Terrorism in the Philippines


YearNumber of
incidents		DeathsInjuries
2017692218+1.400
2016633411720
2015717444752
2014597472723
2013651432666
2012247210440
2011149127224
2010205155231
2009230152354
2008275220388
200765115404
20065860163
20052549149
200432206160
2003107288531
200248125342
200150154274
2000132190643
19993145190
199818685
19975798273
19966195143
199563201102
199472126198
1993856216
1992162395465
1991162432247
1990320457340
1989156393323
1988210550256
1987160404485
198680322355
1985124452377
198443262108
19831610130
198238139250
198131176362
198060163540
19795010776
197836128193
1977200
1976104773
19754145
1974130
1973000
1972721
1971400
1970104113

Terrorism is a major social issue in the Philippines and is linked to the Moro conflict and CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion.

Legal definition

Terrorism is a crime under the Human Security Act of 2007 which describes such acts as causing "widespread and extraordinary fear and panic among the populace". The first group to be officially listed as a terrorist organization under the law is the Abu Sayyaf on September 10, 2015 by the Basilan provincial court.

List of terrorist incidents in the Philippines

Since January 2000 radical Islamist groups and Islamist separatist forces in the Philippines have carried out over 40 major bombings against civilians and civilian property, mostly in the southern regions of the country around Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo and other nearby islands. Numerous bombings have also been carried out in and around Metro Manila, though several hundred kilometres from the conflict in the southern regions, due to its political importance. In the period from 2000 to 2007 attacks killed nearly 400 Filipino civilians and injured well over 1500 more, more casualties than caused by bombings and other attacks in Indonesia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, or Britain during the same period.
Public transport and other gathering places, such as street markets, have been the favoured bombing targets, however large-scale abductions and shootings have also been carried out by the groups, predominantly by Abu Sayyaf and the Rajah Solaiman Movement, two groups that had claimed responsibility for most of the attacks.
For brevity, the definition of terrorism used is drawn from the United Nations General Assembly condemnation:

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