List of terrorist incidents in 2005

Total Incidents: This is a timeline of incidents in 2005 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

January

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
07	Explosion, Shooting	1	0	Thailand	Explosion at a railroad crossing - no casualties. One Buddhist shot dead in southern Thailand.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency
13	Car bombing, shooting	6 (+3)	5	Karni crossing	Karni border crossing attack: Three Palestinian militants destroyed the border fence at Karni crossing with a car bomb and then they crossed into Israeli territory and opened fire on civilians	Hamas Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Popular Resistance Committees	Second Intifada
15	Raid, shootout	4 (+6)		Dagestan	January 2005 Dagestan Raids: Russian security forces raid two Islamist safehouses in Makhachkala and Kaspiysk in Dagestan, 4 Russian commandos died in the raids as did six militants.	Shariat Jamaat	Second Chechen War
16	Bombing	1	50+	Southern Thailand	One person dead, over 50 others injured in an explosion in a commercial area in southern Thailand.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency

February

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
14	Bombing	22		Beirut	Assassination of Rafic Hariri: Former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 others after a massive bomb detonated near his motorcade.	Hezbollah (suspected)
17	Car bomb	7	40	Thailand	Seven people dead, 40 injured by a car bomb outside a hotel in southern Thailand.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency
22	Car bomb	0	2	Cali	A car bomb explodes in front of the offices of RCN TV, injuring two.[2]	FARC (suspected)	Colombian conflict
25	Suicide bomber	5 (+1)	50+	Tel Aviv, Israel	Stage Club bombing: A suicide bomber in Tel Aviv kills five Israelis and undermines a weeks-old truce between the two sides.[3]	Islamic Jihad	Second Intifada
28	Suicide car bombing	127 (+1)	Hundreds	Hillah	2005 Al Hillah bombing: Suicide car bombing of a police recruiting station in Hillah	Al-Qaeda (suspected)	Iraq War

March

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
06	Shooting	1	0	Thailand	A Buddhist monk was killed by gunmen in southern Thailand.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency
07	Shooting	2 (+3)	0	Thailand	Two policemen and three unknown attackers were killed in a shootout with five gunmen disguised as veiled Muslim women at a police station in southern Thailand.[1]	Unknown	South Thailand insurgency
15	Bomb	1	3	Thailand	One policeman was killed, three injured by bomb in southern Thailand.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency
19	Bomb	0	15	Thailand	15 people, ten of them policemen, injured in two explosions. One of the bombs was detonated via a cellphone.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency
26	Shooting	1	2	Thailand	One Buddhist dead, two injured, in two attacks by gunmen in southern Thailand.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency
27	Bomb, Shooting	0	20+	Thailand	Two bombs used to stop an armored train patrolling in southern Thailand, terrorists then fired on the policemen on the train. Approximately 20 policemen and some other passengers were wounded.[1]	Pattani separatists	South Thailand insurgency

April

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
03	Bomb	2-5	66	Thailand	2005 Songkhla bombings: Two people killed (possibly five), 54 injured, by three explosions in Hat Yai -one at the airport, one at a hotel, and another at a department store.[1]	PULO	South Thailand insurgency
07	Suicide Bomber	3 (+1)	18	Cairo, Egypt	April 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on Sharia al-Moski in Islamic Cairo. Three foreign tourists (two French and one American) were killed, and 11 Egyptians and seven other overseas visitors were injured.	Abdullah Azzam Brigades
30	Suicide bombing, shooting	0 (+3)	10	Cairo, Egypt	April 2005 Cairo terrorist attacks: A man suspected of being involved in the 7 April attack in Cairo committed a suicide bombing at a bus station while being pursued by police, injuring seven people. A few hours later, two women opened fire on a tourist bus, injuring three people before they committed suicide.	Abdullah Azzam Brigades

May

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
04	Suicide bombing	60	150	Erbil	2005 Erbil bombing: A suicide bomber detonated near a police recruitment center in the mostly Kurdish town of Erbil.	Ansar al-Sunna	Iraq War
07	Suicide bomber	2 (+1)	5	Kabul, Afghanistan	A suicide bomber attacks an Internet cafe at a guesthouse in Kabul, killing a UN engineer and an Afghan national and injuring five others.[4]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
07	Bombings	11	162	Yangon	May 2005 Yangon Bombings: Two supermarkets are bombed nearly simultaneously.	Karen National Union (suspected)	Internal conflict in Myanmar
28	Bombings	22	90	Sulawesi	2005 Tentena market bombings: Two bombs were detonated at an open air market frequented by Christians.	Jemaah Islamiyah

June

Total Incidents: 0

July

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
01	Bomb	11	25	Makhachkala, Russia	Makhachkala Rus bombing: Blast in Makhachkala killed 10 soldier and wounded 7.[5]	Shariat Jamaat	Second Chechen War
05	Shooting, grenade	1 (+5)	3	Ayodhya	2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack: Five terrorists attacked the Ram temple in Ayodhya before being killed by security forces.	Lashkar-e-Taiba	Ayodhya dispute
06	Bombing	38-53	71	Badarmude, Nepal	Badarmude bus explosion: A bomb was detonated near a bus while is passing across a bridge, causing the bridge collapse.	Communist Party of Nepal (suspected)	Nepalese Civil War
07	Suicide bombing	52 (+4)	700+	London, United Kingdom	7 July 2005 London bombings: Four suicide bombers detonated bombs that were hidden in back packs, killing 52 people and injuring 700. Three were in tube trains and one on a number 30 bus, the incident happened a day after London was announced to be host of the 2012 Olympic Games.	Al-Qaeda
12	Suicide bombing	5 (+1)	90+	Netanya, Israel	12 July 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: Islamic Jihad takes responsibility for a suicide bombing in Netanya, which kills five people at a shopping mall.[6]	Islamic Jihad	Second Intifada
16	Bombing	5	14	Kuşadası	2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing: A bomb exploded on a minibus carrying people to a beach	PKK (suspected)	Kurdish–Turkish conflict
16	Suicide bombing	100	150	Musayyib	2005 Musayyib bombing: A suicide bomber detonates in a crowded market. A gas truck was passing as the bomber detonated, which made the event even more disastrous.	Al-Qaeda	Iraq War
21	Bombings	0	1	London	21 July 2005 London bombings: Four small explosions at three London Underground stations and on a bus, but only detonators of the bombs exploded and no major injuries occurred. A fifth bomber dumped his device without attempting to detonate. The attackers were attempting to recreate the successful bombings on London public transportation that occurred two weeks earlier.	Al-Qaeda
23	Bombings	64-88	150	Sharm el-Sheikh	2005 Sharm el-Sheikh bombings: A market and two hotels frequented by foreigners are bombed in Sharm el-Sheikh. The Egyptian government claimed 64 people were killed but local hospitals reported 88 deaths.	Abdullah Azzam Brigades
28	Bombing	13	50	Jaunpur	2005 Jaunpur train bombing: An express train en route to Delhi is bombed near Jaunpur. The perpetrators were never caught but Islamic extremists are strongly suspected.	Islamic extremists (suspected)

August

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
15	Shooting	2	0	Sri Lanka	Lakshman Kadirgamar, the foreign minister of Sri Lanka and an ethnic Tamil was shot by an alleged LTTE sniper.[7]	LTTE	Sri Lankan Civil War
17	Bombings	2	100+	Across Bangladesh	2005 Bangladesh series bombings: Over 500 bombs exploded in over 300 cities and towns across 63 of Bangladesh's 64 districts.	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh HuJI	Internal conflict in Bangladesh
17	Car bombings	43	76	Baghdad	17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings: Two car bombs detonated at a busy bus station in Baghdad. A third bomb detonated on a road that was being used to transport victims of the first blasts to the hospital	Al-Qaeda (suspected)	Iraq War

September

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
14	Suicide bombings	160	570	Baghdad	14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings: More than a dozen bombs rip through Baghdad. The deadliest blast occurred in the mostly Shia district of Kadhimiya and targeted a crowd of laborers looking for work.	Al-Qaeda	Iraq War
29	Car bombings	95	100+	Balad, Iraq	2005 Balad bombings: Three near simultaneous car bombs explode at a market and outside a police station and a bank	Al-Qaeda (suspected)	Iraq War

October

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
01	Bomb	0 (+1)	0	United States	2005 University of Oklahoma bombing: Joel Henry Hinrichs III detonated a bomb near the packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma killing himself in the process.[8]	Joel Henry Hinrichs III
01	Suicide car bombings	20 (+3)	100	Bali	2005 Bali bombings: Three suicide car bombings target a resort and Kuta town square in Bali, places popular with western tourists.	Jemaah Islamiyah
07	Shooting	8	20	Mong	2005 Mong shootings: Three unknown men opened fire on a Ahmadiyya mosque.	Unknown
13/14	Raid	49 (+89)	115+	Nalchik	2005 Nalchik raid: Several hundred militants belonging to the Caucasian Front and Yarmuk Jamaat attack several targets across Nalchik, including several government buildings, several police stations and the city's airport. In total, 142 people were killed in the attacks including at least 35 members of Russian security forces, at least 14 civilians and at least 89 militants.	Caucasian Front Yarmuk Jamaat	Second Chechen War
24	Car bomb	20+		Baghdad, Iraq	Multiple car bombs explode outside the Green Zone in Baghdad, killing at least 20. It is thought that the attacks were targeting journalists inside the Palestine Hotel and the Sheraton Ishtar.[9]	Al-Qaeda	Iraq War
26	Suicide bomber	7 (+1)	55	Hadera, Israel	Hadera Market bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a bomb near a falafel stand in Hadera that kills himself and six others. Twenty-six people were also wounded.[10]	Islamic Jihad	Second Intifada
29	Assault	3	1	Poso, Indonesia	2005 Indonesian beheadings of Christian girls: In Poso, Central Sulawesi, four Christian schoolgirls aged 15 to 17 years on their way home from school were assaulted by six masked Muslim men who beheaded three of them, Theresia Morangke, Alfita Poliwo, and Yarni Sambue, with machetes and placed their severed heads in front of a church and a police station. The fourth girl, Noviana Malewa, survived but suffered serious machete wounds. The terrorists belong to the group Tanah Runtuh whose leader Hasanuddin confessed at his trial that the well-planned assault was inspired and financed by Guru Sanusi, a former Muslim rebel (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) from Mindanao.[11][12] Central Jakarta District Court sentenced two of the killers to 14 years in prison and mastermind Hasanuddin to 20 years.[13]	Islamists
29	Bombings	62	210	Delhi	2005 Delhi bombings: Two markets and a bus are bombed in a span of about 30 minutes in Delhi.	Lashkar-e-Taiba

November

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
09	Suicide bombings	60 (+3)	115+	Amman	2005 Amman bombings: Three suicide bombings targeting hotels frequented by foreign diplomats.	Al-Qaeda
14	Suicide bombing	9 (+2)		Kabul, Afghanistan	Twin suicide attacks in Kabul target NATO-led peacekeepers, killing a German soldier and eight Afghans and marking the first attack in a wave of suicide bombings that will continue into 2006.[4]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
18	Suicide car bombings	74+ (+2)	100+	Khanaqin	2005 Khanaqin bombings: Two suicide car bombers detonate at two Shia mosques iin the town of Khanaqin near Iranian border.	Al-Qaeda	Iraq War

December

Date	Type	Deaths	Injuries	Location	Details	Perpetrators	Part of
05	Suicide bombing	5 (+1)	40+	Netanya, Israel	5 December 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing: A suicide bomb attack kills at least five people in Netanya in north-western Israel.[14]	Islamic Jihad	Second Intifada
11	Suicide bombing	0 (+1)	3	Afghanistan	A suicide bomb attack injures three civilians in the southern Kandahar Province.[4]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
14	Suicide bombing	0 (+1)	0	Afghanistan	A suicide attack rocks the famous blue mosque of Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province but did not cause serious injuries.[4]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
20	Suicide bombing	0 (+1)	3	Afghanistan	A suicide bomber detonates in the western Herat Province, injuring three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers.[4]	Taliban	War in Afghanistan
28	Shooting	1	4	Bangalore	2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting: Two men stormed the Indian Institute of Science and opened fire, killing Munish Chander Puri, the Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at IIT Delhi and wounding four others. The perpetrators were never caught but are strongly suspected to be Islamic extremists.	Islamic extremists (suspected)
31	Bombing	8	53	Palu	2005 Palu market bombing: A butcher's shop that was frequented by Christians and sold non-Halal food was bombed.	Jemaah Islamiyah

See also

• List of non-state terrorist incidents
• List of Palestinian suicide attacks
• List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2001–2006

References