October 24

On the morning of October 10, 2015, two near‑simultaneous suicide bombings struck a crowded gathering in Kızılay, the central square of Ankara, as people assembled for a “Labor, Peace and Democracy” rally. The blasts, at about 10:04 a.m., killed approximately 109 people and injured more than 500. The attack shocked Turkey, intensified debates about intelligence and security, led to lengthy criminal investigations linking suspects to ISIL, and left lasting wounds in a deeply polarized political climate.

On October 18, 2007, as Benazir Bhutto left a Pakistan Peoples Party procession in Karachi’s Karsaz neighborhood, two explosions struck near her armored convoy, killing at least 139 people and wounding hundreds. The attack shattered a jubilant return rally, deepened political crisis in Pakistan, and left questions about responsibility and security that reverberated through the months that followed.

In October 1950, during a wave of anti‑communist purges that swept through reclaimed territory after the Incheon landing, dozens of civilians from Goyang and nearby villages were detained and taken to Geumjeong Cave. There they were executed and their bodies hidden. For decades the killings were unacknowledged; only in the 2000s did truth‑seeking bodies, exhumations, and local memorials begin to name victims and pull the event into South Korea’s public memory.