Below is a list of attacks and incidents involving non-state terror/insurgent groups worldwide between 1-31 January 2017
January 1
Location: 
Bilda, Algeria
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 7 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Location: 
Istanbul, Turkey
Type: 2017 Istanbul Nightclub Shooting
Casualties: 39 killed, 70 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Najaf, Iraq
Type: Bombing/Attack
Casualties: 7 police + 3 attackers killed, 17 police injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Tartus, Syria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 police + 2 attackers killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Ma’an, Jordan
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 soldier killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 security personnel + 2 civilians wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: 
Bujumbura, Burundi
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed (Environmental Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru)
Attacker: Unknown/Lone Wolf
Location: 
Herat, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 civilians injured
Attacker: Taliban
January 2
Location: 
Djibo, Burkina Faso
Type: Shooting (Article in French)
Casualties: 1 killed, 1 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Location: 
Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: January 2017 Mogadishu Bombings
Casualties: 7 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 17 civilians wounded
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: January 2017 Baghdad Bombings
Casualties: 56 civilians + 3 attackers killed, 122 civilians injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Samarra, Iraq
Type: Attack/Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 7 police + 3 attackers killed, unknown number of police injured
Attacker: Daesh
January 3
Location: 
Abyan, Yemen
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 16 Yemeni soldiers + 15 AQ fighters killed, 10 Yemeni soldiers injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Location: 
Bria, Central African Republic
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 UN Peacekeepers killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Anti-Balaka
Location: 
Cairo, Egypt
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 civilian killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 Afghan police killed
Attacker: Taliban
January 4
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 4 UN guards injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: 
Kidapawan, Philippines
Type: 2017 Kidapawan Jail Siege
Casualties: 2 police + 5 escapees killed, 1 injured
Attacker: Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
Location: 
Madagalil, Nigeria
Type: (Attempted) Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 government officials killed
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: 
Bio Bio, Chile
Type: Shooting (Article in Spanish)
Casualties: 5 forest workers injured
Attacker: Mapuche
Location: Kunduz, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 US military personnel killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Nawa, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 policewoman killed
Attacker: Taliban
January 5
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 27 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 57+ civilians injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Jableh, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 16+ civilians killed, 30+ injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Izmir, Turkey
Type: 2017 Izmir Courthouse Attack
Casualties: 2 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 10 injured
Attacker: Kurdistan Freedom Falcons
Location: 
Asdod, Israel
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf
January 6
Location: Ad-Dawr, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 4 police + 2 attackers killed, 12 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 killed for “sorcery”
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Abyan, Yemen
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 6 Yemeni soldiers + 1 attacker killed, 20 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 civilians wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: Monufia, Egypt
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 2 civilians killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Tala wa Barfak, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 13 killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Taliban
January 7
Location: Yobe State, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 5 Nigerian soldiers + 15 attackers, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: Shooting, attempted bombing
Casualties: 2 attackers killed, 1 police officer injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Azaz, Syria
Type: January 2017 Azaz Bombing
Casualties: 60+ civilians killed, 50+ injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Lamphelpat, India
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 police officers injured
Attacker: Kangleipak Communist Party
Location: Zabul, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 police officer killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Taliban
January 8
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: SVBIED
Casualties: 20 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 50+ wounded
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Jourian, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 civilians killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: East Jerusalem, Israel
Type: 2017 Jerusalem Truck Attack
Casualties: 4 soldiers + 1 attacker killed, 17 wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Taiz, Yemen
Type: Roadside Bomb
Casualties: 5 civilians killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Unknown
January 9
Location: 
Athens, Greece
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 police officer wounded
Attacker: Anarchists
Location: Arish, Egypt
Type: SVBIED/Attack
Casualties: 7 police, 1 civilian, and 5 attackers killed, 15 civilians wounded
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Bandipora, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 attacker killed, 1 soldier wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Taiba
Location: 
Puerto Jordán, Colombia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 soldier killed
Attacker: National Liberation Army
Location: Zabul, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Taliban
Location: 
Hotan, China
Type: Raid
Casualties: 3 terrorists killed
Attacker: Turkestan Islamic Party
January 10
Location: Zamboanga City, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 killed, 5-7 fishermen kidnapped
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf
Location: Bu’ale, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 3 killed
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: 
Gondar, Ethiopia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 11 injured
Attacker: Anarchists
Location: Kalari, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 3 civilians + 2 attackers killed
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Kandahar, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 11 killed, dozens wounded
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
al-Fari’ah, Palestine
Type: Stabbing, shooting
Casualties: Attacker killed, 1 soldier wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Narayanpur, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 civilian + 4 attackers killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Naxalites
Location: 
San Pedro, Paraguay
Type: Shooting, attempted kidnapping
Casualties: 1 wounded
Attacker: Paraguayan People’s Army
Location: Abyan, Yemen
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Type: SVBIED
Casualties: 38 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 70+ wounded
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Lashkargah, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide bombing
Casualties: 7 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 6 civilians wounded
Attacker: Taliban
January 11
Location: Yobe, Nigeria
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 soldier killed
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 wounded
Attacker: Daesh
January 12
Location: Damascus, Syria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 8+ killed plus the attacker, unknown number injured
Attacker: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
Location: 
Segou, Mali
Type: Roadside Bomb
Casualties: 5 Malian soldiers killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 police officer killed
Attacker: Tehreek-e-Taliban
January 13
Location: Madagali, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 6+ killed, 14 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Execution
Casualties: 2 crucified
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Belfast, United Kingdom
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 wounded
Attacker: Real Irish Republican Army
Location: 
Shan State, Myanmar
Type: Shelling
Casualties: 2 killed, 8 injured
Attacker: Ta’ang National Liberation Army
January 14
Location: Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Roadside Bomb
Casualties: 2 Nigerian soldiers killed
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 Nigerian soldiers, 10 attackers killed, 27 soldiers injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: 
Gnam-Gnam, Cameroon
Type: Execution
Casualties: 17 executed
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Diyala, Iraq
Type: Shooting/Ambush
Casualties: 8 killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Kirkuk, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 5 burned to death
Attacker: Daesh
January 15
Location: Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Bosso, Niger
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 9 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Fulani herdsmen
Location: Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing, kidnapping
Casualties: 7 killed, 2 wounded, 14 kidnapped
Attacker: Daesh
Location: La Araucania, Chile
Type: Arson
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Mapuche
January 16
Location: Abyan, Yemen
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 soldiers killed, 3 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 3 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 17 civilians wounded
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: New Valley Province, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 8 security officers + 2 attackers killed, 3 security officers wounded
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Diyarbakir, Turkey
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 police killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Location: Sirnak, Turkey
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 5 wounded
Attacker: Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Location: 
Popasna, Ukraine
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 Ukrainian soldiers wounded
Attacker: Luhansk People’s Republic
Location: 
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 killed, 12 wounded
Attacker: Militant guerrillas
Location: Arish, Egypt
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 police killed
Attacker: Unknown
January 17
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 Ugandan soldier executed
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Diyarbakir, Turkey
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 police officer killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Kurdistan Workers’ Party
January 18
Location: 
Gao, Mali
Type: 2017 Gao Bombing
Casualties: 77 + 1 attacker killed, 115+ injured
Attacker: Al-Mourabitoun
Location: Umm al-Hiran, Israel
Type: Vehicular Attack
Casualties: 1 police officer + 1 attacker killed, several injured
Attacker: Islamic Movement in Israel
Location: Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Type: Shooting/Raid
Casualties: 4 attackers killed, unknown civilians injured
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: Narayanpur, India
Type: Landmine
Casualties: 3 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Naxalites
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 7+ killed, 20 injured
Attacker: Unknown
January 19
Location: Palmyra, Syria
Type: Execution
Casualties: 12 executed
Attacker: Daesh
January 20
Location: 
Benghazi, Libya
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 1 killed, 13 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike
Casualties : 2 killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Al-Bab, Syria
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 5 Turkish soldiers killed, 9 wounded
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Parachinar, Pakistan
Type: 2017 Parachinar Bombing
Casualties: 25 killed, 87 wounded
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi & Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Location: Orakzai, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 tribal elders executed, 6 others injured
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: Balkh, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 3 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Arish, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 civilian killed
Attacker: Unknown
January 21
Location: Diffa, Niger
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 Niger soldiers killed, 7 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Rakban, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 4 killed, 14 injured near refugee camp
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Rafah, Egypt
Type: Shelling
Casualties: 8 killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 attackers killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Tripoli, Libya
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed near Italian embassy
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Beirut, Lebanon
Type: Attempted Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 1 attacker wounded
Attacker: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
Location: Kandahar, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 43 killed, including 16 police officers, unknown number injured
Attacker: Taliban
January 22
Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 police officer wounded
Attacker: Dissident Republicans
Location: Maywand District, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting/Attack
Casualties: 3 police killed
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Barabasti, India
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Unknown
January 23
Location: 
Mandera, Kenya
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Afgooye, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 8 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Bombing/Shooting
Casualties: 8 killed, dozens kidnapped
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 Egyptian soldiers killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Bijapur, India
Type: Arson
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Naxalites
Location: Benghazi, Libya
Type: Shooting/Clash
Casualties: 30+ killed, 25+ wounded
Attacker: Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries
January 24
Location: Aguelhok, Mali
Type: Mortar Attack
Casualties: 1 peacekeeper killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Location: Aleppo/Idlib, Syria
Type: Attacks
Casualties: Many
Attacker: Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
Location: Pulwama, India
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 police officer injured
Attacker: Unknown
January 25
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: SVBIED/Shooting
Casualties: 4 police, 24 civilians, 4 attackers killed, 43+ injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 3 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 4 civilians + 3 attackers killed, unknown injuries
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, 9 wounded
Attacker: Daesh
January 26
Location: Bujumbura, Burundi
Type: Shooting/Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 9 killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike
Casualties: 3 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Shooting/Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, 8 injured
Attacker: Daesh
January 27
Location: Kulbiyow, Somalia
Type: Battle
Casualties: 9-66 AMISOM soldiers + 70 attackers killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Aleppo, Syria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Democratic Union Party
Location: Al-Raqqah, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Daesh
January 28
Location: Abyan, Yemen
Type: Attack
Casualties: 4 killed, unknown number wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Fallujah, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed + 1 attacker, 2 wounded
Attacker: Daesh
January 29
Location: Al-Barka, Philippines
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 children killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf
Location: 
Quebec City, Canada
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 6 killed, 17 injured
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Borno State, Nigeria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Type: Shooting/Raid
Casualties: 4 soldiers and 20+ attackers killed, 7 soldiers wounded
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Qandala, Somalia
Type: Execution/Kidnapping
Casualties: 3 soldiers killed, 9 civilians injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Khasavyurt, Russia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Manama, Bahrain
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 police officer killed
Attacker: Islamists
Location: 
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf
January 30
Location: Mahaday, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 civilians and 3 soldiers wounded
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Madougou, Mali
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 civilians injured
Attacker: Ansar Dine
Location: Madagali, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 15 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Fotokol, Cameroon
Type: Attack
Casualties: 1 killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Shalinsky District, Russia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 police officers + 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Caucasus Emirate
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 3 killed
Attacker: Daesh
Location: Isabela, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 soldiers killed, several injured
Attacker: New People’s Army
January 31
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 1 civilian + 1 attacker killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Aden, Yemen
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 7 injured
Attacker: Daesh
Location: 
Denver, United States
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 transit officer killed
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Norte de Santander, Colombia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 soldier killed, 2 injured
Attacker: National Liberation Army
Location: 
Juba and Nimule, South Sudan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 3 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Nuer White Army
Location: 
Unknown Location, Azerbaijan
Type: Attack
Casualties: 4 attempted attackers killed
Attacker: Unknown
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