Islamist attacks from 9/11 to San Bernardino
AFP
PARIS, FRANCE- The killing of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, is the latest violence linked to Islamist extremists since the attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.
Here is a chronology of major attacks:
- November 24, 2015: TUNISIA
Twelve members of a presidential security team are killed in an attack in Tunis, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group which had already committed two other attacks in Tunisia this year. On March 18 the IS fighters struck the Bardo museum in Tunis, killing 22 people, and on June 26 they hit a hotel near Sousse, south of Tunis, killing 38 tourists including 30 from Britain.
- November 20, 2015: MALI
At least two attackers slip into the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako and open fire on staff and guests, killing 20 people. The attackers are later killed by security personnel. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb says on December 4 the attack was a joint operation with another jihadist group, the Al-Murabitoun brigade.
- November 13, 2015: FRANCE
A string of attacks in Paris leaves 130 people dead and more than 350 injured. The assailants struck six different sites on Friday evening, including the Stade de France football stadium, eateries in the trendy east of the city and the Bataclan concert venue. The IS group claims responsibility.
- November 12, 2015: LEBANON
An attack claimed by IS on a stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah in southern Beirut leaves 44 dead. It is the biggest IS-claimed attack ever in Lebanon, and among the deadliest bombings to hit the country since the end of its 1975-1990 civil war.
- October 31, 2015: EGYPT
A Russian jet leaving Egypt crashes in the Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board in Russia's worst air disaster. An IS-linked group claims responsibility, and Moscow confirms that the crash was caused by a bomb on board.
- October 10, 2015: TURKEY
103 people are killed and more than 500 injured in a suicide attack in front of Ankara's train station, where activists were gathered for a peace demonstration. Ankara's public prosecutor says the attack, the worst in Turkish history, was ordered by IS in Syria.
- April 2, 2015: KENYA
A day-long siege of the eastern Garissa University kills 148, including 142 students. Claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, it is Kenya's deadliest attack since the 1998 US embassy bombings.
- January 7-9, 2015: FRANCE
Two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles attack the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo killing 12 people including eight cartoonists. A policewoman is killed just outside Paris the following day, while a gunman takes hostages at a Jewish supermarket, four of whom are killed.
- September 21-24, 2013: KENYA
An armed commando storms the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, a favourite of Kenyan and expatriate shoppers. The attack, claimed by Al-Shebab, leaves 67 dead.
- April 15, 2013: UNITED STATES
Two pressure-cooker bombs placed near the finish line of the Boston marathon kill three people and injure 264 others. Two brothers of Chechen descent, Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev are tracked down. Tamerlan is killed trying to escape while Dzokhar is captured, convicted and sentenced to death. He is now in prison.
- November 26-29, 2008: INDIA
166 people are killed when Islamist gunmen storm luxury hotels, the main railway station, a Jewish centre and other sites in the booming metropolis of Mumbai.
On July 11, 2006, 189 people had been killed and more than 800 injured in attacks on trains and railway stations in Mumbai's suburbs.
- July 7, 2005: BRITAIN
Four coordinated suicide attacks during the peak travel period on three underground trains and a London bus kill 56 and injure 700. They are claimed by a group linked to Al-Qaeda.
- March 11, 2004: SPAIN
A dozen bombs explode in Madrid and in its suburbs on four trains, leaving 191 dead and nearly 2,000 injured. The attack is claimed by Al-Qaeda.
- October 12, 2002: INDONESIA
Attacks on a bar-restaurant and a discotheque on the island of Bali leaves 202 dead, mainly tourists. it is carried out by a Jemaah Islamiyah commando linked to Al-Qaeda.
- September 11, 2001: UNITED STATES
Four passenger aircraft are hijacked with two deliberately slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and another into the Pentagon outside Washington. The fourth plane crashes in Pennsylvania. The attacks, claimed by Al-Qaeda, leave around 3,000 dead.
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Twelve members of a presidential security team are killed in an attack in Tunis, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group which had already committed two other attacks in Tunisia this year. On March 18 the IS fighters struck the Bardo museum in Tunis, killing 22 people, and on June 26 they hit a hotel near Sousse, south of Tunis, killing 38 tourists including 30 from Britain.
- November 20, 2015: MALI
At least two attackers slip into the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako and open fire on staff and guests, killing 20 people. The attackers are later killed by security personnel. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb says on December 4 the attack was a joint operation with another jihadist group, the Al-Murabitoun brigade.
- November 13, 2015: FRANCE
A string of attacks in Paris leaves 130 people dead and more than 350 injured. The assailants struck six different sites on Friday evening, including the Stade de France football stadium, eateries in the trendy east of the city and the Bataclan concert venue. The IS group claims responsibility.
- November 12, 2015: LEBANON
An attack claimed by IS on a stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah in southern Beirut leaves 44 dead. It is the biggest IS-claimed attack ever in Lebanon, and among the deadliest bombings to hit the country since the end of its 1975-1990 civil war.
- October 31, 2015: EGYPT
A Russian jet leaving Egypt crashes in the Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board in Russia's worst air disaster. An IS-linked group claims responsibility, and Moscow confirms that the crash was caused by a bomb on board.
- October 10, 2015: TURKEY
103 people are killed and more than 500 injured in a suicide attack in front of Ankara's train station, where activists were gathered for a peace demonstration. Ankara's public prosecutor says the attack, the worst in Turkish history, was ordered by IS in Syria.
- April 2, 2015: KENYA
A day-long siege of the eastern Garissa University kills 148, including 142 students. Claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab, it is Kenya's deadliest attack since the 1998 US embassy bombings.
- January 7-9, 2015: FRANCE
Two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles attack the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo killing 12 people including eight cartoonists. A policewoman is killed just outside Paris the following day, while a gunman takes hostages at a Jewish supermarket, four of whom are killed.
- September 21-24, 2013: KENYA
An armed commando storms the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, a favourite of Kenyan and expatriate shoppers. The attack, claimed by Al-Shebab, leaves 67 dead.
- April 15, 2013: UNITED STATES
Two pressure-cooker bombs placed near the finish line of the Boston marathon kill three people and injure 264 others. Two brothers of Chechen descent, Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev are tracked down. Tamerlan is killed trying to escape while Dzokhar is captured, convicted and sentenced to death. He is now in prison.
- November 26-29, 2008: INDIA
166 people are killed when Islamist gunmen storm luxury hotels, the main railway station, a Jewish centre and other sites in the booming metropolis of Mumbai.
On July 11, 2006, 189 people had been killed and more than 800 injured in attacks on trains and railway stations in Mumbai's suburbs.
- July 7, 2005: BRITAIN
Four coordinated suicide attacks during the peak travel period on three underground trains and a London bus kill 56 and injure 700. They are claimed by a group linked to Al-Qaeda.
- March 11, 2004: SPAIN
A dozen bombs explode in Madrid and in its suburbs on four trains, leaving 191 dead and nearly 2,000 injured. The attack is claimed by Al-Qaeda.
- October 12, 2002: INDONESIA
Attacks on a bar-restaurant and a discotheque on the island of Bali leaves 202 dead, mainly tourists. it is carried out by a Jemaah Islamiyah commando linked to Al-Qaeda.
- September 11, 2001: UNITED STATES
Four passenger aircraft are hijacked with two deliberately slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and another into the Pentagon outside Washington. The fourth plane crashes in Pennsylvania. The attacks, claimed by Al-Qaeda, leave around 3,000 dead.
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