On this day in 2000 a lone actor tossed an incendiary device into the Russian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, slightly injuring a diplomat
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On this day in 2014 six Islamic State (ISIS) suicide bombers burst into an Iraqi ministry building, took hostages and killed at least 24 people
On this day in 2008 a car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in Thenia, a town east of Algiers
In the absence of a crystal ball we can still list some of the national security and public safety challenges we may face in 2021.
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January 28, 2015: Attack in Libya
On this day in 2015 terrorists claiming allegiance to ISIS said they were responsible for an armed assault on a luxury hotel in Libya that killed at least eight people.
On this day in 2018 Afghan terrorists detonated an ambulance laden with explosives in Kabul killing at least 95 people and injured 158 others
On this day in 2008 a powerful car bomb killed one of Lebanon’s top terrorism investigators and three other people in eastern Beirut
Canadians expect their leaders to stand up against terrorism, not engage in philosophical speeches about ‘yelling fire in a crowded theatre’ in the aftermath of an attack.
On this day in 1988 three suicide bombers crashed a truck through the gates of Sri Lanka’s holiest Buddhist temple, killing 8 other people, wounding 23
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January 24, 1977: Shootings in Spain
On this day in 1977 neo-fascists gunned down five labour lawyers near Atocha station in Madrid, and wounded four others.