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Tuesday, June 07, 2016

11,774 Terror Attacks Worldwide in 2015; 28,328 Deaths Due to Terror Attacks

The U.S. State Department's annual Country Reports on Terrorism 2015, released on Thursday, counts 11,774 terrorist attacks in 92 countries last year, but it says that's an improvement over 2014.

"The total number of terrorist attacks in 2015 decreased by 13% and total deaths due to terrorist attacks (28,328) decreased by 14%, compared to 2014," the report says. "This was largely due to fewer attacks and deaths in Iraq, Pakistan, and Nigeria. This represents the first decline in total terrorist attacks and deaths worldwide since 2012."

"Of the 28,328 people killed in terrorist attacks in 2015, 6,924 (24%) were perpetrators of terrorist attacks," the report says. "Perpetrators were killed intentionally in suicide attacks, accidentally while attempting to carry out attacks, or by security forces or victims responding to attacks.

"This is an 11% increase in the number of perpetrator deaths, compared to 2014," says the report.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

All of these attacks were done by a bunch of Religious Fanatics, that like to dress odd, wear beards, and ride in Buggy's, and build Barns, right? Or, was it members of that other religion of peace that Obama is always telling us about? The one where they wear beards, dress odd, and wear bomb vests.

Anonymous said...

Coming to America soon thanks to Obama and Hillary

Anonymous said...

820 funny how folks like you forget that the majority of victims of these attacks are muslims wgo are often targeted specifically because they stood up against or refused to assist extremists.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget all of those "workplace violence" attacks. Thanks, Obama!