Armed militants have stormed the luxurious Pearl Continental in Gwadar in Pakistan in a bid to attack Chinese and other foreign investors https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/armed-militants-storm-luxury-hotel-in-gwadar-pakistan A hotel security guard and four terrorists were killed the attack after security forces cornered the attackers on a staircase inside the hotel after a gun fight that went on for several [...]
Two separate gun attacks, one on the French embassy and another at army headquarters in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, have been described as an act of terrorism http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43257453 Eight security personnel and eight attackers were killed in fighting that took place and 80 others, including civilians, were wounded. Rumours of an attack in [...]
A terrorist attack at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan has reportedly left 18 people dead and several wounded. Taliban gunmen entered the hotel’s restaurant through a kitchen at around 9pm local time on Saturday evening and began shooting as guests were enjoying their dinner. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42766623 The hotel is a landmark in the country’s capital [...]
On 26th June 2015, 38 guests staying at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia were killed when jihadist, Seifeddine Rezgui, opened fire indiscriminately on the hotel’s beach in one of the country’s most appalling terror attacks. At the end of February, a coroner ruled that all 30 British victims of the attack were ‘unlawfully [...]