INDEPTH: LONDON BOMBING
Al-Qaeda-linked bombings
CBC News Online | July 8, 2005
In the wake of the London transit attacks, here’s a list of some of the major al-Qaeda-linked bombings around the world since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States:
July 2005 - London, U.K.:
A series of bombs explode in London’s underground killing at least 50 people.
December 2004 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
An attack on the American Consulate kills five staff members and leaves four militants dead. The Saudi wing of al-Qaeda claims responsibility.
April 2004 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
Attacks in downtown Riyadh kill 10 people.
March 2004 - Madrid, Spain:
A chain of suicide bombs on a Madrid train kill more than 200 and wound more than 1,800. The explosions happen at the height of rush hour.
Twenty-four alleged al-Qaeda members stand trial for the explosion in Spain. The trial ends July 5, 2005, and judges are expected to announce a verdict in September.
December 2003 - Istanbul, Turkey:
Attacks on the British Consulate and HSBC bank offices in Istanbul kill 27 people.
December 2003 - Istanbul, Turkey:
At least 23 people die in two suicide attacks on synagogues.
November 2003 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
A bombing kills at least 17 people at a housing complex a few kilometres from Riyadh's diplomatic quarter.
August 2003: Jakarta, Indonesia:
A suicide bomber kills 12 people at the J.W. Marriott hotel.
May 2003 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Casablanca, Morocco:
At least 75 people are killed in one week in suicide attacks in the two cities.
November 2002 - Mombassa, Kenya:
Sixteen people die at an Israeli-owned hotel.
October 2002 - Bali, Indonesia:
A bombing in a nightclub on the island of Bali, Indonesia, kills nearly 200 people. It is considered the deadliest act of terrorism in the country's history. Most of the dead are foreign tourists from Australia and Britain. In March 2005 an Indonesian court finds Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir guilty of conspiracy and sentences him to 2½ years in jail.
April 2002 - Djerba, Tunisia:
A blast outside a Tunisian synagogue kills at least 17 people.
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