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Selected terrorist attacks and related incidents worldwide - 2013

complied by Wm. Robert Johnston

Herein below the listed terrorist attacks that had been executed globally - Jan - May 2013.



10 Jan 2013
Pakistan
bombings at security checkpoint, billiards hall, nearby street, and market in Quetta, and bombing at mosque in Mingora
16 Jan 2013
Iraq
multiple bombings against Kurdish targets
16-19 Jan 2013
Amenas, Illizi, Algeria
hostage taking at oil facility, with up to 800 hostages initially, and Algerian troops retaking the facility after 3 days; 11 Algerians, 37 foreign workers, and 32 terrorists killed; foreigners killed included 10 Japanese, 8 Philippine citizens, 5 Norwegians, 5 British, and 3 Americans
17 Jan 2013
Iraq
multiple bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims
23 Jan 2013
Tuzkhurmatu, Selahaddin, Iraq
suicide bombing at funeral ceremony in Shiite mosque
4 Feb 2013
Taji, Baghdad, Iraq
suicide bombing attack on militia
8 Feb 2013
Iraq
two bombings in Baghdad market, two bombings in Hilla, and bombing near Karbala
16 Feb 2013
Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
bombing at market in Hazara Shitte neighborhood
3 Mar 2013
Monguno, Nigeria
Boko Karam attack on military base
4 Mar 2013
Akashat, Anbar, Iraq
attack on Syrian soldiers under Iraqi escort near Akashat; 48 Syrian soldiers and 9 Iraqi soldiers killed
14 Mar 2013
Baghdad, Iraq
multiple bombings of government buildings
19 Mar 2013
Baghdad, Iraq
15 car bombings, plus other bombings and attacks mostly on Shia neighborhoods
3 Apr 2013
Farah, Farah, Afghanistan
36 civilians and 12 security officers killed in attack by 9 terrorists on courthouse where other terrorists were being tried; first two attackers detonated suicide car bomb, others attacked with guns
15 Apr 2013
Iraq
multiple car bombings in Kirkuk, Tuz Khurmato, Baghdad, and other cities
15 Apr 2013
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
two bombings at Boston Marathon kill 3 (including 1 child) and injure 183 (including 8 children)
18 Apr 2013
Baghdad, Iraq
suicide bombing inside restaurant, with partial collapse of building during rescue operations
22 Apr 2013
Baga, Nigeria
Boko Karam attack on village
26 Apr 2013
Helmand, Afghanistan
bus crashed into wreckage of truck attacked by Taliban
11 May 2013
Reyhanli, Turkey
two car bombings near town hall and post office; 850 buildings damaged; officials arrested 9 Syrians for the attacks
15 May 2013
Iraq
multiple bombings in Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad; bombings in Kirkuk
17 May 2013
Iraq
twin bombings at Sunni mosque in Baquba, two bombings in Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad, and bombings in Madian and Fallujah
17 May 2013
Bazdarra, Malakand, Pakistan
bombings of two mosques

Source: [upon request]

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