On this day in 2016 five people were killed and 39 wounded in a car bomb attack on a police station and adjacent housing for officers in south-eastern Turkey
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January 12, 2018: Bombings in Chile
On this day in 2018 four churches in Santiago, Chile were attacked on the eve of a papal visit with homemade bombs that caused minor damage
Terrorism means many things to many people and we may be heading down an unhelpful pathway
On this day in 2011 security forces loyal to the losing Ivory Coast president opened fire on civilians, killing at least four.
On this day in 2001 at least one person was killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb explosion in a parking garage at a shopping centre in Medellin, Colombia
On this day in 2014 a senior Pakistani police officer known for campaigning against the Taliban was killed in a bomb blast in Karachi.
On this day in 2015 Ahmed Coulibaly, a French Islamist terrorist, shot dead an unarmed policewoman, Clarissa Jean-Philippe, in the Paris suburb of Montrouge
When terrorists kill terrorists it is a good day (provided that innocent civilians do not also die in the process). One less terrorist to worry about is a good thing.
On this day in 2010 Coptic Christians exiting a church where they were celebrating Christmas were gunned down: in all six were killed.
On this day in 2018 thirteen people were killed in an attack in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance.