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8 FEBRUARY: BANNU, PAKISTAN 26 FEBRUARY: CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
A suicide bomber drove a truck filled with Parts of Abraham Gonzalez Airport were
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explosives towards a police checkpoint near Bannu evacuated after an unexploded homemade IED
Airport. When officers opened fire, he detonated was discovered in a vehicle close to the
the device 50 feet before the checkpoint, injuring 18 terminal building.
police officers and killing himself.
9 FEBRUARY: KUNMING, CHINA
Liu Yong, 27, stabbed four people in the arrivals hall,
resulting in the death of Wang Wenyan. Liu Yong had
approached the Lucky Air ticket desk and started an
argument as he wanted to be served and didn’t want to
wait for Wang Wenyan to complete her transaction as
HIJACKS & she was quarrelling with the ticket agent over a flight
ATTEMPTED HIJACKS change. Allegedly Wang Wenyan pushed Liu Yong
away and so he pulled out a knife and stabbed her.
1 FEBRUARY: NEW DELHI
Jitendra Kumar Mohala, 42, a passenger on board 9 FEBRUARY: MADRID
an IndiGo Airlines flight en route from Goa to New A Peugeot van exploded outside the Campo de las
Delhi, claimed that he was involved in the Naciones, near the offices of Ferrovial, the Spanish
Qandahar hijacking (of 1999) and that soon he, owners of the British Airports Authority. The bomb 3 MARCH: ABERDEEN
along with his associates, would be hijacking the exploded about 90 minutes after a warning, sent by Nine Plane Stupid climate protesters broke
plane using infected needles holding a sedative. He ETA, was received by the Spanish Red Cross. through the perimeter fence at Aberdeen
also allegedly told the crew he knew how to make airport before setting up a barricade on the
people bleed to death after a single cut to a nerve. airfield and then, dressed as Donald Trump,
started to play golf on a taxiway. Inbound
flights from Paris, Bristol, East Midlands and
Humberside were cancelled as was an
outbound flight to Sumburgh, in Shetland.
9 FEBRUARY: DARFUR, SUDAN
An Mi8 helicopter, operated by UNAMID, came under
small arms fire from the ground, resulting in a broken
windscreen. It is believed that the helicopter, which
was ferrying food supplies, was mistaken for military.
SABOTAGE & ATTACKS
14 FEBRUARY: MINGORA, PAKISTAN
27 JANUARY: MEXICO CITY A bomb went off near a helipad in Landikotal early
Christopher Augur, a French scientist who had just in the morning, but whilst nobody was injured the
exchanged around US$6500 at Benito Juarez helipad was damaged.
airport’s bureau de change, was shot and killed 10 MARCH: FRANKFURT
after his car was stopped by an armed gang as he 19 FEBRUARY: CHENGDU, CHINA An incendiary device functioned overnight
left the airport. Jiang Jun, 23, armed with a blank firing starting under a vehicle used by a senior manger from
pistol that he had bought online, fired two shots into FRAPORT, operator of Frankfurt Airport, and
2 FEBRUARY: BRISBANE the air, and grabbed a woman and held her hostage who is believed to have been a senior project
A man entered an airport terminal retail outlet close to the security screening area for no apparent manager working on the airport’s expansion
pretending to be a security guard and then hit a reason. He was overpowered by police. programme. Two fire accelerants were found
worker on the head with a knife, demanded that under the company car.
the safe be opened and then escaped with a 25 FEBRUARY: TEBIDABA, NIGERIA
substantial quantity of cash. An Aerocontractors Sikorsky 76 helicopter, carrying 11 11 MARCH: BRUSSELS
people, came under small arms fire in the Niger Delta Reports emerge that Police at Brussels Airport
7 FEBRUARY: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM as it was flying between two oil flow stations. The pilot are investigating allegations of sabotage to
Xavi Mano Mathew, film actor Baiju, Anandakumar managed to land safely but one passenger was aircraft being serviced at the Sabena Technics
alias Nandu and a physician named Don Bosco injured. Nigeria’s most prominent militant group, centre. Two incidents of non-critical damage to
were alleged to have been charged in connection MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger aircraft have been reported since January and it
with an assault of passengers and a Central Delta) claimed responsibility for the attack and warned is suspected that a disgruntled employee may
Industrial Security Force (CISF) security officer. the oil industry it would target its helicopters in future. be responsible.
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