Recent terror attacks by al-Qaeda at a glance
Recent terror attacks by al-Qaeda at a glance
- July 7, 2005: Four explosions in the London subway and on a bus during morning rush hour kill at least 40 people, U.S. officials say. More than 700 are wounded. A group calling itself the Secret Organization of al-Qaeda in Europe claims responsibility.
Sept. 9, 2004: Bomb explodes in front of Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing 11 people including suicide bomber.
- March 11, 2004: Attack on four commuter trains killed 191 people and injured more than 1,600 in Madrid. The bombings were blamed on Islamic militants with suspected ties to al-Qaeda.
- Nov. 20, 2003: Trucks packed with explosives detonate at a London-based bank and the British consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, killing more than two dozen people and wounding nearly 450.
- Nov. 15, 2003: Twin car bombs explode outside two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 23 plus the two bombers. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said the two bombers had visited Afghanistan and that investigators were looking for any al-Qaeda links.
- Aug. 5, 2003: A suicide bombers kills 12 people and injures 150 at the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Authorities blame Jamaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian group linked to al- Qaeda.
- May 16, 2003: Bomb attacks in Morocco kill at least 28 people and wound more than 100. The government blames "international terrorism," and local militant groups linked to al-Qaeda.
- May 12, 2003: Four explosions rock Riyadh, in an attack on compounds housing Americans, other Westerners and Saudis. The attack kills 35 people, including eight Americans. Al-Qaeda's wing in Saudi Arabia, which now goes by the name al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Nov. 28, 2002: Suicide bombers kill 12 people at an Israeli- owned beach hotel in Kenya and two missiles narrowly miss an airliner carrying Israelis.
- Oct. 12, 2002: Nearly 200 people, including seven Americans, are killed in bombings in a nightclub district of the Indonesian island of Bali. Authorities blame Jamaah Islamiyah.
- Sept. 11, 2001: Hijackers slam jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and a fourth hijacked jet crashes in a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.