4 years, 12 attacks: A timeline of terror in France
In 2012, a series of deadly motorcycle shootings that killed three paratroopers, a rabbi and three young children outside of a Jewish school in Toulouse heightened emotions and drew the world's attention to the increasing incidence of terror in France. In the four years since, so many young Frenchmen have gone to fight alongside ISIS in Iraq and Syria that organizations like the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence have begun keeping count. In September 2015, French Prime Minister Valls placed the figure at 1,800 fighters, giving valuable context for the wave of terror attacks that have plagued the country over the last four years:
- March 11-22, 2012 -- Toulouse and Montauban: 8 killed, 5 injured
- May 23, 2013 -- Paris: 1 injured
- December 20, 2014 -- Tours: 1 killed, 3 injured
- January 7-9, 2015 -- Paris (Charlie Hebdo): 20 killed, 22 injured
- February 3, 2015 -- Nice: 3 injured
- April 19, 2015 -- Villejuif: 1 killed
- June 26, 2015 -- Saint-Quentin-Fallavier: 1 killed, 2 injured
- August 21, 2015 -- Thalys train: 4 injured
- November 13-14, 2015 -- Paris: 130 killed, 368 injured
- November 18, 2015 -- Marseille: 1 injured
- January 7, 2016 -- Paris: 1 killed
- January 11, 2016 -- Marseille: 1 injured