This is a list of terrorist incidents in 2024, 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.
Total incidents: 27
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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2 January | Stabbing | 0 | 1 | Gadeokdo, South Korea | Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung | Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck while visiting the construction site of an airport. The suspect was arrested on the scene.[1][2] | Kim Jin-sung | 2024 South Korean legislative election |
3 January | Suicide bombings | 103 (+2) | 284 | Kerman, Iran | Kerman bombings | A double suicide bombing occurred on the fourth anniversary of Qasem Soleimani's assassination during a commemorative ceremony.[3][4] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[5][6] | Assassination and terrorism in Iran |
15 January | Vehicular attack, stabbing | 1 | 18 | Ra'anana, Israel | 2024 Ra'anana attack | Two Palestinians rammed a car into pedestrians in the city of Ra'anana, after they exited the car they also stabbed one person.[7][8] | Hamas | Terrorism in Israel |
27 January | Shooting | 9 | 3 | Saravan, Iran | 2024 Saravan killings | 12 Pakistani workers were shot by unknown gunmen. Nine of the twelve shot died | 3 Unknown gunmen | Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency and 2024 Iran-Pakistan border skirmishes |
28 January | Shooting | 1 | 1 | Istanbul, Turkey | 2024 Istanbul church shooting | Two men started shooting in the Church of Santa Maria during Sunday Mass. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.[9][10] | Islamic State | Turkey–Islamic State conflict |
Drone attack | 3 | 47 | Rukban, Jordan | Tower 22 drone attack | A drone attack on U.S. military outpost Tower 22 killed 3 U.S. military personnel and wounded 47 others | Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Islamic Resistance in Iraq | Spillover of the Israel-Hamas war | |
6 February | Bombings | 10 | 20+ | Mogadishu, Somalia | 2024 Mogadishu market bombing | Four blasts went off in different areas of the crowded Bakaara Market.[11][12] | Al-Shabaab (suspected) | Somali Civil War |
Shooting | 1 (+2) | 6 | Istanbul, Turkey | 2024 Istanbul Palace of Justice shooting | Two suspects attacked a security checkpoint near the Istanbul Justice Palace before being killed in a shootout with police.[13] | Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front | DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey | |
7 February | Bombings | 28–30+ | 40+ | Pishin District and Qilla Saifullah District, Pakistan | 2024 Balochistan bombings | Two bombings occurred at separate political offices in Balochistan province a day before the 2024 Pakistani general election.[14] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[15] | Insurgency in Balochistan |
9 February | Shooting | 25 | Unknown | Mucojo, Mozambique | 2024 Mucojo attack | Militants stormed a military position of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.[16] | Islamic State – Mozambique Province | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado |
16 February | Shooting | 2 (+1) | 4 | Kiryat Malakhi, Israel | 2024 Re'em Junction shooting | A Palestinian man shot at people waiting at a bus stop. The attacker was killed by a bystander.[17][18] | Fadi Jamjoun | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
29 February | Shooting | 2 (+3) | 0 | Eli, West Bank | 2024 Eli shooting | A Palestinian police officer shot at Israeli civilians at a gas station. The shooter and two other terrorists involved in the attack were killed.[19][20] | Mohammad Manasrah | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
14 March | Suicide car bombing, siege | 8 (+6) | 27 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege | An al-Shabaab suicide bomber drove a car loaded with explosives to the front of the SYL Hotel. After the explosion militants sieged the hotel. After more than 13 hours, the siege was ended by security forces.[21][22][23] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
21 March | Suicide Bombing | 21 (+1) | 50 | Kandahar, Afghanistan | 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing | An Islamic State suicide bomber, identified by IS as Mu’awiyah al-Panjshiri, blew himself up at a New Kabul Bank in the PD-1 area of the city of Kandahar, Southern Afghanistan, as Taliban members were withdrawing their salaries, killing 21 people and wounding 50 others.[24] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[25] | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
Ambush | 23 (+30) | 17 | Tillabéri Region, Niger | 2024 Tillabéri attack | Over 100 Islamic State militants ambushed a convoy of Nigerien soldiers between Teguey and Bankilare.[26][27][28] | Islamic State – Sahil Province | Jihadist insurgency in Niger | |
22 March | Shooting, bombing, arson | 145 | 551 | Krasnogorsk, Russia | Crocus City Hall attack | A mass shooting and multiple explosions occurred at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast. A fire broke out during the attack.[29][30] The Islamic State has claimed responsibility. | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[31] | Terrorism in Russia |
26 March | Suicide bombing | 6 (+1) | 0 | Shangla District, Pakistan | 2024 Shangla bombing | A suicide bombing occurred when an explosive laden vehicle rammed itself into a bus carrying Chinese nationals who were being taken to the Dasu Dam. All 6 people in the bus and the attacker were killed.[32][33] | Unknown | Terrorism in Pakistan |
30 March | Car bombing | 8+ | 23+ | Azaz, Syria | 2024 Azaz bombing | A car bomb exploded at a crowded market. No group has claimed responsibility, but a militant from Ahrar al-Sham was arrested.[34][35][36][37][38] | Ahrar al-Sham (suspected) | Syrian civil war |
4 April | Suicide bombing | 2 (+1) | 8 | Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, Syria | High-ranking HTS official Abu Maria al-Qahtani was killed alongside another HTS member, and 8 others were wounded, after a suspected Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up in a house, where Qathani and the other HTS members were breaking their fast after Iftar, in the town of Sarmada.[39] | Islamic State (suspected)[40] | Syrian civil war | |
12 April | Kidnapping, Execution | 9 | 0 | Shangla District, Pakistan | Nushki incident | Armed attackers intercepted a bus from Quetta to Taftan and abducted nine passengers, which were later found shot dead.[41] | Balochistan Liberation Army[42] | Insurgency in Balochistan |
19 April | Suicide attack | 1 (+2) | 3 | Karachi, Pakistan | A suicide bombing near Murtaza Chowrangi in Landhi targeted a van transporting five Japanese nationals, who survived the attack. Although, one security guard succumbed to his injuries, the suicide bomber responsible for the attack was killed, and his accomplice was shot dead.[43] | Baloch Republican Army[44] | Insurgency in Balochistan | |
17 May | Stabbing, shooting | 2 (+1) | 1 | Ulu Tiram, Malaysia | 2024 Ulu Tiram police station attack | A man attacked the police station in Ulu Tiram to seize firearms for Jemaah Islamiyah. The attacker was shot and killed by the police.[45][46] | Jemaah Islamiyah | Terrorism in Malaysia |
17 May | Shooting | 6 | 8 | Bamyan, Afghanistan | 2024 Bamyan shooting | Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying foreign tourists from Spain, Norway, Lithuania, and Australia, alongside their Afghan guides, in the city of Bamyan, Central Afghanistan.[47] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[48] | Islamic State-Taliban conflict |
9 June | Ambush, shooting | 9 | 41 | Reasi district, India | 2024 Reasi attack | A group of gunmen ambushed a passenger bus carrying Hindu pilgrims, causing it to crash into a ravine.[49] | The Resistance Front[50] | Kashmir conflict |
23 June | Mass shooting, spree shooting, arson | 22 (+5) | 46 | Dagestan, Russia | 2024 Dagestan attack | Islamic State – Caucasus Province | Terrorism in Russia | |
29 June | Crossbow Attack | 0 (+1) | 1 | Belgrade, Serbia | 2024 attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgrade | An armed assailant attacked the Israeli embassy in Serbia and shot an officer in the neck who was guarding it before being fatally shot by police.[51] | Salahudin Zujovic | Terrorism in Serbia |
Bombings | 32 | 48 | Borno State, Nigeria | 2024 Borno State bombings | At least three bomb blasts targeted several areas in Gwoza killing thirty-two people and injuring forty-eight others.[52] | Three suicide bombers | Crime in Nigeria |
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