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September 16, 2006: Six bombs explode outside store in southern Thailand

On September 16, 2006 six bombs detonated in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province killing 4 and wounding 80.

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September 15, 1963: KKK bombing kills four children in Alabama

On September 15, 1963 a KKK dynamite plot at a church in Birmingham, Alabama killed four black girls and wounded dozens of others

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September 14, 1911: Assassination of Russian Prime Minister

On September 14, 1911 Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin was shot by a ‘revolutionary’ named Dmitry Bogrov

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September 13, 1974: JRA hostage crisis at French embassy in The Hague

On September 13, 1974 Japanese Red Army terrorists stormed the French embassy in The Hague and took 11 hostages, including the ambassador

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September 12, 2018: Angry driver plows into crowded Chinese square

On September 12, 2018 eleven people were killed and 44 injured after a car plowed into a crowded square in southern China

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September 11, 2012: American ambassador killed in Benghazi attack

On September 11, 2012 Islamist terrorists launched an organised attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi killing the US Ambassador and three other Americans

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September 10, 2010: Unsuccessful bombing in Copenhagen

On September 10, 2010 a man set off a small explosion in the Jorgensen Hotel in Copenhagen, injuring only himself.

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Why it is important not to miss the terrorist forest for the trees

When we discuss terrorism and the extent of its reach we really should ensure that numbers play an important part in our analysis

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September 9, 1998: Massacre in Kosovo

On September 9, 1998 the Kosovo Liberation Army murdered at least 34 Kosovar Serbs and Albanians near Lake Radonjic in Kosovo

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September 8, 2019: Massacre in Burkina Faso

On September 8, 2019 at least 29 people were killed after a food convoy and a transport truck were attacked in Burkina Faso