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258:. Twenty-nine people were either seriously or lightly wounded in the attack, including three police officers. The explosion created a crater 240 centimetres (94 in) wide and 85 centimetres (33 in) deep. In total, 120 apartments sustained some level of damage, of which 56 were completely destroyed. About 120 vehicles were also affected, including 46 that were completely destroyed.
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779:"Хронологија терористичких напада у БиХ"
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890:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
675:Gradišić, Mirela (6 December 2012).
362:2015 Zvornik police station shooting
928:2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
712:Krešić, Zoran (20 September 2011).
543:Garibi: mudžahedini u BiH 1992-1999
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1293:Paris police headquarters stabbing
1181:2014 Tours police station stabbing
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865:Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
321:During the police investigation,
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1223:2016 Paris police station attack
1171:Toulouse and Montauban shootings
885:Insurgency in the North Caucasus
777:Maroević, Rade (28 April 2015).
631:National Security and the Future
381:Vranješ, Lalić & Šikman 2021
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586:. New York City: Zenith Press.
67:Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1538:Car and truck bombings in 1997
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1208:Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
895:Al-Qaeda involvement in Europe
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716:(in Croatian). Večernji list
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1238:2016 Normandy church attack
1133:August 2017 Brussels attack
1029:2019 London Bridge stabbing
1024:Parsons Green train bombing
964:2017 Stockholm truck attack
826:Islamic terrorism in Europe
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1186:2015 Île-de-France attacks
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1263:Levallois-Perret attack
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1009:2017 Westminster attack
954:2010 Stockholm bombings
938:Crocus City Hall attack
561:Kohlmann, Evan (2004).
30:1997 Mostar car bombing
1523:1997 building bombings
1452:Operation Temperer, UK
1381:2024 Mannheim stabbing
1283:2018 Strasbourg attack
1253:2017 Notre Dame attack
1233:2016 Nice truck attack
1191:Charlie Hebdo shooting
1176:2013 La Défense attack
1161:Air France Flight 8969
1143:2023 Brussels shooting
1113:2016 Brussels bombings
1074:2017 Barcelona attacks
1064:2003 Istanbul bombings
1039:2020 Reading stabbings
999:Glasgow Airport attack
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200:Bosnia and Herzegovina
117:43.3478278; 17.8021778
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1356:Würzburg train attack
1308:Murder of Samuel Paty
1044:Murder of David Amess
445:Hercegovina.info 2014
1361:2016 Ansbach bombing
994:2005 London bombings
357:2010 Bugojno bombing
336:September 11 attacks
1004:Murder of Lee Rigby
840:Terrorism in Europe
699:. ISN. 26 June 2009
567:. Berg Publishers.
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