List of major terrorist incidents

This is a list of terrorist incidents, conducted by non-state actors, resulting in more than 100 deaths.

2015

Date	Type	Dead	Injured	Location	Details	Perpetrator	Part of
January 3–7	Baga massacre	150+	Unknown	Baga, Borno State, Nigeria	Boko Haram militants opened fire on northern Nigerian villages, leaving bodies scattered everywhere, reporting over 100 fatalities with as many as 2,000 people unaccounted for—feared dead.	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
March 20	2015 Sana'a mosque bombings	137	345	Sana'a, Yemen	Islamic State militants in Yemen carried out five suicide bombings at the Badr and al-Hashoosh Shia mosques during prayers in the city of Sana'a.	Islamic State Yemen branch	Yemeni Civil War (2015)
April 1	Storming and hostage taking	151+	79	Garissa, Kenya	Six to ten gunmen associated with the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab open fired at the Garissa University in Kenya. Christians were their main target of the attack, with the Islamic extremists separating the Muslims from Christians before executing them. Up to three hundred students are unaccounted for. One hundred and forty-seven students were reported killed, with fears the toll will rise, along with seventy-nine wounded. Four gunmen were killed by security forces.	Al-Shabaab	War in Somalia
June 25	Massacre	146	0	Kobani, Syria	On 25 June 2015, fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant detonated three car bombs in Kobanî, close to the Turkish border crossing.	Islamic State	Syrian Civil War
July 1–2	Shooting	145	17	Kukawa, Nigeria	Boko Haram militants attacked multiple mosques between July 1 and 2. Forty-eight men and boys were killed on the 1st at one mosque in Kukawa. Seventeen were wounded in the attack. Ninety-seven others, mostly men, were killed in numerous mosques on the 2nd with a number of women and young girls killed in their homes. An unknown number were wounded. Boko Haram claimed responsibility.	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
July 17	Suicide car bombings	120+	170	Khan Bani Saad, Iraq	A car bomb was sent to a crowded market in Khan Bani Saad in Iraq, 30 km north to Baghdad, during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations. The explosion killed at least 100 (15 children among them) and injuring another 170 people and brought down several buildings. ISIL claimed responsibility and said 180 people were killed.	Islamic State	Iraq War
September 20	Bombings, suicide bombings	145	97-150+	Maiduguri, Nigeria	Boko Haram executed a series of blasts, some of which were Suicide bombings, in the north eastern city of Maiduguri, targeting a market and civilians in a mosque during night pray and a football match viewers, bringing the total number of casualties to at least 53 dead and over 90 wounded. The attack was said to be made using homemade weapons.	Boko Haram	Boko Haram insurgency
October 10	Suicide bombings	102	508	Ankara, Turkey	Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near Ankara central station where a rally for peace supported by HDP was taking place. The attack left 102 dead and 508 injured.	Islamic State	Turkish general election, November 2015
October 31	Bombing (suspected)	224	0	Sinai, Egypt	ISIL militants have claimed destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268. Bomb is cited by experts as the most likely cause.	Islamic State	Sinai insurgency
November 13	Shootings, bombings, grenade, hostage taking	136	200+	Paris, France	A series of attacks occurred simultaneously in central Paris. The first shooting attack occurred in a restaurant and a bar in 10th arrondissement of Paris. A bomb was detonated at Bataclan theatre in 11th arrondissement of Paris during a rock concert. Dozens were killed, and approximately 100 hostages were taken. Another bombing took place in the Stade de France stadium in the suburb of Saint-Denis during a football game, and the last attack took place in Les Halles mall.	Islamic State (suspected)