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On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas, United States.^([1]) Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others.^([2])^([3]) It was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base and the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States since the September 11 attacks until it was equalled by the San Bernardino attack in 2015

On February 10, 2026, a mass shootingoccurred in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. On that afternoon, Jesse Van Rootselaar killed her mother and half-brother at their home before going to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where she killed six people and injured twenty-seven others before killing herself. Van Rootselaar was a former student of the school.

On December 14, 2012, a mass shootingoccurred at Sandy Hook Elementary Schoolin Newtown, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. The victims were 20 children between six and seven years old, and six adult staff members. Earlier that day, before driving to the school, Lanza fatally shot his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the school, Lanza killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The incident is the second deadliest school shooting in US history behind the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.

On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Beginning at 6:42 pm, two gunmen, allegedly Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram, killed a total of 15 people including 11 men, 3 women and a 10-year-old girl. Sajid (an Indian national and Australian permanent resident) was shot dead by police; his son Naveed (an Australian citizen) was treated for wounds at a local hospital and survived. Islamic State later claimed credit for the attack.

Documentary discusses the path to radicalization for Naveed Akram including an interview with a spy who infiltrated and extremist group that Naveed was in.