The phrase "a heinous attack on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particularly cruel or wicked act directed towards a person, group, or concept.
Example: "The news reported a heinous attack on the peaceful protestors, shocking the entire community."
Alternatives: "a despicable assault on" or "an atrocious act against".
Do sports really give people a way to return to normalcy after a heinous attack on civilians?
Frightened voters were shaken in particular by the deadliest bomb attack in Turkey's recent history which Erdoğan condemned as a terrorist act and a "heinous attack on our unity".
One is Allan B. Ho, the co-editor of "Shostakovich Reconsidered," a book that defends Mr. Volkov and Mr. MacDonald by mounting a heinous attack on the integrity of their critics, particularly Laurel E. Fay, whose recent biography of the composer, "Shostakovich: A Life," is an attempt to counter the torrent of fantasies with a quiet recital of the factual record.
The regime of Bashar al-Assad stands accused of a heinous attack using chemical weapons, on 21 August, in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta.
The US state department strongly condemned what it called a heinous attack, while the US embassy in Ankara said on Twitter: "All of us must stand united against terror".
The US state department strongly condemned what it called a heinous attack, while the US embassy in Ankara said on Twitter: "All of us must stand united against terror". President Barack Obama later offered his condolences to the Turkish president in a phone call.
President Ashraf Ghani, who came to power in September, described the incident as a "heinous attack", according to his spokesman.
Children have a fundamental human right to education and there can be no justification for such a heinous attack.
The terrible mass murder in Pittsburgh – a senseless and heinous attack on Jewish men, women and children in a house of worship – leaves us all horrified.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference also condemned what it termed a "direct and heinous attack on the sanctity of human life and on efforts to build an agreed political way forward in Northern Ireland" and urged anyone with information to contact the police.
December marks two anniversaries in Pakistan's history, one through which more than half of Pakistan's population seceded to form a separate country, and the other marking the most heinous attack on schoolchildren ever in that country.
