Sentence examples for hallmarks of attacks from inspiring English sources
Like those in Aleppo, they bore the hallmarks of attacks carried out by Sunni extremist groups, experts said.
It has all the hallmarks of attacks [Isis] carries out, from using a knife against a person, attacking him, to, well, a Kalashnikov".
Hallmarks of attacks linked to the Haqqani network include multiple fighters, targets that are often symbols of the Afghan government and their Western backers, careful planning, and, often, instructions delivered by telephone as the attackers carry out their mission.
It bore the hallmarks of similar attacks by sectarian terror groups whose attacks have caused huge casualties among Shia communities.
Cazeneuve also noted the carnage on the Promenade des Anglais bore none of the hallmarks of previous attacks such as the assault on the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery in Paris or the coordinated attacks on Paris last November.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosions, but the bombs bore the hallmarks of other attacks by Islamist sect Boko Haram, which has recently stepped up a bloody five-year battle campaign to establish a caliphate in northern Nigeria, and kidnapped more than 300 schoolgirls from a remote north-eastern school in April.
No group has said it was behind Thursday's bombings, but both bear the hallmarks of previous attacks by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has vowed to fight the Houthis in defence of Sunnis.
The reported assassination attempt on Syria's prime minister has all the hallmarks of an attack staged by the government, according to a Damascus activist.
But its suicidal end bore the hallmarks of the attack on Mumbai in India last November.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the bombings bore the hallmarks of an attack by the Sunni insurgents of al-Qaida.
Both the government and the opposition have blamed ETA for the killing, on the assumption that it bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the group.
