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Incidents by Perpetrator Characteristic

Statistical data categorized by perpetrator's characteristic is provided below. The total numbers of incidents that have occurred - and the number of fatalities, wounded, and hostages they have caused - are listed for further analysis.

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01/01/2004 - 06/30/2005

Perpetrator Characteristic	Incidents	Fatalities	Wounded	Hostages	Victims
Christian Extremist	31	433	191	42	666
Environmental/Anti-Globalization	8	0	0	0	0
Islamic Extremist (Shia)	23	43	90	5	138
Islamic Extremist (Sunni)	931	3844	9477	291	13612
Islamic Extremist (Unknown)	86	171	727	45	943
Jewish	2	0	4	0	4
Secular Political/Anarchist	2379	2503	5321	19252	27076
Tribal/Clan/Ethnic	20	84	158	1	243
Unknown	4903	6769	15140	586	22495
TOTAL	8334	13847	31108	20222	65177

Numerical totals in the preceding report may not reflect a sum of the incident and victim totals. While certain incidents may qualify for more than one data category, for purposes of report totals, each individual incident is counted only once.

NCTC Data Status
Incident data covers Jan. 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005

Data is subject to revision as events and additional information warrant.


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