List of terrorist incidents, 2004
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The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered non-state terrorism in 2004.
Iraq, Suicide attacks in 2004.
Israel, January 29: Jerusalem bus 19 massacre: Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades orchestrate a suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem, killing eleven people and wounding more than 50.
Russia, February 6: Bomb on Moscow Metro kills 41.
Philippines, February 27: Superferry 14 is bombed in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf, killing 116, the world's deadliest terrorist attack at sea to date.- Iraq, March 2: Ashoura Massacre: Suicide bombings at Shia holy sites kill 181 and wound more than 500 during the Ashura.
Pakistan, March 2: Attack on procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan kills 43 and wounds 160. (See also: Ashoura Massacre in Iraq.)
Turkey, March 9: Attack of Istanbul restaurant in Turkey.
Spain, March 11: Coordinated bombing of commuter trains in Madrid kills 191 people and injures more than 1,500. Al-Qaeda authorship.- Israel, March 24: Israeli soldiers arrest Hussam Abdo, a 15 year-old Palestinian boy with explosives strapped to his chest at the Hawara Checkpoint. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades sent Abdo on a suicide mission to bomb the checkpoint.
Saudi Arabia, April 21: Bombing of a security building in Riyadh kills five.- Saudi Arabia, May 1: 2004 Yanbu attack kills six Westerners and one Saudi.
- Israel, May 2: Pregnant Israeli commuter Tali Hatuel and her four young children are gunned down at close range by militants from the Popular Resistance Committees and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
- Saudi Arabia, May 29: Al-Khobar massacres, in which Islamic militants kill 22 people at an oil compound.
Uzbekistan, July 24: A suicide bomber detonates explosives at the US embassy in Tashkent, killing two Uzbek security guards.
Colombia, August 4: A car bomb kills nine police officers in a rural area of southwestern Colombia. Rebel group FARC is blamed for the attack.[1]
United Arab Emirates, August 16: Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for the bombings outside the restaurants in Dubai. 37 people including 4 Danish and 13 French were killed. The rest casualties were the local citizens. Estimated 200 were injured.- Russia, August 24: Russian aircraft bombings kill 90.
United States, August 28: Shahawar Matin Siraj and James Elshafay are arrested for planning to bomb the 34th Street–Herald Square subway station in New York City during the 2004 Republican National Convention.- Russia, August 31: A blast near a subway station entrance in northern Moscow, caused by a suicide bomber, kills ten people and injures 33.
- Russia, September 1 – 3: Beslan school hostage crisis in North Ossetia results in 344 dead, mostly children.
Germany, September 4: 4 people including a boy were killed in a blast near a McDonald's restaurant.
Indonesia, 
Australia, September 9: Jakarta embassy bombing, in which the Australian embassy in Jakarta was bombed, killing 8 people.
Egypt, October 7: Sinai bombings: Three car bombs explode in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 34 and wounding 171, many of them Israeli and other foreign tourists.
Thailand, October 28: Two people killed, 38 injured by two explosions in southern Thailand.[2]
Netherlands, November 2: Theo Van Gogh is murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri in Amsterdam for his criticism of Islam.- Saudi Arabia, December 6: Suspected al Qaeda-linked group attacks U.S. consulate in Jeddah, killing five local employees.
- Philippines, December 12: A bombing at the Christmas market in General Santos kills 15.
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[edit] References
- ^ ABC: "Nine police officers killed in Colombia car bomb blast 08/04/2004", August 4, 2004
- ^ B. Raman: Terrorism in Thailand: Tech & Tactics Savvy, Observer Research Foundation, May 4, 2005
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