List of terrorist attacks in Belgium

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The list of terrorist attacks in Belgium includes an overview in Belgium perpetrated 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 dead / injured in brackets () represent the perpetrators killed / injured in the attacks.

    1980

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    July 27, 1980 Belgium Attack in Antwerp Abu Nidal Organization autonomist-Palestinian grenade Jewish civilians in front of the cultural center 1 20th Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    2003

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0June 4, 2003 Belgium Attack in Brussels Letters with adamsite and hydrazine US embassy employee 0 20th

    2016

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    March 22, 2016 Belgium Attack in Brussels IS Salafist, Wahhabi 3 suicide bombers Airport, subway station 32 (+3) 340

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198007270001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed December 7, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 200306040003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed December 7, 2018 .
    3. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved October 29, 2018.