Major 2000s Terror Attacks
Major 2000s Terror Attacks is a structured history dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Attack, Date, Location. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 16 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Attack, Date, Location, Deaths, Perpetrators, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
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Useful for
- Comparing Attack, Date, and Location across history entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records
Attack↕ | Date↕ | Location↕ | Deaths↕ | Perpetrators↕ | Legacy↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 11 Attacks | Sep 11, 2001 | New York, Washington DC, Pennsylvania | 2,977 plus 19 hijackers | Al-Qaeda (Mohamed Atta cell) | Triggered Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Patriot Act, DHS creation, reshaped global security forever |
Madrid Train Bombings (11-M) | Mar 11, 2004 | Madrid, Spain | 193 | Al-Qaeda-inspired cell | Bombs on commuter trains days before election, Spanish voters ousted PP government, ended Iraq deployment |
London 7/7 Bombings | Jul 7, 2005 | London Underground and bus | 52 plus 4 bombers | Al-Qaeda-linked British suicide cell | Deadliest attack on London since WWII, Britain's first homegrown Islamist suicide attack |
Mumbai Attacks (26/11) | Nov 26-29, 2008 | Mumbai, India | 166 | Lashkar-e-Taiba (Pakistan-based) | Three-day siege of Taj Hotel and CST station, near-war between India and Pakistan, Kasab trial |
Beslan School Siege | Sep 1-3, 2004 | Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia | 334 (186 children) | Chechen Islamist militants | First day of school siege, horrific child deaths, Putin's Chechnya policy hardened |
Bali Bombings | Oct 12, 2002 | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 202 | Jemaah Islamiyah | Australia's 9/11, Sari Club destroyed, launched regional crackdown on JI network |
Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis | Oct 23-26, 2002 | Dubrovka Theater, Moscow | 132 hostages plus 40 militants | Chechen militants | Russian special forces used mystery gas, killed most hostages, questions about chemical agent lingered |
Istanbul HSBC Bombings | Nov 15-20, 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | 57 | Al-Qaeda-linked Turkish cell | Targeted synagogues, HSBC, British consulate, killed Consul-General Roger Short |
Sharm el-Sheikh Bombings | Jul 23, 2005 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | 88 | Tawhid wal Jihad (Sinai-based) | Deadliest attack in Egyptian history at the time, struck resort popular with European tourists |
Amman Hotel Bombings | Nov 9, 2005 | Amman, Jordan | 60 | Al-Qaeda in Iraq (Zarqawi) | Three suicide bombers struck Western-brand hotels, mass Jordanian protests against Al-Qaeda backlash |
Marriott Jakarta Bombing | Aug 5, 2003 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 12 | Jemaah Islamiyah | Struck JW Marriott, followed Bali bombings, showed JI resilience despite crackdowns |
Samjhauta Express Bombing | Feb 18, 2007 | Panipat, India (India-Pakistan train) | 68 | Hindu extremist suspects (disputed) | Targeted India-Pakistan peace train, mostly Pakistani victims, diplomatic strain between nations |
Lahore Marriott Bombing | Sep 20, 2008 | Islamabad, Pakistan | 54 | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Truck bomb demolished Islamabad Marriott, symbol of Pakistan's spiraling domestic Taliban insurgency |
Chechen Stavropol Trains | Dec 5, 2003 | Yessentuki, Russia | 46 | Chechen black widow bombers | Commuter train bombing, one of several 2003-2004 Chechen attacks inside Russia proper |
Bali Bombings II | Oct 1, 2005 | Jimbaran and Kuta, Bali | 20 | Jemaah Islamiyah | Second Bali attack three years after first, struck tourist restaurants, further damaged Bali tourism |
Yemen USS Cole Aftermath / Limburg | Oct 6, 2002 | Gulf of Aden, Yemen | 1 crew | Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula | French tanker Limburg attacked by suicide boat, echoed USS Cole 2000, damaged Yemen shipping trade |
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