The following is a list of every terrorist incident globally in February 2017. The purpose of this list is to better illustrate who the true victims of terrorism are.
February 1
Location: 
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
Type: Rocket Attack
Casualties: 1 killed, two injured
Attacker: 
Taliban
Location: 
Hawija, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 5 executed
Attacker: 
Islamic State
Location: 
Qandala, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 3 civilians + 3 soldiers executed
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Baidoa, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 7 soldiers killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: 
Koraput, India
Type: Landmine
Casualties: 7 police killed + 5 injured
Attacker: Naxalites
Location: Boosaaso, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 soldiers killed, 6 injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: 
Mandera, Kenya
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 police and 1 boy killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Feburary 2
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Attempted Bombing/Assassination
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: 
Abyan, Yemen
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 civilians killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Location: 
Kontcha, Cameroon
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 killed, unknown others wounded
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: 
Mexico City, Mexico
Type: Arson
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Anarchists
February 3
Location: 
Rafah, Egypt
Type: Attempted Bombing
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: 
Paris, France
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 1 soldier + attacker wounded
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Almar, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 8 police killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Taliban
Location: 
Various cities, Philippines
Type: Attack/Kidnapping
Casualties: 3+ killed, 5 soldiers captured, unknown injured in 20 attacks nationwide
Attacker: 
New People’s Army
Location: 
Luhansk, Ukaine
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 2, including the head of the LPR militia
Attacker: Unknown (Likely Ukrainian special forces)
February 4
Location: 
Ménaka, Mali
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 soldiers killed, 8 injured
Attacker: Ansar Dine
Location: Kismayo, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 3 soldiers killed, others injured
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
Location: Tuburan, Philippines
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf
February 5
Location: 
Manama, Bahrain
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Lone wolf
Location: Kidal, Mali
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Location: Kismayu, Somalia
Type: Execution
Casualties: 4 killed
Attacker: Al-Shabaab
February 6
Location: Maidan, Afghanistan
Type: Rocket attack
Casualties: 4 killed, 3 injured
Attacker: Taliban
February 7
Location: 
Borno, Nigeria
Type: (Attempted) Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Damaturu, Nigeria
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 security personnel + 1 civilian killed
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Farah, Afghanistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 district governor killed
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 22 killed +1 attacker, 41 injured
Attacker: Islamic State — Khorasan Province
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 15
Attacker: Islamic State
February 8
Location: Donetsk, Ukraine
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 (Mikhail Tolstykh, rebel leader)
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Qushtipa, Afghanistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 6 killed + 2 missing
Attacker: Islamic State — Khorasan Province
Location: Bosaso, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 + 2 attackers killed
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 27 killed
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 killed, 19 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: 
Eilat, Israel
Type: Rocket attack
Casualties: 5 treated for shock
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Province
Location: Ramadi, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, 2 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
February 9
Location: Petah Tikva, Israel
Type: Shooting/stabbing
Casualties: 6 wounded + 1 attacker wounded
Attacker: Lone wolf
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Rocket attack
Casualties: 9 killed
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Beledweyne, Somalia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 killed, several injured
Attacker: Al Shabaab
February 10
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 10 killed, 33 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 5 civilians + 2 attackers killed, 14+ wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
February 11
Location: Sinai, Egypt
Type: Execution
Casualties: 5 killed
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Province
Location: Borno, Nigeria
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 7 soldiers killed, 19 wounded
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Borno, Nigeria
Type: Arson
Casualties: 1 killed, dozens wounded
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 7 + 1 attacker killed, 20 wounded
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Helmand, Afghanistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 12 + 1 attacker killed, 20 wounded
Attacker: Taliban
Location: Al-Arish, Egypt
Type: Assassination/kidnapping
Casualties: 1 killed, 1 kidnapped
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Province
February 12
Location: Kirkuk, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 15 burned to death
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: 
Karachi, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Tahreek-i-Taliban
February 13
Location: Wana, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 killed
Attacker: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: Lahore, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 18 + 1 attacker killed, 90+ wounded
Attacker: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Location: Quetta, Pakistan
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 2 police killed + 9 injured
Attacker: 
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Location: Donbass, Ukraine
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed, 3 wounded
Attacker: 
Pravy Sektor
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Shelling
Casualties: 4 killed, 24 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Chibok, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 1 killed, 1 injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
February 14
Location: 
Pishan Town, China
Type: Stabbing
Casualties: 5 civilians + 3 attackers killed, 10 injured
Attacker: 
Turkistan Islamic Party
Location: Rada’a, Yemen
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 3+ killed
Attacker: Islamic State – Yemen Province
February 15
Location: Zamboanga, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 8 wounded
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf
Location: Ghalanai, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombing/Shooting
Casualties: 5 + 3 attackers killed
Attacker: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Location: Peshawar, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 + 1 attacker killed, 12+ wounded
Attacker: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombings
Casualties: 18 killed, 30+ wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike
Casualties: 3 killed, 4 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 13 drowned in metal cages
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Hawija, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 8 executed
Attacker: Islamic State
February 16
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Car Bomb
Casualties: 59 killed, 66 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Sehwan, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 89 killed, 250+ wounded
Attacker: Islamic State — Khorasan Province
Location: Rafah, Egypt
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Province
Location: Nangarhar, Afghanisan
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 17 ANA killed, 21 IS killed
Attacker: Islamic State — Khorasan Province
February 17
Location: Davao City, Philippines
Type: Clashes
Casualties: 5 killed, 15 injured
Attacker: New People’s Army
Location: Khyber Agency, Pakistan
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 injured
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 2 civilians + 9 attackers killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Boko Haram
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Mortar Attack
Casualties: 2 killed, 2 wounded
Attacker: Al Shabaab
Location: Sinai, Egypt
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 5 soldiers killed, 2 wounded by roadside bomb
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Province
Location: Tirkit, Iraq
Type: Attack
Casualties: 8 PMU killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: 
Viransehir, Turkey
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 2 killed, 17 injured
Attacker: 
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
February 18
Location: 
Pailitas, Colombia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 40 injured
Attacker: 
National Liberation Army
Location:
Lima, Peru
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 5 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 9 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed, 1 injured
Attacker: Al Shabaab
February 19
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 2 civilians + attacker killed, unknown injured
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Type: Suicide Car Bombing
Casualties: 40 killed, 50+ injured
Attacker: Al Shabaab
Location: 
Villa Nueva, Guatemala
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 injured by homemade bomb
Attacker: Unknown
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 40 injured
Attacker: National Liberation Army
February 20
Location: Lebedynske, Ukraine
Type: Shooting/Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 9 injured
Attacker: 
United Armed Forces of Novorossiya
Location: Kaduna, Nigeria
Type: Attack
Casualties: 20 killed, unknown number injured
Attacker: Fulani herdsmen
Location: Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 killed, 7 kidnapped
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf
Location: Kismayo, Somalia
Type: IED
Casualties: 2 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: Al Shabaab
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Airstrike
Casualties: 11 killed, 3 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 4 injured
Attacker: Islamic State
February 21
Location: 
Bangor, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Type: Firebombing
Casualties: 0
Attacker: Dissident republicans
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 7 killed, 30 wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Unknown Location, Iraq
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Charsadda, Pakistan
Type: Suicide Bombings
Casualties: 7 civilians + 3 attackers killed, 21 injured
Attacker: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
February 22
Location: Arish, Egypt
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 2 killed
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Province
Location: 
Ouaka, Central African Republic
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 injured
Attacker: FPRC
Location: Derry, United Kingdom
Type: Attempted Bombing
Casualties: 0
Attacker: New Irish Republican Army
Location: 
Benghazi, Libya
Type: Attempted Assassination
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker: 
Benghazi Shura Council
Location: 
Tiloa, Niger
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 15 killed, 19 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
February 23
Location: 
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Lone Wolf
Location: Shopian, India
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 4 killed, 5 injured
Attacker: 
Hizbul Mujahideen
February 24
Location: 
Sosyan, Syria
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 61 killed, 100+ wounded
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Zinjibar, Yemen
Type: Car Bombing
Casualties: 8+ soldiers + 1 attacker killed, 10 wounded
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Location: Arish, Egypt
Type: Assassination
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Islamic State — Sinai Peninsula
Location: Ar-Rutbah, Iraq
Type: Attack
Casualties: 15 soldiers killed
Attacker: Islamic Sate
Location: Girishk, Afghanisan
Type: Suicide Car Bombing
Casualties: 2 civilians + 1 attacker killed, 3 wounded
Attacker: Taliban
February 25
Location: Homs, Syria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 32 civilians + 6 bombers killed, many injured
Attacker: 
Tahrir al-Sham
Location: Santander, Colombia
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 0
Attacker: National Liberation Army
Location: Kirkuk, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Darzab, Afghanistan
Type: Ambush
Casualties: 11 killed
Attacker: Taliban
February 26
Location: Jaww, Bahrain
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 4 injured
Attacker: Lone wolf
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 6 killed (including Rudaw journalist Shifa Gardi), 8 injured
Attacker: Islamic Sate
Location: 
Constantine, Algeria
Type: Suicide Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed, 2 injured
Attacker: Islamic State — Algeria Province
February 27
Location: 
Bandung, Indonesia
Type: Bombing
Casualties: 1 killed (bomber)
Attacker: Islamic State
Location: Philippines (Unknown Exact Location)
Type: Execution
Casualties: 1 killed
Attacker: Abu Sayyaf
Location: 
Soum, Burkina Faso
Type: Shooting
Casualties: 1 injured
Attacker: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
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