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October 27, 2013: Bombings in India

Indian Islamist terrorists are believed to have been behind the 2013 bombings which targeted a BJP rally killing six and wounding dozens.

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October 26, 1868: White supremacist riots in Louisiana, United States

Many were killed in a white supremacist riot against African Americans in the southern US in October 1868 in the aftermath of the civil war.

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October 25, 2009: Car bombs in Baghdad

Two car bombs exploded near the Green Zone in Baghdad in October 2009 killing more than 100 people and wounding more than 500

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October 24, 2016: Hostage taking at Pakistani police college

Islamist terrorists took hostages at a police college in Pakistan in October 2016 and killed 60 cadets (another 100 were wounded).

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October 23, 1972: Bombing in Japan

In 1972 a Japanese leftist terrorist organisation bombed a memorial it saw as a symbol of ‘imperialist aggression’.

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What exactly do you mean by terrorism?

When we cannot agree on what a word means, how can we deal with the consequences of its actions?

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October 22, 1970: Bombing in San Francisco

Terrorists tossed a bomb at a church holding the funeral of a police officer in San Francisco in October 1970.

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October 21, 2008: Bombing in India

Communist terrorists angry at ‘gambling during Diwali’ planted a bomb outside a police training centre in northeastern India, killing 17.

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Whither Afghan ‘peace’

War seems to be the fate of Afghanistan: peace may not be in the cards.

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October 20: 1995 Car bombing in Croatia

An Islamist terrorist group claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing in Rijeka, Croatia in October 1995.