At around 2 am local time, unidentified gunmen stormed a mining workers camp in the village of Mukera in Fizi territory of South Kivu province. During a firefight with police officer's guarding the camp, a police officer was killed, and another was wounded and five Chinese nationals out of a group of 14 were kidnapped. The five workers were employees of an unnamed Chinese company that has been operating a gold mine in the area for four to five months. The company had difficulties starting its activities because of protests by the local population which accused it of not respecting the rules. In August, South Kivu authorities suspended the work of half a dozen Chinese-financed companies, after residents accused them of mining for gold without permission and wrecking the environment. (voanews.com, 21 November 2021)

Shortly after 9 am local time, a 42-year-old Palestinian gunman from the Islamist militant group Hamas opened fire at three Israeli civilians at the Chain Gate entrance to the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. One of the men was killed while the two others were wounded. Police officers engaged and killed the gunman.  Two police officers were lightly wounded in the fire exchange, likely by shrapnel. Immediately after the shooting attack, police closed the Old City to visitors. The Gaza based Hamas identified the gunman as Fadi Abu Shkhaidem one of its leaders in Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem, who was armed with a Beretta M12 submachine gun.

As the investigation continue, counter terrorism police officers detained a fourth man aged 20 in the Kensington area of the city who was later released along with the three men detained the previous day. The suspect who carried the IED was identified by police as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen an Iraqi asylum seeker who was refused asylum in 2014. While the motive is unknown, links to the Remembrance Day service at Liverpool Cathedral, some 20 minutes’ walk from the hospital are being explored. In connection with the failed terrorist attack in the city of Liverpool, and the previous terrorist related murder of a parliament member in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex in mid -October, the government raised the nation’s terrorism threat level to “severe,” the second-highest level on a five-tier scale, which indicates that an attack is highly likely. The previous threat level was “substantial” after the national threat level was downgraded from “severe” in February 2021.

Just before 11:00 am local time, a homemade IED-- likely carried by suicide bomber—exploded inside a taxi at the drop-off point in front of Liverpool Women's Hospital in central Liverpool. The blast killed the passenger who was carrying the device and lightly wounded the driver. Shortly after the blast, counter terrorism police officers detained three men aged 29, 26 and 21 in the Kensington area of the city in connection to the explosions. While the investigation into the blast continues, police have declared the blast a terrorist incident.

At around 6:20 am local time, a man armed with a knife attacked four police officers outside the central police station in the French Riviera city of Cannes as they got into a vehicle preparing to go on patrol. The attacker reportedly shouted Islamist slogans as he opened one of the doors and stabbed an officer in the chest. The officer wasn’t injured thanks to his bulletproof vest. The attacker then attempted to stab a second officer when he was shot by one of the other officers. The assailant, who was severely wounded, was later identified as a 37-year-old -Algerian national with an Italian residency permit and was in France legally. He was not on any French militant watchlist.

At around 1 pm local time, two massive explosions—likely the result of suicide bomber detonating VBIED and another suicide bomber on foot--took place at the entrance of the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital—the largest military hospital – located in Kabul’s 10th district. Following the explosions, five gunmen stormed the facility and engaged Taliban security personnel in firefight. Four of the attackers were killed and one was captured alive. At least 25 people were killed and approximately 50 were injured in the attack. Though there was no immediate claim of responsibility, members of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) group likely carried out the attack. The hospital has been targeted in 2017 when gunmen dressed as doctors stormed the building. Killing more than 30 people and wounding others. That attack was claimed by the Islamic State group.