The list of terrorist attacks in Russia contains an overview of terrorist attacks that have occurred in Russia .
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:
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unknown number of dead or injured
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0 dead or injured
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1–19 dead or injured
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20–49 dead or injured
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50–99 dead or injured
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100 and more dead or injured
 
1989
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| September 16, 1989 | Soviet Union | Attack in Yevlax |  |  | explosive | bus | 5 | 27 |  | 
1990
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| May 28, 1990 | Soviet Union | Attack in Yerevan | Armenian  extremists |  | Automatic firearm (s) | Police barracks | 15th | 43 |  | 
1995
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| June 14, 1995 | Russia | Attack in Budyonnovsk | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | autonomist-Chechen | hostage taking | hospital | 140+ | 415+ | First Chechen War | 
| 04th December 1995 | Russia | Attack in Grozny | CRI | autonomist-Chechen | Car bomb | Bazaar, government building | 11 | 60+ | First Chechen War | 
1998
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 05th September 1998 | Russia | Attacks in Dagestan and Arkhangelsk |  |  | Car bomb, hostage situation | Civilians, school | 17th | 80 | Second Chechnya War | 
1999
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| March 19, 1999 | Russia | Attack in Vladikavkaz | probably Chechen rebels |  | Car bomb | market | 64 | 104 | Second Chechnya War | 
| August 31, 1999 | Russia | Stop series | allegedly Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | Explosives | Shopping arcade, residential buildings | 293 | 1000+ | Second Chechnya War | 
2000
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 0March 2, 2000 | Russia | Attack in Grozny | probably Chechen rebels |  | Machine guns, grenade launchers | Riot police | 16 | 21st | Second Chechnya War | 
2001
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| March 24, 2001 | Russia | Attack in Mineralnye Vody | probably Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | Car bomb | market | 18th | 86 | Second Chechnya War | 
| June 19, 2001 | Russia | Attack in Gudermes | Chechen rebels |  | 3 car bombs | Courthouse, police station | 2 | 35 | Second Chechnya War | 
| August 19, 2001 | Russia | Attack in Astrakhan | probably Chechen rebels |  | Explosive device | market | 6th | 50 | Second Chechnya War | 
| November 10, 2001 | Russia | Attack in Vladikavkaz | probably Chechen rebels |  | Explosive device | Russian civilians | 6th | 43 | Second Chechnya War | 
2002
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| April 28, 2002 | Russia | Attack in Vladikavkaz |  |  | Explosive device | market | 9 | 34 | Second Chechnya War | 
| 0May 9, 2002 | Russia | Attack in Samoskvorechye | probably Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | Explosive device | Military parade | 43+ | 130+ | Second Chechnya War | 
| October 11, 2002 | Russia | Attack in Grozny | probably Chechen rebels |  | explosive | Police station | 24 |  | Second Chechnya War | 
| October 23, 2002 | Russia | Attack in Moscow | Rijadus-Salichin , Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, Special Purpose Islamic Regiment | autonomist-Chechen, Islamist | hostage taking | theatre | 133 (+40) | 700+ | Second Chechnya War | 
| December 27, 2002 | Russia | Attack in Grozny | Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | 3 suicide bombers with car bombs | Government building | 54 (+3) | 121 | Second Chechnya War | 
2003
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| May 12, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Znamenskoye | Chechen rebels |  | 3 suicide bombers with car bombs | Government building | 56 (+3) | 197 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
| June 20, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Grozny | Chechen rebels |  | 2 suicide bombers with car bombs | Government complex | 6 (+2) | 38 | Second Chechnya War | 
| July 17, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Khasavyurt |  |  | Car bomb | Police station | 3 | 38 | Second Chechnya War | 
| 0August 1, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Mozdok | probably Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | Suicide bomber with a car bomb | Military hospital | 39 (+1) | 76 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
| 0September 3, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Kislovodsk | probably Chechen rebels |  | Explosive device | Commuter train | 5 | 32 (+1) | Second Chechnya War | 
| 0September 4, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Pyatigorsk | probably Chechen rebels |  | 2 explosives | Commuter train | 6th | 44 | Second Chechnya War | 
| September 15, 2003 | Russia | Stop in Magas |  |  | Car bomb | Police building | 2 | 25th | Second Chechnya War | 
| 0December 5, 2003 | Russia | Attack in Essentuki | Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | 4 suicide bombers | Commuter train, train station | 43 (+4) | 170 | Second Chechnya War | 
2004
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 0February 6, 2004 | Russia | Attack in Samoskvorechye | probably Chechen  separatists | autonomist-Chechen | Explosive device | Subway train | 40 | 122 | Second Chechnya War | 
| 0May 9, 2004 | Russia | Attack in Grozny | probably Chechen rebels |  | explosive | Stadium, members of the government | 24 | 46 | Second Chechnya War | 
| June 21, 2004 | Russia | Rebel attack on Ingushetia | Vilayat Galgaycho | Islamist | Missiles, grenade launchers | city | 92 | 106 | Second Chechnya War | 
| February 24, 2004 | Russia | Attacks in Tula and Rostov | Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist, Islamist | 2 suicide bombers | 2 passenger planes | 90 | 0 | Second Chechnya War | 
| August 31, 2004 | Russia | Attack in Moscow | Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist, Islamist | Suicide bomber | Subway station | 10 (+1) | 50 | Second Chechnya War | 
| 0September 1, 2004 | Russia | Beslan hostage-taking | Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist Chechen, Islamist | 34 suicide bombers with firearms, hostage-taking | school | 333 (+32) | 783 | Second Chechnya War | 
| December 10, 2004 | Russia | Stop near Makhachkala |  |  | explosive | Gas pipeline | 0 | 21st | Second Chechnya War | 
2005
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| July 19, 2005 | Russia | Attack in Znamenskoye | Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist, Islamist | Explosive device | Police vehicle | 15th | 24 | Second Chechnya War | 
| July 24, 2005 | Russia | Attack in Dagestan |  |  | Explosive device | Commuter train | 1 | 40 | Second Chechnya War | 
| October 13, 2005 | Russia | Stop series | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | autonomist | Firearms, hostage-taking | Police station, Ministry of the Interior, police officers, police buildings, gun shops | 85 | 150+ | Second Chechnya War | 
2007
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| August 15, 2007 | Russia | Attack in Veliky Novgorod | Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist, Islamist | Explosive device | Railroad tracks, train | 0 | 60 | Second Chechnya War | 
2008
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 0November 5, 2008 | Russia | Attack in Vladikavkaz |  |  | Suicide bomber | Minibus, civilians | 11 (+1) | 40 | Second Chechnya War | 
2009
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 17th August 2009 | Russia | Attack in Nazran | probably Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist, Islamist | Explosive device | Police station | 25+ | 138+ | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| November 27, 2009 | Russia | Stop near Bologoje | Caucasus emirate | autonomist-Chechen, Salafist, Islamic-fundamentalist | Explosive device | Passenger train | 26th | 100 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
2010
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 0January 6, 2010 | Russia | Attack in Makhachkala |  |  | Suicide bomber with a car bomb | Police headquarters | 5 (+1) | 20th | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| March 29, 2010 | Russia | Attack in Moscow | Caucasus emirate | autonomist-Chechen, Islamist | 2 female suicide bombers | traffic | 40 | 102 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| March 31, 2010 | Russia | Attack in Kisljar |  |  | 2 suicide bombers, one with a car bomb | Home Office, civilians | 12 (+2) | 37 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| 0May 1, 2010 | Russia | Attack in Nalchik | Caucasus emirate | autonomist-Chechen, Salafist, Islamic-fundamentalist | Explosive device | Racecourse | 1 | 29 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| May 27, 2010 | Russia | Attack in Stavropol |  |  | Explosive device | Civilians | 7th | 46 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| 17th August 2010 | Russia | Attack in Pyatigorsk |  |  | Car bomb | Coffee shop | 0 | 30th | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| 0September 9, 2010 | Russia | Attack in Vladikavkaz | Rijadus-Salichin | autonomist-Chechen, Islamist | Suicide bomber with a car bomb | Market, civilians | 17 (+1) | 173 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
2011
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| January 24, 2011 | Russia | Attack in Domodedovo | Magomed Yevloyev ( Caucasus Emirate ) | autonomist-Chechen, Salafist, Islamic-fundamentalist | Suicide bomber | Airport, civilians | 37 (+1) | 168 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
| August 30, 2011 | Russia | Attack in Grozny |  |  | 3 suicide bombers | Café, police officers, civilians | 9 (+3) | 23 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
| September 22, 2011 | Russia | Attack in Makhachkala |  |  | 2 suicide bombers with car bomb, explosive device, car bomb | Police officers, civilians, first responders | 2 (+2) | 122 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
2012
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 0May 3, 2012 | Russia | Attack in Makhachkala | Caucasus emirate | autonomist-Chechen, Salafist, Islamic-fundamentalist | 2 suicide bombers with car bombs | Checkpoint, first responder | 13 (+2) | 130 | Russian-Chechen conflict | 
2013
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| May 20, 2013 | Russia | Attack in Makhachkala | Caucasus emirate | autonomist-Chechen, Salafist, Islamic-fundamentalist | 2 car bombs | Government building | 4th | 44 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
| 23rd September 2013 | Russia | Attack in Dagestan |  |  | Suicide bomber with a car bomb | Police station | 2 (+1) | 20th | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
| 21st October 2013 | Russia | Attack in Volgograd |  |  | Suicide bomber | bus | 5 (+1) | 20th | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
| December 29, 2013 | Russia | Attack in Volgograd | Caucasus emirate | autonomist-Chechen, Salafist, Islamic-fundamentalist | Suicide bomber | Trolleybus | 16 (+1) | 28 | Uprising in the North Caucasus | 
2017
| Date / start | Affected country | attack | Perpetrator | Political orientation | medium | target | dead | Injured | background | 
| 03rd April 2017 | Russia | Attack in St. Petersburg | Akbarschon Jalilov ( al-Qaida ) | Islamist | Suicide bomber, explosive device | Subway station, subway train | 15 (+1) | 63 |  | 
Individual evidence
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 198909160005 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on December 22, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 199005280001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed December 21, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 199506140016 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 9, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 199903190005 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed December 1, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200003020002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on November 29, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200103240003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed July 25, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200205090005 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed July 25, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200212270001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 25, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200305120005 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 16, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200308010001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 16, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200312050002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed July 24, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200402060003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed April 7, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200811050020 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on September 22, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Many killed in Russia bomb attack. In: British Broadcasting Corporation . August 17, 2009, accessed March 16, 2019 . 
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 200911270009 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 16, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 201009090015 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 16, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 201101240016 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on July 16, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 201309230001 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed October 1, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 201310210002 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 31, 2018 .
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↑  Entry with GTD ID 201312300008 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on August 28, 2018 .
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^  Entry in the Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved August 21, 2018.