On April 7, 1971 two men took the Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden hostage and soon killed him as police moved in.
Category: Perspectives
On April 6, 1994 a missile brought down an aircraft carrying the presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi killing twelve in total.
On April 5, 2013 Niger Delta terrorists ambushed a police boat in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, killing 12 police officers.
On April 4, 2011 at least seven people were killed and 22 wounded in a suicide-bomb attack at a bus station in north-west Pakistan.
On April 3, 2013 Taliban suicide bombers killed themselves and 44 others in an attack on a courtroom to free 10 of their comrades on trial.
On April 2, 1984 Islamist terrorists opened up fire with machine guns in a mall in Jerusalem, wounding 48 people but somehow killing none
On April 1, 2016 Islamist extremists shot three people in a tea room in southern Thailand, killing two and seriously wounding the third.
On March 31, 2018 the Armed Force of Cabinda claimed responsibility for the killing of four Angolan soldiers.
On March 30, 2011 seven people were killed when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up near a crowd in north-western Pakistan.
On March 29, 2002 a teenaged Palestinian terrorist carried out a suicide attack on a Jerusalem store, killing 2 and wounding 30.