List of terrorist attacks on churches

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The list of terrorist attacks on churches includes an overview on churches committed terrorist attacks .

For a large overview, see the list of terrorist attacks .

Explanation

The political or ideological classification of the perpetrators is given in the Political Orientation column : Fascist , racist , nationalist , National Socialist , socialist , communist , anti-imperialist , Islamist ( Shiite , Sunni , Deobandic , Salafist , Wahhabi ), Hindu . If the focus is primarily on state independence or autonomy , the prefix is autonomous , followed by the region or ethnic group and, if applicable, further characteristics of the perpetrators: Armenian , Irish ( Catholic ), Kurdish , Tyrolean , Chechen , Dagestan , Punjab ( Sikhist ), Palestinian .

The number of victims of the attacks are shown in color:

  • unknown number of dead or injured
  • 0 dead or injured
  • 1–19 dead or injured
  • 20–49 dead or injured
  • 50–99 dead or injured
  • 100 and more dead or injured

    • The number of perpetrators killed / injured in the attacks is shown in brackets () .

    Country Number of attacks
    NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 13
    IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia 6th
    PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines 6th
    IraqIraq Iraq 4th
    PakistanPakistan Pakistan 4th
    EgyptEgypt Egypt 3
    Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 2
    IndiaIndia India 2
    KenyaKenya Kenya 2
    ColombiaColombia Colombia 2
    PeruPeru Peru 2
    Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka 2
    Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Central African Republic 2
    BurundiBurundi Burundi 1
    LebanonLebanon Lebanon 1
    Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 1
    RwandaRwanda Rwanda 1
    South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1
    TajikistanTajikistan Tajikistan 1
    TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 1
    total 57

    1970-2004

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    April 20, 1981 Philippines Stop in Davao City presumably NPA Marxist-Leninist-Maoist grenade cathedral 13 161 Communist revolutionary struggle in the Philippines
    July 29, 1984 Peru Stop in Santa Rosa presumably shining path Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Firearms church 20th 40 Armed conflict in Peru
    0September 7, 1986 Philippines Attack in Salvador Milf autonomist, moro-socialist Firearms church 8 (+2) 96 Moro conflict
    October 23, 1986 Peru Attack in Huamanga Maoists Maoist Firearm (noun) church 22nd 5 Armed conflict in Peru
    June 25, 1989 Philippines Attack in Digos City NPA Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Automatic firearm (s) chapel 39 8th Communist revolutionary struggle in the Philippines
    March 29, 1991 Lebanon Attack in Beirut Car bomb church 4th 27 Lebanese civil war
    December 16, 1991 Colombia Attack in the Department of Cauca Right-wing extremists right-wing extremist Automatic firearm church 20th 10 Armed conflict in Colombia
    23rd August 1992 Philippines Attack in Zamboanga City presumably Muslim separatists Grenade (noun) Catholic shrine 4th 40 Moro conflict
    July 25, 1993 South Africa Attack in Cape Town Azanian People's Liberation Army socialist, communist Firearms church 11 58
    0June 9, 1994 Rwanda Attack in Kigali Automatic firearm (s) church 70 0 Genocide in Rwanda
    03rd September 1994 Burundi Attack in Muyinga church 70 Genocides in Burundi
    July 18, 1999 Republic of the Congo Stop in Bouenza probably Pascal Lissouba -Unterstützer explosive church 44
    May 21, 2000 India Attack in Machilipatnam Explosive device church 0 22nd
    May 28, 2000 Indonesia Attack in Medan Explosive device church 0 60
    0October 1, 2000 Tajikistan Attack in Dushanbe 2 explosives church 7th 70
    December 24, 2000 Indonesia Stop series Jemaah Islamiyah , al-Qaeda Pan-Islamic, Islamic fundamentalist, Salafist, Wahhabi, anti-communist, anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic Explosives Churches 18 (+1) 118
    July 22, 2001 Indonesia Attack in Jakarta 2 explosives Churches, minibus 0 59
    March 17, 2002 Pakistan Attack in Islamabad presumably al-Qaeda Salafist, Wahhabi, pan-Islamic, anti-communist, anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic Grenades church 5 46
    0May 2, 2002 Colombia Stop in Bojayá FARC EP Marxist-Leninist, left-nationalist mortar church 119 80 Armed conflict in Colombia
    September 15, 2002 Indonesia Attack in Maluku Utara Firearms, arson Churches, mosques, residential buildings, civilians 2 36
    0November 8, 2004 Iraq Attack in Baghdad 2 explosives Churches 3 25th Iraqi resistance

    2005

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background

    2006

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0July 8, 2006 India Attack in Jammu and Kashmir grenade church 5 45 Uprising in Kashmir
    August 13, 2006 Sri Lanka Attack in Jaffna Missiles Church, civilians 40 50 Civil War in Sri Lanka

    2007

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background

    2008

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0January 1, 2008 Kenya Stop in Eldoret Stabbing weapons, arson church 50
    July 27, 2008 United States Stop in Knoxville Jim David Adkisson anti-liberal, anti-democratic, racist, homophobic Shotgun church 2 7th
    December 24, 2008 Democratic Republic of Congo Christmas massacre 2008 LRA Christian Axes, machetes, arson, kidnapping Christmas concert, church (s), villages 860+ LRA conflict

    2009

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    January 17, 2009 Democratic Republic of Congo Stop in Orientale LRA Christian Arson, axes Believers in church, civilians, homes, shops 400 LRA conflict
    0July 5, 2009 Philippines Stop near Cotabato City probably a MILF autonomist, moro-socialist Explosive device cathedral 4th 34 Moro conflict
    July 12, 2009 Iraq Attack in Baghdad 4 explosives, car bomb Churches 4th 32 Iraqi resistance

    2010

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    October 31, 2010 Iraq Attack in Baghdad Islamic State of Iraq Salafist, Wahhabi hostage taking church 53 (+5) 75 Iraqi resistance
    December 24, 2010 Nigeria Attack in Maiduguri Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms, arson church 5 25th Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2011

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0January 1, 2011 Egypt Attack in Alexandria probably Jaish al-Islam Salafist, Sunni-Islamist Suicide bomber Church, civilians 22 (+1) 97
    September 25, 2011 Indonesia Attack in Surakarta Jamaah Ansharut Tawheed Suicide bomber church 0 (+1) 22nd
    0November 4, 2011 Nigeria Attack in Damaturu Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Explosives Police headquarters, police stations, churches, civilians 60 100 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    December 25, 2011 Nigeria Stop near Abuja Kabiru Soko ( Boko Haram ) Wahhabi, Islamist explosive Catholic Church 37 57 Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2012

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    February 26, 2012 Nigeria Stop in Jos Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers with car bombs church 3 (+2) 38 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    March 11, 2012 Nigeria Stop near Jos Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber with a car bomb church 3 (+1) 22nd Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    0April 8, 2012 Nigeria Attack in Kaduna probably Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber with a car bomb church 41 (+1) 10 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    June 10, 2012 Nigeria Stop in Jos Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber with a car bomb church 1 (+1) 41 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    17th June 2012 Nigeria Attack in Zaria Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 3 suicide bombers with car bombs Churches 19 (+3) 80 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    0July 1, 2012 Kenya Attack in Garissa al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Assault rifles, grenades Cathedral, church 18th 66 Somali civil war
    23rd September 2012 Nigeria Attack in Bauchi probably Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber with a car bomb church 2 (+1) 48 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    October 28, 2012 Nigeria Attack in Kaduna probably Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber with a car bomb Catholic Church 2 (+1) 100 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    November 25, 2012 Nigeria Attack in Kaduna Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers with car bombs Church, first responders 30 (+2) 11 Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2013

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0May 5, 2013 Tanzania Attack in Arusha Explosive device Church, Francisco Montecillo Padilla 3 60+ Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    22nd September 2013 Pakistan Attack in Peshawar Jundallah Sunni-Islamist, Salafist 2 suicide bombers church 85 (+2) 131 Conflict in Northwest Pakistan
    December 25, 2013 Iraq Attack in Baghdad IS Salafist, Wahhabi Explosive device, car bomb Market, Christian civilians, church 40 60 Uprising in Iraq (after US withdrawal)

    2014

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    January 26, 2014 Nigeria Attack in Adamawa Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms, explosives church 22nd Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2015

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    March 15, 2015 Pakistan Attack in Lahore Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Islamist 2 suicide bombers, firearm, grenade Churches 19 (+2) 70 Conflict in Northwest Pakistan
    17th June 2015 United States Attack in Charleston Dylann Roof racist, right-wing extremist gun Church, black churchgoers 9 9
    05th July 2015 Nigeria Stop in Yobe Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber church 6 (+1) 20th Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2016

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    July 26, 2016 France Stop in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray Abdel Malik Petitjean, Adel Kermiche ( IS ) Salafist, Wahhabi Firearm, knife church 1 (+2) 1
    December 11, 2016 Egypt Attack in Cairo Muslim Brotherhood , probably IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bomber Coptic Church 28 (+1) 46

    2017

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0April 9, 2017 Egypt Attacks in Tanta and Alexandria IS Salafist, Wahhabi 2 suicide bombers Churches, police officers 48 (+2) 136
    September 24, 2017 United States Attack in Tennessee Emanuel Kidega Samson gun church 1 8th
    17th December 2017 Pakistan Attack in Quetta IS Salafist, Wahhabi 2 suicide bombers with grenades and assault rifles church 9 (+2) 56 Conflict in Northwest Pakistan

    2018

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    February 18, 2018 Russia Attack in Kisljar Khalil Khalilov ( IS ) Salafist, Wahhabi Shotgun Church, civilians 5 (+1) 5 Russian-Chechen conflict
    01st May 2018 Central African Republic Attack in Bangui Grenades, firearms Church, mosque, health center 26th 170 Civil War in the Central African Republic
    May 13, 2018 Indonesia Attacks in Surabaya and Sidoarjo IS Salafist, Wahhabi Suicide bombers, suicide bombers with car bombs, explosives 3 churches, apartment complex, police building 15 (+13) 57
    19th May 2018 Russia Attack in Grozny IS Salafist, Wahhabi Firearms church 3 (+4) 2 Russian-Chechen conflict
    15th November 2018 Central African Republic Attack in Alindao Anti-Balaka , Séléka christian, muslim Firearms Muslim / Christian civilians, cathedral 60 Civil War in the Central African Republic

    2019

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    January 27, 2019 Philippines Stop in Jolo Abu Sajaf Islamist, Islamic fundamentalist 2 explosives cathedral 22nd 102 Moro conflict
    April 21, 2019 Sri Lanka Stop series probably National Thowheeth Jama'ath salafist 11 suicide bombers, explosive devices Churches, hotels, residential complex 258 500

    Individual evidence

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