December 13: On This Day in World History … briefly
Amrani killed five people in the attack and wounded 125 others, seven seriously. After that, Amrani committed suicide by shooting himself with a Smith & Wesson M57 .41 Magnum revolver. Two of the dead were teenage boys aged 15 and 17 and a 17-month-old boy died later in a hospital.
2011: Christmas market murder-suicide kills six and wounds 125
On 13 December 2011, a murder–suicide attack took place in the city of Liège in the Wallonia region of Belgium. The attack took place in Saint-Lambert Square, home to the town’s courthouse. It was a busy day with many shoppers in the nearby Christmas market.
The attacker, 33-year-old Nordine Amrani, threw grenades and fired an FN FAL rifle at civilians on Saint-Lambert Square. The attack killed six and left 125 others injured; seven of whom suffered serious injuries. Amrani then committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. Earlier that day, he had also murdered a woman in his house. The attack occurred on the same day and at the same hour as the 2011 Florence shootings.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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