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February 5, 2016: Car bomb targets airport official in Somalia

On February 5, 2016 three people were killed in a probable Al Shabaab car bomb targeting an airport official in Mogadishu.

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February 2, 2013: Marxist-Leninist suicide bombing in Turkey

On February 2, 2013 a Marxist suicide bomber detonated his load outside the US Embassy in Ankara, killing a guard and injuring a journalist.

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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 30, 2002: Suicide attack targets security services in Israel

On January 30, 2002 two members of the Israeli security service were wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber near the West Bank.

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January 29, 2016: Suicide bomber targets Friday prayers in Pakistan

On January 29, 2016 6 Pakistani soldiers and a child were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Balochistan during Friday prayers.

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January 28, 2018: Former terrorist found murdered in the Philippines

On this day in 2018, a former member of the terrorist group New People’s Army was found headless in the Philippines.

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January 26, 2007: Suicide bombing kills security guard in Pakistan

On January 26, 2007 a suicide bomber killed a security guard and himself in an attack outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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January 25, 2016: Rare terrorist bombing in Laos

On January 25, 2016 two Chinese nationals were killed and one wounded in a suspected bomb blast in Laos.

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January 23, 1984: Bombers ‘accidentally’ hit wrong target in El Salvador

On January 23, 1984 a mine went off under a commuter plane in El Salvador killing one person and wounding five others.

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January 22, 2007: Multiple bombings kill scores of civilians in Iraq

On January 22, 2007 a couple of car bombs at second-hand clothing market in Baghdad killed 88 people and wounded another 160.