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List of mass car bombings

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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)[]

2010s[]

Year Date Country City Deaths Type More Info
2018 January 27  Afghanistan Kabul 103+ bomb in ambulance
2017 October
14 		 Somalia Mogadishu 400+ truck bomb
Main article: 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings
May
31 		 Afghanistan Kabul 90+ car bomb
Main article: May 2017 Kabul attack
April
15 		 Syria Aleppo 126+ car bomb
Main article: 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing
November
24 		 Iraq Hillah 125 truck bomb
Main article: November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing
July
3 		 Iraq Baghdad 323+ truck bomb
Main article: 2016 Karrada bombing
July
3 		 Iraq Baghdad 5 car bomb
Main article: 2016 Karrada bombing
May
17 		 Iraq Baghdad 30 car bomb
Main article: May 2016 Baghdad bombings
May
17 		 Iraq Baghdad 6 car bomb
Main article: May 2016 Baghdad bombings
May
17 		 Iraq Baghdad 8 car bomb
Main article: May 2016 Baghdad bombings
2016 January
11 		 Iraq Baghdad 12 car bomb
Main article: January 2016 Iraq attacks
October
3 		 Syria Aleppo 40 three suicide car bombs
Main article: October 2012 Aleppo bombings
September
9 		 Syria Aleppo 30 car bomb [1]
July
31 		 Iraq Baghdad 21 two car bombs [2]
July
23 		 Iraq 13 cities 116 suicide bombs, car bombs, shootings
Main article: 23 July 2012 Iraq attacks
June
13 		 Iraq Baghdad, 6 other cities 93 suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks
May
19 		 Syria Deir ez-Zor 9 car bomb
Main article: 2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing
May
10 		 Syria Damascus 55 suicide car bombs
Main article: 10 May 2012 Damascus bombings
April
30 		 Syria Idlib 20 car bombs
Main article: April 2012 Idlib bombings
April
8 		 Nigeria Kaduna 38 suicide car bombs
Main article: April 2012 Kaduna bombings
March
31 		 Thailand Yala
Hat Yai 		16 car and trucks bombs
Main article: 2012 Southern Thailand bombings
March
20 		 Iraq Baghdad, 9 other cities 52 car bombs, suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 20 March 2012 Iraq attacks
March
17 		 Syria Damascus 27 two car bombs
Main article: March 2012 Damascus bombings
February
23 		 Iraq Baghdad, 14 other cities 83 suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks
February
10 		 Syria Aleppo 28 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2012 Aleppo bombings
January
27 		 Iraq Baghdad 32 suicide car bomb
Main article: 27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing
January
10 		 Pakistan Jamrud 30 car bomb
Main article: 2012 Khyber Agency bombing
2012 January
5 		 Iraq Baghdad
Nasiriyah 		73 suicide car/motorcycle bombs, shootings
Main article: 5 January 2012 Iraq bombings
December
23 		 Syria Damascus 44 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2011 Damascus bombings
December
22 		 Iraq Baghdad 60–72 suicide car bombs
Main article: 22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings
September
25 		 Iraq Karbala 25 car bomb, suicide bombings
Main article: 2011 Karbala bombing
October
7–13 		 Iraq Baghdad 64 car bombs, suicide bombs, IEDs, shootings
Main article: October 2011 Baghdad bombings
August
16 		 Nigeria Abuja 21 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing
July
22 		 Norway Oslo 8 van bomb
Main article: 2011 Norway attacks
June
25 		 Afghanistan Logar Province 20–35 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Logar province bombing
June
16 		 Nigeria Abuja 2–6 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing
May
26 		 China Fuzhou, Jiangxi 3 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2011 Fuzhou, Jiangxi bombings
May
13 		 Pakistan Charsadda District 98 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2011 Charsadda bombing
May
5 		 Iraq Al Hillah 24 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2011 Al Hillah bombing
March
9 		 Pakistan Peshawar 40 suicide car bomb
Main article: March 2011 Peshawar bombing
March
8 		 Pakistan Faisalabad 25 car bomb
Main article: 2011 Faisalabad bombing
January
27 		 Iraq Baghdad 48 car bomb
Main article: 27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing
January
24 		 Iraq Baghdad
Karbala 		27 July
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Main article: 24 January 2011 Iraq bombings
2011 January
18–20 		 Iraq Baqubah, Karbala, Tikrit 137 car bombs, suicide car bombs, shooting
Main article: January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks
December
6 		 Pakistan Ghalanai 50 suicide car bombs
Main article: December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings
November
11 		 Pakistan Karachi 18 suicide car bombs, grenades, shootings
Main article: Pakistan CID building attack
November
2 		 Iraq Baghdad 57–62 car bombs, roadside bombs
Main article: November 2010 Baghdad bomb attacks
October
1 		 Nigeria Abuja 12 two car bombs
Main article: October 2010 Abuja attacks
September
19 		 Iraq Baghdad 31 car bombs, remote bomb
Main article: 19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings
August
17 		 Iraq Baghdad 69 truck bomb, suicide bomb
Main article: 17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings
June
20 		 Iraq Baghdad 26 two suicide car bombs
Main article: 20 June 2010 Baghdad bombings
May
10 		 Iraq Baghdad, 8 other cities. 100 suicide car bombs, shootings
Main article: 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks
April
23–24 		 Iraq Baghdad 85 car bombs
Main article: April 2010 Baghdad bombings
April
5 		 Pakistan Peshawar 50 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2010 Peshawar bombings
April
4 		 Iraq Baghdad 42 car bombs
Main article: 4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings
March
18 		 Afghanistan Kabul 18 suicide car bomb
Main article: May 2010 Kabul bombing
March
12 		 Pakistan Lahore 72 suicide car bombs
Main article: March 2010 Lahore bombings
March
3 		 Iraq Baqubah 33 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2010 Baqubah bombings
February
10 		 Pakistan Khyber Agency 19 suicide car bomb
Main article: February 2010 Khyber bombing
January
25 		 Iraq Baghdad 41 three suicide car bombs
Main article: 25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings
2010 January
1 		 Pakistan Shah Hasan Khel 105 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing

2000s[]

Year Date Country City Deaths Type More Info
December
18 		 Pakistan Timergara 12 suicide car bomb
Main article: December 2009 Lower Dir mosque bombing
December
15 		 Pakistan Dera Ghazi Khan 33 car bomb
Main article: 2009 Dera Ghazi Khan bombing
December
8 		 Iraq Baghdad 127 suicide car bombs
Main article: 8 December 2009 Baghdad bombings
November
19 		 Pakistan Peshawar 10 car bomb
Main article: 2009 Peshawar judicial complex bombing
November
2 		 Pakistan Rawalpindi 35 motorcycle bomb
Main article: November 2009 Rawalpindi bombing
October
28 		 Pakistan Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province 92 car bomb
Main article: 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing
October
25 		 Iraq Baghdad 155 car bombs (2)
Main article: 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings
October
12 		 Pakistan Shangla District, Swat Valley 41 suicide car bomb against military vehicle
Main article: 2009 in Pakistan
October
11 		 Iraq Ramadi, Anbar Province 26 coordinated car bombs (3), including one suicide car bomb
Main article: 2009 in Iraq
October
9 		 Pakistan Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province 48 car bomb
Main article: 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing
October
8 		 Afghanistan Kabul 17 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack
September
17 		 Somalia Mogadishu 21 car bombs (2)
Main article: 2009 African Union base bombing in Mogadishu
August
25 		 Afghanistan Kandahar 43 car bomb
Main article: 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing
August
15 		 Afghanistan Kabul 7 suicide car bomb, attempted assassination
Main article: 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing
August
19 		 Iraq Baghdad 101 car and truck bombs
Main article: 19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings
July
4–5, 7 		 Philippines Mindanao 8 bombs, car bomb
Main article: July 2009 Mindanao bombings
June
30 		 Iraq Kirkuk 40 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2009 Kirkuk bombing
June
24 		 Iraq Baghdad 65 motorcycle bomb
June
20 		 Iraq Taza 80 truck bomb
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
Main article: Pearl Continental hotel bombing
May
27 		 Pakistan Lahore 30 car bomb, shooting
Main article: 2009 Lahore bombing
May
20 		 Iraq Baghdad 38 car bomb
April
29 		 Iraq Baghdad 52 car bombs (2)
Main article: 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks
April
6 		 Iraq Baghdad 37 car bombs (6)
Main article: 6 April 2009 Baghdad bombings
Feb.
22 		 Somalia Mogadishu 11 car bomb
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 [3]
Dec.
5 		 Pakistan Peshawar 29 car bomb
Main article: 5 December 2008 Peshawar bombing
Nov.
6 		 Pakistan Bajaur Agency 22 car bomb [4]
Oct.
29 		 Somalia Bosaso and Hargeisa 30 car bombs (5)
Main article: October 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings
Oct.
10 		 Pakistan Orakzai Agency 110 car bomb
Main article: 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing
September
29 		 Lebanon Tripoli 7 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombing
September
28 		 Iraq Baghdad 32 bombs, car bombs
Main article: 28 September 2008 Baghdad bombings
September
27 		 Syria Damascus 17 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Damascus car bombing
September
20 		 Pakistan Islamabad 60 truck bomb
Main article: Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
September
12 		 Iraq Dujail 32 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Dujail bombing
September
6 		 Pakistan 20 km from Peshawar 30 car bomb
Main article: September 2008 Peshawar bombing
Aug.
23 		 Pakistan Swat 20 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2008 Swat Valley bombing
Aug.
19 		 Algeria Issers 44 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Issers bombing
July
7 		 Afghanistan Kabul 58 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Indian Embassy bombing in Kabul
June
17 		 Iraq Baghdad 65 car bomb
Main article: 17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing
June
2 		 Pakistan Islamabad 6–8 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Danish embassy bombing
May
2 		 Yemen Sa'dah 15 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Bin Salman Mosque bombing
April
15 		 Iraq Baquba 53 car bomb
Febr.
18 		 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 38 suicide car bomb
Main article: Spin Boldak bombing
Febr.
16 		 Pakistan Parachinar 47 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Parachinar bombing

The attack left at least 47 people dead and 150 injured

2008 Febr.
10 		 Iraq Balad 33 car bomb
Main article: 2008 Balad bombing
Dec.
13 		 Iraq Amarah 46 3 car bombs
Main article: 2007 Al Amarah bombings
Dec.
12 		 Iraq Amarah 46 car bombs (3)
Dec.
11 		 Algeria Algiers 31 suicide car bombs (2)
Main article: December 11, 2007 Algiers bombings
Dec.
9 		 Pakistan Matta, Swat District, 10 car bomb [5]
Nov.
24 		 Pakistan Rawalpindi 35 car bombs (2) .[6]
September
8 		 Algeria Dellys 30 car bomb
Main article: 2007 Dellys bombing
Aug.
14 		 Iraq Yazidi compounds in Kahtaniya 796 truck bombs (4)
Main article: 2007 Yazidi communities bombings
Aug.
1 		 Iraq Baghdad 74 truck bomb, car bombs (2)
Main article: 1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings
July
26 		 Iraq Baghdad 92 car bomb
Main article: 26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing
July
25 		 Iraq Baghdad 50 car bombs (2)
July
19 		 Iraq Baghdad 87 car bomb
Main article: 2007 al-Khilani Mosque bombing
July
19 		 Pakistan Hub 30 car bomb
July
16 		 Iraq Kirkuk 86 car bombs (3)
Main article: 2007 Kirkuk bombings
July
15 		 Pakistan Matta, Swat District, 17 car bomb (2) 11 policeofficers among the dead. 47 wounded.[7]
July
14 		 Pakistan Miranshah 23 car bomb At least 23 paramilitary troops died and 27 others injured [8]
July
7 		 Iraq Armili 156 truck bomb
Main article: 2007 Amirli bombing
June
19 		 Iraq Baghdad 75 car bomb
Main article: Al-Khilani Mosque bombing
June
17 		 Afghanistan Kabul 35 car bomb
May
13 		 Iraq Makhmour 50 suicide truck bomb
Main article: 2007 Makhmour bombing
May
6 		 Iraq Baghdad 35 car bomb
April
28 		 Iraq Karbala 68 car bomb
Main article: Imam Abbas Mosque bombing
April
18 		 Iraq Baghdad 198 car bombs (4)
Main article: 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings
April
14 		 Iraq Karbala 65 car bomb
Main article: Imam Hussein Mosque bombing
April
11 		 Algeria Algiers 33 car bombs (2)
Main article: 11 April 2007 Algiers bombings
March
29 		 Iraq Khalis 47 car bombs (3)
March
27 		 Iraq Tal Afar 152 truck bombs (2)
Main article: 2007 Tal Afar bombings
Febr.
18 		 Iraq Baghdad 62 car bombs (2)
Main article: 18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
Febr.
14 		 Iran Zahedan 18 car bomb
Main article: 2007 Zahedan bombings
Febr.
12 		 Iraq Baghdad 79 car bombs (3)
Main article: 12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings
Febr.
3 		 Iraq Baghdad 135 truck bomb
Main article: 3 February 2007 Baghdad market bombing
Jan.
22 		 Iraq Baghdad 88 car bombs (2)
Main article: 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings
2007 Jan.
16 		 Iraq Baghdad 70 suicide car bombs, school bombings
Main article: Mustansiriya University bombings
December
30 		 Spain Madrid 2 van bomb
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)
Main article: 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings
Oct.
16 		 Sri Lanka Digampathana 100 truck bomb
Main article: 2006 Digampathana truck bombing
Aug.
3 		 Afghanistan Panjwayi 21 car bomb
July
1 		 Iraq Sadr City 66 car bomb
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
Main article: 2005 Khanaqin bombings
September
29 		 Iraq Balad 102 car bombs (3)
Main article: 2005 Balad bombings
September
14 		 Iraq Baghdad 114 car bomb
Main article: 14 September 2005 Baghdad bombing
Aug.
17 		 Iraq Baghdad 43 car bombs (3)
Main article: 17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings
July
23 		 Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh 88 car bombs (2)
Main article: 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks
July
16 		 Iraq Mussayib 98 truck bomb
Main article: 2005 Musayyib bombing
Febr.
28 		 Iraq Hilla 125 car bomb
Main article: 2005 Al Hillah bombing
2005 Febr.
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)
Main article: 30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing
September
14 		 Iraq Police station, Baghdad 47 car bomb
Main article: 14 September 2010 Baghdad bombing
September
9 		 Indonesia Australian Embassy, Jakarta 9 van bomb
Main article: 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing
July
28 		 Iraq Police station, Baquba 68 suicide car bomb
Main article: 2004 Baqubah bombing
June
24 		 Iraq Police stations, Mosul 62 car bombs (5)
June
18 		 Iraq Baghdad 35 suicide car bomb
Main article: June 2004 Baghdad bombing
June
17 		 Iraq Iraqi army recruitment center, Baghdad 35 car bomb
May
15 		 Iraq Mosul 62 car bombs
Main article: 2004 Mosul bombings
May
13 		 Iraq Karbala, Najaf 67 suicide car bombs
Main article: 2004 Karbala Najaf bombings
April
21 		 Iraq Police stations, Basra 74 car bombs (4)
Main article: 21 April 2004 Basra bombings
March
2 		 Iraq Karbala
Baghdad 		178 suicide car bombs
Main article: Iraq Ashura bombings
Febr.
11 		 Iraq Iraqi Army facility, Baghdad 47 car bomb
Febr.
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)
Main article: 2003 Karbala bombings
Dec.
25 		 Pakistan Rawalpindi 14 truck bombs Targeted Pervez Musharraf
Nov.
20 		 Turkey British targets, Istanbul 32 truck bombs
Main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings
Nov.
15 		 Turkey Two synagogues, Istanbul 31 truck bombs
Main article: 2003 Istanbul Bombings
Nov.
12 		 Iraq Italian Military HQ in Nasiriyah 33 truck bomb
Main article: 2003 Nasiriyah bombing
Nov.
8 		 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 18 truck bomb
Oct.
27 		 Iraq Baghdad 35 car bombs (4)
Main article: 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings
Aug.
29 		 Iraq Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf 85 car bomb
Main article: Imam Ali Mosque bombing
Aug.
25 		 India Mumbai 52 car bombs (2)
Main article: 25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings
Aug.
19 		 Iraq United Nations Iraqi Headquarters, Baghdad 22 truck bomb
Main article: Canal Hotel bombing
Aug.
7 		 Iraq Jordanian Embassy, Baghdad 19 truck bomb
Main article: 2003 Jordanian embassy bombing in Baghdad
Aug.
5 		 Indonesia Jakarta 12 car bomb
Main article: 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing
Aug.
1 		 Russia Mozdok, North Ossetia–Alania 50 truck bomb
May
12 		 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 35 car bombs (4)
Main article: Riyadh compound bombings
May
12 		 Russia Znamenskoye, Chechnya 59 truck bomb
Main article: 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing
2003 Febr.
7 		 Colombia Bogotá 36 car bomb
Main article: 2003 El Nogal Club bombing
Dec.
27 		 Russia Government buildings, Grozny, Chechnya 72 truck bombs
Main article: 2002 Grozny suicide bombing
Nov.
28 		 Kenya Hotel in Mombasa 13 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Mombasa attacks
Oct.
21 		 Israel Bus near Hadera 14 car bomb
Oct.
12 		 Indonesia Bali 202 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Bali terrorist bombing
September
5 		 Afghanistan Kabul 30 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Kabul bombing
June
14 		 Pakistan US consulate, Karachi 12 truck bomb
Main article: 2002 Karachi consulate attack
June
5 		 Israel Megiddo Junction 17 car bomb
May
8 		 Pakistan Karachi 14 car bomb
Main article: 2002 Karachi bus bombing
April
11 		 Tunisia Synagogue, Djerba 21 truck bomb
Main article: Ghriba synagogue bombing
April
7 		 Colombia Villavicencio 12 car bomb
2002 March
21 		 Peru U.S. Embassy, Lima 9 car bomb
December
1 		 Israel Jerusalem 11 suicide car bomb
Main article: Ben Yehuda Street bombings
Oct.
1 		 India Assembly Building, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 38 car bomb
Main article: 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack
June
19 		 Russia Gudermes, Chechnya 12 car bombs (3)
2001 March
24 		 Russia Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai 19 car bomb
August
1 		 Indonesia Central Jakarta 2 car bomb
Main article: 2000 Philippine consulate bombing
2000 July
3 		 Russia Grozny, Chechnya 25 truck bomb
Main article: July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings

1990s[]

Year Date Country City Deaths Type More Info
September
4 		 Russia Russian military apartment, Buinaksk, Dagestan 64 car bomb
Main article: Russian apartment bombings
1999 February
16 		 Uzbekistan Tashkent 16 6 car bombs
Main article: 1999 Tashkent bombings
September
5 		 Russia Apartment, Makhachkala, Dagestan 17 car bomb
Main article: Russian apartment bombings
Aug.
15 		 United Kingdom Omagh, Northern Ireland 29 car bomb
Main article: Omagh bombing
Aug.
7 		 Kenya
 Tanzania 		Nairobi and Dar es Salaam 224 car bombs (2)
Main article: 1998 United States embassy bombings
March
5 		 Sri Lanka Street, Colombo 36 mini-bus bomb
1998 February
14 		 India Coimbatore 46 car bombs
Main article: 1998 Coimbatore bombings
Nov.
19 		 India Hyderabad 23 car bomb
1997 Oct.
15 		 Sri Lanka World Trade Center, Colombo 18 truck bomb
June
25 		 Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers, Khobar (near Dhahran) 20 fuel truck bomb
Main article: Khobar Towers bombing
February
9 		 United Kingdom Docklands, London 2 truck bomb
Main article: 1996 South Quay bombing
1996 Jan.
31 		 Sri Lanka Central Bank, Colombo 90 truck bomb
Main article: Central Bank Bombing
Dec.
21 		 Pakistan Peshawar 45 car bomb
Nov.
19 		 Pakistan Egyptian embassy in Islamabad 15 truck bomb
Main article: Attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan
Nov.
13 		 Saudi Arabia U.S. military headquarters in Riyadh 7 car bomb
Febr.
27 		 Iraq Zakho 76 car bomb [9]
1995 Jan.
30 		 Algeria Algiers 42 car bomb [10]
April
19 		United States Federal building, Oklahoma City 168 truck bomb
Main article: Oklahoma City bombing
July
18 		 Argentina Jewish center, Buenos Aires 85 car bomb
Main article: 1994 AMIA bombing
1994 April
6 		 Israel Afula 8 car bomb
Main article: Afula Bus suicide bombing
June
21 		 Spain Madrid 7 car bomb
April
24 		 United Kingdom London 1 truck bomb
Main article: Bishopsgate bombing
May
27 		 Italy Uffizi Gallery, Florence 6 car bomb
March
12 		 India Mumbai 257 car bombs
Main article: 1993 Bombay bombings
Febr.
26 		United States World Trade Center, New York City 6 truck bomb
Main article: World Trade Center bombing
1993 Jan.
30 		 Colombia Bogotá 20 car bomb [11]
July
16 		 Peru Lima 24 car bombs (2)
Main article: Tarata bombing
April
10 		 United Kingdom Baltic Exchange, London 3 truck bomb
1992 March
17 		 Argentina Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires 29 car bomb
Main article: 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires
May
29 		 Spain Vic 9 car bomb
Main article: 1991 Vic bombing
1991 March
2 		 Sri Lanka Colombo 19 remote control car bomb
Main article: Havelock Road Bombing, 1991
1990 May
12 		 Colombia Bogotá and Cali 26 car bombs (2) [12]

1980s[]

Year Date Country City Deaths Type More info
Dec.
6 		 Colombia Bogotá 52 truck bomb
Main article: 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 [13]
April
23 		 Lebanon Tripoli 60 truck bomb
April
14 		 Italy USO Club, Naples 5 car bomb [14]
1988 Feb.
17 		 South Africa Oshakati, South-West Africa 27 car bomb
Main article: 1988 Oshakati bomb blast
Dec.
11 		 Spain Zaragoza 11 car bomb
Main article: 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing
Oct.
8 		 Afghanistan Kabul 27 car bomb [15]
July
14 		 Pakistan Karachi 72 car bombs (2) [16]
July
5 		 Sri Lanka Army camp, Jaffna 40 truck bomb
Main article: Vallipuram Vasanthan
June
19 		 Spain Barcelona 21 car bomb
Main article: 1987 Hipercor bombing
1987 April
21 		 Sri Lanka Colombo 106 car bomb
Main article: Central Bus Station Bombing
Aug.
19 		 Iran Tehran 20 car bomb [17]
July
14 		 Spain Madrid 12 car bomb
Main article: Plaza República Dominicana bombing
March
27 		 Australia Victoria Police HQ, Melbourne 1 car bomb
Main article: Russell Street Bombing
1986 March
17 		 Syria Military compound, Damascus 60 truck bomb [18]
Aug.
17 		 Lebanon Market, Beirut 55 car bomb
May
22 		 Lebanon Beirut 50 car bomb
1985 March
8 		 Lebanon Beirut 80 car bomb
Main article: 1985 Beirut Car Bombing
Aug.
8 		 West Germany Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt 2 car bomb
1984 September
20 		 Lebanon U.S. embassy in Beirut 23 car bomb
Dec.
21 		 Lebanon French Army building, Beirut 15 truck bomb
Dec.
17 		 England London 6 car bomb
Main article: Harrods bombing
Dec.
12 		 Kuwait U.S. and French embassies, Kuwait City 6 truck bombs
Main article: 1983 Kuwait bombings
Nov. 4  Lebanon Israeli Army HQ, Tyre 60 truck bomb
Main article: Tyre headquarters bombings
Oct.
23 		 Lebanon United States Marines and French Paratroop barracks, Beirut 305 truck bombs
Main article: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
May
20 		 South Africa Church Street, Pretoria 20 car bomb
Main article: Church Street bombing
April
18 		 Lebanon U.S. Embassy, Beirut 63 car bomb
Main article: 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
Main article: Tyre headquarters bombings
Oct.
1 		 Iran Central Square, Tehran 60 truck bomb [19]
Aug.
1 		 Iraq Baghdad 20 car bomb [20]
July
20 		 United Kingdom Hyde Park parade, London 4 car bomb
Main article: Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
1982 May
24 		 Lebanon French embassy, Beirut 14 car bomb [21]
Dec.
15 		 Lebanon Iraqi embassy, Beirut 61 car bomb [22]
Nov.
29 		 Syria Damascus 64 car bomb [23]
1981 Oct.
1 		 Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organisation office, Beirut 83 car bomb

1970s[]

Date (YYYY/MM/DD) Country Place Deaths Type Perpetrator,
actual or suspected		 Source/Article
1978/02/08  United Kingdom Maghera, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [24]
1977/04/20  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [25]
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 [26][27]
1976/03/17  United Kingdom Dungannon, Northern Ireland 4 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [26]
1975/12/19  Ireland Dundalk 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [25]
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 [28]
1973/06/12  United Kingdom Coleraine, Northern Ireland 6 car bomb Provisional IRA 1973 Coleraine bombings[29]
1973/05/17  United Kingdom Omagh, Northern Ireland 5 car bomb Provisional IRA [29]
1973/01/14  United Kingdom Derry, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [29]
1972/12/28  Ireland Belturbet 2 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [28][30]
1972/12/01  Ireland Dublin 2 car bombs (2) Ulster Volunteer Force [28]
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 [28]
1972/09/14  United Kingdom Belfast, Northern Ireland 3 car bomb Ulster Volunteer Force [28]
1972/08/26  United Kingdom Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 2 car bomb Provisional IRA [28]
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  West Germany United States Army base, Heidelberg 3 car bomb Red Army Faction List of attacks attributed to the RAF
1972/05/11  West Germany 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 [28]
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  South Vietnam US Embassy, Saigon 21 car bomb [31]
1962/05/02  Algeria Algiers 62 car bomb [32]
1948/03/11  British Mandate for Palestine Jewish Agency, Jerusalem 11 car bomb
1948/03/02  British Mandate for Palestine Office building, Haifa 14 truck bomb
1948/02/22  British Mandate for Palestine Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem 52–80 truck bombs (2) Ben Yehuda Street Bombing
1948/01/04  British Mandate for Palestine Jaffa 18 truck bomb
1947/04/25  British Mandate for Palestine Sarona police compound, Tel Aviv 5 truck bomb
1947/01/12  British Mandate for Palestine Haifa 4 truck bomb
1927/05/18  United States Bath Township, Michigan 39 suicide car bomb Andrew Kehoe Bath School disaster
1920/09/16  United States Wall Street, New York City 38 wagon bomb Wall Street bombing

| British Mandate for Palestine {List of Irgun bombs/attacks} 1937-1948[33]

Assassinations by car bombings[]

Date Country Place Type Target Perpetrator/
Suspected perpetrator
2017/10/17  Malta Bidnija car bomb (remote) Daphne Caruana Galizia, journalist and blogger Unknown, pending investigation[34]
2017/06/27  Ukraine Kiev car bomb Maksym Shapoval, Chief officer of Ukrainian intelligence agency
2016/07/20  Ukraine Kiev car bomb Pavel Sheremet, Belarusian journalist and human rights activist.
2011/04/02  United Kingdom Killyclogher, Northern Ireland car bomb Ronan Kerr, PSNI officer Dissident republicans
2008/10/23  Croatia Zagreb motorcycle bomb (remote) Ivo Pukanić, Croatian journalist（with one other） Serbian mafia
2007/07/09  China Jinan car bomb (remote) Liu Haiping, Official of the natural resources department of Jinan.
2005/12/12  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) Gebran Tueni, lawmaker Strugglers for the Unity and Freedom of al-Sham
2005/06/28  Iraq Baghdad suicide car bomb Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, Iraqi politician Al-Qaeda in Iraq
2005/06/21  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) George Hawi, former Lebanese Communist Party head
2005/06/02  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) Samir Kassir, journalist
2005/02/14  Lebanon Beirut suicide truck bomb Rafic Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister (with 20 others)
2004/05/17  Iraq Baghdad suicide car bomb Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi Governing Council leader Al-Qaeda in Iraq
2004/02/13  Qatar Doha car bomb (remote) Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, former President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria GRU
2003/11/20  Turkey Istanbul suicide truck bomb Roger Short, British Consul-General (with 27 others)
2003/08/29  Iraq Najaf car bomb (remote) Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, Iraqi cleric (with 84 others)
2003/08/19  Iraq Baghdad suicide truck bomb Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations special representative (with 22 others) Al-Qaeda in Iraq
2002/05/20  Lebanon Beirut unknown Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril, son of PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril
2002/01/24  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) Elie Hobeika, Phalangist militia leader
2000/02/22  Spain Vitoria car bomb (remote) Fernando Buesa, Basque Socialist Party leader ETA
1999/10/21  Turkey Ankara car bomb (tilt-based) Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, prominent Turkish intellectual, lawyer, politician
1999/03/15  United Kingdom Lurgan, Northern Ireland car bomb (tilt-based) Rosemary Nelson, Irish human rights lawyer Red Hand Defenders
1996/11/01 United States Tucson, Arizona car bomb (remote) Gary Triano, Businessman
1992/07/19  Italy Palermo, Sicily car bomb (remote) Paolo Borsellino, Italian judge (with 5 others) Italian Mafia
1992/05/23  Italy Capaci, Sicily car bomb (remote) Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (with 4 others) Italian Mafia
1990/07/30  United Kingdom Hankham, England car bomb (remote) Ian Gow, Conservative MP Provisional IRA
1989/11/22  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (with 23 others)
1989/05/16  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) Hassan Khaled, Lebanese spiritual leader (with 21 others)
1988/06/28  Greece Athens car bomb (remote) William Nordeen, United States diplomat Revolutionary Organization 17 November
1987/12/22  United Kingdom Lisburn, Northern Ireland car bomb John McMichael, Ulster Defence Association leader Provisional IRA
1987/04/27  United Kingdom County Armagh, Northern Ireland car bomb (remote) Sir Maurice and Lady Gibson Provisional IRA
1979/03/30  United Kingdom Palace of Westminster car bomb (tilt-based) Airey Neave, Conservative MP Irish National Liberation Army
1979/01/22  Lebanon Beirut car bomb (remote) Ali Hassan Salameh, Black September leader (with 8 others) Mossad
1976/09/21 United States Washington, D.C. unknown Orlando Letelier, Chilean exile (with one other) Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional[35]
1973/12/20  Spain Madrid car bomb (remote) Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain. See also: Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco ETA
1976/06/02 United States Phoenix, Arizona car bomb (remote) Don Bolles, investigative reporter
1974/09/30  Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina car bomb (remote) Carlos Prats, Former Chilean army commander under Salvador Allende Presidency Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional[36]
1928/12/04  United States Saint Paul, Minnesota unknown "Dapper" Danny Hogan, "Irish Mob" boss

See also[]

Notes[]

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  2. ↑ "(BBC)". BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19066002. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  3. ↑ Abdur Rahman Abid. "Suicide blast rocks Buner on polling day; 36 killed" Dawn, 29 December 2008
  4. ↑ "Bomber strikes Salarzai jirga in Bajaur, kills 22" Daily Times, 7 November 2008
  5. ↑ 10 killed in Swat suicide attack Daily Times, December 10, 2007
  6. ↑ 30 killed in two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi Daily Times, November 25, 2007
  7. ↑ At least 49 are killed by suicide bombers in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
  8. ↑ Suicide bomber kills 23 FC troops Daily Times, July 15, 2007
  9. ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Chronology for Kurds in Iraq". Refworld. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,MARP,,IRQ,4562d8cf2,469f38a6c,0.html. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  10. ↑ "Islamic Rebels Admit Setting Off Bomb In Algerian Capital". 6 February 1995. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/06/world/islamic-rebels-admit-setting-off-bomb-in-algerian-capital.html. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  11. ↑ "Escobar's hand seen in Bogotá bomb atrocity". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/escobars-hand-seen-in-bogota-bomb-atrocity-1470238.html. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  12. ↑ The Washington Post, May 13, 1990, Douglas Farah
  13. ↑ "31 Killed in Afghan Car Bomb Attack." The Washington Post, July 9, 1988.
  14. ↑ "A Japanese With Lebanese Links Blamed in Naples U.S.O. Bombing". 16 April 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/16/world/a-japanese-with-lebanese-links-blamed-in-naples-uso-bombing.html. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  15. ↑ "Bomb Kills 27 in Afghan City; Government Blames Moslem Guerrillas for Blast in Kabul." The Washington Post, October 10, 1987.
  16. ↑ "Bombs Kill 72 and Wound 250 in Pakistani City". 15 July 1987. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/15/world/bombs-kill-72-and-wound-250-in-pakistani-city.html. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  17. ↑ "Car Bomb Blast in Central Tehran Square Kills 20". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1986. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-19/news/mn-17192_1_car-bomb. 
  18. ↑ "Damascus Bomb May Have Killed 60". https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tccSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5636,311331&dq=1986+damascus+bomb&hl=en. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  19. ↑ "At Least 60 Killed, 700 Hurt As Bomb Explodes In Tehran". The Associated Press, October 3, 1982.
  20. ↑ "Baghdad Bomb Toll." The Washington Post, August 5, 1982.
  21. ↑ "Bomb Kills 14 at Beirut Embassy." Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1982.
  22. ↑ "Terrorist Organization Profiles - START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4612. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  23. ↑ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LlENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_m0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3529,5981219&dq=damascus+and+car+bomb. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  24. ↑ "Sutton Index of Deaths 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1978.html. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1977". Conflict Archive on the Internet. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1977.html. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1976.html. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  27. ↑ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p.672
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1972". Conflict Archive on the Internet. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1972.html. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Sutton Index of Deaths 1973". Conflict Archive on the Internet. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1973.html. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  30. ↑ McKittrick, David. Lost Lives, p.311
  31. ↑ "This Day in History". History.com. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1760. Retrieved 22 November 2014. 
  32. ↑ Karawan, Ibrahim A., et al. Values and Violence, p. 129.
  33. ↑ List of Irgun attacks
  34. ↑ "Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in car bomb attack" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2017-10-16. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41637730. 
  35. ↑ Lettieri, Mike (1 June 2007). "Posada Carriles, Bush's Child of Scorn". 
  36. ↑ Dictan nueva orden de detención en caso Prats Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., El Mostrador, May 22, 2000 (Spanish)
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