This map shows the number of deaths in each city in terror-related
attacks since 2014. Paris has been hit hardest with 137 of the 155
people being killed
A spate of deadly attacks across Europe over the past two years have left many citizens living in fear.
In
2014, four people were killed in a deadly attack in Brussels, in 2015 a
staggering 267 people were slain in atrocities across the continent and
so far, in 2016, 172 have died in terrifying attacks.
There have been 18 major deadly incidents and many more violent terror-related assaults on innocent people by crazed fanatics.
As
France reels from the murder of an 84-year-old priest at the hands of
an ISIS knifeman in a French town near Rouen, in Normandy, here are just
some of the deadly attacks in Europe since 2014
2014
Brussels, Belgium: May 24 - Four killed
CCTV
caught the moment a suspected anti-semitic gunmen shot dead three
visitors at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Three people, including two
tourists from Israel, were killed in the attack. A fourth victim later
died of his wounds in hospital.
Tours, France: December 20 - Three injured
A knife-wielding French convert to Islam was shot dead after attacking three police officers.
Bertrand
Nzohabonayo entered a police station in the central town of
Joue-les-Tours armed with a knife, seriously wounding two officers,
including slashing one in the face. Nzohabonayo, who had posted an IS
flag on his Facebook account, was a French national born in Burundi in
1994
Dijon, France: December 21 - 11 injured
Thirteen
people were injured after a known psychiatric patient drove into
pedestrians shouting 'God is greatest' in Arabic in a French city. Two
of those hit by the driver, who was believed to be drunk, were in a
‘very serious’ condition in the city of Dijon after being struck.
The
40-year-old was arrested by police at the scene who said the man used a
Renault Clio to run over 'as many people as he could' before being
stopped.
Nantes, France: December 22 - 11 injured
Eleven
people were injured after a driver crashed his van into a crowded
Christmas market in western France.The driver then stabbed himself
several times and was among five people hospitalised in serious
condition, authorities said.
2015
Paris, France: January 7 - 12 killed
Two
masked men brandishing Kalashnikovs burst into Charlie Hedbo magazine's
headquarters, opening fire on staff and shooting them dead, after the
magazine published a cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad.
Among
the slain was Stephane Charbonnier, the defiant editor whose satirical
newspaper dared to poke fun at everything from religion to feminism.
January 8 - one killed and one injured
In
the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge a gunman, armed with a
machine-gun and a pistol, shot dead a policewoman and injured a man
before fleeing. The attack was linked to the Charlie Hebdo killings.
January 9 - four killed
A
gunman took several people hostage at a kosher supermarket at Porte de
Vincennes in the east of Paris after a shootout. Police quickly
surrounded the building and four hostages were found dead when they
stormed the building.
Copenhagen, Denmark: February 14–15 - two killed and five injured
A
shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured
the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a
synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen.
Paris, France: April 19 - one killed
A
French woman was killed by a gunman after he accidentally shot himself
in the leg while trying to carry out an attack on a church.
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina: April 27 - one killed, two injured
A
gunman shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) attacked a police
station in eastern Bosnia, killing one police officer and wounding two
before he was shot dead.
The
attack occurred in Zvornik, a town in Bosnia's Serb-dominated
autonomous region, the Serb Republic, which together with the
Bosniak-Croat Federation makes up the Bosnia that emerged from the
1992-95 war.
Diyarbakır, Turkey: June 5 – Four killed, more than 100 injured
Two
blasts ripped through a Kurdish rally in Turkey, killing two people and
injuring more than 100 in what President Tayyip Erdogan described as a
"provocation" designed to undermine peace before a parliamentary
election.
The
explosions occurred as tens of thousands of people gathered for the
pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) election rally in
Diyarbakir, the largest city in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey
Lyon, France: June 26 - one killed
A
factory worker was beheaded at the headquarters of American-owned Air
Products close to Lyon in southern France. His head was found pinned to
the gates and surrounded by two Islamist flags.
Ankara, Turkey: October 10 - 102 are killed, more than 400 injured
Two Turkish security sources claimed ISIS were behind the two explosions which killed 102 at a peace rally in Ankara.
'All
signs indicate that the attack may have been carried out by ISIL
(ISIS). We are completely focused on ISIL,' one of the sources said.
Paris, France: November 13 - 137 killed, nearly 400 injured
A
series of coordinated attacks occurred at the national stadium during a
football match between France and Germany, followed by suicide bombings
and mass shootings at cafés, restaurants and a music venue in the
centre of the city.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: November 18 - Two killed, five injured
In what was described as lone wolf attack, two soldiers were killed and five were injured
2016
Brussels, Belgium: March 22 - 35 killed, more than 300 wounded
Two
suicide bombers carrying homemade bombs in large suitcases attacked a
departure hall at Brussels Airport in Zaventem. They exploded nine
seconds apart. Another explosion took place just over an hour later in
the middle carriage of a three-carriage train at Maalbeek metro station.
Magnanville, France: June 14 - two killed
A man pledging his A police officer and his wife were stabbed to death by a man swearing allegiance to ISIS
Istanbul, Turkey: June 28 - 41 killed, more than 230 injured
Three
explosions rocked Istanbul's Ataturk airport in a co-ordinated suicide
attack. Shocking footage showed explosion at the door to the arrivals
hall by a suicide bomber before another two attackers snuck into the
building and detonated their devices.
Twenty-three of the victims were Turkish citizens and 13 foreign nationals were also among the casualties, an official has said.
Nice, France: July 14 - 84 killed
A
French Tunisian delivery man in Nice killed 84 people when he drove his
19-tonne truck through a crowd of revellers leaving a July 14 fireworks
display on the beach front promenade. The Bastille Day attack left
hundreds injured.
Paris
prosecutor Francois Molins said the 31-year-old attacker, Mohamed
Lahouaiej Bouhlel, had been planning the attack on July 14 for months.
Wurzburg, Germany: July 18 - five injured
A
17-year-old migrant wielding an axe and a knife went on a rampage on a
regional train, seriously injuring four members of a tourist family from
Hong Kong and a German passer-by.
ISIS
group subsequently released a video purportedly featuring the
assailant, named by media as Riaz Khan Ahmadzai, announcing he would
carry out an 'operation' in Germany, and presenting himself as a
'soldier of the caliphate'. He is believed to have been Afghan or
Pakistani.
Munich, Germany: July 22 - nine killed
An
18-year-old German-Iranian gunman apparently acting alone killed at
least nine people in Munich. The teenager had no Islamist ties but was
obsessed with mass killings. The attack was carried out on the fifth
anniversary of twin attacks by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik
that killed 77 people.
Ansbach, Germany: July 24 - 15 injured
A
Syrian man wounds 15 people when he blows himself up in a bar outside a
music festival in Ansbach in southern Germany. The attack is claimed by
Islamic State. The 27-year-old arrived in Germany two years ago and
claimed asylum. He had been in trouble with the police repeatedly for
drug-taking and other offences and had faced deportation to Bulgaria.
Rouen, France: July 26 - one killed
Two
attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another
hostage in a church in northern France before being shot dead by French
police. Five people were initially taken hostage. French President
Francois Hollande said the two hostage takers had pledged allegiance to
Islamic State.
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