This is a list of terrorist incidents in 2022, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism-related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
Total incidents: 38
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
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4–6 January | Arson, mass shooting, massacre | 200+ | Unknown | Zamfara State, Nigeria | 2022 Zamfara massacres | Militant herdsmen attacked numerous towns across the state. [1] [2] | Fulani militants (suspected) | Nigerian bandit conflict |
15 January | Hostage crisis | 0 (+1) | 0 | Colleyville, Texas, United States | Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis | A British Pakistani man falsely claiming to be the brother of Pakistani prisoner Aafia Siddiqui attacked a synagogue and held four Jews hostage. The assailant was eventually shot dead. [3] [4] | Malik Faisal Akram [5] | Antisemitism in the United States in the 21st-century |
17 January | Drone strike | 3 | 6 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 2022 Abu Dhabi attack | Houthi rebels attacked the capital of the UAE due to its participation in the Yemeni Civil War. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | Houthi movement | Yemeni Civil War |
20 January | Improvised explosive device bombing | 3 | 28 | Lahore, Pakistan | 2022 Lahore bombing | An IED planted on a motorcycle in a market in the Anarkali Bazaar exploded. [11] [12] [13] | Baloch Nationalist Army | Insurgency in Balochistan |
21 January | Mass shooting | 11 | Unknown | Diyala Governorate, Iraq | 2022 Diyala massacre | ISIL gunmen stormed a military base, killing soldiers as they slept. [14] [15] [16] | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Islamic State insurgency in Iraq |
25 January | Mass shooting | 10 | 3 | Dasht, Pakistan | 2022 Kech District attack | Militants stormed a security post belonging to the Pakistani military in a remote area of Balochistan. [17] The clash lasted for a few hours and killed 10 security personnel and injured three others. One militant was killed and several others were injured or arrested. [17] [18] [19] | Balochistan Liberation Front | Insurgency in Balochistan |
2 February | Massacre, machete attack | 60+ | ~40 | Djugu territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Plaine Savo massacre | Militants attacked an IDP camp in Ituri Province. [20] | CODECO | Ituri conflict |
19 February | Suicide bombing | 14 | 12 | Beledweyne, Somalia | February 2022 Beledweyne bombing | A suicide bomber detonated inside a busy restaurant. [21] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
2 March | Bombing | 3 | 24 | Quetta, Pakistan | March 2022 Quetta bombing | A bomb exploded near a police van. Three people, including a superintendent deputy of the police, were killed. [22] [23] [24] | Islamists (suspected) | Terrorism in Pakistan |
4 March | Suicide bombing, shooting | 63+ (+1) | 196+ | Peshawar, Pakistan | 2022 Peshawar mosque attack | A terrorist shot police officers at the entrance of a Shia mosque, killing two. He rushed into the mosque and blew himself up. [25] [26] [27] The Islamic State claimed the attack and identified the suicide bomber as Julaybib al-Kabli. [28] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Sectarian violence in Pakistan |
8 March | Suicide bombing, | 6 (+1) | 35+ | Balochistan, Pakistan | 2022 Sibi attack | A suicide bomber targeted Pakistani security forces at the annual "Sibi Mela" ceremony, killing six and wounding more than 35. [29] | Islamic State – Pakistan Province | |
22 March | Mass stabbing, Vehicle-ramming attack | 4 (+1) | 2 | Beersheba, Israel | 2022 Beersheba attack | A Negev Bedouin man stabbed and ran over several people. [30] [31] | Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
23 March | Car bombing, suicide bombing, mass shooting | 60+ | 108+ | Beledweyne and Mogadishu, Somalia | March 2022 Somalia attacks | Gunman attacked Aden Adde International Airport and killed five people. [32] A suicide bombing later took place outside a polling place in Beledweyne, killing several people along with female Member of Parliament Amina Mohamed Abdi. [33] A car bomb was detonated outside Beledweyne hospital, killing at least 30, whilst another attack took place on a restaurant in Beledweyne. [34] [33] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
27 March | Mass shooting | 2 (+2) | 12 | Hadera, Israel | 2022 Hadera shooting | Two gunmen fired at civilians and police officers in the evening at a bus stop. [35] [36] The two Arab Israelis were then shot dead by nearby police officers. [37] | Islamic State | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
29 March | Mass shooting | 5 (+1) | 0 | Bnei Brak, Israel | 2022 Bnei Brak shootings | A Palestinian man committed a mass shooting in the city's streets before being killed by the police. [38] [39] [40] | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
5 April | Stabbing | 2 | 1 | Mashhad, Iran | Imam Reza shrine stabbings | A stabbing attack at the Imam Reza shrine killed two Shia clerics and wounded another. The attacker, an Uzbek Takfiri who was illegally in Iran, was arrested immediately after the attack. [41] [42] [43] | Abdullatif Muradi | Terrorism in Iran |
7 April | Mass shooting | 3 (+1) | 11 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2022 Tel Aviv shooting | A gunman committed a mass shooting on Dizengoff Street. [44] [45] | Raad Hazem | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
12 April | Mass shooting | 0 | 29 | New York City, United States | 2022 New York City Subway attack | A 62-year-old Black supremacist opened fire on a crowded subway. Ten people were injured by gunfire, while a further 19 suffered injuries while trying to escape. [46] | Frank James | |
19 April | Bombings | 6 | 25 | Kabul, Afghanistan | April 2022 Kabul school bombing | Three bombs targeted the Abdul Rahim Shahid School in the Shia Hazara neighborhood of Kabul. [47] [48] [49] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province (suspected) | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
21 April | Bombing | 31 | 87 | Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan | 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing | A remote-controlled booby trapped bag exploded in the Shia Seh Dokan mosque. [50] [51] [52] [53] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
22 April | Bombing | 33 | 43 | Kunduz, Afghanistan | 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing | Bomb attack at the Sufi Khanaqa-e-Malawi Sikandar mosque. [54] [55] [51] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
22 April | Suicide bombing | 6 | 7 | Mogadishu, Somalia | April 2022 Mogadishu bombing | A suicide bombing took place at Pescatore Seafood Restaurant in the seaside area of Lido beach. [56] [57] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
26 April | Suicide bombing | 4 (+1) | 4 | Karachi, Pakistan | 2022 University of Karachi bombing | A female suicide bomber struck a van near the University of Karachi's Confucius Institute, killing three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver. [58] [59] | Baloch Liberation Army | Insurgency in Balochistan |
5 May | Mass stabbing | 3 | 4 | El'ad, Israel | 2022 El'ad stabbing | Two Palestinian men attacked people celebrating Israel's Independence Day in a park with axes. [60] [61] [62] | As'ad Alrafa'ani and Sabhi Shajir | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
14 May | Mass shooting | 10 | 3 | Buffalo, New York, United States | 2022 Buffalo shooting | 10 people, all of whom were black, were killed and 3 more injured in a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket. [63] | Payton S. Gendron | Terrorism in the United States |
5 June | Mass shooting, bombing | 41+ | 61+ | Owo, Nigeria | Owo church attack | Five terrorists attacked the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Ondo State while worshippers were celebrating Pentecost. [64] [65] [66] | Islamic State – West Africa Province (suspected) | Boko Haram insurgency |
12 June | Massacre | 100+ | Unknown | Seytenga Department, Burkina Faso | 2022 Seytenga massacre | Suspected jihadists attacked the village of Seytenga. They went from shop to shop to kill the men, the women and children were spared. Homes were burned down. [67] [68] [69] | Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (suspected) | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso |
18–19 June | Mass shooting, massacre | 132 | Unknown | Bankass Cercle, Mali | 2022 Bankass massacres | Unidentified gunmen killed civilians in Diallassagou and nearby villages in Mopti Region. The attackers also burned huts, houses, and stole cattle. [70] [71] [72] | Macina Liberation Front | Mali War |
16 July | Mass shooting | 10 | 2 | Nduga Regency, Indonesia | Nonggolait shooting | Around 20 gunmen attacked the village of Nogolait, Highland Papua.[ citation needed] [73] [74] [75] | West Papua National Liberation Army | Papua conflict |
12 August | Stabbing | 0 | 2 | Chautauqua, New York, United States | Stabbing of Salman Rushdie | On August 12, 2022, novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. [76] [77] [78] Rushdie was gravely wounded and hospitalized. | Hadi Matar | Islamic extremism in the United States |
19–21 August | Car bombing, mass shooting | 30+ | 120+ | Mogadishu, Somalia | August 2022 Mogadishu attack | Two car bombs exploded at the Hayat Hotel. Afterwards gunmen besieged the hotel, shooting at people and taking hostages. After 30 hours the security forces ended the attack. [79] [80] [81] [82] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
5 September | Attempted suicide bombing | 10+ (+1) | 15–20 | Kabul, Afghanistan | Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul | A suicide bomber approached the Russian embassy. The attacker was shot dead by security forces, but his explosives went off after he was killed. [83] [84] [85] [86] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
12 October | Shooting | 2 (+1) | 1 | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2022 Bratislava shooting | Shooting in front of the Tepláreň gay bar, a well-known spot frequented by the local LGBT community, the shooter was found dead the next day. [87] [88] | Juraj Krajčík | Right-wing terrorism in Europe |
26 October | Mass shooting | 13–15 | 40+ | Shiraz, Iran | Shah Cheragh attack | Mass shooting at Shah Cheragh mosque. [89] Authorities stated that the attackers were not Iranian nationals. [90] | Islamic State | Terrorism in Iran |
29 October | Car bombing | 121+ | 300 | Mogadishu, Somalia | October 2022 Mogadishu bombings | Double car bombing at Zobe junction. [91] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
13 November | Bombing | 6 | 81 | Istanbul, Turkey | 2022 Istanbul bombing | A bomb in a bag exploded next to a bench on İstiklal Avenue. Police arrested a Syrian woman, Ahlam Albashır, whom they say planted the bomb. [92] [93] [94] | PKK (suspected by Turkey) | Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
25 December | Bombing | 10 | 5 | near Bougui, Est Region, Burkina Faso | 2022 Bougui bombing | A bus traveling from Fada N'gourma to the trading town of Kantchari hit a landmine near the village of Bougui. [95] | Unknown | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina-Faso |
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This is a list of terrorist incidents in 2022, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism-related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.
Total incidents: 38
Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Article | Details | Perpetrator | Part of |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4–6 January | Arson, mass shooting, massacre | 200+ | Unknown | Zamfara State, Nigeria | 2022 Zamfara massacres | Militant herdsmen attacked numerous towns across the state. [1] [2] | Fulani militants (suspected) | Nigerian bandit conflict |
15 January | Hostage crisis | 0 (+1) | 0 | Colleyville, Texas, United States | Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis | A British Pakistani man falsely claiming to be the brother of Pakistani prisoner Aafia Siddiqui attacked a synagogue and held four Jews hostage. The assailant was eventually shot dead. [3] [4] | Malik Faisal Akram [5] | Antisemitism in the United States in the 21st-century |
17 January | Drone strike | 3 | 6 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 2022 Abu Dhabi attack | Houthi rebels attacked the capital of the UAE due to its participation in the Yemeni Civil War. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | Houthi movement | Yemeni Civil War |
20 January | Improvised explosive device bombing | 3 | 28 | Lahore, Pakistan | 2022 Lahore bombing | An IED planted on a motorcycle in a market in the Anarkali Bazaar exploded. [11] [12] [13] | Baloch Nationalist Army | Insurgency in Balochistan |
21 January | Mass shooting | 11 | Unknown | Diyala Governorate, Iraq | 2022 Diyala massacre | ISIL gunmen stormed a military base, killing soldiers as they slept. [14] [15] [16] | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Islamic State insurgency in Iraq |
25 January | Mass shooting | 10 | 3 | Dasht, Pakistan | 2022 Kech District attack | Militants stormed a security post belonging to the Pakistani military in a remote area of Balochistan. [17] The clash lasted for a few hours and killed 10 security personnel and injured three others. One militant was killed and several others were injured or arrested. [17] [18] [19] | Balochistan Liberation Front | Insurgency in Balochistan |
2 February | Massacre, machete attack | 60+ | ~40 | Djugu territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Plaine Savo massacre | Militants attacked an IDP camp in Ituri Province. [20] | CODECO | Ituri conflict |
19 February | Suicide bombing | 14 | 12 | Beledweyne, Somalia | February 2022 Beledweyne bombing | A suicide bomber detonated inside a busy restaurant. [21] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
2 March | Bombing | 3 | 24 | Quetta, Pakistan | March 2022 Quetta bombing | A bomb exploded near a police van. Three people, including a superintendent deputy of the police, were killed. [22] [23] [24] | Islamists (suspected) | Terrorism in Pakistan |
4 March | Suicide bombing, shooting | 63+ (+1) | 196+ | Peshawar, Pakistan | 2022 Peshawar mosque attack | A terrorist shot police officers at the entrance of a Shia mosque, killing two. He rushed into the mosque and blew himself up. [25] [26] [27] The Islamic State claimed the attack and identified the suicide bomber as Julaybib al-Kabli. [28] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Sectarian violence in Pakistan |
8 March | Suicide bombing, | 6 (+1) | 35+ | Balochistan, Pakistan | 2022 Sibi attack | A suicide bomber targeted Pakistani security forces at the annual "Sibi Mela" ceremony, killing six and wounding more than 35. [29] | Islamic State – Pakistan Province | |
22 March | Mass stabbing, Vehicle-ramming attack | 4 (+1) | 2 | Beersheba, Israel | 2022 Beersheba attack | A Negev Bedouin man stabbed and ran over several people. [30] [31] | Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
23 March | Car bombing, suicide bombing, mass shooting | 60+ | 108+ | Beledweyne and Mogadishu, Somalia | March 2022 Somalia attacks | Gunman attacked Aden Adde International Airport and killed five people. [32] A suicide bombing later took place outside a polling place in Beledweyne, killing several people along with female Member of Parliament Amina Mohamed Abdi. [33] A car bomb was detonated outside Beledweyne hospital, killing at least 30, whilst another attack took place on a restaurant in Beledweyne. [34] [33] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
27 March | Mass shooting | 2 (+2) | 12 | Hadera, Israel | 2022 Hadera shooting | Two gunmen fired at civilians and police officers in the evening at a bus stop. [35] [36] The two Arab Israelis were then shot dead by nearby police officers. [37] | Islamic State | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
29 March | Mass shooting | 5 (+1) | 0 | Bnei Brak, Israel | 2022 Bnei Brak shootings | A Palestinian man committed a mass shooting in the city's streets before being killed by the police. [38] [39] [40] | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
5 April | Stabbing | 2 | 1 | Mashhad, Iran | Imam Reza shrine stabbings | A stabbing attack at the Imam Reza shrine killed two Shia clerics and wounded another. The attacker, an Uzbek Takfiri who was illegally in Iran, was arrested immediately after the attack. [41] [42] [43] | Abdullatif Muradi | Terrorism in Iran |
7 April | Mass shooting | 3 (+1) | 11 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2022 Tel Aviv shooting | A gunman committed a mass shooting on Dizengoff Street. [44] [45] | Raad Hazem | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
12 April | Mass shooting | 0 | 29 | New York City, United States | 2022 New York City Subway attack | A 62-year-old Black supremacist opened fire on a crowded subway. Ten people were injured by gunfire, while a further 19 suffered injuries while trying to escape. [46] | Frank James | |
19 April | Bombings | 6 | 25 | Kabul, Afghanistan | April 2022 Kabul school bombing | Three bombs targeted the Abdul Rahim Shahid School in the Shia Hazara neighborhood of Kabul. [47] [48] [49] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province (suspected) | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
21 April | Bombing | 31 | 87 | Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan | 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing | A remote-controlled booby trapped bag exploded in the Shia Seh Dokan mosque. [50] [51] [52] [53] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
22 April | Bombing | 33 | 43 | Kunduz, Afghanistan | 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing | Bomb attack at the Sufi Khanaqa-e-Malawi Sikandar mosque. [54] [55] [51] | Islamic State - Khorasan Province | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
22 April | Suicide bombing | 6 | 7 | Mogadishu, Somalia | April 2022 Mogadishu bombing | A suicide bombing took place at Pescatore Seafood Restaurant in the seaside area of Lido beach. [56] [57] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
26 April | Suicide bombing | 4 (+1) | 4 | Karachi, Pakistan | 2022 University of Karachi bombing | A female suicide bomber struck a van near the University of Karachi's Confucius Institute, killing three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver. [58] [59] | Baloch Liberation Army | Insurgency in Balochistan |
5 May | Mass stabbing | 3 | 4 | El'ad, Israel | 2022 El'ad stabbing | Two Palestinian men attacked people celebrating Israel's Independence Day in a park with axes. [60] [61] [62] | As'ad Alrafa'ani and Sabhi Shajir | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
14 May | Mass shooting | 10 | 3 | Buffalo, New York, United States | 2022 Buffalo shooting | 10 people, all of whom were black, were killed and 3 more injured in a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket. [63] | Payton S. Gendron | Terrorism in the United States |
5 June | Mass shooting, bombing | 41+ | 61+ | Owo, Nigeria | Owo church attack | Five terrorists attacked the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Ondo State while worshippers were celebrating Pentecost. [64] [65] [66] | Islamic State – West Africa Province (suspected) | Boko Haram insurgency |
12 June | Massacre | 100+ | Unknown | Seytenga Department, Burkina Faso | 2022 Seytenga massacre | Suspected jihadists attacked the village of Seytenga. They went from shop to shop to kill the men, the women and children were spared. Homes were burned down. [67] [68] [69] | Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (suspected) | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso |
18–19 June | Mass shooting, massacre | 132 | Unknown | Bankass Cercle, Mali | 2022 Bankass massacres | Unidentified gunmen killed civilians in Diallassagou and nearby villages in Mopti Region. The attackers also burned huts, houses, and stole cattle. [70] [71] [72] | Macina Liberation Front | Mali War |
16 July | Mass shooting | 10 | 2 | Nduga Regency, Indonesia | Nonggolait shooting | Around 20 gunmen attacked the village of Nogolait, Highland Papua.[ citation needed] [73] [74] [75] | West Papua National Liberation Army | Papua conflict |
12 August | Stabbing | 0 | 2 | Chautauqua, New York, United States | Stabbing of Salman Rushdie | On August 12, 2022, novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. [76] [77] [78] Rushdie was gravely wounded and hospitalized. | Hadi Matar | Islamic extremism in the United States |
19–21 August | Car bombing, mass shooting | 30+ | 120+ | Mogadishu, Somalia | August 2022 Mogadishu attack | Two car bombs exploded at the Hayat Hotel. Afterwards gunmen besieged the hotel, shooting at people and taking hostages. After 30 hours the security forces ended the attack. [79] [80] [81] [82] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
5 September | Attempted suicide bombing | 10+ (+1) | 15–20 | Kabul, Afghanistan | Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul | A suicide bomber approached the Russian embassy. The attacker was shot dead by security forces, but his explosives went off after he was killed. [83] [84] [85] [86] | Islamic State – Khorasan Province | Islamic State–Taliban conflict |
12 October | Shooting | 2 (+1) | 1 | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2022 Bratislava shooting | Shooting in front of the Tepláreň gay bar, a well-known spot frequented by the local LGBT community, the shooter was found dead the next day. [87] [88] | Juraj Krajčík | Right-wing terrorism in Europe |
26 October | Mass shooting | 13–15 | 40+ | Shiraz, Iran | Shah Cheragh attack | Mass shooting at Shah Cheragh mosque. [89] Authorities stated that the attackers were not Iranian nationals. [90] | Islamic State | Terrorism in Iran |
29 October | Car bombing | 121+ | 300 | Mogadishu, Somalia | October 2022 Mogadishu bombings | Double car bombing at Zobe junction. [91] | Al-Shabaab | Somali Civil War |
13 November | Bombing | 6 | 81 | Istanbul, Turkey | 2022 Istanbul bombing | A bomb in a bag exploded next to a bench on İstiklal Avenue. Police arrested a Syrian woman, Ahlam Albashır, whom they say planted the bomb. [92] [93] [94] | PKK (suspected by Turkey) | Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
25 December | Bombing | 10 | 5 | near Bougui, Est Region, Burkina Faso | 2022 Bougui bombing | A bus traveling from Fada N'gourma to the trading town of Kantchari hit a landmine near the village of Bougui. [95] | Unknown | Jihadist insurgency in Burkina-Faso |
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