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July 13, 1963: FLQ bomb statue of Queen Victoria in Quebec City

On July 12, 1963 the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) bombed a statue of Queen Victoria in Quebec City, Canada

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July 6, 2006: Bomb destroys bus in Transnistria

On July 6, 2006 a powerful explosion killed at least seven people on a minibus in the Transnistrian capital city, Tiraspol

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June 28, 2013: Far-right terrorist leaves IED outside UK mosque

On June 28, 2013 a Ukrainian-born far right terrorist living in the UK detonated an IED outside a mosque in Wolverhampton

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June 26, 2004: Taliban attacks election officials in Afghanistan

On June 26, 2004 a bomb exploded on a bus carrying women who were election workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing 2 and wounding 13

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June 12, 1981: Rare terrorist attack in Costa Rica

On June 12, 1981 a Costa Rican terrorist group called La Familia killed three police officers and a taxi driver in San Jose

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June 8, 2016: Balloon attack in Syria

On June 9, 2016 Jabhat Al Nusra terrorists shelled the Syrian city of Aleppo with explosives placed in gas balloons killing 5 and wounding 50

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June 6, 2008: LTTE hits two commuter buses in Sri Lanka

On June 6, 2008 bomb attacks on two commuter buses in Sri Lanka killed 22 people and injured another 100: the LTTE was suspected

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June 1, 2004: Kurdish political party targeted in Iraq bombing

On June 1, 2004 a car bomb tore through the Baghdad offices of the Kurdish political party PUK, killing 26 and wounding several others.

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May 31, 2008: Hindu terrorists bomb Indian theatre

On May 31, 2008 a crude bomb went off in a theatre in Mumbai, India: fortunately no one was killed or injured.

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May 28, 2005: Islamist extremists suspected in Indonesian bombings

On May 28, 2005 two IEDs went off 15 minutes apart in a market in Tentena, Indonesia, killing 22 and injuring another 40.