On this day in 2016, nanny Gulchekhra Bobokulova decapitated a 4-year-old girl in her care and displayed the severed head at a Moscow metro station.
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On this day in 1989 the offices of The Riverdale Press were heavily damaged by two firebombs thrown by a ‘man with a mustache’.
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As the #1 terrorist threat worldwide, Islamist extremists attack more countries than many realise.
On this day in 2015, terrorists besieged a mosque in Peshawar (Pakistan) with firearms and bombs, killing 22 and wounding at least 60.
On this day in 2006, a mob firebombed the building housing the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus in protest over the Danish ‘cartoon affair’.
Journalism can be a dangerous business, especially for those who work where terrorism is a real risk, like Daniel Pearl.
We really need to stop debating whether the far right or Islamist extremists are more dangerous: both need to be monitored.
We in the West take editorial cartoons and lampooning for granted: terrorists don’t.
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Al-Karak Attack – December 18, 2016
In 2016 on this day, Islamist extremists attacked the Jordanian city of Karak killing ten people, including a Canadian tourist.