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From Manchester to Brussels: Most recent terror attacks in Europe

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The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that left at least 22 dead.

Police offices add to the flowers for the victims of Monday night pop concert explosion, in St Ann's Square, Manchester, on May 23, 2017.

The incident is just the latest in a string of deadly terror attacks that have occurred in Europe over the past year.

Here's a look at some of the most recent terror attacks in Europe:

April 2017:

In Paris, a gunman with an assault rifle shot and killed a police officer on the Champs-Élysées before being shot dead on April 20.The Islamic State identified the attacker as Abu Yusuf al-Beljiki through its Amaq news agency, according to SITE Intel Group, a U.S.-based organization that monitors terrorists' activity online.

In Sweden, four people were killed on April 7 when a large beer truck slammed into an upscale department store in a busy Stockholm pedestrian mall in what Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven called an apparent "terror attack." The suspect was named in court documents as Uzbekistan national Rakhmat Akilov, 39.

In St. Petersburg, a bomb with about 2.2 pounds of explosives detonated in a subway car at the Tekhnologichesky Institut station on April 3, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens, according to the Associated Press. A second explosive device rigged with shrapnel was found and defused at the Vosstaniya Square station.

March 2017:

In London, a sole attacker killed five people, including a police officer, and injured at least 50 others in two apparent terror assaults near Britain's Parliament. Khalid Masood rammed his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, before fatally stabbing the policeman outside Parliament.

Masood, who lived in the central city of Birmingham and spent the night before the attack in Brighton, southern England, was shot dead by police on March 22.

December 2016: 

In Berlin, 12 people were killed and dozens injured after a truck attack on a popular street Christmas market. Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out the attack, was shot dead by Italian police four days after the attack on Dec. 19.

October 2016:

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in Hamburg, Germany, by an assailant that was described as Middle Eastern. He later died from his injuries. ISIS took responsibility for the attack, though German officials could not confirm the authenticity of the claims at the time, Fox News reported.

July 2016: 

Two men armed with knives killed an elderly priest and injured three others after seizing hostages at a Catholic church in Normandy, France. ISIS claimed responsibility. Both attackers were shot dead by French police as they attempted to leave the church.

July 2016:  

In Nice, France, 86 people were killed after a large truck barreled into a thick crowd of revelers watching fireworks Bastille Day. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.

June 2016: 

In Istanbul, Turkey, 45 people were killed and approximately 240 wounded in an attack at the Ataturk International Airport.

June 2016: 

A police officer and his partner were killed in a Paris suburb by Larossi Abballa, a man who was later killed by police. Abballa had pledged allegiance to ISIS.

March 2016:

In Brussels, Belgium, 32 people were killed and hundreds wounded in suicide bomb attacks.  Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the airport's departure hall during a peak travel period, and an hour later, a bomb was ignited in a train at a busy metro station, killing 16 more people. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.

March 2016: 

In Istanbul, Turkey, five people, including two Americans, were killed in a suicide bombing. At least thirty-six people wounded, according to the health ministry.

January 2016:

In Istanbul, Turkey, 12 German tourists were killed and 15 wounded in a suicide bombing.