List of terrorist incidents in 2001
Introduction This is a timeline of incidents in 2001 that have been labelled ''terrorism'' and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
List 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. * Casualty 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.
January DatesTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart of
February DatesTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart ofFebruary 9Massacre15Rajouri district, India'''2001 Chalwalkote massacre''': A group of Muslim militants massacred 15 Muslim villagers.Kashmiri Islamic Terrorists Insurgency in Jammu and KashmirFebruary 14Vehicular Assault8 (+1)26Near Azor, Israel'''2001 Azor attack''': A Hamas terrorist plowed a bus into a crowd, killing 8 and wounding 26.HamasSecond IntifadaFebruary 16Bus bombing1243Podujevo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'''Podujevo bus bombing''': A bus carrying Kosovo Serb pilgrims was bombed, killing 12.Kosovo Albanian extremists were suspected of being behind the attack.Kosovo Albanian extremists (suspected)Aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars
March DatesTypeDeadInjuredLocationDetailsPerpetratorPart ofMarch 4Suicide bombing3 (+1)65Netanya, Israel'''2001 Netanya bombing''': A Hamas suicide bomber killed 3 and wounded 65.HamasSecond IntifadaMarch 4Car bombing01White City, London, England, United Kingdom'''2001 BBC bombing''': The Real IRA exploded a car bomb outside the BBC's main news centre. One London Underground worker suffered deep cuts to his eye from flying glass and some damage was caused to the front of the building. Real IRADissident Irish Republican campaignMarch 16Bombing10838Shijiazhuang, Hebei'''Shijiazhuang bombings:''' A total of 108 people were killed, and 38 others injured when within a short period of time several bombs exploded near four apartment buildings.Jin Ruchaolone-wolf terroristMarch 26Sniper attack11Hebron, West Bank'''Murder of Shalhevet Pass:''' A 10-month-old Israeli baby named Shalhevet Pass is murdered in a sniper attack by Tanzim militant Mahmud Amru. Shalhevet's father was also wounded.TanzimSecond Intifada
April  Date  Type  Dead  Injured  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of April 14  Bombings  10  ≈50  Dhaka, Bangladesh  '''2001 Ramna Batamul bombings:''' Two bombs explode at a Pohela Boishakh parade. Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami  Internal conflict in Bangladesh April 28  Massacre  15   Vejce, Macedonia  '''Vejce massacre:''' 15 Macedonian special forces members are massacred by UÇK militants  UÇK  2001 insurgency in Macedonia
May  Date  Type  Dead  Injured  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of   May 8  Kidnapping and murder  2  0  Tekoa, West Bank  '''Murders of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran:''' Two Israeli teenagers are kidnapped and murdered from an Israeli settlement. The killers are never found. Unknown  Second Intifada May 18  Suicide Bombing  5 (+1)  100+  Netanya, Israel  '''2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing:''' A Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a shopping mall, 5 people were killed in the blast and over 100 men, women and children were injured. Hamas  Second Intifada
June  Date  Type  Deaths  Injuries  Location  Details  Perpetrators  Part of  June 1  Suicide bombing  21 (+1)  100+  Tel Aviv, Israel  '''Dolphinarium discotheque massacre:''' A Palestinian named Saeed Hotari blew himself up while waiting in line to enter the Dolphinarium nightclub, killing 21 people, mostly teenage girls. Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility. Hamas  Islamic Jihad  Israeli–Palestinian conflict
July  Date  Type  Deaths  Injuries  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of July 16  Suicide bombing  2 (+1)  6  Israel  '''Binyamina train station suicide bombing:''' An Arab suicide bomber detonated at a bus stop near a train station. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack which killed two people. Islamic Jihad  Israeli–Palestinian conflict
August  Date  Type  Deaths  Injuries  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of August 3  Bombing  0  7  Ealing, United Kingdom  '''2001 Ealing bombing''': The last (at time of writing) IRA bomb on mainland Britain explodes in West London, injuring seven people. Real IRA  Dissident Irish Republican campaign August 3  Massacre  17  5  Doda district, India  '''2001 Kishtwar massacre:''' 17 Hindu villagers are kidnapped and murdered by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. LeT  Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir August 9  Suicide bombing  15 (+1)  130  Jerusalem, Israel  '''Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing:''' Hamas militant Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri blows himself up in a Sbarro restaurant, killing 15 civilians, including 7 children and a pregnant woman. Hamas  Second Intifada August 10  Land mine, shooting  252  165  Angola  '''2001 Angola train attack:''' UNITA militants derail a train en route from Zenza do Itombe to Dondo and open fire on the passengers after they came out the train. UNITA  Angolan Civil War
September  Date  Type  Deaths  Injuries  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of September 9  Suicide bombing  3 (+1)  94  Nahariya, Israel  '''Nahariya train station suicide bombing:''' A suicide bomber detonated at a train station, killing three people and wounding over 90 unarmed civilians. The Palestinian militant group Hamas took responsibility for the murders. Islamists  Second Intifada  September 11  Suicide hijackings  2,977 (+19)  6,000+  United States  '''September 11 attacks''': 2,977 victims and 19 terrorists were killed in a series of hijacked airliner crashes into two U.S. landmarks: the World Trade Center in New York City, and The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. A fourth plane, suspected by many to have been originally intended to hit the White House or the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after an apparent revolt against the hijackers by the plane's passengers. Al-Qaeda  September 18  Bioterrorism  5  17  United States  '''2001 anthrax attacks:''' A number of letters containing high-grade Anthrax are sent to U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Tom Daschle and a number of news organizations across the U.S. in September and October 2001, killing five people and infecting seventeen others. The prime suspect, Bruce Edwards Ivins, a microbiologist for the USAMRIID, committed suicide in 2008 after learning that charges against him were likely, but he has never been confirmed to have committed the attacks. Unknown  September 27Bombing00Santiago de Chile, Chile '''Case Letter-bombs:''' The so-called "letter-bomb" case was a terrorist attack on the United States Embassy, perpetuated by Lenin Guardia, a sociologist and intelligence analyst, who was known to have contributed to the disarticulation of a guerrilla group during the transition to democracy, that its end was the indictment of the FPMR (Chilean extreme left group).Lenin Guardia
October  Date  Type  Dead  Injured  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of October 1  Suicide car bombings  38 (+3)   Srinagar, India  ''' 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing:''' Three suicide car bombers ram their cars into the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly JeM  Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir October 17  Assassination  1  0  Jerusalem, Israel  '''Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi:''' Israel's tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by three Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members at the Hyatt hotel PFLP  Second Intifada
November  Date  Type  Dead  Injured  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of November 29  Suicide bombing  3 (+1)  7  Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel  '''Pardes Hanna bus bombing:''' An Arab suicide bomber detonated on a bus traveling on a major highway between Hadera and Afula, killing 3.Islamic Jihad  Second Intifada
December  Date  Type  Deaths  Injuries  Location  Details  Perpetrator  Part of  December 1  Suicide bombings, car bombing  11 (+2)  188  Jerusalem, Israel  '''Ben Yehuda Street bombings#2001:''' Arab suicide bombers detonated on Ben Yehuda Street, a pedestrian mall frequented by many young people on Saturday night. A car bomb exploded nearby 20 minutes later. Ten people were killed, including many children, and 188 were injured in the terrorist attacks. Hamas  Second Intifada December 2  Suicide bombing  15 (+1)  40  Haifa, Israel  '''Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing:''' A Hamas suicide bomber boarded a bus traveling from the Neveh Sha'anan district, paying the driver with a large bill. He then blew himself up as the driver asked him to collect his change. Hamas  Second Intifada December 12  Bombing, shooting  11 (+3)  30  Immanuel, West Bank  '''2001 Immanuel bus attack:''' Three Palestinian militants from Hamas detonate two roadside bombs before opening fire on a bus Hamas  Second Intifada December 13  Shooting  9 (+5)  18  New Delhi, India  '''2001 Indian Parliament attack:''' A group of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists open fire on the Indian Parliament, killing 8 security personnel and a gardener. LeT  JeM   December 22  Attempted bombing  0  0  France/United States Over Atlantic Ocean  '''2001 failed shoe bomb attempt:''' Al-Qaeda operative Richard Reid attempts detonate plastic explosives hidden in his shoes on American Airlines Flight 63 en route from Paris to Miami, but is subdued by other passengers. Richard Reid  (Al-Qaeda)
See also *List of terrorist incidents*List of Palestinian suicide attacks*List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2002–06
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