Terrorism Update - Pray for the Families

Middle East: April 15: Car bombing Syria-126+ dead / 60+ injured: 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing: In a district of Aleppo a strong explosion occurred. According to provisional data, a motor bomb exploded. The blast killed at least 126 people, including more than 60 children. April 21: Shooting Afghanistan -140-256 dead / 160+ injured: 2017 Camp Shaheen attack: Attack of military base by Taliban insurgents in northern Afghanistan killed 256 Afghan soldiers. More than 160 were also injured. May 20: Shooting Libya -141+ dead / 100+ injured: Brak El-Shati airbase raid: At least 141 soldiers and civilians were killed in an attack in Southern Libya May 31: Car bombing Afghanistan -150+ dead / 413+: May 2017 Kabul attack: A car bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter killed at least 150 persons and wounded 413 others Europe: June 3, 2017: Van rabbing and stabbing in London Seven people were killed and dozens were injured by three assailants who ploughed through pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbed revelers in Borough Market. May 22, 2017: Outside Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England Twenty-two people were killed and dozens more injured by a suicide bomber with apparent connections to an organized terror network. April 20, 2017: Champs Elysees attack in Paris An attacker got out of a car and fired an automatic weapon at a parked police van, killing the officer inside, before shooting at others standing on the nearby sidewalk, injuring two before he was shot and killed by police. The French president said the attack was “terrorist in nature” and promised “utmost vigilance.” The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. April 7, 2017: Stockholm truck attack Five people were killed when a truck driven by a man drove into a pedestrian shopping street and department store in Sweden’s capital city, wounding over a dozen others. The 39-year-old man allegedly admitted to being a member of ISIS and told police that he had “achieved what he set out to do.” April 3, 2017: Saint Petersburg bombing A suicide bombing on the subway in Russia’s second largest city killed more than a dozen passengers and injured dozens more. March 22, 2017: Westminster Bridge attack Five people, including a London police officer who was stabbed and the perpetrator, were killed in a terror attack. More than 40 people were injured outside the Parliament building. British Prime Minister Theresa May said the act was “sick and depraved.” ISIS later claimed responsibility. Feb. 3, 2017: Louvre knife attack A machete-wielding man yelling “Allahu Akbar” attacked soldiers in a shopping mall near the Louvre in Paris. He was shot and wounded by soldiers.