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The seige of Mecca
On the 20th of November the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia was taken under seige. Gunmen held the hostages for 2 weeks from November 20th to December 5th. There were about 100,000 people in the mosque when it was taken 240 were killed and 600 were injured. It was done by the influences of Osama Bin Laden. -
The Palace of Justice Seige
The Palace of Justice was taken under seige by M-19 guerrillas. 300 people were taken as hostages and were held by the 30 M-19 member for 2 days. The Columbian army responded hevily to the attack and this lead to 100 people dead. -
Bombay Bombings
A series of 13 bombings were set off throughout the city of Bombay(Mumbai), India. 317 people were killed and around 1400 were injured. The car bombs were organized by Dawood Ibrahim part of D-Company a mafia group in India. The bombings were there to protest the class conflict, economic competition, decline of employment, population density, and changing political discourse going on in India. -
Tokyo sarin subway attack
In coordination with 5 others mamber of the group Aum Shinrikyo sarin was released onto several subway lines. The attack was a form of domestic terrorism. 12 people were killed in the attack and around 1,050 people were injured and suffered vision problems. -
EgyptAir Flight 990
The flight was supposed to go from LAX to Cairo International Airport with one stop at JFK in New York. The plane crashed into the Atlantic 60 miles south of Nantucket, Mass. There were no survivors all 217 passengers and crew members died. After an investigation it was deamed that the crash was not an accident and they could not find the reason for the actions of the first relief responder. -
Madrid train bombings
The explosions on the trains killed 191 people and injured around 1,800. The bombs were place and and set off simotaniously. The investigation found that the attacks were from an al-Qeada inspired terrorist group, but have no connections with al-Qeada. -
Beslan school seige
A school in Beslan was taken hostage by a group of Islamic terrorists Riyadus-Salikhin. The takeover began on September 1st and continued unthil September 3rd. 1,100 people were taken hostage 777 were children. It ended with 385 hostages killed 186 of them being children. -
Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria
Boko Haram militants attack 3 villages in northeastern Nigeria. The attacks left 145 villagers dead. Boko Haram is translated into "Westen education is sin" is the language of Hausa this group ties to impose extreme laws in the region and is a classified terrorist group by th US government.
