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This week in terrorism: February 15-21, 2021

Listing all acts of terrorism that occurred in the world last week from the 15th to the 21st of February 2021.

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February 21, 2016: ISIS terrorists behead Hindu priest in Bangladesh

On this day in 2016 two members of ISIS in Bangladesh beheaded a senior Hindu priest and wounded two worshippers in northern Bangladesh

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February 20, 2008: Bomb tossed into theatre in India

On this day in 2008 unidentified individuals tossed a bomb into a theatre in a town near the Indian city of Mumbai: thankfully no one was killed

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February 19, 2011: Skiers killed in North Caucasus ambush

On this day in 2011 four people from Moscow were killed by Islamist terrorists in Russia’s North Caucasus region on their way to a ski resort.

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February 18, 2016: Islamist extremists beat elderly imam to death in the UK

On this day in 2016 an Islamist extremist in Rochdale, UK bludgeoned to death an imam he believed was performing “black magic”

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February 17, 2008: Suicide bomber targets Afghan dog fighting ring

On this day in 2008 a suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar killed 80 people and wounded scores more

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February 16, 2013: Sunni terrorists target Shia Muslims in Pakistan

On this day in 2013 at least 79 people were killed and another 180 injured in a bomb attack in a predominantly Shia Muslim part of the Pakistani city of Quetta

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February 15, 2004: Terrorists attack alcohol vendors in Iraq

On this day in 2004 in Basra, Iraq masked men leaped out of two pickup trucks and unloaded their Kalashnikov rifles at a group of sidewalk alcohol vendors

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This week in terrorism: February 8-14, 2021

Listing all acts of terrorism that occurred in the world last week from the 8th to the 14th of February 2021.

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February 14, 1992: Terrorists wield pitchfork during attack in Israel

On this day in 1992 four members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad attacked an Israeli Defence Forces training camp and killed three recruits