On this day in 2018, the body of a Mennonite farmer was discovered in a mass grave in the northern Paraguayan province of San Pedro.
Tag: Today in terrorism
On January 11, 2011 an off-duty policeman opened fire on an Egyptian train killing one and wounding four Coptic Christians.
On January 10, 2007 three bombs were detonated within hours of each other in the southern Philippines island of Mindinao, in all killing six people and wounding 27.
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.
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.
On January 6, 2010 an Islamist terrorist tried to detonate a car bomb at a police depotĀ 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.