The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Terror across europe
June 3 2017, London – Eight people were killed when three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before launching knife attacks on people enjoying a night out in Borough Market.
May 22 2017, Manchester – Suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena as fans were leaving an Ariana Grande concert, killing himself and 22 others.
April 7 2017, Stockholm – A lorry was rammed into a crowd, killing four people and wounding 15 others. Rakhmat Akilov, 39, confessed to the crime, his lawyer said.
March 22 2017, London – Khalid Masood drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. He stabbed PC Keith Palmer to death and also killed tourists Kurt Cochran and Andreea Cristea, 31, plus Britons Aysha Frade, 44, and Leslie Rhodes, 75. Masood was shot dead by police.
February 3 2017, Paris – A machete-wielding man attacked soldiers guarding the Louvre. The suspect, who was shot four times, was later named by officials as Abdullah Reda Refaie al-Hamahmy, 28.
December 19 2016, Berlin – A lorry ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 56 others.
July 26 2016, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy – Two attackers killed parish priest Father Jacques Hamel, 85, and seriously wounded another hostage in a church.
July 22 2016, Munich – An 18-yearold gunman opened fire at a shopping centre and fast food restaurant, killing nine people and injuring 36.
July 14 2016, Nice – A lorry ploughed into Bastille Day revellers, killing 86 people.
March 22 2016, Brussels – Three IS bombers killed 32 people at Brussels airport and on the capital’s subway.
November 13 2015, Paris – Suicide bomb and gun attacks killed 130 people, including 89 at the Bataclan music venue. More than 360 people were wounded.
January 7-9 2015, Paris – Gunmen launched three days of attacks in the capital and surrounding regions. The massacre started with an attack at the offices of magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people. During the bloodshed, another militant killed a policewoman and took hostages at a supermarket, killing four.