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2015 Attacks Usually on Innocent People Around the World and USA Note We Have Stifled and Prevented Many Here Through Our Security 2015 Attacks usually on innocent people around the world and USA Note we have stifled and prevented many here through our security. Date Country City Killed Injured Description 2015.12.31 Egypt Rafah 5 1 A 5-year-old girl is among a family of five crushed in their home by an Islamist shell. 2015.12.30 Dagestan Derbent 1 10 ISIS claims an attack in which machine-gun fire was poured into a group of tourists, hitting eleven. 2015.12.30 Syria Qamishlo 17 30 Two suicide blasts outside eateries in a Christian neighborhood leave seventeen dead. 2015.12.30 Iraq Aski 120 0 The remains of over one-hundred victims of ISIS execution are discovered in a mass grave. 2015.12.29 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Two teachers are executed for refusing to teach the Islamic State agenda. 2015.12.29 Iraq Ramadi 40 0 Forty members of several families are kidnapped and executed by ISIS after being lured out by Iraqi army uniforms. 2015.12.29 Iraq Mosul 20 0 Twenty 'media activists' are executed by the caliphate. 2015.12.29 Iraq Mosul 3 0 A youth is among three people decapitated by the Islamic State. 2015.12.29 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Muslim 'rebels' shoot an office worker three times in the head. 2015.12.29 Pakistan Mardan 26 50 Over two dozen souls are snuffed out by a violent Shahid suicide bombing. Children were among the dead. 2015.12.29 Syria al-Foua 1 0 At least one resident is killed when Sunnis shell a Shiite village. 2015.12.28 Iraq Houdi 20 0 Twenty civilians are pulled from their homes and executed by the caliphate to 'send a message'. 2015.12.28 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 1 An elderly polio volunteer is shot to death by fundamentalists in a attack that leaves her granddaughter injured. 2015.12.28 Syria Zahra 32 90 Thirty-two people are slaughtered when a car bombing is followed up by a suicide bomber detonating amid the survivors and rescuers. 2015.12.28 Iraq Dumez 9 5 Nine people lose their lives to a Fedayeen suicide bomber. 2015.12.28 Iraq Mosul 3 0 Three women are executed by Islamists using a cruel instrument known as a 'biter'. 2015.12.28 Nigeria Maiduguri 20 10 At least twenty are killed when suicide bombers target a rival mosque. 2015.12.28 Nigeria Madagali 28 41 Two suicide bombers strike a crowded fish market, obliterating over two dozen patrons. 2015.12.28 Nigeria Maiduguri 34 86 A series of suicide bombings leave over thirty dead. 2015.12.28 Afghanistan Kabul 1 33 A Fedayeen suicide bomber kills one other person near a school - also injuring eighteen children. 2015.12.28 Philippines Talipao 2 1 An Abu Sayyaf attack leaves two dead. 2015.12.28 Georgia Tbilisi 1 0 A 22-year-old Shiite is stabbed to death by a Salafi over 'religious hatred'. 2015.12.28 Iraq Shirqat 1 0 The Islamic State attaches explosives to and detonates a 4-year-old child by means of execution. 2015.12.27 Nigeria Maiduguri 13 0 Ten children are among thirteen blown up by a Shahid suicide bomber. 2015.12.27 Turkey Gaziantep 1 0 A journalist is assassinated by ISIS operatives. 2015.12.27 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 4 0 Four lives are claimed by a Taliban bomb blast. 2015.12.27 Kenya El Wak 2 3 al-Shabaab ambush and kill two local security personnel. 2015.12.27 Syria Damascus 9 16 Sunni terrorists target a refugee camp with mortars, killing nine innocents. 2015.12.26 Iraq Mosul 8 0 Eight Sunni tribal leaders are executed by the Islamic State. 2015.12.26 Iraq Ghazlani 19 0 Nineteen civilians are shot dead in cold blood by ISIS for 'waging war on Allah'. 2015.12.26 Mali Kidal 11 0 Eleven people are murdered by Ansar Dine. 2015.12.26 Philippines Marawi 2 0 Two guards for a news crew are cut down in a hail of bullets from suspected ISIS sympathizers. 2015.12.25 Mali Azawad 4 0 Four security personnel are ambushed and killed while on their way to an earlier Islamist massacre. 2015.12.25 Afghanistan Logar 1 0 A community elder is assassinated by religious fundamentalists. 2015.12.25 India Shantipur 1 0 A Hindu trader is murdered by a Muslim gang. 2015.12.25 Kenya Budhei 1 0 A father and husband is gunned down by al-Shabaab. 2015.12.25 Afghanistan Logar 3 0 The Islamic State releases a beheading video showing the execution of three Afghans. 2015.12.25 Nigeria Kimba 14 25 Islamists massacre fourteen villagers and abduct children while chanting 'Allah Akbar'. 2015.12.25 Philippines Sultan Kudarat 2 0 Two more people are murdered by Bangsamoro extremists. 2015.12.25 Syria al-Zahra 5 3 Five civilians are killed when Sunni terrorists shell a neighborhood. 2015.12.25 Bangladesh Bagmara 0 10 A suicide bomber targets a rival mosque, blowing himself up amid Ahmadi worshippers. 2015.12.24 Iraq Mahmoudiya 2 8 Terrorists set off bombs in a residential neighborhood, killing two passersby. 2015.12.24 Iraq Baghdad 5 6 Five Iraqis are pulled limb from limb by a Jihadi bomb blast. 2015.12.24 Philippines Mindanao 5 0 Bangsamoro Islamists capture and shoot five Christian farmers 'one-by-one' the day before Christmas. 2015.12.24 Egypt Sinai 1 2 Muslim fundamentalists kill a local cop with a bomb. 2015.12.24 Philippines Barangay Paitan 2 2 A farmer and his son are shot to death by Muslim extremists who also kidnap a woman and boy. 2015.12.24 Somalia Bariirey 2 0 Sharia activists execute two men in front of 200 people. 2015.12.24 Mali Talahandak 6 0 A half-dozen people are killed in a small town by an al-Qaeda linked group. 2015.12.23 Cameroon Nguetchewe 2 0 A small girl is among two others murdered by a suicide bomber. 2015.12.23 Afghanistan Nimroz 2 0 Two civilians are blown off a motorcycle by a Taliban roadside bomb. 2015.12.23 Israel Jerusalem 2 1 Two Israelis are left dead after Palestinians stab pedestrians at random. 2015.12.23 Niger Abadam 5 0 Two attacks, one a triple suicide bombing, leaves five others dead. 2015.12.23 Pakistan Mohmand 3 2 Two children ages 8 and 10 are disassembled by Taliban bombers. 2015.12.23 Yemen Dar Saad 1 0 A local official is assassinated by suspected al-Qaeda. 2015.12.23 Iraq Khalis 3 10 Jihadis set off a car bomb at a bus station in a Shiite town, killing three people. 2015.12.23 Iraq Khalis 4 8 A Sunni bomb outside an outdoor market leaves four dead. 2015.12.23 Syria Deir al-Zor 11 20 A triple-suicide attack claims eleven lives. 2015.12.23 Iraq Ramadi 4 0 A family of four is executed for trying to flee the Islamic State. 2015.12.23 Iraq Baghdad 5 18 Five souls are snuffed out by Jihadi bombers. 2015.12.23 Uganda Nansololo 1 0 A pastor is beheaded by militant Muslims. 2015.12.23 Mali Isseye 1 0 A local resident is abducted and beheaded by Sharia proponents. 2015.12.22 Iraq Mosul 17 0 Caliphate members execute seventeen citizens for Internet use. 2015.12.22 Syria Deir al-Zor 9 20 Nine girls are crushed to death in their own school by targeted ISIS shelling. 2015.12.22 Syria Damascus 3 20 Students are among the casualties of ISIS mortar attacks. 2015.12.22 Syria Homs 3 0 Three men are publicly executed to chants from the Quran. 2015.12.22 Iraq Albu Diab 14 17 Over a dozen Iraqis are wasted by a Shahid suicide bomber. 2015.12.21 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A local imam is executed by Religion of Peace rivals. 2015.12.21 Pakistan Baizai 2 0 Two people lose their lives when militants bomb a taxi. 2015.12.21 Pakistan Atam 1 3 A civilian is laid out by an Islamic bomb blast. 2015.12.21 Kenya Mandera 2 3 Two passengers are killed when Islamists board a bus and try to separate Christians for execution. 2015.12.21 Syria Barzah 1 9 A civilian is taken out by a Jaish al-Islam mortar blast. 2015.12.21 Syria Suqaylabiyah 2 33 At least one child is among the causalities when Sunnis bomb a Christian neighborhood. 2015.12.21 Syria Aleppo 3 2 Three teenaged sisters are disassembled by a Sunni rocket. 2015.12.21 Afghanistan Bagram 6 3 A Fedayeen suicide bomber takes out six Americans at their base. 2015.12.21 Germany Michendorf 0 1 A man riding a bus is slashed in the face by a migrant yelling 'Allah'. 2015.12.20 Afghanistan Kabul 1 0 A Mullah shoot an American woman to death outside her apartment. 2015.12.20 Iraq Arola 28 4 A Shahid suicide bomber detonates in a small village, killing twenty- eight people around him. 2015.12.20 Iraq Hamdania 9 0 Three women and an elderly man are among nine members of a family exterminated in the home by Islamic State proponents. 2015.12.20 Nigeria Beneshiek 9 24 Nine people lose their lives when three child suicide bombers target a youth group. 2015.12.19 Saudi Arabia Najran 3 0 Shiite radicals fire a rocket at a museum, killing three civilians. 2015.12.19 Nigeria Guba Shango 6 0 Suspected Boko Haram stalk and murder six workers from a construction site.
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