This is a list of marauding terrorist incidents. Marauding terrorist incidents refers to terrorist incidents which occur across multiple sites and perpetrated by the same attacker or group of attackers where firearms are the principle weapon. Not included are

car bomb A car bomb, bus bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roughly divided ...

attacks, there is a separate list for attacks using car bombs unless attackers also used firearms in the attacks. Mass suicide bombings such as the

7 July 2005 London bombings The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the mo ...

will not be counted either, unless there are firearms used in the attacks. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - !Date !Article/Name !Type !Locations !data-sort-type="number" , Dead !data-sort-type="number" , Injured !class="unsortable", Details !Perpetrator , - , 2-24 October 2002 , Beltway Sniper Attacks , Shootings , Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, United States * Across the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area of

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, style="text-align:right;" , 17 , style="text-align:right;" , 10 , John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo committed a series of sniper attacks in several locations across Maryland and Virginia. The attacks killed 17 and injured 10 others. Debates continue as to whether the Beltway Sniper Attacks were inspired by extremist ideology. ,

John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad (born Williams; December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He, along with his partner and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo (aged 17), a native of Kingston, Jamaica, ...

and Lee Boyd Malvo , - , 26–29 November 2008 ,

2008 Mumbai attacks The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11, pronounced "twenty six eleven") were a series of Terrorism, terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from P ...

, Mass shootings, bombings, hostage taking, ,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, India * Leopold Café * Chhatrapati Shivaki Terminus * The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel *

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Cama Hospital The 'Cama & Albless Hospital'' (originally just Cama Hospital) is a hospital for women and children in the city of Mumbai, India, with 367 beds. History The foundation stone was laid by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught on 22 November 1883 and ...

* Nariman House , style="text-align:right;" , ~166 , style="text-align:right;" , 600+ , 10 terrorists entered into Mumbai and proceeded to attack 12 coordinated shootings and bombings which lasted for 4 days. Attackers targeted a train station, hotels, restaurants, a police station and a hospital. Hostages were taken at some locations and 8 explosions were reported over the 4 days. The hostage crisis in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel ended with a raid on 29 November. ,

Lashkar-e-Taiba Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT; ur, ; literally ''Army of the Good'', translated as ''Army of the Righteous'', or ''Army of the Pure'' and alternatively spelled as ''Lashkar-e-Tayyiba'', ''Lashkar-e-Toiba'', ''Lashkar-i-Taiba'', ''Lashkar-i-Tayyeba'') ...

, - , 7–9 January 2015 ,

January 2015 Île-de-France attacks From 7 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants. The attacks also wounded 22 ...

, Mass shooting, hostage taking ,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and around

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, France *

Rue Nicolas-Appert The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street located in Paris, France. Location The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue P ...

11th arrondissement of Paris The 11th arrondissement of Paris (''XIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''onzième''. The arrondissement, called Popincourt, is situated on ...

* Dammartin-en-Goële *

Fontenay-aux-Roses Fontenay-aux-Roses () is a Communes of France, commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. In 1880 a girls school École Normale Supérieure was opened in the town. It was one of ...

* Montrouge *

Porte de Vincennes The Porte de Vincennes () is one of the city gates of Paris (France) situated in the Bel Air neighborhood of the 12th arrondissement. Location The Porte de Vincennes is located where the northeast corner of the 12th arrondissement meets the ...

, style="text-align:right;" , 20 , style="text-align:right;" , 22 , On 7 January, Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, attacked the ''

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offices in Paris killing 10 before escaping. On the same day, a third attacker; Amedy Coulibaly committed shootings at Fontenay-aux-Roses and Montrouge in Paris, killing a police officer and injuring 2. On 9 January, Hostages were taken by the Kouachi brothers as they sheltered at an industrial unit in Dammartin-en-Goële. They were killed here without the death of any hostages. At the same time as the Dammartin-en-Goële hostage taking, Coulibaly held patrons at a

Hypermarché A hypermarket (sometimes called a hyperstore, supercentre or superstore) is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including ...

hostage, killing 4 as he entered. He threatened to kill more if the Kouachi brothers were killed. The raid occurred around the same time as that in Dammartin-en-Goële. Coulibaly was killed in the raid. , Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...

, - , 14–15 February 2015 ,

2015 Copenhagen shootings On 14–15 February 2015, three separate shootings occurred in Copenhagen, Denmark. In total, two victims and the perpetrator were killed, while five police officers were wounded. The first shooting took place on 14 February at a small public after ...

, Mass shooting ,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Denmark *

Krudttønden Krudttønden (meaning ''"The powder keg"'') is a café and local cultural centre at Østerfælled Torv in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Krudttønden is used for a wide array of cultural events, including theatre, concerts, debate ...

* Great Synagogue * near Nørrebro Station , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , On 14 February, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein attacked a cultural event at Krudttønden attended by Swedish cartoonist

Lars Vilks Lars Endel Roger Vilks (20 June 1946 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. He also created the sculptures ''Nimis'' and ''Arx'', made of driftwood an ...

who had previously been threatened for drawing the prophet Mohammed. El-Hussein attempted to gain access to the venue without using the main entrance but ended up starting his attack outside as film director

Finn Nørgaard Finn Nørgaard (27 May 1959 – 14 February 2015) was a Danish filmmaker who was involved in several documentary and feature films. Education Nørgaard received a cand.phil. degree in Film and Communication from the University of Copenhagen i ...

attempted to stop him. El-Hussein then shot through the windows of the venue, injuring three police officers. The day after, a bat mitzvah held at the Grand Synagogue was attacked by El-Hussein. He failed to enter the Synagogue, but killed a guard outside of the synagogue and injured two other police officers. El-Hussein then returned to his address near Nørrebro Station which was being watched by police officers as he visited the location between the two attacks. He was killed here. , Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein , - , 13 November 2015 ,

November 2015 Paris attacks The November 2015 Paris attacks () were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 9:15p.m., three suicide bombers ...

, Mass shootings, bombings, grenade attack, hostage taking ,

and Saint-Denis, France * Near

Stade de France The Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the sixth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium is used by the France national foot ...

* Rues Bichat and Alibert * Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi * The

Bataclan theatre The Bataclan () is a Theater (building), theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, 11th arrondissement of Paris, France. Designed in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval, its name refers to ''Ba-ta-clan'', an ...

* Rue de Charonne * Boulevard Voltaire , style="text-align:right;" , 137 , style="text-align:right;" , 368 , Multiple attacks took place across Paris killing 137 including 7 perpetrators. 3 teams composed of at least 9 attackers carried out 6 separate attacks. One team of three detonated outside of the Stade de France at different times, killing only one civilian. Another team of three attacked bars and restaurants across Paris, one detonating his vest in a restaurant at Boulevard Voltaire. The final team took hostages at the Bataclan theatre, massacring attendees of a concert while holding them hostage. All 3 detonated during the raid of the Bataclan. ,

, - , 5 – 10 June 2016 ,

2016 Aktobe shootings The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a spate of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between ...

, Mass shootings ,

Aktobe Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people. Aktobe is located in the west of K ...

, Kazakhstan * Two gun stores * National guard base * Children's camp , style="text-align:right;" , 25 , style="text-align:right;" , 40+ , From 5 to 10 June, multiple attacks by a large group of terrorists occurred, with the largest being 16 who attacked two gun stores before ramming their way into a national guard base before being arrested. Later on 8 June, security guards at a children's camp were targeted by a shooting, while on 10 June, 5 more militants were killed and two policemen wounded in gun battles around Aktobe. , Islamic extremists , - , 7 June 2017 , 2017 Tehran shootings , Mass shootings and use of PBIEDs ,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Iranian parliament The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

Ayatollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

's mausoleum , style="text-align:right;" , 12 , style="text-align:right;" , 40+ , On 7 June, a group of four terrorists carried out sequential attacks on Iran's parliament building Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in central Tehran. ,

, - , 15 March 2019 , Christchurch mosque shootings , Mass shootings , {{flagicon, New Zealand

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* Al Noor Mosque * Linwood Islamic Centre , style="text-align:right;" , 51 , style="text-align:right;" , 49 , On 15 March 2019, a lone attacker carried out consecutive mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The gunman killed dozens of people at Al Noor Mosque before traveling to Linwood Islamic Center and killing more worshipers. The suspect, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, was arrested while fleeing from the Linwood crime scene. He had sent out a

white supremacist White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other Race (human classification), races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any Power (social and polit ...

manifesto decrying Muslim immigration minutes before the attack. , Brenton Tarrant

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