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School Security

Friday Morning Assembly

1 April 2016

Recent Developments

• Prominent terror attacks in Brussels and

Paris

Terror Attacks in 2016

Date Location Details

March 22, 2016 Belgium A series of deadly terrorist attacks struck Brussels, with two explosions at the city’s

main international airport and a third in a subway station at the heart of the city, near

the headquarters complex of the European Union.  »

March 19, 2016 Turkey A suicide bombing on Istanbul's busiest thoroughfare killed three Israeli citizens and

an Iranian. Two of the Israelis held dual Israeli-American citizenship.  »

March 4, 2016 Yemen Gunmen killed 18 people at a nursing home

Jan. 29, 2016 Yemen A bomb-packed car driven by a suicide attacker exploded at a checkpoint near the

presidential palace in the southern city of Aden, killing at least eight people.  »

Jan. 14, 2016 Indonesia ISIS claimed responsibility for explosions and gunfire that rocked central Jakarta,

killing at least two civilians. 

Jan. 12, 2016 Turkey A Syrian suicide bomber set off an explosion in the historic central district of Istanbul,

killing 10 people and wounding at least 15 others, in an attack the Turkish government

attributed to ISIS.  »

Jan. 11, 2016 France A teenager attacked a Jewish teacher with a machete in Marseille, and afterward told

the police that he had carried out the attack in the name of God and the Islamic State.

Jan. 8, 2016 Egypt Gunmen reportedly carrying an ISIS flag opened fire at a Red Sea resort, injuring at

least two tourists. 

Jan. 7, 2016 Egypt ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel in Cairo near the pyramids at Giza.

No one was hurt. 

Jan. 7, 2016 Pennsylvania A man shot and wounded a Philadelphia police officer sitting in a patrol car

Jan. 4, 2016 Libya Islamic State militants attempted to capture an oil port along Libya’s coast, in fighting

that left at least seven people dead.

Terror Attacks in 2015

Date Location Details

Dec. 7, 2015 Yemen The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb that killed a provincial

governor and eight of his body guards.

Dec. 2, 2015 California A married couple shot and killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif.The FBI is

investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism inspired by ISIS. 

Nov. 26, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsiblity for an attack on a Shiite mosque during evening prayer in

which gunmen opened fire on worshipers with machine guns, killing one man and

injuring three others.  »

Nov. 24, 2015 Egypt ISIS militants attacked a hotel in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least seven

people.

Nov. 18, 2015 France A teacher at a Jewish school in Marseille was stabbed by three people who appeared

to profess support for ISIS. 

Nov. 13, 2015 France President François Hollande blamed the Islamic State for terrorist attacks across Paris

that killed than 100 people. The Islamic State claimed responsiblity.  »

Nov. 12, 2015 Lebanon ISIS claimed responsiblity for a double suicide bombing that ripped through a busy

shopping district at rush hour, killing at least 43 people.

Nov. 4, 2015 Egypt ISIS's Sinai affiliate claimed responsiblity for a suicide bombing that killed at least four

police officers. 

Nov. 4, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsibility for a stabbing and shooting that left one police officer dead

and another wounded. 

Oct. 31, 2015 Egypt An ISIS affiliate in Sinai claimed responsiblity for the downing of a Russian passenger

jet that killed all 224 people on board. 

Oct. 30, 2015 Turkey ISIS militants killed two Syrian anti-ISIS activists.

Oct. 24, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsiblity for bombings that killed one person and wounded dozens

 during a procession commemorating a Shiite Muslim holiday.  »

Oct. 10, 2015 Turkey Two explosions killed than 100 people who had gathered for a peace rally in Turkey's

capital. Turkish officials believe ISIS is responsible. »

Oct. 6, 2015 Yemen A series of bombings in Yemen's two largest cities killed at least 25 people. 

Oct. 3, 2015 Bangladesh

ISIS claimed responsibilty for the shooting death of a Japanese manriding a rickshaw.

Terror Attacks in 2015

Date Location Details

Sep. 28, 2015 Bangladesh ISIS claimed responsiblity for the shooting death of an Italian aid worker. 

Sep. 24, 2015 Yemen At least 25 people were killed when two bombs went off outside a mosque during

prayers to commemorate Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday.  »

Sep. 18, 2015 Libya Militants loyal to the Islamic State attacked a prison inside a Tripoli air base. 

Sep. 17, 2015 Germany An Iraqi man was shot dead after he stabbed a policewoman in Berlin.

Sep. 2, 2015 Yemen Yemen's ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for two bombings at a mosque that killed

at least 20 people. 

Aug. 26, 2015 Egypt The Sinai Province of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for three gunmen

who shot and killed two police officers.

Aug. 21, 2015 France A gunman opened fire aboard a packed high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to

Paris, wounding several passengers before he was tackled and subdued by three

Americans.

Aug. 20, 2015 Egypt An ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for bombing a branch of the Egyptian security

agency. 

Aug. 12, 2015 Egypt An ISIS affiliate said it had beheaded a Croatian expatriate workerbecause of Croatia's

"participation in the war against the Islamic State." »

Aug. 7, 2015 Saudi Arabia ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed at least 15

people, including 12 members of a Saudi police force.  »

July 20, 2015 Turkey A Turkish citizen believed to have had ties to ISIS killed at least 32 people at a cultural

center. 

July 16, 2015 Egypt

In what appeared to be the first attack on a naval vessel claimed by Sinai Province, the

ISIS affiliate said it destroyed an Egyptian naval vessel and posted photographs on

social media of a missile exploding in a ball of fire as it slammed into the vessel.  »

July 11, 2015 Egypt ISIS claimed responsibility for an explosion outside the Italian Consulate’s

compound in downtown Cairo that killed one person.  »

July 1, 2015 Egypt Militants affiliated with the Islamic State killed dozens of soldiers in simultaneous

attacks on Egyptian Army checkpoints and other security installations in Egypt's

northern Sinai Peninsula.  »

Terror Attacks in 2015

Date Location Details

June 26, 2015 Tunisia At least one gunman disguised as a vacationer attacked a Mediterranean resort, killing

at least 38 people at a beachfront hotel — most of them British tourists — before he

was shot to death by the security forces. »

June 26, 2015 Kuwait A suicide bomber detonated explosives at one of the largest Shiite mosques in Kuwait

City during Friday Prayer.  »

June 17, 2015 Yemen An ISIS branch claimed responsibilty for a series of car bombings in Sana, the capital,

that killed at least 30 people.  »

June 9, 2015 Egypt ISIS's Sinai province claimed responsibility for firing rockets toward an air base used

by an international peacekeeping force.

June 5, 2015 Turkey An explosion at a political rally in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir killed

two people and wounded than 100. Turkish officials have said ISIS was behind the

attack.  »

June 3, 2015 Afghanistan ISIS is suspected of beheading 10 members of the Taliban.  »

May 31, 2015 Libya A suicide bomber from an ISIS affiliate killed at least four Libyan fighters at a

checkpoint.  »

May 29, 2015 Saudi Arabia One week after a similar attack in the same region, a suicide bomber dressed in

women’s clothing detonated an explosive belt near the entrance to a Shiite

mosque, killing three people.  »

May 22, 2015 Yemen ISIS claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Shiite mosque that injured at least

13 worshipers.

May 22, 2015 Saudi Arabia In what appeared to be ISIS's first official claim of an attack in Saudi Arabia, a suicide

bomber detonated an explosive at a Shiite mosque during midday prayer, killing at

least 21 and injuring 120.  »

May 18, 2015 Turkey A bomb detonated at the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or H.D.P.

May 18, 2015 Turkey Militants detonated a bomb at office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or

H.D.P.

May 3, 2015 Texas Two men who reportedly supported ISIS and were later acknowledged by ISIS as

"soldiers of the caliphate" opened fire in a Dallas suburb outside a Prophet

Muhammad cartoon contest.  »

Terror Attacks in 2015

Date Location Details

April 30, 2015 Yemen One of ISIS's Yemen affiliates released a video showing the killing of 15 Yemeni

soldiers.

April 27, 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina A gunman attacked a police station.

April 19, 2015 Libya ISIS released a video of militants from two of its Libya affiliates killing dozens of

Ethiopian Christians, some by beheading and others by shooting.

April 12, 2015 Libya ISIS's Tripoli affiliate claimed credit for a bomb that exploded outside the Moroccan

Embassy.

April 12, 2015 Egypt ISIS militants killed at least 12 people in three separate attacks on Egyptian security

forces.  »

April 12, 2015 Libya ISIS's Tripoli affiliate claimed responsibility for an attack on the South Korean Embassy

that killed two local police officers.  »

April 8, 2015 Saudi Arabia Gunmen opened fire on a police patrol, killing two officers.

April 5, 2015 Libya ISIS killed at least four people in an attack on a security checkpoint.

April 4, 2015 Afghanistan The Afghan vice president accused ISIS of kidnapping 31 civilians in February.

April 2, 2015 Egypt An ISIS affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula killed 13 people with simultaneous car bombs at

military checkpoints.  »

April 1, 2015 Turkey Militants killed a Syrian teacher in Turkey.

March 20, 2015 Yemen An ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for coordinated suicide strikes on Zaydi Shiite

mosques that killed than 130 people during Friday Prayer.  »

March 18, 2015 Tunisia ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a museum that killed 22 people, almost all

European tourists.  »

Feb. 20, 2015 Libya ISIS's Derna affiliate claimed responsibility for three car bombs that killed at least 40

people.  »

Feb. 15, 2015 Libya ISIS released a video that appeared to show its militants in Libyabeheading a group of

Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped in January.  »

Feb. 15, 2015 Denmark A Danish-born gunman who was inspired by ISIS went on a violent rampage in

Copenhagen, killing two strangers and wounding five police officers.  »

Feb. 3, 2015 Libya ISIS militants were suspected of killing 12 people, including four foreigners, in an

attack on an oil field.  »

Jan. 29, 2015 Egypt ISIS's Sinai affiliate claimed responsibility for coordinated bombings thatkilled 24

soldiers, six police officers and 14 civilians.  »

Jan. 27, 2015 Libya ISIS's Tripoli affiliate claimed credit for an armed assault on a luxury hotel that killed

at least eight people. It was the deadliest attack on Western interests in Libya since

the assault on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi.  »

Jan. 23, 2015 Lebanon ISIS attacked an outpost of the Lebanese Armed Forces.

Jan. 16, 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina An attacker killed an imam at a mosque.

Jan. 12, 2015 Libya ISIS's Tripoli affiliate said they were holding 21 Egyptian Christians captive.  »

Jan. 11, 2015 France A video surfaced of Amedy Coulibaly, the shooter at the supermarket in an attack

that coincided with the attack on Charlie Hebdo, declaring allegiance to ISIS.  »

Jan. 6, 2015 Turkey Suicide bomber injured two people at a police station.

Security Outside School

• Alright to be afraid or worried

• Have a heightened awareness

• Report suspicious person/s

loitering in the neighbourhood

• Report suspicious packages left

unattended

• Report any sudden change in

classmate’s behaviour to the

school

Security In School

• Reporting to school in Uniform

and proper attire

• DO NOT report to school in

your home clothing

• Report suspicious person/s

loitering around the school

• Report suspicious packages

left unattended

Security In School

• Ensure that all contractors / visitors / alumni

/ instructors have registered at the security

post and have a pass

Overcoming This Threat

• We need to stand United as ONE people

• We need to build resilience

Taken from Straits Times 27 March 2016

Debunk Myths

• Terror are NOT associated with any

religion

• Terrorist commit acts of aggression in the

name of religion