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Terrorism in the US
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Twin tower attacks
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SUV into College Crowd
Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a 22-year-old Iranian native, drove his SUV into a crowd of students at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, injuring six people on March 3, 2006. The reasoning, he stated, behind the attack was retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world. -
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed-Led Plots
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, captured in Pakistan in 2003, was involved in a number of terrorist plots and is one of the most senior bin Laden operatives ever captured. He is being held at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. In March 2007, Mohammed admitted to helping plan, organize, and run the 9/11 attacks. -
Army Recruitment Office Shooting
On June 1, 2009, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, walked up to an army recruitment office in Little Rock, Ark., and opened fire, killing one soldier and wounding another. Born in Tennessee, the 23-year-old Muslim convert is among a growing group of self-radicalized homegrown terrorists that have recently emerged in the U.S. Muhammad’s reported motivation for the attack was his anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what he viewed as U.S. military abuse towards Muslims -
Attack at Fort Hood, Texas
A U.S. Army psychiatrist, Major Hasan, 44, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. His actions were apparently motivated by former Yemeni al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, shouting “Allahu Akbar!” as Hasan conducted the attack. The U.S. government has labeled the incident “workplace violence. -
Boston Bombers
On April 15, 2013, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, placed two backpacks containing homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The bombs detonated approximately 10 seconds apart, killing three people, maiming 17, and wounding hundreds more. Three days later, the brothers shot and killed MIT police officer, Sean Collier, and attempted to steal his weapon. -
Terrorist Murders Four, Claims 'Just Kill'
In April 2014, Ali Muhammad Brown gunned down Leroy Henderson in Washington State. On June 1, he shot and murdered Ahmed Said and Dwone Anderson-Young, also in Washington. He then made his way to New Jersey, where he shot and killed Brendan Tevlin. Brown was arrested in New Jersey after an attempted robbery in July. He has been charged with terrorism in New Jersey, and murder in New Jersey and Washington. -
NYC Police Officers Attacked with Hatchet
Zale Thompson was a recent convert to Islam who increasingly spent a great deal of time online reading, watching, and posting material regarding jihad and Islamist extremism. He frequented websites associated with al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other terrorist groups and watched videos of violent acts including beheadings. He made various posts on social media sites advocating for jihad and guerrilla warfare against the U.S -
Attack in Chattanooga
A shooting at two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., killed four Marines and a sailor. FBI Director James Comey announced that the shooter, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, "was inspired, motivated by a foreign terrorist organization’s propaganda.” Comey further claimed that it was difficult "to untangle" the particular source of the propaganda, as there “are lots of competing [terrorist] poisons out there." -
UC Merced Stabber
On November 4, 2015, Faisal Mohammad was shot and killed by law enforcement after stabbing four individuals on the University of California-Merced campus. Mohammad’s backpack contained a photocopy of an ISIS flag, zip ties, a knife, and a glass breaker, as well as a two-page “manifesto” that detailed his plans for taking hostages and killing students and police officers. -
San Bernardino
U.S. citizen Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik, originally from Pakistan, attacked the Inland Regional Center for disabilities development, killing 14 of Farook’s coworkers. The two were later killed by law enforcement following a road-side shootout. -
Attack on Philadelphia Policeman
Edward Archer, 30, shot and wounded Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett. Firing at least 13 rounds, Archer hit Officer Hartnett in the arm three times while the officer sat in his police vehicle. Despite being injured, Hartnett returned fire and pursued the fleeing Archer, wounding him before his arrest by other officers -
Orlando Nightclub Massacre
In the early morning of June 12, Omar Mateen attacked the Pulse nightclub in Orlando with multiple firearms, killing 49 and injuring more than 50 before police stormed the building and killed Mateen. According to the FBI, Mateen talked to a 911 operator three times to announce his allegiance to ISIS during the attack, as well as his solidarity with other Islamist terrorists, including the Boston Marathon bombers. Mateen was also subject to two separate FBI investigations