Recent attacks on music events in Europe and beyond

On Monday, May 22, over 20 people were killed in an apparent suicide bombing in the foyer of the Manchester Arena in England. The attack followed a concert by US mega star Ariana Grande, which included many teens and youths in the audience. Dozens more were injured.

A shooting by one gunman claimed at least 39 lives at the Reina night club in Istanbul during a New Year's party on January 1, 2017. The so-called "Islamic State" (IS) terror group claimed responsibility for the attack, which followed several others in Turkey, including 2016 attacks on the Istanbul Airport and the Vodafone Arena.

Fifteen were injured, some seriously, but no one was killed during a suicide bombing at a wine bar near the entrance to a musical in Ansbach, Germany, on July 24, 2016. A Syrian refugee, the bomber had pledged allegiance to IS. The attack was Germany's first Islamist bombing, though the country wouldn't see casualties due to terror until the December 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market.

The deadliest mass shooting by a single shooter in the U.S. occurred on June 12, 2016, when a gunman killed 49 people at a gay night club in Orlando. The shooter swore allegiance to IS, but likely acted alone in what is being called both a terror attack and a hate crime against the LGBTQ community.

On November 13, 2015, IS gunmen carried out an attack during an Eagles of Death Metal concert in the Bataclan, taking hostages and killing 89 people. This was one of a series of attacks in Paris that night, which claimed 130 lives in total and wounded many more. Suicide bombers also simultaneously targeted the Stade de France during a football match, while gunmen shot at cafes and restaurants.

Another less recent but memorable series of attacks occurred in Bali on October 12, 2002. A string of night clubs in Kuta were among the targets of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, which employed suicide bombers and a car bomb. In total, 202 people were killed and 209 were injured, among them many foreigners visiting the popular vacation destination.