Europe's recent deadly vehicle attacks / from Barcelona to Paris
After Barcelona vehicle attack , we found again that this method of terror has been increasing in recent ages . But why this kind of terrorism is ISIL favorite method
The practice of using a large vehicle as a weapon to attack pedestrians is not new. But the recent spate of lethal attacks in European cities stems in large part from a call made in 2014 by the now-deceased ISIL's propagandist, Abu Mohammed Al-Adnani .
He urged ISIL followers to abandon elaborate plots in favour of simple, low-tech, high-impact attacks in the West. He specifically mentioned vehicles.
Now, with ISIL coming under massive pressure in the Middle East, where its caliphate is shrinking by the day, its remaining leaders are more determined than ever to strike back at those countries they blame for the end of their brutal rule.
Here are some important and deadly vehicle attacks in these recent 5 years. Most of them have been done by ISIL :
Barcelona,17 August 2017: A man rammed a Van in sidewalk and scotched many people
Paris, 9 August 2017: A man rammed a BMW into a group of soldiers, injuring six
London, 19 June 2017: A man was killed in a van attack on Muslims outside a mosque in Finsbury Park
London, 3 June 2017: Eight people died when three jihadists drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then stabbed passers-by
Stockholm, Sweden, 7 April 2017: Uzbek Rakhmat Akilov killed five people when he drove a lorry through a shopping area
London, 22 March 2017: Four people died when a car rammed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, and the driver then stabbed to death a policeman
Berlin, Germany, 19 December 2016: Tunisian Anis Amri ploughed a truck into a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz, killing 12 people
Nice, France, 14 July 2016: Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a truck into crowds on the Promenade des Anglais, killing 86 people on Bastille Day