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December 7, 2012: Mosque hit with a grenade attack in Kenya

On December 7, 2012 a grenade tossed near a mosque in the Eastleigh area of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, killed five and wounded at least eight.

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March 10, 2012: Grenade attack at bus station in Kenya

On this day in 2012 at least six people were killed and more than 60 injured in an attack at a busy bus station in the Kenyan capital city, Nairobi

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February 11, 2014: Grenade attack on cinema in Pakistan

On this day in 2014 a grenade attack on a movie theatre killed 11 people and injured 25 in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar

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February 6, 2016: Grenade attack in Burundi

On this day in 2016 four people were killed in Burundi in a grenade attack on a bar in the capital Bujumbura

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December 17, 1973: Palestinian grenade attack on Pan Am airplane in Rome

On this day in 1973, more than 30 people were killed by grenades and gunfire at the hands of Palestinian terrorists at Rome’s airport.

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March 5, 2010 | Grenade attack in Rwanda

On this day in 2010, two near-simultaneous grenade explosions injured 16 people in the Rwandan capital Kigali, one at a car-washing yard and another at a bus station.

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April 12, 2000: Terrorists attack Shi’ite Mosque in Pakistan

On April 12, 2000 Islamist gunmen using hand grenades and automatic weapons killed 12 Shi’ites praying in a rural mosque in Pakistan.

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December 18, 2016: Rocket attack targets commuters on Somali minibus

On December 18, 2016 an RPG most likely fired by Al Shabaab struck a minibus in Somalia’s southwestern Lower Shabelle region, killing six people.

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December 13, 2001: Two terrorists groups attack Indian Parliament

On December 13, 2001 Pakistani terrorists attacked the Indian Parliament in Delhi, killing nine people.

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December 8, 2017: Jihadis attack UN soldiers in DRC

On December 8, 2017 14 UN personnel were killed and a further 53 wounded in the DRC by ISIS-linked Allied Democratic Forces jihadis.