The police do not think the attacks were targeted at the event.

There have been three targeted attacks in less than nine months.

The second would be targeted, high-casualty attacks against the French ground troops.

Why these attacks have been specifically targeted at young school children is not entirely explicable, however.

Terrorist acts are always vile and in this instance the attack also was clearly targeted.

He also claimed the 9/11 attacks were not targeted at women and children, but 'America's icons of military and economic power'.

He said, "The Sept. 11 attacks were not targeted at women and children.

Terrorist attacks are often targeted to maximize fear and publicity, usually using explosives or poison.

The attack was targeted against the Muslim militant group al-Shabaab.

Finally, several incidents listed also seem to confirm that the numerous attacks were targeted at members of the Hutu ethnic group as such.