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
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Affected country
|
attack
|
Perpetrator
|
Political orientation
|
medium
|
target
|
dead
|
Injured
|
background
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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.