Yemen
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 8+ soldiers + 1 attacker killed, 10 wounded
Attacker:  Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Location:  Arish, Egypt
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker:  Islamic State — Sinai Peninsula

Location:  Ar-Rutbah, Iraq
Type: Attack
Casualties: 15 soldiers killed
Attacker:  Islamic Sate

Location:  Girishk, Afghanisan
Type: Suicide Car Bombing 
Casualties: 2 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 3 wounded
Attacker:  Taliban

February 25

Location:  Homs, Syria
Type: Suicide Bombing 
Casualties: 32 civilians + 6 bombers killed, many injured
Attacker: Tahrir al-Sham

Location:  Santander, Colombia
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 0
Attacker:  National Liberation Army

Location:  Kirkuk, Iraq
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Darzab, Afghanistan
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 11 killed
Attacker:  Taliban

February 26

Location:  Jaww, Bahrain
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 4 injured
Attacker: Lone wolf

Location:  Mosul, Iraq
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 6 killed (including Rudaw journalist Shifa Gardi), 8 injured
Attacker:  Islamic Sate

Location:  Constantine, Algeria
Type: Suicide Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker:  Islamic State — Algeria Province

February 27

Location:  Bandung, Indonesia
Type: Bombing 
Casualties: 1 killed (bomber)
Attacker:  Islamic State

Location:  Philippines (Unknown Exact Location)
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker:  Abu Sayyaf

Location:  Soum, Burkina Faso
Type: Shooting 
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker:  Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb