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March 10, 2012: Grenade attack at bus station in Kenya

On this day in 2012 at least six people were killed and more than 60 injured in an attack at a busy bus station in the Kenyan capital city, Nairobi

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Quick Hits 148 – Can anything be a terrorist attack?

It seems that everyone is calling everything terrorism these days. It is almost as if the word is in the eye (brain?) of the beholder. In this Quick Hits podcast episode, Borealis pushes back against this uncareful use. If the ins and outs of terrorism, extremism, national security and public safety are of interest to […]

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March 9, 2016: Young girl killed by ISIS chemical attack in Iraq

On this day in 2016 Islamic State (ISIS) carried out a mustard gas attack on the town of Taza in the northeastern part of Iraq.

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March 8, 2016: Terrorist claims Allah called him to stab man in Uruguay

On this day in 2016 a Uruguayan businessman was stabbed to death in the city of Paysandu near the Argentine border by a convert to Islam

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This week in terrorism: March 1-7, 2021

Listing all acts of terrorism that occurred in the world last week from the 1st to the 7th of March, 2021

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March 7, 2005: Thai policemen killed by terrorists disguised as veiled Muslim women

On this day in 2005 two policemen were killed in a shootout when five gunmen disguised as veiled Muslim women stormed a police station in southern Thailand

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March 6, 2007: Sunni terrorists massacre Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

On this day in 2007 suicide bombers targeted Shiite pilgrims in the central Iraqi city of Hilla, killing 114 people and wounding 147 others.

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March 5, 2015: Man stabs US ambassador in South Korea

On this day in 2015 the US ambassador to South Korea was attacked by a knife-wielding man who said he opposed joint US-South Korean military exercises.

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March 4, 1973: Attempted assassination of Israeli prime minister in New York City

On this day in 1973 the Black September terrorist organisation hatched a plot to assassinate then-Israeli prime minister Golda Meir during a visit to New York

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March 3, 1975: Attempted kidnapping of the Dutch queen

On this day in March 1975 Moluccan terrorists attempted to kidnap the Queen of the Netherlands, Juliana