Recent airport attacks at a glance

ISTANBUL – The attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Tuesday (Wednesday morning, Singapore time) was the latest in such incidents at major airports in recent years. The following is a list of some of those attacks:

June 26, 2016: Three suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers targeted the international terminal of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, killing at least 36 people and wounding many others, Turkish officials said.

June 12, 2016: An explosion at a check-in-area of Shanghai’s main international airport injured four people. The blast at Pudong International Airport, China’s second-busiest, was carried out using fireworks stuffed inside empty beer bottles.

March 22, 2016: 16 people were killed in two suicide bombings as bombs ripped through check-in counters at Brussels Airport. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. A subsequent explosion at a Brussels subway station killed 16 more people.

March 7, 2016: A bomb exploded in a piece of luggage at an airport in a central Somali town, wounding three people. Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the blast.

Dec 28, 2015: A suicide car bomb attack killed at least one civilian near the eastern entrance of the Kabul international airport. Another 13 civilians were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Aug 17, 2015: An explosion near Kabul’s international airport appeared to have been caused by a suicide car bomb. Police said a suicide car bomber struck the front gate of the airport. No causalities reported.

March 21, 2015: A machete-wielding man attacked TSA officers at New Orleans’ international airport and was shot and killed. Authorities later said he was carrying a bag loaded with Molotov cocktails. One of the TSA officers was slightly injured.

Feb 3, 2015: Two explosives were defused at Cairo International Airport. Officials said one bomb was planted in the arrival hall of the terminal hosting EgyptAir. Another was planted near a police patrol location in the airport’s parking lot. No one was injured.

Dec 11, 2013: Car bomb exploded near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast that caused no casualties.

July 20, 2013: Authorities said a partly paralysed man exploded a bomb inside Beijing Capital International Airport in hopes of winning redress over an alleged beating by public officials. He was the only person injured in the explosion.

July 18, 2012: A bomb exploded on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five of the tourists, the Bulgarian bus driver and the suicide bomber. Another 35 people were hurt. In 2014, Bulgaria’s interior minister said he was convinced the Shiite militant group Hezbollah was behind the bus bombing.

Feb 27, 2012: A suicide car bomber struck at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people. The Taliban said the attack on the airport, which serves both civilian and international military aircraft, was revenge for the burning of Muslim holy books at an American military base.

Jan 24, 2011: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the international arrivals area of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, killing 37 people and wounding 180 others. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the act. Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee later identified the suicide bomber as a 20-year-old from the North Caucasus region. AP