Date: Mon Dec 1 16:36:17 2014
There was a 61% increase in terror attacks across the world in a single year
A new report has detailed incidents across the world
Read the Report fully below:
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Terrorism%20Ind
ex%20Report%202014_0.pdf
Dec 01, 2014
WITHIN A SINGLE year the world has experienced a 61% increase in terrorist
attacks, according to the 2014 edition of
<http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/indexes/terrorism-index> The Global
Terrorism Index from the Institute for Economics & Peace.
The index covers 99.6% of the world's population and ranks 162 countries
based on the impact of terrorist activities along with analysis of economic
and social factors. The IEP defines terrorism as "the threatened or actual
use of illegal force and violence by a non-state actor to attain a
political, economic, religious or social goal through fear, coercion, or
intimidation."
Here are the key findings
<http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gti-findings> from the report:
Iraq breeds the most terrorism along with these four nations
Approximately 17,958 people were killed in terrorist attacks last year, and
of those deaths 82% occurred in just 5 nations: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Nigeria, and Syria.
Of the 162 surveyed nations, Iraq holds the deplorable top spot with
approximately 2,492 terrorist attacks in 2013, which killed 6,362 people.
Combined, these nations accounted for nearly 15,000 fatalities. Since 2000
only 5% of these crimes were suicide attacks.
The four terrorist groups responsible for the most destructive acts are
Taliban, Boko Haram, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda. The report notes that radical
variants of Islam was "the key commonality for all four groups." However,
the study does not take into account the recent attacks from ISIS since the
research tapers off at the end of 2013.
Although terrorism is on the rise, the report notes that the figures are
still relatively small when compared to the 437,000 people killed by
homicide in 2013. For example, in the US an individual is 64 times more
likely to die from a homicide than terrorism.
The overwhelming method of carrying out a terrorist attack was by way of
explosives. Since 2000, only 5% of these crimes were suicide attacks......
Read it in PDF attachment below:
Terror Map 1
Source: <http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gti-findings> Vision of
Humanity
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