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April 19, 1995 | Bombing of Federal Building in Oklahoma

On this day in 1995, an American rightwing terrorist exploded a truck bomb outside a federal building in Oklahoma killing 168 people, including children.

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April 16, 1925 | Attack on St. Nedelya Church in Bulgaria

150 killed 500 wounded by bomb in Bulgaria in 1925.

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April 15, 2013 | Boston Marathon bombings

Three people died and almost 300 were wounded when two Chechen terrorists planted pressure cooker bombs near the finishing line of the 2013 Boston Marathon

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April 12, 2008 | Bombing of mosque in Shiraz, Iran

An Iranian monarchist group was behind a bombing at a mosque in Shiraz in 2008 that killed 12 and wounded 200

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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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April 9, 2017 | ISIS church bombings in Egypt

The Sinai branch of ISIS carried out two suicide attacks on Christian worshipers on Palm Sunday killing 37 people and wounding 136

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April 6, 1972 | Bombing of Japanese Soji-ji ossuary

On this day in 1972, members of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (EAAJAF) bombed the Soji-ji ossuary in Yokohama, Japan, killing a grand total of… wait for it… 0 people.

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April 5, 1986 | Bombing at Berlin disco

On April 5, 1986 a bomb went off in a Berlin disco (yes, there were discos in Germany in 1986), killing three people and wounding more than 200.

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April 4, 2010 | ISIS bombing in Baghdad

On this day in 2010, three suicide car bombs hit the centre of Iraq’s capital city, Baghdad, killing at least 42 and injuring more than 200 others.

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March 31, 2010 | Suicide bombings in Dagestan

On this day in 2010, at least 12 people, including a top local police official, were killed by two suicide bombings in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.