On May 16, 2009 an unknown person threw two bottles of acid into a crowd in a popular shopping district in downtown Hong Kong, injuring 30 people.
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On May 15, 2000 the Colombian FARC put an explosive collar around the neck of a woman, killing her and a man who tried to neutralise the device.
On May 14, 2016 ISIS terrorists hacked to death a 75-year old Buddhist monk in south-eastern Bangladesh.
On May 13, 2011 98 people were killed by two TTP suicide bombs at a military training centre northwest Pakistan in revenge for the killing of AQ leader bin Laden.
On May 12, 2003 39 people were killed and more than 160 wounded when AQ set off bombs in three compounds in Riyadh.
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What to do with online extremism
Efforts to remove content online is essentially ‘Whack-a-Mole’. New items are posted as quickly – or even more quickly – than old items are removed. Do we really want to play this game with terrorists?
On May 11, 2011 Chilean police deactivated a bomb outside a bank placed by anarchists from the Núcleo Antagónico Nueva Guerrilla Urbana.
On May 10, 2016 two elderly women were moderately injured in a Jerusalem stabbing attack by two assailants who had covered their faces.
On May 9, 2004 a bomb exploded in the Dynamo Stadium in the Chechen capital city, Grozny, killing 10 people including President Akhmad Kadyrov.
On May 8, 2018 155 members of a possible ISIS-linked Indonesian terrorist group took over a prison, eventually killing five officers.