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June 18, 2004: Terrorists target military recruits in Iraq

On June 18, 2004 an apparent suicide car bomber targeted an Iraqi army recruitment centre in Baghdad, killing 35 people and wounding another 145

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June 16, 2000: Far-left terrorists attack car dealership in Oregon, US

On June 16, 2000 two men described as environmental activists and ‘anarchists’, bombed a Chevrolet dealership in Eugene, Oregon, destroying three pickup trucks

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June 15, 1991: Sikh terrorists massacre train passengers in India

On June 15, 1991 Sikh terrorists in the Punjab region of India launched coordinated attacks on trains killing 80 and wounding 110

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June 14, 1995: Terrorists take thousands of hostages in Russia

On June 14, 1995 Chechen terrorists took thousands of hostages at a hospital in the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, eventually killing 129.

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June 2, 2016: Terrorists behead 74-year-old woman in Nigeria

On June 2, 2016 a 74-year-old woman was “mobbed and extra-judicially murdered” at a market in northern Nigeria

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May 31, 2008: Hindu terrorists bomb Indian theatre

On May 31, 2008 a crude bomb went off in a theatre in Mumbai, India: fortunately no one was killed or injured.

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May 26, 2004: Islamist terrorists shoot Russian workers in Iraq

On May 26, 2004 Islamist terrorists in Baghdad opened fire on a bus carrying employees of the Russian firm Interenergoservice, killing two and wounding five

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May 25, 2014: Terrorists carry out five attacks on one day in Thailand

On May 25, 2014 Islamist terrorists in southern Thailand carried out a series of attacks on a number of venues, killing three and injuring 55.

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May 23, 1977: Terrorists take hundreds of hostages in the Netherlands

Starting on May 23, 1977 a terrorist group known as the South Moluccans initiated two hostage taking incidents in the Netherlands.

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May 22, 2013: Terrorists murder soldier in UK

On May 22, 2013 two jihadis ran over a UK veteran of the Afghan War in Woolwich and tried to decapitate him.