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The Week in Terrorism: March 18-24, 2024

A very lethal week in terrorism, with the ISK attack in Moscow dominating the news. All deaths this week were at the hands of jihadis (RWE: 0)

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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – August 22-28, 2022

The Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW): August 22-28, 2022. Another week dominated by Islamist terrorism – so what else is new?

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Global Terrorism This Week (GTTW) – August 15-21, 2022

Terrorism around the world for the week of August 15-21: another week dominated by Islamist terrorists

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May 29, 2016: ISIS uses chlorine gas in terrorist attack

On May 29, 2016 35 civilians were wounded in an ISIS attack using rockets containing chlorine gas in Iraq’s Nineveh Province.

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May 9 2004: Stadium bombing in Chechnya kills President

On May 9, 2004 a bomb exploded in the Dynamo Stadium in the Chechen capital city, Grozny, killing 10 people including President Akhmad Kadyrov.

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May 1, 2004: Unreported bombing in Laos

On May 1, 2004 one person was killed and three others were injured when a previously unreported bomb exploded at a bus stop in southern Laos.

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April 19, 1995: Gas attack injures hundreds in Japan

On April 19, 1995 more than 600 Japanese commuters were injured when a gas was released at the main station in Yokohama.

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April 7, 1971: Two men murder Yugoslav ambassador in Sweden

On April 7, 1971 two men took the Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden hostage and soon killed him as police moved in.

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February 16, 2001: Bombing targets peacekeeping convoy in Kosovo

On February 16, 2001 Albanian terrorists were suspected to have been behind a bus bombing in which 12 Kosovo Serbs were killed in Podujevo.

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Terrorism is a matter of public safety, not national security

There are national security and public safety threats: terrorism is most usually one of the latter, not the former.