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A total of 430 attacks were identified in the GTD involving the purposeful targeting of hospitals by terrorist groups. In total, the direct impact of these attacks resulted in 1,291 deaths and an additional 1,921 wounded. Almost two-thirds of these attacks (n = 276) occurred in the final decade of this study, between the years 2009-2018. By comparison, there were only 154 terrorist attacks on hospitals that occurred during the first 39 years of this study, between 1970-2008 (Figure 1).
Between 1970 and 1999, there was an average of 3.3 hospital attacks per year with no more than nine attacks occurring in any single year (Figure 2). In the following decade from 2000-2009, the average number of attacks rose to 7.8 with an inflection point around the year 2008, which recorded 15 hospital attacks. From 2010-2018, the average climbed to 28.2 attacks per year, over eight-times higher than the average prior to the turn of the century.
Attacks had been carried out against hospitals in 61 countries (Figure 4). Iraq had recorded the greatest number of attacks on hospitals with 64 recorded, all occurring after 2004. Pakistan had seen the second most attacks with 48 recorded. Attacks had occurred on every inhabited continent except Australia.
The most commonly used method to carry out terrorist attacks on hospitals was “bombing/explosion,” which accounted for 299 of the attacks (Figure 5).
Of the specific groups that have been identified in the GTD, “Houthi extremists (Anshar Allah)” had carried out 21 attacks killing 28 and wounding 118 (Figure 7). “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)” carried out 18 attacks killing 135 and wounding 213, while “Boko Haram” carried out nine attacks that killed 39 and wounded 15. “Al-Qaida” affiliates carried out seven attacks killing 21 and wounding 17. The Taliban carried out seven attacks against hospitals, killing 25 and wounding 62.
A total of 430 attacks were identified in the GTD involving the purposeful targeting of hospitals by terrorist groups. In total, the direct impact of these attacks resulted in 1,291 deaths and an additional 1,921 wounded. Almost two-thirds of these attacks (n = 276) occurred in the final decade of this study, between the years 2009-2018. By comparison, there were only 154 terrorist attacks on hospitals that occurred during the first 39 years of this study, between 1970-2008 (Figure 1).
Between 1970 and 1999, there was an average of 3.3 hospital attacks per year with no more than nine attacks occurring in any single year (Figure 2). In the following decade from 2000-2009, the average number of attacks rose to 7.8 with an inflection point around the year 2008, which recorded 15 hospital attacks. From 2010-2018, the average climbed to 28.2 attacks per year, over eight-times higher than the average prior to the turn of the century.
Attacks had been carried out against hospitals in 61 countries (Figure 4). Iraq had recorded the greatest number of attacks on hospitals with 64 recorded, all occurring after 2004. Pakistan had seen the second most attacks with 48 recorded. Attacks had occurred on every inhabited continent except Australia.
The most commonly used method to carry out terrorist attacks on hospitals was “bombing/explosion,” which accounted for 299 of the attacks (Figure 5).
Of the specific groups that have been identified in the GTD, “Houthi extremists (Anshar Allah)” had carried out 21 attacks killing 28 and wounding 118 (Figure 7). “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)” carried out 18 attacks killing 135 and wounding 213, while “Boko Haram” carried out nine attacks that killed 39 and wounded 15. “Al-Qaida” affiliates carried out seven attacks killing 21 and wounding 17. The Taliban carried out seven attacks against hospitals, killing 25 and wounding 62.