Terror attacks that shook the world in 2016

Terror attacks that shook the world in 2016

Dec 16, 2016, 23:33 PM IST

Terror attacks that shook the world in 2016

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January 14, 2016: Jakarta, Indonesia

Jakarta attacked

Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Jakarta, killing seven people. The assault was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This was the first time the extremist group had targeted the world's most populous Muslim nation.

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January 20, 2016: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Attack on the Bacha Khan University

Over 20 people, including students, were killed and dozens injured when four terrorists stormed the Bacha Khan University and opened indiscriminate fire in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The University was attacked by TTP-affiliated militants.

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February 01, 2016: Kabul, Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself in Kabul

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself after joining a queue to enter Afghanistan's national police headquarters in Kabul, killing 20 people and wounding at least 29.

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February 21, 2016: Homs and Damascus, Syria

ISIS detonates car bombs in Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus

ISIS detonates car bombs in Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus, killing between 140 and 270 people, and wounding over 300 more. 

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March 22, 2016: Brussels, Belgium

The bomb-damaged departure hall area of Brussels airport is pictured on March 24, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.

Bombings at Brussels airport and a metro station in Brussels, Belgium, killed 32 people from around the world and injured many more. The toll does not include three bombers who died.

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March 27, 2016: Lahore, Pakistan

Rescue team outside the Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Lahore, Pakistan after the blast on March 27, 2016.

Seventy-two people, including 29 children, are killed in a suicide bombing at the largest public park in Lahore, Pakistan.

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April 19, 2016: Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a Taliban-claimed deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Sixty-four people were killed in a coordinated attack involving a suicide car bomb and gunshots in the Afghan capital. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

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June 28, 2016: Istanbul, Turkey

Men greet each other in front of Turkish flag and picture of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at Istanbul Ataturk airport on June 29, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey.

A trio of suicide bombings at an airport in Istanbul kill 45 and injure 200 more. The attack in Istanbul's Ataturk airport was blamed on the Islamic State group.

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July 1-2, 2016: Dhaka, Bangladesh

An armoured personnel carrier of the Bangladesh Army is brought out to take part in a raid on Holey Artisan Bakery cafe, which was attacked by gunman, on July 02, 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Twenty-two civilians and two police officers dead after five militants opened fire in a local restaurant. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.

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July 14, 2016: Nice, France

Forensic police investigate a truck at the scene of a terror attack on the Promenade des Anglais on July 15, 2016 in Nice, France.

At least 77 people are killed in Nice, France, after a truck drives through a crowd on Bastille Day.

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July 26, 2016: Normandy, France

French soldiers stand guard near the scene of an attack in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, on July 26, 2016.

Two armed men stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen in northern France on July 26, 2016. The attackers slit the throat of elderly priest Father Jacques Hamel and took four other people as hostage.

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August 08, 2016: Quetta, Pakistan

Blast in Pakistan

A Jamaat-ul-Ahrar suicide bomber massacres over 70 people gathered at a hospital.

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August 20, 2016: Gaziantep, Turkey

People on street in Gaziantep.

A child suicide bomber massacres over 50 people at a wedding, including 22 other children.

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