August
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1 | 50+ | 76 | Russia: A suicide truck bomber detonates at the Russian hospital in Mozdok in North Ossetia kills at least 50 people and injures 76. |
| August 13 | 2 | 12 | Israel: Two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up in almost simultaneous attacks, in the Israeli towns of Rosh Ha'ayin and Ariel. |
| August 19 | 22 | 100+ | Iraq, : Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad kills 22 people (including the top UN representative Sergio Vieira de Mello) and wounds over 100. |
| August 19 | 23 | 130 | Israel: Jerusalem bus 2 massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber detonates himself on a crowded bus carrying mostly Orthodox Jewish Israelis, including many children returning from the Western Wall. 23 people are killed and over 130 wounded. |
| August 24 | 6 | 28 | Colombia: Six die and 28 are wounded when a bomb explodes in a riverboat in the town of Puerto Rico. Rebel group FARC is blamed. |
| August 25 | 48 | 150 | India: At least 48 people were killed and 150 injured in two blasts in south Mumbai - one near the Gateway of India at the other at the Zaveri Bazaar. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Terrorist Incidents, 2003
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