List of terrorist attacks in Kenya

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The list of terrorist attacks in Kenya contains an overview of particularly serious (at least 100 victims) terrorist attacks that have occurred in Kenya .

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 . With priority on state independence or autonomyThe targeting orientation is preceded by the autonomist , followed by the region or the ethnic group and, if necessary, further characteristics of the perpetrators: Armenian , Irish ( Catholic ), Kurdish , Tyrolean , Chechen , Dagestani , 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

    • 1975

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0March 1, 1975 Kenya Attack in Nairobi Maskini Liberation Front explosive Bus stop 27 100

    1980

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    December 31, 1980 Kenya Attack in Nairobi DFLP autonomist-Palestinian explosive Hotel building 20th 85 Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    1992

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    March 10, 1992 Kenya Stop near Kericho Spears Village 0 32
    April 12, 1992 Kenya Stop near Bungoma Automatic firearm (s), arson Village 40 0

    1994

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0May 7, 1994 Kenya Stop in North-Eastern explosive Truck with relief supplies 35 0

    1998

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0August 7, 1998 Kenya
    Tanzania
    USA     		Attacks in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi Al-Qaida , al-Jihad Salafist, Wahhabi, pan-Islamic, anti-communist, anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic explosive building 233 (+2) 4085+

    2005

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    July 12, 2005 Kenya Stop in Eastern Firearms primary school 44

    2007

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    June 11, 2007 Kenya Attack in Nairobi Suicide bomber Bus stop, civilians 2 (+1) 35 Somali civil war

    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
    0January 4, 2008 Kenya Stop in Rift Valley Firearms Tribal members 30th

    2010

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    June 13, 2010 Kenya Attack in Nairobi 3 grenades Civilians 6th 109
    December 20, 2010 Kenya Attack in Nairobi presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Explosive device Bus stop, civilians 2 (+1) 40 Somali civil war

    2012

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0January 1, 2012 Kenya Attack in Garissa presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Grenades, firearms Local 5 28 Somali civil war
    March 10, 2012 Kenya Attack in Nairobi presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Grenades Bus station 4th 40 Somali civil war
    March 31, 2012 Kenya Stop in Coast al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist grenade Civilians 2 30th Somali civil war
    May 28, 2012 Kenya Attack in Nairobi presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Explosive device shopping mall 1 37 Somali civil war
    0July 1, 2012 Kenya Attack in Garissa al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Assault rifles, grenades Cathedral, church 18th 66 Somali civil war
    November 18, 2012 Kenya Attack in Nairobi al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Explosive device bus 10 30th Somali civil war

    2013

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    April 26, 2013 Kenya Bungoma County attack Civilians 0 50 Somali civil war
    June 23, 2013 Kenya Mandera County attack Panzerfaust Refugee camp 15th 21st Somali civil war
    21st September 2013 Kenya Attack in Nairobi al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Automatic firearms, grenades, hostage-taking shopping mall 67 (+5) 300 Somali civil war
    December 14, 2013 Kenya Attack in Nairobi presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Explosive device bus 4th 36 Somali civil war

    2014

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    February 10, 2014 Kenya Attack in Nairobi Machetes, hostage-taking school 1 41 Somali civil war
    0May 3, 2014 Kenya Attack in Mombasa al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Explosive device minibus 3 21st Somali civil war
    0May 4, 2014 Kenya Attack in Nairobi al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist 2 explosives buses 3 86 Somali civil war
    May 16, 2014 Kenya Attack in Nairobi al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Car bomb, explosive device Bus, market 10 70 Somali civil war
    15th June 2014 Kenya Lamu County attack presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms, arson Village 48 3 Somali civil war
    0November 1, 2014 Kenya Turkana County attack al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms police officers 22nd 0 Somali civil war
    22nd November 2014 Kenya Mandera County attack al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms Non-Muslim civilians 28 Somali civil war
    02nd December 2014 Kenya Stop near Mandera al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Firearms and stabbing weapons Christian civilians 36 0 Somali civil war

    2015

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    02nd April 2015 Kenya Attack in Garissa al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Assault rifles, explosive belts, grenades University, students 148 (+4) 104 Somali civil war

    2016

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0July 1, 2016 Kenya Attack in Mandera presumably al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Machine guns buses 0 20th Somali civil war

    2019

    Date / start Affected country attack Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    15th January 2019 Kenya Attack in Nairobi al-Shabaab Wahhabi, Islamist Suicide bombers, firearms, hostage-taking Hotel complex 21 (+5) 28 Somali civil war

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 197503010001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Kenya's first terror attack caught police unawares , Standard Digital, October 9, 2013 (accessed July 28, 2016)
    3. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 198012310002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on October 15, 2018 .
    4. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199203100015 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 25, 2018 .
    5. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 199204120009 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 26, 2018 .
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    10. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved September 30, 2018
    11. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved September 30, 2018
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    13. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
    14. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
    15. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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    17. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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    22. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201309210001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 14, 2018 .
    23. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201312140012 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
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    31. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
    32. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 201504020031 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 13, 2018 .
    33. ^ Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
    34. ↑ Kenya: At least 14 dead in attack on hotel complex. In: tagesschau.de . January 16, 2019, accessed January 16, 2019 .