Has it occurred to you that many Europeans are absolutely frightened at the thought of a holiday

[DonCoquixote]

23. here ya go

http://www.businessinsider.com/terrorism-common-in-europe-2012-12

sample: "We hear so much about violence of all sorts in the US and so much about individual terror incidents. But in Europe there tens to be less reporting unless there is a major incident."

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/04
sample: "Western Europe experiences many more terrorist incidents than the U.S. having also suffered 19 times more fatalities than the U.S."

http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/terrorism-europe-t91323.html
sample:
In 2010, 249 terrorist attacks were reported. The majority of these attacks were in France (84) and Spain (90). Islamist terrorists carried out three attacks on EU territory. Separatist groups, on the other hand, were responsible for 160 attacks, while left-wing and anarchist groups were responsible for 45 attacks. One single-issue attack was reported from Greece.

Source: Europol - EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2011.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/te-sat2011_0.pdf


In 2009, 294 terrorist attacks. Islamist terrorists (1) Separatist groups (237) Left-wing (40) Right-wing (4) Single and not specified (12)