On January 9, 2015 an ISIS terrorist took hostages at a Jewish store in France, killing four before he in turn was killed by commandoes.
Tag: terrorism
On January 8, 1971 Uruguayan Marxist Tupamaros terrorists kidnaped the UK Ambassador in Montevideo and held him hostage for 8 months.
On January 7, 2015 two French AQAP terrorists forced their way into the Paris offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 and wounding another 12.
There are national security and public safety threats: terrorism is most usually one of the latter, not the former.
On January 6, 2010 an Islamist terrorist tried to detonate a car bomb at a police depot in Dagestan but was stopped by a brave officer.
On January 5, 1976 Irish terrorists stopped a minibus carrying Protestant and Catholic textile workers home and shot all 11 Protestants, killing 10.
On January 4, 2016 Afghan Taliban terrorists launched a truck bomb attack on a compound near Kabul airport wounding 30, including nine children.
On January 3, 2015 ‘militants’ captured and killed a Tunisian police officer, stabbing him and slashing his throat as he traveled home off-duty south of Tunis.
On January 2, 2014 a NZ/UK couple was brutally murdered by unknown terrorists in Sabratha, Libya while having a ‘romantic’ picnic on the coast.
On January 1 2012, terrorists believed to be part of the Somalia-based Al Shabaab (AS) sprayed bullets at New Year revellers in two bars in northeastern Kenya, killing five people.