45 years of terrorist attacks in Europe, visualized

2016/12/20 21:49:38

From 1970-2015: 4,724 people died from bombings. 2,588 from assassinations. 2,365 from assaults. 548 from hostage situations. 159 from hijackings. 114 from building attacks. Thousands wounded or missing.


 

 

 

 

 

By Chris Alcantara for the Washington Post, Dec 19, 2016

 

The attacks can happen almost anywhere: In a holiday market outside a historic church in Berlin, on the street during a national holiday in France, in an airplane over Scotland or during the first day of school in a small town in Russia.

 

Sometimes, a plot fails – a detonator malfunctions or authorities make an arrest – and no one is injured.

 

Other times, an attack leaves a trail of death and destruction that can shake a nation.

 

Sometimes a continent.

 

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