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February 27, 2008: Hamas rocket attack hits school in Israel

On February 27, 2008 Hamas launched 50 Qassam rockets towards the western Negev, killing a 47-year-old student.

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February 24, 2012: Boko Haram orchestrates Nigerian prison attack

On February 24, 2012 Boko Haram attacked a police station and prison in the Nigerian city of Gombe, killing four.

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February 21, 2011: Terrorist attack kills three soldiers in Senegal

On February 21, 2011 three Senegalese soldiers were killed and six wounded by ethnic terrorists in the country’s south.

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February 20, 2009: Suicide airplane attack in Sri Lanka

On February 20, 2009 the LTTE tried to fly small light aircraft into military installations in and around Sri Lanka’s capital city, Colombo.

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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 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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February 15, 1992: Assassination of Peruvian women’s rights leader

On February 15, 1992 the Sendero Luminoso assassinated Maria Elena Moyano, an Afro-Peruvian local activist and women’s rights campaigner

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February 14, 2015: Jihadi attacks freedom of expression event in Denmark

On February 14, 2015 a Danish-born ISIS jihadi killed two and wounded five over the Muhammad cartoons in Copenhagen.

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February 11, 2000: Firebombing of car dealership in Spain

On February 11, 2000 four hooded men from the Basque terrorist organisation ETA firebombed a Citroen dealership in northern Spain.

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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.