HISTORY OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM IN AMERICA

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They then plundered and burned their village. Big Bottom massacre — In an attempt to drive settlers out of their land and possibly in some part driven by the earlier Gnadenhutten massacre of Lenape Indians , Lenape and Wyandot warriors went into a settlement of 36 White settlers on unclaimed land and killed 12 of them. Pigeon Roost Village, Northwest Territory.

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Pigeon Roost massacre — Near the onset of the war of , a war party of Shawnee Indians outfitted by the British made a surprise attack on Pigeon Roost village, killing 24 settlers. Hillabee massacre — A day after the Hillabee Creeks had sued for peace, which was then granted by General Andrew Jackson, General William Cocke attacked and destroyed the Creek villages of Little Oakfusky and Genalga and then the main town of Hillabee.

Thinking they were at peace, the Indians were unprepared and gave little resistance. Chehaw Affair — During the First Seminole War, Captain Obed Wright and a band of volunteer Georgia militiamen, angered by recent attacks from the Phelemmes and the Hoppones, took out their anger on the friendly village of Chehaw, despite the insistence of the local fort commander that the people were peaceful.

Wright and his militia burned the village to the ground and claimed to have killed 40—50 warriors without suffering any casualties, though other accounts placed number of Chehaw residents killed at 5— Hillabee , Mexican Texas.

Skull Creek massacre — After Coco Indians killed two colonists under unclear circumstances, the colonists got together twenty-five men and found a Karankawa village on Skull Creek. They killed at least nineteen inhabitants of the village before the rest could flee, then stole their possessions and burned their homes to the ground.

Galveston Bay , Mexican Texas. Taliban militants killed 19 policemen and six soldiers during a siege at a police compound in Nawzad District of Afghanistan. Al-Shabaab militants attacked two police patrols which turned into a gun battle north of Garissa, 5 police officers were injured but they were able to kill both of the attackers. A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in Dammam detonating the bomb in the parking lot. Three suicide bombers in humvees attacked an Iraqi police station in the Tharthar region in Northern Anbar Province.

Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack — Beheading in a factory near Lyon, head marked with Arabic writing and Islamist flags. Gas canisters planted provoked a fire. Boko Haram kills at least people as they gun down and bomb villages, mosques, and other public space. Two bombs explode at an elite restaurant and mosque, killing at least 15 people in Jos. A bomb explodes in a government office in Zaria , killing 20 people.

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Two Nigerian towns are attacked by two suicide bombers, killing 62 people. A series of explosions at two bus stations in Gombe kill about 40 people. A suicide bomber kills at least 14 people at a popular nightclub in Maruoa, just three days after 2 suicide bombers killed 20 people in the same town.

The attack resulted in the deaths of 3 policemen, 4 civilians and 15 others were injured. All 3 attackers were killed by the Indian security forces. The incident is believed by French police to be an Islamist terrorist attack. Boko Haram members massacre 79 people in 3 different Nigerian villages.

Explosion at a refugee camp for people fleeing Boko Haram kills at least 2. Two suicide bombings in Baghdad killed 10 and injured Rafik Y, an Islamist of Iraqi descent attacked and injured a police officer with a knife in Berlin. At least 54 people were killed by multiple explosions in Nigeria. A bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sana'a killed 25 and injured dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Three men on a motorbike shot and killed an Italian aid worker. The attack has been claimed by ISIL. Multiple suicide bombings by Boko Haram in North-East Nigeria killed 14 people including the bombers and injured Gunmen opened fire on a car near Nablus on the northern West Bank , killing a man and woman.

The attackers have been praised by Hamas. A Japanese man was shot and killed in a similar fashion to an Italian aid worker killed 4 days earlier. In Baghdad , two suicide bombings in Shiite majority neighbourhoods kill at least 18 people and injure Attack claimed by ISIL. Two suicide bombings in Kabul targeted an Afghan intelligence centre. In the Ankara bombings people were killed and over others injured. Multiple suicide bombings in Chad killed 33 people and injured The attack is believed to be the work of Boko Haram. A bomb attack in Kabul, targeting a British military convoy injured 7 Afghan civilians.

The attack has been claimed by the Taliban.

Two separate mosques were attacked by suicide bombers, killing 42 in Nigeria. Boko Haram militants attack a village in Niger, gunning down 13 people and allegedly burning down houses and cars during the rampage. Bomb on board a Russian jet brings it down in Sinai, bound for St Petersburg, killing people. Twin suicide bombings kill 42 people in the capital city of Beirut. A series of terrorist attacks in Paris kill , and wound They involved a series of coordinated attacks which consisted of mass shootings and suicide bombings.

A suicide bomber killed at least 21 at a Shia funeral. A Malaysian national is beheaded by Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines. A suicide attack at a market in Yola killed more than 30 people and hospitalised more than The attack is thought to be the work of Boko Haram. A lone wolf Islamist killed two soldiers and injured civilians in Sarajevo. Two explosions rock a phone market in Kano killing at least 15 people and injuring more than Boko Haram is suspected to be behind it. A Suicide bomber detonates inside a Shiite mosque killing 10 people, other bombings in the area killed another 5 people.

Suicide bombers affiliated with Boko Haram kill at least 10 in northern Cameroon. At least 14 people were killed in a bus bombing in Tunis , the capital of Tunisia. ISIL claimed responsibility for this attack that targeted a bus transporting members of the Presidential Guard. In the November Sinai attack which occurred a day after the second round of parliamentary elections closed, militants attack a hotel housing election judges in the provincial capital of al-Arish in Egypt's North Sinai. Boko Haram invades a village and shoots indiscriminately residents and also fire rockets, killing Islamist gunmen killed four security personnel in an attack at a police checkpoint in Saqqara.

Ansar Dine claimed responsibility. In the San Bernardino attack , married couple Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 people and injured 22 others in a killing spree that the FBI was investigating as "act of terrorism".

Four female suicide bombers from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram attacked the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad , killing at least 15 people and injuring The governor of the southern port city of Aden in Yemen , Jaafar Mohammed Saad , was killed in a car bomb attack. The assassination was claimed by ISIL. In the Kandahar Airport attacks several Taliban members attacked the Kandahar Airport and surrounding area.

An explosive device by Islamists targeting a military convoy went off in Rafah. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the doorway of a Shiite mosque. In the Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul , Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy. Islamists detonated a car bomb near an hospital in central Homs.

A millitant detonated his explosives in a truck at an Iraqi position near the Saudi border. Boko Haram Islamists, at least some using machetes, attacked residents of the villages of Warwara, Mangari, and Bura-Shika. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed six and wounded three in Kabul , Afghanistan near Bagram Airfield. Boko Haram gunmen raided Kimba village in northern Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching their homes. A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person and wounded 33 in an attack on a road near a school close to Kabul International Airport.

Fourteen Islamist female suicide bombers aged 12—18 attempted to simultaneously attack the city of Maiduguri. Seven of the bombers were shot dead by Nigerian forces while three menaged to escape and detonate themselves in Baderi general area and near a Mosque, killing 26 people and wounding another A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the front entrance of a regional branch of the National Database and Registration Authority in the northwestern city of Mardan , Pakistan. The blast killed 26 people and more than 50 were wounded. A gunman opened fire on a group of local residents who were visiting a viewing platform at the fortress in Derbent , Dagestan , southern Russia, killing one and injuring In the Pathankot attack suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked an Indian air base killing 7 security force members.

Five Islamist suicide bombers attack an Iraqi military base. A Militant drove a truck packed with explosives to the armored gates of a compound for civilian contractors near Kabul's airport before detonating. In the Zliten truck bombing Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb at the police training camp al-Jahfal in the coastal town of Zliten , Libya. In the January Paris police station attack an Islamist from Morocco wearing a fake explosive belt attacked police officers with a meat cleaver.

He was shot dead. A car bombing at a checkpoint in the Libyan oil port of Ras Lanuf left seven people dead and 11 wounded. In the Hurghada attack two militants armed with a melee weapon and a signal flare stormed the Bella Vista Hotel. ISIL gunmen detonate suicide vests in a shopping mall, killing at least 20 and wounding more than 40 people. In the Istanbul bombing an ISIL suicide bomber kills 10 tourists and injures 15 more in the historical centre of Istanbul. In the Jakarta attacks 4 assailants kill 2 and injure 24 in a terrorist attack in Jakarta.

In the Ouagadougou attack Islamist gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou , the capital of Burkina Faso.

At least 22 killed in attack on Bacha Khan University , Pakistan. The Taliban claim responsibility for the attack. Al-Shabab attack on beachside restaurant leaves 20 dead. Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have blown themselves up in a market in Cameroon, killing at least 25 people and injuring 62 others. Boko Haram gunmen raided a Nigerian village, at least 65 people were killed and others injured. In the Grand-Bassam shootings Al Qaeda gunmen stormed 3 hotels in the beach resort city of Grand-Bassam in the Ivory Coast , leaving 18 people dead. The blast, by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar , a Pakistani Taliban faction, killed at least 70 people and injured others.

The attack killed 64 people and wounded It was the Taliban's biggest attack on an urban area since Attackers hacked a university professor to death in the city of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack stating that they assassinated him "for calling to atheism in the city of Rajshahi in Bangladesh". Two gays rights activists were hacked to death in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

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An Al-Qaeda affiliated group claimed responsibility for the attacks and stated they killed the two as they were "pioneers of practicing [ sic ] and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh". At least 40 people were killed and 60 injured in a car bomb attack on a market in Baghdad. The shooter, Omar Mateen , pledged allegiance to ISIL by specifically calling police and journalists several times during the incident. Two French citizens, a police officer and his wife were stabbed to death in Magnanville , France by a man swearing his allegiance to ISIL.

Assassination of Amjad Sabri , claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban who accused Sabri of blasphemy. Gunmen killed 20 hostages in the affluent Gulshan Thana neighborhood of Dhaka. Thirteen hostages were rescued; two police officers and six terrorists were killed. One terrorist was taken into custody. ISIL claimed responsibility, but according to Bangladeshi officials, the attack was carried out by homegrown militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh. July Baghdad bombings Two coordinated bomb attacks killed over people and injured over others. A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Central Java, killing himself and injuring a police officer.

A coordinated attack involving suicide car bombers, suicide bombers on foot, and gunmen against the mausoleum of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi , a Shi'ite holy site in Baghdad, killed at least 56 people and injured The attacker was shot dead when he attacked the arriving police officers.

A suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach , Germany, in which a bomber tried to bomb a large music festival going on at the time. After detonation, he injured 15, 4 seriously. The bomber was the only fatality. A priest's throat was slit and four nuns were taken hostage in a church in Rouen, France. The two terrorists were shot dead by the French authorities. One of the men was known to the French intelligence services as reported by French TV channel M6 and was on the French government's terror watch-list, known as the S list.

The bombings left 31 people wounded, but no fatalities or life-threatening injuries were reported. Subsequently the perpetrator has been charged with attempting to radicalized fellow jail inmates to espouse violent islamic jihadism beliefs. Forty-seven people were killed and injured by a bomb at the Shah Noorani shrine in Balochistan. More people were killed and injured during the stampede that resulted from people fleeing the bomb blast. A suicide bomber killed 27 people and injured 47 others at St. The bomber was identified as year-old Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed Mustafa.

A suicide bomber with a truck full of explosives attacked a predominantly Shia market in Baghdad. The Islamic State took responcibility for the attack, claiming to target a "gathering of Shia". Killing 6 and taking 2 prisoner. Taliban suicide car bomber killed seven people outside a bank in Lashkargah. During the Sehwan suicide bombing a suicide bomber entered the main hall of the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan and detonated his payload amid dozens of worshippers. Five people were killed in two suicide bombings that hit districts recently retaken from Islamic State in eastern Mosul.

The first attack targeted an army checkpoint, killing three soldiers, and the second a gathering of civilians in the commercial district known as "My Fair Lady," killing two. Three militants threw hand grenades and opened fire as they launched an assault in Tangi , near the border with Afghanistan. Two of the men blew themselves up during the minute gun battle with security forces at the gate, while the third was shot dead by police before he could detonate his explosive vest.

The two are believed to have been kidnapped by anonymous militants who are suspected to be members of the IS-affiliated group of "Sinai Province. Twelve policemen were killed in an "insider attack" in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. An infiltrator from the Taliban had allowed militants into the outpost in the regional capital, Lashkar Gah. Gunmen dressed as medics attacked a military hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing more than 40 people, in an assault claimed by Islamic State.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing 26 people at a wedding party in a village near the Iraqi city of Tikrit. Islamic State said two of its fighters had carried out the attack in the village of Hajaj. A man drove a car into pedestrians on the south side of Westminster Bridge, injuring 49 people, 4 of them fatally. April 19, - A bomb rips through the Alfred P. Timothy McVeigh is convicted on federal murder charges in , and he is executed in One person is killed, another dies from a heart attack and others are injured.

Bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph is arrested in North Carolina in , after being indicted in for the Atlanta bombing and for other bombings, including one at an abortion clinic where one person died. Rudolph is serving four consecutive sentences of life in prison plus years for the attacks. September 11, - Nineteen al Qaeda members hijack four US passenger airliners. Two are flown into the Twin Towers in New York, one crashes into the Pentagon and another crashes into the Pennsylvania countryside after passengers attempt to wrest control of the aircraft to prevent an attack on the US Capitol.

A total of 2, people are killed. April 15, - Twin bomb blasts explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding at least One suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is killed in an encounter with police.

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