This is a list of terrorist incidents in 2021, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
Guidelines
- To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
- List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
- Casualties figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
- Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
- Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher. A figure with a plus (+) sign may also indicate that over that number of people are victims.
- If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
- Incidents are limited to one per location per day. If multiple attacks occur in the same place on the same day, they will be merged into a single incident.
- In addition to the guidelines above, the table also includes the following categories:
- 0 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 1–19 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 20–49 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 50–99 people were killed/injured by the incident.
- 100+ people were killed/injured by the incident.
List
Total incidents:23
| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 January | Stabbing | 11 | 0 | Machh, Pakistan | Machh attack | 11 miners in Balochistan belonging to the Shi'ite Hazara sect were blindfolded and tied up before having their throats slit.[1] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Insurgency in Balochistan |
| 21 January | Suicide bombing | 32 (+2) | 110 | Baghdad, Iraq | January 2021 Baghdad bombings | Two suicide bombers attacked an open-air market.[2] | Islamic State | Islamic State insurgency in Iraq |
| 21 March | Mass shooting | 137 | Unknown | Tahoua Region, Niger | 2021 Tahoua attacks | Armed jihadists indiscriminately shot at people in the villages of Intazayane, Bakorat, and Wirsnat, as well as several other hamlets and camps throughout the Tahoua region.[3] | Islamic State in the Greater Sahara | Jihadist insurgency in Niger |
| 24 March – 5 April | Arson, beheadings, looting, mass shooting | 1190+ (+41) [4][5] | Unknown | Palma, Mozambique | Battle of Palma | Islamists invaded the city in Cabo Delgado Province, killing dozens of people before government forces regained control days later. Palma was left destroyed, and a major oil and gas company decided to suspend all operations in the area.[6] | Ansar al-Sunna Islamic State – Central Africa Province | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado |
| 28 March | Suicide bombing | 0 (+2) | 20 | Makassar, Indonesia | 2021 Makassar cathedral bombing | Two suspected suicide bombers attacked the Sacred Heart Cathedral during Palm Sunday service. The attack was allegedly carried out by the Islamic terrorist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.[7][8] | Terrorism in Indonesia | |
| 5 April | Prison escape | 0 | 0 | Owerri, Nigeria | Owerri prison break | A large group of armed men used explosives to break into a prison in Imo State, freeing 1,844 inmates.[9] | Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria | |
| 21 April | Car bombing | 5 | 11 | Quetta, Pakistan | Quetta Serena Hotel bombing | A car bomb exploded in the car park of the luxury Serena Hotel in Balochistan's capital.[10] | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Terrorism in Pakistan |
| 23 April | Stabbing | 1 (+1) | 0 | Rambouillet, France | Rambouillet knife attack | A man stabbed an admin worker to death at the police station in which she worked in Yvelines, Île-de-France. Police shot him dead at the scene. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism.[11][12] | Lone wolf | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
| 25 April | RPG attack | 31 | Unknown | Mainok, Nigeria | Mainok attack | A group of jihadists arrived in trucks and used rocket-propelled grenades to attack an army convoy and base in Borno State.[13] | ISWAP | Boko Haram insurgency |
| 3 May | Arson, mass shooting | 30 | 20 | Kodyel, Burkina Faso | Kodyel attack | About 100 insurgents burnt homes and shot residents in a village in Foutouri, Komondjari Province, Est Region[14] | Insurgency in the Maghreb | |
| 8 May | Car bombing | 90 | 240 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 2021 Kabul school bombing | Bombing of a school in a neighborhood frequently attacked by militants belonging to the regional Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province.[15][16] | Islamic State-Khorasan Province | War in Afghanistan |
| 23 May | Mass shooting | 18 | 0 | San Miguel del Ene, Peru | San Miguel del Ene attack | Shooting in a red-light zone bar of Vizcatán del Ene District, Satipo Province. Along with the corpses, some of which were burned, leaflets described the attack as a social cleansing operation.[17][18] | Shining Path | Internal conflict in Peru |
| 4–5 June | Mass shooting | 174 | Unknown | Solhan and Tadaryat, Burkina Faso | Solhan and Tadaryat massacres | In the evening of 4 June, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack at the village of Tadaryat in Yagha Province, Sahel Region. The attackers also raided the communities motorbikes and cattle. Hours later in the early morning of 5 June, insurgents attacked Solhan village in Yagha, killing around 138 civilians.[19][20][21][22] | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso | |
| 19 July | Suicide bombing | 35 (+1) | 60 | Baghdad, Iraq | July 2021 Baghdad bombing | A suicide bomber attacked Shias at a market in Sadr city.[23] | Islamic State | Islamic State insurgency in Iraq|- |
| 26 August | Suicide bombing | 183 | 200+ | Kabul, Afghanistan | 2021 Kabul airport attack | A suicide bombing occurred near Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport.[24][25][26] Among the dead were 13 US service members, two British nationals and a child of a British national.[27][28] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province | War in Afghanistan |
| 3 September | Stabbing | 0 (+1) | 7 | Auckland, New Zealand | 2021 Auckland Countdown stabbing | Stabbing at the LynnMall Countdown supermarket in New Lynn. The attacker was being followed by police who shot and killed him.[29] | Islamist (suspected) | Terrorism in New Zealand |
| 15 October | Stabbing | 1 | 0 | Leigh-on-Sea, England | Murder of David Amess | MP David Amess was stabbed multiple times outside a constituency surgery meeting in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.[30][31] The attacker was found guilty of murder and preparing acts of terrorism.[32] | Ali Harbi Ali | Terrorism in the United Kingdom |
| 7 November | Drone strike | 0 | 6 | Baghdad, Iraq | Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi | Attempt to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.[33] | Kata'ib Hezbollah (suspected) | Iraqi conflict |
| 14 November | Bombing | 0 (+1) | 1 | Liverpool, England | Liverpool Women’s Hospital bombing | An explosion occurred inside a taxi outside the main entrance of the Liverpool Women’s Hospital which was detonated by the passenger, who was killed.[34] The taxi driver was injured in the explosion.[35] | Lone-wolf | Terrorism in the United Kingdom |
| 21 November | Shooting | 1 (+1) | 4 | Jerusalem, Israel | 2021 Jerusalem shooting | A gunman opened fire on civilians before he was shot dead by the police.[36][37] | Hamas | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| 25 November | Suicide car bombing | 8 | 17 | Mogadishu, Somalia | November 2021 Mogadishu bombing | A suicide car bomb exploded outside a school as an African Union Mission to Somalia convoy drove through.[38] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
| 30 November | mass shooting, school shooting | 4 | 7 | Oxford, United States | 2021 Oxford High School shooting | A teenager opened fire on the students of the high school. | Ethan Crumbley[39][40] | |
| 3 December | Mass shooting, arson | 31 | 18 | Mopti Region, Mali | Mopti bus massacre | A bus carrying civilians was attacked by unknown militants.[41] | Islamists (suspected) | Mali War |
See also
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