List of terrorist attacks in Cameroon

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The list of terrorist attacks in Cameroon includes an overview in Cameroon committed 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

    • 2007

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    November 12, 2007 Cameroon Attack on the Bakassi Peninsula Firearms soldiers 21 (+10)

    2014

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    September 21, 2014 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms market 20th Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    15th October 2014 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Stabbing weapons, arson Village 30th Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    December 26, 2014 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Arson Village 23 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    December 29, 2014 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Civilians 30th Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2015

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    04th February 2015 Cameroon Stop in photo Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms and stabbing weapons, arson Village, mosques, soldiers 94 (+50) Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    July 22, 2015 Cameroon Attack in Maroua Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers Markets 11 (+2) 32 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    July 25, 2015 Cameroon Attack in Maroua Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber bar 21 (+1) 67 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    23rd August 2015 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist kidnapping Civilians 27 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    03rd September 2015 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers Market, military base, civilians 42 (+2) 143 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    20th September 2015 Cameroon Attack in Mora Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 female suicide bombers Checkpoint, civilians 3 (+2) 29 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    October 11, 2015 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 female suicide bombers restaurant 9 (+2) 29 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    0November 9, 2015 Cameroon Stop in photo Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 female suicide bombers Refugees, mosques, civilians 3 (+2) 20th Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    December 11, 2015 Cameroon Attack in Kolofata Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber Stadium, civilians 7 (+1) 22nd Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2016

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    January 25, 2016 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 4 suicide bombers Market, civilians 32 (+4) 86 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    February 10, 2016 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 female suicide bombers funeral 6 (+2) 31 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    19th February 2016 Cameroon Stop in meme Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers market 24 (+2) 112 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    0June 6, 2016 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist kidnapping Fisherman 52 0 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    August 21, 2016 Cameroon Attack in Mora Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber on motorcycle market 3 (+1) 24 Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2017

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0April 8, 2017 Cameroon Attack in Kolofata Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber Civilians 4 (+1) 23 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    0April 8, 2017 Cameroon Attack in Kolofata Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber Civilians 4 (+1) 23 Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    July 12, 2017 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers market 12 (+2) 40+ Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    August 25, 2017 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Automatic firearms, arson, hostage-taking Village 15th 30th Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    20th November 2017 Cameroon Attack in Kolofata Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber market 2 (+1) 20th Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    December 31, 2017 Cameroon Attack in extreme north probably Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bomber Coffee shop 1 (+1) 28 Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2018

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    05th May 2018 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 suicide bombers, firearms, arson mosque 12 (+7) 20th Sharia conflict in Nigeria
    November 28, 2018 Cameroon Attack in extreme north Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist 2 female suicide bombers market 0 (+2) 29 Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    2019

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0June 9, 2019 Cameroon Stop in diamaré Boko Haram Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms Village 37 (+?) 0 Sharia conflict in Nigeria

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
    2. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    3. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    4. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    5. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    6. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    7. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    8. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
    9. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201508230046 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on February 22, 2019 .
    10. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
    11. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201509200007 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 21, 2018 .
    12. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201510110018 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 21, 2018 .
    13. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201511090020 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 25, 2018 .
    14. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201512110005 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 25, 2018 .
    15. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
    16. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201602100001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on October 28, 2018 .
    17. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
    18. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201606060038 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on October 31, 2018 .
    19. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201608210026 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 12, 2018 .
    20. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201704080006 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 21, 2018 .
    21. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201704080006 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 21, 2018 .
    22. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
    23. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
    24. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201711200017 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 18, 2018 .
    25. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201712300011 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 18, 2018 .
    26. ↑ Cameroon: Boko Haram kill 14 in Mabanda. May 7, 2018, accessed March 23, 2019 .
    27. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
    28. ↑ Female suicide bomber injures 29 in Cameroon. In: Vanguard (Nigeria) . November 28, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 .
    29. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201811280019 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on February 26, 2020 .
    30. ↑ Death toll of Boko Haram attack in Cameroon's Far North region rises to 37. In: Xinhua . June 12, 2019, accessed June 15, 2019 .