For years, Europe has faced a steady stream of jihadist attacks, with many perpetrators being failed asylum seekers. This highlights a critical issue—governments have struggled to manage migration, allowing illegal entrants to stay and failing to deport those denied asylum.
Though recent attacks lack the large-scale coordination of past incidents like the 2015 Paris attacks, lone-wolf assaults remain a serious threat. Fear and frustration have driven voters toward right-wing, anti-establishment parties promising stricter security measures.
To underscore the ongoing Islamist threat to Western values, europeanconservative.com has compiled a list of 2024 and 2025’s most brutal attacks and foiled plots.
Notable Attacks:
- Feb 22, 2025 – In Mulhouse, France, a 37-year-old Algerian on a terror watchlist kills one and injures five officers while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” Algeria refused his deportation.
- Feb 21, 2025 – A Syrian refugee stabs a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial, allegedly targeting Jews.
- Feb 19, 2025 – Austrian police arrest a 14-year-old with Turkish roots plotting an attack on Vienna’s Westbahnhof.
- Feb 15, 2025 – A 23-year-old Syrian kills a 14-year-old and injures five in Villach, Austria, pledging allegiance to ISIS.
- Feb 13, 2025 – Afghan asylum seeker Farhad Noori drives into a Munich protest, killing two and injuring dozens.
- Jan 22, 2025 – In Aschaffenburg, Germany, Afghan migrant Enamullah O. attacks preschool children, killing two and injuring three.
- Dec 20, 2024 – A Saudi man drives into a Christmas market crowd in Magdeburg, Germany, killing six and injuring 299.
- Dec 4, 2024 – In Augsburg, Germany, an Iraqi asylum seeker is arrested for planning a Christmas market attack.
- Nov 12, 2024 – German police arrest a 17-year-old Turk planning a truck attack at a Christmas market.
- Oct 19, 2024 – A Libyan failed asylum seeker is caught plotting an armed assault on the Israeli embassy in Berlin.
- Sep 28, 2024 – A Syrian man sets fires and rams a car into a grocery store in Essen, injuring 31.
- Aug 24, 2024 – An Algerian man sets fires inside a synagogue in La Grande Motte, France, during Shabbat.
- Aug 23, 2024 – A Syrian failed asylum seeker kills three and injures eight at a festival in Solingen, Germany. ISIS claims responsibility.
- Jul 29, 2024 – A 17-year-old kills three children and injures ten at a Taylor Swift-themed workshop in Merseyside, UK.
Foiled Attacks:
- Dec 2, 2024 – Swedish authorities charge four men linked to ISIS for plotting an attack on Jewish targets.
- Sep 11, 2024 – French authorities thwart three planned attacks targeting the 2024 Olympics.
- Apr 12, 2024 – German police arrest four teens planning knife and Molotov cocktail attacks on religious sites.
- Mar 3, 2024 – Belgian police raid four homes, stopping an ISIS-linked plot to attack a Brussels concert hall.
Despite efforts to stop these threats, attacks continue to test Europe’s security policies. Without stricter immigration control and deportation enforcement, the cycle of violence is unlikely to end.
