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The majority of terrorist attacks occurring in 2013
remained isolated in just a few countries, according to the Global
Terrorism Database (GTD), which is generated by the National Consortium
for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at
the University of Maryland. With the addition of nearly 12,000 terrorist
attacks in 2013, the database now includes more than 125,000 events
dating back to 1970 and, according to START, it remains the most
comprehensive unclassified database of terrorist attacks around
the world.
START says that in 2013, 11,952 terrorist attacks resulted
in 22,178 fatalities (including perpetrator deaths) and 37,529 injuries
across 91 countries. More than half of all attacks (54 percent),
fatalities (61 percent), and injuries (69 percent) occurred in just
three countries: Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
By wide margins, the highest number of fatalities (7,046),
attacks (2,852) and injuries (15,736) took place in Iraq. The average
lethality of attacks in Iraq was 34 percent higher than the global
average and 30 percent higher than the 2012 average in Iraq.
According to HomeLand Security News Wire while terrorism
remained heavily concentrated in the same parts of the world, the
countries within those regions experienced some notable changes. In
2013, total attacks increased for Iraq, Pakistan, the Philippines,
Syria, Egypt, Libya, and Lebanon; and decreased for Nigeria and Turkey.
The most lethal single attack in 2013 took place in September in Nigeria
when members of Boko Haram set up illegal checkpoints and killed
142 civilians.
10 countries with the most terrorist attacks in 2013
|
Country
|
Attacks
|
Fatalities
|
|
Iraq
|
2852
|
7,046
|
|
Pakistan
|
2212
|
2,891
|
|
Afghanistan
|
1443
|
3,697
|
|
India
|
690
|
464
|
|
Philippines
|
652
|
432
|
|
Thailand
|
477
|
253
|
|
Yemen
|
424
|
622
|
|
Nigeria
|
341
|
2003
|
|
Somalia
|
331
|
641
|
|
Egypt
|
315
|
243
|
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