Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. Terrorism: Facts and statistics Overview Key figures Statistics. Published by Statista Research Department , Sep 10, How is terrorism defined? Generally, terrorism is defined as an unlawful use of violence designed to further political aims by creating fear.
Shootings are the most common forms of violence used by terrorists , owing to the widely-felt destruction they cause. Consistent with the motive of instilling fear in the public, the most common target of terrorist attacks are private citizens and property.
Note that although this definition is adequate at a general level, it is too broad to operate as an internationally agreed legal definition. For example, it is not clear on the status of violence in wars of national liberation and self-determination.
This lack of universal agreement has hampered the ability of the international community to coordinate efforts to combat terrorism. When did terrorism start? Terrorism is by no means just a 21st century issue, with attacks that could be described as terrorist dating back as far as the Roman Empire.
Turning to more modern times, looking at the number of terror attack victims in Western Europe since shows more victims in the s and s than in the s. Much of this violence was enacted by nationalist movements such as the IRA , or political extremists on both the left and right. How many terrorists attacks are there in the world? Two dominant trends shape terrorism in the 21st century.
First is the overrepresentation of the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia in the number of terrorist attacks by region. Together, these regions account for over 74, of the 98, terrorist attacks worldwide between and Second is the high high number of attacks by terrorist groups that are both ideologically religious, and aiming for political control of territories in the aforementioned regions.
The Afghan group has been waging a war of attrition with the U. In , Taliban forces were responsible for attacks, causing 3, deaths, with armed assaults and bombings the most common form of attack. In addition, its affiliate in neighbouring Pakistan, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, was responsible for a further 56 attacks and deaths. The Taliban's actions have become more deadly in the past year, killing an average of 5. The group has adjusted its tactics in recent years, switching its focus away from attacks on civilian targets and towards police and military personnel.
The Taliban killed 2, police and military personnel in , up from 1, the year before. The number of attacks on such targets also increased from in to in At the same time, the number of civilian deaths caused by the Taliban fell to in , compared to 1, in Afghan security personnel present a Taliban fighter dressed as a woman to the media at the Afghan The extremist militant group Al-Shabaab emerged in It is an affiliate of Al-Qaida and while its main area of operations is Somalia, it has also carried out attacks in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
Two-thirds of the deaths were in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The worst incident was in October , when people were killed and injured in an explosion outside the Safari Hotel in the Hodan area of the city. Many of the countries worst affected by terrorism have seen a decline in the number of deaths over recent years, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Somalia, however, has been an unfortunate exception to that trend, due to the actions of Al-Shabaab. There have been almost 6, deaths from terrorism in the country since A Somalia police officer investigate the scene of a suicide bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu on Since it emerged in the northeast of the country in it has spread out to other nearby countries including Chad, Cameroon and Niger and the group has sworn allegiance to Islamic State.
The battle is far from won, though. Most of the group's attacks last year were carried out in Nigeria — particularly in Borno State — with smaller numbers in Cameroon and Niger. The group has gained notoriety for mass hostage takings and the extensive use of children and women as suicide bombers. Home Groups. Afghan Taliban.
Al-Nusrah Front. Ansar al-Sharia. Al-Qa'ida Core AQ. Boko Haram. Central Asia Terrorism. Greek Domestic Terrorism. Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin "Party of Islam". Jaish-e-Mohammed JeM. Jemaah Islamiya.
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