Stephen C. Satterly, II – Author

Compiled by Stephen Satterly, II, and Chris Dorn, School Safety Monthly, February 2015

This list of just a few of the terrorist attacks in recent years shows not only the severity of attacks but the variety of attack methodologies used by terrorists, reinforcing the importance of all-hazards preparedness.

• Chilling video shows Boko Haram shooting massacre, December 21, 2014

http://goo.gl/CX5IN0

• 145 staff and students killed, and the school principal burned alive in Pakistan’s deadliest attack to date, December 16, 2014

http://goo.gl/htlgvJ

• 47 killed in bombing attack outside boarding school, November 10, 2014

http://goo.gl/2hcR6c

• 276 Schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, April 15, 2014

http://goo.gl/bmSDtO

• 63 killed and 175 wounded in Kenyan shopping mall attack, September 21, 2013

http://goo.gl/mXuXn0

• 42 killed in shooting attack by Boko Haram at boarding school, July 6, 2013

http://goo.gl/WxZCVv

• 5 killed and 20 injured in girls’ school attack, January 29, 2007

http://goo.gl/6hGWjp

• Dozens killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of deadly bus arson attacks in China:
June 5, 2009: http://goo.gl/zDvYUb

June 7, 2013: http://goo.gl/La0Y4a

May 12, 2014: http://goo.gl/pyg0IT

Attacks such as these can be prepared for. Cognella Academic has published a college textbook, Extreme Violence: Understanding and Protecting People from Active Assailants, Hate Crimes, and Terrorist Attacks, by Phuong Nguyen, Michael S. Dorn, & Leslie Nichols.