August
| Date | Dead | Injured | Location and description |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 | 60 | A Moscow-St. Petersburg train is derailed by an explosion halfway between the two cities on the country's busiest rail route, leaving 60 injured, 30 of them hospitalized. | |
| August 14 | 500 | The 2007 Qahtaniya bombings in northern Iraq kill at least 500 people. | |
| August 25 | 44 | 54 | Hyderabad bombings. Twin bombings kill at least 44 and injure 54 in Hyderabad. Two bombs are defused and 19 others are found unexploded. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, blames Islamic militants with ties to Pakistan or Bangladesh, saying that the extremists want to foment tension between India's Hindus and Muslims. Both Bangladesh and Pakistan deny the accusations. |
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