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February 19, 2017: Left-wing bombing in Colombia

On February 19, 2017 a bomb went off in a street near to the Plaza de Toros in the Colombian capital of Bogota, killing one police officer and wounding dozens.

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February 10, 2010: Cop commits fatal stabbing in West Bank

On February 10, 2010 an officer with the Palestinian Authority police fatally stabbed an Israeli Druze soldier in the West Bank.

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February 4, 2008: Suicide bomber hits shopping mall in Israel

On February 4, 2008 a Hamas suicide bomber struck a shopping mall in Dimona, Israel, killing one woman and wounding another nine people

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February 1, 1978: Dutch children eat mercury-poisoned oranges

On February 1, 1978 five Dutch children fell ill after eating Israeli oranges poisoned with mercury by PLO sympathisers

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January 16, 2014: Muslims massacred in Central African Republic

On January 16, 2014 more than 50 Muslims were killed in two attacks by Christian terrorists in the Central African Republic.

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January 5, 1976: IRA massacre in Northern Ireland

On January 5, 1976 Irish terrorists stopped a minibus carrying Protestant and Catholic textile workers home and shot all 11 Protestants, killing 10.

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December 19, 1974: IRA bombs department store in downtown London

On December 19, 1974 the IRA detonated a 100-pound car bomb exploded in a parked car outside Selfridge’s in downtown London, wounding nine people.

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November 28, 2002: Successful and unsuccessful attacks in Kenya

On November 28, 2002 a car crashed through the front of a Kenyan hotel, killing 13 and wounding 80: an attack on an aircraft taxiing failed.

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November 25, 1973: Marathon airline hijacking over Iraq

On November 25, 1973 three members of the Arab Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked a KLM flight over Iraqi airspace.

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November 11, 1994: Suicide bomber kills soldiers in Gaza Strip

On November 11, 1994 a suicide bomber killed three Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the former Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip