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Open the live mapTerrorist attacks on a map
More than 180,000 attacks from the Global Terrorism Database, 1970 to 2017, with about 800 from Wikidata before and after those years.
What you see
- Attacks as orange marks sized by the number killed, which GTD gives for nearly all of them.
- Where a view holds more than 2,000 attacks they gather into counted bubbles; zoom in to see each one.
- Click an attack for the weapon, the target, whether it was carried out and claimed, and GTD’s own summary.
- Opened from this page, the map plays 1970 to 2017.
Where the data comes from
- Global Terrorism DatabaseSTART’s record of attacks from 1970 to 2017: place, weapons, targets, casualties and a short summary of each.
- WikidataAbout 800 attacks from before 1970 and after 2017, each with a Wikipedia article.
GTD’s data here ends in 2017; later attacks come only from Wikidata, so recent years are thin.
Good to know
- What counts as terrorism follows GTD’s definition: violence by non-state actors for a political, economic, religious or social goal.
- There is no 1993: GTD lost its records for that year.
- Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India hold about a third of the attacks.
- About one in seven is placed only at the city or region.
The deadliest recorded here
- Hostage Taking (Kidnapping) — Tikrit12 Jun 2014 · Terrorist attack · Killed 1,570
- Hijacking — New York City11 Sep 2001 · Terrorist attack · Killed 1,384
- Hijacking — New York City11 Sep 2001 · Terrorist attack · Killed 1,383
- October 7 attacks7 Oct 2023 · Terrorist attack · Killed 1,200
- Armed Assault — Gikoro13 Apr 1994 · Terrorist attack · Killed 1,180
- Hostage Taking (Kidnapping) — Sinjar3 Aug 2014 · Terrorist attack · Killed 953
- Armed Assault — Badush10 Jun 2014 · Terrorist attack · Killed 670
- Bombing/Explosion — Mogadishu14 Oct 2017 · Terrorist attack · Killed 588
- Nirim attack7 Oct 2023 · Terrorist attack · Killed 579
- Armed Assault — Dhading district21 Mar 2004 · Terrorist attack · Killed 518
The first recorded here in each century
- Matsubagayatsu Persecution31 Aug 1260 · Terrorist attack
- Assassination of Racek Kobyla11 Feb 1416 · Terrorist attack
- attentat de Senlis13 Dec 1789 · Terrorist attack
- Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise24 Dec 1800 · Terrorist attack · Killed 22
- 1905 Rue de Rohan bombing31 May 1905 · Terrorist attack · Killed 0
- 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia (202 killed)2000s · Terrorist attack
Goes well with
Genocides and massacres in historyMore than 3,800 massacres, genocides, pogroms, expulsions and deportations recorded in Wikidata, each where it happened, with the toll where it is given.Murders and shootingsAbout 3,600 murders and shootings that have a Wikipedia article, from the 8th century to 2026, on one map, with the number killed where it is recorded.Assassinations in historyAbout 170 assassinations recorded in Wikidata, from the 7th century to 2026, each placed where it happened and dated to the day, with its Wikipedia article.