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From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants.The main attacks were the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the Porte de Vincennes siege. The organization Al-Qaeda in the ...
It was the Taliban's biggest attack on an urban area since 2001. [203] 64 347 Bangladesh: April 23 Attackers hacked a university professor to death in Rajshahi. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack stating that they assassinated him "for calling to atheism". [204] [205] 1 Bangladesh: April 25 Two gay rights activists were hacked to death ...
The GTD defines a terrorist attack as "the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a non‐state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation." [2]
The following is a list of terrorist incidents that were not carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).Assassinations are presented in List of assassinations and unsuccessful attempts at List of people who survived assassination attempts and List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts.
At an all-time high, 106 countries experienced at least one terrorist attack. Of these, 77 countries recorded at least one death, an increase from 65 countries in 2015. Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, and Pakistan remain the top five countries most affected by terrorism. However, Nigeria also saw the greatest reduction in deaths.
The Israeli military began an offensive on the Palestinian enclave after Hamas militants launched a brutal assault on Israel on October 7 – the biggest terrorist attack in the country’s ...
At least five people were killed and 22 injured in the “terrorist attack” on the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) headquarters in the outskirts of Ankara, said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.
An army chaplain was stabbed in the incident at Renmore Barracks, Galway. Police involved in the investigation said one line of enquiry is to establish if the attack had a terrorist motivation. [74] [75] Unnamed terrorist Islamic terrorism: 17 August Suicide bombing: 20+ (+1) 10+ Mogadishu, Somalia: 2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing