List of mass car bombings explained

This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses etc.) that resulted in at least two deaths.

Mass car bombings (by date)

2020s

Year	Date	Country	City	Deaths	Type	More info
2020	April 28	Syria	Afrin	53	truck bomb	See main article: article and 2020 Afrin bombing.
2021	March 5	Somalia	Mogadishu	21	car bomb	See main article: article and March 2021 Mogadishu bombing.
	April 21	Pakistan	Quetta	5	car bomb	See main article: article and Quetta Serena Hotel bombing.
	May 8	Afghanistan	Kabul	90	car bomb	See main article: article and 2021 Kabul school bombing.
	September 25	Somalia	Mogadishu	8	car bomb
	October 6	Syria	Al-Bab	18	truck bomb
	October 10	Yemen	Aden	6	car bomb
	November 25	Somalia	Mogadishu	8	SUV bomb	See main article: article and November 2021 Mogadishu bombing.
	December 20	Afghanistan	Kabul	9	car bomb	^[1] ^[2]
2022	October 29	Somalia	Mogadishu	100+	car bomb	See main article: article and October 2022 Mogadishu bombings.
2023	January 4	Somalia	Mogadishu	35	car bomb	^[3]
	September 23	Somalia	Beledweyne	18+	truck bomb	^[4]
	October 29	Somalia	Mogadishu	6	car bomb	^[5]
2024	March 30	Syria	Azaz	8	car bomb	See main article: Article and 2024 Azaz bombing.

2010s

Year	Date	Country	City	Deaths	Type	More Info
2019	January 17	Colombia	Bogotá	21	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and 2019 Bogotá car bombing.
	January 21	Afghanistan	Maidan Shar	126	car bomb	See main article: article and Maidan Shar attack.
	February 14	India	Pulwama	40+	car bomb	See main article: article and 2019 Pulwama attack.
2018	January 27	Afghanistan	Kabul	103+	bomb in ambulance	See main article: article and Kabul ambulance bombing.
2017	October 14	Somalia	Mogadishu	587	truck bomb	See main article: article and 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings.
	May 31	Afghanistan	Kabul	90+	car bomb	See main article: article and May 2017 Kabul attack.
	April 15		Aleppo	126+	car bomb	See main article: article and 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing.
	November 24	Iraq	Hillah	125	truck bomb	See main article: article and November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing.
	July 3	Iraq	Baghdad	323+	truck bomb	See main article: article and 2016 Karrada bombing.
	July 3	Iraq	Baghdad	5	car bomb	See main article: article and 2016 Karrada bombing.
	May 17	Iraq	Baghdad	30	car bomb	See main article: article and May 2016 Baghdad bombings.
	May 17	Iraq	Baghdad	6	car bomb	See main article: article and May 2016 Baghdad bombings.
	May 17	Iraq	Baghdad	8	car bomb	See main article: article and May 2016 Baghdad bombings.
2016	January 11	Iraq	Baghdad	12	car bomb	See main article: article and January 2016 Iraq attacks.
	October 3		Aleppo	40	three suicide car bombs	See main article: article and October 2012 Aleppo bombings.
	September 9		Aleppo	30	car bomb	^[6]
	July 31	Iraq	Baghdad	21	two car bombs	^[7]
	July 23	Iraq	13 cities	116	suicide bombs, car bombs, shootings	See main article: article and 23 July 2012 Iraq attacks.
	June 13	Iraq	Baghdad, 6 other cities	93	suicide car bombs, shootings	See main article: article and 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks.
	May 19		Deir ez-Zor	9	car bomb	See main article: article and 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing.
	May 10		Damascus	55	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings.
	April 30		Idlib	20	car bombs	See main article: article.
	April 8	Nigeria	Kaduna	38	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and April 2012 Kaduna bombings.
	March 31	Thailand	Yala Hat Yai	16	car and trucks bombs	See main article: article and 2012 Southern Thailand bombings.
	March 20	Iraq	Baghdad, 9 other cities	52	car bombs, suicide car bombs, shootings	See main article: article and 20 March 2012 Iraq attacks.
	March 17		Damascus	27	two car bombs	See main article: article and March 2012 Damascus bombings.
	February 23	Iraq	Baghdad, 14 other cities	83	suicide car bombs, shootings	See main article: article and 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks.
	February 10		Aleppo	28	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 2012 Aleppo bombings.
	January 27	Iraq	Baghdad	32	suicide car bomb	See main article: article.
	January 10	Pakistan	Jamrud	30	car bomb	See main article: article and 2012 Khyber Agency bombing.
2012	January 5	Iraq	Baghdad Nasiriyah	73	suicide car/motorcycle bombs, shootings	See main article: article.
	December 23		Damascus	44	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 2011 Damascus bombings.
	December 22	Iraq	Baghdad	60–72	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings.
	September 25	Iraq	Karbala	25	car bomb, suicide bombings	See main article: article and 2011 Karbala bombing.
	October 7–13	Iraq	Baghdad	64	car bombs, suicide bombs, IEDs, shootings	See main article: article and October 2011 Baghdad bombings.
	August 16	Nigeria	Abuja	21	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing.
	June 25	Afghanistan	Logar Province	20–35	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and 2011 Logar province bombing.
	June 16	Nigeria	Abuja	2–6	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing.
	May 26	China	Fuzhou, Jiangxi	3	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings.
	May 13	Pakistan	Charsadda District	98	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 2011 Charsadda bombing.
	May 5	Iraq	Al Hillah	24	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and 2011 Al Hillah bombing.
	March 9	Pakistan	Peshawar	40	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and March 2011 Peshawar bombing.
	March 8	Pakistan	Faisalabad	25	car bomb	See main article: article and 2011 Faisalabad bombing.
	January 27	Iraq	Baghdad	48	car bomb	See main article: article and 27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing.
	January 24	Iraq	Baghdad Karbala	27	car bombs, roadside bombs	July 22	See main article: article.
2011	January 18–20	Iraq	Baqubah, Karbala, Tikrit	137	car bombs, suicide car bombs, shooting	See main article: article and January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks.
	December 6	Pakistan	Ghalanai	50	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings.
	November 11	Pakistan	Karachi	18	suicide car bombs, grenades, shootings	See main article: article and Pakistan CID building attack.
	November 2	Iraq	Baghdad	57–62	car bombs, roadside bombs	See main article: article and November 2010 Baghdad bomb attacks.
	October 1	Nigeria	Abuja	12	two car bombs	See main article: article and October 2010 Abuja attacks.
	September 19	Iraq	Baghdad	31	car bombs, remote bomb	See main article: article and 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings.
	August 17	Iraq	Baghdad	69	truck bomb, suicide bomb
	July 22	Norway	Oslo	8	van bomb	See main article: article and 2011 Norway attacks.
	June 20	Iraq	Baghdad	26	two suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 20 June 2010 Baghdad bombings.
	May 10	Iraq	Baghdad, 8 other cities.	100	suicide car bombs, shootings	See main article: article and 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks.
	April 23–24	Iraq	Baghdad	85	car bombs	See main article: article and April 2010 Baghdad bombings.
	April 5	Pakistan	Peshawar	50	suicide car bombs	See main article: article.
	April 4	Iraq	Baghdad	42	car bombs	See main article: article.
	March 18	Afghanistan	Kabul	18	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and May 2010 Kabul bombing.
	March 12	Pakistan	Lahore	72	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and March 2010 Lahore bombings.
	March 3	Iraq	Baqubah	33	suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 2010 Baqubah bombings.
	February 10	Pakistan	Khyber Agency	19	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and February 2010 Khyber bombing.
	January 25	Iraq	Baghdad	41	three suicide car bombs	See main article: article and 25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings.
2010	January 1	Pakistan	Shah Hasan Khel	105	suicide car bomb	See main article: article and 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing.

2000s

Year	Date	Country	City	Deaths	Type	More info
	December 18	Pakistan	Timergara	12	suicide car bomb
	December 15	Pakistan	Dera Ghazi Khan	33	car bomb	See main article: 2009 Dera Ghazi Khan bombing.
	December 8	Iraq	Baghdad	127	suicide car bombs	See main article: 8 December 2009 Baghdad bombings.
	November 19	Pakistan	Peshawar	10	car bomb	See main article: 2009 Peshawar judicial complex bombing.
	November 2	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	35	motorcycle bomb	See main article: November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing.
	October 28	Pakistan	Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province	92	car bomb	See main article: 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing.
	October 25	Iraq	Baghdad	155	car bombs (2)	See main article: 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings.
	October 12	Pakistan	Shangla District, Swat Valley	41	suicide car bomb against military vehicle	See main article: 2009 in Pakistan.
	October 11	Iraq	Ramadi, Al Anbar Governorate	26	coordinated car bombs (3), including one suicide car bomb	See main article: 2009 in Iraq.
	October 9	Pakistan	Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province	48	car bomb	See main article: 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing.
	October 8	Afghanistan	Kabul	17	suicide car bomb	See main article: 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack.
	September 17	Somalia	Mogadishu	21	car bombs (2)	See main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu.
	August 25	Afghanistan	Kandahar	43	car bomb	See main article: 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing.
	August 15	Afghanistan	Kabul	7	suicide car bomb, attempted assassination	See main article: 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing.
	August 19	Iraq	Baghdad	101	car and truck bombs	See main article: 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings.
	July 4–5, 7	Philippines	Mindanao	8	bombs, car bomb	See main article: July 2009 Mindanao bombings.
	June 30	Iraq	Kirkuk	40	suicide car bomb	See main article: 2009 Kirkuk bombing.
	June 24	Iraq	Baghdad	65	motorcycle bomb
	June 20	Iraq	Taza	80	truck bomb	See main article: 20 June 2009 Taza bombing.
	June 18	Somalia	Beledweyne	35	car bomb
	June 10	Iraq	Al Batha	30	car bomb
	June 9	Pakistan	Peshawar	17	car bomb	See main article: Pearl Continental hotel bombing.
	May 27	Pakistan	Lahore	30	car bomb, shooting	See main article: 2009 Lahore bombing.
	May 20	Iraq	Baghdad	38	car bomb
	April 29	Iraq	Baghdad	52	car bombs (2)	See main article: 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks.
	April 6	Iraq	Baghdad	37	car bombs (6)	See main article: 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings.
	Feb. 22	Somalia	Mogadishu	11	car bomb	See main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu.
2009	Jan. 24	Somalia	Mogadishu	15	car bomb
	Dec. 28	Pakistan	Buner District	36	car bomb	^[8]
	Dec. 5	Pakistan	Peshawar	29	car bomb	See main article: 5 December 2008 Peshawar bombing.
	Nov. 6	Pakistan	Bajaur Agency	22	car bomb	^[9]
	Oct. 29	Somalia	Bosaso and Hargeisa	30	car bombs (5)	See main article: October 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings.
	Oct. 10	Pakistan	Orakzai Agency	110	car bomb	See main article: 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing.
	September 29	Lebanon	Tripoli	7	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombing.
	September 28	Iraq	Baghdad	32	bombs, car bombs	See main article: 28 September 2008 Baghdad bombings.
	September 27		Damascus	17	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Damascus car bombing.
	September 20	Pakistan	Islamabad	60	truck bomb	See main article: Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing.
	September 12	Iraq	Dujail	32	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Dujail bombing.
	September 6	Pakistan	20 km from Peshawar	30	car bomb	See main article: September 2008 Peshawar bombing.
	Aug. 23	Pakistan	Swat	20	suicide car bomb
	Aug. 19	Algeria	Issers	44	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Issers bombing.
	July 7	Afghanistan	Kabul	58	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Indian Embassy bombing in Kabul.
	June 17	Iraq	Baghdad	65	car bomb	See main article: 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing.
	June 2	Pakistan	Islamabad	6–8	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Danish embassy bombing.
	May 2	Yemen	Sa'dah	15	car bomb
	April 15	Iraq	Baquba	53	car bomb
	Feb. 18	Afghanistan	Spin Boldak	38	suicide car bomb	See main article: Spin Boldak bombing.
	Feb. 16	Pakistan	Parachinar	47	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Parachinar bombing. The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured
2008	Feb. 10	Iraq	Balad	33	car bomb	See main article: 2008 Balad bombing.
	Dec. 13	Iraq	Amarah	46	3 car bombs	See main article: 2007 Al Amarah bombings.
	Dec. 12	Iraq	Amarah	46	car bombs (3)
	Dec. 11	Algeria	Algiers	31	suicide car bombs (2)	See main article: December 11, 2007 Algiers bombings.
	Dec. 9	Pakistan	Matta, Swat District,	10	car bomb	^[10]
	Nov. 24	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	35	car bombs (2)	.^[11]
	September 8	Algeria	Dellys	30	car bomb	See main article: 2007 Dellys bombing.
	Aug. 14	Iraq	Yazidi compounds in Kahtaniya	796	truck bombs (4)	See main article: 2007 Yazidi communities bombings.
	Aug. 1	Iraq	Baghdad	74	truck bomb, car bombs (2)	See main article: 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings.
	July 26	Iraq	Baghdad	92	car bomb	See main article: 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing.
	July 25	Iraq	Baghdad	50	car bombs (2)
	July 19	Iraq	Baghdad	87	car bomb	See main article: 2007 al-Khilani Mosque bombing.
	July 19	Pakistan	Hub	30	car bomb
	July 16	Iraq	Kirkuk	86	car bombs (3)	See main article: 2007 Kirkuk bombings.
	July 15	Pakistan	Matta, Swat District,	17	car bomb (2)	11 policeofficers among the dead. 47 wounded.^[12]
	July 14	Pakistan	Miranshah	23	car bomb	At least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured ^[13]
	July 7	Iraq	Armili	156	truck bomb	See main article: 2007 Amirli bombing.
	June 19	Iraq	Baghdad	75	car bomb	See main article: Al-Khilani Mosque bombing.
	June 17	Afghanistan	Kabul	35	car bomb
	May 13	Iraq	Makhmour	50	suicide truck bomb	See main article: 2007 Makhmour bombing.
	May 6	Iraq	Baghdad	35	car bomb
	April 28	Iraq	Karbala	68	car bomb	See main article: Imam Abbas Mosque bombing.
	April 18	Iraq	Baghdad	198	car bombs (4)	See main article: 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings.
	April 14	Iraq	Karbala	65	car bomb	See main article: Imam Hussein Mosque bombing.
	April 11	Algeria	Algiers	33	car bombs (2)	See main article: 11 April 2007 Algiers bombings.
	March 29	Iraq	Khalis	47	car bombs (3)
	March 27	Iraq	Tal Afar	152	truck bombs (2)	See main article: 2007 Tal Afar bombings.
	Feb. 18	Iraq	Baghdad	62	car bombs (2)	See main article: 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings.
	Feb. 14		Zahedan	18	car bomb	See main article: 2007 Zahedan bombings.
	Feb. 12	Iraq	Baghdad	79	car bombs (3)	See main article: 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings.
	Feb. 3	Iraq	Baghdad	135	truck bomb	See main article: 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing.
	Jan. 22	Iraq	Baghdad	88	car bombs (2)	See main article: 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings.
2007	Jan. 16	Iraq	Baghdad	70	suicide car bombs, school bombings	See main article: Mustansiriya University bombings.
	December 30	Spain	Madrid	2	van bomb	See main article: 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing.
	Dec. 12	Iraq	Baghdad	71	minibus bomb, car bomb
	Dec. 2	Iraq	Baghdad	51	car bombs (3)
	Nov. 23	Iraq	Sadr City	215	car bombs (6)	See main article: 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings.
	Oct. 16	Sri Lanka	Digampathana	100	truck bomb	See main article: 2006 Digampathana truck bombing.
	Aug. 3	Afghanistan	Panjwayi	21	car bomb
	July 1	Iraq	Sadr City	66	car bomb	See main article: 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing.
2006	March 12	Iraq	Sadr City	58	car bombs (2)
	Nov. 19	Iraq	Abu Sayda	50	car bomb
	Nov. 18	Iraq	Khanaqin	74	suicide car bombs	See main article: 2005 Khanaqin bombings.
	September 29	Iraq	Balad	102	car bombs (3)	See main article: 2005 Balad bombings.
	September 14	Iraq	Baghdad	114	car bomb	See main article: 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing.
	Aug. 17	Iraq	Baghdad	43	car bombs (3)	See main article: 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings.
	July 23	Egypt	Sharm el-Sheikh	88	car bombs (2)	See main article: 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks.
	July 16	Iraq	Mussayib	98	truck bomb	See main article: 2005 Musayyib bombing.
	Feb. 28	Iraq	Hilla	125	car bomb	See main article: 2005 Al Hillah bombing.
2005	Feb. 14	Lebanon	Beirut	22	truck bomb
	Dec. 19	Iraq	Karbala and Najaf	67	car bombs (2)
	Oct. 7	Egypt	Hilton Taba, Taba	31	truck bomb
	Oct. 7	Pakistan	Multan	40	car bomb
	September 30	Iraq	Baghdad	41	car bombs (3)	See main article: 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing.
	September 14	Iraq	Police station, Baghdad	47	car bomb	See main article: 14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing.
	September 9	Indonesia	Australian Embassy, Jakarta	9	van bomb	See main article: 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing.
	July 28	Iraq	Police station, Baquba	68	suicide car bomb	See main article: 2004 Baqubah bombing.
	June 24	Iraq	Police stations, Mosul	62	car bombs (5)
	June 18	Iraq	Baghdad	35	suicide car bomb	See main article: June 2004 Baghdad bombing.
	June 17	Iraq	Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad	35	car bomb
	May 15	Iraq	Mosul	62	car bombs	See main article: 2004 Mosul bombings.
	May 13	Iraq	Karbala, Najaf	67	suicide car bombs
	April 21	Iraq	Police stations, Basra	74	car bombs (4)	See main article: 21 April 2004 Basra bombings.
	Feb. 11	Iraq	Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad	47	car bomb
	Feb. 10	Iraq	Police Station, Iskandariya	53	truck bomb
2004	Jan. 18	Iraq	Coalition Headquarters, Baghdad	31	truck bomb
	Dec. 27	Iraq	Coalition targets, Karbala	19	car bombs (4)	See main article: 2003 Karbala bombings.
	Dec. 25	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	14	truck bombs	Targeted Pervez Musharraf
	Nov. 20	Turkey	British targets, Istanbul	32	truck bombs	See main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings.
	Nov. 15	Turkey	Two synagogues, Istanbul	31	truck bombs	See main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings.
	Nov. 12	Iraq	Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah	33	truck bomb	See main article: 2003 Nasiriyah bombing.
	Nov. 8	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	18	truck bomb
	Oct. 27	Iraq	Baghdad	35	car bombs (4)	See main article: 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings.
	Aug. 29	Iraq	Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf	85	car bomb	See main article: Imam Ali Mosque bombing.
	Aug. 25	India	Mumbai	52	car bombs (2)	See main article: 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings.
	Aug. 19	Iraq	United Nations Iraqi Headquarters, Baghdad	22	truck bomb	See main article: Canal Hotel bombing.
	Aug. 7	Iraq	Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad	19	truck bomb	See main article: 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad.
	Aug. 5	Indonesia	Jakarta	12	car bomb	See main article: 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing.
	Aug. 1		Mozdok, North Ossetia–Alania	50	truck bomb
	May 12	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	35	car bombs (4)	See main article: Riyadh compound bombings.
	May 12		Znamenskoye, Chechnya	59	truck bomb	See main article: 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing.
2003	Feb. 7	Colombia	Bogotá	36	car bomb	See main article: 2003 El Nogal Club bombing.
	Dec. 27		Government buildings, Grozny, Chechnya	72	truck bombs	See main article: 2002 Grozny suicide bombing.
	Nov. 28	Kenya	Hotel in Mombasa	13	car bomb	See main article: 2002 Mombasa attacks.
	Oct. 21	Israel	Bus near Hadera	14	car bomb
	Oct. 12	Indonesia	Bali	202	car bomb	See main article: 2002 Bali terrorist bombing.
	September 5	Afghanistan	Kabul	30	car bomb	See main article: 2002 Kabul bombing.
	June 14	Pakistan	US consulate, Karachi	12	truck bomb
	June 5	Israel	Megiddo Junction	17	car bomb
	May 8	Pakistan	Karachi	14	car bomb	See main article: 2002 Karachi bus bombing.
	April 11	Tunisia	Synagogue, Djerba	21	truck bomb	See main article: Ghriba synagogue bombing.
	April 7	Colombia	Villavicencio	12	car bomb
2002	March 21	Peru	U.S. Embassy, Lima	9	car bomb	See main article: 2002 Lima bombing.
	December 1	Israel	Jerusalem	11	suicide car bomb	See main article: Ben Yehuda Street bombings.
	Oct. 1	India	Assembly Building, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir	38	car bomb	See main article: 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack.
	June 19		Gudermes, Chechnya	12	car bombs (3)
2001	March 24		Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai	19	car bomb
	August 1	Indonesia	Central Jakarta	2	car bomb	See main article: 2000 Philippine consulate bombing.
2000	July 3		Grozny, Chechnya	25	truck bomb	See main article: July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings.

1990s

Year	Date	Country	City	Deaths	Type	More Info
	September 4		Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan	307	car bomb	See main article: article and Russian apartment bombings.
1999	February 16	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	16	6 car bombs	See main article: article and 1999 Tashkent bombings.
	September 5		Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan	17	car bomb	See main article: article and Russian apartment bombings.
	Aug. 15	United Kingdom	Omagh, Northern Ireland	29	car bomb	See main article: article and Omagh bombing.
	Aug. 7	Kenya	Nairobi and Dar es Salaam	224	car bombs (2)	See main article: article and 1998 United States embassy bombings.
	March 5	Sri Lanka	Street, Colombo	36	mini-bus bomb
1998	February 14	India	Coimbatore	46	car bombs	See main article: article and 1998 Coimbatore bombings.
	Nov. 19	India	Hyderabad	23	car bomb
1997	Oct. 15	Sri Lanka	World Trade Center, Colombo	18	truck bomb
	December 25	India	Arai Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland	5	car bomb	See main article: article and 1996 Dimapur car bombing.
	June 25	Saudi Arabia	Khobar Towers, Khobar (near Dhahran)	20	fuel truck bomb	See main article: article and Khobar Towers bombing.
	February 9	United Kingdom	Docklands, London	2	truck bomb	See main article: article and 1996 South Quay bombing.
1996	Jan. 31	Sri Lanka	Central Bank, Colombo	90	truck bomb	See main article: article and Central Bank Bombing.
	Dec. 21	Pakistan	Peshawar	45	car bomb
	Nov. 19	Pakistan	Egyptian embassy in Islamabad	15	truck bomb	See main article: article and Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan.
	Nov. 13	Saudi Arabia	U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh	7	car bomb
	Feb. 27	Iraq	Zakho	76	car bomb	^[14]
1995	Jan. 30	Algeria	Algiers	42	car bomb	^[15]
	April 19	United States	Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City	168	truck bomb	See main article: article and Oklahoma City bombing.
	July 18	Argentina	Jewish center, Buenos Aires	85	car bomb	See main article: article and 1994 AMIA bombing.
1994	April 6	Israel	Afula	8	car bomb	See main article: article and Afula Bus suicide bombing.
	June 21	Spain	Madrid	7	car bomb
	April 24	United Kingdom	London	1	truck bomb	See main article: article and Bishopsgate bombing.
	May 27	Italy	Uffizi Gallery, Florence	6	car bomb
	March 12	India	Mumbai	257	car bombs	See main article: article and 1993 Bombay bombings.
	Feb. 26	United States	World Trade Center, New York City	6	truck bomb	See main article: article and World Trade Center bombing.
1993	Jan. 30	Colombia	Bogotá	20	car bomb	^[16]
	July 16	Peru	Lima	24	car bombs (2)	See main article: article and Tarata bombing.
	April 10	United Kingdom	Baltic Exchange, London	3	truck bomb
1992	March 17	Argentina	Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires	29	car bomb	See main article: article and 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires.
	May 29	Spain	Vic	9	car bomb	See main article: article and 1991 Vic bombing.
1991	March 2	Sri Lanka	Colombo	19	remote control car bomb	See main article: article and Havelock Road Bombing, 1991.
1990	May 12	Colombia	Bogotá and Cali	26	car bombs (2)	^[17]

1980s

Year	Date	Country	City	Deaths	Type	More info
	Dec. 6	Colombia	Bogotá	52	truck bomb	See main article: article and DAS Building bombing.
	Nov. 22	Lebanon	Beirut	24	car bomb
1989	April 14	Sri Lanka	Trincomalee	38	car bomb
	July 8	Afghanistan	Jalalabad	31	truck bomb	^[18]
	April 23	Lebanon	Tripoli	60	truck bomb
	April 14	Italy	USO Club, Naples	5	car bomb	^[19]
1988	Feb. 17	South Africa	Oshakati, South-West Africa	27	car bomb	See main article: article and 1988 Oshakati bomb blast.
	Dec. 11	Spain	Zaragoza	11	car bomb	See main article: article and 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing.
	Oct. 8	Afghanistan	Kabul	27	car bomb	^[20]
	July 14	Pakistan	Karachi	72	car bombs (2)	^[21]
	July 5	Sri Lanka	Army camp, Jaffna	40	truck bomb	See main article: article.
	June 19	Spain	Barcelona	21	car bomb	See main article: article and 1987 Hipercor bombing.
1987	April 21	Sri Lanka	Colombo	106	car bomb	See main article: article and Central Bus Station Bombing.
	Aug. 19		Tehran	20	car bomb	^[22]
	July 14	Spain	Madrid	12	car bomb	See main article: article and Plaza República Dominicana bombing.
	March 27	Australia	Victoria Police HQ, Melbourne	1	car bomb	See main article: article and Russell Street Bombing.
1986	March 17		Military compound, Damascus	60	truck bomb	^[23]
	Aug. 17	Lebanon	Market, Beirut	55	car bomb
	May 22	Lebanon	Beirut	50	car bomb
1985	March 8	Lebanon	Beirut	80	car bomb	See main article: article and 1985 Beirut Car Bombing.
	Aug. 8		Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt	2	car bomb	Red Army Faction
1984	September 20	Lebanon	U.S. embassy in Beirut	23	car bomb
	Dec. 21	Lebanon	French Army building, Beirut	15	truck bomb
	Dec. 17		London	6	car bomb	See main article: article and Harrods bombing.
	Dec. 12	Kuwait	U.S. and French embassies, Kuwait City	6	truck bombs	See main article: article and 1983 Kuwait bombings.
	Nov. 4	Lebanon	Israeli Army HQ, Tyre	60	truck bomb	See main article: article and Tyre headquarters bombings.
	Oct. 23	Lebanon	United States Marines and French Paratroop barracks, Beirut	305	truck bombs	See main article: article and 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.
	May 20	South Africa	Church Street, Pretoria	20	car bomb	See main article: article and Church Street bombing.
	April 18	Lebanon	U.S. Embassy, Beirut	63	car bomb	See main article: article and April 1983 US Embassy bombing.
1983	Jan. 28	Lebanon	Palestine Liberation Organisation building, Beirut	45	car bomb
	Nov. 11	Lebanon	Israeli military HQ, Tyre	102	car bomb	See main article: article and Tyre headquarters bombings.
	Oct. 1		Central Square, Tehran	60	truck bomb	^[24]
	Aug. 1		Baghdad	20	car bomb	^[25]
	July 20	United Kingdom	Hyde Park parade, London	4	car bomb	See main article: article and Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings.
1982	May 24	Lebanon	French embassy, Beirut	14	car bomb	^[26]
	Dec. 15	Lebanon	Iraqi embassy, Beirut	61	car bomb	^[27]
	Nov. 29		Damascus	64	car bomb	^[28]
1981	Oct. 1	Lebanon	Palestine Liberation Organisation office, Beirut	83	car bomb	Mossad^[29]

1970s

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Country	Place	Deaths	Type	Perpetrator, actual or suspected	Source/Article
1979-01-22	Lebanon	Beirut, Lebanon	8	car bomb	Mossad	Ali Hassan Salameh
1978-02-08	United Kingdom	Maghera, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Provisional IRA	^[30]
1977-04-20	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force	^[31]
1976-08-21	United States	Washington, D.C.	2	car bomb	DINA	Washington D.C. bombing
1976-08-16	United Kingdom	Keady, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force	^[32] ^[33]
1976-03-17	United Kingdom	Dungannon, Northern Ireland	4	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force
1975-12-19	Ireland	Dundalk	2	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force
1974-05-17	Ireland	Dublin Monaghan	33	car bombs (4)	Ulster Volunteer Force	Dublin and Monaghan bombings
1974-01-11	United Kingdom	Derry, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Official IRA	^[34]
1973-06-12	United Kingdom	Coleraine, Northern Ireland	6	car bomb	Provisional IRA	1973 Coleraine bombings^[35]
1973-05-17	United Kingdom	Omagh, Northern Ireland	5	car bomb	Provisional IRA
1973-01-14	United Kingdom	Derry, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Provisional IRA
1972-12-28	Ireland	Belturbet	2	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force	^[36]
1972-12-01	Ireland	Dublin	2	car bombs (2)	Ulster Volunteer Force
1972-10-31	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Ulster Defence Association	Benny's Bar bombing
1972-09-30	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force
1972-09-14	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	3	car bomb	Ulster Volunteer Force
1972-08-26	United Kingdom	Enniskillen, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Provisional IRA
1972-07-31	United Kingdom	Claudy, Northern Ireland	9	car bombs (3)		Claudy bombing
1972-07-21	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	9	car bombs (22)	Provisional IRA	Bloody Friday (1972)
1972-05-24		United States Army base, Heidelberg	3	car bomb	Red Army Faction	List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972-05-11		United States Army base, Frankfurt	1	car bomb	Red Army Faction	List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972-03-20	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	7	car bomb	Provisional IRA	1972 Donegall Street bombing
1972-03-15	United Kingdom	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2	car bomb	Provisional IRA
1972-02-22	United Kingdom	British Army base, Aldershot, England	7	car bomb	Official IRA	Aldershot bombing (1972)
1970-08-24	United States	University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin	1	truck bomb	Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine, Leo Burt	Sterling Hall bombing

1900–1969

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Country	Place	Deaths	Type	Perpetrator/ Suspected perpetrator	Article/Source
1965-03-30		US Embassy, Saigon	21	car bomb		^[37]
1962-05-02	Algeria	Algiers	62	car bomb		^[38]
1948-03-11		Jewish Agency, Jerusalem	11	car bomb
1948-03-02		Office building, Haifa	14	truck bomb
1948-02-22		Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem	52–80	truck bombs (2)		Ben Yehuda Street Bombing
1948-01-04		Jaffa	18	truck bomb
1947-04-25		Sarona police compound, Tel Aviv	5	truck bomb
1947-01-12		Haifa	4	truck bomb
1927-05-18	United States	Bath Township, Michigan	5 in car bombing, 45 overall		Andrew Kehoe	Bath School disaster
1920-09-16	United States	Wall Street, New York City	38	wagon bomb		Wall Street bombing

List of Irgun operations 1937-48, ^[39]

Notes and References

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Web site: Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital. 2021-01-01. ABC News. en.
Web site: 2023-01-04 . Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia - police . 2024-04-10 . Reuters . en.
Web site: 2023-09-23 . Dozens killed and injured by truck bomb explosion in Somalian city . 2024-04-10 . The Guardian . en.
Web site: 2023-10-21 . A car bombing at a Somali military facility kills 6 people, including 4 soldiers, police say . 2024-04-10 . AP News . en.
Web site: (The Daily Star). The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. 22 November 2014.
News: Iraq car bombings kill 19 in central Baghdad . 31 July 2012 . BBC News . 22 November 2014.
Abdur Rahman Abid. "Suicide blast rocks Buner on polling day; 36 killed" Dawn, 29 December 2008
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\07\story_7-11-2008_pg1_1 "Bomber strikes Salarzai jirga in Bajaur, kills 22"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\10\story_10-12-2007_pg1_4 10 killed in Swat suicide attack
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C11%5C25%5Cstory_25-11-2007_pg1_1 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/15/news/pakistan.php At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\15\story_15-7-2007_pg1_1 Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops
Web site: Chronology for Kurds in Iraq. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Refworld. 22 November 2014.
News: Islamic Rebels Admit Setting Off Bomb In Algerian Capital. The New York Times . 6 February 1995. 22 November 2014. Ibrahim . Youssef M. .
Web site: Escobar's hand seen in Bogotá bomb atrocity . The Independent. February 1993 . 22 November 2014.
The Washington Post, May 13, 1990, Douglas Farah
"31 Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack". The Washington Post, July 9, 1988.
News: A Japanese With Lebanese Links Blamed in Naples U.S.O. Bombing. The New York Times . 16 April 1988. 22 November 2014. Suro . Roberto .
"Bomb Kills 27 in Afghan City; Government Blames Moslem Guerrillas for Blast in Kabul". The Washington Post, October 10, 1987.
News: Bombs Kill 72 and Wound 250 in Pakistani City. The New York Times . 15 July 1987. 22 November 2014.
News: Car Bomb Blast in Central Tehran Square Kills 20 . Los Angeles Times . 19 August 1986.
Web site: Damascus Bomb May Have Killed 60. 22 November 2014.
"At Least 60 Killed, 700 Hurt As Bomb Explodes In Tehran". The Associated Press, October 3, 1982.
"Baghdad Bomb Toll". The Washington Post, August 5, 1982.
"Bomb Kills 14 at Beirut Embassy". Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1982.
Web site: Terrorist Organization Profiles - START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. 22 November 2014.
Web site: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search. 22 November 2014.
[Ronen Bergman|Bergman, Ronen]
Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths 1978. Conflict Archive on the Internet. 27 July 2011.
Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths 1977. Conflict Archive on the Internet. 27 July 2011.
Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths 1976. Conflict Archive on the Internet. 27 July 2011.
McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 672
Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths 1972. Conflict Archive on the Internet. 27 July 2011.
Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths 1973. Conflict Archive on the Internet. 27 July 2011.
McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p. 311
Web site: This Day in History. History.com. 22 November 2014.
Karawan, Ibrahim A., et al. Values and Violence, p. 129.
[List of Irgun attacks]

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