If you switch on the news (Wait, do people even own tvs
nowadays? Where do you get your news updates? News24 app? CNN website? The
Daily Show with Trevor Noah?) chances are you'll come across the words
terrorism or terrorist. Most recently the Manchester bombing (The
suicide bombing in Manchester, England after an Ariana Grande concert on
22 May 2017. During her One Love Manchester concert on Sunday she raised $13
million for victims of the attacked and she slayed her performance of Over The
Rainbow like a boss.) and the London attack (The terrorist attack that happened
on 3 June 2017 where 3 men drove a van into pedestrians and stabbed Londoners
in the Borough Market area) have made headlines.
While doing research to find out what to write for
today’s post I came across some heartbreaking articles about recent terrorist
attacks.
I know this isn't what you're used to reading but I felt
it's what I needed to write. The theme and journey for this month is The Fight
Against Terrorism and most of the posts for this month will be centered around
this theme.
Today's post is just a moment of silence.
Let's go back to basics (No gifs today *sigh*) and take
a moment of silence to remember those that came before us (and will come after
us - hell, we could even be one of them!) who were affected by this horrendous
crime.
Here are just some of the deadliest terrorist attacks in
2017. My heart is with all the victims and the many that I didn't mention.
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JANUARY 2017
1st - Istanbul, Turkey - ISIS - 39 DEAD, 70 INJURED - Istanbul Nightclub Shooting - A mass shooting
occurred in the Reina nightclub in Ortakoy where 100s of people were
celebrating the New Year
18th - Gao, Mali - Al-Mourabitoun - 77 DEAD, 115 INJURED
- 2017 Gao Bombing - A suicide bomber drove a
vehicle filled with explosives into a military camp in what is considered the
deadliest terrorist attack in Malian history.
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FEBRUARY 2017
16th - Sehwan, Pakistan - ISIS - 88+ DEAD, 250+ INJURED -
2017 Sehwan suicide bombing - A suicide bombing
in a popular Shrine in Pakistan while pilgrams were performing a ritual after
the evening prayer.
19th - Mogadishu, Somalia - Al-Shabaab - 39 DEAD, 50+
INJURED - A car packed with explosives blew up at a market near a busy
intersection in the Somalian capital city
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MARCH 2017
22nd - London, United Kingdom - Khalid Masood - 5 DEAD,
49 INJURED - 2017 Westminster attack - 52 year old
Briton, Khalid Masood, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement near
Palace of Westminster, seat of British parliament.
25th - Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of Congo - Kamina
Nsapu - 40+ DEAD, 2 INJURED - 2017 Congolese Decapitation Attacks - A police convoy of
40 were ambused and then decapitated
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APRIL 2017
3rd - St Petersburg, Russia - Imam Shamil Battalion - 15
DEAD, 64 INJURED - 2017 Saint Petersburg metro bombing - A suicide bombing
occurred on the St Petersburg Metro, on the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit
the city.
9th - Alexandria, Eqypt - ISIS - 17 DEAD, 66 INJURED - Palm Sunday church bombings - A suicide
bomber has detonated an explosion outside Saint Mark’s Church in Alexandria’s
Manshyia district.
9th - Tanta, Egypt - ISIS - 30 DEAD, 70 INJURED - Palm Sunday church bombings - A man blew himself
up during a church service, causing mass destruction and chaos
21st - Balkh Province, Afghanistan - Taliban - 256 DEAD,
160+ INJURED - 2017 Camp Shaheen Attack - Attack of military
base by Taliban insurgents in northern Afghanistan killing Afghan soldiers
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MAY 2017
20th - Wadi al Shatii District, Libya - Misrata Militants
- 141+ DEAD, 100+ INJURED - Bak el Shatii airbase raid - clashes broke
out in Brak al-Shati airbase between the LNA and the forces of Misrata,
casualities including army officials and civilians
30th - Baghdad, Iraq - ISIS - 30+ DEAD, 40 INJURED -
during Iftar, the breaking of fast in Ramadan, a car bomb detonated near a busy
ice cream shop
31st - Kabul, Afghanistan - Haqqani Network - 150+ DEAD,
413+ INJURED - A car bomb detonated in Kabul's diplomatic quarter.
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How many more people are going to die? How many more
innocent lives will be taken for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong
time?
My heart is with Syria. My heart is with Afghanistan. My
heart is with Somalia. My heart is with Iraq. My heart is with every single
victim of terrorist attacks in our broken world.
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