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1 March 1992: An IRA bomb was defused by police at White Hart Lane train station in London. 23 October 1993: In Reading, Berkshire, an IRA bomb exploded at a signal post near the railway station, some hours after 5 lb (2 kg) of Semtex was found in the toilets of the station. The resulting closure of the railway line and evacuation of the ...
Attacks on mosques by century (3 C) A. Mosque arson (2 C, 13 P) B. Mosque bombings (4 C, 3 P) M. Mosque massacres (3 C, 1 P) S. Mosque shootings (1 C, 36 P)
A bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sana'a during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Claimed by ISIL. [120] 25 Bangladesh: September 29 Three men on a motorbike shot and killed an Italian aid worker. The attack was claimed by ISIL. [121] 1 Nigeria: October 1 Multiple suicide bombings by Boko Haram. [122] 14 39 Israel: October 1
National monitoring group Tell Mama UK recorded 4,971 incidents of anti-Muslim hate in the year after the Hamas attacks on Israel - the highest total in 14 years - with Muslim women particularly ...
Riots have erupted at anti-immigration protests in towns and cities across Britain in the last week, with attacks by far-right groups on hotels housing asylum seekers and on mosques. On July 29 ...
On 19 June 2017, an Islamophobic terrorist attack occurred in Finsbury Park, London, England, when a van was intentionally driven into a crowd of Muslim pedestrians near the Muslim Welfare House, 100 yards (90 m) from the Finsbury Park Mosque, resulting in the death of a man and 11 injuries. The attack was found to be motivated by Islamophobia.
Fueled by false rumors that the suspect was a Muslim asylum-seeker, right-wing mobs attacked hotels housing asylum-seekers, as well as mosques and libraries, resulting in hundreds of arrests.
Prior to the attack, the UK Threat Level for terrorism in the country was listed at "severe", meaning an attack was "highly likely". [2] [3] There had not been a killing at the Palace of Westminster since the assassination of Airey Neave by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979, which took place close to New Palace Yard, during the Northern Ireland conflict. [4]