ESCALATING ASSAULTS UNLEASHING TERROR THROUGHOUT EUROPE
MANCHESTER, MAY 22:
A suicide bomber strikes as concertgoers — including many teenage girls — were leaving an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena, killing 22 and wounding 116.
PARIS, APRIL 20:
A policeman is killed on the Champs Elysees in a terror-related attack that IS claims responsibility for, days before the French presidential election.
STOCKHOLM APRIL 7:
A truck attack kills five people and another 14 are injured as a vehicle is driven down a busy shopping area in Stockholm.
LONDON, MARCH 22:
A terrorist ploughs through pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge, killing four people and injuring more than 50, then kills an V1 - MERE01Z01MA unarmed police officer in a stabbing attack before he is shot dead.
PARIS, FEBRUARY 3:
French soldiers shoot a knifewielding man who tries to attack soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum.
ISTANBUL, JANUARY 1:
A gunman enters the Reina nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s Eve celebrations, killing 39 people and injuring 79 others.
NICE, JULY 14, 2016:
A man mows down pedestrians with his truck, killing 86 people and wounding hundreds, after they finished watching a fireworks show to mark Bastille Day.
ISTANBUL, JUNE 28, 2016:
A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport results in 41 deaths. Attackers blow themselves up after police fire back at them.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 22, 2016:
Two suicide bombings at Brussels airport and another bombing at the city’s Metro station kills 32 people and injures more than 300.
PARIS, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
A series of co-ordinated terrorist attacks across Paris kills 130 people and injures hundreds. The terrorists strike the Bataclan concert hall during a rock concert and the Stade de France stadium, while gunmen and bombers also attack restaurants and bars.
PARIS, JANUARY 7, 2015
Two masked gunmen storm the Paris office of satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and kill 12 people. Within days, a policewoman is killed and four hostages are killed at a Jewish supermarket.