List of terrorist incidents in July–December 2012
Date Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator
2 Shooting 18 0 Khuzdar , Pakistan Police said that gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying civilians while it was at a petrol pump , killing all 16 occupants and 2 by-standers . As a result of the firing the station caught fire . Among the dead were eight women and three children
2 Ambush 4 0 Davao , Philippines Suspected NPA insurgents ambushed an army patrol in the south of the Philippines , killing 4 soldiers New People 's Army
2 Attempted Bombing 0 0 Surrey , British Columbia , Canada At least one explosive device was discovered on the track of the SkyTrain in Surrey city , British Columbia province , Canada . The device was safely removed and control-detonated without causing injury . No group claimed responsibility for the incident Unknown
5 Bombings 2 1 Manama , Bahrain At least five homemade bombs exploded in the nation 's capital , killing 2 Asian workers and injuring another
6 Car bombing 31 50 Taji , Iraq A car bombing outside an army base in Taji killed 31 people and injured at least 50 others , most of them soldiers . The blast struck as troops were leaving the base and potential recruits were lining up for job interviews Islamic State of Iraq
8 Suicide bombing , IEDs 18 10 across Afghanistan A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 3 policemen and injured 3 others at a checkpoint near Kandahar . Five Afghan soldiers were killed after their convoy struck a landmine in Laghman Province , while a roadside blast in Helmand Province killed 10 civilians and injured 7 others Afghan Taliban
14 Bombings , shootings 29 194 across Iraq Insurgents staged a number of attacks on the eve of the Islamic New Year , killing 29 and injuring almost 200 others . The deadliest incidents took place in Kirkuk and Hilla , where at least seven bombings killed 19 and left 129 wounded . Other attacks took place in Baghdad , Mosul , Kut , Fallujah and Baqubah Islamic State of Iraq
16 Roadside bombing 17 14 Farah Province , Afghanistan A minivan full of civilians going to a wedding party struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan 's western Farah Province . The attack killed 17 people and injured 14 others . Local officials blamed Taliban insurgents for planting the explosives Afghan Taliban
21 Bombings 3 0 Dagestan , Russia Two police officers and a civilian were killed in successive terrorist bombings in a village in Dagestan . The second bomb detonated when officers arrived to investigate the scene of the first blast
21 Bombing 0 28 Tel Aviv , Israel An explosion on a passenger bus near the defense ministry in Tel Aviv injured 28 people , three of them seriously . The blast came hours before an Egyptian -brokered truce was called to halt the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip . This was the first serious bombing in Israel 's commercial capital since 2006
21 Suicide bombing , bombing 18 41 Rawalpindi and Quetta , Pakistan A suicide bomber killed at least 13 and injured 25 others during evening Shi'ite processions in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi , where the national Army headquarters are stationed . Earlier , a blast in Quetta killed 3 soldiers and 2 civilians , while 16 others were wounded
25 Suicide car bombings 11 30 Kaduna State , Nigeria A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 11 and injured more than 30 others at a military church inside Jaji Barracks in Nigeria 's northern Kaduna State . An explosives-laden bus drove into the church during services , followed by a second blast as rescuers arrived at the scene . Authorities placed the blame on Islamist sect Boko Haram Boko Haram Suspected
27 Car bombings 33 126 Baghdad , Kirkuk and Al Anbar Governorate , Iraq A string of car bombings during the height of Ashoura processions struck several Iraqi cities , killing at least 33 and leaving 126 others injured . The deadliest attacks occurred in Baghdad , where three blasts left 23 dead and 72 injured . Other bombings in Kirkuk , Ramadi and Fallujah killed 10 and injured 54 Islamic State of Iraq
28 Car bombings 54 120 Jaramana , Syria Twin car bombings killed at least 54 and injured more than 120 others in the mainly Christian and Druze city of Jaramana , near the Syrian capital Damascus . The city has been the target of three similar attacks since August
29 Roadside bombing 10 8 Uruzgan Province , Afghanistan A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in Afghanistan 's southern Uruzgan Province , killing 10 civilians and injuring at least 8 others . Most of the victims were women and children Afghan Taliban
29 Car bombings , IEDs 48 208 across Iraq A series of bombings in Iraq killed at least 48 and left more than 200 others injured . The deadliest incident was in Hilla , where a suicide car bombing at a restaurant killed 32 and wounded 138 others . Other attacks took place in Karbala , Fallujah , Baghdad and Mosul Islamic State of Iraq
November
This is a timeline of individual violent attacks which took place from July to December 2012, including attacks by state and non-state actors for political motives. Ongoing military conflicts are listed separately.