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Kingdom rush 3 hacked1/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Other targets in Europe have included Belgium, Germany, Russia, and Spain. The United Kingdom saw three major attacks carried out in a span of four months in early 2017 ( Westminster attack, Manchester Arena bombing, and London Bridge attack). France saw eight attacks between January 2015 and July 2016 this included the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, the November 2015 Paris attacks, and the July 2016 Nice truck attack. Since 2014, more than 20 fatal attacks have been carried out in Europe. Many of these operatives were arrested, while others carried out unsophisticated attacks which caused little damage but still served to overload security services. Instead the general consensus saw them as radicalized individuals. Īlthough militants in Syria had started to organize attacks in Europe by sending terrorist operatives to carry out attacks as early as 2012, security services in the European countries they sought to attack did not see the arrested individuals as part of a network with a cohesive strategy. The first incidents of Islamic terrorism occurred in France in 1995 when a network with ties to Algeria carried out a string of bombings in Paris in retaliation for French involvement in the Algerian Civil War. See also: Islamic terrorism § Europe Islamist terrorism in the European Union Year Jihadist extremism in the United States.These attacks and threats have led to major security operations and plans such as Opération Sentinelle in France, Operation Vigilant Guardian and the Brussels lockdown in Belgium, and Operation Temperer in the United Kingdom. The deadliest attacks of this period have been the November 2015 Paris attacks (130 killed), the July 2016 Nice truck attack (86 killed), the June 2016 Atatürk Airport attack (45 killed), the March 2016 Brussels bombings (32 killed), and the May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing (22 killed). A notable exception is the Brussels cell, which carried out two of the deadliest attacks of the period. While most earlier Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe were carried out by groups and involved bombs, most attacks since 2014 have been carried out by individuals using guns, knives and vehicles. The Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting in May 2014 was the first attack in Europe by a returnee from the Syrian war. A number of plots involved people who entered or re-entered Europe as asylum seekers during the European migrant crisis, and some attackers had returned to Europe after fighting in the Syrian Civil War. Most of this terrorist activity was inspired by ISIL, and many European states have had some involvement in the military intervention against it. The years 2014–16 saw more people killed by Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe than all previous years combined, and the highest rate of attack plots per year. There was a rise in Islamic terrorist incidents in Europe after 2014. The deadliest attacks of this period were the 2004 Madrid train bombings, which killed 193 civilians (the deadliest Islamist attack in Europe), and the 7 July 2005 London bombings, which killed 52. In the early 2000s, most of the Islamic terrorist activity was linked to Al-Qaeda and the plots tended to involve groups carrying out co-ordinated bombings. ![]() Europol defines jihadism as "a violent ideology exploiting traditional Islamic concepts". Europol, which releases the annual EU Terrorism Situation and Trend report (TE-SAT), used the term "Islamist terrorism" in the years 2006–2010, "religiously inspired terrorism" 2011–2014, and has used "jihadist terrorism" since 2015. ![]() Islamic terrorism in Europe has been carried out by the Islamic State (ISIL) or Al-Qaeda as well as Islamist lone wolves since the late 20th century. Memorial to the people killed in the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks ![]()
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