List of bus attacks

{{short description|None}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2022}} Bus attacks are a crime in which passengers and/or drivers of a bus are targeted, oftentimes in an act of terrorism.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=4 April 2019 |title=Bus Attacks Highlight Potential Tactics and Mitigation Efforts |url=https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/jcat/firstresponderstoolbox/Bus_Attacks_Highlight_Potential_Tactics_and_Mitigation_Efforts.pdf}}</ref> The high frequency of bus attacks are attributed to the ease of the attackers' access to a large group of unprotected people within an enclosed space.<ref name=":0" /> As such, it is one of the most common methods of public transportation being targeted or used as weapons, with a high potential for mass-casualties.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Holgersson |first1=Annelie |last2=Björnstig |first2=Ulf |date=March 2014 |title=Mass-casualty attacks on public transportation |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12198-013-0125-z |journal=Journal of Transportation Security |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1007/s12198-013-0125-z |s2cid=168079085 |issn=1938-7741|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Bus attacks occur most commonly in regions such as South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, including countries such as Pakistan and Israel.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Michael. |first=Jenkins, Brian |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/608318542 |title=Terrorist attacks on public bus transportation : a preliminary empirical analysis |date=2010 |publisher=Mineta Transportation Institute, College of Business, San José State University |oclc=608318542}}</ref>

{{Incomplete list|date=June 2021}}

== Afghanistan ==

* Kabul bombings (2021)

== Azerbaijan ==

* Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing (1990)

== China ==

* Ürümqi bus bombings (1997)

== Germany ==

* Borussia Dortmund team bus bombing (2017)

== India ==

* Mumbai bus bombing (2002)

== Israel ==

* Ma'ale Akrabim massacre (1954) * Avivim school bus bombing (1970) * Coastal Road massacre (1978) * Afula bus suicide bombing (6 April 1994) * Hadera bus station suicide bombing (13 April 1994) * Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 1994) * Ramat Gan bus bombing (July 1995) * Ramat Eshkol bus bombing (August 1995) * Jaffa Road bus bombings (1996) * Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack (November 2001) * Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2001) * Umm al-Fahm bus bombing (March 2002) * Patt Junction Bus bombing (June 2002) * Allenby Street bus bombing (September 2002) * Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 2002) * Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre (January 2003) * French Hill suicide bombings (May 2003) * Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 2003) * Davidka Square bus bombing (June 2003) * Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 2003) * Gaza Street bus bombing (January 2004) * Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 2004) * Beersheba bus bombings (August 2004) * Jerusalem bus stop bombing (2011) * Tel Aviv bus bombing (2012) * Bat Yam bus bombing (2013) * Jerusalem bus bombing (2016)

== Kenya ==

* Nairobi bus bombing (1975) * Eastleigh bus attack (2013) * Nairobi bus bombings (2014)

== Lebanon ==

* Beirut bus massacre (1975)

== Pakistan ==

* Bhai Pheru bus bombing (1996) * Karachi bus bombing (2002) *Peshawar bus bombing (2016)

== The Philippines ==

* Bukidnon bus bombing (2014)

== Russia ==

* Krasnodar bus bombing (1971) * Volgograd bus bombing (2013)

== Serbia ==

* Lužane bus bombing (1999) * Podujevo bus bombing (2001)

== Sri Lanka ==

* Colombo central bus station bombing (1987) *Madhu school bus bombing (January 2008) * Piliyandala bus bombing (April 2008) * Moratuwa bus bombing (June 2008)

== Tunisia ==

* Tunis bombing (2015)

== United Kingdom == * Ballygawley bus bombing (1988) * 1990 Wembley bombing (1990) * Aldwych bus bombing (1996) * Tavistock Square bus bombing (2005)

== Yemen ==

* Sadah bus bombing (2018)

==References== {{reflist}}

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