terrorist attack

On 20 December 2024, a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia drove a car into the crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. The attack killed 6 people and injured around 300 others. The suspect was arrested at the scene and had been working as a psychiatrist in Germany.

On October 9, 2019, right-wing extremist Stephan Balliet attempted to murder approximately 80 worshippers at a synagogue in Halle, Germany. A single door held firm. He killed two passersby and livestreamed the attack online.

On February 19, 2020, Tobias R. carried out a racist terror attack in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany, killing nine people across two locations. All victims had migrant backgrounds. The perpetrator took his own life shortly after fleeing the scene.

On 15 March 2019, Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers, killing 51 people and injuring 40 others. He was arrested en route to a third target and later sentenced to life imprisonment without parole—New Zealand's first such sentence.

On July 22, 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik detonated a car bomb in Oslo and then massacred 69 people at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. 77 people were killed in total.