List of terrorist attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The list of terrorist attacks in the DRC includes an overview of the Democratic Republic of Congo 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

    • 1998

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    August 24, 1998 Sud-Kivu Banyamulenge rebels Firearms Catholic Mission 37 0

    2003

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    April 25, 2003 Orientals Lendu - extremists Firearms Tribal members 60 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    June 16, 2003 Orientals Lendu - extremists Stabbing weapons Civilians 70 Conflict in Eastern Congo

    2007

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    May 19, 2007 Beni probably FDLR hutu nationalist convoy 3 20th Conflict in Eastern Congo
    May 27, 2007 Katanga (province) FDLR hutu nationalist Stabbing weapons Civilians 17th 28 Conflict in Eastern Congo

    2008

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    December 24, 2008 Christmas massacre 2008 LRA Christian Axes, machetes, arson, kidnapping Christmas concert, church (s), villages 860+ LRA conflict

    2009

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0January 2, 2009 Orientals LRA Christian Firearms Garamba National Park 20th 5 LRA conflict
    0January 9, 2009 Orientals LRA Christian Firearms Village 20th 0 LRA conflict
    January 11, 2009 Orientals probably LRA Christian Firearms Village 5-30 LRA conflict
    January 17, 2009 Orientals LRA Christian Arson, axes Believers in church, civilians, homes, shops 400 LRA conflict
    0May 9, 2009 Busurungi probably FDLR hutu nationalist Firearms, machetes, arson Village 86 24 Third Congo War
    May 24, 2009 near Dungu LRA Christian Arson Village 7th 20th LRA conflict
    0August 6, 2009 Orientals LRA Christian kidnapping Civilians 100 0 LRA conflict
    August 12, 2009 North Kivu probably FDLR , probably May-May hutu nationalist Firearms mine 19th 45 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    September 25, 2009 Orientals probably LRA Christian Machetes, knives Village 22nd 0 LRA conflict

    2010

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0February 2, 2010 Orientals probably LRA Christian Arson, kidnapping Village 74+ 0 LRA conflict

    2012

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0January 3, 2012 Sud-Kivu FDLR hutu nationalist Stabbing weapons Civilians 45 13 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    0May 4, 2012 Orientals May-May Military bases 27 60 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    May 14, 2012 Sud-Kivu FDLR hutu nationalist Machetes Civilians, UN soldiers 20th 0 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    0October 8, 2012 Goma 2 grenades Civilians 1 20th Conflict in Eastern Congo
    19th November 2012 Goma rocket market 4th 20th Conflict in Eastern Congo

    2013

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    April 24, 2013 Sud-Kivu Colonel Albert Kahasha Militia Arson Military posts, civilians 20th Conflict in Eastern Congo
    December 25, 2013 North Kivu ADF Firearms, arson Village 40 16 Conflict in Eastern Congo

    2014

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    17th October 2014 North Kivu ADF Islamist Machetes, axes, hoes Civilians 22nd Conflict in Eastern Congo
    October 18, 2014 North Kivu ADF Islamist Machetes, axes Village 21st Conflict in Eastern Congo
    20th November 2014 North Kivu probably ADF Islamist Civilians 58 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    0December 7, 2014 North Kivu ADF Islamist Axes, machetes, kidnapping Civilians 36 2 Conflict in Eastern Congo

    2015

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0May 1, 2015 Sud-Kivu Firearms Civilians 0 127 Third Congo War

    2016

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0February 6, 2016 North Kivu Union of Patriots for the Defense of Innocents, Nduma Defense of Congo Arson Villages 21st 40 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    August 13, 2016 Beni ADF Islamist Firearms, machetes Civilians 64 ADF conflict
    0November 8, 2016 Goma Explosive device MONUSCO soldiers, civilians 1 32 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    November 27, 2016 North Kivu May-May Firearms, machetes Refugees, soldiers 34 (+1) 20th
    December 24, 2016 North Kivu Allied Democratic Forces Islamist Guns, machetes, knives 3 villages 21st 0

    2017

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    February 10, 2017 Kasaï-Central Kamwina Nsapu militia Firearms Village 30+
    18th February 2017 North Kivu May-May Machetes, firearms Hutu civilians 25th 0
    March 24, 2017 Kasaï-Central Kamwina Nsapu militia kidnapping police officers 39+ 0
    April 27, 2017 North Kivu The National Council for Renewal and Democracy Arson Militiamen 26+ Third Congo War
    17th May 2017 Kinshasa Bundu dia Congo autonomist, Congolese nationalist, neo-religious Firearms jail 50+ Third Congo War
    29 May 2017 Tanganyika (Province) Twa Militia Civilians 7th 33 Third Congo War
    04th August 2017 Tanganyika (Province) Twa Militia Village 55+ Third Congo War
    0October 7, 2017 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms, machetes, kidnapping Motorcycle convoy, civilians, soldier 26th Third Congo War
    07th December 2017 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms Military base 20th 53 Third Congo War

    2018

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    19th January 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms soldiers 22nd 20th ADF conflict
    05th March 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms, arson, kidnapping 20th ADF conflict
    March 12, 2018 Ituri (province) Assault rifles, machetes, bows and arrows Civilians 22nd Ituri conflict
    22nd September 2018 Beni ADF Islamist Firearms, machetes, axes, knives soldiers 24 21st ADF conflict
    November 11, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Machetes, arson Civilians 1 ADF conflict
    15th November 2018 Tanganyika Firearms Aid organization employee 2 0
    16th November 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms, arson Village 5 3 ADF conflict
    16th November 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms, arson UN military base 8th 1 ADF conflict
    November 26, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Civilians 2 0 ADF conflict
    November 26, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Village 6 (+1) ADF conflict
    November 28, 2018 Ituri (province) , North Kivu Firearms, knives, machetes Rangers, soldiers, civilians 11 (+3) 6th
    0December 6, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms, hostage-taking, arson Civilians 13 0 ADF conflict
    0December 6, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms Civilians 5 2 ADF conflict
    December 11, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms Civilians 10 0 ADF conflict
    December 16, 2018 Bandundu (Province) Firearms, machetes, bows and arrows, arson, kidnapping Villages 890 82
    December 18, 2018 North Kivu probably ADF Islamist Firearms, machetes motorcycle 3 0 ADF conflict
    December 30, 2018 North Kivu ADF Islamist Firearms Village 5 8th ADF conflict

    2019

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    15th May 2019 Ituri (province) presumably FRPI Firearms market 21st 11 Conflict in Eastern Congo
    0June 7, 2019 Ituri (province) Hema -military officers, Lendu -military officers Firearms Villages 240+ Conflict in Eastern Congo
    December 11, 2019 Beni ADF Islamist Stabbing weapons Military base, soldiers 22nd ADF conflict

    2020

    Date / start place Article / source Perpetrator Political orientation medium target dead Injured background
    0February 1, 2020 ADF Islamist Firearms, knives Villages 62 ADF conflict
    02nd June 2020 Ituri (province) Congo Development Cooperative militia (CODECO) Village 16 Ituri conflict
    0June 8, 2020 Bas-Uele LRA Christian Firearms civilian 0 1 LRA conflict
    0June 9, 2020 Ituri (province) Congo Development Cooperative militia (CODECO) 10 Ituri conflict
    June 14, 2020 ADF Islamist Arson Buildings, civilians 6th ADF conflict
    19th June 2020 North Kivu ADF Islamist kidnapping 9 0 ADF conflict
    June 20, 2020 Ituri ADF Islamist Machetes, firearms Village 10 0 ADF conflict
    June 20, 2020 Sud-Kivu Firearms soldiers 2 0
    June 20, 2020 North Kivu ADF Islamist Village 10 0 ADF conflict
    June 21, 2020 Ituri ADF Islamist Village 10 0 ADF conflict
    June 22, 2020 North Kivu IS Salafist, Wahhabi UN soldiers 1 1 ADF conflict
    June 23, 2020 North Kivu grenade Tin mine 3 3

    Individual evidence

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    5. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 200705270003 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed on March 5, 2019 .
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    10. ↑ Entry with GTD ID 200901090025 in the Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland, accessed April 6, 2018 .
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