Editing Car bomb (section)

===21st century===
*On 2 December 2001, a [[Hamas]] assailant boarded a bus in [[Haifa, Israel]], and then detonated himself, leading to [[Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing|the death of 15 civilians]].
*Southeast Asia-based militant Islamist group [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] utilized car bombs in their campaigns during the early 2000s, the most prominent being the [[2002 Bali bombings]], which killed 202 people.
*Former [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] Prime Minister [[Rafic Hariri]] was assassinated by a car bomb during [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri|Valentine's Day of 2005.]] 21 others were also killed.
*[[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt|A car bomb which had misfired]] was discovered in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]] on May 1, 2010. The bomb had been planted by [[Faisal Shahzad]]. Evidence suggests that the bombing was planned by the [[Pakistani Taliban]].
*On [[2010 Stockholm bombings|11 December 2010]], a car bomb exploded in central [[Stockholm]] in [[Sweden]], slightly injuring two bystanders. Twelve minutes later, an Iraqi-born Swedish citizen accidentally detonated six pipe bombs he was carrying, but only one exploded.<ref name="Gardham-1">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8198043/Sweden-suicide-bomber-Taimur-Abdulwahab-al-Abdaly-was-living-in-Britain.html|title=Sweden suicide bomber: Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly was living in Britain|last=Gardham|first=Duncan|author2=Oscarsson, Marcus  |author3=Hutchison, Peter|date=12 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=12 December 2010|location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110121205611/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8198043/Sweden-suicide-bomber-Taimur-Abdulwahab-al-Abdaly-was-living-in-Britain.html| archive-date= 21 January 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> The bomber was killed but there were no other casualties. It is believed that the attacks were the work of homegrown terrorists who were protesting Sweden's involvement in the war in Afghanistan and the publication in Sweden of cartoons depicting [[Muhammad]].
*On 22 July 2011, in the [[2011 Norway attacks|Norway massacre]], far-right extremist [[Anders Behring Breivik]] detonated a car bomb within the [[Regjeringskvartalet|executive government quarter]] of [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], killing 8 people.
*In 2013, Afghan security forces intercepted a truck bomb deployed by the [[Haqqani network|Haqqanis]]. It was the largest truck bomb ever built, with some 61,500 lbs of explosives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAQQANI NETWORK |url=https://www.dni.gov/nctc/groups/haqqani_network.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.dni.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-11-13 |title='Block-Buster' Truck Bomb One of the Biggest Ever |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/afghanistan-block-buster-truck-bomb-biggest/story?id=20863072 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> It was ultimately defused. The bomb was over 10 times the size of the car bomb used on the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. While the bomb was not detonated, it caused security changes throughout the region and the closure of the US Army base FOB Goode near Gardez.<ref>{{Cite conference |last1=Kemper |first1=Bart |date=January 2019 |title=Blast Modeling for Facility Security Management |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330741964 |conference=ISEE 45th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Techniques |page=6}}</ref>
*During June 2015, in [[Ramadi]], [[Iraq]], a vehicle-borne [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] resulted in the collapse of an 8-story tall building during battle between the [[Iraqi Army|Iraqi military]] and [[Islamic State|Daesh (ISIS)]]. The Daesh truck bomb was fired upon by a [[rocket-propelled grenade]] to detonate it.{{sfn|Kaaman|2019|page=5}}
*On 30 August 2016, Kurdish female soldier from YPJ, [[Asia Ramazan Antar]], was killed in [[Manbij offensive (2016)|Manbij offensive]], when ISIS suicide bombers drove cars filled with explosives towards the Kurdish front. 
*On 16 October 2017, Maltese journalist and blogger [[Daphne Caruana Galizia]] died in a car bomb attack.<ref name="tom2017-10-16">{{cite news|title=Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in Bidnija car blast|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171016/local/car-goes-up-in-flames-in-bidnija.660575|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016160502/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171016/local/car-goes-up-in-flames-in-bidnija.660575|archive-date=16 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*On 25 December 2020, a [[2020 Nashville bombing|car bomb was detonated]] in downtown [[Nashville, Tennessee]], injuring at least 8 and killing the perpetrator, Anthony Quinn Warner.
* On 14 November 2021, a [[Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing|car bomb exploded]] outside of a women's hospital in [[Liverpool]] after a man detonated an IED suicide vest inside a taxi, killing him and severely injuring the driver.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/21/daughter-putins-rasputin-alexander-dugin-killed-mystery-moscow/ | title=Liverpool explosion: Three arrested under Terrorism Act after car blast at hospital | newspaper=BBC News | date=15 November 2021 }}</ref>
* During the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], [[Ukrainian resistance during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|Ukrainian partisans]] have made extensive use of vehicular bomb attacks on Russian and collaborative officials in occupied areas, such as in the [[2022 Crimean Bridge explosion]]
*On 20 August 2022, [[Aleksandr Dugin]]'s daughter, [[Darya Dugina]], was killed in [[Bolshiye Vyazyomy]], [[Moscow Oblast]] by a bomb placed on Dugin's car.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/08/21/daughter-putins-rasputin-alexander-dugin-killed-mystery-moscow/ | title=Daughter of 'Putin's Rasputin' Alexander Dugin killed in mystery Moscow car bomb | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=21 August 2022 | last1=Kilner | first1=James }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Andrew |last2=Farrer |first2=Martin |date=2022-08-21 |title=Daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed by car bomb in Moscow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/daughter-of-putin-ally-alexander-dugin-killed-in-car-bomb-in-moscow-reports |access-date=2024-07-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*In late February 2023, it was reported that the [[Russian Army]] attempted to use a [[MT-LB]] filled with [[OFAB-100-120]] aerial bombs and mine-clearing charges from the [[UR-77]] vehicle against Ukrainian positions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia uses explosive-equipped armored vehicles to blow up Ukrainian positions |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russia-uses-explosive-equipped-armored-vehicles-to-blow-up-ukrainian-positions/ |website=Militarnyi |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> 
*On 18 June 2023, the Russian Army was documented as using a [[T-55 tank]] filled with approximately 6 tons of high explosives against entrenched [[Ukrainian Ground Forces|Ukrainian Forces]] near [[Marinka, Ukraine|Marinka]], [[Donetsk Oblast]] with the intent of clearing the trenches.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Axe |first1=David |title=The Russians Packed A Robotic T-55 Tank With Explosives And Rolled It Toward Ukrainian Lines |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/06/18/the-russians-packed-a-robotic-t-55-tank-with-explosives-and-rolled-it-toward-ukrainian-lines/?sh=5a9a5c9e2f86 |website=Forbes |access-date=3 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=Ancient Russian T-54 Tank Turned Into Rolling Bomb Explodes In Massive Shockwave |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ancient-russian-t-54-55-tank-turned-into-rolling-bomb-explodes-in-massive-shockwave |website=The Drive |access-date=3 September 2023 |language=en |date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
*On 10 September 2023, it was reported that Ukraine's [[128th Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukraine)|128th Mountain Assault Brigade]] converted a captured [[T-62 tank]] into a VBIED filled with 1.5 tons of explosives and drove it against Russian positions in the [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia region]]. The tank hit a mine and exploded before it could reach the enemy positions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Sinéad |title=Ukraine hit Russia with one of its own prized tactics — turning an old, captured tank into a giant rolling bomb |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-uses-russia-tactic-turning-tank-rolling-bomb-against-it-2023-9?r=US&IR=T |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Sinéad |title=The guy who drove a rolling tank bomb at Russian soldiers jammed the accelerator down before jumping out of a hatch, Ukraine says |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-rolling-tank-bomb-driver-jammed-accelerator-jumped-out-hatch-2023-9 |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=Business Insider}}</ref>
*On 13 July 2024, [[Thomas Matthew Crooks]] [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|attempted to assassinate]] [[Donald Trump]], the former president of the United States, at a campaign rally near [[Butler, Pennsylvania]]. Crooks attempt was unsuccessful and he was killed in the process. Following his death, investigators found explosive devices in the trunk of his car, suggesting he planned to set off an explosion remotely as a possible distraction.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 July 2024|title=A shooting range, a gun store, and a ladder purchase: Tracking the Trump rally gunman's movements leading up to his attack|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/15/us/thomas-crooks-trump-rally-shooting-invs/index.html|access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref>
*On January 1, 2025, at approximately 8:39 a.m. PST, a [[2025 Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion|Tesla Cybertruck exploded]] outside the main entrance of the Trump International Hotel in [[Las Vegas]]. The driver, identified as 37-year-old U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Matthew Alan Livelsberger from Colorado Springs, Colorado, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound just before the explosion. Seven bystanders sustained minor injuries from the blast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Danner |first=Chas |date=2025-01-06 |title=What We Know About the Cybertruck Explosion at Trump's Las Vegas Hotel |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/cybertruck-explosion-trump-las-vegas-hotel-what-we-know.html?utm_campaign=feed-part&utm_medium=social_acct&utm |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=Intelligencer |language=en}}</ref>