three attacks in the town of Carcassonne and the nearby village of Trèbes in the Aude department in southwestern France, killing four people and injuring...
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Murder of Lee Rigby (redirect from 2013 Woolwich Terror Attack)
Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was attacked and killed by Islamist terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale near the Royal Artillery...
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Manchester Arena bombing (redirect from 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack)
The Manchester Arena bombing, or Manchester Arena attack, was an Islamic terrorist suicide bombing of Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, on 22 May...
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terrorist attack against civilians occurred at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Crocus City, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The attack began at...
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is around 7 km east of the centre of Carcassonne. Located on an important river crossing[citation needed], Trèbes was originally known as Tresmals (Three...
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the deaths of 86 people and injuring 450 others. The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in France. The attack ended following an exchange...
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Islamic State (redirect from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
November 2015 Paris attacks, the 2024 Kerman bombings in Iran, and the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack in Russia. Lone wolf attacks inspired by the group...
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series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis....
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7 July 2005 London bombings (redirect from London terrorist attack 2005)
first Islamist suicide attack. The explosions were caused by improvised explosive devices made from concentrated hydrogen peroxide and pepper, packed into...
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Moscow theater hostage crisis (redirect from Dubrovka theatre attack)
(100 ft) of corridor and advance up a well-defended staircase before they could reach the hall in which the hostages were held. The attackers had numerous explosives...
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Charlie Hebdo shooting (redirect from 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack)
shooting attack by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, Saïd Kouachi [ar; de; fa; fr] and Chérif Kouachi [ar; de; fa; fr]. Armed with rifles and other...
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Neolithic Period, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Aude between historic trade routes, linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea and the Massif...
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Murder of David Amess (redirect from Attack on David Amess)
public" and insecurity at his own home. MPs are protected by armed police within Parliament, with security tightened after the 2017 Westminster attack. They...
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injured, including the assailant. French, American and British passengers confronted the attacker and subdued him. For their heroism, they received France's...
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Bauernmarkt [de], and Graben. The attacker was armed with a rifle, a handgun, and a machete and was wearing a fake explosive belt. The attack ended when the...
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2003 Istanbul bombings (category Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Turkey)
a series of suicide attacks carried out with trucks fitted with bombs detonated at four locations in Istanbul, Turkey, on 15 and 20 November 2003. On...
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Beslan school siege (redirect from Beslan school attack)
Beslan massacre, was an Islamic terrorist attack that started on 1 September 2004. It lasted three days, and involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100...
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Toulouse and Montauban shootings were a series of Islamist terrorist attacks committed by Mohammed Merah in March 2012 in the cities of Montauban and Toulouse...
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On 23 June 2024, coordinated attacks were launched in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in the Russian republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus....
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Spain killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, one of whom died 10 days later on 27 August. Abouyaaqoub fled the attack on foot, then killed another...
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Islamic terrorism in Europe (redirect from List of Islamist terrorist attacks in Europe (2014–present))
deadliest attacks of this period were the 2004 Madrid train bombings, which killed 193 civilians (the deadliest Islamist attack in Europe), and the 7 July...
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carried out a knife and hammer attack against three people near the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing one of them. The attack was ruled an act...
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Murder of Samuel Paty (category Stabbing attacks in 2020)
pronunciation: [samɥɛl pati]), a French secondary school teacher, was attacked and killed in Éragny, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France, by an Islamic terrorist...
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of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), claimed the attacker was an ISIS fighter. French police and prosecutors are investigating the attack as terrorism, and have launched...
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Islamist terrorist attacks. According to Fondapol, a French think tank, between 1979 and May 2021, at least 48,035 Islamist terrorist attacks took place worldwide...
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organisation and believe Masood acted alone. Prior to the attack, the UK Threat Level for terrorism in the country was listed at "severe", meaning an attack was...
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women were killed in the attack and eight people sustained injuries. Police were informed at 16:02. Three minutes later the attacker, Abderrahman Bouanane...
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the Carcassonne and Trèbes attack was conducted by a lone attacker who pledged allegiance to ISIL. Four persons and the attacker were killed and 25 injured...
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The Atatürk Airport attack, consisting of shootings and suicide bombings, occurred on 28 June 2016 at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Gunmen armed...
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GIGN (category Units and formations of the French Gendarmerie)
for the Carcassonne and Trèbes attack in March 2018 (a former EPIGN officer, Arnaud Beltrame, voluntarily swapped places with a hostage and was killed...
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