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Kurska

(5,739 posts) Thu Jul 14, 2016, 10:08 PM Jul 2016

That would make this the single deadliest attack committed by a single individual in the history of the western world.

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They are talking about 80+ dead [View all] Kurska Jul 2016 OP

Yea metroins Jul 2016 #1

And all he needed was a truck. n/t cigsandcoffee Jul 2016 #2

Pretty hard to prevent something like this from happening... eom Purveyor Jul 2016 #3

not really... Javaman Jul 2016 #18

He was firing guns as well. onehandle Jul 2016 #4

Car bomb in Baghdad killed over 200 earlier this month. Marengo Jul 2016 #5

Guns killed 10s of thousands in the U.S. in months. nt onehandle Jul 2016 #6

Heart Disease Kills 610,000 people a year in the US Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #7

Agreed. Let's combat both. nt onehandle Jul 2016 #8

In terrorist attacks? Marengo Jul 2016 #10

Yes. nt onehandle Jul 2016 #11

I suggest a remedial math course. Marengo Jul 2016 #19

Guns don't kill anyone. JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #15

Oklahoma City bombing was higher. NutmegYankee Jul 2016 #9

168 dead....timothy mcveigh spanone Jul 2016 #13

That wasn't a lone attacker Kurska Jul 2016 #16

Nudged out white supremecist Anders Brevik alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #12

Ugh. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #14

Best not to make casualties a contest. PufPuf23 Jul 2016 #17