Terror Watch

02 Oct 2011

Middle East

Israel 18 August:  Militants opened fire on a bus, fired a missile at a private vehicle and detonated a bomb next to an army patrol, near the Egyptian border.  Eight Israelis, five Egyptians  and 10 of the estimated 12 militants were killed.  The attack led to increased attacks between Israel and Hamas in the following days, in which there were further killings.

Turkey 29 August: A small bomb exploded at a beach in Antalya, slightly injuring six people.

Israel 29 August: A Palestinian man wounded seven Israelis near a Tel Aviv nightclub, after ramming a car into a checkpoint and stabbing five people.

Yemen 3 September: Three policemen were killed by a suicide car bomber in the port city of Aden.

Asia

Pakistan 31 August: At least 11 people were killed and 20 injured as they celebrated Eid, by a a car bomb outside a mosque in Quetta.

India 7 September: A bomb outside the Indian High Court in the capital Delhi killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 60.  Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (Huji), an Islamist extremist group, claimed responsibility.

Pakistan 7 September: Suicide bombers attacked the residence of a military official in Quetta, killing 20 people.  The Taliban claimed responsibility.

Americas

United States 6 September: Three National Guardsmen were killed and several injured after a man walked into a pancake restaurant in Nevada and shot them with an AK-47 assault rifle.

Africa

Somalia 1 September: Seven people were injured after a grenade attack on a tea shop in the southern town of Luq.

Europe

United Kingdom 22 August:  A bomb was left at a bank in Newry, Northern Ireland, and made safe by army bomb disposal experts.  Dissident Republicans have been blamed.