The terror attack on Brussels Airport is the latest in a series of deadly terror attacks in Europe. Here are some of the continent’s recent major attacks by Islamist extremists.
Charlie Hebdo attack, Jan 2015
On the 7th of January 2015, two French-Algerian brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Carrying Kalashnikovs, they killed 12 people in two minutes. The victims, some of France’s most famous cartoonists. The satirical magazine had previously been targeted for its illustrations of the prophet Muhammad, the Kouachi brothers said they’d avenged him.
Map Porte De Vincennes, Jan 2015
Two days later, gunman Amedy Coulibaly, an associate of the Koucahi brothers, burst into a kosher supermarket in a northern Paris suburb and killed four people.
Paris Attacks, Nov 2015
Then, on the evening of the 13th of November, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris and the northern suburb of Saint-Denis. Gunmen and suicide bombers hit a concert hall, stadium, restaurants and bars, almost simultaneously- they killed 130 people, hundreds were wounded. French president Francois Hollande described the attacks as an “act of war” organised by the ISIL militant group. French police went on to carry out hundreds of raids across the country. The search for suspects also took place in the Belgian city of Brussels.
Munich scare
On New Year’s eve, police in Munich evacuated two major railway stations after an intelligence agency warned Germany of an imminent attack. Authorities received information that suicide bombers again from ISIL could target the stations.
The European nations are now seeking ways of crushing the vice in the continent. This week, French authorities met with Ismalic leaders on ways of stopping extremism as a way of curbing terrorism in the country.
