13 - List of Islamic Terror Attacks For May 2012 - Tom O'Halloran

13 – List of Islamic Terror Attacks For May 2012

June 2, 2012

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Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2012.05.31 Iraq Baghdad 13 37 A Holy Warrior detonates a delivery truck packed
with explosives near a restaurant, slaughtering at least nine.
2012.05.31 Iraq Amariyah 2 9 Children are among the casualties when sectarian
Jihadis bomb two Sunni homes.
2012.05.31 Nigeria Kano 1 0 A German engineer, kidnapped by al-Qaeda, is
executed in handcuffs during a rescue attempt.
2012.05.31 Dagestan Tsuntinsk 1 0 Muslim militants gun down a teacher on his way
home, then set fire to his school.
2012.05.31 Afghanistan Kandahar 5 6 At least five local cops are blown to bits by a
Shahid suicide bomber.
2012.05.30 Pakistan Mansehra 3 0 Three brothers are shot in their sleep by the
Taliban.
2012.05.30 Kenya Wajir 1 4 al-Shabaab radicals toss a hand grenade into a
shop, killing a patron.
2012.05.30 Somalia Galkayo 6 3 Six Somalis are sent to Allah by suspected
al-Shabaab bombers.
2012.05.30 Pakistan Karachi 2 2 Two Shiites are murdered by Sunni gunmen as they
step off a bus.
2012.05.30 Afghanistan Ghazni 1 0 A cleric is gunned down by Sunni rivals in his own
mosque.
2012.05.29 Thailand Pattani 3 4 Muslim ‘rebels’ detonate a bomb under a pick-up
truck, killing three people and leaving another four in agony.
2012.05.28 Thailand Pattani 3 4 At least three people are killed when Muslim
terrorists detonate a bomb under a pick-up truck
2012.05.28 Russia Moscow 0 1 A journalist is slashed fifteen times with a knife
outside his apartment for criticizing Islam’s prophet on a radio
show.
2012.05.28 Pakistan Chrakhel 3 6 Sunni gunmen ambush and machine-gun a vehicle
carrying Shia civilians.
2012.05.28 Kenya Nairobi 0 33 Islamists bomb a shopping complex.
2012.05.28 Pakistan Sharbat Khan 2 1 Two women are killed in separate attacks by their
own brothers over premarital sex.
2012.05.28 Pakistan Kot Langarkhel 2 3 Two local soldiers are ambushed and killed by the
Taliban while fetching water.
2012.05.27 Pakistan Nowshera 1 4 Militants detonate a bomb outside a store, killing
a guard.
2012.05.27 Iraq Baghdad 0 24 A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims is upended by a
Sunni roadside bomb, injuring at least two dozen.
2012.05.27 Afghanistan Marjah 2 1 Mujahideen take out two civilians with a roadside
bomb.
2012.05.27 Nigeria Potiskum 2 5 Religious extremists attack the home of a rival
cleric, shooting two people to death.
2012.05.27 Nigeria Kano 4 0 Four men playing cards under a tree are suddenly
machine-gunned in a Boko Haram drive-by.
2012.05.26 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A local politician is assassinated by Boko Haram.
2012.05.26 Pakistan Kharan 2 3 A 12-year-old boy and his uncle are brutally shot
to death by suspected Muslim radicals.
2012.05.26 Iraq Badush 3 0 Three Iraqis are blown to bits by Jihadi bombers.
2012.05.26 Kenya Dadaab 0 8 Eight people suffer shrapnel injuries when
al-Shabaab militants toss grenades into a refugee camp.
2012.05.26 Nigeria Yobe 2 0 Two men are gunned down in their own homes by
Islamic extremists.
2012.05.25 Afghanistan Helmand 3 9 Sunni radicals kill three Afghans with two bombs.
2012.05.25 Pakistan Kazi Ahmed 7 3 Islamic ‘separatists’ murder seven passengers on a
civilian bus.
2012.05.25 Yemen Hazm 18 5 A woman and her three children are among eighteeen
killed when an al-Qaeda suicide bomber plows into a crowd of
Shiites.
2012.05.25 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Four Islamic militants ambush and murder a local
cop.
2012.05.25 Pakistan Sukkur 2 0 Two women are murdered by family members over sex.
2012.05.25 Syria Houla 108 0 Shia militia stage a sectarian attack on eight
Sunni houses, slaughtering over one-hundred people, including
forty-nine children.
2012.05.24 Somalia Galkayo 2 8 Radicals throw a grenade into a rival mosque,
killing at least two.
2012.05.24 Pakistan Killi Chakar 1 0 Militant Sunnis take down a Shiite in a targeted
attack.
2012.05.24 Pakistan Kohat 1 4 Terrorists kill a bystander with a bomb placed near
a bus stop.
2012.05.24 Pakistan Lahore 1 0 A Shiite is shot to death by Sunnis.
2012.05.23 Iraq Baqubah 3 14 A series of Jihad attacks leave three Iraqis dead.
2012.05.23 Iraq Ramadi 3 10 Sunnis manage to take down three Shia pilgrims
riding on a bus.
2012.05.23 Pakistan Khawezai 2 0 A woman and her young son bleed to death following
a Religion of Peace mortar attack on their residence.
2012.05.23 Pakistan Tirah 1 1 A peace volunteer is ambushed and killed by
Tehreek-e-Taliban hardliners.
2012.05.23 Pakistan Qambarkhel 1 0 Islamic militants gun down an opponent outside a
mosque.
2012.05.23 Somalia Mogadishu 1 0 Islamic militants shoot a businessman to death on
the street.
2012.05.23 Pakistan Ahmedi Shama 0 4 Women and children are among the victims of a
brutal attack on Shiite pilgrims.
2012.05.23 Iraq Mosul 3 2 Extremists enter the home of a Catholic priest,
murder his father and two brothers, and rape his mother and sister.
2012.05.22 Nigeria Borno 1 0 Members of an Islamic sect enter a security
officer’s home and shoot him to death.
2012.05.22 Pakistan Sanda Pal 5 5 Five people are killed when religious extremists
work out their differences.
2012.05.22 Iraq Baqubah 6 6 Two mothers and four children are killed when two
family homes are bombed by Sunni terrorists.
2012.05.22 Yemen Sanaa 1 0 A Spanish embassy guard is kidnapped and murdered
by suspected terrorists.
2012.05.22 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 6 Boko Haram bombers claim the lives of four
innocents.
2012.05.22 Somalia Baidoa 1 0 Suspected al-Shabaab gunmen assassinate a local
official.
2012.05.22 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is suspected in the murder of a
warden.
2012.05.21 Iraq Mosul 4 0 Four Iraqis are gunned down by Sunni ‘insurgents’.
2012.05.21 Lebanon Beirut 2 18 Two people are killed when rival Muslim groups
shoot at each other.
2012.05.21 Iraq Houd 2 1 Two Iraqis are sent to Allah by Jihadi car bombers.
2012.05.21 Yemen Sanaa 112 311 An al-Qaeda suicide bomber detonates amid a crowd
of Yemeni soldiers, massacring about one-hundred.
2012.05.21 Nigeria Benue 5 3 Five people in a Christian village are murdered by
Muslim raiders.
2012.05.21 Iraq Taji 3 2 Terrorists machine-gun three Iraqi police officers
at a checkpoint.
2012.05.20 Nigeria Maiduguri 7 0 Seven people are shot to death by Religion of Peace
activists near a mosque.
2012.05.20 Afghanistan Tirin Kot 4 3 Two children are among four people torn to shreds
by a Religion of Peace suicide bomber.
2012.05.20 Egypt al-Arish 1 0 A tribal sheikh is assassinated by suspected
Islamists.
2012.05.20 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 70-year-old Shiite man is taken out in a targeted
attack by Sunni gunmen.
2012.05.19 Syria Deir Ezzor 9 100 A least nine people are sent to Allah by a Shahid
suicide bomber.
2012.05.19 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamic ‘separatists’ murder an owner in front of
his shop.
2012.05.19 Iraq Mosul 3 2 Three local policemen are blasted to bits by Sunni
roadside bombers.
2012.05.19 Pakistan Lahore 1 0 A Shiite poet is gunned down by a Sunni terrorist.
2012.05.19 Somalia Mogadishu 2 0 Two people are killed when al-Shabaab militants
toss hand grenades into a market.
2012.05.19 Somalia Mogadishu 5 0 At least five Somalis are exterminated by an
Islamic roadside bomb.
2012.05.19 Nigeria On-Mbaagbu 12 5 Muslim ‘mercenaries’ storm two Christian villages
and slaughter seven people, including a 2-year-old boy butchered
with a knife.
2012.05.19 Afghanistan Khost 13 9 Two children are among at least ten civilians wiped
out by a Taliban suicide attack on a meeting between police and
locals.
2012.05.18 Iraq Baghdad 5 34 Holy Warriors bomb a bird market packed with
shoppers, leaving at least five dead.
2012.05.18 Algeria Azzeffoun 2 2 Fundamentalists bomb a Coast Guard barracks,
killing two sleeping members.
2012.05.18 Pakistan Mamond 1 2 A member of a peace committee is ambushed and
killed by Mujahideen.
2012.05.18 Afghanistan Kunar 3 0 Two women and a child are crushed in their own home
by a Sunni mortar round.
2012.05.18 Iraq Baghdad 5 0 A family of five, including three young children,
are murdered in their own home by Muslim ‘insurgents’.
2012.05.18 Iraq Baghdad 5 24 Terrorists detonate a bomb at a restaurant, killing
five innocents.
2012.05.17 Lebanon Tripoli 1 0 A teenager is killed during a sectarian clash
between Sunni and Alawite.
2012.05.17 Pakistan Quetta 2 2 Two Shia police officers are murdered in a targeted
attack by Sunnis.
2012.05.17 Afghanistan Farah 7 13 Seven people are shot or blasted to death during a
sustained Fedayeen assault on a house.
2012.05.17 Pakistan Peshawar 1 1 Muslim militants bomb a commercial district,
killing a shop owner.
2012.05.16 Afghanistan Badghis 1 5 A local cop is disassembled by a Taliban bomb.
2012.05.15 Iraq Mosul 2 0 ‘Insurgents’ assassinate a judge and his driver.
2012.05.15 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A Shia man bleeds to death from attack by Sunni
gunmen.
2012.05.15 Pakistan Quetta 2 1 Two Shiite brothers are murdered by
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi gunmen.
2012.05.15 Kenya Mombasa 1 2 A woman dies from a gunshot wound to the chest as
Islamists assault a nightclub.
2012.05.15 Egypt Cairo 1 0 A 20-year-old woman is ‘honor poisoned’ by her
family for falling in love with the wrong man.
2012.05.15 Kenya Dadaab 1 3 An al-Shabaab bombing at a refugee camp leaves one
person dead.
2012.05.15 Iraq Mosul 7 20 Seven Iraqis are taken out by a Shahid suicide
bomber.
2012.05.15 Pakistan Panian 1 0 A woman is murdered by her family for having an
illicit sexual relationship.
2012.05.15 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Christian man is shot to death while walking
home.
2012.05.14 Lebanon Jabal Mohsen 5 70 Five people die when supporters of a Sunni
terrorist attack a Shiite village.
2012.05.14 Iraq Baghdad 1 30 At least one person is killed when Muslim
terrorists bomb a cafe
2012.05.14 Iraq Fallujah 5 18 A suicide car bombing is among three blasts that
leave five people dead.
2012.05.14 Nigeria Adamawa 15 48 Fifteen Christian villagers are massacred by twenty
Fulani raiders.
2012.05.14 Afghanistan Ghormach 9 8 Religion of Peace bombers take down nine civilians
at a market.
2012.05.14 Pakistan Sherakot 2 4 Two local cops are gunned down by terrorists.
2012.05.14 Pakistan Khara Shah 1 9 A civilian is left dead following a Lashkar-e-Islam
ambush.
2012.05.14 Thailand Beaver Ridge Canaan 1 0 An elderly Buddhist man is shot several times in
the torso by Muslim ‘rebels’.
2012.05.14 Iraq Himreen 2 0 A man and his son are pulled out of their home and
executed by Mujahideen.
2012.05.13 Nigeria Kano 3 4 Fundamentalists open fire on a group of card
players, killing three.
2012.05.13 Afghanistan Kabul 1 0 A peace negotiator is assassinated by Islamic
extremists.
2012.05.13 Pakistan Mardan 1 20 A powerful Tehreek-e-Taliban bomb leaves at least
one person dead.
2012.05.13 Lebanon Tripoli 2 0 Two people are killed during a sectarian clash
between Shia and Sunni.
2012.05.13 Pakistan Khawaizai 1 10 Muslim militants kill a civilian volunteer outside
a bazaar checkpoint.
2012.05.13 Syria Damascus 1 0 A Shiite cleric is assassinated by Sunni gunmen as
he stepped out of his mosque.
2012.05.13 Nigeria Mafa 3 0 A civilian is among three people burned to death
when Boko Haram cadres torch a police station.
2012.05.13 Iraq Baghdad 3 9 A Shahid suicide bomber kills three Iraqis.
2012.05.13 Thailand Pattani 0 24 Muslim terrorists throw grenades into a Red Cross
fair, injuring two dozen.
2012.05.13 Pakistan Bhutto Nagar 2 0 Two Shiites are abducted, tortured and then shot to
death by Sunni radicals.
2012.05.13 Pakistan Dhoraji 3 1 A religious scholar and two others are murdered by
sectarian rivals.
2012.05.13 Iraq Fallujah 2 6 A Fedyeen suicide bomber takes out two Iraqis.
2012.05.13 Iraq Saadyiah 1 2 ‘Insurgents’ blow up a home with a family inside,
killing the mother and injuring a child.
2012.05.13 Pakistan Tirah 4 3 Four people are killed when Lashkar e-Islam and
Ansar al-Islam shoot at each other.
2012.05.12 Somalia Mogadishu 3 0 Three civilians bleed to death following an
al-Shabaab grenade attack.
2012.05.12 Germany Bonn 0 2 Two police officers are stabbed by an Islamist.
2012.05.12 Afghanistan Qaraghul 4 0 Sunni hardliners take out four local police with a
roadside bomb.
2012.05.12 Pakistan Bahawalnagar 3 0 A woman is among three people taken down by
sectarian Jihadis.
2012.05.12 Pakistan Peshawar 2 17 Muslim bombers take down two innocents.
2012.05.12 Nigeria Bauchi 2 0 Suspected Islamists bomb a police station, killing
two occupants.
2012.05.12 Afghanistan Helmand 2 0 Two British troops are shot in the back by
Mujahideen in police uniforms.
2012.05.11 Pakistan Hayatabad 1 4 A taxi driver is killed in his cab during a Taliban
mortar attack.
2012.05.11 Pakistan Peeral Rind 2 0 An 18-year-old girl and her boyfriend are ‘honor’
killed by her father.
2012.05.11 Nigeria Kano 1 0 A Shiite cleric is murdered in his home by more
radical rivals.
2012.05.11 Afghanistan Kunar 1 0 A Taliban wearing an army uniform shoots and
American in the back.
2012.05.11 Iraq Baqubah 5 5 Terrorists kill five people in their own home,
including a teenager.
2012.05.10 Afghanistan Paktika 4 5 Four others are left dead when six Shahid suicide
bombers attack a government building.
2012.05.10 Somalia Mogadishu 3 5 Islamists throw grenades into the street, killing
three civilians.
2012.05.10 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A young Shiite is shot through the head and neck by
Sunni militants.
2012.05.10 Iraq Saddamiyat 7 0 Seven suspected al-Qaeda victims are found bound,
blindfolded and shot.
2012.05.10 Syria Damascus 55 372 Two Religion of Peace suicide bombers detonate
during the morning rush hour, sending at least fifty-five people to
Allah.
2012.05.10 Dagestan Kizlyarsky 2 4 Islamic ‘rebels’ murder two local cops.
2012.05.10 Pakistan Tank 1 5 The Taliban gun down a member of a peace committee.
2012.05.09 Pakistan Nowshera 0 12 A dozen people are injured when Taliban militants
blow up the tomb of a poet who promoted peace.
2012.05.09 Yemen Lawder 3 5 Ansar al-Sharia militants murder three local
soldiers.
2012.05.09 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 60-year-old man is murdered by Sunnis for being a
Shiite.
2012.05.09 Nigeria Tahoss 7 1 Muslim activists set fire to Christian homes and
then shoot those trying to flee, killing at least seven, including
two children.
2012.05.09 Nigeria Rim 1 2 A Christian villager is killed by Muslim attackers.
2012.05.09 Iraq Salah al-Din 2 0 Two electrical workers are killed by a bomb planted
near a pylon.
2012.05.09 Somalia Baidoa 1 0 An aid worker is gunned down by suspected
Islamists.
2012.05.09 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 Muslim radicals shoot two cattle traders to death
at a market.
2012.05.08 Pakistan Dhamala 0 3 Three Christian women are ‘beaten mercilessly’ in
their own home by a Muslim gang.
2012.05.08 Pakistan Orangi 1 0 A 35-year-old Shiite man is murdered down by Sunni
gunmen.
2012.05.08 Afghanistan Urgun 5 0 Education ministry officials are cut down in a
brutal ambush by Sunni hardliners.
2012.05.08 Afghanistan Pul-e-Alam 2 0 Taliban gunmen assassinate two locals at a bazaar.
2012.05.08 Afghanistan Pusht Rod 5 0 Five local policemen bleed out following a Religion
of Peace roadside bombing.
2012.05.08 Somalia Mogadishu 7 4 Four children are among seven civilians crushed to
death by an al-Shabaab mortar attack on their neighborhood.
2012.05.07 Iraq Baghdad 1 4 A civilian is killed when terrorists blow up a
minibus.
2012.05.07 Iraq Baqubah 2 4 A Shia man and his son are blown to bits in their
own home by Sunni extremists.
2012.05.07 Yemen Zinjibar 32 40 Thirty-two soldiers are killed during a sustained
attack by al-Qaeda militants.
2012.05.07 India Kishtwar 1 3 A 12-year-old dies from splinter injuries when
Muslim terrorists toss a grenade into his family’s home.
2012.05.06 Pakistan Miranshah 14 0 Religious extremists kidnap and behead fourteen
local soldiers.
2012.05.06 Pakistan Miranshah 3 15 Three civilians are killed when a shell hits a
mosque during a sustained attack by Islamic militants on security
forces.
2012.05.06 Pakistan Turbat 2 1 Two people are killed in their own home by
Mujahideen.
2012.05.06 Pakistan Miranshah 9 12 Tehreek-e-Taliban militants kill nine local
soldiers in a coordinated ambush.
2012.05.06 Pakistan Dasht 1 11 A Shiite is gunned down in a targeted attack, while
injuries are suffered during a separate attack on a bus carrying
pilgrims.
2012.05.06 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A NATO soldier is shot in the back by a Mujahideen
wearing a local uniform.
2012.05.05 Nigeria Hotoro 2 0 Islamic snipers assassinate two security personnel.
2012.05.05 Germany Bonn 0 29 Twenty-nine police are injured when ‘strict
Muslims’ attack with bottles and sticks over cartoons of Muhammad.
2012.05.05 Thailand Yala 1 0 Muslim ‘separatists’ shoot a rival mosque official
to death.
2012.05.05 Philippines Iligan 2 19 Two cousins are killed when suspected Muslims
activists toss a grenade into a restaurant.
2012.05.05 Nigeria Maiduguri 3 4 Three civilians are brought down when Boko Haram
radicals open fire during a wedding.
2012.05.04 Pakistan Khar 29 72 Tehrik-e-Taliban suicide bombers at a bazaar send
two dozen innocents to Allah.
2012.05.04 Afghanistan Nangarhar 5 0 Five Afghan cops are brutally murdered by Taliban
bombers.
2012.05.04 Egypt Cairo 3 300 Three people are killed when Jihadists storm a
government building.
2012.05.04 Nigeria Kumshe 2 0 Two guards at a jail are shot to death by Boko
Haram radicals.
2012.05.04 Nigeria Taraba 5 0 Muslim extremists gun down five villagers.
2012.05.04 Algeria Boumerdes 2 1 Two Algerians are dismantled by a mortar round
fired by Islamic fundementalists.
2012.05.04 Thailand Yala 1 1 Islamic snipers pick off a father in his pickup
truck and seriously injure his 7-year-old son.
2012.05.03 Dagestan Makhatchkala 12 110 Rescue workers and civilians are among those
bleeding to death in the aftermath of a vicious suicide blast and
follow-up bombing.
2012.05.03 Nigeria Potiskum 56 29 Islamists toss bombs and fire into a cattle market,
massacring about sixty innocents.
2012.05.03 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 The life of a 21-year-old is snuffed out by
suspected terrorists.
2012.05.03 Pakistan Chamarkand 5 2 Tribal elders are among those taken apart by a
Taliban double-bomb attack.
2012.05.03 Thailand Pattani 4 0 Four Buddhists are hunted down and assassinated by
Muslim gunmen.

There is a reason we call it Islamic terrorism, and it
isn’t
because we falsely attribute motives to the terrorists,
but
because Islam is the stated purpose and aim of the terrorists.

Daniel
Greenfield

Source: TheReligionOfPeace.com