List of major terrorist incidents

This is a list of major terrorist incidents conducted by violent non-state actors, i.e. excluding state terrorism.

Attacks before 1950

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
Wall Street Bombing	1920	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.	40	143+	Galleanisti
St. Nedelya Church bombing	1925	Sofia, Bulgaria	213	500+	Bulgarian Communist Party
King David Hotel bombing	1946	Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine	92	46	Irgun

Attacks 1950 to 1989

Incident	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Perpetrator	Notes
MV Dara	1961	Southwest Asia, Persian Gulf	238		Unknown; possibly Omani separatists
McGurk's Bar bombing	1971	Belfast, Northern Ireland	15	17	Ulster Volunteer Force
Lod Airport massacre	1972	Tel Aviv, Israel	26	80	Japanese Red Army
Munich massacre	1972	Munich, West Germany	23		Black September Organization
Birmingham pub bombings	1974	Birmingham, England	21	182	Provisional Irish Republican Army
Dublin and Monaghan bombings	1974	Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland	34	300	Ulster Volunteer Force
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 bombing	1976	Over the Caribbean Sea	73	0	Anti-Communists
Cinema Rex fire	1978	Abadan, Iran	377-470+	200+	4 men	The theatre was doused in airplane fuel, locked and started on fire as 700 people were trapped inside
Bologna massacre	1980	Bologna Centrale railway station, Italy	85	200+	Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari
1983 Beirut barracks bombing	1983	Beirut, Lebanon	307	150	Islamic Jihad Organization, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence
Brighton hotel bombing	1984	Grand Brighton Hotel, England	5	31	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Attempted assassination of the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.
Air India Flight 182 bombing	1985	Over the Atlantic Ocean	329	0	Babbar Khalsa
Rome and Vienna Airport attacks	1985	Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Vienna International Airport	19		Abu Nidal Organization
Pan Am Flight 103	1988	Lockerbie, Scotland	270	0	Libya	All 259 people on the plane were killed, as well as eleven others on-ground.
Massacre of Trujillo	1988–1990	Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia	200–400		Paramilitary groups and Cali Cartel members
UTA Flight 772	1989	Near Termit Massif, Niger	170	0	Libya	A suitcase bomb was planted on the plane, before detonating mid-flight, causing the plane to break up.

Other attacks

This is a list of terrorist incidents with at least 100 fatalities, that are not included in the chronological timeline.

Estimated Deaths	Name	Political Ideology	Country	Location	Year
155	October 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
152	2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Tal Afar	2007
150	St Nedelya Church assault	Communism	Bulgaria	Sofia	1925
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment	Communism	India	West Midnapore	2010
141+	Brak El-Shati airbase raid	Islamic extremism	Libya	Wadi al Shatii District	2017
140–256	2017 Camp Shaheen attack	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Mazar-e-Sharif	2017
140	Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Budyonnovsk	1995
136	2007 Karachi bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Karachi	2007
135	February 3, 2007 Baghdad market bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
133+	January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq		2011
130	Rafiganj train disaster	Communism	India	Rafiganj	2002
127	Peshawar church attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2013
127	December 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
127	2005 Al Hillah bombing	Unknown	Iraq	Al Hillah	2005
125	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961	Unknown	Indian Ocean		1996
120	2007 Al Hillah bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Al Hillah	2007
120	2012 Unity Day parade rehearsal bombing	Islamic extremism	Yemen	Sanaa	2012
120	Palace of Justice siege	19th of April Movement	Colombia	Bogotá	1985
119	Bojayá massacre	United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia	Colombia	Choco	2002
117	28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2009
117	2004 Irbil bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Irbil	2004
114+	10 May 2010 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
114	March 2017 Damascus bombings	Islamic extremism	Syria	Damascus	2017
113+	2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
112	September 14, 2005 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2005
112	Avianca Flight 203	Narcoterrorism	Colombia		1989
112	Gulf Air Flight 771	Palestinian nationalism	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1983
110	10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Orakzai	2008
105	2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lakki Marwat	2010
104	Mohmand Agency attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Mohmand Agency	2010
102	First Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Tyre	1982
101	19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
100	Bolgrad palace bombing	Bessarabian separatism	Romania	Bolgrad	1921
100+	2011 Damaturu attacks	Islamic extremism	Nigeria		2011
100	Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking	Communism	Malaysia	Tanjung Kupang	1977
100	2008 Kandahar bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kandahar	2008