Editing Terrorism (section)

=== Attack types ===
[[Stabbing as a terrorist tactic|Stabbing attacks]], a historical tactic, have reemerged as a prevalent form of terrorism in the 21st century, notably during the 2010s and 2020s.<ref name="RiseOMuwahhid">{{cite news |last1=Bergema |first1=Reinier |last2=Kearney |first2=Olivia |title=Rise O Muwahhid, Wherever You May Be: An Analysis of the Democratization of the Terrorist Threat in the West |url=https://icct.nl/publication/rise-o-muwahhid-wherever-you-may-be-an-analysis-of-the-democratization-of-the-terrorist-threat-in-the-wes/}}</ref> This resurgence originated with the [[Armed Islamic Group of Algeria|GIA]] in the 1990s and later expanded among [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian terrorists]] and [[Islamic State|Islamic State militants]].<ref name=":32">{{cite book |last=Romero |first=Juan |title=Terrorism: the Power and Weakness of Fear |date=2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-032-19806-4 |series=Routledge Studies in Modern History |location=Abingdon, UK / New York City |pages=246 |chapter=A comparative evolution of terrorism}}</ref> The trend gained momentum with a wave of [[Lone wolf attack|"lone wolf" terrorist stabbing attacks]] by Palestinians targeting Israelis beginning in 2015.<ref name="WedemanViolence">{{cite news |last=Wedeman |first=Ben |date=15 October 2015 |title=Israeli–Palestinian violence: What you need to know |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/14/middleeast/israel-palestinians-violence-explainer/ |access-date=4 April 2017 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> Subsequently, this pattern extended to Europe during the surge of [[Islamic terrorism in Europe|Islamic terrorism]] in the 2010s, witnessing "at least" 10 stabbing attacks allegedly motivated by Islamic extremism by the spring of 2017, with France experiencing a notable concentration of such incidents.<ref name="JenkinsTimeline">{{cite magazine |last=Jenkins |first=Nash |date=19 December 2016 |title=A Timeline of Recent Terrorist Attacks in Europe |url=https://time.com/4607481/europe-terrorism-timeline-berlin-paris-nice-brussels/ |access-date=4 April 2017 |magazine=Time}}</ref><ref name="RubinOfficersStabbed">{{cite news |last=Rubin |first=Alissa |date=5 October 2016 |title=2 Brussels Police Officers Are Stabbed in 'Potential Terrorist Attack' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/world/europe/police-brussels-knife-terrorism.html |access-date=4 April 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>