The massacre in a concert hall Moscow on Friday, in which at least 137 people died, was the deadliest attack claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Europe.
Below are the worst attacks by this jihadist group in Europe:
130 dead in Paris attacks
On November 13, 2015, three jihadist commandos cause 130 deaths and more than 350 injuries in the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, and in terraces, bars and restaurants in Paris, as well as in the town of Saint-Denis, near the Stadium from France. The Islamic State group (IS) claims responsibility for the attacks.
86 dead in Nice
In Nice, a coastal city in southern France, a 31-year-old Tunisian man drives a truck into a crowd after traditional National Day fireworks on July 14, 2016, killing 86 people and injuring more. of 400. The police kill the perpetrator of the attack. The IS group claimed responsibility for the attack.
45 dead at Istanbul airport
Turkey was hit by the IS group in 2016 and 2017. On June 28, 2016, three gunmen launched a suicide attack at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport in the European part of the city, leaving 45 dead and 163 injured.
In November 2018, a Turkish court sentenced six defendants to life in prison for the attack that authorities say belonged to IS.
39 dead in a nightclub in Istanbul
An attack against the luxury nightclub Reina, located in the European part of Istanbul, on January 1, 2017 left 39 dead, mostly foreigners.
The confessed perpetrator, Uzbek citizen Abdulkadir Masharipov, was sentenced to 40 life sentences, one for each victim and one for the attack. The attack was directly claimed by IS.
35 dead in Brussels
On March 22, 2016, two jihadists blow themselves up with bombs at the Brussels-Zaventem international airport and an hour later another suicide attack hits the metro in the Belgian capital.
The attacks, claimed by the IS group and committed by the same cell as the attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris, caused 35 deaths.
22 dead in Manchester
On May 22, 2017, a 22-year-old British man of Libyan origin commits suicide by exploding a bomb at a concert by the American singer Ariana Grande in the British city of Manchester, killing 22 people, including seven children, and injuring a hundred.
ISIS claims responsibility for the attack carried out with a homemade bomb.
16 dead in Barcelona
On August 17 and 18, 2017, 16 people died and 140 were injured in two car attacks carried out by young Moroccans belonging to a jihadist cell.
In the deadliest attack, 14 people, including children, were killed when struck by a vehicle on Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas promenade, and the other occurred a few hours later in the coastal town of Cambrils, 100 km further south. Six attackers were killed by the police. The IS group claims its responsibility.
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Source: Gestion
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