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Car bombing on Police building in China (June 21, 2014)

On this day in 2014, 13 terrorists ran an explosive-laden car into a police station in China’s Xinjiang province injuring three officers; all 13 assailants were killed.

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SEVEN separate ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria (June 13, 2016)

We talk about Islamic State (ISIS) for a simple reason: it is a lethal terrorist group. IRAQ/SYRIA – If you have been following this series for a while you will have seen that I am trying to accomplish a few things. I want to highlight a particularly large or significant act of terrorism on a […]

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146 Buddhist pilgrims killed in the Anuradhapura massacre (May 14, 1985)

On this day in 1985, LTTE terrorists slaughtered 148 Buddhist pilgrims at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi shrine in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka.

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April 20, 1995 | LRA Massacre in Uganda

Lord’s Resistance Army massacred hundreds of civilians in northern Uganda in April 1995 and took women and girls as slaves.

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April 17, 1999 | Neo-Nazi bombings in London

Nail bombs planted by a neo-Nazi in London in 1999 killed 3 and wounded 139 people

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April 10, 2003 | Bombing of Palestinian playground

A shadowy Jewish terrorist group claimed a bomb on a Palestinian playground in which 20 children were injured.

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March 29, 2010 | Suicide bombings in Moscow

On this day in 2010, female suicide bombers are thought to have been behind an attack on the Moscow metro during the morning rush hour in which 38 people were killed.

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March 27, 2002 | The Passover Massacre

On this day in 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in during a seder in an Israeli hotel, killing at least 30, many of them children.

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The Jihadi view of the world in a nutshell

We talk a lot about ideology when it comes to terrorism: sometimes it is a good idea to remind ourselves of the basics.

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March 15, 2019: Christchurch Mosque Shootings

On this day in 2019, Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant, carried out attacks on two mosques in Christchurch that resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people.