IS claims lion's share of 2016's terrorist attacks

2016 saw many attacks deemed as terrorism around the world, from Africa to Asia, across the Middle East and to Europe and North America.

Flowers and messages at the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France Source: AAP

2016 began on a deadly note.

 

Just 12 days into the new year, a suspected I-S suicide bomber thought to have crossed from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul.

 

Turkey has become a target for Islamic State, with two bombings in 2015 blamed on the group.