The phrase "murderous attacks" refers to violent and deadly actions carried out by someone with the intention of killing or causing harm to others. Full definition
Haberman notes that while violence in the Amazon has ebbed somewhat, murderous attacks on Indians and others still occur there and have spread to forest frontiers around the world — a troubling reality that I've tried to track here through the years. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
As the Arab Spring moves forward in Tunisia, falters in Egypt, or is under murderous attack in Syria, it is Turkey and the Arab League that make the headlines. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
The company director said he could not simply accept the «narrative» that Cornick's murderous attack came «out of the blue» with nothing to forewarn anyone. (premierchristianity.com)